Chapter 562

April 12, Thursday

The female staff in the cartoon area of Qingwan Bookstore put this issue of "weekly boy" on the bookshelf. They need to finish the work before opening the shop. "Weekly boy" is a very popular cartoon. In addition to the normal bookshelf, they need to prepare an additional bookstall for readers to buy every week.

Four salesgirls finished the task. After putting the magazine in time, they chatted with each other at the cover of the magazine.

"Today's cover is" five centimeters per second ", and its publicity is really big. It seems that we haven't seen weekly youth make a preview of Teacher He Xi's work for a long time!"

"It's true that there are more and more new cartoonists, and the magazines of Phoenix company are more formal than before. They usually give notice to new serial comics. Although Mr. He Xi's comics are still in the first few places, the color pictures on the front page are more and more rare, and generally they don't grab the position."

"However, the cover of several magazines this week is the news of the movie" five centimeters per second ". It seems that this movie is highly valued."

"Of course, this is phoenix's first animated film

"Five centimeters per second" is the first animated film of Phoenix company. Although it has an animation prefix, it is a real movie. Movies are not ordinary things. They are always tall things in other people's eyes. When it comes to entertainment in China, the first thing people think of is movies besides stars.

Of course, the economic benefits of the film is also very large, which is the core reason why Phoenix company vigorously promotes it.

"How much do you think" five centimeters per second "will make at the box office?"

A salesgirl suddenly asked, and the rest looked at each other.

"I don't know much about the box office, but I guess it will exceed 100 million Chinese dollars!"“ 100 million Chinese dollars is too little. What's the fan base of "five centimeters per second"? How many fans of Teacher He Xi haven't seen this cartoon? I guess it's 300 million Chinese dollars! "

"300 million, that's too much!" A young shop assistant exclaimed: "no wonder Phoenix company wants to advertise it so vigorously. It turns out that movies make so much money!"

She got a wrong idea that the box office is not equal to the income of Phoenix company, but no one explained it to her at this time, because they saw the old shopkeeper come in.

"Manager, we'll work right away!" Except for the young shop assistant, the rest of the women immediately left. The young shop assistant arrived for the first time and blinked. Her reaction was not as fast as anyone else. When she wanted to apologize and leave, the old shop manager stopped her.

"Don't worry. Talk to me." The old shopkeeper said with a smile: "since the girl left, no one in the shop can accompany me to chat."

"Jose?" The salesgirl was stunned, and then quickly remembered: "is the store manager talking about Miss Hersey of Phoenix company?"

"Yes, that girl. How do you know her?" The old shopkeeper stroked his beard and said with a smile, "she used to be a clerk in our shop."

The salesgirl complained in her heart that she didn't know Hersey. After she came here to work, it was the person who was most often talked about. However, she was very strange to Hersey. It was not until the interview with Phoenix company was broadcast on TV a few days ago that the salesgirl knew what Hersey looked like for the first time.

After that interview, some of the seniors in the store were more enthusiastic and talked about how they used to get along with Jose. It's OK to listen to this kind of thing once or twice. I think it's very new, but after listening to it, the salesgirl gradually understood that those colleagues just used the work with Jose as a tool to show off.

The old store manager said it was fake that no one chatted with him. In fact, he just wanted to talk about Jose in front of her. But the salesgirl is more interested in He Xi than He Xi.

"Manager, I've heard about Hexi dozens of times. Can you talk about Teacher He Xi today?" The salesgirl said with a bitter face.

The old store manager was a little embarrassed: "Teacher He Xi, eh... I know him very well, you know? Three years ago, when he first appeared on the stage, I was talking with Jose that he would be very popular... "

"... Store Manager... Teacher He Xi has been on the road for four years..."

"Four, four years?" The old shopkeeper coughed twice: "how time flies! I'm old and have a bad memory... Anyway, I'm very familiar with He Xi. The cover of this magazine is five centimeters per second! I heard you talking about the box office just now. Let me tell you... The box office of "five centimeters per second" will exceed 100 million on the first day, and the total box office will be at least 600 million Chinese dollars! "

"600 million!" The salesgirl exclaimed, and even attracted the eyes of a shop assistant behind the bookshelf. The shop assistant said with a smile, "I said shop manager, are you talking nonsense? Last year, the total box office of the films directed by Mr. Qingsong was only over 500 million. How can He Xi's popularity not compare with him? "Qingsong in her mouth is a first-class novelist in China and has been famous for ten years. Last year, he changed his job as a director to make films. The total box office of his first film exceeded 500 million, winning the reputation of the first new director of the year. At that time, many people were amazed!

