"What's going on? Is there a mistake in the data statistics?"
Looking at the newly released box office figures, Xiong Tang turned around in disbelief and asked:
"Why is our 'Happy Summer Tour' only getting such a small box office today, only 15 million?"
How could they possibly have over 40 million? That must be a statistical error!
Xiao Zhou, go and ask them about the box office data again right now, make sure they verify it before reporting it back…
"But...but Mr. Xiong, I've already told them, and they said it's correct."
Zhou Yu answered somewhat nervously.
Unexpectedly, his words directly angered Xiong Tang, whose eyes glared at him instantly, and he roared:
"Do whatever I tell you to do! Now!"
"Okay, okay, I'll go right away, Mr. Xiong, I'll have them recount the data!"
Zhou Yu was startled and didn't dare to say anything more, only managing to stammer.
Once he left the office, his face was extremely gloomy, and he cursed inwardly:
"What exactly happened? Did that kid Xu Lu hire someone to inflate the box office figures by tens of millions? Otherwise, how could this happen?"
Actually, Zhou Yu wasn't too surprised by the decline in box office revenue for the Happy Summer Tour.
It's just unbelievable that "Xia Luo Te You" (夏落特郁闷) actually made it to 40 million in box office revenue.
"Damn it, if that kid's movie hadn't grossed so much, I wouldn't have gotten yelled at by Boss Xiong just now."
Zhou Yu dared not hold a grudge against Xiong Tang.
So he transferred all his resentment onto that kid named Xu Lu, cursing him incessantly.
Unfortunately, cursing cannot change the established facts.
The box office data that was compiled again remained unchanged from before.
Xiong Tang fell silent, a profound sense of defeat washing over him.
"It doesn't make sense. Why is it that the box office of that kid's movies keeps rising?"
Why is the box office of the film I'm in charge of decreasing day by day? What's going on?
Could it be... could it be that their films are indeed better than ours? Otherwise..."
Thinking of this, Xiong Tang glanced at Zhou Yu standing beside him and said:
"Xiao Zhou, did you ask someone to watch 'Goodbye Depressing' or did you watch it yourself?"
"No...no, Mr. Xiong, what good movies could that kid named Xu Lu possibly make? It'll definitely be a terrible film..."
Zhou Yu answered as usual.
Unexpectedly, this time, Xiong Tang not only didn't nod, but instead grabbed a mouse and threw it at him.
"A bad movie? A bad movie can gross over 40 million in a single day? A bad movie can rank fourth?"
Is your brain filled with shit? Even at a time like this, you still can't grasp the situation…
"Boss Xiong, Boss Xiong, please stop hitting me! I was wrong!"
Zhou Yu, who had been hit on the head by the mouse, was so frightened that he retreated and dodged repeatedly, while loudly begging for mercy.
He finally realized what was happening.
Before the box office data was released, he said that "Summer's Depression" was a bad movie, which just happened to be what Mr. Xiong was thinking.
Therefore, the other party was very satisfied with his answer.
But now that the box office figures are out, 'Summer Depression' is doing better than my own 'Happy Summer Trip'.
To say that the other film is a bad movie is ironic.
Their 'Happy Summer Tour' had even worse box office results than bad movies, so wouldn't that make it the worst of the worst movies?
"Mr. Xiong, I'll have someone buy the tickets right away. We'll go see 'Xia Luo Te Depression' as soon as possible tomorrow."
Having figured this out, Zhou Yu quickly changed his tune.
Xiong Tang took a few deep breaths before saying:
"Remember to buy me a ticket too. I want to see what kind of movie can rake in 40 million in a single day!"
"Okay...okay, Mr. Xiong!"
...
"What's going on? It's already this late, and Xia Lifeng Films still hasn't provided the box office data?"
Liu Miao, who was also waiting for the box office results, finally couldn't help but mutter to herself.
This morning, she was furious about a post on WeChat Moments by some bitch.
They just want to get the box office figures for tonight's "Happy Summer Tour" so they can "avenge their previous defeat".
But to her surprise, no one called to tell her about the box office results.
This puzzled Liu Miao, who thought to herself:
"Could it be that the box office was so much better than yesterday that everyone was so happy that they forgot to tell me?"
Thinking of this, Liu Miao immediately perked up.
She was too lazy to wait any longer, so she made a phone call to inquire.
Soon, Xia Lifei answered the phone, and Liu Miao asked her question.
Then, she froze!
Even after the other person hung up the phone, Liu Miao was still in a daze:
"Fifteen million? How come there's only fifteen million? Did I hear that right?"
No, damn it!
Why did "Happy Summer Trip" only have 15 million, while "Summer Depression" had 42 million?
Finally realizing what was happening, Liu Miao screamed in shock.
"No, no, no, this isn't true, this isn't true."
I think I misheard. Please ask again, please ask again!
Then, she dialed the number again.
A moment later, Liu Miao collapsed onto the sofa, her vision blurred, completely dazed.
"I'm doomed, I'm doomed, I'm going to become the laughing stock in the industry, this is so embarrassing."
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