"How's the box office going?" Shao Shuaijun took his mobile phone and got up to brush his teeth without showing much enthusiasm.
Zhao Cheng was very excited on the other end of the phone: "500,000! 500,000! The attendance rate for the first show was less than half, but for the second show it was more than half. The response from the audience was very good, and many theaters took the initiative to call.
They asked for additional screenings. The two shows at night simply couldn’t satisfy their appetite!”
There are only more than 200 movies scheduled, and there are two shows at night. Each one is a theater. It is really good to get a box office of 50. It is far beyond Shao Shuaijun's idea. He wants to have a box office of 200,000 to 300,000.
It was profitable, but I didn't expect it to be a box office of 500,000 yuan.
"Yes, yes, there is no statistical error. 500,000 is quite a lot."
"How can I be wrong? I will just stay in the office and wait for the report."
"Didn't you steal the box office?" Shao Shuaijun suddenly asked.
"How could it be possible? There haven't been any blockbusters released recently. Whose box office are you going to steal?"
"Oh, all right."
Shao Shuaijun was reborn in 2013, and stealing box office became a common practice in later generations. He unconsciously brought this idea into his mind. If you think about it carefully, it is now 2004, and the trend of box office stealing is not that serious. There were no blockbusters released in April.
, good movies are scarce, and "Buried Alive" is full of gimmicks. It is not surprising that it can achieve such results.
"This time "Buried Alive" is expected to be a hit. I discussed it with Mr. Wang last night and planned to vigorously promote it. We will try to arrange 500 screens in 10 theaters and get a box office of 20 million."
Different from Zhao Cheng's excitement, although Shao Shuaijun is very proud of this achievement, there is nothing to be excited about. The movie is a plagiarism from the future, and he already knew it would be successful, and the copyright is bought out, and he does not get a penny for the quality.
After a few perfunctory words, he hung up the phone.
On the same day, I met up with Xu Zhuo and others and flew to the mountain city together. Zhao Cheng had to wait for the approval from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and did not follow.
When they arrived at the mountain city, all the actors and staff of the crew gathered together and were very busy with makeup and rehearsals. As the treasurer, Shao Xiaoling felt very distressed when she saw tens of thousands of expenses every day. She often whispered in Shao Shuaijun’s ears that filming a movie
It's just burning money. Shao Shuaijun could only shrug his shoulders. This amount of expenditure is small. Blockbusters like that cost hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands every day.
Especially for the post-production of some sci-fi blockbusters, even millions of dollars are burned in a day, and tens of millions or hundreds of millions are burned in a few days.
The investment budget of this movie is only 3 million yuan, which is still a low-cost production, and the actors are paid very low salaries. Liu Hua is also well-known in the TV industry, Shao Shuaijun only paid 40,000 yuan, and Guo Tao is not popular at all
, only received 30,000 yuan in salary, Huang Bo and Wang Xun only received 15,000 yuan. Especially Xu Zheng, when Zhao Cheng gave him the script, the agreed upon amount was 70,000 yuan, but after watching "
"Buried Alive", I got to know Shao Shuaijun, and knew that Shao Shuaijun invested almost all his wealth in this movie, so he didn't want any salary.
Although Shao Shuaijun could not spare the money to pay for the time being, he still set a high salary of 100,000 yuan for Xu Zhengzheng, and the settlement would be settled after the movie was released.
The reason for the low salary is not because Shao Shuaijun is stingy, but because he really doesn’t have any extra money at the moment. More than once, during rehearsals, Shao Shuaijun announced that once the movie makes money, everyone will get a red envelope! With money, there is motivation, and the enthusiasm of the actors was aroused
I am very excited, rehearsing the show seriously and just waiting for the filming to start.
On May 11th, the review by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television finally passed. Zhao Cheng took the approval document and immediately flew to Shancheng. Also coming was Wang Zhonglei from Huayi Brothers. Shao Shuaijun personally went to the airport to pick him up.
