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Chapter 150 The power of "Pirates" to break [-] million box office
Sichuan News Network, Rongshi Daily, January 1:

On New Year's Eve, the main creators of "Pirates" came to Chengdu for a roadshow to promote.

Coinciding with the 10th birthday of Pacific Theater, the theater invited professional literary and artistic groups to hold a grand performance in the hall last night to add to the fun.

As the climax approached 12 o'clock, the studio also brought out a special giant birthday cake for the creators of "Pirates" to share with the audience.

It turned out that because it was worried that the weather would be cold and it was not the weekend, the theater arranged for the audience to watch the movie together with the creators of "Pirates" in a small hall.

As a result, ticket sales were so hot that we had to switch to the 260-seat Wenjin Hall.

However, as news spread that the creator of "Pirates" was coming to Rong, many fans came to pay for their tickets that night, and the cinema temporarily decided to hold the premiere in the theater's largest theater, the Art Hall.

More than 700 seats were quickly sold out, and at 11 p.m., the theater temporarily decided to include the Wen Kam Hall in the screening. In the end, nearly a thousand viewers watched the midnight screening of "Pirates."

Shancheng Evening News:
Since "Heroes" and "Pirates" were released on a large scale across the country, they have caused an unprecedented climax of movie viewing in various places.

The severe weather with wind and snow in the capital, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou and other places over the past few days has not stopped the audience from braving the cold and going to the cinema.

People are enthusiastic about watching movies. "Hero", the first to be released, first reached a box office of 27 million yuan on the 1th.

It became the first domestic commercial film to have a box office of over [-] million since China began to record box office records.

However, the box office accumulation speed of "Hero" has not slowed down because the film has achieved "box office exceeding 1 million yuan".

As of January 1, the national box office of "Hero" has reached 1 million.

Compared with the speed of "Hero" which exceeded 7 million yuan in box office in [-] days.

On New Year's Day, the 1st, it has been 11 days since it met the national audience, and the box office of "Pirates" without the Hong Kong box office has not exceeded [-] million.

However, the national box office has reached 9300 million, and the box office will exceed [-] million yuan just around the corner.

According to analysis by relevant people in the mainland industry, there are roughly three reasons why the box office of "Pirates" exceeded [-] million yuan slower than that of "Heroes":

1. The distributor underestimated the box office potential of "Pirates", so that "Pirates" has not been able to land in the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets.

2. The male and female protagonists of "Pirates" are not as famous as the international superstar Li Lianjie, which makes the movie perform poorly at the box office in second-tier and lower cities where promotion costs are high and difficult.

3. The animation clip misled some viewers.

Relevant people also clarified: "Pirates" is slow to exceed [-] million at the box office, which does not mean that the movie has poor box office potential.

Compared with "Hero", which had strong momentum in the early stage but weak stamina.

Once "Pirates" hits the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, it may be able to catch up at the box office, provided that we continue to crack down hard and curb piracy.

This is indeed the case. "Pirates" has broken box office records in the capital, Shanghai, Guangdong and Sichuan provinces since its release.

As of yesterday, the film's box office in the capital has reached 1300 million yuan.

The total box office of the film in four local cinemas in Guangdong Province has reached 1500 million yuan.

In Shanghai, the box office of "Pirates" reached more than 1200 million yuan.

In Sichuan Province, the total box office of "Pirates" has exceeded 400 million yuan.

In January, Jiming Island, which is adjacent to the sea, is very cold and windy.

The climate is cold and there are frequent monsoons. The days before the Chinese New Year are numbered. People on the island are no longer fishing. They repair boats, mend nets, sweep dust, or go out to the island to do shopping together every day.

On the diesel boat, Liu Youqian shouted to the dock: "Second sister-in-law, do you want to go or not? Go quickly, there are so many people waiting for you."

"Why don't you go? My son is bringing someone back for the Chinese New Year, and he needs to add a lot of things to the house."

"Then hurry up."

"Come, come, don't rush."

The woman quickly jumped on the boat and said to Liu Youqian: "If you have money, there is only such a big boat on the island. You will be responsible for picking up and dropping off people after the year and year. You will have a lot of diesel, wine and food."

"Hey, I'm not going to pick up anyone on the island. Sister-in-law, don't worry. Where is the girl from? Do you know that Er Lunzi's family is on the island?"

Liu Youqian agreed on the spot.

Because of his call, more than 60 families on the island raised funds to buy diesel boats. They were responsible for picking up and dropping off people during the New Year, which is what the title meant.

"Girl knows." The second sister-in-law forced a smile.

"She's a good girl. The girl the idiot fell in love with the year before last ran away before she even got to the island. Fortunately, I tied a big red flower to the bow of the boat."

"Oh, I'm sorry to bother you."

