Chapter Forty-Nine: Total Suppression

It is worth mentioning that the director of "Escape from the Magic Age" is Robin, the supporting actor of "The Sun Like Me". Williams, he was helpless at the brainless boss's fiery words, which were too easy to offend people, and would offend many people. Therefore, at the press conference, Robin was silent about the reporter's question, and only commented on his film pertinently: "'Escape from the Magic Age' is a wonderful fantasy film, and when you walk into the theater, you will find that it is worth eight dollars for the ticket." ”

"I'm too brain-dead, right?" Seeing this statement on TV, Rachel was full of disdain: "Our films are sold out of tickets, the situation is very good, and no film wants to stop the rise of the box office." Liang Xiaolong sneered: "He is stepping on our shoulders to promote the box office, but based on his words, I have to cripple him." ”

And when this paragraph appeared, it immediately rolled up a stormy wave, and Liang Xiaolong's fans were angry, and they spontaneously organized themselves, threatening to give the arrogant Yue himself a good look, and organized the people around him to refuse to watch "Escape from the Magic Age". How big is Bruce Leung's fan group? No one knows the exact number, but with the first three successful films, he has amassed as much popularity as Hollywood's A-listers, who might have seen "Get Out" 20 or 10 percent of them, but now Columbia has lost millions of dollars in box office revenue.

Bruce Leung's fans are angry, and so are Julia, Rachel and Brandon's fans, all of whom star in "Cops and Thieves", and now there are people clamoring for a total suppression of their idol's films, what should they do? It's very simple, refuse to watch it first and then scold. refused to watch it, and the Columbia company didn't want to make money from them, scolding them, not simply scolding a few words, they wanted to say that "Escape from the Magic Age" was a bad movie, and then convey this concept to others, so that others would lose the ** to watch "Escape from the Magic Age".

This kind of viral pyramid scheme is very terrifying, in the previous life, when "Hero" came out, major critics frantically criticized it, and the final consequence was that it lost a lot of domestic box office, but fortunately, the overseas box office was strong, otherwise China Film Group would have to lose money. If "Escape from the Magic Age" is also deteriorated like this, the local box office is estimated to collapse.

However, the arrogant Yue himself didn't care at all, in his words, these people's fans are just a small handful of people, offending this small group of people, but it can attract more people's attention, and it will definitely promote the growth of the box office.

Seeing all kinds of circumstances, Liang Xiaolong was happy, and he deserved to let Na Yuben suffer, but Liang Xiaolong felt that this was not enough, he had to add another fire, and he would never stop if he didn't cripple the Columbia company's movie. Therefore, for the first time, he was interviewed privately at the request of reporters, and invited several influential media reporters to come over, and when faced with reporters' questions, Liang Xiaolong only smiled faintly: "The arrogant said that he bought the Columbia company with US dollars, and arrogantly said that the Columbia company is his own company, and the movie he produced is his own movie." In fact? ”

In fact, he used American scripts, American directors, and American actors, but he always liked to say that this was a movie made by Yuben. Today he will say that the Chinese are not good at making movies, and tomorrow he will buy a few more film companies, and he will say that Americans can't make movies, and it depends on them to make movies, and the future of Hollywood is in his hands. A few years ago, when he said that his acquisition of Columbia was unanimously opposed by Americans, countless fans took to the streets to demonstrate and refuse to watch Columbia's films.

Now Liang Xiaolong wants to re-provoke the scars of the Americans, ignite the fire of hatred among the Americans, and then lead this fire to the head of the Columbia company.

The next day, Liang Xiaolong's original words appeared in major media, and a simple sentence spread throughout the United States as quickly as a nuclear explosion, the scars of Columbia's acquisition by himself were revealed, and Americans' vanity and self-esteem were hit again, and many fans scolded when they saw the newspaper. As for the result, Liang Xiaolong didn't know, and no one knew for the time being, only Robin was speechless.

The box office of "The Cops and the Thieves" came out three days before its premiere, with an average attendance of 80% on the first day, and it was full for the next two days, with a total box office of 8.4 million, which can't even reach the top five at the box office, but considering its theaters and the number of plays, you will find what a terrifying value this is.

Moreover, the media also found an amazing phenomenon, under normal circumstances, the weekend box office is higher than the usual box office, but whether it is "Toy Story" or "Detective Plane 2", the weekend box office is only the same as usual, and it is "Police and Thieves" that causes this situation.

As a result, major media began to exclaim miracles again: "Cops and Thieves", which was only released in 1450 theaters, not only broke through the double resistance of "Toy Story" and "Detective Plane Nose 2", but also miraculously completed the counter-blocking. What an amazing scene, a film with small and medium-sized investment actually resisted two quasi-blockbusters, so will it block the blockbuster "Escape from the Magic Age"?

