Become a dramatist from today

"President Shan, why are you sighing? Isn't the performance of "Wushuang" very good? According to the current trend, it can be in the top 10 at the annual box office." asked the vice president.

Lao Dan, the former vice president of Jinyi Film and Television and the current general manager, looked sad.

"Wushuang is definitely good, but it will be difficult for Jinyi Film and Television to get such good projects in the future." Mr. Shan thought that in the days without Huang Baiyou, the company's business would drop a lot.

"Huang Baiyou still cares about us..." The vice president stopped mid-sentence because he knew the meaning of Mr. Shan's words.

With Huang Baiyou around, any video that invites Huang can get involved.

At present, it still belongs to Jinyi Film and Television in name, but if it is invited again, it will be Daydream Studio.

Investing in movies is basically a blind box project, a project that only aims to make money. Why should I accept your investment? But Huang Baiyou is the key.

"Young actors are so noobs. They can't even find anyone who can compete with Huang Baiyou." Mr. Shan said. He had a strong desire for control and was very frustrated when facing Huang Shi.

When the manager Chen Zixian was replaced by Tan Xing, his frustration became even greater because he found that besides Huang, he couldn't control Tan either.

"Mr. Shan, there's nothing wrong. I'm going back first." Seeing that the boss was in a bad mood, the vice president left and slipped away.

Soon, only Mr. Shan was left in the office. He looked at the box office report of "Wushuang" sent on his mobile phone.

Amid the hubbub, "Wushuang" continues to lead the big screen.

On the fifth day of release, single-day box office: 75.43 million

Sixth day of release, single-day box office: 89.14 million

Seventh day of release, single-day box office: 130 million

The box office in the first week reached 710 million!

Doesn’t the weekly box office data look the same as failing to do well in math? It doesn’t add up.

No false reporting or under-reporting.

Because of the market statistics method, the day of the zero o'clock show is also one day, plus the pre-sale box office and calculation cycle, so I won't go into details here.

The results are gratifying. Regardless of the film's performance in Southeast Asia, it can easily surpass "Detective".

With such good results, Mr. Shan once again sighed. It was so uncomfortable to lose the cash cow.

But it wasn't just Mr. Shan who sighed, there was another person as well.

"Uncle, why are you still sighing?"

Zhao Dapeng looked at his uncle, first at the box office report of the movie, with a smile on his face, and then he started to frown again, the sunny day turned to cloudy too quickly.

"I sigh, why don't you have half the talent of Huang Baiyou? Look at how good his performance is." Ye Jianxuan opened his mouth with a prick.

"...I'm sorry." Zhao Dapeng also frowned.

"What I want to hear is not an apology, but your guarantee that your efforts can reach his level." Ye Jianxuan said.

During the two or three months of filming, Huang Baiyou left the impression on everyone on the crew that he was very talented and worked extremely hard.

It’s very despairing. Others are more talented than you and work harder than you. Are you trying to compete with others?

"I've thought about it, I'd better stop being an actor." Zhao Dapeng took a deep breath and said this.

"?" Ye Jianxuan was stunned, wondering if he had spoken too much.

In fact, the reason why Ye Jianxuan sighs is that "Wu Shuang" is the film he starred in in the past five years and has the best box office. However, it can be felt that Huang Baiyou has greater appeal.

A sigh is an exclamation. The waves from behind in the Yangtze River push the waves in front, and the waves in front die on the beach.

"It's true that I'm not suitable to be an actor." Zhao Dapeng lowered his head, not daring to face his uncle, so naturally he couldn't see Ye Jianxuan's expression.

"What? Were you hit by Huang Baiyou?" Ye Jianxuan asked.

"No, although Huang Baiyou's talent is high, it is still worse than his uncle. I have never been hit by my uncle since I was a child, and I will definitely not be hit by Huang Baiyou." Zhao Dapeng said.

Ye Jianxuan was quite happy that Zhao Dapeng said that he was more talented than Huang Baiyou, because he really regarded Huang Baiyou as a comparable opponent.

Ye Jianxuan said: "So?"

"Huang Baiyou's talent is not as good as his uncle's, but through his own hard work, he can even keep up with his uncle's footsteps in filming." Zhao Dapeng said.

Keeping up was too euphemistic. Ye Jianxuan knew that Huang Baiyou's acting skills were 50-50 equal to his.

"I'm not as talented as him, but I can't work as hard as him." Zhao Dapeng said, "I have always said that I love acting, but it is just an excuse for myself to be lazy. My true love should be the same as Huang Baiyou."

Huang Baiyou never talks about his love for acting, but he will come to the set when he is not playing. He will teach any actor who asks for advice, but the whole cast thinks that he is a person who loves acting very much.

"I see myself clearly. I don't have very good talents, and I don't work that hard." Zhao Dapeng said, "I am already over thirty. If I don't find something that I am talented in, it will be too late."

