19th, morning

Ye Fan received a call from Wang Jinghua on his way to the set.

"Mr. Ye, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" has been calculated. In the last 10 days, the total box office in Asia was 74.181 million."

"How much are the box office numbers in each location?"

"Mainland 17.753 million, Hong Kong Island 15.365 million RMB, Taiwan Province 7.08 million, South Korea 348,900 moviegoers, Japan 4.83 million RMB..."

After reporting the data from various places, Wang Jinghua paused and said: "In the last period of time, piracy has appeared on a large scale in the market, and box office declines have been serious in various places."

"In addition, in the last ten days, the domestic box office of "The King of Comedy" was only 13.256 million, and the Asian box office of "Glass Bottle" was 25.813 million."

Ye Fan nodded and said: "The total box office is 620 million which is not bad. Boss Yang can make videos and sell them overseas. It would be nice to make a little profit from this."

"Domestic movies have been withdrawn, and we have also made DVDs ourselves and sold them. In addition, the box office accounts have been divided. We need to get the money back as soon as possible."

"Okay, Mr. Ye, I'll make arrangements right away."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Fan began to estimate the income of these two movies.

"Savage Girl" has a box office of 373 million, and the producer can get a share of 123 million. According to the investment ratio, [Chaoyang Company] can get 18.46 million.

Since Ye Fan is a leading actor and screenwriter, he can earn 15.46 million yuan after deducting the additional publicity costs. Although it is not much, the subsequent copyright and DVD income is still quite considerable.

For "Infernal Affairs", [Chaoyang Company] can get a guaranteed share of 30.69 million, and can earn 23.19 million after deducting costs. Of course, the screening will be postponed in Hong Kong Island and the Mainland, so the income will be more.

This amount of account sharing is obviously not satisfactory to Ye Fan. In addition to Han Sanye, Boss Yang and others, the good times are coming to an end. In the film industry, Ye Fan also wants to increase his investment proportion.

Not long after, Zhang Yang also called Ye Fan. Thanks to the Spring Festival, "Kunlun Temple" sold 2.276 million copies in Asia within one month of its release.

In January and February, due to the impact of piracy, the first three volumes combined sold only 4.614 million copies, less than half of which were sold abroad.

Not to mention the four novels such as "Xiu Chun Knife". Now these four novels have a combined sales volume of one to two million a month, which is pretty good.

This is still the case when Ye Fan is so famous. He can make a fortune in the early stage of the release of his new book, but in the later stage, he will be surrounded by piracy.

And this situation will become more and more serious, especially after the emergence of e-books, sales will decline even more.

Even if the country joined the WTO in 2001 and began to pay attention to copyright issues, which could combat piracy to a certain extent, the problem of rampant piracy would not be solved in 2022, and Ye Fan had no good solution.

This resulted in a sharp drop in Ye Fan's novel income in the first two months.

"Kunlun Temple" has sales of 98.927 million, and Ye Fan can receive 13.177 million after-tax income, and the first three volumes can receive 26.427 million after-tax income.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, the money earned in foreign markets will indeed be more than domestic in the future, so Ye Fan will gradually balance the focus of the market, and the money lost in China can only be made up from abroad.

As for the sales volume of "Light Chaser" in February, it was even lower, having dropped to 283,000 copies, most of which were from overseas.

However, sales at home and abroad are visibly declining, because MP3 has gradually emerged in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is even more popular in economically developed regions abroad.

Due to economic conditions in the Mainland, the popularity of MP3 will be slower, but the problem of piracy will send the record industry into decline.

Coupled with the influence of MP3, starting from this year, the sales of singers' records will gradually decline, and even Ye Fan will be no exception.

But the better thing about Ye Fan is that his sales abroad can still sustain him, and his income can be guaranteed by relying on overseas album sales.

That is, [Chaoyang Company] needs to start adjusting its strategy, from album income to film and television dramas.

After all, after 2000, TV dramas will be the biggest money-makers, while singers will mainly make money through endorsements and commercial performances. If movies want to make big money in China, the wait will be even longer.

After thinking about it, the car had arrived at the set. When Ye Fan saw this, he stopped thinking about it and got out of the car and went straight to the dressing room...

In the afternoon of the same day, [Chaoyang Company] and [YH Company] announced the box office results of "Infernal Affairs" in two places respectively, finally allowing it to regain the headlines and no longer be suppressed by other news.

"With a total box office of 620 million, "Infernal Affairs" became the highest-grossing Chinese film in China! Setting a new milestone for Chinese films"

"With a box office of 103 million, "Infernal Affairs" became the first Chinese-language commercial film to have a box office of over 100 million in the mainland!"

""Infernal Affairs" became the first Hong Kong film to hit a box office of over 70 million in Hong Kong Island!"

""Infernal Affairs": "Records are meant to be broken!""

"With a total box office of more than 74 million US dollars, "Infernal Affairs" surpassed movies from all over Asia and topped the list in Asia!"

""Infernal Affairs" made Ye Fan become a god in one fell swoop. The only one who can surpass Ye Fan is himself."

"Beyond "Titan", the hope of regaining the domestic film history championship lies with Ye Fan"

"Andy Lau: Although the movie box office is high, I admire Ye Fan's talent even more"

"Leslie Cheung: I'm not surprised that Ye Fan's works have this box office"

"Ye Fan has booked the best screenwriter for next year"

"Survey on actor approval rating, Leslie Cheung 64.7%, Andy Lau 35.3%"

"Why "Infernal Affairs" has such a high box office in the Mainland is worth pondering for all Hong Kong filmmakers"

…

The major domestic media and newspapers were full of headlines about "Infernal Affairs". This final box office performance in 1999 was truly astonishing.

