Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Ever since the box office of "God of Gamblers" came out, Wen Jun can't stop smiling, and it's not just him, but also Wong Jing and Zheng Danrui.

The box office of "God of Gamblers" on the first day was actually RMB 6.2 million. If someone had told Wen Jun this before, he would have realized that this should be impossible.

"Don't be happy too early. Although there were 6.2 million on the first day, if it cannot continue to rise or the decline is too large in the next few days, then your joy will be in vain."

At this time, Lin Daoqiu suddenly poured cold water on Wen Juan, suddenly pulling him from fantasy back to reality.

"Brother Qiu, it's rare that "God of Gamblers" has achieved such good results, and now that I'm celebrating the New Year, I'm so happy."

Wen Jun looked at Lin Daoqiu with an aggrieved look. He felt that the other party should at least give them a little confidence or say a few words of encouragement, instead of just pouring cold water on them.

"It's not that I don't want to make you happy, I'm just afraid that you will be extremely happy and sad. You have never seen anything like this in all your years of filmmaking. In most cases, the first-day box office result is the best result for a movie."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Wen Juan feel nervous again, because what he said was absolutely correct.

Basically, the first-day box office of a movie is generally the best box office of the movie.

Judging from examples like this, which grossed millions at the box office on the first day, only a few movies can maintain or even increase slightly in a year.

Otherwise, generally speaking, the box office performance of "God of Gamblers" should steadily decline, it just depends on how big it is.

So for Wenjun and others, the box office performance in the first week is particularly important.

If "God of Gamblers" can get over 40 million in its first week, then it is certain that their drama will break over 60 million.

If it is about 30 million, then this possibility can be said to be reduced by at least half.

Wen Juan, who was very happy just now, fell into deep thought again.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you before that you are going to East TV to record "Entertainment You Know" tomorrow, because it will be broadcast on the evening of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year."

"Entertainment Talk" hosted by Lin Jianming can be said to be a well-known column in Hong Kong.

It has been well received by everyone since its launch and has now become a signature entertainment and variety information column of East TV during dinner time.

Lin Daoqiu quietly arranged for them to appear on "Entertainment Talk". His purpose of doing this was of course to help "God of Gamblers" generate more box office.

So when he said this, Wen Juan's face immediately showed an expression of surprise.

"Thank you, Brother Qiu...Thank you, Brother Qiu..."

If before the falling out with Lin Daoqiu, Wen Jun's movie wanted to be on "Entertainment Talk", he basically could have done it himself without going through Lin Daoqiu.

But now Wen Jun obviously doesn't have that much confidence in front of Yu Cheng, so he never thought that "God of Gamblers" could be promoted on "Entertainment Talk".

But it's fine now. Lin Daoqiu has helped him arrange everything. As long as he is on "Entertainment Talk" by then, the box office of "God of Gamblers" will definitely increase.

At first, Wen Juan thought that Lin Daoqiu must send him to the treasure island, but now it seems that the facts are very different from what he thought.

"No need to thank me, you deserve this."

Although Lin Daoqiu didn't say it, he also knew how much effort Wen Juan and the others had put in to make "God of Gamblers" a success, so he helped them understand it both emotionally and rationally.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu didn't really think about forcing them to a dead end at the beginning. The previous ones were just to stimulate their potential. So far, the effect is quite good.

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"When you arrange for them to appear on "Entertainment Talk" and say you don't want to help them, I know you are a person with a hard mouth and a soft heart."

After finishing the company's affairs, Lin Daoqiu left New Oriental. He had made an appointment with Zhong Chuhong to go shopping because tomorrow he would go to Zhong Chuhong's home to pay New Year's greetings.

After the two people made a big purchase, they found a place to have afternoon tea.

While chatting, the two of them inevitably talked about Spring Festival movies, and naturally they also talked about the drama "God of Gamblers".

After learning that Lin Daoqiu had arranged for Wenjun and others to appear on "Entertainment Talk" to promote the God of Gamblers, Zhong Chuhong immediately showed an expression that I had already guessed.

"Don't think that I'm so bad. Wen Jun did have a lot of problems before and this time it was in my hands. It would be a pity if I didn't take this opportunity to let him correct his problems."

Lin Daoqiu's starting point was to make Wenjun better. As for Wang Jing and Zheng Danrui, it can only be said that they were dragged into the water by Wenjun.

Without the help of Wang Jing and Zheng Danrui, it would be impossible for Wenjun to truly change his ways.

Zhong Chuhong suddenly thought of something that shocked her.

"You set a box office of 60 million from the beginning. Did you already guess that "God of Gamblers" would get 60 million and that's why you said that?"

There are not many movies that can get a box office of RMB 60 million in Hong Kong, and they are basically all big-budget movies.

In recent years, the production costs of Hong Kong movies have become increasingly exaggerated. There are already movies with production costs of hundreds of millions, and tens of millions are commonplace.

But the production fee for "God of Gamblers" was only 10 million. Under such circumstances, how did Lin Daoqiu guess that "God of Gamblers" would eventually get 60 million? This is really incredible.

If it is just a coincidence, that would be too mysterious, right? Could it be that Lin Daoqiu has the ability to predict the future?

"I'm not a god. How could I possibly know how much box office "God of Gamblers" would earn? The 60 million I mentioned at the time was just a casual comment. I couldn't take it seriously."

Lin Daoqiu's explanation did not convince Zhong Chuhong. On the contrary, she felt more and more that Lin Daoqiu must have been absolutely sure before saying this. Otherwise, if Wenjun and the others failed to get 60 million in box office, they would be sent to a treasure island.

Already?

"Even if they don't get 60 million at the box office, as long as they have really worked hard, I will consider it as appropriate. Don't think too much."

Zhong Chuhong looked at Lin Daoqiu with suspicion. Although the other party's explanation sounded reasonable, she still felt that it was not true.

But if you think about it carefully, Lin Daoqiu has been in this industry for so many years, and he wrote the script of "God of Gamblers" and also owns New Oriental Cinemas.

If...if Lin Daoqiu really wants "God of Gamblers" to get a box office of 60 million, then it's not true that he can't do it.