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Chapter 405 Am I a narrow-minded person?
Especially when they learned that the production cost of "The Piano Tuner" was only tens of millions of US dollars, they focused their attention on Wang Shu.

Everyone is here for the profit, a high movie box office is nothing.

It’s different if the investment cost is average but the box office is high.

For example, the movie "Twilight" had a production cost of only 3700 million US dollars, but after its release, it earned 1.7 million US dollars in North America and 3.9 million US dollars in the global box office. In addition to the copyright income from DVD, Blu-ray, etc., the producer made a lot of money, which is why it is highly praised.

Wang Shu's "The Piano Tuner" has already proved that he is a director who can make producers make money, and he will naturally be favored by many independent producers or film and television companies in Hollywood.

"I didn't expect that he would succeed."

Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, Feng Xiaogang and others were having a party and talking about "The Piano Tuner", which grossed $2.6 million in North America in more than two months. They all had different expressions on their faces.

2008年美元与人民币的汇率是1:6.9，2.6亿美元相当于18亿人民币左右。

And this is just the domestic box office in the United States.

The global box office of "The Piano Tuner" has exceeded 4 million US dollars, equivalent to 28 billion RMB.

Of course, due to the differences in the markets and prices in China and the United States, this simple conversion is not symmetrical.

However, no matter what, "The Tuner" has achieved extremely excellent results in North America.

In 2008, the average price of a movie ticket in North America was US$7, and 2.6 million is equivalent to nearly 3700 million movie tickets sold.

In 2008, the population of North America was 3.04 million, with 3700 million movie tickets. Excluding those who bought repeat tickets, nearly % of the people bought movie tickets and went to the cinema.

Through the data, we can analyze that "The Tuner" is quite popular in North America.

In China, with a population of 13 billion, the average ticket price is 45 yuan per ticket. In 2008, the highest-grossing Chinese-language film only grossed 3.25 million yuan, which shows that very few people buy tickets and go to the cinema to watch movies.

The box office revenue was 3.25 million yuan. Even if we counted the audiences who bought tickets again and went to the cinema, there were only about 700 million people who bought tickets and went to the cinema.

There are 13 billion people in the country, and 700 million people only account for 0.5% of the population.

The data shows that the domestic film industry has great potential, but it has not yet been tapped.

Only 13 million people out of 700 billion went to the cinema. Not to mention the majority, just say 1 million people went to the cinema, and with the price of 45 yuan per movie ticket, it easily earned a box office of 45 billion.

Of course, there were no such high box office movies in this era, starring a limited number of screens and rampant piracy.

In the future when domestic entertainment develops, few movies will be able to earn 45 billion at the box office. This can only be a problem of the quality of the movies.

"I really didn't expect it." Wang Zhonglei sighed, and he felt that he had no appetite for the food in front of him.

Talking about this, he couldn't help but think again of the opportunity he had to invite Wang Shu to join Huayi a few years ago.

With Wang Shu’s current achievements, Huayi’s business may have already expanded internationally.

Now, it has been missed.

Whenever he thought of this, Wang Zhonglei felt extremely regretful.

Not to mention that Huayi's business has gone international with Wang Shu, just the fact that Wang Shu is Huayi's director can play a huge role in Huayi's listing.

Not to mention, you can make a lot of money by working with Wang Shu to make a film.

All this was because he didn't take Wang Shu seriously that time, and only thought of him as a fledgling, unsophisticated director who had some skills but not much.

Who knew this guy could actually write the script for "The Piano Tuner"!

The movie based on this script not only achieved very impressive box office results in China, but was also favored by American producers, who even invited Wang Shu to shoot a Hollywood version.

Now, not only has it been filmed, but it has also grossed 2.6 million in North America and 4 million worldwide.

Since the global release time is inconsistent with North America, once the subsequent box office is combined, it is likely to exceed 5 million US dollars.

5 million US dollars worldwide is equivalent to 35 billion RMB!
"I really didn't expect it." Feng Xiaogang continued, "I thought that even if he had some ability, he would return to China in disgrace like Chen Kaige and Wang Jiawei."

“I never thought that this remake of The Tuner would actually be made.”

His tone was a little dull, and he was obviously unhappy about it.

Since the success of "Assembly", he has been in the limelight for a while. He has been making all kinds of criticisms in the circle without any falseness, mocking many art film directors for making films that have no artistic value and no box office success, and mocking those people who think they are very powerful and use all kinds of rhetoric at will.

In short, Stephen Chow's "CJ7" lost to his "Assembly" at the box office, which made Feng Xiaogang vent his anger about "A World Without Thieves" losing to "Kung Fu", and he became very angry.

But now, Wang Shu has stolen his limelight.

If the two have a good relationship, then it's easy to say.

But the two had a feud before, so they were bound to be compared.

And when comparing two people who have a grudge against each other, there will definitely be nothing good to say.

Wang Zhongjun seemed to notice that Feng Xiaogang was in a bad mood, and immediately said, "Xiaogang, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one."

"Wang Shu is now connected to Huayi, and he has already gone to Hollywood to develop his career. There is no need to always hold on to the unpleasantness of the past."

Wang Zhonglei also knew what Wang Zhongjun meant, and echoed: "Wang Shu is now making a name for himself in Hollywood, which will be of some help to our listing."

"For the sake of the listing, we have to endure even if it is unpleasant."

In order to take care of Feng Xiaogang's feelings, Wang Zhonglei immediately said: "Actually, I don't like him either, but there's nothing I can do."

When Feng Xiaogang heard this, he laughed and joked as if nothing had happened, "Am I a narrow-minded person?"

Wang Zhonglei laughed when he heard this, "It's good that you don't take it to heart."

"Wang Shu has become a big shot now. No matter if we like him or not, we have to give him some face."

He knows Feng Xiaogang well, and he says that Feng Xiaogang is narrow-minded, and indeed he is narrow-minded.

However, when it comes to interests, Feng Xiaogang will pretend to be serious.

Wang Zhonglei didn’t think there was anything wrong with this. Being in this circle and making money, it was normal.

"It's really become a big deal." Wang Zhongjun continued, "Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival, the first director in the mainland to have a single film box office of over 3 million."

"After going to Hollywood, he made $2.6 million in North America and $4 million worldwide with The Piano Tuner."

"Whether it's in terms of art, business, or Hollywood, we have achieved remarkable results."

After saying that, he glanced at Feng Xiaogang and continued, "In China, there are few directors who can be compared with him."

"After all, we have always had big directors going to Hollywood to develop their careers."

“Everyone returned home in disgrace.”

"This shows that it is not easy for Chinese film directors to make a name for themselves in Hollywood."

"Wang Shu did it."

(End of this chapter)