Chapter 480: The First Chinese Country [Ten Billion Directors]
Although the box office growth of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has continued to increase after "Exotic Agents 3" lost its popularity, almost everyone expected that one day the box office of this movie would break through the 3 billion mark.
But when the day finally arrived, everyone was still a little surprised.
3 billion!
It successfully edged out the 2.91 billion gift blockbuster "Motherland" and ranked tenth on the Chinese movie box office list, and the release period of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" has not yet ended.
The ninth movie on the overall list, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" at the box office, still has more than 5 days to go, and there is still hope that it can be surpassed.
As for the eighth-ranked movie, the box office gap is nearly 700 million. With the box office momentum of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" now gradually slowing down, there is no need to think about it.
For commercial movies, the first factor to measure success is always the box office.
Even if a movie is of poor quality and is criticized by the entire Internet, if it can sell money, it proves its value in a sense.
Especially in this film and television era where capital is king, the importance of box office has increased several times.
To put it bluntly, awards, honors, reputation, influence, ratings... these things are all accessories compared to the box office.
Even more realistically, a large part of the role of these things is actually to increase the box office, or to increase the capital behind the movie, creating favorable conditions for the next project.
Everything is for money!
Of course, this statement is somewhat absolute. There are still people in the film and television industry who make movies purely for the art of film and the pursuit of dreams.
It's just that the number of such people is so small that they are almost negligible...
In such an environment, the phenomenon of "box office is king" is inevitably formed. As long as your movie sells well, countless people will praise you to the sky and wave money to come to you for cooperation.
In the film industry in recent years, a very strange phenomenon has occurred.
An unknown director became famous immediately with a hit movie and became one of the most famous directors in the industry.
This is the case for director Chen of the "Troubleshooting" series of films. Prior to this, he only had two film credits, but because of the box office success, he was regarded as a famous director.
However, we must also admit that although Director Chen's character is average, his directing ability and the quality of the films he produces cannot be said to be that of a famous director.
Faced with the overwhelming sensuality in the entertainment industry, although I was forced to stick to my true nature, I still had fun having fun, and I still kept my housekeeping skills.
But more "famous directors" actually do not have the talent of Director Chen. Most people are fascinated by the glitz and luxury in front of them, and only one out of ten people can persist in not falling.
And after falling, there is only one person in a hundred who can still maintain his standard like Director Chen.
Even Zuo Le must admire Director Chen on this point, he is indeed a capable scumbag...
Such a deformed environment in the film industry has caused many so-called geniuses/genius directors to appear like meteors, shine for a short period of time, and then quickly fade into obscurity.
After going around in circles for more than ten years, most of the people in charge of the Chinese film industry today are still the famous directors of the older generation.
Of the new generation who can produce movies stably for a long period of time, with high quality and quantity, only one will be released in a year or two.
In the past, Zuo Le was very famous, but he was still not recognized as a "famous director" by the film industry, even in the eyes of many people.
Zuo Le, who has made two movies, has only one "Charlotte" that he can really show off.
As for the theatrical version of "Wulin Gaiden", in the eyes of many insiders, it cannot be regarded as a serious movie at all.
But this year, two movies, "Dumpling Detective" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City," were released consecutively. Before they were completely released, they already had a box office of 4.5 billion.
With this achievement, even among all the famous film directors, not many dare to say that they can achieve it.
What's even more terrifying is that the movie "Wulin Gaiden" has nearly 1.3 billion, "Charlotte" has 2.6 billion, and "Dumpling Detective" has 1.5 billion.
"The Richest Man in Xihong City" is still in theaters, but according to estimates, it is not a big problem to hit another 200 million, which is 3.2 billion.
All fractions are not added, only integers are used for calculation.
13+26+15+32=8.6(billion)
The total box office of his personal film works is 8.6 billion!
This is a great achievement for a director.
Unlike actors, it is not easy for directors to accumulate box office.
As long as an actor participates in one movie and his rank is not too low, the total box office of the movie can be included in the statistics. If you are lucky and hit a few more blockbuster movies, it is not particularly difficult to become a "Ten Billion Actor".
For example, Shui Miaomiao participated in "Charlotte" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" as the second female lead and the female lead respectively. These two movies earned her a box office of 5.8 billion.
Previously, she played the heroine in a comedy movie worth 800 million yuan, and starred in the supporting actress in a blockbuster worth 1.2 billion yuan.
