Chapter 459: "Baby Plan" premiere
Huayi Brothers, the atmosphere is solemn.
The Racing" exceeded 100 million in three days, which no one expected.
Ning Hao is simply a monster.
"How was the box office today?"
"Four million~"
Wang Zhongjun thought in his mind that he would still earn 10 million on Monday. On the weekend, what's the point?
No, "Racing" poses too much threat to "Baby Plan" and its momentum must be curbed.
Otherwise it is likely to affect the box office of Baby Plans released on weekends.
Without a good start, the subsequent box office of "Baby Plan" is worrying.
"What should we do?" Cheng Long's eyes were filled with worry. "Hold the premiere in advance and grab the momentum, Zhonglei, you go and contact the media and celebrities, try to make the momentum bigger, and never let "Racing" cover us. In addition, contact the theater and say that we are willing to lower a point and let them line up the "Baby Plan" more..." Wang Zhonglei nodded and said that he received it. Cheng Long next to him squirmed with his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he finally held it back.
The box office is bigger than the sky, and it is time for the bayonet to become popular, so it is understandable to use some methods.
He really didn't expect Ning Hao to be so evil.
"Racing" actually went straight for 200 million.
Two million!
He hasn't even broken 100 million.
A deep sense of loss enveloped the whole body, and Cheng Long's eyes showed fatigue. Could it be that he was really out of date and had been popular for decades, and now he can't even compare with a young man.
Wang Zhongjun saw everything, but he did not comfort him, but said: "Brother Long, on the premiere, have you invited Zhang Chen? You went during the premiere of "Racing"? "Baby Plan" makes no sense and he won't come..."
Cheng Long was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
He was not sure whether Zhang Chen would come, it all depends on the other party's character.
Wang Zhongjun also had this idea and continued to order at the younger brother next to him without any hesitation: "Zhonglei, please pay attention. If Zhang Chen doesn't come, let the media break the matter out and say that there is something wrong with his character. If he comes, he will hype Zhang Chen is optimistic about the "Baby Plan"..."
Cheng Long didn't say anything else this time.
I don’t know what’s going on. After the new thousand years, Cheng Long’s movies will no longer be sold.
There is no sales in Hong Kong, nor in the mainland.
It seems that it is unpopular all of a sudden.
The New Police Story, Myth, and Baby Plan did not exceed 100 million, and even the box office of "Kung Fu King" in the mainland was only 170 million!
That is the only movie that Cheng Long and Jet Li collaborated on.
Even though he is so famous, he has to call him "Brother Cheng Long" wherever he goes, but he has no work that exceeds 100 million, which makes him very embarrassed.
You know, the box office of "Red Fan District" starring him in 1995 was 95 million.
In theory, after the new millennium, it should be easy to break 100 million.
But it just can't be broken.
Evil nature!
This situation continued until the Zodiac signs were improved.
Relying on the blessing of popular events, we returned to the top.
…
Star Entertainment
The box office of "Racing" this time was not only beyond everyone's expectations, but they themselves did not expect it.
According to their early speculation, it would be good to have a box office of more than 10 million on the first weekend, and it would be normal to exceed 100 million in seven to ten days.
But the real situation is that it exceeded 100 million in three days, and the subsequent working days can still ensure a daily income of 10 million, and it is almost time to go 200 million.
The whole company is excited and hopes that it can exceed 200 million, preferably breaking the record of "Hurricane Rescue", or at least breaking the "Hero".
Increase publicity and increase publicity!
Since "Racing" became a phenomenon, it is no longer Xingchen Entertainment asking the media to help promote it. The media will spontaneously promote it and take the initiative to take advantage of the popularity of "Racing".
Many magazines have seen a big increase in sales with this move.
More and more media have sent invitations to Xingchen Entertainment, wanting to interview the main creators.
But all the creators ran out for roadshows.
If you can't interview the main creator, just interview its competitors. Anyway, as long as you can get the popularity.
On the TV, in the entertainment news, Zhang Weiping was interviewed:
"Do you think the box office of "Racing" may exceed "Hero"?"
