On April 15, following the box office storm in Taiwan, the much-anticipated DVD of "Those Years" finally went on sale.
Star Entertainment used all its distribution channels to send all burned DVDs to all parts of the country.
In terms of online video, Star Entertainment has also negotiated relevant agreements with qqtv, one of the six major video network giants, and is preparing to launch online video sites at the same time as DVD discs.
The sales promotion for "Those Years" has already begun. In addition to promoting various box office results, it also has a happy ending that is different from the movie theater.
Although the ending of the cinema version of "Those Years" is very sad, it is still a tragedy, so the audience who are entangled in too much reality obviously prefer the ending of "Shen Jiayi and Ke Jingteng" together.
On that day, the DVD containing two versions and the online video became a big hit. The DVD sales reached 1 million copies on the first day, and the online video sold 50 million copies directly, which is terrifying! The amount was directly
Sold for 100 million!!
In the following days, although the sales rate dropped significantly, it also made many film production companies jealous.
The hot sales of "Those Years" naturally attracted the attention of the media, who followed and reported it, and became even more active in searching for Wang Shang's traces.
After searching for many days, a small media company finally discovered Wang Shang and his family at the Modunan Airport by chance.
Others may not be able to recognize Wang Shang's drastically changed image, but this young reporter had just interviewed Wang Shang at close range during the Chinese New Year, so he felt familiar at first glance and recognized him at the second glance.
The reporter was overjoyed and did not act too rashly. Instead, he followed Wang Shang and his family in a low-key manner without alerting anyone else.
Wang Shang agreed with his performance. In view of his polite behavior just now, Wang Shang made an exception and allowed him to be interviewed alone.
This young reporter was about twenty-four years old, and he was quite young in appearance. He was probably just young. He was obviously very excited to see Wang Shang, and even a little incoherent.
"Don't be nervous. We are about the same age. Just ask relaxedly."
Wang Shang's kindness obviously relaxed the nervous and excited reporter. He turned on the recorder and asked: "Hello, Director Wang, my name is Huang Qi, a reporter from "Entertainment Star News". Recently, "Those Years" won the Super Star Award in Taiwan.
It has a high box office and has become the box office champion in the history of Chinese-language films in Taiwan. I wonder what Director Wang wants to say?"
Wang Shang thought about the astonishing box office results of "Those Years" in Taiwan in the past, and said: "As a movie adapted from a Taiwanese story, and because it is good enough, it is not surprising that it can achieve such results in Taiwan.
It’s surprising. As long as it’s a good movie, there will be audiences who like it.”
Huang Qi then asked: "This time, "Those Years" found exactly the same prototype characters in Taiwan, but they are all relatively young. I wonder what Director Wang thinks?"
Regarding this matter, Wang Shang was also a little bit pained. He didn't expect that the butterfly effect of time and space would not affect those people.
However, Wang Shang had a clue and explained directly: "I didn't expect that I was deceived in the end. But it is also possible that I was not deceived, but that the person who told me the story put his story on someone he knew well. Maybe this
People are the teachers and relatives of these prototype students..."
Huang Qi was in a fervent mood of admiration for Wang Shang at this time, so naturally he did not notice that Wang Shang was a little guilty when he said this.
Huang Qi quickly went on to ask the following thing, which is also a matter of concern to countless people: "I wonder if Director Wang has any new movie plans?"
Huang Qi's eyes were filled with eagerness and expectation.
"have!!"
Hearing this, Huang Qi's hands couldn't help shaking.
Wang Shang looked at this new reporter who had not yet learned to control his emotions and smiled.
Huang Qi took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and asked eagerly: "I wonder what this movie is called? What type is it? What is the production budget?"
I asked several questions in one breath. After I finished asking, I felt that I was rude and quickly bowed my head and apologized.
"This is a horror film called "The God of Death". There will be no violent scenes of killing each other. It will be a different kind of horror film. As for the budget, it is temporarily set at 70 million.
If you use RMB, you will still need to go to the United States for special effects processing."
The original production cost of "Death Comes 1" before the time and space was 20 million, but the reason for such a small investment was that the production company was not optimistic about its box office performance, so it did not dare to invest too much, so in terms of the picture quality of the movie
Not very good.
And now it's Wang Shang's turn to film it, so he is naturally very confident about its box office performance. In addition, "Those Years" made more than 100 million yuan, so he didn't feel bad about spending 70 million yuan.
