The same scene, at the same time, appeared in the chairman's office of Oriental Media Group.

On Huafei Film and Television's side, Hu Fei turned off the TV halfway through it, but on the side of Oriental Media Group, Zhou Yanghua's face was calm and he read the whole report patiently.

Then he turned his head and looked behind him.

Zong Chengze, the president of Oriental Media, two vice presidents, and Xiong Chengchao, the general manager of Oriental Cinema Line, and a deputy general manager, are all there.

Xiong Chengchao was about to speak, but someone spoke before him.

It's Jong Sung-taek.

His expression was very calm, and there was a hint of self-reproach in his calmness, and he said: "This matter is my mistake! Yesterday afternoon, they came to me for advice. I mainly took into account the company's previous strategy, so I didn't pay enough attention to their suggestions and reacted in a timely manner......"

Before he finished his words, Zhou Yanghua had already waved his hand.

The face is light and breezy.

"It's fine! ”

Xiong Chengchao opened his mouth, but finally closed it.

It's just that there is an indescribable discomfort in my heart, and I can't help but turn my head and glance at Zong Chengze - the matter is actually revealed like this?

At this time, Zhou Yanghua sighed and said, "It seems that it can't be suppressed!"

After a pause, he said, "It's a pity! It's a pity! For this matter, Lao Tzu also lost several bottles of good wine! Alas, ......."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked at Xiong Chengchao, his smile was calm and confident, with an indescribable affinity, and the unique temperament of the inexplicable majesty of a person who had been in power for a long time.

"When it comes to making money, we don't need to carry it! If you don't make money, you're a fool! Cheng Chao, then you should contact Minghu Culture, sign the agreement, and make more copies! Haven't they always wanted to increase the number of screenings, give them to them!"

Xiong Chengchao hesitated, but he could only say: "Before coming over, I had already called Xu Bing over there, and Xu Bing said that he should pay attention to the first come, first come, and they are dealing with it one by one." ”

After a pause, he explained: "After all, this film is going to be a hit, everyone has seen it, and the major theaters must be in a hurry to want more copies." However, we have already sent someone over to keep an eye on it, and I sent Lao Liu, who has been in line with Minghu Culture several times, and is the most familiar with personnel. ”

Zhou Yanghua originally nodded, but after thinking about it, he said: "What do you mean by coming first and then coming? You call Lao Liu and ask him to make it clear directly, our Oriental Cinema Line is one of the largest cinema chains! Moreover, a large number of our cinema chains are in prosperous commercial areas, and they are the first choice for social elites and white-collar workers to watch movies! "Red Sorghum" is a literary film, and his main movie-watching group must be oriented to the social elite!"

After a pause, he waved his hand very imposingly, "Just let Lao Liu tell that over there! We must get the copy as soon as possible, and after we get it, you can arrange to adjust the film schedule as soon as possible!" Alas, ......."

In the end, he still couldn't hold back a sigh, obviously still disappointed that he failed to curb the rise of Minghu culture this time.

The chairman said so, and what he said was not unreasonable, many times in the past, Oriental Cinema Line relied on its unique and powerful cinema advantages to grab the limited copy delivery of those popular films, so several people from the cinema company, including Xiong Chengchao, nodded and subconsciously turned away.

I have to admit that Zhou Yanghua has been in the domestic film industry for nearly 20 years, and in the entire Chinese film market, he is a big Buddha, and if he is placed in the Oriental Media Group, no one dares to disobey and question the absolute boss and absolute core of his order.

It's just that just as he was about to turn around, Xiong Chengchao's mobile phone suddenly rang.

Xiong Chengchao was going to go out to answer the phone, but when he took out his mobile phone and glanced at it, his footsteps couldn't help but stop, looked up at Zhou Yanghua, and said, "It's Lao Liu." ”

Zhou Yanghua nodded, said, "Let's take it!" and then turned around and sat down in the sofa area.

Xiong Chengchao answered the phone, and as soon as he heard the first sentence, his face changed.

Then, rudely, he interrupted and asked in a loud voice, "What? Copies have run out, what does it mean that copies have run out?"

