1novels Chapter 185 Tony Jia?
Chapter 185 Tony Jia?
Chapter 185 Tony Jia?
"Don't stop me, I want to hit ten!"
It became a hot word overnight. There was no Weibo in 08, and Baidu didn't have the concept of hot search. However, on Sina blog, similar jokes have been spread all over the sky.
And the popularity of [Ip Man] also soared with the line of "I want to hit ten". For a while, the media began to speculate on how much [Ip Man] could earn at the box office and whether it could pose a threat to Xiaogangpao.
In fact, Xiaogangpao is at its peak at this time. Once a person is proud, he will inevitably get carried away. Almost the vast majority of media love and hate Xiaogangpao. Drive traffic, traffic can make money, hate, because this guy's mouth is too stinky, never pay attention to the uncrowned kings, and often swears abusively.
Most of the media want to see Xiao Gangpao in bad luck, and it is of course the best to see him suffer.
So except for some Huayi who paid for it, other media started to report [Ip Man] frantically, which made Ye Weixin baffled, they didn't seem to spend any money.
[Ip Man] The box office on the first day was released, 2350 million. As soon as the data was announced, the entire entertainment circle was shocked. This is the highest first-day box office ever for a Kung Fu movie.
"[Ip Man] is a very sincere kung fu movie. Congratulations to Zhou Xing. He has created a flesh and blood master Ip Man. Compared with [Fearless], I prefer this henpecked Ip Man."
"Zhou Xing thirteen punches in one second, hit the highest first-day box office of a Kung Fu movie in the history of Chinese-language movies. Ever since Li Lianjie went to Hollywood to develop, Chenglong has grown old. It seems that we can only remember the golden age of Chinese-language Kung Fu movies through discs. Until the appearance of Zhou Xing, from Seven Swords to Huo Yuanjia to the fuse, he proved to the world through classic kung fu movies one after another that kung fu movies have not declined, Ip Man, wait for you to fight!"
"With a lot of accumulation, three kung fu movies in Zhou Xing's four years will take you into the world of masters! Wing Chun, Ip Man!"
As some reports have said, the reason why [Ip Man] has such good results is entirely due to Zhou Xing's punches and kicks. The previous three kung fu movies have already accumulated enough popularity for him, plus [Ip Man] The quality of the movie is good enough, it's hard not to think about this movie.
In the first four days, [Ip Man] broke the record of [If You Are the One] with a box office of 8100 million. The poor little hot pot was kicked off before his butt was hot.
For a while, the media scrambled to report, one is that this matter itself is interesting and can bring traffic;
However, to the disappointment of the reporters, Xiaogangpao was not fooled this time, this guy is a thief, and now whenever he makes a move, it is to canvass for [Ip Man].
However, even if Xiaogangpao did not respond, the popularity of "Ip Man" remained high. It was released for 11 days, and the box office exceeded 2 million, while "If You Are the One" was released for 16 days, and the box office was only 2.5 million.
"I can't go on like this, [If You Are the One] will be overtaken sooner or later." Xiao Wang was always anxious like ants on a hot pot.
Huayi is preparing for an IPO plan. If "If You Are the One" can win this year's box office champion, it will be of great help to Huayi's valuation. In fact, the Wang brothers have long looked down on making movies to earn this little money. , capital operation is what they are currently keen on.
Xiao Gangpao also had a headache. To be honest, he didn't pay attention to [Ip Man] at first. After all, Kung Fu movies have too narrow audience. In his opinion, even if [Ip Man] is a blockbuster, it can reach two [-] million is already the ceiling.
However, who would have thought that the popularity accumulated before Zhou Xing would suddenly explode, breaking the ceiling of kung fu movies in one fell swoop.
As a director, Xiaogangpao has always firmly believed that the director is the soul of a movie, and he has never put any actor in his eyes. His opponent in his mind is a big director like Lao Mouzi. Put it in your eyes.
However, the popularity of [Ip Man] subverted his concept. It turns out that an actor can really support a movie, and it is such a super high-grossing movie of [-] million.
"Is there any way, who would have thought that Zhou Xing would explode at this time?" Xiaogangpao rubbed his temples. As the king of New Year's films, he has only lost to Lao Mouzi for so many years. Is he going to lose again this year? to another person?
President Xiao Wang gritted his teeth and said, "Increasing publicity, it's really not enough, booking the venue, this year's box office champion must belong to Huayi!"
