Chapter 449 Neon Box Office Miracle
Time came to March, and Chen Linfeng was filming with peace of mind on the set of "Shenxia".
Sister Mei is busy promoting the release of Chen Linfeng's new book "Sherlock 3".
We also have to take care of negotiating the salary contracts for participating in "Inception" with the selected actors.
The overseas release of "Your Name" was left to Xu Wulai.
As Qilin is involved in more and more affairs, it is inevitable that some things must be assigned.
However, Chen Linfeng himself had less work to do.
Of course, filming and writing scripts and novels are still irreplaceable.
As for the script, after Chen Linfeng returned from Hollywood, he rushed to write the script for "Police Incident 2".
Then I gave it to Cheng Er and asked him to find someone to refine and adjust it. The specific preparation work was also handed over to him.
Last year's "The Ugly Duckling" already proved his ability.
With a script and sufficient communication, Cheng Er can realize Chen Linfeng's expectations very well.
He was previously Chen Linfeng's executive director, and he was very good at analyzing scripts and implementing the director's intentions.
Chen Linfeng specifically asked Cheng Er about his future plans.
The other party is not particularly ambitious, or in other words, Cheng Er has been following the most famous genius in the film and television industry for a long time, and is a little discouraged.
He realizes that he is not a talented director, so he is willing to receive more guidance.
Cheng Er thought very clearly that even if he made a fortune from Director Chen's script, as long as the results were outstanding enough, he wouldn't be afraid of a little controversy.
Just like director Chen Kaige, so many people now say that he relied on Chen Kaige to make "Farewell My Concubine". Isn't he still one of the best directors in the industry?
He had already made up his mind to follow Director Chen's line unwaveringly, and he was willing to become a general under his sect.
Of course Chen Linfeng is happy to see such an honest director's tool.
Therefore, the script of "Police 2" was naturally handed over to him.
Chen Linfeng got off to a good start in "Police 1", but he has been holding back on filming since then.
Think about "Ip Man 1", which was released at the same time. The second part was released last year.
Jiang Wu was so anxious that he asked several times overtly and secretly, but he couldn't delay it for too long.
It’s not easy for people to stay in shape.
The final filming time is scheduled for the first half of the year, and it will be released during the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival at the end of the year.
On March 10, Chen Linfeng's new book "Sherlock 3" was released simultaneously in Europe, the United States, and China.
Compared with the novel "Shenxia 2", the results are much better.
This is the first time a novel in the same series has been released since the TV series "Shenxia" was aired, and its reputation has more than doubled.
And many times, fame is sales.
Of course, the data on the first day and the first week did not improve much. They remained at 4-50 on the first day and millions in the first week.
But the long-term sales curve is much better than that of the previous game.
Even if many fans of the show don't watch it, some will buy a set to decorate their appearance.
Of course, real novel fans will still buy and read it as usual.
Regarding the evaluation of the new book, there is also a feeling of "expectedly good".
To use an inappropriate example to describe it is, an old married couple.
In the eyes of old book fans, good writing is normal, but bad writing is strange.
Therefore, whether it is media public opinion or reader evaluation, there is a feeling of smooth sailing.
The popularity is high, but unlike in the past, there was always explosive public opinion and sales.
However, in Chen Linfeng's view, the new book did not bring unexpected surprises to readers.
It seems that I need to work harder to write a new book next time, otherwise I may stay at this position for a long time in the future.
People often evaluate an author based on his highest achievements.
Chen Linfeng is not willing to maintain the status quo.
The drama version of "Sherlock 2" has a slight change in temperament compared to the first one.
In addition to the simple investigation, there are more action elements.
Chen Linfeng imagined that Charlotte would first deduce the fighting process in her mind and then implement the action style.
A lot of special effects technology is needed, and action design also needs to be worked hard.
In this aspect, the director directly let Chen take responsibility, allowing the original author to show his inner scenes, which must be authentic.
Chen Linfeng did not refuse and directly took over this part of the work.
As one of the producers, Long Lin has a very rich reserve in action and martial arts, and he is completely proficient in it.
Chen Linfeng himself has done a lot of action scenes in the past, so this part was a difficult part in the director's opinion, and it didn't pose a problem at all.
In addition, the crew got along very well as early as last season, so the whole filming process went smoothly.
In late March, the drama version of "Shenxia 2" was successfully completed, and Chen Linfeng was able to return to China.
As soon as he got off the plane and walked out of the airport, he found Liu Qianqian and Sister Mei standing not far away to pick him up.
"Xiao Feng~" Liu Qianqian kept waving her hands.
"Sissi, have you finished filming?"
