"Okay, no problem. You're welcome. Okay, that's it."

After the last word fell, Jiang Xiao hung up the phone without any further hesitation.

After Kim Tae Hee and Bae Suzy returned to South Korea, he naturally had his own work to deal with, such as confirming the casting of "Act of Valor".

More than a month has passed since the auditions began, and we have a list of candidates, just waiting to be finalized.

Before this, Jiang Xiao basically had no involvement, leaving it all to director Lin Shi.

But to be completely settled, he definitely needs to pay attention.

It's just that some things always go unplanned.

Just like the phone call he just hung up, it was an unexpected situation.

The caller was Cheng Lin, whom he had met several times before. In addition to the other party's status in the industry, Jiang Xiao had to give him a little less respect out of respect for the seniors.

The reason why the former called him was naturally related to "Operation Brave".

It’s not that Cheng Ming was interested in this movie, but mainly because of the other party’s cheating son, Fang Zhumin.

Yes, Lao Ming wants the latter to also participate in "Act of the Brave".

In the end, Jiang Xiao agreed.

Firstly, it is to give Cheng Ming some face, and secondly, Fang Zhumin is an artist of Yinghuang, and Yinghuang also invested in "Act of the Brave" this time.

Taking these factors into account, it would not be good if he did not agree.

In fact, it doesn't matter, Fang Zhuimin seems to have joined the show in 2014, so it shouldn't affect the release of "Act of the Brave".

Speaking of which, Cheng Min often publicly said that he would not help Fang Zhumin develop in the industry, but it turned out that was not the case at all.

That's right, after the latter's incident, Lao Ming also let him participate in "Railway Tigers", as if to test the public's attitude again.

After all, Easterners are more reserved, unlike Westerners, just like Will Smith, who forgave her, almost didn't involve himself in order to praise his own child.

This can probably reveal some of the differences between Eastern and Western people.

Putting all this aside, in the next few days, Jiang Xiao finally confirmed the main lineup of "Operation Brave" after discussing with Lin Shi.

Needless to say, he himself belongs to the core role, the leader of the special team.

Then there are the team members, the first one is Zhang Yi, who has a good military image and has worked with "Search". Director Lin Shi is also very optimistic about it, and Jiang Xiao has no objection.

The second one is Liao Fan, who is also a somewhat related person and is an artist from Huayi.

But regardless of the relationship behind it, he doesn't have much opinion about this actor. He has a distinct image and good acting skills. He will still be the Berlin Best Actor in the future.

The third one is Du Piao. Jiang Xiao also thinks that he has a good military image. He remembers that he and Zhang Yi participated in "Operation Red Sea" together.

The fourth one is Zhang Lanxin, who is basically a newcomer. He has participated in Cheng Ming's "Twelve Zodiac Signs", but the film has not been completed yet.

There is no other reason why I chose this guy. He is a national taekwondo champion and naturally has a foundation in action. Jiang Xiao plans to let him play the role of the sniper in the team.

The fifth one is Huang Xuan. I chose this one mainly because the audition results of the other party were good.

There have been rumors in the industry that this actor was quite unlucky. He was chosen by Zhang Yimou to play the role of the little prince in "The Golden Jacket", but at the last moment, he was changed to another role.

Both "Ocean Paradise" and "Rizhao Chongqing" were originally scheduled to star, and they worked hard to prepare, but they were replaced at the last minute.

"Spring Breeze Night" was finally filmed, but the director cut the 40-minute scene down to only a back view and no face, which basically meant that he didn't participate.

It does not look like good luck, but it's good that things will turn out well in the future.

In fact, there are too many such things, and Huang Xuan is not an exception. Even Jiang Xiao himself has had the experience of changing people at the last moment.

The reason why the former can be singled out as a typical example is not because the other party is actually popular.

If he was not famous, who would know that such a person has the dream of being an actor? There are countless people who have the dream of being a star. Only a small number of people can become famous.

Putting all this aside, there is still one last member of the special team. Needless to say, he has already agreed, so naturally he is Fang Zhuimin.

Including Jiang Xiao himself, there is a total of seven people in the team.

In addition, Liu Yifei will make a cameo appearance as his girlfriend in the movie.

There are also some scenes that do not have many supporting roles, and some familiar actors will be found to participate. There are also foreign villain actors. After all, the story of "Act of Valor" takes place abroad.

