Chapter 188 The dust has settled and buying a house in the Magic City

When the box office of "New World" in Hong Kong exceeded 50 million, its box office in mainland China also officially exceeded 200 million.

This is the third movie in mainland China and Liu Zhou's second movie personally to have a box office of over 200 million yuan.

The movie has only been released for three weeks, so it is impossible to break the 3.6 ​​million box office of "Titanic".

But there is still a glimmer of hope to break the 2.5 million box office record for domestic films set by "Hero".

However, the box office potential of "New World" seems to be running out, and now the daily box office is less than three million.

Even if the screening is postponed, Liu Zhou feels that it is a bit difficult to break the record of "Hero".

Liu Zhou is not too obsessed with breaking the record now. If I succeed, I am lucky, if I fail, it is my fate.

If Liu Zhou was still a simple director, he would pay more attention to recording.

But now, compared to the record, he cares more about the impact of the film on the entire company.

Since Liu Zhou acquired Golden Harvest and reorganized it, although it has created a lot of fanfare, there have been no outstanding results after all.

The movie "SPL" is considered the first movie after the reorganization of Golden Harvest.

However, this movie is indeed considered good in later times, but it does not seem to have much novelty at this time.

So the box office was not high, and it was considered a dud.

At the beginning, some people were pessimistic, saying that Liu Zhou’s magic was no longer there and he could not save Jiahe.

But everyone also understands that this is a bit nitpicking. Everyone knows the dead state of the Hong Kong film market.

Besides, Golden Harvest didn’t put much effort into promoting this movie.

The film that Golden Harvest has high expectations for is Liu Zhou's "New World"!
At the same time, this movie is also a test of whether Golden Harvest can be reborn.

But now it seems that Golden Harvest Group has come up with a very good answer.

"New World" not only grossed over 200 million yuan in the mainland, but also over 50 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong. The results were extremely good.

Not only that, a low-budget comedy produced by Golden Harvest actually grossed over 80 million yuan at the box office, which was undoubtedly the icing on the cake.

"Crazy Stone" was officially released on January 2006, , with a total box office of million.

This result undoubtedly dazzled the eyes of many production company bosses.

By this time, everyone knew that the production cost of "Crazy Stone" was only 8 million, and even with the publicity and promotion, the total cost was just over 10 million.

With the current box office of 86 million, the box office revenue alone can make a profit several times over.

You should know that this time the distribution was done by Golden Harvest itself, and this part of the profits was also pocketed by Golden Harvest.

For the box office revenue of more than 80 million, Golden Harvest only needs to share it with the theater companies.

Adding some other miscellaneous income, Golden Harvest can earn at least more than 20 million from this movie.

Zhang Zhao had originally planned to hold a grand celebration banquet, but was stopped by Liu Zhou.

He planned to hold celebration parties for both films together after "New World" was released, which would make the celebrations more grand and lively.

At this time, after nearly a month of release, "The Promise" had only grossed 1.13 million yuan, with only 1.2 to yuan per day, making it a bit difficult to break million yuan.

However, poet Chen may have some obsessive-compulsive disorder and cannot stand seeing the box office data being zero or integer. When The Promise was about to be taken off the screen, he actually intervened and said another of his classic sayings:

“No one will understand the movie The Promise in ten years!”

Everyone knew that poet Chen was trying to save his reputation, so it was no surprise that he was once again ridiculed by the public.

In this regard, Liu Zhou still admires poet Chen, a prophet standing in the atmosphere.

Not many people can understand the plot of the movie "The Promise", let alone ten years later, even in 2025 (six months later).

Perhaps in another twenty years, a genius will emerge and reconstruct Director Chen's masterpiece, redeem Director Chen's reputation and prove his innocence.
This year's Lunar New Year box office can be said to have been settled.

The biggest winner is undoubtedly Golden Harvest, which is likely to take home 300 million in box office revenue.

At the same time, this Lunar New Year holiday also allowed everyone to see the box office potential of mainland films.

In the past, it was difficult to accommodate two films during the Lunar New Year holiday. Now, it can easily accommodate two films with a box office of over 200 million.

Therefore, various investors with a keen sense of smell have gradually turned their attention to the film and television industry.

For example, the real estate giant Wanda Group officially established Wanda Films this year and fully entered the film industry.

Ali Jack Ma is also suspected of having an affair with Huayi, and his ambition in the film and television industry is self-evident.

Liu Zhou knew that these were only a matter of time, and there were even more terrifying penguins that had not yet arrived.

What he needs to do now is to take advantage of these few years to develop and strengthen himself so that when the time comes he will not be unable to fight back when he encounters the two Ma tycoons.

Although Liu Zhou is the major shareholder of Penguin, Penguin belongs to Pony Ma.

Pan-entertainment business will be a very important strategic plan for Penguin in the future. It is impossible for Pony Ma to give up the pan-entertainment business just because of Liu Zhou.

So we will inevitably face off against each other in the future.

The Penguin at that time was not comparable to the current Huayi. The funds they could raise were in the hundreds of billions.

