1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 678 Pull a Batch, Hit a Batch

Facts have proved that Mr. Lin is a very generous leader.

Not only did Yu Hua gossip behind his back, but after being discovered by Mr. Lin, not only did he not receive any retaliation, but Mr. Lin gave Yu Hua very selfless guidance and help in literary creation.

So much so that Yu Hua's inspiration has been spraying continuously in the past few days, so he has to stay up all night to write manuscripts every day.

"Take a break and don't tire yourself out."

At Yu Hua's family, Cheng Hong was pregnant for more than seven months, and her body was getting heavier and heavier. She went to bed early at night, and woke up in the middle of the night to find that her husband was still writing at the desk. She poured a cup of tea for Yu Hua and persuaded her gently.

Yu Hua heard what his wife said, and said, "No, I have inspiration now, so I have to hurry up and finish writing."

"We are not short of money now, why are you in such a hurry?" Cheng Hong expressed puzzlement.

Yu Hua shook his head, "You don't understand!"

He knows Mr. Lin too well, and he took the initiative to write a book to plead guilty. With Mr. Lin's character, how could it be possible for him to write a novel leisurely for a year or two.

There is a saying that the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Even though Mr. Lin is now the editor-in-chief, the means of closing the small black room have not been lost at all.

At the end of last year, Jia Pingwa was imprisoned by him for [-] days, and he produced "The Wasted City".

Teacher Lin's sword has not been unsheathed for several years. Last year's bright sword still cuts iron like mud, and the sword is not old.

Yu Hua didn't want to be locked in a small dark room when the child was born.

Therefore, he had to rush out the novel before the child was born, so that he could feel at ease.

He touched Cheng Hong's pregnant belly, he must be a son, and if he gets the little bean buns in his hands, your father and I won't have to be so angry!

"Farewell My Concubine" has been released for more than a week. After the premiere ceremony and road show were held at Yanjing Capital Cinema on the 18th, the film's main creative team went to Shanghai Da Guangming Cinema. The road show scene is almost the same as Yanjing. .

Wherever the main creative team went, there were crowds of people, countless fans and moviegoers gathered.

It took a week to travel to several major cities in China, and now the main creative team has gone to Xiangjiang.

The release time of "Farewell My Concubine" in Xiangjiang was a week later than that in the mainland, so it was just right to hold another premiere to boost the momentum.

During the week when the main creative team promoted the film in the Mainland, various news media including newspapers, magazines, radio stations, and TV stations made all-round reports on the release and promotion of "Farewell My Concubine".

Before "Farewell My Concubine", no Chinese film has spent so much money and energy on publicity.

With so much money and effort put in, the results achieved are impressive.

In this era, unlike later generations, box office statistics are calculated through computer systems, but manual statistics and calculations are required, which is very troublesome.

Usually the box office can be aggregated once a week, which is already a remarkable thing.

On June 6th, the tenth day of the release of "Farewell My Concubine", movie theaters around the world finally counted the movie's first week's box office.

6869.7 yuan.

When Lin Weimin received a call from Xu Feng, saying that the box office statistics had come out and he wanted to announce the good news to him, he felt a little disapproving, thinking that it would cost 3000 to [-] million yuan.

But when he heard the number "6869.7 million" from Xu Feng's mouth, he fell into a rare silence.

6869.7 million yuan, what kind of concept is this?
At the beginning of the year, "Once Upon a Time 3: The Lion King" grossed 1.5 million at the box office in the mainland. If the box office accounted for one-third of the total box office in the first week, it would be around 5000 million.

It is now June of 93, and the ticket price of "Farewell My Concubine" in Yanjing, Shanghai, Yangcheng and other places is 6 yuan per ticket, which means that within a week, at least 4 million viewers in China have watched it this movie.

This is still a conservative calculation, because movie tickets in Yanjing, Shanghai and other places are already expensive, and other places will only be cheaper.

In addition, theaters around the world concealed and missed the box office. This kind of thing was common in movie theaters in the 90s.

All of Chen Xiaoer's films were well received, but all of them lost money. Many movie theaters were almost unscrupulous in concealing and underreporting the box office.

Calculated in this way, the number of people watching "Farewell My Concubine" in one week of its release is likely to exceed 2000 million.

When "Shaolin Temple" was released in 82, it sold more than 10 million at the box office at a ticket price of more than [-] cents, and the number of viewers exceeded [-] billion, which is simply a miracle.

"Farewell My Concubine" will definitely not be able to break the record of "Shaolin Temple". After all, "Shaolin Temple" has been released for more than half a year, but only looking at the number of viewers in the first week, "Farewell My Concubine" can indeed say goodbye to "Shaolin Temple" It is not difficult to surpass "Shaolin Temple" at the box office if inflation is not counted, but it is impossible to exceed the number of viewers.

Not to mention a billion people, even one tenth is impossible. The market environment is already very different, and the two are not on the same level at all.

After the shock and joy, Lin Weimin's mentality returned to normal. Of course he was happy that the box office was high, but I'm afraid this momentum will not last long.

"You have to be prepared for a big drop in the box office next week." Lin Weimin told Xu Feng.

"I have contacted several theaters, and the box office drop is ideal. Although the second week is not as good as the first week, the box office should not be bad."

Lin Weimin sighed, Xu Feng still didn't know enough about the mainland market.

In the movie market in the 90s, there was a group of vultures. They depended on the mountains to eat the mountains, relied on the water to eat the water, and relied on the theaters to hide and miss the box office.

