Chapter 562 The pace of expansion
Although Yang Siwei didn’t know why his boss suddenly posted such a meaningful Weibo.
But as Li Chen’s biggest fan, Yang Siwei unconditionally supports his boss.
"Don't over-interpret the Weibo interaction between Director Li and Yifei. There's nothing to explain, it's just a normal love story." Yang Siwei replied to the media.
Yu Miao's reply to the media was more straightforward: "A normal Weibo is just an expression of Director Li's heart. What does it have to do with Li Lianjie?"
Soon, media follow-up reports were posted online.
“The reporter interviewed Rongchen Pictures and Yixin Media on the phone. Both of them denied that Li Chen insinuated Li Lianjie on Weibo.”
As of now, Rongchen Pictures and Yixin Media It no longer matters whether the media denies it or not.
Li Chen rarely posts on Weibo, unlike Ms. Liu who updates from time to time.
But every time Li Chen posted it, it went viral. As soon as he posted this Weibo, a large number of people broke through.
After all, it is common in the entertainment industry to prefer the new and dislike the old.
At the same time, the first wave of word-of-mouth reviews for "Chinese Police" are also freshly released.
“It’s strange. I thought that no matter how Cheng Long acted, he would not be able to escape the shadow of the comedy-style Chen Jiaju, but in Cui Zhenhai, I can’t remember what Chen Jiaju looked like.”
“ Zhu Yawen’s Miao Qingshan is also very flavorful, simply It is a combination of Takeda's ruthlessness and Yu Zhan'ao's violence."
"Absolutely the best in the National Day episode, the best of the year, with high energy throughout, wonderful fighting scenes, and the charming Tang Yan as the female lead. No. 1 is no better than a few men.”
Xue Xiaolu picked up the phone and hesitated again and again but still did not call Li Chen.
Although Jet Li appeared in "Ocean Paradise" for free, she was very grateful.
But she is not so arrogant that she thinks she can influence Li Chen's opinions based on her relationship with Li Chen.
What's more, Li Chen didn't mention Li Lianjie, but only interacted with Yifei. Maybe Li Chen didn't mean this.
The Xiang Family Villa in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Island
"Honey, should we call him?"
"What to call? What did you say? They didn't mention Ajie, what did you say!" Xiang Hua'er looked bad and replied to his wife One sentence.
Mrs. Xiang stopped talking. Li Chen’s Weibo almost included more than half of the men, including his husband.
It’s just that the two parties are now in the honeymoon period of their cooperation on "The Finale of Ip Man", and Xiang Huaru doesn’t want to get into trouble.
Yang Siwei and Yu Miao were very busy, but Li Chen's phone only occasionally received one or two text messages from friends, but no one directly asked about Weibo.
Chenglong didn't have so many scruples. He called and said with a smile: "Li Chen, what's going on? You must be targeting "White Snake" on purpose, hahaha"
Chenglong was actually very worried. I am happy to see Li Chen target Li Lianjie. The reason is simple.
Except Li Lianjie, there is no other person who can compare with Chenglong.
Both of them said they didn't care, but in their hearts, neither of them wanted to overshadow the other.
"What, brother, couldn't it be Li Lianjie who called you?"
"That's not true. You didn't mention him by name, so how could he take it personally? That's not just a scolding."
"I think so, but it's nonsense about "White Snake", Han Didn’t Dong already announce that the battle for the National Day box office championship has ended early?”
Chenglong laughed: “It’s okay, that’s fine. It’s you who are so awesome. Your saying, “When you choose Rongchen Pictures, you choose to have the last laugh.” You really hit the mark.” It was born in your hands, thank you, Li Chen.”
Chenglong is in a happy mood, and the pre-sale box office has set his domestic box office record.
This time in the double J battle, he completely defeated Li Lianjie.
Coincidentally, this time both parties are starring in someone else's movie.
After hanging up the phone from Chenglong, Han Sanping called again.
Li Chen thought Han Sanping was also gossiping about his Weibo, but it turned out not to be the case.
When Li Chen and Liu Yifei were in Venice, the people from Changying sent the invitation for "Tongque Terrace" to Yixin Media.
At that time, Li Chen asked Yang Siwei to reject Changying on behalf of Ms. Liu because there was no schedule.
Yang Siwei was used to this kind of thing and didn't take it seriously at all.
With her boss here, can the landlady lack resources to star in a historical blockbuster by a little-known director?
At that time, I heard Yang Siwei mention that it was Zhou Runfa who strongly recommended Miss Liu to play the role of Lingju.
“I didn’t expect that Changying would find you as a lobbyist.”
