You don't understand the happiness of the director

Liu Yifei was very depressed. She felt that even if her brother and Mimi announced that they were in a relationship, netizens would not think of them, let alone force them to admit their relationship.

Then if I want to get back together, I have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!

Just as I was thinking about it, my mother knocked on the door and came in with a very ugly face. She didn't watch the show, but she saw the hot search on the Internet. It was ranked number one on Weibo's hot search list. It was difficult for her to miss it.

"Sissi, Wang Quan said that he is in love again, what's going on!"

Liu Yifei blinked: "Sister Li, could it be that the love object he mentioned is me?"

"Ah, is this okay?"

"It's normal to be false."

Liu Xiaoli asked again: "Then it's been a year since you announced your breakup, why haven't you gotten back together yet? You didn't say it would take so long. Grandma is already worried about your marriage?"

Liu Yifei found a reason: "I don't want to. I want to take advantage of the breakup to prove myself and shoot other companies' works."

Liu Xiaoli was still uneasy, "I'm just worried that your relationship will fade if it goes on. Why are you so strong?"

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "It's not up to you, and the way we are now doesn't affect us being together. We often go to the hotel to meet, and occasionally we use Mimi's house as a cover."

After all, Liu Xiaoli finally put aside her suspicion, and then suggested to her daughter: "You see "Li Xianji" is so popular, why don't we go to the cinema to watch it?"

"Let's forget it today. The attendance rate on weekends is too high. Let's go on weekdays."

Today is the third day of the release of "Li Xian Ji", which has a box office of 166 million. The total box office for the first three days is 550 million!

This figure has exceeded the total box office of previous hit works such as "Beijing Meets Seattle", "Sadness Against the River" and "Chinese Partner".

Now everyone in the industry is speculating whether the first 2 billion-level movie in China is about to appear!

After all, compared with the time of "Inception" in 2009, when the box office exceeded 1.5 billion, the mainland market has more than doubled at this time. In theory, there may even be a movie worth 3 billion.

And "Li Xianji" has the ability to break its own record and exceed 2 billion regardless of its reputation and momentum.

In Wang Quan's office, Zhang Tianai served tea to Wang Quan and Han Sanping, and then left obediently.

As expected of Director Quan, the people he saw around him were all big people who were usually out of reach.

Han Sanping was also discussing with Wang Quan the possibility of "Li Xianji" box office exceeding 2 billion.

Because it is a 3D special effects blockbuster, the ticket price of "Li Xianji" is much higher than that of "Rich Second Generation". As long as the number of moviegoers exceeds slightly, it can earn 2 billion.

"If it can exceed 2 billion, I believe the leaders at the top and bottom will be very happy." These are all political achievements!

"I hope so." Wang Quan, who originally wanted to pour cold water on Han Sanping, followed his words when he saw Han Sanping was so excited.

In fact, this movie is already somewhat controversial. It’s not that the quality or reputation of the movie is bad, but it disrupts the timeline narrative and the bold use of colors in the movie. Many middle-aged and elderly viewers feel their heads and eyes are dizzy after watching it. , resulting in not much understanding.

There are many such comments. Once such voices come out, they will inevitably affect the enthusiasm of middle-aged and elderly audiences to watch movies. Looking back at "Rich Second Generation", many young people took their parents to the cinema to have fun, and even parents asked their children to Take yourself there.

Of course, the story and film aesthetics of "Li Xianji" are highly praised by young audiences, and many young audiences have supported it through three viewings and four viewings. This may make up for the lack of some middle-aged and elderly audiences.

In Wang Quan's office, Han Sanping happened to hear a phone call between Wang Quan and Dorothy. He immediately pricked up his ears. Unfortunately, his English was not very good and he couldn't understand what he heard.

Dorothy reported to Wang Quan the good news of "Li Xian Ji" at the box office in North America.

Box office of $48 million in opening weekend! It surpassed Pixar's "Monsters University" (in its second week) and topped the weekend box office!

This achievement is incomparable to that of the Mainland, but it is not far behind the original "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". It is certain to exceed 100 million in North America.

North American audiences believe that King Power has produced an excellent science fiction masterpiece, and King Power's box office appeal has once again been proven.

Moreover, the promotion expenses spent on "Li Xian Ji" are much lower than those of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", so the income will be higher. Moreover, the success in North America can also clear some obstacles for subsequent releases in other countries and reduce some promotion difficulties.

As for Wang Quan and Dorothy later, they talked about some lewd topics, speaking faster and mixed with all kinds of swear words and slang, so there was no need to worry about being understood by Old Han.

