The Crown Prince of Huayu!

Chapter 73 It smells so good
Like the previous films "A World Without Thieves", "House of Flying Daggers" and "Hero", "Xiu Chun Knife" also received the treatment that blockbusters would receive in this era.

The first batch of copies reached 300!
Thanks to the fact that there was no strong competitor in the same period, the film schedule of "Xiu Chun Dao" was basically as full as possible.

New Year's Eve.

"Spring Knife" was officially released, and the film crew wisely did not arrange a midnight premiere. However, the box office of over 40 million in the first week still broke the box office record for the first week of a movie released during the Spring Festival.

Although it can't compare with the first 55 million of "House of Flying Daggers", it still gives major investors some reassurance.

Moreover, compared to "House of Flying Daggers" which has been criticized since its release, "Xiu Chun Knife" has received rave reviews.

Even the most picky media people can say at most: not enough martial arts spirit.

As for the plot, which is the most criticized aspect of Zhang Yimou's martial arts blockbusters, "Xiu Chun Dao" has almost zero negative reviews.

Benefiting from this, the next Sunday's box office of "Spring Blade" did not directly cut in half like "House of Flying Daggers", but only fell by less than 30%, showing great resilience.

Of course, there is also the reason why the film is released during the Chinese New Year holiday, so you won’t have to go to work after the weekend as usual.

Relying on the stability of the daily box office, by the end of the second week, the box office of "Xiu Chun Knife" has successfully exceeded 100 million!

Han Jiadong also became the third mainland director after Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang to have a box office of over 100 million.

Due to the strong performance of "Xiu Chun Knife", none of the other films in the same period could have a daily box office of over one million.

Even "Peacock", which just won the Berlin Silver Bear, only made less than 5 million at the box office in two weeks.

Ning Hao's "Green Grass" was only shown in one cinema, and there was no movement.

The few movie tickets they had were probably paid for by themselves.

"This junior brother is really amazing!"

mountain city.

Looking at the report on "Xiuchundao" on the computer, Ning Hao's eyes were full of envy.

After getting the investment, he didn't even make it through the Spring Festival, so he took his people directly to the mountain city according to Han Jiadong's suggestion and personally presided over the viewing work of "Crazy Stone".

The effect can be said to be beyond expectations and satisfying.

but……

"This junior brother's name doesn't seem to be that useful!"

After Ning Hao received Han Jiadong's instruction, he quickly went to the film and television companies with the script.

He went to places like Huayi, Rong Xingda, Xiaoma, etc.

But even though he used Han Jiadong's name, the other party was still frightened when he heard that he wanted an investment of 30 million.

In the end, one family paid out several million, and Xiaoma's family paid out five million, and the others together, the total was only ten million.

It's equivalent to running through all these film and television companies, and only half of what Han Jiadong said was raised.

In the end, a newly established investment company made up the remaining 15 million shortfall.

The company's name is Qindong...

I don’t know if it has something to do with my junior brother.

However, although the process was a bit bumpy, I finally managed to collect the 30 million mentioned by my junior brother.

But on the Xiangjiang star side, except for Liu Dehua, who was appointed by his junior brother, and gave a positive letter, all the other invitations he sent out, without exception, fell into the dust without even a reply.

"The scene work is almost done, and the actors haven't been decided yet. You promised to finish the filming before the summer vacation. How about... let's find stars from the mainland?"

Yue Xiaojun suggested.

Ning Hao hesitated and was thinking about whether to call Han Jiadong to ask, when his cell phone rang.

I picked it up and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

Press the answer key.

"Hey! Is this director Ning Hao? I'm Zhang Baizhi."

A woman's passionate voice came from the phone.

Ning Hao was a little confused: "Uh, I am."

"Excuse me, is this..."Crazy Stone" really produced by director Han Jiadong?" "Yes...yes."

"Can I take the liberty to ask, what is your relationship with Director Han Jiadong?"

"He is my junior brother."

"Oh~~ That's it. During this period, I carefully read the script you sent me several times. I really, really like it. I can't wait. When can I start filming?"

"Uh...means you agreed? Are you willing to appear?"

"of course!"

……

After hanging up the phone, Ning Hao and the other people in the room looked at each other, still a little unresponsive, and the next call came again.

"Hey! Is this director Ning Hao? I'm Edison Chen."

"Uh... I am."

"Is this movie really produced by director Han Jiadong?"

Ning Hao: "..."

After confirming with the other party again, the other party started to flatter me in a fancy way.

"Director Ning, I have to say that your vision is as good as your junior brother. My image is perfect for the role of Xie Xiaomeng. 'My name is Xie Xiaomeng, please call me Charles.' 'The city is the matrix, and We are living in her womb, how about it? Does Ning Dao have the feeling you want?"

……

"Hello, I am Liang Jiahui... The role of killer suits me very well..."

"I am Wu Yanzu..."

……

Calls came in one after another, and after receiving more than ten calls in a row, Ning Hao finally had a chance to rest.

"what's the situation?"

He had planned to only invite one or two people as Han Jiadong said.

But there was no reply to the invitations sent out, so he thought about casting a wider net and inviting a few more, maybe he could catch a dead mouse or two?
Unexpectedly, I didn’t even reply if I didn’t reply, and when I did, I called them all.

Not only was he willing to star in the film, but his salary was also negotiable.

Others had started to check online when Ning Hao answered the third call. When they heard his question, they immediately gave up their big-ass computers.

"Mouse, come here and take a look."

Ning Hao walked over in confusion, sat down and looked at the computer screen, his eyes widened.

"Director Han Jiadong will spend one billion to create Hollywood's top science fiction blockbuster "Inception"!"

"The male and female protagonists of "Inception" are confirmed to be Leonardo DiCaprio and Anne Hathaway!"

"Andy Lau has been confirmed to star in "Inception", with a salary of over 20 million!"

"Jin Chengwu couldn't hide his joy and hinted that he had received an invitation from director Han Jiadong, and the salary was also over 10 million!"

……

After reading these messages, Ning Hao was silent for a long time before uttering a sentence.

"No wonder these Hong Kong celebrities are calling like crazy!"

Only then did Ning Hao finally understand why his junior brother said he could use his name.

But soon he began to worry again.

The junior brother said that there must be Hong Kong stars, but he also said that this movie was not made to praise Hong Kong stars, and it could only use three to four Hong Kong stars at most.

But there were already more than a dozen Hong Kong celebrities who called just now...

Just as I was distressed, the next call from Xiangjiang came again.

　Thanks to Justice 1987 and Feng Yu Crimson for sending me monthly passes!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)