Chapter 585: The Promise to Be Fulfilled; The Call of the Golden Age
Chapter 585: The Promise to Be Fulfilled; The Call of the Golden Age (End of this Volume)
"Dad, come and eat!"
Shangjing, Luogu Hutong, the third family in the alley, the warm atmosphere mixed with the aroma of food permeates the entire house.
While bringing the food and dishes to the table, young Liu Yuan shouted at his father who was sitting on the sofa watching Tik Tok.
"coming!"
Father Liu responded with a hum, but he didn't move an inch.
Until his wife came to the table with the last dish and saw the situation and shouted.
"Still not moving?!"
Only then did Liu's father quickly turn off his cell phone, stand up and go to the dining table.
"Wow, the food is so good today!"
On the small round table, there were three dishes and a soup.
A dish of cold braised beef with sauce, the beef tendon is braised until it is soft, salty and fragrant, and is mixed with peanuts, coriander, minced garlic, and red chili oil, which looks tempting.
Mustard dumplings, a local specialty of Shangjing, are not inferior to those served in big restaurants thanks to Mama Liu's cooking skills.
There is also a dish of braised fish fillets and a dish of winter melon meatballs soup, which makes people drool just by looking at them.
The family of three sat at the dining table, and Father Liu did not forget to order his son around.
"Yuan, go and turn on the TV. The News Broadcast is almost on."
Liu Yuan stood up and turned on the TV, switching the channel to CCTV-1. The opening voice of the "News Broadcast" that is very familiar to Chinese people immediately came out from the loudspeaker.
“Dang, dang, dang, dang~dang~dang~~~~”
The family began to eat dinner following the sound, glancing at the TV from time to time.
"Hello, audience friends, today is August 8, the 19th day of the sixth lunar month..."
"By the way, son, how is your company? Are you used to it?"
While eating, Old Liu asked about his son. His son just graduated this year and found a job in Beijing not long ago. He has only been working there for a week.
"pretty good."
Liu Yuan spoke vaguely while chewing beef.
"The company's treatment is good, overtime pay is given, the department's atmosphere is good, and the work I do happens to be what I'm interested in."
"What does your company do?" Father Liu continued to ask.
At this moment, the host of the "News Broadcast" on TV suddenly said:
"We have a special news bulletin. As of now, the box office (including pre-sales) of the Chinese science fiction film "The Three-Body Problem 1" in mainland China has exceeded 70 billion Chinese yuan, becoming the first Chinese film to exceed 70 billion yuan, with more than million viewers.
Since July 1, the box office and number of viewers of "The Three-Body Problem 7" have continuously broken the records of Chinese film history, set off a wave of film watching in the mainland, and spread Chinese culture overseas..."
“Well, that movie was made by our company.”
Liu Yuan pointed proudly at the images of movie theater queues and some clips from "The Three-Body Problem 1" being played on TV.
Although he is still just an intern in the company, the company's works were featured on the "News Broadcast" and broke the mainland movie box office record, which is enough to make him feel proud.
Upon hearing this, Liu's father and mother immediately turned their heads to look at the TV, and couldn't help smacking their lips at the content.
"70 billion, and it's just a movie. When I married your father, the most popular movie was probably Shaolin Temple. It's been years since I saw it in the cinema. Movies are really great now."
"Didn't I take you to see that movie called 'Hero'?"
"That happened so many years ago, how dare you talk about that!"
Seeing that his parents were about to quarrel over this matter, Liu Yuan quickly interrupted and advised:
"That's perfect. New employees in the company also have benefits and can get free movie tickets. It's a good opportunity for us to support our company's works."
"That's a good idea, son, check to see if there are any tickets left. After dinner, we can go and watch this 70 billion movie."
The publicity effect of "News Broadcast" is undoubtedly huge, especially for some older middle-aged and elderly people who don't watch movies very much. They also learned that there is a particularly good movie "The Three-Body Problem 1" currently being shown in the country, and then they went to the cinema accompanied by their children.
On August 8, Saturday, the single-day box office of "The Three-Body Problem 19" was reported to be 1 million yuan, and the cumulative domestic box office exceeded 1.2 billion yuan. Even the news broadcast temporarily inserted this good news.
Today, "The Three-Body Problem 1" no longer has a chance of being on the top of the movie box office rankings, because there is at least billion between it and the second place in the Chinese movie box office rankings. This huge gap has made latecomers feel desperate.
Whether you are a new director or a veteran director, you can only look up to this number.