Next, I don't know what Lao Liu said on the other side of the phone, Xiong Chengchao looked dumbfounded.

After a long while, under the gaze of everyone in the room, he held back his shock and ordered: "I know, you stay there first and don't come back, I'll report to the chairman!"

After speaking, he hung up the phone and looked at Zhou Yanghua, and the tone of his voice was still a little incredulous, "Lao Liu's phone said that the distribution department of Minghu Culture had just informed him that the copy they had prepared in advance for "Red Sorghum" had been used up......? They said they couldn't provide us with copies for the time being!"

A room full of people were stunned.

The deputy general manager of a cinema company subconsciously said: "Didn't Xu Bing, the manager of the distribution department of Minghu Culture, say that they are very well prepared when he was interviewed just now?"

Xiong Chengchao glanced back at him, but quickly turned his gaze back to Zhou Yanghua's face.

Zhou Yanghua was also a little stunned and a little surprised.

Panic can't be talked about, after so many years of wandering in the entertainment industry, he has long been accustomed to the wind and rain.

At this time, he didn't rush to speak, but leaned back comfortably on the sofa, took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, and then said: "Either that Xu Bing is bragging to reporters, or the number of copies asked by major theater companies has exceeded the number of preparations they have prepared, and even exceeded their greatest expectations for this movie in advance." But it doesn't matter which ......"

"He actually gave it to someone else, not to our Oriental Cinema?"

This is indeed rare.

Everyone knows that although Oriental Cinema is not necessarily the absolute first in terms of absolute scale, it is the absolute first in terms of the ability to harvest the box office, in terms of the Chinese film market!

But if a movie wants to have a high box office, it will never refuse the Oriental Cinema Line to increase the number of films for them! When there are too many, when a film suddenly becomes popular and there are not enough copies, then all distribution companies would rather give fewer copies to other cinemas, and they must give priority to ensuring that the copies of the Oriental Cinema are sufficient and sufficient.

To put it bluntly, no one will have trouble with money!

At this time, Xiong Chengchao's brain was still running rapidly, and he heard Zong Chengze suddenly say: "Mr. Zhou, do you think it could be that Minghu Culture has noticed that we have united with other theaters and are suppressing their movie, so now that the movie is popular, they want to ...... the other way around." Give us some color?"

Xiong Chengchao's eyes suddenly widened and looked at him.

Not only Xiong Chengchao, but everyone else also looked at Zong Chengze - this statement is a bit amazing!

Even...... It's almost a joke!

I've never heard of the theater side pressing the film, which makes the film director and the producer of the film company kneel down and toast, and I've never heard of a movie that gets stuck in the copy and deliberately doesn't let you show it on the theater side!

The film company produced the movie product, just to count on the theater chain to help them sell it, this is a natural upstream and downstream industry, where does the upstream dare to offend the downstream?

They don't want to make money anymore?

Think the box office is too high?

!

However, when Zhou Yanghua heard this, he did not have the slightest surprise on his face.

Raising his hand and brushing his hair, he looked at Xiong Chengchao with a calm face, and asked, "Chengchao, Lao Liu didn't say it, when is Minghu Culture going to give a copy?"

Xiong Chengchao hurriedly replied, "Lao Liu said that Manager Xu Bing's statement is that Minghu Culture has been contacted urgently, and the original copy will be sent over this morning, and strive to produce all the copies that are urgently needed within three to five days." ”

When Zhou Yanghua heard this, his face finally changed for the first time.

The corners of his lips are slightly raised.

It was a sneer.

Raising his hand and brushing his hair again, he sighed and asked calmly: "The spare copy that was given to us before, also used?"

Xiong Chengchao immediately replied, "It's all used! Our cinemas around the country are the theaters with the best flow of people and attendance, and the popularity of "Red Sorghum", of course, everyone still gives priority to our movies, so the pressure on the cinemas around the country is not small. At half past eight, I had already ordered someone to call to inform me that there was no need to keep the spare copies that were originally given by various places, and they were all used and scheduled. ”

Zhou Yanghua nodded.

