Chapter 462: Unexpected and Soaring Market Value

Time flies, and before we knew it, it is September.

In September, the domestic film market entered the off-season, not only for movies but also for TV series.

Just on September 9st, a science fiction movie "Inception" was released. This science fiction blockbuster, which was later regarded as a classic, earned an impressive box office of 1 million on the first day.

It is already very good to get a first-day box office of 1300 million in the new school season just after the summer vacation.

The subsequent results were beyond everyone's expectations, with 5 million in the first five days and over 9300 million in two weeks, adding fuel to the off-season for the movie industry and making it seem less cold.

Not only that, "Inception" also caused quite a stir overseas.

The movie was released in North America as early as July and took in 2.9 million dollars at the North American box office.

The film was also released in Hong Kong in July, with a total box office of 5700 million Hong Kong dollars.

In just three days, the box office of the film exceeded that of Titanic, causing a huge sensation.

Mainland China was the last country to release the film, and including these two weeks, the global box office has exceeded 8 million US dollars.

Christopher Nolan also initially established his godhood through this movie, and it was also through this movie that he gained a large number of fans.

"Inception" is also the Hollywood movie with the best box office performance so far this year except for "Avatar".

Among the Hollywood blockbusters released during the summer season this year, only "Toy Story 3" barely broke the million yuan box office, creating the worst performance of Hollywood movies in the domestic summer season in recent years.

Not only Hollywood movies, but domestic movies are similar.

Apart from the failures of domestic superstars such as Jackie Chan, there were only three movies that broke the 100 million yuan box office record this summer.

Feng Kuzi's "2.8" earned million yuan at the box office in just one month after its release. The result was not bad, but it did not meet the expectations of Feng Kuzi and Huayi.

To be honest, this movie actually raised Feng Kuzi's reputation in the industry, and let everyone see that he is not only capable of making comedies, so his transformation was quite successful.

Then, "China Partners", starring Huang Xiaoming and Liu Ye, earned 4.2 million yuan at the box office in just one week.

The movie "Original Time and Space" earned 5.4 million yuan at the box office, but that was in 2013. Now that it can earn 2010 million yuan at the box office in 4.2, Liu Zhou and Golden Harvest are very satisfied.

Although the film market in this life has expanded significantly compared to the same period in the original time and space, it is definitely not as good as that in 2013. After all, the film market has entered a period of explosive growth since 2009.

The fact that a movie like "Chinese Partners" about entrepreneurship could earn over 400 million at the box office also shocked the industry.

Huang Xiaoming and Liu Ye are extremely popular, and even Zhu Yawen, who plays a supporting role, has received considerable attention. It can be said that he has already stepped half a foot into the film industry.

The Golden Harvest version of "Chinese Partners" has undergone certain modifications compared to the original version, reducing Wang Qiang's role and increasing Meng Xiaojun's role.

So Cheng Dongqing and Meng Xiaojun can be said to be the two male protagonists. Of course, the perspective of the first male protagonist is still on Cheng Dongqing, but the roles of the two are similar.

Therefore, Huang Xiaoming and Liu Ye, who played the two roles, received the most attention, especially Huang Xiaoming, whose performance in "China Partners" was widely recognized by the outside world.

At the same time, it also once again consolidated their status as the top male actors in the country.

However, the most popular and talked-about person this summer is not these two, but Liu Yifei, who has been silent for nearly two years.

Liu Yifei has not released any new works since "The Forbidden Kingdom" in 2008.

In the original time and space, he stood up Huayi, was banned by the Wang brothers, and was slandered by all kinds of people. There was also a gap of nearly two or three years.

However, in this life, Liu Yifei joined Golden Harvest in early 2009, and all the rumors that slandered her were resolved by Golden Harvest.

The outside world is even more looking forward to Liu Yifei's first work after joining Golden Harvest.

However, although Liu Yifei has good resources, she has participated in two of Liu Zhou's highly anticipated blockbusters, "Interstellar" and "Aftershock", especially the latter, where she had quite a few roles.

However, neither of these two movies has been released yet. The first one to be released was a youth movie "Those Years" starring her, but it also made her fans wait for more than a year.

If it weren't for Jiahe's strength and status, her fans might have scolded Jiahe for its inaction and wasting their time on their goddess.

