"How much?"
"It seems to be close to 200 million."
"I'll go, this bitch is going crazy."
On September 25, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was screened nationwide, with a total of 80,130 screenings.
Such a large-scale screening naturally attracted the attention of many colleagues. Therefore, a lot of people are watching to see how much the box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" will be today.
Xu Huazhang and Remy are one of them. As the main Chinese artist they currently want to suppress, Xu Chuan needs to pay attention to any big trends.
"The data hasn't ended yet?" In a villa in Shanghai, Xu Huazhang said while leaning on the sofa and smoking a cigar.
"Actually, it's already closed. If nothing else goes wrong, today's single-day box office is 200 million. In this way, the total box office of Xu Chuan's movie during the two days of screening will reach 300 million." Remy opposite him heard this replied.
Hearing this, Xu Huazhang's calm expression that he had been deliberately maintaining almost broke down.
After puffing for a while, he pretended to be calm and said, "Are there so many? Did that rural person from the countryside pay the box office?"
"I don't know." Remy shook his head.
After speaking, she glanced at the computer screen in front of her, and saw the latest box office news released by the official ticketing software at this time.
So she said: "It's officially confirmed that the box office of this movie in two days of screening has reached 300 million."
Hearing this, Xu Huazhang clicked his tongue, took another puff of cigarette and said, "How much did his movie cost?"
"The specific figures cannot be found, but the total cost of all the costs is estimated to be in the early 200 million, probably less than 200 million. If this 300 million is the real figure, then his movie will probably make a lot of money. .”
After hearing this, Xu Huazhang couldn't help but pause while smoking his cigar, and began to calculate Xu Chuan's profits in his mind.
The breakdown of movies is actually not complicated. First pay 5% of the total box office as a special film development fund, and also pay 3.3% related taxes and fees.
It is worth mentioning that this 3.3% tax is different from the income tax paid on box office revenue. Once you get the box office, you have to pay it, regardless of whether you make a profit or not.
After paying these things in full, what is left is the box office that can be divided into accounts.
Just like the 300 million box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" now. The real money that can be divided among theaters, Xuchuan and the publisher is about 270 million.
Of these, 50% are from movie theaters and 7% are from theater chains. The remaining 43% is divided between Xu Chuan and the issuing party.
According to the contract signed by Xu Chuan and the distributor, he accounted for 33% of the box office and the distributor accounted for 10%.
Calculated in this way, with a box office of 300 million, Xu Chuan's revenue is more than 90 million.
The cost of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is actually much less than Remy guessed. The total cost of production, including publicity and distribution and other expenses, will be 150 million.
Publicity costs are now largely borne by the issuer. Xu Chuan actually paid about 110 million.
In other words, Xu Chuan's box office for the two days of screening can actually be considered as a return of money. The rest is to see how much he earns.
In the villa, Xu Huazhang settled the accounts for a while, put out his cigar in the ashtray, took several deep breaths, and then continued to pretend to be indifferent: "I don't know if this box office is true.
When it's released, it's not certain whether it will collapse or not. It's too early to say that the country boy is making a fortune.
By the way, he is so shameless in arranging 80,000 screenings at select theaters, and now he is still making so much money at the box office. Isn't there any movement from his colleagues in the film industry? "
Upon hearing this, Remy immediately understood what Xu Huazhang meant, so he said, "I'll make arrangements."
At the same time, the popularity of the online entry #西红市富富影院s two-day box office 300 million # continues to rise.
To be honest, it has not happened in the past few years that the box office exceeded 300 million in two days of release.
However, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is the first movie to gross 300 million in box office within two days of screening.
This is simply unheard of for many colleagues.
A feeling of jealousy rose uncontrollably from their hearts, making them feel sour and uncomfortable.
Even Bai Tianyu, who was on Xu Chuan's side, felt a little sour after seeing this box office data.
Last time in the car, he asked Xu Chuan what his estimated box office was. When he heard Xu Chuan quoted 2.5 billion, he thought Xu Chuan was daydreaming.
Now this data can be regarded as a slap in the face, causing him to murmur from time to time: "This grandson is so unreasonable, how can he do anything? Nowadays, the screenings can be like this, but the public screenings are not Heaven!"
