"Haha, congratulations to Director Li, "I Am Legend" is really impressive. We can also produce such a big production in China!"
"It's so exciting. If you replace the actors with foreigners, it will be no different from a Hollywood blockbuster. I didn't expect that Director Li only needed one year to make a movie that is not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters!"
"This is a real blockbuster. The special effects of the apocalypse are so real!"
...
At the banquet after the premiere, Li Qian accepted compliments from his peers in the industry.
He had a drink with several company bosses and said, "Thank you all bosses for supporting me. In fact, compared to most Hollywood blockbusters, it's not that difficult."
"Director Li is so humble."
Everyone must not believe it. How can it be simple to turn the prosperous modern international metropolis into a deserted and lonely city and show it on the big screen?
Li Qian smiled and said nothing. Although they have been in the industry for many years, they have never studied special effects at all.
It's not a particularly difficult special effect. It's mainly time-consuming, expensive, labor-intensive, and troublesome, but it's not very difficult.
"Congratulations in advance to Director Li for the box office hit. In my opinion, "I Am Legend" can break 600 million at least!"
"Six hundred million is not enough. I don't think 700 million is enough. The new domestic film box office record belongs to none other than Director Li."
...
The celebration banquet is not about eating, chatting and bragging.
Li Qian also accepted everyone's compliments and congratulations, regardless of the situation, he still meant them sincerely.
Anyway, even if he is more modest, it will still be the same. The more modest he is, the more he will brag.
Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Li Ming and others all came. Although the royal brothers from Huayang Media did not come, Chen Guofu came, as did Zhang Zhao, who is the CEO of Lay's Pictures.
Anyway, everyone has been invited, and there are enough seats for more than 3,000 people.
After some commercial exchanges, Wang Changtian also took the initiative to reveal about a new film under Guangxian. "Painted Wall" directed by Chen Jiashang plans to invite Deng Chao and Sun Li to co-star as the male and female protagonists.
What does this mean?
This film was originally cast by the two of them, but Li Qian and Wang Changtian terminated their cooperation, and it was a bit strange that they were still cast as the leading actors.
After all, Wang Changtian is quite narrow-minded. Zhang Zhao joined Guangxian and founded Guangxian Pictures. After the company got on the right track, it was kicked out, and Guangxian Media will be listed next year.
Or is it a sign of goodwill?
There is only one possibility.
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, when you come to them, they will definitely not disappoint you." Li Qian said with a smile.
As for the movie...it's undoubtedly a bad movie, but the cost is low, so it shouldn't make much of a loss.
If you don't lose much, you don't lose. If you don't lose, you make a profit.
Seeing that Li Qian was very happy, Wang Changtian also said sincerely, "Deng Chao has made many good movies in the past two years, and most of them were directed by Li. That's why I let Chen Jiashang feel free to use him."
They made it clear that they were friendly, but it was useless. This film originally belonged to the Deng Dynasty and his wife.
I dealt with it one after another, and also dealt with the actors who came to support me.
Hu Ge, Liu Yufei and other actors from "Time Planning Bureau" also came and looked at Li Qian with some embarrassment and envy.
"Sissi has already acted in "The King of Kung Fu". Hu Ge, this is your first time playing the male lead in a movie. How do you feel about today's premiere?" Li Qian asked with a smile.
"The scale is huge, and the scene is even more exciting than "The King of Kung Fu."" Liu Yufei tried her best to pretend to be a lady and replied.
"It's like a scene in a dream." Hu Ge has a calmness that does not match his age, which is completely inconsistent with the lively image in previous TV series. However, no matter how calm he is, the excitement and expectation in his eyes cannot be hidden.
Li Qian laughed and said, "Then your dream will come true soon, although it may be a little bit behind. Just wait for the Spring Festival with peace of mind."
...
I didn't chat much with them. They were all of the same age, Hu Ge was two years older than Li Qian, but they were all a little reserved.