After a moment, he was a little confused.

Zong Chengze seemed to see through Zhou Yanghua's thoughts, and he also lowered his head at this time and did not speak.

But Xiong Chengchao couldn't help but say: "Chairman, you should call Mr. Qi Jieqi over there in person! Don't care what the reason is, if you make a phone call, you will always have to give you face over there, don't say more, at least you can get two or three hundred copies to us first, and respond to the emergency first, right?"

As soon as he finished saying this, before Zhou Yanghua could respond, Zong Chengze had already raised his head and waited for Xiong Chengchao with a displeased face, "Nonsense! Old Xiong, you are confused! What a big deal this can be, whether it is or not Minghu Culture wants to deliberately retaliate against us, it is not worth the chairman to call them for this little matter! Give them face like this, they will not be able to go to heaven!"

Xiong Chengchao suddenly looked excited when he heard this, his face turned red, and he couldn't help but choke him loudly, "Little thing? The current situation of "Red Sorghum" is that as long as you have a show, you can guarantee that it will be absolutely full! Do you know what the concept is? A copy can be shown seven times a day, and there are more than 100 tickets on average for a ticket, and a ticket is discounted for more than 20 yuan, and some of our theater tickets even sell 28 yuan! One screening is three or four thousand, seven screenings are twenty-five or six, and one hundred copies are shown in one day, which is two and a half million!"

After a pause, he continued to shout angrily, "Forget it today, make a discount, just sending copies from other places is a troublesome matter, but we have a few large and medium-sized cities in the circle of Shuntianfu and Jinmen Mansion alone, and there are twenty-one movie theaters and one hundred and thirty-three screens! Plus tomorrow we will definitely be able to find a way to send them to movie theaters in various places, as long as Zhou can always get 100 copies with a phone call now, it means that our box office can increase by 3 or 4 million this weekend! 200 will come, that is, 7 million to 8 million!"

Speaking of this, he glared at Zong Chengze angrily, and asked with a sneer: "Mr. Zong, this is also a trivial matter?"

"You ......"

Zong Chengze was speechless.

A phone call can be exchanged for seven or eight million operating income, no matter how rich Oriental Media is, it doesn't dare not take this seriously!

And...... Regardless of how lively the domestic film box office market is at first glance, and no matter how excited those film companies are, as the de facto manager of the specific affairs of the Oriental Media Group, Zong Zehua knows very well in his heart that unless it is like last year's "Huang Feihong", "The Gate of Life and Death", or like the current "Red Sorghum", during their release period, especially in the early stage of the release, the tickets sold will be as if they were robbed!

In the off-season, and it is not a blockbuster, the majority of the movies released can have an attendance rate of more than 30%, even if they are blockbusters!

And in the current situation where "Once Upon a Time", "The Gate of Life and Death" and "Red Sorghum" are hard to find, as long as you screen them, you can basically guarantee that the attendance rate will not be less than 60%, and you won't encounter a few films a year!

Seeing Zong Chengze's speechless look, Xiong Chengchao felt that he had choked the other party, and couldn't help but want to continue talking, but this time, before he could speak, Zhou Yanghua had already waved his hand and said, "Okay! Stop arguing!" After that, he let out a long breath and said: "What Cheng Chao said also makes sense! Make money! It doesn't matter if you bow your head or not, I'll call this call!"

Zong Chengze looked like he couldn't bear to be a hero, "Mr. Zhou, you are ......"

Zhou Yanghua waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say anything, and then took out his mobile phone and began to look up the number.

Zong Chengze had a humiliated expression and sighed.

The phone is connected.

Zhou Yanghua said calmly: "I am Zhou Yanghua of Oriental Media, and I am looking for you Qi Jieqi." ”

On the other end of the phone was a nice female voice, "Hello Chairman Zhou, I'm Qi Jie." ”

A smile appeared on Zhou Yanghua's face, "Mr. Qi is good!"

Qi Jie on the other end of the phone said: "Chairman Zhou called, is there something wrong?"

