Chapter 162
A small amount of 200 million, easily won
People's joys and sorrows are not shared. How excited the fans are to see the list of the Radio and Television Yearbook is, how sad the fans of other companies are.
Even though we know this day will come sooner or later, everyone still feels it’s too soon... It’s said that it’s extremely difficult for traffic stars to transform, so why is Ling Sui never questioned about his poor acting skills just because of his high traffic?
Unfortunately, Ling Suisui has once again revealed the fig leaf of "the audience is prejudiced against traffic stars."
It’s not that it’s difficult for stars to transform themselves, is it possible that - in the eyes of professionals, some people haven’t even crossed the threshold of being an “actor”?
Sui Si has long been accustomed to Ling Suisui being criticized numerous times every day. When she encounters posts that judge her past words and deeds based on punctuation marks, she will praise them for working harder than big fans to dig up materials. I'm afraid they are really in love with her.
This is the confidence that comes from being a person who is both a good person and a good student. No matter how much the haters dig, they are only helping the fans to dig deeper and retain their following.
Being a Suihei requires a lot of willpower. You have to make sure you don't get angry to death, but also don't waver in your beliefs. After all, Ling Sui is very easy to fall in love with.
However, the Radio and Television Yearbook, which caused countless people to break down, only attracted a small part of the attention of the young girls, as they were more concerned about the Spring Festival period.
This year, Ling Sui’s first starring movie will be released!
Starting from January, major cinemas began playing in-film advertisements for Spring Festival movies. Among the movies starring many big names, "The King's Avatar" remains the most popular on the internet.
The director of the film is well-known, the leading actor Ling Suisui is currently a top star, and the distributor has spent a lot of money on publicity, so most of the audiences who are willing to go to the cinema during the Spring Festival have heard of this movie and will consider watching it.
Seven days before the movie was released, the pre-sale box office of "Zhao Jiang" had already reached 30 million, ranking first in the Spring Festival period, with a gap of 3 million from the second place. Although it is temporarily in the lead, it does not yet have a huge advantage.
The publisher is quite satisfied with this result. After all, the second and third places both have comedy elements and feature famous comedians, which is a big plus during the Spring Festival period.
As for the fourth-place animated feature film, this kind of film has a fixed audience and similar box office every year, so it can be considered a stable happiness.
As soon as the pre-sale results of 30 million were released, some people began to predict the film's future performance, saying "it was all fans' money spent", "the follow-up trend will definitely be weak", "traffic stars can't support the movie box office after all", etc.
These questioning voices did not exceed the expectations of Tang Bing and others. The crew of "Zhao Jiang" continued the roadshow in an orderly manner and released materials according to the original plan. The main creators were not affected at all.
Ling Suisui had originally hesitated whether to add a halo of popularity to "Zhao Jiang", but when the Spring Festival period was really approaching, she knew it was not necessary.
Maybe it was because the trailer was too good, or maybe it was because the pre-sale box office performed extremely well... Whether positive or negative, the voices about "Zhao Jiang" have always occupied the high ground on the Internet. The pre-sale box office, which many people said "would not increase anymore", also soared to over 100 million yuan the day before its release.
If it wasn't for the halftime - it's unlucky to open champagne to celebrate in advance, Sui Si would have wanted to set up a few tables.
Pre-sale price is 100 million! This means that Ling Sui's first movie with the leading female role will have a box office performance of at least 100 million! Judging from the quality of the trailer, a total box office of one billion is not a dream at all!
In fact, Sui Si's estimate of the box office was too conservative. Many industry insiders have also watched the trailer and believe that "Zhao Jiang" may not necessarily win the Spring Festival box office championship, but it should have no problem taking in 2 billion yuan at the box office.
Judging from the content presented in the trailer alone, "Zhao Jiang" is an excellent commercial film. It has an ups and downs main storyline, a well-designed fight scene feast, and superb performances by a group of actors, which can raise the audience's expectations high.
Fighting scenes are Ling Sui's unique advantage and comfort zone. Her actions of running, jumping onto a horse, and drawing a bow on horseback in the trailer easily won millions of likes on Douban.
As for her literary drama? Not to mention, the look of contempt she showed towards He Panren became the most shocking highlight of the trailer. Many netizens said that when they saw this part, they felt like their hearts were squeezed by her.
However, the industry believes that the reason why "Zhao Jiang" failed to win the Spring Festival championship is very simple. Although Li Sanniang's indomitable spirit is touching, the core of the entire movie is a bit heavy.
Judging from the box office performance in recent years, on New Year's Day, audiences still prefer to watch simpler, family-friendly films.
During the pre-sale period, Ling Sui's top-tier status can bring him great benefits. But as large audiences enter the theater, the advantages of comedy will become more obvious.
They felt that if they could reach 2 billion, it would be a great achievement for Tang Bing and Ling Suisui, and would be worthy of the storm brought about by the "big pie" when it was officially announced.
2 billion is enough to make Ling Sui, a newcomer in the film industry, leap into the top ten of the box office list of Chinese-language actresses. "Zhao Jiang" also has a lot of room for profit after the revenue sharing. How many small goals can Tang Bing earn?
Speaking of which... Tang Bing's luck is really good. This movie is released now, just when Ling Sui is at the peak of her popularity!
If we wait until she becomes popular before forming a new group, it is hard to say whether Ling Sui's traffic can remain the same as before. In recent years, there have been many short-lived top stars in the domestic entertainment industry.
