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Chapter 250 A New Record Is Born

"It's true that the heroine of this movie has not yet been decided, but how did you find me here?"

"If you're not looking for you, who are you looking for? Aren't you the big boss? Or the investor of the project - why should I look for someone else if I have the best one?"

What Da Mimi said made sense, but Li Jingkun was speechless.

And what I have to say is that she still has a good way of dealing with men; she can read faces and speak nicely; and the flattering words are not at all awkward or excessive from her mouth, on the contrary, she will feel that she is really distracted.As a result, the man in front of him will be greatly satisfied with his vanity, and then easily agree to her request...

Well, it's not that exaggerated, it's in the public eye.

Jing Kun actually didn't want to get involved in this project too much, but it's okay to recommend it to Ning Hao and the others.

Whether they use it or not is up to them.

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After Da Mimi left Li Jingkun contentedly, other colleagues soon came over to strike up a chat with him.

Yu Hewei, the leading actor in "Extreme Profession", also came over to chat with him for a while.

He said that Ning Hao told him before that it was Li Jingkun who recommended him to play the leading role in this movie, so he came here to thank him. "Director Ning said that if it wasn't recommended by you, he would definitely not have thought of me; or in other words, few people would think that a person who has been acting in dramas has a talent for comedy."

Yu Hewei said it very modestly, and the Ning Hao in his words was also very modest.

But it's normal, Yu Hewei has acted in a lot of historical dramas, and he hasn't had any serious exposure to comedies before, so few people will definitely think of him.

However, in "Extreme Profession", he didn't try to be funny, and he even kept a straight face most of the time, but the plot and lines were outrageous, so his expressionless performance revealed a contrasting effect, so he It looked so funny.

"At first, I was a little hesitant to play this kind of role, but thanks to the two great directors, I decided to give it a try. After watching the premiere today, I think it's really good! It seems that I really There's a bit of comedic flair in it. Hahaha."

It seems that Yu Hewei himself is quite happy.It should be the relationship between the confidence boost after watching the finished product.

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After the premiere of "Extreme Job" in Kyoto, there will be premieres and roadshows in other regions, etc.Propaganda work is in full swing.

After Li Jingkun attended the premiere, he basically had nothing to do with other work.

So sometimes it's cool to be a boss or an investor purely. You don't need to do too much work, and you can earn money while lying at home in a gentle home.

Even now the road show of "Bouquet Like" is not as active as before.

I will definitely still be able to run, but the number of days and cities are reduced.

Now that you are so rich, you can't do your best to roadshow every time it is released, right?"Tuner" worked so hard before, but it's not too much to reduce the workload here after "Bouquet Like", right?
What's more, with a big reputation, sometimes you don't need to go to so many places to get a good box office. Moreover, the word-of-mouth of this movie has always been stable, and the comments from netizens are getting better and better.There is a feeling like drinking old wine, the kind that gets better and better with taste.

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Seven days after its release, "Love Like a Bouquet" has reached a box office figure of 7 million. There should be no suspense that it will surpass "The Future" in the future and become the number one box office of domestic literary films.

At the same time, "Extreme Profession" also landed in major theaters across the country on this day, starting its release journey.

These two are both Li Jingkun's "works", why should the release time be arranged so close?

One is because "Like a Bouquet" is a literary film, and "Extreme Profession" is a commercial comedy film, and the conflicts between different genres will not be great.Even if there are many people who overlap, a period of one week is enough.

Another reason is that this is the summer holiday season. It can also be seen from the box office market in previous years and this year that it is no problem to launch two or three works at the same time at the same time. The market is full of two or three blockbuster films.

For example, in July, "Monster Hunt" and "Pancake Man" were released one day apart, and the box office of each other was not affected much.Even the former has become the first work at the domestic box office, and it may be the first work at the domestic box office in history.

So now that the two films are released a week apart, the impact will not be too great.

Can't we let one of their works continue to be adjusted later?It will be September, and it is not advisable to take up too much time after school starts.

When the school starts, the market will definitely be slightly worse.

On August 8, "Extreme Career" was released.It successfully broke through 14 million on the day of the premiere, and got a high box office of 1.56 million, and also became the box office champion of the day.

"Love Like a Bouquet" and "Monster Hunt" ranked second and third respectively.

Then "Extreme Profession" continued to lead the market, and continued to get more than 1 million box office on the second and third days.In addition to breaking some records of other movies, it also successfully broke some of Ning Hao's personal box office records.

The total score in the first three days was 4.68 million.

The result is not over yet. On the fourth and fifth days, the box office continued to exceed 1 million in a single day; the total box office in the five days reached a terrifying 6.74 million.

The overall trend is reminiscent of Li Jingkun's previous work "Tuner", because their box office totals in the first five days are not much different. At that time, the box office figure for the first five days of "Tuner" was written as 6.75.

