81. Set the director
Xu Shi didn't know that his niece had established a post bar for him, not only a post bar, but also some video website accounts, and she also claimed to be the leader of the company.
After watching the movie, Xu Mingjie and Xu Xiaoxiao had something to do. Xu Shi and his family went to visit the night market in Beijing, chat, and had another midnight snack.
During this period, Zhao Xiaoqing and Pu Xiaolu kept talking with their mobile phones, and were taught a lesson by Xu Yan and Pu Xiaolu's mother many times.
Xu Cheng and his team were going to play in Beijing for two days, which happened to be the New Year's Day holiday. They relaxed and felt a little missed their daughter and son, so they didn't rush to leave.
Xu Shi's mind is now completely in the box office and reputation of the movie. It is not that he cares much about the movie, but that the box office and reputation of the movie are related to his subsequent plans.
Only when the box office is better and the reputation tends to be more popular in fighting scenes can he have the capital to talk to Cheng Guo about the director's affairs.
Although Xu Shi had never done business, Xu Cheng told him that, as well as some of his own knowledge, he had to discuss interests when working with friends and put them in place, otherwise most of his cooperation with friends would be frustrated and his relationship would be in a stalemate.
The next day, when Xu Shi had just returned from running, he saw Xu Xiaoxiao standing at his door.
"Why did you get up so early? Have you had a good rest?" Xu Shi asked.
Xu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "I've had a rest, my uncle, yesterday's box office was 18 million, and the reputation online is pretty good, especially in fighting scenes, which are basically applauding.
According to the current online reputation level, box office sales should continue to rise in the next week.”
Xu Shi was stunned. He didn't expect that Xu Xiaoxiao came early in the morning to say this, but then he understood and smiled bitterly: "You, can you, can you not think so much, aren't you tired?"
He knew that his thoughts had been guessed by Xu Xiaoxiao, or that he had guessed them a long time ago, so he came to tell him the good news as soon as possible.
Xu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "It's nothing. I'm used to it. I always feel insecure if I don't think about it more."
Although Xu Xiaoxiao spoke easily, Xu Shi felt very distressed, especially when he saw Xu Mingjie yawning with a chicken coop at this time and was dragged out to eat by Jiang Yue. He was even more angry.
However, seeing Jiang Yue beside him, Xu Shi didn't say much, so he saved Jiang Yue from worrying too much, but just looked at Xu Mingjie with bad eyes, which made Xu Mingjie a little confused. Why did he mess with his uncle?
Xu Shi rubbed Xu Xiaoxiao's head and smiled, "Okay, my uncle knows it. It will be fine after a while. If you have any questions, don't hide them from us. I can still help you."
"Yeah, I know, my uncle is the most powerful." Xu Xiaoxiao said with a smile on her head.
Xu Shi knew that since Xu Xiaoxiao had guessed what he was thinking, Cheng Guo should have guessed it too. He probably had this idea when he asked him about the director yesterday.
In this case, Cheng Guo is actually waiting for the box office and evaluation of the movie, which is also related to his subsequent choices.
In fact, although these things look a little bad, they seem to be cautious about their friends, but in fact this is a normal relationship between friends. Of course, this does not include those little friends or the like.
Only when a friend relationship like Xu Shi and Cheng Guo has a conflict of interests will it gradually become stronger in the future, otherwise such a friend relationship will gradually fade away after a while.
Xu Shi and Cheng Guo were both waiting for the final result to be released. If it was a box office hit and had a great relationship with fighting scenes, then Cheng Guo would agree to Xu Shi's request to become the director of "One Man's Martial Arts". If the contrary, Xu Shi would not make this request.
It can be said that at this moment both sides knew it well. Of course, even if the final result was what Xu Shi expected, Xu Shi must owe Cheng Guo a favor, and this favor is not small.
It is really not something that ordinary favors can do to make a director like Cheng Guo a puppet and only be responsible for filming.
In the next few days, Xu Shi accompanied Xu Cheng and the others to visit the capital while paying attention to the box office of the movie.
With the ferment of reputation, the box office saw a significant increase in the following days, with the highest day almost reaching 30 million.
A week later, the box office of the movie "The Sword of God" reached 160 million, which was exactly what everyone expected.
