China Entertainment: Return to 2007

Chapter 183 09 Box Office Champion

At the beginning, Xu Ge did not hesitate to make an 8 million bet with the Wang brothers in order to obtain % of Huayi's shares.

The two parties agreed that once the box office of "Monster Hunt" exceeds 8 million, Huayi will sell 2% of its shares to Xu Ge for million.

Now, Wang Zhongjun directly bypassed the bet and handed over 2 million worth of dry shares at the price of one yuan.

This is undoubtedly an expression of his sincerity to Xu Ge.

"Mr. Wang, are you really so willing?" Xu Ge said with a playful smile.

"If it had been anyone else, even if it were Zhou Xingxing or Fatty Hong, I would certainly not be willing to give it up," Wang Zhongjun replied sincerely, "But if it had been you, Director Xu, I would be willing to do it."

Xu Ge's brows jumped, and he couldn't help but look at Wang Zhongjun with admiration.

He knew in his heart that Wang Zhongjun was a big shot in the industry, and he definitely had something special about him to be able to get to where he is today.

On the surface, Wang Zhongjun gave away 2 million shares in vain. To Xu Ge, there is nothing good about it!

But actually? But it's far from that simple.

First, "Monster Hunt" is more than 8% certain to exceed the million box office!

At the beginning, the 8 million Xu Ge mentioned was referring to the global box office.

Now, there are 2.5 million in the country, and more than 5 million in Japan and South Korea, which is 3 million.

In addition to the upcoming releases in other Southeast Asian regions, and Xu Ge’s relationship with Pu Shulin, it will soon be released in Ugly Country.

Not surprisingly, the 8 million box office is definitely a sure thing!

In other words, what Wang Zhongjun actually paid was only 2 million.

Second, "Monster Hunt" has made Huayi so much money!

"Monster Hunt" has 15% investment from Huayi.

On the bright side, if the box office exceeds 8 million, it will make a profit of at least 5 million!

Then there is the promotion effect of stock price. This week, as the box office performance of "Monster Hunt" is getting better day by day,

Huayi, which took this opportunity to focus on publicity, has seen its stock price rise all the way!

In just one week, Huayi's stock price has risen by 12%, and its total market value has increased from 90 billion before to 106 billion now!

Based on this alone, the Wang brothers' net worth has skyrocketed by at least 3 million!

Fortunately, Xu Ge is not stupid. When Huayi just went public, he bought nearly 3% of the shares sold by Huayi at a low price.

In addition to the 2% given by the Wang brothers now,

The value of Xu Ge's stocks is nearly 5 million.

I can only say that cutting leeks is so exciting. No wonder every company wants to go public.

Third, the Wang brothers actually put forward conditions.

Given these two percent shares, their request is to invest in Xu Ge's new movie again.

With Xu Ge’s current reputation,

Even if his next movie gets the same bad reviews as "Three Guns",

Huayi can also make money with its eyes closed.

Based on the above, it is not difficult to understand why the Wang brothers made the decision to give away stocks.

It’s not that they are really willing to give up 2 million shares, but Xu Ge can make them earn more!

"Okay, I appreciate Mr. Wang's kindness.

In two months, when "Monster Hunt" is all over and the new movie is released, I will definitely pay you a visit. "

Although he knew the little thoughts of the Wang brothers, Xu Ge did not suffer.

In this world, if you eat alone, you will be attacked by a group.

Giving up some benefits appropriately is the real long-term solution.

Moreover, Huayi is still a great help to Xu Ge. With its investment,

Whether it’s film arranging or promotion, it has great benefits.

"Hahaha, Director Xu, happy cooperation!" Wang Zhongjun led his younger brother to raise a glass and replace the wine with tea.

"Happy cooperation!" Xu Ge drank up the cup of Biluochun in one gulp, and the three of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

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The next day, "Monster Hunt" officially landed in Ugly Country and was released on a small scale in 300 theaters in Ugly Country.

But obviously, the people of Chou Country are not very fond of Little Huba.

On the first day of release, it only received an average score of $60.

In the following days, the box office continued to decline. Judging from this situation, without any special surprises, the total box office will basically not exceed US$500 million.

But even so, for most Chinese-language films, this data is commendable.

After all, apart from the national master,

Throughout the Great Xia, there were several films directed by several directors that were successfully screened in the ugly country and earned more than one million US dollars at the box office.

At the same time, riding on the success of Japan and South Korea, "Monster Hunt" was released simultaneously in various Southeast Asian countries.

Although the box office results of these places are not very good,

But there are 60 here and 80 there. The numbers are large, and together they are not a small number.