"I've lived on an island for half my life, so what's the trouble? But my second sister-in-law, why are you sighing on this big day?"

Liu Youqian looked at his second sister-in-law with suspicion.

Others also asked the second sister-in-law to take it easy, sighing on the happy day and saying it was unlucky.

"Ugh."

The second sister-in-law said sadly: "As you said richly, I have lived on the island for half my life. I shouldn't hide anything from you. The second sister-in-law did tell the girl that her family was on the island. The girl's family did not agree at first, until the second fool agreed. Entering the bride's house." The diesel boat immediately exploded.

Throughout China's thousands of years of history, it has always been extremely shameful for a man to marry into his wife.

In ancient times, getting married meant that the man was incompetent and incompetent.

It is even said that the man's family does not have even one capable person, otherwise the marriage would not be allowed to happen in the family.

The idiot who married his daughter-in-law Fang's family may not bring shame to the family.

But it also shows that the living and material conditions on Jiming Island are poor.

"what?"

"How could a fool do such a thing?"

"This kid is outrageous. The old Tu family is like this. Why is he running away to get married?"

"Second sister-in-law, don't worry, there is still room for recovery. Borrow money from outside. No matter how much you borrow, you can buy a house in Weihai for the second idiot."

Everyone on the boat was quarreling over a marriage, either scolding the two idiots for not living up to expectations, or for coming up with ideas.

The village leader Liu Youqian, who had always talked a lot, was uncharacteristically quiet. He frowned and took a long puff of dry cigarette silently.

In the final analysis, the island is still poor whether you marry or not.

If every household on the island lives in a sea-view house, the second idiot will get married, and the woman will be unwilling to marry him?

With a sound of "Alas" and the "tuk-tuk" of the diesel engine, the ship slowly approached the dock on the other side.

As soon as people climbed onto the pier in twos and threes, a row of seven or eight dirty cars appeared in their sights.

"Fellow fellows, Secretary Liu Youqian Liu of Jiming Island is on the island?"

Liu Youqian, who was used to being called the village chief, was stunned for a moment. When he saw the familiar town leader, he came forward in realization and said, "Wu Zhen, I'm here."

"If you have money, come here quickly and introduce Zhucha Island to the leaders in detail."

Leaders?

Liu Youqian looked at it suspiciously, and for a moment, his head was buzzing.

He couldn't distinguish so many people, but he often saw the face of the leader on TV.

"No need to go to such trouble, Secretary Liu, can you work harder and accompany us back to Jiming Island, which is now famous all over the country? Let's watch and talk on the island."

"Famous throughout the country?"

"Yes, it must be the overwhelming response to "Pirates"."

Liu Youqian was thoughtful and quickly nodded in agreement.

On the way back to Jiming Island, Liu Youqian seemed to be in a dream.

In order to find funds to build a cement road on the island, he begged his grandfather and grandma, but he almost broke his leg and couldn't get it. However, a movie attracted so many big shots to take the initiative to land on the island.

"Dear leaders, please take a look. This boat is a prop boat for the crew of "Pirates". I heard it cost more than 100 million, which is more expensive than the largest diesel boat on our island."

The leader curiously asked: "Why didn't the crew take away such a huge price?"

"Director Jiang specially left this big ship to thank the folks on Jiming Island for helping with the filming of "Pirates."

"He said industrial development would lead to a search for a better environment."

"By then, Jiming Island, which is far away from the city, will definitely develop into a tourist attraction, but Jiming Island has few attractions. This boat will give the island one more attraction to better attract tourists."

"It's amazing. A young director can see further than most of us locals here. Many of us are focused on the industrial economy but have forgotten about a healthier and more environmentally friendly tourism economy."

"After the movie "Pirates" was released, did any tourists visit Jiming Island?"

"No, but when you asked, I felt that a group of people wandering on the other side three days ago wanted to land on the island. It was getting late at that time, so they did not send the boat over. I will definitely strengthen this aspect in the future."

"Maybe the destination was not found quickly. I think we can set up a landing route map outside the island to determine the time of landing and leaving the island."

The leader pondered and gave Liu Youqian an idea, and then said to the person next to him:
“Whether Jiming Island is worth developing, relevant departments must conduct research as soon as possible. If it is not worth developing, they must give valid reasons; if it is worth developing, they must come up with a detailed plan.”

On January 2003, 1, the night when the box office of "Pirates" exceeded 4 million yuan, Liu Youqian saw off the provincial, municipal and county leaders and got drunk alone at home.

The younger generation on the island is depressed by being a door-to-door son-in-law.

Over the years, the development burden of Jiming Island can finally be released.

At the same time, Zhang Weiping was drinking with a ghost guy in the capital until his face turned red.

However, the ending was that the two of them got more and more angry and almost smashed the Grand Hyatt Hotel in their anger.

(End of this chapter)