Monday began, and a new round of box office battles began, with "Cops and Thieves" set to be released in 2,230 theaters and increased to seven times a day. Liang Xiaolong did not have the slightest pressure on Monday's box office, because all the tickets had been sold, and even if only half of the people went, the numbers still showed that they were full.

In an extremely relaxed mood, Liang Xiaolong pulled Rachel: "Baby, let's go watch "Escape from the Magic Age". Rachel wondered, "Would you be so kind and contribute to the box office for your competitors?" Liang Xiaolong shrugged: "Actually, I just want to see their deserted screening room." Rachel couldn't help but say, "Okay, but we have to do a good job of camouflage, otherwise people will recognize us, and tomorrow the media will make fun of us." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "What are you afraid of?" The film has been released, and we can now take to the streets openly, and they can say whatever they like. ”

However, Rachel is a shrewd woman, and now announcing her relationship will definitely cause controversy, and it will also affect the box office of "Cops and Thieves", so she will not make things bad for the sake of Liang Xiaolong's career.

Walking into the screening hall, half of the fifty-seat screening hall was empty, just seeing this Liang Xiaolong was happy, the attendance rate was only one of "The Police and the Thieves", although it had more theaters, but "The Police and the Thieves" also had more than 2,000 movie theaters this week, which could definitely suppress it.

Robin's acting skills are super good, his directing ability is also very good, the plot of the film is clear, and the picture texture is also very good, which is remarkable, and in these aspects, it is definitely a successful film. Liang Xiaolong watched this film in his previous life, and remembered that in his previous life, it swept more than 100 million box office in North America, and the overseas box office was even better, with a total box office of nearly 300 million US dollars.

"Poor Robin, got a brain-dead boss." Rachel couldn't help but sigh for Robin, if it weren't for the fact that he was so arrogant that Liang Xiaolong made a killer move, he would definitely have achieved a good box office on the first day of the premiere, instead of a pitiful 50% attendance. Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Sympathetic woman, our war with Columbia has begun, and it will never be a contest of films, this situation will often occur in the next few years, you just wait to see the big drama." ”

On Tuesday, Monday's box office came out, and "Cops and Thieves" swept $6.3 million to a full house, overwhelmingly dominating the top spot. In second place was "Get Out of the Magic Age," which sold $4.4 million despite only 50 percent attendance, which was shown in more than 3,000 theaters at the same time and seven shows a day. Because "Toy Story" and "Detective Plane Head 2" were blocked by "Cops and Thieves" because they were already in the third week of release, the box office began to decline, and they only hit 3.7 million and 3.2 million respectively on Monday, ranking third and fourth.

"Didn't that arrogant person threaten to suppress us at the box office and word of mouth?" Liang Xiaolong smiled disdainfully, and gently clicked on the movie review network, "Escape from the Magic Age" can be described as a flood of bad reviews, whether you have seen it or not, you have to scold a few words to be happy, and its film score is only a pitiful 3.8 points.

Liang Xiaolong knows that his own words have worked, and the empty self-esteem of Americans has worked, and these bad movie reviews are the best proof of this, and even many fans have left messages on the Internet that unless Columbia returns to the Americans, they will no longer watch movies produced by Columbia in the future.

For a while, Liang Xiaolong was happy, "The Police and the Thief" had completely suppressed "Escape from the Magic Age" at the box office and word of mouth, and the arrogant man finally got the retribution he deserved. In this regard, major media have also made comments, among which the Los Angeles Times, a local media, wrote: The arrogant and ignorant Yue himself has finally learned a lesson, the box office and word of mouth have been completely suppressed, and his mouth is like the football emperor Pele, the most typical crow's mouth, as long as you listen to it in reverse, it must be correct. At this time, I suddenly wanted to ask him, who will win tomorrow when the Lakers and Suns play? I'm going to gamble.

**Naked irony, I almost didn't write the sentence to let me get out of Hollywood, but who let them offend the fans so much? At the same time, the media also has a positive attitude towards Liang Xiaolong, a film that costs only 15 million can stand out in the triple attack of two quasi-blockbusters and one blockbuster, and in turn block three films, such an achievement is rare even in the history of Hollywood.

Moreover, the tickets for "Police and Thieves" have all been sold out in the next three days, which means that it will remain full in the next three days, and Yanhuang Film Company has no need to worry about the box office. Seeing this, Liang Xiaolong couldn't help but think of the gambling contract with Julia at the beginning, so he happily called her: "Sister Big Mouth, when will you repay the debt?" ”

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