The trainee starts by splitting bricks with bare hands

But Tomahawk isn't much of a charity, and there's a reason for it.Immediately after the pre-sale of A Chinese Ghost Story, the two major e-commerce platforms also issued announcements, announcing that Xia and Xuan Ji have become their brand spokespersons respectively.

6000 million a year!This endorsement contract is huge. Although there is no such exorbitant endorsement fee as Han Lan, for the two idol groups, this is the biggest endorsement they have signed so far in their careers.

Chapter 0674 Auction

A Chinese Ghost Story will be released in China in mid-June.Although the theoretical release time of a movie can reach three months, in fact, most movies will be released in less than a month, especially for movies released during short holidays, the main box office is in the first seven days, after seven days The box office will drop significantly.

Overseas films will be released at about this time, and in JP country, it will be released until the end of June at the latest.

The total domestic box office and the overseas total box office are 55 billion knives, equivalent to a contract of 376 billion yuan. For a new theme movie with an investment of [-] million yuan, this achievement is enough to be recorded in the film history.

But what attracts the most attention from the media is its box office composition. Overseas box office actually accounts for the majority?

As far as the market is concerned, Huaguo is only the second largest film market in the world, and the overseas film market must be larger than the domestic film market.But in fact, the main box office of Huaguo movies comes from the mainland, and the overseas box office is often embellished.Even the last work of Tomahawk Pictures, Jade Immortals 1, barely managed to equalize the box office at home and abroad.

This is obviously a very important signal for many film practitioners.When the income of a film abroad is higher than that in China, it means that it has truly gone international and is a truly world-class blockbuster!

Many authoritative organizations have provided data one after another, speculating that the overseas revenue of Tomahawk Group accounted for 3040% of the total revenue last year, and it is very likely that it will further increase this year!

Many people began to worry, as the focus of the Tomahawk Group shifted overseas, could he still maintain his original intention and continue to be a Chinese enterprise?

This kind of worry is actually not unreasonable, after all, there are precedents.

The Tomahawk Group did not respond to this. There is no promise for such a thing, and no one will believe it if it is given. After all, they are not a state-owned enterprise.

Fans gradually posted their own marionettes on jp country's social networking sites.

A Chinese Ghost Story marionette that was pre-ordered was officially launched one month after the deposit was paid, and the final payment was paid and shipped.

The goods will basically arrive in 57 days overseas.

The 599 yuan Nie Xiaoqian puppet plus tariffs and shipping costs, the price actually bought in jp country is higher than domestic.However, as far as the income of the people of JP is concerned, it is actually not very expensive.

This kind of mass-produced product is definitely not comparable to the puppets used in the movie, it can be regarded as a simplified version.The height is only about [-] centimeters, and the whole puppet is controlled by nine lines in total. It can make some relatively large movements, but the fingers and facial expressions are fixed.

But the overall look is still very delicate, and the makeup looks similar to that in the movie.

And it also comes with a special cylindrical storage box, which is made of transparent plastic and can be placed anywhere in the room as a display cabinet.The cover is the control frame of the marionette. You can directly lift the puppet and put it in from above, and the whole puppet will be suspended in the storage box. You can also adjust the standing posture of the puppet by adjusting the length and position of the string.This is also a function that is currently not available in figures, and it can be regarded as a major selling point of marionettes.

Needless to say, domestic fans, they received puppets earlier than overseas, and they have been showing them online for a few days.Many bloggers also specially produced unboxing videos and put them on the Internet, which gained a lot of views.

And because the puppet can move, some bigwigs have restored some action scenes in the movie in reality, and many fans who didn't make a reservation before watching it were itchy, and couldn't help but place an order to buy it.

At this moment, an online auction was also announced to be held on Station 233.

Licheng, Wu Aijun's home.

The 60-year-old Wu Aijun can be regarded as the backbone of the marionette inheritors in Licheng.

The appearance of this movie has undoubtedly greatly changed his life. First of all, it is naturally a substantial increase in income.In addition to making puppets, he also participated in the shooting of movies, and he took 50 yuan in salary alone.This is something that was unimaginable before!

In the past, the entire troupe performing in the Town God's Temple may not have such a high income!

Naturally, high income brings about the improvement of living conditions, not only materially, but also spiritually.

