You don't understand the happiness of the director

Beijing, an office building in Zuojiazhuang Street, Chaoyang District.

Wang Qiankun did not expect that he would now be reduced to renting a house with so many houses on his hands.

There was no other way. The company was established and there were more and more employees. It was no longer suitable to continue working in Dawang Cinema, so he rented such a place. He wanted to buy it, but they were willing to collect rent even if they didn't sell it.

This place is not bad. Many companies from the same industry are nearby. In the building opposite is Huayi Brothers. Twenty years ago, Feng Pengtong would call him "Kun Ye" when he saw him. Now he has become a great director.

Over the years, I have been cultivating my moral character and cultivating my sentiments. Unexpectedly, I would start a business again at the age of fifty for my son.

After establishing a theater company and acquiring a distribution company, the name Qiankun Pictures was no longer suitable, so it was upgraded to Qiankun Culture Co., Ltd.

I can do any TV series, movies, advertisements, music videos, wedding photography and other businesses, but what stands out is that I have a limited culture.

Now Lao Wang feels that he is also a rising entertainment tycoon. When the company grows, Zhao Yazhi, Zhong Chuhong, and Wang Zuxian will all be invited to film, and all three of them will come together!

However, Wang Qiankun was reluctant to let go of the easy life in the past, so he trained three generals to work for him and share his work.

The first one is Manager Ruan of the original Dawang Cinemas, who is now the general manager of Dawang Cinemas.

The second is the general manager of the acquired publishing company, Manager Xi, who is now in charge of Qiankun Publishing.

The third one is Manager Duan, who is in charge of film and television production. He is Wang Quan’s old senior at Nortel and has rich experience in the industry. However, the company does not have any works for him to produce yet, so he is relatively free.

With the talents of Ruan Xi and Duan, there is no need to worry about failing to accomplish great things!

Of course, Manager Ruan has been with him the longest and is still his confidant, and now his confidant is here.

"Boss, come out, come out!"

Wang Qiankun asked him to keep an eye on the box office data of "Cloverfield Lane" in North America, and it seems that the result is coming.

"How many?"

"$8.6 million! A very impressive result!" Manager Ruan smiled brightly.

Lao Wang laughed out loud after hearing this. The film cost only 3 million U.S. dollars, and it was paid back in one day. He is worthy of being my son!

Of course, the account cannot be calculated like this. After all, Paramount spent 20 million to buy the movie, and then invested a lot in promotion and distribution. It is still unclear whether the money can be recovered from the box office, but the transaction is definitely not a loss, or even Earn blood.

Manager Ruan, "Then I'll contact the newspaper now to publish the good news!"

"Wait a minute!" Wang Qiankun thought of a question, "How much RMB is this money equivalent to now?"

Manager Ruan's mind turned quickly and he immediately had the answer, "67.08 million. If we use last year's exchange rate, it would be over 70 million!"

Wang Qiankun, "That's it. Congratulations to director Wang Quan for the new film's box office exceeding 67 million on its first day in the United States!"

Of course, whichever number is bigger will be used. If the Neon box office exceeds 100 million yen, he will definitely use 100 million yen.

"It's better, boss, you are better!" Manager Ruan quickly went to deal with it.

Afterwards, Wang Qiankun called Manager Xi again, and now he is out of town drinking with big bosses from various theater chains to promote the release of "10 Cloverfield Lane."

Manager Xi's characteristic is that he can drink a lot and never get drunk after a thousand cups. But now, in order to run the distribution industry, he has to make the theater managers drunk. If it weren't for the inaction of his previous boss, he felt that he would definitely be able to make the company bigger and stronger. Now being taken under Boss Wang's employ, Manager Xi feels that he has finally met his master and is willing to become his uncle. His aunt has been widowed for many years.

Then Manager Duan from the production department also came over, "Boss, today we have another wedding video job. I am a top student from Nortel and have also been a producer. This must be too frustrating."

"Duan, don't worry. You also know who my son is. He will return to China in a few days. If you have a good chat with him then, you will definitely be able to come up with a project. Moreover, the person getting married this time is a dance partner of mine. Son, I can’t push you away, please be considerate, please be considerate.”

Manager Duan thought to himself: This time it was a dance partner, last time it was a poker partner, you, a middle-aged woman, must have too many friends!

After sending Manager Duan away, someone knocked on the door again. A quiet girl wearing glasses pushed the door open and called, "Second uncle."

"Chu Ling, come here quickly, you've been working hard these days." Wang Qiankun smiled and asked his niece to sit down.

He has one brother, one sister, and one younger sister. This is his sister's only daughter, Chen Chuling, who is also the number one academic leader in the Wang family. She studies law at the University of Political Science and Law, which is the pride of the Wang family.

