Entertainment 1998

Chapter 782 Chapter 781 The Hunger Games is crazy

Snowflakes are floating in the sky.

The black Audi A6 was driving slower. The journey that was supposed to take an hour and a half took two and a half hours today.

When they arrived at Maoer Hutong in Nanluoguxiang, Jiang Feng got out of the car and planned to invite Han Shanye to go to Guiwei BBQ Restaurant for hotpot.

In this cold winter, eating hotpot and drinking white wine is definitely the ultimate enjoyment.

However, as soon as Jiang Feng finished inviting him, the old man left angrily.

Jiang Feng felt helpless about this.

how to say?

Han Shanye is really forcing someone to do something this time.

The movie "The Hunger Games" was temporarily banned from screening, and thousands of angry netizens in China are preparing to sue the relevant departments.

At this time, Han Shanye planned to let Jiang Feng come forward and resolve the matter.

For example, they can release a statement to explain the real situation to the majority of netizens:
[I took the initiative to propose that The Hunger Games be withdrawn from the schedule. The reason is that after careful consideration, I feel that this movie will affect young students’ values, views on love and life…]

However, Jiang Feng did not agree to Han Shanye's proposal, and then the old man left angrily.

In fact, Jiang Feng was also helpless about this matter.

Since I was the one who initiated this matter, I wanted to kill two birds with one stone by increasing the popularity of The Hunger Games movie around the world and promoting the establishment of a domestic film rating system.

In this case, how could I give up halfway?

In fact, things developed just as Jiang Feng expected. By the evening, the incident had turned into explosive news.

[Director Jiang Feng's "The Hunger Games" is extremely popular in the mainland. Just because the relevant departments banned the film, tens of thousands of netizens in China started crowdfunding and prepared to invite lawyers to fight this lawsuit. ]

[On the night of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Chinese people were joyfully preparing to celebrate New Year's Eve. During the Spring Festival, director Jiang Feng's latest movie "The Hunger Games" shot in Hollywood was temporarily banned from screening.

This ban completely ignited the anger of Jiang Feng's fans...】

[At 7pm on the evening of the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, movie stars and directors from Hong Kong, Formosa, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and other places expressed their support for mainland netizens online...]

Seeing this, Jiang Feng, who was making dumplings at home alone, took out his newly bought mobile phone and inserted a newly bought phone card into it.

Well, it was an anonymous phone card, and then a few text messages were sent out.

〔Mr. Luo, thank you! 〕

〔Happy New Year! 〕

[Since you did a great job on this matter, I decided to give you an extra 5 Hong Kong dollars.]

【who are you? 】

Luo Zhaohui also replied to the text message very quickly.

[I always feel that you are so familiar with me. You know my personality, my temper, and the difficulties I encounter very well.]

【Tell me, who are you? 】

〔Actually, I am you!〕

After replying with a true message, Jiang Feng turned off his phone, pulled out the SIM card, cut it twice, and flushed it down the toilet.

That's good.

There is someone you are familiar with who does the dirty and tiring work for you.

...

The second day is New Year’s Eve.

Jiang Feng got up early at home and went out for a run. On the way, he heard the whole capital city enveloped in the sound of firecrackers.

It's like Nanluoguxiang, although setting off firecrackers is completely prohibited here.

But the common people are smart.

I sneaked out of my house, tied a piece of wire to a sycamore tree on the roadside, hung a bunch of firecrackers on it, lit them, and then ran away...

Under such circumstances, who dares to say that I was the one who set off the firecrackers? !

Of course, sometimes grassroots police officers turn a blind eye to such situations. There is a certain logic to the things that have been passed down for thousands of years from ancient times to the present.

After the firecrackers explode, saltpeter and sulfur will enter the air, which can then inhibit viruses.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng also felt satisfied.

I saw a boy setting off firecrackers on the side of the road, so I wanted to go over and talk to him. Can I have some of that?
But before he could finish his words, Jiang Feng saw Gao Yuanyuan, wearing a long white down jacket, standing quietly at the entrance of Heizhima Hutong, holding a large thermal box in her hand.

"Brother Feng, come, are you ready for dinner?"

"What?" Jiang Feng asked with a smile.

