At 7:55 a.m. on December 11, 2006, the Yanjing area was covered with snow and a cold wind was blowing.

State Administration of Radio, Film and Television Building.

Zhao Jianshe got out of the car, and then cautiously walked towards the gate on the first floor.

There is still snow on the ground, which is too slippery and the leather shoes do not grip the ground.

Zhao Jianshe originally had a fast pace, but soon slowed down, and after a step by step, he finally crossed the slippery flat ground and entered the building, he immediately accelerated his pace, and came to the check-in place with three times and five divided by two, and then clocked in.

7:59, not late.

Zhao Jianshe breathed a sigh of relief, he then twisted his neck, straightened his clothes, and slowly walked towards the office on the third floor.

Lao Zhao is forty-three years old this year, with an ordinary appearance, a native of Yanjing, who works in the Film Specialized Office of the Radio and Television Box Office Information Management Department, and he is still a section chief.

The most important task of their department is to keep a daily box office count.

Every day before 9 o'clock, they will count the box office of the previous day and upload it to the official website.

Since December, the weather has been cold, snowing, and the roads are slippery, Zhao Jianshe has gone out forty minutes early, and as a result, the original twenty-minute drive took thirty-five minutes.

Almost late.

When he had a meeting a few days ago, he also reminded his subordinates that they must have a sense of time, don't be late and leave early, if he can't do it himself, then how can he establish authority?

After a while, Zhao Jianshe entered the office and saw that several subordinates were there, he nodded with satisfaction, then entered the office, closed the door, then poured a cup of tea and leaned back in the chair.

It's too early.

I get up at six o'clock, I have to prepare breakfast for my children, and then I send people to school.

He was sleepy, and now he was squinting.

This squint was half an hour, and when there was a knock on the door, Zhao Jianshe opened his eyes, then picked up the teacup, drank it all, then pushed open the window, patted his face again, and made himself look more energetic, and then walked over and opened the office door.

"Section chief, yesterday's box office statistics have been made."

A young employee handed over a document.

Zhao Jianshe didn't watch it immediately, put the information aside, and nodded.

The employee continued: "Yesterday's highest-grossing movie was "Hurricane Rescue", the second place was "The Ballad of Yunshui", and the third place was "Ink Attack", but the two movies "The Ballad of Yunshui" and "Ink Attack" both had a box office of more than 2 million, which cannot be compared with "Hurricane Rescue", the gap is very large, and "Hurricane Rescue" was 23 million box office yesterday."

Zhao Jianshe was slightly startled when he heard this.

The highest single-day grossing record was "Wu Ji", which grossed 25 million at the time.

However, this number is a bit watery, and everyone in the industry knows that it is currently the highest in a single day, and it should be "Kung Fu".

"Hurricane Rescue" now has a box office of 23 million, and may be able to compete with "Kung Fu" for the highest single-day gross.

The employee continued: "The reputation of "The City Full of Golden Armor" is not bad, many people say that the movie scene is very big, and Jay Chou is very handsome."

"The City Full of Golden Armor" has been screened, and a small number of film reviews are all good, saying that this movie is a real blockbuster with sincerity.

Zhao Jianshe was very satisfied.

It is hoped that the mainland film market will be vigorously developed, and film investment and cinema investment will be encouraged, and the number of theaters and movies will grow gradually.

However, there has been no significant growth at the box office, and there are even fewer profitable films.

This makes many people pessimistic about mainland films.

Fortunately, it's December, and there are still two blockbusters.

"Hurricane Rescue" has a good reputation, and there is definitely no problem with breaking 100 million.

"The City Full of Golden Armor" is a blockbuster that is expected to break 200 million.

"Okay, it's all good news, put the relevant data on the official website, well, arrange for someone to write two articles, focusing on the performance of these two movies."

The employee nodded, but he didn't leave immediately, paused, and then said: "Section chief, the box office of "Hurricane Rescue" has come out in the first week."

Yesterday was Sunday, and the box office came out for the first week.

"How much?"

"That's eighty-one million."

The record holder of the highest box office in the first week of Huaxia is still "Wu Ji", with a total of 82 million box office in three days plus on-demand screenings.

Now "Hurricane Rescue" will be released on Wednesday, that is, the five-day box office plus the on-demand box office, a total of 81 million.

Doesn't sound like a big deal.

But "Wu Ji" is a sponge, and no one knows how much water there is in it.

And 81 million in five days can already enter the top 10 of this year's mainland box office list.

"Mission Impossible 3", which was a hit in the summer vacation, only had a box office of 82 million, and the blockbuster "Ink Attack" released at the end of last month is now only 60 million.

