Chapter 43: Release (Medium) 1/2
Mega.Box Dongdaemun Store, located on the 9th floor of Good Morning Urban Shopping City on Eulji Road, the three of them parked their cars in the underground parking lot, and when they arrived, the time was still more than 10 o'clock in the morning, and there was no one in the ticket hall.
On the huge poster wall outside the theater, all the posters belonging to other movies were torn off, and the huge wall was only a huge poster of Kong Ji dancing, with the screening time, the number of screenings, and some advertising slogans written on it.
“…… Such a big poster......" Sitting in a wheelchair, looking up at the huge poster wall, Jisoo raised his mouth slightly, "I'm afraid you can see it from downstairs in the mall." ”
"How can it be so exaggerated!"
Ahn Jun-hyuk, who has a three-piece cap, sunglasses, and a mask, is smiling, and his fingers are stroking the bottom of the poster, the words J.H.studio in the column of the production and distribution company, and the eye-catching words "Ahn Jun-hyuk" on the starring and producer.
The mood was a little trance for a while.
Although it didn't show it, this "The King's Man" did place a lot of hope on him. Whether he and J.H. can set foot in the film industry and occupy a certain position in high-rise buildings, Wang's man is a perfect and only opportunity.
If it fails this time, then in the days to come, in addition to continuing to return to the small screen and waiting for opportunities, he is basically powerless to intervene in the film industry, and can only watch this market being manipulated by others, and then being manipulated by the market himself. People who can't play chess!
In the dream, this movie was a big hit, but if you do it again, who knows what will become of Lu Dao?
Although the butterfly effect is just a metaphor, chaos theory is not so exaggerated, it is impossible for you to spit in the northern hemisphere, and tomorrow there will be a large-scale outbreak of flu in the southern hemisphere, and it is impossible for you to stand on the beach and throw down a stone, and as a result, the splash ripples spread and spread, and finally disturb the ocean current and extinguish the hurricane that should have been formed.
But the impact is there. The macro direction may not change. Changes in small events are going on all the time.
Compared with the future of dreams, many of the realities have changed beyond recognition, and the tourism industry in Jeju Island is still booming, but there is one less young man who is working silently there. A nascent travel agency is no longer to be seen. The Die-Hard Movement is still in full swing. The filmmakers work hard, you sing and I appear. But next to the starlight that was as active as in the dream, a few that should have existed disappeared, and one more that shouldn't have existed!
Facebook is not looking for angel investment. It has one less partner, one more second largest shareholder, secondary and tertiary financing, the second largest shareholder's capital ratio makes it have abundant funds to expand, faster than in the dreamland, last month, it has extended its tentacles to Indian universities, and then moved to Europe, Mark is negotiating with German universities about the feasibility of joining Facebook on campus networks, and the development of a blogging service has also been launched ahead of schedule, which will be launched around May.
The crude oil crisis caused by Hurricane Katrina has not changed, but in the post-disaster reconstruction, many insurance companies that have received government bailouts, stocks have just recovered and stabilized, and there is an invisible hand in the secondary market to sell insurance stocks in large sums, making the market chaotic again, and at the same time, real estate stocks that have begun to quietly appreciate have flowed into a lot of money, and housing prices in the central and eastern regions seem to be skyrocketing again after many years of calm!
These are all changes, some are good at the moment, some don't know what the future will become, Ahn Junhyuk is confident that he can control everything, but that kind of confidence is not arrogant, he is also vigilant about changes, and he is also often worried about thinking.
If you think about it too much, apprehension will naturally arise.
Pressing down the faint worry in his heart, Ahn Jun-hyuk, who had woken up, didn't think much about it, and came to the ticket hall with Lin Xiujing, who was pushing Jisoo: "Three movie tickets for "The King's Man"!"
"OK!" Some chubby conductors glanced at Ahn Joon-hyuk and Lim so-kyung, not surprised by their dress, but looked at Jisoo more. Jisoo, who doesn't have to be afraid of being recognized, put on some light makeup today, and her already delicate face looks bright and beautiful, which caused the conductor to whistle quietly.
Taking advantage of the other party's ticketing, Lin Xiujing suddenly asked, "How is "The King's Man" selling?"
"It's hard to say, the overall performance is average!" glanced at her, and the other party shrugged, "This is still the first scene, plus the pre-order calculation, the attendance rate should be okay, about 15%, but it is a little better than the bad movies a while ago." ”
What else did she want to ask, Ahn Jun-hyuk had already taken out the money, took the three tickets with a smile, and dragged her and Jisoo to buy snacks, drinks and other things, and then the three of them went directly into Hall 3.