It was at this time that some content complaining about Xu Chuan's ugly eating and appearance suddenly began to appear on the Internet.
It is completely shameless to say that it has screened 80,000 times.
How can anyone watch 80,000 screenings?
Are you showing off?
There are not as many films scheduled for public release as you.
Some so-called industry insiders came out one after another as if they had agreed.
Xu Chuan has been labeled as opportunistic, disregarding the lives and lives of others, breaking industry rules, and undermining the unity of the film industry.
This kind of public opinion naturally reached Xu Chuan's ears.
At this time, he was sitting on the bed and recovering his soul.
There are many night owls in the entertainment industry, and Xu Huazhang and the others can stay up most of the night. But Xu Chuan can't. His biological clock has always been relatively regular. And he was almost exhausted these days, how could he stay up all night?
After regaining consciousness for a while, he looked at the time, which clearly showed 1:30 in the morning.
So, he spoke to the phone and said: "These people have such perseverance, what else can they do than gossiping about these things on the Internet?"
"Hahaha, Brother Chuan, don't be angry. They just want to take advantage of this moment when no one is around to solidify the content, so that tomorrow morning, everyone will see what they want."
Xu Chuan naturally understands this truth better than anyone else, but he couldn't control his irritability after being woken up.
Also because the caller was an employee of Xuchuan Studio, he spoke more casually.
After regaining his composure, Xu Chuan continued: "In this case, you arrange for someone to spread the news online, saying that our screenings on the 26th will increase from 80,000 to 120,000."
"Ah?" The person on the other end of the phone was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Don't you agree to add more?"
As I said before, there are no good movies at this time. Theaters are open for business every day, and the attendance rate is quite bleak. Now that "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is so strong, it's natural to want to continue to expand the game.
But Xu Chuan did not agree. The reason is just like those people on the Internet are complaining now. 80,000 screenings is already a very jealous number, and in addition, it will indeed face problems with public opinion.
Of course, peers’ “complaints” and “slanders” can actually be regarded as farts.
But the public is a group that is extremely susceptible to the influence of public opinion. If public opinion like this is not properly handled, it may trigger rejection reactions outside of the movie.
This kind of rejection may affect some people who originally planned to watch Xuchuan's movies, and end up not watching them.
Especially those who don’t have a strong desire, but just go to see it because everyone is watching it, so they go to see it when they are bored. Or maybe someone who just plans to go to the movies, but can watch anything.
These two groups of people actually contributed a large proportion of the box office. If these public opinions really prevent us from looking at it, Xu Chuan's income will be reduced a lot.
"Let's release it first, and then arrange for someone to lead the process, and mention more about the 120,000 screenings. When the public opinion is almost settled, we will find a time to clarify tomorrow." Xu Chuan said.
"Okay, you can rest first and I'll make arrangements here." The person on the other end of the phone didn't ask any further questions.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Chuanqiang opened his cell phone and looked at related topics on the Internet.
After reading for a while and feeling that there was nothing new, he threw the phone aside and continued to sleep with his head covered.
It is worth mentioning that what he just arranged was not random. In fact, he had already thought about this when he wanted to increase the number of screenings yesterday.
Therefore, letting this kind of gossip out was a plan he had prepared in advance.
There are three purposes for doing this.
The first is to find some more topics to stimulate the market's attention to the movie. This attention can come from positive public opinion or negative public opinion.
The second purpose is to anchor the number 120,000.
Why anchor this?
Mr. Lu Xun has a famous saying, to the effect that if you want to open a window, you'd better come up with a suggestion to lift the roof.
Although this phrase was originally intended to refer to our eclectic nature, it is actually used the same way all over the world. This strategy is frequently used in commercial pricing.
Therefore, instead of asking them to raise 80,000 yuan now, it is better to ask them to raise 120,000 yuan. Anyway, Xu Chuan does not really intend to open 120,000 games. This is a complete rumor.
But with the rumored 120,000 games at the front and 80,000 games at the back, everyone will be more accepting of it.
You know, people's acceptance threshold for numbers can be easily increased. Just like many people can't afford 10,000 yuan, but they still feel from the bottom of their hearts that winning a prize of 10 million yuan is very small.
