"As long as we maintain the current data, our 'Shanghai Fortress' can at least gross 1 billion yuan at the box office."
If it can rise even further, 1.5 billion might not be out of the question!
While waiting for the box office data for the next day, Wu Leilei, the chief director, was in high spirits.
Yesterday's opening day box office results have proven the correctness of his decision, and now it's time to reap the rewards of his success.
Even Lin Pianhong, the boss, was quite polite to Wu Leilei at this moment, nodding in agreement:
"Director Wu is right. The success of our Shanghai bunker project is largely thanks to Director Wu..."
Wu Leilei smiled broadly, nodded, and said:
"However, besides our awesome Shanghai, another competitive rival should be 'Ex-Files 2'."
As for that kung fu and kung fu legend, they're not worth mentioning.
Lin Pianhong nodded and said:
"That's right! As long as we can keep suppressing 'The Ex-Files 2', our 'Shanghai Fortress' will definitely take the summer box office crown!"
The two exchanged a glance and instantly felt a sense of mutual appreciation.
Fortunately, they didn't have to wait too long.
The staff member with a somewhat strange expression brought in the day's box office data.
Unfortunately, neither Wu Leilei nor Lin Pianhong noticed the staff's unusual behavior.
So when they saw that data without any prior warning, the two of them were completely stunned.
After a long while, Wu Leilei clutched his heart and said with an incredulous expression:
"How is that possible? This data must be statistically incorrect. It's too exaggerated; it's simply impossible!"
Lin Pianhong's performance wasn't much better; she shouted with a dark expression:
"Guards, guards, what kind of work are you doing? How dare you bring up this mess of data?"
"Go get the correct box office data right away, quick!"
Wu Leilei and Lin Pianhong breathed a sigh of relief only after the staff rushed out to retrieve the correct data.
"It must have been a mistake, Mr. Lin. Don't worry, our data is never this bad."
Twenty million? That's a joke!
And look, the number one film is actually that kung fu movie, with a box office of 120 million yuan. Isn't that ridiculous?
"They only had around 60 million yesterday, and today it's doubled?"
"That's right, that's right, it must have been a careless mistake by the staff, haha, definitely!"
Lin Pianhong also came to her senses and nodded emphatically.
A moment later, the staff member who had just run out came back in tremblingly and whispered:
"President Lin, Director Wu, the data is correct, it's exactly like this!"
What?
Although the staff member spoke softly, it sounded like a thunderclap to Wu Leilei and Lin Pianhong, completely stunning them.
The two of them turned deathly pale instantly.
"Why, why is it less than 20 million?"
This doesn't make sense. Yesterday's box office was over 70 million.
How did it suddenly become twenty million today? Damn it, what went wrong?
Wu Leilei is almost going crazy.
This data was beyond his common sense, especially seeing the number one spot on the box office chart:
'Kung Fu Hustle' grossed 120 million.
This was something Wu Leilei couldn't understand at all.
This film's box office yesterday was much lower than that of the Shanghai blockbuster, so how could it have surpassed 100 million yuan now?
This is outrageous!
As the general manager, Lin Pianhong was thinking much more, and of course, at this moment he was even more desperate:
"It's over, completely over! Yesterday it was 70 million, today it's 20 million, and who knows where it will go tomorrow."
The investment in the Shanghai Bund alone cost 240 million yuan, of which over 60 million yuan went to young, attractive actors. That's it...
Compared to the dismal situation in 'Shanghai, the fortress'.
The 'Ex-Files 2' version was slightly better, but it was still jaw-dropping.
As the chief director, Cheng Dalong stared at the data of the first place for a very long time, as if trying to find something interesting in it.
But even after looking at it so many times his eyes were blurry, he still couldn't figure it out.
"What exactly happened? How could 'Kung Fu Hustle' only gross 60 million on its opening day, but doubled its box office on the second day?"
If this upward trend continues, the total box office revenue for this 'Kung Fu' movie might just defy all expectations!
Cheng Dalong muttered to himself.
At first, he only considered 'Shanghai Fortress' as a potential opponent.
But after the first day's box office results came out yesterday, Cheng Dalong believed that no other film in the summer season could challenge "Ex-Files" for the box office crown.
But before he could finish his dream, he was suddenly slapped awake.
He didn't even notice it yesterday, but today it grossed over 100 million yuan, far surpassing his previous work, "The Ex-Files 2".
This feeling of being overtaken by someone else made Cheng Dalong feel very dazed and unreal.
Of course, Cheng Dalong wasn't the only one who felt it was unreal.
On the Moluntian Film and Television side, Zhao Fan was stunned for an unknown amount of time after seeing today's box office data.
It wasn't until Xiao Shuiping's angry voice came that he was brought back to his senses.
"What's going on? What's going on? Director Zhao, didn't you say their kung fu was faked?"
Didn't you say the script for this movie was terrible? How come it grossed 120 million at the box office today?
"This couldn't possibly be due to ticket rigging, could it? And why are our own box office numbers even lower than yesterday's?"
Xiao Shuiping turned into a walking encyclopedia of questions, leaving Zhao Fan looking pale.
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