Chapter 703: Go crazy first, the preview is a big hit
Rules.
They are always made by the superiors who hold the power.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Governor Zhou postponed the release of the movie this time just to target Lu Chuan.
Many people gloated over the misfortune. Who made Lu Chuan so jumpy recently?
Governor Zhou is the real number one cultural exporter. He was just on the official media news and was personally endorsed by the government.
It’s ok for you, Lu Chuan, to flatter yourself, but you also claim that you have made contributions to promoting the elimination of prejudices between the two countries.
How can this monstrous blood feud be eliminated?
I’m afraid that so many of our ancestors who died in Jinling would not agree.
It also fits the classic line of Prime Minister Zhuge. I have never seen such a shameless person.
Soon, someone called to persuade Zhou Yutang.
Taking a step back will open up a wider world. Everyone will benefit from harmony and wealth.
Rational analysis, at least from the size of the film, "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", which is positioned as a benchmark for "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Mojin", is undoubtedly a commercial film.
It is definitely more qualified than "Bad Angels" to be a strong rival of "Detective Chinatown" during the Chinese New Year.
After all, it is a super popular IP, and there is also a traffic star.
If the quality of the two films is equal and they are released on the same day, one of the two tigers will be injured.
La Peikang explained the pros and cons.
But Zhou Yutang insisted on doing it.
He also has enough confidence to support such a willful act.
If he is unhappy with Lu Chuan, he will beat him down.
Let alone La Peikang, even Jesus can't persuade him.
This postponement of the release date and the large-scale advance screening operation are earth-shattering in the film and television industry.
The industry is paying attention to this matter.
Including Lu Chuan's father.
Lu Laodeng has some connections in the literary and art circle.
His son wants to take the position, so as a father, he must use all his resources to help him from behind.
La Peikang failed to persuade Governor Zhou, and the retired old man Han Sanye also called: "Those old guys have all come to me."
"That means you, Mr. Han, have a high status in their hearts."
Zhou Yutang raised his hand to let Ni Ni behind him stop kneading, frowning and said: "Mr. Han, are you here to be a lobbyist too?"
"I'm retired, why do I join in the fun?"
Han Sanping smiled and said: "You young people should solve your own problems. I'll tell you when I call, can I ask for a glass of wine at the premiere?"
"Mr. Han can come, it's a great honor for my humble home."
Zhou Yutang felt warm in his heart and smiled leisurely.
After dealing with each other for so many years, they already had a tacit understanding.
In the second half of Han Sanye's career, Zhou Yutang earned enough face for him, allowing him to be honored and more decently recorded in the Tianchao Film Hall.
In the future, when mentioning the domestic entertainment leader Zhou Dudu, who will not praise Han Sanye for his good eye for talent?
Now Han Sanping is undoubtedly on Zhou Yutang's side.
If Lu Chuan is really capable, even under Zhou Yutang's sniping, he can still stand out.
Because this year's Lunar New Year holiday, the situation has gradually become clear.
Xiao Gangpao's "Old Cannon" is on its second week of release, and its box office potential has been fully realized.
There is only one "Bad Angels" co-produced by Guangguang and Deng Chao, which is not as popular as super IPs like "Tomb Raiders" and may not make much waves in the Lunar New Year holiday.
The remaining one is "One Thought in Heaven" written and directed by Zhang Cheng, but it is just trying to steal chicken.
Several film and television companies spent money to invite Shen Teng and Ma Li, who became famous because of the big hit "Charlotte's Troubles", and the Happy Twist team did not participate in the production of the film.
In fact, it was just as Han Sanping expected.
When Xiao Gangpao took the two top stream young actors to roadshow everywhere, the box office of "Old Cannon" was rising all the way.
Deng Chao's "Bad Guys" finally hit the big screen and joined the group to compete for the Lunar New Year box office.
Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can win every battle.
Zhou Yutang has watched all these movies in the Lunar New Year box office in the cinema.
He went to watch "Old Cannon" with Liu Shishi.
As for "Bad Guys", Deng Chao talked to him a lot. Zhou Yutang knew the general situation and didn't want to watch it again.
But Reba is a member of the Running Man team. Deng Chao took good care of her in the show, so he must support her.
She just finished her fashion trip and returned to Beijing for the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal. The cute look with her pouting lips was really hard to refuse.
Zhou Yutang simply managed his time and accompanied Reba to his own cinema to watch the stars.
Halfway through, Reba regretted it.
Even as a member of the Running Man team, it was difficult for her to say that this movie was good against her will.
When she was bored, she was about to talk to Zhou Yutang, but found that he was leaning on a comfortable and soft recliner.
With eyes closed and breathing evenly, he slept peacefully.
Zhou Yutang's exclusive Starry Sky Cinema has specially designed seats. With the middle armrest down, it is like a sofa bed.
Reba leaned over, put her head on Zhou Yutang's shoulder, and fell into a sweet dream.
