This director is very reliable

Chapter 500 Failed in Lunar New Year's Eve (Part [-])
Weibo recommendation, in fact, is not very useful...

Shen Changlin is not a traffic director.

Although he is a big shot in the circle, there are still relatively few people who follow him outside the circle, especially compared to Wu Zhi...

You are not some fresh meat, flow pie...

His number of fans can only rank second among the directors - No.1 is close to 20 million fans of pants...

"Somewhere Only We Know" had a box office of 3900 million on the first day...

Set a record for Xu Jinglei's movie box office opening...

It was released on December 12rd, broke 3 million in the first five days, and 2.9 million at the box office in ten days, which made similar domestic literary and artistic romance films stand out...

Typical fan movie!
The box office accounted for about 80% of the first week;

The first-day box office of "Zeng Boy" was even higher, 5600 million. In the three days of the first weekend, the box office directly reached 2.6 million!
This is really Shen Changlin's fault. "The Left Ear" and "The Year in a Hurry", including "To Youth" and "You at the Same Table" made by Guangguang, made the post-80s youth nostalgia a commercial hit...

"Donkey Gets Water" earned only 4200 million in the first weekend.

In fact, the cost has already been recovered - the total cost is only 1500 million (Chen Xiao confiscated the film salary)...

Originally, Shen Changlin was quite worried that his undefeated box office would be broken, but as a result, no one discussed the box office of "Donkey Gets Water" at all, and basically lamented "Taiping Wheel"...

Super director, luxurious lineup, 9800 million box office in six days...

The popularity and word-of-mouth can be ignored, except for some filmmakers such as Zhang Zhao, Xu Ke, and Yu Dong who said a few words!

Why did Zhang Zhao of LeTV take over the distribution of "Taiping Wheel"?

And the guarantee is [-] million...

It's very simple, if Lushi Films wants to become a first-tier film industry, it must have a heavyweight commercial project every year!
But they didn't this year!

Therefore, "Taiping Wheel" must be done...

Zhang Zhao didn't do anything, at least he didn't put forth the energy to release "Anti-Corruption Storm" and "Little Times"...

It is said that he had a quarrel with Wu Yusen—Wu Yusen fantasized about duplicating the money-making miracle of the first and second episodes of "Red Cliff", and Zhang Zhao wanted to cut it into one...

"The Wheel of Peace" is not a complete story at all!

Zhang Zhao can't see the future...

However, if there are no other movies in the same period, it will not be a problem for "Taiping Wheel" to reach 3 million.

Then, "There is a place only we know" and "Zeng Boy" teamed up to cut off the back road!
Just to add a word, the investor and the main controlling publisher of "Zeng Juvenile" are both Guangguang——Wang Changtian has conflicts with Zhang Zhao of LeTV...

Such a big tragedy is ahead, "Donkey Gets Water" at least has a strong reputation, and many tap water Amway...

The theater chain also retained 10% of the film schedule, and the situation of subsequent counterattacks still exists!

Unlike "Taiping Wheel", after the first six days, the film schedule dropped to only 7.5%...

The market is cruel, and if you don't sell well, you won't be popular.

……

"Why do you want to cut a movie into two parts?"

"Missing money, what else could be the reason?"

"...Could it be because it's too long?"

"Do you think this is "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​or "Kingdom of Heaven"? Is there a precedent in film history that a movie is split into two episodes, the first part is bad, and the second part becomes a classic?"

"...It seems not."

"It doesn't seem like it, it just doesn't exist!"

Bangkok, the crew of "Tang Detective", several assistant directors chatted about the box office fiasco of "Taiping Wheel"...

The filming of "Tang Detective" went smoothly.

Several important scenes are filmed separately, and the progress is very fast. It is estimated that it will be finished in less than two months...

That's why I have spare time to care about the situation of domestic movies!
"Taiping Wheel" was indeed a disastrous failure, with a huge investment of nearly 4 million yuan, it is definitely going to be in vain!
Wu Yusen is also awesome, he ruined MGM, returned to the mainland, and he can also ruin the galloping pony...

