I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 235: Global road show, movie fans are getting old
"Marriage Story" was released in a hurry in order to qualify for this year's Oscars. It didn't do much in the way of publicity and just held a hasty premiere.

However, Leonardo's appeal, coupled with the fans of Knightley and Wanqingshan, still filled the theater with audiences.

Compared to the premiere of "Manchester by the Sea," the premiere of "Marriage Story" had many more stars, reporters, and film critics in attendance.

Many people did not need Leonardo to send an invitation. As soon as they heard that the long-awaited premiere of "Marriage Story" was held, they took the initiative to contact Leonardo and wanted to attend the premiere.

They all wanted to see how Wan Qingshan and Leonardo's second Oscar-winning movie would be like, and whether Wan Qingshan could really make a movie with the quality to be nominated for an Oscar.

"Manchester by the Sea" makes people feel depressed after watching it, while "Marriage Story" makes people feel emotional and even want to cry.

Half of the people in the United States are divorced. Although it is not a common occurrence, the divorce rate is still very high.

And "Marriage Story" is a movie that makes divorced people feel like they have been completely cut open after watching it.

In the audience, many people were wiping tears from the corners of their eyes. The film critics marveled in their hearts that this movie can be said to be the end of marriage, and it should not be shortlisted for Oscars.

At this time, many celebrities were envious of Leonardo and Knightley. At the same time, they decided that they could not wait for the results like last year, otherwise they would be upstaged like last year.

After the movie ended, Wan Qingshan and Leonardo took the stage. No one thought too much this time. After simply getting closer to the audience, the premiere ended.

Then, Wan Qingshan received explicit instructions from many stars, asking about his next movie. After hearing that Wan Qingshan's next movie was a Chinese movie, everyone was disappointed.

Then, a group of celebrities said that if there is a suitable movie later, they can cooperate, and the director's fee can be raised to 3000 million, or they can invest together.

There were still a lot of scripts, but Wan Qingshan wanted to get a good price, so he just dealt with it vaguely.

The next day, Wan Qingshan started the road show of "Fire" with Tom Hiddleston, Fan Bayi and Liu Yifei.

The road show of "Fire" is different from the road show of "Parasite". This time, like many blockbusters, it is a global road show.

Global roadshows are the most tiring. After the roadshow in one country, you have to immediately go to another country, such as small European countries, or even four or five countries in one day.

The road show is very hard, but the box office of "Fire" is worthy of Wan Qingshan's road show.

Columbia set the opening of "Fire" at 3000 theaters. The first-day box office in North America was over 300 million, ranking first in the single-day box office in North America. The global box office grossed US$[-] million in a single day, ranking first in the global single-day box office.

Two Thousand Halls achieved a box office of US$3000 million, which is not high among special effects blockbusters, but the average box office per theater is very high, indicating that there is potential to be tapped.

It has a very high reputation in terms of reputation, with a Rotten Tomatoes freshness index of 80% and an IMDB score of 8.2. Among commercial special effects blockbusters, it is second only to movies such as "Avatar" and "The Dark Knight".

This score far exceeds the quality of the film and is all due to the critics at the premiere.

The comments made by these film critics have a high number of clicks, and other film critics also write film reviews based on their imagination for the sake of clicks.

With so many film critics writing this way, even if the audience doesn't think so, they will still find reasons to convince themselves that the movie is very meaningful.

This resulted in the score of "Fire" being so high that it entered the 'IMDB Top 250 Movies Ranking', and its ranking is not low.

The average box office per theater is not low, and the reviews are good, which completely proves that the movie has great potential at the box office.

As for the global total of 300 million U.S. dollars, Asia’s contribution is not small, with China contributing 900 million U.S. dollars and island countries contributing 100 million U.S. dollars.

In South Korea, although "Parasite" did not win an Oscar, it did win a Golden Globe and was even nominated for an Oscar. It also created Korean film history. In addition, Wan Qingshan's previous Chinese-language films also sold well in South Korea. , due to the double superposition, Wan Qingshan is about to become a national treasure-level artist in South Korea.

