Chapter 242 Is it so difficult to hire a receptionist?
In addition to interaction and publicity, the most important part of the premiere is watching the movie.
Meng Bai originally wanted to pull Li Qin to sit together, and take advantage of the dark to see if he could take advantage of her or something.
Unfortunately, the leading actors of the movie were all in a fixed area in the front row, and there was no chance for him.
There was no choice, Meng Bai could only sit with Chen Zhixi, Ke Liming and others.
At first, out of politeness, he watched the movie a little. Unfortunately, his patience ran out in less than ten minutes.
Let alone the problems of the plot and the characters, after all, it's a youth pain movie, and it's all the same.
The key is that the rhythm of the story is fragmented, and the acting skills of the actors are ridiculously bad.
"Su Yunjin, what are you going to pay me back for what you owe me here!"
I don't know how this movie will pay back the movie tickets owed to the audience.
For Meng Bai, the only redeeming feature of this movie is Teacher Li in school uniform.
She looks fresh and lively.
After enduring for an hour and a half, the movie finally ended. Chen Zhixi, who was sitting next to him, asked, "How do you feel about the movie?"
Meng Bai frowned and thought for a while. There was really nothing to praise, so he could only say, "Fortunately, the box office should not lose money."
Chen Zhixi obviously understood what he meant and laughed, "This movie is released with a guaranteed minimum of 400 million yuan, so we will definitely not lose money."
Since Huayi Film and Television released "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" with a guaranteed minimum of 300 million yuan in 2013, and finally made a fortune with a total box office of 1.24 billion yuan, "guaranteed release" has gradually become a common operating model in the film industry in recent years.
The producer transferred the risk, and the distributor increased the expected return, and both gained something.
Of course, there are definitely some that cannot reach the guaranteed data, and the distributor can only blame themselves for being unlucky.
For example, the micro-film era that guaranteed the minimum for "Youth: You Are Still Here" this time is one of these unlucky ones.
Relying on the popularity of the two leading actors, the box office of this movie in the first weekend was 170 million, which is not bad.
But what followed was an overwhelming amount of negative reviews.
The audience mainly targeted the two leading actors, especially the male lead Wu Fan.
To use the most liked comment,
Tianxian never thought that she would have a day to crush others with her acting skills.
Douban's score is 3.9, which is the lowest.
Guo Fan should be the happiest person now. Who would have thought that his "6-point passing masterpiece" "My Deskmate" has become the ceiling of youth-themed movies in the past two years.
Along with the collapse of word of mouth, the box office of the movie also collapsed. From the second week, the figures fell sharply. It is estimated that the final result will be quite good if it exceeds 300 million.
When Li Qin and Meng Bai were on the phone, they were both sad and fortunate.
It was sad that they finally made a movie, but the results and reputation were so bad. Fortunately
, the focus of the complaints was all on the two leading actors, and it had little impact on the minor supporting roles.
There was also an unexpected good news. Because the movie's results and reputation were too bad, a lot of subsequent related publicity interactions were cut, so she could also take a break for a while.
In the same state as Li Qin, there was also the producer Ruyi Films.
Seeing that the movie was basically in a "dying" state, Ruyi turned his focus and put his main energy on "Detective Chinatown" which will be released at the end of the month.
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the first half of the year, due to the heavy filming of "The Lost Tomb" and the agreement with Leshi.com, Arclight Film and Television seemed a little quiet.
But after officially announcing the suspension of cooperation with Leshi.com, as if it had stepped on some luck, good news came one after another.
The first person to announce the good news to Meng Bai was Huang Zheng.
After several months of research and judgment, Tencent finally decided to lead the B round of financing for Pinduoduo.
Together with several investors such as Gaorong Capital and Cathay Capital, the total financing amount of this round is 110 million US dollars, and the total valuation is as high as 2 billion.
With sufficient funds, Huang Zheng decided to expand Pinduoduo's publicity efforts and let Pinduoduo go out of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions.
Immediately afterwards, the strategic cooperation between Arclight and Huace Film and Television was officially reached.
In addition to the cooperation on projects on both sides, Arclight can also use Huace's channels to develop copyright income from works.
The first cooperation between the two sides is the overseas promotion of "Soul Ferry 1, 2", "Psychological Crime" and "Forensic Qin Ming".
Not to mention, these dramas are quite popular in the surrounding markets, especially in Southeast Asia.
Just as American dramas, British dramas, etc. are very popular in China, domestic dramas have always been popular in Southeast Asia.
Among the several dramas of Arclight, the most popular is the "Soul Ferry" series.
Belonging to the East Asian cultural circle, the mythological customs and emotional connotations between each other are relatively close, so the popularity is naturally very high.
Huace told us that several countries' markets have contacted us to inquire about the copyright issues of the remake.
