Hualiu Director

Chapter 122 Melon King Zhou Wei

On the morning of October 10, when people immersed in their holiday life turn on their mobile phones, they will find the latest entertainment news push on multiple online platforms and portals, that is, the Hollywood romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians" has announced a movie-watching price cut. The ticket price has been reduced by 3 yuan from the original basis, and popcorn is also given away in some cities.

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

"Is this a Hollywood blockbuster? You don't even want your face!"

"You know a hammer, this film has already made a lot of money abroad, can people care about the box office?"

"Fuck, buy popcorn and get movie tickets, this operation is 666!"

Laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the doorway.When Lin Hong saw this news, he knew that it was China Film Group's dying struggle.

The unacceptable "Crazy Rich Asians" was introduced by mistake. China Film and Hollywood have a gambling agreement. The minimum box office of 4000 million yuan seems to be an impossible task.Faced with the expiry of the first three days of protective films signed with the theaters, China Film had to cut prices to sell in the hope of stimulating the market, so as to retain as many theaters as possible.

Of course, some people may ask, China Film Group is a super predator. They are participants in the game, the makers of some rules, and sometimes act as referees. The theaters should give them face no matter what happens. Woolen cloth?

This brings us to another issue, that is, the guaranteed minimum share of theater chains, which means that theater chains and film distribution companies have a minimum income requirement for all screenings when negotiating.

For example, the distribution company negotiated with the theaters and stipulated that, on average, the theaters can guarantee a minimum income of 300 yuan for each screening, and the box office of a screening is 2000 yuan. The issuer can also share 50 yuan.

But if the movie hits grandma's house and can only sell for 200 yuan per show, it means that the distribution company can't even meet the guaranteed income promised to the theaters.And the theaters have a good show and cannot give better-performing movies, and the opportunity cost has greatly increased.

In this situation of two-way loss of money, either the distribution company will cancel the film, or it can only accept a part of the film cut, which is also the best way to reduce losses for both parties.

The theaters are now facing this situation. Watching the prime-time "Life Kiss Me Painfully" and "Wolf Warrior Special Forces", the hard-to-find scenes happen from time to time, and then look at "Crazy Rich Asians" The auditorium was empty and empty almost all the time, and the heart of the theater owner was bleeding.

And China Film is also uncomfortable. It was actually very risky to introduce a film that had been released in the United States and Europe for half a year. In order to import this film without paying for it, they also adopted the most popular box office betting agreement nowadays.

But when China Film Group found out that the film was probably a pitfall after the secret screening investigation before the release, they gave up 12% of the film schedule in order to reduce costs as much as possible.

And once the film improves, China Film has a way to get back the previously abandoned film schedule.

However, it turns out that "Crazy Rich Asians" has no miracles. Half a day after it was released, it ushered in the collapse of the box office and word-of-mouth. Made a decision against the ancestors.

Seeing this, China Film Group is preparing to give an injection of adrenaline to refresh yourself on October 10. If it doesn't work, China Film Group can only acquiesce in cutting off part of the lineup to reduce losses.

Of course, the cinema chains are happy to see China Film, a giant, admit its failure. As long as they have to endure for another day, they can adjust the film schedule by themselves.

However, what makes the theater bosses wonder is why the two films that are counterattacking and rising have not sent people to grab the screenings. Could it be that they all have moral and cleanliness and feel that it is immoral to grab other people's screenings?

Bah, there are good people who make movies?

The east side is not bright and the west side is bright. Just when the theater bosses can’t wait for Hualiu and Dengfeng, people from Wang Yang came. They concluded that "Crazy Rich Asians" will not have a miracle today, and hope to eat "Crazy Rich Asians" tomorrow. The more films of "Crazy Romance", the better.

Why is it that "Mystery of Love", which has a poor reputation and attendance, is scheduled to be filmed?The theater bosses were also puzzled at first, but seeing the conditions offered by the other party, the theater bosses no longer hesitated.

It doesn't matter who you want to schedule, as long as you can make money, and the guaranteed income for a single show given by "The Secret of Love" has increased a lot. In the case of other films not rushing to schedule, the theaters definitely welcome them to enter. of.

The time came to October 2016, 10, and the box office of the previous day also came out.

Although word-of-mouth collapsed, "Guardian of the Great Wall" still ranked first in the box office of the day with its super star lineup. While earning 5986 million box office, the total box office rose to 2 million yuan, but the decline has become more and more obvious.

"The Secret of Love", which also plummeted in word-of-mouth, only earned 1850 million in the quarrel of chicken feathers. The total box office of 9690 million in three days failed to break through [-] million, basically declaring a loss.

Wolf Warriors continued its counterattack yesterday. The box office broke through the 3000 million mark that day, and the total box office reached 7625 million. The situation is very good.

