Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 484: Indiscriminate killing during the Spring Festival, breaking 10 billion in six days

Magic City, a certain cinema

My cousins ​​went to buy a lot of popcorn and drinks, and took their parents, aunts and uncles into the movie theater.

There were still a lot of people, and no matter what time they came, the theater was about 60 to 70% full. Wang Yunping glanced at it and found that most of them were young people, with relatively few people their age.

This is normal. Young people watch movies, while middle-aged and elderly people mainly watch TV. After all, TV doesn’t cost money.

Even those who don't care about money, most of them don't have that habit. Drinking tea or even going out to sing karaoke are ranked before going to the cinema to watch a movie.

Wang Yunping and Wei Shan also came to the cinema a few times because they supported their son. My aunt and uncle came less often, and they had only come once or twice with their family to join in the fun.

Therefore, when Aunt Wei Xia saw that the theater was not full, her first reaction was that her nephew wanted to lose money.

My cousin couldn't laugh or cry: "Mom, do you think that the attendance rate in a movie theater is as high as our hotel?"

"What's the difference? I still rely on customers to eat. If there are more customers, I'll make more money. But the seats are not full. Tell me how to make money?"

My cousin felt something was wrong, but Wei Xia did make sense. She didn't know how to refute it, so she could only reply, "You don't understand."

Wei Xia ignored her daughter and instead asked about the cost of the movie. Wang Yunping and others didn't know, so they made up a random number.

"Seven to eighty million, maybe."

Wei Xia then began to settle accounts. He didn't know the profit ratio of the movie at all, so he used his own restaurant experience, and the result was not ideal.

The aunt muttered to herself, but the others ignored her. Although they didn't quite understand, they could clearly understand that Wei Xia was making a wild calculation.

The first two movies of Wei Yang's were made for 5 million+ and 8 million+. I don't know how much they made, but I heard that the profits were not low.

This movie has better momentum and is widely watched by the outside world. Wei Xia doesn't understand the film industry. It's strange that she can figure things out here.

Therefore, the few of them were not worried. The cousin even tried to make a bet with Wei Xia, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to make some pocket money. However, Wei Xia didn't understand movies, but she knew her sons and daughters, so she refused to take this issue and let her cousin My cousin was so disappointed.

"Stop making trouble and watch a movie."

As an uncle, Wei Shan still has some prestige among his cousins. As soon as he spoke, both of them became honest, and the dragon mark of a certain game began to appear on the screen.

At the beginning of the movie, Wei Yang appears. As mentioned before, compared to the original version, the male protagonist Qin Feng is set to be older.

In the original version, he applied for the police academy, but in this version, the male protagonist has graduated from the police academy and was rejected during the job interview.

Therefore, in terms of setting, Wei Yang's version of Qin Feng is more mature, but not very mature. After all, he is still considered a college student, and his appearance is relatively young. In addition, Boss Wei has a tender face and a bit of a boyish look.

Wei Yang like this is relatively rare. Although he is not very old, he is usually calm and sophisticated. Even though he looks young, few people regard him as a young man.

Even the elders in the family were a little surprised. After the changes in the past few years, their impressions of Wei Yang back then were somewhat vague.

They haven't seen Wei Yang in such a youthful and high-spirited manner for a long time.

My cousins ​​didn't really think much of it, they just kept praising how handsome my cousin was.

They are not the only ones to hold this view. Many viewers in the theater also share this idea. Many female viewers directly praised it, saying that being single is fine, but being with a partner is a shame.

But the sourness comes back to the sourness, Boss Wei's appearance is not inferior to him, it can be said that he surpasses Yan Zu and is better than Yan.

Even in the hearts of the male viewers who are proud of being extremely handsome, they have to admit that they are not yet at their peak, so they really need to avoid the edge.

After Qin Feng appeared on the scene, Wang Baoqiang was another one who left the factory, and his image far exceeded many people's expectations.

Wang Baoqiang's most famous role is Xu Sanduo in "Soldier Assault". He has a simple appearance, a simple and honest smile, and speaks honestly.

Therefore, in the public impression, Wang Baoqiang is a "silly boy". He has gotten better in the past two years, but he has the image of being silly or a simple and honest teacher.

And his image in "Detective Chinatown" is completely subversive.

Vulgar and flamboyant, cunning and brainless, such a contrast really surprised all the audience, and this surprise also made the audience deeply impressed and full of expectations for this character.

Wang Baoqiang also lived up to the audience's expectations, with outstanding comedy effects and making the audience laugh.

Another impressive thing is that this is not Chen Chichi, who had a lot of early scenes, but Xiao Yang.

This idiot police chief with a general belly and the words "wine bag and rice bag" written on his face provides no less laughs than Tang Ren played by Wang Baoqiang.

