Chapter 198: Comedy Battle
He Guanchang walked into Zou Wenhuai's office, didn't need to say hello, sat straight on the chair in front of the desk, and then put the document in his hand in front of Zou Wenhuai, frowned and said: "This is the performance of Jiahe Cinema Line last month, look at it, it has dropped a lot." ”
Hearing this, Zou Wenhuai immediately opened the document and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the deeper his brows wrinkled, and after a few minutes, he put the document back on the table: "This is like this, since July, the performance has risen in the past few months, how can it suddenly decline so much?"
"I investigated, after the cancellation of the bottom fee by the Weishi Cinema Line, it was okay at first, but the performance has risen rapidly recently, and many of the film companies that originally put the film in our company have switched to the Wei's Cinema Line, and several of them have achieved a very good box office. ”
"I have long thought that the cancellation of the base fee is equivalent to putting all the risk on the theater company, although the share is less than before, but those film companies that have little confidence in their own films will definitely flock to it, but I didn't expect it to come so fiercely. ”
He Guanchang shook his head lightly: "In order to ensure the source of the film, it is really courageous to directly cancel the bottom package system." It is estimated that now Debao Cinemas and Golden Princess Cinemas have also been affected, after all, there are so many films that can be released every year, I don't think we should wait any longer. ”
"The bottom system has existed for so many years, and it is time to cancel it. If Debao Cinemas and Golden Princess Cinemas are allowed to take the lead, we will face a shortage of film sources. In addition, the membership card system and joint ticket discount system adopted by Webster Cinemas are also worth learning. ”
Bowing his head and muttering for a moment, Zou Wenhuai finally nodded and said, "You make a plan and discuss it at the meeting tomorrow." ”
"Okay. He Guanchang was about to get up and leave, and Zou Wenhuai asked again: "Is Wei's "Gambling Saint" premiering today?"
"That's right, at three o'clock in the afternoon, I forgot if you didn't ask, I heard that it was quite lively. By the way, what do you think of that Zhou Xingchi?"
"The comedy talent is good, but the acting is too immature, and it's too early to tell whether the audience will buy it or not. Having said that, He Guanchang clearly saw his appreciation for Zhou Xingchi from Zou Wenhuai's expression, but unfortunately this famous grass already has an owner......
When Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were talking about Zhou Xingchi, the protagonist of their topic was anxiously waiting, just like the day of the premiere of the first movie, Zhou Xingchi got up at dawn today, in fact, he didn't sleep at all last night, and chatted with Zhang Meng excitedly until late.
Even if he hung up the phone later, he was in a daze, waking up from time to time, and even had a dream that "The Saint of Gambling" was successful again, and then he received a soft hand after receiving the film, counting the money until his hand cramped, and it didn't take long for him to become a comedy master who is well-known in Hong Kong and even the world.
Then he dreamed that he and Zhang Meng were in bed upside down, and under his brave and invincible attack, Zhang Meng kept retreating and begging for mercy, but just as he was about to climb to the highest peak, a man kicked him out and took the place that should have belonged to him.
Seeing his girlfriend gracefully acknowledging under other men, he rushed over like crazy, and then, and then he woke up, and after looking at the time, it was only three o'clock, and he wanted to sleep again, but he couldn't sleep at all. By the time he got up in the morning, his eyes had turned into panda eyes.
During the day, he didn't have the heart to do anything, and no one answered when he called Zhang Meng, so he finally waited until the afternoon, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he quickly changed into a suit neatly spread on the bed, which he bought for today's premiere.
"Hehe, I'm pretty handsome, too. Standing in front of the mirror, Zhou Xingchi felt good about himself and walked around, only to feel that the money was not spent in vain.
After admiring himself for a while, he picked up the landline phone on the table and called Wu Mengda, and the other party just sorted out to go out, and then dialed Zhang Meng's phone, since he got up in the morning, he has made several calls to Zhang Meng's BB machine, but he has not returned.
I didn't answer when I called home, but this time I called again, listening to the beep sound from the microphone, he couldn't help but wrinkle, and sure enough, until it was automatically disconnected, he didn't answer, which made him a little irritable: "What's the matter, I didn't answer the phone for a day." ”
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Yongsheng Film Company was opened by Xiang Huaqiang and his younger brother Xiang Huasheng, Xiang Hua was qualified as the general manager, and Xiang Huaqiang himself was the deputy general manager At this time, in the office of the deputy general manager, Xiang Huaqiang sat on the large class chair in the desk, and leaned back comfortably on the back of the chair.
Although only his upper body can be seen due to the barrier of the desk, I can see that he sometimes looks between his legs with a faint smile on his face, and his hands seem to have slight movements;
This situation lasted for about five or six minutes, Xiang Huaqiang's body suddenly tensed, accompanied by nervous convulsions, and his face showed an extremely happy expression, and after a few seconds, his whole body relaxed, and he let out a comfortable sigh with a smile.
