Chapter 220 The major film companies are rushing crazy!
Chapter 220 The major film studios are going crazy!
Ever since the first-day box office of the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was released, Lin Yuan has been receiving news.
Whether they are friends in the industry, second- or third-tier stars they are not very familiar with, or crew members who have worked with him before, they all sent messages to congratulate Lin Yuan on such an impressive achievement for his first film.
In fact, apart from congratulations, the most important thing is to get close to Lin Yuan and build a relationship.
Although Lin Yuan's popularity was not low before, he was still a full-time actor at that time. In addition to the director who wanted Lin Yuan to star in the movie and needed to have a good relationship with him, other stars or crew members had the opportunity to interact with Lin Yuan.
It's best to get involved, but if you don't have such an opportunity, just make sure your relationship with Lin Yuan isn't too bad.
But things are different now. In addition to being an actor, Lin Yuan is also a director.
And judging from the results of "I'm Not the God of Medicine," Lin Yuan is very likely to join the "Billionaire Director Club" with this movie.
Double Best Actor, the youngest billionaire young director, and the actor with the highest cumulative box office in domestic films.
Any of these honors given to any one person would be enough to make him a top player in the circle, let alone the fact that these honors are all given to the same person now.
No matter how you look at it, Lin Yuan has a bright future. Building a good relationship with him now is definitely a good deal.
Lin Yuan originally wanted to reply seriously one by one, but there were too many messages, and he had something to do tomorrow, so he had to send a group reply to thank everyone.
Things here have just been taken care of.
Before he could take a breath, there was a rapid knock on the door outside the house.
When I opened the door, I saw that the person standing at the door was none other than Xu Zheng, holding a mobile phone with an unconcealable evil smile on his face.
Seeing this, Lin couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zheng, we have two road shows tomorrow. You stayed up in the middle of the night and came to see me. What should I do if you are photographed by the paparazzi?"
After hearing what Lin Yuan said, Xu Zheng, who was still smiling mischievously, said angrily: "Go, go, go, I, Xu Zheng, have a lot of scandals, but it is absolutely impossible to have scandals with men!"
After saying that, Xu Zheng pointed the phone screen at Lin Yuan, and then said to the phone: "Here, Huang Bo, if you have the ability, just say what you just said in front of Lin Yuan."
As the phone screen turned around, Lin Yuan discovered that Xu Zheng was video chatting with Huang Bo.
But what exactly the two talked about is unknown.
When Huang Bo on the mobile phone screen saw the camera pointed at Lin Yuan, a smile suddenly appeared on his originally serious face, and he said with a blush on his face: "What did I just say? I said brother Lin Yuan was filming.
You just have talent, do you have any objections?"
"Really, then who just complained to me that the movie should be released earlier?"
Xu Zheng pointed it out unceremoniously, and then Huang Bo's embarrassed laughter came from the phone.
Although this is all a joke among friends, it can be seen that after Lin Yuan's "I'm Not the God of Medicine" movie was released in advance, it can be said that it put enough pressure on Huang Bo.
Friends are friends, but you have to earn face by yourself!
You must know that Huang Bo's "A Good Show" is much higher than Lin Yuan's "I'm Not the God of Medicine" in terms of cast and film investment. If the movie is released on the first day of the new year, the box office of the movie will be
It's not as good as Lin Yuan's "I'm Not the God of Medicine", and I'm sure I'll feel a little disappointed.
However, judging from the current reputation and box office performance of "The God of Medicine", it is still a bit difficult to surpass it.
"Lin Yuan, I've seen this movie. It's very touching. If you ask me, it won't be a problem for this movie to win a box office of 3 billion." Huang Bo was very serious at first, but then the conversation changed and he suddenly sighed.
Said: "The only pity is that you have found the wrong protagonist, if you let me play the role."
Before Huang Bo finished speaking, Xu Zheng pointed the phone screen at himself and cursed: "Hey, Huang Bo, you have no conscience to say this. When you asked Lin Yuan to film "Looking for the Dragon"
I didn't say anything when I was saying "Jue", but you kid is not satisfied with getting an advantage, right?"
Seeing Xu Zheng bringing up old accounts again, Huang Bo's hearty laughter soon sounded on the other end of the phone.
After chatting for a while, Huang Bo got down to the main topic. He congratulated Lin Yuan and Xu Zheng on the huge success of "I'm Not the God of Medicine", and finally reminded Lin Yuan not to forget to participate in "I'm Not the God of Medicine" when the time comes.
Promotion of the movie "A Good Show".
Lin Yuan didn't think too much and agreed directly. However, after closing the door and thinking about it, he realized that something was wrong.
As a movie star, promoting the movie you star in is a normal thing.
