What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 137 Tokyo Comes For Me
It was very tiring all night. According to Yang Shu, "I carried a hundred catties of rice on my back and ran a hundred miles of mountain roads. The special forces did not train like this."

However, people are refreshed on happy occasions, and when they wake up the next day, their waists are not sore or their legs hurt, and they can see the clouds in the pubic area internally, and their skills have improved.

During dinner in the morning, Jiang Shiyu asked him: "I haven't seen you all night, I feel that your face is a little smaller."

After researching, Liu Man concluded, "I didn't sleep well, I'm a little dehydrated."

What kind of dehydration is this? I have already scheduled to return to the capital on the 10th, and I have to stay here for another night. The dehydration of Poplar may be more serious tomorrow morning.

It's all because the two of them don't care enough, but if they use snacks to dehydrate him every day, they won't have the mood and ability to overeat and spend the whole night like this.

Yang Shu once thought about a question, why in everyone's impression and in film and television works, monks are plump and full of water, while Taoist priests are usually skinny and shriveled?

This is a question worthy of serious study, perhaps everyone has misunderstood the refining of gas.

Although there have been media reports that "Love Letter from the Kingdom of Heaven" and "Love Letter from Undying Love" both broke [-] million at the box office, they are still unclear, and the rankings have not yet been determined.

Even so, Yang Shu announced the good news in the main creative work group: the first day was a great success, and today we will continue to work hard.

Dozens of people in the group have been boiling for a day, and the director finally announced a relatively reliable result, so everyone is even more excited with Yourong.

After all, there are still very few domestic films that can exceed [-] million yuan on the first day, and it is really an honor for all those involved in the production.

If the box office is good, the distribution work is easy. Luo Xue is not so nervous anymore. In the morning, Huang Xuefei, the operations director of Tiange Media, called to inform that today's box office pre-sales are good, and said a lot of statistics.

Yang Shu was relieved when he heard the word "not bad", and didn't listen to the others.

At 02:30 p.m., the box office on the first day was officially announced. No.1 is "Love Letters", with a box office of 11029.1 million, and No.2 "Love Letter from Heaven", with a box office of 11018.6 million. Several million belong to accompanying runners.

Although there have been more than ten hours of mental preparation, when the boots finally landed, Yang Shu stared at the numbers on the screen for a long time, still a little emotional.

Luo Xue's prediction was correct. Although "Love Letter from the Kingdom of Heaven" did not catch up with "Love Letter from No Two", the difference between the two is only 10.5, which can be said to be very small, far from 200 million, completely disappointing the 1% leading film screening rate .

When Liu Man and Jiang Shiyu were excited, they specially called Sister Qin and other people who were very close to them to report the good news.

Movies are undoubtedly still a higher-level existence in the film and television industry. When "World's Wonderful Events" was a big success, I didn't see them so proud and eager to share their happiness.

Sister Tao was filming in the Qingming Shanghe Park, so she also took the time to call.

The Qingming Shanghe Park is a group of buildings imitating the Song Dynasty. I don’t understand why the “Great Military Advisor Sima Yi’s Alliance of Military Advisors” with the theme of the Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties was chosen there.

Sister Tao not only formally congratulated Uncle Wu, but also teased Uncle Wu: "When the box office was announced in the afternoon, we were filming a scene in the street where Sima Yi was reprimanded by his wife. Brother Ang was not in a good mood after knowing the results. Resisting, really makes me laugh to death."

This is a bit too much, and it is easy to be misunderstood as an excuse.

It’s understandable that Uncle Wu is in a bad mood. He is an old Jianghu, has his own operation team, and can analyze all aspects. With such data and word-of-mouth, he should already understand that it is only time for "Love Letter of Heaven" to catch up with "Letter of Love". question.

The first day was quite symbolic. Yang Shu came second with a slight gap. Yang Shu did not feel regretful. His current results are already very satisfactory. He is not impatient and has a lot of time to enjoy the process.