And among the baggage and jokes, the main plot is slowly unfolding.

The gold shop of Mr. Yan, a Thai tycoon, was robbed. The police identified one of the suspects as the sculpture owner, but when they were waiting to arrest him, they found that the sculpture owner had been killed.

After investigation, it was found that only Tang Ren had entered the sculpture shop in the past few days, and the time matched the time of the deceased's death. Moreover, surveillance showed that he had transported something from the sculpture shop, which was probably stolen goods.

As a result, Tang Ren became the main murderer + robber and was wanted by the police.

Tang Ren, who was in danger, didn't want to be imprisoned, so he could only run away in embarrassment, even involving his nephew Qin Feng who was traveling.

Qin Feng was born in a police academy and was good at detective reasoning. When he was forced to flee with Tang Ren, through his understanding of Tang Ren, he realized that he could not kill anyone. After analysis, he found that the case was suspicious.

Obsessed with solving crimes, he wants to find out the truth, while Tang Ren also wants to restore his innocence.

The Chinatown Detectives officially debut!

The plot of the next movie revolves around solving the case, and various gags are included during the period, making the plot relaxed and enjoyable while being logical.

This is not an easy task, as Wei Yang felt when he first filmed "Famous".

Crime suspense and comedy don’t go together that easily!

The balance between the two is very important. If either side is overheated, it will cause the entire movie to taste bad.

For example, if there are too many crime elements, the movie style will be serious and depressing; if there are too many comedy elements, it will appear frivolous and the main plot will be weakened.

Wei Yang is still fortunate that "Famous" has found Ning Hao and Fatty Wang as the producers, especially Ning Hao, who started his career in black humor and is best at combining comedy + crime, even if Wei Yang cheats , and also rely heavily on each other.

With the foreshadowing of "Famous", Wei Yang's control in this aspect has been significantly improved, and he has a God's perspective.

Therefore, the rhythm of "Detective Chinatown" is brisk and unbroken, and the style is outstanding but harmonious, making the audience nervous and happy, with their eyes firmly fixed on the screen.

One advantage of movies with mystery elements is that the hook is always buried, leaving the audience with many question marks in their minds and willing to wait until the end to reveal it.

This also caused "Detective Chinatown" to be played for more than an hour, and there were very few people talking, let alone anyone going to the toilet.

Either laughing out loud, or observing the plot with concentration, and also taking part in it, reasoning about who the murderer is and how the murderer committed the crime. This is also a major selling point of the suspense reasoning genre.

However, compared to "Tang Detective 3", which was criticized for being right at the beginning in the previous life, and "Tang Detective 2", which had obvious hints and was suspected of plagiarism.

The first part of "Detective Chinatown" has the best reasoning setting in the series, with every detail involved and a relatively high threshold.

It may not be hard for those reasoning enthusiasts, and some people with bright minds can also detect something, but the vast majority of the audience only understand what is going on after the answer is revealed.

"So that's it?!" After hearing Qin Feng's identification of Sinuo's adoptive father, his cousin suddenly realized and couldn't help being surprised.

"This movie cousin is probably a screenwriter. What do you think about this case? It's really exciting."

On the other hand, my cousin was still calm: "Thankfully, you have read the Weiyang trilogy written by my brother. They are all about crime and mystery. What's so weird about writing a script?"

"That's different. The case of the trilogy is not complicated. It's a real reasoning."

The cousin was dissatisfied and wanted to argue, but his uncle covered his mouth because the movie took another turn at this time.

It turns out that the adoptive father who committed murder was just a puppet used by Sinuo. This harmless, innocent and lovely girl was the real murderer without blood.

one stone two bird!

He solved the sculpture boss who was hostile to him and sent his adoptive father who had evil thoughts towards him to a dead end.

The famous scene appeared, and seeing Zhang Zifeng's sly smile in the shadow, many of the audience who were originally paralyzed were frightened and shouted out.

But after being frightened, I was also very emotional. The original plot was exciting enough, but the case within the case has another twist, and the excitement has reached a new level. The unexpected "mastermind" is also a contrasting surprise.

After the movie ended, many of the audience members who were walking out were discussing the plot and the actors' performances.

There were even a few who went directly to the counter to buy tickets again, preparing for a second viewing. There were too many details and little baggage in the movie, and there were many that had been ignored just now. It would be more enjoyable to watch it again.

Wei Yang's family doesn't have second thoughts. Watching a movie with concentration is actually very tiring.

It may not matter if you are young or a regular moviegoer, but if you are older, you may not have the energy to keep up.

In addition, most of the other movies were not attractive, so everyone simply went home. My cousin really wanted to watch it, but the four adults teamed up to suppress it.