"Hurricane Rescue" has 81 million in its first week, which is definitely commendable.

Zhao Jianshe stood up and clapped his hands, "Okay, Director Li is worthy of being the best director of the new generation, his film can definitely inspire the market, you arrange people, write a few more articles, and praise "Hurricane Rescue". ”

The employee nodded, and he still didn't leave.

"What else?"

Before the change, the employees below dragged on like this, and Zhao Jianshe was definitely angry, but he was in a very good mood at this time.

"Section chief, many people are analyzing now, with the reputation of "Hurricane Rescue", it may be possible to break 200 million in the future."

"200 million ......"

200 million is a hurdle, and this number is too difficult for mainland films.

In 02, "Hero" was born and got 250 million in the mainland.

After that, including "Kung Fu", "Wuji", and "Ambush on All Sides", there were no 200 million.

At the beginning of the year, there were many media who predicted that this year's movie would reach 200 million, but "Night Banquet", "Ink Attack", and "Baby Plan" did not.

Now it's left with "The City Full of Golden Armor" and "Hurricane Rescue".

Zhao Jianshe used to put his hopes in "The City Full of Golden Armor", but he didn't expect "Hurricane Rescue" to be so fierce this time.

He picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said slowly: "This is very important news, you write a specific analysis and give it to me in the afternoon."

After the employee writes it, he revises it slightly, and then he has to send it on.

After "Hero", another movie of 200 million, it is definitely worth studying.

The employee nodded and quickly left the room, closing the door.

Zhao Jianshe thought about it, took out his mobile phone, and then dialed the phone call made by Zhang Yi.

Few people know that he knows Lao Mouzi and is still good friends.

Zhao Jianshe has no secrets here, everyone can watch the box office data of the movie, he called Lao Mouzi to remind his friends, "Hurricane Rescue" is not a good stubble, and "The City is Full of Golden Armor" needs to be dealt with.

……

In a high-end hotel in Yucheng, Zhang Yi and Zhang Weiping sat opposite each other, and their faces were not very good.

On the coffee table between the two, an ashtray was placed, on which more than a dozen cigarette butts had been extinguished.

There were also a few cigarette butts with sparks, and black smoke coming out.

The smoke flies up and then it clears.

Zhang Weiping never expected that "Hurricane Rescue", which was broadcast earlier than "The City Full of Golden Armor", would be so fierce, with 81 million in the first week, and it seems that there is really a chance to break 200 million.

So will such a fierce movie affect "The City Full of Golden Armor"?

This "The City is Full of Golden Armor" has been screened, and their group has carried out national publicity.

You can't change the schedule at this time.

Not to mention, in addition to "Hurricane Rescue", there is also a "Good Man of the Three Gorges" that won the award.

After thinking about it for a long time and smoking more than a dozen cigarettes, Zhang Weiping finally showed his wild side.

"Don't think about it, it's a big deal, see who is stronger, today I will arrange for someone to hack them on the Internet."

His character has always been like this, and whoever stands in front of him is his enemy.

When Zhang Yi heard this, he immediately frowned.

After Zhang Weiping partnered with him, it can be said that whoever is arrested in the mainland is sprayed, even Han Sanping is sprayed.

Lao Mouzi wanted to make movies separately from An An, and didn't want to get involved in those disputes.

He felt that it was a fool's errand to distract his limited energy into those things that scolded and made small movements.

Li Shengyao is not only a director, but also the founder of Fenghua Pictures.

Not to mention that Lee Shengyao is the owner of the theater, and this time the screening of "The City Full of Golden Armor" is placed in Fenghua Cinema.

They only went to someone's cinema tonight to promote it.

Li Shengyao didn't target them, and the people in Fenghua Cinema were very cooperative with them.

"Don't do that, he didn't mess with us."

Zhang Weiping shook her head, hating iron and looking at Lao Mouzi, "You, your heart is too soft, isn't it just a death at this time, if you don't beat "Hurricane Rescue", who will come to see "The City is Full of Golden Armor" at that time." ”

"You don't have to choose one of the two movies, you can also watch them together, I don't think it's necessary."

Zhang Weiping sneered, "Movie tickets are so expensive, many people watch a movie a month, or even a year, you have to take this into account." ”

When Zhang Yi heard this, he picked up the teacup.

Compared with the wages of ordinary people, movie tickets are indeed a bit expensive.

Now the main group of movie-watching is still white-collar workers in big cities, and movies have not entered the common people.

He took a sip of tea, which had been left for a long time, and it was already cold, not fragrant, but a little bitter.

He couldn't help but think of when he first became a director, when the conditions were hard, but there weren't so many messy things.

