Chapter 461 461. Overwhelming negative reviews
Manager Song woke up at six o'clock the next morning.
"No matter how well this lounge is built, it's not as comfortable as home." Rubbing his neck, Manager Song, who was a little attached to his bed, sighed in his heart, and then suddenly remembered the box office, and hurriedly found his phone.
When he went to bed last night, Manager Song turned off his phone, and now he needed to restart it. More than ten seconds later, when the system was completely loaded, Manager Song's phone instantly received more than 20 text messages. Because it was set to vibrate, the phone was like a small motor, shaking in his hand.
"So many text messages!" Manager Song was also shocked. He didn't expect so many text messages to come in.
He quickly clicked on one to take a look, and Manager Song's originally relaxed face suddenly froze, and then he quickly ran to the computer next to him. Because he was too anxious, he even bumped into the foot of the bed while running, but he didn't have the mind to care about the pain in his body at this time. He just jumped twice and immediately fell in front of the computer.
A minute later, Manager Song opened the webpage, entered Qianbaidu, and searched several websites. The more he looked, the paler his face became, and his happy mood gradually froze. In the end, he was frozen three feet, so cold that he couldn't be colder, and he felt bad all over.
At the same time, Representative Liu had just gotten up.
After Representative Liu got up, he checked his phone and found the text message sent by Manager Song.
"Four million and seven hundred thousand? Hahaha, today's box office champion is stable." Representative Liu also did his homework. If the box office at midnight can be four million and seven hundred thousand, plus the pre-sale box office, then today's first-day box office will definitely not be less than 20 million, and the first-day champion is a sure thing.
Happy, happy, Representative Liu felt that the little fatigue after getting up was instantly gone because of this news. He opened the curtains and looked at the sunny weather outside, and felt that today was a very good day.
"Should we just hold a celebration party?" Representative Liu suddenly had an idea in his mind. After all, this achievement was indeed worth celebrating. Moreover, he could not suppress this idea. After all, he was a bit ambitious and always wanted to tell the world about his achievements.
It happened that when he held the premiere yesterday, he got the phone numbers of many reporters from major newspapers and specially organized them into a group on his mobile phone, so he immediately sent a text message to this group of people.
"A Chinese Odyssey: Part One" topped the charts on the first day, and the company is holding a banquet to celebrate. We hope the movie will achieve more success, and we sincerely invite you to attend."
After sending this text message, Representative Liu looked unsatisfied, thinking that it was time to report the good news to the young master, so he took out his phone and sent a text message to Mr. Li behind him that seemed to be announcing the good news but was actually asking for credit. Then he happily threw the phone on the bed, shook his head every three steps, and walked downstairs with a smug look on his face, ready to tell his nanny to cook more food. He was in a good mood today and had to eat more.
However, Representative Liu, who was humming a song while walking downstairs, did not notice that as soon as he left the room, the phone on the bed began to vibrate.
Half an hour later, Representative Liu returned to his room with a round belly, ready to take his phone to see how the reporters responded to his text message, but when he picked up the phone, he found that the phone was actually a little hot.
"It's not broken." While preparing to unlock the phone, Representative Liu doubted in his heart. After all, he didn't make any calls, so why was the phone so hot for no reason? But the next second he knew that his phone was not broken, because in the short half an hour since he went downstairs, the phone had more than 20 missed calls.
Just as he was surprised, another call came in. The caller ID showed that it was Manager Song who had made more than 20 calls. Representative Liu also realized the seriousness of the matter at this moment. If it wasn't urgent, Manager Song would not have been so persistent to call him, so he quickly answered the phone.
Representative Liu, who answered the phone, was about to ask what was going on, but Manager Song on the other end of the phone didn't give him a chance to speak. As soon as the call was connected, Manager Song immediately told Representative Liu about the current bad situation like a machine gun.
