Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Knowing that the box office in North America would not be too bad, Gu Ming waved his sleeves and flew away from the United States again.

Nothing.

Seeing that my days here are numbered, the North American audience is not that important to me anymore.

On the contrary, the domestic market has always been the foundation, and will become more and more important in the future.

But apart from the premiere, the rest of the roadshow was attended by supporting actors, which was not very appropriate.

It's time for Li Lian, Li Bingbing and I to join in. If we don't show up, some of the black spots will surely show up again.

Yesterday I saw someone in the Black Gu Ming Bar discussing something, saying that Gu Ming only cared about licking foreigners and treated domestic audiences like dogs, and was too lazy to even see domestic audiences.

Gu Ming wanted to ask all these little black guys, "Do you want to eat oil cakes?"

……

After returning to China, Gu Ming joined the roadshow which had twelve days left, and planned to last for a total of half a month to give the audience enough face.

I don’t know if it was the effect of the roadshow.

Or there are no strong enemies.

Or maybe it was because the vast majority of cinema chains across the country were giving Gu Ming face and using the best time slots in most theaters to show "Interstellar".

In short, this movie, which has a certain threshold for viewing, has completely exploded at the domestic box office.

The first week box office was 1.1 billion!
The box office reached 1.5 billion in ten days!
It's even more powerful than the previous "Transformers 4".

By the end of the 15-day roadshow, the box office had reached 1.9 billion.

In just seventeen days, it successfully broke through 4 billion and surpassed the box office record of "Transformers ", allowing domestic films to regain the top spot in the box office.

As this highly symbolic position was regained, theaters began to massively reduce the number of films they made.

"Interstellar" is a money-making movie, but it has already attracted audiences into cinemas in the early stages. Many audiences have bought tickets to watch it again and again without getting tired of it, and some have even paid others to watch it.

But no matter what, it's just a movie, not a meal that you have to eat every day. The excitement will fade away, and at this point, the attendance rate is actually not that exaggerated.

Now that it has finally regained the top spot, theaters must make some adjustments.

……

In addition to the cinemas, Gu Ming, who had just returned to Beijing after finishing the roadshow, also took action. He bought some tea and other things and went straight to Han Sanpin's house.

"Look, you're too polite." Han Sanpin, who opened the door, almost raised his lips to his ears. He smiled and waved his hands, "Take it back. I can't accept your gift. If I accept it, it might be considered as bribery, or even a huge amount of property with unknown sources."

"Besides, I have already received the best gift."

"One thing is another." Gu Ming shook his head. "My purchase was not expensive. It's only a few thousand dollars. It's just a gift."

"How many thousand yuan per gram?" Han Sanpin asked.

"One can." Gu Ming couldn't give something that expensive. "It's not worth it. We're friends. You give me one and I give you one. If anyone wants to check on you, tell him to come find me."

"It can't be that you, Mr. Han, gave me a backdoor, right?"

"Hahaha!" Han Sanpin laughed immediately.

The film and television industry has a backdoor.

But Gu Ming’s achievements cannot be achieved through the back door.

Could it be that he has access to the whole world through the back door?

The most I can do is ask theaters to support Gu Ming's films more.

Who can be replaced and who doesn’t support it?
It was somewhat unreasonable that such a large market had always been dominated by a foreign film at the top of the box office charts. Thinking of this, Han Sanpin was not polite. He took the tea leaves, invited Gu Ming to sit on the sofa, and personally poured a cup of tea for Gu Ming.

"Come, personally pour a cup of tea for the hero of our Chinese film industry."

"I really didn't expect it! Two billion in seventeen days."

"Thinking back then, if a movie with a box office of 30 million was released, I would be so happy that I could eat an extra bowl of rice. It really seems like a different world."

"You, you've given me a great retirement gift!"

"What do you mean? Do you have the confidence to break 3 billion in the end?"

"No." Gu Ming told the truth. Of course, he still had to ask for the benefits he deserved. Gu Ming said, "And what I say doesn't count!"

“Whether it can break 3 billion or not, it still depends on whether the audience can continue to support it, whether the theaters will continue to support it, and whether we can get the extension key!”

"The key is not a problem, and the support of the theater chain is not a problem either." Han Sanpin looked at Gu Ming with a smile, "What about the 3 billion? Is there a problem?"

"Have!"

"To be honest, there's not much hope!" Gu Ming had no choice.

There are not enough cinemas, the economy is not good, and the audience's movie-watching habits have not been cultivated.

These days, if you want to develop a film that truly leaves the second place far behind, you need timing!
For example, Wolf Warriors 2 was indeed an excellent film, but was it worthy of such a high box office in 17? It raised the record by more than billion.

What’s more crucial is the story about Ah San, which aroused everyone’s emotions. Coupled with the appropriate subject matter, it became a phenomenal movie.

"Interstellar" obviously hasn't reached that level yet. At best, it can just be credited with the rise of domestic science fiction.

But for many audiences, if you tell them that domestic science fiction is on the rise, they may still have a question: what is science fiction?
This is awkward.

"Hey, it's okay!" Han Sanpin had the data provided by the theaters under China Film Group, so he naturally knew the answer to the question. He asked Gu Ming just to ask, and he didn't expect much. He comforted him, "The key and theater support are as usual!"

"By the way, have you got any idea about your next movie?"

"Or is it a science fiction movie?"

Gu Ming shook his head.

“Not science fiction anymore?”

"I don't know either." Gu Ming smiled and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. Let me take a rest first. It won't be too late to think about it after the Oscars next year."

"That's true." Han Sanpin laughed again, "Do a good job of PR and try to win the Best Director or Best Picture award."

“It’s still difficult!”

"If it was a Hollywood movie, I would have confidence, but Interstellar is really terrible!"

"Times have changed. Our success must take into account both our personal efforts and the progress of the times."

The last time I won the Best Director award, it was during the economic crisis, and we needed your support by buying US bonds.

In fact, it was a sweet treat for Gu Ming.

But now.

Guanhai is about to return to the Asia-Pacific region and is doing the same.

Give yourself another sweet treat to numb yourself?

Gu Ming felt that the possibility of this happening was so low that it could not be calculated.

"Hey, it's always right to try hard." Han Sanpin didn't force it, but patted Gu Ming's arm, "It's good as long as you have a clear conscience. Whatever award you get, it's up to him." (End of this chapter)