Even Ning Song said: "This situation is like chasing a girl. It is the most beautiful time when you have entered the port but have not yet boarded the boat."

This description is quite appropriate, and even includes the possibility of sunken ships entering the port. The mood of anticipation and anxiety is almost the same.

Luo Xue called at three o'clock, said a few words of congratulations, and then discussed the next work arrangement: "With the current momentum of "Love Letter from the Kingdom of Heaven", the first three hundred million five hundred million should be no problem, and the total box office may be able to reach seven. [-] million, then we can now consider arranging distribution in Japan and South Korea.”

This estimate is calculated based on the standard model of popular movies, accounting for about half of the box office in the first week.

I talked about the possibility of overseas distribution before. Tiange has channels in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"Love Letter" took action earlier. During the publicity, it has announced that it will be released simultaneously in more than a dozen countries including Europe, America, Australia, and Singapore. It will also enter South Korea later, but Japan is not mentioned.

Before the rise of the mainland market, Japan has always been the second largest single film market after the United States. Tang Wei’s husband is a South Korean director. It is understandable that "The Love Letter" was released in South Korea, but it has gone to Europe and the United States so many It is a bit inexplicable that the national issuer gave up the second largest market, Japan, which is close at hand.

Yang Shu does not doubt the other party's ability to obtain domestic box office, but suspects that these so-called overseas releases are hype, creating a sense of global popularity.

In fact, I have to admit that in terms of the level of love story writing, there is a gap between mainland films and European and American films. In this regard, there are serious shortages in terms of strength and market experience. A film that is not high enough is really worthless for global distribution.

Even if "Love Letters from Heaven" has a higher artistic quality, due to the cultural differences between the East and the West and the weak discourse power, it also has no distribution value. After all, distribution is a commercial behavior and the purpose is to make a profit.

What's more, the "Peking Meets Seattle" series has flaws in values. European and American audiences have been engaged in ideological struggles for many years, and they are not as tolerant as mainland audiences. Just worshiping money is a bit of a taboo in Hollywood, let alone a young woman who is unmarried and pregnant. As long as the producers and distributors are professional enough, it is impossible for them to understand such wonderful plots as waiting for labor and so on.

Therefore, after a little analysis, it is not difficult to guess that the simultaneous release in Europe and the United States is basically a publicity gimmick. Such a romantic love story about Chinese people in Europe and the United States is unlikely to have a market in the West, so there is no need to mess around.

In fact, not many Asian films are really successful in the international market. It is one thing to win an award at a film festival, but another to make money by showing it in theaters.

Asian films that have truly made money overseas can be counted on one hand. Yang Shu remembers that the top ten box office films are basically Kung Fu-related films from mainland China, not a single one from Japan or South Korea.

"Love Letters from Heaven" will not be an exception, so Asian regions with similar cultures are the focus of distribution, especially Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Singapore.

However, Ganggang and Wanwan have not behaved well in the past few years, and they have strong resistance. There is no need to deal with them, and the Singapore market is too small, so there is no need to waste time.

The Korean market is not too big, but they are very conceited and xenophobic. They only want to sell the so-called Korean wave, but their own market is tightly controlled. In fact, there is no need to talk to them, so only Japan is worth considering.

Yang Shu thought this was very interesting: "I bought a whole chicken from my neighbor, and now I want to sell it to the other party when it lays eggs."

And Luo Xue was a little surprised by his overseas market analysis: "Although what you said is basically correct, it's the first time I've encountered such a picky producer."

However, I also agree with Yang Shu's opinion that overseas distribution focuses on Japan, seeking real profit rather than false name.

Two hours later, Tiange Media officially announced to the media that the company had reached a distribution agreement with Japan Toho Co., Ltd., and that "Love Letters from Heaven" will be fully screened in Toho Cinemas in the near future.

This action is really fast enough, I am afraid it has been prepared for a long time.

Yang Shu was very happy and looked forward to it: "Tokyo, Yoshi, dry!"

(End of this chapter)