This is not pretentious, nor is it a tough talk. It’s because numbers in hundreds of millions are often posted on the Internet, which biases people’s perception of 10 million.
Anyway, if you do this, at least the audience will have a high chance of being desensitized to the number of 80,000 screenings. Originally, compared to peers, the audience didn’t have much idea about this thing.
As long as the audience is desensitized and doesn't think there's any problem. The words of colleagues can still be regarded as farts.
The above is the second purpose, and the last purpose is that Xu Chuan wants to raise the file.
Now the momentum of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is too strong, and the screenings have a high attendance rate. Considering that there is another "70 Years" to be released during the National Day.
Xu Chuan thought that it would be better to raise the film's schedule now and let the theaters directly increase the film schedule to the top to take advantage of the box office first.
To achieve this effect, we have to go back to the second purpose, which is to anchor the number of 120,000.
Since there are so many films scheduled for screening, and the number of films scheduled for public release really reaches 120,000, it seems much more reasonable to increase the film scheduling rate to more than 30%.
Maybe, according to the current actual situation of theater chains, it is not impossible to increase the ratio to 40%.
Of course, this film scheduling rate is only for the past few days. When other movies are released later, a 25% film scheduling rate will be considered an ideal figure.
There was nothing to say all night. The first thing Xu Chuan did when he got up the next morning was to pay attention to the public opinions on the Internet.
After a night of fermentation, the more exciting number 120,000 actually replaced 80,000.
In addition, Xu Chuan already has a lot of sunspots, and now there is even more enthusiasm on the Internet to criticize "The Richest Man in Xihong City" for his unsightly appearance. If it were someone else, there really wouldn't be such a high level of attention.
After some research and calling to explain some things, Xu Chuan stopped taking care of it.
In the afternoon, Xu Chuan started his first road show in Zhengzhou.
At the same time, on the other side of Ziyi Media's chairman's office, Xu Huazhang leaned back and put his legs on the desk and said, "Do you remember how I evaluated Xu Chuan before?"
"Remember." Remy, who was sitting on the sofa, nodded when he heard this.
"This is what country people from poor places are like. You know, they are greedy. They only care about the little profit in front of them. He can't even imagine 120,000 screenings." Xu Huazhang sneered.
After finishing speaking, he did not wait for Remi to reply, but continued to ask: "How is the arrangement with Cheng Quanxing?"
"He agreed to cooperate with us yesterday. To be honest, seeing these newcomers who have nothing to do with him rising up, their group is more uncomfortable than us." Remy said.
When Xu Huazhang heard this, he immediately retracted his legs that were resting on the table, clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Let these old guys use their remaining energy."
Cheng Quanxing, who he said is 65 years old, is one of the highest-status and most famous directors in China. For such a director, the most valuable thing is not only himself, but also the people and forces surrounding him.
"Hey, the official account of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" just clarified that the 120,000 shows were rumors. The number of shows scheduled for today is still 80,000, and there is no increase." Remy said while looking at his phone.
"Is this because he has given in? I thought that country bumpkin's heart is as high as the sky. Is there still time for him to give in?" Xu Huazhang laughed dumbly when he heard this.
After laughing for a while, he suddenly realized something was wrong: "No, who released this news of 120,000 games?"
"It suddenly appeared online."
"I've been fooled. The migrant worker must have leaked the news himself." Although Xu Huazhang spoke with arrogance.
But this does not mean that he is a fool. On the contrary, if he can become the new leader of Ziyi Media, he will naturally have some skills.
When he said this, Remy also realized what was going on.
At this moment, she suddenly realized why the people at Ziyi Media could never beat Xu Chuan.
This small confrontation was easily resolved by him without saying anything, which was equivalent to giving him a topic for nothing to continue to heat up.
Thinking of this, he opened the comment area for related rumor-refuting news.
Basically, they all advised Xu Chuan not to listen to the farts of those "sour people" and to open more shows for everyone to watch the movie earlier.
At night, Remi discovered that more and more people wanted Xu Chuan to open more screenings. She wouldn't believe it if no one was pushing Remi to death from behind.
