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Chapter 90 What the hell!
Chapter 90 Holy crap, this is incredible! (Please subscribe! Please vote!)
On November 11, the fourth day of its release, "Love is Not Blind" accounted for 43.8% of screenings and grossed 6025 million yuan, representing 71.2% of the total box office.
Daily box office: 6025 million!
A truly dazzling number!
A truly insane number!
That's an incredibly impressive number!
This is the highest single-day box office record for Chinese domestic films (excluding Hollywood blockbusters) since the start of box office statistics. Even including Hollywood blockbusters, only Transformers 3 ranks ahead of "Love is Not Blind".
Avatar is one of the two blockbuster films that grossed over 100 million yuan in a single day.
At the same time, thanks to the surge in box office revenue of "Love is Not Blind", the overall box office revenue of the film industry surged by 320% on that day (including weekend bonuses), and by 650% during the same period (including bonuses from less popular release dates). It can be said that "Love is Not Blind" single-handedly supported the entire film industry!
Faced with the terrifying and ferocious box office success of "Love is Not Blind," everyone went crazy. There was surprise, joy, and pain. At this moment, in this situation, no words other than "Holy crap!" "Holy crap!" "Holy crap!" could express so many feelings at once!
Holy crap!
This is a cheer from the staff responsible for film distribution within Enlight Media. The box office success of "Love is Not Blind" means their year-end bonuses are secured.
On the contrary, President Wang Changtian calmly said, "Look how excited you all are! Now is not the time to relax. Keep up the good work and increase the publicity!"
Wang Changtian, who had been very calm just moments before, turned around and went back to his office. The usually refined and easy-going man couldn't help but wave his arm vigorously to vent his frustration. Wang Changtian was quite excited. "Love is Not Blind" grossed 58.8 million yuan in the first three days, and on the fourth day it grossed 6025 million yuan. That's really amazing!
In other words, the total box office of "Love is Not Blind" in the first four days was 11905 million, which is equivalent to 120 million!
What an incredible achievement!
The film grossed 120 million yuan in the first four days, three of which were weekdays, and "Love is Not Blind" also had Saturdays and Sundays off.
Sunday is the prime box office period, and box office revenue will definitely continue to increase!
Wang Changtian knew all too well what this meant!
This means that "Love is Not Blind" is no longer a "small hit" movie with 100-200 million yuan, nor a "big hit" movie with 200-300 million yuan, but a "super hit" movie that can challenge 300-400 million yuan.
This is a dark horse movie, a movie that can be written into the history of Chinese cinema!
After calming down, Wang Changtian called Lin Feng at 2 a.m. He suddenly realized that he had been calling Lin Feng more often than he had called his wife recently!
As soon as the call connected, Wang Changtian excitedly said, "Lin Feng, just like you said, 'Love is Not Blind' is a box office smash! We did it!"
"Yes, we succeeded! Now it's time for our harvest!" Lin Feng said happily.
"Love is Not Blind" was a real success, and his early production and promotional strategies, his hard work on the roadshow, and his efforts to get Enlight Media to increase the number of screenings for the film were all worthwhile. He can finally take a good rest!
After hanging up the phone, Lin Feng immediately picked up Deng Shuang and gave her a big, wet kiss. "Shuang, we'll have money soon! What do you want to buy? I'll buy it all for you!"
Lin Feng was happy, and Deng Shuang was happy too. Even though she didn't know much about movie box office, she knew that "Love is Not Blind" had made 6025 million yuan in box office in one day, which meant that the movie was a huge hit!
"As long as I'm with you, I don't lack anything. That's enough for me," Deng Shuang said, clinging to Lin Feng.
"No! You have to tell me something, and I have to buy it for you! Do you have any clothes or bags you like? Or how about I buy you a necklace too?"
"I don't need any of that. I just want to be with you. Hmm, Lin Feng, how about we buy a house? We don't have a place of our own in Yanjing yet. I want a home!"
