China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 590 588. The premiere exceeded million and the box office was a hit

The film "The Thirteen Hairpins" is the highlight of the Lunar New Year movie schedule, so the premiere was very grand.

That night, Zhang Yimou came to the scene with the main actors Ni Ni, Zhang Ye and others. Even Han Sanping was present in person to support the film.

Although no one from Huayi came, Brother Chen Kai from "The Orphan of Zhao" still came reluctantly.

His movie shooting was not very good, but Han Sanping was here, so he had no choice but to be there.

"Mr. Cao, it seems that after this incident, your relationship with Huayi has deepened. I really don't want such an outcome."

Before the movie started, Han Sanping was chatting with Boss Cao while watching the publicity and questions on stage.

"Director Han, you have tried your best." Cao Yu said with a smile: "I don't want such a festival. Originally, they didn't mess with me, so I didn't bother to care about them."

"Hey, the two Zhongjun brothers really have nothing to say."

Han Sanping sighed and continued: "Mr. Cao, when do you want "If You Are the One 2" to be released?"

"It doesn't really matter, just hit it."

Of course, Cao Yu has to be more generous in front of the leader. As for what he will do next, that is another matter.

"Mr. Cao is really generous. Then, wait for half a month after your movie "Thirteen Hairpins" is released, and I will ask the superiors to release their film. As for when they will be released, whether it will be released immediately or wait until the Spring Festival, I will Just don’t care.”

As expected, Han Sanping praised Boss Cao's broadmindedness, and then smiled and said: "How big do you think the box office of "Thirteen Hairpins" will be this time?"

"At least one billion."

"Haha, you are very confident."

Han Sanping laughed. If it really reaches one billion, the total box office of Chinese movies this year will break the previous record. This is his political achievement.

The first few rows of the premiere were almost filled with entertainment company bosses, directors and others.

When they saw Feiyu's boss Cao and Han Sanping talking and laughing, they couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

But what's the use of being jealous? Boss Cao has money and works, and others can't compare to him.

However, in addition to being unhappy, Brother Chen Kai was also envious and jealous.

In the past, Han Sanping was his beloved relative and friend, but now he felt like he had been snatched away by a third party, and he felt sour in his heart.

So what if it's sour?
Starting from "The Promise", he caused China Film to lose hundreds of millions and was scolded.

Then "Mei Lanfang" suffered losses again. China Film Group is not a philanthropic company and cannot allow itself to continue to suffer losses like this.

This time, he didn't have the nerve to look for China Film Group again for "The Orphan of Zhao". He looked for Shanghai Film Studio. It could have been filmed in Xiangshan Film and Television City, but because he hated Cao Yu, he built a special "The Orphan of Zhao" with an investment of nearly 4000 million. city".

As a result, this movie, with a total investment of more than 1.6 million, currently has a box office of only million, which is already a huge loss.

He was glad that when he originally sought investment for this drama, he did not approach Han Sanping, otherwise he would be embarrassed to meet him now.

"I just don't understand why my movies always lose money, but Cao Thief's movies make money every time. The level of appreciation of Chinese audiences has seriously declined."

Brother Chen Kai tried hard but couldn't figure it out.

Just when he was worrying about how to make a movie that would be both popular and well-received, the premiere of "The Thirteen Hairpins" finally began.

At the beginning of the movie, the Japanese entered Jinling and the entire Jinling was captured.

However, the movie does not show fighting, just a wave of female students and a wave of Qinhuai singers on the run.

The hearts of all the viewers were immediately interested in whether these women could escape.

When a group of devils began to chase these female students, a sense of shame had already arisen in the hearts of every viewer.

Fortunately, a group of soldiers who received the order to retreat protected them.

Almost all the soldiers died in the battle, except for Instructor Li, played by Zhang Ye.

The female students fled back to the church, and then a group of singers wanted asylum from the foreigners and came to the church.

Two women with completely different identities will unfold the plot of the entire movie.

The atmosphere of the movie was very tense and the whole cinema was silent.

Especially when the students were found by the Japanese, the hearts of everyone in the cinema were once again stirred up.

The interweaving of light and dark, the desperate cries of female students, and the maniacal laughter of the Japanese, created an even stronger sense of humiliation, making the audience really want to chop all those beasts to death!
Everyone in the theater clenched their fists.

The impact of the lens is greater than that of "Jinling!" Jinling! 》More intense.

Don't forget the national humiliation!
This is the voice in the heart of everyone including Han Sanping, who is sorry.

Fortunately, Instructor Li shot off a Japs head, and everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the end, after Instructor Li eliminated a group of beasts, he sacrificed himself to temporarily protect these students.