However, for Lin Yuan, one-third of the movies released on New Year's Day are movies starring him. It will be a lot of fun to promote three movies at once.
The next day, the boring road show was repeated. The only difference was that there were more and more online movie reviews about "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
"The audience shed tears in the cinema, and the true story made "I'm Not the God of Medicine" a box office hit on the first day!"
""I Am Not the God of Medicine", which was officially released at midnight yesterday, grossed 220 million at the box office on its first day, becoming the third film to have a box office of 220 million on its first day after "Mermaid" and "Wolf Warrior 2", breaking
This is the best first-day box office performance for a movie during the Spring Festival!"
"With a box office of 220 million on the first day, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" has completely hit the Spring Festival movie market. This year may usher in the most intense Spring Festival period in the history of Chinese films!"
""I'm Not the God of Medicine" was well-received and a hit. Netizens commented that the film made people laugh and cry. Domestic films can also take into account practical responsibilities!"
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In addition to the comments published by these entertainment media, what Lin Yuan did not expect the most was that state-owned media such as the People's Daily had personally ended the incident.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a classic domestic movie."
This brief fourteen-word evaluation from the People's Daily is enough to explain how excellent this movie is.
Even this comment went straight to the top three on Weibo's hot search list. Many viewers who were originally not interested in realistic themes couldn't help but buy one after seeing such a straightforward comment from the official media.
Movie tickets for "The God of Medicine".
After the first-day box office of 220 million on the first day of the New Year, it once again received 240 million on the second day of the new year. The increase is not very obvious. It is not that the movie is not good enough, but that the film schedules of major theaters have not been arranged yet.
, resulting in many viewers unable to buy movie tickets at all.
However, after raking in nearly 500 million in box office in two days, major theater chains, no matter how blind they are, all know how amazing the potential of this movie is, and have increased their film schedules, from 60% to 80%.
, there are still 20% of the film schedule, because the theater chain has to take care of the capital behind movies such as "Youth" and "Havoc in Tianzhu".
After two days of road shows, the film promotion work is still continuing, but Lin Yuan no longer needs to worry so much.
Just when Lin Yuan returned to his apartment in Shanghai to rest, the movie was on its fourth day of official release. The box office exceeded 1 billion and tens of millions of moviegoers. Various astonishing results had completely set off the Internet.
Domestic medical issues also suddenly appeared in the public eye with the popularity of the movie "The God of Medicine".
Well-meaning people from all walks of life began to speak out for patients suffering from the disease, and domestic official media also reported on it.
Even on the news broadcast at 7:30 pm on January 4, nearly thirty seconds of footage from the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was given!
"Recently, the reality-themed movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" directed by Lin Yuan and adapted from a true story is being screened in major theaters, setting off a nationwide movie-watching craze and setting new records for Chinese-language movies one after another. In the movie
While it’s hot, so are medical issues.”
While the host was reading the press release, he showed the TV footage to the reporters at the cinema.
In the lobby of the cinema, hundreds of spectators were waiting eagerly, and there was a long queue at the ticket entrance.
The atmosphere in the theater was heavy, and the scene of complete silence after the movie was shocking. Every audience member interviewed had red eyes.
The 20-second video clip shows the excitement of the movie one by one.
"The movie tells a story about ordinary people. It is real and touching. It allows everyone to see that human nature is warm and beautiful, and touches the heart."
Thirty seconds is a short time for a man, but it is already a long time for a movie to appear on the news network.
Before the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine," there were other movies that were aired on the news network, but they were only mentioned in one sentence at most. This was the first time that such a situation was given dozens of seconds to report.
Because of this, after Xinwen Network "advertised" the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine", the number of moviegoers in the cinema was even greater the next day, and the attendance rate of the evening movie even reached an astonishing 100%.
Seats packed!
The box office for that day was 310 million!
It directly broke the single-day box office record set by "Mermaid" and "Wolf Warrior 2"!
Moreover, this 310 million box office was achieved when the film schedule was only 80%. If it were moved to March and April, when there is no competition from other movies, I am afraid that the single-day box office could increase by tens of millions!
Five days after the movie was released, the cumulative box office of the movie has reached 1.46 billion.
Although this result is still a little behind "Wolf Warrior 2", in reality-themed movies, this result is almost an insurmountable gap.
And just after the movie results came out, the film company bosses who had been paying attention to the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" could no longer sit still. They had no share in the box office of the movie "The God of Medicine", but in the past
Judging from the current situation, as long as Lin Yuan makes the sequel to "The God of Medicine", the box office will not be low.
No one dislikes having more money, and these bosses are no exception.
Not long after, Lin Yuan, who was watching the box office growth at home every day and mentally calculating the final box office results, soon received a call from Sister Xia.
