Chapter 748 shouldn’t be too bad…right?
One billion box office!
"Is Yang Hongxia crazy?"
Xinghe Entertainment, Luo Xiao’s first reaction when he heard the news was that Yang Hongxia was getting carried away.
You know, this movie is a campus youth film! Luo Xiao remembered that the highest-grossing movie of the same type seemed to be just over 700 million, and that was because the male and female protagonists of that movie were the first generation of top stars in China, and it was filmed when they were at their most popular. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a strong combination.
The box office of 700 million yuan caused a sensation across the country at the time. Yes, it was similar to "A Chinese Ghost Story" co-starred by Lin Fan and Xia Yan last year. Although there is a huge difference in numbers between 700 million yuan and 4 billion yuan, the film market was just taking off at that time.
Not to mention campus films, even commercial blockbusters rarely break 1 billion. A few billion is already a great success in both word-of-mouth and box office, and those that break 2 billion are even rarer.
It is only in the past three or four years that the size of the film market has begun to explode, resulting in astonishing box office figures of three billion and four billion.
So the movie with a box office of 700 million yuan that year really had the same impact on the audience as Lin Fanxia Yan's "A Chinese Ghost Story" last year.
Moreover, even in the past three or four years when the box office has exploded, there has still been no campus film that can break this record.
So Yang Hongxia set an expected box office of 1 billion for Zhou Xiang's new movie, which was really a bit too arrogant.
"If this was starred by Lin Fan and Xia Yan, with their popularity and box office appeal, 1 billion would be fine." Luo Xiao tapped his fingers lightly on the coffee table. "This Zhou Xiang? Oh, and what about Lu Bingyang? Where did these little minions come from? Letting them carry 1 billion box office, how ridiculous!"
"You can't say that," another senior executive of Xinghe was more conservative, unwilling to easily say something that might offend others. "I heard that this movie was written by Lin Fan himself, and was tailor-made for Zhou Xiang. Maybe he can really create a box office miracle again like last year?"
Luo Xiao was dissatisfied: "Which side are you from? Yang Hongxia knew that we had a youth film that was going to be released during the Chinese Valentine's Day, but she even moved up the release date of the new film. Isn't this deliberately trying to annoy us? And you're still speaking for her?"
Yes, Xinghe also has a youth film to be released during the Chinese Valentine's Day.
The reason for choosing this schedule was not for anything else, but because they knew that Yang Hongxia had also completed the filming of a youth film, which would be released after the National Day. Xinghe Entertainment did not want to compete head-on with Yang Hongxia, so they scheduled the film for the Chinese Valentine's Day to avoid the schedule.
But who would have thought that Yang Hongxia would quietly move up the release date of the movie? Why did she have to move it up to the Qixi Festival? Was this intentional? Luo Xiao looked at Ji Sha, who dared not say a word, and complained to himself: She must have wanted to discredit Xia Yan last time, and Yang Hongxia remembered it, so she deliberately took revenge!
How else to explain it? The relationship between Yang Hongxia and Xinghe wasn't too strained, so why did they suddenly attack Xinghe's movie?
Not only Luo Xiao thought so, Ji Sha herself thought so too.
Compared to Luo Xiao who could openly scold Yang Hongxia, Ji Sha was terrified and huddled on the sofa, not daring to move: Could it be that Xia Yan really let Yang Hongxia take revenge on him on purpose?
No way, Xia Yan is so vindictive? It’s been so long since this happened, so long that Ji Sha herself almost forgot about it, and now it suddenly happened. Ji Sha is completely upset.
When Xia Yan was still in Xinghe, Ji Sha could only look up to her, and she didn't even have the qualifications to let Yang Hongxia look at her more. Ji Sha always felt that it was unfair, and always wanted to climb up, hoping that one day, she could also climb to the same height as Xia Yan, and make Yang Hongxia regret not agreeing to become her agent.
But before he could climb up, Xia Yan took Yang Hongxia and left the galaxy independently.
At that time, Ji Sha was actually relieved, thinking that without Xia Yan, her chance had come. She felt that it was not because she was not good enough or worked hard enough, but that she did not have the opportunity to shine.
However, reality gave Ji Sha a loud slap in the face.
After leaving the galaxy, Xia Yan did not fall like a meteor. Instead, riding on Lin Fan's east wind, he became more and more dazzling, and more and more out of reach.
The first movie she made made a box office of 4 billion yuan. The first album she released after becoming independent went platinum on the day of its release. Her relationship with Lin Fan was well-known to everyone and everyone blessed her.
But what about yourself?
After much difficulty, he joined the crew of a big production like "Blue Star Fleet", but the box office was so poor that it became a joke; after much difficulty, he released his first album, but let alone platinum achievement, even the achievement of a gold record with 5 million copies is nowhere in sight!
Now, after a lot of effort, she got the resources for a leading role in a youth film from Luo Xiao, and was thinking of making a great comeback, but Yang Hongxia moved up the release date of Zhou Xiang's film! Ji Sha was really going to vomit blood.
If this movie fails again, Ji Sha is really afraid that Luo Xiao will give up on her.
But in this situation, Ji Sha had no right to interrupt and could only passively wait for Luo Xiao to make a decision and passively wait for the final result.
Some people in Xinghe also thought: "Yang Hongxia's promotion may not be aimed at us, and even if it is aimed at us, we don't have to be afraid of them, right?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
That being said, Luo Xiao felt that the trio of Lin Fan, Xia Yan, and Yang Hongxia were very weird! Whenever he faced them, he would always be at a disadvantage for some unknown reason.
In addition, he had spent a lot of money on Ji Sha, used a lot of resources, and mobilized a lot of connections, but he had not seen any return for his efforts. Even though Luo Xiao was wealthy, he could not bear it. If he did not make a profit at the box office this time, Luo Xiao would really lose everything! "Just in case, let's just move up the release date! Release it half a month earlier, take the lead, and grab the first week box office first!"
Even if the box office is not good later, as long as the first week box office is about the same, I can breathe a sigh of relief. After all, the investment in youth films is not large and it is easy to make a profit.
The rest is pure profit! The other people in the office looked at each other and thought that this was a good idea. Even if they didn't make more money, at least they could guarantee a minimum profit.
When it comes to movies, when you make money you really make a ton of money, and when you lose money you really lose it all. Being able to break even is already a good result.
Moreover, if Yang Hongxia really sniped Xinghe, the outcome of confronting her head-on might not even be a guaranteed outcome. No one dared to bet on that possibility. After all, the people at the scene all had some grudges against Yang Hongxia.
It’s just that we all worked in the same company before, so there was no quarrel. Now Yang Hongxia has become independent, who knows what she is thinking?
Everyone agreed with Luo Xiao's proposal, and Ji Sha also breathed a sigh of relief: If it is released earlier, the box office of her first movie should not be too bad... right?
Quietly asking if there are any tickets? If no one answers, I will ask again later~ (End of this chapter)