Chen Linfeng handed her the backpack obediently, and then asked, "I didn't listen to you when I called the day before yesterday."
"I came back yesterday, and we almost bumped into each other."
"Just have a good rest at home when you came back yesterday. You don't have to come to pick me up."
Liu Qianqian smiled and did not answer. You can't just say that you want to meet sooner, that would be too unreserved.
In public, Chen Linfeng didn't act like a celebrity, and they didn't need this.
When the surrounding crowd saw Liu Qianqian and Xiao Chen appearing, they started to form a circle.
"Sister Mei, Sissi, let's get in the car and go back first."
"Yeah." "Okay."
Sister Mei's driver and Luo Lin each drove a car.
Chen Linfeng's assistant team sat in Luo Lin's car.
He and Liu Qianqian took the opportunity to sit in Sister Mei's car.
"Sister Mei, how is the screening of "Your Name" at Neon?"
After getting on the bus, Chen Linfeng asked immediately, "I just listened to your brief remarks the past two days."
"Overall, it's great. I feel like it's going to break the overseas box office record for domestic films."
Sister Mei couldn't hide her excitement, and she began to tell Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian the relevant information in detail.
On March 18, "Your Name" was released on Neon, opening to 333 screens.
In the three days of the weekend, it mobilized 1.023 million viewers and earned 1.28 billion yen, successfully winning the next week's box office championship.
It also surpassed the 960 million yen achieved by "Red Cliff" that year, and is currently the highest achieved result for a domestic film in Neon.
Liu Qianqian asked doubtfully, "Is this a good result? After all, 1.2 billion yen is not enough for 100 million rmb. It only took three days on the weekend to achieve this."
"That's not how it was calculated."
Chen Linfeng helped explain that he knew something about the neon film market.
Here in Neon, a movie usually lasts 2 to 3 months, or even half a year if it’s good.
The overall box office is very slow. It doesn't matter if the box office is not high in the first week. As long as the public opinion and word-of-mouth rise, and the box office will gradually accumulate thereafter, it will be fine.
"Xiao Feng is right, it is like this."
Sister Mei knows better, especially some media reports and online comments sent back by Neon’s company employees.
Whether it’s ratings and reviews, the number of comments, the number of celebrities participating, etc.
All data indicators are much higher than those of "Red Cliff" back then.
You know, the total box office of "Red Cliff" in Neon exceeded 10 billion yen.
Moreover, it is already the 23rd, and we can see the data from Monday and Tuesday.
Comparing the movie data on the box office list of Neon Film History, we can basically confirm that "Your Name" is likely to create a miracle.
"Now on the Neon Network, the search index for "Your Name" ranks first, and you two are the hottest topic of discussion. In the future, the Neon movie market will no longer be exclusive to Fanglong."
Sister Mei said it very firmly, and at the same time she was proud of it.
After all, Neon is different from other countries.
Being able to achieve results here is different from other places. This can be regarded as some kind of underlying consciousness.
Moreover, China's GDP has just surpassed that of Neon. Psychologically, it actually still has some looking up to it.
Because of this, Sister Mei seemed a little excited.
Liu Qianqian probably understood, and then she became happy.
"To put it this way, it is indeed good."
Chen Linfeng was also very happy, but he was a reborn person after all, so he was relatively calm.
The weight of neon in later generations has long given way to Emily Ken.
If in a beautiful country, a domestic movie can top the box office for a few weeks, then he might be excited for a while.
After talking about neon, next is Bang Country.
The release time of Bangguo is actually earlier, even earlier than Neon.
In Bangkok, Qilin found CJ Entertainment to cooperate in distributing the film, which premiered in 560 theaters and attracted 208,000 moviegoers on the first day.
It also won the weekly box office championship in Bangkok.
However, the film market in Bangkok is really not that good, so neither Chen Linfeng nor Sister Mei paid much attention to it.
After returning home, Sister Mei sat for a while and then left.
Chen Linfeng said nothing and took his girlfriend to the bedroom.
"Hey, no, what do you want to do?"
"Sleep, what else can you do?"
"Huh? So unabashed."
Just when Liu Qianqian was about to give in, she found that Chen Linfeng fell on the bed and fell asleep.
"You are such a sleeper!"
Liu Qianqian gritted her teeth, feeling that her enthusiasm had been misdirected.
She had to help him undress and was worried that her boyfriend wouldn't sleep well. Afterwards, she felt a little sad and angry.
The next day, Chen Linfeng woke up and saw Liu Qianqian being indifferent.
He didn't panic at all and filled her up with passion.
So, the two got back together.
(End of chapter)