Zhang Weiping's triangular eyes immediately stood up, revealing his ruffian: "How is it possible?
I watched that movie, and the narrative was a chaotic group, and I don't understand why it was popular.
In my opinion, this movie is a large-scale sketch, and it is nothing great about it. As for surpassing "Hero", it is purely a dream.
The director and the director are different. There is a special level called Zhang Yimou..."
Zhang Weiping is still the best in my family.
Everyone has been used to it for a long time, it doesn’t matter, he says whatever he likes to say...
In contrast, Wang Zhonglei is much more sensible.
Facing with the camera, he was very generous:
"Congratulations to "Racing" for successfully exceeding 100 million yuan. It is indeed a rare and good movie, and the golden sentences in it are catchy.
Then, I hope everyone will support "Baby Plan", which is also a masterpiece that is not inferior to "Racing". Brother Cheng Long's transformation work, with laughter and tears, and thrilling scenes. It is a work that is both Cheng Long and not as good as Cheng Long. I hope everyone will support it~"
Immediately, Zhang Chen received a call from Cheng Long, inviting him to attend the premiere of "Baby Plan" tomorrow.
Zhang Chen agreed happily.
Chen Long put down the phone and Wang Zhongjun next to him said, "How is it?"
"He agreed~"
"Are you okay?"
"Are you okay?"
Wang Zhongjun thought Zhang Chen would find an excuse to refuse, but Stephen Chow did that at the beginning, but he didn't expect that Zhang Chen would agree. "I'm still a very particular person. Zhonglei, be prepared and arrange an interview with reporters to see what he said about "Baby Plan"~"
At the premiere of "Baby Plan", Zhang Chen will definitely sing praises to the movie, which is a good gimmick.
Cheng Long didn't say anything beside him, he hugged the mainland for a while.
The Mythology was originally collaborated with China Film, and China Film’s distribution work has always been in line with the rules and no special feeling.
This time I worked with Huayi, I felt the same thing.
Huayi's promotion and distribution are much more flexible than China Film Studio. It uses all kinds of means to do everything for the box office of the movie, and dare to hype anything.
Cheng Long was not only curious, but what would Xingchen Entertainment look like if it was the number one in the mainland? Should I try to cooperate with them in the next film?
…
At this moment, Feng Xiaogang's home
In the study, there was smoke. Feng Xiaogang had just pressed to knock out a cigarette butt, and turned around and lit another one, browsing the web while smoking.
He has always wanted to get rid of the hat of a comedy director, but he has always cared about his title as a comedy master.
So a few days ago, "Ning Hao is the number one comedy director in the mainland" suddenly appeared on the Internet, and he will be very defensive.
The fight started in person.
Although Ning Hao and he are both directors of the past 100 million yuan, he doesn't look down on Ning Hao.
How many movies has he made?
I have eaten more salt than he has eaten.
But the box office of "Racing" in the past two days made Feng Xiaogang uneasy.
It's over 100 million in three days, it's about to go to heaven!
For this reason, he also disguised himself as a midnight show and watched it. Not to mention, it was quite good.
It is similar to the comments online, and it plays multi-line narrative to the extreme.
Unlike ordinary audiences, he is a director and is used to watching movies from the director's perspective.
In his opinion, the script of "Racing" is particularly solid and has a very good design in terms of characters.
Geng Hao, the postgraduate entrance examination duo, Li Fala and his wife, the funeral group, Chachai brother, the police duo...
The numerous characters formed four large characters and interspersed with each other.
The key is that the character design of each group of characters is very clear and has its own characteristics, which is impressive.
This is very difficult!
But it is difficult. If you say that Ning Hao is better than Feng Xiaogang, he will not admit it.
…
In the company, Zhang Chen is being interviewed.
If the main creator is not there, then he will do it. Anyway, it will be right to build momentum.
The interview must be about some interesting filming incidents, but he was not there, so of course he didn't know.
