At six o'clock in the evening, the first group of audiences during the peak period followed the crowd into the cinema.
Most of those who choose to go out to watch movies during the holidays are not movie fans, they just want to find a way to kill time.
At this time, special effects blockbusters with cool names naturally become their first choice.
"How much is the box office?" The production company of "The Return of the Dragon King" is also closely monitoring the real-time box office.
"80 million. At this rate, the total box office should reach 150 million today."
"150 million," the producer said, his expression less cheerful than expected. "By that calculation, the seven-day holiday box office will hardly break 1 billion, and the total box office won't exceed 2 billion. How could that be? Haven't we expanded our screening schedule to 50%?"
"No." The secretary glanced at the data again. According to the contract, they were entitled to 35% of the screenings during the three days leading up to National Day. This was a mandatory requirement for the theaters; even if the film's critical acclaim fell short of expectations, the screenings wouldn't be cut. However, if the box office performed well, it wouldn't be surprising if the screenings increased to 50%.
"Our current screening schedule is only 37%." The secretary whispered.
"That's all?" the producer snorted. "Don't these theater managers want to make money? Word of mouth should have spread by now, right?"
"It's out. All the National Day movies have been rated." The secretary paused, looked at the boss's inquiring eyes, and whispered, "Both Yunpiaopiao and Miaoyan have a score of 8.8."
"Only 8.8?" The producer was shocked. "Do the audience even understand movies? I specially hired a special effects team from America, and the actors are all top-notch. What else could they not want?"
"Well," the secretary carefully pointed to the negative reviews and discovered the problem: "Everyone thinks the script is not very good and the plot is a bit childish..."
"Bah!" the producer sneered. "We're making a special effects film, a blockbuster built on a mountain of cash! They want to see a plot, why don't they support art films? Let me tell you, today's audiences have such poor taste!"
"Forget it," the producer calmed down after taking a sip of chrysanthemum tea. "What about the other films in the National Day holiday? That Hong Kong film should be our biggest competitor."
"Are you talking about 'Demolition Man'? It scored 9.1 on Yunpiaopiao and 9.0 on Miaoyan, which is pretty good. As for the box office, real-time statistics show it's just over 60 million. At this rate, it might surpass us later."
"Haha," the producer said with disdain, "I think it's just nostalgia! Aren't Hong Kong films all about selling the looks of those veteran actors? Speaking of which, this rating is higher than ours. Could it be that they locked it in? Or did they get Yunpiaopiao and Miaoyan to invest?"
"I heard that locking points has been banned by the higher-ups, so they shouldn't do it in defiance of the law. As for investment, I checked, and there are no such companies." After the secretary said this fearfully, he did not leave immediately, but waited on the side.
This move was hard for the producer to understand.
"What? Are there other movies we should be concerned about? I told you, our movie is here to secure second place and fight for first place. There's no need to pay attention to movies that pose no threat to us. My time is very valuable!"
In the Yi Yang Entertainment building.
Guan Fei walked quickly in her high heels and ran all the way to the door of the president's office.
"Come in."
After hearing the knock on the door, Zhou Yiyang's crisp voice came from behind the door.
Seeing that the person coming was Guan Fei, Zhou Yiyang signaled Bai Yangyu in the room to continue speaking.
"Mr. Zhou, Miss Xiao took some money and has already immigrated with her parents." Bai Yangyu stated expressionlessly.
"Well," Zhou Yiyang no longer cared about the matter and looked at Guan Fei: "You want to talk about news related to the movie, right?"
"Yeah." Guan Fei took a deep breath, making herself look calmer. "The scores for 'Charlotte's Troubles' just came out."
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"Hey, why did Master Ning think of inviting us to watch a comedy?"
In a high-end cinema, there were only a few people sitting in the hundreds of seats.
They lay on the comfortable big bed, adjusted the angle, and fixed their eyes on the huge screen.
"My brother treated us." Ning Mang's brother casually took off his sunglasses, revealing his poker face.
Ning Mang felt everyone's confused gazes. After all, in the eyes of his friends, he was a person who was out of touch with the world and only liked to watch art films.
And today, he actually invited everyone to watch a comedy. How weird.
"I invested," Ning Mang explained. This was the truth, even though he wasn't the lead investor. In terms of rank, he was behind Zhou Yiyang, Huang Shao, and Chen Shao.
There's no way around it. Literary young people still have a little prejudice against comedies.
"Comedy movies, comedy movies are good!" The friends quickly changed the subject.
What they want to know more is, will Ning Mang, the intellectual, and his brother, the ice-cold one, laugh when watching a comedy?
The five big words "Charlotte's Troubles" appeared on the screen.
At the beginning of the story, Xia Luo, played by Jiang Yang, appeared on the scene.
The plot of the class reunion made several friends laugh, but they observed Ning Mang and his brother out of the corner of their eyes, and well, they still had no expression.
"Could it be that the Ning family lacks a sense of comedy?"
They thought to themselves.
Pang Li plays Jiang Yang's wife, Ma Dongmei.
As soon as she appeared, a wealthy second-generation man from Northeast China burst into laughter: "My mom has always liked her. She is always happy when she sees her. I will bring her to the cinema to watch it later."
Just when Ning Mang thought the story would move on to the male protagonist working hard after the class reunion, Xia Luo was reborn and returned to his high school days.
The atmosphere of that era has no sentimentality for this group of people.
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