"Mr. Wang, I didn't expect you to come here in person."
Wang Zhonglei was wearing a suit and looked very handsome: "Xiao Shao, you are a cash cow now, can I not just lean on you? I am looking forward to "Crazy Stone" and am ready to join forces with my brother to make another big fortune."
Zhao Cheng said with a smile: "Director Shao may not know yet, but "Buried Alive" has already earned 13 million at the box office after a week and a half of its release. It earned 5.5 million in the first five days, and there is still one day left in the second week.
Time, it’s already 7.5 million, and tomorrow is the weekend, so 2.5 million doesn’t seem to be a problem. The plan is to release the film in three weeks, and the total box office is estimated to exceed 22 million.”
"With a cost of 100,000 yuan and a box office of more than 20 million yuan, Xiao Shao, you are going to become popular!"
"I have discussed with Mr. Wang, and with the help of the company's publicity department, we will help advertise "Crazy Stone", and the planning plan has been finalized. You are going to hold a launch ceremony tomorrow, and Huayi has contacted fifty
Many media outlets will come over for interviews, and they may ask about "Buried Alive", so be prepared."
Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Dagang and the others have given me the planning document for the start-up ceremony, and they have all filed it."
"By the way, Huayi is planning to hold a celebration banquet after "Buried Alive" is finished. You can take the time to come to Beijing then." Wang Zhonglei suddenly said.
"Forget it, Mr. Wang, at the celebration banquet. I'm not used to too much excitement, and the crew can't delay. A day's delay will cost tens of thousands."
"It doesn't matter, come here, I will reimburse you for the loss. And if your investment in this movie exceeds the standard, you are welcome to come to me at any time. Huayi invests in more than a dozen movies a year, and I don't care if there is one more or one less."
"During the filming, if we plan carefully, we should have enough funds. I will probably have to trouble Mr. Wang for publicity." Shao Shuaijun smiled and had no intention of letting Huayi get involved in the investment of the film. What he could not tolerate was the filming of the film. In terms of specific publicity and distribution,
It is absolutely possible to cooperate. Huayi will use the money to promote it and then sign a share agreement.
At 9 o'clock in the morning the next day, banners and colored paper were hung in the multi-purpose hall of Shancheng Hotel. The staff kept coming and going. Shao Shuaijun greeted a bunch of big shots in the background with a forced smile. In fact, he just nodded.
It was just a gimmick, the real ones who came forward were Wang Zhonglei and Zhao Cheng.
For this opening ceremony, many government leaders such as the director and deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the County Party Committee of Yuzhong County, the director and deputy director of the Cultural Bureau, the chairman of the Federation of Literature and Art, etc. were invited. A deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shancheng City Party Committee was also invited.
There was also Wang Hongwei, associate professor of Nortel. Everyone chatted in the back for a while, and the master of ceremonies came over to invite him.
"Dear leaders, the rostrum is ready. Leaders please come on stage."
"Minister Tao please, Minister Li, Chairman Zhao please." Shao Shuaijun acted a little awkward, so Wang Zhonglei replaced Shao Shuaijun as the master.
"Mr. Wang also invites you."
A group of people walked up to the rostrum in a mighty manner. There were reporters and photographers holding cameras and other cameras. They kept taking pictures. The flash stung Shao Shuaijun's eyes. But the others looked like they were enjoying themselves.
, the smile on his face became even brighter.
The host of the opening ceremony was Sha Qing, the head actress of Shancheng City TV Station. Sha Qing was wearing a white cheongsam and looked particularly beautiful and dignified.
"Dear leaders and friends from the media, welcome everyone to the opening ceremony of the movie "Crazy Stone"... "Crazy Stone" is the second work of Mr. Shao Shuaijun, a young director born in 1985. It is a black film full of laughter.
Comedy... Before cutting the ribbon, first of all, let us invite Tao Danian, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shancheng City Party Committee, to give us a speech..."
