On April 12, "Star Wars" and "The Rural Teacher" were officially withdrawn from theaters, and the box office war between the two science fiction films was officially declared over.
The box office results were counted at the first opportunity: "Star Wars" had a total box office of 3.78 billion yuan, and "Rural Teacher" had a total box office of 2.65 billion yuan.
Although the reputation of "Rural Teacher" soared during its release period and its upward momentum was hot, its final box office still did not surpass "Star Wars".
Compared to "Star Wars", which is more commercial in nature and has the influence of its predecessor and a lot of publicity in the early stages, "Rural Teachers" takes a different approach. By taking advantage of the popularity of Teacher's Day and going through the system, it has been called a model of great marketing by the industry.
What's more important is that the investment and publicity costs of "Star Wars" are about 1.1 billion. After deducting the share of theaters, the producer's pre-tax income is about 1.8 billion. After deducting the costs, the profit is about 700 million, with a profit return rate of 60%. This movie is indeed a successful commercial film.
But no one in the industry thinks that "Star Wars" won the war against "Rural Teachers". Just look at the input and output of "Rural Teachers". After the producer's sharing, the profit income before tax was about 1.3 billion, and the cost... 8 million can just be directly zeroed out of 1.3 billion. Is that called cost?
A profit return rate of 162,500% is such a box office legend that it has been on the headlines of financial newspapers for three consecutive days, eclipsing the total box office winner "Star Wars".
Especially since the estimated box office of "Star Wars" was at least 4 billion, and the target was 4.5 billion. The emergence of "Rural Teacher" directly and indirectly affected the box office of this movie.
As a result, Wei's stock price soared. Lu Kaiming and Zhou Wei also gave up the idea of competing with Wei Mingjie for power. There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Originally, they wanted to go against Wei Mingjie for the sake of interests, but now they ask Wei Lan when he will sign the contract with Wei in every meeting.
Wei Lan is now nominated for the Golden Tripod Award for Best Director! Even if he doesn't win the award, the nomination alone is enough to be written on the movie recommendation poster.
"The latest work by the Golden Tripod Award Best Director nominee" is enough to attract audiences, and after the movie is taken off the shelves, there will be a share of the revenue through holographic channel subscriptions. For this part, if Wei Lan agrees to exclusively authorize the film's broadcasting rights to Venus TV, these shareholders can also get a share of the profits.
"I don't know about that..." Wei Mingjie said calmly, "I can't force her. It depends on what she thinks. At worst, I can personally fund her movies in the future. I still made a little money from this investment."
He emphasized the word 'a little'.
Well, there is no other way. Because of the confidentiality agreement, Wei Mingjie cannot say that Wei Lan is his daughter. He can only show off in other ways instead of wearing fancy clothes every day.
Hearing this, other shareholders' faces turned red. What this person said was not just 'a little', but 'billion points'!
The after-tax net profit of "Rural Teachers" is probably around 10 billion. Even if they had invested one million, which is only one eighth, at that time, they could still get a return of 100 million on investment now!
"No, I admire Director Wei very much!" Zhou Wei said, "I would be very sorry if I can't invest in her movie. Even if she doesn't sign a contract with the company, please contact her to give me the opportunity to invest in her. It doesn't matter whether it makes money or not. The main thing is that "Rural Teacher" is too wonderful. I regret missing out on investing in it. I hope I can have such an opportunity next time..."
The shareholders nearby were stunned by Zhou Wei's shamelessness. You, Old Zhou, are the most cunning. It was you who snatched the script of "Sword V" at that time, and it is you who is the fastest to change your face and start licking. You...where do you put the other people present?
"That's what I thought!"
"I can't sleep well if I can't invest in such a talented director's film."
"Director Wei, do you have any ideas for the next movie?"
The directors had no other choice. After this incident, they had realized clearly that IP is not the key to wealth, but director Wei Lan is the key to wealth!
The investment market is like this. If you can foresee a good project that can make money, others can see it too. But if you want to invest money in it, you may not necessarily have the means; you may also need connections.
Keeping Wei Lan in the Wei family is a relationship, and Wei Mingjie is a relationship.
Wei Lan is from Wei Mingjie's side. Judging from his boastful look, they might be relatives. But Wei Lan was nowhere to be seen when the movie was being filmed, and he never showed up in the company after the filming. If one wants to contact him, the only channel is through Wei Mingjie.
Wei Mingjie raised his chin even higher. After this battle, Wei's film and television sector would be back under his control, and the negative impact that Chen Yuanhang's backstabbing had brought to him in the company was finally wiped out.
…
In the Wei family villa, after working on the movie and remotely directing the publicity, Wei Lan entered a relatively relaxing period of rest.
'System, how many points do I have now?'
The last time I asked about my points was five days ago, and at that time I already had more than 200,000.
System: Your current points balance is 524874.
It feels like telephone customer service.
Wei Lan did some mental calculations and realized that if more than 500,000 points were converted into survival time... that would be 59 years!
She suddenly discovered a bug in this insignificant system. If she made a few more movies, wouldn't she really be able to live another 500 years?
Furthermore, according to the system, 100 million points are required to obtain a genetic antidote with no side effects and restore her normal appearance. However, she is willing to use this survival limit to maintain her current inconvenient appearance of a three and a half year old. If she really earns 100 million points and does not exchange for the potion, then can she survive for tens of thousands of years?
With this thought, she seemed to have found the door to breaking through the limit of human lifespan...