Although she knew that Lin Yuan was resting in the apartment these two days, Sister Xia still asked tentatively: "Lin Yuan, are you free tomorrow?"
Lin Yuan replied: "I'm free. What's the matter? Sister Xia."
"Come to the company tomorrow morning, something good will happen to you!" Sister Xia sounded a little excited. I don't know if it was because of the results of the movie "The God of Medicine" or something else.
He asked, but Sister Xia didn't answer. Instead, she gave Lin Yuan a pass and asked him to come to the company early tomorrow morning.
This actually made Lin Yuan a little curious. With his current status, what kind of good thing could make Sister Xia so excited.
Early the next morning, not long after Lin Yuang woke up from his sleep, he received a call from Sister Xia, reminding him to come to the company early.
Lin Yuan didn't stay any longer in the apartment. He simply packed up and went directly to the company.
As soon as he entered the company, before he could walk towards the office, Sister Xia took him directly to the conference room.
Except for Mr. Li from Xitian Media and Li Xiaoping, Vice President of Enlight Media, the other people in the conference room were basically unfamiliar faces, but they felt like they had seen them before somewhere.
But Lin Yuan is not stupid. Just by looking at this scene, he knows that these people must have a lot of background.
Sure enough, after Lin Yuan took his seat, Mr. Li stood up and introduced Lin Yuan one by one: "Lin Yuan, this is Ding Jian, the director of Huayi Brothers, this is Huang Wei, the vice president of Bona Pictures, and this is...
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Listening to Mr. Li's introduction, Lin Yuan murmured in his heart, no wonder he always felt that these people looked familiar. It turned out that they were basically the leaders of leading companies in the film and television industry.
Even though he has never interacted with anyone, he has met him a few times on TV interviews.
You must know that after Lin Yuan won the Best Actor, these companies also contacted Lin Yuan, but most of them were department leaders, such as directors and vice presidents. Lin Yuan rarely had the opportunity to contact him.
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However, today, these people gathered together and came specifically for Lin Yuan, which is enough to show how much they value Lin Yuan.
"Director Lin is really young and promising. His first movie made a billion at the box office. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the youngest billionaire director in our country!"
"Old Ding, you look down on people with a box office of one billion. If you ask me, it won't be a problem for Xiao Lin's movie to win two billion at the box office."
Several bosses did not hesitate to praise Lin Yuan.
After all, they came here to discuss cooperation with Lin Yuan, and they wanted to say a few nice words for free. What's more, their words were not wrong. Judging from the results of Lin Yuan's movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine", it was totally worth it.
Get these compliments.
After Lin Yuan heard these words, he did not take the credit for himself, but said modestly: "Mr. Ding and Mr. Huang, you really deserve the award. The film can achieve this result because of the efforts of the entire crew."
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Seeing Lin Yuan's humble attitude, several bosses had a somewhat higher evaluation of Lin Yuan.
After saying a few polite words, these bosses also explained their intentions.
The first person to speak was Huang Wei, the vice president of Bona Pictures, who said straight to the point: "Director Lin, our Bona Pictures is willing to invest 200 million in the filming of the sequel to the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine". You see.
How about it?"
You must know that Enlight Media only invested 100 million for Lin Yuan to shoot the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine". Bona Pictures was directly willing to double the investment amount for Lin Yuan to shoot the sequel. This shows that they are very interested in "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
How much attention is paid to the sequel to the movie "The God of Medicine".
Although Li Xiaoping felt unhappy about being poached by the vice president of Bona Pictures in person, she had nothing to do.
After all, Lin Yuan is not a contracted director of Enlight Media. The last time I invested in Lin Yuan to shoot "I'm Not the God of Medicine", it was entirely because I wanted to use him to direct and star when Lin Yuan, the new actor, was in the spotlight. Lin Yuan's first movie was used as a gimmick to get Lin Yuan's fans to pay, thereby making a sure profit without losing money.
If they had known that Lin Yuan's "I'm Not the God of Medicine" would achieve such results, Enlight Media would have directly signed a long-term contract with Lin Yuan.
But Li Xiaoping has no intention of letting Lin Yuan, this cash cow, go.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Lin Yuan, I suggest that it is better to keep the original cast of the movie "The God of Medicine" for the sequel, and Mr. Wang will definitely not let you down in terms of film investment."
You must know that the box office of the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" has now reached 1.5 billion. In addition, Enlight Media invested a full 100 million. Not only did it not lose money, but it also made a lot of money.
Under such circumstances, it is not impossible to ask Enlight Media CEO Wang Changtian to spend 500 million to invest in the sequel of "The God of Medicine".
