Chapter 185: Box office flop! If You Are the One makes its debut!

Li Zhongtian, this idiot, actually started living with Senior Sister Zhang Yin.

The key point is that this matter was actually proposed by Zhang Yin herself.

That night, Zhang Yin worked overtime until very late, and Li Zhongtian went to her company building to pick her up after get off work. It was not until almost ten o'clock in the evening that he came down with several male and female colleagues.

One of the male colleagues seemed to be more attentive to Zhang Yin. He was also taller and more handsome.

At least for a moment, Li Zhongtian felt quite inferior.

This feeling of inferiority became even worse when he found out that the other person was a master's degree holder from Tsinghua University and was Zhang Yin's supervisor.

But Zhang Yin took Li Zhongtian's arm and said openly, "This is my boyfriend, Li Zhongtian from Tongji University's Computer Science Department!"

The other party stretched out his hand towards Li Zhongtian: "Tsinghua University, wishing Qingfeng."

Then, he drove a car and said to Li Zhongtian and Zhang Yin, "Where do you live? I'll give you a ride."

Zhang Yin smiled and said, "No need, we can just take the bus."

Then, Zhu Qingfeng drove away in his BMW 3 Series.

After that, Li Zhongtian was silent for a while. The two did not go back immediately, but ate spicy hot pot outside.

Zhang Yin suddenly said, "Li Zhongtian, move out and let's live together."

"Help me share the rent!"

Li Zhongtian trembled slightly: "Can I...can I?"

Zhang Yin: "What can't you do?"

Just like that, Li Zhongtian moved out and lived with Zhang Yin.

Zhang Yin's salary is not bad, about 7,000 yuan a month. Li Zhongtian's part-time job also makes about 3,000 to 4,000 yuan a month. The rent is about 1,600 yuan for a 60-square-meter two-bedroom apartment.

In fact, they had been living together for almost a month, and Li Zhongtian didn't know why Zhang Yin suddenly asked him to live together.

During the National Day holiday, the two of them made an appointment to watch a movie.

"Watch 'Turn Left, Turn Right.'" said Li Zhongtian.

This movie was directed by Johnnie To and starred Takeshi Kaneshiro. It was released in China on September 11. The performance was average and the reviews were just passable.

Zhang Yin: "Why don't you watch Heroes of Heaven and Earth?"

Li Zhongtian: "Lin Xiao has seen Heroes of Heaven and Earth and said it's not good."

Zhang Yin: "Whatever anyone tells you doesn't count. You have to make your own judgment."

Then, Zhang Yin bought a ticket to watch "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

After reading it!

Zhang Yin said: "What Master Ergou said is right. This movie has some sincerity, but it is awkward and not good to watch."

Li Zhongtian couldn't help but stare at Zhang Yin.

Zhang Yin: "Look at what I am doing? Practice is the only criterion for testing truth."

"Look at you, you're so stupid..."

Zhang Yin stepped forward and kissed Li Zhongtian on the cheek.

Li Zhongtian couldn't bear it any longer, he hugged her and kissed her fiercely.

Zhang Yin struggled a little, but then quickly accepted it.

It’s just that Li Zhongtian, this country dog, can’t stand any stimulation. He has to find a place to sit down quickly, otherwise he will make a fool of himself if he stands up.

………………

At this time, Lin Xiao was at the Facebook headquarters of Aurora University.

At present, the team at Aurora University is still cautiously exploring commercialization.

To be precise, it means delivering the most accurate advertising.

Because Facebook communities are divided into regional and professional ones.

Regionalization means that there will be several communities in a place where people gather, such as around a university.

Specialization means that there are special communities for specific topics, such as lipstick, games, food, etc.

The intersection of these two dimensions will make advertising delivery very accurate.

But Lin Xiao was very cautious and asked students from the Facebook department of Aurora University to carefully investigate every store around the university to check their product quality, service, and hygiene.

Everything needs to be digitized and then scored.

