Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 210 Exploded again

As the largest film that China Film has participated in investing in so far, and also its first science fiction film, President Han attaches unprecedented importance to it.

In fact, it's not just President Han. The higher-ups also take this very seriously and have specifically sent out notices to all cinema chains, urging them to take preventive measures and prevent all forms of piracy from entering the market.

According to various surveys, Cao Yang has established a good reputation of his own, and the public's expectations for his science fiction film have exceeded their original expectations for "Hero".

Given that Cao Yang’s last two films both grossed over 200 million yuan, the higher-ups also want to see if this film’s box office can surpass the big ship blocking the way and break the domestic box office record.

Although a Hollywood film company was involved in the film "District 9" and the leading actors are also American actors, the director is a pure Chinese and it is nominally a co-production.

If such a movie breaks the record of the big ship, the Chinese people will feel much better about it in terms of face and acceptance than a "pure" Hollywood movie.

What's more, for President Han, if a movie in which China Film Group Corporation is involved can break records, the potential benefits will be even greater.

Of course, Qingying Studio also has its own ideas. As one of the investors in the co-production and the director’s unit, Qingying Studio also has very high expectations and expects Cao Yang’s "District 9" to break the domestic box office record.

Compared with giants like China Film Group, Qingdao Film Studio is undoubtedly far inferior. However, Qingdao Film Studio also has its own advantages. It may not have much say in scheduling films, but it can still let its alumni speak out in support.

Therefore, "District 9" is unprecedented in terms of both scheduling and support from all aspects.

President Han even personally invited many famous domestic film critics and media to the premiere, and provided them with generous travel expenses, just to control public opinion in the first few days after the film was released, for fear that bad news would spread and affect the box office.

After watching the movie, in the words of a famous film critic, Mr. Han was worrying too much. This kind of deep and layered movie is both entertaining and artistic, and is by no means comparable to ordinary Hollywood blockbusters.

He said that even if he had not received the travel expenses from Mr. Han, he would never give a negative comment against his conscience.

Mr. Han just smiled.

Without sufficient travel expenses, perhaps film critics can give a fair review of the film, but what if the opponents provide travel expenses?
Huayi Company is definitely capable of doing such a thing. During the release of Little Cannon's movie, they did this kind of thing to discredit their opponents.

For this reason, President Han also warned President Wang of Huayi openly and secretly, fearing that they would do something behind the scenes.

Mr. Wang from Huayi initially wanted to buy some press releases and write a few negative reviews for District 9, but after receiving Mr. Han's warning, he became a little hesitant.

"A World Without Thieves" has been released for two weeks and the box office is still strong. If Mr. Wang doesn't give "District 9" some eye drops, he will be unwilling to accept it, fearing that the box office of "A World Without Thieves" will be affected too much.

But Mr. Han’s warning could not be ignored, so he went to discuss it with Mr. Da Wang.

"We can't ignore what President Han said."

The king always waved his hand and said without hesitation.

Huayi now has a very good relationship with China Film Group, and many projects are supported by China Film Group. It would be unwise to offend President Han.

Mr. Wang frowned, hesitated for a moment and said, "But A World Without Thieves has already surpassed 9000 million in two weeks. Our movie has a chance to surpass House of Flying Daggers and become one of the few domestic movies to exceed 1.5 million."

Seeing that his elder brother also frowned, Mr. Wang continued:

"If Cao Yang's District 9 becomes a big hit, it will definitely affect A World Without Thieves. Brother, Cao Yang is not an ordinary person. The box office of his two recent movies has exceeded 200 million. He is more popular in China than Xiao Gang."

The King thought for a moment and then asked, "Even if District 9 becomes a big hit, how much do you think it will affect the box office?"

“It should affect 10 or 20 million, right?”

Xiao Wang always feels that "District 9" will have a box office of over 100 million to 200 million at most. This movie is different from "A World Without Thieves", and it will have an impact of 10 or 20 million at most.

Boss Wang stared at Boss Wang and scolded him without hesitation, "Foolish! If we calculate based on 20 million, how much can we get? Over 6 million! Are you sure we want to offend Boss Han and China Film Group for just over 6 million?"

