Chapter 173: Putting an End to Future Troubles
"Hello, may I ask which one to watch?"
The conductor of Huayi Cinema Line was so tired that she had no smile on her face, but even so, she was still using polite language, which was the only thing she could do.
"4 sheets of "Source Code", is it premiering at 8 pm on the 30th? Then, from the 30th to the seven days of Golden Week, you can do it any day. β
Today is September 26th, and the ticket buyers obviously want to enjoy "Source Code" that has recently been hyped up by film critics during Golden Week.
It's just that the conductor put down his work when he heard this, and he didn't need to check the ticket sales on the computer at all, and responded directly: "Sorry, the tickets you want have been sold out in theaters, and all the tickets as of the 16th have been sold, or can you go to other theaters in this theater to have a look?" β
The conductor was completely speechless, she never expected that the pre-sale of "Source Code" would catch up with "Transformers", according to the ticket sales record of Huayi Cinema Line, except for the online pre-sale of science fiction blockbusters that Hollywood has invested heavily in, everything else is completely equal!
What's so good about Source Code?
The conductor asked while being depressed, and before he could react, the person who sent duì to buy movie tickets came up again, and also asked if "Source Code" had tickets.
"Xiao Zhao."
A colleague approached and asked, "Leave me two copies of Source Code, I want to watch it with my husband on the night of the 30th." β
"Ancestor, I beg you, didn't you just hand over the shift? If you have a ticket, you won't keep it yourself, where can I get a ticket for you? β
The conductor looked helpless, who would have thought that "Source Code", which had been hyped by many film critics at home and abroad, would become so popular. Even their ticket insiders can't get tickets, this is almost in time for the Spring Festival, so the insiders of the Spring Festival can still collude with scalpers.
September 27th. Shao Yingying and Zhang Wan were almost busy in their respective offices, and they had to watch "Super Boy" and "Good Songs of China", and even Zhang Wan also passed an ultimatum to Zhejiangtai according to Shao Yingying's request, if Zhejiangtai did not cooperate with Xiangnantai and join forces to engage in "Singer King Battle", then the hero Hua Yi would rather break the contract and withdraw from "Good Songs of China" in all aspects. Shao Yingying dared to use such a hard tone to show his attitude to Xiangnantai, and at the same time, he also wanted to teach Zhejiangtai a lesson, without their cooperation.
Zhejiangtai is hindered by the demand for Huayi TV series and the connections of "Huaxia Good Songs". can only agree, they can steal Huayi's current heavy money to create "Snail House", which is an urban emotional drama shot by Teng Huatao and Yoyo and Haiqing Iron Triangle at the same time. Even big names like Wen Zhang and Zhang Jiayi can only make cameos in the play, and Shao Yingying also personally makes a cameo appearance as Haiqing's husband.
After getting Zhejiangtai's response, Shao Yingying finally suppressed the anger of Shonantai and Zhejiangtai to a minimum, while discussing the plan with Shonantai's draft godmother Long Tai. On the one hand, we also have to pay attention to the pre-sale of "Source Code". When it comes to the money made at the box office of the movie, Shao Yingying is on fire. The back molars on the top of this evil fire were swollen, and he couldn't figure out why Ning Hao's box office of more than 100 million couldn't make a lot of money for Hua Yi, and he didn't slowly figure it out until later.
The TV series is sold after filming, plus the advertising fee is raised, what is earned is the money of the TV station, and the TV station spends public money, so can it not be generous? Although this public money comes from advertisers, the goods sold by advertisers still pluck the feathers from ordinary people. For ordinary people, there are both commodities available and TV series to watch. At most, they don't care about the limited fees, so it's easy to earn this money. The movie is different, Ning Hao's "Crazy Racing" does not have much sponsorship fee, at this stage, Ning Hao is completely fighting for the box office, which is equivalent to paying money directly in the pockets of the people, and the money taken out has to be distributed to the bigwigs of all parties. This is like a bandit who has to go to the government to give a share to the government after robbing the poor, so that the soldiers and bandits can collude, and the final result can only be a thankless effort.
No, you have to teach Ning Hao to make money.
Shao Yingying remembered Feng Xiaogang, no wonder the Wang brothers and sisters harnessed Feng Xiaogang every day, Feng Cannon is really good at making money, and filming a comedy can flatten the cost just by relying on sponsorship fees, so the rest of the box office doesn't matter how the big guys divide him, they all make money anyway, not to mention that Feng Xiaogang's comedy movies have almost no big scenes except for the actors' money, which reduces the investment even more.
If you want to talk about making money in the film market, you have to talk about Feng Cannon.
While Shao Yingying cares about so many things, he also has to worry about the box office of "Source Code", can he not be busy?
When, when, when.
At this moment, Shao Yingying's door knocked on it.
"Enter."
As soon as she finished shouting, Xu Jinglei walked in from outside the door, still holding a novel in her hand.
"Boss Shao, give me another chance."
When Shao Yingying saw Xu Jinglei, he knew what she was going to do, and that novel was "Du Lala's Promotion".