Finally, we will select those with high scores, and then have special people visit us to promote vertical advertising, and then see the conversion rate.

These reports will finally be summarized by Xiao Ling and then shown to Lin Xiao.

"Do we want to use precise advertising to create a sales miracle, or do we want accurate feedback data?" Lianyi asked while helping Lin Xiao analyze the data.

“Accurate feedback data does not require any false claims or any advertising miracles.”

Lianyi: “But there still needs to be a very obvious advertising effect, so that people will invest and our advertising ecosystem will be successful.”

Lin Xiao: "Yes, and it's not just one store, but many stores. To achieve a specific percentage increase in sales, we need to improve our internal big data and then promote it comprehensively."

At this time, Li Zhongtian called.

Let's talk about official business first, because the relevant data collection at Tongji University and the preliminary investigation for advertising were also done by Li Zhongtian and his team.

After finishing the business, Li Zhongtian suddenly asked: "Lin Xiao, is there anyone else with you?"

"No..." Lin Xiao said as he gently hugged Lian Yi's waist.

Lian Yi also quickly stopped making any sound.

Li Zhongtian: "Lin Xiao, I feel very happy now, but I don't know why."

Lin Xiao: “You say.”

Li Zhongtian: "After Senior Sister Zhang Yin went to work at HP Technology, she was immediately appreciated. She had a good job, a good salary, and there were many outstanding men in foreign companies. I was just a poor sophomore, and I was actually worried that our relationship would end in vain."

"But I didn't expect that Senior Sister Zhang Yin would treat me better. Not only did she ask me out to live with her, but she also took the initiative to kiss me. Last time I kissed her deeply, she didn't stop me."

"This time we went out to see a movie together. I said let's see something else, and she said let's see Heroes of Heaven and Earth. I said there was no need to watch this movie, because Lin Xiao had seen it and said it wasn't good. She said no matter what anyone said, she had to verify it herself, so we went to see the movie, and after watching it, she said directly that Lin Xiao was right."

"I suddenly realized that Senior Sister Zhang Yin is so outstanding. She is really good."

"But I don't know why she suddenly became so nice to me. Lin Xiao, you have a lot of experience with women, help me analyze it!"

Suddenly, Lian Qiaoqiao's eyes next to her became sharp.

Fuck you, you old dog.

Why don't you say I have many women? What do you mean I have a lot of experience?

Lin Xiao thought for a while and said, "Tugou, if Zhang Yin is a bad woman, I am not very willing to help you analyze it, but she is a very good school, so I think you should feel it and experience it yourself."

"I still say the same thing, enjoy the process and take the opportunity to kill monsters and level up!"

Then, Lin Xiao hung up the phone.

"This country dog ​​talks nonsense every day without any basis..." Lin Xiao said to Secretary Xiao Lian.

Secretary Xiao Lian looked at Lin Xiao scrutinizingly, then pointed at his hand.

ah?!

How come I put my hand on someone's butt without realizing it?

Lin Xiao simply grabbed Lian Yi and asked her to sit on his lap.

"Little darling, let me test you." Lin Xiao said, "Why did Zhang Yin change like this?"

Then, he kissed Lian Yi hard on the cheek.

Lian Yi originally wanted to raise an army to question him, but now she was so confused by Lin Xiao’s intimacy that she forgot about it.

When she heard Lin Xiao testing her, her competitive spirit suddenly arose.

The little brain started to work rapidly.

"Um……"

Lian Yi thought for a while: "After Zhang Yin entered HP, she met a very outstanding man, who might be pursuing her. She was actually a little moved. And by comparison, that man might be better than Li Zhongtian in every aspect."

"But she is a girl with morals and aspirations, so she has to cut off her other thoughts. So she immediately deepened her relationship with Li Zhongtian and lived together directly, just to cut off her own retreat."

"So, between a man and a woman, if one of you suddenly treats you better and becomes closer to you for no apparent reason, it is possible that deep down in his heart, he has done something to let you down..."

