Rebirth 1981 starts with saving the sisters from the neighboring village.

Peng Wanhua couldn't help but smile.

I didn't expect that my original decision actually helped Hong Xing and Qin Wanqiu avoid huge losses.

To be honest, he didn't know why Zhou Xingxing's signboard was no longer popular.

You know, Stephen Chow is known as the "Two Zhous and One Cheng".

The box office appeal is amazing.

"But in the final analysis, why did these two movies have such poor box office performance?" asked Peng Wanhua.

Qin Wanqiu said: "From the current data analysis, the reason why the box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" is not good is because the overall box office this year is not good.

The box office of many promising movies has shrunk severely, and basically it is good to get half of it. As for Stephen Chow's other movie "The Soul Returns at Night", it only took 1600 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. "

Peng Wanhua nodded slightly.

He remembered that in 95, a box office of 3000 million Hong Kong dollars could make it into the top five.

But in 94, a box office of 3000 million could only rank in the top eight.

This indicates that the overall box office is declining.

Qin Wanqiu shook her head again and denied it: "But this statement is not entirely correct. You know, when Rumble in the Bronx was released this year, it still grossed 5700 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office!

This figure is 94 million higher than the box office champion in 500!"

"Yes, that makes sense." Peng Wanhua nodded, "Are there any other reasons?"

Qin Wanqiu smiled and said, "I have seen A Chinese Odyssey. I think the more likely reason is the movie itself."

"First of all, people initially went to the theater for Stephen Chow, but this film is very different from his previous style."

"Secondly, it's not that funny, and the plot is very messy and hard to understand. It didn't meet the audience's expectations, and some people even cursed it as a bad movie!"

"The other thing is that the adaptation is too unorthodox, with only connotation but no basis. For example, arranging a love story for the monkey."

"Everyone knows that monkeys come from stone. How can they have feelings? This challenges almost everyone's cognition."

"The movie doesn't have any foreshadowing in the beginning, and it comes right out like this, which is really hard for most people to accept."

"Maybe only some young people thought it was good. But most people felt that this was not the monkey they imagined."

"Of course, these two movies are not entirely flawed. The overall characters, supporting roles, and lines are all very interesting."

Peng Wanhua couldn't help but nod slightly after hearing her pertinent analysis.

Indeed, this movie was ahead of its time.

It is so advanced that people who have some knowledge about monkeys find it difficult to accept.

The lines of this monkey portrayed by Stephen Chow are okay, but the plot is, in the eyes of many, too cliché.

Great Sage, even if you have feelings, it shouldn’t be love.

Who can fall in love with a stone monkey?

No preparation yet?

Is it going to be like "A Chinese Ghost Story" and feature a love story between a human and a ghost?

Or learn from "The Legend of White Snake" and create a love story between a human and a snake?

The key is that both of these works have literary records and preparations.

What the hell is monkeys in love?

However, the lines from these two movies are indeed classic.

Looking back after a few years, I will understand it better.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this disastrous failure that Stephen Chow quickly corrected this major problem in his later films Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons and The Demons Strike Back, trying to stick to the original image as much as possible. As for the emotional scenes involving the monkey, they were kept as far away from it as possible.

Of course, the entire movie cannot be completely without emotional scenes, otherwise the plot will be too thin.

So later on, they added plots for Tang Seng in "The Demons Strike Back" and "The Demons Strike Back", which was more reasonable.

"To be honest, the reason we didn't renew the contract with him and didn't invest in these two movies was mainly because of your persuasion. Otherwise, we would have suffered a huge loss this time." Qin Wanqiu's tone sounded like someone who had survived a disaster.

Peng Wanhua smiled slightly, "It's not bad. Besides, a blessing in disguise."

"Hmm?" Qin Wanqiu was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Do you mean there is still hope for this matter?"

Of course, Peng Wanhua nodded slightly.

Later, Stephen Chow continued to develop the Journey to the West series, and released "Conquering the Demons" and "The Demons Strike Back", both of which were blockbuster movies with box office exceeding 1 billion RMB.

As the second largest producer after China Film, Zhou Xingxing's Star Overseas Films not only made a lot of money, but also revitalized the IP.

It is a model of standing up again from where you fell.

something unexpected may happen any time.

Master Stephen Chow was still wrong.

The male protagonists of "Conquering the Demons" and "The Demons Strike Back" both ended up working on sewing machines...

"Then should we buy the copyright of his Journey to the West movies? Anyway, the copyright fees for his two movies should not be expensive." Qin Wanqiu said.

Peng Wanhua shook his head slightly. "Forget it. Even if he wants to develop it in the future, he probably won't dare to invest on his own. We still have a chance."

If the copyright is bought now, Zhou Xingxing might completely abandon this IP and may not develop this IP again in the future.

Qin Wanqiu immediately understood.

She continued, "The community we jointly developed with HiChina has already been launched. The name is what you suggested, called Tieba. This function has been connected to our two portals.

Currently, there are more than 10,000 Tieba topics, and the number of registered users has exceeded 8 million, and is still increasing at a very fast rate! "

Speaking of this, Qin Wanqiu's tone was somewhat excited.

This Tieba function is so easy to use, better than any traditional media.

It gathers many people who share the same topics and interests, making communication so convenient!

Peng Wanhua stretched out his hand and pulled the royal sister onto his thigh. As he worked on her, he said, "That's good. What else?"

A blush suddenly appeared on Qin Wanqiu's dignified and elegant face.

She said with a somewhat unstable breath: “And we, Red Star, Huaqi, Wan’an and Wanhua University Standards Research Institute, have established our own rating agency - Standards Online.

This agency mainly benchmarks Moody's and provides a series of rating services to customers. It mainly includes two systems: quality and credit, and rates quality and credit, and uses S, A, B, C, D and numbers to represent rating symbols.

We have now launched a web version and a magazine. Currently, we are mainly conducting independent ratings of the world's top 500 companies, and will continue to rate the world's top 2,000 companies in the future."

Peng Wanhua took a break from his busy schedule and raised his head from the whiteness of the snow. "Very good."

Qin Wanqiu panted and said, "Don't worry, I just came back and I'm a little sweaty. I'll take a shower later. Let's talk about business first."

It was summer, and although it was already evening, the weather was still hot, and a little sweat appeared on her forehead.

Peng Wanhua then stopped and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Qin Wanqiu: "I have already discussed with Catherine from Meijing Group. We plan to list Red Star Online in the United States this year. We will raise some money and then increase investment in the Internet sector."

She now has a deep understanding of the convenience and power of the Internet.

The development focus of Red Star Group in the next ten or even twenty years must be on Red Star Online!

"That's great. I fully agree with it." said Peng Wanhua.

"However, in order to better promote the product, in addition to Tieba, we currently need a gimmick product. Do you have any good suggestions?" Qin Wanqiu asked.