Chapter 197 The Box Office Premiere

The clock struck midnight.

Zhang Tong silently smoked a cigarette and looked at the endless stream of vehicles under the Tianyu Building.

Although he looked calm without saying a word, in fact he was still a little bit nervous in his heart.

The most important thing about a movie is not word of mouth, popularity, or positive ratings.

The most important thing about a movie is the box office.

Last year's "Subway Station" Zhang Tong did earn several hundred million at the box office. This year's "Blood Age" made Zhang Tong somewhat nervous.

"The Age of Blood" is a war film with the main theme, talking about the war sixty years ago.

As long as the main theme film is not badly shot, the box office can generally be guaranteed, but the guarantee can be guaranteed, but if you say that the box office is going to explode, it is really unrealistic.

After all, the audience is still a problem.

Although he has always been very confident in his "Blood Age", but this year's Chinese New Year has so many Hollywood blockbusters, which makes him feel uncertain.

Other Hollywood blockbusters are not strong, but their ability to attract fans is particularly strong, and they can easily attract all the fans of the younger generation in China, causing other movies to become ineffective.

Zhang Tong is not Li Mingrui, he has a deep understanding of his films and China's national conditions.

It is no exaggeration to say that Huaxia Film has a long way to go if it wants to defeat Hollywood Film, and it still needs the support of various resources.

This is almost an impossible task.

After more than ten minutes, the two cigarettes were finished.

Zhang Tong took out his mobile phone and subconsciously wanted to call Lu Yuan. For some reason, he now felt that Lu Yuan should be much more nervous than him at this time.

After all, "The Vagabond" is Lu Yuan's second movie, and Lu Yuan's current situation urgently needs a movie to prove his strength. Think about it, if you stand in Lu Yuan's position, you will definitely Sleepless all night.

beep beep.

The phone rang for a long time before it was connected.

"Hey……"

"Little Lu, are you asleep?"

"Oh... Director Zhang, I just fell asleep."

"Just fell asleep?" Zhang Tong's question "Have you slept?"

However, when Zhang Tong heard the sleepiness in Lu Yuan's voice, he couldn't believe it?

Did Lu Yuan really fall asleep?

Are you kidding me...

"Well, yes, I'm a little tired, Director Zhang, what's the matter?"

"No, I just want to ask you what you think of the box office of the Spring Festival stalls?"

"Uh, the box office of the Spring Festival stalls? Director Zhang, I can't say, the box office should be pretty good."

"Oh, so how much box office do you think you have?"

"Well, the response to the premiere seems to be quite good. I don't think my box office will be too bad."

"How much do you have in mind?"

"Nine million should be there."

"Nine million, pay back in two days, um, pretty good."

"Well, yes, oh, by the way, Director Zhang, do you have anything else to do?"

"Gone……"

"Oh, then I'll call you tomorrow, I seem to have caught a cold again, and my head is dizzy." The voice on the other end of the phone was obviously a little weak.

"Oh, well, pay attention to your body..."

"Bye-Bye."

Zhang Tong hung up the phone and lit a cigarette again.

Lu Yuan's reaction was completely different from what he had imagined.

What kind of Lu Yuan did he imagine?

Uneasy, nervous, even insomnia and anxious, after hearing his call, he must have been worried and feared in many ways, and then he would comfort him symbolically, while the two of them waited for the final box office together...

Actually?

He was extremely calm, and shouted out a box office estimate of around 9 million on the first day.

7 million investment, 9 million on the first day...

How confident should this be?

This kid can do it!

He felt that Lu Yuan had a youthful and frivolous feeling, very much like his former self.

After smoking a cigarette, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Come in!"

"Director Zhang, come out!" Assistant Xiao Li excitedly rushed over with the report.

"How many?"

"Seventeen million!"

"call!"

After hearing the final result, Zhang Tong let out a long sigh of relief.

The score of 17 million has completely exceeded his expectation of 2 million, which is a good sign.

If the premiere has this result, then there is no problem at all if the overall box office breaks through 500 million, and it is even very possible to compete for 600 million!

This is another new record in the box office history of a Chinese theme movie!

You must know that the box office of Zhang Jin's "Wolf Walk" in October last year was only 630 million!

Zhang Tong was in a good mood when he thought of this.

Looks like I can sleep well now.

"By the way, have you checked the final box office of Xiao Lu's "The Wanderer"? Has it broken several million..." In a good mood, Zhang Tong couldn't help but start to care about Lu Yuan's "The Wanderer".

"Lu Yuan's "The Vagabond"..." Assistant Xiao Li looked up at Zhang Tong, with slight hesitation in his eyes.

"How much? Is it bad?"

"Eighteen million."

"Wait, what are you talking about? How much is his box office?"

"18 million, ranking fourth in the total box office, second only to the 20 million of "Killing Invisible"..."

"????"

Zhang Tong took the report and glanced at the dense data on it and the final box office of 18 million, and was instantly dumbfounded.

At this moment, what Lu Yuan said on the phone just now echoed in his mind.

He said that he conservatively estimated around nine million.