Many Koreans even think that Wanqingshan is originally Korean. Therefore, South Korea contributed nearly 800 million US dollars to the first-day box office of "Fire".

This surprised Colombia. They never expected that Asia would contribute nearly 3000 million US dollars in box office in a single day.

Then, on the second day, "Fire" was screened in 300 theaters in North America, with a box office of US$1 million, once again ranking first in the single-day box office in North America, and the global single-day box office, with a box office of US$[-]. No. [-] in daily box office.

Columbus was overjoyed. It added 300 venues, but the box office increased by [-] million. This shows that the film's reputation is converting into box office. Unlike some movies, word of mouth cannot be converted into box office. There is still great potential to be tapped in the subsequent box office. .

More importantly, the global box office in two days was US$[-] million. Even if it was pulled back, it could still have a global box office of US$[-] million. This shows that Wan Qingshan's movie universe has become a reality.

On the third day, 100 more theaters were opened in North America, with a box office of [-] million.

The number of theaters increased, but the box office dropped, and Colombia was not surprised.

For commercial special effects blockbusters, the box office is not on the rise. Instead, the box office is high right from the start, and then drops after a few days. Now it can maintain at 4000 million, which is normal. It mainly depends on how many days it can last.

4000 million in North America, but the global box office reached 3000 million in a single day. Because China's contribution exceeded the quota, it actually reached 500 million, reaching the single-day box office of "Transformers 3" that was supposed to reach [-] million Chinese dollars half a year later. record of.

A week after its release, Wan Qingshan came to China with the crew of "Fire", which traveled all over the world, to promote the film.

"Director Wan, I have already arranged a hotel here. Let's go over now and eat first." Wang Zhongjun said with a smile on his face.

Wang Zhongjun is so happy that he can't help but smile from ear to ear. Investing in "Fire" was originally thought to be a loss-making business.

But now, after one week of release, the global box office has reached 8000 million US dollars, and the total box office is expected to be [-] billion.

One billion U.S. dollars, plus income from peripherals and video tapes, you can still make a lot of money even if you double your investment.

Forget it, but I didn't expect that I could make money by distributing "Fire". The domestic box office now has [-] million Chinese dollars, and the total box office in the mainland is expected to be between [-] million and [-] billion.

From 10 million to 3000 billion, Huayi only takes [-]% of the distribution agency, but it can reach [-] million. Even if the [-] million promotion fee is removed, it can still make a lot of money.

More importantly, Huayi's stock price has almost doubled since the release of "Fire"!

Wang Zhongjun almost regarded Wanqingshan as the God of Wealth now. He completely ignored that Liu Yifei, who had previously released Huayi pigeons, came to pick him up personally.

Wan Qingshan looked back at Fan Bayi and Liu Yifei, and saw that they all acted like you have the final say. As for Tom Hiddleston, who didn't understand, he looked confused.

So Wan Qingshan turned around and smiled and said,

"Mr. Wang, let's go to the hotel to rest first. I'm really tired from flying around during this period."

"Haha, thank you for your hard work, Director Wan. I'll take you to the hotel."

After arriving at the hotel, Wang Zhongjun saw that Wan Qingshan's group was really tired and had fallen asleep in the car, so he didn't stay long and left first after agreeing to have dinner together in the evening.

During dinner in the evening, Wu Kebo also came.

Wang Zhongjun didn't want Wu Kebo to come. If Wu Kebo came, it would be difficult to discuss many things with Wan Qingshan at the dinner table.

But Wu Kebo was also an investor in "Fire". When he came to meet Wan Qingshan and the others, he couldn't stop them, so he could only hold his nose and agree.

Everyone exchanged polite words and after eating a few mouthfuls, Wu Kebo glanced at Tom Hiddleston, who was feasting on Chinese delicacies, and whispered,
"Director Wan, there won't be any problems with the accounts in North America, right?"

I thought the movie would lose money, so Wu Kebo didn't care what Columbia did. However, the box office of "Fire" was so high that it scared Wu Kebo.

It also made him worry that Colombia would do the accounting, and that Hollywood was cheating outsiders, which was known to film and television colleagues around the world.