——Please note that the above is the analysis of some industry insiders and does not represent what the creators of "Zhao Jiang" think.
On New Year’s Eve, Ling Sui watched the Spring Festival Gala in the hotel. She had just finished a busy work schedule and couldn't get back to Guangzhou, so she could only video chat with her family.
Ling Fei asked her if she was nervous? The movie will be released tomorrow.
"Not bad." Ling Suisui said while eating a fitness meal, "The pre-sale box office has risen to 150 million, and the total box office will hopefully exceed 200 million before 10 am tomorrow."
Ling Fei calculated in her mind: "Then I shouldn't lose money."
Ling Suisui nodded, but did not tell Ling Fei that the publicity and marketing expenses should also be included in the costs.
If you want to promote a movie during the Spring Festival, whether you are willing or not, you have to spend money like crazy and join the internal competition. Otherwise, their works will be bombarded with overwhelming attention and occupy the priority in the audience's minds, and works that cannot keep up will only be a failure.
She watched the skit on TV. Bian Yuanzhou tried really hard on stage, but the trending search a few minutes later was "ugly".
Tsk... I knew it would be like this. Ling Suisui thought that it was a good thing that he did not accept his invitation for cooperation.
She remembered that Bian Yuanzhou was also the fourth leading actor in another Spring Festival comedy movie. To put it more broadly, this year's Spring Festival is still their battlefield.
None of them asked the other party to help promote the article, but the main actors of Freedom House treated both sides equally and forwarded the article to both sides.
Song Lingshan said to her privately: "Baby, I booked the theater just for you! It's just a small token of my appreciation. I wish Zhao will be a big box office hit!"
Ling Suisui thanked her and told her that he was not that stingy.
Moreover, Bian Yuanzhou is only the fourth-ranked actor, so the box office performance cannot be attributed to him.
The reason why that comedy movie brought him out was to take advantage of the Freedom House series' gimmick and traffic, and to send a hint of alliance and exclusion to "Zhao Jiang".
Bundling the two films together will definitely produce an effect of 1+1>2. Why don’t we squeeze out the other competitor first?
The commercial war in the film industry is a fight for real money at the box office.
Ling Sui has no say in publicity and promotion. Even if she understands the meaning, she is only responsible for participating in various roadshows and responding to subsequent interviews.
For publicity purposes, she deliberately concentrated on training her arms in a short period of time. She didn't expect to fully recover to her appearance during the filming of the movie, but at least she had that intention.
Zhang Wen was a little worried: "What about you filming Perfect Life? That show doesn't require you to have strong arms."
"I'll lose weight before filming begins." Ling Suisui replied, "It's okay to adjust my body shape for a role, and do you think I've developed solid muscles? It's not that easy."
Well, since our own artist is the king of the king, Zhang Wen won’t say much.
After watching the Spring Festival Gala, Ling Sui slept soundly. However, the team members did not have such good mental quality as her. They all tossed and turned, constantly refreshing the real-time box office charts.
Although the distributor of "Zhao Jiang" has the ability to secure the screening schedule, the first-day box office still largely determines the direction of the film. They really hope that the word-of-mouth feedback on the first day of the Lunar New Year will be positive, so that the subsequent box office will continue to grow!
Ling Suisui sleeps until seven o'clock and even today, the first thing she does when she gets up is not to pick up her mobile phone, but to practice morning exercises in the room.
It’s too early to get the first wave of feedback from the Spring Festival audience. We may have to wait until lunch time to get it.
At around ten o'clock, Qi Xiaoqing excitedly told her, "Sister, our Zhaojiang has surpassed 200 million at the box office! Director Tang sent out red envelopes in the group chat, and I helped you get the best one, which is a good sign!"
Ling Suisui nodded calmly, and Qi Xiaoqing's admiration for her reached a new level.
Look, that’s why people say he is a top star. A small amount of 200 million was easily taken, which was nothing to Sister Sui.
Qi Xiaoqing reflected that as an assistant to Sui Jie, she should practice more on how to cultivate her qi, so as to avoid getting startled by trivial matters in the future and bringing shame to her boss.
After the assistant left the room, Ling Suisui burst into laughter. Just smiling was not enough, she also turned around in the open space, pretending to have weapons in her hands and performing a few martial arts moves.
Great, the box office is still rising so strongly, which has fully proved that it is definitely not the fans who spent money, but a large number of audiences who want to watch movies during the Spring Festival.
The total box office will be 200 million now, so by the end of today...
Ling Sui felt her heart beating faster. She took several deep breaths to calm herself down and continued to tell herself that the work was completed, she had done her best, and the rest was up to the audience.
At this time, most cinemas have already started business, and audiences who are keen to try new things have also entered the screening rooms.
In the screening room of "Zhao Jiang", there were two rather special audience members.
Ying Nian was wearing a mask, and sitting next to him was Pei Xuehai.
Before the show started, he whispered to his grandfather, "I've seen the finished film before, and it's perfect in every aspect, especially Sui Sui's performance. She will definitely win the Best Actress award this year... no, next year."
"You won't regret watching this. She is an extremely talented actress..."
Ying Nian was still chattering about how good Ling Sui was, and Pei Xuehai hummed lightly as a response.
In fact, even if his grandson hadn't been pestering him, he would have come to watch "Zhao Jiang".
He had some impression of Ling Suisui and had read some of her works.
In addition to being curious about what magic she had that could make Ying Nian so infatuated, Pei Xuehai also wanted to know how many unknown surprises she could bring to the audience as an actress.
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