Seeing Mr. Xiao Wang's thoughtful expression, Mr. Da Wang continued:
"Besides, no one can guarantee that movies will be a big hit. There are many movies directed by big directors that have failed, and there are also many that are well-received but not popular. Don't regard Cao Yang as a myth. There is no director who can be successful all the time."

"Okay bro, I got it."

Mr. Wang also thought it over. What his elder brother said made sense. Cao Yang was not a god. Moreover, he was a director who became famous for art films. His first science fiction film was going to fail, so the probability of it being a failure was extremely high.

How could he, a native of China who was born and raised here and received education in China, understand science fiction movies?

There is no such environment in China.

Mr. Wang put away all the methods he had prepared before. He wanted to see how Cao Yang, a native Chinese filmmaker, would shoot a science fiction blockbuster.

Mr. Han didn't sleep well that night.

People are like this, they are never satisfied.

More than two months ago, when "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" was released, he was nervous and worried. At that time, he thought that perhaps he would never be so nervous in his life.

But just over two months later, he became nervous and worried again. He even felt that he was more worried this time than last time, fearing that this huge production with unprecedented investment would not perform well at the box office.

At around five o'clock in the morning, Cao Yang was woken up by the ringing of the phone. He broke free from the arms that were holding him, moved the leg that was pressing on him, and then he was able to sit up.

"Who is it? It's so early. How annoying."

Yu Feihong opened her eyes, yawned, and sat up.

Her skin is delicate and fair, and although her breasts are not too big, they are still firm and attractive.

Cao Yang found his cell phone, answered the call and glanced at Yu Feihong, his eyes mainly focused below her head.

Then, he involuntarily reached out his other hand.

I couldn't help but knead and massage it.

"Um……"

"Brother, is there something urgent so early?"

President Han seemed to have heard other voices vaguely, and he probably heard them wrongly. He did not think deeply about it, but just couldn't hide his excitement and said loudly:
"Junior brother, the online box office statistics have been compiled. Guess what the box office of District 9 is?"

Yu Feihong's sleepiness was relieved a lot. When she heard that it was President Han who was talking about the box office of "District 9", she put her ear close to him.

By the way, he reached out and grabbed Cao Yang's handle.

Let your hands do the trick!
Cao Yang became alert for a moment.

"The box office has exceeded 2000 million?"

"Haha, Junior Brother, guess again."

"Could it be... Si, could it be 2200 million?"

Cao Yang laughed loudly, and President Han thought that his junior brother was shocked, so he laughed again.

"You're wrong, Junior Brother. It's 2436 million! This is just the box office from the Internet. There are some small cities that don't have the Internet and the box office hasn't been counted yet. You'll be shocked."

President Han was so excited that even though he hardly slept all night, he was still full of energy.

This is just one day's box office result, but it has exceeded the total box office of more than 90% of the movies. Cao Yang is worthy of being Cao Yang, and my junior brother is awesome!
"Uh……"

Cao Yang looked down and saw Fairy Feihong, who had buried her head, raised her head and deliberately stuck out her tongue.

"Brother, congratulations, ah..."

"Haha, Junior Brother, I should be the one congratulating you." "Okay, Senior Brother, let's both hang up the phone and indulge ourselves happily."

President Han felt that what Cao Yang said made sense. "That's right, Junior Brother. I know you are very excited now. So let's do this. I also need to digest this news and wait for the offline box office statistics."

Snapped!
Cao Yang quickly hung up the phone.

However, before he could do anything, Yu Feihong pushed him down and buried her head again.

With such a high box office, of course we have to celebrate.

President Han understood what Cao Yang meant at that moment. After hanging up the phone, he jumped and danced in the room alone, venting his anger.

You know what, it really works. It calmed me down a lot.

The method of indulgence Cao Yang mentioned is really good.

Little Cannon didn't sleep much the whole night. After attending the premiere of "District 9" yesterday, he had been feeling a little uneasy.

As a director, especially one known for his commercial films, Xiao Gangpao has his own criteria for judging the quality of a movie.

No matter how you look at it, "District 9" is a qualified science fiction film. Coupled with the humanistic elements, especially the type of film about race, this makes the movie appear even more "high-end".

"How's it going? Have yesterday's box office figures come out?"

Little Cannon came to Huayi early in the morning and asked Mr. Xiao Wang.

Mr. Wang's face looked a little unhappy. He glanced at the computer again, reconfirmed, and then said, "The box office of District 2600 has exceeded million!"

