Chinese entertainment for engineering students

The premiere was a success, it was a lively event, the film was released, and Ugly Country was also online. Robert called to say that the premiere was very popular after the premiere, and the following shows were all sold out.

It's a pity that Wang Xu didn't see it. He was sleeping in comfortably, and no one could stop the young couple from sleeping in.

It's rare that they didn't get up early, well, they worked a little late, you know.

But the phone rang frequently, like a reminder, so Wang Xu had to answer it. No need to ask, it must be the Xiangjiang box office. Wang Xu knew this result just by thinking about it. It is not that easy to count the box office in this era, that is, the Xiangjiang box office is not Box office data for large places will be released relatively quickly.

The time in Chou Country is wrong. Due to the time difference, they actually released it at the same time as the mainland, but it was morning here and night there. It's less than 24 hours yet, and it will take some time to compile the results.

It is estimated that the box office results of Ugly Kingdom will not be available until the afternoon. Wang Xu felt particularly leisurely today. He opened the curtains casually and let the soft sunlight shine in. The tender white sunlight sprinkled on the bed through the bright windows, making Wang Xu Fei felt a little uncomfortable.

As soon as I picked up the phone, Wang Jinghua's voice came from the other side, "Come to think of it, little ancestor, yesterday's Hong Kong box office came out, 7 million, which broke the record."

"The first-day box office record on a working day?" Wang Xu was not surprised. They had an idea of ​​this number when they discussed it internally. If you didn't hear Wang Jinghua, you wouldn't be too surprised.

"No, the first-day box office record in Xiangjiang should be over 10 million, but it was set on the weekend. It was originally 4 million on weekdays. In fact, we almost broke it on the first night. We got the weekday box office record today.

Tomorrow is a crucial day. On the first weekend, Mr. Zou is expected to break the record. Many newspapers are discussing that Xiangjiang citizens have a strong desire to watch movies. "Wang Jing was quick to talk. Before Wang Xu could ask questions, all kinds of data, causes and consequences were explained clearly.

"That's good, is there any news from Chou Country?" Xiangjiang Film's market is so big, no matter how hard it is, it is unlikely to break through 10 million US dollars. This is determined by its population base.

In later generations, there will be more than 100 million, but that is also a product of inflation. At this time, 60 million Hong Kong dollars has been capped, which works out to seven to eight million US dollars.

Of course, this number is quite impressive, especially if it is placed in the mainland and it is the box office champion. Just looking at this number, you will know how bleak the box office in the mainland is.

In a country with more than one billion people, Hong Kong with a population of several million does not have a large box office capacity, and this is all the result of the price increase.

I don’t know who set the price. Anyway, Wang Xu thought it was ridiculous and a suicide decision. Not only did it fail to solve the survival problem of the cinema, it also drove away the entire movie-going crowd and lost its popularity. , and make shitty money.

However, the most Wang Xu can do is complain about how the decision was made. He is not a participant, so he can't be careless.

"There is no news from Chou Country, but our store at Wang Chao Clothing said that the clothes and sunglasses sold very well in the cinema, and they have already restocked them once.

Wang Chao Clothing Store has also shipped goods, but the quantity is not enough. However, 10 sets of the highest-end women's models have been sold, while only three sets of men's models have been sold. "Wang Jinghua reported briefly.

"That's good. Our main profit probably comes from the surrounding areas. We are a women's clothing store. Naturally, men's clothing is not easy to sell. We have not become famous. People don't know about it. Naturally, it is not easy to sell. We are all advertising. ?”

"It's easy, don't worry, Tang Yun will be in charge personally, there won't be any problems." Wang Jinghua assured confidently.

According to Wang Xu's overall plan, Wang Jinghua's status is the highest in the entire entertainment sector. Not only did she come early, but her abilities also made Wang Xu trust her more and more.

Tang Yun has grown extremely fast this year, so fast that even Wang Xu is dumbfounded. Now he is flying around the world to open specialty stores, which is beyond what a small store manager can describe.