But it doesn't matter. If you don't know the interesting things about shooting, then just say something else.
"Let me tell you why "Racing" was filmed in Xiamen~
Initially, the CQ Municipal Government strongly hoped that "Racing" would continue to be filmed in Chongqing.
Why?
Because of "Stone", it brought more than 17% of tourism growth to Chongqing~
The Chongqing government strongly recommends that "Racing" also be filmed in Chongqing, and has issued a lot of conditions...
Subsidies~
Free accommodation for free~
Help contact the venue or something~
But in the end we had no choice but to reject the other party's kindness.
Because the background of "Racing" is bicycle racing, and the terrain of the mountain city is indeed too unsuitable.
And there are scenes of gangsters coming to trade in the movie, so coastal cities are definitely more suitable.
So after comprehensive consideration, we finally chose Xiamen. ”
The actual situation is actually more exaggerated than what Zhang Chen said.
After learning about Chongqing's experience, many governments have looked for Star Entertainment, hoping that "Racing Car" or other film and television projects can be filmed locally.
Of course, Zhang Chen agreed repeatedly, there is no need to offend him.
Even his hometown, Taiyuan, sent a deputy mayor to come here, hoping that Zhang Chen could take care of his hometown more.
To be honest, he really thought, but he had to look at the opportunity.
Coal Province is quite sad to say, and the development routes that everyone knows about finance, energy, and high technology have all been blocked.
Everyone agreed to play the black five row, but you selected all other characters as soon as you came up, leaving only a helper for me, and also asked me to play Cai Wenji.
It's quite sad.
The municipal government itself doesn’t want to be Cai Wenji, but just wants to be cultural tourism, and even more want to benefit from Xingchen Entertainment.
A lot of conditions have been offered, such as setting up a branch here, giving five years of tax exemption, and helping to provide discounts on location bases, extras, costumes, costumes, accommodation, etc.
There are also bonuses.
In name, it is called support funds or film and television project subsidies.
But after Zhang Chen and Ning Hao discussed it, they finally chose Xiamen. The atmosphere of coal province is too serious to increase relations. Everyone has to look for relationships and compare the big and small kings in everything they do.
And compared with developed areas, there is no service awareness.
There is another reason. After all, it is a backward province and has no money. Even if you sincerely agree to give subsidies, the amount of subsidies is not large, which is completely incomparable to Xiamen.
It’s not that you ridicule the coal province, but now basically no one has realized the cultural tourism.
The subsidies are not much.
"The box office of "Racing" is so amazing. Did you expect it to be?"
"No," Zhang Chen shook his head: "We estimate it to be 150 million, but now, it will obviously be higher, and it is very likely to exceed 200 million. How much you can get depends on whether you can break the sniper of "Baby Plan"..."
Zhang Chen changed his concept here and described the Star Entertainment Sniper "Baby Plan" as the latter sniper "Racing Car".
Anyway, "Racing" is now in a big way.
"There are rumors that you won't attend the premiere of "Baby Plan", is that true?"
Zhang Chen smiled and shook his head: "How could it be? I'm not Stephen Chow. Brother Cheng Long appeared to support the premiere of "Racing" and showed his grandeur. I will definitely support the "Baby Plan", which is a basic exchange of rituals~"
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"But you just said..."
"Competition is competition, but it does not affect other things.
In September, we appeared in two consecutive movies, and there is still competition between each other.
If it weren't for "Racing", the box office of "Giant Storm" might have been higher..."
After answering several questions in a row, the reporter finally threw a bombshell:
"Netizens are very curious. If the box office of "Racing" exceeds 200 million, how much money can Xingchen Entertainment make? It is said that director Ning Hao himself has investments, how much can he make?"
For such a question, it is impossible to avoid: "The box office sharing of movies is like this. The special fund for the film industry + special business tax accounts for 8.3%. After deducting this part, the remaining 91.7% is the shareable box office.
This 91.% must be deducted from the theater chain. 58%, the remaining 42% is the real money that can be divided, and the issuance fee is deducted, which is generally 5%-15%.