The head of the publicity department moved his mouth, but finally swallowed the words back. The boss didn't hesitate to invest in it. What else could he say?Anyway, it wasn't his money that was burned.
"By the way, can this Zhou Xing be dug over?" After Mr. Wang finished explaining, he suddenly thought of a brilliant idea.
If you can't beat him, just buy him. This is also the most common method used by capital, and it is simple and effective.
Li Xue frowned slightly: "As far as I know, it may be difficult."
"Oh? Which company is he signing with now? Dongfang Film and Television?" The more Mr. Wang thinks about it, the more he feels that this method is reliable. As long as Zhou Xing is signed, Huayi will be the No. [-] and No. [-] box office in the Mainland this year. By then Are you afraid that the secondary market will not be optimistic about Huayi?
Li Xue shook her head: "He has his own personal studio, and"
"And what?"
"He also founded a film and television company, and [Fengsheng] was invested by him."
President Xiao Wang frowned. As a boss, the most frustrating thing when poaching people is that they are starting their own businesses, and everyone is the boss, so why should they work for you?
"Can you find a way to buy his studio?" Mr. Wang asked.
"Let me give it a try." Li Xue could only obey the boss's request, although she knew that the success rate was too low.
After the meeting ended, Li Xue called Zhou Xing immediately: "Mr. Zhou, when will you have time to come out and chat?"
Naturally, this kind of thing needs to be discussed in person, and it seems too insincere to say it on the phone. Although she knows that Zhou Xing is almost impossible to agree, it can be seen from the fact that he would rather sell the shares of Orange Sky and film [The Wind], he is ambitious.
"Okay." Zhou Xing thought that Li Xue wanted to talk to him about [Wind Voice].
The shabu-shabu restaurants in Beijing have to queue up in winter if you want to go in, in the box.
"Why did Huayi suddenly think of buying my small studio?" Zhou Xing was a little puzzled. In his opinion, even if Huayi wanted to buy it, it should be more interested in "Zhixing Film and Television", right?
Li Xue didn't hide anything, so she told Zhou Xing all the ins and outs. Anyway, success or failure had nothing to do with her. Stars like Zhou Xing didn't need to rely on the company for resources long ago.
After hearing what Li Xue said, Zhou Xing was a little bit dumbfounded, co-author Xiao Wang, is he using him as a bargaining chip for listing?
"Let's forget it. I'm used to being comfortable alone. What's more, my small studio doesn't matter what I want. How do I calculate the valuation? I want to ask for a billion, but he can't give it?" Zhou Xing directly refused. .
Li Xue also expected it a long time ago: "Okay, I will reply to Mr. Wang."
"By the way, the filming of [Wind Sound] will start soon. Are the actors' schedules okay?" This is what Zhou Xing cares most about.
Li Xue smiled and said: "As long as there is no problem on your side, I can do it at any time, even if President Xiao Wang is unwilling, he will not take this card from you. After all, you are Party A, and we will lose money if we break the contract. "
This is the status quo of the film and television industry. When the investor breaks the contract, the actor can only admit that he is unlucky. Once you make things big, the circle will think you are a person who does not know the general and does not follow the rules of the world. In the future, no one will dare I'm looking for you to film.
However, once the actor breaks the contract, the investor will definitely sue, no matter how strong your backstage is, you will still have to lose money in the end, or the actor will be useless.
After Li Xue went back, there was no movement at Huayi, but they increased the investment in the promotion of "If You Are the One". Uncle Ge, who doesn't do road shows very much, can only bite the bullet and go on and on.
[Ip Man] The production team is not idle either. Fan Shaohuang's reputation is obviously not enough. He went to some second- and third-tier cities for road shows, and the results were not satisfactory. The burden of publicity still has to be picked up by Zhou Xing. In this regard, kung fu movies are relatively weak.
Interestingly, [Ip Man] and [If You Are the One] go hand in hand, chasing after each other, and some films released at the same time have suffered. For example, Wu Jing’s first film [Spike Fang] directed and acted in the mainland only had a box office of 423. Ten thousand, it can be said that he lost everything.
This is also inevitable, after all, as a Kung Fu movie of the same type, Wu Jing's reputation is far from that of Zhou Xing, and Wu Jing is the first time to be a director, so it is inevitable that there will be flaws in the plot.
At the end of January 2009, "Ip Man" and "If You Are the One" both posted pictures, and the competition between Dongfang Film and Huayi for the 1 mainland box office champion finally came to an end.