The little cannon's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't believe his ears.

"Fuck, how much?"

"Yesterday's box office exceeded 2600 million!"

Mr. Wang repeated it again. Until now, he still couldn’t believe it. This was simply too amazing. The market appeal of that kid Cao Yang was really boundless.

The little cannon was silent for a while, then he asked with some teeth aching: "I'm not asking about District 9, I want to know the box office of our A World Without Thieves."

Then it was Mr. Wang's turn to be silent.

Xiao Gangpao asked again, and Mr. Wang said with some pain: "128 million."

"Fuck, how much?"

The little boy's eyes were wide open, and he was really worried about his two big eyeballs, as if they would pop out if he was not careful.

"128."

Mr. Wang covered half of his face, as if he really had a toothache. He was probably too angry recently and wanted to find someone to cool down.

The little gangbang sat down on the sofa, his eyes dull, and he couldn't help muttering to himself.

“128万？怎么就128万了？前天还有519万呢，我的那么多的519万呢？怎么一天时间，就少了400万？”

Afterwards, Little Cannon also covered half of his face, as if his teeth were hurting.

If this trend continues, the box office of "A World Without Thieves" will not only break 1.5 million, but it will even be a question whether it can break 1 million.

"Who said it wasn't? It was 519 million the day before yesterday. It's totally unreasonable. How can it drop like this?"

Mr. Wang sighed, it was only the first day, the box office on the second day might be even higher, under the siphoning, it was even questionable whether "A World Without Thieves" could earn 100 million.

"Why did Cao Yang, this bastard, come to my Lunar New Year movie! Before he came, I was always invincible in the Lunar New Year movie. I will never let this bastard go! No, I'm going to call him and scold him, otherwise I won't be able to swallow this anger."

The little cannon jumped up directly from the sofa, jumping up and down and cursing. That image, well, don’t even mention it.

"No rush, no rush."

Mr. Wang quickly restrained the little cannon who was acting like a shrew. He was really afraid that the little cannon would say something without thinking and offend Cao Yang by phone. Wouldn't all his tolerance be in vain then?

"Don't worry, this box office is definitely not normal. It may be that his last movie just ended not long ago, and the audience is just supporting him. Maybe everyone has seen what they should see. Who knows, the box office will plummet tomorrow."

Mr. Wang was talking nonsense that he himself didn't believe in, trying to comfort the little cannon who looked very hurt.

“The box office will plummet tomorrow?”

"Very likely." Mr. Wang nodded seriously, his expression looking very sincere.

The little steel cannon sighed and sat down again.

Maybe he just needed an excuse to calm down.

"Fuck Cao Yang!"

Even though the little cannon seemed to have calmed down, he still couldn't help but curse Cao Yang.

Mr. Wang nodded in agreement, "You are right."

The first day box office of "District 9" did more than just break the defense of the little cannon.

"How many did you say?"

Zhou Xingxing received a call from Columbia, and he asked again in disbelief.

After the box office data was confirmed, Stephen Chow sat on the sofa, silent for a long time, and looked very quiet, which was consistent with his shy personality.

"I said that the Lunar New Year period is not a good period and we should withdraw from it."

After a long time, Zhou Xingxing suddenly spoke.

It seemed that not long ago, he was still complaining that he was forced to withdraw from the Lunar New Year period and said a lot of dissatisfied words, but looking at his expression at this moment, he seemed very glad that "Kung Fu" withdrew from the Lunar New Year period.

The next day, the box office of "District 2876" came out and it was eye-popping again. With a box office of million, it was once again far ahead of the second place, which was Xiao Gangpao's "A World Without Thieves".

"District 2876: million?" Little Cannon confirmed again with his big eyes wide open.

"Yes."

Mr. Wang covered half of his face with his hands. His tooth was aching. This time it really hurt. He gasped in pain even when he spoke.

"A World Without Thieves: 98?"

"Yes."

Mr. Wang put down his hand that was covering half of his face, slammed the table hard, and said in unison with Little Cannon: "Fuck Cao Yang!"

After Stephen Chow learned about the box office of "District 9" on the second day, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to "Kung Fu" for the technical failure. This technical failure really occurred at a very timely moment.

The Lunar New Year holiday season is really not a good time.

(End of this chapter)