The reason why a consortium is a consortium is not because it is strong enough to fight against countless enemies, but because it is a monopoly formed by the fusion of huge banks and huge enterprises controlled by one or more financial oligarchs.

For example, the Boston consortium is centered on the five giants of Kennedy, Rocky, Adams, Lowell and Robert, absorbing some small and medium-sized companies as minions, and the industrial chain is rolled out step by step.

Huajin Capital is replicating the path that those large conglomerates once walked.

Ji Cheng single-handedly built Huajin Capital into the core, and absorbed a group of minions by direct annexation or indirect shareholding and cooperation.

Tiger Fund!

Dechong Securities!

There are also many small and medium-sized financial institutions on Wall Street, such as Erickson and Black Market Group.

Today's Joaquin Capital, even if it is aside from the Boston consortium, can also be regarded as a consortium, and it is still a strong one!

Of course, these news have not yet been announced to the outside world, and others do not know how strong Huajin Capital's strength has grown.

Ji Cheng didn't rush to announce it to the public, after all, the merger has not yet been completed, in case it is rumored to be cut off.

After watching Milken return to church, Ji Cheng slammed into Wolford. Augustine said, "Drive."

"Yes sir."

Wolfford. Augustine drove the car slowly forward, and suddenly he asked, "Sir, where are you going?"

"Let's go to the company." Ji cost said casually.

Wolfford. Augustine wondered, "Go to the company? Today, Saturday, the company is closed."

Well?

That's right!

Closed today.

Ji Cheng knew that he was busy with Hutu, and he was thinking about his career all day long, and he forgot not to go to work on Saturdays.

So what are you going to do?

Go home to sleep?

He's a little idle.

By the way, wasn't "Chicago" shown last night? I don't know how much the box office is.

Ji Cheng probably knew where he should go, "Buy me a ticket to Los Angeles."

"Yes, sir."

The car headed towards the airport.

……

The aviation industry in the beautiful country is very developed.

Soon after Ji Cheng bought the ticket, the plane took off.

Although the flight time was six hours, New York was three hours ahead of Los Angeles, and it was only noon when we arrived in Los Angeles.

Ji Cheng, who got off the plane, didn't let anyone from Huaying Pictures pick him up.

I took a taxi alone and went to the Shellrick Cinema near Beverly Hills to buy a movie ticket.

Not to mention, there are quite a lot of people.

Ji Cheng went in with a movie ticket.

The movie hadn't started yet, and a lot of people were whispering and chatting.

"I heard this movie is good."

"Yes, I thought the revue was not good at first, so I didn't think about watching it at all, but after Anna watched it last night, she strongly recommended me to watch it, and she said that this movie is so good, I came to see how it was."

"Hey, beautiful girl, believe your friend's vision, I watched it last night, this movie is indeed very interesting, I came here today to watch it twice."

"Is it really that pretty? You just watched it last night and came to see it?"

"Haha, you'll know when you're done."

"I heard that Madonna is beautiful in this movie!"

"Madonna is really beautiful in the movie, but I prefer the other female lead, Aniston."

"yes, yes, Aniston is so beautiful."

A group of people were chatting about the movie, some of whom had seen it last night, and some of whom had seen it for the first time.

Overall, the response was good.

Ji Cheng was quite satisfied with what everyone was talking about, and since the praise continued, the box office was also good.

Not long after,

The movie begins.

The camera slowly advances to Lockie's dark eyes, pulling out the neon title "Chicago".

Then the Onyx Nightclub will appear, and the black announcer: "Five, six, seven, eight!"

Jazz music.

Gorgeous chandeliers.

The bustling audience passing through the hall.

The audience watched the jazz band perform on stage.

At first, there was no reaction until the manager anxiously walked through the crowd in the movie: "Has anyone seen Sister Kelly?"

Then the picture is everything, outside the nightclub, on the snowy road, a pair of feet of a woman in high heels stepped out of the taxi, until Madonna revealed her face that was captivating the country and the city, and the movie theater exploded in an instant!

"Oh, my God!"

"Madonna is so beautiful! It's just beautiful!"

"Madonna, I love you!"

A crowd of young men and women cheered.

Ji Cheng also had to admit that the Madonna in the movie was so beautiful, he couldn't help but think back to the scene when he was entangled with Madonna a few nights ago, well, this woman is simply a goblin.

The movie keeps pushing the schedule.

The audience laughed "haha" from time to time, and they couldn't help but sigh, and their emotions were attracted by the movie.

Eventually, the movie ended with jazz music.

After watching it, Ji Cheng did not stand up and leave for the first time, but quietly listened to the sound of the crowd leaving to talk about the movie.

