Chapter 82 Savage Storm
Although Liu Zhou went to bed late last night, he still got up very early the next day.

After washing up, Liu Zhou wanted to see if Director Xie had woken up, but he didn't expect that his room door was wide open and he was sitting on the sofa smoking.

Liu Zhou knocked on the door and went in. He saw the ashtray was full of cigarette butts and Director Xie's eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that he had not slept all night.

"Director Xie, did you stay up all night?"

Director Xie nodded and said:
"I was waiting for yesterday's box office data all night. I didn't know the result until after 4 a.m., and I couldn't sleep since then."

"So what was the box office yesterday?" Liu Zhou asked a little anxiously.

Director Xie took a deep puff of cigarette, and said with a trembling voice:

"One million and two hundred and sixty thousand! A full one million and two hundred and sixty thousand, Liu Zhou, we succeeded!"

Hearing this number, Liu Zhou was so excited that he clapped his hands together.

What does 1.26 million on the first day mean at this time? Some movies don’t even have that much in total box office.

To make a more intuitive comparison, Feng Kuzi's third Lunar New Year film "Never Ending", which was released at the end of last year, had a box office of less than 1.1 million on the first day.

"Never Ending" was recently released, with a total box office of 2000 million. Because it is regarded as a movie of , it ranks second in the mainland box office list this year, second only to the anti-corruption blockbuster "Life and Death Choice".

But "Life and Death Decision" is a film with a mission, and theaters all over the country will be booked out for screening. Its box office of over 100 million is not of much reference value.

The content of this film is even more explosive than the hit "In the Name of People" which became popular more than ten years later.

So now "My Sassy Girl" has a box office of more than 1.2 million on the first day. If there are no accidents, the total box office will most likely exceed 30 million.

If the box office really exceeds 30 million by then, Liu Zhou will definitely become a hit in the industry like Feng Kuzi did.

"Thank you, Director. Since the first-day box office is so high, can you add more copies? Now is the time to expand the screening."

"Don't worry, we don't have to worry about this. China Film Group will definitely do this when they see this result."

"That's good. Now I feel relieved. Beijing Normal University will be more enthusiastic when we go there. Haha."

"You are passionate, but I am so sleepy. If I hadn't told you this news early in the morning, I would have gone to bed long ago."

"Then Director Xie, please take a rest first. I won't disturb you."

After saying that, Liu Zhou left Director Xie's room in a happy mood.

On the other side, China Film Group.

Minister Yu knocked on Director Han's office door as soon as he arrived at work.

In fact, although Han Shanping still serves as the director of Beijing Film Studio, his higher position is vice chairman and deputy general manager of China Film Group Corporation. However, Minister Yu was previously a member of Beijing Film Studio and was used to calling him Director Han.

At this time, Han Shanping was in his prime, less than fifty years old, and had relatively thick hair.

With the establishment of China Film Group, Han Shanping held an important position in it and he hoped to make a difference.

His biggest goal is to revitalize the mainland film market.

Han Shanping clearly realized that if he wanted to improve the mainland film market, he would never succeed by relying on art films.

Only commercial films, and commercial films that everyone likes to watch, can attract audiences into the cinema.

This is also the reason why he has been supporting Feng Kuzi so wholeheartedly in recent years.

Later, Zhang Yimou opened the era of commercial blockbusters in mainland China with the movie "Hero", and Han Shanping became obsessed with blockbusters again.

Chen Shishi's "The Promise" and John Woo's "Three Kingdoms" were both his big gambles on blockbusters.

Although these two films failed in terms of word of mouth, they were undoubtedly successful at the box office, which can be regarded as achieving part of his goals.

Therefore, Han Shanping is the most supportive of commercial films.

After receiving Minister Yu's report, Han Shanping said decisively without any hesitation:
“We will make another fifty copies as soon as possible today and send them to various places. We will also pay close attention to the viewing situation in various places and be prepared to add more copies at any time.

The media controlled by our group have also stepped up the promotion of this film and communicated with the Pearl River Film Studio to see if there is anything that requires our cooperation. "

"Okay, Han Chang."

"Can I meet this director Liu Zhou? I heard he is a senior student at the Central Academy of Drama and a great writer."

"He may still be promoting in colleges and universities. If you want to meet him, I will go and talk to him."

"Forget it, let's meet him at the celebration party."

"Han Chang, it seems that you are very optimistic about this person."

"As long as he can make good movies, I'm optimistic about him. He's still so young. If he doesn't go astray, his future achievements may be higher than Feng Kuazi's."

"He only made this one movie, so you shouldn't compare him to Feng Kuzi, right?"

"Who knows, haha, let's see how he performs next. If he is really capable, we don't mind supporting him."

"Han Chang, if there's nothing else, I'll go get busy first."