In one breath, it soared to 7.8 billion. If Qishui was shameless and included a few guest movies, he would be close to being a "10 billion actor".
To put it bluntly, whether an actor can become a "Ten Billion Actor" depends on luck sometimes being more important than strength.
Directors are different. When calculating the accumulated box office, it all depends on the box office of the movie you directed.
Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao.
Although there is certainly some luck involved, the most important thing is strength.
This has also caused the scattered "tens of billions of actors" in the entertainment industry to add up to two digits less, but the number of "tens of billions of actors" is still - 0.
Currently, the director with the highest cumulative box office is 9.2 billion, but this director has been in semi-retirement and has never heard of any new actions.
The second-ranked director is worth 8.7 billion, but this one is in a special situation and follows the path of winning by quantity.
3~4 movies are produced every two years, with box office ranging from 700 million to 870 million, and some with less than 100 million. Accumulating a little makes a lot, relying on a model worker + liver emperor model, the box office has accumulated to 87
100 million.
However, the result of his almost crazy pursuit of quantity over quality has also resulted in a serious decline in his film performance. Among the recent films, the best has just exceeded 200 million in box office.
Although this director has a high cumulative box office, he is not a well-known director, and is increasingly ignored by the industry.
Many outstanding actors and outstanding capital are unwilling to participate in or invest in his movies, which results in him having to constantly deal with second- and third-tier actors and film capital.
If your abilities are mediocre and you don’t get strong support, your career development will naturally go downhill, and the further down you go, the farther away you will be from your inner circle...
You can only enter an infinite vicious cycle, eventually hit rock bottom and turn around.
Therefore, although he seems to be the director who is currently closest to the achievement of "Ten Billion Directors", many people are not optimistic about him. He is ranked third and fourth behind him and is more trusted by the outside world than him.
Especially now that Zuo Le has squeezed out the original third place and ranked behind it with a very small gap, the voice of being negative is getting stronger and stronger.
Zuo Le's strength is shown here, the worst of the four movies was 1.3 billion, so it is not difficult for him to make another movie with a box office of 1.4 billion.
If Zuo Le succeeds, he will be China's first [10-billion-dollar director].
Even if the film industry still rejects Zuo Le, it now has to recognize his current achievements and strength and respect him.
If they still look down upon someone who has the potential to become a [10-billion-dollar director], then they are humiliating themselves...
Therefore, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" exceeded 3 billion. For Zuo Le and Shanhe, how much money they can make is secondary. The most important thing is that the closed film industry finally opened the door to them.
Although the attitudes of most of these people are still not so friendly, and even continue to be resistant and hostile, some people are also beginning to show goodwill.
Since then, Zuo Le has indeed established a firm foothold in the film industry, and from now on, Shanhe Group can also share the cake.
It may be a bit general to say this. To use a metaphor, for example, the TV drama industry and the film industry are two cities, each with its own territory and business.
Zuo Le is the number one expert in the TV city. He has defeated all the invincible opponents in the TV city. Then, whether he was tired of being idle or wanted to expand his business, he went to the movie city and opened a small business and made a small profit.
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The movie city is relatively exclusive, and the market is so big. If a food grabber comes, they will get less share, so they join forces to exclude Zuo Le.
Zuo Le was not afraid at all and took on the challenge head-on. He worshiped many masters in the movie city and even ranked among the best in business performance in the city.
Some people in the movie city were convinced, some admired Zuo Le's strength, or for other reasons, they tacitly accepted that Zuo Le could do business in the movie city.
Of course, most people in the movie city still looked down on Zuo Le, but there were some who didn't care about following him and went to befriend Zuo Le.
Zuo Le had already settled in the movie city in an open and honest manner, and now he has made good alliances with a group of old residents, and will soon be able to integrate into the city and take root.
In the future, if there are any welfare benefits in the movie city, Zuo Le will be able to get a share of it. If he does well, the city owner will not be able to compete.
Zuo Le was in a good mood.
Not to mention the benefits of being integrated into the circle, it will help you when you are scolding in the future.
At the last Golden Dragon Award, all the people who spoke for him were non-film industry people, and no one who was too deeply involved in the film industry supported him.
Although due to the one-sided public opinion at the time, no one risked their support for the Golden Dragon Award. However, afterwards, the film industry jointly excluded Shan He, and it must be said that it was deeply involved in the Golden Dragon Award.
