In the early morning of April 20, a group of people, all of whom had worked with Kyoto Film Works, gathered in the screening hall of the Kyoto Film Factory, and these people were representatives of theaters from all over the country who had cooperated with the Kyoto Film Factory.

Because the summer file must be arranged for those movies with big stars, big productions, or foreign blockbusters. Therefore, in order to fill the gap of more than a month before this, as a theater company, it is generally a choice of low-cost films for screening, and Kyoto Film Studio, as one of the representatives, is naturally the first choice of theaters.

In a gazebo outside the screening hall, Ye Su Mang, Ning Hao and Huang Bo were getting together, waiting for a while to watch the film with the theater representatives, and if they were lucky, they might be able to sign a contract for the screening on the spot.

"Yezi, do you think there can be a cinema representative who can watch our film?" Huang Bo looked apprehensive, and always asked Ye Sumang from time to time.

"Didn't you watch the dailies? Didn't you laugh too? Ye Sumang's expression was indifferent, and his tone of reply to Huang Bo was also full of lightheartedness, because he was very confident in his movie.

"That's not it, my stomach hurts when I laugh, why didn't I find such a coke when I was shooting." As soon as he mentioned the sample, the corners of Huang Bo's mouth couldn't help twitching, it was really funny.

"Then what are you worried about, it's not a good schedule now, there are no big productions to compete with us, I think our movies will definitely be favored by theaters." Ye Sumang's words were full of confidence, obviously very confident.

Although small productions are not easy to mix these years, and there are often problems that can be censored, but not in theaters, Ye Sumang feels that his movies have various success factors, and the theatrical release should not be too much of a problem.

"Just have faith, just have faith..."Huang Bo muttered two sentences, but he still didn't know the bottom in his heart.

He had made a movie before, but unfortunately it was not released, and in the end it was only broadcast on the movie channel and became a TV movie. He still remembers very clearly that when Director Guan Hu was drinking with him, he complained that it was difficult for small productions to survive, so he was the least confident that this movie could land on the big screen.

Ning Hao on the side was also very nervous at the moment, and kept sipping the mineral water in his hand, but his performance was far less obvious than Huang Bo, but a pair of eyes looked into the distance without focus, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Hey, Ye boy, the theater representative is about to start watching the movie, your movie is ranked in Zuihou, do you want to go in now or I'll call you later?" At this time, a middle-aged man wearing a Beiying uniform came over and shouted at Ye Sumang in the pavilion.

Ye Sumang looked up and immediately called 'Uncle Li' with a smile.

This middle-aged man's name is Li Qing, and he is in charge of the screening work in the factory, and he can be regarded as his grandfather's old subordinate, so the two of them are also very familiar with each other.

"Uncle Li, how many movies are there showing today?" Ye Sumang handed Li Jing a bottle of mineral water and inquired about the news.

"Stinky boy, you want to buy me with a bottle of water?" Although he scolded in his mouth, Li Qing still took the mineral water with a smile and said: "Except for some short films, there are six official films screened today. The most famous one in it is the "Moon" that Director Chen just filmed, which is adapted from a famous writer's novel, and the starring actor in the film is still a first-line star, which is quite publicized. The theater representatives are also obviously most interested in this film, so the release is certain. As for the rest, they are basically small productions of millions, and the genres are all literary films, and only your movie is a comedy, so it is ranked first in Zuihou. ”

Li Qing actually didn't say a word in his heart.

That is the reason why Ye Sumang's movies are ranked in Zuihou is not because of the genre, but because of the least investment, and at the same time, there is no bright star support, which is basically ignored by the top management of the film studio and the representatives of the theater chain.

And because the reason is attributed to the movie genre, this kind of nonsense is just that he doesn't want to hit the boy in front of him, nonsense.

Li Qing chatted with Ye Sumang for a few more words and then left, he actually had a lot of dissatisfaction with Ye Sumang's directing of the movie this time. I just thought that this movie was a product of Ye Sumang's anger, and the final result was just a waste of Old Man Ye's money.

At the same time, the movie has begun to be shown in the screening hall of Beijing Film Studio, waiting for the representatives of the theater chain to choose.

The first screening was the moon that Director Chen claimed to be 'made by 10 million people'.

The story has no bright spots, mainly about how a couple of men and women in the countryside had a sadomasochistic relationship, and then finally came together happily.

Although the story has no bright spots, there are many passion scenes between the heroine and the male protagonist in the film, and although some overly exposed scenes have been deleted when they passed the censorship, some fiery scenes are still retained.

"Director Chen has a lot of face, he can win the copyright of 'Moon', and he can also invite a first-line actress like Li E, I can watch this film, and it will not be a problem to screen it for a month." Halfway through the film, a fat man who looked like he was 300 pounds made a decision, and some of the theater representatives around him also nodded in agreement.