Deng Shuang didn't care about these things, but she and Lin Feng were both renting apartments, and she suddenly wanted to have a home of their own with Lin Feng.
A house, huh? Yes, it's time to buy a house! Lin Feng didn't care about the rise or fall of housing prices; he felt he should have his own place in Yanjing.
Finally, Lin Feng gave the final approval, saying, "Now you can research the houses, and once the box office revenue sharing is finalized, we'll buy them!"
"Mmm! Lin Feng, I want to make love!"
With the box office soaring for "Love is Not Blind," Lin Feng also rose to prominence, showing a rare display of toughness and at least managing to bully Deng Shuang.
Holy crap!
This was Han Sanping, chairman of China Film Group, reacting the next morning when she saw the box office results of "Love is Not Blind".
As usual, Han Sanping arrived at the office, made some tea, and first looked through yesterday's industry information and recent movie box office trends.
As a result, he opened yesterday's movie box office rankings and immediately saw the very prominent number "6025 million" for "Love is Not Blind"!
Holy crap!
"So many!" was Han Sanping's first reaction. He was genuinely surprised. He hadn't expected "Love is Not Blind" to have such a high box office. Could this be considered a record for the highest single-day box office for a domestic film?
Holy crap!
At that moment, Han Sanping accidentally knocked over her teacup and couldn't help but curse.
After packing her things, Han Sanping began to re-examine the box office performance of "Love is Not Blind". The box office was indeed impressive, especially considering that it had broken through the competition from many Hollywood blockbusters such as "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Real Steel" and "Immortals". That was truly remarkable!
Well, all these Hollywood blockbusters were distributed by China Film Group, but surprisingly, even when they were all combined, they couldn't beat a low-budget film like "Love is Not Blind".
Han Sanping felt humiliated, and the slap was resounding! Because China Film Group was the first company they approached for the distribution of this film.
Han Sanping still remembers the situation at the time. He initially thought the movie was a breath of fresh air and a good film, and even considered distributing it. However, he only thought it was a good movie and didn't think too much about it. The key issue was that Lin Feng made too many demands, some of which he felt were outrageous. Han Sanping felt that Lin Feng was too young and arrogant, and he thought he should put this young man in a tough spot by using the conditions for a newcomer. Unexpectedly, Lin Feng was quite tough and did not accept these conditions. Later, he didn't know that Lin Feng had tricked Wang Changtian of Enlight Media.
Han Sanping didn't take any of this to heart. So what if the movie "Love is Not Blind" was a minor hit? Did China Film Group really need one more movie?
And now!
Love is a huge hit!
Han Sanping wasn't concerned about the box office revenue sharing; what he really regretted was that this was a political achievement of Chinese film history, yet China Film Group hadn't participated in it.
People call him "Zuo Shan Diao" (a nickname implying someone who is like a mountain eagle), but he never expected that one day he, "Zuo Shan Diao," would be pecked in the eye by Lin Feng, this "eagle"!
The younger generation is truly formidable!
Now Han Sanping is even more curious about this young man, Lin Feng. An actor who has already succeeded in investing in his first movie, what will he be like in the future!
Then Han Sanping turned to her secretary and said, "Keep a close eye on Lin Feng. Let me know as soon as he has any movies he invests in or stars in!"
Holy crap!
This was Bona Film Group's Yu Dong's reaction when he saw the box office results of "Love is Not Blind." He was genuinely surprised, as Bona had released so many films this year, but the combined box office performance of all of them might not surpass that of "Love is Not Blind."
Well, Bona Film Group also has a blockbuster film, "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate," released at the end of the year. However, the total investment in this film is over 200 million yuan, and its return on investment is nowhere near that of "Love is Not Blind."
Amazing!
I'm jealous!
What infuriated Yu Dong even more was that Lin Feng had approached Bona Film Group with the movie "Love is Not Blind" before, but was rejected on the spot. Even though the distribution manager at the time repeatedly emphasized that Lin Feng had made many unreasonable demands, and Yu Dong would probably reject him now, the fact that "Love is Not Blind" is so popular now means that even unreasonable demands are reasonable requests. In the end, someone has to take the blame!