Although Cao Yu had watched this movie before, he still felt uncomfortable at this moment.

The movie continues in a depressing atmosphere.

A Qinhuai singer named Doukou risked her life to find the strings because she wanted the little soldier rescued by Instructor Li to hear her play a piece of music before she died.

Then, the two singers fell into the hands of beasts.

In the cinema, some female audience members began to sob, and some even covered their faces.

But, this was the original Jinling!

In the movie, the Japanese are just beasts and have no humanity, much less like "Jinling!" Jinling! "What kind of awakening of humanity is needed for the devils?"

Are the beasts worthy?
But since this group of devils and beasts discovered that there were female students in the church, they asked them to perform.

The audience's hearts were once again worried about these students.

In order to prevent these female students from falling into the hands of the Japanese, because these students are the hope of the future, Yumo and other singers decided to go to the Japanese's appointment on behalf of the female students.

Business women also know the hatred of losing their country.
The song "Qinhuai Scene" sounded in the cinema
Cao Yu gently rubbed his sore nose, turned to look at Han Sanping next to him, and found that his eyes were also shining a little.

In the movie, the song "Qinhuai Scene" is gentle and tragic.
This may be the swan song for these women.

At this time, the showgirls played by Ni Ni and others did not have gorgeous clothes, but they were more moving than ever.

Knowing that if you go there you will die, which may be more terrifying than death.

But Yu Mo and other thirteen singers still boarded the Japanese truck. In the flash of tears, the curtain of the truck was lowered.
At the end of the movie, the dim sunset switches to the stained glass of the church. Through the colorful glass, Shisanchai appears again talking and laughing.
A group of female students and a group of singing girls, two different groups, collided with different sparks when the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, to show the cruelty of aggression, as well as the compassion and kindness of human nature.
The movie ends.

There was no applause, but everyone's mood was different.

But the hearts of all the viewers were heavy.

"Hey"

Han Sanping took a long breath and said to himself: "This is a good movie that touches people. In comparison, "Jinling! Jinling!" is really a bit... ugh."

He was too embarrassed to think about it.

At the premiere, in addition to guests invited by Zhang Yimou and Feiyu Entertainment, there were also film critics.

"It's half sad, half sad. I watched the movie with a sore nose the whole time. It's a great movie!"

"I cried while watching it. Director Zhang Yimou has continued his usual level of excellence. Highly recommended!"

"After watching this movie, I cried quietly. I really wanted to hack all the Japanese in the movie to death!"

"Don't forget the national humiliation and remember the history!"

"After watching the movie, I just want to say that those who wear kimonos in the name of "cultural exchange" are simply inferior to these "business women""

……

Such movie reviews appeared online after the premiere.

Zhao Yanzi, who has been following Feiyu Entertainment, turned dark when he saw the last sentence of the film review.

Is someone scolding me?
But other viewers' expectations for this film reached their highest level under such comments.

Who let the biggest competitor of domestic films be eliminated?

On that day, the favorite Cao Yu from "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" had become a hot commodity under Zhang Yimou's golden name. Even tickets within seven days could no longer be booked on Meituan.

Everyone knows that for every dollar they spend, one penny is helping greening.

Sure enough, on the day of the film's release, even though it was a highly competitive Lunar New Year period, cinemas such as Huanyu, China Film and Television, and Wanda had already filmed 38% of "The Thirteen Beauties".
Even the Hollywood blockbuster "Captain America" ​​has a scheduling rate of only 30%.

Even so, on the day of the release, every theater was still full.

However, after watching the movie, many viewers walked out of the theater crying.

"Director Zhang, it's a blast! The box office is a blast!"

In the early morning of December 21, just after dawn, Zhang Yimou was woken up by a call from his assistant.

"How many?"

"One hundred and sixteen million!"

"what?"

Zhang Yimou sat up from the bed in excitement. He couldn't believe this result at all.

The first-day box office of "Avatar" back then was only over 90 million, but this "Thirteen Hairpins" actually surpassed "Avatar"?
"Really, I looked at the number several times and it was over 100 million. We broke the opening day box office record!"

"Great!"

Zhang Yimou didn't bother to get dressed, so he hung up the phone and called Cao Yu.

"More than 100 million?"

Cao Yu also didn't expect that the box office of this movie would be so high. It seems that it would be good to have fewer competitors.

"Director Zhang, I'll celebrate your success another day!"

Cao Yu hung up the phone and said to Li Xiaoshuo beside him: "Sister Xiaoshuo, the box office of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" has exceeded 100 million!"

"sleep."

Li Xiaojiu didn't want to talk, because he was tortured by Cao Yu until midnight last night.

