Chapter 503 80 Million, Is There Hope?

The day after Celine Dion's concert at Radio City, several media outlets reported on the grand occasion that night, and naturally they had to report on the new song.

Thomson also seized the opportunity to collect these reports and gave them to domestic media for reporting.

Some newspapers' headlines were very exaggerated.

[Zhou Yan's new movie "Time Traveler" is passionately performed at Radio City in New York! ]

[Can't wait! Listen to the song first! ]

[A song by Zhou Yan makes Americans sleepless! ]

[I'm here, I conquer! ]

[Zhou Yan appears on Billboard again! ]

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Just looking at the headlines of these news, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand what happened.

When Jingtian Chengzi saw the news, she was also confused.

She felt that her Chinese level was not bad, and there should be no problem reading a news headline, but she couldn't understand these news headlines at all.

In recent years, whether in China or Japan, news headlines seem to be getting weirder and weirder.

In the past, news headlines were very general. You could tell what happened just by looking at the headlines. If the news was important, the content might not be much longer than the headlines.

But now, news headlines are becoming less and less general, and people are increasingly unable to understand what the news is talking about.

She had no choice but to skip the headlines and read the content.

After reading the content of the news, she realized that it was Celine Dion who sang an episode in Zhou Yan's new movie "Time Traveler".

Two days ago, Celine Dion sang this song at the end of her concert.

This song is now very popular in the United States, but because the movie has not been released in the United States and the song has not been released as a single, most people are just discussing it and have not heard it.

In the report of "Billboard", "all of me" is called a song that will definitely be on the list, and it will undoubtedly be welcomed by the majority of fans.

In fact, the audience will not be surprised by the report of "Billboard" because the songs Zhou Yan wrote before are the top of the list, and it is normal for the new song to be on the list.

Moreover, the singer of this song is Celine Dion, who is very popular.

However, it is precisely because the media reports on this song are very positive that the fans have high expectations for this song, and now they can't hear the song, so they are very uncomfortable.

Seeing these reports, Iida Chengzi couldn't help but nod her head. It is indeed Mr. Zhou who will not fail.

She has heard from Akina Nakamori that Zhou Yan promised to write a new song for her, so she has been in a good mood these days.

The more famous Zhou Yan is, the better for Akina.

Iida Chengzi accompanied Akina Nakamori to Shanghai for activities these days, so she saw these reports in Shanghai, which shows that the news has been widely spread in China.

Originally, because of the report of CCTV, the popularity of "Time Traveler" has risen against the trend, and the box office has also risen.

The popularity has just dropped a little in the past two days, and the box office has slowly fallen back. Suddenly, a lot of news about "Time Traveler" and Celine Dion appeared again, and the popularity has risen against the trend again.

Although the box office did not increase much, it basically stabilized the originally falling box office.

By January 20, the single-day box office of "Time Traveler" could still exceed 1.5 million.

At this time, the total box office of the movie has exceeded 65 million.

It has been exactly one month since the premiere of "Time Traveler". It took only one month to get a box office of 65 million. This result can be called crazy.

The current situation is a bit interesting, because there is only one movie at the top of the domestic box office rankings.

This year's box office rankings in China are different from last year. There are no super hits like "True Lies" and "Rumble in the Bronx". The best box office performance is "Police Story: Simple Mission" with 80 million.

Before "Time Traveler" was released, the one below "Simple Mission" was "Twister" with a box office of 54 million, and the third place was "Broken Arrow" with 50.5 million.

That is to say, there is a difference of nearly 30 million between the first and second place, and "Simple Mission" is a cliff-like lead.

After the release of "Time Traveler", it took a short time to break through 33 million, squeezing out "Toy Story" and "Fear" and ranking among the top ten box office rankings in mainland China this year.

After that, it didn't take long to surpass "Waterworld", "Mission Impossible", "The Rock" and other movies, and ranked fourth with a box office of 50 million.

When the box office of "Time Traveler" reached 50 million, it received a lot of attention, because if it went one step further, it would surpass "Broken Arrow" and "Twister" and rank second.

Of course, after breaking through the box office of 50 million, it didn't take too long to leave these two movies behind.

At this time, most people thought that the performance of "Time Traveler" should be fixed at the second place, because the next one above is "Simple Mission" with 80 million, which is too far away.

But what people didn't expect was that the performance of "Time Traveler" in the later stage was so good that it broke through 65 million in a month, and now it can still have a box office of more than one million every day.

If it can maintain this state for more than ten days, it will break the box office of "Simple Mission" and successfully reach the top.

So, now everyone is paying attention to whether this movie can catch up and become the box office champion of this year.

The most nervous person now may be Han Sanping.

He has always been a person with a stable mentality, otherwise he would not be able to reach this position at this age.

However, his expectations have been raised to the peak step by step.

At the beginning, his goal was to exceed 3,500 box office, so that "Time Traveler" could become the best-selling mainland movie this year.

But the goal of 35 million was achieved very quickly, so quickly that he didn't feel anything, and his mind automatically generated the next goal - 40 million.

Then not long after, this goal became 50 million, 60 million...

Later, his goal had to be updated almost every two days.

Now, his goal has become 80 million, that's right, to beat "Simple Mission".

If the box office can reach 1.5 million every day in the future, this goal can be achieved in just ten days.

But it is impossible to maintain 1.5 million all the time. According to the law, it must decline.

If it drops by 100,000 every day, it will drop to zero, and there will not be 1,500.

However, even if it drops, it is impossible for the box office to return to zero after 15 days. There must be some box office every day...

Han Sanping found that calculating the box office is too difficult, and there are too many factors to consider.

