He felt low because none of the films written by Zhang Shisan and released this year were worth less than 4 billion.

The cumulative box office of the four films "Kung Fu Panda", "Jurassic Park", "Inception" and "Changjin Lake" has exceeded 20 billion.

As the screenwriter of Zhang Shisan, this is the fifth film released this year, and it is also an international superstar like Cheng Jie.

This box office cannot be lower than the average, right?

"This film was never intended to be a hit," Zhang Yu said. "Except for the animated film "Kung Fu Panda," which one has a production cost of less than one billion? Does "Die Hard" count? It’s going to big production.”

"It seems so!"

Fang Zheng smiled and said.

Nowadays, in China, an investment of hundreds of millions is indeed not considered a big production.

However, does a big production mean high box office?

"By the way, have you noticed a topic on the Internet?" Fang Zhengxian saw Zhang Yu's confused look and said, "Some netizens said that Cheng Jie held back your Zhang Shisan screenwriting work."

"Um?"

Zhang Yu looked at Fang Zhengxian in surprise.

Holding back?

What's holding you back?

"Among your screenwriting works, "Die Hard" has the lowest box office among the films released this year." Fang Zhengxian said, "You know the box office of the previous four films."

If the box office of "Die Hard" is really only over 3 billion, it will indeed be a bit of a hindrance.

I'm afraid it directly leads to the average box office of the film being less than 5 billion.

Well, less than five billion!

There are very few films that have grossed more than 5 billion at the domestic box office.

This is simply looking for trouble.

But there are quite a few people like this who are just looking for trouble.

The topic of "Cheng Jie holding Zhang Shisan back" is getting more and more popular.

Some people support it, and some people refute it.

Each gave evidence and the discussion was heated.

None of them can convince anyone.

With this topic, many people suddenly discovered that the film written by Zhang Shisan was so awesome this year!

So cool!

What is the cumulative domestic box office for the entire year?

His Zhang Shisan and his four movies have grossed over 20 billion in total.

The fifth film’s estimated box office of more than 3 billion is lagging behind!

It’s not that Cheng Jie is too bad.

After all, a box office of more than 3 billion is already very good.

Make a lot of money!

Obviously Zhang Shisan is too fierce.

"What's this called?"

Cheng Jie looked at Ding Zhi, feeling depressed as if he was speechless.

This really pissed off the dog.

Are you holding others back?

Am I that bad?

The topic was so popular that it almost topped the list of hot searches. How could Cheng Jie not pay attention to it?

Let alone promoting movies nowadays, I always pay attention to the dynamics of public opinion. Even in normal times, it is difficult not to know about such a topic.

"You'd better think about how to respond!" Ding Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "The media reporters will definitely ask you about this matter. If you don't do it well, you may be really speechless."

Ding Zhi didn't know whether to be happy or depressed at this time.

Cheng Jie pressured him as a director, and then naturally he took the blame.

Otherwise, I'm afraid it won't be "Cheng Jie holding Zhang Shisan back", but "Ding Zhi holding Zhang Shisan back".

"How to respond?"

Cheng Jie's head hurt when he thought of this.

Ding Zhi spread his hands to express that he didn't know.

"I feel like I can't deny it!" Cheng Jie said, "If the domestic box office of "Die Hard" is really only over 3 billion, it is really suspected of being a hindrance!"

"Damn it, more than three billion yuan is holding us back." Cheng Jie said a little indignantly, "Xie Qian is right, that guy is not a human being! How did he do it?"

"I wish I knew." Ding Zhi said with some sigh, "Did you say that the cumulative domestic box office this year exceeded 60 billion?"

"There should be!" Cheng Jie said blankly, "However, even if it exceeds 60 billion, the cumulative box office of screenwriter Zhang Shisan's works will probably reach one-third!"

So scary!

Of course, what is really scary is that Zhang Shisan has achieved it with just five movies.

Maybe Part Four can do it.

"The domestic box office is like this, but what about the overseas box office?" Ding Zhi said, "The works written by him probably account for more than 90% of the overseas box office of Chinese-language films."

How terrifying!

Except for those films written by Zhang Yu, the box office performance of Chinese-language films abroad is really not that good.

The foreign box office of these three movies, "Kung Fu Panda", "Jurassic Park" and "Inception" is amazing.

Ding Zhi and Cheng Jie looked at each other, with disbelief flashing in their eyes when they talked about this.

How can a person be so awesome?

It seems to be no exaggeration to say that Zhang Shisan alone supports the entire Chinese film industry.

"Brother Jack!"

While the two were sighing, his assistant came over and handed the tablet to Cheng Jie.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Cheng Jie's expression, Ding Zhi couldn't help but asked curiously.

"Zhang Shisan responded to this matter on Weibo."

Cheng Jie said as he handed the tablet to Ding Zhi and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Zhang Yu's response undoubtedly solved a big problem for him.

"oh."

Ding Zhi was a little surprised, so he took it over and took a look.

"How did we get to the point where "Die Hard" is the film with the smallest investment among several films?" Cheng Jie sighed and said.

He ignored it because he was arrogant and didn't think about it at all.

When did Cheng Jie’s movies rely on investment scale to measure their box office?

There is obviously no causal relationship between the film's box office and the size of the investment.

However, this can stop everyone from talking.

Is there any problem if the production cost is the lowest and the box office is the lowest?

It’s not that I, Cheng Jie, held Zhang Shisan back, but the investment capital was not large and the box office expectations were not high.

Zhang Shisan said that the box office has exceeded his expectations.

As for why it went above and beyond, the credit obviously lies with Cheng Jie.

This is a bit flattering to Cheng Jie.

However, Zhang Yu's Weibo post really eliminated the negative impact of this topic on Cheng Jie.

Zhang Shisan himself doesn’t think Cheng Jie is holding him back, so what can others say?

In fact, Zhang Yu didn't think Cheng Jie was holding back.

The film's box office performance really exceeded Zhang Yu's expectations.

Especially the North American box office.

Two days after its domestic release, the film landed in North America.

Screenwriter Zhang Shisan still has considerable box office appeal in North America.
To be continued...