Chapter 189: Kill the Suspense
All day on June 1, the theaters under the Oriental Cinema Line were crowded with audiences queuing up to buy tickets.
In the afternoon, the Oriental Film and Television Company suddenly announced that it would hold a press conference, because there was no greeting to any media in advance, and the editors-in-chief of the major newspapers were in a hurry, and many reporters received pager news on the way to other interview tasks, and temporarily changed their itinerary to rush to the hotel where the press conference was held.
The reporters who arrived first seized the favorable shooting and interview positions and began to talk to each other.
"What is Oriental Film and Television doing this time? Calling us over without saying anything is a trick, right? ”
"Probably not, I think there may be something important to announce."
The reporter who stood in the middle of the front row said this inadvertently, and immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.
"Do you have any inside information?"
"yes, the press conference will start soon, and now you don't have to keep it secret, right?"
Everyone, you and I encouraged me one by one.
was pestered by everyone, and this man had no choice but to tell the "inside information" he had heard.
"I've only heard about it, and I'm not sure...... It seems that the box office of "Baby Project" and "Crayon Little Student" on the premiere days has been counted. ”
"How is this possible!"
"yes, you're kidding, aren't you? It's not over today, where can I count the box office? ”
There were expressions of disbelief written on everyone's faces, and even more so that they felt that they had been tricked.
The man looked at the people around him with disdain: "I knew you would say that!" If you don't believe it, forget it! ”
After speaking, he lowered his head and continued to adjust the camera in his hand, and no longer bothered with others.
Such a move aroused everyone's suspicion, and after hesitating for a moment, one of the people standing next to him finally couldn't help but poke the man with his elbow.
"Hey, are you serious?"
"No, forget it." The man kept his head down, as if he didn't intend to pay any more attention to the others.
"Okay, I apologize to you, but this incident is really a little confusing, why didn't the box office statistics come out before it was finished today?"
The man stopped fiddling with the camera and looked up at the man who was asking him.
""The Baby Project" and "Little Crayon Boy" have been pre-selling movie tickets since yesterday, if they have budgeted for movie tickets today, won't the box office statistics come out?"
"Today's movie tickets are already on sale?"
The reporters who learned of the results were dumbfounded.
At this time, a reporter Xiao Sheng added: "It seems to be true, because when I went to the ticket window of a theater at noon today to ask, they were already selling tickets for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." ”
Now no one spoke anymore.
None of the people present were stupid, and after a little thought, they knew that there was a high probability of such an outcome.
If it's true, it's definitely breaking news.
In particular, Oriental Film and Television Company chose to announce the news on the day of the premiere with a very high-profile choice, which suddenly increased the topic of the news a lot.
Just when the reporters on the scene were secretly excited about the news, there was a commotion at the door of the conference room.
Escorted by several bodyguards, Lin Xi, Zhao Yazhi, Wang Jing, and Cen Jianxun walked through the encirclement and interception of reporters at the door, and slowly walked into the press conference.
The cameras in the hands of the reporters in the audience were all raised together, and the flashes clicked one after another.
Zhao Yazhi was wearing black slim pencil pants, a white silk shirt, and a yellow handbag with crystal and diamonds, and waved to the audience with a smile from time to time, while the other three men on the stage, although they were all dressed in straight suits, did not look at the cameras of the reporters in the audience at all, but just gathered together and whispered to themselves.
But the reporter's camera was still accurately aimed at Lin Xi, as the boss of Oriental Film and Television, he must be the protagonist of today's press conference when he appears here; Second, Wang Jing and Cen Jianxun beside him don't look very attractive, one is short and fat, and the other is ugly, so everyone coincidentally chose to highlight Lin Xi and use the other two as the background board.
Seeing that the time was almost up, a staff member closed the door of the venue, and then a microphone was handed over to Zhao Yazhi.
"I am very grateful to all the media friends here for coming to our press conference today, I believe you have also seen it, because the time is very rushed, we did not have time to better arrange the scene, I hope you will forgive me."
After a simple opening remarks, Zhao Yazhi followed by an introduction to the identities of the other three people present today.
Of course, Lin Xi didn't need to say much, the focus of Zhao Yazhi's introduction mainly fell on Wang Jing and Cen Jianxun.
Wang Jing didn't think it was strange, but when Zhao Yazhi introduced that Cen Jianxun would take on the position of general manager of Oriental Cinema, there was a small commotion in the audience.
From the editor-in-chief of "Outside Magazine" to the general manager of Oriental Cinema Line, the span between these two identities is too big, so that media reporters who heard the news were a little difficult to accept for a while.
"May I ask Miss Zhao, is there any other purpose for Oriental Film and Television to arrange a person without any experience in the industry to serve as the general manager of the theater chain?"