And the even more eye-catching dark horse "Life Kiss Me Painfully" has a pitifully low number of films, but with its high attendance rate, it once again counterattacked and earned 1580 million at the box office, bringing the total box office to 5738 million.

As soon as the box office data came out, Xiao Di was the happiest. This means that his first project after taking office has already recovered the cost, and the movie has only been released for six days, and they still have a wider market to come.

随着10月4日的来临，业内能拿到相关数据的人发现原本占据18%国庆排片的《摘金奇缘》只有8%还在苦苦挣扎了，而《爱情的奥秘》排片则暴涨到22%。

The outside world does not know what agreement Wang Yang and the theaters have reached, but one thing is certain, if there is no absolutely good news, then Wang Yang's move will definitely harm others and not benefit himself.

But when Lin Hong saw these statistics, he smiled.

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Zhou Wei recently met a new colleague, a "Whistleblower" who uses a short video platform to do live broadcasts. Because the main battlefields of the two are different, there is no business competition, and the "Whistleblower" has a distant relative who works at Wangyang Film and Television. So I can get some inside information.

During the National Day holiday, many production crews are on holiday, and stars rarely take a rest, so many people choose to travel abroad or stay at home, and the paparazzi have less work.

But Zhou Wei is a workaholic. He knows that if he wants to succeed, he must find another way, such as staring at important people who others don't care about, such as the assistant of a celebrity.

Just last night, Zhou Wei and "Whistleblower" ate and drank together. During the dinner, "Whistleblower" drank too much and showed off that his relative told him a shocking melon. The relative who was afraid of being scared lost his job, so he didn't disclose the news.

But who is Zhou Wei? He is a ruthless character who can dig up people's graves in order to break the news. Let alone a relative of a new friend, it doesn't matter if he is his own relative.

But because this melon is too explosive, Zhou Wei didn't stretch it out. He knew that if he couldn't get the real hammer, he wouldn't be able to hang out in this circle in the future.

In an outdoor parking lot in Chaoyang District, the airtight car windows are covered with one-way visible car film. In order to conceal and weaken the sense of presence, Zhou Wei deliberately turned off the car engine, and just endured the sauna in the car without air conditioning room treatment.

Come, come, Zhou Wei was excited.

In the distance, a motorcycle slowly approached a commercial vehicle on the other side of the parking lot. The moment the motorcycle and the commercial vehicle passed by, the motorcycle rider took out a small box from his pocket and threw it in. At the same time, he took several red bills from the driver.

Everything was recorded by Zhou Wei who was hiding in the distance, and he was finally convinced that what the "whistleblower" said after drinking was true.

Watching the commercial vehicle start to leave the parking lot, Zhou Wei also ignited and followed. The cool air-conditioning wind blowing on his wet body made Zhou Wei feel extremely comfortable.

The business car drove all the way to a high-end restaurant. Zhou Wei followed him all the way into the restaurant with his excellent paparazzi experience. Then he pretended to enter the wrong box and opened the door. Sure enough, he saw the target person he wanted to see.

Zhou Wei didn't show any emotion, and even pretended not to recognize a popular star among the people in the box.

Sitting at the booth in the restaurant, Zhou Wei ordered a few random dishes to dismiss the waiter, and then took out an elderly mobile phone that he had received from the construction site three years ago and called the reporting hotline.

"Hey, I'm reporting that someone has been raped, and the address is in box 888 of Weizhiyuan Restaurant..."

The food served in this restaurant was very fast. Zhou Wei had been busy all morning, and he was tired and hungry at this moment, so he immediately started to gobble it up, because he knew that there was not much time left for himself to eat.

Sure enough, when Zhou Wei hurriedly finished his meal in 5 minutes, two police cars stopped at the entrance of the restaurant, and five or six uniformed officers walked into the restaurant and rushed straight to box 888.

Zhou Wei no longer pretended, he took out a professional camera from his backpack, and at the same time turned on the miniature cameras on the glasses and the buttons of his clothes.

Two minutes later, when the door of the box was opened, the uniform staff pushed three people wearing masks and hats out of the box. Zhou Wei, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed over brazenly and wanted to smack a guy in the face.

"Let's go, let's go, this is a case, don't shoot randomly."

Although the uniform called it that way, it didn't really prevent the crowd from taking pictures. Anyway, I have to explain to the public later, after all, there are two public figures here.

Unlike other people in the restaurant who continued to eat after taking photos, Zhou Wei followed all the way back to the entrance of the bureau, and then took a few photos of the group being escorted in before returning to the car.

Carefully checked the photos and videos to make sure all the hammers were sound.

Zhou Wei laughed!Seeing countless money Meilu flying towards him, his day of prosperity is coming.