Chapter 532: The Biggest Dilemma
"The worst happened. ”
Rejected again, Chen Mubai knew that what he was worried about had finally happened.
The seven joined forces against him, and in addition to Huaying, several other companies have reached cooperation.
Even, Chen Mubai also looked for a theater chain that was not under the banner of the Seven Majors, but still got similar results, and it was already obvious that he was targeted.
Chen Mubai was a little desperate at this time, on the eve of the movie's release, such an incident happened, which made him really unacceptable.
He didn't know why he was being targeted, and he couldn't figure it out.
Although the major theaters did not explicitly say that they would not schedule films for him, they just would not give him preferential treatment.
But seeing the attitude of the theater chain, coupled with their actions, I am afraid that if there is no preferential treatment, it may be targeted a little.
Just like the film scheduling, they said that they would do the investigation and film scheduling according to the normal market evaluation, but the result of this evaluation was that their hospital made a decision, and there was no notarization, whatever they said.
And "Buried Alive" itself suffers a lot in the normal evaluation, not to mention that there are strong competitors, no matter how you look at it, it is the life of cannon fodder!
The current situation is that except for Huaying, the rest of the theaters will not help him, which has greatly curbed his films, and the film schedule will not be good, and the box office will not be expected.
It is basically impossible to simply rely on word of mouth to turn the situation around.
This is something that would normally happen under normal circumstances, and theaters will adjust the schedule based on the film's reputation and attendance, but that is without being targeted.
Now that Mubai Entertainment has been targeted, even if the reputation and quality of the movie are okay, the theater can still not adjust the film schedule.
Even improve the film schedule, but the time is given garbage time, such as late night time......
If you want to say that he has not been targeted, Chen Mubai does not believe it, otherwise why wouldn't the seven major companies also target him?
It can only be said that the seven major ones have affected some companies.
"Ding Lingling~"
Chen Mubai's phone rang, it was Lu Fang calling.
"Let's talk about a family!" Lu Fang's surprised voice came.
"Hmm!?" Chen Mubai was surprised, could he have guessed wrong?
"It's not targeted, otherwise how can there be cooperation?"
"No, even if it is targeted, it is impossible for the Seven to affect all companies and theaters, and some theaters are independent. Chen Mubai seemed to see hope, and the willows were bright.
"Brother Lu, let's meet and talk, this time the matter is a bit big. Chen Mubai sighed.
"Good!"
After the two meet, they meet again.
But this time it was in Mubai Entertainment, and Li Feng and others were also there.
Because the matter was more serious, Chen Mubai called everyone to discuss what to do.
"That's ...... thing"
Chen Mubai told everyone what happened today, and everyone felt incredible after hearing it.
He also told his guess, and everyone was stunned, just like Chen Mubai, who had just guessed the answer, and was shocked.
"No......" Ji Qin was a little incredulous.
"I hope it's fake, but judging by today's situation, there's a good chance it's true. Chen Mubai said helplessly.
He was startled when the thought first popped into his head, but after all this time, his emotions calmed down and were not as shaken as before.
Everyone's eyes looked at Lu Fang and found that he nodded in agreement with what Chen Mubai said, which means that what Chen Mubai said was true, and there was no alarmism.
"I don't know what Mr. Fang meant by that sentence now. Chen Mubai looked at Lu Fang with a wry smile.
Mr. Fang just received the news, so he said this, so that Chen Mubai was mentally prepared.
Because Fang Mocheng knew that Chen Mubai would run other theaters, and he also knew that he would fail, he reminded him in advance, but Chen Mubai didn't think about it.
"Mr. Fang must have received this information, but he didn't promise them. Chen Mubai said.
This is inevitable, otherwise Fang Mocheng would not have had to tell him these words, and he would not have promised Chen Mubai to try his best to give him the schedule he wanted.
From this point of view, Fang Mocheng's personality is still very good, not only did he not go along with the people who wanted to deal with him, but he was also willing to give them some help, which was really rare.
This incident at least let Chen Mubai know Huaying's attitude and Fang Mocheng's personality, which can be regarded as the only good news.
I just didn't understand it at the time. Chen Mubai said helplessly.
"Even if you knew it at the time, what could you do?" Lu Fang said: "It's not your fault, who is so generous and can link so many forces?"
Everyone shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.
"There are so many people I have offended, even if they take action against me, it is impossible for so many forces to attack at the same time, there must be other reasons, but we don't know. Chen Mubai pondered.
"The only one who can have a relationship with the Seven Greats is Jiaxing, and they should be inseparable from this matter. ”
Chen Mubai's analysis is very reasonable, like Xingcheng Entertainment, although the scale is also very large, but the level is still inferior to the seven, and it is a little difficult for him to talk to the seven.
This time, there must be forces to take the lead in cooperation, and only Jiaxing is the most suspicious who can talk to the Seven Great Universities on an equal footing.
After all, he is the most suspicious, although it is not necessarily what they did, but the possibility is very high, plus there is a gap between Mubai Entertainment and Jiaxing, Chen Mubai is more inclined to this result.
"Then what should we do?" Li Feng looked serious.
This matter is really serious.
The essence of the matter is not because of how the movie "Buried Alive" ended up, but because it represents the attitude behind the theater chain and those companies.