"Representative Liu, things are not good. Our movie suddenly received many negative reviews last night. Now our rating on Douzi.com is only 3.1. Time and Space.com is better, but it is only 3.6. And blogs..., the blogs have the highest rating, 4.1, but these scores are far below the passing line. People on the Internet are all criticizing our movie. Please come to the company quickly. We must find a way to deal with it."
Manager Song's anxious voice was still ringing in his ears, but Representative Liu couldn't hear what the other party said at all. His mind was buzzing with the news brought by Manager Song, and he was in a state of confusion.
What's going on? Why did it become like this overnight? The zero-point score was so good, why are there so many negative reviews, and where did these negative reviewers come from?
The good mood when he got up early suddenly had such a big gap, and Representative Liu was hit hard.
When he came to his senses again, Manager Song on the other end of the phone had already hung up. The other party had conveyed the news, but obviously did not expect Representative Liu to come up with any ideas immediately. He was probably busy making amends, so naturally he did not announce that he was waiting for Representative Liu to say goodbye to him.
And Representative Liu looked at his phone and suddenly thought of something. His pale face turned even paler. He looked like a vampire, and his face was bloodless.
Because he remembered that he had just sent a text message about the celebration banquet to the media reporters. This time, the other party must have received it a long time ago. But after what Manager Song said, could he still hold the celebration banquet?
What made him even more nervous was that he also sent a text message to Mr. Li Er to take credit. If Mr. Li Er knew the reputation of the movie now, he would be finished. Now Representative Liu really wanted to chop off his own hands. Why was he so anxious? If he sent it half an hour later, he would not be in such a dilemma now.
With a one-in-ten-thousand hope, Representative Liu turned on the computer to see if the facts were really as miserable as Manager Song said, although he did not think that Manager Song would dare to joke with him about such a thing.
Reality is ruthless. The one in ten thousand hope did not appear. The cold reviews on the Internet seemed to stab the chest of Representative Liu.
"What a crappy movie, it is said to be the sequel of "A Chinese Odyssey", but it is ten streets worse than "A Chinese Odyssey"!"
"Xie Tingfeng is handsome, Ah SA is cute, but that's all."
"Another work that sells dog meat under the guise of sheep, and it's a loss for the producer's previous promotion. It really wasted dozens of dollars for me."
"The title of the movie is "A Chinese Odyssey", the love is not deep enough, and the madness is not crazy enough. It's all half-full, which is really depressing."
The negative reviews occupied the comment column of major movie review websites. The extremely low ratings almost stopped Representative Liu's heartbeat. After only ten minutes of watching, Representative Liu's forehead and back were already covered with cold sweat, all because of the fear of these negative reviews.
If Liu was not convinced by the article on the blog before, now tens of thousands of negative reviews made him understand what "people's will" meant. This was too terrifying. Even Liu did not dare to continue reading after only ten minutes, because he felt that even he was shaken by these negative reviews. Is "A Chinese Odyssey" really as bad as they say?
After turning off the computer, Liu did not even bother to tidy up his hair. He put on a coat and hurried to the company. When he arrived at the company, he was notified to go to the meeting room.
Liu quickly came to the door of the meeting room, opened the door, and saw a group of gloomy faces.
"Liu is here, sit down." Manager Song, who was startled by the sound of the door, saw that it was Liu who came, and hurriedly asked him to take a seat.
"What's going on? Why are there so many negative reviews!" Liu did not even have time to take a seat. He walked to the seat and asked anxiously.
After all, this movie is related to his future. If he does it well, he will rise to the top in the Li Group. This is what he expects. But if he does it badly, he dare not even think about it. Mr. Li Er looks kind on weekdays, but his mind is not broad enough. This can be seen from his views and actions on Nie Wei.
After all, the deal between him and Nie Wei was consensual. The media was the one who talked about Nie Wei later. What does it have to do with Nie Wei? But Mr. Li Er still hated Nie Wei, which shows that he is indeed narrow-minded.
Now the first step of Mr. Li Er's "competition" with Nie Wei is about to be messed up by himself. Representative Liu really can't imagine how angry Mr. Li Er will be when he gets the real news, and how he will deal with himself. I am afraid that he will be miserable at that time.
