Lin Yu'an smiled wryly: "I don't know how this guy managed to bring a razor blade to the island. He slashed my clothes."
Seeing this, Xu Ning didn't say anything more, bent down, took out the card, and handed it to Lin Yu'an: "Take it."
Lin Yu'an took the card, glanced down at the person on the ground, and stammered, "Is this person—dead?"
Xu Ning glanced at him sideways: "No."
Lin Yu'an pondered for a moment, then said, "Keeping him alive is also a potential problem. Let's tie him to the tree. If he encounters other people, they can't blame us."
Xu Ning shrugged indifferently: "No need for that trouble."
He then found the razor blade hidden on the thief's body, lifted the thief by the head, and, amidst the thief's terrified and pleading eyes, ruthlessly slashed a bloody gash across the thief's neck.
Blood splattered instantly, some even landing at Lin Yu'an's feet. Lin Yu'an took a step back and quickly scanned his surroundings: "Are you crazy? There are eyes everywhere here."
Xu Ning lowered his eyes, slowly wiping the small blade in his hand, and said coldly, "This guy is shady; keeping him around is a threat. Killing him is the safest option."
Lin Yu'an choked.
"You'd better adapt to the pace of life here as soon as possible."
Xu Ning's tone was calm, yet inexplicably carried a hint of mockery.
"Otherwise, you will definitely die."
...
Today's filming has come to an end. Director Ren is very satisfied with Xiao He and Liu Zehang's performance and is going to treat everyone to coconut juice.
Xiao He found a shady spot to sit down, holding a coconut. From afar, he saw a woman wrapped up tightly walking towards him from the other end of the path.
I don't even need to look to know that this must be Sister Liu.
Xiao He quickly told Xiao Chen to go and get another coconut so that he could prepare it for Sister Liu.
"call--"
Liu Rulan had just sat down when she drank a few sips of coconut juice. She then took the small fan that Xiao Chen handed her and used it to blow cool air on herself.
Xiao He asked, "Sister Liu, what's wrong?"
Although Liu Rulan is Xiao He's agent, he doesn't need her to follow him to the film set every day. So, Liu Rulan has been spending most of her time at the hotel lately, handling other matters for Xiao He.
Xiao He was somewhat surprised to see Liu Rulan come to see him this time.
“Of course it’s a good thing.” Liu Rulan took off her sunglasses, a smile in her eyes. “The movie ‘The Thief Catcher’ has been released and is doing very well.”
Xiao He: "Oh."
Xiao He was well aware of the quality of "The Thief Catcher" and expected it to achieve good results, so he was not surprised.
But clearly, he underestimated the significance of Liu Rulan's words "very good".
Liu Rulan noticed Xiao He's indifference and slowly added, "The box office revenue has already reached 20 million, and the numbers are still soaring."
Xiao He's eyes widened instantly, and he turned to look at Liu Rulan: "Twenty million?"
The revenue sharing of online movies is somewhat similar to that of theatrical films; both are ways to measure the commercial value of a film, but the sources of income and revenue sharing mechanisms are different.
Box office revenue sharing is mainly composed of members' effective viewing time, number of paid subscriptions per film, product placement, and pre-roll ads. Essentially, it is a revenue sharing arrangement between the platform and the film production company based on the paid subscription results.
Because of its low risk and high flexibility, this method is attracting more and more young directors, and even members of established directors' teams are coming out to gain experience. In recent years, online movies have been gradually developing towards a high-quality "theatrical" feel and striving for higher revenue sharing.
However, to date, the highest-grossing online movie in terms of revenue sharing is a tomb raiding-themed online film that earned 56 million yuan. Although its production cost was in the tens of millions, it still broke the historical record for online movies in China, becoming the highest-grossing film in terms of revenue sharing.
Although some online movies later broke the 50 million mark with the support of platform resources, there was still a gap, and no outstanding online movie has yet broken the 60 million mark in box office revenue.
As for a box office revenue of 100 million, that would probably have to be at least a phenomenal success, something that has never happened before in history.
Now, "The Thief Catcher" has earned 20 million yuan in box office revenue in just three days since its release, which is an astonishing figure.
To put it simply, that online movie about tomb raiding took six days to reach the 19 million mark, while "The Thief Catcher" surpassed that goal in just half the time!
While the rate of increase does not necessarily represent the final box office result, such a pleasing trend has undoubtedly given everyone a lot of confidence.
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