China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 598 The Person Who Benefits the Most

Wu Jing said that he had his reasons for being low-key.

He was personally quite satisfied with the first-day box office of Wolf Warrior 2, but just quite satisfied.

I can't say I'm particularly satisfied.

At the beginning, he expected the first-day performance to be 1 to 1.2 million.

However, it doesn’t matter that the first-day results were 15 million lower than his expectations. As long as there is enough stamina, there will be no problem in reaching his goal of billion.

He is particularly confident about his "Wolf Warrior 2".

In Li Yuyu's words, his "Wolf Warrior 2" has a smooth plot and fighting scenes, which are good enough to make the audience enjoy watching it.

It really doesn't have much depth, but his original goal was to make a popcorn movie, so what depth does he need?
He is a latecomer who transformed himself from an actor to a director and he doesn't have the ability to make a movie with much substance.

"Brother Jin, you've learned from Director Li to be more cautious and not say too much to avoid getting embarrassment." Da Tiantian said with a smile.

She found that the directors this year were quite stable.

"I was really afraid of being slapped in the face when you guessed it right."

Wu Jing joked, recalling what Li Yu said to him that day.

"Tiantian, your understanding of Director Li is still stuck in the past. He has changed now. You may not know this, but last time he boasted a lot in front of me, saying that the goal of the film 'Aquaman' he was shooting was 1 billion US dollars."

Hearing that Li Yu had boasted so much, Da Tiantian couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Li Yu, you are too proud. It's your first time to make a movie in Hollywood, and you dare to dream of a billion dollars."

"Everyone should have some dreams, what if they come true? They all promised me that if the global box office of the movie could exceed 5 billion, they would give me % of the box office dividends.

Under such circumstances, I certainly hope that the global box office of "Aquaman" can exceed 1 billion.

Then again, Brother Jing, you are a bit dishonest. I boasted to you in private, and I confessed to you that I was bragging. But you actually sold me out in front of Tiantian. Do you want more people to make fun of me after Aquaman is released?"

Li Yu teased back.

He's not the kind of man who can't take a joke.

He didn't care at all what Wu Jing and Da Tiantian said.

Wu Jing was also not the kind of person without emotional intelligence. He knew that Li Yu didn't care, so he made this joke and used Li Yu's boasting to slander Li Yu.

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Sometimes, you really have to admire some people's luck.

Once luck comes, even gods can’t stop it.

The movie "Wolf Warrior 2" illustrates this point very well.

The opening of "Wolf Warrior 2" was not very eye-catching. The box office of million on the first day was quite good, but there are many movies that achieved this result on the first day. This first-day result is nothing to brag about.

Judging from the attendance rate on the first day, "Wolf Warrior 2" is less advantageous than many popular movies.

The movie's first-day attendance was only about 50%.

Movies like Li Yu's "Man Jiang Hong" and "Feng Shen" by Guo Shi all had first-day attendance rates of 7080 or above.

But after certain things happen, people's national sentiments are high, and they need an outlet to vent their emotions.

"Wolf Warrior 2" has become this outlet.

In addition, "Eternal Love" also lost lives.

This romantic fantasy film starring Yang Yang and Liu Yifei suffered a critical and public setback after its release.

When major cinema chains saw how poorly Eternal Love performed, they tacitly reduced the number of screenings for Eternal Love and gave more to Wolf Warrior 2.

Theaters will never help someone when they need it, but they are serious about adding icing on the cake and they do it in a timely manner because it concerns their interests.

With these prerequisites, Wolf Warrior 2, a relatively good popcorn movie, has the potential to surpass the movie itself. In just 12 days, Wolf Warrior 2 set a new box office record, breaking the 30 billion box office in the shortest time.

During these ten days, Da Tiantian and Wu Jing were both very confused.

This was something they had not expected.

"Wolf Warrior 2", which only earned over million on the first day, actually rose at an extremely fast rate in just twelve days.

The most outrageous day was when the single-day box office reached 3.5 million.

When faced with this situation, the first person Wu Jing thought of was Da Tiantian.

The numbers were so exaggerated that they seemed unreal to him.

He suspected that someone had inflated his box office numbers, and Da Tiantian was the most likely suspect.

So Wu Jing called Da Tiantian.

"Tiantian, did you secretly increase the box office for me? Why is my box office so weird? I originally only wanted to stop at 15 billion, but it actually reached 30 billion." Wu Jing was very shocked.

In the past, anyone who dared to advance in front of Da Tiantian would be impressed by Da Tiantian’s generosity.

But this time, Da Tiantian couldn't show off because the amount was too large.

"Brother Jing, you think too highly of me. More than 30 billion in real money is beyond my ability.

Even if I could come up with so much cash, I wouldn't be stupid enough to do this.

I just have some money, I'm not stupid."

Da Tiantian explained.

She really didn't make a single cent at the box office.

She just had the idea once, but was persuaded by Li Yu and never thought about it again.

After the call, Da Tiantian was amazed: "Could this person be the legendary chosen one? An outdated action actor has no choice but to transform into a director.

The first movie grossed hundreds of millions, and the second one grossed billions. Even online novels don’t dare to write about this.”

Da Tiantian couldn't help but complain.

Da Tiantian knew about online novels. Li Yu had previously suggested that she could look for novels suitable for adaptation on female-oriented novel websites.

She had read the novel "Startling by Each Step" on a female fiction website before, and thought it was good, so she spent twice the price to acquire the film and television rights.

"Isn't this normal? Novels require logic, but reality does not." Li Yu was not surprised.

He had seen these scenes once before, so he was very calm.

Da Tiantian added: "Li Yu, you have a really good eye for people. When Brother Jing was down and out a few years ago, you saw that he had potential and would take off sooner or later.

You really got it right. The movie "Wolf Warrior 2" will push him to the pinnacle of his career and reputation, better than me."

Da Tiantian was a little emotional, the entertainment industry is really a magical place.

A small-time celebrity who was ignored by many people yesterday became famous overnight, and tomorrow he became a top star who was sought after by capital and everyone called him "teacher" when they met him.

Li Yu did not respond to Da Tiantian's comments or praise.

Because he couldn't tell Da Tiantian that he had seen the answers to the previous versions.

In short, Li Yu was very happy that Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2" was a big hit at the box office.

Because he is the largest investor in "Wolf Warrior 2", he is the one who benefits the most.

(End of this chapter)