Then I'll deduct a month's salary from your pay!
Poor working people are being blamed like this!
He hated Lin Feng to death, but if Lin Feng came again next time, he would definitely not refuse him. If he wanted to refuse, he would have to ask the boss, Yu Donglai, to do it.
Holy crap!
This was Wang Zhonglei's reaction when he saw the box office results of "Love is Not Blind." He couldn't believe it and said to his brother Wang Zhongjun, "Holy crap! Is 'Love is Not Blind' really that amazing? It made 6025 million in just one day! Is it trying to challenge the 650 million domestic film box office record of 'Aftershock'?"
"It certainly can't surpass the size of 'Aftershock' right now, but it definitely made a fortune! It made an absolute killing!"
I heard you wanted to sign Lin Feng. I think we could raise the conditions a bit more. After all, he's an actor who can manage a film and television project, unlike other ordinary actors. That's really impressive! Huayi needs talent like that. We can't put all our eggs in one basket with Feng Xiaogang. The investment in "Back to 1942" is too big!
We need low-budget films like "Love is Not Blind" to mitigate risks. Hmm, Lin Feng, you personally go and find that one!
"Okay! He's currently filming 'Painted Skin 2,' which we invested in. I'll go over there in person in a couple of days."
Holy crap!
This is the reaction of director Li Rengang of "The Legend of the Banquet at Hongmen" when he saw the box office results of "Love is Not Blind". Compared with the surprise of Han Sanping, Yu Dong and Wang Zhonglei, he was more pleasantly surprised. This was definitely an unexpected gain!
Lin Feng is currently only the male lead in a movie with a box office of 120 million yuan. When "The Legend of the Banquet at Hongmen" is released in a while, Lin Feng may be the male lead in a movie with a box office of 200 million or 300 million yuan!
How can this not be an unexpected bonus!
Li Rengang secretly rejoiced, thankful that he had seen Lin Feng's potential to play "Xiang Yu" at a glance, otherwise how could he have gotten such a great deal?
By the way, Lin Feng played a "sissy" character in "Love is Not Blind," but in "The Legend of the White Snake," he was a domineering and real man!
Perhaps the contrast between these two characters is a great selling point. Li Rengang turned to the producer and said, "The promotion for 'The Legend of the Banquet at Hongmen' should focus more on Lin Feng personally, especially the contrast between his role in 'The Legend of the Banquet at Hongmen' and his role in 'Love is Not Blind.' This might attract many viewers who watched 'Love is Not Blind' to watch 'The Legend of the Banquet at Hongmen'!"
Holy crap!
The surprise wasn't just for Li Rengang, but also for Long Danni of Tianyu Media. She had never been so happy; this was truly a windfall for her!
It's pure loot!
At the time, her investment in "Love is Not Blind" was more about investing in Raymond Lam himself, "just to learn a lesson," never expecting the movie to be such a hit!
The box office performance of "Love is Not Blind" is absolutely phenomenal, and professional box office prediction agencies have already given it an extremely high prediction of 350 million yuan.
Let alone 350 million, even 300 million would be fine. Based on the production company's roughly one-third share, that would be 100 million. The total investment for "Love is Not Blind" was 10 million, with a return of 1000%. Tianyu Media invested 1 million, so even one-tenth of that would be 10 million!
That's 1000 million in net profit! That's almost half of Tianyu Media's annual profit!
Sigh! If only I had invested more back then! Long Danni suddenly felt a pang of regret.
Holy crap!
Long Danni suddenly realized that if she could earn 100 million by investing 1000 million, what about Lin Feng?
Lin Feng is a major investor; imagine how much he can earn! Besides, he also owns the copyright to "Love is Not Blind," and the higher the box office of the film, the higher its corresponding copyright revenue will be. Its television rights, online rights, overseas rights, and derivative product rights may not be much, but when added together, it's not a small sum.