After "Time Planning Bureau" was completed, Guo Fan proudly told Li Qian that the majesty of his director had subdued all the actors and that the crew was managed very well.
He couldn't even let go of facing Guo Fan, let alone facing Li Qian.
Boring.
Li Qian talked to Du Yang again about online promotion. After all, Perfect Film and Television went through some turmoil and personnel changes, and the general promotion team was taken away by Song Ge.
Although I have absolute confidence in the film, publicity and distribution is still essential.
"Director Li, the investment in online promotion of "If You Are the One 2" is not small, and the momentum is too great. Do we really not need to prepare?" Du Yang was still a little worried.
Although they were the ones doing the publicity, all plans and plans required Li Qian's approval. After all, Li Qian paid for them.
Li Qian had previously said that there was no need to do any targeted marketing for other films in the same period, and Du Yang had no objection. After three consecutively acclaimed and successful films in three years, Li Qian's box office appeal was unquestionable.
After all, even the movies he produced were guaranteed to box office, let alone the ones he directed.
But now, "Let the Bullets Fly" has exploded at the box office and has the potential to hit the record set by "Tangshan Earthquake", and its reputation is even worse.
The perfect combination of art and commerce.
Although the box office of "If You Are the One 2" has not yet come out on the first day, various companies are in constant contact with theaters at this time. Based on the theater attendance, they also know how the sales are going.
According to feedback from some theaters, the attendance rate of "If You Are the One 2" is higher than that of "Let the Bullets Fly."
Although "Let the Bullets Fly" has been released for two weeks, based on the previous two working days, 15 million should still be available today.
"If You Are the One" is over 50% scheduled, and "Let the Bullets Fly" is close to 30%. If the attendance rate is higher, it might even exceed 30 million on the first day.
In addition, Huayang Media invested a huge amount of publicity expenses, and it was praised by the entire network on the first day... not just positive reviews, it was simply amazing reviews.
What Ma Xiaogang's best work, the best movie of the year, combines first-class comedy with first-class art.
Although Du Yang had worked in Huayang for several years and was also friends with Ma Xiaogang, he was still ashamed for him.
The movie is okay. If you spend money to maintain publicity and reputation regardless of the cost, it is not impossible to do it in the first few days.
These two opponents are under great pressure.
However, Li Qian waved his hand and said with a smile, "No need to change, just do what you want to do, just promote it step by step, nothing else is necessary, you have to have confidence in the audience."
The best publicity is spontaneous word-of-mouth spreading from the audience. Now that the Internet has begun to become more popular, moviegoers and netizens are highly overlapping.
Tens of millions of promotional dollars are not worth a mouthful from the audience.
Huayang’s publicity cannot last more than a few days, unless Douban, Tieba, Weibo, Baidu, Tianya, and Maopu are all owned by them, and can achieve all-round control and evaluation without blind spots.
"Okay, but shouldn't the online promotion fee be increased?" Li Qian said whatever he said, and Du Yang said nothing more.
"Add 2 million to make a total of 10 million."
"I Am Legend" cost 80 million to produce and 25 million to be announced. It is the largest production produced by Li Qian.
Of the 25 million publicity and distribution, there are 5 million copies, including 600 film copies, 4.5 million, 12 million offline publicity, and 8 million online.
Offline is still the main focus, and publicity and distribution are still based on the traditional model.
There is no shortage of money, and there is no need to waste money.
...
The celebration party didn't end until after eleven o'clock, and it was almost twelve o'clock when we got home.
After entering the door, he took off his clothes and said, "I smell of alcohol. I'm going to take a bath first. Do you want to join me?"
"Wash well and make yourself white. I'm going to bed first." Tong Liya's eyes flickered, she rolled her eyes at Li Qian, and returned to the bedroom.
I took off my coat, leaned on the bed with a notebook in my arms, and started reading the news.