The ending song woke them up, and Reba breathed a sigh of relief as if she had been pardoned: "It's finally over."
Zhou Yutang took her hand, and Reba cooperated by lifting her hips and sitting directly on Zhou Yutang's thighs.
"How was the movie?"
"To be honest, it's not good."
Reba moved her body, hugged Zhou Yutang's neck with both hands, and kissed him on the face.
Supporting Deng Chao outside was all about human relationships, but what she said in front of Zhou Yutang now was the truth.
After a bit of tenderness, Zhou Yutang didn't go any further. He held Reba's ant waist with one hand and gently stroked her delicate thigh skin with the other hand.
He didn't rush out, and held Reba to talk about the movie.
A good actor can become a director.
This is very normal in the entertainment industry.
Putting aside the example of Zhou Yutang, the evildoer, let's take Xu Guangtou as an example.
A series of embarrassing stories made him sit on the capital table.
Easy and easy to make money.
Deng Chao previously competed with Huang Xiaoming for the top brother of the middle-aged generation, and his status was much higher than Xu Guangtou.
Seeing his rise, Deng Chao also had some ideas.
However, Deng Chao is a good actor who can handle many types of roles, but it doesn't mean that he is a good director.
When he and Yu Baimei were combined, a toxic chemical reaction occurred.
Zhou Yutang also told Deng Chao about the problems with this script.
But he definitely didn't listen.
At that time, Guangguang had locked in the Lunar New Year schedule in advance. Due to the schedule, there was no time to fine-tune the script and the filming had to start immediately.
He could only trust Yu Baimei and start the project directly.
"The reputation will probably be very bad."
Patting his butt, Zhou Yutang stood up and prepared to take Reba to eat hot pot. He asked with rare concern: "How is the rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala?"
This year, Reba ushered in a period of career rise. "Pretty Li Huizhen" has added a lot to her.
With the image of a lively and cheerful girl, coupled with the advantage of a household registration, Reba has always had an advantage in programs such as the Spring Festival Gala.
This year, her program is the Northern Xinjiang ethnic dance.
"It's okay."
While tidying up her hair and dress, Reba gossiped: "But I heard that Li Jing and Xie Na's sketches were both killed, Guo Donglin was also taken down, and Teng Ge's program did not pass the test either."
Zhou Yutang shook his head and was not surprised.
The previous Spring Festival Gala programs, such as "Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom", were very exciting.
But in recent years, it seems to be getting more and more boring.
The director team does not seek merit, but only avoids mistakes.
The programs on the Spring Festival Gala must not only be artistic and entertaining, but also ideological.
Being qualified for selection is one thing, and whether it can pass the review is another.
Although Deng Chao worked hard to promote his "Bad Angels", the market gave a very realistic answer.
The box office on the first day closed at 152 million, which seems to be a very beautiful number and can be justified.
It's just that the word-of-mouth rating has just been released, and it has exploded through the center of the earth. Douban scores 3.8 and Time.com scores 4.5.
"Brother Tang, Brother Chao seems to be stimulated."
Zhang Ruojun just finished complaining, and Reba also sent a message.
"One went crazy first."
Zhou Yutang glanced at Weibo, shook his head and laughed.
Failure to meet expectations probably dealt a heavy blow to Deng Chao.
At this moment, he is surfing the Internet intensively and posting Weibo crazily.
According to statistics, in just one hour, Deng Chao continuously forwarded 78 netizens' positive Weibo posts about the movie "Bad Angels" directed and acted by him.
Moreover, each post was accompanied by the three words "万得 service" and a doge emoticon.
"Has this guy's account been hacked?"
"Okay, okay, the villain angel is the best in the world, stop posting."
"Are you ok?"
"I can't stand it, I'll unfollow him for a while, because I still want to see other people's Weibo."
"Suddenly I hate Deng Chao a little bit. Since he is making a movie, he must be prepared to accept bad reviews. It's too hypocritical!"
"I won't unfollow you for the sake of teaching Xiaolu to tear off the name tag."
Before the seizure, Deng Chao's Weibo followers were about 45.44 million, and then it dropped to 45.28 million.
In just one hour, he lost nearly 160,000 fans!
This also created a record of not too small or small.
Yu Baimei was still struggling in vain. "There are big problems with the rating mechanism of Time.com and Douban for movies. At 12 o'clock on the night of the movie's release, nearly 70% of the rating websites gave one-star ratings. How could normal people collectively give bad reviews in the middle of the night?
What marketing hacks are doing these despicable things?
I suggest that everyone use Weibo to search for the topic of "Bad Angels". We search once every ten minutes. The feedback we get is that at least 80% to 90% of the audience are positive, and the reviews are very good. I believe these are the true feelings of the ticket-buying audience."
"You can lie to your brothers, but don't lie to yourself."
The netizens did not accept this explanation. Whether a movie is good or not depends on people's hearts.