And he makes all literary films, and there is no box office pressure.

At that time, it was the peak of his creation, and it was the happiest day for him to make movies.

He clenched his teacup and took another sip.

The cold tea is still a little bitter, but it is just as refreshing.

He sighed, and then said firmly: "Don't do this, Director Li didn't mess with us, let's not mess with him, everyone earns the box office with their ability."

When Zhang Weiping heard this, she was about to continue to open her persuasion, when someone knocked on the door.

Zhang Weiping immediately stopped talking, and then let people outside in.

The assistant hurried into the room.

"Mr. Zhang, Xinhua published an article on the official website to praise the contribution of "Hurricane Rescue" in cultural output.

Xinhua News Agency publicly praised.

This...... This...... Do you want to be dark?

Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yi glanced at each other, and they both understood the meaning of dealing with each other.

What I just said is stillborn.

Zhang Weiping was scared, but for the above decision, he didn't dare to force Lai Lai.

"How do they get the cultural export?"

"The box office statistics of the beautiful country have come out, "Hurricane Rescue" opened 1,500 halls, and then soared all the way to 3,000 halls, and the box office is also bullish all the way, surpassing "Revelation", surpassing "Love Holiday", and won the weekly box office champion last week, with a total box office of 61 million."

61 million ......

Zhang Weiping's eyes widened, when "Hero" won the weekly box office championship in North America, it was more than 50 million box office.

So "Hurricane Rescue" is even more fierce than "Hero", will the subsequent global box office surpass "Hero"?

No wonder Xinhua Society praises it, this is indeed a thing to be proud of.

Zhang Weiping nodded, and after the assistant left, he nodded his finger and counted.

He finally said: "If "Hurricane Rescue" has a global box office of 250 million US dollars, how much can Lee Shengyao earn?"

Zhang Yimou shook his head, there must be more than them.

"Hero" was a big hit, and Zhang Yi and Zhang Weiping also made a hard fee.

And "Hurricane Rescue" Li Shengyao is the main investment, how can there be twenty or thirty million US dollars.

Zhang Weiping quickly calculated the approximate amount, "I'll go, this guy may be able to earn 40 million US dollars, and this movie also has TV, DVD, and website income in the later stage, so he won't make hundreds of millions of US dollars, right?" ”

In the end, Zhang Weiping was about to lose her heart.

He was originally a small real estate developer, and he followed Zhang Yi into the film and television industry with 60 million.

After so many years of tossing, his net worth has also increased four or five times, and compared with ordinary people, he already has unattainable wealth.

He is usually very proud and pretentious.

But now that Lee Shengyao is making hundreds of millions of dollars in a movie, it is really enviable.

"It's a pity that I didn't invest in Hurricane Rescue at that time."

Zhang Yi didn't bother to pay attention to this money fan, and after thinking about it, he planned to call Li Shengyao to talk about "The City Full of Golden Armor" and "Hurricane Rescue".

He knew that Li Shengyao had always been keen about the film market and wanted to know Li Shengyao's opinion.

He then dialed Li Shengyao's phone, first politely said a few words, and then told the story of "The City is Full of Golden Armor".

"Director Zhang, you can rest assured, "Hurricane Rescue" and "Full of Golden Armor" are different types of movies, the audiences of the two movies are completely different, and there is a gap of eight days, "Hurricane Rescue" will definitely not affect the box office of "Full of Golden Armor".

"Besides, now that the market is bigger, it stands to reason that the box office of movies will be more."

""Hurricane Rescue" has brought a movie-watching boom, which is a good thing for "The City is Full of Golden Armor"."

When Lao Mouzi heard this, he also felt that it made sense, and the two chatted a few words and hung up the phone.

"I think what Li Shengyao said is right, now that the market is bigger and can accommodate more good movies, we don't have to worry about the impact of "The City Full of Golden Armor".

When Lao Mouzi talked about Li Shengyao, there was a lot of recognition and admiration in his eyes.

Zhang Weiping was shocked when she saw it in her eyes.

He has been able to mix up until now completely because of Lao Mouzi, and he can't leave Lao Mouzi.

And Lee Shengyao is not an ordinary person, he can be a producer, what he can do, Lee Shengyao will only be better than him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Weiping pulled her lips, "That's some nonsense, don't take it seriously." ”

Lao Mouzi did not answer.

Zhang Weiping hurriedly changed the topic, "There are still several places to promote "The City is Full of Golden Armor", should you be divided into two teams, you and Gong Li are in a group, and I will take Zhou Runwei and Jay Chou in a group. ”

"This ...... Not quite right? ”

"It's okay, publicity, serious business."

(End of chapter)