480 Time Comes to Heaven and Earth to Leverage Together, Topping the Movie History
Mid-August 2006
At the press conference of the TV series "Hello Time", Liu Tianxian, Hu Ge and other main creators were accepting media inquiries.
Everything was normal at first, but suddenly a male reporter stood up and looked at Liu Tianxian with a provocative look.
"Hello Liu Yifei, there have been many people on the Internet criticizing your nationality issue, which has been quite controversial outside. I would like to ask you how you personally feel about this and if you have anything to say."
As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar.
Liu Tianxian became famous at a young age and is extremely popular, but he also has a lot of negative fans. There have been various outrageous rumors in Tianya, but Fanxing's legal team is no joke and has greatly suppressed many smear rumors.
But even so, the issue of Liu Tianxian's nationality is still a controversy that many people cannot ignore.
Although the atmosphere of online public opinion in 2006 was relatively "free", the so-called "angry youth groups" were also an important part of netizens, and neutral netizens were also relatively sensitive to international issues.
After all, there is an essential difference between a Chinese and a foreigner in the minds of many people.
Before this, Liu Tianxian had almost never answered questions about nationality. Under such a premise, for this reporter to ask such a question in public was tantamount to directly ruining the situation.
Hu Ge, who was standing nearby, frowned and tried to smooth things over, but unexpectedly Liu Tianxian spoke calmly.
"I have two points to make regarding this issue. First, because I was born in the United States and lived in the United States for several years as a child, I automatically obtained American citizenship.
Regarding this point, I believe everyone also understands that I had no way to make a choice when I was a child, so there was no oath of allegiance as many people on the Internet said.
Secondly, regarding the issue of nationality, I would like to solemnly state that not long ago, in accordance with relevant regulations, I re-selected Chinese nationality when I became an adult and am currently going through the procedures. If all goes well, I will become a Chinese citizen in the near future."
As soon as Liu Tianxian's explanation came out, the scene was once again in an uproar.
Big news!
In the past, we only heard about Chinese artists changing their nationality to a certain nationality, but it was rare for an artist of a certain nationality to change their nationality to Chinese. This move by Liu Tianxian is very popular.
This group of entertainment reporters are all experienced, and they can almost instantly realize what this change of nationality will bring to Liu Tianxian. If nothing happens, his popularity will soar, and he may even be favored by the official.
Whether it is sincere or deliberate, all reporters have to admit that this move is indeed a good one.
Only the male reporter who asked provocative questions was unexpectedly turned back. His face was dark and his expression was ugly, and he ran away after a while.
Many reporters who noticed it couldn't help but laugh. A female reporter from Sohu even asked a friend which media the reporter belonged to. If it was not a friendly organization, she could write news later to ridicule it.
The friend squinted his eyes and recalled: "It looks familiar, it seems... from Fengyun Studio."
Female reporter: "..."
Fengyun Studio, isn’t that with Fanxing’s family?
On the other side, the male reporter, who looked like he was in a state of despair just now, walked out of the hotel humming a tune, took out his Fengyun Studio press card, hung it around his neck, and made a cheerful call on the phone.
"Hey, editor-in-chief, it's done. Don't worry, our acting skills are not bad. If it weren't for my poor face, I would have switched jobs to become an actor in Fanxing..."
Under Fanxing's arrangement, the topic of Liu Tianxian's change of nationality made the front page headlines, and she was wildly gaining popularity among passers-by. Many people who didn't like her in the first place stopped talking about her.
At the same time, Liu's mother was completely put on the hook. Now it's too late for her to regret it.
Not only was Liu Tianxian despised by everyone, even Cao Xuan, who had been tricked, could not swallow his breath.
Of course, this incident also slapped some Chinese artists who changed their nationality in the face, and caused some liberal people to collectively break their guard. Some public intellectuals jumped on the Internet and cursed, saying that Liu Tianxian's move was to make money and to flatter the official.
There were even rumors that she had received some threats.
In this regard, Cao Xuan can only say that the Fanxing legal team he spends heavily on every year is not short of work again.
Accusing each other one by one will not bring down the other party, and it will disgust them to death...
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Liu Tianxian's incident was big news and grabbed the headlines for several days, but he soon gave up the C position to "Painted Skin".
The box office in the first week was 125 million!
It almost doubled the 72 million first-week box office of "The New World". Even though the entire film industry had expected it, it still exploded.
Regardless of word-of-mouth ratings, commercial movies and box office are king.
Lao Mouzi's "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" have a poor reputation, but they have high box office, so he is a hot director.