This also reminds many people of what Li Jingkun said before: I just released a period of time earlier than Ning Hao and Zuo Zheng, otherwise I might not be the first director with two films at the same time breaking 10 billion box office.

If "Extreme Profession" continues at this pace, it is basically a certainty that it will break through 10 billion!

And there may be a chance to surpass the total score of "Tuner".

After all, the number of theaters now is higher than it was a few months ago. At the same time, the appearance of "Monster Hunt" also indicates that as long as the movie has enough popularity and quality, it is not impossible for the box office to exceed 20 billion...

So does this movie have popularity and quality?
There must be some enthusiasm. Ning Hao's works have always been popular, and the movies he directed have always received high attention.For example, "Blooming Heart" in 14, the results obtained a few days ago were not much worse than "Extreme Profession".

"Blooming Hearts" was released on the National Day file. Overall, it was better than the current summer file. At that time, the box office score on the first day was 1.35 million, and then it also broke through 3.77 million on the second and third days. The cumulative box office in three days has reached 8 million; it was released for 7.56 days, and the box office got [-] million.

At the same time, "Extreme Profession" still has Huang Bo as one of the leading actors this time, as well as the very popular Li Xian, the handsome Xin Zhilei, and Xiao Yang who is very talented in comedy.

So overall, the lineup of this movie can attract audiences.

However, in the past few days, it was indeed the popularity that attracted the high box office. If the quality is not good, the box office will soon fall off a cliff.

However, six or seven days after its release, although the box office did not exceed [-] million yuan, the decline was not very large, and it was still within a healthy range; so it is certain that the quality and reputation of this movie can also be stabilized .

"It's full of laughs from the beginning to the end, and it's very dense. Huang Bo's smile is more open, and Yu Hewei's is more restrained, but the expression is also amazing. I feel very happy for no reason, hahaha!"

"There are humor, irony, self-deprecating and self-deprecating forms of comedy, as well as high-level and popular jokes. It is really as many people have commented. There are indeed many and dense jokes! And the action scenes are also very good. It really feels like starting from scratch. It's novel to the end! Personally, I think it's better than Ning Hao's last movie "Blooming Hearts."

"I heard that Li Jingkun is also one of the screenwriters of this movie, so I went to the cinema to watch it very early. The overall quality is good, but after all, it has been modified by Ning Hao. The overall style feels a little different from Li Jingkun's comedy form! Ning Hao's previous "Crazy Series" movies are somewhat similar.

Of course, the characters are a lot more restrained this time, but there are also a lot of laughs.Still worth a look! "

"A hot-blooded and funny movie! Although it's very impolite, I still want to laugh when I think of the embarrassing and speechless expressions of the protagonist, hahaha."

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"I won't be able to make a lot of money this year!"

Since Li Jingkun's debut, he has a very good relationship with Huaying; after getting in touch with Han Shanye himself, the two also got along very well.

But in the end it was the age, so Han Shan officially retired in 14.

Then a new generation of helmsmen officially launched.

Long Qi Film and Television and the others don't need to get acquainted again or anything, because they were also deputy directors and deputy general managers before.I have dealt with him several times, and I know him well.

So when you want to contact or discuss things, you can also contact and communicate at any time.

Today, Jiao Hongfeng, the new chairman of Huaying, came to the door.

"It's not bad. It's mainly because of Huaying's hard work for so many years that our film market environment is so good."

Both "Love Like a Bouquet" and "Extreme Career" are currently in theaters.He had already finished the road show for the former, and he didn't need to worry about the latter, so he was more relaxed.

And because of the popularity of the movie, there have been some media discussing how much money he made again; Needless to say, "The Bouquet of Flowers" is a movie he wrote, directed, and acted in, and most of the income will go into his own pocket.

The main production company of "Extreme Profession" is Baixi, and he is also the major shareholder, with a large share of the shares.

So some media have already threatened in newspapers and the Internet that Li Jingkun's assets will increase by at least 15 billion this year, and it will only be more or less.

Because we also need to add the income from the movie "Tuner" and the TV series "Ode to Joy"...

In other words, this year the media estimated his assets may reach more than 50 billion!

"What do you mean it's okay? You are being modest. The whole country, no, how many people in the world are self-made and can earn 30 billion in assets before the age of 50?"

"Assets, just assets, this kind can be estimated at will; more than [-] million or less of [-] million is very arbitrary, and in many cases, it only needs to be changed by the media people!"

Of course, Jiao Hongfeng didn't come here to chat with him about how much money he made, but it wasn't aimless, because the later topic might indeed be related to his wealth and earning ability.

"I heard that many of Da Liu's novels are copyrighted by you?"

Big Liu, of course, is talking about Liu Cixin, a master of science fiction in China.His masterpieces include the novels "Supernova Era", "Ball Lightning", and the "Three-Body Problem" trilogy, etc., and the short and novella include "The Wandering Earth", "The Rural Teacher" and so on.

"Yes, some were bought a long time ago, and some were bought from other people later."