At first, I thought that Lu Yuan was a little arrogant, and even put on the hat of youth and frivolity.

But now it seems that this is not arrogance, but his mother's modesty...

Zhang Tong felt that he had been slapped in the face.

"Director Zhang, what's wrong with you?"

"fine."

Facing the concerned eyes of assistant Xiao Li, Zhang Tong shook his head, and then closed his eyes.

He suddenly felt that he might have insomnia again tonight.

………………………

"Has the box office come out?"

"Director Shen, come out."

"How much is the box office of our movie?"

"Nine million."

"Phew, 9 million is not bad, basically it can pay back in a week, by the way, what about the other box office?"

""Blood Age" 17 million, "Battle Blood" 13 million, "Wanderer"..."Wanderer"..."

"How much is "The Wanderer", don't hesitate."

"Eighteen million, twice as much as ours..."

"what!"

Shen Lianjie passed the data report from his assistant in disbelief, staring at the data of "Wanderer" as if he had seen it before.

He felt like he was dreaming.

However, after he read it several times and verified it several times and found that there was indeed nothing wrong with the data, Jet Shen fainted.

The data of 18 million is really too good!

For a literary film with an investment of 7 million, your box office at the premiere will directly bring in 18 million!

What are you doing?

Do you want every day?

Afterwards, Jet Shen felt hot eyes.

My box office figure of 9 million is exactly half of others...

have to!

Before, you looked down on him and didn’t regard him as an opponent, but now he just turned over and sat on your forehead, crushing it to the point where you doubt your life...

Shen Lianjie instantly felt his face was hot.

History is always strikingly similar.

"The Capital" himself was slapped in the face by Lu Yuan. After being slapped in the face, he was depressed for a long time and finally felt that he was going the wrong way.

After a painful experience, in the end he carefully selected and filmed "Flowering Pinellia" with a lower cost.

Then……

"Blooming Pinellia" was slapped in the face again.

I invested more than 10 million in this movie...

And "The Wanderer"...

Ha ha.

Seven million……

What the hell is a small investment slap in the face.

Shen Lianjie took a deep breath and lowered his head.

There was a long, long silence.

Then...

"Am I unfit to be a director?"

He raised his head blankly and suddenly looked at the assistant, with a look of doubt on his life.

assistant:"???"

………………………

online.

"Shocking! The premiere of "Vagabond" received good reviews, and the box office of 18 million is close to that of "Alien Killer". According to expert analysis, the final box office of "Wanderer" is very likely to approach that of "Alien Killer"!"

"The rise of Chinese films? Is the spring of low-budget literary films coming?"

"Behind the high box office of "Vagabond", what other meanings are there? Is it the arrival of a new era?"

"Amazing acting skills, penetrating character control, Lu Yuan, are you really a novice in the show business?"

"..."

morning.

When the final data of "Wanderer" was exposed, the entire Internet exploded in an instant.

Major information websites, headline portals, news, Weibo, movie websites...

Countless news outlets are scrambling to report on "The Vagabond".

As long as netizens stay, they can see people discussing "Wanderer".

The box office performance of "The Vagabond", the plot of "The Vagabond", the word-of-mouth of "The Vagabond" and Lu Yuan's acting skills...

People in the industry were all shocked by the film's premiere box office results.

They all agreed that "The Vagabond" had a good reputation, and the box office couldn't be too bad, but they never thought that this movie would turn into a shocking dark horse, and it was almost crushed to the Chinese box office. The first straight-forward Hollywood movie "Killing Alien"...

This is undoubtedly a miracle!

Like the original "Buried Alive", it is an incredible miracle.

"I have a hunch that this movie may, yes, possibly surpass "Alien Killing", after all, the reputation of "Alien Killing" is really bad. After I watched "Alien Killing" once, I don't want to watch it a second time, but "The Vagabond" is different, I watched it once and wanted to watch it again."

"I agree, wait, so, so, "Wanderer" may become one of the few movies in our Chinese history that suppresses Hollywood movies?"

"It's too early to say this. After all, there is a gap of two million. The key still depends on the follow-up!"

"and many more!"

"What's wrong?"

"I suddenly remembered that Lu Yuan went to watch the video of "Killing Aliens" yesterday. This may be a foreshadowing!"

"Foreshadowing?"

"Yes! Let's see, it's impossible that Lu Yuan doesn't have a second move. After all, this bastard keeps playing tricks. I think "Killing Alien" will be surpassed by "Wanderer."

"Well, yes, look at the next day's box office! Let's see if "The Vagabond" can suddenly show its strength!"

"Well, look forward to it!"

On the Internet, netizens began to recall that Lu Yuan watched the videos of "Wanderer" and "Killing Alien" yesterday...

I don't know why, the more I brush, the more I feel like a ghost...

Of course, there are still a group of netizens who think that Lu Yuan will never do this for no reason!

This is definitely meaningful!

Naturally, they didn't know that Lu Yuan had a bad cold and was on a drip with a runny nose.

I don't even know that Lu Yuan still doesn't know how much his box office is...

This is a sad story.

Yes.

very sad!

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