"Hi Zhou, good morning, was it a surprise that I called you?"

On the other end of the phone, Dan's voice was very friendly, which made Zhou Chen a little surprised.

"Mr. Jeffrey, are you new to work, do you want to release another of my films? Zhou Chen deliberately diverted the topic.

Last time, Zhou Chen had no choice but to choose to cooperate with Artisan Films and refused Jeffrey, the Lionsgate executive was very puzzled and threatened to make Zhou Chen regret it, hoping that he would see this matter now.

"Hehe, Zhou, it's actually not impossible, if you can think of a publicity plan that is as good as "Alyssa the Witch", of course I would be willing to cooperate with you, in fact, I like that movie very much. ”

"Well, I'll talk about it when I think about it, I don't know what the hell is going on with Mr. Jeffrey's call today. Zhou Chen stopped talking nonsense.

"Zhou, you didn't expect it, but I did think of a good publicity strategy, that is, to see if you are willing to cooperate with me. Dan's relaxed laugh came.

Zhou Chen was slightly stunned, understanding that the other party had deliberately betrayed Guan Zi just now.

"Yes, I don't know what Mr. Jeffrey wants?" Zhou Chen asked patiently.

He really didn't expect Dan to think of a way to announce "This Man is from Earth".

After the film was made, Professor Ram was busy with the work, inviting people from the film company to watch the film and organizing a viewing party.

Those people have a good evaluation of the movie, but none of them want to really cooperate with the release, they all want to pick up the leaks and buy them at a low price, and then try to operate.

Zhou Chen naturally wouldn't agree, and there was no good way, so the screening was delayed.

"Zhou, I now understand why you chose to work with Artisan Pictures. Your movie has a good combination of publicity and genre, and if I do it, I will really think of this. But now that someone has seen this, you need to hurry. ”

Dan didn't respond to Zhou Chen's words, and said to him left and right.

"Oh, of course, thanks for the reminder. However, the quality of our film is acceptable, and the popularity is high enough, and there should be no problem with subsequent screenings. ”

Zhou Chen continued to reply to Dan patiently, waiting for him to say what medicine was sold in the gourd.

"Chou, if you're willing to add Lionsgate to the distribution company of this film, then I'll help you distribute your other film, and I'm very sure it's going to be a box office success. ”

Dan stopped selling Guan Zi and said directly.

He originally wanted to investigate the matter of "Witch Elisa" and threaten Zhou Chen to expose the truth about the movie.

But I didn't expect the media and professional film critics to see a lot of the publicity points of this movie.

Thinking that this might be the artisan film in order to prevent public opinion from backlashing, he first ventilated with the media, and he knew that this method was useless.

But he was inspired, but because of this, he thought of a strategy to publicize "This Man is from Earth", so he wanted to take the opportunity to coerce Zhou Chen to cooperate.

"Mr. Jeffrey said with a smile, the movies have already been released, how can I join Lionsgate in the distribution company?" Zhou Chen asked angrily.

Jeffrey has a big brain, and if he wants to threaten people, he can't do it, right?

"What's so hard about this, as long as you are willing to give up your interests, it's not a problem. Zhou, think about it carefully, the success of two movies is better than the success of one movie, and the benefits you give up will still be earned. ”

"Yes, then I'd like to hear Mr. Jeffrey's specific plan for the promotion of "This Man is from Earth". ”

"I won't say the specifics, but I can tell you that I will combine the two films to promote them, which is why I want the distribution rights of "Alyssa the Witch". ”

"Is that so? I see. ”

Zhou Chen's head buzzed, and he couldn't help but think of his previous perception of the comparison of the two movies.

"This Man is from Earth" teaches people to think, imagine, doubt, and understand the preciousness of the truth, while "Blair the Witch" tells a big lie by creating something that is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, attracting the audience to watch the movie, and deceiving the world.

The comparison between the two is somewhat ironic.

John, the male protagonist in "This Man Comes from Earth", said that he lived for 14,000 years, was once Jesus, met Buddha, met many historical celebrities, and so on.

Although the movie finally discovers that John is his father through a doctor of psychology, it is confirmed that what John said is true, and the movie completes its self-justification.

But for the audience, it's just a story after all, and you can trust John to tell the truth, or you can not believe what he says.

The most important thing is to learn to think after watching the movie, to think about real life from the movie, to think of the many problems mentioned in the movie, and to think of the truth that many things may hide.

Now that Dan Jeffrey said that he wanted to combine the two movies for promotion, Zhou Chen immediately understood what he was going to do.

must be trying to take advantage of the current popularity of "Elsa the Witch" and the propaganda method that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, to use the connotation of "This Man is from Earth" as a propaganda point.

In addition, this movie is also an innovation in the narrative mode of science fiction movies, the script is very good, the quality of the movie is good, and it can indeed be operated and achieve a certain box office success.

So now that he understands the other party's thoughts, does he still need to cooperate with Dan?

"Do you really understand?" asked Dan, immediately confused.

"Of course, I've thought of what you're talking about for a long time, but it's not yet time to put it into practice. Zhou Chen said half-truths and half-truths.

"Zhou, sometimes there are good ideas, but they may not be realized, and there is still a lot of difference between thinking and doing. Personally, as well as the strength of our Lionsgate film operation in the operation of low-budget films, I believe you know very well that we can not only think of a good publicity plan, but also operate it well. ”

Dan still said confidently.

"I don't doubt this, but it's really hard for me to agree to your company being the publisher of Alyssa the Witch that you proposed. ”

Zhou Chen said directly.

It's not a matter of adding a company name to the issuer, adding a name necessarily gives up benefits!

Who would want to give up the benefits they got to someone else like this?

"Zhou, maybe you don't know it yet, your movie screening theaters have only increased by 1,000 this week, this is the strength of Yijiang Films! If we do it, we can add at least 2,000 theaters! If you change your mind now, it's not too late for the big theaters to have a unified screening arrangement, but there are many independent theaters that we can influence. ”

Dan said confidently again.

Zhou Chen was a little shocked, the artisan movie told him about this on the day of the movie's release.

said that the first week of the movie performed well, and the film schedule would increase to 1500 to 2000 plus theaters, but I didn't expect Lionsgate to have such an ability!

He thought about it for a while, but he was still a little moved: "Okay, I'll communicate with Yijiang Film first." ”

"Zhou, I hope you can hurry up, the screening of the film cannot be delayed, and I am also looking forward to working with you to release another of your films. ”

"Okay, I'll call you back in an hour at most. Zhou Chen said decisively.

Of course, he understands that now is the critical time for the release of the movie, and he needs to firmly grasp the timing, and hopes that this win-win cooperation can be understood by the artisan film side.