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Turning our attention back to China, after the box office hit 2.5 million in its first week, "Monster Hunt" triggered a phenomenon-level movie viewing craze.

Many viewers who had never been to a movie theater were brainwashed by the news about Monster Hunt every day. Out of curiosity, they bought tickets to see what happened.

Therefore, in the second week, the box office of "Monster Hunt" did not drop much, and the box office on that day was always stable at around 30 to 40 million.

Two days later, the box office successfully exceeded 3 million.

After another four days, the box office successfully exceeded 4 million!

Now, everyone is excited!

"Holy crap! This "Monster Hunt" is really awesome! In less than half a month, it made 4 million in box office!"

"Looking at this momentum, maybe 5 million is not the end, and it is really possible to break through 6 million!"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Zhang Weiping is going to feel uncomfortable now. How much is the box office of "Three Guns" now? It seems to be just 2 million, right?

Now he is really going to quit the film industry! "

"The National Master really lost unjustly this time. "Monster Hunt" has become popular overseas. I heard that the box office in Japan and South Korea is about to exceed 100 million. This movie really gives us Daxia people confidence!"

"That is, in the past, films that could sell high box office internationally, such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," were purely ugly and could not be considered domestic films.

Guoshi's "Heroes" trilogy, all of which are invested by the Ugly State, are also suspected of being deliberately Westernized.

And "Monster Hunt", both in terms of investment and core, is completely made in Daxia. For such a film to achieve such outstanding results,

Daxia movies are really on the rise! "

"It's too early to say these words now. Brothers, let's work harder and strive to blow up the anus of "2009" in the last few days of 2012! Get back our box office championship!

In this way, Daxia movies can truly rise! "

"Yes! We will work harder to help "Monster Hunt" box office exceed 5 million! Take back the box office championship!"

"Go ahead! Take back the box office championship!"

"..."

Today's Daxia people are at an age when their self-confidence is beginning to recover.

With the support of patriotism, "Monster Hunt" soon continued to make great progress.

In just 3 days, the box office officially exceeded 5 million, beating the 2012 million of "4.6" in one fell swoop, and successfully regained the box office championship in the history of Chinese films!

As soon as this news came out, people were excited, and everyone online and offline was in a state of excitement.

Some radicals have even shouted the arrogant slogan that Daxia Film will officially kick all Hollywood films out of the top ten in film history next year!

Seeing such news, Xu Ge sighed in his heart.     If others don’t know, how can he not know?

Not to mention "Avatar" who is coming to crush everything soon.

Just say that in the face of the superhero blockbusters that will be released in turn in the next few years,

The entire Daxia movie has no power to fight back.

That is to say, it will be one to five years later when domestic comedies and blockbusters with main themes will begin to rise.

Only then will the situation improve.

"Xu Ge, today is the last day of 2009.

Tomorrow is New Year's Day, are you ready to welcome the New Year? "

In the hotel, Ni Ni is dressed beautifully. She wore a cream-white woolen sweater on her upper body and an apricot-colored hip-hugging skirt on her lower body. Her beautiful long legs were wrapped in fishnet black silk.

Her long black hair flows naturally along her flawless white swan neck.

The whole person exudes a charming and seductive aura,

It made Xu Ge's mouth go dry.

"Haha, Erni, how do you want to celebrate the New Year?" Xu Ge closed the computer, stood up from the sofa, and walked to Ni Ni. He grabbed Ni Ni's uncontrollable waist and said, "How about we play A little game, right?"

"What game?" Ni Ni asked.

"It's almost 12 o'clock at midnight, and New Year's Eve is coming soon," Xu Ge said with a smile: "With our current status, as soon as 12 o'clock passes, blessing messages will definitely be like a crucian carp crossing the river."

Instructing Ni Ni to sit on his lap, Xu Ge took advantage of the situation and sat down on the sofa, hugging Mei Jiao Niang. Xu Ge smiled and said: "Why don't we guess each other, who will be the first to send a blessing text message to our private mobile phones? Who could it be?

Whoever guesses correctly wins and gets a big reward tonight! "

"This game is interesting, okay, I'll play with you." Sitting in Xu Ge's arms, Ni Ni nodded cutely: "Let me guess first. I guess the first one to send you a text message will be... Yang Mi!"

"Haha, I don't think it's her." Xu Ge retorted: "She has an arrogant personality and cannot be so proactive."

"That's Chen Xiao. His emotional intelligence has always been very high, and he will definitely show off at times like this." Ni Ni guessed again.