On the way back, although Wei Xia affirmed the quality of "Detective Chinatown", she was still worried about losing money.

My cousin couldn't stand her unfounded worries, so she checked online and downloaded the Hualuo Professional APP to check the real-time box office of "Detective Chinatown".

It was almost 3pm after they finished watching the movie, and the peak times for movies are in the evening and evening.

But even so, the current first-day box office data of "Detective Chinatown" is still impressive.

"Ten thousand... ten thousand, darling, 1.1 million."

My cousin was shocked by this figure. She thought the box office would be huge, but she didn't expect it to break 100 million directly. It would only take less than a day.

Others were also startled and hurriedly came over to check and asked if the data was accurate.

The cousin didn't know what to say, so she simply sent Wei Yang a WeChat message. The latter might not be busy at the moment, so he responded with a voice message after a while.

"You haven't added the pre-sale tickets yet."

My cousin didn’t know where to look at the pre-sale box office data, but she knew that what her mother was worried about wouldn’t happen.

My cousin will definitely make a fortune from this movie!

...

"Not only is it a huge profit, it is simply killing God when God blocks it, and killing Buddha when Buddha blocks it."

That night, at a meeting between the cast and crew of "Detective Chinatown", the leading actors' voices competed with each other with excitement. I don't blame them for being excited, the movie's box office performance was really great.

As of nearly early morning, today's market has been basically determined, including pre-sale box office.

"Detective Chinatown" had a box office of 2.2 million on its first day!

It broke many first-day box office records for the Spring Festival, domestic films, and the mainland film market.

This data shocked everyone. Before this, everyone was very optimistic about "Detective Chinatown", but the goal was only to break the 10 billion mark.

Unexpectedly, we achieved 1/5 of the strategic goal in one day.

2.2 million on the first day, maybe "Detective Chinatown" will exceed 10 billion in the next few days during the Spring Festival.

Wei Yang was also a little surprised, but it wasn't too rude. After all, in his previous life, 2015 was the year when the film market rose and Chinese-language films exploded.

If he remembered correctly, in his previous life in 2015, the box office of 10 billion+ movies was close to double digits, including "The Secret of the Dragon", "Hong Kong" and "Charlotte Trouble" with 15 billion+ or nearly 15 billion movies.

Monster Hunt is number one, for various reasons. The final box office was nearly 25 billion, which directly raised the box office ceiling of mainland movies by several levels.

Although "Detective Chinatown" was released half a year or even more than half a year earlier than these movies.

But the market base and the appeal of the movie itself are there. It is reasonable to grab a good start before each movie is released.

Boss Wei even despised his own conservativeness at one point. He was clearly the reborn + the lord of destiny, so why was he so useless?

10 billion+?

Breaking the 20 billion mark in front of "Monster Hunt" is what he should do. If he can't do it, Li Jiahang will not do it for a month.

Boss Wei was so ruthless that he even missed the Spring Festival and led his team to continue the road show. When the other main creators saw the good results, they were also very motivated and had no complaints.

They are happy. The other major crews were in dire straits.

The first-day box office of "Army of Heaven" will be 9000 million.

"Macau Storm" is less than 6000 million.

"Zhong Kui Conquers the Demon" has about 4000 million.

The box office of "Wolf Totem" on its first day was just over 2000 million.

Other movies such as "Where Are We Going 2" and "Daddy's Holiday" also had extremely poor first-day box office. The former could barely compete with "Wolf Totem" due to the popularity of the show, while the latter's first-day box office was less than eight figures, which was extremely miserable. .

Frankly speaking, many of the movies here actually did well at the box office, and some film producers should be quite satisfied.

But sometimes I'm afraid of comparing goods. I was originally very happy to earn 3000 million, but when I see someone else earning 1 million, let alone being happy, it would be nice if I could not vomit to death.

And according to market analysis, "Detective Chinatown" performed so strongly that it will inevitably squeeze the market for movies of the same period.

In other words, a considerable part of the 2.2 million for "Detective Chinatown" is probably from other movies.

This statement is not necessarily accurate. You can’t make some money even if others don’t make it, but I can’t help but think that everyone thinks so, and it makes me feel so uncomfortable.

However, this discomfort becomes more and more serious as "Detective Chinatown" makes more money.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the box office of "Detective Chinatown" dropped slightly and took in 1.8 million.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the box office fell somewhat. The 1.92 million box office made many people hate it.

In the following days, although the box office continued to decline, the overall trend was normal, even with some strong stamina, and occasionally reversed declines.

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the last day of the Spring Festival, "Detective Chinatown" exceeded the 10 billion mark as expected.

This is Wei Yang's first movie with a box office of over 10 billion, but it is by no means the last...

　It's not bright yet, so it should be considered night

　　

　

(End of this chapter)