The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 201: Which is stronger, Eastern martial arts or Western magic?

"By the way, I remember Gulfstream launched a new model?"

“Yes, G550.”

Xue Yining has also been paying attention to matters concerning private jets.

In fact, if you are in a hurry, it would be more cost-effective to buy second-hand.

After all, it usually takes about a year from ordering to formal delivery.

But there were no suitable models before, or Zhang Chen looked down on those models with shorter range.
The G550 launched by Gulfstream now has a range of 11686 kilometers, can carry 14-19 passengers, and has a maximum cruising altitude of over 15000 meters. It is currently the world's luxury business jet with the longest range, best performance, most spacious cabin, and best comfort.

Of course, its luxurious configuration also comes with a high price, with the price of a single machine reaching 4500 million US dollars.

"Let's order two first."

"it is good."

Although he was puzzled as to why two aircraft had to be ordered, Xue Yining still nodded and took note of it.

Moreover, as one of the people in the company who knows the boss's approximate wealth best, a price of less than 100 million is really a small amount for Zhang Chen.

As far as she knows, Morning Glory Music can currently bring the company nearly 100 million yuan in revenue every month.

Thinking of Morning Glory Music, Xue Yining also remembered something.

"Boss, Mr. Du seems to be in some trouble."

"I know about this. I will talk to him when he comes to the capital for the annual meeting."

He had always kept this matter in mind without Xue Yining reminding him.

Actually, it is about the membership system of Morning Glory Music.

The current free membership period has passed, which means that Morning Glory Music will enter the paid era.

The original three-month free period was intended to attract traffic. Now that three months have passed, Du Zhining is somewhat worried that the number of members will drop drastically.

This matter is indeed something that needs attention, and Zhang Chen has already made preparations.

After listening to Xue Yining’s work report, Zhang Chen also obtained the information he wanted from the Internet.

The biggest news in December is undoubtedly the recently released "Hero".

The movie has been released for half a month so far.

Mainland box office data has begun to weaken.

However, the box office data shocked the entire domestic film and television industry and even the people across the country.

[Making history, Zhang Yimou's new film "Hero" swept the mainland film market. So far, it has achieved a box office of 2.5 million! ]

【Chinese films usher in a new era, and box office revenues of over 100 million yuan are no longer exclusive to Hollywood films. 】

[“Hero” surpassed Hollywood’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and became the box office champion of 02! ]

Before the release of "Hero", the highest box office data in the entire mainland film market was

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: 7500 million

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: 6000 million

Star Wars Episode II: 4800 million

Spider-Man: The First Avenger: Endgame: 4500 million

In the entire mainland film market, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the top three box office positions have always been occupied by Hollywood blockbusters.

But when "Hero" was released in December, it directly trampled on these Hollywood blockbusters.

“How much box office revenue did our cinema generate?”

Zhang Chen is currently in the crew and has not had time to check the company's specific data report. At this time, he can only ask Xue Yining who should know something about this.

"Because Morning Light Cinema has been expanding, its share of the total box office at the beginning of the year was not high. By the end of 02, the total domestic box office was about 7 million, of which Morning Light Cinema's box office revenue was about 1.2 million. If we add in other turnover and some Hollywood movie peripheral sales data, the annual sales should be around 4 million."

Due to the entry of Morning Light, the number of screens in China has greatly increased, with the total number of screens increasing from about 1500 at the beginning of the year to about 1700 at the end of the year, so the data of these movies are also different from the data in Zhang Chen's impression.

"I should be able to take a break in 03."

Zhang Chen recalled an insignificant piece of news from two months ago. Perhaps it would be taken seriously not long after the filming of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils was officially completed.

"Ka! The filming of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils has officially wrapped up!"

With Zhou Xiaowen's loud shout, the filming of "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", which had been going on for more than 3 months, was officially completed.

This is also due to the strong financial support of Chenguang Entertainment. Otherwise, given that Zhang Chen would leave the crew from time to time to travel far away, it would not be possible to complete the filming of this TV series within the specified time.

"Go home, go home. I miss my mother a little bit."

Liu Yifei is the most active. From childhood to adulthood, she has never been away from her mother for such a long time.

If Liu Xiaoli didn't have some film contracts and notices of her own, and the TV series was invested by Chenguang Entertainment, and everyone in the crew was her own people, perhaps Liu Xiaoli would have stayed by Liu Yifei's side every time she was in the crew.

But it was also because of this that Liu Yifei made many friends of the same age in the crew.

I also learned some knowledge that I definitely couldn't learn when my mother was around.

"Why do I feel like you have become a different person after filming this drama?"

Zhang Chen had an indescribable feeling when he followed Liu Yifei. Since Emma came to the crew and lived with Liu Yifei for a while, Liu Yifei became mysterious.