The son who didn't come back very often, now prefers to run to his hometown more and more.The daughter-in-law, who used to dislike his dirty carpentry work, is getting closer and closer now, calling "Dad" one by one, closer than her own father.

Of course, the most important thing is that I can meet my grandson more often, the elderly are very happy.

Tonight, the couple also came back with their children. The son and grandson sat with him in the living room very filially, and the daughter-in-law was very virtuous washing the dishes in the kitchen, keeping him busy.

The TV has changed to a smart TV this year, and I can watch the live broadcast of 233 stations.

Wu Aijun and other veteran craftsmen also opened their own 233 accounts with the advice and help of director Wang Shenzhi. They became old pigeons and posted some videos of making and performing puppets from time to time. After the release of A Chinese Ghost Story, they harvested A lot of popularity.

Wu Aijun is now also an up master with a small [-] fans!Every time, he would be shown off by his grandson in front of his classmates, which made him very proud.

Tonight, the whole family is naturally not watching the video he posted before, but watching the live broadcast of the online auction at station 233.

Some time ago, Wu Aijun received an order from Tomahawk Films, and made another puppet of Nie Xiaoqian according to the standard of marionettes in the movie. It is said that it will be auctioned at this auction.In addition, one of Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia will also be listed in the auction.

To this end, Tomahawk Pictures also specially sent someone over to take a production video and some makeup photos for them, saying it was for making stars.

Wu Aijun didn't know what kind of star he was building, but he also knew that what they said was right, so he cooperated as much as possible.

This auction is not specially held for A Chinese Ghost Story, there are many other figurines. Seeing the price of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of exquisite dolls above, Wu Aijun's son is sitting on the side His eyes were straightened, and he said, "Why is such a gadget so expensive?"

Wu Aijun's grandson knows a lot, and tried his best to explain to his father what is so good about these figures.Of course, chickens talk to ducks.

Finally, it's time for the A Chinese Ghost Story themed auction.

The first puppet exhibited in the live broadcast room was Yan Chixia's puppet, and it was also the tallest and largest puppet this time. In addition, the wire length was nearly half a meter high, and it was placed on a pure wooden base and a glass cabinet.The posture is also adjusted in advance, and it looks very free and easy, with the feeling of a free and easy knight.

Chapter 0675 brother, seriously?

Naturally, what was put up for the auction was not the 499 yuan industrial product sold on the e-commerce platform. It was a complete one-to-one replica of the same style of the movie, and there were more details about the activities.

The most important thing is that it was carved by Mr. Yang Guofa, the inheritor of the marionette in Licheng, with a knife, and the clothes on his body are made of authentic Suzhou embroidery.

Just such a puppet already has two items of intangible cultural heritage!

The introduction video also plays the introduction video produced by the Tomahawk film team, including various cool shots of its original version in the movie, the design ideas of the chief designer, its production process, the introduction and interview of Mr. Yang Guofa, Introduction to Suzhou Embroidery, close-up shots of various details and practical demonstration

After the video was played, the auctioneer lady also showed its certificate in the live broadcast room. It was issued by Tomahawk Films. Under it were the official seals of Tomahawk Films, the official seal of Rongcheng Puppet Museum, and the official seals of two intangible cultural heritage associations. , and the personal seals of the chief designer and two producers.

With this certificate, you can see a big one at first glance!

The word "professional" was neatly written on the bullet screen in the live broadcast room.

This guy's painting style is different from the previous ones. There are so many professional things, it's a dimensionality reduction blow!

After the auctioneer lady finished her introduction, she also announced the start of the auction.

The starting price is [-], and the price increase is not less than [-] each time!

"Dig the grass? The starting price is going to be [-]? Sorry to bother you!"

"Farewell, farewell!"

"It is indeed not at the same level as the previous figure, and Suzhou embroidery itself is indeed very expensive."

"Fuck, it's so expensive, someone really raised the price!"

The barrage has just started to pop up, and the price of the puppet has been increased three times in a row, directly increasing to [-].

Obviously, this thing is not prepared for ordinary players at all.

After a brief pause, before the auctioneer started counting down, he raised the price for the fourth time to [-]. Immediately after, someone followed up, and the intensive price increase soon reached [-] before stopping again.