The sales volume of top comic books is not as good as that of novels. He Xi's popularity is not as big as Qingsong's. how can a movie exceed 600 million at the box office?

"Hum... You are a young man in vain... You are more stubborn than my old man and can't understand current affairs." The old shopkeeper glared: "is He Xi's movie comparable to Qingsong's? Why do you still hold the idea that he can't compare with novelists? I'll tell you, He Xi's strength has already surpassed those novelists! "

The shop assistant laughed: "store manager, what the newspaper and TV say is different from you?" So far, no one in China's newspapers and TV media dares to say that He Xi's strength exceeds that of a first-class novelist. In fact, although his comic book sales are high, he is always short of popular novels.

This is exactly what the old store manager is most dissatisfied with,

"What do you know? The media are all talking nonsense!" He said displeased: "compared with a cartoonist and a novelist, He Xi certainly can't compare with a novelist, but is He Xi a simple cartoonist? I dare say that anyone who has a little brain dare not say so! "

It's true that comics can't compare with novels, but He Xi can't compare with novelists. It's a big mistake! He Xi is the highest symbol of cartoonists, but he is not only a cartoonist, he is also an entrepreneur and pianist... It can be said that He Xi's idol aura surpasses his cartoonist aura, and his influence definitely surpasses that of first-class novelists.

Of course, no one wants to admit this. Most Chinese people will associate He Xi with comic books. If He Xi surpasses the first-class novelists, many people will understand that "the sales volume of comic books" and "the market of comic books" have surpassed the fiction industry, which will bring great shock.

In addition to the low-key of Phoenix company, He Xi is even more low-key. No media will find anything to tell the truth, but it has to attract the crowd to spray. If a newspaper dares to say that He Xi has surpassed a first-class novelist, it doesn't need to think that the next day someone will slap him in the face with the sales of novels. Even if you say that He Xi develops in many ways, it will attract some people's ridicule that He Xi is not a cartoonist.

It's not human inside and outside, so naturally no one will say.

"And He Xi has been a director for a long time..." the old store manager hummed and said with a smile, "you asked Qingsong, a person who has never been a director, to compare with him. Isn't that looking for abuse?"

Two shop assistants were stunned, and then quickly responded - that's right, He Xi has been an animation director for a long time. The quality of He Xi's animation is obvious to all. Because of this, no one has ever worried about the quality of "five centimeters per second" since the news came out. Fans will wait for it to be released.

This is something that novelist Qing song can't surpass. When he made his first film, he could still earn 500 million yuan at the box office when his fans didn't trust him. In addition to the influence of popularity, the bigger factor is that the film market in China is very broad, and the box office revenue is only caused by the new directors.

"If you say that..." the young salesgirl frowned, "is the total box office of Mr. He Xi less than 600 million?"

She calculated that "five centimeters per second" was originally a highly popular cartoon work, and then He Xi's directing strength won the trust of fans, plus the national release... He Xi's cartoon is also very popular in the Far East and Far East, and the final box office revenue should not be more than 100 million yuan higher than that of Qingsong.

"That's because there are other popular movies coming out at the same time." The old store manager nodded and said, "there will be two popular movies on show this month, and one at the beginning of next month. These three movies will affect the box office of" five centimeters per second ". Its release time is not good... If there are no competitors, the total box office should be more than 800 million Chinese dollars."

The output of Chinese movies is very high, but popular movies are usually broadcast separately. It is rare to see three popular movies in a month. In addition to the quasi popular movie "five centimeters per second", there are four popular movies in total. This is a good thing for the audience, but it is a bad thing for every movie. Cinemas have different time slots, and four movies have to compete with each other. As a result, the total box office rises and the individual box office decreases.

According to the old shopkeeper's calculation of the box office of the past films, he thinks that it should not be difficult for the box office of "five centimeters per second" to exceed 800 million under normal circumstances - "it's a pity."

Although he thought it was a pity to lose 200 million yuan, the number of 600 million still shocked the shop assistants. The young shop assistants even said, "a movie can make so much money. Why doesn't Phoenix company spend more money on publicity? Its market value will soar because of this?"

"Of course."

The old store manager nodded, "five centimeters per second" is the pioneer of Phoenix company in the film industry. Its significance to Phoenix company is no less than that in the animation business