Standing in the back row of seats, at the top of the entire movie hall, looking at the people who were sparsely scattered or sitting, or walking around, Lin Xiujing, who took off her sunglasses, looked gloomy for a moment, and then reluctantly laughed, grabbed Ahn Junhyuk's arm, and whispered: "Don't worry, it's the first day of the release today, and it's still morning, it's really impossible for too many people, and the situation will definitely be better in the afternoon......"
Before she finished speaking, Jisoo, who was raising her head to see where the disabled seat was, turned around and snorted, "Obviously you're worried, my brother won't think about it so much!"
"Yes!" Seeing her embarrassed appearance, Ahn Junhyuk patted her hand holding his arm and comforted: "Don't think about it so much, it's a matter for companies and theaters to explore the box office, we came here today to see how the movie is, and relax by the way...... What should be done, we have all tried to do our best, what the results are, it depends on the audience's choice, it's useless to be anxious!"
"Hmmm......"
After a few moments, he walked down the barrier-free passage to his seat and chatted quietly while waiting for the movie to begin.
At the same time in Gangnam District, the logo of Mega.Box, the largest Mega.Box.COEX store in the country, and as many as 16 theaters outside the theater, also walked into the crowd one after another, Park Jinyu, who was holding a notebook under his arm, took the movie ticket from the ticket seller, looked at the only huge poster of "The King's Man" on the poster wall, and looked at the audience behind him who was not much, and walked into the theater, and shook his head secretly.
Since he was the first to write a drama review of "My Name is Kim Sam Soon", he took advantage of Kim Sam Soon's popularity to squeeze out his opponent and climb to the position of editor, he regards Ahn Jun Hyuk as his lucky star, and he will not let go of anything from the other party, although there is no press conference or premiere, he still asked for leave.
He doesn't doubt Ahn Joon-hyuk's acting skills, but he doesn't have that much confidence in the other party's vision. It is said that "The King's Man" is produced and distributed by Ahn Junhyuk's personal company, and he also serves as a producer, producer and other positions, holding such a big power, "The King's Man" is finally completed, and there must be Ahn Junhyuk's personal influence, but in fact, he is just a newcomer in the film industry, and he can't grasp the laws of the market at all, and he rashly holds such a big power, it is difficult to say what the movie will be made of.
It is not uncommon for a good actor to be a bad director and a bad producer in the circle.
And now the situation is more special.
After the media spared no effort to satirize and slander, now filmmakers have almost become selfish silverfish in the eyes of the people, and even domestic films have been affected, and most of the movies released in recent years have not performed well, only "Head Master One 2" is violent, in addition to the defects of the film itself, there are also reasons why the people are too lazy to pay for domestic films.
Under such circumstances, the box office prospects of "The King's Man" are really not optimistic!
"Don't think about it so much, the first show is about to start, let's see how the movie goes!" Thinking about it, Park Jinyu walked into the screening room of the first scene with his notebook.
As he observed, there were not many people in the screening room, so he found a seat to sit down, opened his notebook, and waited while planning the shorthand format for a while, and as the first screening time approached, more and more people came, but the entire hall was still less than 20% sitting.
Although this is due to the diversion of customers from multiplex theaters, such a sluggish performance is still quite disappointing.
And most of these people who came, I'm afraid they are still die-hard fans of Ahn Junhyuk, such as the two girls sitting behind him.
"I don't know what will happen to Uncle Lu Dao's movie, I checked the Internet when I came, but I didn't see any media reports, and there are not many people here now, Uncle is too low-key!"
"There's no way, I heard that it's because those filmmakers are still making trouble, and the uncle is embarrassed to hold a premiere or something with great fanfare, I hope it won't affect the box office. ”
"It will definitely not be affected, it's a big deal that all of us who settle down in Xiaozhu, each person watches 3 shows a day, I don't believe that the box office can't be brushed!"
“…… You won't be serious, although the movie ticket is not expensive, but 3 shows a day ......"
"Ha Luha, just kidding, we don't need to watch Uncle's movie!"
Listening to the girl's optimistic words, Park Jinyu shook his head, but he didn't say much, while waiting, when it was time for the screening, the lights in the entire hall dimmed. Because Mega.Box drew all the other contracted films, and didn't take any other orders, so the usual trailer was not played, and when the screen was turned on, the fluorescent flickered slightly, and the surrounding speakers were quiet, and the subtitles jumped on the opening LOGO!
It was a fiery red banner composed of the fiery red letters J and H, which fluttered and spewed like a raging fire in the wind, and then stood still steeply, and a line of "studio" appeared in the corner.
Production/Distribution: J.H. studio
Producer: Ahn Joon-hyuk
Director: Lee Jun Yik
Starring: Gan Woo-sung, Ahn Jun-hyuk, Jung Jin-young, Kang Sung-yeon
Soft music sounded, and the ancient background scroll slowly appeared after the darkness of the screen, and the title of the film with mottled ink was printed in the center-
(To be continued......