Balanced development, Master Duan Shui!
Shen Changlin walked over with mango juice in his hand: "What are you talking about?"

"...Director, we are talking about "The Wheel of Peace"..."

"Director, have you ever heard of a situation where a complete movie has to be cut into two episodes?"

"Yes," Shen Changlin took a sip of mango juice, and then said, ""A Chinese Journey to the West" is that. When Director Liu Zhenwei reviewed the box office of "A Chinese Journey to the West" before, he thought it was a mistake to divide the film into two episodes. If there are two episodes, it cannot be completed in one go, and the plot will be relatively loose."

"But "Moonlight Box" and "The Marriage of the Great Sage" are all classics!"

"When it was released, the audience didn't think so."

"Then... Will "The Wheel of Peace" be a classic?"

"What do you think?"

Shen Changlin asked back with a smile.

The assistant director didn't speak, and Shen Changlin continued: "Originally LeTV wanted to arrange for "Taiping Wheel" to be squeezed into the Spring Festival, but now the theaters collectively oppose it, and it will definitely not be able to enter the Spring Festival... I guess the results will be even worse!"

"I heard that at first Wu Yusen wanted to edit it into three episodes!"

"…are you crazy?"

"who knows…"

While talking, the assistant came over: "Director, call!"

"…Who?"

"Mr. Guo!"

Shen Changlin took the phone...

……

Shen Changlin refused to find an assistant before, he thought it was unnecessary!
But it is really troublesome for him to be a director without an assistant when shooting. Besides, someone has to keep the phone, right?
Randomly fall on the crew, what if someone flips through it and then exposes it to the media?

Even if there is nothing shady about the mobile phone he uses for work, there are still many contents involving commercial secrets.

Just hired someone to help write down the itinerary and answer the phone...

Guo Songjiang called for two things. One was to report on the situation of "Donkey Gets Water". The theaters showed that the attendance rate was very high, and there will be an increase in the schedule of films in the future, but... the total box office should be between 1.5 million and 2 million , unlikely to be a box office miracle...

"It's okay... Let me tell you that once "Donkey Gets Water" is released, it will be released on the online platform immediately, and I will give you a promotion fee of 20 million!"

"...You don't understand this. The two movies "Charlotte Annoyance" and "Donkey Gets Water" have become a signature of Happy Twist. Red first!"

Guo Songjiang on the other end of the phone retorted directly: "...then our company has produced so many high-quality works, why didn't "Donkey Gets Water" become popular before it was released?"

All of a sudden, Shen Changlin was stopped...

That's right, it stands to reason that Shen Changlin is already a gold-lettered signboard. Why didn't "The Donkey Gets Water" fail?

"...What's your opinion?"

"...I mean you don't need to deliberately promote it, just find a few self-media and film critics to lead the rhythm!"

Shen Changlin nodded: "What else?"

"The second thing is that "Soul Ferry" brought 300 million VIP users to iQiyi after its launch..."

It's true, "Soul Ferry" opened the business of "members watching complete works" for the first time.

As soon as the series was launched, the iQiyi membership system went down immediately.

The next day, iQiyi rushed to the top of the App Store free list.

Before "Soul Ferry" was broadcast, the number of iQiyi VIP members was only 300 million. After just a few days after the broadcast, the number of iQiyi VIP members increased to 700 million.

The background shows that most of the newly opened members are for "Soul Ferry"!
"...Is iQiyi going to give us bonuses?"

"Not really...but they booked a second season at a high price..."

"How tall is it?"

"50% increase from the first quarter..."

"...It's pretty good, then you let Nazado promote it... I'll hang up if it's okay!"

"Wait a minute," Lao Guo still has something to say: "Have you read the analysis post on the Internet?"

"Analyze what?"

""Donkey Gets Water" failed at the box office, and Changlin Film and Television suffered from Waterloo..."

"...Fuck, let me see..."

(End of this chapter)