Chapter 785

The next day, "Royal Guards" landed on the big screens of hundreds of cinemas across the country and was officially released.

The advantages of multiple co productions were finally fully revealed when they were officially released. Shanghai Lianhe cinema, Chinese film star beauty, southern film Shinkansen, North Beijing Wanda cinema, four of the eight cinemas in China, hundreds of cinemas and thousands of large screens were released at the same time.

This is the advantage of CO production by major film companies!

In March, there was a lack of high-quality films in the film market. With the efforts of major film companies involved in investing in royal guards, Royal Guards was jointly screened in four cinemas on the first day of its release.

It can be described as a great momentum.

In addition to the report on the film's premiere yesterday, from yesterday afternoon to this morning, the reports of major media have successively faced the audience. The film critics and the audience participating in the premiere praised it, and invested in humanistic ugliness. It is said that the box office of the film can exceed 500 million, which can be imagined to attract the audience.

If the praise of the film critics and the audience and the prediction of the 500 million box office of Wen Chou are not enough, then look at the investment scale of the film - more than 100 million, and the star lineup - Zhen Zixiang, Zhao Wei, Hong Jinbao, Wu Peng, Wu Zun, Dao Xinyi, Chen GUANCHEN

Let's look at the director - Li Rengang.

With such a strong star lineup, coupled with well-known directors and billions of investment, at this time, coupled with the reputation of film critics and premiere audience, as well as the box office prediction of Wen Chou's 500 million.

In this film off-season market, how many fans eager to see good films can sit still? Don't you want to go into the cinema right away?

Of course, if you say you are poor and can't afford movie tickets, or you don't want to buy movie tickets to go to the cinema, you should do what you should do! Anyway, like you, no matter what movie is released, it's estimated that you won't go into the cinema.

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That morning, Lu Yang sat in front of the computer with a small purple sand teapot and looked at the new script "space-time captain 1 Li Bo's manuscript" he wrote last night again and again to see what else needed to be revised.

The mood is relaxed and comfortable.

It is his habit to rearrange the text on the document from time to time. He doesn't like the dense text of his works. A paragraph can dazzle people's eyes. This is not a historical work. There is no need to use this typesetting to appear thick and heavy.

When he wrote last night, his mind only wanted to write the story as soon as possible. He didn't care much about the typesetting. There were too many words in some paragraphs. Looking back today, he felt uncomfortable. He easily divided long paragraphs into several paragraphs.

As for whether such segmentation is in line with the code of conduct? He never considered this aspect. He only sought to make himself and his readers comfortable.

The Q ` Q hanging on the line sounded Didi's message prompt tone from time to time. Lu Yang only glanced at it at most, but did not click the mouse to open the message.

It's not that he put on a big airs, but his Q ` Q has been ringing since seven or eight o'clock in the morning. Many authors or fans have sent messages to tell him about the royal guards. At first, he read some and replied some. Later, Lu Yang saw that there were too many people who had similar news, so he simply ignored it and planned to reply uniformly in the afternoon or evening.

A writer sent a message and asked him if the premiere yesterday really predicted that the box office of royal guards would exceed 500 million?

Some writers also sent messages and asked him in a joking tone if he could send them some movie tickets.

Some fans sent messages to congratulate him on the release of another film, and some fans sent messages to say that they would go to the cinema to buy tickets to support him today, tomorrow or in a few days

It's just these kinds. At about 9:00, Wang Lin suddenly called. As soon as the phone was connected, Lu Yang heard the noisy voices of people and cars on his side.

Wang Lin's voice was very happy. He said to Lu Yang on the phone: "Wenda! I just walked through four cinemas in Shanghai. I'll tell you a good news! Many fans are lining up to buy tickets at the ticket offices of the four cinemas I just visited, most of them are buying our royal guards." Tickets! The tickets for the first show are all sold out, and the tickets for the second show are almost sold out! Look at this trend. As long as the audience who have seen our film today can give high praise, we can make a lot of money this time! Ha ha! Wenda! We'll have a good celebration party this time! Ha ha! "

On the phone, Wang Lin's good mood was directly conveyed to Lu Yang.

