Chapter 390 5 Billion

5 billion... It is definitely considered a super hit movie in China.

This is especially true for live-action Nissan movies.

After the studio era, even Japanese audiences' interest in domestic films has mostly focused on cartoons rather than live-action films.

A domestic live-action movie with a box office of more than 1 billion is considered good, 2 billion is considered a very popular movie, 3 billion to 4 billion can be considered a textbook-level commercial film success story, and 5 billion is estimated to be a success story. Colleagues paid homage.

Kei Fujiwara wrote a 5 and strung several 0s after the 5. Looking at the number written by myself, I hesitated for a moment, and circled the "5" with my pen tip several times, thinking about whether I should modify it, but after some thinking, I put down the pen.

Now that we have set a goal, we should set it a little bigger. We don’t practice cultivation, so we don’t need to avoid prophecies. Anyway, we won’t suffer thunder disasters if we can’t achieve it.

The goal of 5 billion is actually difficult, because after all, the box office revenue of "Confession" in the parallel world is only about 3.6 billion, and Kei Fujiwara has improved by one-third on the original score.

It seems to have exceeded the upper limit of this movie, but it is not impossible. After all, the screening era has changed, and Kei Fujiwara has also invested more promotional resources than the original work. It may indeed be able to challenge the 5 billion figure. Even if the challenge fails, it's not a big deal. After all, I haven't signed a betting contract with anyone else.

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Eiji Shirai was very happy after seeing the box office results on the first day. It was much better than the original "White Night Journey", and he was confident that this movie would not make the same mistake as "White Night Journey" because of the film's reputation. Very strong. Not only did the film get a good reputation after the screening, but after it was officially scheduled for release, more film review articles were published. Although there were also negative reviews such as "showing off skills" and "dark", overall there were more positive reviews.

Many people are praising Kei Fujiwara's debut film, and some critics even directly praised his style as a famous director. Eiji Shirai also paid attention to the comments on the Internet and found that after the release of "Confession", there were more discussions about the film's two major themes, "underage crime" and "lynching revenge."

Kei Fujiwara's works have always been the king of topics, always sparking various discussions in society, and this time is no exception.

on the forum.

"The movie successfully attracted me in the first minute. What attracted me was not only the storyline, but also the pictures. Every frame is beautiful. I think Kei Fujiwara is not only a director, but also an outstanding visual artist. artist."

"The movie doesn't seem to give a conclusion. Did Yuko Moriguchi put the bomb in Watanabe's mother's office? What does that sentence [joking] mean? Ah, who can answer me? I'm so worried? "

"Looking for a boyfriend. Capital verification is required. Annual income is more than 10 million yen."

"The director did not give a clear answer, but in my opinion, Moriguchi Yuko must have resolutely carried out her revenge, and the reason why she said those confusing words-those things that made Watanabe mistakenly believe that her mother was not dead, Moriguchi Yuko was just scaring herself - she was just playing tricks on her enemies. Just like a cat playing with a dying mouse. She will never let go of the person who killed her daughter. From some of her previous performances in the movie It can be seen that she is not a person who will be merciful to her enemies."

"That's right, and I agree with this statement. Not only is Yuko Moriguchi not such a person, but Kei Fujiwara himself is not such a person either. In his past works, he has never conveyed the idea of ​​"doing good to those who are evil" .”

"I really hope that the families of victims of juvenile crimes in real life can be like Yuko Moriguchi, so that those livestock that have escaped justice can be punished."

"Hey, why should this kind of matter be left to the families of the victims? Shouldn't it be the court's responsibility to punish the evildoers?"

"Because the judges and lawyers in our country are hypocrites."

"Haha, Japan itself is a hypocritical country..."

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Eiji Shirai was very happy when he saw these popular articles and comments on the Internet. At this time, he suddenly remembered what Kei Fujiwara said not long ago. The future after the millennium may become the world of the Internet...

In fact, when Kei Fujiwara said this, he did not add the word "maybe", but said it in a decisive tone. It's just that Eiji Shirai seemed to subconsciously not believe in Fujiwara Kei's judgment, so he automatically added the word "maybe" to his memory.

Will the Internet become mainstream in the future? People no longer like to go to the library, but prefer to look up information on the Internet? Instead of watching TV and movies, watch videos on the Internet? Don’t even buy a game console to put in your living room, but play games on your computer?

As a practitioner in the traditional film industry, such a future seems a bit scary... Shirai Eiji instinctively does not want to believe this.

Although Fujiwara Kei told him that there was no need to worry so much, the cinema could still maintain its vitality for at least thirty years. TV, movies, and game consoles are not easily replaced by the Internet...especially for Japan. Japan seems to be a country that can embrace the new era, but in fact it smells like a foot wrap. The Internet has not developed so well in Japan (compared to China and the United States).

Moreover, the Internet at this time is still in the stone age compared to twenty years later, and there is no possibility of outputting high-quality and clear images that can replace TVs and game consoles. It is difficult to see clear big pictures. Many online games are also word games, which are uninteresting.

So no matter whether Kei Fujiwara's judgment is correct or not, it is true that there is no need to think too much about the competitive relationship between computers and movies... On the contrary, it may be beneficial. Eiji Shirai noticed that more and more people were participating in online forum discussions.

This may be a more effective and direct publicity channel than newspapers, magazines, TV and radio...

Before the Internet era, there were only a few channels for publicity, such as newspapers, radio, and television. The public had no way to communicate freely. What they could see depended on the choice of capital. Often, what capital wanted you to see, even if you There's no point in covering your eyes. Wang Jing once said that in Xiangjiang in the 1980s and 1990s, it only needed a radio station and a newspaper to make a person famous or promote a certain work.

After the advent of the Internet age, the public is constantly receiving massive amounts of information, and their attention is no longer so focused on the big media, and they are less concerned about the people or things that capital wants to promote deliberately. And if the propagandist is not careful, it may also lead to the opposite effect...

Eiji Shirai has heard a lot of Kei Fujiwara's ideas about the future world. To be honest, he feels that this person's narration is well-founded and even has a very long-term vision. So the view of Kei Fujiwara changed again: this person seems to be not only good at artistic creation, but also has a very high talent in judging the market. Maybe Mizuba Productions will become the leading film and television company in Japan in the future.

After returning to Matsuri Films, Eiji Shirai proposed at the meeting to continue to improve the film schedule of "Confession". Not bad.

However, Mosuke Nobi refused. He felt that the current film schedule of "Confession" is high enough, and there is no need to continue to increase the film schedule. After all, "Confession" is not the main investment project of Matsuri Pictures. If "Confession" can be a big success at the box office, the club can make money, but not much.

So compared to "Confession", Matsuri Films hopes to increase the lineup of another gangster movie. The recent performance of this movie is also good. It also won 300 million box office on the sixth day of its release, although the daily average is worse than "Confession". Some. But Mosuke Nobi felt that "Confession" only had the upper hand temporarily. This is related to the influence of Kei Fujiwara himself and the large amount of publicity in the early stage. If only one of "Confession" and this gangster movie can sell well, from the perspective of the club, this movie is still a big hit. They can get more income.

What's more, although "Confession" has only been released for three days, isn't the box office getting lower every day? It may not be impossible to repeat the mistakes of "White Night".

When Nobi Mosuke said this, Usami Sakura, who was in the meeting room at the same time, kept nodding in agreement.

Shirai Eiji was a little disappointed, but since Nobi Mosuke said so, he couldn't say anything more.