After a while, a woman with short hair and a slender figure stood up from the position in front of him, it was Zhang Mian, who Zhou Xingchi couldn't find anyone after calling for a day. I saw Zhang Mian take out a tissue from the paper box on the desk and wipe the remaining traces on the corner of his mouth.
Then he took out the makeup mirror from his handbag and took a photo, and after making sure that there were no traces, he took out the makeup case and touched up the lipstick and foundation a little.
At this time, Xiang Huaqiang had already tidied up his pants, gently patted Zhang Mian's buttocks, and then put his hand on it and rubbed it, and said with a smile: "Your little Nizi's skills are getting better and better, if you don't have time now, how can I let you go so easily, don't go back at night?"
Zhang Mian had a look of hesitation on his face, but finally nodded, feeling that Xiang Huaqiang's hand was getting more and more excessive, he couldn't help but twist his hips, and said in a snort: "Don't do it, it's all wrinkled people's skirts, and the time is almost up, it's too late if you don't set off." ”
Xiang Huaqiang looked at his watch, it was indeed too late, and then he pinched Zhang Mian's face lightly, and said with a smile: "I'll take care of you at night." ”
Then he tidied up his clothes again, his expression returned to his usual solemnity, and he walked out of the office, and Zhang Miao followed him with a well-behaved face......
When Wei Xiong arrived, the time for the premiere was approaching, and almost all the guests who should have arrived had arrived, and when Wei Xiong got out of the car, all kinds of messy questions immediately sounded around him, originally he didn't want to respond, but a question asked by a reporter caught his attention:
"Mr. Wei, "Best Partner 4" starring Xu Guanjie in Xinyicheng is also released today, and it is no coincidence that Xinyicheng arranged "Best Partner 4" to be released today, in order to compete with the same comedy "Gambling Saint", I don't know what you think?"
If it was a personal question, Wei Xiong would naturally not respond, but when it was about the company, he didn't want to weaken his momentum, and he could take the opportunity to hype up "The Saint of Gambling", so he stopped and said to the reporter who asked the question: "Is "Best Partner 4" also released today? If you didn't say that I really don't know about it, but I don't think it's a competition, it should be a coincidence. ”
"Taking a step back, even if it's really a competition or something like you said, it doesn't matter, although the two movies are comedies, they are comedies of different styles, and there is not necessarily a direct competition. And I personally have a lot of confidence in the movie "The Saint of Gambling". ”
A reporter took the opportunity to ask: "Mr. Wei, do you mean that the box office of "The Saint of Gambling" will definitely surpass "Best Partner 4"?"
"I didn't say that, no one can predict the future until the final result is in. Well, I wish you all a nice afternoon. ”
After speaking, Wei Xiong walked quickly towards the movie theater, and Fan Wei immediately greeted him: "Mr. Wei, Xiang Huaqiang has already entered first." ”
"Why haven't you heard of Xinyicheng's "Best Partner 4" being released today?", Wei Xiong just asked casually, although the box office of "Best Partner 4" in his memory is good, there is still a gap with several classic works of Zhou Xingchi.
The only thing he was surprised about was that "Best Partner 4" was supposed to be released during the Spring Festival, but for some reason it was suddenly advanced to this time.
"The release date of "Best Partner 4" has been set a long time ago, and no one has linked it with "The Saint of Gambling" before, although I know that today "Daily Daily" suddenly published a report, saying that "Best Partner 4" was originally released during the Spring Festival, and the reason for the advance was entirely to compete with "The Saint of Gambling". What else to say, this is Xu Guanjie wants to say that "Best Partner 4" will teach Xingzi a lesson. ”
Hearing this, Wei Xiong smiled faintly, maybe it was really like what the newspaper said, otherwise how could "Best Partner 4" be premised for no reason.
After entering the screening room, he walked directly towards Hua Qiang. The positions of him and Xiang Huaqiang are arranged in the middle, and this is the best view of the screening room.
"Mr. Xiang didn't encounter any happy events today, his face was full of red light. After the two shook hands, Wei Xiong quipped.
"Hehe, no matter how red your face is, you Mr. Wei is full of red face, this "Gambling Saint" is going to be a box office hit again, congratulations. ”
"It should be Tongxi, "Crazy Boy" will be released soon, I think I won't let Mr. Xiang down. ”
"It's really going to be happy, Mr. Wei's ability to write scripts is really unmatched, but I admire Mr. Wei's vision of seeing people even more, Zhou Xingchi was just a nameless boy before, I didn't expect you to be able to discover his potential, this vision is really poisonous enough. ”