Has Big Shot Fallen in Love Today?-Chapter 665: Excellent Reputation

Chapter 665: Chapter 665: Excellent Reputation
Cheng Lichuan watched the midnight movie alone.
When he returned, he was still a bit excited.
"Tangtang, your performance as Li Lan was truly remarkable," Cheng Lichuan said. "I didn’t dislike her at all, in fact, I felt a bit more annoyed with her sister. I even cried at the end."
Sheng Tang laughed.
"Who is the actress playing the sister? She really resembles you, like you could be real sisters," Cheng Lichuan continued.
Gu Jiahui: "Brother, are you face-blind? Both roles were played by Tangtang."
Cheng Lichuan was shocked.
At two o’clock on a winter night, Cheng Lichuan’s face seemed frozen, unable to utter a word for a while.
"Impossible, right?" he struggled. "I watched from beginning to end, never felt it was Tangtang, clearly it was two different people."
Sheng Tang laughed.
"No, I have to watch it again," Cheng Lichuan said.
Gu Jiahui: "Just give me the money! Isn’t it tough for you to waste it like this?"
Cheng Lichuan didn’t feel it was tough, he decided he would definitely watch it again after waking up.
The first-day box office of ’The Road to Heights’ was unexpected.
Even more unexpected, the movie’s occupancy rate was as high as 40%, surpassing many big films.
"A high occupancy rate indicates a movie with good word of mouth," Gu Jiahui said.
The next day’s box office rose again, reaching 7.036 million.
The extremely high occupancy rate led to an increase in screening schedules, with the nationwide screening rate rising to 21% on the third day.
The box office did not disappoint, and it was a weekend, surpassing 15 million.
So far, this movie had already made a profit, having only been released for three days.
Everyone still didn’t relax, waiting for the first week’s box office.
After the first week, the box office would definitely drop by a third or more, so whether they could make money depended on the first week.
The first week’s box office soon came out: 73 million.
This was the gross box office before revenue sharing; half would go to the theaters, and film tax would need to be paid, settled down, Gu Jiahui could get 32 million pre-tax revenue share for the first week.
And he only invested 5 million, with an additional 3 million for promotion.
By the first week, Gu Jiahui had already made 24 million.
Honestly, this was the easiest money-making business he had done in years.
And it’s just the first week.
Gu Jiahui added another 3 million promotion funds, leading to the movie’s presence on Weibo and outdoor spaces.
Especially on Weibo, it was almost screen flooded.
During the New Year’s cold season when there weren’t many good movies to watch; and good TV dramas were waiting for the winter holiday to release, people felt a bit lonely in this gap.
Suddenly, a high-quality movie appeared, with enough laughs and tears, yet not a traditional happy ending, thought-provoking, with the movie’s edit carrying some suspense, it captivated even more.
Every time someone talked about this movie initially praised the director’s talent, the movie’s overall tone suited commercial films but with deep connotations.
Then, they would praise Sheng Tang’s acting, as many people thought the director had cast a pair of twin actresses when they first watched it.
Li Hong and Li Lan’s small gestures bore no resemblance, even blinking or lip-pursing details were handled completely differently. When they acted in the same scene, you could clearly see which one was the sister, which one was the younger.
Take screenshots of their respective frames and post them online, netizens who hadn’t seen the movie would never acknowledge it’s the same person, but two.
This added a lot of points to the movie.
And the male lead Huang Gen Sheng’s performance brought countless laughs and emotions to the movie.