After hanging up the phone, Han Sanping hurriedly asked, "It's Boss Tao's call, right? What did she say?"

"Oh, she said that "Li Xian Ji" did well at the box office and won the weekend box office championship with 48 million U.S. dollars."

"Oh, congratulations. Maybe this movie will become the highest-grossing Chinese film in the world. The glory of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has only been a few years ago. By the way, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" will be released this month. It won't be a dive. It’s too serious.”

"Sometimes if you set your expectations lower, you won't be disappointed. However, I have seen the final version and feel that the quality will not be much worse than the first one. You can rest assured." As for the producer, this is also related to China Film’s performance.

Han Sanping nodded and asked, "Did she say anything about me?"

"I asked her about this matter yesterday." Wang Quan took a sip of tea and paused for a moment.

Recently, the Big Six in Hollywood and China Film Group have been having a bit of an unpleasant quarrel. Some time ago, Sony refused to accept the US$15.4 million box office share of "007: Skyfall" given to them by China Film Group.

Because of the changes in the domestic tax system of "replacing business tax with value-added tax", China Film has asked Hollywood to bear an additional 2% value-added tax (total box office).

Therefore, the box office share of "007" was $1.4 million less than agreed.

1.4 million dollars is not much. Compared with Hollywood’s 13% box office share 12 years ago, it is already much better. But the problem is that Hollywood feels it is unreasonable.

This is what Wang Quan said before. The tax system is not yet perfect. Although it is in the process of improvement, there will be many headaches in the process, and many historical issues are difficult to satisfy all parties.

If the money Sony receives is different from what was stipulated in the original contract, there will be problems with the accounts, and they will naturally refuse to collect it. This is understandable. Then the entire MPAA began to put pressure on China. The 2% value-added tax should either be waived or China Film should bear it. , it cannot be deducted from our account anyway.

Because this kind of thing is not an isolated case of "007", "Fast and Furious 6", "The Hobbit 1", and "Iron Man 3" have all encountered this kind of thing, and the six major Hollywood actors are holding their breath. , after Sony's trouble, it is bound to fight you to the end with China Film, and they will not accept the unsettled box office share.

If China cannot give them a reasonable solution, they would rather withdraw from the Chinese market, and no one will interact with each other in the future.

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with Wang Quan or Long Toutou. Long Toutou’s movies all come in through the film approval process, which is not the same as their blockbuster movies.

However, Han Sanping is not sure what the attitude of Hollywood is. If they really withdraw from the mainland market because of this 2% tax, it will be a big deal.

So Han Sanping asked Wang Quan, a big boss in Hollywood, to inquire about the attitude of the Big Six in Hollywood.

The issue of The Original Time and Space is that Hollywood is tougher, because in 2013 in The Original Time and Space, Hollywood movies were still strong, and there were not so many Chinese-language feature films and special effects films that could support theaters across the country.

So in the end, China Film and Television Software paid a total of 200 million U.S. dollars in box office share, which also included the 2% value-added tax they planned to deduct.

But the situation was really different. Wang Quan did not immediately tell Lao Han what the other party's attitude was, but asked him, "Mr. Han, how are the performances of Chinese films this year?"

"Okay!" Han Sanping said, "There are two billion-dollar movies during the Spring Festival, and now there is "Li Xianji". I guess "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" will also be good in a while. By then there will be four billion-dollar Chinese blockbusters! This is unprecedented! !”

Wang Quan: "And there is also a "Zootopia" that has exceeded 1 billion, and it is an animation produced by our Illumination Entertainment."

"Hahaha, this year's mainland box office depends on you."

Wang Quan: "Look at those Hollywood movies, such as "Iron Man 3" and "The Hobbit". They are no match for our Chinese-language films. In the second half of the year, few can beat them."

"It seems to be true, haha."

Wang Quan suddenly tapped the table, "So why are we afraid of them? If they don't want the box office share, then they won't give it to them. If their movies don't want to be released in the mainland, then they'll have to wait for one or two less for each one." It’s a box office of $100 million.”

"Oh, my director, if there were no Hollywood blockbusters, theaters would be miserable!" Now more than 40% of the box office each year is contributed by Hollywood. If there were no Hollywood, a large number of moviegoers would never go to the theater again.

"It's not miserable, it's just going to be difficult for a while. Let's get through it together."

That's what Wang Quan said. He just wanted to tell Han Sanping that the mainland market is not incapable of surviving without Hollywood. This year it is expected that there will be five billion-dollar blockbusters, but they have nothing to do with the six major Hollywood movies.

