Leng Xuxin was indeed a resolute person. That afternoon, he handed in his resignation letter to the Daqian Entertainment Company, which shocked everyone in the Daqian Entertainment Company.
Everyone knew that Leng Xuxin was the most popular actor in the Daqian Entertainment Company. He was deeply loved by Boss Jia. He was also very capable. In less than half a year, he went from being a salesman to being the vice president of the Daqian Entertainment Company. Some people thought that it was possible for Leng Xuxin to officially enter the upper management of the Daqian Entertainment Company during the annual meeting next year.
Who would have thought that Leng Xuxin, who had a bright future ahead of him, would resign?
What was even more unbelievable was that Leng Xuxin registered a new company in Yuzhang City. The name was very simple. It was called Tian Xing Machinery Factory.
There weren't many places called machinery factories these days. It sounded like it was from the sixties or seventies. It wasn't advanced at all.
However, when the registration of the factory was completed, everyone was shocked. This was because the registered capital of the factory was as high as one billion yuan. This was really frightening.
What was even scarier was that within two days, Tian Xing Machinery Factory announced that it had reached an agreement with the Yuzhang City Government. Yuzhang City would provide a large piece of land in the high-tech industrial park for Tian Xing Machinery Factory to build a factory for free. Tian Xing Machinery Factory then began to order all kinds of equipment from overseas and overseas. In the blink of an eye, the factory was going to be the most advanced electronic machinery factory in Hua Xia.
However, the rise of Tian Xing Machinery Factory only attracted the attention of those in the industry. At that time, what attracted the most attention in the country was the nationwide release of "Farewell My Concubine."
From Zhang Fengyi's exploding popularity, it was known that "Farewell My Concubine" was now the most popular movie in the country. Various media outlets were tirelessly promoting the fact that it had won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and the significance of the Oscar in the film industry.
At the same time, it was announced that "Farewell My Concubine" represented the highest standard of domestic movies. It was a must-watch movie that was recognized by foreigners all over the world.
This was a movie that even foreigners recognized. Naturally, the people in the country wouldn't let it go.
As a result, in 1994, when the movie market was in a slump, the release of "Farewell My Concubine" was a rare success.
In 1994, there were less than 10000 cinemas in the whole country. But with these 10,000 cinemas, the ticket price for a movie that cost 3 yuan per ticket sold 9.8 million yuan on the first day of its release. It almost broke the 10 million yuan mark, which shocked the audience and the media. They shouted that the record for domestic movies was about to be set.
That was indeed the case. On the second day of Farewell My Concubine's release, the box office sales were even higher than the first day. The total box office sales for the two days exceeded 20 million RMB, making people think that Hua Xia movies were about to make a comeback.
Just when everyone thought that this was a successful collaboration between the Daqian and Director Chen, and that both sides would really contribute to the first film in history, the reporters in the capital suddenly received an urgent invitation.
This invitation letter was from Director Chen. Although Director Chen had hurriedly invited all the reporters to attend a press conference at the Imperial Capital Hotel on the second night after the movie had been released, he had not received the invitation letter yet.
This invitation gave all the reporters who received the invitation a fright. Could it be that this great director Chen couldn't keep his cool?
Although the box office of 20 million yuan in two days was indeed the highest box office record in film history, it had only been two days. Couldn't Director Chen be a little more patient and hold a celebratory press conference when the box office exceeded 50 million yuan or even 80 million yuan in ten more days?
That's right. All the reporters who had received the invitation had thought that this was a press conference for Director Chen to celebrate his victory. However, they hadn't expected that Director Chen would be pointing at someone's nose and scolding them with a red face.
Director Chen hadn't actually attended the premiere of "Farewell My Concubine" in China. The reason he had announced was that he wasn't feeling well. He had caught a bad cold and was resting in bed at home.
The actual reason was that Director Chen hated Boss Jia very much. He didn't want to see Boss Jia, who reeked of money and didn't know anything about art.
When he thought about how all the profits from the release of "Farewell My Concubine" had basically gone to Boss Jia, Director Chen felt even more upset that he had attended the premiere to support Boss Jia.
Therefore, Director Chen had simply chosen to avoid it. What he didn't see, he had caught a fever and decided not to attend the premiere. After all, domestic premieres weren't that bad. Director Chen had already hosted the best international premieres in the United States, so he didn't mind attending a domestic premiere.
This was one of the rare occasions in the domestic film industry where the director did not appear at the premiere of a movie. However, at the time, most of the media didn't suspect anything. They believed that Director Chen was indeed sick.
No one would believe that the director, who had just won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, wouldn't be willing to attend a domestic premiere.
Moreover, it was rumored that "Farewell My Concubine" had struggled with the censors for a long time in order to be able to premiere in China. It hadn't been easy for it to be released in the end.
It was precisely because Director Chen hadn't attended the premiere that he was able to sleep comfortably and peacefully. It wasn't until ten o 'clock in the morning the next day that Director Chen got out of bed. He leisurely washed up, ate, and then met his assistant.
"How's the box office on the first day?" Although Director Chen hated Boss Jia so much that he didn't even attend the premiere, he was still very concerned about the box office. This meant that many people in China approved of Director Chen.
Director Chen smiled. The box office of the first day was 9.8 million yuan. He had broken the domestic box office record. It seemed that he was indeed awesome. The people of Hua Xia could completely appreciate his art. He was indeed awesome.
Then, Director Chen had another happy day.
It was very miraculous. That day, no one told Director Chen about the deletion of the movie, even though he had five assistants to help him deal with all sorts of daily affairs.
Director Chen only discovered the anomaly on the afternoon of the second day of the movie's release. Director Chen happily read the newspaper. As of the morning of the second day, the box office of "Farewell My Concubine" had broken 12 million yuan. It was estimated that the box office on the second day would break 20 million yuan, breaking the previous record of 94 million yuan set by "Mother Love Me Again." It was extremely likely that it would set a new record for Hua Xia.
Yes, that's right. Before 1994, the box office champion in China was "Mommy, Love Me Again". As for the legendary "Shaolin Temple" that sold for 10 cents per ticket, the news that the box office exceeded 100 million was purely fabricated fake news.
In fact, if you searched for the box office of the Shaolin Temple, the first article that talked about the box office of the Shaolin Temple was actually published in 2004.
In fact, before 1994, all of Hua Xia's movies were distributed by China Film. Before 1994, China Film didn't have the habit of announcing the box office of all its movies. It wasn't until 1994, when Hollywood movies were introduced, that China Film followed the contract and announced the box office every day in real time.
Therefore, all of the box office data of Hua Xia's movies in 1994 couldn't be verified. However, in 1993, China Film's CEO had published an article in the newspaper. It said that the highest-grossing movie in the country before 1993 was "Mother Love Me Again," which earned 47 million yuan.
According to the tradition of splitting the box office revenue 50-50 with the cinema chain, the actual box office revenue should be 94 million yuan.
Since the CEO of China Film had said so, it was obvious that the box office revenue of "Shaolin Temple" couldn't compare to the box office revenue of "Mother Love Me Again."
[PS: The above cited articles from the media. They haven't been tested, so the author can't guarantee whether they are true or not. Just enjoy!]
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