The other side.

Yang Fei, Zhao Yaxin, Lu Qifeng and other confidants sat in the spacious chairman's office on the eighth floor, eating snacks, drinking tea, and watching the premiere of "Inception".

There is a large 60 inch TV in the room.

In the data monitoring room on the sixth floor, more than 20 staff members are busy collecting and summarizing ratings data, not only counting "Inception", but also the opponent's "Devouring Starry Sky".

Minutes and seconds passed.

Thirty minutes after the first episode of "Inception" aired.

When Zhao Yaxin saw Manager Wang of the Data Monitoring Department coming in, the expression on her face was worried, and she had a bad feeling.

Could it be that after all these efforts, you still can't beat your opponents?

"General manager, the box office of our TVB on the first day has been counted, and the premiere box office of "Inception" has reached 1.7 billion yuan so far. ”

The 1.7 billion premiere box office can scare a large number of people in the past, but this time the opponent is different from the past, and Lu Qifeng, who was sitting next to him, wanted to speak and stopped.

"Devouring the starry sky?" Zhao Yaxin said in a deep voice.

Manager Wang didn't dare to look at it, and said in a deep voice: "Up to now, the domestic box office of "Devouring the Starry Sky" has reached 2.6 billion. ”

Everyone in the room who had been talking and laughing all the time was silent.

Only Yang Fei asked:

"Are the ratings of TVB International out?"

"The ratings of the international station will not be known until noon tomorrow. Manager Wang replied.

"That's it!"

Yang Fei glanced at Zhao Yaxin: "Yaxin is fine, you have done a good job, and the victory or defeat has not been scored, isn't there still an international station." ”

Lu Qifeng also said: "The box office of 1.7 billion in the premiere is already very remarkable!"

"yes, it's already very exaggerated at the box office. ”

"yes, we've never seen such a high premiere box office before.

The surrounding managers also comforted them.

"Whew-"

Zhao Yaxin breathed a sigh of relief, smiled unexpectedly, and said: "The box office of the premiere is 1.7 billion, which has exceeded my expectations." ”

Yang Fei patted Zhao Yaxin's shoulder, "Yes, the mentality is very good." ”

"Hey, hey. Zhao Yaxin smiled.

"I know there's a new seafood spot nearby, and the crab feast there is very special, what do you say?" Lu Qifeng spoke at this time to ease the atmosphere.

"Okay, let's go! Yang Fei said with a smile.

The group then walked out of the building.

The next day, early in the morning.

TVB Headquarters Building.

Manager Wang walked into Zhao Yaxin's office with a few documents, ready to report to the boss about the feedback from enthusiastic fans after the broadcast of "Inception" yesterday.

Zhao Yaxin saw him smiling, there should be good news, so she said, "Sit, do you want a cup of coffee I made?"

"General Manager Xie!"

Manager Wang's expression was relaxed, and he took a cup of coffee and took a few sips, "General Manager, the coffee you brewed is getting better and better."

"If there is no good news, I won't be happy if you pat yourself on the back. ”

Manager Wang smiled, put the sorted documents in front of Zhao Yaxin, and said: "We sent out 1,000 audience questionnaires, and 80% of the audience evaluated them as excellent and good-looking, and only 3% of the audience raised different opinions. ”

The good news is that no movie is perfect.

Zhao Yaxin asked: "Haven't the ratings of the international station come out yet?"

Manager Wang replied: "It is still in the statistics, and it is expected that it will take another hour." ”

"How's it going over there?"

"They're already throwing a celebration dinner, and they're making a big deal about it, and they've chartered a luxury restaurant at The Peninsula and many media outlets have been invited. ”

"Oh, didn't we get an invitation?"

"Nope!"

"Stingy!" Zhao Yaxin smiled: "People can't wait to slap us in the face!"

……

The Peninsula Hotel, Cantonese Feast.

Cantonese Feast is a time-honored Cantonese luxury restaurant in The Peninsula Hotel, known as the most luxurious and expensive Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong.

Today's Cantonese Ting Feast was contracted by Atlantis Film and Television, which was specially used to hold a celebration banquet for "Devouring the Starry Sky".

The domestic celebration banquet is also an important publicity activity, Atlantis Film and Television widely distributed invitations, inviting dozens of media of all sizes, such a high-profile and fanfare, is to promote:

Atlantis Film and Television is the king of movies, although TVB looks aggressive, but in the end it still can't shake the status of Atlantis as the king of film and television.

If TVB is defeated this time, Atlantis will firmly sit in the position of the leading leader of domestic film and television.

Those who came to participate in the celebration banquet were not only the senior executives of Atlantis Film and Television and the crew members of "Devouring the Starry Sky", but also many stars of Atlantis Film and Television and the bosses of cooperative companies.

Charlie, general manager of Atlantis Films, stood up and personally toasted the main cast

"This time, you have made great contributions to the company, and I would like to toast you on behalf of the company!

Several actors hurriedly became modest, all stood up with wine glasses, and said respectfully: Don't dare, we should respect you, if it weren't for your support, "Devouring the Starry Sky" would not have been able to achieve today's results.

"Yes, yes, thank you for your support. ”

Qi Yi, the producer of "Devouring the Starry Sky", also stood up and agreed, and then the whole table and the whole audience stood up and toasted Chard, the respected Charlie.

"Hahaha, okay, I'll drink this cup, everyone feel free!"

Everyone sat down again after toasting, and the boss of a small film company patted his ass quite playfully: "TVB still wants to compete with Atlantis Film and Television, and it doesn't weigh its own catties, and now Yang Fei has been taught a lesson, and it is estimated that he is hiding somewhere to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, hahaha!"

Many guests also laughed, although Charlie understood that the person was patting on the back, but at this time, he was more comfortable when he heard this kind of words, and waved his hand with a smile: "TVB is not easy, the box office of "Inception" is 1.6 billion, and he has wasted a lot of effort, let's not talk about right and wrong behind our backs." ”

"Mr. Cha is really generous!" the guests praised.

At the beginning of the banquet, Charlie and the leading actors of "Devouring the Starry Sky" became the center of the celebration banquet, and from time to time someone came to them with wine glasses to toast, pat on the back, and show loyalty.

When the atmosphere was really hot, suddenly a woman who looked like an assistant, holding a few newspapers in her hand, hurried up to Chad and whispered something in her ear.

Chad let his fellow table mates continue to eat and drink while his face remained unchanged, but he went out with a few newspapers and magazines.

When he came to the lounge of the restaurant, Chad opened an entertainment page of "South China Daily", and the headline on the front page was extremely eye-catching: "The world box office of "Inception" exceeded 5 billion, ranking first in the world box office!"

Turning over the treasure island "United Daily News" again, the headline headline of the entertainment section is striking: "The national box office of "Inception" reached 2.9 billion, becoming the box office champion of this month, and the national box office of "Devouring the Starry Sky" was 2.8 billion, ranking second in the ratings. ”

Chad couldn't breathe steadily, and hurriedly opened several newspapers and magazines issued in the mainland, and the front page of the supplement was "Inception", all of which were saying that the show had rave reviews, achieved word-of-mouth ratings, and was as popular abroad as Transformers and other influences in China.

"Devouring the Starry Sky" won one day, but was overtaken the next day!

And internationally, the box office of "Devouring the Stars" is far behind "Inception"!

Chad's face changed for a moment.

At this moment, the shouting of the glass of wine in the banquet hall behind her was extremely harsh in her ears.

At this time, Chad regretted it a little, he shouldn't be in a hurry to hold a celebration banquet!

It hurts to be beaten on the face!