"Director Huang, it's out, it's out, the box office is out!"
“How much did The Grandmaster cost at the box office?”
"Twenty million!"
"Okay, okay! Good job! Good job!"
Huang Jiacheng stayed in the office, smoking one cigarette after another. The smoke filled the whole office like a fairy mirror.
The ground was covered with dense cigarette butts and cigarette shells.
The pre-sale tickets for "The Grandmaster" are very popular, and the overall attendance rate nationwide is as high as 93%, which is another peak in his career so far.
The box office will definitely not be too bad, and today is very likely to be the day that breaks the box office history of Chinese movies!
However, Huang Jiacheng has been restless. He looked at various movie reviews on the Internet over and over again, watching "The Grandmaster" gradually rise from 8.7 to 9.1 on Douban, and watching the number of comments increase in just over ten hours.
Breaking through 20,000...
The box office has not yet come out, everything is unknown and everything is variable!
Four o'clock in the morning on April 11th.
Finally there was a knock on the door outside the silent office.
Immediately afterwards, Huang Jiacheng suddenly stood up from his chair. He saw his assistant rushing up excitedly with the box office data, his eyes red. The moment the data report was handed to him, the assistant started crying on the spot.
Huang Jiacheng threw away the cigarette in his mouth, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and took the report.
When he saw the box office of "The Grandmaster" on its opening day, his hands were still trembling with excitement even though he had made many movies.
calm!
Be sure to calm down!
All this is expected.
He kept reminding himself in his mind, but in the end he couldn't suppress his excitement and kept nodding.
"Director Huang! It's a record, it's a record, we have broken the record of Chinese films, our film is not inferior to any old American film!" The assistant kept shouting while wiping his tears, even if it was choking
The smoke made him cough continuously, and he was still gasping and shouting desperately.
"Yes, it's broken, it's broken!"
Huang Jiacheng gasped for breath, put down the data, and then looked at the sky in the distance.
The darkness before dawn is always cold and despairing.
Just like that day more than a hundred years ago, the Western powers used artillery to bombard the country and sign the Treaty of Nanjing.
The rulers who were immersed in the dream of the beauty of heaven were not awakened by this, but continued to enjoy the gifts given to them by power.
Afterwards, they failed again and again, compromised again and again, and gave in again and again. Instead of gaining peace, they gained more ferocious encroachment, and ultimately lost power and humiliated the country.
Those more than 100 years were a time of great humiliation that was unbearable to look back on.
But after the darkness, dawn finally comes, and the light of dawn shines to dispel the coldness and despair, and glow with vitality!
"Dawn has come!"
In the distant sky, a trace of fish belly white was revealed.
Huang Jiacheng murmured to himself!
………………………
"The Grandmaster" has a box office of 20 million!
"Interstellar" 12 million!
"City Full of Golden Armor" 8 million!
"Struggle" Seven million!
The first 300,000 yuan for the painting of "Jinyiwei"...
The first 200,000 yuan for "Roboman" to be drawn...
The morning of April 11th.
When the box office data was officially released online, countless filmmakers were shocked to see the box office in disbelief.
a year ago!
Hollywood blockbusters are almost like aircraft carriers in the minds of all filmmakers.
Often after a Hollywood blockbuster is confirmed to be scheduled for release, the producers and directors who are the first to get the news try their best to change the schedule, which explains what it means to be frightened by the news!
It was like this when "Superman" was released, and it was like this when "Jurassic" was released...
Even when "Interstellar" was released, many people were urging Zhou Yilin not to be stupid and not to be in the same movie as "Monster"!
In the early days, this was indeed the case. "Golden Armor" was indeed severely beaten by "Interstellar", and the box office was a huge disappointment.
Amid everyone's exclamations, the Hollywood blockbuster "Interstellar" performed ferociously at the overseas box office. It has sharpened its sword and even pointed it at the movie "Jurassic" of the same period, showing its sharpness!
However……
After the release of "Struggle", the Chinese market that was supposed to be wiped out and suppressed turned out to be under siege. Not only did the box office not have the expected explosion, the popularity of the film industry was even lost to "Struggle".
After grabbing it, the box office of "The Golden Armor" began to pick up.
"Struggle" and "Golden Armor", the two films fought against "Interstellar" tenaciously, competing for box office and popularity. Although they were strong, they still could not stop the fierce offensive of "Interstellar".
After the premiere of "The Grandmaster", this situation began to gradually change. Under the siege of three movies, the popularity of "Interstellar" was completely suppressed. Although the box office was still good, after such a high investment in "Interstellar"
Generally speaking, it has completely failed in the Chinese market...
"This is a major victory for Chinese films!"
"In the history of Chinese films, there has never been a situation where three films have attacked a Hollywood blockbuster at the same time!"
"..."
On Weibo, the famous painter Qilin wrote this line of words excitedly, and then added a picture to this line of words.
In the picture, a tiger descending from the mountain is majestic and showing its teeth and claws. Not far away, three wild wolves appeared. Although they are not as big as the tigers, their fangs are exposed and their eyes are red. They stare fiercely at the tiger descending from the mountain, as if to make a declaration.
Sovereignty!