"One less competitor."
Seeing the online battle situation, Lu Chuan gloated and laughed secretly.
Just a few days ago, he was still being besieged crazily. Fortunately, Deng Chao came out to save his life.
Although the box office of "Bad Angels" exceeded 100 million on the first day and the total box office looked very strong, it was just the realization of the early publicity.
With such a good reputation, it is basically impossible to make a comeback. Lu Chuan has no gratitude for Deng Chao, the lifesaver, and even uses a trumpet to secretly set the pace, wishing him dead.
"Xiao Gangpao's "Old Cannon" has a good reputation and the box office is still strong, but in the second week of its release, its potential is basically just that, and it is difficult to break 1 billion."
"As long as Zhou Yutang is stopped, this year's Lunar New Year box office will be whatever you want."
The producers gathered together to analyze and discuss, and everyone was very excited when they thought of the bright future.
The most excited person was Lu Chuan.
A golden opportunity is right in front of him.
Not to mention defeating Zhou Yutang head-on, as long as he can compete with him, he can immediately become famous.
Not only can he wash away the shame of the past, but he can also rise to the top director in the circle.
At that time, glory, applause, admiring eyes
Everything will be there!
Thinking of this, Lu Chuan's heart was so hot that it seemed like a wildfire ignited the wilderness.
But before the fire in his heart burned, "Detective Chinatown" was previewed in large quantities, just like a basin of cold water poured on Lu Chuan's head.
In the three rounds of previews, the screening rates of "Detective Chinatown" were 23.3%, 25.8%, and 26.3% respectively.
And the preview box office for these three days was 178 million, 195 million, and 223 million respectively.
Before the movie was released, the total preview box office was nearly 600 million, breaking the preview box office record in Chinese film history, and also surprised countless people.
The Lunar New Year box office has just begun, but with the release of "Detective Chinatown", it seems to have announced its end in advance.
At this time, after the box office of "Bad Guys" exceeded 500 million, the film schedule has been reduced due to word of mouth, and it is difficult to continue.
"Old Cannon", which started to be released to catch up with the Lunar New Year, has accumulated a box office of 555 million in 10 days. The reputation and box office have been rising all the way, but most of the box office potential has been realized.
The remaining online movie "Never Expected" barely passed the 300 million threshold at the box office, and the screening schedule has dropped to single digits, and it will be taken off the screen soon.
"Zhou Yutang is a genius. He is always used to giving surprises to the audience. After watching "The Devil Wears Prada 2" this year, I originally thought that this series may have been overdrawn too much, and the audience would be aesthetically fatigued. What caught my eye was that Zhou Yutang took a different approach and combined comedy and suspense themes very well."
"There are Easter eggs in the Devil Wears Prada universe, telling a different story. When I was watching the movie, the laughter in the cinema never stopped. It was funny, but also terrifying.
The box office explosion of "Detective Chinatown" is absolutely well deserved. In my opinion, this movie has undoubtedly locked in the best box office for this year's Lunar New Year in advance, and it may even create a box office record for domestic films in China. Congratulations to the governor in advance."
-Famous film critic Fang Liming
"The charm of performing arts lies in being able to transcend many conditions and show the essence of the character to the audience. Wang Baoqiang has undoubtedly done a good job in this regard. His acting skills are as wonderful as ever. It can be seen that Zhou Yutang is not only good at training actresses, but Lu Han's fans should also be very happy. His acting skills also gave the audience a lot of surprises, including the selection of a number of supporting roles and the soundtrack of the movie, which are all excellent."
——Film critic Wei Jun
Most of the film critics gave positive reviews, including the up masters on Bilibili, who even promoted it in a 360-degree spiral without dead ends.
Celebrities spared no effort to forward and support on social media.
News during prime time on TV stations.
Although the movie has not yet been officially released, the full-channel promotion has already ignited everyone's passion for watching movies.
A small number of viewers who have seen the movie also began to recommend it to their friends, and it gradually became the hottest social topic at the moment.
"You haven't seen Zhou Yutang's new film yet?"
"I want to see it now, but I didn't get the tickets."
"Where are the tickets? Why are they gone?"
"The cinema is not doing business anymore? Why are they only showing it for three rounds?"
"This is an advance screening to let everyone enjoy it in advance. It will not be released until the 31st. You can book it on Maoyan first."
"Ahhhh, there are still two days before you can watch it!"
The word of mouth released by the first wave of viewers was almost unanimously positive.
Zhou Yutang used his connections to ensure that more than 20% of the screenings were guaranteed, and the result was that every show was full and tickets were hard to come by!
For the theater chain, this is something that has never happened before.
A movie that has not yet been officially released has only three rounds of previews and has collected nearly 600 million in box office!
With the momentum of dominating the world.
It has penetrated the movie market like a landslide.
...
Ps: I got off work late, and I will update it tomorrow on holidays