At least so far, the cooperation between the several people is very tacit. Taking advantage of the style of "The Matrix", Brother Yuzhuo also opened an audio equipment store in Los Angeles and San Francisco, selling Wangchao series speakers. Over there in Lingnan OEM microphones and other products.

In the movie, Wang Xu also designed a very avant-garde speaker that was used in the lounge of the spaceship. This co-branded speaker product will also be sold in Dynasty stores.

Of course, it will be displayed in several famous movie theaters. The price of it is twelve thousand US dollars, making it a standard demonstration prop.

It is much more expensive than the $5,000 leather jacket worn by the model next to it, but someone actually bought the leather jacket, and it seems that the speaker has not been sold yet. After all, this thing needs to be tried, and those who are interested will naturally After getting the information about the specialty store, you can go to the specialty store to try it out.

Of course, some of the profits from these peripheral products will also be divided between the two investors according to the agreement, but the ratio is only 10%. This is also to play a role in hedging the box office.

Selling movies in ugly country is very troublesome. If you are not familiar with the place, if Wang Xu hadn't used clothes as a trump card, you would have to be careful when cooperating with New Line. This company also has a record of cheating people.

By the way, there seems to be no ugly Chinese film studio that doesn't have a record of cheating people. You rely on him for everything, so why don't you just let others manipulate you?

"That's good, we can't do anything else, just wait for the news. Robert is still thinking about the second episode. They definitely want to increase investment to occupy a more important position. This time they admit it, and next time Not necessarily." Wang Xu is still very calm. Besides money, what else can the producers of Chou Country do for.

"Hold it first?" Wang Jinghua knew the elegant meaning of Xiange after hearing it, and immediately understood it.

"Well, let's put it off for now. The second episode has to wait two weeks after its release before making arrangements. Jiahe probably means the same thing. They will release it someday."

"Well, let me check. I remember a fax came over. Wait a moment."

"Well, okay, check it out." Wang Xu turned around and saw Wang Fei sitting naked on the sofa. There were milk, bread and two fried eggs on the table, and she was eating in small bites. Apparently, the girl had prepared breakfast. .

This girl still can't change her habit of being naked at home. It's very good. But it's a pity that the curtains are always hung at home, and she can't even see the sun a few times. Maybe she should build a house with better privacy later.

Wang Xu was thinking about it, and Wang Jinghua's voice sounded again on the other end of the phone.

"It is planned to go public in October. The subscription price is now HKD 3, 125 million shares, financing 375 million, accounting for 30% of the total equity. It is said that the sales are quite good. It seems that before this project, there were not so many." Wang Jinghua said about that Bian's stocks are not familiar to him, and this is a lesson he still needs to make up for.

"It's far worse. In the past, the most you could get was a few cents to a dollar. If this film sells well in the ugly country, his subscription price will be at least five dollars. This is how people make money. It doesn't rely on the box office at all. Yes." Wang Xu curled his lips, they are all old foxes.

"Really, I learned it. I'm afraid it will take three months at least to wait for the money to come back for this film. They will make a lot of money next month." Wang Jinghua also sighed. She originally thought that Wang Xu was a genius by selling clothes, but in the end You see, Mr. Zou sells stocks directly.

Even if this film has a global box office of over 100 million US dollars, only 10 million US dollars will be distributed to Golden Harvest in the end. But once the stock is listed, the nominal assets there directly reach one billion Hong Kong dollars, and hundreds of millions of cash can be collected for development. It is a huge win.

In the previous life, there was not much movement when Jiahe was listed. It raised about 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and then it entered the country of Chou. It only started to rise after the outbreak of Fanglong's "Red Zone", but you have to know that it was just a stock rise, not like this time. When it comes to stock issuance, the difference in interests is simply huge.

But this is how people in Xiangjiang play. Even the film industry, which they care about most, is just a financing tool. It doesn’t have so much emotion, it’s just business.