"It can't be him. It's precisely because of his high emotional intelligence that he won't be stuck in sending blessing text messages."

"That must be Bai Ke, he is your best brother."

"Bai Ke has a simple mind and won't follow the trend like others."

"Then who are you talking about?" Ni Ni said displeased.

"Cai Yinong." Xu Ge replied with a smile.

"Why is it her?" Ni Ni asked puzzledly.

"What do you think?" Xu Ge asked.

Ni Ni nodded thoughtfully: "Oh, I understand. You colluded with her and deliberately lied to me, right?"

Xu Ge: "..."

"Haha, okay, just to make you happy." Seeing Xu Ge's depressed look, Ni Ni quickly kissed him on the face and said with a smile, "I believe you won't be so boring."

Xu Ge sighed: "What if I'm so bored?"

Ni Ni waved his hands: "Then I have no choice but to admit defeat. Who made me believe you so much?"

"Okay, now it's your turn." Xu Ge changed the subject and said, "I guess the first person to send you a blessing message will definitely be Xiao Song."

"Xiao Song is my assistant, there is no need for her to rush to add superfluous things."

"That must be Xu Fang, or Tao Yingying and Wei Shiqi. The three of them are your good sisters." Xu Ge said with a smile.

"I haven't contacted Xu Fang and the others for a while. Alas, since I followed you, my time has become less and less. The relationship between them and I will never be as close as it once was." …”

"Don't worry, after New Year's Day, we'll go back to Jinling together. I'll call Laozhu and the others, and you'll call the three sisters Xu Fang.

Let's get together and reminisce about the wonderful friendship we had. "

After comforting Ni Ni, Xu Ge's eyes twitched and he said again: "Then it shouldn't be your uncle or aunt who sent you the first blessing message, right?"

"How is this possible? How can any parent send blessing messages to their children? Xu Ge, what are you thinking about?" Ni Ni smiled angrily.

Xu Ge waved his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, I made a mistake, but in this way, the scope has been reduced a lot.

If you say so, Sun Li should be very likely. "

"Sister Li?" Sun Li's friendly face appeared in Ni Ni's mind. She nodded slowly and said, "It is indeed very possible."

The two sides decided on the candidate, and the time had already reached midnight unknowingly.

Bang bang bang!

Outside the Imperial Hotel, when the time came to midnight,

Colorful fireworks bloom in the night sky,

It lit up the entire imperial city.

"It's so beautiful. I really wish it was New Year's Eve every day, so I could enjoy the fireworks every day." Ni Ni couldn't help but sigh, leaning in Xu Ge's arms and admiring the beautiful night view of fireworks outside the window.

"If you want, I can let you see fireworks anytime, anywhere every day." Xu Ge promised.

"No, the reason why fireworks are beautiful is that they are rare to see. If you can see them every day and lack the sense of surprise, then their beauty will definitely be greatly reduced."

If you eat too much delicacies from mountains and seas, no matter how delicious they are, you will get tired of them.

In the same way, if there is a surprise every day, it cannot be regarded as a surprise.

Ding dong! Ding dong! Ding dong! !

While the two of them were quietly admiring the beauty of the fireworks outside the window, Xu Ge's cell phone kept ringing!

"Let me take a look," Ni Ni took Xu Ge's phone and looked at the five text messages sent in succession in just half a minute. She excitedly chose to click to open it.

Clicking on the first text message and looking at the mobile phone notes displayed above, Ni Ni's smile immediately fell.

Good guy, Ni Ni never expected that it would be her who sent Xu Ge a message!

Fan Bingbing: [Director Xu, Happy New Year. I wish you a great box office success for your movies and a huge hit for your TV series in the new year. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to star in "Monster Hunt".

Next time, if necessary, I will be on call and come to audition at any time...]

The moment he clicked on the message, Ni Ni had mixed feelings in his heart.

Although she knew that Fan Bingbing just made a mistake that all women who long for fame would make,

But if the protagonist is herself, she will naturally dislike her no matter how she looks at her.

"Okay, neither of us guessed correctly, so it's a tie." Xu Ge was about to step forward to clean up the situation. The next second,

As Ni Ni's cell phone sounded, everything took a new turn.

[Hello Ni Ni, happy New Year's Day, I wish your "Monster Hunt" will sell a billion dollars at the box office as soon as possible, and I look forward to working with you once...]

Xu Ge: "..."

The text message looked normal, almost the same as the text messages on his phone.

But what Xu Ge looked at now was filled with anger, for no other reason.

The person who sent this text message was none other than a certain older male scumbag in the entertainment industry - Feng Shaofeng!

(End of this chapter)