"Not only Changying, Zhou Runfa also called me. He knows about our friendship."
"I still say the same thing, Director Han, Qianqian's schedule is far away, within five years It’s full.”
Han Sanping laughed angrily: "You kid, what are you doing today?"
"Do you know that as soon as you opened your mouth, the netizens scolded the two people except Wen Zhang bloody."
"How did Li Lianjie offend you?"
Li Chen pretended to be innocent and said: "Director Han, I just had an interaction with my wife. What did I say? I didn't say anything!"
"How netizens and the media interpret it is their business. I'm too lazy to care."
Han Sanping said with a smile: "Okay, anyway, once you post this on Weibo, I estimate that the box office of "White Snake" will be cut by 20%."
Han Sanping's estimate is right. At this moment, Yang Zi was not as calm as Li Lianjie.
In addition to being criticized by Li Chen, what makes Yoko even more angry is that "White Snake" was also "stolen" from the box office.
A movie ticket for "Revolution of 1911" had the name crossed out with a ballpoint pen and the word "白" written on it, which was uploaded to Li Lianjie's Weibo by netizens.
Yangzi directly turned on the violent mode on Weibo.
“In order to punish this kind of bad box office stealing behavior, I am offering a reward to catch the culprit. All viewers who encounter similar behavior, please collect evidence and contact 137******* or send me a private message.”
“I immediately arranged for local personnel to arrive at the scene to verify a cinema. The bonus is 10,000, please repost it to support and work together to maintain a clean movie environment.”
“Also, some people are despicable and shameless for the sake of box office, and "The Legend of White Snake" was inexplicably undermined and slandered before it was released! , this situation continued until after the release."
"I will not tolerate such unhealthy tendencies, this matter will never end!"
Li Chen was very happy, how could this Yangzi have the same virtue as Gao Xiaosong, even if he didn't know who was behind "Revolution of 1911"?
But you should definitely know the four words "Revolution of 1911".
Gao Xiaosong's "Da Wu Sheng" dared to raise China Film's eyebrows and treated Lao Han as a decoration.
Less than three weeks after its release, the "scheduled film" potential has been exhausted, and the box office is set at just over 40 million.
The cost is less than 50 million.
No wonder investors were furious and criticized Gao Xiaosong for his lack of experience.
Let "Global Love" get a bargain, winning a box office of 66 million yuan.
You, Yoko, went to pick out Tadawa Ren. It was because the birthday girl was tired of hanging himself.
Wang Changtian is also happy. He is afraid of teammates who are like pigs, but likes opponents who are like pigs. This is probably what he means.
Films like "Chinese Police" and "Revolution of 1911" are untouchable films. No matter whether they are well-made or not, they will definitely not survive the months-long theatrical release period.
Maybe next year, these two dramas will still be available in theaters.
But Wang Changtian understands, Yu Dong also understands, but Yangzi doesn't know how to pretend to understand.
"Painting on the Wall" earned 11 million at the box office on the first day, and Wang Changtian is not in a hurry.
"White Snake" just took advantage of it and secretly moved ahead half a day.
As long as he and Li Chen don't fight with each other and don't quarrel with "Revolution of 1911", "White Snake" will never have a chance.
"Brother, Guo Wei and I are drinking tea in Jinxiu. Would you like to come and sit down."
"Forget it, it's too late, let's go another day."
"Okay, Guowei just told me that as long as you One Weibo post a day, and he will pay you in private at 200,000 yuan per post."
Li Chen laughed and said, "Tell him whether it's RMB or pounds. If it's pounds, I'll think about it. ”
Cao Guowei's face darkened, he took Wang Changtian's cell phone and said, "Go to bed early."
Then he hung up the phone.
Wang Changtian laughed loudly: "Li Chen is such a wonderful person."
A rare smile appeared on Cao Guowei's face: "When I invited him to join Weibo, at least it saved me a 100 million in advertising fees.”
After Yoko’s actions, the bad reviews of “White Snake” were like a catalyst.
The comment "from heaven and earth" finally appeared.
There were a lot of likes, but Li Chen looked at it and felt that it didn’t look like Lao Wang’s handiwork.
This is obviously aimed at the woman Huang Shengyi. What Lao Wang wants to deal with is Yangzi.
Li Chen’s guess was correct.
At this moment, there was an unattractive person who looked exactly like eight taels of gold. He was sitting in an Internet cafe wearing a baseball cap and looked at the comment area and let out a weird laugh.
If Yoko were here, he would definitely be shocked.
Yu Dong has a headache. If you don’t understand, then don’t do it.
