"Dilraba? When did you get back? The variety show shouldn't be over yet, right?"
Seeing Reba suddenly appear in the office, Boss Yang asked with a surprised look.
As the other person's direct supervisor, she naturally knew that the other person should be in Shanghai participating in a variety show right now.
So when Boss Yang saw Dilraba come to her office, she was naturally very puzzled.
Fortunately, Dilraba quickly explained:
"Honey, I came back last night. I'm taking a two-day break from the variety show, so I came back specifically to see you!"
"Last night?"
Upon hearing this, Boss Yang immediately came to his senses and joked:
"I think some people didn't come back specifically to see me, but rather to see some guy surnamed Xu!"
Dilraba blushed immediately and denied it:
"No, Honey, I just came back to see you. How have you been lately?"
"I'm still the same as always, but Xu Lu is doing quite well out there. Speaking of which, the movie he made was really good; I went to see it yesterday!"
Mr. Yang then brought the topic back to the present.
Upon hearing the word "also," Reba knew she couldn't hide anything from the other person and could only helplessly say:
"Okay, Honey, I'll confess. I went to see this movie with Xu Lu as soon as I got back yesterday."
"That's more like it!"
Mr. Yang finally nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly said:
"By the way, how much did 'Charlotte' gross on its opening day? Did it exceed ten million?"
"Sister Honey, it's not just ten million; their opening day box office reached twenty-five million!"
Dilraba seemed to feel proud as she spoke.
"Twenty-five million! That's all the box office on the first day? Isn't that even higher than Xia Lifeng's 'Happy Summer Trip'?"
But looking at Xiong Tang and his gang, they seemed so excited yesterday. Didn't they know that?
Mr. Yang was puzzled.
Dilraba nodded and said:
"That's definitely higher than 'Summer Fun,' because 'Summer Depression' is the number one box office hit among newly released movies!"
But Xu Lu wasn't excited at all. He even said that he didn't care about 400 million, 1 billion was his goal!
Upon hearing this, Boss Yang immediately recalled the scene of Xu Lu's "outrageous remarks".
He said with a smile:
"After all, this is Xu Lu's first time directing, so it's normal for him to have high aspirations. However, he probably won't reach the goal of 1 billion until his next film."
According to box office patterns, a film that reaches 1 billion yuan in box office revenue generally needs to gross at least 50 million yuan on its opening day to have a chance of achieving this milestone.
"Oh, that's a pity. I think Xu Lu is quite fixated on this point!"
Reba sighed and said:
"If he finds that the film's box office performance doesn't meet his expectations, he might be very disappointed."
"There's nothing we can do about it. That's just how things are. Unless a miracle happens, I think it's very unlikely."
Mr. Yang shook his head, seemingly having no confidence whatsoever in achieving the 'billion-yuan box office'.
Reba was well aware of this; she just felt a little regretful.
If this movie had been in the hands of a large company like Xia Lifeng Film & Television, it could very well have reached a box office of one billion yuan.
Unfortunately, Xu Lu is not only a new director, but the film is also produced by a small company like 'Da Xu Culture', and there are no big-name stars in the film.
To be honest, the fact that 'Charlotte' grossed 25 million on its opening day was beyond many people's expectations.
For example, Xia Lifeng and his group, who were slow to realize what was happening, were just staring at each other, completely dumbfounded.
"What's going on? Why isn't our 'Happy Summer Trip' the first one in the new movie lineup?"
Did this "Summer's Depression" film get ticket rigging? How come its opening day box office is higher than ours?
Finally regaining his senses, Xiong Tang slammed his fist on the table and roared in fury.
Last night, he was still feeling smug about how "Happy Summer Tour" had earned more than 20 million yuan in box office revenue on its opening day.
He felt that with this achievement, he could turn his career around among Xia Lifei's senior board members.
However, I only found out today from the news in the industry that 'Happy Summer Tour' ranked sixth in the total box office yesterday.
This is nothing in itself, after all, it's just the box office on the first day.
But what's frustrating is...
The fifth film ahead of it was none other than 'Saturday Depression', which had a box office three million higher than it!
Similarly.
Of all the new films released within three days, 'Summer Fun Trip' failed to take first place at the box office on its opening day.
Because this first place was also taken away by that 'Charlotte'!
What's even more frustrating is that the two movies are now receiving completely different reviews online.
The "Happy Summer Trip" that Xiong Tang and his team favored has been met with a barrage of criticism from netizens!
The 'Xia Luo Te Depression' that Xiong Tang and his group despised, on the contrary, received a lot of praise!
Seeing that Zhou Yu did not answer his question, Xiong Tang angrily shouted again:
"What exactly are you doing? Why haven't we received any feedback after spending money?"
"Didn't we already hire people to smear and suppress them? Why can't we even find a single negative review online?"
Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Zhou Yu had no choice but to step forward and explain in a humble voice:
"Mr. Xiong, this morning we received a lot of refunds from film critics, saying they couldn't take the job."
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