On the big screen, Jin Zhuyu burned down the Dragon Gate Inn, and then followed the footprints left by Zhou Huai'an in the desert, and the picture was frozen.

The overhead lights were on, and most of the audience in the screening hall began to applaud, and indeed in this more than 90-minute movie, Xu Ke presented a wonderful and sincere story for everyone.

Although it is a remake, whether it is the character portrayal or the story, Xu Ke's "New Dragon Gate Inn" has made a breakthrough on the basis of following the traditional martial arts system, and has brought the style of new martial arts to the extreme.

Maybe it's because the expectations of the newspaper were too high at the beginning, this movie didn't bring too many surprises to Lin Youlun as expected, Li Lianjie replaced Liang Jiahui as Zhou Huai'an, and the martial arts action was more exciting and sharp, but for the whole film, it only played some icing on the cake, and did not lead to the improvement of the quality of the whole film.

Of course, Lin Youlun also knows that his feeling is a bit too demanding, originally the original version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" could score 90 points, and now this one can almost score 92 or 93 points, don't look at it just by two or three points, which is much more difficult than going from 60 to 90 points, and it is not easy to go further.

At the end of the movie, Lin Youlun gave a lot of praise to the movie in front of director Xu Ke and the three leading actors of the film, and the box office results on the day of the film's release were indeed satisfactory.

The box office result of 3 million Hong Kong dollars is inseparable from the golden sign of Xu Ke's martial arts films, and the box office appeal of Li Lianjie, Lin Qingxia, and Zhang Manyu is also indispensable.

After many people get this data, the first thing that comes to mind is another movie. That is "The Judge of the Dead" starring Zhou Yanfa and Mei Yanfang. Zhou Yunfa starred in a costume comedy for the first time. The result of "laughing" is also a matter of great concern to many people.

"120,000 short?" Lin Youlun took the box office data that had just been counted, and raised his head and glanced at Cen Jianxun with some confusion, "There won't be any problems statistically, right?" ”

Cen Jianxun replied with great certainty: "The box office of "The Judge of the Dead" on the first day was 2.88 million, and we have counted this data twice, and there will be no mistakes. ”

Lin Youlun clasped his hands, frowned slightly, and said, "It doesn't make sense." ”

Cen Jianxun didn't notice the abnormality of Lin Youlun's attitude at first, but felt that because Zhou Yunfa was the starring role in this movie, Lin Youlun had some doubts about the box office data of "The Judge of the Dead".

The box office of a movie's premiere. A lot depends on the pre-release publicity and the star-studded cast of the film, especially the latter, which can sometimes even play a decisive role.

Because at the beginning of the release of a movie, everyone has not seen it, and the most intuitive way to judge whether a movie is wonderful or not is that there are those stars in the film, especially now that the phenomenon of chasing stars is very common among young people, making the cast the most direct basis for many people to evaluate the quality of a movie.

Lin Youlun feels that it is normal for the box office of "The Judge of the Dead" to have problems on the first day, because "The Judge of the Dead" partnered by Zhou Yunfa and Anita Mui should have been stronger than "New Dragon Gate Inn" starring Li Lianjie, Lin Qingxia, and Zhang Manyu in terms of box office appeal, and the intensity of the early publicity of the two films is also similar. There is really no reason for the box office of "The Judge of the Dead" to be inferior to "New Dragon Gate Inn" on the opening day.

"Are you sure there really isn't anything wrong with this box office data?" Lin Youlun asked again.

Cen Jianxun's brain had begun to show some signs of sweating at this time, and he believed that the statistical results would definitely not be wrong. But Lin Youlun's attitude was strange.

"Mr. Lin, if this box office data is wrong, I am willing to resign to make up for this mistake!"

Cen Jianxun said this, but it made Lin Youlun a little passive, because he didn't mean to suspect that the statistics were wrong, but Cen Jianxun didn't understand his true intentions.

"If Manager Cen really resigns because of this, then even if this box office data is wrong, I would rather believe that it is right!"

Lin Youlun's words warmed Cen Jianxun's heart, and of course he was embarrassed to bring up the matter of resignation in anger.

Lin Youlun took out a red pen and added 120,000 to the box office data of "The Judge of the Dead", and then subtracted 120,000 from the box office data of another movie released in the same period, and then handed the statistical table back to Shum Jianxun.

"When it is released to the public, let's use this data."

Cen Jianxun looked at Lin Youlun with some embarrassment, and before he could speak, he was stopped by Lin Youlun raising his hand.

"I know what Manager Lu Daocen wants to say, this matter is really not in accordance with the regulations, but I also do it for a reason, Fa Ge's recent situation is not very good, he really can't afford to lose at this time."