As soon as this Weibo post was posted, there were countless comments below, and countless netizens joined in. Especially when it was paired with Zhou Yang's high-pitched and explosive voice in the song "Men Should Be Self-Strengthening", it made all the filmmakers' blood boil and they screamed.
He screamed, wishing he could clench his fist and punch Hollywood to let them know what a hot-blooded man is.
"Times have changed!"
In the Huaxia Movie Forum, someone posted the box office data and expressed a long sigh.
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The morning of April 11th.
Relevant departments.
Zhang Jianguo came out of the leadership office excitedly. This was the biggest project he had done since he took office, and it was also the most successful.
After returning to his office, he picked up the box office data and the pre-sale tickets for the next day again, looked at them carefully, and felt extremely happy.
"Dong dong dong!"
"Come in!"
"Secretary An, what's wrong?"
"The movie "The Grandmaster", as a kung fu movie exported by China overseas, has been scheduled to be released in North America. It will be on April 15th, and pre-sales are already open in some areas!"
"Okay, how are the pre-sale results?"
"It has surpassed "Hero" and broken a new history of Chinese movies!"
"So good?" Zhang Jianguo couldn't believe it after hearing the news.
"Yes, Huo Yuanjie and Zhen Ziwu, as Chinese kung fu superstars, have a certain appeal in North America, and Zhou Yang..." An Xiao lowered his head and glanced at the survey information, his expression suddenly looked a little weird.
"What's wrong?"
"Zhou Yang is very popular among the black community. Many black girls regard Zhou Yang as a hero and are extremely fanatical about it. Congressman Olson even recommended "The Grandmaster" on social platforms..."
"Ahem..." Zhang Jianguo coughed slightly when he heard this sentence: "How is "Struggle" in the United States?"
"It's still a restricted release..." An Xiao hesitated for a while, then looked at Zhang Jianguo: "Zhang Ke, what's the current situation of Zhou Yang's "I'm Not the God of Medicine"? The script has been released, why was it temporarily withdrawn?
"
Zhang Jianguo, who originally had a smile on his face, paused slightly when he heard the script "I'm Not the God of Medicine", and then fell into a brief silence: "During the public announcement, an old leader decided to withdraw it immediately after reading the script.
There was just a meeting about this matter yesterday, and the script was scrutinized by several senior leaders in turn, and was finally suppressed temporarily..."
“What do leaders mean?”
"There will be a new term in July, and several old leaders want to retire safely. In fact, the script "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is so frightening that the old leaders couldn't stand it after watching it. If it is actually filmed, the relationship will be too great.
Big... In short, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" is still being discussed in meetings..." Zhang Jianguo hesitated for a long time, and then became helpless.
"Will you be promoted in July?" An Xiao was silent for a while, then looked at Zhang Jianguo.
"I don't know...it depends on what the boss means."
……………………
Huaxing.
Zhou Yang received the news that the script review of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was rejected.
An Xiao specifically told Zhou Yang on the phone not to secretly film "I'm Not the God of Medicine" like "Under the Mine" to participate in overseas exhibitions. It is now the time for the relevant departments to change their leadership, and many things that cannot be seen clearly are undercurrents.
He also said that the script of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" can be approved, but it may have to wait a little longer.
Zhou Yang felt quite sorry, but he also expressed his understanding.
In the original world of "I'm Not the God of Medicine", if it didn't have an official background, such a script wouldn't have been reviewed at all.
At a time when the world's leaders are changing, many leaders are very cautious about the movie script.
Just after Zhou Yang answered the call, his cell phone rang.
"Hello? Director Huang?"
"What are you doing?"
"Ah? In the office."
"Come down, I'm downstairs in your company..."
"Ah? What are you doing?"
"It's a celebration party! I'll come to pick you up in person. You have to give me this face, right?"
"Forehead……"
April is definitely Huang Jiacheng’s highlight day.
"The Grandmaster" has achieved such amazing premiere results. With Huang Jiacheng's attitude, he naturally wanted to gather his friends and have a grand celebration party.
The celebration banquet was scheduled at the Yanjing International Hotel. Everyone in the crew, big and small, received invitations from Huang Jiacheng. Many well-known media from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan were invited.
Zhou Yang is a great hero in the entire "The Grandmaster", and Huang Jiacheng drove directly to pick him up.
After answering the phone, Zhou Yang walked downstairs and got into Huang Jiacheng's car, surrounded by countless reporters.
Along the way, Huang Jiacheng's voice was very excited, and he talked about his next plan, and even mentioned the words "Hong Kong Island Film" revival.
Zhou Yang has been listening carefully and nodding from time to time.
but……
When Huang Jiacheng received a call, his originally excited expression suddenly froze, and then became extremely gloomy.
"Director Huang, what's wrong?" After noticing Huang Jiacheng's expression, Zhou Yang asked subconsciously.
"Zhen Ziwu and Huo Yuanjie started scolding..."
"ah?"
Along the way, Huang Jiacheng said no more words.
When the two of them walked to the Yanjing International Hotel, Zhou Yang saw countless reporters holding cameras, swarming around the entire building like chicken blood. Huang Jiacheng's assistant rushed over anxiously: "Huang
Director, it’s bad, the two of them started fighting inside!”