So the money that the producer can get is about 33% of the total box office, so 200 million is about 66 million.
This 66 million is shared by all investors, such as "Racing", and the investors include Star Entertainment, China Film, Wanda, Light and Bad Monkey Studios.
Bad Monkey Studio is directed by Ning Hao.
I won’t talk about the specific proportion, but that’s probably what it means. ”
The reporter was surprised: “That’s the only one? If it is divided equally, the family will only have more than 10 million? "
"Or what do you think, more than 10 million is already a lot, do you think movies are a violent industry? The risk is very high ~
I invested more than 10 million this time and I will probably lose money if I invest it in the next movie.
Not every movie makes money. "
Zhang Chen was talking nonsense seriously. He didn't say anything about overseas copyrights, and he didn't say anything without his own money to invest. He just chose those risky places, just to avoid arousing everyone's hatred.
Otherwise, the audience would think, "Damn, you make tens of millions of dollars in a movie, and you earn money from our hard-earned movie tickets. Why?
The purpose of his interview was to further stimulate the box office of "Racing", not to attract bad luck to "Racing".
"The audience generally reported that Ning Hao's movies are very special. Whether it is "Stone" or "Racing", they are different from ordinary comedy movies~"
Zhang Chen snapped his fingers: "This has to talk about Ning Hao's personal style.
Multi-line narrative is still a new thing in China.
At present, there is only one "Stone" in the same type in China, which is also his work, so everyone is full of expectations.
The second is the lines.
There were only three screenwriters in "Stone", while "Racing" was directly expanded to more than a dozen.
The many characters, clever story lines, and humorous golden sentences we see are the result of the joint efforts of the screenwriter team and even the entire filming team.
Only a group of humorous people gather together can create a humorous story. "
"It's true~"
"Ning Hao's films are very alternative, and he has a deep skill in narrative techniques, which is why I say he is the first director born in the 1980s.
The other directors can't copy his movies well, otherwise why did they not follow the trend after "Stone" exceeded 100 million.
You should know that comedy is the easiest to shoot. As long as the script is good, you can make money. But in a year, the multi-line narrative is just "Stone". "
"It seems to be really~" The reporter kept contributing emotional value.
"And Ning Hao doesn't like to use stars. In "Racing", the most famous one is Xu Zheng. We all say in private that "Racing" is a group of demons dancing, and the actors in it are ugly, but they are all good actors..."
Zhang Chen laughed after saying that, and the reporter laughed.
Unlike the previous question, Zhang Chen answered this question all the useful things.
This guy Ning Hao does attach great importance to narrative techniques.
After "Racing" in his previous life, the multi-line narrative was no longer able to be played, and the threshold was raised too high by him.
Later he started playing nonlinear narrative - "The Heart Blooms".
Set two time lines, and through clever time switching, the audience mistakenly thinks that the two lines occur at the same time, and the truth is not revealed until the end of the movie.
It really makes the audience play around, but the audience just eats this set, it is too dramatic and has a strong sense of freshness.
Back then, students studying directors even argued over whether they were using parallel montages or cross montages in the film.
So Zhang Chen kept emphasizing that Ning Hao is a genius!
He is really a genius!
…
A movie called "The Monster Hunting" was released in later generations, and someone once questioned that "The Monster Hunting" plagiarized "Baby Plan".
The reason is that the core settings of the two are very similar.
Both movies revolve around "accidentally obtaining a child (or a little demon similar to a child)". The protagonists gradually develop feelings in the process of taking care of this "child" and ultimately protect him at all costs.
In "Baby Project", the characters played by Cheng Long and Heigu were initially approaching the baby for profit, but were eventually moved by the baby's innocence and chose to protect him.
Similarly, the characters played by Jing Boran and Bai Baihe in "The Monster Hunt" gradually developed deep feelings in their relationship with Hu Ba.
So, it must be the latter that copied the former.
Actually, it's just a big deal.
The two movies are the same screenwriter at all, and of course they will be similar.
"Baby Plan" premiered.