As he was talking, Secretary Xiao Lian stopped.

Staring at Lin Xiao.

Because, just now you called me little baby, hugged me and sat me on your lap, and kissed me.

Lin Xiao immediately raised his eyebrows: "Qiaoqiao, you are no longer interesting now."

"What do you mean by that look? Isn't it enough that I'm nice to you?"

"Anyway, I have a clear conscience. If you want to paranoidly suspect something and make something out of nothing, there is nothing I can do about it."

Secretary Xiao Lian said calmly: "Overreacting."

Lin Xiao sighed, "Why did I find such a smart girlfriend? I regret it, I regret it..."

"But sometimes, when I see how cute you are, I really can't help it. I just want to hug you and kiss you..."

"My dear, some formulas are only suitable for most people, not for a small number of people."

"We are different from others. We are a small part of a small part of the people." Lin Xiao stared into Secretary Xiao Lian's eyes and said very seriously.

"Hmm..." Secretary Xiao Lian was immediately hit by Lin Xiao's words.

"You are so annoying that you have to make me analyze it. I don't like this kind of worldly mentality at all. I hate my mother so much for teaching me these things every day."

Lin Xiao took out his cell phone and said, "Come on, make a call and scold Director Shu."

"I don't want to, I don't want to... I'll scold you..." Lian Yi giggled and avoided Lin Xiao's call.

As a result, I accidentally dialed Shu Wan's cell phone.

"Hello, is this Lin Xiao?"

Lian Yi quickly covered her mouth, not daring to make any sound.

Lin Xiao answered the phone: "Auntie, it's me."

Then, he used one hand to play with Lian Yi's earlobe, which was her most sensitive area.

Now she didn't dare to move. She could only beg for mercy while staring at Lin Xiao fiercely, threatening him to let her go.

"Auntie, I heard that Uncle Lian is going to move to another place, right?"

It's just a rumor now. If it was someone else calling, Shu Wan would definitely deny it directly and say some polite words.

But facing Lin Xiao, Shu Wan said directly: "Yes, I have this intention, still in Zhijiang Province, but in a different city."

Lin Xiao: “Second in command?”

Shu Wan: "It should be."

Then she asked, "How is your funding chain? Facebook has been expanding so rapidly recently, I'm afraid you may not have enough money."

Lin Xiao: "Fortunately, there will be a long-term source of income soon."

Shu Wan: "After Uncle Lian moves to a new place, if your capital chain is tight, we will find a way."

Lin Xiao: "Okay, thank you, Auntie. Please say hello to Uncle Lian for me."

Shu Wan: "Well, also ask Lian Yi who is beside you how she is."

ah?!

Lin Xiao and Lian Yi were both stunned.

How do you know? Shu Wan chuckled inwardly. The two little guys must have been joking and hit her accidentally.

Otherwise, Lin Xiao almost never took the initiative to call her, but would call Secretary Lian directly.

"It's all your fault, it's all your fault..." Lian Yi said, "It's almost 12 o'clock in the evening, and I'm still with you. What will my mother think?"

"Okay, let me give you a kiss and then I'll let you go back to sleep." Lin Xiao said.

"No way..." Lian Yi covered her mouth with her hands.

Lin Xiao kissed her earlobe directly.

Suddenly, she trembled slightly.

"Hate it, don't do this..."

The next second...

The two people have kissed each other.

Once again she awkwardly held out her little pink letter.

At this moment, Lian Yi was full of pride. She felt that she was different from those girls.

Once you invest in a relationship, you're risking everything.

What's the point of looking ahead and behind? ………………

It was just as Lin Xiao expected.

The box office of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" experienced a cliff-like decline.

In this day and age, it’s okay even if your movie has a bad story and a bad plot.

As long as there are big scenes and gimmicks, there will be good box office.

Is Director Chen’s “The Promise” good?

