"Of course "Outstanding Citizen" is a good movie, and the script I wrote must have drama, which means that it is by no means a big stuffy movie, but it does not necessarily meet the audience's viewing habits... And it's a relatively cold schedule, I originally thought that the box office of 8 million was about the same! ”

When asked about the box office, Shen Xudong told the truth, but he quickly changed his words: "However, I have read a lot of Italian media and audience evaluations, and I think I may have underestimated the audience's ability to demand high-quality works..."

"But that's Italy..."

"It's the same all over the world, 80% of the market share in Europe is dominated by Hollywood, the Italian market is quite similar to the Chinese film market, and only a few comedies make some money every year... Don't think that European audiences are noble, everyone is the same, they prefer to watch Hollywood blockbusters..."

"Then how do you judge that Citizen Illustrious will exceed expectations?"

"The festival deliberately printed two more screenings, and the venue was full..."

"Then Xudong, can you tell me a number?"

“… 15 million, after all, this film is still on the serious side..."

Shen Xudong thought that he was already very high-profile, and then heard Cao Huayi say, 'Our goal is 30 million!' ’

You just blow it...

Also 30 million?

This schedule, 30 million?

Pure!

"A Thousand Machines 2" only has a box office of 19 million...

By the way, this year is more special, last year, CEPA was signed, so this year will definitely make achievements~

As a result, the six heavenly kings of the Hong Kong circle rushed to the north collectively.

Andy Lau has "Ambush on All Sides", "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", and "Magic Kitchen" is just a cameo appearance;

Aaron Kwok has two movies released, one "Judo Dragon and Tiger List", one "Charge", and Liming also brought "Little Things in the Big City";

Liang Chaowei and Cheng Long, respectively have "2046" and "New Police Story"...

In addition, "Thousand Machines 2" has found a bunch of celebrities to support the name of the house, with a production cost of 80 million, such as the Twins, Edison Chen, Donnie Yen, Chen Bolin, plus Liang Jiahui, Cheng Long, Wu Yanzu including Fan Bingbing...

At present, "2046" and "New Police Story" have not been released yet, but there has been a rumor in the circle: it is difficult for co-productions to exceed 30 million levels...

So many big productions with celebrities can't sell 30 million, why do you have "Outstanding Citizen"?

……

Well, it's true that it wasn't sold...

Released on the 17th, it won 4.9 million box office in the first weekend...

No matter how you calculate it, it is unlikely to exceed 30 million - "New Police Story" will be released on the 24th, and "2046" will be released on the 28th...

It's impossible for the theater chain to give a chance!

Also 30 million?

10 million should be thankful!

In fact, 4.9 million in the first weekend is already a very good result.

beat "Young Chen Zhen", ranking second - second to "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", the latter in the second week of release...

"Young Chen Zhen" is starring Yuan Biao, Zhou Billy and Luo Jiaying, and the cost is as high as 18 million!

"Distinguished Citizen" can be described as a light game - overseas rights have been guaranteed to make profits, TV rights and DVD audio and video rights have also made a lot of money, as for the box office results...

The account can be divided to cover the cost of copy printing...

So, I didn't go through much publicity and didn't know that "Outstanding Citizen" was released...

Who would have thought that 4.9 million would be swiped in the first weekend!

This result is really good, twice as much as the theater expected!

The theater chain originally thought that the first weekend would be more than 2 million at most...

4.9 million in the first weekend, and the theater chain gave a box office expectation of 18 million, but next week there will be "New Police Story", so it will be halved - 9 million at most!

Of course, the publicity will definitely not tell the truth, the press release is 'word-of-mouth, box office take-off...', "Outstanding Citizen" premiered well, and the box office is 30 million' and so on...

Just looking at these press releases, I thought some Hollywood blockbuster was released...

However, the word of mouth is really good.

"The high level of this film lies in satirizing the ignorance of the villagers on the one hand, and the arrogance of the intellectuals on the other, a very "good-looking" movie, but the plot turns too quickly in the later stage, and the transformation of the male protagonist is not clear enough, and it seems that the rhythm is better for more than half an hour... In addition, Director Chen's performance is really good! ”

"The film seems to present the second strangulation of the writer by his hometown, but in fact it is a mental stimulation of the black-bellied writer who has encountered a creative bottleneck, because he understands his homeland, he goes back uncharacteristically and modestly and low-key, and sure enough, the barren and narrow hometown is an inexhaustible treasure trove of literary thought..."

"I feel that the success of this movie mainly depends on the script, Shen Xudong does have the ability, and the satirical comedy is very good!"

"There are not many video techniques, but rely on the design of dramatic conflicts and play with all kinds of twists, but the theme itself is really lethal to writers..."

Well, basically praising Chen Daoming and Shen Xudong...

As for bluffing, there are relatively few people who praise it, after all, "Outstanding Citizen" does win the text!

……

Chen Daoming has always taken the high-end route...

His TV series salary is currently the highest in the country - 100,000 yuan per episode!

But everyone also thinks it's worth the money...

In recent years, the TV series he starred in, "Kangxi Dynasty", "Black Hole", and "Chinese-style Divorce" have high ratings.

But everyone generally thinks that he is a TV drama actor.

"Outstanding Citizen" makes up for the halo of the film industry - Venice actor!

After returning to China, although he didn't participate in the drinking party much, he still had to show up when organizations such as the Actors Association, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and other organizations sent invitations to events...

Outside the circle, the media knelt and licked, and a bunch of advertisements and endorsements also came to the door...

Even people who are not very interested can't withstand the overwhelming PR bombardment, and all kinds of media report day and night...

Maybe they don't know the Venice Film Festival, but a glance at the three major in Europe, the name is loud enough, and the girl is awesome enough!

In fact, winning the award is only the foundation, the key is to be praised by someone, Wang Jinghua will be able to hold it!

Under a series of bombardments, Chen Daoming was directly promoted to the first place in domestic entertainment...

At this time, the first domestic entertainment is being interviewed - "Sanlian Life Magazine"...

The interviewer who interviewed him was Bian Zhihong, the ace reporter of "Sanlian", by the way, he was the screenwriter, "The Legend of Nezha" was his main writer, and later he also worked as a film screenwriter, and his first movie was "The City Full of Golden Armor"...

Therefore, he admires Shen Xudong very much, and the first question is: "What about Xudong?" Why didn't he participate in the promotion of "Outstanding Citizen" this time? ”

"He has something, it seems to be from "Condor", he is not satisfied with the role selection, and it is recommended to re-elect..."

"Can he intervene in these things?"

"It stands to reason that it can't, but I heard him say that Ma Zhongjun supports his idea..."

"And then?"

"And then I don't know..."

Bian Zhihong thought for a while and asked, "Do you think it's right for him to be a screenwriter involved in casting?" ”

Chen Daoming smiled: "... It stands to reason that it's not true, but he's doing it for the better, so it doesn't matter! ”

"Could someone be saying something? Zhang Jizhong is not able to give up his rights..."

"What's this? It's a big deal to be fired from the crew of "Condor", it's not that he doesn't have a job! ”

(End of chapter)