"Hehe." Cao Yu smiled softly, got into bed again, and held Li Xiaosu's delicate body in his arms.

But he couldn't sleep now.

The box office of "The Thirteen Beauties" on its first day exceeded 100 million, which is a good sign.

Such results can be achieved because, on the one hand, "If You Are the One 2" was forced to undergo rectifications, freeing up a portion of the film schedule.

Then after "Avatar", Huaxia Cinemas developed rapidly. Just two of them, Huanyu and Wanda, added thousands of screens in the past two years. Small theaters also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. It's no wonder that the box office was not good.

"It seems that I am still conservative about the one billion box office figure."

Just as Cao Yu was thinking about it, the phone rang again. This time it was Chen Jiecheng, the general manager of the entertainment company.

"Mr. Cao, the box office is a blast!"

"Okay, got it."

Cao Yu was not excited this time and smiled: "How about other movies?"

"'Captain America' was released in China two days later than in North America. Yesterday, the Chinese box office was 53 million US dollars, while the North American box office was already 30 million US dollars. The global box office has not yet been released due to the time difference."

Chen Jiechenghui reported: "The box office of "The Great Laughter" yesterday was 16 million, but the box office of "The Orphan of Zhao" yesterday was only 1.73 million."

"Okay, I see."

Cao Yu was also surprised. The box office of "The Thirteen Hairpins" was nearly twice as high as that of "Captain America". It was indeed a bit exaggerated.

……

Brother Chen Kai also got up very early today. He was also paying attention to Zhang Yimou, who used to carry the camera for him, and how much the box office will be this time.

When he heard the data and saw the box office performance of over 100 million, he rubbed his glasses quickly, looked at it carefully, and counted the number carefully, and finally confirmed that it was more than 100 million.

"How can this be?"

Brother Chen Kai murmured common words used by villains...

Others have over 100 million, but I only have over 1 million. This is such a gap.
"Crazy! The audience is crazy!"

He didn't want to believe it, but the results were there.

Although I am still a well-known director in the directing circle, theaters are looking for results. If you don’t have attendance, your filmmaking will naturally decline.

The film scheduling rate of "The Orphan of Zhao" is only 5%, and it's all in the morning or in the middle of the night, which makes the box office shrink rapidly, but what does it mean to make more than one million a day?
Are my movies really that ugly?
But "Laughing in the River" has 8% of the film schedule, and it reached nearly million on the first day.

Shame on you.

Brother Chen Kai wanted to get angry, but felt that he couldn't just be incompetent and furious.

"It seems that I have to take a good rest for two years and then make a good movie again. I can't be so embarrassed!"

Best, he looked at the dazzling numbers and really didn't know what to do.

Huayi.

"Damn! These numbers are unscientific!"

Wang Zhonglei took the box office data and his eyes were as wide as bells.

"You have to believe it even if you don't believe it, it's true."

Wang Zhongjun didn't want to believe it, but even if Zhang Yimou's box office was good, it was useless to be jealous.

He looked through the online comments about "The Thirteen Hairpins" and said: "I am now grateful to the higher authorities for suppressing "If You Are the One 2". If it is really released, the box office will not be much better."

"That's right. The results of Zhang Yimou's movie are terrible."

Wang Zhonglei put down the data, shook his head and said: "And the top three movies in this Lunar New Year period are all related to Cao Yu, this person."

"Yeah, that "Laughing in the River" actually got nearly 20 million, which is twice as much as our "Western Wind"."

Wang Zhongjun shook his head, really not knowing what to say.

Just when everyone was shocked by the box office performance of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", Cao Yu had just gotten up.

He woke up very early, and then went back to sleep with Li Xiaoshuo after thinking about it.

After being resurrected with full health, I also did morning exercises with great interest.

"Sister, the role in "Celebrating More Than Years" has been confirmed today. Hurry up."

Boss Cao, who was in a happy mood, urged Li Xiaoshu while putting on his coat.

"It's all your fault that I'm restless this morning."

Although Li Xiaojiao complained, his eyes were full of water.

It's just that feeling of floating up into the clouds that makes her body still weak.

The two got into the car, and Cao Yu said: "Originally, "Celebrating More Than Years" was supposed to start shooting in the second half of this year. I have been abroad and have too many things to do, which delayed it. You have to be busy with two dramas in the first half of the year."

Originally, he had asked Tsai Yinong to prepare this film in October.

But Li Fuzhen wanted to give birth to a child, so the matter was delayed until now.

However, he had already sent a list of the main actors to Cai Yinong. Ru Qingdi still found Chen Daoming, Chen Pingping found Wu Gang, Fan Jian found the veteran actor Gao Shuguang, and Tian Yu naturally found Wang Qinian.