This cooperation alone has brought more than 50 million in revenue to Arclight Film and Television, equivalent to 80% of last year's total profit.
Of course, Huace is not at a disadvantage, and they also have a share.
In addition, they can also participate in the investment and production of Arclight's subsequent projects.
More importantly, Huace took this opportunity to finally squeeze into the online drama market, which is equivalent to adding another business area.
For listed companies, the specific effect of the cooperation is not important, the key is to have a gimmick.
On the second day after the two companies announced the news of their cooperation, Huace Film and Television's stock price rose, opening 5 points higher.
Huace boss Fu Meicheng was very happy about this, and said at the board meeting that this alone made the cooperation with Arclight Film and Television worth it.
The last person to find Meng Bai was Guo Fan.
After half a year of investigation and discussion, China Film finally decided to hand over the "Wandering Earth" project to Guo Fan's team.
The budget cost of this project is about 350 million. China Film will bear 200 million of its own share. The rest of the funds and publicity and promotion expenses will need to be discussed by Guo Fan and Gong Geer.
The two of them also have a tacit understanding. They didn't even discuss it. The first person they thought of was Meng Bai.
"I promised before that if this project can be won, I will definitely leave a copy for you guys."
In the office of Arclight, Guo Fan said happily: "How about it, brother, I will keep my word."
Meng Bai: →_→
"Brother Guo, you can do it. You think of me when you need money."
"Hey, this investment, what does it cost money?"
"Okay." Meng Bai said: "Archlight can get 50 million, but it is definitely not possible to pay it all at once."
"Don't worry about it." Gong Geer on the side waved his hand, "China Film has prepaid 150 million in advance funds, so don't worry about the early preparations."
Sure enough, China Film has deep pockets.
After talking about investment, the three discussed the preparations for the project.
Although Meng Bai said before that he didn't have much time to spend on this project, as the main creator in the early stage, Guo Fan still gave him a position as a co-producer.
After all, in addition to funds, there are many places where Arclight is needed.
Such as production team, special effects company, prop design, shooting location, etc., Meng Bai has experience and resources, which can help save a lot of energy.
The three of them chatted for the whole afternoon. They wanted to have dinner together in the evening, but Guo Fan and the others had something to do, so they had to do it another day.
After seeing them off, Meng Bai turned around and walked into the small building of Arc Light.
Although the new office in Haidian has been put into use, he still spends most of his time in the original office building in Chaoyang because of habit.
"Mr. Meng, there is a courier for you." The girl at the front desk stopped him.
"Okay, thank you for your trouble."
Meng Bai took the package and looked at the girl at the front desk again: "I remember you are from the Human Resources Department, why are you here at the front desk?"
He usually doesn't spend much time in the company. When he has something to do, he usually goes to Liu Jun or Chen Jing, but he still has more or less impressions of the company's employees.
"Ah, the supervisor said that the front desk hasn't recruited anyone yet, so I'm here temporarily for a while." The girl explained a little nervously.
"Haven't you recruited anyone yet? It's been a month." Meng Bai said in surprise.
Is it so difficult to recruit people for the front desk position these days?
He didn't make things difficult for the girl, and went directly to the Human Resources Department and found the department supervisor.
"It's just a receptionist, what are you waiting for?"
The HR manager smiled awkwardly.
In fact, it's not that difficult to recruit people. Arclight Films is now well-known, and the salary offered is also the highest in the industry. The HR department has received thousands of resumes during this period.
However, because it is a rare task directly ordered by the boss, and he also specifically asked to find a "pretty girl", the HR manager couldn't help but tighten some screening criteria.
Located in the north of Beijing, there are many pretty girls, and there are also many willing to work as receptionists, but the key is to meet Mr. Meng's aesthetic standards.
This has actually been decided in Arclight. Just look at the actresses who have signed contracts.
Li Yitong, Song Zhi, Zhu Xudan, Zhou Yutong, and the most recent one, Bai Lu, basically have a fresh style.
Therefore, all the applicants who have the style of Internet celebrities have been eliminated.
Meng Bai: You actually misunderstood me. The girls who signed contracts just happen to have similar styles. I am actually a person with a very diverse aesthetic. As long as they are beautiful, I can accept any style.
Unfortunately, his voice is destined to be unheard by his subordinates.
"Don't worry, Mr. Meng. I already have a suitable candidate. I have arranged to meet him tomorrow and he should be able to start work soon." The HR manager said.
"Okay, hurry up. You are more picky than me."
Meng Bai said. Just as he was about to leave, he remembered something.
"By the way, a girl named Meng will come here in the next two days. If I am in the company, you can ask someone to bring her to me directly."
"Okay, Mr. Meng, I will ask someone to pay attention."
(End of this chapter)
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