"Nuan Nuan Inner Light" has been released for more than a month. Although its reputation has always been very high, "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are the One" are new films after all. Discussions and news about "Nuan Nuan Inner Light" have already
Very few anymore.
Tong Liya is not watching her own news, but caring about "If You Are the One 2" and "Let the Bullets Fly".
Tong Liya frowned when she saw the news and film critics praising these two movies as masterpieces.
At a quarter past 12, I received an email from Du Yang in my work mailbox, which was yesterday's box office information.
"Let the Bullets Fly" received a box office of 14.8 million yesterday and Wednesday, while "If You Are the One" had a box office of 14.8 million on its first day on Wednesday...
"34 million?"
Such a high number made Tong Liya couldn't help but exclaim.
"What 34 million?"
Li Qian asked while wiping his hair and walking into the bedroom.
"The first-day box office of "If You Are the One 2", why are you so slow?"
"It was so comfortable, I almost fell asleep in the bathtub, or I would have drowned." Li Qian smiled, threw away the towel and got into bed.
"Drink less. If you feel dizzy, I'll massage it for you."
Tong Liya put her slender legs together, let Li Qian rest comfortably on her legs, and gently massaged his head.
"By the way, Yaya, did you just say that the box office is out?" Li Qian asked with his eyes closed and a contented look on his face.
Tong Liya said angrily, "I thought you didn't care. "If You Are the One 2" sold 34 million on its first day."
"3400?"
It surpassed "Let the Bullets Fly" by nearly 3 million, and was only a little lower than the 37 million of "Tangshan Earthquake". Li Qian was not surprised, "It's about the same, it's pretty normal."
Li Qian was not anxious, but Tong Liya was anxious on his behalf, "It's normal. They spent a lot of money to control the review. It was so high on the first day."
"It's nothing to make a fuss about, it can fool you for a few days."
"You, I've never seen you in a hurry."
Tong Liya is a little funny, the emperor is really not in a hurry...
She has been in the entertainment industry for a few years, and she is no longer the innocent girl she was back then. What’s more, she is still signed under Happy Blue Ocean. Backed by Jiangning Optoelectronics, Happy Blue Ocean’s artist management is also expanding.
Although they are all third-tier stars, many of whom are not even third-tier stars, the internal intrigues constantly refresh her horizons and can be called a Shura field.
Third-tier stars all have their own strata and fights. One day they were all star-studded, but in the next moment they are even disliked by their own managers. There are many of them.
Li Qian has reached this level in just three years. At today's banquet, CEOs of major companies surrounded him and kept saying good things.
However, as long as there is any accident, they will definitely be the ones to add insult to injury.
"What is there to be anxious about? There are so many connections in this industry. The resources are all empty. Ability is the most important. Everything depends on the money in the hands of the audience. No matter how awesome you are, you can't steal money from the audience."
The audience is not stupid, they are very smart. They don’t even have a 15-yuan video website membership for a month throughout the year. They borrow memberships everywhere in the hope of defrauding them of their money. I really thought it was all done by Ma Hua.
Thinking of Ma Huaqian, it seems that the game "Cross Fire" made another fortune by relying on the biochemical airdrop mode.
Just change the name to Ma Chonggan.
Tong Liya also felt that she was worrying blindly, it was like worrying about what the richest man in the country would have for dinner tomorrow if he went bankrupt.
"Okay, okay, don't worry about him, do something meaningful."
After pressing his head, he felt much better. Li Qian opened his eyes and turned around.
"Today I am on top and I always let you ride on my head."
...
Li Qian didn't care about the box office and went to bed early. Ma Xiaogang was also calm and waiting for the box office to be released.
After "The Great Tangshan Earthquake", Ma Xiaogang has already shown himself to be the best at the box office.
The phone vibrated, a text message came.
Open it and take a look.
34 million.
A smile appeared on Ma Xiaogang's face, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe he didn't realize that he was still a little nervous.
However, 34 million on the first day, this wave is stable!