That's much worse than "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

But it has a grand scene and gimmicks, so many people want to go to the cinema to watch it even though they know it has a bad reputation.

But if there is no grand scene, it will be boring and lengthy.

That's basically it! The National Day holiday hasn't even ended yet, and the box office of this movie is getting worse day by day.

The downward curve cannot be stopped at all.

At this time, a piece of news broke out, which boosted the box office plunge.

A student from Aurora University went to the cinema to watch a movie and was dissatisfied with the bad movie "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" so he poured Coke onto the big screen. The cinema called the police and the student was ordered to pay 10,000 yuan in compensation.

Good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide.

This news immediately became a hot topic.

Surprisingly, it became a hot topic all of a sudden.

Not only were many websites reprinting it, it even made news on some TV stations.

This effect is probably equivalent to the steamed bun incident in “The Promise”.

And it's more gimmicky.

Many people joined the battle again.

One party claimed that college students have poor quality, and even if the movie is bad, it has nothing to do with closing the cinema. You pouring Coke on the movie screen is destroying property.

The other party said that even if the college students were irrational, the theater was asking for too much. A movie screen was just splashed with Coke, but they actually demanded 10,000 yuan in compensation. Isn’t this extortion? The theater said that first of all, a movie screen itself is very expensive.

Secondly, because professionals had to be hired to clean the screen, several movie screenings were delayed, resulting in a loss of more than 10,000 yuan.

This news became more and more popular and became a landmark event.

This caused the reputation of the movie "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" to collapse once again.

Mr. Wang from Huayi was so angry that he almost exploded.

"Investigate, investigate thoroughly!"

"It happened at Aurora University. It must be the work of Master Ergou!"

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

"This is a very dirty trick. Once we have investigated thoroughly, we will immediately hire a team of lawyers to sue the perpetrators."

"We demand that they pay compensation for their reputation. We must not let them off so easily."

The result of a survey!

It turned out that the people who went to the police station and admitted to throwing Coke were half of their own people.

Ning Zhongzhe, Minister of Literature and Art of Aurora University Student Union.

He is Liao Feng's younger brother and a backbone of Lingxi Island.

Mr. Wang of Huayi was immediately furious and directly called Liao Feng's cell phone and started cursing.

but……

Wait until the call is connected.

There is no more swearing.

Although Liao Feng is not a big shot, there are big shots behind him.

It's not necessary to cause a huge conflict over such a small matter.

"Boss Liao, what do you mean by this?" Boss Wang asked coldly, "Is this how you treat your partners?"

Liao Feng said slowly: "I will take care of it."

After hanging up the phone, Liao Feng roared at Ning Zhongzhe: "Are you crazy?"

"You clearly knew that Lingxi Island was cooperating with Heroes of Heaven and Earth. As a core member of Lingxi Island, you actually went to destroy the studio of this movie?"

Someone came over immediately and told Liao Feng the truth.

The Coke was spilled by Jiang Li'er and his gang. The police came to take the people away. In order to be a hero and save the damsel in distress, Ning Zhongzhe took the responsibility for the incident and also paid the ten thousand yuan in compensation.

Liao Feng was stunned for a moment.

“Oh my god!”

"You're really spending a lot of money to pick up girls."

"A lover?"

Ning Zhongzhe said: "Boss, I will resign!"

Liao Feng glanced at him.

If Ning Zhongzhe really poured the Coke on himself, he would be destroying his own place and was completely disloyal, and he must be kicked out.

But now, he is doing it to pick up girls.

That...that's stupid.

Since he's an idiot, then... then there's still hope for salvation.

And it's just the right way to win people's hearts.

"It's not your turn to resign yet. Go back and wait for the company's punishment."

………………

Jiang Li'er was a little bit unfocused at this moment.

Before, she had a lot of fun playing with Ning Zhongzhe's feelings.

He was so hooked that he couldn't stop.

But now…

For her, Ning Zhongzhe went directly to the police station to take the blame and also paid 10,000 yuan in compensation.

