136. Who Moved My Box Office
The leading actors, film critics and audiences in the Nanxiang Theater left the venue silently, if it weren't for the dazzling "premiere" at the door of the theater, everyone would have thought that this was just an ordinary movie.
In a small theater owned by Century Entertainment not far from Nanxiang Theater, "Swordsman" is only halfway through.
Hawke, who forced himself not to fall asleep, sat in the best position in the middle and watched the movie with the employees of Century Entertainment.
As the company's largest investment last year, from the directors and shareholders to the labor staff, they were all required to watch "Knife", and the premiere was not enough to make up for it.
Hawke's situation is more special, due to the direct competition between the two films, he could not appear on the red carpet of "Knife", so he was arranged here.
The lights were dark, the seats were comfortable, and if it weren't for the occasional sobbing of grief next to him, Hawk would have fallen asleep.
Five minutes before the movie started, Qiao Wan, who was wearing makeup and crying, was sent in and sat next to Hawke, and the girl's tears did not stop after an hour.
I am not familiar with my sister, and it is inconvenient for Hawk to ask about everything related to "Swordsman", since the girl did not take the initiative to talk to him, Hawke calmly stared at the screen in front of him.
Halfway through the film, Hu Yishan acted in three fight scenes, and Qi Meng completed the blackening from an ignorant girl to a wicked man, and during the period, she also wore a memory of her childhood.
There is also a leading actor, Qin Tianyu, who only appeared once.
Hawke has seen Zhang Xianzu's previous films, and he is good at disrupting the timeline while taking into account the multi-line narrative.
This technique of filming is brilliant in his first film, although the timeline is broken up, but the themes that each character wants to express in the corresponding plot complement each other, and finally all of them are connected into a complete story.
Perhaps because this shooting technique was too high-end, Hawke found that he didn't understand the film this time.
The first half of the book was renamed "The Return of the Black Blackening of the White Lotus Girl's House Fight".
Finally, twenty minutes later, the "protagonist" Qin Tianyu appeared again.
Without saying any words, Qiao Wan, who was sitting next to Hawke, jumped up and picked up the unopened water bottle and smashed it at the screen.
Referring to the distance and speed of the water bottle's flight, it is not a problem to evaluate a shot put level 2 athlete.
"Death to sluts!" Qiao Wan screamed and scolded.
Boom!
The screen was directly smashed into a hole, and everyone present was so frightened that they couldn't speak.
It wasn't until two security guards roughly dragged Qiao Wan out that Hawke, who was closest to him, came back to his senses, and for the first time since the crossing, he really felt what anger was.
Naturally, there was no need to watch the movie, and because of the employees of the company that made a fool of itself, everyone left quietly, leaving the Century Public Relations Department to wrap it up.
As for what is said in the second half of the movie, that's not Hawke's concern.
Over the weekend, viewers who had been poisoned by [whether the hairband is blue-black or platinum] for a week, and their ears were about to grow calluses, finally looked forward to fresh news.
As of Saturday, "Knifeman" has won a total of 22 million box office, according to authoritative predictions, today's box office is guaranteed to be 10 million, and the cumulative box office in the first weekend will exceed 30 million. Mango Entertainment's lunchtime announcer said vigorously: "This will be the best box office result in the first weekend of this year, ranking twelfth in Chinese film history." ”
"Affected by the release of "Swordsman", "The Emperor Ring" received 13 million at the same time, with a cumulative total of 55 million, a decline of more than -"
Before he finished speaking, the signal was cut to the weather forecast, and the announcer looked at the radio station with a questioning look for an explanation.
The director pointed to the weather forecast for last Monday's weather, and the announcer understood it in seconds.
On Monday, the east wind turned to the west, and the wind direction changed.
"If it weren't for the old man's request, I wouldn't want to spend time watching a movie, sitting there for two hours and being bored. In a flower-filled manor, Hong Shengnan, the daughter of Sky Pictures, complained to her best friend, "Why do you say that this little Wang is so rigid, and he still charges rules and regulations to open a private theater, and he has the money to build a winery, and he still needs us 20 yuan?"
The girlfriend and Hong Shengnan walked through the beautiful garden, and after a few rounds of the promenade, they arrived at their friend's private theater.