The investment in "Buried Alive" is very small, to be honest, even if the movie is pounced, except for a little impact on Chen Mubai's fame, there is no loss.
In the future, you can continue to shoot film and television dramas, and you can look for opportunities.
But the attitude of various theaters towards Mubai Entertainment is debatable, what does this mean?
Is it to target Mubai Entertainment and not let them rise?
They are just an ordinary entertainment company, what can make so many entertainment companies target him, and even the seven major ones will jointly attack, if this matter is not clarified, will it encounter the same thing again in the future?
After all, this kind of thing can have a first time and a second time.
The success or failure of the movie is a trivial matter, and the attitude of the theater chain and the entertainment company is related to the development of Mubai Entertainment in film and television in the future, so if you think about it deeply, the impact of this matter is very large.
Now the success or failure of the movie is not important, what matters is how to break the blockade of the other party and break this situation.
"Let's wait and see, the other party didn't completely reject our movie, it's still being evaluated, and there are still films that should be scheduled. Lu Fang said.
"Moreover, the main ones against us are the head cinemas, and there are many private cinemas, we can run and cooperate with them, once we can succeed, I believe that their blockade will be broken, and it is impossible to target us endlessly. ”
The head theater is reluctant to schedule more films for "Buried Alive", although they have mastered fifty percent of the movie theaters, but excluding Huaying, there are probably thirty percent left, although the crisis is very great, but it is not completely impossible to counterattack, as long as they can negotiate with those private theaters, let them give more films.
After Lu Fang finished speaking, Qian Duoduo muttered: "It's not practical, there are too many private theaters and it's too complicated, it's impossible to get all the notices, and many of them are all over the country, how can you talk about this?"
"We don't have enough time, and besides, no one can guarantee the audience's choice, the theater is based on profits, once the audience is more inclined to the production lineup of the movie, then even if it is given a high-ranking film, it is useless, and it will still be adjusted back later. ”
"The premise of wanting to use the word-of-mouth fermentation of movies is that they are not targeted, and the theaters in major cities are basically covered by them, these are the main battlefields of the box office, and many third- and fourth-tier cities have limited viewing capabilities, and the increase in the box office is not large. ”
"Since they have made a move, let's think about the worst, even if we are given a film schedule, it will not be very high, and the data of this film schedule can be controlled, given the worst time period, the film scheduling rate has not changed, but no one watches the movie at this time, what's the use?"
Qian Duoduo denied Lu Fang's words, after all, he was born in Communication University, and he still has an understanding of the film market, pointing out the flaws in Lu Fang's words.
"Once the showtimes and shows are stuck with them, there's nothing we can do. ”
Just like in one day, there are two shows of "Buried Alive", but there are ten shows of the rest of the movies, and the timing of "Buried Alive" is very poor, many viewers may want to support "Buried Alive", but time does not allow it, so they can only switch to the rest of the movies.
It is too difficult and unrealistic to rely on fans to support the box office.
There are many people who don't go to the cinema to watch movies, not to mention that Chen Mubai's fans don't have fans, most of them are fans, and they may not go to the scene to support.
Therefore, fans are also very particular about subdividing them, they want to target this part of the group that watches movies, many fans only support good movies, regardless of stars, as long as the movie is of good quality, they will buy it.
The seven major behaviors just cut off the possible support of this part of the fan group for "Buried Alive".
They may have limited time to go to the movies, or they may just want to watch a movie, not deliberately for which movie, and only make a choice in the same schedule when they get to the theater.
Even if "Buried Alive" is chosen, but there are no shows, it will naturally be replaced by other movies.
"Why don't you find someone to see, can you make the Seven Great Ones give up dealing with us?" Qian Duoduo's face was solemn.
His father Qian Hui has been in the entertainment industry for many years, and he still has some connections, so he may not be able to influence other people's decisions, but he can still do it by introducing them to the Big Seven.
They can try to negotiate with the other party to see if the other party is willing to give up on Mu Bai Entertainment.
"That's all we have to do, let's prepare for both. Chen Mubai sighed and said: "Duoduo, you have to find a way to let your uncle go and see if you can let the Seven Greats loosen their mouths, Brother Lu and Brother Feng, you can contact other theaters to see how many theaters are not affected and are willing to cooperate with us." ”
"In the end, it's all my speculation now, I hope things are not what I imagined, let's wait for the theater chain to evaluate the film schedule after two days for us. ”
This is no way, the road ahead is completely locked, although the chance of these two methods is slim, but there is still a glimmer of life, there is a trace of possibility to try.
Although Chen Mubai was also panicked, he had to stay calm and make a decision, once he took the lead in panicking, the rest of the people would do the same.
He is the dominant figure, as long as he is calm, everyone will feel at ease, as if they have taken a reassuring pill.
Since the establishment of Mubai Entertainment, there have been crises, but they have all survived, and this time, if it is really as Chen Mubai said, it will be the biggest dilemma in history.
He was able to lead everyone out of the predicament every time before, and everyone believes that this time will be the same, and they are very confident in Chen Mubai.
"Then let's split up. "There is a lot of money.
"Okay, let's find a few more theaters as soon as possible to get the most benefits. Lu Fang and Li Feng assured.
Since this movie has been decided to be released on the 26th, time is running out, and we must hurry up and not hinder the release of the movie, and it is best to solve this matter during this period.