There are basically no changes to these roles, and Cao Yu doesn't want to change them.

Now some young actors and actresses need to finalize their makeup today.

"Husband, it's okay. I'm not afraid of being busy now. Yutong is already grown, so I'm not too busy now."

In the past two years, Li Xiaoshuo's main focus was on her children. Now that her children have entered kindergarten, she naturally has more time.

But when it came to the child, she suddenly said: "Husband, you have now admitted that you have a child with Liu Yifei. When can you publicly admit that you have a child with Liu Yifei?"

"Let's wait for a while, wait for the storm to pass."

Cao Yu has considered this issue for a long time. Fortunately, his daughter Yutong is an American national, so it is no problem to spend some money to go to school.

It's just that publicly acknowledging this daughter has to wait at least.

"alright."

Li Xiaoshuo nodded, and then said: "Our daughter has grown up, and she doesn't dare to talk about her father at school."

"It is my fault."

Thinking of his first child, Cao Yu was indeed a little ashamed.

Fortunately, my daughter is smart and doesn't cheat.

When I came to the company, today was the day to finalize the roles in the drama "Celebrating More Than Years". There were many beauties in the whole company.

Everyone already knows that the box office of "The Thirteen Beauties" on its first day exceeded 100 million, and they are looking forward to being able to participate in Feiyu's drama, even if it is a small role, it doesn't matter.

The first heroine to be confirmed is Lin Wan'er.

For this role, Cao Yu has already decided on Li Di, but the process still has to go a long way to avoid people misunderstanding that he deliberately flatters this girl.

What Boss Cao values ​​is fairness, justice, openness, and no hidden rules.

Competing for the female lead are Li Di, Jiang Shuying, Song Qian and Liu Shishi.

Although the original "Celebrating More Than Years" was okay in terms of plot and actors' acting skills, it just seemed like they were submissive.

In particular, the women's clothing is too rigid and perfunctory, lacking in beauty.

Therefore, Cao Yu specially looked for a better costume designer and designed the costumes according to the character's personality, so that the film would look better.

When the four girls took turns to come to the camera, Liu Shishi's beautiful and cool dress made everyone think that she would definitely be chosen.

But what surprised everyone was that when Boss Cao finally announced the candidate, he announced that Lin Waner would be played by Li Min, which exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Is it really me?"

Originally, Li Di never thought that he could win this role, but now he was surprised when he heard that he would be playing the female lead for the first time.

"Does the boss really mean that to me?"

Since Li Di joined Feiyu, she has not played many roles and has never been a female lead. This time, her boss actually gave her this important role.

What makes her even more unbelievable is that veteran actors like Chen Daoming and Wu Gang are actually supporting actors.

This is the rhythm of raising oneself to heaven.

Compared with Li Di's surprise, Liu Shishi was a little disappointed and a little aggrieved.

Judging from the effect of the makeup setting just now, it is obvious that I am the winner. Why didn’t the boss choose me?
Although the boss has a good reputation in the company and has never heard of any hidden rules, no one can guarantee that there are no hidden rules. Maybe it has not been spread?
The two of them had different thoughts, but there were so many people here now that it was hard for them to ask anyone.

Next, for the role of the second eldest princess, Li Yunrui, Cao Yu did not arrange for anyone else, just Li Xiaoshu. After trying on the makeup, it still tasted the same, so he was cast immediately.

As for Begonia Duoduo, the saint of the Northern Qi Dynasty, she was given to Xin Zhilei as expected, and the oiran manager was of course Li Chun.

In addition to Feiyu's actors, Song Yi, who has already acted in two dramas, has actually auditioned before.

Although Yang Mi wanted an actor under her own studio to get the role, Cao Yu still gave Fan Ruoruo to Song Yi.

Instead, Ye Ling'er was given to Huang Mengying, and Zhan Doudou was given a guest appearance by Zhang Tianyi.

As for Liu Ruyu, Cao Yu's favorite second concubine, Zhao Ke is not bad looking, and Cao Yu met her once on the set of "New Three Kingdoms".

It’s a pity that she looks a little young, not like a woman with a teenage son.

In the end, Cao Yu had no choice but to reluctantly give the role to Chen Zihan, who he had worked with before, who was Zhu Er in Su Youpeng's "Yitian". This woman also has good temperament, so it was suitable for her.

After a busy morning, I finally decided on the female role.

Cao Yu was just going to have dinner, and he would confirm other male roles in the afternoon.

Just as he was about to go downstairs, he saw Master Liu hesitantly looking at him not far away, as if he had something to say.

"Teacher, is something wrong?"

(End of this chapter)