China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 103 Zhou Guan, promoted to billionaire

Los Angeles, a villa.

Lian Jie poured himself a glass of red wine.

After pouring, he swung the red wine glass, took a sip, and smiled.

He is in a good mood at the moment.

On February 2, just over a week ago, his latest Hollywood action film "Deadly Cradle" was released.

In the first week, it won No.1700 in North America with a box office of 1 million US dollars.

That's actually pretty good for a $2500 million cost.

If this trend continues, it won't be a big problem for the film to exceed [-] million at the global box office, and the disc revenue will be at least one-third of the box office.

Calculated in this way, it is certain that the movie will make money, and it will be a burst of money.

In Hollywood, it doesn't matter who you are, making money is king, and the more you make, the more sought-after you will be.

His last film "Universal Pursuit" lost money, which also affected his reputation to a certain extent.

But now, if "Deadly Cradle" goes all the way, he thinks he will be on his way to glory again.

After all, in "Deadly Cradle", I jumped off the building desperately!
Just as I was thinking, the phone rang.

Connected, after a while, Lian Jie frowned: "Why is it so small, wasn't it fine last week?"

1700 million in the first week, no matter how low it is in the second week, it will not be less than 1200 million.

But now there are only 950 million!
Lian Jie almost lost his red wine glass.

The other end of the phone quickly replied: "There is a very strong film, and the competitiveness is very strong."

"Which one is it, is it the Disney one?"

"No, it belongs to Lu."

"Who?"

"Lu, that's the one who filmed "Source Code" in your country."

"You mean Lu Ping An?!"

"Correct!"

"impossible!"

Lian Jie retorted on the spot, "Lu Ping'an's "Source Code" was released in North America years ago, where did he get the movie?"

"It's a new movie called "saw". The Chinese name translation should be called Saw. It's a horror movie with a cost of only 100 million US dollars. Now it's very popular, very big, and it's already smashing the box office!"

Lian Jie: "???"

A $100 million horror movie.

It's a joke!

The other end of the phone confirmed: "This is what makes it great, Jeter, you should get to know this Lu, he is really talented."

After hanging up the phone, Lian Jie felt dizzy.

Why is Lu Pingan again.

When he was in China, the movies were suppressed by him.

When it came to Hollywood, it was still under pressure.

He even wondered if it was coming for him.

Engage in pursuit, right?

Have you seen your own cosmic warrant or something?
But Lian Jie is still rational.

He knew it was impossible.

How can Hollywood let you adjust the schedule casually?

So compared to this matter, he is more interested in movies and Lu Pingan.

He immediately took his coat and went out to see how the quality of the movie was.

Soon, he came to a theater in Los Angeles.

Dressed up in disguise, entered the door, and bought a ticket to the chainsaw movie.

Before going in, he looked at the purchase rate of his "Deadly Cradle" movie tickets.

It looks pretty good, but when you enter the chainsaw cinema, the scene is different.

The entire theater was almost full of people.

This gap!
After a while, the movie started.

The first half of the entire movie is spent uncovering secrets and saving oneself.

Various inversions and inversions.

The plot is solid.

It looks really good.

But if this is the case, Lian Jie feels that this film is not so competitive.

But just as I was thinking about it, the last 10 minutes of the movie Conferred God began.

When Doctor Adam amputates his own leg, the real mastermind emerges!
It turned out that the key had been washed away a long time ago. It turned out that the real mastermind was the corpse whose head had been blown off a long time ago!
In the end, the protagonist can only be imprisoned permanently in despair!
The background music is playing, and various scenes are intertwined and flashed in the picture, presenting the truth of the matter like a jigsaw puzzle, which is simply amazing to suffocate!

Lian Jie took a deep breath and sighed: "It's really not wrong to lose to this movie!"

As a veteran in the industry, I may not be considered a real expert in how to make movies, but I still have some ability to appreciate and analyze movies.

In his opinion, the movie Chainsaw is indeed an alternative boutique.

Excellent quality.

Not wrong!

At the end of the movie, Jeter walked out of the theater like the rest of the audience who were still relishing the movie.

I bought a few newspapers on the street.

Sure enough, the news about "Chain Saw" has been out for a long time, but I haven't noticed it before.

""Chain Saw" broke the routine of traditional horror films, and opened up a new world in the business model of replicable horror films."

"All kinds of novel tools make people feel the fear and despair of the people in it, and a series of reversals make people addicted, especially the last 10 minutes, don't miss it, it will sublimate your soul!"

"Can you believe it, this is a movie with a cost of only 100 million US dollars. This March, it will sweep across North America, bringing a hearty thriller feast!"

"Lu, the director of "Chain Saw", is a talented director from China. If you haven't heard his name, you must have heard or seen his works, "Tuner", "Black Hole" and "Source Code".

Many people like Lian Jie only found out after reading the news.

It turns out that the previous American version of Tuner was adapted from him!

The original source code is also his!
It turns out that those interesting short videos are also his!

It turns out that this guy is used to micromanipulation!

Every movie has a very low cost, but it can win a very high box office!