The box office of "Farewell My Concubine" in the first week was nearly 7000 million. If inflation is not calculated, this figure definitely set a record for the box office of a domestic movie in the first week. For those vultures, how could they give up such a gluttonous feast so easily?
After listening to Lin Weimin's words, Xu Feng couldn't believe it, "It shouldn't be so?"

"You can communicate with the factory manager and see his opinion."

Lin Weimin did not persuade Xu Feng, but asked her to ask Cheng Zhigu, the director of Yan Film Studio. He is a veteran in the film industry, and he knows more about the film industry than Lin Weimin.

Not long after the phone was hung up, Lin Weimin received a call from Xu Feng again. Cheng Zhigu's statement was almost the same as that of Lin Weimin.

Xu Feng couldn't help but feel very anxious. A week's box office is tens of millions, even if it's a tenth, it's still millions. It's more uncomfortable for her to be stolen by some criminals in the theater than to kill her.

Xu Feng called again to ask for advice. Cheng Zhigu didn't have a good way to hide and miss the box office. Over the years, this kind of behavior has become a deep-rooted bad habit in the film industry. His opinion is to find a typical one and kill a chicken. .

But killing chickens to warn monkeys, regardless of timeliness, deterrence is a problem. Will other movie theaters be afraid of film producers?

Even if this matter is to be done, the Film Bureau has to take action.

Facing Xu Feng's anxious tone, Lin Weimin sighed, and said, "Well, I'll go to the Film Bureau to find a way, and you go to organize a [-]-member voting monitoring team."

"What do you want someone for?"

"Cooperate with the Film Bureau to carry out a special action to crack down on 'stealth and omission' at the box office. We are responsible for providing personnel and funds, and the Film Bureau will guide it."

Xu Feng just didn't understand the mainland film market, but he listened carefully to Lin Weimin and immediately understood what he meant.

To put it bluntly, if the film bureau is asked to send people and funds to do this kind of thing, even if they have achievements, they may not be willing to do it, because it will offend people after all.

But if their film studio paid the money and people, the film bureau only needs to move their mouths, and the results of the work will be in hand, and they will naturally be happy to cooperate, and offending people is no big deal.

Lin Weimin said that organizing a 1000-person voting monitoring team, based on a one-month time limit, even if each person spends 10 yuan, it is only [-] yuan, compared with the millions or even tens of millions that may be concealed and underreported. Compared with the box office, it is a drop in the bucket.

Xu Feng acted without saying anything, and Lin Weimin also called Teng Jinxian.

He has a good relationship with Lao Teng, but it doesn't work to always rely on favors to do things at the expense of others, and mutual benefit is still necessary.

The film studio of "Farewell My Concubine" provided people and funds to cooperate with the film bureau to carry out a special action to crack down on "stealing and underreporting" at the box office. For Teng Jinxian, the director, it is not only a political achievement, but also a blow to distribution companies around the world.

In the first half of this year, in order to promote film reform, the Film Bureau has given these local distribution companies a lot of sweet dates. Now that they have had enough benefits, it is time for them to understand the rules.

Anyway, thousands of city-level and county-level distribution companies across the country have now opened their doors, and the Film Bureau does not have to worry about no one to cooperate with the promotion of film reform.

To engage in political struggles, to recruit and fight against a group of people, to make more of our people, and to make fewer people on the opposite side, this is the most reasonable.

Sure enough, after Lin Weimin finished talking about the situation in "Farewell My Concubine" and his own demands, Teng Jinxian immediately understood the mystery, and he told Lin Weimin: "Don't worry, I'll make a call and give you a message later. "

After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone, then called Tian Congming, and told Lin Weimin's request, the ins and outs of the whole matter and the hidden mystery one by one.

Tian Congming pondered for a moment after hearing this, and sighed, "I'm really not reconciled if I don't bring this Lin Weimin over here!"

Teng Jinxian smiled and said: "Then you should talk to the organization department. We must respect personal opinions, but individuals must also obey the organization's arrangements."

Tian Congming laughed and said, "Old Teng, aren't you afraid that Lin Weimin will know that you are playing tricks behind your back and poke your back?"

"I did this for his own good. He is still young, and his journey has been so smooth that he doesn't even know the difficulties of his official career."

Tian Congming nodded heartily, and then said: "Okay, let's do it this way. Since we want to do it, we should make it bigger. I will contact comrades in several other departments, and try to make this action more in-depth and practical. , Can’t let the thunder be loud and the rain be light, this is also a good opportunity for us, some disobedient little brothers, it’s time to clean up.”

Tian Congming's tone was light and airy, but Teng Jinxian heard a chill.

Being able to reach this position in his thirties, Tian Congming is by no means an easy person. In the first half of the year, he had to deal with various forces to make false claims and play tricks on the spot.

Now that the film reform situation is gradually becoming clear, Lin Weimin happened to hand over a knife again.

The right time, place and people, Tian Congming doesn't mind giving a good lesson to some "princes" who think they are separatist.

Teng Jinxian put down the phone, thinking about the possible encounters of some colleagues, he couldn't help but mourn for them.

When the water is clear, there are no fish. As a veteran of the film industry for 30 years, how can Teng Jinxian not know the dirty things in the film industry?

Some people are confused about the importance and think that they can fight against the organization if they embrace the group.

As everyone knows, this is the way to die.

(End of this chapter)