Even if director Chen's "The Promise" didn't have a box office hit of 150 million, if Cao Xuan hadn't stepped in, some people would still criticize him even if it had such a bad reputation.
After all, there are only a few directors in the entire film industry who can achieve this level of box office, and they are all popular.
Starting with "When Men Fall in Love" in 2003, in the following years, Cao Xuan's movies have never failed to win the summer season championship. Last year, "New World" also won the Lunar New Year Film Festival championship and the annual box office championship.
Not to mention that the reputation of Cao Xuan's movies has always been above the standard, even if they are all bad movies, this box office performance is enough to be promoted by various media and industry.
On the Six Princess movie review program, the guests directly and publicly evaluated Cao Xuan as the "King of Summer Movies" and called him the most box-office-charging actor in the Mainland.
"When a Man Loves" has a box office of 52.4 million in the mainland, with a total box office of 130 million yuan.
"Spring Knife" has a domestic box office of 150 million yuan and an overseas box office of over 100 million yuan, with a total box office of 250 million yuan.
"Spring Knife 2" has a domestic box office of 184 million yuan and an overseas box office of over 100 million yuan, with a total box office of nearly 300 million yuan.
The box office of "New Police Story" in the mainland exceeded 100 million yuan, and the Japanese box office was converted to 150 million yuan, with a total box office of about 300 million yuan.
"New World" has a box office of 230 million yuan in the mainland, and the total cumulative global box office in Japan, Hong Kong and other regions is about 460 to 480 million yuan.
Today's "Painted Skin" has a box office of 125 million in its first week. Not surprisingly, the mainland box office is at least 300 million.
The current copyright of "Painted Skin" is still under negotiation and may not be released in some regions. However, considering Cao Xuan's influence in Asia and the accumulated box office popularity of previous films,
The most conservative estimate is more than 50 million yuan, and 100 million yuan is not difficult to achieve.
Based on the total box office of "Painted Skin" of 350 million yuan, the total box office of several movies starring Cao Xuan is also about 1.8 billion yuan.
This data is not necessarily accurate, because the data in many remote areas cannot be completely unified and clear, and the exchange rate is not easy to calculate, but in any case, the box office of this 1.8 billion yuan is only a lot more.
If you include Cao Xuan's guest appearance in "The Matrix 2" and "The Matrix 3", based on the exchange rate at the time, the global box office of the two movies exceeded 9.5 billion yuan.
Cao Daguan directly attacks the tens of billions of movie kings!
Of course, Cao Xuan wants to lose face and can't make guest appearances to boost the box office. He only acknowledges the box office benefits of the movies he starred in.
The total global box office is RMB 1.8 billion, which can barely compete with the likes of Xingye and Liu Tianwang.
The former was Hong Kong's box office king in the 1990s, and "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu" were also very impressive at the overseas box office.
The latter Liu Tianwang, regardless of whether the box office of a single movie is average, or even dismal in some cases, can't stand up to the large number of works, and quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, so his personal cumulative box office data is still quite high.
However, the highest-grossing Chinese movie stars are Cheng Long and Jet Li.
Especially Cheng Long, whose global box office total exceeded 20 billion yuan in later generations, and is now around 10 billion yuan. Jet Li is worse than him, but his personal box office total is at least 5 billion yuan.
Cao Xuan's total box office of 1.8 billion is still far behind these two.
However, most of these people have passed their peak period, and Cao Xuan is still in the stage of rapid rise, and may not be able to catch up in the future.
Since the new century, Cao Xuan has been one of the movie stars with the largest box office growth.
Especially in the mainland market, the cumulative box office of movies starring Cao Xuan is expected to exceed 1 billion yuan, ranking first in mainland film history since official records began.
I dare not say too much, but in the current mainland film market, Cao Xuan is the real box office king.
Star Master, Cheng Long, Jet Li, Fa Ge and many other big names from Hong Kong and Taiwan are all lined up behind him.
Even though Cao Xuan's achievements in the Chinese music industry are unparalleled, the outside world must admit that in addition to being a singer, Cao Xuan is also a top actor in the Chinese entertainment industry.
Cao Xuan was at the height of his power, and Mr. Zhou was also proud.
Most of the films she made before were literary films. It was rare for her to get a commercial masterpiece, but she went straight for a record-breaking phenomenon.
Mr. Zhou, who was already brilliant in movies, is now extremely popular.
In late August, the "Night Banquet" also started pre-publicity. Originally, Mr. Zhou was ranked behind the international chapter. Now many media directly rank the two, and even put Mr. Zhou in the front.