"Beautiful!"

"It's so pretty!"

"Anna's recommendation is fantastic! I'm going to recommend it to others!"

"Well, I'll have to come back in the evening."

"Madonna is so beautiful......

"Aniston is the best!"

And then...... Well, there was also a quarrel between the fans of the two heroines, and it is said that a full martial arts show was also staged.

Ji Cheng heard so many positive comments and knew that he didn't have to worry about the problem of changing actors in this movie, so he slowly stood up and walked outside.

……

Take a taxi to Columbia Pictures headquarters.

As soon as Ji Cheng got out of the car, he saw that the signboard had been changed and changed to Huaying Film Company.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by security.

"Sir, show your ID."

"I'm undocumented."

"Then you can't go in."

"I have an appointment with Mr. Li Kai, you call him, and he will say that Ji Cheng is here."

"Okay, wait a minute."

A minute later.

The security guard let him go, and it was obvious that he didn't know who Ji Cheng was.

Ji Cheng is not a film and television superstar, it is impossible for everyone to know him, he didn't mind, and went straight to the company's upstairs.

I asked someone, and then I learned that Li Kai was having a meeting in the conference room.

He walked back towards the conference room.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard Li Kai's loud voice come out, "Why is the premiere box office so low? What does your publicity department do for food? If you can do it, if you can't do it, it's better to resign voluntarily!"

There was silence inside, and no one answered.

Well?

The response was pretty good.

Why is the box office not very good?

Ji Cheng felt a little strange, so he didn't knock on the door, and pushed it in directly.

At this moment, Li Kai was in a state of anger, and when he saw someone entering without knocking on the door, he was furious, and immediately yelled at the door, "What are you doing...... Uh, Mr. Cheng!"

"Mr. Ji? Ah, Mr. Ji!"

"Mr. Cheng, you're here."

"Mr. Ji ......"

More than a dozen high-level personnel of Huaying Pictures all stood up.

Ji Cheng greeted everyone with a smile, "Good afternoon, everyone."

"Mr. Ji, good afternoon."

"Why did you come here yourself?"

Lou. Koeman, Kevin. Dodd and others are there.

Li Kai even sat on pins and needles and said, "Mr. Ji, did you hear that the box office of the movie "Chicago" was not good at the first time, so you came here to do so?"

At the mention of this, everyone else was silent.

Yes, the box office of "Chicago" premiered last night was too low, and compared to the huge cost of the movie, this premiere box office is considered a hit on the street.

[In view of the general environment,

This is the first film independently filmed and promoted and distributed by Columbia Pictures after it was acquired by Huaying Pictures, and if the box office is miserable in the end, their group will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Especially Lou. Koeman, he is a "former courtier", who knows if he will be used as a scapegoat by the "new king"?

Just when everyone was nervous, Ji Cheng asked with a smile, "Oh? How much does it gross?"

"Uh, you don't know how much box office it is?" Li Kai was stunned for a moment, and then said truthfully: "There was only a little more than one million dollars at the box office last night."

"Oh, it's not bad."

Ji Cheng didn't feel at ease at all, and even praised it.

Everyone was a little dumbfounded.

More than a million dollars at the box office is not bad?

Their shooting investment cost alone is more than 10 million US dollars, according to this first-day box office, it may be a question whether the film can recover its costs, Ji Cheng actually said that the box office is good?

Lou. Koeman thought that Wang Chen didn't understand what it meant that the box office on the first day was so low, so he said weakly, "Mr. Ji, the box office on the first day is more than one million US dollars...... I...... There is a high probability that we will not be able to recover our costs."

Ji Cheng smiled and said, "Really?"

Listening to this tone, it seems that he doesn't understand the concept of the first-day box office, and Li Kai said helplessly: "Mr. Cheng, if the first-day box office is more than one million, according to past experience, it is estimated that the final box office will be more than 10 million US dollars, and it may not be possible, we may lose money this time."

"No, it won't." Ji Cheng pulled a chair and sat down, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "I went to the cinema to watch it before I came to the company, and the audience's evaluation was good."

The audience reviews are not bad?

What does this have to do with the box office!

Is there still a few movies with a good reputation and box office hits?

Everyone was speechless for a while, they didn't know how to talk to Ji Cheng about the box office.

Li Kai and Ji Cheng were closer, and reminded stubbornly: "Although the outside world evaluation is good, the box office of the premiere is only more than one million US dollars, and the possibility of a turnaround is generally not very likely."

Ji Cheng saw that they were still worried, and asked rhetorically, "How many theaters have obtained more than one million dollar tickets?"

"Seventy or eighty theaters." Li Kai said honestly.

