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this record.

Just the beginning of glory.

Before its premiere, "Now You See Me" had overwhelming publicity and marketing.

Pre-screening and word-of-mouth reception have already built up momentum.

This time.

Zhou Yutang also launched a limited-time special offer of 19.9 yuan for movie tickets on the Maoyan app.

As long as you register as a Maoyan app user, you can enjoy special tickets that are much cheaper than usual.

This can attract a wave of new users to Maoyan, and it is also a great benefit for ordinary viewers. After all, the current price of 3D movie tickets in first-tier cities is about 50 to 60 yuan, which is not a small expense.

The marketing planning department has even thought of the title of the plan.

Boss Zhou spends money to treat everyone to a movie.

This is really about spending your own money. At least eight figures of real money are thrown in. What you want is to get the first move.

After the premiere of "Now You See Me", the media in the entire film and television industry went into a carnival, and film reviews from various film critics came out one after another.

Famous film and television actor Gong Zihai: “Zhou Yutang’s film uses fast editing techniques to make the transitions between scenes smooth and compact. This technique is very clever and adds more rhythm and tension to the overall story. The film is full of tension and thrilling throughout. It is the most stunning domestic special effects blockbuster I have ever seen."

Famous film critic Fang Liriyue said: "I have to say that Zhou Yutang's hook in "A League of Thieves" is very good. Several magic performances by the Four Knights are amazing enough, and the overall plot structure is also very meticulous." , peeling off cocoons, interlocking, and fascinating. I am thinking about the Q organization at the end. I hope Director Zhou can fill in the holes in the sequel. Overall, this is a highly completed movie and worth watching. .”

Well-known filmmaker Chen Xing LL: "All Zhou Yutang's cracks and guesses about magic in the movie are presented to the audience from the perspective of Mr. You Benchang. This Mr. You Benchang also feels quite extraordinary. He is in the movie Li's attitude towards Akai seems to have something to do with Akai's father. We thought we followed Mr. You to decipher the truth, but in fact, all the guesses were just guesses. Only Zhou Yutang knows the truth."

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Whether it is the plot of "Now You See Me", the color of the movie's pictures, or the stunning special effects, it is definitely considered to be the top level of domestic movies, and the media has given it high marks.

Early reviews on the Internet have been rave, and Zhou Yutang is not impetuous.

A thousand miles begins with a single step.

In the film industry in China, the most important thing is to be down-to-earth.

Those stories about the main creator lying at home and the box office taking off in various ways are purely science fiction stories, but he still led the team to run publicity road shows in a down-to-earth manner.

Hu Ge and Deng Chao led one team, and he led Gulinazha, Zhang Yi and others on another team. The goal was to conquer all the first-tier cities in the country.

It's the day "Now You See Me" is officially released.

Zhou Yutang had just finished his road show at UME International Cinema in Beijing when he received a call from Han Sanping: "Yu Tang, the attendance rate is at least 90%."

Han Sanping pays more attention to movie attendance than he does, as well as the first-day box office data updated in real time.

By the next day, Zhou Yutang had already arrived in Magic City. He had just come out of Wujiaochang Wanda Cinema in Magic City when he received another call from Han Sanping.

"The first-day box office was 88.93 million, a new first-day box office record for domestic films!"

The voice of Han Sanye, a battle-hardened veteran, was a little trembling.

He knew exactly what this meant.

During his tenure, another phenomenal movie is about to be born.

This is a purely commercial movie, and its upper limit is undoubtedly higher than that of "Bouquet of Love".

Now it seems that it is very likely to surpass "Thieves", and even if it hits the big mountain blocking the head of Chinese movies, it may not be without hope.

Ren Zhonglun was also overjoyed: "Yu Tang, I have booked a private room at the Peace Hotel tonight, and Lao Wu is also here!"

It’s really hard to refuse such kindness.

Not only was Ren Zhonglun happy, but the old man Wu Heru also smiled crookedly.

He likes the rising stars in the circle the most, especially young people like Zhou Yutang who are important enough to show their respect for him, in exchange for spiritual comfort and satisfaction.

Zhou Yutang was very cooperative every time. Anyway, if he coaxed the old man, he would take more care of him in arranging the films, and the business would be done.

Wu Heru has been running New United Cinemas for decades and is also a big shot in the Shanghai film and television industry.

Zhou Yutang took Ni Ni and Gulinazha to the banquet. They did not open champagne that night, but opened several bottles of Maotai that Mr. Ren had collected privately for several years.

Tian Ming, the senior executives of Shanghai Film Group, the deputy director of Magic City Channel, and others, including several bosses from the Shanghai film and television industry, drank to their heart's content.

After the dinner party held by Ren Zhonglun's group in Shanghai, Zhou Yutang immediately went straight to Hangzhou non-stop the next day.

The Magic City is not far from Hangzhou. Su and Shanghai are close relatives, and he is also very popular in Hangzhou.

On the second day of release, the box office revenue was 90.75 million.

Looking at the box office statistics sent by the relevant departments of the company, people from some film and television companies in the circle all opened their eyes in shock.

"Hiss! Is this box office crazy?"

Taking a breath, I first suspected that I had seen it wrong. After confirming it again, I accepted this shocking fact.

This is so damn evil!

The industry once again felt the shock brought by the release of top domestic blockbusters.

Just like after Lao Mouzi's "Hero" came out, it swept everything and was invincible. The current "Now Now" also has my domineering attitude of killing hundreds of flowers after they bloom.