The entertainment industry is the most realistic!
International Chapter entered Hollywood, and she was the number one popular little girl, but now she has not made any big moves in the past six months, and Mr. Zhou first won the Academy Award for Best Actress, and then became famous in "Painted Skin". Naturally, the east wind prevails over the west wind.
That is to say, Hu Jing doesn't like to get involved. Otherwise, before "The Night Banquet" is released, there will probably be a quarrel among the four female actors.
Compared with Zhou Gongzi, who is in the limelight, Hu Jing is so low-key that she doesn't look like the heroine of "Painted Skin". She didn't even participate in the film's follow-up roadshow promotion.
This was a big advantage for Da Mimi. Hu Jing gave her a lot of resources, which gave Da Mimi a lot of exposure.
Coupled with the popularity of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Wulin Gaiden", Damimi has become one of the most outstanding newcomers in the entertainment industry, so she has been compared with Liu Tianxian before.
It's a pity that Liu Tianxian changed his nationality, greatly improved his popularity, and stole all the limelight from Damimi?
While Da Mimi was depressed, she could only comfort herself secretly.
No matter how good Liu Tianxian is, she is the third female lead in a blockbuster movie with a box office of 300 million in the Mainland. She is in the summer movie with Cao Xuan, Hu Jing, Zhou Gongzi and other big names.
Well, although Cao Xuan and others were responsible for the random killings and she was responsible for Gaga, it didn't matter, she was still one of the main creators of "Painted Skin"...
Then I saw the new news announced by Fanxing——
Cao Xuan's next movie "Hurricane Rescue" will start filming in Hong Kong in September, starring Cao Xuan, Chang Wei, Wu Jing, etc., as well as herself and Liu Tianxian.
Well, Liu Tianxian plays the heroine, and Da Mimi plays a cameo role as the heroine's sworn best friend.
Damimi:(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻
Although she had already expected it when she received the role, when she actually saw herself playing the role of Liu Tianxian, Damimi still felt aggrieved.
Why has he acted in three movies, all of which were supporting roles? Liu Tianxian's first movie role was the heroine, and she was the heroine of Cao Xuan's movie.
Damimi really wanted to ask Cao Daguan whether he treated the Donggong Party members differently and agreed that a bowl of water should be treated equally.
If Empress Xigong suffers a loss in resources, her apprentice should make up for it, right...
But unfortunately, she didn't have the courage, so she could only grind her teeth silently. She played supporting roles for Liu Tianxian twice in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Operation Hurricane".
Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don’t bully young girls into poverty!
Damimi vowed in her heart that one day, she would also let Liu Tianxian play a supporting role for her.
Not just to let out a sigh of relief, but also to tell Liu Tianxian that I, Da Mimi, will never be weaker than others in my life.
However, it is a pity that it is difficult to say whether Damimi will be weak in her life. After Liu Tianxian changed her nationality, she was dealt a major blow.
In mid-August, when "Painted Skin" was in theaters, "Hello Time" co-starring Hu Ge and Liu Tianxian premiered on Hunan TV.
This youth campus-themed TV series is actually a bit sensitive. If you are not careful, it may involve puppy love, so many TV stations are afraid to buy it.
Only the Hunan TV station felt that this TV series was very suitable for its own young audience. In addition, with its deep wealth, it felt that it could survive even if it was a failure, so it spent a lot of money to purchase the TV series and broadcast it to the outside world.
As expected, the show sparked a certain amount of discussion about puppy love when it aired. However, since the male and female protagonists in the show were only in an ambiguous period, their relationship was never officially established.
It can be said to be puppy love, but it can also be said to be childhood sweethearts. This is not love at all, it is clearly friendship.
Hunan TV station resisted the pressure, pretended not to hear, and insisted on continuing to broadcast, and "Hello, Time" did not live up to their efforts.
Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er, the famous pair of fairy swordsmen, got together after a year. They already had a lot of topics and attention. Coupled with Liu Tianxian's nationality change incident, the TV series became popular before it was aired.
After the TV series was aired, the relatively localized campus plot gave viewers who were accustomed to watching campus dramas about aristocrats and private middle school idols a great sense of immersion.
In just two days, it became the first TV drama in the ratings during the same period.
Yu Zhouzhou, played by Liu Tianxian, wears a classic blue and white school uniform. He is smart, gentle, pure and pretty. With every frown and smile, he has won the hearts of countless young boys. After the "Fairy Sister", he has been nicknamed "The Nation's First Love".