Seeing that both Bona Pictures and Enlight Media were throwing away their chips, Ding Jian, the director of Huayi Brothers, could not sit still.
Although Huayi Brothers is still a leading company in the film and television industry, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is just a camel that is about to lose weight, but it just looks bigger.
Originally, the only contracted director Huayi Brothers could offer was Feng Xiaogang.
If Feng Xiaogang's box office appeal was still the same as it was ten years ago, Huayi Brothers wouldn't have to worry about these things. But the problem is that now Feng Xiaogang's movies have lost their box office appeal in the film market.
Last year's "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" only took in a box office of less than 400 million. This year's "Youth" was a little better, taking in a box office of 1 billion, but compared with "Wolf Warrior 2", "Mermaid", "Looking for Love" Compared with movies such as "Dragon Secret", it seems a bit too ordinary.
It’s hard to imagine that this is the box office performance achieved by one of the top ten domestic directors.
Under this situation, Huayi Brothers can only cooperate with other directors and shoot one or two high-grossing movies to stabilize the current situation and stabilize their position in the film and television industry.
The popularity of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" suddenly put Lin Yuan into the sight of Huayi Brothers.
Ding Jian looked at Lin Yuan and said very sincerely: "Director Lin, no matter what theme your next movie is, we at Huayi Brothers are very happy to cooperate with you. I hope you can seriously consider it."
As Ding Jian's voice fell, Huang Wei, Li Xiaoping and others all looked at Ding Jian, with a hint of doubt in their eyes.
It is difficult for them to understand what Huayi Brothers is planning.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the most worthwhile investment for Lin Yuan now is the sequel to the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine". After all, this movie has grossed nearly 1.5 billion in box office within five days of its release. With the reputation of the previous work and the title of sequel, no matter how bad the filming is, there will definitely be no problem in getting a box office of 2 billion.
But if Lin Yuan shoots other types of movies next, unless he makes another movie with explosive results like "The God of Medicine", it will be difficult for the final box office to match the sequel to "The God of Medicine".
To put it in a layman's terms, Huayi Brothers' decision to drink soup is fine, but whether they can eat meat or not depends on luck.
After Huayi Brothers, Bona Pictures, Enlight Media, Wanda Pictures and other film and television companies announced their respective bargaining chips, everyone also focused their attention on Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
Sister Xia was right. Something good did happen to him, but it was too sudden.
Originally, Lin Yuan thought that this kind of scene would only happen after he had won "tens of billions in box office", but he didn't expect that with the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine", he would become a favorite in the eyes of these capitals.
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If it were any other actor, he might have agreed without saying a word.
But Lin Yuan was not in a hurry. This was a good thing, but also a bad thing.
It's a good thing because after he agreed, whether he was filming the sequel to "I'm Not the God of Medicine" or choosing to make other types of movies, he had capital willing to invest in him, so that there would be no such thing as a clever woman struggling to make ends meet.
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The bad thing is that once he finishes filming the sequel to "The God of Medicine", or the box office of other movies he makes does not meet the expectations of the employer, his weight in the eyes of the capital will be significantly reduced, and he will most likely become a dispensable person.
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Therefore, Lin Yuan has no plans to continue making movies for the time being, unless he has some good scripts in hand.
After analyzing the pros and cons, Lin Yuan directly expressed the answer in his heart: "Sorry everyone, I have no idea of filming a sequel to "The God of Medicine" or other movies for the time being. I think it is better to become an actor to calm myself down.
Better."
Hearing this, everyone in the conference room looked at Lin Yuan with complicated eyes.
Precipitate yourself?
Fortunately, Lin Yuan could say such a thing.
The youngest double actor in the country, and the first actor who is about to win a "Ten Billion Box Office", actually said that he wanted to be an actor to calm himself down. If this were said out loud, I don't know how many actors would be ashamed to death.
These bosses in the conference room have a lot of dealings with people. Do they still know what Lin Yuan means?
This makes it clear that there is currently no suitable script, and we don’t want to make other bad movies to ruin our reputation.
Seeing that Lin Yuan had said this, it was useless for them to force it. They could only try to have more contact with him in private before doing Lin Yuan's work.
However, these bosses have no intention of returning without success.
Just after Lin Yuan expressed his thoughts, the bosses started asking questions one after another.
"Lin Yuan, since you think filming is more suitable for you, would you like to consider the "Changjin Lake" movie that Bona Pictures is preparing?"
"We at Wanda Pictures are planning to invest in the filming of "Search for the Dragon 2". I wonder if Mr. Lin Yuan is interested."
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After listening to these bosses asking whether he wanted to star in the movies they invested in, Lin Yuan was filled with emotions. In the end, he just condensed it into one sentence: "It's really killing me. I'm really busy now!"