Thinking of this, Remy got up and went to Xu Huazhang's office. The first thing he said when he entered the office was: "Director Xu, why do I think Xu Chuan is planning to raise his profile?"
After saying this, she told Xu Huazhang about the public opinion situation.
After listening, Xu Huazhang, who was dealing with other things, stopped what he was doing and began to think.
After thinking for a while, he was about to speak when he heard Remy say: "It's really been postponed. An announcement has been made. It will be released on the 27th."
"Tomorrow?" Xu Huazhang said after hearing this.
"Yes, it's tomorrow. According to this trend, the film scheduling rate is estimated to exceed 30%." Remy said.
"How much has he made at the box office now?"
"It has exceeded 400 million." Remy looked at the data and said.
Hearing this, Xu Huazhang couldn't help but look at his watch. It was only after 8 o'clock, and today's box office was estimated to be reaching 500 million.
The box office revenue reached 500 million in three days.
What the fuck!
This made Xu Huazhang couldn't help but take out a cigarette and lit it and said: "Tsk... Do you know why that country bumpkin is so hated by his colleagues?
Because he has always made big news since his debut, it seems that he is versatile. Everyone pretends to be a grandson and gets through it step by step. He wants to be a grandfather since he first came up. Why? "
Xu Huazhang's words seemed inconsistent with Remy's topic.
But it actually expresses his feelings very well, because he estimates how good the box office will be if Xu Chuan picks up the film under this circumstance.
But there was nothing he could do. If Ziyi had a movie released now, he could still think about stealing Xu Chuan's box office. The problem was that Ziyi didn't have this project.
As a result, he can only gain verbal victory through belittling and ridiculing.
In other words, Xu Huazhang is actually a bit defensive, especially the last sentence where everyone pretends to be a grandson and gets through it step by step.
On the surface, he is talking about Xu Chuan's colleagues, but in fact, he is also talking about himself. It's true that he is a rich second generation, but he still has to kneel when he should.
After kneeling for a long time, it was indescribable to see someone like Xu Chuan eating his meal standing up.
On the other side, Xu Chuan, who was hated by his colleagues in Xu Huazhang's mouth, was answering the call from his seventh colleague today.
"Really not. If there are any new projects, I will notify you first."
"I'm not refusing. I also know that you have sufficient funds and resources, but I really don't have any new projects recently."
"Okay, okay, keep in touch."
After saying this, Xu Chuan hung up the phone, threw the phone aside, and then couldn't help but rub his head.
There were seven phone calls, each with the same content. They were all asking if Xu Chuan had any new projects. If there are new projects, be sure to give them a share of the investment.
Things like those that offend colleagues are all things that can only be said after a predetermined stance. Capital is all about profit, so there is no position to speak of.
Today Xu Chuan has affected their interests. Xu Chuan is their biological father, so he is merciless. On the contrary, if Xu Chuan can make money with them, then he can be regarded as their biological father.
The entertainment industry has never been short of money, only good projects. But it is difficult to judge whether a project is good or not, so there is an investment method that chases the fame and past achievements of the main creator.
Obviously, Xu Chuan, who has accomplished whatever he has done in the past few years, is regarded as "a good project among good projects" in the eyes of many capital investors.
It just so happens that movies are a direction that everyone prefers to invest in. After these people waited for the box office data for three days, they finally couldn't hold it any longer.
A few hours later, news appeared on the Internet that the box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" exceeded 500 million.
Now, more people are thinking of calling Xu Chuan.
One night passed, and the first thing Xu Huazhang did after getting up the next morning was to call Remy to ask about the film schedule for "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to be released today.
"The latest news is that there are 160,000 shows, and the film scheduling rate has reached 40%."
After hearing this, Xu Huazhang finally couldn't maintain his calm image.
He began to curse angrily: "Shit! Damn it, these movie theater owners are crazy. Is that bumpkin their father or their grandfather? How can they arrange movies like this?"
"Director Xu, there really aren't any good movies to schedule these two days." Remy explained helplessly.
"Keep an eye on his single-day box office today and report any news to me as soon as possible." After Xu Huazhang finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
The day passed quickly, but for Xu Huazhang, today was particularly difficult.