Wang Shang ignored reporter Huang Qi's surprise and continued: "You should know about the plane accident on 2.17. My idea came to me at that time. If the customers that day did not board the plane due to special matters, maybe the result would be different.
Every time you board a plane, you feel that you are putting your destiny in the hands of others. Based on this assumption, how will destiny be intertwined with life and become a red light that flickers on and off at the intersection of our lives?"
"It was also because of this idea that when I boarded the plane with my parents to travel to Hainan, I suddenly felt a sense of fear. I wonder if I will also encounter this red light?" Wang Shang smiled.
At that time, he was still thinking about "Death is Coming", so he was somewhat afraid of flying, so that he was always uneasy on the plane.
When we arrived safely in the South China Sea and stepped on the thick land, the uneasiness gradually subsided.
"Imagine that there is a god of death staring at you in reality. He will use various dangers to deal with you all the time. For example, he will design coincidences to make you slip and fall and hit your head to death, or to cause you to be electrocuted.
Electrocute you to death, and let you be stabbed to death by a falling knife..."
Wang Shang was talking to himself, completely unaware that Huang Qi's mouth was getting bigger and bigger due to shock.
"I call this design death design!!"
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The next day, the "Entertainment Star News" began to devote an entire newspaper page to reporting the first-hand information interviewed yesterday.
"Wang Shang is very filial and has spent a month and a half with his parents in Hainan."
"Wang Shang's new script has been finalized. The genre is horror. We urgently need to recruit assistant directors with rich experience in this genre, lighting, photography, scenery, scene notes..."
"Wang Shang is coming up with something new. After costumes, comedy, and youth, he is now moving towards thrillers. I wonder if he can still continue his glory?"
"Wang Shang claimed that the budget of this movie will reach 70 million yuan!!"
"When death is designed, you have no escape but death!!"
As soon as this newspaper came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire entertainment industry. The sales volume of the newspaper increased rapidly that day, and it took four consecutive printings to meet the market demand in the entire Magic City.
Reports on the Internet were deliberately delayed by 12 hours.
When the news was fully disclosed, the number of clicks on the "Entertainment Star News" web page instantly increased five times.
At this time, Wang Shang can be said to have swept the whole of China with the box office success of "Those Years". News about his new movie has naturally attracted the attention of countless people.
Box office reports about "Those Years" were immediately suppressed, with most attention focused on the new movie.
Media reports were in full swing, and many experienced directors and reporters from China sent their resumes to apply for the job, and there were a large number of followers.
Soon, Tianwang Studio received hundreds of emails. There were at most more than 20 people applying for the assistant director position, and there were dozens of other positions.
In addition to these people who want to apply for jobs, there are also investors who come to visit every day, and they are also very anxious.
More than a dozen investors want to invest in this movie, some want a share of the pie, and some want to jointly make profits. Of course, in addition to investors, there are also advertisers.
"I'm sorry, the specific script has not been completely written yet. It will have to wait until at least May."
After hearing this, the interest of these investors suddenly dropped. Without a script, how could it be possible to get more money from them?
However, this does not mean that these investors are not interested. When the script is completed, they will definitely come back and ask for investment.
The script that Wang Shang wrote for half a month is only the general framework of "Death Is Coming". It is not complete enough and needs to be filled in with content. The reason why we recruited experienced assistant directors, scene reporters and others is to bring them together.
Discuss the script and discuss specific details.
The plot of "The God of Death" in the previous time and space all took place in the United States, so there are some things that may not be suitable for China's national conditions. Although Wang Shang has done some sorting, it still requires experienced people to work together to process it.
It is Wang Shang's creed to do professional things for professional people. With their participation, we will strive to create a better script than the previous "Death is Coming 1"!
Regarding the media's surprise at his 70 million production budget, Wang Shang felt a sense of superiority arise in his heart. Think about the fact that "Avatar" claimed to have an investment of 500 million US dollars, equivalent to 4.2 billion yuan.
Compared to an investment of 4.2 billion, what is a movie with an investment of 70 million? It is simply shameful.
After finishing this movie, I started to turn to other movies, slowly increasing my investment, and then I learned something during the shooting process and slowly mastered the rhythm of shooting a blockbuster movie.
This will pave the way for future big-investment movies such as "Transformers" and "Avatar".
As for China's ancient world, Western Fantasy's Warcraft, etc., when my abilities and computer special effects improve to that level in the future, I will definitely not let them go!!
PS: There are two chapters temporarily in the early morning, and the rest will be posted during the day