There is even a voice on the Internet saying that Wang Hao is better than Zhang Guoshi, Chen Shishi and all the others combined. He is the undisputed number one director in China and future box office records will only be broken by him.
This will push him to the altar.
However, this voice is only a minority after all, but the achievements Wang Hao has made in the film and television culture industry cannot be erased.
A single movie has grossed 70 billion yuan at the box office, and more than that, which is enough to make a significant mark in the history of Chinese cinema.
You have to know that ten years ago, the box office champions in China's film history were all Hollywood special effects blockbusters.
Now, ten years later, our own special effects blockbusters have firmly occupied this throne.
It is also foreseeable that this record will never be broken by foreign films as the popularity of Hollywood films in China has been declining year by year.
Perhaps the only one who can break this record is Wang Hao himself.
On Sunday, August 8, the single-day box office of "The Three-Body Problem 20" closed at 1 million yuan, and the cumulative box office performance exceeded 1.5 billion yuan.
However, this high box office was a complete last gasp. Since that day, its single-day box office has never exceeded 1 million again, and is still decreasing day by day.
At current movie ticket prices, it seems that there is no way to support it going any further.
Fortunately, the application for the extension of the movie key has been approved by the Radio, Film and Television Department. Whether the box office of "The Three-Body Problem 1" can break through 80 billion again remains to be verified by time.
However, five weeks after the film was released, considering the investment and return ratio, the crew of "The Three-Body Problem 1" is ready to end the high advertising and distribution fees for offline celebrity promotions. In the future, there will probably be only their company's own online promotions.
Of course, before that, there is still an extremely important step that has not been completed, that is, the celebration banquet for "The Three-Body Problem 1". This celebration banquet is not simple, because "The Three-Body Problem 1" is also the finale of the second phase of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].
Therefore, this banquet is not only a celebration party for "The Three-Body Problem 1", but also a celebration party for the second phase of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].
Those invited included not only the main creative staff of "The Three-Body Problem 1", but also the main creative staff of all the films in the second phase of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].
The banquet was held at the Galaxy Theater, and on that day, the celebration party was attended by many celebrities.
Although only the main creative staff of "The Three-Body Problem 1" and the second phase of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" were invited, for such a grand event in the entertainment industry, many celebrities and entertainers were happy to come and take advantage of the popularity, and would do everything they could to sneak into the venue even if they had no connections.
In addition to the celebrity artists and crew members, there were also many invited leaders of higher-level departments and bosses of cooperating companies at the celebration party.
In addition, journalist friends from the news media are also indispensable.
A celebration party is itself a form of publicity.
As the host of this celebration party, although Wang Hao already has great fame and high status in the industry, he still chose to welcome these guests at the entrance of the venue.
"Director Wang, congratulations!"
"Mr. Wang, the movie is a big hit, congratulations!"
"Director Wang, why are you still standing at the door? Let's go in together!"
"Director Wang..."
Under the crackling flash lights of media reporters, Wang Hao shook hands and took photos with a group of celebrity artists and industry bigwigs. At the same time, this scene was uploaded to the Douyin platform for live broadcast.
The red carpet segment before the entire celebration party lasted for quite a while. After this segment ended, the celebration party officially began. However, Wang Hao was not the first to go on stage to speak.
This opportunity was given to Liu Wenwen, the current general manager of Galaxy Pictures. As soon as she came on stage, she directly informed the audience about the current achievements of "The Three-Body Problem 1" and the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".
"So far, the Chinese science fiction film "The Three-Body Problem 1" directed by Wang Hao has earned a total of 76.11 billion yuan in the mainland, 8.32 million yuan in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan and South Korea, and a total global box office of 86.1 billion yuan, ranking th in the global box office rankings.
Including this movie, the Galaxy Cinematic Universe has launched a total of 40 movies, with a cumulative box office of over 500 billion Chinese yuan. Together with the movie-related and offline copyright revenues, the value created by the Galaxy Cinematic Universe has exceeded billion yuan. It can be said to be the most commercially valuable cultural IP in China and even in the world."
After Liu Wenwen finished speaking, many people at the scene began to applaud.
To be honest, although the box office performance of "The Three-Body Problem 1" is already exaggerated enough, it is not that scary compared to the current achievements of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".
It is hard to imagine that a cultural IP worth hundreds of billions of dollars would appear in a market like China, which is still relatively backward in the eyes of outsiders.