"Mr. Wu, don't worry, Mr. Jiang has been keeping an eye on Columbia with his people."

Wan Qingshan's words surprised Wu Kebo and Wang Zhongjun.

Jiang Zhiqiang hadn't appeared in China for a while, and they didn't think much about it. They thought Jiang Zhiqiang might have gone on a trip, but they never expected that Jiang Zhiqiang was watching at Columbia Company.

Wang Zhongjun couldn't say much because Wu Kebo was there, and the same was true for Wu Kebo, because it was not convenient for Wang Zhongjun to be there.
This caused the two of them to dislike each other at the dinner table and could only say meaningless polite words.

There is only one propaganda event in China.

Wang Zhongjun called all the artists under Huayi, and Wu Kebo also called all the artists under the company, plus those artists who came to Wanqingshan, so almost half of the film and television industry came.

"Wan Dao!"

"Wan Dao!"

"Wan Dao!"

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The person who came up to say hello asked Wan Qingshan to deal with it until his face became stiff, and Han Sanping came over.

"Qingshan, congratulations!"

Han Sanpian looked at Wan Qingshan, whose face was beginning to become tougher and more mature, and felt very regretful. What did he do to stop her in the first place?

Since the mainland media reported that the global box office of "Fire" was nearly US$[-] million on its first day, the outside world has been filled with exclamations, and colleagues in the film and television industry have expressed envy, jealousy, jealousy, and sighs...

But Han Sanping is probably the only one who regrets it. This was originally a Chinese fantasy film, but now it has become a Hollywood movie.

If it were a Chinese fantasy film, this achievement could be regarded as his political achievement!

"Director Han, thank you for coming here." Wan Qingshan smiled.

"Haha, of course I have to come, this is your movie."

Then, Han Sanping said in a low voice, "Qingshan, this magical film was done very well and promoted China. I went to a meeting above two days ago, and the leader even praised you at the meeting."

The special effects of "Fire" include the ferocious beasts described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. After watching "Fire", many foreigners curiously searched for those ferocious beasts on the Internet, and then some people naturally started to learn about China.

praise!

Wan Qingshan didn't feel anything in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be flattered.

"I'm just a movie maker, how can I deserve praise?"

Han Sanping smiled, changed the subject and asked, "Is China your last road show?"

"No, we haven't gone to the island countries and South Korea yet. After we go there, we have to go to those countries in Southeast Asia."

Wan Qingshan's tone and expression revealed exhaustion. He never expected that global promotion would be so tiring. Now he feels tired when he thinks about having to visit so many countries later.

Han Sanping frowned and whispered, "Qingshan, if you are free, come to the film and television development conference at the end of this year on January 1th."

Seeing Wan Qingshan frown slightly, Han Sanping continued, "Don't worry, it's a good thing this time."

Wan Qingshan thought for a while and said, "Director Han, it depends on the time. If I am free then, I will definitely go."

Seeing that Wan Qingshan was still like this even though he said he was doing good things, Han Sanping sighed helplessly in his heart. The previous meeting had pushed Wan Qingshan far away.

The promotion method of "Fire" was all handed over to Huayi Lane. Huayi made the promotion like a premiere, starting with the red carpet, to the star performances, and finally to the movie screening.

Walking on the red carpet, I heard fans on both sides of the red carpet shouting excitedly - 'Liu Yifei'

Wan Qingshan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. His fans have grown so much that now the world is dominated by young people.

I hope that in the future he will not be like Li Bailian, who was robbed of his seat and was asked by a group of netizens, what qualifications does she have?
Walking to the middle of the red carpet, when Wan Qingshan and Liu Yifei were holding hands for reporters to take pictures, suddenly excited shouts came from the crowd around them, "Let go of Liu Yifei!" '

Wan Qingshan frowned, waited until the reporter took the photo, and walked quickly inside.

"Director Wan, I'm sorry!"

When they reached the passage leading inside, Liu Yifei quickly apologized.

"Haha, there's nothing to apologize for. I've met crazier fans before."

Seeing that Liu Yifei still wanted to say something, Wan Qingshan smiled and said, "Okay, let's go."