"Dumplings, I made them for you myself."

Perhaps because she had just starred in the martial arts movie "House of Flying Daggers" with Zhang Yimou, Gao Yuanyuan has been smiling from ear to ear recently.

In her own words, she never thought that one day my acting skills would improve so much.

“Beef dumplings?”

"Ok!"

"Thank you!"

When Jiang Feng heard that it was his favorite beef dumplings, he immediately expressed his gratitude to Gao Yuanyuan.

"Brother Feng, I should be the one thanking you, because it was you who gave me this courtyard house in Heizhima Hutong. Now my parents and my brother all live here.

They really like the environment here, and they can eat barbecue and hot pot right outside the house.”

Hearing this, Jiang Feng wanted to say, Beauty, let me correct you, I did not give you this courtyard house because it is still under my name. I only gave you the right to reside in it.

As for the rest...

Wait until you have kids.

But after thinking about it, Jiang Feng swallowed these words.

Why say depressing things during the New Year? It makes everyone unhappy. Just like this morning, I called Wang Fei and her daughter Tongtong answered the phone. Tongtong said, "Are you Jiang Feng? My dad is having dinner with my mom and grandma."

Eh…

After all, he is someone else's child. The first thing he says is Jiang Feng, not even uncle.

"Brother Feng, what's wrong? Judging from your appearance, you seem to be in a bad mood."

Gao Yuanyuan put her arm around Jiang Feng and walked with him towards Maoer Hutong.

"Of course I'm not in a good mood."

Jiang Feng smiled and said, "It was originally planned that The Hunger Games would be released today, but now it has been cancelled."

"Well, actually, I'm also quite unhappy."

Gao Yuanyuan, who is known as the national goddess, said this casually, and then lowered her voice and asked, "Brother Feng, there is something you may not know yet, that is, tens of thousands of netizens have raised funds to sue the relevant departments, and this matter has now begun to be reported by some large foreign media.

These media have extremely high influence.

So my brother said that this time, your movie "The Hunger Games" should be a blessing in disguise."

"is it?"

Jiang Feng smiled, opened the door and walked into the house with Gao Yuanyuan.

After entering the house and placing the large insulated box in her hand on the table in the reception room, Gao Yuanyuan's pretty face suddenly blushed.

"Brother Feng, today is New Year's Eve. You should pay me back what you owed me a few days ago, right?"

"Uh…"

Hearing the beautiful woman's words, Jiang Feng was stunned at first, and then he burst into joy.

"Ha ha…"

But while Jiang Feng was waiting, he suddenly received a call from Harvey Weinstein.

"Jiang, come to the United States. The movie The Hunger Games is doing well."

……

On the phone, Harvey Weinstein just told him that the results were good.

When Jiang Feng arrived in the United States, he realized that this youth killing movie had already set off a craze in North America.

In the United States, Jiang Feng also has accounts on MySpace and Yahoo Forum. When he opened these two social networks, he saw many young people talking about this new movie which had been released for only one day, and most of their words were full of praise.

Harvey Weinstein told Jiang Feng that the midnight box office performance of "The Hunger Games" was 1970 million US dollars, ranking third in the midnight box office list of film history, and the two ahead of it were "Harry Potter".

The midnight show performed excellently and the box office on the first day was also very high. On January 1 alone, the film earned 22 million US dollars (including the midnight show), making "The Hunger Games" the second in the North American film history in terms of opening day and single-day revenue.

The only movie ahead of it is Harry Potter.

It's just one day!

The box office in one day has exceeded the total box office of 25 movies that were still in theaters on the same day, including "Big Fish", "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "A Lot of Kids", "Something's Gotta Give", "Cold Mountain", "Three Guys and Three Kids", "The President's Daughter", "Memento", and "The Last Samurai".

Although these movies have been released for a long time, it is still very impressive that "The Hunger Games" defeated them all on the first day.

From then on, Harvey Weinstein would specifically tell Jiang Feng the daily box office figures of "The Hunger Games" and let him know the status of these box office figures in the history of the North American box office.

The next day, Saturday, The Hunger Games earned another $6100 million, ranking first in the single-day box office on Saturday in film history.