This is also why, in the end, there are only two circles in the mainland entertainment circle, one is the Ali circle and the other is the Penguin circle.

These two are the real giants!

Therefore, in order to avoid being a younger brother to these two big bosses in the future, Liu Zhou also has to turn himself into a big boss.

And now, Liu Zhou is about to take a crucial step towards becoming a big boss.

After nearly four months of waiting, Liu Zhou finally received a response from Shanda's Chen Tianqiao, who invited Liu Zhou to Shanghai to discuss the transaction of Sina shares.

To be honest, after so long, Liu Zhou was almost giving up on acquiring Sina shares from Chen Tianqiao.

He has already made preparations to take steady steps and gradually erode Sina's business.

But unexpectedly, Chen Tianqiao actually agreed to sell his shares at this time.

Liu Zhou was of course very happy about this. Although he had to wait for four months, it would be worth it if he was willing to sell his shares.

After receiving the invitation, Liu Zhou immediately set off for the Magic City.

As for the movie, Liu Zhou no longer needs to worry about it, not to mention that Zhang Zhao is in charge.

On January 15th, Liu Zhou arrived in the Magic City.

As a city that is a twin star of inland cities along with Beijing, Liu Zhou has been here only a few times.

I either come here for a book signing or a roadshow, or when I was in college, I brought my team here to perform a play. Every time it was quite rushed.

Entering the new century, Shanghai has developed even faster than Beijing.

Especially in Pudong, high-rise buildings have begun to emerge.

Chen Tianqiao gave Liu Zhou enough face and went to the airport to greet him in person.

"Mr. Liu, long time no see!"

As soon as Chen Tianqiao saw Liu Zhou coming out of the exit, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, it's been a long time since we last met. I've been waiting impatiently for you!"

"Haha, good things are worth waiting for."

After getting in Chen Tianqiao's car, he took Liu Zhou to the hotel where they were staying.

"Mr. Liu, you should take a rest first. I will treat you to some special food of Magic City tonight."

"Okay, you are the landlord, I will follow your arrangements."

Although the capital is not far from the Magic City, the flight still made Liu Zhou feel a little tired.

After taking a shower in the room and admiring the busy Huangpu River, Liu Zhou suddenly thought that he would spend a lot of time in Shanghai in the future. After all, it is also the largest city in the mainland.

Should I also buy a house in Shanghai?

There are many luxury homes in Shanghai at present, such as Tangchen Yipin, which is the favorite of celebrities and internet celebrities in the future and has been on sale since a few years ago.

And the price is very high, one hundred thousand per square meter!
You have to know that was at the beginning of the new century, not the Magic City 2010 years later.

Such a price is undoubtedly sky-high, so not many people bought it, and finally Tomson was forced to lower the price.

But when housing prices in Shanghai began to soar, the housing prices in Tomson One once again led the entire Shanghai.

It can be said that Tomson One is probably the most famous luxury residence in Shanghai.

However, Liu Zhou was not very interested in the luxury house in Tomson One, but was very interested in the old villas in Shanghai.

The old houses in Shanghai are as rare as the courtyard houses in Beijing, and some of them even have cultural collection value.

If Liu Zhou remembered correctly, Chen Tianqiao seemed to have bought a very famous old villa, Yan's Garden.

Because the area was quite large, it cost him 2.8 million yuan, which caused a sensation in Shanghai at the time.

However, this is a very cost-effective deal. This is an old villa located in the center of Shanghai. It is not only large in area, but also has cultural research value.

Less than ten years later, the mansion was worth over a billion.

Later, Liu Zhou planned to find out whether Yan's Garden had been taken over by Chen Tianqiao.

If he succeeds in capturing him, that’s another matter. But if he fails, Liu Zhou will not be polite.

After resting in the hotel for more than two hours, Chen Tianqiao came to the hotel on time to pick up Liu Zhou at six o'clock in the afternoon.

After a while, Chen Tianqiao brought Liu Zhou to an old villa.

Just like there are many restaurants in courtyard houses in Beijing, there are also many restaurants in old houses in Shanghai.

Chen Tianqiao was obviously a regular customer here, and he walked into a large private room with ease.

It can be seen that this private room was converted from an entire room. The decoration inside is also very retro, making people feel like they are in old Shanghai.

"Mr. Chen, old houses like this one in Shanghai look nice, aren't you planning to buy one?"

“I have this idea. Old houses in Shanghai are becoming increasingly rare. Two years ago, the government designated a number of them as cultural relics for protection.

There are not many sites left with clear property rights that can be traded, and even fewer that are larger or have cultural value.”

"Hearing what you said, I am so excited that I am ready to buy an old house in Shanghai."

"Sure, you'll have a place to stay when you come to the Magic City in the future, and the appreciation potential is huge, so you won't lose money."

"What you said makes sense. After the New Year, I'll arrange for someone to come and take a look. If there's a suitable one, I'll buy one."

"That's great. I'll buy one then, and maybe we can be neighbors."

The two chatted for a while and then the food came.

After dinner, the two began to talk about business.

(End of this chapter)