At this time, "Pi" is halfway through its release period. Due to its excellent film quality and good reputation, it has maintained a box office growth rate of around 15 million. It has steadily crossed the 500 million threshold and is heading towards 600 million. .

However, after the 12th, after "Now You See Me" was released, the box office of "Pi" suddenly dropped by tens of millions.

Lu Chuan's "The King's Feast" couldn't even survive. The daily box office dropped to 670,000, and was directly sent away by Zhou Yutang.

After Feng Xiaogang's "1942" took in 137 million in its first week, thanks to good word-of-mouth, the box office is also growing steadily.

But after the 12th, the daily box office growth was also cut in half, falling to just over 8 million in an instant, and the film schedule dropped by a full ten percentage points, all of which were allocated to "Now You See Me".

Even the luxurious casts of the above-mentioned great directors can't stop it, such as the Hong Kong film "My Husband Is Unreliable", South Korea's annual hit "Ironworm", and even other smaller films released at the same time, it is even more Needless to say.

After "Now Now" was released, there was no way to survive, and there was no suspense about being crushed to death.

A hurricane has swept through the entire Chinese film industry and is raging crazily.

As a benchmark figure in the bulk industry, Jinling can also be regarded as Zhou Yu's home court. Zhou Yutang can be said to be at the peak of his power here. Even when he returned to his parents' home with his assistant Ni Ni, he also received a lot of applause. There was even more heated discussion on the Internet:

"At the scene yesterday, can I say that Zhou Yutang is so handsome?"

"He usually doesn't wear makeup and always appears without makeup, but he is becoming more and more handsome and manly."

"It's really crazy. It's still a working day. We have to wait until the weekend. The box office doesn't just take off!?"

"The boss is awesome, the movie is great, and the movie tickets are not expensive. I'm going to take my boyfriend in the dormitory to watch it again!"

"No wonder, Zhou Yutang is usually very stable. It is rare for him to say harsh words this time, and he did not disappoint."

"I want to know what Organization Q does. Will there be a sequel in the future?"

"There is already an UP host at Station B who has analyzed the magic of Now You See Me and analyzed the plot clues for the sequel."

Zhou Yutang truly admires this audience.

Not long after the movie was released, there have been countless magic analysis, including the character relationship diagrams of "Thieves" and "Now You See Me".

Among the audience, there are many keyboard warriors, but there are also many reading comprehension kings. They dig out the hidden information throughout the movie, including the confrontation between Organization K and Organization Q, and the tarot cards corresponding to the protagonist group.

Even the detective rankings mentioned in it were caught by the big guns.

Zhou Yutang is also happy to see this. The more interpretations there are, the more heated the debate will be, and the popularity will continue to increase, which will be more beneficial to the subsequent box office trend.

Regarding the sequel, it is not just the audience who is interested, several producers are also paying attention to it.

Han Sanping had communicated with Zhou Yutang in advance, and he knew that there would definitely be a place for China Film Group.

Ren Zhonglun's Maotai collection is not in vain. He has been working hard to bring Zhou Yutang into the Suhu small circle.

On the other hand, Wang Changtian and Wanda's Ye Ning are more impatient. After the pre-sale explosion, "Now You See Me" hit again on the first day, breaking the first-day box office record held by "Bouquet" of 85.43 million.

After capital enters the market, a movie becomes more than just a movie.

At the capital level, it will also have a great impact on the stock price of the production company.

Huayi's stock price fell by more than ten points in a row because the box office of Xiaogang Pao's "1942" failed to meet expectations, and after the box office of "Now You See Me" was released on the first day, Shanghai Films and others, as one of the main producers Yiguang's stock price soared 8% that day. In the past two days, Wang Changtian called Zhou Yutang more than Liu Shishi.

"Mr. Wang, let's take a look at the weekend box office. If nothing unexpected happens, we can officially announce the sequel plan after the screening is over."

Zhou Yutang really couldn't stand the harassment from Mr. Guangguang, so he relaxed.

Guo Fan, who was accompanying the road show, also asked with great interest: "Mr. Zhou, when will the sequel be made?"

He was indescribably excited to be able to personally participate in such a project and receive applause from the crowd.

"Let's work on the script first. I have an important project to start next year. I may have less roles in the sequel."

Zhou Yutang chuckled softly and said, "When the time comes, I'll leave it to you."

He had already thought out the plot of the sequel, and the opening scene exploded, directly killing the hero, King Akai, to heaven.

It was the Q organization that took action. Of course, Akai was not so easy to die. He was just invisible, not really dead, which set off the mystery and power of the Q organization.

Then, the good brother Zhu Yilong is introduced to take over the vacant position of the Four Knights, and the main plot is established. Tooth for tooth, blood for blood, continue the thrilling and dazzling magic show, and fight against the Q organization.

"Leave it to me?"

Guo Fan looked at it with dull eyes, moved his lips, swallowed, and said with difficulty: "Director Zhou, are you not afraid that I will smash your sign?"

"Believe in yourself, there is nothing wrong with your abilities."

Zhou Yutang patted Guo Fan on the shoulder and encouraged him.

As the assistant director of the first film of Now Now, Guo Fan participated in the entire film production process and also put forward many pertinent and useful opinions.

He is capable and talented in his own right.

After joining Jiangdong Entertainment, I have been accumulating and settling.

Just waiting for an opportunity.