Chapter 865 You look like jelly to me!
The hot sales of "Don't Knock on the Door Tomorrow" after its release did not surprise everyone. This is Lin Weimin's work. It is not a new thing if it sells well, but it is new if it doesn't sell well.
All 600,000 copies were sold out in the first week, and after the additional 800,000 copies were distributed to bookstores across the country, readers were still rushing to buy them.
The sales of "Don't Knock on the Door Tomorrow" were within everyone's expectations, but the sales of the new batch of Youth Rag Tiger series books that were released almost at the same time surprised everyone.
To be precise, it should be the sales volume of "First Close Contact".
The first print run of this novel was 200,000 copies, and the inventory was sold out in the first week after it was released. This sales speed is second to none among all the works of Qingchun Buhuhu, and it can also be said to be outstanding in the Buhuhu series.
With sales of nearly 200,000 copies in the first week, it looks like another super bestseller.
The most interesting thing is the audience of this novel. According to feedback from bookstores across the country, the readers who bought this novel are almost all young people, with college students, high school students and young people who have just started working making up the majority of the readership.
In this regard, "First Close Contact" is very consistent with the positioning of Youth Ragdoll.
On that afternoon in early September, Lin Weimin returned home from get off work. Xiao Doubao, who had just returned from kindergarten, ran out of the house and hugged his thighs.
"Dad, Mom said my roller skating rink is ready. Can you take me to see it?"
Lin Weimin picked her up and scratched her nose. "You are well-informed."
Xiao Doubao looked proud and hugged his father's neck, "Okay?"
"good!"
At this time, Tao Huimin said, "Let's go after we finish our meal."
Xiao Doubao shook Lin Weimin's neck. She did not dare to resist her mother's decision, so she instigated her father to disobey the order.
"I'll take her there first. It's still early anyway, and I'll be back soon."
As Lin Weimin said this, he was about to carry Xiao Doubao out. The little girl smiled brightly, and when her eyes met her mother's, she quickly looked away, pretending not to see it.
Tao Huimin was worried about the father and daughter going out, so she had to follow them.
The newly built roller skating rink is not far from Lin Weimin’s home. It takes less than 20 minutes to walk there, and it is even faster to drive there. You can get there with just one step of gas.
From a distance it looks like a gymnasium and you can tell it is newly built.
When we arrived at the door, the roller skating rink's door was open and there were people busy working inside.
This is Xiaodoubao’s first time here, and the first thing he felt was that it was huge.
"Wow!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide open, as if she had seen a new world.
The roof truss of the roller skating rink adopts a steel grid structure, which is suitable for buildings such as gymnasiums, theaters, exhibition halls, and waiting halls. Its biggest feature is that the structure can be used to achieve a large span, providing a larger internal space for the building.
This is what the roller skating rink looks like in Xiao Doubao’s eyes. The entire rink is spacious, and with a rig that is over 10 meters high, in the eyes of this tiny kid, there seems to be nothing bigger in the world.
Before she even got out of her father's arms, she was so happy that she forgot everything else and clapped her hands vigorously, "Great!"
As soon as Lin Weimin put her down, she rushed out and ran around in the huge roller skating rink, looking left and right. In less than two minutes, she was out of breath.
Tired of running, she squatted on the ground and looked at the ground with interest.
The surface of the roller skating rink is made of concrete, with a gravel layer and a concrete cushion layer underneath. Steel bars are also placed in the surface concrete, and the surface is made of imported wear-resistant colored sand, which is very hard and wear-resistant.
In order to make the ground smooth, Li Guangfu's men specially paid a high price to hire a master craftsman who had built venues for the Asian Games. Although the entire ground was cast in compartments, the flatness was controlled within 2m/3mm, which is an extremely high standard.
Little Doubao looked at the ground which was as smooth as a mirror, with a strange light flashing in her eyes. As she looked at it, she actually fell to the ground.
Tao Huimin hurried over to pull her up, "What are you doing? Is it dirty?"
"Mom, look, does it look like jelly?" said the little bean bun, pointing to the ground.
Tao Huimin glared and said, "You look like jelly to me!"
After being scolded by his mother, Xiao Doubao ran to Lin Weimin's legs, pointed at a few people working on the shelves against the wall and asked, "Dad, what are these uncles doing?"
“They are painting!”
"Drawing?" Little Doubao looked puzzled. "Shouldn't drawing be done on paper?"
"The uncles are painting murals. They have just started. You will be able to see it in a few days." Lin Weimin said to his daughter.
The people working on the scaffolding were teachers and students invited by Lin Weimin from the Mural Painting Department of CAFA. When he came to inspect the roller skating rink after its completion, he felt that it was a bit monotonous and bare. The steel grid on the roof could not be decorated, but the walls could be renovated since the putty had been applied anyway.
So he invited people from CAFA to add some color to the walls of the roller skating rink.
The paintings they were to draw were all selected by Lin Weimin himself, and they were all classic images and scenes from the cartoons released by Shanghai Art Studio in previous years.
"Havoc in Heaven", "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King", "The Magic Book of Heaven", "Black Cat Sheriff", "Calabash Brothers", "The Nine-Colored Deer", "The Peacock Princess"...
If Jin Guoping came and saw this scene, he would probably ask Lin Weimin for copyright fees.
Listening to her father describing the scenes after her uncles finished painting, Xiao Doubao couldn't help but be fascinated, and she made a request to her old father.
"Dad, can I invite my classmates to play with me after the uncles have finished painting?"
"Sure!"
"That's great!" Little Doubao clapped his hands and jumped up.
The family of three stayed at the roller skating rink for a while and then drove back home.
