What Yu Hua couldn't understand was still behind.
That is, the day after CCTV reported this incident, the box office of "Space Traveler" suddenly increased against the trend.
Although Zhou Yan and the others did not get specific box office data that day, according to feedback from movie theaters in various places, the number of people who came to the movie theater to watch "Space Traveler" suddenly increased sharply that day.
In some movie theaters in some cities, tickets for several shows on the same day were even sold out.
This can be called a miracle for a movie that has been released for twenty days.
There can only be one reason for this miracle, and that is that many people saw the news on CCTV and then ran into the cinema to watch "Space Traveler".
Originally, "Time Traveler" was not as well promoted in second- and third-tier cities as in first-tier cities such as Yanjing and Shanghai, and its box office performance was also slightly worse.
However, this report by CCTV directly made "Space Traveler" gain huge popularity in second- and third-tier cities.
Movie fans actually don't care about why Han Shaogong sued Zhang Yiwu, nor why Zhang Yiwu scolded Zhou Yan and Han Shaogong. They just saw "Space Traveler" on CCTV and knew that such a movie has attracted a lot of attention recently.
It was impossible for them not to pay attention to a movie that attracted so much attention, so a lot of people came to the cinema just to join in the fun.
On January 11, when Han Sanping called Zhou Yan, his tone was a bit confused.
"Having been in the film industry for so many years, I have never seen such a battle. I thought "Love Traveler" was about to finish, but I didn't expect another climax. According to incomplete statistics, on the 9th, "Love Traveler" The box office of "Traveler" reached more than 5 million, which is more than double the box office of No. 8. Moreover, the box office of No. 10 should not be worse than that of No. 9, which means that the box office has increased by one thousand in these two days. Thousands.”
"So, the box office of "Space Traveler" should now exceed 50 million?"
"Well, it must have been exceeded. I thought it would be difficult to surpass the goal, but I didn't expect it to be achieved so easily. Fifty million has been achieved, and now we have to look forward to 60, 70 or even 80 million."< br>
Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Sixty million is probably no problem, and seventy million is also possible. As for eighty million, it is probably unlikely. This time, because of the CCTV report, it was a gust of wind. When this gust of wind blows, the heat will Come down.”
It’s not that Zhou Yan wants to be negative, the market potential is so huge, and it’s not easy to achieve the current results.
"It doesn't matter, our goal has been achieved, and the rest is earned. You can now talk to Mr. Xu about donating pianos."
They had agreed when they had dinner together that for every two million more Mainland box office sales of "Space Traveler", Tomson would donate a piano to Yangyin.
Now "Space Traveler" can basically exceed 60 million, which means that Tomson has to donate at least 30 pianos.
Although thirty pianos cost a lot of money, Xu Feng must be very happy to donate. "Time Traveler" can achieve such a box office, and the profit it brings to her is not comparable to that of dozens of pianos.
"Haha, I don't need to mention the piano. Sister Feng will never forget it."
"That's true. Now that the mainland's box office has been successful, the rest depends on Hong Kong and Taiwan."
Zhou Yan doesn't pay much attention to Xiangjiang and Taiwan Island. He pays more attention to neon. After all, compared to Xiangjiang and Taiwan Island, the market for neon is much larger.
"Sister Feng and the others have made arrangements, all that's left is to wait for the release."
"Well, it's a good start now, and everyone will be more confident later." Han Sanping said with a smile.
"Yes, it's a reassurance."
This is not an ordinary reassurance, but a reassurance that can fill people up.
The cost of "Space Traveler" was only 30 million yuan, and now they are almost recouping it from just one ticket office in the mainland.
The box office income from other ticket warehouses, as well as the subsequent income from copyright, video tapes, and CDs, are basically pure profits.
Han Sanping has been making movies for so many years, and he has never fought such an easy battle.
Thinking about the subsequent copyright of the film, Han Sanping smiled and said, "There are so many songs in "Space Traveler" that can make you a lot of money later. When are you going to release the soundtrack?"
"Let's wait until the screenings in various places are over."
"How about it comes out in China first? I think there are already a lot of pirated tapes on the market, and they are getting better and better."