Cen Jianxun also understands Zhou Runfa's situation, after all, he is in charge of the overall business of Jiayi Cinema Line, and the number of films made by Zhou Runfa has decreased this year, Cen Jianxun knows better than anyone else, but this does not constitute a reason for him to compromise.

As soon as Lin Youlun finished speaking, Cen Jianxun immediately retorted: "It's not fair to another movie!" ”

Lin Youlun nodded.

"I know that the road is clear, so changing the box office is just an expedient measure, now take 120,000 yuan to "The Judge of the Death" to make up for the gap with "New Dragon Gate Inn", and then take out 120,000 yuan from the box office of "The Judge of the Death" to return it to that movie, so that there will be no statement that it is unfair to anyone."

To put it bluntly, Lin Youlun's method is to take the box office after the premiere of "The Judge of the Dead" to make the box office data look more beautiful.

This practice still violates the regulations of the theater chain, but on the whole it does not harm the interests of other films, so it is not unacceptable to be flexible.

Cen Jianxun can get Lin Youlun's trust, and he has been sitting in the position of general manager of Jiayi Cinema for so many years, of course, he is not the kind of person who is stiff-minded and does not know how to be flexible, Lin Youlun explained a little, and Cen Jianxun already understood what Lin Youlun meant.

"Mr. Lin, I know that you have your own considerations for doing this, but from my point of view, I still need to advise you, this kind of thing is indispensable, otherwise you will break the company's rules, and your interests will be lost in the end."

Lin Youlun nodded and promised Cen Jianxun that this kind of thing is only once, and it will not be an example!

Lin Youlun said so, of course Cen Jianxun couldn't force it not to execute, he looked at the box office statistics table in his hand, and turned around and left a little helplessly.

In the afternoon of the same day, Jiayi Cinema Line announced the first-day box office data of the two films "The Judge of the Dead" and "New Dragon Gate Inn", with a box office data of 3 million versus 3 million, which disappointed many people who were looking forward to the winners and losers of these two films at the beginning.

Of course, there are also people who are relieved by this result.

"Look at the way you smirk, what makes you happy like this?"

Chen Huilian came out of the room and saw her husband standing in front of the phone stealing fun, and couldn't help but be very curious.

"The first-day box office data of "The Judge of the Dead" came out, and I didn't lose to "New Dragon Gate Inn", so I can finally sleep peacefully in the future." Zhou Yanfa walked over and put his hands on his wife's shoulders.

Zhou Yunfa has been struggling with this problem in the past two days, if the box office of "The Judge of the Dead" loses to "New Dragon Gate Inn" on the first day, he will really lose face.

"Both movies grossed 3 million on their opening days?" Chen Huilian was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some uncertainty.

Zhou Yanfa became more comfortable, and the smile on his face increased.

"What's the matter, do you think there's anything wrong with that?"

"I feel that this is too coincidental, I don't know if there has been such a situation in the movies that were released on the same day before." Chen Huilian was only a little suspicious, but after hearing it, Zhou Yanfa also felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

Chen Huilian glanced at Zhou Yanfa, "There is a saying, I said that you don't want to be angry." ”

"After so many years of marriage, have I ever lost my temper with you casually?" Zhou Yanfa shrugged with a smile, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"I suspect there might be a problem with this box office right now."

Zhou Yanfa frowned when he heard this, "Then do you think it's more or less?" ”

"It's unlikely that the box office will be reduced, I think it may have been increased." Chen Huilian judged.

"In other words, the original box office of "The Judge of the Dead" did not have so much, and then someone modified the data?" Zhou Yan's expression of affection became serious.

Chen Huilian smiled and shook her head, "Maybe I'm thinking too much, maybe it's really a numerical coincidence." ”

Although Chen Huilian said this, the doubts in Zhou Yanfa's heart were not dispelled.

Zhou Yunfa knew very well that the only person who could do this was Lin Youlun, but why did Lin Youlun do this?

Not only did Zhou Yunfa not understand, but many people also expressed doubts about the box office data of the two movies, but it was only doubtful, because no one could come up with relevant evidence to support it.

Cen Jianxun was doing this personally under the instruction of Lin Youlun, and the box office of 120,000 yuan was borrowed from a movie that had been released for three days, and then on the statistics of the next day, Cen Jianxun secretly reduced the box office of "The Judge of the Dead" by 120,000 yuan and returned it to that movie.

The box office changes of hundreds of thousands can't be seen at all for the movie that has just been released, and there is no loophole in the box office data, so everyone has to believe that this is really a coincidence.

From beginning to end, only Lin Youlun and Cen Jianxun knew about this matter.

Lin Youlun just wanted to secretly help Zhou Youfa once, and he didn't want Zhou Yunfa to know about it, let alone to get Zhou Yanfa's return, Cen Jianxun was also a very tight-mouthed person, from the moment he got Lin Youlun's instructions, he had already decided to rot this matter in his stomach. (To be continued......)