Just as Wei Lan was thinking about how to continue living in this world as a three-and-a-half-year-old without being caught and dissected, the system's voice suddenly sounded in Wei Lan's mind:
"When the host's points can be exchanged for survival time that reaches the lifespan limit of the current body species, the points can no longer be exchanged for survival time and can only be used for consumption."
Wei Lan: ...If my life is a system cheat code book, your current main setting has collapsed.
System: Please do not have unrealistic fantasies.
Wei Lan: Indeed, it’s a rubbish system.
system:……
In fact, Wei Lan was relieved when he heard the news. You have to pay for what you get. There is no such thing as pie falling from the sky.
There is a chance to live again, the emotional feedback function also has a certain effect, and there is also a chance for the body to return to normal. Even if it is just a carrot used by the system to hang on to her, it is better than nothing.
…
April 15th, Golden Tripod Awards ceremony.
The red carpet starts at five o'clock, the award ceremony begins at half past six and ends around seven o'clock. After that, there is the dinner which will not appear in the camera.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Su Yining had completed her full makeup and hair, waiting for the high-end dress from the high-end luxury brand GM to be delivered.
As the leading film, although Su Yining did not receive a nomination, the film's main creators will receive an invitation letter for the Golden Tripod Awards. This is the first time that Su Yining has received an invitation with full justification, rather than attending the awards ceremony as a guest female companion.
The red carpet has always been another battlefield for female stars to compete for beauty, not to mention Su Yining's personality. Her team spends no more effort on this than on filming.
The female assistant helped Su Yining tighten the last strap of her corset, causing her to exclaim, "Wow... this corset is so tight! I feel like I can't breathe."
"Sister Su, you have eaten a lot of sweets recently. Your body fat percentage has increased and your waist circumference has increased by one centimeter." said the female assistant.
"Damn it!" Su Yining showed hatred on her face: "But which woman can easily refuse sweets?"
Female assistant: "Female star, please remember that female stars and women are two different creatures. You have no reason to indulge yourself."
"Why hasn't the dress arrived yet?" Su Yining decisively changed the subject.
"I'll go and ask them." The female assistant just picked up the phone, and it rang first.
"Xiao Jiang! The GM suddenly changed their mind and said that they will give the skirt to Zhong Ningyun this spring!" An anxious girl's voice came from the phone.
Assistant Xiao Jiang didn't have time to react, Su Yining had already picked up the phone with a frown: "What do you mean?!"
"I ordered that skirt a month ago. Zhong Ningyun has no other place to get the skirt? Are you trying to snatch it from me?"
Zhong Ningyun is the heroine of "Star Wars" and was nominated for Best Actress this time. She is also one of the top actresses who once jumped from Wei's. She has been nominated for the Golden Tripod Award for Best Actress and won several other film awards. Her status and commercial value in the entertainment industry are extraordinary.
Even though Su Yining comes from a wealthy family, her influence in the fashion circle and her status in the entertainment circle are not on the same level as her. Although GM is a high-end luxury brand, it is not the only high-end luxury brand. Zhong Ningyun was nominated for the Best Actress this time, and many brands were willing to sponsor her a dress worth millions, but the other party just came to snatch the dress that Su Yining had decided to wear first. This is not justified at all.
"Because the dress has too many diamonds, the GM can only accept it being delivered two hours in advance. Fortunately, Brother Gao Wen has been preparing a backup plan to prevent any accidents. Now he has contacted Ked's regional director."
"Zhong Ningyun! I will remember this grudge!" Su Yining put down the phone and paced back and forth in the room angrily.
"Sister Su, please sit down quickly. We need to change our makeup and hair!... Hello? Is this Teacher Tony? Bring your team over here quickly. We need to redo the styling!"
Su Yining was very angry but had no way to vent, so she could only do her styling obediently while calling Wei Lan on speakerphone to tell her about this: "Lanlan! Let me tell you..."
After filming the movie, she and Wei Lan became good friends. Su Yining's personality is a bit like a naughty child, and Wei Lan is the one who can tame her. Now that Su Yining encounters grievances, she can't help but find her to talk about it first, which is a bit like looking for parents after being bullied outside.
"With her nomination this time and her status, it's hard to find dresses anywhere. There are many brands offering her clothes to choose from... If this isn't targeting me, what is she?"
Wei Lan on the other end of the phone nodded: "She is not targeting you, it is "Star Wars" targeting "Rural Teacher", or in other words, it is Chengguang targeting Wei's."
She had also received a call from her father before. Because Yang Xingyuan had no fame before, even though he was nominated for Best Actor this time, he was not accepted by the fashion circle. Under the manipulation of Chengguang and the movie stars who had many resources in the fashion circle, the Jeec custom dress that Wei's Public Relations Department had originally arranged for Yang Xingyuan was cancelled.
The reason was even more outrageous. They said that the rural teacher played by Yang Xingyuan in the movie did not match the high-end business image of their brand. Wei Mingjie was a little angry when he learned about this. He simply spent more than two million to buy a ready-made dress from another high-end luxury brand LT for Yang Xingyuan.
Wei Lan was a little angry. As the protagonist of her own movie, she naturally had a protective mentality towards her. Originally, she had not thought about what to shoot for the next movie, but now she had an idea.
"I understand. I will get this back for you in the next movie."
"Yeah, yeah!" Su Yining replied in unison: "Ask me to act! I will definitely perform well!"
Wei Lan: “Of course.”
Su Yining's agent Gao Wen walked in with the dress in the safe. He happened to hear the conversation between the two and his originally unhappy expression relaxed.
After the two hung up the phone, Gao Wen sighed: "You really got a blessing in disguise..."
Su Yining: "What did you say?"
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