This... this is fucked up.

In fact, Jiang Lier didn't care about going to the police station or paying compensation.

But... she is obviously Lin Xiao's person and the first place winner of the Facebook School Beauty Contest.

If we go to the police station, everyone will definitely throw dirty water on Leader Ergou.

She couldn't bring shame upon the reputation of the Ergou Sect Leader.

But now…

Ning Zhongzhe acted so infatuated that it suddenly became boring.

"What the hell should I do?" Jiang Li'er wailed in Lin Xiao's office.

"We are all children of the underworld, playing games with life, why play with deep affection..."

"What should I do? I really don't like him!"

Lin Xiao said: "Are you done howling? If you are, get out of here."

Jiang Li'er: "Please give me some advice."

Lin Xiao: "Just ignore it, return the ten thousand yuan to him, and don't say anything..."

Lin Xiao pushed her out without saying a word and gave her ten thousand yuan.

………………

Huayi's conference room.

Looking at the reports submitted by various cinema chains, everyone's faces were gloomy.

It's really a cliff-like plunge.

All cinema chains are unwilling to do business at a loss and have reduced the number of films they schedule.

"According to the calculation, what will the final box office be?"

"Probably, around 50 million!"

Several people's faces twitched.

The two Mr. Wangs had even colder expressions on their faces.

Many people present were doubting their lives.

The box office was so good a few days ago.

The momentum is still strong, and it seems that it is going to hit 200 million.

The result... eventually plummeted.

Now you tell me that the total box office will probably be hard to break 50 million?

Then… wouldn’t that be a complete joke? Didn’t the leader, Er Gou, win a great victory in this war of public opinion? Because domestic cinemas are just starting out, the box office formula is quite different from that in the United States.

According to the data from the first three days, the box office will at least exceed 100 million.

But in the end, it did not exceed 50 million.

This would be a complete joke.

"Should we fake it and get the box office to 100 million? That way we won't be embarrassed in public opinion."

After these words were spoken, the two bosses gritted their teeth and said nothing.

If the box office is 70 or 80 million, then a box office of 100 million is barely acceptable.

It's less than 50 million now, do you want to get it to 100 million?

Do you hate money? Do you even want money for fame?

After a long while, Mr. Wang said, "We can give up on this movie."

"Moreover, the leading investor of this film is Columbia, and our focus is still on Cell Phone."

In other words, in the battle of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", you admitted defeat?

"Now the core question is, what exactly does Leader Ergou mean? What is his intention?"

"He's an internet guy, why would he rush into the entertainment industry? Is he really going to have a falling out with us?"

A vice president said, "I heard from Liao Feng and Miyazaki that he did all this for traffic. The entertainment industry has the largest traffic. When his Facebook fully opens up registration nationwide, he will need a large number of celebrities to register on Facebook, and he will become the official voice channel for these celebrities."

"Getting a large number of celebrities onto Facebook is a very important part of Ergou's strategic plan."

"That's why he's so determined to fight in the entertainment industry, just to let everyone see his power."

"Let celebrities on the Internet submit to him, the leader of Ergou."

Everyone surprised?

This Ergou leader actually has such a big ambition? A guy who works in the Internet industry actually wants to recruit and conquer the entertainment industry?

Mr. Wang: "I don't care if he has such crazy ideas, but what is he doing against us?"

Vice President Fei: "He wanted to cooperate with us at the beginning and took the initiative to write a script for Teacher Jiang. In addition, he invited Teacher Ge You and Teacher Jiang to the first Facebook conference."

"But we looked down on him and stood him up repeatedly. We invited him to the premiere but humiliated and ignored him. Mr. Shuo and Director Feng also kept attacking him."

"We can't be friends anymore, so we're just enemies. He probably wants to step on us in the Beijing circle to gain power and establish his authority!"