However, if you carefully study the development of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", it is not difficult to find that the performance curve of this science fiction film series is actually closely aligned with the rapid development of China's economy and the booming domestic film market.
You should know that the first phase of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] took four years and reaped a box office revenue of 70 billion Chinese yuan, which is only equivalent to the current "The Three-Body Problem 1".
The highest-grossing film among them was "Wolf Warrior 1", which grossed 11.2 billion yuan, during the National Day holiday in 2010.
Now, seven years have passed, and the second phase of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] box office performance has skyrocketed to more than 7 billion. Although the bulk of the box office revenue comes from co-productions such as "Inception", "Taken 400" and "The Drive", it is obvious from "The Three-Body Problem 2" that the box office revenue provided by the Chinese market has accounted for an increasingly higher proportion in the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe].
This is enough to prove that the Chinese film market, and even the larger film and television culture market, has developed to a mature stage and is relying on its own huge size to spread its influence.
At a time when the mainland film market is approaching maturity, "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" has only completed the second phase of filming and production.
The third phase of the film universe, which is about to begin, may also be deeply involved in the maturity of China's film and television cultural industry, and together with the magnificent trend, jointly create a golden age for Chinese films.
"At present, the overall planning of the third phase of our [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] has actually been completed by 70%..."
The person speaking on the stage had already been replaced by today's protagonist Wang Hao and his "The Three-Body Problem 1" creative team.
Among them are not only him as the director, but also actors such as Christian Bale, Shi Qiang, Wu Jing, Wang Zhi, Bai Jingting, Wu Mengda, as well as behind-the-scenes members such as the director of photography and special effects director.
“We have to thank our colleagues in the creative department of Galaxy Group for completing the general framework of the third phase and filling it with a lot of details, making the scale of the entire movie universe even larger.”
Wow!
The person walked to the front of the stage and there was another round of warm applause from the audience.
"In addition, some of the early film scripts for the third phase of the Cinematic Universe have been successfully completed, and some projects are in the early stages of project establishment and preparation.
Among the friends who came here today, if you are interested in this, you can pay attention to the project establishment and audition information released by our company on the following good production website.
Oh, and just as an extra reminder, this also includes my new movie.
However, the specific content of the third phase of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe will not be announced until the Galaxy Cultural Festival in October."
Following the process of the celebration party, Wang Hao thanked the guests who came to the scene as usual, and chatted with the main creative team of "The Three-Body Problem 1" about their creative ideas and the difficulties in the filming process, and then naturally talked about the future.
“And it’s not just Phase 3, Phase 4 of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], which we’re currently planning, and there’s also Phase 5.
At least with us here, the employees, actors and behind-the-scenes staff of Galaxy Group don’t have to worry about not having films to shoot.”
There was an immediate burst of cheerful laughter at the scene.
As Wang Hao said, the Galaxy Cinematic Universe is now getting bigger and more successful.
Not only will there be a third phase, there will also be a fourth and fifth phase in the future, and its value will exceed 200 billion or 300 billion. This has given hope to many industry insiders at the scene and shown them a bright future.
You know, hope is the most precious thing in an industry. It is an expectation, a dream, and an exciting "money prospect".
Therefore, no matter how much someone dislikes Wang Hao, as long as they still stand on the Chinese side and admit that they are Chinese, after seeing Wang Hao succeed, they will unconsciously develop a sense of peace of mind, or even an ambition.
Since Wang Hao can succeed, why can't I?
Since the highest box office for a single film is 70 billion, can the investment be even higher?
It turns out that the film and television cultural industry is so profitable. Should the company continue to increase its investment in this area?
Wang Hao was standing on the stage, and of course he saw the flame of "ambition" in the eyes of many people below.
At this moment he knew that with the epoch-making 1 billion box office of "The Three-Body Problem 70", the golden age of Chinese films, especially the golden age of Chinese science fiction films, was about to come.
"But 'if you never come back... then you never come back'.
I just hope that, regardless of success or failure, I can leave a commentary on Chinese science fiction films for future generations..."
The words that were shouted in the classroom more than ten years ago seemed to echo in his ears. He seemed to vaguely see the young director who had not yet graduated, in his prime and full of vigor.
The other party was also looking at him. The two Wang Haos smiled at each other and chanted at the same time in a voice that only "themselves" could hear:
“I only hope that the passion will be with our Chinese filmmakers!”
(This volume is over, please look forward to the next volume: "The Three-Body Problem: Dark Forest"!!)
(End of this chapter)