Regarding Jia Yong's feedback, Chen Feng was not surprised at all. After all, "Charlotte" was a very classic movie in the previous life and a dark horse at the box office. Several actors in it also became famous because of this movie.
Cannon and red.
Although Chen Feng doesn't know much about "Eight-Story Demon Tower", he also believes that it cannot be more classic than "Charlotte". At most, it is evenly matched. And as long as they are evenly matched, he actually wins. Because the other party's investment ratio is
He's much more, and he's an All-Star.
"Charlotte" has already started to make a profit after its box office exceeded 100 million in a single day. However, "The Eight-Story Demon Tower" also exceeded 100 million in its box office on the same day, but it has not yet recovered its money. Moreover, the ratings on the Internet are very low, and the reputation is not good.
It will have a very bad impact on the box office.
"Boss, the box office prospects of our movie are very good now. Do you think you can come back and do some publicity? Boost the popularity and strive to achieve higher box office."
As the vice president of Summit Entertainment, Jia Yong certainly hopes that the box office of "Charlotte" will be as high as possible and that the more publicity work will be done, the better.
But when Chen Feng saw that the box office started to make a profit the day before, he didn't really want to go back. After all, he had something to do here. "Prada" was not only related to Miranda's acting future, but also related to his first shot in Hollywood.
"I'm still making movies. As a screenwriter and producer, it's hard for me to leave. Let Zheng Xiaoyan and others do the domestic promotion work. When the time comes, give them all a big red envelope."
Jia Yong and others knew about Chen Feng's investment and preparation for movies in Los Angeles. For this reason, Liu Gan also persuaded him, thinking that investing tens of millions of dollars at once was a bit too risky. You must know that "Charlotte"
》In total, only five to six million US dollars were invested.
But of course Chen Feng didn't listen to the advice. Although Jia Yong followed the advice without calling him, he was still somewhat unfavorable about Chen Feng's decision to film a movie in Los Angeles this time.
The reason is very simple. Previously, many directors or actors from the Tang Dynasty went to Hollywood to develop, including the top ones, but in the end, they all came back in despair and continued to make a living in the Tang Dynasty.
Hollywood is not that easy to get along with. Seniors in the entertainment industry have already set examples before. At least so far, no one from the Tang Dynasty has really made it in Hollywood and has been fully accepted and praised by Hollywood.
Jia Yong knew Chen Feng's temperament and knew that persuasion would be useless, so he might as well not persuade him. Otherwise, it would easily arouse Chen Feng's resentment.
On the other hand, Li Dazhi had absolute confidence in Chen Feng as his master. After learning about this incident, he called Chen Feng several times and tried to get a role in this movie, even a supporting role. But Chen Feng refused.
Chen Feng decided not to return to China to promote the film's release. Of course, Jia Yong had no choice but to let Chen Feng, the boss, be so irresponsible.
However, Chen Feng is actually quite concerned about the release of "Charlotte".
After he ended his call with Jia Yong, he immediately went online and logged into the domestic Wandou.com to check netizens' comments about the movie.
"The same reminiscing about youth, the same love theme, the same comedy, the same compliments on the wife, the same old songs... Chen Feng directly puts Xu Fan's film light years away. This film uses Zhuang Zhou Mengdie's approach to happiness in life.
An exponential philosophical discussion, using the lowest level to illustrate the deepest emotions, it is a pseudo-youth film that uses hilarious techniques to expose how ridiculous Xiaoqing is."
"This is the best comedy movie I have seen in recent years. It is obviously higher than the temperament of a certain demon. The lines are clear, the characters are used to their full potential, the rhythm is fast, the baggage is dense, and the overall situation is very good. Cut off a reality, and then
Use a dream to heal yourself, allowing the audience to laugh, appreciate life, and feel the preciousness of love in a very pure time travel. This domestic comedy is not high-end, but it is decent."
"I'm laughing so hard, what's Ma Dong? What's Ma Mei? What's Dongmei? Even a passerby has very high acting skills... The koala hug at the end really made me cry. It's rare to feel like I've paid for a movie ticket."
If I think it’s worth it, this is a movie.”
"It looks good, it looks good! I laugh every minute, my face hurts from laughing, and it has a certain depth, much fuller than other domestic comedies. Chen Feng is indeed capable, and he is indeed a person who pursues art! It's worth it
Take a look!”
"Just because this movie made me laugh from beginning to end, the movie ticket is worth it."