Long Danni suddenly felt a little scared because she realized that the relationship between Tianyu and Lin Feng was no longer equal, and Lin Feng was no longer someone that Tianyu could control.
Of course, Lin Feng wasn't very obedient before and had too many of his own ideas, but at least he was within Tianyu's control!
Long Danni was afraid because she realized she had lost all constraints on Lin Feng.
Tianyu Media's domineering "1000 million" breach of contract penalty used to be a shackle on all artists, including Chen Chusheng, Shang Wenjie and others who had to sue to terminate their contracts. The last one had a breach of contract penalty of 650 million and the other 700 million. These are still the highest breach of contract penalties in the many years since Tianyu Media terminated contracts. So what is this amount of money to Lin Feng?
Of course, this 10 million yuan penalty is mostly aimed at newcomers. For established artists, there's another calculation method: "annual revenue amount." This is simpler. It's calculated by multiplying the artist's previous average annual revenue by the remaining contract years and then multiplying by a 50% discount factor. This is mainly for popular artists, since the value they create is enormous. For example, suppose Lin Feng's current management contract is for 5 years, and his average annual revenue during the previous 2 years of the contract was 100 million yuan (all hypothetical). If Lin Feng were to terminate the contract now, the calculation formula would be: annual revenue of 100 million yuan * remaining contract years of 3 years (5-100 million yuan * 3 ...
2) Multiply by 50% (the compromise factor), and the final amount is 1.5 million. That is to say, if Lin Feng terminates the contract at this point, he will need to pay a termination fee of 1.5 million. Of course, the specific contract needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, and the court will usually determine the liquidated damages based on the highest price.
Therefore, artists are sometimes in a vulnerable position. Whether they are big artists or small artists, they rarely take the initiative to terminate their contracts. They usually do not renew them when the contract expires.
只是这条也不适合林锋啊，他2009年就一部《一起来看流星雨》片酬一共才7.2万，2010年林锋收入：《一起又看流星雨》36万（每集1万）、《观音山》片酬20
70 yuan for the role in "Palace" (2 yuan per episode);
5个GG代言，基本都是1年50万，加起来250万；最后年收入加起来是376万。
Lin Feng's total income for 2011 is currently unavailable, but if the breach of contract penalty reaches 1000 million, Lin Feng's 2011 income would be substantial.
The annual income should be:
1000÷50%（折中係数）÷2（剩余年限）*3（执行年限）—7.2万（2009年收入）—376万（2010年收入）=2616.8万。
That number is very difficult to achieve! Even if it could be reached, it's unlikely to be much higher.
In short, no matter which method Lin Feng chooses to terminate the contract, 1000 million yuan can solve all the problems, and this amount of money is insignificant to him now.
Because Tianyu Entertainment cannot participate in the profit sharing of Lin Feng's personal investment, which is the most crucial part of this.
For a moment, Long Danni didn't know whether to be happy or sad. She even couldn't understand why every talented artist didn't listen to her!
However, Long Danni quickly came to terms with it, because she realized that she had run out of options and all that was left to Lin Feng was to see if he still wanted to continue playing with Tianyu Entertainment!
Holy crap!
This was Teng Huatao's reaction when he saw the box office results of "Love is Not Blind". Compared to Han Sanping and the others' surprise, and compared to Li Rengang and the others' delight, he was in more pain, really in too much pain!
Even being drunk couldn't numb this psychological pain. Moreover, the higher the box office of "Love is Not Blind", the more painful it became for Teng Huatao. He felt that all his luck in life was gone. In addition to being in pain, he also regretted not acquiring the film and television rights of "Love is Not Blind" earlier. He regretted being so assertive with Lin Feng and trying to force Lin Feng to transfer the rights again by relying on his status.
He regrets not being able to direct the movie "Love is Not Blind". He feels that he is no worse than Xue Xiaolu and he could also play the male lead as Lin Feng. But now it's too late. He is really in pain and regrets it so much!
What caused Teng Huatao even more pain and regret was that the box office of "Love is Not Blind" continued to soar!