After finalizing the cast of "Act of the Brave", Jiang Xiao went on to confirm the cast of "Strategy of the Exes".

The preparation of this movie is naturally not difficult, and there are no technical requirements. Basically, it will start shooting next month.

As for the cast, Yang Mi needless to say, as the first female lead, he simply asked Tong Liyan to play the second female lead, the same role as Wang Likun in the original version.

As for the male lead, after Jiang Xiao’s suggestion, I chose Han Gen, probably because he had a certain impression.

But the second male lead has changed, he is no longer Zheng Kai. He doesn’t hate this guy, he’s just a passerby.

Then I switched to Lin Genxin. This guy has a bit of a "sword" spirit in him, so he is very suitable for the second male lead and his true character.

After dealing with these matters, "Train to Busan" was released in two weeks.

Of course, there are only three days in the first week.

The box office is very surprising. It has been rising in China. It was only 28 million on the first day, but it rose to more than 37 million on the next day, an increase of more than 30%. On the third day, it went up again by more than 20%, and the single-day box office exceeded 40 million.

Pass, reaching nearly 45 million.

As a result, the first-week box office of "Train to Busan" directly exceeded 100 million yuan, reaching 110 million yuan.

We continued to work hard the next week, and even on weekdays, we kept the single-day box office above 40 million. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we broke the 50 million mark one after another.

It’s not surprising, because this year the domestic film market has exploded one after another. “Kung Fu Panda 2” has already sold over 60 million yuan in a single day, and “Transformers 3” is even more exaggerated, with more than 90 million yuan in a single day, close to the 100 million yuan threshold.

Therefore, it is normal for "Train to Busan" to have a single-day box office of over 50 million, which once again proves Jiang Xiao's domestic box office appeal.

Although it cannot catch up with "Transformation 3", the latter already has two very successful predecessors, which naturally makes "Transformation 3" highly anticipated, otherwise it would not set such a new record.

No, "Transformers 3", which has already been released, has become the second domestic movie to break 1 billion in box office.

In short, the popularity of "Train to Busan" made the domestic box office reach 355 million yuan in its second week.

It also broke Jiang Xiao's personal box office record for a single day and a week. If it continues to be maintained in the future, it is very possible to break the total box office record of a single movie.

Anyway, "Train to Busan" has a very high reputation in China.

Prior to this, the highest record was held by "The Mirage" with 703 million. Calculating, if "Train to Busan" can get another 240 million at the box office, it will successfully surpass it.

After doing this calculation, there is a feeling that it will definitely be exceeded.

After all, there were already 355 million in the second week, and word-of-mouth was there, so there was definitely no reason for it to collapse suddenly.

As for the competing films at the same time, there are basically no threatening works.

If you have to count it, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" can barely be counted. It got 50 million at the box office in its first week, but that's it.

And compared to the popularity of "Train to Busan" in China, its performance in the other three places is also not bad.

Whether it is Xiangjiang, Wanwan, or South Korea, they are all in a state of dominance.

Among them, Hong Kong has grossed a total of HK$32.9 million at the box office after two weeks.

Wanwan exceeded NT$200 million and reached NT$213 million.

This seems to be the first time that Jiang Xiao's work has achieved such a high box office in these two places. Even the previous two movies "Veg Chicken 5" and "Inception" were not so popular.

Probably this type of subject matter is indeed relatively new in Asia.

Not to mention South Korea, it mobilized 680,000 people on the first day, exceeded one million the next day, and reached 1.47 million people on the second day, bringing the number of people mobilized in the first week to 3.36 million, with a box office of almost 23.5 billion won.

The next week, amidst the huge public praise, it once again mobilized 5.26 million people, worth about 36.8 billion won.

In total, the cumulative attendance reached 8.62 million, and the box office revenue was just over 60 billion won, about 387 million yuan.

It seems that it has lost to the box office of "Train to Busan" in China. After all, the Chinese market is huge.

Of course, if you really analyze it, South Korea is only so big after all, and the ceiling is there. It seems that there has never been a movie with more than 18 million viewers. If you calculate it this way, a movie in South Korea can basically get about 800 million yuan, which is the limit.

, it’s hard to say more.

In fact, you can probably count the number of movies with more than 15 million viewers on one hand, and 800 million is just a maximum.

Therefore, there is really no need to compare, as China’s movies with over RMB 5 billion are all available.
Chapter completed!