Although he told Remy to pay attention, he was actually paying attention himself.
At 8 p.m., the box office reached 700 million.
At 9 p.m., the box office reached 800 million.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, the box office reached 900 million.
Finally, in the early morning, the box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was fixed at 914 million.
In other words, in one day, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" earned a single-day box office of 408 million with a super high film schedule. This score would not even make it into the top 10 on earth.
The highest single-day box office of "Tang Detective 3", which ranked first, reached 1.011 billion.
"Monster Hunt 2", which ranked eighth, also had a single-day peak of 546 million.
But on Blue Star, Xu Chuan's "The Richest Man in Xihong City" currently ranks first in the single-day box office in domestic film history.
"Fuck! This country dog!!" Xu Huazhang really couldn't stand it anymore.
After Remy on the other side saw this data, he recalled Xu Huazhang's various contemptuous names for Xu Chuan, and many thoughts came to his mind.
Meanwhile, our colleagues in the film industry are completely crazy.
In their opinion, such a bad comedy can make so much money? Can I make so much money by investing in one of my own?
Theater chains are also going crazy. You can earn as much as you schedule, right? Arrange more tomorrow.
"Damn it, am I going to become the box office champion director?" The richest director in Xihong City went crazy. Looking at this result, he fell into a beautiful fantasy.
The director went crazy, and the actors were no exception.
The heroine Du Wenyu looked at this result and fell into a state of confusion.
Is she going to become the top-grossing heroine?
just me?
Is it okay for me, Du Wenyu?
At this moment, she recalled her experience when she participated in "Produce 101" and wanted a debut spot but her agency Haehan did not want to support her.
As the producer and producer, Lin Mengying is even more crazy among the crazy.
She never thought that the first movie she invested in would achieve such good results.
Ever since, the crazy Lin Mengying rewarded Xu Chuan crazily, and Xu Chuan's legs were shaking when he walked the next day.
On the 28th, the film scheduling rate of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" reached a new high, reaching about 45%.
However, the box office did not rise as expected, but dropped a bit. The daily box office on the 28th was 395 million, which was not a big drop.
As a result, the box office of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has reached 1.309 billion.
The amount of Xu Chuan's accounts has reached 396 million. Compared with his cost of 110 million, it can be said that he has made a lot of money.
On the 29th, the film schedule returned to 40%, and the daily box office continued to decline. It is currently 302 million. This drop is already very large compared to the previous day.
However, no one is going to badmouth the movie because of this drop.
Because it would be abnormal not to drop.
Compared with the cliff-like decline of some movies, the decline of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is considered to be quite strong.
At this time, the total box office of the movie has reached 1.611 billion.
The release time is one month, only three days have passed, and there are still about 27 days in the future.
According to industry estimates, the movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is likely to have a total box office of 3 billion. If it really reaches 3 billion, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" will be the top-grossing movie in the history of Blue Star comedy movies.
It also ranks fourth at the box office in Blue Star film history.
If it can exceed 3.8 billion, it will be the highest-grossing film in the history of Chinese domestic films.
The box office box office of Blue Star's film history champions is far less than that on earth. "Changjin Lake", which ranks first in film history on earth, has 5.7 billion, and "Operation Red Sea", which ranks 10th, has 3.6 billion.
Of course, for Xu Chuan, his filming of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was just to test the waters, and he did not have such big hopes for this movie.
If he really got 3 billion as expected by his colleagues, it would have greatly exceeded his expectations. All he can do is continue to do a good job in publicity in the next time.
However, the reality did not allow him to continue the road show.
The National Day is coming soon, and traveling for the first two or three days at the beginning and end is a hassle, so I might as well stop for a while.
Secondly, Xu Chuan received two invitation letters sent to him by Zhao Kangnian.
The content of the invitation is simple.
The first one is used during the day on the viewing platform on the right side of the Capital Square. The second one was for watching the literary party at night.
To be honest, when he saw these two invitations, Xu Chuan was so excited that he couldn't sleep.
He never thought that one day he would be able to sit and watch such a ceremony up close.
Of course, all this is thanks to "Singing the Motherland".
Zhao Zhizhi said that everyone liked this song very much.
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(End of chapter)
