Chapter 460: Stealing the box office

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The negotiations with Sister Hua broke up unhappily, and Shi Lei didn't care too much. Sister Hua is just an agent, holding a small amount of shares in Huayi Company, she is not a core figure, and she can still use Huayi's resources to suppress Shi Lei's brokerage company?

But soon, Shi Lei knew what Sister Hua meant.

"What do you say? The film reviews of this movie are very good, the audience response is also good, and the publicity can keep up, why is it that it has been released for almost a month, and the box office is only more than 400 million? Didn't you say that the box office of this movie will definitely exceed 700 million? Shi Lei patted the table and questioned Gu Yongchuan, he spent so much publicity money, and the box office was weak, how could Shi Lei not be angry?

"I don't know, it is said that we have a box office of more than 300 million in ten days, according to past experience, increase publicity investment, the box office is absolutely no problem with more than 700 million, I don't know how the attendance rate suddenly plummeted, and the decline was too big." Gu Yongchuan was also a little confused, it should definitely not be, even if you don't increase publicity investment, it is very easy for this movie to have a box office of more than 500 million, and the reputation of the film reviews is not bad.

"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know anything, what else do I want you to do? Just merge Junfeng Entertainment into Dongsheng Entertainment, you can also pack up your things and get out~ eggs! Shi Lei said angrily.

When you ask for money, you swear to Lao Tzu that you can rush into the top ten at the box office this year, and you can also get the top ten in the history of 2D film domestic films.

The sun is always after the wind and rain~~~

"Hey, who?"

"It's me, Sister Huayihua. Have you seen our methods? Sister Hua asked proudly.

Well? Huayi's means? Shi Lei seemed to understand something, and immediately asked Gu Yongchuan to investigate which company invested in the small-budget movie that was released at the same time as them and surpassed them at the box office. Which company issued it.

Sure enough, it was invested and distributed by Huayi Film and Television, Huayi Film and Television is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huayi Media, so in this case, it is Huayi's people who are doing ghosts?

"Lao Gu, do you know why the film reviews of this movie have a mediocre reputation, our film reviews have a good reputation, but the box office is not as good as theirs?" Shi Lei asked, pointing to a movie on the box office statistics table.

Gu Yongchuan was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened: "Mr. Shi." What do you mean, they steal the box office?! ”

Stealing the box office? Shi Lei didn't know what was going on, but he couldn't say that he had heard this word for the first time, so he could only say vaguely: "It's good that you know it, go and investigate, what's going on!" ”

After Gu Yongchuan left, Shi Lei began to inquire about what it meant to steal the box office.

It turns out that because the film investor, distributor and cinema chain divide the total box office of the film according to a certain proportion, the investment and distribution of each film are different. The actors in the movie are also different, so the proportion of the division is naturally different. For example, this movie released by Junfeng Entertainment. Because of Lian Sishan and Leng Ruoxi as the heroes and heroines, the share of investors and distributors is slightly higher, while Huayi's small-budget movie, because there are no big names, the theater share is slightly higher.

Now the theater chain only needs to give those audiences who want to watch the movie starring Lian Sishan and Leng Ruoxi to play out the tickets for Huayi's movie, or handwritten tickets. or took the promotional subsidy given by Junfeng Entertainment and did not post it, which is enough to reduce their movie box office.

There are so many cats in it!

If you want to say that there is no Huayi in this, I don't believe it if I kill Shi Lei. Huayi is also a first-class large company in China. I didn't expect to do such a villain act, it's really shameless!

But Shi Lei doesn't have too deep a friendship with those theaters, even if there is a little, compared with Huayi, there is no more. Shi Lei is thinking, how to make the theater chain spit out the stolen box office and make a big fuss?

But the other party is Huayi, which can be said to be the MO.1 in China, even if it makes a big deal, will it definitely make Huayi admit it? The theater chain will definitely not admit it, they are cheap, and Shi Lei has no evidence, it seems that he has to go to this matter in person and get the evidence.

Sister Hua was holding a wine glass at this time, tasting the cold wine in the glass. Who does Shi Lei think he is, integrating four small entertainment companies, and being able to fight with Huayi? What is the status of Huayi, occupying half of the domestic entertainment, and the boss still has a relationship with the leaders of the Propaganda ~ Department.

This is just a few phone calls from Sister Hua, if the boss calls in person, Junfeng Entertainment will not be able to release movies in the future, this is the ability of the leader!

"Lao Gu, do you know the person in charge of any theaters?"

Gu Yongchuan had just arranged for some people to contact the persons in charge of those movie theaters, and he was handed over to the office by Shi Lei.

"I know the vice president of a cinema chain, and he can be regarded as a person with some weight in the domestic cinema chain." Gu Yongchuan thought for a while and said.