"Go."

After Minister Yu left, Han Shanping stared at Liu Zhou's information in a trance. ...

If China Film was the first to know the first-day box office data of "My Sassy Girl", then the media would probably be the second to know it, and would not be later than Director Xie.

They took the news that had already been written, added the box office data, put it on the front page of their own media, and immediately arranged for the printing factory to print it.

So the next morning, major newspapers reported that the movie "My Sassy Girl" had grossed over one million on its first day.

All of a sudden, the popularity of the movie soared, and a wild storm was brewing.

With increased publicity and more copies, the box office of "My Sassy Girl" has also been steadily increasing.

After earning 1.26 million on the first day, it earned another 1.5 million on the second day. On the third day, due to the increase in copies, it earned 2.3 million at the box office.

But the additional fifty copies were not enough, and many cinemas kept calling to ask for copies.

The copy department of China Film Corporation was extremely busy. Countless copies were quickly sent to all parts of the country as soon as they were produced, but the demand still could not keep up with the supply.

With the increase in copies again, the daily box office of "My Sassy Girl" reached a peak of 3.6 million.

A brutal storm has officially hit the mainland!
Not only were newspapers enthusiastically discussing the topic of "barbarity", young men and women across the country were also hotly discussing "barbaric girlfriends", causing many boys with girlfriends to grit their teeth at Liu Zhou.

Some experts say that this "barbaric" phenomenon is the awakening of mainland women's awareness of equality.

Liu Zhou did not comment on the experts' evaluation. At this time, the experts had already transformed into the experts of later generations.

However, Liu Zhou was still expecting the news media's heated discussion on "barbarity".

Historically, "My Sassy Girl" has never been released in mainland China. When mainland media reported news related to this movie, there was endless debate over whether it should be translated as "savage" or "naughty".

Not to mention that now that this movie is a pure mainland movie, the media discussion and everyone's discussion will be even more heated.

Riding on this wild storm, the box office of the movie continued to rise. After half a month of release, the box office reached 26 million.

It is a foregone conclusion that the total box office of this movie will exceed 40 million, and it is even conceivable that it will exceed 50 million.

This result undoubtedly shocked those who have been paying close attention to this movie.

No one expected that a romance film could achieve such good results.

At this moment, Liu Zhou's name had appeared on the desks of the heads of various film studios, and the bosses of private film and television companies had even begun to contact Liu Zhou.

However, Liu Zhou's entire attention is now on this movie, so he expressed surprise at the invitations from those bosses but then politely declined.

Liu Zhou undoubtedly became famous!

Now his fame is not only limited to being a popular and best-selling author, but also an outstanding young director.

No one dared to underestimate Liu Zhou, a first-time director.

Of course, in addition to Liu Zhou, the male and female protagonists of this movie also gained a lot, especially the heroine Zeng Li.

For Zhang Guorong, the good performance of this film is just icing on the cake.

But for Zeng Li, it was like soaring into the sky.

The biggest highlight of this movie is undoubtedly the heroine, and Zeng Li played this role to perfection.

This made her instantly famous!
She has become the most popular female star in mainland China during this period.

Now Zeng Li no longer dares to go out as swaggeringly as before, which makes her feel very uncomfortable.

Apparently Zeng Li hasn't gotten used to the fact that she has become famous.

After half a month of rapid box office growth for "My Sassy Girl", the growth momentum finally slowed down.

Liu Zhou knew that the pirates had begun to make full-scale efforts.

In fact, under normal circumstances, pirates would have already taken action.

But this movie by Liu Zhou is a little unusual. First of all, he has a group of loyal fans who will go to the cinema to support Liu Zhou.

Then this movie was widely discussed and attracted a large number of people to watch it in the cinema.

Now this group of people have finished watching the movie, and the rest are passers-by who don’t care whether to go to the cinema to watch it or not, they are just interested in this popular movie.

However, despite rampant piracy, 24 days after the movie was released, the box office of "My Sassy Girl" officially exceeded 40 million.

This has attracted coverage from major media outlets, and now everyone is paying attention to whether its box office will exceed 50 million.

One month after its release, the movie's box office reached more than 44 million.

Seeing that the film still had hundreds of thousands of box office revenue every day, Han Shanping did not withdraw the film from theaters, but instead extended its screening to ensure that its box office revenue exceeded 50 million.

Nearly half a month later, the box office of "My Sassy Girl" barely broke through 50 million. In order to make the data look better, it was shown for another day, and the box office reached more than 51 million before it was officially taken off the screen.

On the day the film was taken off the screen, China Film Group and Pearl River Film Studio officially announced that a celebration banquet would be held at the Capital Hotel the next day.

All of a sudden, not only media reporters but also many people in the industry heard the news and took action.

(End of this chapter)