The filmmakers at the bottom are just making a living, the filmmakers at the top are playing with assets and doing finance, and only a small number of filmmakers in the middle really have some feelings for movies.

As a result, there are only so many people, and there are several factions: the northward faction, the ugly country faction, and the local faction look down on each other. They just fight openly and secretly, and they also try to undermine each other. Take a look, it would be strange if he can get better.

This is one of the reasons why Wang Xu has never been very optimistic about the Hong Kong scene. He talks about one thing but actually does another, and it is boring to make money and show off.

Those who really have feelings and sentiments for Xiangjiang movies are actually the mainland audiences. Once the dreams that accompany them when they are young are shattered, they will inevitably sigh.

These are all things for later. Now the movies in Xiangjiang are doing well. In fact, Oriental Daily is right. Wang Xu really has the idea of ​​​​going south. He himself does not like the box office of Xiangjiang, but it does not represent the mainland movies. People look down upon it.

Hollywood is attacking the mainland, and mainland directors are busy competing for various European awards, but those who have already won awards must have something to do. We can’t make local Hong Kong-style films, so let’s make something truly new.

Be it science fiction, fantasy, costumes, fairy tales, as long as you can use special effects, you can do it. As for actors, use them wherever they are useful. As long as you don’t decide that only Xiangjiang actors can carry the flag, That's no problem.

Wang Xu is already working on setting up the Xianxia universe, the prehistoric universe and the fantasy universe. In fact, he really doesn't expect these things to make money. It won't take much effort anyway. Now there are several screenwriting studios under Wang Chao.

Wang Shuo got one, but this guy was not a hard-working boss at all. He made a lot of money from the release of various movies some time ago, but he hadn't shown up for a long time, so Wang Xu didn't include him at all. .

In addition, several graduates of the screenwriting department of Chinese Opera also have one here, and there is also one from Di Dian. The main focus is to face the competition head-on. Wang Xu, on the other hand, gave them a bunch of creative ideas and asked them to save scripts.

Including the second and third episodes of "The Matrix", as well as the personal biography of "The Matrix", starring Cui Ying as the lead actress, and Cameron Diaz and Wang Fei as the lead actresses.

In addition, Wang Xu accidentally thought of the background settings of the "Resident Evil" series and the background settings of "Tomb Raider" a few days ago.

There is also a story idea for "Cavemen", which is the one he promised Gu Changwei. This film is suitable for novices, with low investment and low difficulty, but it requires a lot of language in the camera. It is quite a challenging film.

However, this film has higher requirements for screenwriters. Wang Xu provided creative ideas and told them most of the plot. Basically, the male protagonist is a history professor at Imperial University, but he has to move back to his hometown recently. Several old people A story about a friend coming to say goodbye.

There are people engaged in anthropology, sociology, his colleagues in archaeology, and doctors studying psychology, which is similar to the configuration of "This Man is from the Earth".

He once saw two tribes fighting, and the fight was quite fierce, so he went to persuade them to make peace. Later, the two tribes finally merged and even got married.

Later, the two tribes joined together to fight against a large tribe in the south. He went to persuade them to make peace, but the tribe was disobedient and was eventually broken up and merged into that large tribe.

Later, when he went south and encountered a big flood, he ran to help a boy from the south control the flood. That boy was very powerful.

He wandered around, all the way west, to ancient Persia and Egypt, but he didn't seem to have seen the pyramids. It was all sand, maybe it hadn't been blown out at that time.

He crossed the Mediterranean and arrived at the city-state of Athens, but it was very small and there were not many people there. They had no clothes to wear and not enough food. It was difficult to get anything to eat. It was difficult to say that this place was a civilization, so he returned. Returning to the Central Plains, he felt that the Central Plains was better.

After returning, he finally saw a familiar civilization. At this time, China had many vassal states, but there was still relative peace within each country.

He once helped an old man organize simple books, and watched him teach a tall man. He himself felt that he learned a lot, but he was not as smart as any of his tall apprentices, so he left in the end.

