Chapter 463 463. Premiere of

Chapter 463 463. Premiere of

A group of people surrounded Manager Song, pinching his Ren Zhong and feeding him emergency medicine. Fortunately, Manager Song fainted because of a severe psychological blow, not a serious illness, so he gradually woke up five minutes later.

A group of people breathed a sigh of relief. If Manager Song fell again at this time, Dongcheng International would really be leaderless.

After a long time, Manager Song finally raised a little spirit and leaned back in his chair. Seeing the eyes of this group of people looking at him, he ordered with a trembling lip: "Cancel the celebration banquet for reporters and prepare an apology notice. Don't make excuses. The tone and content of the apology should be sincere."

After speaking, Manager Song waved his hand, indicating that the group could go back to work.

"General Manager, is there anything else to order?" A supervisor asked worriedly, always feeling that this way of handling things was a bit too negative.

"That's it for now. By the way, when the box office data of "A Chinese Odyssey" today and tomorrow's midnight box office comes out, remember to send it to my email. I'm a little tired. If there's nothing special today, don't bother me." Manager Song replied tiredly.

"Got it. Have a good rest." Several supervisors could see that Manager Song was really hit hard today, so they left the meeting room without saying anything more.

"You should leave too. Don't worry. I'm much better. No problem." Looking at the secretary who was still there, Manager Song also asked him to leave the meeting room. When Manager Song was the only one left in the meeting room, he seemed to have fallen apart and collapsed on the chair.

In fact, the first-day box office performance of "A Chinese Odyssey" was not too bad. After all, there was the previous pre-sale box office. After the final statistics were completed in the evening, the first-day box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" was 19.3 million yuan.

This result also made this movie the box office champion of the day, but it was also the box office champion with the worst reputation in history. The complaints about this movie on the Internet have not stopped. In the eyes of the audience, this is a bad movie that surpasses "The Promise". The badness is not in the plot, but the distribution company is too unethical.

The topic of boycotting this movie has exceeded tens of millions of popularity. Almost all the reviews under this topic are bad. Even if there are a few people who want to defend this movie or the actors in this movie, they are also rebuffed by the angry masses.

Mr. Li, who was far away in Hong Kong, was in a good mood when he received the text message from Representative Liu in the morning, but after a busy day of socializing, he saw the report sent by General Manager Song of Dongcheng International in his mailbox after returning to the company, and his good mood for the day was instantly destroyed.

The report sent by General Manager Song explained in detail. In addition to recording the development of the past few days, he also did not forget to analyze the first-day box office data of "A Chinese Odyssey" yesterday and the box office data of the midnight show that had just been settled. The result was really bad.

The first-day box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" was close to 20 million, which seemed very good, but under the huge pre-sale box office, this result can only be said to be ordinary, especially the trend of the box office. From yesterday morning to today morning, it has been on a downward trend, and the attendance rate has been falling.

This is also the reason why the first-day box office, which could have easily reached 20 million, only took 19.3 million in the end. The remaining hundreds of thousands of data could not be made, which was largely affected by word of mouth.

However, this is not the most terrible thing. Without the support of most of the pre-sale box office, the box office of the midnight show on the second day suddenly took a big dive, and the jump was not ordinary. The box office data of the first day's midnight show was 4.7 million, while today's midnight show only had a box office of 710,000.

If it is a normal and healthy box office of a movie, even if it does not rise, it will not drop so much. It has dropped by 4 million at once. It is obvious that the audience is boycotting this movie. No one goes to the cinema, so naturally, this movie has no box office.

When Mr. Li saw this, he called his secretary in directly.

"Has there been any news from Liu Wei, who went to the mainland to take charge of Dongcheng International?"

"No, President."

"Heh, can you escape reality by being a coward? Call him and tell him to return to Hong Kong immediately. Also, draw up a five-year cleaning contract for me. The salary is one dollar a month. When Li Wei comes back, let him sign it for me." Li Ergongzi said calmly, but the content of his words was as cold as a knife.

No one can ruin the Li family's industry and get away with it, especially Li Wei, who is so bad. Letting him work as a cleaner for five years for nothing is to give him a profound lesson. As for whether Li Wei will sign, Li Ergongzi is not worried. If he signs, he is smart. If he doesn't sign, Li Ergongzi doesn't need to care. Someone will deal with him even worse.

The box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" fell very badly on the second day. It was the daily box office champion yesterday, but today it only earned 3.1 million box office, not even in the top five. The decline is simply shocking in the industry.

What's more frightening is that many viewers who had booked tickets did not show up, which undoubtedly proves that the audience's boycott is not just talk, but real action.

Soon, some people responded to the box office plunge of "A Chinese Odyssey", and these people are the theaters that have direct interests in this movie.

Before, due to Dongcheng International's financial offensive, several theaters in the south changed sides and gave "A Chinese Odyssey" a higher screening rate. However, "A Chinese Odyssey" is performing so poorly now that these theaters are still supporting it. It is estimated that the money they received privately before will not be enough to subsidize it, and they may even have to pay a large sum of money.

Therefore, it is imperative to adjust the screening rate. After picking and choosing, everyone suddenly found that there is only one best answer for the movie that is most likely to make them a lot of money, that is, "20 Again" produced by Huayi and directed by Nie Wei.

So the day before "20 Again" was released, Huayi International received news from several theaters that they were willing to give "20 Again" more screenings.

And most of the extra screenings given to "20 Again" were taken from "A Chinese Odyssey".

"Hahahaha, it's so refreshing. Nie Wei, you didn't hear the way those theater managers flattered me on the phone. It's completely different from before. This time I'm really proud of myself. It's refreshing!" Wang Zhonglei laughed happily in Nie Wei's office.