After this day, "The Hunger Games" officially entered the billion-dollar level and became the fastest-grossing film released by Miramax Films to date, with a box office of 1.29 million US dollars!
On the third day, "The Hunger Games" earned another 4600 million on Sunday, ranking first in the single-day box office on Sunday in North American film history.

As the influence and fame of "The Hunger Games" grew, many fans who had not read the original novel also flocked to the cinema to watch the film.

If the initial overwhelming box office momentum of this movie came from Jiang Feng's bold operation and the loyalty of the original fans, then it will depend on whether this movie can attract passers-by in the end.

Three days later, "The Hunger Games" grossed $1.75 million in its first week! It is the first in the history of March openings and the first in the spring season!
No. 1 on the opening box office chart in film history!
With an opening box office of 1.75 million U.S. dollars, as long as the word of mouth does not collapse, a box office of 7 million U.S. dollars is entirely expected. Compared with the cost of 1.5 million U.S. dollars for "The Hunger Games", its box office is now enough to make several giants such as China Film Group, Miramax Films, DreamWorks, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures and Bona Film Group, which joined later, feel at ease.

Because starting from the third day of the film's release, they no longer had any pressure to make a profit.

In North America, some blockbuster films have very high first-week and theater box office share, like "The Hunger Games", which has a first-week share of 90%, and then decreases every week to ensure that the producers can produce and distribute movies calmly.

Therefore, the proportion of the first week box office of 1.75 million yuan that several major producers such as China Film, Bona, Columbia, and DreamWorks received was enough to cover the production and promotion costs of the film. The subsequent box office share was almost all profit, which is an amazing profit!

Jiang Feng made a rough calculation and found that if "The Hunger Games" could really reach $7 million in North America, then the box office profit brought by this movie to the six major producers would definitely exceed 2 million.

Not to mention that the United States has a strong sense of copyright. The profits that a movie can generate are far more than just the box office, and the box office cannot even be considered the main source of income.

If we add in the sale of various copyrights, the development and utilization of peripheral derivative products, and the promising overseas box office market, the profits that "The Hunger Games" can create for Jiang Feng will be staggering!
Thinking of these profits, Jiang Feng called the producer Li Xing and asked her to come to the United States in person next month to discuss the subsequent development of the copyright of this film.

I was in the United States for a week and gave two interviews.

Jiang Feng planned to go back.

Because only the first week's box office revenue came out, DreamWorks, Universal Pictures, Miramax and Columbia Pictures were urging him to go back and prepare for the second and third shoots of "The Hunger Games".

If you want to make money, you must seize this wave of popularity.

However, when Jiang Feng called Han Shanye and said that he would return to China tomorrow, Han Shanye immediately stopped Jiang Feng on the phone and told him that he had to wait another week no matter what.

At first, Jiang Feng was a little confused. What on earth did this mean? !

But when he called Li Xing to find out about this matter, Jiang Feng was immediately happy.

Director Kai Ge begged everyone for help and finally raised 4000 million US dollars for the filming of "The Promise". He was preparing to start shooting on March 3. The main investor of this film, China Film Group Bona Film Group, asked Director Kai Ge to sign an agreement for the same treatment as Jiang Feng.

As long as the movie "The Promise" loses money, Kaige as the director and Chen Hong as the producer will not get a penny.

Well..., for a long time, Jiang Feng’s contracts have been signed like this.

As long as the movie I shoot makes money, then as the screenwriter and director, I will get 15% of the movie's global total box office; but if it loses money, it means I am not capable enough and I am willing to give up all the income, including film remuneration, salary, benefits and so on.

Director Kaige was naturally unwilling to sign such a thing.

Not only was he unwilling to sign, but he also cursed Jiang Feng for signing the agreement, saying that Jiang Feng had broken the rules of the circle and that it was impossible for him to work for free.

Therefore, in this situation, in order to avoid exacerbating the conflict, Han Shanye told Jiang Feng on the phone not to rush back and to stay in the United States for another week.

During this week in the United States, the box office of the movie "The Hunger Games" has once again soared, accumulating a total of 7 million US dollars in box office in 1.35 days. Together with last week's box office, the total box office has exceeded 3.1 million.

And at this moment, an angry woman came to the United States and took the initiative to find him.

(End of this chapter)