"Actually, the battle of 'Heroes of Heaven and Earth' is nothing, because the leader of Ergou is just talking nonsense, and it's hard to tell who wins!"

"I think the key is that their Lightning Entertainment's first film, also known as Ergou Jiaozhu's second work, Crazy Stone, may collide with our most important Lunar New Year film this year, Cell Phone."

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

Only if Master Ergou is crazy would he do this?

How much money was invested in "Crazy Stone"? There is no famous director, no famous actors.

What is the production level of "Cell Phone"? What is the star status? And how many years has Huayi dominated the Chinese New Year box office? "Let someone ask the leader Ergou what he thinks?"

"Just tell him that our movie 'Cell Phone' is scheduled to be released in mid-December during the Lunar New Year holiday."

"If you want to make friends, then let his movie Crazy Stone avoid this schedule."

"Then we can get to know each other again, have a meal, drink some wine, and the holiday will be over."

"It is better to resolve a feud than to create one!"

………………

At this time, Lin Xiao, Li Shuang and Zhang Yan, as well as the advertising director, station director, deputy station director and others of Jiangnan TV were all there.

There were dozens of businessmen present, basically all of them were nationally renowned brands.

The bidding for the "If You Are the One" advertisement started a long time ago, but it was never very successful.

Because Shuanglin Production and Zhang Yan asked for too high a price, and these brands felt that it was unreasonable to charge such high advertising fees for a brand new program.

"Rose Date" is now the ace program for blind dating in the country. Although it has been on a downward trend, its ratings are still far ahead of similar programs and it is still considered one of Mango TV's trump cards.

The ratings of your Jiangnan TV are not as good as those of Mango TV, and it is a brand new program, but the advertising price is even more expensive than "Rose Date", which is obviously unreasonable.

Therefore, the gap between the two parties' conditions was too great and they could never reach an agreement.

And now the first two issues have been cut.

It can be regarded as an exam, and the examiners are the leaders of Jiangnan TV and major brands.

The brands that come here are mainly divided into three categories: beverages, mobile phones, and clothing.

For Taiwan leaders.

Your production director Zhang Yan has just taken office and has invested everything in a new program. The contract he signed is a bit humiliating, as it allows a production company to take the initiative, while the station is in a weak position.

If this program is not good enough and the ratings are not outstanding, your career as director will be over.

For advertisers, if you have a new program and you charge such high advertising fees, you just need to take it out for a walk.

As for the brand owner, an old acquaintance came.

Yager's vice president and heir, Li Hanqiong! A super rich second-generation girl.

At that time, she was conducting a worldwide bidding for the design of Yager's homepage. The plan designed by Lin Xiao in a few hours directly conquered her and her father.

Until now, the homepage of Yager’s official website is still Lin Xiao’s plan.

The effect was surprisingly good, amazed many people and was regarded as a model.

When he saw Lin Xiao, Li Hanqiong looked at him several times and asked, "Have we met before?"

Lin Xiao: "I designed the homepage of Yager's official website."

Li Hanqiong was stunned: "It's you?"

The change was so huge. I was completely like a high school student, like a little kid.

And now... I've grown up all of a sudden.

Zhang Yan, production director of Jiangnan TV, gave a brief speech.

"Dear leaders, dear bosses."

"The ugly daughter-in-law will eventually have to meet her parents-in-law."

"For the show If You Are the One, our two teams, with dozens of people, spent more than half a year on it. It was a lot of hard work."

"Now, I am finally facing my first big test!"

"The examiners are the leaders and bosses present here."

"Whether it's good or bad, feel free to speak your mind, you're welcome!"

"Then let's officially begin!"

Lights dim!

The projection lights up.

Familiar music sounded, and the first episode of If You Are the One was officially launched in front of the leaders of Jiangnan TV and dozens of brands! ………………

Note: I finally finished writing. I'm going to have dinner. My wife is probably almost done eating. It's really the end of the month. Don't waste your monthly ticket. Vote for cakes, okay? (End of this chapter)