Lin Weimin found Han Zhuangzhuang's car parked at the door. When he entered the yard, he saw their family.
"Uncle! Aunt!"
"You're back?"
"Um."
After saying hello, Tao Huimin took Xiao Doubao to wash her hands and face, while Lin Weimin started chatting with Han Zhuangzhuang.
Han Zhuangzhuang has been busy with the promotion of "Hero" recently. "Hero" was released in the United States in mid-August, and all the main creators went to the United States. Han Zhuangzhuang only returned to China yesterday.
When talking about the release of "Hero" in the United States, Han Zhuangzhuang looked excited and couldn't wait to introduce it to Lin Weimin.
"Hero" is not Columbia's biological son, but it is at least a godson, and it was treated well when it was released.
The film opened in 960 theaters across the United States and grossed $20.8 million in the first three days of the weekend. At this time, the U.S. film market was at the end of the summer season, and many blockbusters had been withdrawn from theaters. Even those that had not been withdrawn had already died out. "Hero" easily won the box office championship that week.
Seeing how popular "Hero" was, cinema chains quickly expanded the scale of its release. The following week, the number of theaters screening "Hero" reached 1,420, and the number of screenings also increased accordingly.
"Hero" lived up to the expectations of its distributor Columbia Pictures and theaters. In its second week and seven days, it grossed US$53.7 million, securing the top spot in the North American film market for the second consecutive week.
After 10 days of release, "Hero" has achieved excellent box office results in the United States. At the same time, its reputation is also growing. Many news media have reported on this movie from China.
The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a visual blockbuster on the art of war and the aesthetics of violence."
Variety said: "Hero is an epic blockbuster with oriental aesthetics, and is worthy of the Best Foreign Language Film at the next Academy Awards!"
The New York Times even reported the grand opening of Hero in the United States in a two-page article, commenting that "Hero broke the stereotype of Chinese films held by American audiences. It is magnificent and mysterious, just like the mysterious ancient oriental country from which it came. It grossed more than 70 million US dollars in just 10 days, proving the extraordinary charm of Hero. It is undoubtedly the best film of the year."
Box office and word of mouth are both soaring. This is the current situation of "Hero" after its release in the United States.
Han Zhuangzhuang described these situations with pride on his face.
After listening to him for a long time, Lin Weimin nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad."
Regarding the box office of "Hero", Michael Phillips has actually been giving him feedback, which is much more timely than Han Zhuangzhuang's information.
Now the third week of the release of "Hero" has ended. This week, it has earned 41.1 million US dollars at the box office. The decline is ideal. The cumulative box office of "Hero" has reached 115.6 million US dollars. It seems that it should not be difficult to break through 150 million US dollars, but the 200 million mark is not very realistic.
Han Zhuangzhuang looked a little regretful, "It would be better if it wasn't rated PG-13."
"This has no impact. Few movies can attract audiences of all ages. To achieve such good results is enough for Hero."
Before its release in the United States, "Hero" was rated PG-13. Children under the age of 13 had to watch the film with their parents. This did have an impact on the box office to a certain extent, but this impact was negligible considering the box office volume achieved by "Hero".
"How many days can you stay at home?"
"One week. The movie will be released in Europe next week, so I have to go there." Han Zhuangzhuang said.
Strangely enough, it is said that Han Zhuangzhuang and Ni Hong are extremely popular in Europe.
Everyone says that Gong Li is very popular in Europe and the United States, and Leslie Cheung is very popular in South Korea. Lin Weimin can understand all of this, but Han Zhuangzhuang's popularity in China really makes him a little confused.
But if you think about it carefully, it is understandable. After all, when Cheng Long got married, there was even a girl named Nihong who committed suicide for him!
While eating, Han Zhuangzhuang suddenly asked Lin Weimin, "Uncle, is it time to change your car?"
Lin Weimin immediately became alert and asked, "What car do you want to change?"
Han Zhuangzhuang looked at his expression with a bit of disdain on his face, "It's just a broken Mercedes, look how I treated you. Don't worry, I don't want it."
"I'm driving you crazy!" Lin Weimin scolded him.
Han Zhuangzhuang didn't take it seriously and started discussing the car problem with Lin Weimin.
"Hero" was a huge hit at the box office. In addition to Wenhua Films and a group of partners who made a lot of money, the film's main creators, including Han Zhuangzhuang, also made a lot of money.
Although they don’t get a large share of the domestic box office, that’s because of the production costs.
The film is now being released overseas in full swing, and it is likely to take in around 150 million at the box office in the United States alone.
After deducting the profit sharing with theaters and distribution companies, the producer is left with about 30%, which is about 40 million US dollars. The creative team gets 10%, and almost everyone can get hundreds of thousands of US dollars. This is just the dividend for the United States.
If you really do the math, "Hero" can bring at least more than one million US dollars in income to each of the film's main creators.
Although Han Zhuangzhuang's pay is high, he still has to act in one film after another. How can he make money so easily like from the box office dividends of "Hero"?
He has been working for 20 years and has never made such easy money.
The main reason he mentioned the car to Lin Weimin was that he wanted to change it to a Mercedes-Benz. He had been coveting Lin Weimin's Mercedes-Benz for a long time. That was a car that a real man should drive.
This time he doesn't want to pick up other people's second-hand cars, nor does he want to drive that old car that makes people feel muddy. He must buy a luxury car.
Regarding his performance, Lin Weimin had only one comment: Dog meat has no place at the table.
Are you feeling proud after earning a few hundred thousand dollars? People who don’t know you would think you have achieved a small goal?
(End of this chapter)
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