No wonder, no wonder!
There is a reason why "Chain Saw" is so good-looking, yet it is such a low-cost hit!
This lu is really awesome! !
Lian Jie put down the newspaper, he felt that people like Lu Pingan really needed to be contacted.

I was careless when I was in China before.
At the same time, as the word-of-mouth fermentation of "Chain Saw" gradually expanded.

All kinds of recharged media, wild media, and movie reviews from netizens are almost all good.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the opening fresh index of "Chain Saw" is as high as 94%!

The IMDB score is also as high as 8.0 at the beginning, which is an extremely high score among horror films, and it is also an excellent level among all films.

Among them, the full score accounted for 45%.

Excellent reputation.

All kinds of media are optimistic.

So next, just as the media said, a feast of horror is sweeping across the United States!
And at this time, "Chain Saw" also just encountered an excellent time.

In its current run, Chainsaw has few rivals.

Among them, "Daredevil", with a cost of 7800 million U.S. dollars, has won 1.5 million box office so far. The results are not bad.

Needless to say Jet Lian's "Deadly Cradle", the original time and space's North American box office is only 3480 million, which is not very capable of grabbing the box office.

In addition, there is also a work by the super giant Disney, "G-Type Detective 2", which was released at the same time as "Chain Saw".

But the film has a bad reputation.

The first "G-Type Detective" was released in 1999. It was adapted from a comic and had a large fan base. At that time, it also received a box office score of 1.34 million US dollars. The results exploded, but the overall evaluation of the movie was very average.

To this day, the score of "G-Type Detective" on IMDb is only 4.1.

And the sequel "G-Type Detective 2" released now has an even lower score on IMDb than the first one, only 3.4 points.

Word-of-mouth declined again, and if fans didn't buy it, the box office would naturally fail.

So at the same time, "Chain Saw" was born, even if there was no opponent at all!

The only regret is that the 1800 screens may still be a little less.

But it’s not easy to increase it if you want to increase it. R-rated movies still have their own limitations.

"Lu, we exploded again today!"

Watts didn't know how many days he used this opening line on the phone.

Lu Ping'an's expression remained calm: "I see."

"Lu, the two weeks are over, the box office results are very impressive, you have to start giving interviews, a lot of people are waiting to see you!"

"I see, I'll talk about it later."

"Lu, why don't you pay attention, we succeeded, you should pay more attention to this matter!"

"Watts! It's 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, don't you think I'm exercising?"

"Exercise? Oh~~~~ Sorry, you are busy, you are busy, let's talk about it tomorrow, don't flash your waist, haha~ beep..."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Pingan said to Yan Danchen who was under him: "Let's continue!"

Yan Danchen is going back to China tomorrow, so she needs to comfort her.

Yan Danchen thinks the same way, he is going back to China tomorrow, and Lu Pingan's film has good results again, and Ping An will be very busy in the future, so he has to take good care of him before he leaves
Early the next morning, Lu Pingan bid farewell to Yan Danchen at the airport.

"Don't mess around in Laomei!"

"Don't worry, I will never mess with foreigners, I'm afraid I'll get sick."

"Don't tire yourself out either."

"Know it."

"I'll wait for you at home!"

Yan Danchen held Lu Ping'an's face and kissed it, then said goodbye reluctantly.

After the people disappeared, Lu Pingan started running.

"Chain Saw" was a big hit, and the two-week box office received 4600 million yuan, of which 1650 million in the first week and 2950 million in the second week. In the first week, Disney's film was suppressed, but it started to rise against the market in the second week, and won this Champion of the week.

According to the score of 4600 million, Road Ping An's share, minus the publicity and multiplied by 80% of the share, is at least about 1800 million US dollars before tax!
This money, plus "Source Code"'s distribution in North America, even after tax, Lu Ping'an's current assets have exceeded [-] million yuan!Become a billionaire!

Sure enough, Laomei can make money by making movies!
70% of the account split in the first two weeks, this is so cool for him!

Of course, this is incomparable with Disney.

People's Disney is the giant snake of the whole old beauty, and it is a special existence.

The film they produce can get a maximum of 95% of the first week's share of the bill, and a minimum of 65% before it is released.

Therefore, the "G-Type Detective 2" mentioned above, no matter how bad the box office is, there is not much pressure on people to pay back.

It really doesn't compare to this company.

But the current situation is not bad, don't envy others.

According to the current momentum, after "Chain Saw" is released in the United States, it is absolutely no problem that the box office will exceed the original version's 5500 million, and it will probably reach more than 8000 million US dollars in the end.

Among them, the schedule and film scheduling are actually more influential. The original "Chain Saw" was released in October 04. At that time, there were many competitors, and it was only small-scale at the beginning, and then gradually expanded.

Now that he has achieved good results, without any obvious external factors, Lu Ping'an is already very satisfied with being able to achieve better results than the original version.

Next, Lu Ping'an's task was to accept interviews from various media.

"Chain Saw" is a big hit, and everyone will catch on.

In this way, you can also increase your exposure and help the short film prepare for the final sprint for the Oscars!

So for the next five days, Lu Pingan spent time on radio and TV programs in various cities.

And on the sixth day, Lu Pingan met Jeter in Houston.

(End of this chapter)