In a sense, this innocent campus character image is the easiest to impress a man's soft heart. After all, which man didn't have such a gentle and beautiful goddess in his heart when he was in school.
Men who have passed their age are fine, they can only remember and appreciate them, but it is not so good for teenagers who are still in puberty.
[Kill Hu Ge, steal Zhou Zhou] has become a hot topic on blogs recently. Many of Liu Tianxian's "husbands" went to Hu Ge's blog to warn him that they would kill him if they dared to have a kissing scene.
However, Hu Ge's "wives" are not good at all. The male protagonist he plays is lively, cheerful and positive, nicknamed "Little Sun", and he is also a very lovable character.
After "Hello, Time" was broadcast, Hu Ge gained countless fans. If many boys regard Liu Tianxian as their goddess, then Hu Ge is the male god of many girls.
These fans have been fighting fiercely on their blogs for days for their "wives/husbands".
Fortunately, this drama focuses on campus youth. It was not until the last 10 minutes of the last episode that the timeline was skipped and the male and female protagonists who had graduated from college became lovers. In the entire drama, except for one time when the male protagonist secretly kissed the female protagonist on the face, there was nothing
Any intimate scenes.
This allowed both sides to exercise some restraint and avoid outright war.
However, the male protagonist of "Hello, Time" secretly kissed the female protagonist on the face, and Linger was also kissed on the face by Li Xiaoyao in "Legend of Sword and Fairy".
For Liu Tianxian, who has never done a kissing scene, it is enough for her fans to regard Hu Ge as a "thorn in their flesh".
What they didn't know was that Liu Tianxian made a guest appearance as Lu Su in "The Myth". Before he died, he came to say goodbye to his lover and kissed the unconscious Yi Xiaochuan on the lips, giving him his first kiss on screen.
And it is Hu Ge who plays Yi Xiaochuan.
Just like countless fans of Liu Shishi who resented Yuan Hong for snatching their first kiss, Hu Ge will probably be hated by many of his fans throughout his life.
One thing to say is that if there was no suitable plot and the Empress of the West Palace had to be taken into consideration, Cao Daguan and others would have prevented this disaster for Hu Ge.
Put aside the first kiss or not, mainly to protect the employees...
"Hello, Time" is not a hit in the ratings, but its characters are likeable and its fan following is extremely high. Liu Tianxian, who was already very popular, has taken the two to the next level.
Seeing the gap getting further and further away, not to mention Da Mimi's despair, even Empress Donggong was wondering whether she should find another good young man to help Da Mimi.
The last time she accompanied Cao Xuan to watch a commercial for a talent show online, she seemed to have heard Cao Xuan praise a girl with a round face. She could look back and find out.
Witnessing Cao Xuan's turning stones into gold countless times gave Hu Jing absolute trust in her man's vision. Even if the girl didn't impress her at the time, she was still willing to give it a try.
What if it happens!
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Cao Xuan had no idea that his casual words would be remembered by the Empress of the East Palace, and he came up with the idea of helping Damimi form a team.
He doesn't have time to indulge in the love-hate relationship between two employees of Guapi. If he has that time, he would rather help "Painted Skin" do more publicity.
Logically speaking, "Painted Skin" is a box office hit this year and has already gained momentum, so Cao Xuan doesn't need to put in more effort.
But they couldn't stand it and both he and China Film Group wanted to kill "Titanic" and let "Painted Skin" reach the top spot.
Many forecasting media and institutions now estimate the mainland box office of "Painted Skin" to be around 330-340 million. Facing the mainland box office of "Titanic" as high as 360 million, the challenge is still very difficult.
However, China Film and Fanxing are not unable to deal with it.
The two of them can almost influence the second, third and fourth theater chains in the mainland, and many small and medium-sized theater chains have formed alliances with Fanxing and China Film to share resources and advance and retreat together.
In other words, the two companies can jointly control 50% of the movie theaters in the mainland to a certain extent. For a certain price, the other 50% of the theaters will also give face.
If the two companies are willing to fully support "Painted Skin" at all costs, then the theater arrangement resources they can obtain are very terrifying.
Under normal circumstances, China Film and Fanxing would rather earn less at the box office than do such a thing, which would be too ugly and disrupt the balance of the industry.
Usually, relying on the theater chain, it doesn't matter if they take advantage of it. As long as the trouble is not too excessive, the superiors will turn a blind eye.
But if the two companies join forces and continue to play like this, it will not give other companies a way to survive, forcing them to make a desperate decision and complain to the higher authorities, which will make things difficult to deal with.
