The first thousand and ninety-three chapters return a wave of blood
Time just flies by, and two or three months have passed.
I don’t know if it’s because he has a daughter and is immersed in busy happiness every day. Sun Peng always feels that time passes very fast. A week often passes in the blink of an eye, and then suddenly he finds that he has to attend another premiere.
By then, it was already mid-November.
The final promotion before the release of "The Embalmer" is in full swing!
The promotion of this movie was not launched in China from the beginning, but suddenly appeared in front of movie fans after "Lao Bai's Summer Vacation" ended, that is, in mid-to-late September. And
After the preparation at the end of September, it quickly entered the stage in October. In addition to the necessary trailers, many advertisements were also released.
"The fifth script of the year is released, and Lao Bai has entered a period of explosive growth in his work."
"Can Lao Bai's first literary film replicate the miracles created by commercial films?"
"Past works have proven that Lao Bai's films must be high-quality. Can this sentence be applied to literary films?"
"Can "The Embalmer", which writes about Japan's funeral industry, attract audiences to enter the cinema?"
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"To be honest, I really didn't expect it!"
When he saw Fujiwara Kura in the palace's private room, Sun Peng couldn't help but sigh: "The movie "The Embalmer" can actually be released in China, and there are thousands of screens! Wow, your distribution capabilities are quite good.
ah!"
Hearing this, he was slightly startled, and then Fujiwara Kura laughed and said: "It's not because of their strong distribution capabilities, but because of your strong appeal in China! I heard that when they contacted China's Forbidden City Film and Television, the other party
When I heard it was an art film, I didn't even want to talk about it. But then I heard that the screenwriter was you, so I didn't think much about it and directly agreed to take over the distribution rights of China. Even the share ratio was the standard for commercial films...
…”
When he said this, Fujiwara Kura poured Sun Peng a glass of beer.
After Sun Peng picked up the beer he had just filled, Fujiwara Kura raised his glass to him and chuckled: "Okay, now let's drink to Teacher Lao Bai! Not only do we want to thank him for writing such a wonderful book,
A script, and I would like to thank him even more for giving "The Embalmer" the opportunity to be released in China!"
"cheers!"
Also toasting with Fujiwara Kura were his agent and the director of "The Embalmer", one of Japan's top and most famous directors, Kamakura Kuma who just turned 50 this year!
After touching the cup once, Kamakura Bear said happily: "This is the first time that my movie will be shown in China, and it will cover 500 screens at one time. This is something I never dared to think about before! And the Forbidden City
The film industry also attaches great importance to it and has invested a lot of money and manpower in publicity... I have a hunch that the box office of "The Embalmer" in China this time may reach 500 million Chinese dollars!"
"..."
Seeing Kamakura Bear's excited expression, Sun Peng's mouth twitched twice, not knowing what he should say at this moment.
Five hundred screens?
Perhaps in a country like Japan, the scale of a screening of five hundred screens is very impressive, but in China you don’t have the nerve to talk about it if you don’t have a few thousand screens? And the Forbidden City attaches great importance to publicity. Although Sun Peng would not object, he still
Do you know that compared with the previous "Assassin's League", I'm afraid it's not even one-tenth of others?
Okay, maybe your requirements shouldn't be too high.
After all, "The Embalmer" is a slow-moving literary film, and it is about Japan's "characteristic culture." It can be released simultaneously in China because of the favor of the screenwriter Lao Bai, so why does it need a bicycle?
It's just that the box office of 500 million Chinese dollars...
"Haha, I hope I can get good results!"
Remembering that the box office of "The Embalmer" on Earth was only 3 to 4 billion yen in Japan, and that it was obtained with the huge incentive of winning an Oscar, Sun Peng didn't have much hope for it. Even domestic movie fans
No matter how much you trust him, I'm afraid you won't be too interested in a movie about Japanese funeral characteristics. Just think about the goal of 500 million...
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On November 16, the premiere of "The Embalmer" was held in Beijing, China.
But this time, even if it was Lao Bai's script, the scale of the premiere was still pitifully small. Sun Peng didn't even send out invitations to his friends in the entertainment industry - for a literary film, there is really no need to make it so grand.
.If dozens of big stars really come and the box office is disastrous, it would be better to keep a low profile from the beginning.
The box office results during the first weekend also proved the correctness of this decision.
The opening weekend box office of 65 million Hua Xia Yuan set a new low for the box office of Lao Bai's movies in recent years...or the scripts written by Lao Bai! This is because of his huge influence in the country, and also the Forbidden City movie.
The industry wanted to please Sun Peng, and the results were quite impressive in terms of publicity and distribution. You know, this is completely pure Japanese culture, and the box office on the first weekend in Japan was only more than 300 million yen!
After Monday, the box office quickly dropped to 11 million.
"Lao Bai's experimental literary film suffered a box office failure, only taking in 65 million in its first weekend!"
"The box office for Monday's box office is 11 million, and the box office prospects of Lao Bai's new film "The Embalmer" are bleak."
"Facts have proven that blindly courting the overseas market may not necessarily pay off. The domestic box office of "The Embalmer" in Japan was sluggish, with only 360 million yen collected in the first weekend."
"After the great success of Lao Bai's summer vacation, he was slapped in the face by the box office of "The Exorcist"!"
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"Xiaopeng, is your movie... okay?"
When she came to Sun Peng's house as a guest that day, Chen Feifei couldn't help but asked with concern at the dinner table.
"Problem? Tsk, what problem can there be?"
Putting down the chopsticks in his hands, Sun Peng sneered: "It is originally a niche literary film, and it is also about Japanese funeral culture. How high do you think this film can be at the box office? It earned more than 70 million in four days.
China’s box office alone has already recovered the production cost, isn’t that enough?”
As far as Sun Peng knows, the total cost of "The Embalmer" is only two to three billion yen.
In particular, the income of Japanese stars is incomparable to that of Chinese celebrities. The salary of leading actor Fujiwara Kura is only in the tens of millions of yen, and the total salary of all actors is less than 100 million.
JPY!
Is this kind of box office performance still considered bad?
"And Sister Feifei, haven't you noticed, what kind of media are those who say these things? Go take a look at the professional film media and see what they say? How many of them will focus on the box office?
above?"
After picking up the cup and taking a sip of juice, Sun Peng then reminded the other party.
"Really? Then I'll look back and take a closer look!"
Licking her rosy lips, Chen Feifei said with a smile: "But Xiaopeng, why do you say that this is also a script written by you? The famous Lao Bai Dada's new film did not have a box office of more than 100 million in the first weekend. This will definitely not sound good!
Tsk tsk, if those ignorant fans see it, it will still have an impact on your reputation, right?"
"Well……"
Seeing the sneer on the Queen's face, Sun Peng rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "Really? Then Queen Chen, can you give me some advice on what I should do in this situation?"
"Ahem! It's actually very simple!"
Blinking at Sun Peng, Chen Feifei said with a thief smile: "The reputation that was damaged in the movie can be made up for in other ways! For example, I will start releasing a new album soon, but it is all about you.
Isn’t this a good opportunity for my work? Brother, follow me for a round of publicity! I guarantee you will regain your health..." (To be continued)