149. Thunder strikes back
"The summer box office champion "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth" has too good results, and it is hated by others, and it was stolen from the box office !!"
As soon as this news came out, ordinary viewers watched the excitement, and insiders watched the jokes.
Ye Sumang has always been a guarantee of high box office, so many people also suspect that those guys Weishenme haven't started yet, and sure enough, when it comes to this 'Singing and Dancing Youth', they finally can't help it.
In fact, stealing the box office can only be seen in an immature film market like Huaxia, and it can be regarded as a major feature of the Chinese film industry. In particular, the inaction of the GD General Administration has fueled the arrogance of these theater bosses, and also made them more unscrupulous while starting.
However, although stealing the box office is a common thing in the industry, it is the first time that it has appeared in such a formal newspaper headline, which is like a big stone thrown into the calm lake, which not only breaks the calm, but also creates a lot of waves.
At least in the last two days, the hottest topic is 'stealing the box office'.
This time, many fans heard it for the first time and thought it was very fresh, and there was a discussion on the Internet, some suspected that it was malicious competition from opponents, and some suspected that it was the department's hands and feet for their own interests, of course, there were some guys who fished in troubled waters to smear Ye Sumang, saying that this matter was his self-hype, and a useful means for the throne of the box office champion of the summer file of "Song and Dance Youth".
However, in the face of fierce discussions on the Internet, Ye Sumang did not respond, but just published two condemnation statements in the newspaper, as if it was not him who was stolen, which also made many people scratch their heads, and they couldn't guess what kind of tricks Ye Sumang wanted to play, wouldn't he just pretend to be a turtle and shrink his head to admit it, right?
On the night of the third day of the box office stealing incident, it was located in a high-rise building in the downtown area of Kyoto. Two men are drinking wine glasses at each other.
"Yimou, look at the current box office form, it shouldn't have been given him a week, otherwise maybe we would have been on the champion of the summer file now." The man who spoke was a man in his forties, and if a media reporter was present, he would definitely be able to recognize him as Zhang Weiping, the chairman of Kyoto New Picture Company.
And the one who drank with him. is undoubtedly the top Chinese director Zhang Yimou, who is known as his golden partner.
Regarding Zhang Weiping's words, Zhang Yimou just smiled and didn't answer positively, he saw him take a sip of the red wine in his hand, and suddenly asked: "Have you read the 'stealing the box office' incident in the newspaper two days ago?" ”
"Uh, haha, why did you mention this, that kid deserves his bad luck, an independent production company. has no background and box office, who doesn't steal him, anyway, why did you suddenly ask about this, is there any news that can't be done? Zhang Weiping's expression changed slightly, but he quickly covered up the past with daxiao, and then changed to a gloating tone, obviously full of ridicule for Ye Sumang's box office theft, and didn't seem to ask casually until the end of the sentence.
looked at the old friend with a mocking face. Zhang Yimou couldn't help frowning slightly, and then asked, "Did you do this?" ”
"How is that possible!" Zhang Weiping was stunned. Then he denied it with an exaggerated expression: "This is probably because those theater owners want to make some money, so they steal it, you don't want to think that our "Ambush on All Sides" box office is so good, do I need this kind of trick?" Even if it's a tough match, we won't necessarily lose him. ”
"I just heard from my friend that the other party seems to have made a big move, and since it's not you, it's me who is too worried. I'm sorry! Zhang Yimou raised the wine glass in his hand and drank it all.
Zhang Weiping, who was opposite, also drank the wine in his hand in one gulp, looking very heroic.
It wasn't until Zhang Yimou left his home that the smile on Zhang Weiping's face gradually faded.
Zhang Weiping has never felt like a filmmaker, and believes that box office data is sacrosanct. And he considers himself a pure businessman. Everything has to be profit-oriented, so this is why this 'stealing the box office' happened.
And in his opinion, this time he did it completely to help his old friend win the war in this war, and he also lost some in terms of interests, because Zhang Weiping gave up a 5% share of these theaters that stole the box office, which gave these theaters the motivation to steal the box office.
However, when he thought of Zhang Yimou's big move in the other party's mouth, he still didn't dare to underestimate it, and after thinking for a while, he first turned off the lights in the guest room, and then immediately took out the phone and dialed a number.
"Don't do it at the box office, the other party heard that there is a move." As soon as the phone was connected, Zhang Weiping immediately said, this sentence really exposed that he had a part in stealing the box office.
"Who can make a move, Mr. Zhang, you don't want to break the contract, do you? Tell you that the contract can be signed and confessed, our hospital accounts for 60%, and it is too late for you to regret it now. ”
"! When did I, Zhang Weiping, do such a thing! Zhang Weiping roared angrily: "If you tell you to stop, you will stop, otherwise something will go wrong at that time, and you will be the unlucky one!" ”
"Okay, okay, I got it." The other party replied impatiently, and hung up the phone before Zhang Weiping could continue to say anything.
