Chapter 38 The world's first film with the highest box office return
On the way back from Fangzhou Police Station, Jiangbei drove the car, with Li Youqing in the passenger seat. The couple listened to the Ancheng gambling king in the back seat talking endlessly about her "heroic dealings with gangsters".
"You don't know how many hardships and dangers I have endured this time in order to contribute to the motherland and the people. Not to mention anything else, it took me three days and three days just to lead them to the police station during this round of dealings.
At night, the journey was 355 kilometers long, with many obstacles along the way.
It spans three counties and cities, six villages and towns, two mountains and a long river. During this period, I was almost overtaken by them several times and narrowly escaped death. If it weren't for my strong skills and God's blessing, now my brother and sister-in-law, I'm afraid you would have to do it for me.
I collected the body. Sister-in-law, give me a sip of water."
Li Youqing listened with rapt attention and obediently handed over the water glass in his hand.
Zhang Jiuliang opened his mind and drank all the water in it, then wiped the corners of his mouth without any image: "Hiccup~! It feels good."
Jiangbei: "..."
"Liangliang, aren't you at school these days? Why did you go so far away?" Li Youqing asked doubtfully.
The news about Zhang Jiuliang happened to be during the normal school hours from Monday to Friday, so she didn't have any doubts about Liang Liang's disappearance. If she hadn't gone to the police station to pick him up today, she would have thought
My sister-in-law is studying at school.
Seeing his wife's doubts, Jiang Bei calmly glanced at the gambling king through the rearview mirror.
The latter seemed to have received the signal, and the reason came out: "Hi! I was going out to find inspiration. Sister-in-law, you know, those of us who study painting, we have to go out and walk more and see more when we have nothing to do.
Only then can I have something!”
When Li Youqing heard this, he felt that it seemed logically consistent, so he believed her words and told her, "You must pay attention to safety when going out in the future. Don't encounter this kind of thing again."
"Okay sister-in-law." Liang Liang smiled, changed the subject and asked Jiang Bei: "By the way, brother, is your movie going to be released today?"
Jiang Bei twitched his lips when he heard this.
Damn Zhang Jiuliang, he really doesn't pick up the pot.
"Yes, your brother and I just went to watch the movie. Movie fans generally think that the movie is very good. I think it should have a good score tomorrow." Li Youqing is now more concerned about the movie than Jiangbei. When it comes to this matter
I couldn't help but smile on my face.
"As expected of my brother, he is good at everything." Liangliang praised him with a thumbs up.
Satire?
Jiang Bei snorted coldly and replied angrily: "Thanks to someone's assist, otherwise it wouldn't have exceeded my expectations."
When Liangliang heard this, she turned around and smiled at Li Youqing: "Sister-in-law, my brother is praising you."
Jiangbei: "..."
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The movie's box office performance indeed exceeded everyone's expectations.
On March 2, the national box office revenue totaled 190 million. Among them, "This Man from the Blue Star" on its first day of release achieved a first-day box office of 130 million with a 40% screening rate.
And won the single-day box office championship.
On Baihua Rating, the official movie rating website, the film's rating is as high as 8.6, ranking it among the best films.
As soon as the box office and rating data came out, the movie became even more popular, and major film news media wrote eye-catching articles one after another.
[Xinhua Media: The first-day box office data nationwide: "The Man from the Blue Star" is a smash hit, earning 130 million!]
[The Paper: A small investment and a big counterattack classic - "This Man is from the Blue Star".]
[UC: Shocked! The investment cost of a film that exceeded 100 million in box office on the first day was only 120,000 yuan! 】
In fact, with the continuous development and progress of China's film industry, it is no longer unusual for a film to have a box office of over 100 million on its first day of release. However, compared with some high-investment blockbusters, the reason why this film has attracted so much news media coverage is that
This is largely because the investment cost of this movie was only 120,000 yuan.
Who would have thought that a movie could be made with only 120,000 yuan?
And it can also achieve such a high box office.
Of course, for movie fans, although the investment cost is impressive, it is not the focus of discussion. On Weibo, post bars and forums, most of the topics surrounding this movie are about the movie.
"Yesterday I went to see "The Man from the Blue Star" with my girlfriend. It was really a very classic film. There was no peeing throughout the whole process. I really admire Mr. Jiang's talent and imagination."
"This is a movie that relies solely on dialogue to drive the plot. It doesn't have any special effects or climax, but it made me watch it with gusto and the quality is very high."
"It's hard to imagine that a group of people can chat for an hour and a half without being embarrassed in a shabby room. Even if my girlfriend and I were in the same room, we couldn't do it. I have to admire the screenwriter for this.
of imagination."
"After watching this movie, I realized that movies can be shot this way, and Director Jiang is awesome!"
"The movie is a good one, but I didn't see any arrogant young people in it."