Thinking of this, Representative Liu couldn't help but shudder.
"The source cannot be traced. Within an hour after our midnight show ended, a large number of negative reviews appeared on major film review websites. They gave our movie one or two stars, and the rating was immediately pulled down. The lowest score was even 2.5 points." Manager Song frowned and answered in an extremely heavy tone.
He always felt that this matter was a bit weird, but he had no idea what he could see from it. The feedback from several cinemas that sent people to collect reviews was quite good. Although it could not be called a blast, more than 70% of the audience also thought that this movie was still interesting. But how come these people all changed their faces when they got to the Internet?
"Could it be Nie Wei's doing behind the scenes?" Representative Liu thought of Nie Wei and asked with gritted teeth.
Manager Song was stunned for a moment, but still shook his head.
"The film review section of the blog is the best-received place for "A Chinese Odyssey" so far. If it was Nie Wei who was behind this, the blog should have taken the opportunity to give him a beating..." Manager Song hadn't finished his words when he was glared at by Representative Liu. What does "giving him a beating" mean? Is he comparing himself to a "dog in the water"?
Manager Song, who was glared at, knew that he had made a mistake. He smiled awkwardly at Representative Liu and stopped making any further guesses.
"So what should we do now?" Representative Liu retracted his gaze and asked everyone.
Everyone looked at each other, and finally Manager Song spoke first: "We can first contact the media and the self-media on the blog to ask them to help speak out, and also contact Emperor Entertainment Group to ask them to arrange for Tingfeng Xie and Ah Sa to come out and call on their fans. Anyway, Emperor Entertainment Group has also invested in this movie, and it is starring their artists, so they must contribute."
"That's right, keep talking." Representative Liu nodded. For him who seemed to be drowning and at a loss at this moment, Manager Song's words were undoubtedly his life-saving plank, giving him a little hope of "surviving".
"We can also let several leading actors start the national tour mode immediately. Last year, the box office and reputation of "Speeding Scandal" increased a lot because of this event. We should be able to restore some of our image by doing the same." Someone made a suggestion.
Representative Liu nodded, which was considered as agreement, but he felt quite awkward in his heart. After all, Nie Wei was the opponent of the son behind him, but he used the opponent's tricks to recover his losses. No matter how you look at it, it seems like copying others' words, which is inferior to Nie Wei.
But Representative Liu didn't have much thought at the moment. After accepting a few suggestions, he immediately sent people to start implementing them.
But he didn't notice that General Manager Song's face didn't improve at all. In his opinion, these tricks were like drinking poison to quench thirst, and the effect was minimal. There were so many negative reviews on the Internet, how could they be reversed by a few activities and reports? Moreover, he had some bad thoughts in his mind and was worried.
And these worries gradually became a reality half an hour later.
First, the bloggers and self-media contacted by the company. After the selection, the company was ready to contact 15 bloggers and media people to help promote "The Monkey King". However, what surprised Manager Song and others was that these self-media who only recognized money on weekdays became very stubborn this time. Only three of the 15 people agreed to the request, and the price was five times the usual price. It was clear that they wanted to rip off Representative Liu and his team.
As for the remaining 12, they didn't agree to the request at all. What made Representative Liu almost angry was that in less than an hour, these 12 bloggers and self-media successively published articles about "The Monkey King", but they were not praising, but black.
Among them, six media people even posted the text messages when the company contacted the other party on their blogs. These people also put on a righteous look, and they all claimed that they would not be swayed by money and would not be bribed by a company to give the audience misleading film reviews.
This not only made the audience highly praise these self-media accounts, but also completely angered these netizens. They were originally brainwashed by bad reviews. Now this group of self-media has revealed this kind of private money transaction to buy good reviews. This made the already bad reputation of "A Chinese Odyssey" seem to fall into a pit in an instant, and it has become the most unpopular movie among netizens on the Internet.
"It's over, it's over." After receiving this news, Representative Liu sat down on the ground.
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