Listening to the busy sound coming from the microphone, Zhang Wei calmly smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, only to hear the 'bang', the glass fragments were scattered to the ground, reflecting the moonlight, reflecting a little white.
In the following days, Zhang Weiping was always a little apprehensive in his heart, and it was not until three days later that he didn't see any movement from Ye Sumang, so he gradually settled down and continued to pay attention to the situation of the summer box office war.
However, his heart was only calm for less than a day, because early the next morning, the front pages of several major media across the country reported the progress of the 'box office stealing' incident, and the speed made him feel caught off guard.
"Tianxia Film and Television officially sued the three theaters, suing them for harming the interests of Tianxia Film and Television Company itself and demanding huge compensation!"
"Tianxia Film and Television officially entrusted an authoritative box office supervision company to investigate and deal with the theft of box office theaters, and the supervision company and the theater party sent special personnel to investigate."
"The Directors Association strongly supported Ye Sumang and reported to the Huaxia Film Distribution and Projection Association, officially reporting the theaters involved in the incident and demanding a heavy fine."
"It is rumored that the World Film and Television Company has submitted strong evidence to the prosecution, and the box office has been strongly proven to be true. Three theaters will face huge compensation. ”
The next day, a series of messages immediately caused an uproar among many people in the circle, no one expected that Ye Sumang, who thought he had shrunk his head, would fight back so quickly, it turned out that he was not a turtle at the beginning, but it was not his head that was retracted, but a big fist in a sand bowl, in order to fight harder at this moment.
Zhang Weiping stayed in a cold sweat as soon as he saw the report. In less than half an hour, the owners of those theaters also called him for help, and his tone was not as arrogant as he was at the beginning, he was completely like a grandson, but Zhang Weiping listened to the other party's pleading, and already had a certain number in his heart, so he was naturally playing Tai Chi and was unwilling to participate in this troubled water.
"What kind of evidence did he get, how could he bring down these theaters so quickly. And the Directors Guild, weishenme will stand in solidarity with him!? After Zhang Weiping hung up the phone of a theater owner again, the fear and anger in his heart could no longer be hidden, and immediately exploded.
He didn't understand how this stinky boy, who seemed to have no power and no power, could let the behemoth of the Directors Guild openly help him, and he couldn't understand what kind of evidence this Ye Sumang had gotten to scare the three theater owners into surrendering without the slightest resistance. It was all like a mystery that haunted him.
Long. Zhang Weiping sighed helplessly, he knew that this matter was over here, and he lost this time.
On the other hand, in the world film and television company, there was jubilation, and Ye Sumang's thunderous counterattack also completely lifted all the staff in the company, after all, watching the movie he worked so hard to make was stolen from the box office. It was as if he was sucking his own blood, especially the silence of Ye Sumang a while ago made the people in the company depressed.
Fortunately, now Ye Sumang used thunder to shoot the 'mosquito' to death, and the blood was about to be doubled and spit out, thinking of this, everyone in the company felt a burst of joy.
"Mr. Ye, what evidence did you give to the prosecution?" Many people asked suspiciously.
Ye Sumang did not say. just pointed at Huang Bo and motioned for him to answer.
"Ahem." Huang Bo straightened his chest coaxingly, and said in a tone of voice: "This is a long story......
"Then you'll make a long story short."
"Okay." didn't dare to go against the will of the people, Huang Bo had no choice but to put away his thoughts and directly talk about his experience in the past few days.
It turned out that what Ye Sumang instructed Huang Bo that day was to ask him to send someone to these three theaters to secretly record, not only to record the movies that stole the box office, but also to record his own movies at the same time.
The gap between "Youth Musical" recorded on the theater computer with only seven floors of attendance, and the number of people watching it in the screening hall was almost full, while another movie with full attendance was only seven floors in the screening hall, and the gap between this is the most powerful evidence.
For this reason, Ye Sumang was afraid that one scene would not be enough, so he let different people from the Huang Bo faction shoot in the theater for three days in a row, and many of them had this situation, which also made the owners of the theater unable to refute after seeing the video, and finally admitted their problems.
"Then Mr. Ye, what are you going to do with the bosses of these three theaters?"
Hearing this, Ye Sumang showed a meaningful smile and replied: "Of course, this matter is official, and this matter will naturally be resolved by the court." ”
Although the third week has shown signs of a sharp decline in the box office, the film still received 31 million box office data, and continues to sit firmly on the throne of the summer box office champion, followed by not those American blockbusters, but Zhang Yimou's "Ambush on All Sides", which was released in less than ten days, and the box office is about to break 100 million, which can be said to be the biggest competitor of "Youth Musical" in the summer.
However, compared with the influence of double reversal, "Youth Musical" is obviously better.
Because of the enthusiasm of this film, there has also been a wave of singing and dancing across the country!! (To be continued.) )
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