In a previous life, there was no "The Devil Transformed" or "The Mystery of the City of Gods." This Hong Kong romance was the box office champion during the Spring Festival. Of all the Chinese-language films released in 2009, its total box office didn't even rank in the top three, with just over 100 million yuan. But of that 100 million yuan total, 80 million yuan came from the two weeks of Spring Festival!
Wen Ying remembers it so clearly because she had also lost weight around this time in her previous life. She was a university student in Sichuan and already had several suitors. During winter break, a local male classmate invited Wen Ying to a movie, and he chose this very film.
Wen Ying had wanted to go, but she couldn't recall why she had argued with her parents, so she turned down the invitation. When she tried to explain things to him at the start of the school year, she was stunned to find him already touring the campus with his newly confirmed girlfriend.
Stunned, Wen Ying grew increasingly angry, so she bought a ticket and went to the cinema herself. By then, the Hong Kong romance had already been in theaters for 20 days, and attendance had dropped significantly. Wen Ying sat among the sparsely populated audience, finished the movie by herself, and ate two bags of popcorn!
Wen Ying didn’t like that male classmate, but she was angry because she felt that she was being “cast a wide net”.
Some things will change because of Wen Ying's rebirth, but some things will not change, such as the box office of this Hong Kong romance film.
Wen Ying was in a good mood. Boss Zhang, after a moment of anger, forced himself to calm down. "The most Ran can do is team up with a few major theater chains to reduce the screening schedule for 'Shendu Youth'. There are over 30 theater chains, large and small, across China. It's impossible for all of them to listen to Ran. Excluding the few that have a good relationship with Ran, I'll contact the rest of the theater chains!"
The enraged miser is very proactive.
Yuan Fenghui thought for a moment and said, "How can you contact all the theaters by yourself? How about this, you take charge of half and I'll take charge of the other half."
"Liansheng" has been making movies all the time, and Mr. Zhang is indeed more familiar with the people in the cinema.
But Tianjiao cannot rely on Liansheng’s connections every time, and Yuan Fenghui also wants to take the opportunity to get to know more cinema chain leaders.
Mr. Zhang knew that everyone was an ally and he couldn't be too stingy, so he decisively gave Yuan Fenghui some contact information and told her many things to pay attention to.
Wen Ying was anxious, "What about me? What should I do?"
"If you have time, write a few more film reviews in different styles. I'll ask Manager Dong to push hard."
Both Yuan Fenghui and Mr. Zhang invited film critics, but who would complain about too many good reviews? Those critics have to be paid to say good things, but Wen Ying can write the review for free!
Wen Ying: ...
Is the stinginess of being a miser contagious? Teacher Yuan wasn't such a stingy person before!
When Mr. Zhang and Yuan Fenghui contacted the heads of other theater chains to discuss the scheduling, it turned out that it was not going smoothly. Several large theater chains did not schedule "Shendu Youth" well, so other theater chains would wait and see.
Amidst this tug-of-war, the box office data for the third day of the Lunar New Year came out again.
"The Devil Returns" is no longer number one at the box office. Hong Kong romance films are number one, with a slight advantage of one million.
"Shendu Youth" is still third.
Ran Keqing was not satisfied, and Wen Ying was not satisfied either.
If everyone had the same screening schedule, and "The Youngsters of the City" lost to "The Devil's Transformation," Wen Ying would have nothing to say. Currently, "The Devil's Transformation"'s single-day box office is even lower than that of Hong Kong romance films, yet it has the highest number of screenings among the three films.
This is really bullying!
There are more and more genuine positive reviews for "Shendu Youth" on the Internet, but its screening schedule has never been increased, which is really ironic.
Wen Ying's anonymous film review, which was intended to guide public opinion, was not published in time, and another very influential film review was published in a low-key manner.
"'Shendu Youth' is a new force in Chinese-language films."
——Author: Lin Wenxuan. "...
I had a low fever and felt groggy all day yesterday.
I still have a low fever today... I feel my mind is clearer...
In order to fight the virus, I actively exercised to lose weight, and then I tested positive for 2 in the gym o(╥﹏╥)o"
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