"OK! If it can exceed 500 million, let's have a celebration banquet!" Lu Yang said with a smile.

"Ah?"

Wang Lin's first reaction was this. He asked incredulously, "Wenda! Are you serious? It's really over 500 million? I thought you said it yesterday!"

"Ha ha!"

Lu Yang was made to laugh. Wang Lin continued to ask if he was serious, but Lu Yang said, "Guess!"

Until the end of the call, Lu Yang didn't tell Wang Lin whether he was serious just now.

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In the next few days, the box office data of royal guards came out one after another. As Lu Yang expected and most people outside the world expected, the box office of this film with more than 100 million investment and luxurious star lineup was very beautiful a few days ago.

On the first day of release, the box office data exceeded 20 million, the next day, the box office was still over 20 million, and the third day was still the same.

The box office of the first three days was RMB 2016 million, 21.24 million and 21.75 million respectively.

Many news on March 10 revealed that the total box office of royal guards in its five days of release had exceeded 100 million.

At about 10 a.m. that day, in the general manager's office of Shanghai Film Group headquarters, general manager Huang over 50 took a few eyes with the box office statement just handed to him by his secretary. He looked a little tired, closed his eyes, breathed out, threw the statement on the desk in front of him and sighed: "I'm still too cautious! I knew this film could be like this. When Li Rengang came to the door to solicit investment, I should have invested tens of millions more. Now the film is selling well, and we can share some soup with the film! OK! I know, you go out!"

"Yes! Mr. Huang!"

The secretary did not dare to show any emotion. He answered softly and quietly withdrew from president Huang's office.

After a while, in the quiet luxury office, Mr. Huang opened his eyes again, picked up the phone on the desk and dialed a number out.

As soon as the phone was connected, he immediately showed a warm smile on his face and said to the person at the other end of the phone: "director Li! Ha ha! What are you doing now? Are you still in Shanghai? Do you have time at noon? I'm the host! How about having a drink with my brothers? The ticket room of royal guards has exceeded 100 million so soon. I'd like to thank you on behalf of us! Ha ha!"

Li Rengang smiled on the phone and said, "well, thank you for Mr. Huang's kindness! I'm still here in Shanghai now. I'm sorry, Mr. Huang! Mr. Zhou of Tianxiang has just made an appointment with me. Mr. Zhou is also in Shanghai these two days. He also invited me to have a drink at noon. I just promised. What about tonight? I'll host Mr. Huang tonight?"

"What?"

President Huang was stunned: "Tianxiang's Zhou Yun has invited you? He is also in Shanghai now?"

Li Rengang: "Oh, yes, Mr. Huang! I'm so sorry!"

General manager Huang looked disappointed at first, but his eyes turned twice, and then he resumed his warm smile and said: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter! I want Zhou Yun to invite guide Li to thank you for making such a good film for us! Just in time, I'll invite you with Zhou Yun at noon! Don't worry! At Zhou Yun's side, I'll call him immediately and say, I think he will give me this face!"

Li Rengang: "Oh? Hehe, that's OK! As long as president Zhou doesn't mind, I have no problem!"

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At the end of the call with Li Rengang, president Huang's warm smile receded, and his face seemed to be covered with a shadow. Zhou Yun's purpose of inviting Li Rengang in advance, he could guess, because he invited Li Rengang for this purpose.

Zhou Yun took the lead! This is not a good omen for their Shanghai Film Group.

Thinking with a gloomy face, he still dialed Zhou Yun's phone. When communicating with Zhou Yun, he resumed his warm smile and attitude. As expected, Zhou Yun hesitated about his request, but he still didn't brush his face and promised him.

At the end of the call, Mr. Huang didn't put down the phone in his hand, but dialed the phone of the insider secretary. In the phone, he ordered: "inform the copyright department! Let them immediately send me the two best scripts! Well, the scripts of ancient costume action films! Let them hurry up! I'll wait!"