However, no matter which movie it is, it cannot be liked by everyone, so there will naturally be negative reviews as well as good reviews. For example, after watching it, some movie fans thought that the movie was incomprehensible, incomprehensible, and without nutrition.
I fell asleep in the cinema within minutes and so on.
But these comments are often submerged in posts with rave reviews, like a stone sinking into the sea, without a trace.
Some fans even feel that the movie is not good, but seeing everyone praising the movie, they can only hide their thoughts for fear of arousing ridicule.
Jiangbei said that he was helpless. Who said that the situation was over now?
On March 3, "The Man from the Blue Star" once again reached a new peak with both word-of-mouth and box office success. On the second day of its release, the box office exceeded 200 million, and the cumulative box office over the weekend reached 330 million. It won the top spot.
Won the weekly box office title.
Three hundred and thirty million in two days.
The investment cost is 120,000.
This data was once again used by the news media to attract attention and increase the number of views. Some news media even published it [
"The Movie with the Highest Return Rate in History" was used as the title, and it was put on the top of Weibo's hot search list by the melon-eaters.
"Oh my God! How many times is this?"
"2750 times, the world's first movie with the highest return rate."
"It must be more than that, because this movie has just been released. Maybe it can double this base."
"Damn it! Didn't Mr. Jiang gain fame and fortune this time and make a lot of money?"
"Now that we have the reputation, the profit shouldn't be that big. It seems that the investor of this movie is Yihe Film and Television Entertainment. Jiangbei is just the director and screenwriter, so he doesn't get much money."
"You just opened your mouth to come upstairs? Yihe Film and Television Entertainment is now Li Youqing's property. Li Youqing and Jiang Bei are husband and wife, which means that this movie was actually invested and filmed by the couple themselves. Why can't they get a lot of money?
?”
"Are you planning to change your career behind the scenes while preparing for pregnancy?"
"Then lift my husband out, perfect."
"What a profitable couple..."
"Yes! Looking at his wife and looking at my wife lying on the bed playing with her mobile phone, I really want to kick her out."
For a time, everyone was envious of the fame and profits that the movie had brought to the Jiangbei couple.
In fact, Li Youqing himself was also very excited at this moment. He was holding a calculator at home and trying to figure out how much money he could make this time: "The box office has to pay business tax and special tax, and then the theater chain has to take 57%.
The production and distribution are all produced by Yihe Film and Television Entertainment, so you can get the rest of the money. In this way, it means... I will make a fortune, make a fortune!"
Xiao Nizi may not be able to settle the account in the end, but not being able to do so does not prevent her from knowing clearly that she can make a lot of profits in this wave. She happily stood up and hugged Jiang Bei, kissed her hard, and then
I lay back on the sofa and started calculating again with my calculator.
Seeing his wife like this, Jiang Bei felt extremely uncomfortable. He covered his chest and then felt better. His eyes drifted to the gambling king of Ancheng across the street inadvertently.
At this time, Ancheng's gambling king was sitting cross-legged on the sofa fighting with landlords, cursing in a low voice: "This game is really interesting. If you don't have enough balance, you can recharge it for me! What's the use of always reminding me? I don't have money to help.
You charge.”
Perhaps sensing that someone was looking at her, Du Wang raised his head and a flattering smile suddenly appeared on his face.
Looking at this face that looked harmless on the surface, no matter how much resentment Jiang Bei had, it all disappeared in an instant. He sighed helplessly and got up and walked towards the balcony.
He had to go get some fresh air, otherwise he would feel suffocated.
As soon as Jiang Bei left, Li Youqing, who was lowering his head and calculating with a calculator, suddenly stopped, raised his head and looked at his leaving back, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, and whispered: "Your brother seems unhappy?"
"You know, he doesn't want to get angry." Liangliang shrugged and continued to lower his head and press the phone: recharge it!
"But he was born to eat this bowl of rice." Li Youqing put down the calculator and said.
Of course she knew that her husband did not want to enter the entertainment industry, and the reason why he agreed to shoot this movie was because of her mandatory requirements.
To outsiders, this seems to be a way for her to pave the way for her return; but only she knows that her husband should be the one in this circle.
"Indeed, my brother's talent is just like my gambling skills, unfathomable." Liangliang agreed with this point and lowered his head and replied.
"Since you have talent, it shouldn't be buried." Li Youqing said seriously.
Liangliang stopped talking because she had already entered the game, but it was just a different game, playing mahjong.
"Liangliang." Suddenly, Li Youqing, who had been thinking for a moment, shouted to Liangliang.
"Um?"
"Do me a favor."
"That's impossible."
"I'll give you money, lots and lots of money."
"Sister-in-law, what you said is that we are all our own people. It hurts our feelings to talk about money... How much should we give?"