And as the director of this film, Chen Mantang is also full of smiles on his face at the moment. This time, he really made a big investment, although it was not tens of millions, it was better to say that there were seven or eight million.

Originally, the idea was for him to make a comedy, but after reading the script outline, he lost interest.

Can that kind of film win an award!? If he can't win an award, what can he use to tempt those big stars who want to win the award? If there is no big star, why should investors give him money?

So although he verbally agreed at the time, he secretly contacted a writer he knew well, bought the copyright of one of his award-winning works, and invited celebrities at the same time, and when the crew was ready, he immediately had a showdown with the film studio.

At this moment, the wood is in the boat, and the film studio has run out of options.

Now it seems that Chen Mantang is very glad that he made the 'right' decision at the beginning, and you can understand everything by looking at the filmmaker's reaction at this time.

Because of Chen Mantang's 'big investment' as the foundation, the theater side has obviously lost interest in the film dealers behind, and by the time it was put into the fourth part, many people had already dozed off.

"Director Chen, are you free now, find a restaurant nearby and we'll have a good chat." The fat representative sent an invitation to Chen Mantang next to him with a smile on his face, and he was already a little drowsy after watching these films, and he really had no interest in watching it anymore.

"Of course you're free, what do you mean?"

"Of course, it's about the release of the movie." The fat representative had a sincere expression on his face, but he was playing Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, thinking about how to get the greatest benefit for himself when negotiating for a while.

"Okay, but don't worry, how many more parts of this one haven't been finished? Why don't you decide after you've admired it all? Chen Mantang was very proud in his heart, but he was still humble on his lips, as if he didn't care about the release of the movie at all.

"What else to watch, with your work Zhuyu in front, we won't be thinking about other films during this time!"

"Oh, how can I afford to say that, in fact, although the quality of these films is not good, there are still merits."

The two of them flattered each other hypocritically, but the audience on the side was disgusted enough.

The representatives of the theater chain are better, after all, they will have to deal with each other for a while, and they may not know how hypocritical they will have to say when the time comes. But the most uncomfortable thing is those film directors, listening to Chen Mantang's faint sarcasm of his own movie, looking at the eyes of the theater representatives who are not interested, the whole person turned gray and white at this moment.

When the fourth movie was just finished, a group of people stood up in the entire screening room, they all gathered around Chen Mantang, repeatedly hypocritically complimented, and loudly promised how many theaters they would provide, and in an instant, there were only three people left in the entire screening room, and two of them were film directors who were immersed in sadness and did not shake their minds.

"Hey, Brother Liu, aren't you going to come over together?" When the fat representative walked to the door, he suddenly found a middle-aged man in a suit sitting upright, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately asked sarcastically.

"No, there are two more movies, I'm going to watch them again." The middle-aged man who was called turned his head, didn't seem to hear the sarcasm in the fat man's mouth, and still smiled politely at him.

"Cut, look at it, a little joke with a million investments, it really should be able to save the gold mine of your theater." The fat man pursed his lips unhappily, ignoring this person. Chen Mantang on the side was interested.

"Is this person also a representative of the theater chain?"

"Just him?" The fat man glanced at the middle-aged man who was still sitting in the screening room, and said disdainfully: "A small alliance of more than a dozen retail investors, a total of dozens of screens. There is no formal cinema approval, so you can only buy films directly from the producer, which is a representative of the cinema chain. ”

"Why don't they find a theater to join." Chen Mantang asked suspiciously.

"Who knows, there is a brain disease!" The fat man representative didn't understand either, but it didn't stop the ridicule in his heart.

"I know a little bit about that." At this moment, a woman in her forties interjected: "It's not that they don't want to join the theater chain, it's that the theater chain can't watch their theater." ”

"How?"

"It's not that the equipment in the theater is too old to keep up with the times. They can't show many blockbusters imported from foreign countries in the theater chain at all, and it is a lot of money to renovate their theaters, and they can't afford it, and the theater chain is naturally unwilling to pay funds for these small broken theaters. Seeing everyone's eyes, the woman stared at her curiously, and she was also interested, and continued.

"I see."

"It's true that this kind of small theater is really not very profitable."

"I think when they get yellow, they can buy the land directly, and it will be much cheaper, haha."

The representatives of these theaters were talking to each other outside the door, and their voices were not concealed at all, all of them were listened to by Li Mao, who was sitting inside.

Li Mao was very angry in his heart, clenched his fists, and wanted to stand up and go out to refute those people several times, but Zuihou turned into a burst of helplessness. After all, those people are right, their movie theaters have indeed gone to a strange place.

But he believed that there was no end to the world, and during this time he had traveled around the country to no less than 20 film studios, large and small, in order to find a film that their theaters could show normally and that could fight for them to save their lives.

Now Kyoto Film Studio is the twenty-first, and it is also his hope. If there is no suitable film, their cinema will really be closed.