But even though "Those Years" was finally released, her fans were still somewhat dissatisfied. After all, in their opinion, since Liu Yifei had joined Golden Harvest, she should at least be able to star in a blockbuster movie to match her status.

After all, her previous movie was a collaboration with the country's top superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Now, just a low-budget youth romance movie directed by a Taiwanese writer makes them subconsciously pessimistic.

But it was this movie that was not favored by her fans that surprised the entire domestic film industry.

The movie "Those Years" was released nationwide on August 6th and earned 32 million at the box office on the first day.

Although this result is good, it is not enough to shock everyone. Most people think it is a concentrated outburst of Liu Yifei's fans.

However, the subsequent trends were a bit confusing to them. The movie earned 1.15 million on the second day, million on the third day, and million in box office revenue in the first three days.

The results are even better than "1942" and "Chinese Partners".

The next week it again grossed 2.3 million yuan, in ten days it exceeded 5.2 million yuan, in fifteen days it exceeded million yuan, and by the end of August, the total box office had exceeded million yuan, reaching million yuan.

"Those Years" also won the box office championship of this summer season, to the astonishment of everyone in the industry.

Its performance is second only to "The Martian" and "Founding of a Republic", and it ranks third on the Chinese-language film box office list, surpassing a number of blockbusters.

The huge success of a movie has also led to the huge popularity of its main actors.

With the role of Ke Jingteng, Dou Xiao became the most popular new generation male actor in China. His Weibo fans increased from less than 300,000 to one million in just three days. In September, the number increased to three million.

Before the movie was even released, various collaborations came one after another, making Zeng Jia very happy. After all, Dou Xiao's contract still had ten years left.

Now he has a perfect start. As long as Dou Xiao doesn't commit suicide, he will be a cash cow that can provide him with food for ten years.

Of course, Dou Xiao was not the one who surprised Zeng Jia the most. Liu Yifei was the one who benefited the most from the box office success of Those Years.

After the movie was released, Liu Yifei became synonymous with first love and white moonlight.

She already had a very high popularity, and now she has become even more famous. In August and even September, no other female artist could compare to her in popularity.

When the movie was first released, there were as many as 20 to 30 hot searches on Weibo about Liu Yifei. Not only did she top the list, but half of the top ten searches were also about her.

Her fans have long forgotten their previous unpleasantness and have become the most active group on the entire Internet. Although they are a little annoying, no one will go out of their way to provoke them. After all, this is the time when they are most powerful.

It can be said that the drama "Those Years" directly made Liu Yifei one of the top actresses in the industry.

She is just as popular as the Four Dans and Two Bings. The only thing she lacks may be qualifications and awards.

If she just had a lot of blood before, then now it's like she has been given an infinite blood pack. If she struggles like she did in the original time and space, her blood will not drop at all.

In fact, it is not only that. In addition to greatly increasing her popularity, it also greatly improved her status in the circle, and the level of attention paid to her by major companies also increased by an order of magnitude.

After all, a movie like "Those Years" is unlikely to be successful at first glance. Not only is the cost low, the male lead Dou Xiao is just a newcomer, and the only one who can carry the box office is Liu Yifei.

Now that the movie is a big hit, it can definitely be said that Liu Yifei contributed 50% of the credit, which is enough to prove her ability to carry the box office, and she can do a lot.

Therefore, in the future, Liu Yifei will be eligible to compete for the leading actress in some of the top domestic productions.

At the same time, major domestic companies have also begun to study the success of "Those Years". Boss Zhao, who is about to graduate from the master's program in directing at the Beijing Film Academy, also began to study the film carefully.

What is certain is that with the huge success of "Those Years", a storm of youth films will be set off in the country.

Under the instruction of Liu Zhou, Golden Harvest had already made preparations. Before the filming of "Those Years" was finished, they had already officially launched the projects of two films, "So Young" and "So Young".

Liu Zhou knew that after the huge success of "Those Years", there would be many copycat works, but copycat works often have the lowest risks and the greatest returns.

Yongsheng started out by following the trend. It would follow the trend of whatever movies were popular in Hong Kong at that time. In the 1990s, it gradually became an industry standard.

Therefore, if you follow the trend well, you can also make a lot of money.

Instead of giving this delicious cake to others, it is better to follow the trend and eat the cake yourself.