The most obvious thing is that the look in her eyes when she was filming with Zhang Chen changed.

"Has it become more beautiful?"

Liu Yifei puffed out her chest proudly, then as if she had thought of something, she shrank her chest back in disappointment.

The whole person seemed a little depressed.

"The dark circles under my eyes have become much darker."

Zhang Chen looked Liu Yifei up and down and noticed some subtle differences.

It might be because he was tired from filming during this period, or it might be because he spent more time studying the plot at night. His acting skills have indeed improved a lot. The faint dark circles under Zhang Chen's eyes are proof of this.

"If you can't speak, don't speak. This is obviously because of the makeup."

After hearing what Zhang Chen said, Liu Yifei kicked him angrily. How could a boy say that a girl had dark circles under her eyes?

"Okay, I don't want to bother with you. Take some rest today. You still have to attend the award ceremony tomorrow."

After Zhang Chen dodged Liu Yifei's flying kick, he gave some instructions.

Tomorrow, the 19th, is the mainland premiere of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and the award ceremony of the "9th Global Chinese Chart".

One is in the afternoon in the capital, and the other is in the Shanghai market around 7 pm.

However, for Zhang Chen, the former was organized by China Film Group and he did not need to attend, while the latter was an award he had been waiting for for several months.

It’s not that the award is so attractive, but that several people are waiting for him to arrive.

That night, Zhang Chen secretly posted a group of photos on Weibo.

Around 1:19 PM on January

When the main creative crew members arrived at the scene, they saw a magical scene.

Fans around the red carpet held up pictures that had little to do with the movie.

They looked closely and saw that the left half of the picture showed Hermione holding a grapewood wand that was glowing red and casting a spell. It looked like the prelude to the "Expelliarmus" spell.

On the right side of the picture is Liu Yifei, who they are also familiar with. She is wearing a simple and elegant pink dress from ancient China, but underneath the gentle outfit, she is holding a sword that shines with cold light.

If we say the most attractive ones among these pictures, they would be Hermione's "Thunder Explosion" and Wang Yuyan's "Six Meridians Divine Sword", which exude the light emitted by the collision of Western magic and Eastern martial arts.

"Hermione! Hermione!"

"Where's Wang Yuyan? Why didn't she come?"

"I also want to watch Hermione vs. Wang Yuyan. What about the ending? Am I someone who can't afford the movie ticket?"

"Who would want to see just these few stills? What about the sequel?"

After Rowling learned what the people around them were shouting through the translator, she looked at Emma strangely: "Emma, they also want to see the fighting clips of you and Liu."

"what?"

Emma was stunned. In fact, she had noticed the photos held up by the fans when she got off the car just now. She didn't expect that the photo taken by Leon as if joking with them would become the biggest highlight of today's premiere.

Who says that no one is not curious about which is more powerful, Western magic or Eastern martial arts?
In addition to the argument between Emma and Liu Yifei, the Chinese also started arguing.

If Emma opened Weibo, she would find that a large number of fans of Rowling's "Harry Potter" and Jin Yong's martial arts novels had gathered under the Weibo post published by Zhang Chen last night.

They had only one topic to discuss:
When Eastern martial arts meet Western magic, which is stronger?

Those who support magic more strongly say that wizards can snipe warriors from a long distance, and can use flying brooms to create distance and perform kite-flying tactics.

Those who support warriors believe that wizards are fragile and will either die or be injured if hit by internal force, while warriors have extremely strong ability to withstand attacks. As for long-range sniping ability, some martial arts and even weapons can also do that.

Will this debate ever come to fruition?
Obviously not.

But this has achieved Zhang Chen's goal.

It is to increase the popularity of "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

I believe that because of today's premiere, this topic will make Harry Potter fans and Jin Yong fans across the country pay attention to each other's works.

To sum it up in one sentence:
I'd like to see how powerful the magic/martial arts you're talking about are.

Public opinion, discussion, and criticism are always the most effective promotional methods in marketing.

As for whether it would be bad to pull others down or not.

Both parties are invested by Zhang Chen, so it doesn’t matter whether they are good or bad.

Moreover, the extremely high level of national discussion can also add a lot of attention to "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and increase its box office revenue.

For "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", if this topic can continue, then when the TV series is broadcast, it will attract many fans to watch it.

These movie fans do not only refer to those in mainland China.

Zhang Chenke has never forgotten the development difficulties that CGT is currently facing.

But it’s too early to say that now.

In the distant Shanghai Stock Exchange, the biggest storm in the entertainment industry this year is about to come.

　Chapter 2 is here. Today's update is indeed a bit late. I will continue to code Chapter 3.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)