Liu Yifei stopped talking.

After the audience entered, several celebrities began to perform on stage, and then the movie was shown.

After the publicity, Wan Qingshan flew back to Shenzhen that night, which made Jia Hui and other directors of the film and television company very disappointed. They still wanted to have a good talk with Wan Qingshan.The benefits Huayi and Chengtian earned from "Fire Flame" made them jealous.

After spending a day in Shenzhen, Wan Qingshan, Fan Bayi and others flew to Japan and South Korea to continue their promotion.

The global road show did not stop until January 1. At this time, the global box office of "Fire" has reached 5 million US dollars, and it has broken into the global box office 6000, ranking 100th.

While the North American media was talking hotly and the Chinese media was praising him as a director, Wan Qingshan stayed at home and didn't want to move. This global road show was really tiring.

"Qingshan, how much money do you have?"

Chen Yumo's sudden inquiry made Wan Qingshan who was lying on the sofa very curious. Chen Yumo didn't care about his money before.

"All the money is in the stock market, and there are only a few million in cash. What's wrong?"

"The cloud ticket purchasing company is raising funds again, this time 6000 million, and based on the ratio we get [-] million."

Cloud Ticketing is an online ticketing platform jointly developed by Wanqingshan and Penguin. Initially, with the support of Penguin traffic, it developed rapidly and occupied a large market without spending much money.

But within a month of the good times, Alibaba launched Taopiao, Baidu and Wang Xing of Meituan launched Maoyan, and Douban and Sina launched Weipiao.,,,
Several online ticket purchasing platforms have emerged one after another, and all of them are supported by traffic channels, causing cloud ticket purchasing to start burning money.

Two months ago, cloud ticket purchasing started burning 5000 million yuan.

At that time, Wan Qingshan was still in the United States. When he received a call from Chen Yumo, he said, "You can figure it out. If you think it's worth it, pay for it. If you think it's not worth it, don't pay for it. Just reduce your shares." '

Wan Qingshan knows that after the development of online ticket purchasing platforms, the market value will be very high, but the money burned in the early stage can really be burned. It is burned now. When the next major ticket purchasing platforms launch a ticket replenishment war, it will be hundreds of millions. A billion burning.

And it may not be possible yet. If it fails, everything will be in vain.

Therefore, Wan Qingshan has no special ideas about online ticket purchasing platforms.

But Chen Yumo didn't think so. Now that smart phones are becoming more common, she could see that this cloud ticket purchasing software would be very valuable in the future, so she had to spend 5000 million before, and she paid for it, along with Wanqingshan's 15% stake. Also out.

But she needs to burn [-] million, and she doesn’t have enough money. Her money is currently in the real estate company and has not yet come out.

For 6000 million, apart from Chen Yanfeng, the only other option is Wan Qingshan.

Chen Yanfeng, it's hard for her to find him. Chen Yanfeng is also a bit strapped for funds, and they are still facing tens of billions of loans.

"Two hundred million, forget it, we won't pay any more. Let's reduce our shares according to the current market value."

Hearing Wan Qingshan's answer, Chen Yumo frowned.

"Qingshan, this cloud ticket purchasing platform is very promising, why don't you seem interested."

"The prospects are good, but it also costs money. Now we are spending hundreds of millions to seize the market. When we compete with other ticket purchasing software later, the money burning will be even greater. How can we have so much money to burn, so Forget it, we just need a little bit."

Chen Yumo just wanted to say that when the real estate funds come back later, there will be money to burn.

But thinking about the trouble Wan Qingshan had caused because of her rapid development in the film and television industry, she immediately changed her words.

"Okay then, I'll reply to Penguin tomorrow. We won't contribute capital and we will reduce our shares."

"Ok!"

Wan Qingshan responded casually, and then lay down and watched TV intently.

A few days later, Wan Qingshan, who had been staying at home, went out to the capital to attend a film and television development conference.

I went to attend the meeting because after a few days, Wan Qingshan felt bored. He went over to see what the meeting was about, and Han Sanping said it was a good thing.

(End of this chapter)