Therefore, Liu Zhou had people prepare two youth films early on, just to be able to take the initiative and eat the cake first.

To be honest, Liu Zhou did not expect that the box office of "Those Years" would be so high. After all, the original movie was released relatively late in mainland China, resulting in rampant piracy when it was released.

However, it is not surprising when you think about the fact that the movie "So Young" directed by Mr. Zhao later won a box office of more than 700 million yuan.

The biggest winner of this year's summer season is undoubtedly Golden Harvest, with one movie grossing over 400 million yuan and another over 500 million yuan, which is even better than last year's performance.

The outside world couldn't help but marvel at Jiahe's achievements, and even Han Shanping called personally to express his congratulations.

This time it is indeed worth it for Han Shanping to call personally. After all, these two films from Golden Harvest have greatly boosted the box office performance of this summer season, otherwise the data would be very ugly.

In fact, Liu Zhou was not that shocked by this. After all, the box office of a single movie began to soar in 2010 in the original time and space.

In the past, the maximum scale was 2010 to million, but since , single movies with box office exceeding million or million began to appear in large numbers.

Historically, the most popular star in this summer's box office was Feng Kuzi. His "Aftershock" earned over 600 million yuan at the box office, and then at the end of the year "Let the Bullets Fly" also earned over 600 million yuan at the box office.

In the future, box office results of 500 million to 600 million or even 600 million to 700 million will appear from time to time. After Lost in Thailand, we can only say that a movie is a hit if the box office exceeds 1 billion.

"Chinese Partners" and "Those Years" jointly earned nearly 1 billion yuan at the box office during the summer season, which also made Golden Harvest a lot of money. After all, the costs of both films were not very high, and "Those Years" was also able to reap a lot of box office overseas.

Historically, "Those Years" sold more than NT$400 million in Taiwan, becoming the third highest-grossing movie in Taiwan over the years.

It also grossed nearly HK$62 million in Hong Kong, making it the box office champion of all Chinese-language films. Even if Hong Kong films are included, it is second only to Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu."

Coupled with the impressive box office results in Southeast Asia and other regions, the box office revenue of "Those Years" alone may reach 300 million.

Of course, this is just a small part. Don’t forget that Golden Harvest Group is a listed company. For a listed company, profit is not just about the company’s profit, but also about the stock price.

From the box office success of "Moon" and "Sword Rain" during the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year, to the huge hits of "China Partners" and "Those Years" during the summer, investors have gained great confidence.

Therefore, the stock price of Golden Harvest Group has been rising. Coupled with other positive news such as cinema chains and Golden Harvest Film and Television Industry Base, the total market value of Golden Harvest Group has now exceeded 90 billion, an increase of nearly 2 billion.

Liu Zhou’s goal of increasing Jiahe’s market value to over 100 billion yuan this year may be difficult to achieve.

After all, Golden Harvest is currently too large in size. Even in history, Huayi’s market value exceeded 100 billion yuan, but it was four or five years after its listing. At that time, the domestic film and television industry was the craziest and hottest.

However, Golden Harvest Group is much stronger than Huayi in all aspects. It is a bit difficult for the total market value to exceed 100 billion this year, but it should be no problem next year.

Liu Zhou is not in a hurry either. The National Day holiday will see the highly anticipated "Ip Man 2", and the Lunar New Year holiday will also see his science fiction blockbuster "Interstellar".

Then during the Spring Festival next year, Zhang Yimou and Xu Ke will bring two blockbusters, "The Flowers of War" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" respectively, which will be their second battle.

Next year's summer vacation, "Aftershock" will also be released. I think after the bombardment of these blockbusters, there should be no problem for Golden Harvest's market value to break through the 2011 billion mark in .

Liu Zhou was of course very happy that Golden Harvest had achieved good results, but he did not pay too much attention to it because the post-production of "Interstellar" was about to be completed and most of his attention was on this movie.

Moreover, Zeng Li's due date has arrived, so Liu Zhou has to spend more time with her.

As September approached, the summer season was finally settled, and good news came from Liu Zhou that "Interstellar" was completed, and Zeng Li gave birth to a son for him.

He originally wanted a daughter, but he didn't expect to end up with a boy.

But no matter what, they are his own children, so these few days, Liu Zhou walked with a breeze and his smile never disappeared.

(End of this chapter)