This novel was only published on September 1, and Xu Jinglei took it, this is too timely, if Xu Jinglei really made this novel into a movie, then, under the paving of "Breaking the Iceberg" starring Fan Yiyi, plus Xu Jinglei and Ning Hao have cultivated the urban light comedy market for so many years, "Du Lala's Promotion" will definitely be an instant hit, and it will be so popular that Cheng DΓΉ is unexpected.
"Old Xu, what are you talking about? The company didn't say that it wouldn't continue to invest in you, you ......"
Xu Jinglei lowered her head a little embarrassed when she heard Shao Yingying's words: "Boss Shao, I know that I don't make any money for the company, and I know that you value me very much, but I don't want to let people gossip like this......"
Shao Yingying looked at Xu Jinglei without understanding and said, "What do you mean, I don't understand too much." β
Xu Jinglei stopped talking.
At this time, Zhang Wan saw the door open and rushed in directly, and said, "Lao Xu, are you there too?" It just so happens that I have something to tell you. β
"This matter, the Propaganda Department just sued me today, as long as Boss Shao has been too busy recently, the Propaganda Department doesn't even have time to say hello. When we were promoting "Source Code", we still used some means, there was a piece of news that hyped the scandal between you and Boss Shao, which probably meant that slandering your Lao Xu for not having a high box office and being reused by the hero Hua Yi, and cut out a few photos of the previous celebration banquet and the company's tail teeth The two of you are alone together and put them on a small website to hype that the two of you have a leg, you can't be angry, this is also for the promotion of "Source Code", the box office is good, we can all get a big red envelope, right? β
Shao Yingying understood at once, it turned out that the Propaganda Department was not idle, and when they were trying their best to publicize, they were also busy sneaking around, as long as Shao Yingying made headlines with all kinds of news, then everyone would naturally think of "Source Code", especially in this kind of report, it is better to mention a few words.
"Lao Xu, do you understand? I didn't know anything before. Shao Yingying walked out of his position and reached out to take the novel in Xu Jinglei's hand: "This, what does it mean?" β
Xu Jinglei has nothing to say, the company praises her so much, and now the general manager comes forward to explain, shouldn't she sacrifice something for the company? Besides, in the entertainment industry, what is this scandal?
"Oh, Boss Shao, Mr. Zhang, I want to adapt this novel into a screenplay, this novel is selling very well, but the copyright fee may be a little more expensive."
"What's the budget?"
Xu Jinglei stretched out three fingers, and as soon as she stretched out her fingers, she immediately retracted one: "Twenty million." β
Shao Yingying laughed badly when he saw Xu Jinglei's timid appearance, and Zhang Wan was also secretly happy on the side: "Old Xu, you go and get a detailed plan, in this way, when the time comes, I will hang a director's name, I don't want to rob you of the credit, this is to facilitate our advertising placement." I approved the money you want, but the project will be approved after the year, and the company will invest too much money this year, and it will have to return some of the extra funds to the top. β
"Zhang Wan." Shao Yingying glanced at Zhang Wan, who was snickering, and said, "Brother Zhang, give you a good job." β
"I'm not going to ......" Zhang Wan began to roll his eyes when he heard this: "I won't fool people, if I am your agent, you will fool me." β
Shao Yingying made Zhang Wan laugh again, and said, "Tsk, look, it's okay for you to go out in my name to pull advertising and product placement to cheat money?" β
The two of them are joking, it is impossible for Zhang Wan not to go, this is that the relationship is too good, and they are too busy, so they finally have a little spare time to hurry up and fight.
"I'll go." Xu Jinglei stood up: "Boss Shao, I will bring back a lot of the 20 million to the company." β
Zhang Wan looked at the stubborn Xu Jinglei and stood up and hurriedly persuaded: "Don't, Lao Xu, you really can't go to this matter, if you go, those businessmen will have to drool, maybe you will have to suffer a small loss." Don't get me wrong, I still have to go to this matter, I was playing with Boss Shao just now. β
Seeing Zhang Wan comforting Xu Jinglei all the way to leave, Shao Yingying immediately issued a ban to the company, and in the future, the films produced by Hero Huayi, whether it is a movie or a TV series, will not allow actresses to participate in the plan of advertising placement, and if they want to go, let the director and the male lead lead.
Shao Yingying knows that sometimes the heroine can easily do things that can be done with a drink and coquettishness, but this group of big men have to drink until they vomit blood and don't know if they can do it. How is the reputation of this circle bad? Isn't that where it started? Yes, he Shao Hero is temporarily short of money, but even if he sells pants, he can't let the hero Hua Yi, who he worked so hard to fight, bear this name. In the future, if the entertainment industry that splashes dirty water everywhere finds that the hero Hua Yi still has this past, then the obscene-matchmaker hat must not be deducted by this group of media?
After putting an end to it, Shao Yingying began to prepare for the premiere of "Source Code" with great fanfare, in the chaotic emergency contact of the hero Huayi, a vote of Huayi superstars are rushing to the company, who dares not to listen to the call of the big boss? (To be continued......)