Chapter 629 630【Rapid Expansion】
Zhou Xing and Chi Baodao are not old. The new film "Kung Fu" dominates the Lunar New Year file, and finally grossed 173 million at the box office, ranking first in the box office rankings in 2004, and sold 2,000 more than the second-place "House of Flying Daggers" Ten thousand.
After the Lunar New Year stalls, there is the Spring Festival stalls.
Originally, no one paid attention to this period, but last year's "Love Call Transfer" starring Xiang Nan was released on the Spring Festival file, and it was a great success, which also made this period hot.
The films of many film and television companies have chosen to be released in this schedule. Among them is the commercial action blockbuster "A World Without Thieves" launched by Zhiqing Films.
This film is starring Xiang Nan, Zhao Benshan, Zhou Xun, Wang Baoqiang, Zeng Lai, etc., and the lineup can be called very strong. Therefore, it attracted a lot of attention at the beginning of the promotion.
It premiered on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the box office immediately got off to a good start. The single-day box office reached 5 million yuan, and the results were quite gratifying.
Moreover, word of mouth is also very good.
The story is wonderful and the fighting is intense.
Xiang Nan played the thief, handsome, affectionate and righteous, and his acting was very good; Zhou Xun played the thief's mother, who turned her back on the past and reformed herself, and her acting was convincing enough. In the end, the part where she was pregnant and crazily ate roast duck with tears in her eyes was even more tear-jerking.
Wang Baoqiang, who plays Shagen, has only made two films so far. But the acting skills shown are amazing enough. With powerful partners like Zhou Xun and Xiang Nan, I don't feel young at all.
Especially amazing is Zhao Benshan, who is active on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala all the year round and makes everyone laugh. into the play.
And there are many golden sentences, such as "What is the most important thing in the 21st century, talents!", "My heart is towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch~", "Uncle Li is very angry, and the consequences are very serious", etc., are used by him. Speaking in the Northeast dialect, it is actually very touching.
Therefore, this movie was a big success. It was released for 45 days, with a total box office of 146 million yuan, surpassing Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" and approaching Zhou Xingchi's "Kung Fu".
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Such a movie starring mainland stars can catch up with "House of Flying Daggers" and "Kung Fu" starring Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.
Before this, mainland film companies were very superstitious about the box office appeal and ratings appeal of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists. If a movie or TV series is not starring Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, they are worried that there will be no box office and no ratings.
So they were forced to spend a lot of money to hire these stars to play the leading roles, and they also had to endure all kinds of weird conditions from them. Why don't you live in a five-star hotel, the crew has to arrange a special caravan, drink only mineral water flown in from France, and so on. One by one used to be like the uncle.
In fact, the mainland film industry has long been fed up with them. Now that movies with all mainland stars can do so well at the box office, many film and television companies have begun to use mainland stars instead of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.
So, the spring of mainland artists came four years earlier.
In real life, mainland stars eliminated Hong Kong and Taiwan stars after "The Wind" in 2009.
From the front stage to the backstage, almost all of this film is from the mainland, and it has achieved a box office of more than 200 million yuan, ranking seventh in the annual box office list. It proves that mainland directors and mainland stars can also lead the box office.
Since then, the scenery of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars in the mainland has basically gone forever. Up to now, even the former four heavenly kings, who made 10% every Monday, are no longer synonymous with box office.
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Therefore, from the beginning of the year, Zhiqing Films and Zhiqing Studio began to expand. Recruit management talents and expand multiple departments.
Zhi Youth Films was just a leather bag company before, and they were all temporary recruiters to make movies. This helps to save costs, but it is not conducive to the long-term development of the company.
So now departments are starting to form stuff. Production department, marketing department, creative department, development department, administration department, legal department, finance department...all departments must start to be formed.
Zhiqing Studio also began to sign more artists, and recruit more assistants, agents, etc., in order to enrich the company's human resources.
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At the beginning of the new year, Zhiqing Studio has successively produced TV series such as "Legend of Sword and Fairy", "The Judge of the Song Dynasty", "A Family with Children", "Underground Traffic Station", and the martial arts film "Sword Rain".
The IP of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", after some bargaining, was finally won by Zhiqingnian. As for this TV series, if there is no accident, Xiang Nan still wants to star Hu Fu and Liu Yifei.
However, in terms of supporting roles, Tang Yu Xiaobao, Lin Yueru, Anu, etc., no longer use Taiwanese artists, and use mainland actors as well.
Like Anu, Xiang Nan will be played by Shu Chang, and Lin Yueru will be played by Chen Xun. As for Tang Yu Xiaobao, in fact Feng Shaofeng is also possible.
As for the martial arts film "Sword Rain", Xiang Nan originally wanted to star in it himself. However, it's not easy for him to act anymore, so the opportunity was given to Qiao Zhenyu.
As for the heroine, Michelle Yeoh played the role in the original version, and Xiang Nan plans to ask Sun Li to do it for her. Sun Li has learned to dance since she was a child, and she has a solid foundation. When she makes martial arts movies, action scenes are not difficult for her. After all, the martial arts in martial arts movies are no different from dancing. If you can put on airs, you can fight decently.
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Because of Xiang Nan's capital injection, Zhiqing Studio expanded rapidly.
In less than half a year, it quickly expanded from less than 30 employees to more than 500 employees, which is more than ten times larger. All work is proceeding in an orderly manner.
And with more staff, there are more people in charge, so Xiang Nan can feel relieved.
He basically didn’t bother with the daily management of the company, and was only responsible for making decisions about the company’s major events and formulating the company’s annual filming plan.
Others such as publicity, marketing, signing, litigation, etc., unless necessary, he will no longer ask.
In this way, the burden on him is much lighter, and he has more time and energy to busy himself with his own affairs. Such as investment, travel, shopping, flirting with girls...
In terms of investment, Internet companies such as JD.com, Xiaonei, Tudou, Ctrip, and Qidian are all the focus of his investment.
In terms of tourism, he has his own villa, yacht, and private helicopter in Sanya. In winter, you can enjoy the sun and the beach in the past. There are also villas and pastures in Bashang Grassland. In summer, you can go to escape the heat, ride horses, and hunt. Xiang Nan even formed a star team to take a self-driving tour, and there were a lot of people who responded.
In terms of shopping, I mainly focus on collecting, especially antique calligraphy and paintings.
First, Xiang Nan inherited Ji Xiaolan's talent and learning, and he has a better understanding of these calligraphy and paintings. The more he understands people, the more he loves them. He can't even understand many oil paintings in the West, so don't be arty.
Secondly, paper has a lifespan of a thousand years, and silk has a lifespan of eight hundred. This kind of Wenwan calligraphy and painting must be less and less, so the potential for appreciation is great. If you buy it now, it will be handed down in the future, and it will be a family heirloom.
(end of this chapter)