Chapter 137 Achievements Achieved: Become Famous
He didn’t know if Fan Jiuyi looked embarrassed or not, but Zhang Chen looked quite embarrassed anyway.
But it doesn't matter.
Anyway, Mr. Fan spends the money himself, as long as she is happy.
There are still disputes, but Zhang Chen no longer cares. All his ammunition has been put out, and now he is just waiting for the final result.
The box office of "Shark Tank" is growing steadily every day.
November 19, Friday, the first day box office was 11 million.
November 20, Saturday, box office 16 million.
On November 21, Sunday, the box office was 18.6 million.
On November 22, Monday, the box office was 9.03 million.
On Tuesday, November 23, half price in some cities, with a box office of 7.9 million.
November 24, Wednesday, box office 9.2 million.
On November 25, Thursday, the box office was 8.8 million.
On November 26, Friday, the box office was 9.97 million.
November 27, Saturday, box office 11.2 million.
Nine days after its release, the box office of "Shark Tank" officially exceeded 100 million, reaching 100.7 million.
In the history of Chinese film, the third domestic film with a box office of over 100 million was born.
The second billionaire club director is born.
At the celebration banquet held by China Film Group Corporation, Zhang Chen and Han Sanping personally smashed the digital ice sculpture representing the 100 million box office. This scene was also faithfully recorded by the media.
At home, Lu Chuan, who saw this scene, knew that the end was over and completely collapsed on the sofa.
He suddenly regretted why he had offended Zhang Chen in the first place.
Zhang's father and mother, who were far away in the coal province, looked at the TV screen excitedly. They wanted to call their son, but they were afraid that his son was busy socializing.
After much hesitation, I first received a congratulatory call from Lao Li.
Hotel Banquet Hall
More people were cheering. China’s third movie with a box office of over 100 million was born. At this moment, they were far more excited than when the second movie was born, because The second part and the first part are both works by Zhang Yimou, while the third part is by Zhang Chen, a new director who has only made two films.
Among those present, Han Sanping was the most emotional. He is one of the producers of this movie and the main promoter behind the scenes.
Although everything originated from a bet he made with Zhang Chen, it is undeniable that the project was promoted with his strong intervention, and he successfully postponed the Spring Festival schedule by one month. Cheng started in November. From this point of view, he has contributed a lot~
Tung Chien-keung is also like You Rongyan. This film is the first project he participated in after joining Star Entertainment. It is his ability Now that the movie is a success, his status in the company will be unshakable~
Director Chen of the Special Effects Production Center also expressed a lot of emotion.
The special effects of "Shark Beach" were worked on by their entire department day and night, without sleep. Every frame and every shot of the shark contains their hard work.
Now that the movie is successful, it is equivalent to the success of the special effects production center. He can fully imagine that with the excitement of "Shark Beach", there will definitely be a steady stream of orders for the special effects production center in the future.
Fan Jiuyi is complacent.
She is proud of herself. She was the one who insisted on cooperating with Zhang Chen, even though Zhang Chen was only a new director with one film at the time.
The choice made at that time created today's success. Choice is indeed more important than hard work.
Since then, she has also become a heroine with a box office of 100 million yuan, and she is a major heroine.
Completely different from Zhang Ziyi.
Although Zhang Yimou's movies have exceeded 100 million, there are many stars, and Zhang Ziyi is just one of them.
"Shark Beach" is different, it is his own one-man show.
As for the most important shark, she has already ignored it.
The strong sense of success makes Sister Jiuyi feel like she is floating in the clouds. This is the feeling of success.
If Zhang Chen hadn't been surrounded by a group of big guys at the moment, Sister Jiuyi would have given her a kiss. Not only a kiss, but Zhang Chen could do whatever he wanted.
At this moment, Zhang Chen was indeed surrounded by a group of big shots, as if he was the center of attention.
Han Sanping looked at the young man in front of him with pleasure. In addition to being a film company, China Film also undertakes political tasks.
Expand the total domestic film market and increase the box office share of domestic films.
The two are indispensable.
This is the fundamental reason why he focuses on making blockbusters.
Because only blockbusters can draw audiences into the cinema, and only blockbusters can increase the annual box office total.
The box office of Zhang Chen's "Shark Beach" is as high as the box office of five ordinary domestic movies.
If there were a few more movies like this every year, would he still be worried about not being able to complete the task?
But he also knew that this was simply unrealistic.
Throughout 2004, with the exception of "House of Flying Daggers", there was not a single movie that grossed over 100 million yuan, even if you include Hollywood blockbusters.
Then "Shark Beach" did it so suddenly.
This is amazing.
He actually couldn't figure it out.
The cost of "Shark Beach" is not high, the special effects are not top-notch, the schedule is not good, and the actors are average. So why does it have a box office of over 100 million?
Just rely on publicity?
Han Sanping didn't think so, but he couldn't analyze the reason.
Looks like I have to find this guy to learn from him when I have time.
Other film and television company bosses are trying their best to say compliments.
"Congratulations to Director Zhang, "Shark Beach" has achieved such good results. I really regret not getting to know Director Zhang earlier. I wonder if Director Zhang can give me a chance..."
Zhang Chen has achieved success, and Bona Yudong is eager to win the distribution rights of "Dark Invasion 2", even if it is to share it with others. Zhang Chen's movies have now become popular, not to mention the sequel "Dark Invasion 2".
