Huayu’s ex-husband

Chapter 179 178. Wei Wu is so evil, he should stay away from him in the future.

"Has it exceeded 100 million?"

Feng Xiaogang shook his head and said: "No, there is still 1.8 million to go. I was planning to hold a press conference on National Day to promote "The Night Banquet" to break 100 million.

"But now I'm afraid it will have to be postponed for two days! And even if there is a press conference, the publicity effect will be greatly reduced.

"After all, "Silver Driver" and "Baby Project" are very popular now! Our "Night Banquet" is no longer popular and has become a fallen leaf in the west wind!"

Xu Fan couldn't help frowning and complaining: "If you want to blame it, blame Wu Yusen for not living up to expectations!

"Why do you think he provoked Wei Wu when he had nothing to do? He couldn't do it, and he humiliated himself and helped Wei Wu gain fame and attention in vain.

"If he hadn't caused these things, how could "Silver Driver" have such a high level of attention now?"

Feng Xiaogang sighed and said: "Who says it's not the case! Don't forget there is also "Baby Project".

"As soon as they come, our film schedule will be cut off, and now only 16% is left.

"And I heard that the cuts will continue tomorrow, and they may have to be cut directly below 12%."

In fact, Feng Xiaogang's words are a bit evasive!

The reason why his "Night Banquet" film schedule was so severely reduced was not entirely due to external factors, but also to internal factors.

Specifically, the reputation of "The Night Banquet" declined too quickly, and then the box office trend fell too hard!

Attendance rates continue to decline, resulting in lower profits for movie theaters, which naturally have to cut theaters to make room for new films.

Otherwise, the theater chain wouldn't be so disrespectful to Director Feng. "

Feng Xiaogang's "The Night Banquet" was released on September 15, with a box office of 12 million on the first day, and a total of 55 million in the first weekend of 3 and a half days (advance screening on Thursday).

To be honest, it is not surprising that such an outstanding opening result can be achieved.

After all, Feng Xiaogang is also one of the top three mainland directors alongside Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige!

Moreover, this "Night Banquet" is also a standard blockbuster, with an investment of 120 million, and the leading actors are all A-list celebrities.

The first-day box office of "The Promise" was 21.15 million. Feng Xiaogang's money is 10 million less than Chen Kaige's, which is actually below the standard!

Normally, based on this opening result, the final box office of "The Night Banquet" should be around 165 million.

However, in its previous life, its final box office was only 130 million. So how could this happen?

The reason is not difficult to guess. Just like "The Promise", its reputation has collapsed! Therefore, the box office trend is far worse than normal!

The Douban score of "The Promise" is 5.5, while the score of "The Banquet" is 6.0.

Although "The Night Banquet" is indeed slightly stronger, it is only too strong. Basically, it is the level of laughing at fifty steps and laughing at a hundred steps.

"The Promise" was criticized like that, so it's easy to imagine that "The Banquet" wasn't much better.

It’s not a particularly unpleasant criticism, that’s how everyone generally evaluates it:

Same thing as "The Promise".

hiss! The lethality of this evaluation is so terrifying!

After all, no one wants to fall into the same pit twice. The audience can't fall for it twice in two consecutive years. They are all the same, right?

Because of this comment, the audience's desire to buy tickets for "The Banquet" has been greatly reduced. As a result, the subsequent box office trend of this movie is exactly the same as that of "The Promise".

But even so, Feng Xiaogang's accumulation over the years cannot be overshadowed.

This movie in the previous life ended up with a box office of 130 million, firmly winning the annual box office runner-up.

In fact, during this time period, if Zhang Chenfeng is basically making blockbusters, the box office cannot be bad.

Not to mention locking in the annual championship in advance, it can basically ensure that they will not fall out of the top three.

Because of this, so many people take a high look at "Painted Skin" and even think that it has locked in the box office championship next year in advance.

This is the current craze for blockbusters, and this is the charm of blockbusters!

Xu Fan also sighed, rubbed his temples and said:

"It's also my fault that we didn't read the almanac when we went out. Who knew that if we chose September 15th, which was so far away, Wei Wu and Jackie Chan could still take advantage of us!

"Oh, what a twist of fate! How often do they make movies now?"

Feng Xiaogang pondered and said: ""Silver Driver" is about 37%, and "Baby Project" is about 32%."

Xu Fan took a breath: "Is it so high for Wei Wu? "Baby Project" also had a production cost of over 100 million, and Jackie Chan and Louis Koo starred in it. Is it so much higher than "Silver Driver"?"

Feng Xiaogang curled his lips and sneered: "Then why don't you thank our Director Wu!

Originally, before this, the arrangement of their films was reversed. Maybe "Baby Project" is 36-7%, and then "Silver Driver" is up to 30%.

"But because of what our director Wu did, the attention on "Silver Driver" has exploded, so naturally the theater chain will follow suit!

"I can only say that thanks to "Silver Driver" it is not a blockbuster. If it were a blockbuster, then we really wouldn't have anything to play with!"

Xu Fan nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, if "Silver Driver" was a blockbuster, wouldn't it just go for the first-day box office record of "The Promise"?

"Well, the first-day box office of "Silver Driver" has been released, right?"

Feng Xiaogang nodded: "Well, yesterday's premiere was 12.6 million, the screening the day before yesterday was 1.4 million, and the total box office was 14 million."

Xu Fan took a breath again: "Yesterday was a working day, and the premiere box office was higher than our "Night Banquet"?"

Feng Xiaogang nodded thoughtfully: "Well, today is the first day of the National Day holiday, and this movie has a pretty good reputation. I'm afraid today's box office will be close to 20 million.

