novelinnhs Chapter 77, "The Terror Live," is released.
Chapter 77, "The Terror Live," is released.
It was a little after 8 p.m.
A woman wearing a mask walked out of a movie theater without saying a word, followed by a middle-aged woman. Compared to the woman's indifference, the middle-aged woman's face appeared exceptionally pale.
"It really worked! It worked!"
Such a voice echoed in her mind.
at the same time.
Her mouth was filled with a bitter taste.
From the start of its release, she had been paying close attention to the performance of "The Terror Live." On the first day, it only grossed a few hundred thousand dollars, which made her extremely excited. However, in just two or three days, the film, with its high ratings and solid word-of-mouth, managed to stand out from the crowd of commercial blockbusters in August.
Yesterday, it achieved the remarkable feat of surpassing 100 million yuan in box office revenue for the first time in a single day.
It is clear.
This is yet another successful example of achieving big results with small investments.
But... how could it be Huang Min's work? This is what Zhang Xiaohua has been wondering about these past few days. She has been following Huang Min for quite some time. In the past, when this guy went to the film set to shoot, she often went with him. She never saw him secretly learning the director's camerawork skills.
He simply acted according to the director's instructions, and after filming, he would go home and start practicing his calligraphy and painting.
After leaving the cinema, Zhang Xiaohua opened the car door first. After Lin Wan got in the car, Zhang Xiaohua didn't dare to say anything more and drove to Shanshui Community on her own.
The success of "The Terror Live" means that Huang Min is no longer a minor actor whom she and Lin Wan can manipulate. Now he not only owns his own company, but is also a director who can earn hundreds of millions of box office revenue with only five or six million.
"How did the filming go!?"
After a long pause, Lin Wan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, finally spoke and asked.
Zhang Xiaohua chuckled twice but didn't dare to answer.
Yesterday she checked and found that the movie had a total of over 50,000 reviews, with over 48% giving it a five-star rating and about 41% giving it a four-star rating.
Because it has been released for nine days, the rating has dropped from 9.2 to 9 points, but that is enough to prove that Huang Min made it quite well. Just thinking about this makes Zhang Xiaohua feel a chill down her spine.
Judging from the current trend, there is absolutely no problem for this movie to eventually gross over 600 million. Before, Huang Min had neither money nor manpower, but once this movie is released and he gets his share of the profits, he will have both money and manpower. The rest will be much simpler, and he will inevitably be able to clear his name.
At the same time, they began targeting her and Lin Wan.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaohua was filled with regret. She should have known better than to target Huang Min like that. Just as she thought of this, she secretly glanced at Lin Wan, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
"The photos turned out really well, didn't they!?"
Seeing that her agent remained silent, Lin Wan gave the answer herself: "Five or six million for this kind of result...heh," she said, then chuckled lightly, her laughter tinged with mockery: "I thought he'd be this useless his whole life, but look what happened."
Zhang Xiaohua continued driving attentively.
She really wanted to tell Lin Wan that judging whether a man is successful or not is not based on whether he is famous or not, but on whether he has the ability to support his wife, children and elderly parents. Although Huang Min's career was not very successful before, and he was a second-tier actor, he could still earn tens of millions a year, which was more than enough to support his family.
The key issue is that he also gave money to Lin Wan, and he doesn't have a habit of smoking or drinking. He rarely even goes out to parties with friends. Ultimately, it's because Lin Wan is not satisfied... or maybe it's not that she's not satisfied, but that she's living too well and her mindset has changed.
Done.
Lin Wan turned to look at the receding city silhouettes, then took out her phone and made a call. After the call connected, she spoke a few words to the other person before getting to the point: "I want to ask you for a favor. Wasn't 'The Terror Live' directed by Huang Min? I hope you can inadvertently mention it during a reporter interview. I'll treat you to dinner then; you can choose any place. It's been a long time since we've gotten together."
"..."
Zhang Xiaohua's expression was somewhat blank.
Even at this point, they still haven't given up.
Is it even useful?
The last time it was leaked, Huang Min used it to promote "The Terror Live". Although it didn't achieve the desired effect, mainly because the main cast of the movie was too weak and didn't attract the audience. Otherwise, the box office on the first day would definitely have been much higher. Even so, Huang Min still managed to muddy the waters by blaming several famous directors.
Using it now... especially when it has already generated extremely high word-of-mouth, the effect will definitely be minimal. After "The Terror Live" broke 100 million at the box office, Huang Min's rise is an unstoppable fact.
Production cost five to six million.
As of yesterday, the box office reached 300 million yuan, with a return rate of fifty to a hundred times. What investor wouldn't like a director like that?
Hengdian.
Seeing that Yang Dong had hung up the phone, his agent, Li Yan, asked, "Lin Wan, right??"
"kindness"
Sitting in a chair waiting for the next night scene to be filmed, Yang Dong nodded: "She asked me to reveal that Huang Min was the director of the movie 'The Terror Live'."
I advise you not to do that.
Li Yan said with a serious face, "No one can stop the success of 'The Terror Live'. I advised you before that there was no need to take sides because of Lin Wan's friendship with her classmates. Why did you meddle in their marital affairs? But you insisted on taking sides. Well, Huang Min was driven to suicide by people like you. Later, Huang Min was forced to switch to directing, but Lin Wan secretly poached his lighting team..."
"Who said she dug it up?!"
Yang Dong looked incredulous: "Don't talk nonsense, Lin Wan is not that kind of person at all."
"Who do you, as a classmate, know about someone like that?!"
Li Yan scoffed, "Yang Dong, you may always think of Lin Wan as pure and innocent, but you have to understand, people change. She was one way in college, another after graduation, and yet another after becoming famous. Besides... she's clearly using you as a pawn. 'The Terror Live' is a success now, and Huang Min is the real director. You're going to offend a director who made a film with a few million dollars and grossed over 300 million for this little bit of friendship? Don't forget, you're an actor, and he's a director now. Do you not want to work for him anymore?!"
"Lin Wanzhen is not the kind of person you described."
Yang Dong spoke again.
"I don't know what kind of person she is, but she's definitely not a good woman."
Li Yan said bluntly, "I would say this even to her face. What kind of person is she! She got divorced, gave her the children and most of the property, and still stood up to accuse Huang Min. Just you wait and see! Now that Huang Min is back in power, he will definitely deal with her. Then you will know what kind of woman your old classmate really is."
Yang Dong remained silent for a while.
Two months ago, when he came out to talk about Huang Min, his agent only said one thing to him at most. But this time, he said so much. Obviously... Huang Min's transformation is successful and his agent has begun to pay attention to him.
Seeing that Yang Dong didn't speak, Li Yan reminded him, "Don't post it or reveal it. This has nothing to do with you. Just focus on filming your own movie."