The 322nd chapter zero point box office record high
At the Boya International Hotel, less than 500 meters away from Beijing University, Tang An invited the stars and industry insiders who came to attend the premiere tonight to hold a banquet to thank them for their appearance and to wish the movie better box office results.
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As the host, I chatted with the guys for a few words, drank three glasses of wine, and then started chatting in twos and threes.
"Director Ma, Director Wang, and Director Zhang, thank you for coming and supporting us, and thank you also for providing the photos."
Tang An first toasted to several big shots. They were all the richest men in China and ranked first in their respective fields. It was unprecedented to be able to attend the premiere of a movie together.
Tang An would definitely not be able to hire him. No director in China is qualified to hire so many big names at once.
Thanks to Wang Zhongjun's intervention, just like what is said in the movie, Cheng Dongqing and the other three are bad teachers in the eyes of Americans and do not receive equal respect.
Wang Zhongjun was a filmmaker before and was nothing in the eyes of these business tycoons, but after Huayi went public with a market value of over 10 billion, he can be called a media tycoon. This is a qualitative change.
Although Huayi's market value is nothing compared to their company, the film and television industry has just developed, and no one can imagine how big it will be in the future. It is barely qualified to talk to them on an equal footing.
"Mr. Tang, you're welcome. Your movie is very good. I was like this when I was in college. Everyone was thinking about going abroad."
"This film touched me deeply. It reminded me of some things I did when I started my business. It made me want to make an autobiographical movie for myself." Ma Yun said with a smile.
Tang An cursed in his heart, you did make a movie for yourself, but it was not a personal biography, but an action movie.
They didn't stay long. After all, they were in charge of such a large company with tens of thousands of employees. Time was very tight and there were a lot of things waiting to be resolved.
Tang An and Wang Zhongjun sent them out of the hotel and returned to the banquet hall.
"Director Wang, how do the theaters arrange the film schedule for tomorrow? How do they allocate the number of major cities and prime time shows?"
The movie is about to be officially released in an hour or two, and judging from the audience's reaction at the end, the quality of the movie is absolutely outstanding.
You basically don’t have to worry about spending a lot of money on publicity, just keep spending.
Only the theater chain has no control over it. Although they promised to schedule more than 60% of the films during the preview, this was different from one moment to the next.
At that time, "Transformers" had not yet been released, and theaters did not expect it to explode with such great energy.
Fortunately, "Chinese Partner" is staggered by half a month. If it were only one week apart as before, it would definitely be a lose-lose situation for both sides.
Wang Zhongjun smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tang. The potential of "Transformers 2" has almost been exhausted. It only had a box office of more than 8 million yesterday. Except for some IMAX halls, it will not occupy too many films."
"Ice Age 3, which is released today, is only released in 3D digital cinemas, with only more than 300 screens. We have at least 65% of the films scheduled for tomorrow."
Tang An nodded, feeling relieved.
Back at the banquet, I said hello to some familiar friends and had a casual chat over a glass of wine.
"Dr. Yu, "The Sword Sees Laughter" will be released in one month. Please be more careful about the announcement."
"Don't worry, Director Tang, I'm still waiting for the second part of "Painted Skin"." Yu Dong laughed.
He seemed to be in a good mood, even though the only movies released by Bernardo during the summer were "The Overheard" and "Perfect", and the previous "Empire of Money" was also on the block.
However, during the Lunar New Year holiday, he has two blockbusters, "October Siege" and "Mulan", plus "Red Cliff" in January, so there is no need to worry about his performance this year.
"Then I'll leave it to Dong Yu. I, a small family member, can't afford to lose money when I make a movie."
"Mr. Tang is joking, you own two hundred houses in the capital." Yu Dong said with some envy.
This year, due to news of restrictions on house purchases in Beijing, housing prices have soared.
Houses in the Third Ring Road were only 10,000 yuan at this time last year, but now they are 20,000 yuan, and houses in school districts are even higher.
Speaking of this, Tang An was also happy. He remembered that the capital city began to restrict purchases in 10 years. This year is the year with the strongest increase. Doubling in one year is still a small amount.
"I don't know how to invest either. I can only buy a house for retirement. It would be good to be a renter when I get old." Tang An waved his hand and smiled.
Retirement care?
Yu Dong was speechless looking at Tang An's young face. If you are not even thirty yet and you are going to retire, then I have to prepare a coffin.
After chatting for a while, Tang An found Lin Sheng and asked about the post-production of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".
"It's not finished yet. There are still 300 minutes left after two cuts. There are too many people and it's difficult to arrange. The cuts are inconsistent and the scenes are incoherent. I can only delete some of the actors' scenes." Lin Sheng shook his head.
This all-star production also caused a lot of headaches for China Film Group.
However, as the director of the distribution department, he does not need to worry about this. On the contrary, because of the popularity of "Transformers 2", he has been in a very good mood recently.
Lin Sheng joked, "We at China Film Group have been overpowered by you for two consecutive years. This time we have regained our position."
"Brother Lin, you are too happy too early. It doesn't matter if you run first, the one who runs further is the winner." Tang An said with confidence.
"Well, I'll just wait and finally win an annual box office championship after taking office."
"Haha, maybe next year, this year will definitely be mine."
At around 11 o'clock in the evening, the banquet ended. Tang An drank some wine and asked the hotel to arrange for someone to drive him home in his own car.
I took a shower first to get rid of the smell of alcohol on my body. At this time, the box office for the midnight show had not yet come out, so I turned on my computer and read the media reports.
"The legendary entrepreneurial masterpiece "China Partners" directed by Tang An held a grand world premiere at Beijing University. Ma Yun, Wang Shi, Zhang Chaoyang and other business tycoons led the "Business Big Shots" group, and Huayi's stars and performers
Many celebrities from the industry also attended, and Tang An and the cast of "Partners in China" Wang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Lu Yi, Du Juan and others made their final appearance."
"Although this film is a reality-themed film, there was a lot of murmurs in the auditorium after the film opened. The beginning of the film is funny, and the entrepreneurial journey of the three partners in the middle is very resonant with people. In the end, the trio engaged in a verbal battle with Americans at the hearing.
The clip also makes people excited..."
This is news from the movie network. Other major media have also released first-hand news. Some viewers who are waiting for the movie to start also click on these news and film reviews, eager to know the situation of the movie.
Before 12:30 in the morning, Tang An received the zero-hour box office information. Although the box office cannot be refreshed every few seconds like later generations, it is still much faster than a few years ago when he had to wait until after 1 in the morning.
Tang An was not in a hurry to check his own box office first. After all, it was a reality-themed movie that relied on long-term screening. It was impossible to expect the film to surpass "Transformers 2" on the first day at zero-hour screenings.
"Transformers 2" still took in nearly 8 million at the box office yesterday. This is already the fifteenth day of its release. The trend is still strong, with a total box office of 324 million.
"Ice Age 3" was released on just over 300 3D screens, and it took in a box office of 5 million on the first day, which is quite good data.
As for "The Chinese Partner", the box office at midnight was nearly 5 million, which was hundreds of thousands higher than last year's "Now You See Me".
This can also be regarded as my personal new box office record for zero-hour shows!