He was so relieved now. He was tripped up twice in a row before, which made Wang Zhonglei angry. Fortunately, Nie Wei, his partner, fought back fiercely and gave the other party a fatal blow. Judging from the trend of "A Chinese Odyssey", this movie can't even make a profit, let alone sell well.

"I heard that they invested nearly 100 million Hong Kong dollars." When talking about the box office of "A Chinese Odyssey", Nie Wei also thought of the "huge investment" of this movie. 100 million Hong Kong dollars, whether now or in the future, is considered a blockbuster-level investment in the Chinese film industry.

"No, I've inquired about it. It's only more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars, which is only more than 70 million Chinese yuan. But even if it's more than 80 million Hong Kong dollars, it will be difficult for them to make a profit. I think the mainland box office will be at most 40 million." Wang Zhonglei is obviously very concerned about this movie, and he even inquired about the investment amount.

"Well, it can't be more, haha." Nie Wei nodded in agreement, and laughed happily. The mainland box office does not exceed 40 million, so for a movie with an investment of more than 70 million, at least in the mainland battlefield, he didn't make any money at all.

And it is foreseeable that because the box office reputation is not good, this film will definitely not sell at a high price in foreign countries, so it is destined to be a movie that loses money.

Thinking that the young man saw that his investment money was wasted, even if he was rich, he must be a little distressed. Thinking of this, Nie Wei couldn't help but laugh secretly. This time he taught the other party a good lesson. In this circle, you really can't play with money.

Soon it was the third day of the pre-sale of "Back to 20", which was also the day of the premiere of the film.

In addition to the invited guest stars and lucky fans, the largest number of people who came to the scene that day was the lineup of reporters. Hundreds of reporters belonged to dozens of media, covering almost all the famous media in Beijing, and everyone sent out not small fish and shrimps, but their own top reporters.

In the interviews on the scene, the most asked questions were about the film. Everyone had done their homework in this regard, so the answers were very handy. However, just when the interview session was about to end, a reporter from a media suddenly asked a question, which instantly caused an uproar at the new film press conference.

"Mr. Nie Wei, a movie called "The Monkey King" was released two days ago, but on the first day of its release, it was attacked by countless negative reviews. According to the oral statement of an employee of the film distribution company, our newspaper learned that these negative reviews seemed to be related to you. I wonder if you have any response to this."

The reporters on the scene were in an uproar. No one thought that someone would ask such a question at this time.

Although everyone knew that the "Crazy Monkey King" two days ago was a victim of the struggle between Nie Wei and a certain young master, could this kind of thing be brought up and asked in person? Because even if asked, Nie Wei would definitely not admit it, and on the contrary, there would be the risk of defamation. After all, Nie Wei did it too cleanly and did not leave any handle at all. If you talk nonsense and can't produce evidence, it is naturally slander.

However, since someone asked at the risk of being sued, everyone was also very curious about how Nie Wei would answer.

Under the gaze of everyone, Nie Wei calmly moved the microphone in front of him, adjusted it to a comfortable angle, and then slowly said: "I'm sorry, this reporter told a good story, but I don't think it has anything to do with me."

When the reporters heard this, their first reaction was "Sure enough." ’

Just when everyone thought that the game was over, the reporter rushed to speak again: "But your blog is the place where most of these negative reviews are concentrated. Do you think it really has nothing to do with you?"

The reporter's aggressiveness made many people present realize that something was wrong. This person didn't look like he was here to interview, but rather to find trouble. Wang Zhonglei, who was present at the side, was ready to kick this person out, and Lin Yifei, who was sitting next to Nie Wei, looked at Nie Wei worriedly, fearing that Nie Wei would not be able to respond properly.

However, if he wanted to stump Nie Wei with these questions, then it can only be said that this reporter was overthinking.

"Our blog is a social networking platform. In addition to some sensitive issues, what matters on this platform is that you can speak freely. Including everyone present here, I believe that many newspapers and magazines behind many people present have also opened certified public accounts on our blog. If, as this reporter said, the voices of some users in the blog represent my thoughts, then are all the articles published by all the media present every day also considered my thoughts? At this point, I believe everyone understands what I mean, and this reporter, I'm sorry to disagree with your statement."

Nie Wei's words made all the reporters present nod their heads. As a social platform, the blog only provides a place for communication. Without crossing the line, it is naturally impossible to control what people say. It is such an open communication platform that countless ideas collide fiercely every day. This is the main reason why the blog can maintain its vitality.

The reporter's question was obviously taken for granted. It was obvious that he wanted to put the shit pot on Nie Wei's head. Unfortunately, Nie Wei was such a cunning person that his answer was flawless and did not leave any handle for the other party.

Then Wang Zhonglei stopped the press conference and did not give the reporter a chance to ask questions. A group of reporters were soon invited to the theater to watch the upcoming movie "Back to 20".

Holding the microphone, Nie Wei stood in front of the big screen and told the audience about the general content of the movie.

"This movie tells a fantasy story about a 70-year-old grandmother who suddenly turned into a 20-year-old girl. I hope everyone can find happiness, touch, and beautiful memories of their youth in my movie. Please think about the time that will be old in the future. There are many things I want to express in this movie. I also hope that everyone can watch it carefully and experience it carefully. Thank you."

Amidst applause, Nie Wei completed his second premiere speech as a director. As he returned to his seat, the lights on the scene dimmed and the big screen gradually lit up.

As the opening credits of Huayi and China Film flashed, the movie began.

The first thing that caught the audience's eyes was a group of teenagers playing basketball. As the teenagers competed fiercely on the court, a female narrator also sounded, and the content of the words made everyone present feel very interesting.

Thanks to He Ka Da and Jia Ran for their 500 rewards, and thanks to Hao Ri Xing Guang and Ming Tian for their generous rewards of 95555.