Chapter 116 Universal Music
As Gu Wei expected, "Detective Chinatown 3" released at the same time had a certain impact on the box office of "Private Tailor".
Both the proportion of screenings and the first-day box office data are lower than the original time and space.
After all, it’s only 2013 and there are only a limited number of screens nationwide.
The market is so big. No matter how popular your movie is and how full the attendance rate is, there is a limit to the box office revenue. This is due to the limitation of hardware conditions.
Unlike a few years later, the number of screens in China will have increased several times compared to now. By then, even if several blockbusters are released on the same day, as long as the audience supports them, they all have the possibility of making over 100 million yuan at the box office.
Gu Wei didn't care too much about the box office data. Feng Xiaogang would definitely be slapped in the face by him in the end.
There are still 3 days left. In order to achieve the final box office performance of "Detective Chinatown", he has to persevere and finish the remaining two box office cities in the plan.
Just as Gu Wei was fully focused on the promotion, the second week passed quickly.
On Sunday evening, he was sitting in the car heading to Shenzhen Airport, slumped in his seat, his eyes closed, his mind empty.
I've been so tired these days.
Although it is not a physical job, it requires sweat.
However, the publicity and promotion team packed his schedule so that he would just get in the car and go to the next cinema as soon as he came out of one cinema.
There is basically no rest time in between.
The time he spends at each promotional location is also calculated extremely accurately. After all, the itinerary is arranged, and he must arrive at each location at a certain time, so he cannot make the audience who are looking forward to his arrival wait too long.
Gu Wei also has no habit of being late.
Every day I eat in the car on the road. It is usually late at night when I finish my journey from one city to another.
The whole person is working non-stop, and the mental fatigue is far greater than the physical fatigue.
Back to the capital, I had a good night's rest.
The next day, Gu Wei came to the company.
Manager Zhao Mingcheng, who had not been seen for a long time, showed up in the company.
"Boss Zhao, has the filming of [Go Princess Go] wrapped?"
"It was finished a few days ago, and I stayed in Xiangshan for a few more days to finish it.
Director Lu is currently busy with post-production editing, and the film will probably be ready in a week or two."
Zhao Mingcheng attached great importance to "The Princess Weiyoung", the first TV series he filmed since joining the company.
The success of this TV series is related to whether he can truly gain a foothold in "Wei Ming Tian Xia".
Gu Wei was also looking forward to this web drama, and he had finished filming his guest appearance in it early on.
With the company's director and small team, the venue only needs an outdoor swimming pool and some extras.
“Wait until the TV series is finished, then negotiate the price with the three major video platforms.
With the current popularity of the movie "Detective Chinatown" and the hype surrounding my guest appearance, I think the price will be much easier to negotiate."
Gu Wei thought for a moment and told Zhao Mingcheng.
Back to the office.
After a while, the agent sent him the box office data for the second week of the movie's release.
On Friday, the 20th, the box office rebounded and closed at 41.56 million.
Then on Saturday and Sunday, as it was a weekend, the box office rose to 56.41 million and 48.36 million respectively.
"Tangren Street Detective" earned a total of 326.2 million yuan in box office revenue during its second week and 7 days of release.
As of today, Monday, "Detective Chinatown" has been released for two weeks and 12 days, with a total box office revenue of 787.7 million yuan.
You should know that the total box office of the original "Detective Chinatown" was only 823 million.
It took Gu Wei two weeks to break this record.
Since its release, the film has broken many box office records for Chinese-language films.
Such as the highest single-day box office record for a Chinese-language film, the highest first-week box office record for a Chinese-language film, the highest second-week box office record for a Chinese-language film, etc., becoming a new record holder.
The movie was a big hit at the box office and Gu Wei was very happy.
Out of curiosity, he checked the box office performance of "Personal Customization" last week.
The box office in the first week was 280 million yuan, which was 40 million yuan less than the box office of "Detective Chinatown" in the second week. Of course, it was released on Wednesday, so it had two days' worth of box office revenue.
Compared with the first week box office of the original time and space [Personal Customization], it is nearly 50 million less.
This movie is sure to make money. After all, Feng Xiaogang's comedy movies can often make a profit through product placement before they are released.
However, it is impossible to reach the box office of more than 700 million in the original time and space, not to mention the 1 billion that Huayi claimed.
Gu Wei thought about it and decided that according to the current box office trend, more than 500 million should be the limit for "Personal Customization".
Thinking of this, he felt more relaxed.
Today is Monday, and the box office of "Detective Chinatown" has further declined, but this trend is normal.
Two weeks after its release, and after being rated by hundreds of thousands of people, the Douban score of "Detective Chinatown" has dropped a bit, but it still has a good score of 8.2 points.
The high quality of a film determines the long-term trend of the box office.
Gu Wei estimated that there would be no problem for "Detective Chinatown" to break 1 billion. As for how high it can go, it depends on whether the General Administration can give it the opportunity for an extra long screening.
After all, last year's "Lost in Thailand" was able to achieve a good result of over 1.2 billion thanks to its long screening period of 2 months.
Gu Wei dealt with some backlog matters in the company.
In the afternoon, he brought his agent and a group to the headquarters of Universal Music in Beijing.
As early as when Gu Wei released his songs online, many record companies contacted him, hoping to sign him.
Because of Zhang Liangying, Universal Music was one of the first record companies to contact him.
At that time, Gu Wei released songs just to gain popularity and hype, and to promote the movie, so he rejected them one by one.
When "The Lone Warrior" was released, it dominated the charts of major music platforms and was widely sung.
These record companies sent invitations again, and the contract terms were raised to the level of first-line singers.
Gu Wei and his agent had a serious discussion, comparing the strength of these record companies and the contracts they offered, and finally decided to sign with Universal Music.
After all, it is normal for a star to sign with a record company.
Nowadays, people pay attention to the three fields of film, television and music, and everyone loves all-round stars.
Even someone like Yang Mi has signed with Zhang Liangying's Shaocheng Times and released an album. Liu Yifei has also signed with Sony Records. Naturally, Gu Wei is unwilling to lag behind.
Zhang Songhui, president of Universal Music China, was talking to his subordinates in the office about Gu Wei.
"Mr. Zhang, do we really need to offer Gu Wei such favorable terms? His contract is already better than many top singers."
"You have also listened to his three songs. What do you think of them?" Zhang Songhui did not give a direct answer, but asked in return.
The subordinate hesitated
“These three songs are all rare masterpieces, and they are at the level of the title songs in every album.
Especially the song "The Lone Brave Man", it is not an exaggeration to call it a classic.
But after all, he has only released three songs, and it’s been less than three months since then.”
Zhang Songhui smiled and explained
"This is no longer the era of records. This is the internet age, and the popularity of a hit song may exceed the efforts of several albums by veteran singers.
I am optimistic about Gu Wei, not just because his three good songs are popular now.
And also because of his talent in music.
I heard from Zhang Liangying that all of Gu Wei's songs were recorded during her time in Shaocheng.
There are far more than these three songs released.
I believe he will become the next 'King of Pop' in the Chinese music scene."
"Mr. Zhang, Gu Wei has arrived."
Just as he finished speaking, the assistant outside knocked on the door to remind him.
(End of this chapter)
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