He wandered around, visited various countries, and took several disciples with him. One of them especially liked to help others and was his favorite disciple. Later he also left, practicing his own ideas and traveling everywhere. Help others defend the city.

By the way, he's good at carpentry.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that he followed a eunuch and left China. He went to many places and met many people. When he came back, the goods he brought were too light, so the eunuch ordered the soldiers to cut down many very heavy trees. Ballast.

After the wood came back, it was made into a lot of furniture. The color was beautiful and it was not insect-infested. It became everyone's favorite furniture wood.

He later met several people from the West. They said they were here to preach, but they didn't even bring a classic. But Wang Xu didn't believe it. They had been studying and they didn't look like missionaries at all.

In the past, when Buddhism was introduced, those people brought scriptures with them and were always teaching others instead of studying.

Anyway, it's what "The Pseudo History of the West" said. Hehe, Wang Xu actually doesn't believe that. He always feels that there is not a complete lack of civilization over there. It may be infinitely exaggerated by future generations, and it is not that magical.

The Western race has actually survived, and there is genetic evidence, so it should not be completely uncivilized.

But the stuff in "The Pseudo-History of the West" is really good for making people lively, because no matter what they say sounds ridiculous, you really can't falsify it.

Why? Because according to China's strict standards, the entire Western history before the Renaissance is basically questionable. Because they had no formal historical documents to speak of, they could not use the binary method to make arguments.

Even if it is simplified and just relies on archaeological discoveries, their early archeology is indeed the stuff of some so-called explorers. One can imagine how reliable that thing is.

And the recent archaeological discoveries, such as Pompeii and Roman floor tiles, made Pan Jiayuan want to laugh just looking at them.

The large number of isolated evidences in the West has made archeology even more confusing, and many so-called textual researches are now making people laugh or cry.

Wang Xu is not a historian, let alone a student of Western history. Of course he will not promote the theory of "Western pseudo-history". Even if he believes it, he will not risk the world's righteousness and toss about Western pseudo-history. , it’s better to be kind to others right now.

But there is absolutely no problem in opening up the entire movie. The person who made "Pseudo History" had already opened up his imagination a long time ago. He was responsible for telling the story, and then asked these editors to find experts everywhere to analyze the logic of the movie. It may be possible to achieve a logical closed loop so that outsiders cannot see the problem.

The historians there can definitely say that this is recorded in some document, and then the male protagonist can say that the document is not the original, but a copy, or a translation, and the original text is lost. How can you prove that the document is authentic? of?

Then, that's it, it's a knot that can't be untied. It's not that Wang Xu has any ill intentions towards the West, and their industrial civilization is definitely not fake, but they are allowed to disgust China without even admitting it. , aren't you happy that Wang Xu is disgusting and disgusting to them?

The entire Western textbooks only say that China has a history of 3,000 years, and according to various Western theories, all bronzes were passed down from Asia Minor. Don’t be ridiculous, they only found a few bronzes there, so you can just mark the date. Let’s play with our ancestors.

Of course, Wang Xu will also reveal a little bit of secrets in this story, making this story more complicated and confusing to discuss in the future, such as Sanxingdui and Erlitou.

Hehe, maybe fans of "Western Pseudo-History" will consider Wang Xu as their mentor in the future, although Wang Xu himself doesn't believe it, it's just a bad taste, it's purely disgusting.

It’s a movie, why is it not edited?

Just like "The Da Vinci Code", it was actually made up, but it really bothered many Westerners to break their defenses, but you can't say anything about it, it's just a movie.

Well, the screenwriter can't put his own name on it, he has to find someone else to sign it. What about Wang Hailin? No, he's still too young and still in school. Forget it, let them find someone else to sign it.

Wang Xu only provided creative ideas and had no intention of signing his name. These screenwriters rely on this to make a living. They can't really steal other people's efforts. Wang Xu is really a good person.

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