"Help me contact him, and I'll treat him to dinner in the evening."

……

Gu Yongchuan contacted the other party very smoothly, and almost without saying much, the other party agreed. Fortunately, everyone is in the capital at this time, and it is more convenient to meet, if it is at the headquarters of Junfeng Entertainment, it will be the next day if you want to meet.

"Mr. Yuan, hello, hello, I'm Shi Lei."

"Oh~~ You are Mr. Shi, you are really young and promising, when I was as old as you, I was still in school. The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and it is really not good to accept the old. Mr. Yuan patted the back of Shi Lei's hand and said.

"Where, Mr. Yuan praised it, I just relied on the help of my friends. Mr. Yuan, please sit down and see what you want to eat. ”

Mr. Yuan casually ordered a few dishes, and Shi Lei ordered a few more signature dishes and asked for a bottle of red wine.

Smoke is one of the tools that best brings men closer together, and the other is women. When the three of them sit together and swallow the clouds, even if they don't speak, they won't feel embarrassed.

When the wine was half-drunk, Shi Lei opened his mouth and asked: "Mr. Yuan, I have a question I want to ask, this movie released by our company has good reviews and audience reputation, and the Internet score is also very high, why did the box office suddenly dive?" ”

The embarrassment on Mr. Yuan's face flashed: "This, I don't know very well, it may be that the newly released movie has hit the box office." ”

Alas, who told you to have to go against Huayi Media? Huayi is a giant in China, and we have cooperated with the theater chain many times a year, Sister Hua called and said that I want to teach you a lesson, and we will just do it, and the money stolen out of the box office is not ours.

Sure enough, their theater chain also participated, and it was really Sister Hua's ghost. Sister Hua is just a gold medal agent, not the boss of Huayi, she has so much energy, if the boss of Huayi makes a move, can a company like Junfeng Entertainment still be able to withstand it?

Shi Lei is very worried, even if he solves Sister Hua, he can't solve Huayi Media, and he will still be bullied at that time. Besides, the theater chain helps Sister Hua, and there are also benefits, if Shi Lei gives them benefits, what is the use of getting the box office back, isn't the money spent, just earn a reputation?

"Mr. Yuan, we don't talk darkly, I know about Sister Hua looking for you, in fact, she called me to sue me. I wonder, what do I have to pay for you to get our box office back? Shi Lei also gritted his teeth and asked.

Mr. Yuan's face changed slightly, put down his chopsticks, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and lit it by himself: "Mr. Shi, I don't understand what you mean." But I can give you some advice, Huayi is not something that an entertainment company like you can offend, if there is any misunderstanding, it is better to talk about it quickly. And what kind of box office you mentioned, maybe from tomorrow, it can return to normal, but the previous one, that's it. ”

Mr. Yuan's words are very clear, let Shi Lei apologize to Sister Hua, and then the box office that was stolen before will not come back, but from tomorrow, he may not continue to steal the box office.

Rub, it's just too deceitful! It's so reasonable to steal the box office, can a big company do this?

"Mr. Yuan, it's not good to be found with evidence like this!"

"Evidence? What evidence? What evidence can be found? Mr. Yuan looked proud.

He has been in theaters for so many years, and this kind of hiding from the box office has never been discovered. Even if you don't use other movie tickets instead, you don't need to write movie tickets by hand, just count the movie ticket price on popcorn, soda, etc., customers won't find it strange, and the money hasn't been earned by their movie theater?

The conversation with Mr. Yuan broke up unhappily, and Shi Lei was a little worried. He only now deeply realizes that without connections, he has to be tied to many things.

As a last resort, Shi Lei could only call his father for help: "Dad, how are your negotiations going?" ”

"It's very smooth, it is expected that within a week, a formal contract can be signed, Azimu Group and Brunswick Group have agreed to exchange shares for purchase, we have acquired Ferretti and Coty this time, not only did not lose money, but also made a lot of money!" Shi Xitong is in a good mood, the negotiations have been developing in a good direction in the past few days, and now it is a consultation on the details, and it may not be needed for a week.

"Dad, when are you coming back?"

"What, what's wrong with you?" Shi Xitong keenly felt that Shi Lei's words were a little weak.

Shi Lei thought about it and told him about it on the phone. After hearing this, Shi Xitong laughed, just this kind of thing, he has seen a lot, big companies suppress small companies, not to say that it is natural, but it is also ancient.

For example, when they encounter some other investment companies competing with them for some benign investments in China, they will also use some unconventional means to suppress each other. But that's bullying others, and now it's his son who is being bullied, it's different, bullying people is just damned!

"You don't have to worry, when I go back next week, I'll let them spit out the money that swallowed you!" (To be continued......)