Director’s Legend

() In the face of the crazy box office of "Crazy Stone", the main theme movie "Xiaoping · 1928" was released quietly. No one expected to stop Stone's box office, and in fact it did not. The box office of 10 million on the first day was crazy, and the box office in the following week was desperate.

This week, it won a total of 48 million at the box office, which is undoubtedly the weekly box office champion, second only to the 80 million box office in the first week of "House of Flying Daggers", ranking second in the year. With the continued popularity of the Stone phenomenon, word-of-mouth reviews that remain high, and more and more theaters requesting additional screenings, the box office drop in the second full week of the film is not obvious.

In order to further stimulate the market and deeply explore the potential of "Crazy Stone", the main creative personnel were divided into several groups to participate in major TV programs and promote the film.

Under the big action and dazzling aura of "Crazy Stone", "Spider-Man 2" was directly released. Although "Shrek 2" was not released, many movie theaters have directly stopped showing it and changed to showing "Crazy Stone". "Thousands of Machines 2" did not escape the squeeze. The box office was booming in the first week, but fell sharply in the second week. It is estimated that the total box office will not exceed 20 million. "Xiaoping·1982" is even more submerged in madness.

A week later, the Film Bureau announced the box office data for this week. Crazy Stone continued to lead the box office list with 40 million. After the second full week, the total box office reached 98 million, making it impossible for everyone to look directly.

""Crazy Stone" is about to exceed 100 million, witness the moment of miracle!"

On August 31st, all major media across the country were massacred by this bright red headline. This was the fourteenth day that "Crazy Stone" was released, and it was about to exceed 100 million today. Compared with "House of Flying Daggers" breaking 100 million in ten days, it's not much inferior.

The huge profits of the movie have greatly increased Wang Zhonglei's status in Huayi Brothers. These days, they are happy from ear to ear, and the celebration reception is held once a day. Shao Shuaijun was also unavoidable. He drank a few times and dealt with various star directors he didn't know, which made him very annoying. At the "Buried Alive" celebration banquet, only a few artists from the entire Huayi banner came, but now there are artists every day, making various excuses to attend Wang Zhonglei's reception, and then looking for opportunities to chat with Shao Shuaijun.

Shao Shuaijun dealt with it in a non-salty manner. The reception was really uncomfortable, but watching the movie box office soaring day by day, the excitement in his heart was unstoppable.

"Xiao Shao, congratulations on becoming the youngest member of the billion-dollar box office." After drinking that night, Wang Zhonglei found Shao Shuaijun, "Do you want to talk about the cooperation of "Crazy Racing" again? And you also saw it, this Once we teamed up and created a box office myth, should you consider signing us with Huayi?"

While Shao Shuaijun is excited these days, he is also thinking about the future. The film market has started to heat up in the past two years, and the competition is not so fierce. It is relatively easy for du li films to find investment and distribute them. In later generations, the era of giants begins, and it doesn't matter if there is no background, even the best movies will be buried.

It's not that Shao Shuaijun never thought about starting his own film company, the fact is that he doesn't know how to run a business, let alone run a relationship. In China, if you don’t have a network of connections, you’ll be doomed to do anything, let alone make movies. Then, finding a big company to rely on is the best choice. In this regard, Huayi is undoubtedly the best choice. From the cooperation between Huayi and Feng Xiaogang, it can be seen that Huayi is not the kind of short-sighted company, and Erwang's management methods are indeed powerful.

With Huayi Brothers as the backer, making movies without the worries of investment, publicity and distribution is the most suitable approach for Shao Shuaijun.

"Mr. Wang, "Crazy Racing" is easy to talk about, and it is not impossible to sign a contract. I want to ask, if I join and sign with Huayi, what treatment and restrictions will I have."

Wang Zhonglei weighed his tone: "In terms of remuneration, Huayi is cooperating with other directors, such as Feng Xiaogang, with fixed remuneration plus box office share. Of course, this is up to you. If you get a fixed remuneration, it will definitely not be lower than that of a first-line director. As for the price, you can take the box office share and we can set it according to the box office, it is definitely the worth of a first-line director!"

"That's a good point, I'm personally leaning toward the split. So, what about the limit?"

"There are not too many restrictions. We are more inclined to be a fixed investor. The choice of the theme of the movie and the amount of investment in the filming, as long as you don't cross the line, we respect your wishes. As for the main actors of the movie, we don't Interference is at best a supporting role, we hope to use Huayi's artistes."

"That's also very good." Shao Shuaijun nodded. Huayi's sincerity was obvious. After thinking about it, he said, "I am honored by Mr. Wang's sincerity, but I hope I can have a studio that belongs to me. The studio can It is affiliated with Huayi Brothers and accepts financing, but the shooting and production of the film is completely dominated by my studio. Huayi Brothers is only responsible for investment, publicity and distribution, and cannot interfere with my creation. If Mr. Wang can promise me this One point, I can sign right away."

The studio is equivalent to the du li kingdom, and it belongs to the form of a private company. Affiliation is equivalent to a subsidiary, or a holding company. Shao Shuaijun doesn't want to be controlled by others, and he can't manage it by himself. This kind of cooperation is his best choice. He believes that the Huayi Brotherhood agrees that the second king is a businessman, not a hegemony, and does not have such a strong control yu.

Sure enough, Wang Zhonglei nodded after thinking about it for a while: "Yes, then, please invite a lawyer to come over and discuss it carefully."

Negotiations cannot be completed in a day or two, not to mention the establishment of a studio.

While negotiating, "Crazy Stone" won 2.1 million box office on August 31, and finally broke through the 100 million mark. With the box office exceeding 100 million, Stone's potential has also been exhausted It's all gone, only 15 million box office was won in the third week, and the total box office accumulated to a height of 113 million.

Three weeks later, the box office continued to fall, and the attendance rate had fallen below 20%. Major theaters were preparing to sell their films one after another, and it was expected to earn another four to five million yuan.

On September 7th, Huayi Brothers held a huge celebration banquet for "Crazy Stone" at the Beijing International Hotel. Although the movie is still being screened, its potential has been exhausted. Now holding a celebration banquet, it may still stimulate the box office. In terms of external publicity, the slogan of 120 million was directly used, but there was not much water in it.

Seven people, Wang Zhonglei, Shao Shuaijun, Zhao Cheng, Guo Tao, Huang Bo, Liu Hua, and Xu Zhen, picked up a hammer and smashed the ice sculpture symbolizing a box office of 120 million. The flashing lights below suddenly seemed like a volcano erupted, covering the sky and covering the sky, and at the same time, countless microphones stretched out.

"May I ask Director Shao, "Crazy Stone" hit a box office of 120 million. It has a good reputation and has attracted countless people's enthusiasm. What do you think of the stone phenomenon?"

"Director Shao, some people compare you to China's Guy Ritchie, and some even say that "Crazy Stone" plagiarized "Two Smoking Barrels". How do you explain it?"

"Hi Huang Bo, I'm a reporter from "e Life". As the image of the black leather character in the movie is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, your popularity remains high. May I ask if you will specialize in the big screen in the future?"

"Xu Zhan, Xu Zhan, there are rumors that you joined the crew with zero pay, is it true?"