If it follows the conventional algorithm, the box office of "Time Traveler" cannot even reach 65 million. But it has reached it and is still moving forward.

After thinking for a long time, Han Sanping called Xu Feng.

After receiving Han Sanping's call, Xu Feng was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "Director Han, you called me at this time to discuss the celebration banquet with me?"

"Of course the celebration banquet must be held, and the time can be determined by Mr. Xu, but I called you to ask, according to your prediction, can the box office of "Time Traveler" exceed 80 million?"

As soon as Han Sanping mentioned the number of 80 million, Xu Feng knew what he was thinking.

In fact, it was not only Han Sanping who was thinking about it, but many people outside were also paying attention to this matter.

"It's hard to say, let's say 50-50." Xu Feng told Han Sanping about their prediction.

In fact, the prediction results of Tang Chen's internal department are not ideal. According to the current situation, it is difficult for "Time Traveler" to exceed 80 million box office.

Now it is 65 million, and the gap is 15 million. This 15 million is relatively easy to get in the early and middle stages, but now a month has passed, the potential of the ticket warehouse has been almost tapped, and it is difficult to continue to maintain the current single-day box office.

According to Tang Chen's prediction, the single-day box office should drop below 300,000 within ten days, and then stabilize between 100,000 and 200,000 for a period of time.

After that, it will stabilize at around 50,000 for a period of time.

At this time, the movie will be taken off the screen.

According to this trend, there is no way to get 15 million in the later period.

"What about the period of the New Year, can the box office be pushed up?" Han Sanping asked again.

"Difficult." Xu Feng replied.

It is indeed difficult. Not many people go to the cinema to watch movies during the Spring Festival, and most of the target audience have already seen the movie. Unless a large number of viewers choose to watch it twice or three times, it is difficult to increase the box office.

Zhou Yan and Joey Wong have many fans, but not many crazy ones. There are not many people who go to the cinema to watch the movie more than ten times just to chase their stars.

Hearing Xu Feng's answer, Han Sanping pondered for a while, and then said, "Mr. Xu, if, I mean if, we intervene now, can we make the box office of the movie?"

Xu Feng on the other end of the phone frowned, "Director Han, I don't quite understand what you mean, make the box office? How to do it? Let the cinema cooperate to make data?"

In fact, it is very easy for the cinema to falsify data. It is not to change the world directly, just to make some ghost shows, it is nothing more than to spend some effort to balance the account.

"I'm not saying to make fake data, but to make real data. We can invite people to watch the movie. If the box office of "Time Traveler" is not far from 80 million, we can invest a little money to invite people to watch the movie to increase the box office."

Inviting people to watch the movie is also easy to operate. There are many such cases in the mainland. Find some units and schools to cooperate and book them to watch the movie. The box office will soon be increased.

Many domestic movies with very high box office have units and schools organizing groups to watch the movie, otherwise it is difficult to top the box office.

Xu Feng thought about it and said, "If the difference is a few hundred thousand, you can try this."

"I think that if the difference is within 5 million, you can consider it."

"This...isn't the cost too high."

It may cost 3 million to actually increase the box office of 5 million, which is not a low cost.

Xu Feng certainly wants the box office of "Time Traveler" to exceed "Simple Mission" and become the champion of this year, but her desire is not so strong, so she is naturally not willing to spend 3 million to do this.

But it’s different for Han Sanping. It makes a big difference to him whether "Time Traveler" can become the number one box office this year.

If "Time Traveler" can really get the first place, then his New Year's Day movie this year will be completely famous, which are all real political achievements.

With these achievements, his future development will be much smoother.

In addition, the different attitudes of both parties are also related to whether to pay money.

If the box office is really to be increased, the money must be paid by Tomson, at least the majority.

"I still think it's worth a try. This is an opportunity to create history. It would be a pity if you don't give it a try. After nine steps, you fail at the last hurdle. Would you be willing, Mr. Xu?" Han Sanping tried to persuade Xu Feng.

Of course she is willing, Xu Feng thought so in her heart.

She made movies not mainly to make money or fame, but she just likes movies.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have spent so much money to invest in "Farewell My Concubine" and wouldn't have invested in Zhou Yan, a newcomer who had never made a feature film, to shoot "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly". Those are not recognized as profitable projects.

Now she was asked to spend millions of dollars to boost the box office for the title of box office champion. Of course, she didn't agree in her heart.

Not only did she not want to spend money, she also felt that it was a bit undignified and contrary to her pursuit.

But she didn't tell Han Sanping her thoughts directly, but smiled and said, "Let's see how the box office performs in the future before deciding. During this period, we will also promote more and strive to stabilize the single-day box office."

Hearing what Xu Feng said, Han Sanping didn't press any more, "Okay, let's see the situation first."

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After hanging up the phone, Xu Feng sighed. People's hearts are indeed unsatisfied. At that time, Han Sanping said very freely that he only hoped that the box office of "Time Traveler" would reach 3,500.

Now the box office is almost twice the target, but Han Sanping is still obsessed with the championship.

If the box office of "Time Traveler" today is not 65 million, but more than 80 million, surpassing "Simple Mission", Han Sanping may have higher requirements, such as becoming the first domestic film to break the 100 million box office after the split, and then surpass "True Lies" and become the box office champion since the split.

Xu Feng still thought that it would be better to do publicity with money, even if the box office did not reach the final box office.

Or, you can spend money to organize activities, such as buying Zhou Yan's album and giving away movie tickets, anyway, the way is more positive than inflating the box office.

And she believes that if Zhou Yan knew about this, he would definitely not agree.