Cheng Long talked about parenting story: "You don't know. Once, when I was shooting a poster, Matthew was always unhappy. We didn't laugh at me. I sprayed him with a water gun, and then he laughed happily. The photographer seized the opportunity to take qualified photos..."
Heigu next to him also smiled: "The child is very interesting. There was a scene where I held him. At that time, I felt that Matthew in my hand had a cold war. Everyone thought he was cold, but I thought it might be him who had pooped. After checking, it was really..."
The heroine Gao Yuanyuan also added next to her: "Brother Cheng Long likes Matthew very much. He takes time to play with him every day, and even sacrifices his rest time. Between Heigu and his elder brother, Matthew seems to be closer to his elder brother..."
The main creative team revealed various news to guide the topic.
Zhang Chen applauded below.
Zhang Chen appeared at the premiere of "Baby Plan", and of course there will be interviews from reporters.
Zhang Chen will always pick up good words:
"Baby Plan is a very good movie, family-friendly, and movies similar to children participating in are rare in China..."
"I am looking forward to "Baby Plan" because I can't figure out how to integrate a child into the program style..."
"I look forward to "Baby Plan" having a good box office~"
"Competition? It doesn't exist. "Baby Plan" and "Racing" are different types of movies, and there is no competitive relationship~"
Supporting is of course all kinds of praise, and avoiding the traps arranged by reporters.
What's more, there is Da Meiyuan in this drama.
Da Meiyuan is still as beautiful as ever, she is worthy of being the goddess of tiger pounce and kills a group of other actresses in seconds.
What about Charlene Cai, Yu An'an, Ying Caier, Liang Minyi, Hikou Asuka, Jiang Yawen, Du Lisa, Huang Wenhui and Xu Simin are not enough to see.
Referee, I want to play ten!
It's strange to say that Cheng Long's movies in recent years are particularly fond of being released during the National Day holiday.
This is true of "New Police Story", "Myth", and "Baby Plan".
But the box office is all average, which leads to everyone's belief that the National Day holiday is not a good one.
It was not until 2008 that "Painted Skin" won 2000 million yuan in the National Day holiday that film and television companies began to face up to the National Day holiday, and the National Day holiday also became the battlefield for blockbusters.
But this life is not the case. Last year's "Hurricane Rescue" was the National Day holiday, winning the box office championship in mainland film history.
Come and come back and support, but Zhang Chen won't stay for too long.
Because he learned a situation: In order to make theaters schedule as many films as possible, Huayi Brothers took the initiative to reduce the proportion of accounts by one point. "Racing" is 42%, and "Baby Plan" is 41%.
It's exactly the same as Yu Dong back then.
Although it is a legitimate method, it is a bit shameless.
"Racing" is a good movie, and the audience can feel Ning Hao's attentiveness.
Xingchen Entertainment's promotion is powerful enough, with more than 700 copies, which is already the number of releases that only top blockbusters can have, and is a top-level treatment.
But no matter how top-notch the treatment is, it is not as strong as the theater chain's support.
The Baby Plan is willing to give up its own interests to theaters, and theaters will definitely favor it.
It is impossible for "Racing" box office to be unaffected.
…
At about ten o'clock in the evening, the door of Zhang Chen's room was knocked.
Open the door, the person who came in was Dameiyuan, who had not seen for a long time.
The goddess of Hupu is really beautiful, but she seems a little resentful. "You still remember me, I thought you forgot me~"
The goddess was obviously a little dissatisfied with Zhang Chen's lack of contact during this period.
"I'm really busy. During this period, I filmed a movie, participated in the promotion and distribution of two movies and a TV series, and had to worry about "Pacific Rim". I really couldn't be busy..."
"Hmph..."
Da Meiyuan's nostrils vented, which was considered a reason to default on this crappy.
"Okay, stop messing around, let me see if your acting skills have increased during this period..."
"Acting skills? You want to measure my depth~"
"It can also be understood this way~"
"Woooooooooooo~"
(The end of this chapter)