…
Because Chen Feng learned from the experience of negative reviews of the original work, and after re-editing and processing it, the favorable rating of this film is obviously much higher than that of the original work. At least no one is making a fuss about the issue of women's rights anymore.
Because Chen Feng's treatment of several scenes at the end of the movie is fuller and richer than that of the original work. Not only does the male protagonist have the same shot of the koala hugging the female protagonist, but there are also scenes of the male protagonist and the female protagonist working hard together. The last one
The camera even shows Charlotte holding the baby beside the hospital bed with a happy smile on her face, and Ma Dongmei looking at the baby in his hands with a sweet smile on her face.
This is the real happy ending. Although this treatment and modification is not as good as the original work in terms of artistic expression or controversy. But it avoids being criticized by feminists and some moral bitches. At least with this modification, the male protagonist
It has a much more positive energy, and the three views of the film have also become very positive. Charlotte has become a prodigal son who can never change his fortune. It is difficult to give some vicious film critics an excuse to attack.
Of course, there must be negative reviews, but with the positive review rate now as high as 92%, these negative reviews can be completely ignored. Chen Feng does not have the masochistic mentality to read through negative reviews.
And as long as the online reputation and reviews are good enough, the movie's box office will be indispensable.
Things turned out as Chen Feng expected. The next day, the film schedule of "Charlotte" was increased by many theaters, while the corresponding film schedule of "The Eight-Story Demon Tower" dropped.
From this point of view, the major theater chains are very realistic. They are obviously more optimistic about the box office prospects of the movie "Charlotte", and conversely, they are less optimistic about "The Eight-Story Demon Tower".
The results were pretty much in line with everyone's expectations and speculations. The next day, the box office of "Charlotte" reached 150 million, which was higher than the previous day. However, the box office of "The Eight-Story Demon Tower" dropped sharply.
On the second day, the film schedule did not decrease significantly, but it only earned 90 million at the box office, falling directly out of the 100-million-yuan ranks. Moreover, the attendance rate was very low, completely incomparable to "Charlotte".
Amidst the ebb and flow, the number of films scheduled for "Charlotte" has increased. On the contrary, "The Eight-Story Demon Tower" has dropped rapidly. Most of the reduced screen numbers have been allocated to "Charlotte", and a small amount has been allocated to "Charlotte".
Among other films, "Tang", which Xu Fan wrote, directed and starred in, was also a big beneficiary.
At first, no one thought about comparing "Charlotte" and "Don", but there are too many similarities between the two. First of all, they are both directors of comedies this time, and secondly, both of them wrote and wrote their own films.
Directed and acted.
And more importantly, their respective movies are all scheduled for the Spring Festival. It's just that "Tang" was released more than a week early.
Before "Charlotte" and "The Eight-Story Demon Tower" entered the scene, "Don" was the weekly box office champion, with a total box office of 270 million in one week. It was considered a comedy movie with a very good box office in recent years. And at the beginning it was
The movie's ratings on Wandou.com are pretty good, with a rating of 7.9 based on nearly 100,000 ratings. This is already a very good rating for a domestic drama.
But there is no harm without comparison. When Chen Feng's "Charlotte" is released and the audience has seen it, they will compare it with "Don". The latter will be awkward and not funny no matter how you watch it.
So much so that when many netizens on the Internet praise "Charlotte", they also complain about "Don".
In terms of box office, the highest box office record of "Tang" from the beginning was 60 million in a single day. After "Charlotte Trouble" and "The Eight-Story Demon Tower" were released, its single-day box office was directly reduced to more than 2,000.
Wan, in addition to the reduction in the number of films released, it is also due to the average reputation.
But it has to be said that "Tang" has already had a great harvest at the box office. After all, his investment was only 50 million. Now after a week of release, it has already made more than 200 million at the box office. The cost has been recovered, and the remaining box office is all
It's earned.
Originally, "Tang" no longer wanted to fight for anything, but "The Eight-Story Demon Tower" suddenly suffered a sharp drop in reputation and box office. "Tang" took advantage of the situation and gained a lot of screen numbers. The box office finally recovered.
But obviously no one would disapprove of the fact that the box office of his movie is getting higher and higher. Therefore, after some discussions, "Tang" decided that it is necessary to further hype this movie.
The target of speculation is Chen Feng, a young billionaire director.
But obviously Chen Feng is too powerful on the Internet, and Xu Fan is not as stupid as Chen Dongsheng.
