Chapter 86: The Little Man's Struggle
After agreeing on a time and place to meet with Logan, Tang Feng dialed Harvey's office again.
"Harvey, I suddenly had an idea."
On the other side of the phone, Harvey, who had a sad face, immediately came to his senses, "Have you thought of a way to extend the release time?" β
"Tell me about it!"
Tang Feng laughed, "How is it possible?" If you want to wrestle with Time Warner, we are still too far away. β
"I mean, we can't extend the release time, but we might be able to stimulate the box office."
"Not counting today, there are still six days of screening, and I think we should change another batch of posters."
Seeing that it was different from what he thought, Harvey was a little discouraged, and said weakly: "Forget it, if it works to change the poster, I am willing to change it every day." β
"And it's only six days, and if you put on a batch of posters, you have to spend more investment, which won't make a difference."
Tang Feng shook his head, "I don't think so!" β
"This time, we didn't have to redesign the poster, we just added a countdown to the showtime on top of the original, so it was just the cost of printing and distribution."
"Even if every movie theater were changed, how much would it cost?"
"What's it called? That's right, it's called hunger marketing! β
Harvey was a little puzzled and asked suspiciously, "Hunger marketing?" Does it work? β
"You think, our box office is not bad now, and even "Die Hard 2" has been suppressed by us for several weeks."
"This shows that our films still have a lot of potential to be tapped, but the reality is already like this, and we can't sit still, at least we should fight for it at the end."
"If we can get a higher box office in the remaining six days, won't we slap those self-righteous bigwigs in the face?"
"It doesn't make much sense, but at least the box office is high, and we can get a little bit more, what do you say?"
Harvey glared at him and yelled angrily, "That's it!" β
"I'm just going to slap them in the face! Let everyone see what kind of faces they are! β
"I'll tell them to go down and get them to change the posters as quickly as possible."
"Well, by the way, the countdown time should be left blank, and I will send someone to rewrite the time every day, every hour!"
"Next Monday! I'm going to arrange a banquet for my colleagues here in New York, and I'm going to invite some journalists and fans! β
"We can't just be silently shaded!"
"But don't worry, Sean, you don't have to attend, I'll come in my name and the company, and they can't do anything to me yet."
Hearing his words, Tang Feng frowned, "If you do this, it will be the same whether I go or not, and when the news is exposed, the first thing they think of will definitely be my idea." β
Harvey hesitated for a moment and let out a long sigh: "Alas, can our small company only have such a fate?" β
"Forget it, I'm not afraid of them, but your company has just been established, and this is the time to make contacts and consolidate the foundation, if you are hated by them, I am afraid it will not be good."
"That's it, I'll let the people below change the poster, I've made an appointment with two filmmakers just now, and I'll sign the contract in the afternoon."
After saying that, Harvey was about to put down the phone, but at this moment, Tang Feng said something that surprised him.
"How can you just leave it at that?"
"Like you said, can our small company only accept such a fate with grievances?"
"We should look at their faces, and we should be willing to be at their mercy?"
"You're not afraid, I'm afraid of a bird? It's a big deal that I'm going to disband the company, go TV with Jonathan, or find you to make an art film! β
"Harvey, as long as you don't coax, I won't coax, let's do it with them!"
"The banquet is going on as usual! Next Monday is it? Wait for me! β
Tang Feng's impassioned words made Harvey immediately look at Tang Feng differently, and it was the first time that he really had a feeling of sympathy for him.
Harvey, who grew up in the slums, has an unyielding anger towards those high-ranking bigwigs.
If he was just out of righteous indignation just now, now he is from the bottom of his heart and wants to do something.
"Haha, that's good, Sean!"
"This is my Harvey brother!"
"Let's show them that the little people also have an energy that they can't ignore!"
"This time, I'm going to show my old face, and I'm sure I'll invite all the filmmakers in New York!"
"Not only friends in the film industry, but also people from other industries will come and let them judge together, why the consecutive single-week box office champions, if they don't let it go, they won't let it go!"
"Sean, to be honest, if it were any other movie, I wouldn't have a temper at all."
"But this movie made them so bad, I don't accept it in my heart!"
"If they hadn't done it, we would have gotten at least 250 million or more at the North American box office, even at worst!"
"Do you calculate, how much less money do we have to make if they mess with it like this?"
Next, they discussed for a long time, Tang Feng didn't even eat lunch, but he didn't feel hungry at all.
In his heart, there seemed to be a raging flame, burning fiercely, and he also felt full of strength and courage.
"I really don't have the ability to fight on my own, but what if I can unite most of the small companies?"
"The old giants? Super big guys? β
"Bullshit!"
"If you want to cover the sky with one hand, why don't you ask us if we agree!"
Originally, Tang Feng was going to swallow his anger, but what Harvey said made him not only sad, but also aroused his blood.
Thinking of some of his previous experiences, he immediately understood that compromise will never have a status, no matter how many movies he makes, no matter how much money he makes, it is useless!
In the eyes of those high-ranking bigwigs, he will always be just an inconspicuous little person!
Not to mention the major film and television companies, even the three major theater chains, none of them really took him seriously!
In order to show his sincerity, Tang Feng did not let Harvey come forward after knowing that he had inadvertently offended the bosses of the three major theater chains, but called them personally.
However, apart from polite and polite greetings and clichΓ©s, they did not express any attitude, and even the invitation to meet politely declined.
Two days ago, Tang Feng thought that this was their reserve, and he thought that when the new movie was released, he would bring gifts to visit them one by one after a while.
But now, he really knows that such an idea is too naΓ―ve, not that they are reserved and generous, but that they are too lazy to see themselves at all!
What did you say when you met?
Young man, your movie is very good, I am very optimistic about you, I will schedule more films for you in the future?
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They all wear the same pants as the giants!
How could it be possible to give up cooperation with them and choose a little person without any background?
How can one of his so-called blockbuster movies be compared with the box office of those big film companies and dozens of movies a year?
It was precisely because of seeing through these that Tang Feng decided to take a risk!
is a hot movie, they say that it will be offline when it is offline, but "Die Hard 2", which is obviously sunset, is fine, can't it explain something?
Anyway, barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, it's a big deal to offend them, it's really like what he just said, switch to the TV industry, or go to make art films, and just have fun not to make money!
What's more, even if they really deal with themselves in the future, they may not be able to slap themselves to death.
In that case, what else is there to fear?
Just pull Harvey and do it!
After the excitement, Tang Feng, who calmed down, still went to find Logan on time.
He doesn't regret his decision, but he also knows that the movie "Killer Tragedy" alone doesn't mean anything.
In the days to come, if you want to continue to develop under pressure, you must have a succession of good works.
Otherwise, no matter how big he makes a fuss and can't quit the follow-up works as soon as possible, it's just a mouthpiece.
Since it's making movies, the best counterattack is to come up with more good movies, beat them in the market, and leave them speechless!