March 15, morning.

The movie "A Little Thing About First Love", which has been released in mainland theaters for more than a month, has been officially withdrawn from theaters after taking in a box office of 120 million.

Excluding the production and promotion costs of the film, as well as the box office share with theaters, Cao Jun's Century Film and Television Company made more than 20 million yuan with the movie "First Love".

The Huayi brothers also earned more than 10 million from the movie "First Love".

The most interesting thing is Huang Lei. Because he drank with Cao Jun, he only invested 2 million yuan and made more than 3 million yuan without doing anything.

At the same time, the score of "A Little Thing About First Love" on Douban.com also fluctuated around 8.5 points.

In Cao Jun's view, the fact that "A Little Thing About First Love" received a rating of 8.5 on Douban.com was beyond his expectations and much higher than he imagined.

Because under normal circumstances, a movie that can score 8 or more points on Douban can definitely be regarded as an excellent film, let alone 8.5 points.

The high score of 8.5 is the audience's recognition of the movie "First Love", their recognition of Cao Jun as a director, and their recognition of all the creative staff.

In order to express his gratitude to the main creative staff of the film, Cao Jun spent 1 million yuan out of his own pocket to reward all the people in front of and behind the scenes, including Wang Bingbing and Shun Li.

At least one staff member received 5,000 yuan, and as many as 10,000 yuan.

Of course, Huang Lei was the happiest. He made 3 million yuan so easily. It was so exciting. It was the first time he experienced the fun of investing in a movie.

However, the one who has gained the most is naturally Cao Jun, because he is the director, screenwriter, starring, and damn producer of the movie "First Love", so he is definitely the biggest winner.

Moreover, Cao Jun also gained recognition from mainstream media and the film and television industry with the movie "First Love".

National Director Zhang Yimou is one of the directors who likes to work with big stars. After he saw Cao Jun's "First Love" and "Latent", he not only saw his acting skills, but also saw his box office appeal.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou invited Cao Jun to star in the new movie.

Of course, when Zhang Yimou invites celebrities to collaborate, the most important thing is not their acting skills, but their popularity and popularity.

You know, before this, Zhang Yimou also collaborated with Jay Chou in "The Golden Armor" and "House of Flying Daggers" with Takeshi Kaneshiro.

"Genius director" Tsui Hark also invited Cao Jun to star in his new film "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" and wanted Cao Jun to provide a voice role for Andy Lau.

Director Cheng Kaige also extended an olive branch to Cao Jun and wanted to invite him to star in his new film "The Orphan of Zhao".

In addition to many well-known directors such as Zhang Yimou, Cheng Kaige, and Tsui Hark, many film and television companies have also extended invitations to Cao Jun.

Cao Jun's salary also soared from 2 million yuan to 8 million yuan after "A Little Thing About First Love" exceeded 100 million yuan.

This is the market's pricing for Cao Jun.

If Cao Jun's next movie does not do well at the box office, his salary will also drop rapidly.

At the same time, Cao Jun also received offers from major film and television companies, and there were as many as 30 TV series with a single male lead.

But Cao Jun has no plans to appear in these TV series because so far, he has not come across a script that makes him excited.

At this stage, Cao Jun no longer plans to act in TV series. Unless he encounters a good script and production team like "Latent", he will consider starring in it.

Moreover, Cao Jun has also begun to plan to direct his second film within this year.

This evening.

Huang Lei made an appointment with Cao Jun again and went to his house for a drink.

Huang Lei invited Cao Jun this time mainly because he wanted to continue discussing cooperation with Cao Jun, and Cao Jun went to Huang Lei's house mainly to see Falcon Li.

When Shun Li saw Cao Jun coming to visit, she was extremely happy, but she couldn't show it. She could only take advantage of Huang Lei's inattention and flirt with Cao Jun.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Huang Lei asked under the influence of wine: "Xiao Cao, are there any new electronics projects this year that I can invest in?"

Cao Jun thought for a while and said calmly: "I should make a movie."

Huang Lei asked with great interest: "Are you directing and acting again?"

Cao Jun smiled and denied: "I probably won't be starring in it myself."

Huang Lei asked puzzledly: "You are so popular now, why don't you star in it yourself?"

Cao Jun replied truthfully: "Because there is no role suitable for me in this movie, I don't plan to star in it. Even if I do, it will be a guest appearance at most."

Huang Lei was a little disappointed when he heard that Cao Jun said he would not star, and immediately backed down. If Cao Jun starred, at least the box office would be guaranteed.

If Cao Jun does not star, it will definitely be difficult for the movie's box office to replicate the box office miracle of "A Little Thing About First Love".

It's very simple. The box office of the movie "A Little Thing About First Love" can exceed 100 million, or even reach 120 million. Apart from the fact that the movie itself is pretty good, the most important reason is because the director and starring role of this movie is Cao Jun.

If it were another person in the domestic entertainment industry, it would be tantamount to wishful thinking for "A Little Thing About First Love" to exceed 100 million.

Huang Lei then asked: "Can you tell me what type of movie it is?"

Cao Jun didn't hide anything and said bluntly: "If nothing else happens, it should be a comedy."

Huang Lei frowned and asked doubtfully: "Comedy? Comedies are not easy to shoot or act in..."

Comedies are difficult to shoot and act in, and Cao Jun knows all too well.

There is even a famous saying in the film industry: "It is easy to make people cry, but it is difficult to make people laugh."

It is even more difficult to make a film that has both word-of-mouth and box office success.

Moreover, the most popular films in the mainland film market are Feng Xiaogang's Feng's Drama and Ning Hao's Crazy Series two-part film.

In Huang Lei's view, it is much more difficult for Cao Jun to make a popular comedy than a youth love movie.

But this time, Cao Jun was very confident and said to Huang Lei: "Teacher Huang, if you can trust me, just invest boldly. No matter how much you invest, I will leave some share for you."

The key reason why Cao Jun was so kind to Huang Lei was because of Shun Li. He wanted to get him to invest because of Shun Li's face.

Huang Lei was a little hesitant, mainly because Cao Jun himself was not starring in it and it was a completely different subject. He really had no confidence in Cao Jun's movie.

Seeing that Huang Lei couldn't make up his mind, Cao Jun didn't force it. Anyway, the conversation had already come to this point. If Huang Lei missed the opportunity, it was because he didn't grasp it.
Chapter completed!