After the box office of "Charlotte Trouble" continued to exceed 100 million on the third day of its release, reaching 130 million, he took advantage of it and posted "Charlotte Trouble" on Weibo.
"This is a real comedy movie with stunning talent and constant laughter. I admit that our "Don" is not as good as "Charlotte" in terms of making the audience laugh. Congratulations to them for breaking 100 million at the box office for three consecutive days. At the same time
I wish director Chen Feng that his second movie will break one billion again."
Xu Fan is also one of the best comedians in the Tang Dynasty, and he is very recognizable because of his bald head. Since he started directing, acting and writing the movie "Horse" three years ago, which was a huge success and received more than one billion box office, he has
He is regarded as a great comedy director in the Tang Dynasty and has the momentum to be the first comedy film.
He has more than 10 million fans on Weibo and is quite influential in China. After he posted this Weibo post, it immediately attracted many netizens who forwarded it and discussed it.
Not long after, the Weibo topic #XUfan surrendered to Chen Feng# immediately became a hot topic.
Chen Feng was informed by Zhao Wenxiu seven or eight hours after this Weibo post was posted. It was around seven o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles at that time.
Zhao Wenxiu is a cousin, even though Chen Feng has always used her as a cook, she is usually more concerned about the entertainment industry, and basically reads domestic entertainment gossip news every day.
She pays close attention to reports and related reports about her cousin. She will take the initiative to notify Chen Feng if there is anything wrong or happy.
Same this time.
When Xu Fan posted on Weibo to "admit defeat" to him, it was afternoon in Datang, but it happened to be early morning in Los Angeles. Therefore, even if Jia Yong and Li Dazhi knew about it, they would only send a text message at most.
When Chen Feng got up to have breakfast, Wenxiu told him about this.
Chen Feng was somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that Xu Fan, a bald director with a box office of more than 1 billion, would take the initiative to "give up" to him and express his goodwill to him on Weibo.
"Wenxiu, how do you think I should respond to this?"
After all, she has been with him for a while, and Chen Feng can't really just treat her as a cook. Therefore, he plans to slowly assign some simple tasks related to the entertainment industry to her.
Zhao Wenxiu didn't expect Chen Fengfeng to ask such a question. She didn't have stage fright. She just thought about it for a while and then said cautiously: "I think you should respond to him, cousin. The sooner the better, lest anyone in the country say you are arrogant."
.At the same time, like Xu Fan, you should also express goodwill on Weibo. Finally, you can formally make friends with him. From now on, you will also have a friend with enough power in the entertainment industry."
Chen Feng nodded in approval and said with a smile: "Your analysis is quite accurate."
Miranda also smiled and said: "Xiu, I am finally praised by your boss. It is very rare to wait for a compliment from you."
The cousins are now in Los Angeles. In order to take care of Miranda and Emily, they usually speak in English.
Therefore, both Miranda and Emily, who are also sitting at the dining table, understand it.
"Landa, I praise you basically every day." Chen Feng said with a smile.
Miranda said a little arrogantly: "You only praise me superficially. I can still tell the difference. I don't need your false praise."
She has been performing in her true colors on the crew these days. Although it is generally smooth, there are still a lot of flaws in some details. These flaws were found out for her by Chen Feng, although every time she corrected them, Chen Feng would praise her.
.But it is obviously very lack of sincerity.
"Okay. Then I will be stricter with you in the future." Chen Feng shrugged.
Miranda curled her lips, but did not take it seriously. Instead, she said, "Didn't you hear what Xiu told you? You should reply to the director as soon as possible."
Chen Feng nodded and did not refuse. He quickly went to the bedroom to get his laptop, came back and put it on the dining table, and went online to log in to Weibo.
"I'm very grateful to Director Xu Fan for the praise he gave me. I don't deserve it. Director Xu has a lot for me to learn from. Director Xu's series of movies have always been the object of study for me. I personally like them all very much. Unfortunately,
Now that I am in the United States, otherwise I would like to take the time to buy a movie and watch "Tang"."
Chen Feng's Weibo post also gave Xu Fan a lot of face. He also helped recommend "Tang" to netizens, which is equivalent to giving him free advertising. This is not a big favor. After all, Chen Feng's current status early in the morning
The number of fans and influence, if he recommends it like this, at least there will be a lot of negative reviews, and the box office will at least increase a little bit.