Old Han gritted his teeth and thought to himself. He felt that what Wang Quan said made sense. According to this year's box office situation, Hollywood may not even be able to hold on to 40% of its share.

How dare I think about it before Wang Quan returned to China. At that time, there were only 10 fewer Hollywood blockbusters than now. As a result, the local films were defeated. If you want to hold on to the 50% red line, you have to use all kinds of administrative power.

Han Sanping glanced at Wang Quan. The reason why Chinese films have undergone such earth-shaking changes is because of this young man in front of him!

So what’s wrong with him sleeping with a few more female stars? He deserves it!

However, Han Sanping still has some concerns, "The Big Six in Hollywood may make a fuss about WTO regulations. At that time, they may directly adjust us at the national level. It would be okay if their taxes are exempted, but if we let China Film and Television bear the responsibility, That’s so fucked up!”

Sure enough, everyone only cares about their own interests.

Wang Quan encouraged Han Sanping and Liu Da Gang, hoping that Long Toutou would benefit from it.

If the Big Six in Hollywood are really so stubborn and decide to say goodbye to the mainland market in the future, then fine, goodbye to you, but we, Long Head Head, are still here!

At that time, those domestic audiences who like Hollywood will not have to worry about the lack of Hollywood blockbusters, as well as our Dragon Head and Illumination Entertainment. If they want to consume in revenge, they can only spend on their own company's movies.

Of course, Wang Quan thinks that is impossible. There are several US$200 million movies in the Mainland this year. They are also greedy to watch them, but they are just showing strong performance.

Wang Quan asked Lao Han to show strength during the negotiations, saying that it was a problem with the tax department and not to be afraid of them withdrawing from the mainland market.

Seeing that Lao Han was still uneasy, Wang Quan said: "In this case, I will go to the United States soon. I will personally go to the Sixth National University to help you find out their attitude."

"Oh, that would be great!" Han Sanping excitedly shook Wang Quan's hand. It's convenient for people in Hollywood.

Suddenly, his expression changed, "You won't come back after you go, will you?"

He knows that Wang Quan will be filming "Star Wars 7" next. What if after filming is completed, he will film 80 or 90 JQK?

"Don't worry, I will go back for a few days to promote "Li Xianji". I will help you find out more about it and I will come back." The main purpose is to promote the movie and meet old friends.

With the words "royal power", Han Sanping felt relieved.

Afterwards, Wang Quan notified Jiang Shuying and Zhang Tianai to prepare for a business trip.

In addition to these two assistants, Xiao Yu'er will also return to China with him. This child has been playing crazy with his grandparents in China recently, and the capital cannot accommodate them.

If you are bored in Beijing, go to Jinmen, and then there are places like Bashang Grassland, Summer Resort, and Wuqiao Acrobatic World. They are so close and so beautiful. You should go to Hebei on the weekend.

It's time for Xiao Yu'er to return to the United States and feel maternal love.

In addition to them, Ni Ni, the heroine of "Li Xianji", was also brought along by Wang Quan. She is very useful.

As for the male lead Chen Kun, he will not be idle. Wang Quan asked him to go to Xiangjiang to promote, and Xiangjiang will be on stage this week.

After Xiangjiang, he will go to Japan and South Korea to make him a superstar in Asia first and then talk about Europe and the United States.

Zhang Tianai was very excited. He had only been an assistant for a few days and was about to go on a cross-country business trip. He had not been to the United States yet.

She didn't hide the matter of going abroad from Nazha. Nazha took the initiative and said, "Then let me help you pack your luggage."

Zhang Tianai said no, but Nazha insisted, "After all, I have lived in the United States for a while. It is better for you to know some precautions in advance than to be taught by the boss."

"That's okay."

Zhang Tianai no longer lives in Beiying Community now, and has rented a house near Wangdao Building.

Zhang Tianai grabbed two large suitcases and said, "That's it. I don't know if there is room on the plane."

"Don't worry, Director Quan's plane is very easy to install." Nazha said this to imply that she had flown on his private plane.

However, Zhang Tianai seemed not to understand.

Nazha was very distressed. She casually looked through Zhang Tianai's suitcase and saw a box of Okamoto 001 exposed.

"Why do you bring this?" Naza asked with a frown.

Zhang Tianai put the things away, "What if I meet true love in the United States?"

"You like foreigners? Didn't you say you think they are too hairy and seem unevolved?"

"There are Chinese in foreign countries~" Zhang Tianai smiled and dealt with the matter.

Naza was even more worried. She was not planning to use it on the plane!

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