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Chapter 74 Reversal on the next weekend

Regarding Zhang Weiping's article, Zhang Jingyan specifically called Chen Jingxing and told him not to make any response.

"Sister Zhang, do I seem to be such a lackluster person? Why should I argue with him? Let's just say it. His words can't lower the box office of "Fatal Identity"."

Zhang Jingyan laughed: "Do you think he spoke because he was not angry that the copyright transaction amount of "Fatal Identity" threatened his record?"

"Is there any other reason?"

"Zhang Weiping is a shrewd businessman. He can't afford it early. After he broke up with the Imperial Master, he was silent for two years. He is coming back with a new work. Can't he find someone to pre-heat it and hype it up?"

Chen Jingxing was a little depressed: "I've never offended him. Why did he suddenly do this? Then I can't cooperate with him. "Fatal Identity" is not lacking in popularity, so why let him benefit for nothing? His new work this time

What is the movie?”

"It's produced by Beijing Film Academy. Zhang Weiping is the producer. It's called "The White-Haired Witch." It's a martial arts movie. It has invited several big-name stars. It's almost finished filming and may have to wait until the summer to be released."

""The White-Haired Witch"? Haha..." Chen Jingxing showed a mysterious smile.

Compared with the unanimous applause on the Internet for selling the overseas rights of "Fatal Identity" at a high price, other producers and even several major video websites are only jealous.

Although "Fatal Identity" claims to have an investment of 50 million, in the eyes of peers, it should be at least half the amount. Even though Luo Chen is a popular idol, the salary for movies is different from the salary for TV series. His salary is far from that of first-line movie stars.

A similar situation occurred not only at Penguin Video, Tianhu Video, Fengshen Video, and even some traditional film studio executives, they were jealous, preparing to invest in DreamWorks, and even planned to win over Chen Jingxing.

After all, "Comet" is an online movie. Who would have thought that just over two months later, his second movie not only hit theaters and achieved good box office, but also won international awards and sold tens of millions of dollars.

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Various domestic websites' box office forecasts for "Fatal Identity" ranged from the initial 300 million to 350 million. By the 16th, they had increased to between 400 million and 450 million.

If he had anticipated this day, Chen Zhonghuai would definitely invest the best resources to win over Chen Jingxing. Although Penguin Video currently has fewer users than Huanshi.com, it has a strong backing, and he believes that the success rate of cutting off Hu is still very high.

Originally, the parent company was already discussing the establishment of a higher-level specialized film and television company to enter the field of film production and distribution. However, currently Penguin Video is still the main department responsible for investment in film and television dramas. If "Fatal Identity" is replaced by Penguin Video

The project, with this capital, is even enough for Penguin Video to gain the dominant right to operate movies in the future. Even if a film and television company has to be established, he is likely to be able to become the helmsman of this higher-level subsidiary.

"Mr. Chen, DreamWorks' reply is that Director Chen Jingxing is still out of town and it is not convenient to discuss this matter. However, this time DreamWorks has made it clear that it is open to investment intentions from the outside."

"Oh? My tone has changed this time." When I asked the questions a few times before, I always replied that there was no need for financing.

With 400 million, it has already ranked 11th in the domestic box office rankings in 2013.

It was really too fast and caught people off guard.

This has shocked the major studios and distributors, although it does not mean that the box office the next day will be lower than the previous day. For example, if the first day is a working day and the next day is a weekend, the box office will increase.

Penguin Video CEO Chen Zhonghuai is listening to reports from his subordinates.

Chen Zhonghuai nodded. It was a good sign that DreamWorks had a loose attitude. He only regretted why he didn't win over this young director earlier. In fact, it was not that he didn't fight for it. When Chen Jingxing became famous for "Comet", Penguin Video once contacted him.

I went to DreamWorks, but I didn’t pay much attention to it at that time.

In the film industry, whoever can master high-quality creative resources can be invincible. There are countless famous directors and attractive stars. They have been tested by the market for many years and have been adopted by major companies.

Once you have the money in hand, suddenly a dazzling piece of gold appears. Who wouldn't be greedy for it?

As news of the copyright deal spread, "Fatal Identity" became the most dazzling star movie at the beginning of 2014.

Until Friday, January 14th, the seventh day after its premiere, "Fatal Identity" still showed no signs of sluggishness, taking in a box office of 29 million yuan, and the cumulative box office in its first week of release reached 210 million yuan!

And on January 15th, the second Saturday after the movie was released, it reported a revenue of 40.7 million, achieving a reverse decline in the box office for the next Saturday!

However, the box office for the next Saturday is higher than that for the first Saturday, which is quite rare. Although the box office for the 16th has not been released yet, the two days of the second weekend may not be higher than the first weekend, but according to pre-sale and online ticket statistics,

The box office on the 16th will not be much less than that on the 15th, which means that the box office of "Fatal Identity" in the second weekend may only drop slightly or even be the same as the first weekend.

Seeing that the domestic box office of the movie is about to exceed 300 million, and the copyright has been sold for tens of millions of dollars, there is no need to divide the money. According to the current exchange rate, 13.2 million US dollars is equivalent to more than 80 million yuan, and the copyright alone has doubled.

Come back, plus the box office...that's a profit of at least seven times the cost.

"What did DreamWorks say?"

The most important thing is that the capital operation cycle is only two months. This level of profit is also rare in the film industry, and anything comparable to it is basically written in the criminal law.

Tang Xin slumped on the sofa, scrolling through his phone, and asked in surprise: "If we can get 400 million in box office, according to the one-third share ratio I checked online, that would be 130 million, plus 1320

The copyright fee of 10,000 US dollars is almost 210 million yuan? According to the production and distribution costs you mentioned, that is a profit of at least six or seven times the cost? No wonder so much capital is going to the film and television industry, such huge profits."

Chen Jingxing was playing "dog paw on top" with Qiqi on the side. Hearing this, he said: "It depends on the movie whether it is a huge profit or not. China produces 500 to 600 movies every year, and 80% of them are losses. Among the movies that can make money,

If the profit rate can reach the level of "Fatal Identity", there may not be one every year. Whether it can make money and how much it can make depends on the person."

Chen Jingxing worked as a trapeze artist for a week and finally returned home. It happened to be Sunday. Chen Jingxing, Tang Xin and her cousin Cheng Jieyao had a sumptuous so-called "wind reception banquet" and sat slumped on the sofa and chairs respectively.

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"Don't talk about me anymore. Judging from your tone on WeChat, have you picked up money recently?" Chen Jingxing asked curiously.

(End of chapter)