At 2 o'clock in the morning, even the most prosperous city gradually fell silent.

On the road, occasionally one or two cars rushed by, bringing a bleak wind.

Sun Zhonghuai and Xu Le walked out of the movie theater and did not go directly back to where they lived, but sat on a chair on the side of the road.

Sun Zhonghuai took out a pack of cigarettes, handed one to Xu Le, and lit it himself and smoked it slowly.

The two sat there in silence and did not speak for a long time.

"I ......"

After a long time, Xu Le spoke.

His voice was a little hoarse: "I don't want to advertise the expenses anymore." ”

"Relax."

Sun Zhonghuai patted him on the shoulder, and he could see that Xu Le's mood was a little wrong.

"Why do you say that?"

Hearing him ask this, Xu Le, who is 73 years old this year, with white hair and wrinkles on his face, actually cried a little in his tone: "The movie "Covering the Sky" is so good, and my "Lin Lingsu" can't catch up no matter how much it is promoted. ”

"In vain, I was full of confidence before, I felt that the gap with the two movies was not enough publicity, as long as the publicity was increased, it would definitely be surpassed, but now I don't think so."

"The movie "Covering the Sky" is really good!"

Xu Le raised his head and looked up at the night sky.

"When I was young, I also thought about making this kind of movie, "Shushan" is such a work, but at that time, many people didn't understand, the box office of "Shushan" was not ideal, I lost confidence, and then as I got older, I thought that my directing skills were more powerful, and the movies I made would definitely be better."

He shook his head vigorously and sighed: "I didn't know it was wrong until I saw "Covering the Sky", I had lost the dream of my youth, and my movies were already behind the times. ”

"Mr. Sun, you are right, the next outlet in the film and television industry will be a flamboyant fantasy film, if Tenggua Video wants to continue to stand in the leading position, turning to his style will be the most correct decision!"

"The future will be an era of publicity, an era of his fantasy blockbusters."

He sighed, sighed, and even had a little twinkle in the corner of his eye.

Thinking about the high-spirited spirit when he first debuted, and then thinking about the mentality that he feels ashamed of himself just after watching someone else's movie, he is extremely sad!

"You're wrong."

Sun Zhonghuai denied.

He extinguished the cigarette butt and stood up, his hands outstretched, as if embracing the whole sky.

"The future is the era of fantasy blockbusters, but it may not be the era of his publicity!"

"In front of Tenggua, he is still too weak, Tenggua Video wants to learn from him, and then surpass him!"

"Will you help me?"

Xu Le looked at Sun Zhonghuai in a daze.

Sun Zhonghuai said in an impassioned tone: "You were a genius director in the circle when you were young, but now that you are older, will you be scared by a young man?" ”

"Tenggua has funds and manpower, but there is a lack of a heavyweight director like you, I want to invite you to join Tenggua and create a new era of Tenggua!"

Xu Le hesitated: "But, I'm old. ”

"The old man is in the bush, his ambition is thousands of miles, the martyr is in his twilight years, and his heart is strong!" Sun Zhonghuai pulled him up and said, "As long as you don't get old, physical age is nothing." Besides, your years of directing experience is your most valuable asset, even if you can't shoot, there are so many directors under Tenggua, can't you direct them? ”

"I will approve the funds you applied for, although I can't get the first, but we can still fight for the second!"

"As long as you come to help me, the future will be the era of Tenggua, and it will also be the peak of a new round in your Xu Le's old life!"

Xu Lemu stood up with him, looked at Sun Zhonghuai, and felt that the ambition that had just been extinguished by "Covering the Sky" in the theater burned again!

"Good!"

......

May 2nd.

Haihua City.

Fantasy Entertainment Film and Television Company.

In the office, Lin Xiaohan is reporting to Zhang Yang the box office data of the first day of the four films, as well as the changes in the film schedule the next day.

"From 0:00 on May 1 to 0:00 today, the first-day box office data of the four films has been counted, plus the box office data of the pre-sale period, the statistical results are as follows."

""Covering the Sky 1 - A Trip to the Beidou" 487 million."

"Wolf Warrior 3" 246 million."

"Lin Lingsu" 203 million."

"Burma" 188 million."

Zhang Yang sat behind his desk and listened carefully to the report.

During the previous pre-sale period, "Covering the Sky" sold 300 million at the box office, and the other three movies were about 80 million to 100 million.

According to this figure, even if you don't count the box office amount during the pre-sale period, the first-day box office data of "Covering the Sky" is the highest!

"By the way, has the foreign box office statistics come in?"

Huayi has distributed "Covering the Sky" in more than 2,000 theaters abroad, and the total number of screenings on the first day is close to 5,000, which should not be small.

Lin Xiaohan shook his head and said: "The foreign box office has not been counted yet, and the data over there Huayi has not been received." ”

"However, judging from the current box office growth in China, our company's "Covering the Sky" has the most fierce trend, even if it does not count the data of the pre-sale period, it also ranks first."

"In addition, according to the current box office trend, the film schedule of "Covering the Sky" will rise by 5 percentage points tomorrow, and it is expected to rise from the original 22% to 27%."

"The other three films have not changed much, still remaining between 21% and 23%, and the main increase in "Covering the Sky" comes from the remaining small-budget films.

Zhang Yang nodded and said: "Well, once 27% of the scheduled films are implemented, the box office of "Covering the Sky" is estimated to be maintained." ”

"It's just a few days before the 5.1 holiday, everyone has time, the higher the film schedule these days, the higher the box office sales!"

"No one made any conditions, did they?"

In order to increase the box office, many movies will give away some of their profits to theaters, and even some theaters will threaten the producer with this.

However, this should not be the case for "Covering the Sky".

It sold too hot, no theater would let go of this hen that laid golden eggs, they didn't have time to protect it, how could they do something bad with Xuanyu.

Sure enough, Lin Xiaohan shook his head directly and said, "No, the representatives of all theaters are happy to cooperate." ”

"That'll do."

Zhang Yang asked again: "How is the actor's roadshow going?" ”

After the movie is released, in order to increase the number of box office, the participating actors will be arranged to meet the audience in some well-known cinemas in major cities to talk about the movie and calves, so as to increase the box office.

This method can effectively increase the box office, and it is also the obligation of the actor written in the contract.

However, this kind of roadshow is very tiring, and the actors have to run to the most cities in the shortest time, seize all the time, and maybe have to change planes a few times a day.

Zhang Yang, as the chief director, was supposed to participate, but he was tired, so he only ran on Haihua's side on the day of 5.1, and then didn't go.

The task of the roadshow was handed over to the assistant director and producer.

"Everything went well, all the arrangements went on, all the personnel in several first-tier cities were arranged, and according to the reports sent back, there was no abnormality."

"Yes." Zhang Yang nodded and said, "How is the online feedback?" ”

Lin Xiaohan nodded and continued to report: "It's a great thing! The extensive hot search list has reached the top again, and the scores of green beans and several movie ticketing platforms are also above 8 points, and the Dousheng side has also kept up with the publicity and ranked at the top of the hot search list.

In addition, two songs are also in the top 10 on major music platforms!

According to the feedback from netizens, "Covering the Sky" is now hard to find, and some people can't grab tickets even if they want to swipe it twice!

All in all, "Covering the Sky" exploded! ”