Li Jingkun was a little surprised and relieved when Jiao Hongfeng suddenly called Liu ahead of him.

The accident is because there is a feeling of no warning, and the relief is because Liu is, after all, an internationally renowned Chinese science fiction writer. It is not an exaggeration to say that his works are national treasures, so as the speaker of Huaying, Jiao Hongfeng will of course care about him and his works.

"Actually, we also wanted to take back all his works, but some of them couldn't be taken back, and some of them were bought back by you, so we finally suspended this action."

If Li Jingkun and Longqi Film and Television are just unknown directors and film and television companies, Huaying will of course negotiate with them, hoping to hand over these copyrights to them. In the future, they will find companies with more strength and more funds to operate these projects , Make these works film and television, and put these stories on the big screen.

But as Li Jingkun and Longqi Film and Television became more and more successful and richer, at last Huaying thought, it seems that there is nothing wrong with entrusting these works to them, because they really have the ability and strength to operate These projects; at the same time, Li Jingkun is also a person who takes movies very seriously. I believe he will definitely not deal with these works casually.

Of course, if you have the opportunity to care and pay attention, you should also care and pay attention.

So after bringing up this topic, the two started talking about Liu's works, then talked about the environment and problems faced by domestic science fiction films, and finally talked about the country's technological development and scientific environment and so on.

Only then did Jiao Hongfeng confirm Li Jingkun's thoughts: he was indeed seriously preparing for this!He really didn't just use money to accumulate copyrights casually!
But when I came to see him today, besides talking about Da Liu, there was another thing I wanted to talk to him about.

"Co-develop patriotic films?"

"Yes, another project will be released soon. This time, Huaying wants to cooperate with you, Longqi Film and Television, and prepare to win this project."

Patriotic movies and movies with the main theme have always been the focus of the above, after all, they are also of great benefit to the country.

It's just that movies with the main theme have always been unpopular, especially in the era when public knowledge prevailed, and they were mostly ridiculed.

But whether it is a task or a business, this is one of the subjects that filmmakers must consider.

A few months ago, a project called "Operation Mekong" was released. They hoped that a film and television company would bid to bring this project and story to the big screen.

For this kind of thing, Huaying is naturally duty-bound, so they said: "We will make this a big production, and we are going to invest 5000 million to make this movie!"

Unexpectedly, another film and television company jumped out at this time, and they said: "We have invested 2 million yuan, and we will shoot this project on the scale of an international blockbuster!"

5000 million to 2 million is simply one sky and one earth.

Therefore, the last project was naturally acquired by Bona Film and Television Company, and it is currently in the process of intensive preparation and production.

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For many people, this is the end of the matter, the project was successfully awarded, and then began to be in production.

But for the Huaying people, this matter is of course not over yet.

Thinking about it, I feel ashamed and humiliated; Tangtang Huaying Group, when bidding for a patriotic project, the price they bid was so hugely different from the other party?
If it’s light, do you think you don’t have the confidence to make this project, if it’s serious, do you think you don’t pay attention to this project, just make a fool of yourself by asking a price?
"What? Now 5000 million is a big production? You are still Huaying..."

In short, after this incident, many people in the company also felt very hurt and humiliated. Recently, they have been very united...

So after a period of time, they also discussed a countermeasure and method, which is to cooperate with younger and more innovative filmmakers to win some other new patriotic projects and make them well to regain the lost face.

"The evacuation operation that ended in March? Will it be filmed so soon?"

"Yes, it hasn't been announced yet, but it's not far away, and if you have an idea, we can come to talk with you at that time. Of course, you have to do some homework in advance, and you have to prepare a thick wallet. Some. This project is very important, and the higher-ups also attach great importance to it.”

Huaying has always been developing very well, but most of the time it relies on the scale, contacts and influence accumulated over the years, and it may be relatively weak in innovation and sense of smell. The miss in the bidding for "Operation Mekong" is a wake-up call and a lesson, so I want to find an opportunity to make up for it now.

But the company is huge, with many people and high-level executives. Sometimes it is not so easy to develop and produce a project—you have to get the approval of multiple senior executives at the same time.

In fact, the reason why the 5000 million figure for the previous "Operation Mekong" project was not random; this is also a relatively appropriate amount calculated by them after market research and grasp of the subject matter.

After all, the main theme of the movie is also required not to accumulate stars. It is really difficult to pay back the money just relying on the story and the ability of this subject matter.So a more reliable budget is about 5000 million.

How did they know that some companies would not play their cards according to common sense and directly pull down the price to 2 million, which is so outrageous...

It feels like a face is flushed like a "slap"!

Well, since that’s the case, we don’t have the confidence to make the main theme movie well, and we don’t have the confidence to make the main theme movie to make money, so we can find a rich and capable company to operate together, right?

At present, in China, Longqi Film and Television is naturally the best candidate for a company that is rich, capable, and has a good relationship with them.

(End of this chapter)