Pirated tapes have been around since the movie was first released, but the quality of those pirated tapes was very poor at the beginning. Not only did the sound quality of the recordings not be good, but even the music was intermittent and incomplete at all.
But as time goes by, piracy is now getting better and better.
Although the sound quality of pirated copies will not be very good, at least the integrity can be guaranteed, and some pirated tape covers are also very formal. Just looking from the outside, it is no longer possible to tell whether they are pirated.
Zhou Yan didn't care about this. He knew that even if he released the soundtrack of "Space Traveler" right now, it would be impossible to compete with pirated tapes in the market.
Since it can't be stopped, it's better to relax and relax, even if the pirates are helping them promote it.
Among so many people who watch movies, some must have listened to pirated tapes first, and then went to the cinema to watch movies because of the music.
Of course, most of them listen to music and don’t go to the cinema to watch movies.
If you make statistics now, you will definitely find that there are many more people who have listened to the music of "Space Traveler" than who have watched the movie.
The popularity of music is actually far greater than that of movies.
It’s just that many people listen to music but don’t know it’s from a movie.
……
Foremost Records, general manager's office, Li Yaming walked straight in from the outside, sat down on the sofa, and said to Zhang Gengyu, "I want to tell you two pieces of news."
Hearing Li Yaming's words, Zhang Gengyu put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and asked, "Good news or bad news?"
"No, neither is good news, but one of them is slightly less bad."
"Can I choose not to listen?"
"No."
"Then I choose to listen to the less bad news first."
Li Yaming nodded, "There was a company in Shanghai just now that wanted to invite Kelly to participate in their business activities, and the price was very high, which is already a second-tier level."
Zhang Gengyu raised his eyebrows in surprise. Kelly Chen had just debuted not long ago. Although her performance was good, she was not at the second-tier level. He knew that Li Yaming's division of the second-tier was very strict.
Moreover, the other party's bidding reaches the second line, which means that there is hope for a higher bid.
But this is really not good news for them, because Kelly Chen is a singer of Zhengdong Records, but the business in Taiwan is represented by them.
Now that Kelly Chen is going to Pengcheng to perform in a commercial, it has nothing to do with them, and they won't be able to share the money.
"Contact Zhengdong and let them contact them themselves."
Since it has nothing to do with them, Zhang Gengyu doesn't want to worry about it anymore.
"Is there another news?" Zhang Gengyu asked again.
"The other party not only invited Kelly Chen, but also Wang Lihong, and the price was not low."
Zhang Gengyu was stunned when he heard Wang Lihong's name, because Wang Lihong had already left Fu Mao and went to Huanyin.
The faster Wang Lihong develops, the more uncomfortable he will be.
"Why did the other party invite them both?" "Because of the movie "Time Traveler"." Li Yaming said.
"Oh, it seems that the movie is doing well in mainland China."
The box office situation of "Space Traveler" was reported more frequently and quickly in Xiangjiang, but Taiwan was not able to follow up in time.
The current situation reported in Taiwan was still more than a week ago.
Therefore, Zhang Gengyu doesn't know much about the box office of "Time Traveler".
"I asked the other party about it, and the box office of "Space Traveler" in the mainland has now exceeded 50 million."
"Fifty million yuan? Or NT dollars?"
“Of course it’s RMB.”
Zhang Gengyu twitched his lips, "I remember that the box office of movies in mainland China is not very high. Didn't he say that his previous movie "Spring of the Cowherd" broke some records? It seems to be only 50 million yuan, right?"
"Well, this time "Time Traveler" should also break the record."
Zhang Gengyu lamented, "Zhou Yan is really too strong, and this movie will definitely not be bad at the box office in Taiwan. He is already very popular in Taiwan, and with Joey Wang, he can basically guarantee the top spot."
"Zhou Yan's main box office is actually in Neon. He probably doesn't care much about the box office in Taiwan. You know, several of his movies have received more than one billion in ration revenue from Neon."
"That's true." Zhang Gengyu nodded, and then became a little confused, "It's really impressive that the movie has a box office of 50 million, but Wang Lihong only sang one interlude in it, how can his fame increase so quickly?"
