Chapter 582 Our goal is one billion!
July 1, afternoon, Shengxia Cinema.
Zhang Ting and Liu Gu were queuing up to check their tickets to enter the venue. After watching the variety show "Big Ace", they went online and grabbed pre-sale tickets for "Blue Star Fleet", but not for the premiere, but for the afternoon show.
Even though it was the afternoon show, Zhang Ting and Liu Gu were already very satisfied. The investment in this movie was as high as 1.5 billion, so the publicity expenses were naturally not small. The advertisements were so overwhelming that you could see them everywhere, and it was difficult to get pre-sale tickets. So no matter what show it was, it was good to get tickets.
While Zhang Ting and Liu Gu were queuing, a movie had just finished showing in the screening room next door and the audience was leaving one after another.
"Woo woo woo! Why didn't Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen even say goodbye in the end? It's so tragic! I'm going to send a razor blade to Fanfan! How could you bully my Xiaoqian like this!"
"My goddess is so beautiful! I have to watch that scene again! Who wants to watch it with me again? It's my treat!"
"Fuck! All the pre-sale tickets online are sold out! Are these people too much? They won't even leave me a ticket!"
"I got the last ticket! Haha, it's for the midnight show, so I can go home and take a nap, and then get up in the middle of the night to watch the movie!"
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A group of people passed by Zhang Ting and Liu Gu who were queuing. Some were laughing loudly with joy, some were angrily cursing the cinema for scheduling too few films, and some were crying breathlessly. In short, there were all kinds of people.
Zhang Ting was very curious: "What kind of movie is this?"
The person next to him kindly replied, "It seems to be A Chinese Ghost Story. It was filmed by the now very popular singer Lin Fan. I wonder how it turned out."
Lin Fan, his songs are pretty good, but movies! It’s not that Zhang Ting is biased, but the combination of singer, Lin Fan, and movie cannot arouse Zhang Ting’s interest.
Liu Gu did the same: "Let's go, it's time to check the tickets."
"Um!"
After checking the tickets and entering the theater, Zhang Ting found her seat with Liu Gu while holding some popcorn. The two of them sat down and waited quietly for the movie to start.
Soon, the screening room was filled with people, and the lights were completely dimmed. The opening credits of "Blue Star Fleet", which had been circulating on the Internet for a long time and used as a promotional video, appeared on the big screen.
Liu Gu and Zhang Ting looked at the magnificent space background with great interest. A highly technological spacecraft was flying near the planet, and then lines of specific data appeared in the upper right corner, showing the audience the various performance of the spacecraft.
Movie fans like Liu Gu and Zhang Ting who like hard science fiction are attracted by such precise data. Of course, all kinds of details are indispensable, and the magnificent cosmic background is also very realistic. It seems that the 1.5 billion investment has been well utilized.
Two hours later, the movie "Blue Star Fleet" came to an end against a brilliant space background, and the audience stood up and left in an orderly manner after the lights in the screening room came on.
Outside the cinema, a reporter from a self-media outlet held up a microphone and interviewed the audience who had just finished watching the movie: "Hello, could you take a moment of your time and tell us about the movie you just watched?"
Liu Gu and Zhang Ting paused and looked at each other: "Okay."
"What movie did you just watch? Did you think it was good? Would you recommend it to your friends and family? Why?"
Zhang Ting answered on behalf of Liu Gu: "We just finished watching "Blue Star Fleet". Uh, it's okay, right? If you recommend it, yes?"
The tone didn't seem too firm.
The reporter asked: "How would you rate this movie out of 10? Why?"
Zhang Ting thought for a moment and said, "7 points? The space special effects are good, but the plot doesn't seem to have anything new to offer."
Liu Gu said, "6 points, no more. Without those space shots and special effects, the plot of this movie is just a vulgar Mary Sue movie! That heroine..."
"Hey!" Zhang Ting tugged at Liu Gu's sleeve, "Sorry, we have other things to do. Let's go!"
Zhang Ting pulled Liu Gu out of the camera's range and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense. Be careful of those self-media outlets that randomly edit your videos. If they broadcast them, the fans of that person will tear you apart!"
Liu Gu muttered, "That's true! Forget it, let's go eat!"
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"Brother Fan! Good news!"
Xiao Wan, who was originally sitting in the front seat of the nanny car, suddenly turned around and said to Lin Fan in the back seat: "Brother Fan, Brother Fan! Our movie's instant box office has exceeded 70 million!"
Lin Fan, who was half lying on his chair with the backrest flat, sat up straight after hearing the good news: "Really?"
"Really!" Xiao Wan was very excited, "Brother Fan, look, this is what Sister Xia sent me, it's absolutely true!"
Lin Fan took Xiao Wan's phone and saw the message on it, his eyes lit up: "This is only the afternoon show, the evening is when the box office will explode. According to this trend, our movie's first-day box office will definitely exceed 100 million!"
Xiao Wan nodded vigorously.
Lin Fan returned the phone to Xiao Wan, stretched out in his seat, and tried to cheer himself up.
This was the first time that Lin Fan promoted a movie and did a road show, and he was the one who carried the banner. He went to seven theaters in one day, interacting with the audience at every show to boost the atmosphere. To be honest, if it weren't for the box office support, Lin Fan really couldn't have done it.
But now, the box office of 70 million is like a shot of adrenaline, more effective than a shot of chicken blood. Lin Fan feels that in order to get the box office of over 100 million on the first day, he can still run two more roadshows!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
And there is more than one piece of good news.
"Brother Fan, I looked at the movie website and the rating of our movie is not low! It has a full 9.3 points! The number of people who gave us five-star praise is more than 30,000!"
On the movie website, only those who have purchased the movie ticket with their real name and after the movie is finished can rate the movie, in order to prevent someone from deliberately brushing the score or maliciously giving a bad review. If such behavior is determined to be true by the website, the account will be permanently banned.
Of course, even so, there will still be many loopholes. People who brush scores and maliciously give bad reviews will always exist, but they are not as rampant as online trolls.
Lin Fan tried to calm down, but the continuous good news still made Lin Fan smile: "It has just started to be released. The high ratings are because the first wave of audiences are fans. As the number of viewers increases, the ratings will gradually drop."
Xiao Wan nodded to show his understanding, but said: "The score is high now, even if it drops in the future, it will drop slowly!"
Lin Fan had to admit: "You make sense!"
Then, at ten o'clock in the evening, Yang Hongxia called and said, "Lin Fan! Our box office has exceeded 100 million! We are really successful!"
Lin Fan, who was so tired from the roadshow that he didn't even want to move a finger, grinned and revealed a silent smile. In Yang Hongxia's slightly choked voice, he whispered: "Sister Xia, this is just the beginning! Our goal is 1 billion!"
One billion! When Yang Hongxia heard this box office target, she was filled with mixed feelings. When this target was set, it was just talk to give the employees in the studio confidence and let them have a lofty goal to execute and achieve.
But in fact, when Yang Hongxia, Lin Fan, and Xia Yan held a small meeting behind closed doors, they all believed that if the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" could exceed 300 million, it would be a huge success.
Moreover, such success is based on the appeal of Lin Fan and Xia Yan's fans.
I just didn't expect that the box office would exceed 100 million on the first day. So is the 1 billion goal possible? Yang Hongxia felt that her hands were shaking as she held the phone, and even her voice was shaking: "Lin Fan, are you sure we can really achieve the 1 billion box office goal?"
Lin Fan turned his gaze to his side, and Xia Yan silently reached out and held Lin Fan's hand, giving him the most firm support.
Lin Fan smiled: "I'm sure!"
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