Therefore, although China Film and Fanxing have this ability, they can only focus on the two direct theater chains and will not easily unite the entire theater chain to cause trouble.
Only this time, "Painted Skin" is about regaining the top spot at the mainland box office and erasing the shame of foreign films being the top box office champions in the past ten years. China Film and Fanxing thought they could make an exception.
Just to be on the safe side, I sent a report to the higher-ups. Although the higher-ups did not support it, they did not object either. They just said that "Painted Skin" performed extremely well and they were studying to postpone the release of the film.
Cao Xuan and Han Sanye's understanding is that this is a guarantee for "Painted Skin". If the increase in film schedule is not enough, then the production will be postponed.
No matter what happens, "Titanic" must be killed...
As a result, Cao Xuan and Han Sanye went all out, and the number of films scheduled for "Painted Skin" surged in the second week of its release.
Originally, there were not many movies in August, but "Painted Skin" had an outstanding film schedule. The daily average in the first week was basically stable between 50% and 55%, which is already a relatively high ratio.
However, after China Film and Fanxing teamed up to control theaters, the daily screening rate of "Painted Skin" was basically stable at more than 70%, and the peak screening rate exceeded 85%.
The market share increased by almost 1/3 in one go, and the box office of "Painted Skin" in its second week was nearly 30 million more than in its first week.
153 million!
278 million in two weeks, 300 million is within reach. If the draw is postponed, even if it is grinding, we can reach 360 million.
At this time, "Painted Skin" has surpassed "Hero" with 250 million, making it the highest-grossing Chinese film in the mainland.
However, Cao Xuan and China Film still did not relax. Although they relaxed their control a little in the third week, the film scheduling rate of "Painted Skin" remained stable at over 60%.
In the third week, despite the obvious decline in box office, it still scored 96 million box office.
"Painted Skin" grossed 374 million in box office, officially surpassing "Titanic" to become the number one movie in the mainland box office.
That night, a number of news media, led by "News Lianbo", reported the matter. Regardless of the reputation, at least at this moment, "Painted Skin" became the pride of Chinese films.
Successfully reaching the top, entering September, China Film and Fanxing no longer control the theaters and normal market order has been restored. "Painted Skin" still maintains a film scheduling rate of over 40% to 50%.
According to this trend, if the film is released normally, the box office can easily exceed 400 million, and is even expected to reach 420 to 430 million.
But if it is postponed by one month, it should still be able to shoot up. However, considering the impact of new movies such as "The Banquet" and "Baby Project", it is hard to say whether it can reach 500 million box office.
But no matter what, the box office of "Painted Skin" has greatly exceeded the prior expectations of Cao Xuan and others.
So much so that Cao Xuan still felt a little dreamlike one month after the movie was released.
It was originally in 2009 that the box office of 400 million+ appeared in batches in mainland China. The first Chinese-language film with a box office of over 500 million appeared in 2010. I was several years ahead of schedule.
He pondered for a long time and could only attribute this result to
In the past two years, Star Cinema has led to the strengthening of the domestic film market and the expansion of its film portfolio. In addition, this year, because of "Legend", it has become a god, and its influence is unprecedentedly high, attracting a large number of fans and passers-by. In addition, there is almost no strong opponent in the schedule;
And Fanxing and China Film Group blatantly "cheated" and had official assists...
A combination of various reasons made "Painted Skin" a phenomenal box office hit.
If it were another movie, the quality would be good and the cast would be acceptable. Even if it wasn't as good as "Painted Skin", it wouldn't be that bad.
If last year's "New World" and "Painted Skin" had reversed their release dates, I'm afraid they would have had a chance to reach 500 million without any delay.
Time, luck, fate!
Cao Xuan didn't know whether he was glad that "Painted Skin" came across a good opportunity that came from time to time, or regretted not making a better movie, maybe it could reach 1 billion in one go...
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ps: When I wrote the plot of "Painted Skin" in the last chapter, I actually wanted to simply change it according to the original plot, but after watching the movie, it was full of flaws and I really didn't like it (in my impression, this movie is quite good)
, I don’t know why I can’t watch it now)
So when I was writing the plot, I unconsciously made a magic change, or rather than a magic change, it would be better to say it was a quick copy of the story, and it turned into a cheating hero, how to kill the villain.
In fact, I felt something was wrong after writing it, but I didn’t want to change it. Maybe I’m really not good at film and television magic modification. I’ll just copy it honestly from now on.