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"In fact, the episode of "Time Traveler" is much more famous than the movie. The other party asked Kelly Chen and Wang Lihong to come over, and also designated them to sing the two songs "athousandyears" and "How Long Will I Love You"."< br>
Zhang Gengyu scratched his eyebrows and said, "Speaking of which, we haven't heard what these two songs are like."
"How about I ask my friend to get a tape to listen to?"
Zhang Gengyu knew that the tape Li Yaming had found was definitely pirated.
Now that the movie has just been released, the soundtrack is impossible to come out.
Logically speaking, they run a record company and shouldn't buy pirated tapes, but he really wants to listen to the interlude from "Time Traveler".
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Gengyu finally nodded, "Okay, let's get one and listen to it."
Pirate it, just pirate it. At worst, after the original soundtrack is released, he will buy ten or eight copies to make up for it.
"Okay, I'll have someone do it soon."
Zhang Gengyu nodded and said, "For Wang Lihong's matter, please contact Huanyin."
……
The news that Wang Lihong was approached for a business performance soon reached Zhou Yan.
If it were normal circumstances, Wang Lihong would not need to ask Zhou Yan for instructions at all when he took over a business performance.
If every artist in the company had to ask him for instructions when accepting a commercial performance, he would be exhausted.
It's just that "How Long Will I Love You" was sung in public for the first time, so Xu Xiangjie decided to tell Zhou Yan.
There are two situations for the songs in "Space Traveler". The first one is like "All of Me" and "How Long Will I Love You", where singers were invited to sing the full version.
Such interludes can be sung publicly by singers after the movie is released.
There is also a type of interlude that Zhou Yan only asked people to record a little bit. For this type of song, the singer is not allowed to sing it in public, let alone record a single.
Zhou Yan was also very happy to learn that "I Will Love You for a Long Time" and "Athousand Years" will be performed publicly. Although the original soundtracks will not be released for the time being, the singers will have commercial performances.
Wang Lihong is now the singer of their Phantom Sound. It is time for him to take advantage of the sales of "Time Traveler" to gain more popularity.
"Boss, is this the world premiere of the episode of "Space Traveler"?" Xu Xiangjie asked with a smile on the other end of the phone.
"No, just tomorrow, "allofme" will be sung in the United States."
"Hey, since you can't get a world premiere, at least it's an Asia first."
“It’s the first song in Asia, that’s right.”
"Where will "allofme" be sung for the first time in the United States tomorrow?"
"New York, Radio City Music Hall, Celine Dion concert."
"Oh, that's much better than commercial performances."
"Yeah."
……
In the evening of January 14th, Saloli and Olivia appeared downstairs at Radio City Music Hall, waiting to check in.
As Celine Dion's loyal fans, they will naturally support Celine Dion this time when she comes to New York for a concert.
Because this was an indoor concert, there were only 6,000 tickets, so they had a hard time buying tickets.
In fact, Celine Dion has not held a concert for some days, and this concert at Radio City is the only one in recent months.
"I heard that there will be new songs in today's concert."
A couple was at the front of the queue, and the content of the discussion aroused the interest of Salori and Olivia.
Olivia took the initiative and asked, "Excuse me, where did your news come from?"
The couple looked back at the two of them, and the girl smiled and said, "I also heard what other fans said."
"But, she hasn't released any new songs recently."
Usually, the new songs that singers sing in concerts must be songs from singles or albums that have already been released.
Celine Dion has not released a new song recently, so this makes them confused.
The girl shrugged, "I don't know about that. Maybe the new song refers to the song in "Fallingintoyou"."
"Are the songs in "Fallingintoyou" considered new songs?"
"Falling into You" is an English-language album released by Celine Dion in early March 1996. There are many songs in it that everyone has heard before, and there are even three cover songs.
And even though it is full of new original songs, it is already 1997, almost a year has passed since the album was released, and the songs in it cannot be said to be new songs.
Of course, the couple didn't think the songs in this album were new, but they knew very little about the news they heard from elsewhere, and they couldn't give Olivia an answer.
Olivia and the others were originally in a relaxed mood while waiting for the ticket check outside, but now they heard a piece of news that they didn't know if it was a rumor or not, which made them restless.
Now they are eager to check the tickets quickly and get in quickly, and then Celine Dion will start singing quickly. It is best to sing a new song as the first song to answer their doubts. (End of chapter)