In Suzhou City, Jiangning, a grand banquet has just ended.
Huayi Brothers have been keen on live entertainment projects in the past two years and want to use this as a springboard to get involved in the real estate business.
Today is the day when the Suzhou Movie Town, jointly invested by Huayi Brothers, Hengda Group, and Ping An Insurance, is completed. It is also the first movie town to be built.
The Wang brothers and Hengda CEO Xu Jiayin are talking about several follow-up projects and the time for opening to the outside world.
Shortly after 12 o'clock, Wang Zhongjun's assistant came over and whispered something in his ear.
Wang Zhongjun frowned and said, "82 million, it breaks the record again. I really haven't missed it in eight years."
At this time, Xu Jiayin knew what Wang Zhongjun was talking about after just thinking about this number.
He asked with a smile, "Director Wang, Tang An's new movie took over 80 million at the box office on the first day?"
"Yeah, I watched this year's Lunar New Year show and I don't know who will win between Tang An and Zhang Yimou." Wang Zhongjun sighed.
Five years ago, no five movies had a total box office of more than 80 million in a year. Now, a movie has a box office of more than 80 million on its first day.
The growth rate of the film market is not much slower than that of real estate.
However, Xu Jiayin has no intention of fully entering the film and television industry. There are only one or two movies that can reach a box office of 80 million on the first day in a year.
He just sighed, "I'm afraid there aren't many directors like Tang An who have made eight consecutive films without making a mistake."
Wang Zhonglei next to him said, "Not only are there not many, there are none at all. If we include actors, Zhou Xingchi, Cheng Long, and Jet Li should have had them before."
"It's just 80 million. Xiaogang's "1942" next year will not be worse than this number." Wang Zhongjun said with confidence.
As for directors who have never failed, there really is no one other than Tang An.
But to say that directors who have not lost money in the past ten years, apart from Tang An and those directors who have only made one or two movies, there are only Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou's period films before 2008 were able to sell overseas copyrights. "Three Guns" and "The Hawthorn Tree" had low investment, and they all made money.
Although Feng Xiaogang's "The Night Banquet" only had a box office of 150 million, it still made a lot of money thanks to overseas copyrights.
This is also the reason why Wang Zhongjun has absolute confidence in Feng Xiaogang.
Even if "If You Are the One 2" was defeated by Tang An and Jiang Wen last year, it still made a lot of money.
What's more, last year Feng Xiaogang was filming two films at the same time, and most of his energy was focused on "Tangshan Earthquake". It is reasonable that he was too busy to film "If You Are the One 2".
After all, "Tangshan Earthquake" also sold more than 600 million box office.
"Assembly", "Tangshan Earthquake", and "1942" have common selling points and earn the audience's tears.
The first two were successful, there is no reason why this third one should fail!
After chatting for a while, Xu Jiayin went back to the room to rest. Wang Zhongjun turned to Wang Zhonglei and said.
"It seems that "The Martian" is in the billion-level box office again. This is the third movie with a box office of around one billion this year. The market is getting bigger and bigger. Even if it invests two to three billion, there is still great hope for domestic box office.
Get your money back.”
Wang Zhonglei asked, "Brother, what do you mean?"
Wang Zhongjun said, "You don't need to invest all your energy in the movie town, and it is impossible to make a profit within three or four years. The Disneyland in Xiangjiang has not recovered its costs so far, and it is estimated that it will take another year."
You go back first and see if there are any good projects, don’t throw away your capital.”
Wang Zhonglei nodded, "That's right, Hengda, Ping An is willing to cooperate with us in the movie town because of Huayi's brand name and the copyright of those movies. If we cannot maintain our leading position in the film industry, we will lose more than we gain."
At Zhang Weiping's house, he was inevitably a little confused when he got this data.
Even though "Transformers 3" exceeded 100 million on its first day, it is a movie suitable for all ages and a family-friendly theme, and the special effects are one level higher than those of domestic movies.
The previous first-day box office record was 48 million for "Edge of Tomorrow", and the single-day box office record was 65 million for "The Secret of the Dragon".
It's only the first day, and "The Martian" has taken in 82 million at the box office. Isn't it going to be close to the 100 million mark on Saturday?
However, years of cooperation still convinced him that he still believed in Zhang Yimou. After calling the heads of the Propaganda Department and the Public Relations Department to inquire about the negative public relations for "The Martian" and his own publicity, he went to bed first.
I will have to face reporters tomorrow.
On Bernard's side, Yu Dong did not go home and was still having a meeting in the group conference room.
"Chairman, there is nothing to make a fuss about in "The Martian" and the actors have no dark spots. Negative marketing may not have any effect."
Yu Dong nodded and looked through the things compiled by the two departments in his hands.
Tang An's previous films have all been high-quality commercial blockbusters, and this time is no exception. It's normal that he can't find any obvious weaknesses.
After listening to his report, Yu Dong raised his head and said.
"In this way, "The Martian" is not a science fiction film. The highlight of a science fiction film is the special effects and plot conception. It mainly focuses on these aspects, no matter how it is written."
"The location is in the Tengger Desert. Send someone to find the shooting location, take some bad photos and come back. Then go to the cinema to secretly take some photos of the Mars ground scene. The angle and lighting must be well controlled, and there must be obvious flaws."
Special effects in science fiction films are undoubtedly the most important part. The plot of "The Martian" basically takes place on Mars throughout. Yu Dong wants to create a feeling for the audience that the Mars in the movie is too fake.
It depends on both sides.
The question is whether the navy of Bernard + the new picture can defeat the navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
At about the same time, everyone in the industry basically knew the first-day box office of "The Martian."
One night, Tang An's record set again made it difficult for many people to sleep.
Not long after, major media outlets published box office information one after another.
Until early morning, the headlines of all entertainment media are the same news.
"Tang An's new film "The Martian" grossed 82 million on its first day, breaking the first-day box office record in Chinese film history!"
"With 82 million on the first day, "The Martian" has pushed the Lunar New Year season to another peak. It is expected to surpass the summer season in December 2011 and usher in the biggest box office peak of the year."
""The Martian" scored a record 82 million box office on its first day. Zhang Yimou or Xu Ke, who can stop Tang An from dominating?"
"Tang An strongly defended his position as the number one commercial director in China, sweeping the Lunar New Year festival. The box office of all movies during the same period was less than a fraction of "The Martian"!"
"Tang An's new film "The Martian" hit a record first-day box office, with 82 million, surpassing "Edge of Tomorrow" to become a new first-day box office record for Chinese-language films!"
“‘The Martian’ got off to a great start, taking over 95% of the box office with 78% of the film schedule, and topped the box office for the day!”