Originally, just one light was enough to give Yu Dong a headache, but with the addition of Shanghai Film and Rongchen Pictures, Yu Dong also chose to show off.
At noon the next day, the first-day box office of "Chinese Police" left the industry in a state of amazement.
Sina Entertainment News
"Yesterday early morning, the police documentary blockbuster "Chinese Police", jointly produced by China Film and Rongchen Pictures and starring Cheng Long, Andy Lau, Zhu Yilong, Tang Yan and others, was released nationwide." "Injection into the slightly weak National Day film market A dose of stimulant, the single-day box office and first-day box office are expected to set new records for domestic films.”
"According to preliminary box office statistics in Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, the box office of "Chinese Police" on the first day was more than 70 million yuan. Industry insiders also analyzed that the film's box office on the first day is expected to approach the 100 million mark. ”
In this way, its single-day box office and first-day box office are expected to set new records for domestic films. "
As night falls, "Chinese Police" in various theaters basically dominates the evening prime time.
"Hahaha" On the first day of National Day, Han Sanping was filled with joy.
The box office on the first day was 88.5 million.
"Li Chen, you are such a genius. I am with Chenglong and Lao Tian. Come over."
Han Sanping said you should come over, not you. Don't come.
When Li Chen arrived, Han Sanping had already drunk a lot. Obviously, the box office of "Chinese Police" made Lao Han very happy.
Perhaps it was the failure of "The Great Cause of Party Building" that made Lao Han feel resentful.
I was disturbed again by flies like Gao Xiaosong.
"Why are you here? Let's sit down."
Chenglong also smiled: "Li Chen is here, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
That's Tian Zang The words also appeared on his face: "Come and sit down and have a few drinks with us three old guys."
What could Li Chen say? Tian Zhuangzhuang opened his mouth and had to drink even if he didn't want to.
The final result was that except for Chenglong and Han Sanping, who were fine, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Li Chen, the master and apprentice, were drunk.
Li Chen was an average drinker, and Tian Zangxian seemed to spit out a breath that had been hidden in his chest for more than ten years.
He knew that this play would probably become the masterpiece with the highest box office and best reputation in his directing career.
Recalling that I went to Russia to film this movie, I felt like I was twenty years younger all day long. Sometimes I would fall asleep on the set because I was so tired.
But as soon as the first-day box office came out today, Tian Zhuangzhuang felt that everything was worth it.
Tian Zhuangxang kept grabbing Li Chen's hand and murmuring, and finally turned into two words: thank you.
In the next two days, the box office of "Chinese Police" hit a new high.
October 1: 110 million
October 2: 125 million.
The box office revenue of 323 million in the first week is as high as ever.
Sina Entertainment News
"The box office of "Chinese Police" was 88.5 million yuan on the first day, 110 million yuan on the next day, 125 million yuan on the third day, and the box office exceeded 230 million yuan two days before National Day. Yuan, with a box office record of 323 million yuan in three days of release. "
"This first-week box office performance not only broke the two previous highest-grossing domestic films. The movies "Charlotte" (220 million yuan) and "Let the Bullets Fly" (181 million yuan) set box office records in the first four days, and also broke the first-week box office record of "Avatar" (282.79 million yuan)."
< br>"In addition, the nationwide box office result of 125 million yuan on October 2 also set a new single-day box office record for mainland movies."
The box office performance of "Chinese Police" in its first week was unexpected.
No one expected that a theme film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang could surpass the box office records of famous directors such as Li Chen and Jiang Wen.
This is especially true for the big and small kings of Huayi.
“This box office is too perverted, how many reserved rooms are there!” Wang Zhonglei couldn’t even curse.
Feng Xiaogang's "Earthquake" leads the Golden Rooster Awards with nine nominations, but now it looks like a joke.
"It's hard to say. If only half of the millions of police officers in the country enter the cinema, it will be a box office of 200 million. What's more, it is definitely not just the police officers who enter the cinema. Family members are not counted, and other civil servants are not counted." Wang Zhongjun's brain Very clear.
The main melody film does not talk about martial ethics in this regard. With a group ticket package and a very long release period, ordinary commercial films are no match for it.
Both brothers seemed to have forgotten about "The Great Earthquake".
In contrast, the first week of "White Snake" of 75 million and the first week of "Painted Wall" of 58 million appear bleak.
After "Revolution of 1911" made 18 million in its first week, it still had a box office of 54 million this week, with Shanghai accounting for basically 30%.
Yoko's expression was a capital letter of Embarrassment.
It was a certainty that "White Snake" would exceed 100 million, but why couldn't he be happy?