Not only the mainland, but also Hong Kong Island has not produced a movie with such a high box office. Cheng Long's global box office is high, but it is not a pure Chinese film.

Cheng Long's Chinese-language films can be said to have the highest box office in China, but in Asia, the limit is US$30 to 40 million.

Unlike Ye Fan, who raised the standard so much in one fell swoop, this was already a qualitative change!

There are also many foreign media reports that entertainment companies in Japan, South Korea and other countries have contacted [Chaoyang Company] and want to buy the rights to adapt the movie and take it back to remake it in China.

This box office result has also alarmed Hollywood. In addition to Warner, several major companies have also become interested in the film. They feel that the story content of "Infernal Affairs" will be adapted into an American version very well.

But the most urgent thing is [Warner Bros.]. "Infernal Affairs" has made Hollywood companies pay attention to Ye Fan. If they know that he holds the film rights of "Harry Potter", there may be some surprises.

So Warner decided to use some means to win the copyright of "Death" as soon as possible, and then notified Cao Xin to go to the United States to select the remaining script...

At the same time, the domestic Internet began to boil.

["Infernal Affairs" is really awesome at the box office! I feel like I can't even see Ye Fan's limit. 】

[A classic in the history of Chinese-language films, I don’t want to brag about it, I definitely deserve this box office!]

[Indeed, "Infernal Affairs" is much better than those literary films by Wen Zou Zou. To be honest, its plot is one of the most awesome I have ever seen! 】

[Needless to say, several great movie kings compete better than the other on the same stage! I couldn’t sleep after watching it, and I will regret it for the rest of my life if I don’t watch it! 】

[I think "Infernal Affairs" is a crazy gangster movie, at least a few steps ahead of other gangster movies now. It is so exciting!]

[That’s what I said, but after watching the ending of the Hong Kong version, I felt that the mainland ending was much worse.]

[Yes, but the ending of the Hong Kong version will definitely not pass the mainland review. There is nothing we can do about it. 】

[I think it’s okay. The box office in the Mainland is over 100 million, which shows that the Mainland version is quite popular.]

[It doesn’t matter what version it is, the discs are all out now anyway. Watch whichever one you want, but it’s not easy for it to achieve such box office results. 】

[Yes, you shouldn’t worry about which version. The box office performance of “Infernal Affairs” makes me look forward to Ye Fan’s next movie even more! 】

…

Due to the popularity of "Infernal Affairs", the three major portal websites in the mainland have experienced another surge in traffic, and their market value has also increased visibly.

But Brother Xiaoma is very troubled. The number of new users of QQ is increasing every day. Although they make some money from advertising and use other people's servers, the user growth rate is too fast. All they can do is say

It's a drop in the bucket.

There is no other way, Brother Ma can only call Li Yaozong...

However, the popularity of "Infernal Affairs" and the national media and the Internet made King Li Tianwang and Princess breathe a sigh of relief, which made them less news.

The number of reporters harassing them has also decreased a lot. They either go to Hong Kong to interview the creators of "Infernal Affairs" or go to Wuxi to find Ye Fan. This allows them to handle their own affairs with peace of mind...

But Ye Fan was not so easy to interview. When reporters went to the crew of "Da Ming Palace Ci", apart from increasing the exposure of the crew, they could not see much of Ye Fan.

Even if he could interview Ye Fan, he would always speak in an official tone, saying what he could say but not revealing a word of what he couldn't, leaving the reporters very helpless.

After all, with Ye Fan's past record and his current status, no reporter would dare to mess with him to death. The fate of some colleagues is a lesson for them...

Just when "Infernal Affairs" is dominating the headlines in China, some people in the entertainment industry are not willing to be lonely.

In mid-March, "Kangxi Private Interview 2" was aired. After a few days of airing, it also became popular in the mainland.

Although the third son was replaced by Wu Jun from Zhao Liang, it did not affect the performance of this drama at all.

Moreover, with the addition of Hu Jing, the super popular [Little Swallow], and the reputation accumulated from the previous work, "Kang 2" has better ratings than "Kang 1"!

The rights to rebroadcast the third and fourth rounds were sold before the first broadcast had finished on several TV stations. As for the second round, it was decided before the TV series even aired.

Several investors such as Zhang Guoli and Deng Dazui made a lot of money, which made Ye Fan very greedy. If Deng Dazui hadn't been there, Ye Fan would definitely invest in "Kang 2".

However, the popularity of "Kang 2" has also caused a bad phenomenon, that is, Zhang Guoli and others have tasted the benefits of Qing Dynasty dramas. In addition to planning to shoot "Kang 3", they also plan to find stories about other Qing Dynasty dramas.

Shoot a new series.

In addition to the previous hits "A Play on Qianlong", "Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo" and "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", as well as the hit "Yongzheng Dynasty" at the beginning of the year.

This completely triggered a climax of braid dramas in China. Even if Ye Fan filmed "Chuang Ming" in advance, the situation would not be changed.

And every time it feels like braid drama is going to be in decline, some rescue works come out to save braid drama.

It wasn't until a new generation of young people grew up, people's awareness improved, and netizens awakened to realize the true face of the Manchus that a large number of viewers began to boycott braid dramas.

Coupled with changes in capital investment routes and other reasons, pigtail opera finally withdrew from the mainstream stage. Then the rise of Ming Dynasty dramas such as "The Ming Dynasty" made pigtail opera completely out of date.
To be continued...