"There are many members in Xiaoyaozhuang, in the end, we still have to open up sources and reduce expenditure, besides, we don't know that Xiao Wang, he has been following the rules since he was a child, and he only earned 30,000 yuan when he went out in the first year. The girlfriend quipped, "This is a movie released by your family, and I don't want to spend money to increase the box office for myself." ”
Hong Shengnan rolled his girlfriend and said, "Do you still need a few dozen yuan from us?" ”
"That's just a rumor, how can you smear your own movie like this. The girlfriend was very speechless, and after approaching the theater, she said to the manager, "Open the third hall, the four vacant seats are not allowed to enter, and the points will be deducted from my card." ”
The manager bowed slightly and said, "It's full today." ”
"My 'Swordsman' is so popular?" Hong Shengnan asked.
"Members have made reservations for "The Imperial Ring" today, and if you want to make an appointment for "Swordsman", you have to wait until the day after tomorrow. When the manager replied, the mobile phone rang, and after a glance, he changed his words, "Someone just used five hundred points to make an appointment first, and "Swordsman" will wait for the day after tomorrow." ”
"Phew, don't look at it! I'm in a bad mood, so I'll leave for a few days in the afternoon. Hong Shengnan didn't go back.
......
Century Entertainment, Qin Tianyu lay on the lazy chair and asked her sister to help her rub her temples.
"How's it going?"
Qin Tianjin took a deep breath and said in an extremely dissatisfied tone: "The public relations department reported a large amount of expenditure, I knew that you should have asked the company to sweep that Qiao Wan out of the house that night." ”
"It's just a little minion, I can't hold my breath, and I can't breathe after four years of snow hiding and then terminating the contract. Qin Tianyu opened his eyes and said, "Give me your phone, and I'll read the news." ”
Qin Tianjin hesitated for a while, and saw that her sister's face was as usual, before handing over the phone.
"Ah Yu, those film critics are all doing things with money, and a group of people who don't understand movies just close their eyes and write blindly when they look at a few banknotes, whatever they do. ”
Qin Tianyu naturally understands this reason, she has long been immune to those "experts", and it has some reference value compared to the feedback from this audience.
The scarf of himself and "Swordsman" has a control review, which has no reference value, and it has to be seen by Huaxia Movie Network.
The messages under the trailer of the finale of "Knife Guest" in this official account have exceeded one million, nearly double the number of days ago.
[The third sister said that the lost scenes in the play should be returned all outside the play, let you see what the sister is]
[Many people say they can't understand it, but in fact, the story of "Swordsman" is very simple, that is, it tells the love and hatred of the first brother, the second sister and the third sister]
[Show, upstairs one black black three.] ]
Qin Tianyu frowned, these comments that had nothing to do with the movie filled the comment area, and she couldn't understand any of them.
asked the assistant intern sister, who is said to know everything about entertainment news, to come and answer, and the little sister stood aside and trembled after reading it.
"I'll just ask you to explain, and I'm not going to eat you. Qin Tianjin urged, "Hurry up, why isn't there a message about Ah Yu?"
The little sister said in an almost inaudible voice: "The third sister they are talking about is Teacher Qin, and as for the second sister, because Teacher Qi plays your sister in the movie, they say so." ”
"Third sister?" Qin Tianjin was about to speak when he was stopped by his sister.
Let her continue to say it, and estimate that the next sentence will be "Isn't my sister 1.15?"
Under the persecuted eyes of the two, the little sister almost cried and told the truth: "Last year, netizens suspected that you paid 3 million out of your own pocket to buy the box office on "Cherished Lovers", so some people called you Qin Sanjie, and then gradually subsided;
"You think I bought it?" Qin Tianyu said coldly, "Right?"
Thinking of Qiao Wan's tragic experience in the past few days, she collapsed directly under pressure, and said incoherently: "Teacher Qin is not, you have always been a sister in my heart, I am different from those netizens~ Wow!"
By the end of Sunday, "The Ring" rebounded strongly, dropping 17 million in a single day, while "The Knifeman" fell in an avalanche at the box office on the third day of its release, closing at 6 million.