Chen Chuling is the same age as Wang Quan and slightly younger. She is in her third year of college this year. The company has hired a lot of people recently. She helped draw up the contracts. They are not free of charge, they are paid.

"Second uncle, your company should hire a professional legal counsel. I'm going to be a senior in college soon. I'm so tired!"

"You are tired of making money, don't you think about buying a house in the capital?"

Chen Chuling said, "But you didn't give me as much as my brother did. His job is quite easy."

The "my brother" she mentioned here was of course Wang Quan. Wang Qiankun poured a cup of tea for his niece, "What did he want with you?"

Chen Chuling, "Let me help him buy the film and television adaptation rights for the novel."

"Oh! What novel?"

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""The Twilight Saga", yes, that's right, the copyright of this novel belongs to us, Long Toutou!"

Facing the reporter's question, Dorothy said it with great pride. Just last month, the second part of the "Twilight" series, "New Moon", was released. It once again successfully detonated the youth market, with sales soaring, even reaching the top. Weekly number one on the New York bestseller list.

Dorothy took the opportunity to let out some rumors and attracted reporters, and then she began to promote how many plans for the follow-up to Dragon Head are being developed, such as Escape Room, Juno, The Twilight Saga, The Hangover, and a series of other original works by Director Wang. The work looks like it’s about to flex its muscles, creating momentum that the company is about to take off.

After all, the company's ace director already has a masterpiece, and the box office and reputation of "10 Cloverfield Lane" are enough to prove his strength.

After only two days of release, the box office has already reached 18 million US dollars. On the second day, it narrowly beat "Cars" and won the daily box office championship.

Movies in North America are usually released on Friday. For new movies, the box office is highest on Friday, and decreases on Saturday and Sunday. For old movies, the box office is highest on Saturday.

This is the case for "Fast and Furious 3". It sold 9.5 million on the first day and dropped to 8 million on the second day. It is in line with the curve of commercial blockbusters with mediocre reputation. You must know that the cost of this movie is 120 million U.S. dollars. This kind of performance can already be announced. Failed.

The box office of "Cloverfield Lane" is almost the opposite of "Fast and Furious 3", and it was even stronger on Saturday.

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, film critics gave it a freshness rating of 80%, while fans gave it a freshness rating of 93%, and the IMDB score was 8.1!

A well-known film critic, Luke Adkins, praised the film after receiving the money: This is an unparalleled film debut. King David has given his director career a good start. He will be the next Yusen Wu. By, of course, I'm referring to Wu before "Windtalker."

Those who didn’t get the money praised even more. Ava Jeffries, a writer for the New York Observer, commented on the film: This movie made me respected because the director didn’t treat me as a fool, and every twist was unexpected. Unexpectedly, I felt great pleasure, as if Gao Chao, I love this exquisite movie to death!

All signs prove that this is a movie that will hit both the box office and the word-of-mouth.

Dorothy naturally wants to seize this opportunity to promote the king's power to the media, and at the same time promote the dragon's head to prepare for raising funds in the future.

Now that the company wants to build its own distribution network, it cannot do without film distribution, so it must expand its film sources. Wang Quan can shoot some of them, or even write some for others to shoot, but it is still far from enough. Dorothy must buy the films and let the distribution department There is work to do.

Film distribution in North America is much more difficult than in China, and it can't be done by just drinking.

Since buying a movie requires money, they can't get enough of it with the three melons and dates they have, so she put the royal power and the Twilight Zone signboard here, hoping that knowledgeable people can come over and spread the money while waving the money. currency.

It would have been better if "10 Cloverfield Lane" could win the first weekend box office championship. Unfortunately, "Cars" was still too strong and overtook it again on Sunday, still dominating the weekly box office list in its second week.

On Sunday, "10 Cloverfield Lane" took in $9.05 million at the box office, making $27.05 million in its first three days, ranking first among new films!

In China, the box office has just been updated for the next day.

After receiving instructions from Wang Qiankun, Manager Ruan continued to communicate with the newspaper, so on that day, people in the capital city could read in the newspaper "Director Wang Quan's new film won the daily box office championship in the United States, with a box office of 140 million in two days!" 》related words, online media also reprinted and reported the news, and the popularity of King Quan suddenly increased again.

Sina Entertainment: Director Wang Quan's debut film made a shocking debut in the United States, surpassing 100 million in two days, beating out all the new and old movies such as Keanu Reeves' new film and the sequel to "The Fast and the Furious". It is invincible!

Tianya Forum: There are pirated resources of "10 Cloverfield Lane" here, if you want to see them, come in! There are fast hands but there are slow hands!

Reply +999! "Damn, that's a lie. Isn't this Calabash Baby?"

