At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 591 Selling Books
For Shen Xudong, since the release of "The Fault in Our Stars" was a hit, the biggest advantage is that the original novel was sold out...

Straight to the top of the bestseller list.

in addition…

Preparations for The Twilight Saga are getting smoother - the world is the same, chasing the winners!
Also, Kristen Stewart, Alexandra Daddario, Amber Heard sent various congratulatory messages...

By the way, I also implicitly expressed the need for artistic growth.

Well, it’s not cryptic at all, it’s like sending a photo directly...

Shen Xudong gave Daddario a special guide. Apart from Shen Xudong's preference for a bigger cafeteria, the most important thing is that the girl's big eyes are especially suitable for horror movies...

It just so happened that Wonderful Studio had a large batch of horror films to shoot.

Professional counterpart!
What "Escape Room", "After Turning Off the Lights", "Puppet Contract", "A Quiet Place" just go up...

Oh, "A Quiet Place" is not suitable, it is a family drama, let's use "Shark Beach" instead!

Anyway, the cost is low.

As for Kristen Stewart and Amber Heard... I'm sorry, Shen Xudong has returned to China, so I don't have time to guide them...

——Compared to "The Fault in Our Stars", he cares more about the performance of "Crazy"...

After all, his roots are in the country.

The next week's performance of "Crazy"... how should I put it, it's a bit disappointing. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" has been weakened in various ways, but they still have audiences, and even Golden Harvest's theaters have to spend half of it. The screening room is dedicated to screenings of "Order of the Phoenix"…

As of August 8, the box office of "Order of the Phoenix" has exceeded 19 million, and the cumulative box office of "Tianjin" is 1.42 million...

That is to say, after "Order of the Phoenix" was released, "Crazy" only got 4200 million at the box office...

Well, "Order of the Phoenix" broke 9 million in [-] days...

It seems that it can't compare with "The Old Thousand", which has a total box office of 1.42 million!

But... "Order of the Phoenix" is "The Old Thousand" who competed under unfair competitive conditions-the latter was released for 6 days first, which is equal to a 1000-meter race, and the first ran 500 meters...

Shen Xudong has already expected this kind of situation-at this stage, Hollywood blockbusters are more famous than mainland movies.

You let Shen Xudong choose by himself, for a movie ticket of 40 yuan, his first choice is also "Order of the Phoenix" instead of "Crazy Thousand"...

But I was still very angry, so I asked Huang Bin directly: "What happened?"

"The number of screens is only 4000 yuan. "Order of the Phoenix" took more than half of it, and the lineup of "The Thousand" was cut by more than half! The lineup has been cut. It's no wonder the box office is good, and piracy is rampant..."

"Piracy is spreading again?"

"Hmm... Although Baidu has already blocked the keywords, as long as you search for '"Laoqian"... turn back and you can still see pirated information!"

"...Ma Dan, can't you block it anymore?"

"They say technology can't be controlled, so they can't block the word 'crazy', right?"

Shen Xudong sighed: "What did the above say?"

"The higher-ups are cracking down on piracy..."

"Crackdown on piracy, you know what you say..." Shen Xudong was a little dissatisfied.

But he can't do anything about it—"Crazy" is estimated to stop at around 1.5 million. On the one hand, the movie-watching craze is over, and on the other hand, "Big Movie" will be released tomorrow.

……

The news of Shen Xudong’s return to China is not kept secret—everyone knows that he will definitely return to China, because the Huabiao Awards will be held on August 8, and he will definitely participate...

A lot of media, entertainment news including TV stations want to interview him - he has made a name for himself in the United States!
Shen Xudong chose Sina Entertainment this time—it can be regarded as a return. Sina Entertainment is the exclusive cooperation platform of Tianmei Media. The news of general movies, including "Life Events", "Girls", and "Blockbusters" are all spread through Sina...

Sina first asked about the situation of "Rush Hour 3":

"The "Rush Hour" series is an action movie. According to the genre, the market revenue of action movies is higher than the box office revenue. "The Fault in Our Stars" is different... Box office revenue is estimated to account for more than 50% of the total revenue!"

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong smiled: "I saw some people on the Internet say that Li Lian's box office is very low, and he will never get a salary of 1000 million US dollars. They don't know that Li Lian's video revenue is higher than the box office revenue, such as "Fatal Romeo" "'s North American video revenue reached 1.2 million U.S. dollars, setting a record for the highest revenue for a B-level action movie video..."

"I made "The Fault in Our Stars" on the one hand because I felt there was a market, and on the other hand... just to sell books!"

"Sell books?"

"This is my first English novel. After it was made into a movie, it was only released for three days. Publishers from more than a dozen countries have already contacted me to publish it... So, movies are the best communication tool!"

"...The new rich list of writers, you are not on the list?"

"Well," Shen Xudong nodded: "...I asked them not to cut my income."

Last year's Rich List of Writers, which is the first China Rich List of Writers, Shen Xudong won No.2800 with 1 million without any suspense...No.2 is Yu Qiuyu's 1400 million...

"why?"

"Because it's not fair...my income is too high!"

"We only compare royalties..."

Shen Xudong shook his head: "My first royalties for "The Fault in Our Stars" are close to 300 million US dollars, how much is it converted into RMB? Moreover, according to my publisher's prediction, the final sales of "The Fault in Our Stars" will definitely be sold globally. If it breaks ten million, then the royalty income will be high..."

Not in the same dimension, nothing to compare!
"Then "The Fault in Our Stars" is a huge hit at the box office, what's your biggest impression?"

"Relieved!"

"Relieved?"

"...I previously set up an investment fund for the filming of "The Purge", "Juno", and "The Fault in Our Stars". After three consecutive films were successful, I finally have the money to pay off the debt!"

……

"There is no need to be depressed. The overseas box office of "Crazy" is close to 2600 million U.S. dollars, and South Korea alone took 1300 million U.S. dollars...The box office of the whole Asia is more than 5000 million U.S. dollars!"

In the car, Shen Xudong comforted Gao Fenfen, and they supported the premiere of "Blockbuster" together.

Gao Fenfen sighed: "But the domestic income has not reached the target!"

Shen Xudong smiled: "Then what can we do? "Harry Potter" is too fierce... It's 9 million dollars in the world, it's not a level thing at all!"

"...I heard that the North American box office of "Order of the Phoenix" is not as good as its predecessor... Word of mouth has also declined..."

"No matter how much it goes down, it's still "Harry Potter", and the fans are here!"

"...Why are you so calm..." Gao Fenfen just finished asking this question, and immediately thought of something: "Oh, "The Fault in Our Stars" is a big seller..."

"It's not a big deal, after all, the cost is 4700 million US dollars!"

Gao Fenfen rolled her eyes: "Don't talk to me, you think I'm an idiot? It's pure drama, the actors are not very well-known, you will spend more than 2000 million US dollars to make such a film?"

"...That didn't make much money, and the money was made by Lionsgate..."

Even if Shen Xudong was killed, he would not reveal his real income in the United States.

After all, money touches people's hearts...

What's more, he made a lot of money - he has already sold the overseas distribution rights to Fox for 6800 million US dollars...

This income alone accounted for more than 4000 million US dollars!
(End of this chapter)