"OK! Mr. Huang!"

At this point, after Mr. Huang put down the phone, he relaxed temporarily, but there was a thoughtful look in his eyes.

When movie fans watch a movie, they usually remember the leading role of the movie, either the hero or the heroine. Occasionally, it may be a supporting actor who plays a very brilliant role.

However, president Huang is different from their film companies. What film companies value most is the talented and powerful director! Because in their opinion, film is the art of the director! It is the work of the director!

A film, the director is the soul! It is the master of the tone and main line of the whole film. The same actors, the same investment, and even the same script. The works, styles and emphases of different directors will be completely different.

Therefore, a director who can make and sell a film is the dream of all film companies.

Tianxiang's Zhou Yun wants Li Rengang to help them make another film, and so does president Huang of Shanghai Film Group. Li Rengang has just made a box office hit royal guards. According to common sense, as long as the theme of his next film is similar to royal guards, even if the box office is not as good as royal guards, he will not lose money and earn a lot!

In other words, as long as Li Rengang can be persuaded to invest in the next film, it can almost be said that he can earn without losing. Who is willing to fall behind when there is such a good thing?

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Li Rengang's cell phone rang again.

The caller this time is general manager Xiang of Xinglin company, which is also one of the investors of royal guards.

President Xiang didn't invite him to drink on this phone, because President Xiang is not in Shanghai at present. He simply explained his meaning directly on the phone and expressed the hope that director Li can help their company make a film. It's easy to say how much investment it needs and which stars it needs to hire.

When Li Rengang euphemistically said that he needed to think about it, and said that the royal guards had just been released and he also needed a temporary rest.

President Xiang then said that if director Li is unwilling to accept making a separate film for Xinglin company, if director Li has a new script, they can also participate in investment.

After this call, Li Rengang received calls from the bosses of seven or eight film companies, some from the mainland and three from Hong Kong.

Some people directly explained their intention, while others were trying to make friends with him, because when Li Rengang answered the last few calls, his heart was as bright as a mirror.

Knowing that these film company bosses who used to be superior in the past, the reason why they are so fond of him today is that they see that the box office of royal guards has sold out and want to attract him to make a film for them.

This opportunity made him feel very sad.

How many film companies did he go to for investment with the script of royal guards for more than half a year before the shooting of royal guards?

What was the situation at that time?

At the beginning, few people were optimistic about the box office of the film. They all said that ancient costume martial arts films had long declined in the current film market.

If Lu Yang didn't suddenly say that he could invest 50 million yuan, he suggested that he hire Zhen Zixiang to play the leading role. Moreover, Zhen Zixiang followed closely because of the release of Ye man, which was popular in three places on both sides of the Strait and became famous. I'm afraid no one would like to invest in royal guards.

To Li Rengang's surprise, the bosses of so many film companies called him personally this morning, but Lu Yang remained silent.

He heard that Lu Yang had invited Wu Zhe and was preparing to invest in a series of films. Moreover, the investment plan for the first film was hundreds of millions.

Doesn't he want me to direct?

Li Rengang was puzzled, but he still decided to wait for a while!

He feels good about Lu Yang now, not only because Lu Yang first took a fancy to his script royal guards and promised him 50 million investment as soon as he opened his mouth, but also because Lu Yang gave him several suggestions, which are beneficial to the quality of royal guards.

Whether it's the starring candidate he recommended or the modification of the plot of the script, especially Lu Yang's initiative to increase investment in order to make the end of the film wonderful enough, but he must add a role of Wu Zhe and the play of Hong Jinbao.

Li Rengang has never encountered such a thing before.

The investors he has contacted in the past are eager for him to reduce his investment again and again, and let him delete the characters and plots in the script to save film investment. He has also met investors more than once.

But Lu Yang is not like this. He would rather increase investment and ensure the quality of the film. Li Rengang likes such investors from the bottom of his heart.