Zhou Yanghua smiled and said: "That's the case, I listened to the report below, it is said that Brother Li Qian's "Red Sorghum" has a very high attendance rate! A literary film can sell tickets so well, it is rare! Surprise! Congratulations, please help me bring a word, congratulations to Brother Li Qian!"

On the other end of the phone, Qi Jie seemed to chuckle, but her voice was as indifferent as ever, "Thank you Chairman Zhou!

Zhou Yanghua was choked when he heard this, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

However, she quickly adjusted, and said with a smile: "That's right! It's right! Brother Li Qian's film, it's really hard to sell it! haha!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then Qi Jie spoke: "I have said politely, Chairman Zhou has something to say, please say!"

Zhou Yanghua's face stiffened again.

Minghu Culture, a woman, seems to have never had a good face for herself since she met!

But at this time, I didn't have the heart to think about this for the time being, since the other party asked, Zhou Yanghua said: "That's the case, the person we sent to contact your distribution department over there reported that the films you prepared in advance have been used up?"

Qi Jie's voice barely had the slightest emotional fluctuation, and he still said indifferently and very stylizedly: "Yes, but we are already urgently contacting the printing company, and the new copy will start production soon, and it is expected that it will be available to your Oriental Cinema in three to five days." I'm sorry about that. ”

When Zhou Yanghua heard this, his brows furrowed.

"Can't we coordinate and give us some copies of the Oriental Cinema Line? Even if it's two or three hundred, it's fine! Mr. Qi, you know, most of our movie theaters are built in places with the largest flow of people and the most attractive to the social elite, so it should be said that our screen is the ......."

"We don't lack attendance!"

Before Zhou Yanghua finished speaking, Qi Jie had already coldly shook this sentence, and held back all Zhou Yanghua's follow-up words at once.

We don't lack attendance!

Not to mention the long-lost feeling of displeasure when someone interrupted his speech, just such a sentence was enough to make Zhou Yanghua stunned!

In this world, there is no shortage of movies with attendance?

Zhou Yanghua opened his mouth slightly in astonishment, and for several seconds, he couldn't come back to his senses.

And that's true...... Awesome, right?

After a pause, Zhou Yanghua finally came back to his senses, his eyes froze, and his voice turned cold, "What does Mr. Qi mean by this......?"

"I don't mean anything else!"

Once again, he was interrupted.

At this moment, Zhou Yanghua only felt that he was hot all over, and the anger that could be suppressed just now in the depths of his heart suddenly rushed up!

Okay, I want to press you, you understand, you want to press me again when you find that the movie is popular, it's okay, Lao Tzu has come all the way, and I haven't encountered any dire situations!

Isn't it just to lower your figure, although you can't use it for many years, but Lao Tzu is very familiar, and it's not a shame!

But...... You always interrupt Lao Tzu when you step on a horse, do you understand?

"Then you ......"

"Chairman Zhou!"

Interrupted again!

This time I just said three words!

Paralyzed, no one has dared to interrupt me for many years!

"To tell you the truth, we prepared 3,300 copies for the movie "Red Sorghum" in advance, but last night there were already a lot of theaters who took the initiative to contact us, asking for additional screening agreements and additional copies, they wanted a lot of copies, we were afraid that the copies would be idle in their place, and we would not have enough copies here, so we tried to press down, but every cinema chain assured us that the attendance rate for the two days of the weekend would definitely not be less than 90%!

"So, in fact, before nine o'clock this morning, all of our 3,300 copies have been signed out! And the time when your people came to our company was nine thirteen o'clock!"

Zhou Yanghua was speechless.

…………

Thirty seconds later, the other side took the initiative to hang up the phone!

Listening to the busy sound in the microphone, Zhou Yanghua was stunned and moved the mobile phone away from his ear.

"Chairman ......"

As soon as Xiong Chengchao opened his mouth and said three words, Zhou Yanghua had already gotten up!

With a bang, the phone flew out!

Syllable!

Whoa!

Parts shattered to the ground!

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As soon as the fifteenth seat sat up, his ass was kicked off before he could cover it!

Looking at you pitifully - give me some more monthly passes?