On this day, Li Yadong was naturally not idle, riding a motorcycle around early in the morning, and visiting several theaters around Victoria Harbour.

The focus of his attention is not the attendance rate of a few theaters, the attendance rate can generally reach 80%, in his expectation, after all, such a large publicity effort, the whole Hong Kong can be said to be well known, driven by curiosity, the attendance rate of the first show can not be too bad.

What he cares more about is the audience's reaction after watching the film.

Causeway Bay Debao Cinema, when it was about to end at noon, Li Yadong happened to arrive here, after the film was screened, when he saw the audience walking out of the door of the theater one by one, and while walking, he was also discussing the plot of the movie with three or five friends, and his heart was suddenly stable.

There is absolutely no problem with the script of "Crazy Boy", and the character portrayal is extremely exciting, as long as the audience in this era can accept this kind of theme that is completely different from the movies they have watched before, then there is nothing else to worry about.

After leaving the theater, Li Yadong came to Jiufeng Chess.

There was a Ling Zhi sedan parked outside the door, and if his guess was right, Wu Zhixiong should have just returned from the theater.

The filming progress of "The Man in the Rivers and Lakes" was very rushed, and the sample tape was not made until last night, and then Liu Weiqiang sent it to Debao Company non-stop, and the actors, including him, had not seen the complete movie beforehand.

"Dong Zai, you're here!"

After Wu Zhixiong saw him walk in, he directly stepped forward and gave him a bear hug.

Then he said excitedly: "It's so cool, it's so cool to watch, don't you know, I can see Lao Tzu's eyes red several times!"

Li Yadong was hugged by him, and after breaking free without leaving a trace, he jokingly asked, "It's cool to write you to death?"

"Cool!" Wu Zhixiong laughed, "Lao Tzu has a few good little brothers, and he is happy to die, and the revenge scene in the end is so cool that it can't be done!"

This guy was obviously poisoned, and he chatted with Li Yadong for more than half an hour, without taking a sip of water.

If it weren't for Li Yadong and Pan Disheng still having an appointment, it is estimated that they would not have thought about leaving today, and in the end they really couldn't shirk it, so they had a lunch with him before riding a locomotive to Debao Company.

Pan Disheng obviously waited for a long time, and his face was also full of smiles, and after asking the beautiful female secretary to make Li Yadong a cup of tea, he handed over a document.

"Dong Zai, I really didn't expect it, the attendance rate is so high, just one morning show, the box office is close to 400,000, I believe many people will be shocked. ”

Li Yadong took it with a smile and looked at it, but it was comparable to the morning box office of "Jianghu Love" yesterday.

"But ......" suddenly thought of something, Pan Disheng asked with a straight face: "According to the information I have got, many people in the industry now believe that the reason why the first scene of our drama is so good is entirely because of the advertising in the early stage, and they predict that the popularity of the afternoon show will definitely fade." What do you think?"

"Nonsense, a bunch of guys who haven't even watched a movie, what are you doing with them?"

"Oh?"

After Li Yadong glanced at him, he said with a smile: "Boss Pan, the reason why I came so late is because I went to the theater in the morning to understand the situation, and I can tell you very clearly now that "The Man in the Rivers and Lakes" will become a phenomenal film. ”

"Phenomenal?" Pan Disheng was a little confused.

Li Yadong explained: "That is to say, it will cause a trend, don't believe it, it won't be long before films with this theme will emerge in an endless stream, and even flood." ”

"Really?" Pan Disheng's eyes widened, and he couldn't imagine this kind of scene.

"There's no point in lying to you, you'll find out after a while, or ...... Let's make a bet now?"

Pan Disheng asked with interest, "What are you betting on?"

"Let's bet that the afternoon session will be even more popular. ”

So far, Pan Disheng is not interested in asking him where he got his confidence, he would like to be like this, if this is the case, it will be equivalent to a slap in the face of those guys who talk coldly, so what's the matter.

I can't help but ask, "What bet do you want?"

"It's very simple, just bet on the advertising of the next "Crazy Boy: Raptors Across the River", if I win, the advertising cost will be borne by Debao. ”

"Good!"

Pan Disheng agreed without thinking about it, because there is nothing to hesitate about, if this "The Man of the Troubled Boy in the Jianghu" is really popular, there is no need for him to say, Pan Disheng knows that he will focus on promoting this series of films after that, which is absolutely beneficial and harmless for Debao.