"After all, the National Day period only depends on these 7 days. Basically, 70% to 80% of the box office is concentrated in these short 7 days. So relatively speaking, the single-day box office will naturally be slightly higher."

Xu Fan sighed and said: "Then this movie has exceeded 100 million yuan. In this way, Wei Wu will have two movies that have exceeded 100 million yuan this year! This is too fierce!

"Hey, you said that the box office of his "Silver Driver" will not exceed that of our "The Night Banquet", right?"

Feng Xiaogang was silent for a long time and said solemnly:

"If you had said this a month ago, I would have said that you were worrying unfoundedly. How could that be possible?

"Is it possible that my investment of more than 100 million, Ge Youzhang, Ziyi and Zhou Xun can't defeat the little-known Huang Bo opposite me? Are you kidding me?

"But if you ask me now, I can only say I don't know!"

Xu Fan said sourly: "Wei Wu is still very smart! He must have chosen this time to have a verbal spat with Wu Yusen.

"After all, whether he wins or loses, he has earned this wave of popularity, and it will immediately feed back into the box office of his new film!

“But I guess even he himself didn’t expect that he would win this battle so easily.

"Perhaps he just wanted to cause trouble to gain some attention at the beginning, but he didn't expect that things would turn into what they are now!"

Feng Xiaogang let out a long sigh and said quietly: "So you can believe in fate! I have to say that I didn't really believe that there were people who were favored by heaven or something.

"But the appearance of Wei Wu makes me believe it! It turns out that there are really people in this world who are so lucky and favored by fate.

“Now that heaven and earth are all working together, it turns out that it’s not just a casual talk.

"There was Chen Kaige in front of him and Wu Yusen in the back. These people were obviously unable to compete with Wei Wu before, but they always managed to make some mistakes and help him at critical moments!

"Then he has no luck! This person is too evil! We have to hide a little bit from now on!

"After all, we haven't even started to fight against him yet, and we've already been accidentally injured by him!"

Xu Fan nodded solemnly: "Yes, this person is gaining momentum now, and it is really not appropriate to go up against him at this time, otherwise you will definitely not get any favors.

"What's more, this man is young and energetic, and he is determined to retaliate. So what if we can defeat him once? Can we defeat him for the rest of our lives? So it's better to give in!"

At this moment, Xu Fan discovered that her husband, who had been gloomy today, suddenly showed a smile on his face, and asked curiously:

"why are you laughing?"

Feng Xiaogang didn't show off and said it directly:

"Well, someone told me something today that I found very funny. Do you know? Zhang Weiping is asking around about the filming progress of "Painted Skin"?"

Xu Fan couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Ah? Why is he asking about this?"

Feng Xiaogang immediately raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Why else? It must be that he is also afraid of Wei Wu.

So I want to get some information first to see if Wei Wu will put "Painted Skin" in the Lunar New Year festival this year and try it with "Golden Armor"? "

Xu Fan said in surprise: "Ah, then he must be overthinking it, right? Although Wei Wu is a little crazy, he is not stupid. How can he do this?"

Feng Xiaogang shrugged and said: "Ordinary people certainly can't do it, but there is nothing Wei Wu wouldn't dare to do!

"Back then, when he was not famous at all, he dared to release his new film on the same day as Zhang Yimou. Let alone now!

"Although this "Painted Skin" is definitely not the rival of "The Golden Armor", it is definitely not as big as the gap between "A Journey Away" and "A Thousand Miles Alone" at that time, right?"

The time Feng Xiaogang is referring to here is of course before the "Steamed Buns" video has fermented.

After all, a few months before the video for "Steamed Buns" came out, Wei Wu had already set the date for "People on the Road" to be released.

Xu Fan said thoughtfully: "Hey, don't say it yet. After listening to your analysis, I think Zhang Weiping's worries are not unfounded.

"Maybe Wei Wu can do this kind of thing!

"Mainly, the movie "Painted Skin" was not invested by his company. To say the least, it would be a box office loss.

“Losing to Golden Armor is not a shame, and it’s not a stretch for him.

"Anyway, he makes a lot of money when he wins, and he doesn't lose even when he loses. Then it's really possible that he has this kind of intention."

Feng Xiaogang smiled slightly and said decisively:

"It's useless even if he has such an idea, Han Sanping will definitely not agree."

Xu Fan couldn't help but retort: ​​"Why? Didn't Han Sanping always dislike Zhang Yimou's attitude of obeying orders but not propaganda?

"If there is a chance to teach him a lesson, why doesn't he just go with the flow?"

Feng Xiaogang shook his head again and said: "You still think of things too simply!

"No matter what, Han Sanping is a leader, and as you know, Zhang Yimou has been appointed as the chief director of the Olympics.

"The Olympics are about to begin. Are you indulging Wei Wu and making Zhang Yimou disgraced? What will the superiors think?

"Even if Wei Wu can't win, as long as there is such a risk, as a leader, he must avoid it completely!

“Don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens!

"Even if Han Sanping really wants to give Zhang Yimou some shoes, it won't be possible now. After the Olympics are over, are you afraid that you won't have a chance to deal with him?"

Xu Fan said with some disappointment: "It's a pity. Originally, I wanted to see Wei Wu and Zhang Yimou have a second battle. It would be best if both sides could lose!"

"With Wei Wu's current ferocious momentum, even if he can't win by then, he will definitely be able to tear a piece of flesh off the "Golden Armor"."

Feng Xiaogang laughed dumbly and said: "How long has it been and you still want to see other people's jokes?

"Who knows, Zhang Yimou might still be at home, leisurely watching our jokes!

"Wei Wu probably has no chance to chew off a piece of meat from Zhang Yimou, but we are 100% sure to be chewed off by him!"

Xu Ban: "..."