Based on the investment of 60 million yuan, after deducting 5% of the special funds for the film exhibition, the bank and the producer took away the remaining 43%, which is almost more than 63 million yuan. Since the producer, the bank and the investor are both Mingyue Pictures, the cost has been recovered, and as for some publicity expenses, they are basically very different.
So the following is basically pure profit. Judging from the current momentum, the final box office of this movie is likely to exceed 500 million.
Xu Shi didn't know how the box office share they discussed was distributed, whether it was fixed or ladder-oriented, but no matter what, judging from the current situation, this movie has made a lot of money, and it is a big profit.
It was also on this day that Xu Shi found Cheng Guo. Since he had known the result and judging from online comments, martial arts dramas played a crucial role in the box office of this movie, so there was no need to delay it anymore.
Cheng Guo seemed to know that Xu Shi was coming, and when Xu Shi arrived, he had already prepared all the food.
"Brother Xu, I'm here. Please sit down quickly. Let's have a chat while eating." Cheng Guo said with a smile on his face.
He was extremely excited at this moment. Although the box office is far behind other blockbusters, it is already a peak for Cheng Guo, and few domestic directors can do this.
Xu Shi responded with a smile and sat down, then congratulated: "Congratulations, the box office hit."
"Haha, thank you for these. If you didn't have the fighting scenes you guided, how could you have achieved the current results? By the way, you are also popular. There are many people discussing you online now." Cheng Guo laughed.
Xu Shi also saw it online, but he didn't care much about it: "My one is too empty and will calm down after a while, and no one will remember me at that time."
Xu Shi knew very well that although the discussions on the Internet are so hot, it won’t take long to pass his popularity. After all, he has no outstanding works, and has not starred in a movie or TV series.
Cheng Guo shook his head and said, "You are wrong. Lao Wang is almost done, and it will be released in about three or four months.
When Lao Wang called me to congratulate me just now, he told me that he would use your stills as a promotional poster. The popularity will not drop, and it will even increase even more.
If the movie you shot yourself can catch the next time period, then you may have a complete impression in the public's mind with this trend."
Cheng Guo was a little surprised as he spoke. Xu Shi's schedule was really good.
He became famous in this movie and gained a little popularity. Then Wang Lixin's movie stabilized his fame, and in the end he happened to take over his own movie.
As long as there is no problem with his own movie, then a exhibition like Xu Shi is simply perfect and can truly leave a impression in the audience's hearts.
If Xu Shi hadn't played the role of the boss, he had to ask Xu Shi to play himself, he would have doubted whether these were all under Xu Shi's calculations. Everything was too coincidental and very perfect.
Xu Shi was stunned for a moment when he said this. He didn't think of this. If he thought about it carefully, it was really the case.
However, this time Xu Shilai's purpose was not to listen to good words. After chatting with Cheng Guo for a while, Xu Shi expressed his purpose.
Cheng Guo was as guessed by Xu Shi, and had expected it in his heart and said with a wry smile: "Since my brother said that, I can't refuse, right? But at this stage, my time is still a little tight, and there are still some itineraries to run.
But don’t worry, I will arrange the preliminary work arrangements in advance. I am familiar with the lighting photography of the crew, so I don’t need to spend too much time.”
In fact, the reason why Cheng Guo agreed so happily was not only because of his movie that he realized Xu Shi's ability. What's more important is actually just news.
That is, Xu Shi recruited all the martial arts extras in Hengdian. It can be said that the people around Hengdian can basically fight in the extras, and the people who beat them well are on Xu Shi's side.
In the future, if you want to shoot a fighting scene, no matter what, the first choice is to find Xu Shi to cooperate. After all, Xu Shi has experience and box office proof.
Not to mention now, Xu Shi took all these people under his command, so there was basically no one except Xu Shi.
Xu Xiaoxiao actually said a lot. Compared with Xu Shi's ability to design fighting scenes, gathering up Song Liwu and others is the fundamental reason why Xu Shi can truly gain a foothold and have the right to speak.
Cheng Guo actually sighed in his heart that Xu Shi was first-class in terms of luck and ability.
He could imagine that as long as action movies become popular in the future, Xu Shi's status will be stable.
Xu Shi was expecting Cheng Guo's agreement, but he still thanked him quickly. At the same time, he also knew that he had already owe Cheng Guo a favor.
Chapter completed!