"Okay. Li Yadong smiled and nodded, "Then let's wait and see." ”

……

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the second official screening of "The Man of the Troubled Boy" was officially screened.

There will be one more in the afternoon than in the morning, and after this one, there will be another one at half-past three.

And the attention of the entire Hong Kong film and television industry is almost focused on these two scenes.

At about half past one, Debao's two major opponents, Golden Harvest and New Art City, received the data of the first game.

Golden Harvest Building, Boss's Office.

Zou Wenhuai sat on a soft leather chair, holding a document in his hand, his brows furrowed.

In front of the desk, stood two middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes.

They are Xu Hongbin, the general manager of Golden Harvest Cinema Line, and Liu Zetao, one of the heads of Golden Harvest's production department.

"What is the situation, why is the attendance rate of Debao higher than our Golden Harvest in the same afternoon!"

Zou Wenhuai slapped the materials in his hand on the mahogany desk.

You must know that they are being released in the theater, but the star-studded production "Jianghu Love", but the audience is more willing to watch Debao's small-budget production movies, which doesn't make sense at all, he thinks that there must be a negligence in the theater's work.

Xu Hongbin was taken aback, and said hesitantly: "Mr. Zou, this ...... I don't know what's going on, everything is working normally in the theater, and there are no mistakes. ”

"Then according to what you mean, Debao's small-budget production movie is even better than our "Jianghu Love"?"

"I ......" Xu Hongbin looked embarrassed, and replied weakly: "I didn't mean that, Mr. Zou, but to be honest, there must still be some merit in this drama of Debao......"

He paused when he said this, pointed to a few pages of information on the mahogany table, and continued: "Mr. Zou, there is another page below, if you don't believe it, you can take a look, their box office in the morning is basically the same as ours yesterday." ”

"What?!"

Zou Wenhuai was shocked, and hurriedly grabbed the information to look through it, and when he saw the box office of nearly 400,000, his eyes widened.

If Xinyicheng did not regard Debao's small-budget movie as an opponent, then Golden Harvest did not pay attention to it at all.

Including the previous advertising investment, to a large extent, it was not aimed at this film, but to suppress Debao's arrogance.

"How is this possible?" Zou Wenhuai's face was full of disbelief.

Suddenly thinking of something, he looked at Liu Zetao, who was silent next to him, and asked: "Didn't you say before that this drama was filmed by a new film and television company, and they didn't look for us Jiahe?"

After all, Golden Harvest is the oldest cinema chain in Hong Kong, and it is also the first choice of many new film and television companies.

"Mr. Zou, no, absolutely not!" Liu Zetao is now about to regret his intestines, he really can't imagine that a vulgar film is so popular in the market, what kind of taste do people have now?

As for the fact that he once contacted Li Yadong, he couldn't let the boss know about it, unless he didn't want to do it.

This is not a small mistake, but a big problem at the technical level, as a producer, the most important thing for him is vision, which is also the purpose of the company hiring him, if there is a major problem in the vision of the reviewer, there will be almost no room for maneuver except for a dismissal letter waiting for him.

After hearing him say this, Zou Wenhuai said with a gloomy face: "Although we have a lot of satellite film and television companies in Jiahe, we can't be complacent, and the new film and television companies with strength and ideas on the market must also be in contact from time to time and strive to explore new potential stocks. Otherwise, like this time, they will pick up a big bargain. ”

"Yes, yes...... Mr. Zou, you have learned a lesson. Liu Zetao saw sweat on his forehead, and his head was like a chicken pecking rice.

"This Dongfanghong Pictures, although it has cooperated with Debao once, but Ah Tao, you also have to try to get in touch with it, the first drama can achieve such good results, with a group of new actors, let our stars star in "Jianghu Love" have a tendency that cannot be resisted, the future is limitless, we must do our best to bring them over, and the conditions can be appropriately relaxed. ”

"Good...... Mr. Zou, I will definitely work hard. ”

Liu Zetao was miserable, and thought: Last time, I offended that kid and devalued other people's movies to worthless, can people still bird him now?

But if there is no explanation, Boss Zou is not a vegetarian, and he can't be spared either.

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