"Dark Invasion" has already achieved success and has a fan base. Its sequel does not need to be promoted at all, and releasing it is equivalent to making money.
"Director Zhang, we are old friends. I heard that you like to drink. I happen to have a bottle of 1986 Moutai with an iron cover at home. I will bring it to you later. Only someone like you who loves wine can It’s not a waste of this bottle of good wine.”
Guangguang Wang Changtian also likes him. His idea is actually similar to that of Yu Dong, but their focus is more on how to tie Zhang Chen deeply. To avoid being poached by Bona or other companies.
"Director Zhang, when will we talk about the overseas copyright of "Shark Beach", Colombia will always be your partner."
Chen Guofu is different from others. He is eyeing the overseas copyright of "Shark Beach" Copyright, the previous "Dark Invasion" made the company a lot of money, and this time "Shark Beach" must be the same.
It is impossible for Zhang Chen to sell at a low price again.
"Dark Invasion" was sold to Colombia for US$2 million, and that was because he was still little Karami at the time.
Now that "Shark Beach" has exceeded 100 million, it is different from the past, so we must have a good discussion about the price.
However, he was not prepared to get involved and left professional matters to professionals.
"Mr. Chen, please move over, let's talk over there~"
Dong Jianqiang naturally took over the conversation. He is nominally the general manager of Star Entertainment. In addition to creation, All matters are under his control, including overseas copyrights.
"Director Zhang is really gratifying, I just said that following Director Zhang can make money~"
The Wang brothers also joined in at this time, how could such an occasion be without Huayi, and Huayi is also one of the joint publishers of "Shark Beach" this time.
With a box office of 100 million, based on a 15% distribution commission, even if the majority is taken away by China Film Group, the Chinese can still make a lot of money.
What's more, the movie hasn't been released yet, and the box office is still rising strongly. The final box office may exceed the 150 million of "House of Flying Daggers".
But no matter what, over 100 million is already a victory, and the rest is just a matter of making more or less.
"Shark Beach" was a hit, what is Director Zhang's next film going to be?
"Shark Beach 2" or "Dark Invasion 3"?
But no matter what we shoot, we at Huayi always support it. We need money to give money and people to give to people. We just hope that we can witness the great birth with Director Zhang. "
The group of people pushed cups and changed cups. Wang Zhonglei saw that the atmosphere was about to get better and asked tentatively.
Seeing this, other people also stopped their movements and expressed their opinions one after another: "We are gambling Na and Guangming have the same attitude. They want money to give money and people to give to others. "
How can you, the Huayi family, monopolize a good thing?
Seeing this, Zhang Chen had to raise his glass: "Thank you for your support, but after "Shark Beach", my relationship with Hollywood New Line There is still a film contract, which needs to be completed first. As for the issue of new works and sequels, I have not considered it yet. ”
Hearing this, everyone was a little disappointed, but they also knew that there would definitely be no results in this situation today.
The real competition takes place underwater.
Silent and silent.
By the time you receive the news, the dust has actually settled.
For a while, everyone was thinking about how to win Zhang Chen's next movie.
There are really more wolves than meat.
The investment in Zhang Chen’s projects is not large, but the box office is good. Such a project would still be a high-quality project even if it were placed in Hollywood.
But just because the investment is not large, there will definitely not be many people with it.
It’s hard to say who gets on the bus and who gets off.
The celebration banquet was in the form of a party. Everyone moved around freely. Zhang Chen finally got rid of the entanglement of the investors, but Fan Binbin was worried about him again.
It was Wang Jinghua and Mr. Wang who were thinking about her.
The two came to her almost at the same time.
"Binbin, congratulations, you will be a super first-line actress in the future~"
"Congratulations to Binbin for winning the 100-million-dollar heroine. From now on, you will be the only one in the category."
Mr. Xiao Wang’s compliments were obviously better than Wang Jinghua’s. When had Sister Jiuyi seen this scene? Both Sister Hua and Mr. Wang had called her Xiao Fan before.
Sure enough, success is the panacea.
Actually, she knew why these two people came to find her.
The current conflict between Wang Jinghua and Huayi has become public.
Parting of ways has become inevitable, and there is no possibility of reconciliation.
But at this juncture, "Shark Beach" was successful, and his worth doubled.
Naturally, both sides of the split wanted to pull her into their own camp.
Not only strengthens oneself, but also weakens the opponent.
But Sister Jiuyi knows her own business. She will not go to either party. She is ready to adopt Zhang Chen's advice and set up her own studio and be her own boss.
Of course, she hasn't told Zhang Chen about this yet. She still wants to hear Zhang Chen's opinion on the details.
In the distance, Li Lianhua felt disgusted when she saw Fan Jiuyi being approached by the two big guys.
Unexpectedly, if someone didn't catch him, this sexy fox would become popular.
Now that the other party is worth a billion dollars in box office, it is completely impossible to suppress her anymore.
It can be expected that from today on, the title of Huayi’s first sister has nothing to do with her.
In the future, Huayi will be Binbin and she will be Xiao Li.
She was upset when she thought of this, but after being able to grow from a music teacher to her current status, Li Lianhua was not one to give up lightly.
He immediately told his sister: "Xiaoxue, didn't Zhang Ziyi say that she gave up the "Eden Lake" project a few days ago? The heroine must not have been decided yet. Please help me contact Director Zhang. I want to win this role, no matter what Pay any price."
Li Xue said uncertainly: "Any price?"
"Yes, any price!"
(End of this chapter)