"You are the head of the publicity department, what else are you asking me?"
Chen Qiao looked at him coldly.
At this time, Yang Yu's phone also rang. He saw that the caller was actually one of his subordinates sitting outside. He hung up and shouted outside:
"Xiao Sun, if you have something to say, just come in and tell me. Why are you using your phone so close?"
The man named Xiao Sun, whose name was called, was a young man in his twenties. He hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to walk into Yang Yu's office.
Seeing the gloomy expressions of the two bosses, Xiao Sun licked his lips nervously and whispered:
"Mr. Chen, Minister Yang, Aiyao Studio just released a promotional video for a movie."
"Ai Yao Studio? Making a movie?" Yang Yu was stunned, thinking he had misheard.
Isn't Aiyao Studio dedicated to releasing music? When did they start filming a movie?
"Then Hong Sanshi, Zhang Bo, and Chen Guanghan all retweeted it, and now this Weibo post has become a trending topic."
Xiao Sun lowered his head and continued with a bitter face.
He was in charge of information collection. When he saw this situation, he naturally had to report it to his leader immediately.
However, seeing his immediate superior being harshly criticized by the furious Mr. Chen, he certainly didn't dare to go in and bring bad luck upon himself, so he chose to call Yang Yu.
Who knew that Yang Yu was in a bad mood at the moment and actually forced him to come in and take the blame.
"I'm asking you, when did Aiyao Studio start filming the movie?! Why are you only reporting it now?!"
Yang Yu glanced at Chen Qiao's expression and realized that the call Mr. Chen received just now was most likely about this matter. He was the head of the publicity and promotion department, and it was a bit of a dereliction of duty for him to discover that there was such a competitor just when the second wave of promotion for the movie had begun.
In fact, this cannot be blamed on him. The production of "No Way Out" is so large and the cast is so strong that in Shenxin's eyes, there is no rival at all in the same period.
At most, there is a fantasy film adapted from an IP in Dajiang that I have some resistance to.
But that film doesn't have any big names or top stars, and the gap between it and "The End of the Road" is quite large. In this period, it can only get some of the leftovers from Shenxin at most.
As for the other low-budget films released in the same period, the people at Shenxin Film Studio were too lazy to even take a look at them.
If there are a few ants in front of an elephant, will the elephant stop and look down?
Therefore, no one from top to bottom in Shenxin Entertainment paid attention to those low-budget films that were not even qualified to be called "competitors."
Yang Yu's questioning now is obviously an attempt to shift the blame in front of his boss, but as a low-level office worker, what else can Xiao Sun do?
"I'm sorry, Minister Yang, I was negligent."
Xiao Sun felt so bitter that he could only bow his head and take the blame.
"Go and get all the details about Aiyao Studio's film right now. I want all the information about the film on my desk within half an hour!"
Yang Yu snapped.
"yes."
Xiao Sun agreed and hurried out.
"Mr. Chen, look at this matter..."
Yang Yu asked Chen Qiao with an apologetic smile.
"You're only now starting to collect information about your competitors, Yang Yu, how on earth do you do your job?!"
Chen Qiao's anger still did not subside in the slightest.
"Mr. Chen, we've actually already looked into this. There really isn't any competitor to 'The End of the Road' in this time slot. You're aware of this as well."
Yang Yu explained with a bitter face.
He was right. When determining the release date for "No Way Out", Shenxin's management took into account that there would be no major films released in late May or early June, so they decided to set it on May 29th.
Moreover, the release date was decided by Chen Qiao himself.
Although leaders have the privilege to pass on the blame, this pot is too big, and Yang Yu feels that he really cannot take it.
"Haha, so it's my fault?"
Chen Qiao sneered.
"That's not what I meant, Mr. Chen. I just think that with the strength of Aiyao Studio, they probably just want to test the waters with a low-budget film. It won't pose any threat to us."
Yang Yu said quickly.
Hearing his words, Chen Qiao's expression eased a little. He picked up the coffee that Yang Yu poured himself, took a sip, frowned and said nothing.
In fact, he was so angry not because he really thought that the film of Aiyao Studio would affect the box office of "The End of the Road".
It was really because Zhang Xin scolded me early this morning, and then Lin Yao, who was originally thought to have retired, showed up again to stir up trouble. It can be said that everything went wrong.
The publicity and promotion department happened to be caught in the crossfire and became the target of his venting.
At this time, the extremely efficient Xiao Sun came in with two stacks of information, handed them to the two bosses respectively, and then quickly escaped.
"Crazy Stone?"
Chen Qiao lowered his head and read.
Yang Yu quickly said, "Yes, Mr. Chen, do you still remember? I reported to you at the release date discussion meeting for "The End of the Road" in February.
In the same period as ours, in addition to Dajiang Entertainment's "Sealing the Demon Tower", there are several other low-budget films.
Among them is "Crazy Stone", but the investment in this movie is too low, so you may not have much impression of it. "
Chen Qiao didn't say anything. Of course he remembered this, but the low-budget films released in the same period were not very competitive, so he didn't even remember the name of "Crazy Stone".
I didn't even notice that this movie was actually invested in by Ai Yao Studio.
When he saw the cast list, he frowned again:
"Director Luo Hao, starring Hong Sanshi, Zhang Bo, and Liu Zhenhong... Who are these Luo Hao and Liu Zhenhong?"
Chen Qiao certainly knew Hong Sanshi and Zhang Bo, but they were both old and relied entirely on their past achievements. They were not as successful as the top young actors in the film and television industry.
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