"It's good that you finally looked back when you were about to hit the south wall." Ye Jianxuan nodded, "Hurry up and tell your dad the news. He will definitely be very relieved."

"I'm very happy today. Tell me, you can make a request." Ye Jianxuan said, "As your reward."

"Well..." Zhao Dapeng said, "Uncle, you said I can start by shooting low-cost movies, right?"

"Yes." Ye Jianxuan understood what his nephew was holding back as soon as he heard it. "Tell me who you want to invite. I still have some respect in the entertainment industry."

"Is it okay to invite Huang Baiyou?" Zhao Dapeng asked cautiously.

Ye Jianxuan's confident face was filled with silence. He looked up at Zhao Dapeng and said, "If you hire Huang Baiyou, then this movie will not be a low-budget one."

…

The results in the first week were encouraging.

The Douban score has also risen to 8.0, and there is still room for improvement, proving that the audience has a good reputation.

Therefore, the box office did not plummet in the second week, and the decline was within a controllable range.

There were also 380 million in the second week, and 1 billion was attracted in half a month.

"The savior of Hong Kong films: What kind of abilities does Huang Baiyou have?" Ming Pao's headline today.

[In recent years, the Hong Kong film industry has gradually lost its glory. "In the late 1990s, the annual film output has dropped sharply from more than 200 films to about 100 films. Since 2000, Hong Kong's local box office revenue has mostly hovered between HK$810.9 billion. The Hong Kong film market The occupancy rate is only about 15-25%.”

In recent years, the annual output of Hong Kong films has basically remained at an average of around 50 films per year. Under this situation, Xiangjiang directors chose to "go north" collectively.

Behind this choice is not only a passive move due to the shrinkage of the Hong Kong film market that can be directly read from the numbers, but also the result of changes in the political environment and favorable policies. Since the successive signing of CEPA and its annexes...]

"Ming Pao" is one of the most influential newspapers in Hong Kong. It made an in-depth analysis of the industry's sluggishness and the failure of most of the directors in Hong Kong to go north.

Mark at the end—

[Huang Baiyou has become a life-saving medicine for Hong Kong directors. The three films of "Thirteen Sons of the South China Sea", "Detective" and "Wu Shuang" have an average box office of over 1 billion. The themes include niche Cantonese operas, crazy police detectives, and Hong Kong-style business. Blockbusters.

...]

"Ming Pao" praised Huang Baiyou incidentally. He mainly wanted to show that Xiangjiang directors should adapt to the environment.

Data agencies predict that the final box office of "Wushuang" will be around 1.6 billion.

At present, the box office of Huang Baiyou's starring movies has not exceeded 10 billion, but almost everyone has confidence in him. It is only a matter of time before he becomes an actor worth 10 billion.

By the way, Zhou Xiaochun and Hou Lin were chatting.

Both Hou Lin and Liu Baixin are very thoughtful, but the former is more adaptable. She sent two text messages in private. After being rejected, she approached Zhou Xiaochun.

It wasn't that he wanted to have any physical relationship, it was just that Hou Lin wanted to get closer to the director.

If there is capital intervention and her character needs to be replaced, the director can also give a few words of support.

It is difficult to get involved in the entertainment industry without a background. Hou Lin has been replaced twice.

"Does Mr. Huang's total box office total reach 5 billion?" Zhou Xiaochun asked.

"If "The Gun Runner", "Mr. Butterfly", "Thirteen Langs of the South China Sea" and "The Detective" can have a box office of 1.5 billion, my personal cumulative total will exceed 5 billion." Hou Lin said, "If you include "The Road of Life", There are eight billion.”

"Teacher Huang's potential is too great. Generally, an actor needs to be around 40 years old to reach this level." Zhou Xiaochun was happy. The more popular the lead actor is, the more popular the series he shoots will be.

"Hahaha, wait until Brother Thirteen makes two more international blockbusters, becomes famous in Hollywood, and works hard for another twenty or thirty years, it is possible that his cumulative box office may reach tens of billions of dollars." Hou Lin followed the words and said casually.

"..." Zhou Xiaochun didn't want to speak, how could it be possible.

The cumulative total box office of individual actors around the world, the champion is only about 15 billion US dollars.

Over the years, there are only six actors who have starred in films with a cumulative box office of over 10 billion US dollars.

Not to mention Chinese, not even black people.

Furthermore, there is also Jackie Chan, a Chinese whose personal box office has exceeded 5 billion in the world.

In the parallel world, Jackie Chan does not exist, and even actors who have earned more than 5 billion US dollars do not exist.

This is probably the case. No matter how good Huang Baiyou's acting is, he is not a god. This is too exaggerated and impossible.

The director and Hou Lin were chatting here, but Liu Baixin was still persistent.

"Brother Thirteen, this is the scarf I knitted. The weather is getting colder." Liu Baixin held up a red scarf in his hand.

Huang Baiyou frowned, why didn't this man listen to his advice?