However, if he gets involved with the Golden Dragon Awards now, the film industry will not be collectively xenophobic.
Because Zuo Le is one of his own now.
When outsiders attack, everyone will naturally respond unanimously, but when there is internal fighting, the accomplices and acolytes can freely choose, and there are not so many factional concerns.
Thinking of this, Zuo Le is inexplicably looking forward to the Golden Dragon Award at the end of the year. Will the other party give in, or will they fight him to the death again?
Intellectually, Zuo Le prefers the former, and emotionally, Zuo Le prefers the latter.
In the original "Charlotte Troubles", Zuo Le made the other party look disgraced and became very angry.
Now Zuo Le has completely opened up the situation in the film industry, and his voice has not only expanded several times, but also the box office reputation of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is better than that of "Charlotte Trouble".
If the Golden Dragon Award is "blind" again, he will take off the Golden Dragon Award's pants...
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On February 20, 2023, the Lunar New Year holiday officially ends..
"The Richest Man in Xihong City" ended with a box office of 3.229 billion, ranking ninth in China's box office list.
With a box office of 1.89 billion, "The Devil 2" ranked second in this year's Lunar New Year slot.
However, although the final box office was good, more than half of it was achieved through publicity. There was even a scandal of stealing box office in the later period, which almost caused the movie to be canceled early.
Later, I don’t know how the film crew suppressed this matter and finally allowed "Conquering the Devil 2" to pass the Lunar New Year holiday safely.
However, with the normal expenses and the huge publicity expenses, I am afraid that in the end, the profits that can be shared by the film "Conquering the Devil 2" will be limited.
"Conquering the Devil 2" is a fantasy theme. Although the plot is rubbish, the special effects are still recognized by many viewers. You get what you pay for. This shows that the special effects fee is definitely not a small amount.
In addition to the remuneration of famous actors such as Liang Awei, as well as various other expenses, "The Devil 2" can not lose money, which is considered a victory for the film studio.
After all, "Exotic Agents 3" still failed to cross the 2 billion mark. This movie, which has been plagued by negative public opinion since its release, had a final box office of just over 1.8 billion.
For film studios with low budgets, this box office can actually be considered a small profit.
But they couldn't hold it back as they had developed their appetite before.
Before the start of the Lunar New Year season, the outside world's estimate of the box office for "Double Detective 3" was a minimum of 2 billion. In the mind of the filmmakers, they were directly aiming for 3 billion, and even hoped for more.
The previous target was 1 billion, so 1.8 billion was a surprise from heaven.
But the target at that time was 3 billion, so the result of 1.8 billion was naturally not satisfactory, and even a bit dazzling.
But no one cares about their mood. The outside world is most concerned about when Zuo Le will make his next movie.
To be more precise, when did Zuo Le become a "Ten Billion Director".
Zuo Le is already invincible in the field of TV dramas and is already the well-deserved number one in history.
If he were to be the first in the film industry to become a "Ten Billion Director", well, even if he is not the number one director in the country, he would still be a strong contender.
If only I could win one or two more Golden Dragon Awards for Best Director, or a Best Actor and Best Actress.
The most powerful director in China is none other than Zuo Le!
Thinking of being able to witness the birth of an industry king with their own eyes, many people were excited, especially fans of Zuo Le and Shanhe, who went under Zuo Le's scarf every day to urge Zuo Le to film.
Zuo Le posted a picture of having a hot pot party with the cast members of "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and the scarf comment section——
[Why don’t you eat hot pot? Have you finished writing the movie script?]
[Director Zuo, please work hard. This year we will break 10 billion, next year we will be the best, and the year after that we will be crowned king.]
[If you hate iron, it will never become steel. Stop being the leader and make a movie quickly.]
[Future King of Directors, laziness will be your stumbling block]
[Don’t rush me, trust Director Zuo, accumulate some time while filming the TV series, and then finish it in one go]
[Lejiang, Ganbadie (broken sound)]
[Zuo Bao can fly with peace of mind, his mother will always be with him]
[I don’t want a male mother, I don’t want a male mother]
[What’s wrong with the male mother? In this world...I forgot the words]
【It's so cold】
【……】
Although the movie has exceeded 10 billion, although it is not considered a legend overall, it is still full of legend.
"The Richest Man in Xihong City" made the headlines on the trending search headlines the day its box office exceeded 3 billion.