Finally, a reporter couldn't help but ask out loud this common doubt in everyone's minds.
Zhao Yazhi glanced at Lin Xi and saw him smiling at him as if encouraging, so he picked up the microphone and said: "Although Manager Cen has no direct experience in theater management, he has accumulated rich media experience during his tenure as the editor-in-chief of "Extra" magazine, and will play a greater role in the promotion of films released by Oriental Cinemas in the future. ”
Such an explanation was discussed by Zhao Yazhi and Lin Xi in advance, but it obviously could not fully satisfy the appetite of the reporters in the audience, and then some people questioned that candidates with rich media experience abound in Hong Kong, why did Oriental Film and Television fall in love with Cen Jianxun?
Because there were a lot of people asking questions, everyone was gossiping, which suddenly made Zhao Yazhi a little overwhelmed.
Seeing this situation, Lin Xi took the initiative to take the microphone from Zhao Yazhi's hand.
"Everyone's doubts are very reasonable, but in fact, there are not so many reasons, just because I happened to meet Mr. Cen at a drinking party some time ago, and then it happened that the general manager of Oriental Cinema Line has not found a suitable candidate, and everyone has a good conversation, so I invited Mr. Cen to take up this position, it's as simple as that!"
Lin Xi's answer was even more unreasonable than Zhao Yazhi's explanation, but the reporters in the audience had nothing to say.
Although Lin Xi does have this "willful" qualification?
As the boss of Oriental Film and Television Company, Lin Xi wants to decide who will be the general manager of the theater chain is his own business, and if others interject, it is nosy.
Although the media is just a "nosy" thing, when the object is Lin Xi, everyone feels a deep powerlessness.
"Okay, now that the matter has been explained clearly, let's ask Manager Cen to announce to you the first important matter of today's press conference!"
Lin Xi didn't give the reporter a chance to react, and directly handed over the microphone to Cen Jianxun.
Cen Jianxun nodded at Lin Xi with a little gratitude, if he didn't come to the scene today, he might not have known that his position as the general manager of Oriental Cinema Line would cause such a big controversy.
Thinking of Lin Xi's painstaking efforts to arrange for him to appear in such a way today, Cen Jianxun was quite moved in his heart.
Steady in his mind, he stepped forward.
"Please come over today, the first thing I want to tell you is a good news, as of 13 o'clock at noon, the two films "Baby Project" and "Crayon Little Life", which have attracted much attention from all parties, have all sold out in 31 theaters in Hong Kong, of which "Baby Project" has achieved a single-day pre-sale box office income of 4.5 million, and "Crayon Little Life" has achieved a same-day pre-sale box office revenue of 4.1 million......"
Before Cen Jianxun finished speaking, the audience was already frying.
In the midst of a burst of consternation, a reporter stood up first.
"Manager Cen, are you sure it's all sold out, and not a single ticket is left?"
"Of course, if you don't believe it, you can go to the theater to watch it, now all the ticket windows, the two movies are selling tickets for the day after tomorrow, today's tickets must have been sold out, even some of my friends called me to ask if I could get today's tickets, I can only say sorry to them, because there are really no more."
Cen Jianxun's words can be regarded as completely dispelling the doubts in the heart of a reporter.
For a while, no other reporters in the audience stood up to ask questions, and everyone was trying to digest this shocking news.
Seeing the incredulous expressions of the reporters in the audience, Cen Jianxun was not only proud in his heart, but also admired Lin Xi's methods even more.
Announcing the news on the same day, although it will attract some doubts, it will also bring a great boost to the subsequent movie ticket sales of the two movies, after all, ordinary people have the heart of the herd, and when they see these two movies selling so hot, the more people who watch them must be good movies, and naturally more people will buy tickets to enter the theater.
The media knew that they were helping Lin Xi advertise for free, but they still had to report the news.
Without waiting for the reporters in the audience to recover from all kinds of surprises and accidents, Lin Xi threw out another bombshell news here.
"In the near future, our Oriental Film and Television Company will invest in the production of two comedy films, one is the love light comedy "Frog Prince" written and directed by director Wang Jing, and the other is the children's comedy "Home Alone" directed by me, both films are expected to meet you in the summer at the end of July."
After hearing this, the reporters in the audience all had such a thought in their hearts.
At the time of the success of "Baby Project" and "Crayon Little Student", Oriental Film and Television Company announced the shooting plan of the new film, which is to chase after the victory and drive out the competitors!
I don't know how Golden Harvest and Xinyicheng will react after hearing the news, but there is one thing that the reporters present are very clear.
This time the box office war of June 1st has lost its suspense before it starts!
Jiahe and Princess Jin were defeated before the battle, and they were defeated! R1152