I thought that the fantasy theme and the theme theme would give me the upper hand, but I also took the advantage by raising the file myself. Jet Li offset Cheng Long.
The lineup of "White Snake" is at least as good as that of "Chinese Police", but it failed miserably at the box office.
He also hopes to trick Li Lianjie into continuing to "guest" in the sequel, and the scripts have already been written.
Yu Dong also prepared a banner and wanted to make Yangzi the commander-in-chief of the navy.
In Yu Dong’s words, if you lose the box office, you cannot lose the scene.
We at "White Snake" didn't lose money, provided that you, Yoko, didn't brag.
You said it yourself, as long as the box office exceeds 100 million, you will make money, 200 million will be awesome, and 300 million will be awesome.
Looking at it now, 200 million shouldn’t be difficult.
Li Chen is not idle during the National Day either. "Vientiane Island" will be launched at the end of the year, and all preparations must be kept up.
The filming location Li Chen did not film in Vietnam like "Skull Island". In fact, Guangxi in China is very suitable.
Whether it is the landscape of Guilin or the climate conditions of the southwest.
The government departments in Guangxi have long expressed their unconditional support for the filming of "Vientiane Island".
During the National Day holiday, Yang Siwei was quite leisurely and went to Jeju Island with Yu Miao.
When I came back, I came to Li Chen's villa.
"Mr. Yang, why do you think the boss asked me to go to South Korea with you?"
This time the two of them went to South Korea and did two things while playing.
One was negotiating with CJ, and the other was meeting a South Korean female screenwriter.
The first thing is that both of them knew Li Chen’s intentions. The negotiation with CJ was to open a branch of Rong Chen Films in South Korea.
As for the second thing about poaching a young screenwriter with a high salary, Yang Siwei and Yu Miao were a little confused.
Yang Siwei probably guessed Li Chen's intention, and just smiled and said: "Maybe you will stay in South Korea in the future, maybe."
Yu Miao's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. In fact, she I've also thought about this possibility.
She is now a publicity director. Unlike Yang Siwei, who is solely responsible for running Yixin Media, Yang Siwei also owns shares in Yixin Media.
If she had been at the head office, her salary and benefits would not be bad, but she would never be able to own shares.
But just as Yang Siwei and himself had guessed, she became the boss of the branch. With the boss's generosity, he would probably give her some shares.
She was not sure what would happen if she just went to South Korea to develop.
in the country, the boss is of course No.1.
Recalling the negotiations with CJ’s senior management, the other party was not a fool.
I bought a stake in your branch, and eventually you became bigger. Didn’t you cultivate your own competitors?
But Li Chen also called CJ's senior management. Even if CJ doesn't invest, Rongchen Pictures can still find other partners to invest in it.
Such as BigHitEntertainment or SM!
I chose you because the two parties have maintained a good cooperative relationship for the past ten years.
These words immediately put CJ on edge. CJ was fully aware of the quality and strength of Rongchen Pictures’ works.
They have no doubt that as long as Li Chen lets the news go, someone will definitely come to give money to buy shares.
Yang Siwei and Yu Miao arrived at Li Chen's villa. The servant said that Li Chen was making a phone call upstairs and asked them to come and sit in the living room.
About a quarter of an hour later, Li Chen went downstairs.
Yang Siwei and Yu Miao stood up quickly: "Boss!"
"Sit down, you're welcome, it's not working time."
Li Chen was dressed in sky blue Pairing a colorful casual shirt with a pair of khaki casual pants makes the whole person very approachable, completely different from that in the company.
Yang Siwei and Yu Miao sat down, and Li Chen chatted with them for a few words before getting down to business.
“Boss, CJ has basically agreed to our conditions, and the female screenwriter Park Ji-eun is also willing to change jobs.”
“Of course, South Korean artists and screenwriters are too poor. , otherwise Han Geng wouldn’t have tried so hard to return to China.”
“That’s what the boss said.”
These were all within Li Chen’s expectations.
Neither Yang Siwei nor Yu Miao knew that by next year at the latest, South Korean artists would be parachuted into domestic entertainment on a large scale.
There is no other reason. RMB is so profitable.
Youdao means one year in China and one lifetime in South Korea. This is the portrayal of South Korean artists.
The "My Love from the Star" that set a record in the Mainland was also Park Ji-eun's script.
Instead of waiting for someone to break into your home in two years' time, it is better to make arrangements now to break into enemy lines.
What's more, Rongchen Pictures now has the strength and ability to go global.
South Korea is the first stop.
(End of this chapter)