When Zhang Zhong went to see "The Shining", the movie's first-day box office had already been released.
The movie is very popular, but the box office is not amazing.
The box office of "The Shining" on its first day in China ended up being only 180 million.
This box office list is not bad at all. After all, there are not many movies that can surpass 100 million on the first day.
But this is a work created by Wenner Entertainment, directed by Kulikli, and the original work is Zhang Zhong's work.
No matter what, this movie has a reason to be a hit.
But it only took in 1.8 billion on its first day, not to mention the 35.8 million earned by "The Last Starfish", or the 2.70 earned by "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" at the time.
There is a difference of 90 million and 90 million.
But there is no way around it. The market for horror movies is indeed smaller than other blockbusters. It is not easy to get a box office of 1.8 billion on the first day.
And not only is the box office performance worse, but the ratings are also worse.
"The Soul-Breaking Gun" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" released at the beginning of the year are also movies adapted from Zhang Zhong's works, but the ratings of those two movies on Hongdou Movie Network at that time were from nine to nine.
Started with the above.
The rating of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is now fixed at 8.6, which is higher than Zhang Zhong initially expected.
"Soul-Breaking Gun" is set at a high score of 9.1. It has been on a downward trend recently, but it is already very good.
But now the rating of "The Shining" on Hongdou Movie Network starts from 8.6.
Most of the people who rate it now are fans. As time goes by and more and more passers-by rate it, this score will definitely continue to drop.
In the end, it may be difficult to keep more than eight points.
Of course, on Hongdou Movies, there are not many horror films that can maintain a score above eight.
Furthermore, the ratings on Hongdou Movie Network cannot explain anything, especially for horror movies. Many high-scoring horror movies are actually disguised as horror movies, but inside they are still dramas, telling the audience about the philosophy of life.
"It seems to be different from the plot in your book." After watching the movie and walking out of the cinema, Xu Yuhan said holding Zhang Zhong's arm.
"Of course it has to be adapted. How can it be copied completely?" Zhang Chong said with a smile, "What do you think?"
"It's pretty good. Watching a movie and reading a novel are two completely different feelings. I can't say which one is better," Xu Yuhan said.
"I have a question for you to interview," Zhang Zhong said.
Xu Yuhan smiled and said, "What's the problem?"
"Do you like watching horror movies or don't you like watching horror movies?"
"I quite like it." Xu Yuhan said.
"If you like it, why do you have to cover your eyes to watch it?"
"Because it's scary." Xu Yuhan said matter-of-factly.
Zhang Jian nodded, nothing wrong.
Because it’s scary, I like to watch it, but because it’s scary, I don’t dare to watch it. There is no conflict between the two.
From the perspective of watching movies, we can see the differences between men and women. Zhang Zhong could clearly feel that girls were more excited in the theater.
Girls not only like to watch romance movies, but they also seem to like watching horror movies more than boys, even if they are very scared.
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Zhang Zhong and his family stayed in Yanjing throughout the National Day holiday.
On the first day, Zhuang Yu and the others were invited to dinner, and on the second day, they took Xu Yuhan to watch movies and go shopping. In the following days, they spent most of their time at Wu Ziyun's house or CAFA.
After returning to Jiangyang, Hu Huifang said with a smile, "When I buy a house there, I have to pay back some. This time I come back and it's obviously not as good as before. No matter how good you stay in a hotel, it's still not as good as home."
"Then let your son buy a house in a certain place from now on, and traveling will not be as tiring as before." Zhang Xingjun joked.
"We have nowhere to spend our money!" Hu Huifang rolled her eyes and said, "We only travel a few days a year."
“Anyway, buying a house now is an investment, so you won’t lose money.”
"This can't be done. The more people invest in buying houses, the harder it will be for those who really want to buy houses," Hu Huifang said.
"You are quite aware."
Zhang Zhong smiled. The continued rise in housing prices in China is certainly related to real estate speculation, but it is definitely not inevitable.
The key is the local government's land finance, which prevents housing prices from falling at all.
If Zhang Zhong really used all his money to buy houses, it might be more beneficial to the people, as long as he does not maliciously speculate in houses.
After all, money spent by the rich will always drive economic development.
If the cash flow in Zhang Zhong's hands really flows into the market, it will definitely stimulate the market to become more active.
So Zhang Zhong has been studying how to spend money recently.
It's not how you make money, it's how you spend your money.
How can we spend money in the best way to benefit as many people as possible?
Some people may want to say, stop being so hypocritical and just give the money to the poor, right?
But if Zhang Zhong really does this, it will be a heavy blow to both the rich and the poor.
Zhang Zhong, including his company, has always made more and spent less.
Unlike other companies that dare to invest as much money as they want, if the company doesn't have enough money, it borrows from the bank.
Zhang Zhong is also planning to visit the Hope Primary Schools he sponsors in the near future. His chat with Zhuang Yu and the others a few days ago made him deeply moved.
Although Zhuang Yu comforted him and said that donating money was already a great charity, but he felt that just donating money and not caring about anything else, he might as well not donate at all.
He wanted to see how the schools were running and whether the students were getting help.
Zhang Zhong hopes that his children can get a good education and wait until they have the opportunity to break through the social class, instead of just going to school in a muddle-headed way.
He had already told Chen Qing about this matter, and Chen Qing agreed very much and was willing to go and see it with Zhang Zhong.
Nowadays, everything in the company is basically handed over to Xu Yang. The writers in Chen Qing's hands have not done much recently except for Zhang Zhong's two books, so he can also find time to spend time with Zhang Zhong.
Therefore, the matter of visiting the school was left entirely to Chen Qing. Which school to go to, when to go, and what to do specifically, Chen Qing would make the arrangements. Zhang Zhong only had to wait for the news.
It wasn't until mid-October, when Zhang Zhong's new book "Blind Spot 2" was about to be released, that Chen Qing finalized the matter.
Five Hope Primary Schools were finally identified, located in five cities in Bashu.
The reason why I chose Bashu is that the schools in Bashu are among the schools that were funded relatively early. They have been open for a while and you can see a lot of things.
Moreover, Chen Qing also played a trick. Only three of these five schools were announced, and the other two were not announced, and he wanted to make a surprise attack.