Ji Cheng laughed, "On average, a theater has received more than $10,000 at the box office, and the price of the movie ticket I bought when I went to the movie just now was $3.2 a piece, do your own calculations, how many viewers watched it for more than $10,000?"

Everyone was stunned after a little calculation!

The average number of moviegoers in a cinema is 4,000?

If you look at it this way, not only did the movie not hit the streets, on the contrary, it was excellent!

"Seems pretty good."

"Yes, we've only had seventy or eighty movie theaters premiere, and an average of 4,000 people in theaters is pretty good!"

"It's just that the box office numbers look poor."

"No way, who let us premiere the film not very well."

"Well, there will be more and more films scheduled in the future, and the box office should be able to rise by then."

Everyone was relieved to chat.

Ji Cheng smiled and waved his hand at this time, "Okay, don't waste human resources if you don't open anything, it's better to be busy with other things when you have that time."

"Okay." Although Li Kai was still a little worried, he still said to everyone, "Adjourn the meeting."

……

Chinese

The film industry has accepted the box office is not high.

The audience also didn't say that there was anything bad about the movie.

However, Sony Pictures, which is bent on bringing Columbia Pictures under its command, jumped out!

Akio Morita even more publicly bombarded: "It is a mistake to let a layman take care of the insider, as a financial oligarchy, Huajin Capital's achievements in finance are eye-catching, but movies are different from finance, not everyone can share a piece of the pie, especially when I heard that the movie "Chicago" is still a script written by Ji Cheng, the boss of Huajin Capital, I feel even more ridiculous, you are a person who is engaged in finance and understands movies? also fired the original director and replaced the original script, what was the result? As a result, the box office for the premiere was just over $1 million, which is embarrassing!"

Well, as a successful person in the business world, Akio Morita is definitely not so superficial to fight for a director who is not very famous, and the reason why he bombarded Huaying Pictures is nothing more than to take the opportunity to disrupt the morale of the army, and by the way, devalue it so that it is convenient to negotiate the acquisition in the future.

The response to his bombardment was quite big.

A lot of people in the industry are talking.

"yes, "Chicago" doesn't seem to be doing well at the box office!"

"It's kind of ridiculous to have a layman tinker with a movie."

"That Ji Cheng heard that he has been making a big splash in the stock market recently, right?"

"Well, he's really great in the financial industry, and he can be described as a god-like character, but can movies and finance be the same?"

"It's a matter of course that the box office of "Chicago" is not good, who let Ji Cheng manage this guy a lot, and even wrote the script himself."

Originally, this matter was just a casual chat within the film and television industry, thinking that Ji Cheng should not participate.

However, not long after Akio Morita publicly bombarded Huaying Entertainment, another person jumped out!

That's right, this person is none other than the original director of the "Chicago" movie, Howard Brown. Bruckner!

He was fired by Ji Cheng for a long time, but now he was very happy when he heard that the box office of the premiere of "Chicago" was only more than one million US dollars, and even in the face of an interview with reporters, he was ashamed to say: "Hey, man, I said it a long time ago, how can a layman make a good movie? Ji Cheng, that guy, does he understand movies? also wrote the script himself, and even directed the first act of the movie himself, right, the first scene of the movie you saw was directed by Ji Cheng's guy, who was engaged in finance and made a movie? It's a fantasy! Now it's okay, it's only a million dollars at the premiere box office, alas, it's not me who said, if I were to direct this movie, I wouldn't dare to say anything else, the box office would definitely exceed eight ...... Well, five million dollars!"

Howard. Although Bruckner kept slandering Ji Cheng's lack of understanding of the movie was the reason for the box office hit, he was still a little self-aware, and he didn't dare to say that the box office of the film he directed could exceed eight million dollars in three days over the weekend, and finally said a more subtle figure, five million dollars.

Why five million dollars?

Because the box office of the revue itself cannot be too high, it is not bad to have a box office of five million dollars for three days on the weekend.

And "Chicago" is now only a little more than $1 million at the opening box office, and according to this trend, it is unlikely that the box office will exceed 5 million in three days over the weekend, and it will be 3 or 4 million.

Howard. Bruckner said this not only to elevate himself, but also to achieve the goal of belittling Ji Cheng, and not to attract ridicule because of arrogance.

Journalists love controversial topics the most, and hear Howard. Bruckner and Akio Morita both bombarded Ji Cheng and Huaying Entertainment, and suddenly it was like a chicken blood, and one report after another came out.

Akio Morita and Howard. Bruckner also saw the report, and both of them were very proud, thinking that their remarks would have a great negative impact on the ongoing "Chicago".

But what they didn't expect was that the outside world was not the same!