In the end, "If You Are the One" reached the top with 3.35 million, while "Ip Man" came in third with a final box office of 3.1 million.
Naturally, Huayi made all kinds of announcements with gongs and drums, and Dongfang Film and Television had already made a lot of money, so everyone was happy.
"Huang Sheng, the one who still looks sad after making money, doesn't it mean that he regrets asking me to convert the salary into investment?" Zhou Xing joked.
Huang Baiming sighed: "Regret is a bit regretful, but you deserve it. This is what I have a headache now."
Zhou Xing took a newspaper from Huang Baiming, which was in Thai, and someone below translated it.
“《拳霸2》正在泰国火热上映，上周以7000万泰铢的好成绩取得了票房周冠军（折合约206万美元），这一成绩也打破了《木乃伊3》创下6100万泰铢的年度周票房纪录。”
After reading the newspaper Zhou Xing, I can understand what Huang Baiming is worried about. The overseas distribution channels of Oriental Film and Television are quite good. At that time, the [fuse] relied on overseas markets, and the cost had been recovered before it was released. This is Huang Baiming's daring to invest heavily in kung fu movies. capital.
For Huang Baiming, the blockage of channels is not only a problem of the income of [Ip Man] being affected, but also the soil that Oriental Film and Television relies on for survival is being plundered, which is difficult for Huang Baiming to accept.
"Tony Jia." Zhou Xing looked at the photo of Tony Jia in the newspaper, and an idea flashed through his mind, but with the current strength of "Zhixing Film and Television", this plan can only be put on hold temporarily.
"Actually, Huang Sheng doesn't need to worry. A good kung fu star can make a splash in the international film market. It's only a good thing for the kung fu film market. Only by making the cake bigger can we get more cake. I'm sorry [Ip Man] ] is confident in the quality, maybe you can contact the producer of [Boxer 2] and discuss with them how to get more benefits from foreign film studios."
Huang Baiming slapped his head immediately when he heard it: "Yes, Ah Xing, it's because you are young and quick-witted, so I'll go to Thailand right away."
Zhou Xing couldn't help but feel a little pity, "The Sound of the Wind" is about to start filming, otherwise he really wants to go to Thailand with him, and meet the Thai kung fu superstar——Tony Jia!
Although [Ip Man] has already finished drawing, the discussion about this movie is not over yet, and the most discussed scene is Zhou Xing's thirteen punches in one second.
Some netizens even specially found professional boxers to record with high-speed cameras, and finally found that being able to do eleven punches per second is the limit of ordinary professional boxers.
"Could it be that Zhou Xing can beat a professional boxer in actual combat?"
In fact, the actual combat ability of kung fu stars has always been a hot topic in the media, but this topic is also what the audience wants to know most.
After all, the Kung Fu stars in the movie are one against ten. It is inevitable that some people will wonder whether he is really capable, or is it all a show.
In fact, in the entire entertainment industry, except for Bruce Lee and Billy Zhou who have no taboos about actual combat, everyone else is rather vague.
The fighting power shown on TV programs is also discounted in the eyes of the audience, not to mention that there have been waves of "martial arts masters" who have been bluffing and deceiving in recent years, it is really hard to believe what is shown on TV.
It's like after Wrinkle City won the men's 08kg gold medal in the 48 Olympic Games, some keyboard warriors began to say that he has no combat effectiveness, and the gold medal is purely based on points, so it would be a waste to let him go to professional boxing.
The so-called popular right and wrong, Zhou Xing is the same, [Ip Man]'s popularity has also pushed him to the forefront, most netizens on the Internet expressed their curiosity about his real fighting power.
Regarding this, when Zhou Xing faced the interview, he could only laugh it off. He couldn't just fight a professional boxer just to prove his strength, could he?
Even if he organized such a public competition, some people would say that he bought his opponent or something like that.
Seeing that Zhou Xing never responded, netizens immediately found "evidence"
You see, he didn't dare to make a sound, wake up, youngsters, kung fu stars are all staged, if a punch flies far away, there is no real kung fu.
Of course, Zhou Xing's reticence doesn't mean that his fans are all good-tempered: nonsense, if he really fought like this, he would have died a long time ago.
In the online world, never try to convince your opponent, there are only two results in the end, you think the other party is evil, or the other party thinks you are evil!
Amidst all the noise, [Wind Sound] held a low-key opening ceremony in Jinmen.
(End of this chapter)