Sohu Video's "Entertainment Today Review", "I am the host of the studio. It's amazing. Friends, director Wang Quan is very popular in the United States. His movie has a box office of over 100 million in two days, reaching a terrifying 140 million! What is this concept? Feng Xiaogang "A World Without Thieves", which the director brought together big stars such as Andy Lau, Ge You, and Li Bingbing, has a box office of 120 million!"

"Nonsense, he is confusing the concept. Comparing the mainland box office with the North American box office is simply a mess!" Within Huayi Brothers, Feng Xiaogang was very dissatisfied after seeing this news from Sohu, "If my movie can also be... It will be released in North America, so I don’t know who will win or who will lose.”

"That's right, Director Feng plans to have our "The Night Banquet" released abroad this time. I have already contacted Harvey from Weinstein Pictures." Wang Zhonglei from Huayi Brothers said with a smile.

Feng Xiaogang's face looked better now. Well, it actually wasn't that good either. After all, it was just like that.

However, he is really looking forward to the performance of "The Banquet" in North America. Lao Mouzi's "Hero" has grossed more than 53 million U.S. dollars. Now a few years later, Zi Yi is becoming more and more popular abroad, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. , Yanzu is basically an American, and his own film should be good too.

Of course, he hopes that the North American box office of "The Banquet" can surpass King Power's "10 Cloverfield Lane". Don't say that he is bullying you with big stars. Your film is in English and has an advantage.

I don’t blame him for wanting to suppress the royal power, it’s just that he is too annoying. When he came today, he happened to meet Wang Qiankun downstairs, and he said “pants pants”. I am already a great director, can I not mention the nickname? !

Wang Qiankun doesn't care about the mood of Feng Pants. You didn't call me "master" when you were successful, and you still want me to call you "director"?

Now Wang Qiankun is in a good mood. He is just waiting for the box office results of "10 Cloverfield Lane" on the third day to be released. By then, it will probably be over 200 million.

Unfortunately, just over 200 million is still not enough. It would be great if it could reach 260 million. Then the media should use the mainland box office champion of Chinese-language films, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" as an analogy.

Unexpectedly, his wish came true. On this day, he not only waited for the three-day box office result of "Cloverfield Lane" of US$27.05 million in the first weekend, but also waited for the global box office of "Cloverfield Lane" The battle situation!

Although "10 Cloverfield Lane" was not released simultaneously around the world, it was also released simultaneously in Maple Leaf Country and several South American countries during the same period. Taken together, the global box office in the first week was as high as US$35 million!

Equivalent to RMB 270 million!

Super, super "Hero"!

There are indeed media reports like this. They are headline-grabbing. Fortunately, Lao Mouzi did not see it. Otherwise, he would have spit out a mouthful of blood. You use the box office of North and South America to beat me at the mainland box office. How shameless!

Although Zhang Yimou did not respond, his "good partner" Zhang Weiping would not let go of this good opportunity. He accepted an interview with the media that day, and his target was Wang Qiankun. "The global box office of "Hero" was US$177 million. According to the exchange rate at the time It’s 1.45 billion RMB, you should exceed this number first.”

Zhang Weiping is very cunning and did not compare the North American box office with "Cloverfield Lane" because he knew that it would be easy for "Cloverfield Lane" to surpass the 53 million North American box office of "Heroes", so he compared the global box office , "Hero" is definitely better globally.

However, Zhang Weiping’s purpose was not to have a verbal spat with Wang Qiankun. His purpose was in the second half of the interview, “Also, Director Zhang’s latest epic masterpiece “The City of Golden Armor” will hit the global box office market at the end of the year, and the director is working on it without sleep or food. In the later stage, everyone is welcome to come to the cinema to support it. I can guarantee that this is a brilliant masterpiece that surpasses "Hero" and will definitely be unforgettable!"

Wang Quan also saw Zhang Weiping's interview. Well, it was indeed unforgettable. Wuji is a steamed bun. How many steamed buns are there in Golden Armor? Can I forget it?

Wang Qiankun called him and told him about it. The old man was very unconvinced, "Son, can your movie's box office exceed 177 million dollars?"

Wang Quan answered honestly, "It shouldn't be surpassed."

Wang Qiankun refused to give up, "What about the next movie?"

"Escape Room"? Wang Quan thought for a while, "It's not very safe either."

"What about the lower part? Are you ready to take pictures?"

"Juno," Wang Quan replied, "I'm not sure."

"Ah?" Wang Qiankun was dumbfounded, "Is it so difficult to surpass 177 million?"

Yes, if you don't count "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", a Chinese-Western hybrid, "Hero" is the box office king of pure Chinese films. It has been a huge hit in all major markets in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, and Europe. If Without the blessing of the North American market, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon would not be a rival.

Wang Qiankun sighed, "How can you surpass Zhang Yimou?"

Wang Quan said in a relaxed tone, "It will be ready next year~"

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