Zhou Xiao also has emotions.

He found that Chen Qi's words were really hurtful!

Yes, his fears were not unfounded.

With the movie in front of him that has a low reputation and there is no room for decline, it is indeed normal for the audience not to buy it.

He didn't think about embarrassing scenes like cold scenes and group ridicule.

But......

It's very heart-wrenching for you to say such hurtful words to your face!

What's even worse is that he found that Chen Qi was still waiting for his explanation with a serious face.

"......" Zhou Xiaozhen asked the sky speechlessly.

Deliberately!

This guy definitely did it on purpose!

Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned, he is good at such undisciplined things!

Counterproductive?

Is it good that it doesn't exist?

Yes, I don't have much appeal, but you have!

Not to mention far away, just rely on the huge influence of "Latent" recently, and promote the news that you are the screenwriter of this movie first, and the audience will definitely not be so repulsed!

Then put the trailer and cut a little essence out, won't everything be solved?

You can't even think of a solution that I can think of?

What kind of innocence are you pretending?

He even had reason to suspect that Chen Qi was shamelessly trying to let himself say this kind of plan, and then enjoy that ethereal vanity!

Immature!

What childishness!

He is also very good at basing his happiness on the pain of others.

Really!

Seeing that Zhou Xiao didn't speak for a long time, Chen Qi, who thought he was having a headache about this matter, was very constructive and asked him to reveal the news that he was a screenwriter when he recorded "Dialogue" tomorrow.

Zhou Xiao: "......"

He knew it!

He knew that he was going to boast about himself in disguise!

So, he skipped the topic very directly.

He asked Chen Qi to set the release schedule of the movie.

It's almost time to get to the point of publicity, and the release date hasn't even been set, so how can you publicize it?

"What do you think is the right time?"

Chen Qi was not in a hurry to make up his mind.

He doesn't even know where the movie is going, so how dare he set a release time casually?

"May Day. Zhou Xiao said.

"May Day?" Chen Qi subconsciously looked at the time, and now it was only a month before May Day.

"Is it too late?"

"It's too late!" Zhou Xiao said in an affirmative tone: "If nothing else, the final review result should come down in two days, as long as the final review is passed, we can arrange the release." ”

"There are only about 30 days, can the propaganda keep up?"

"You can keep up!" Zhou Xiao nodded, "As long as you are willing to invest, the time will definitely be enough." ”

He has already prepared a promotional poster or something, and he can publish it as long as he fills in the corresponding date.

As long as Chen Qi is willing to burn money, about 30 days is enough time to get the propaganda in place.

As a half-veteran filmmaker, he knows the importance of publicity.

In this era when the aroma of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, there is not enough exposure, and the results that can be achieved in the end will be greatly reduced.

He had faith in the film, but it didn't matter.

It is no exaggeration to say that before the release of the movie, every director is very confident in his work. It's the same as buying a lottery ticket and fantasizing about winning 5 million.

But it's not enough for them to be optimistic, they have to be optimistic about this movie from all major theaters.

And the first intuitive impression of the cinema chain on the quality of a movie is publicity.

With enough publicity, you may be able to have a little advantage in the first day of filmmaking.

If there is not enough publicity and not enough exposure, their movie is very likely to end up as a one-day trip to the theater.

With the black history of his last movie, this possibility is really not low.

Although he has Chen Qi's bonus, after all, he is also the first time to contact this unfathomable film market.

It's really hard to say how much of a bonus his aura can have.

Didn't you see that Shang Ke, who was the king and hegemon in the field of TV dramas, also stayed away after falling in the film industry?

Therefore, Zhou Xiao also bluntly told Chen Qi that propaganda must not be saved.

It's important!

Listening to Zhou Xiao's detailed analysis, Chen Qi also nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, he doesn't really care when this movie will be released.

Even if there are big productions with famous directors in the same period, he doesn't care.

Anyway, this movie is mainly used to understand the rules of the game, and it doesn't matter which time it is released.

After all, he knows its quality.

He even had some expectations in his heart to meet a big production.

What if there is another counterattack?

What if they end up rubbing the big production on the ground as well?

It's a bit whimsical, but what if?

Right?

How exciting would it be if something like this did happen?

However, he also knows the importance of publicity to a work, and knows that publicity is linked to the final box office in real time.

The original "The Return of the Great Sage" is a very vivid example.

Although "The Great Sage" finally relied on the explosive word-of-mouth to successfully turn the tables and counterattack, the bitterness and hardship of the whole process are obvious to all.

If it had money to do publicity in the early days, the final box office would definitely increase by hundreds of millions.

and his impressive "White Snake: Origin" also suffered a big loss in publicity.

If it had invested a little more in publicity at that time, it would have been easy to double the box office in the end.

In fact, the audience is not short of the money for one or two movie tickets, what they lack is a good movie.

As long as they know that this is a good movie, they are still willing to support it.

Seeing that Chen Qi had not spoken, Zhou Xiao thought that he was still worried that this schedule was not suitable, so he hurriedly took out a document from the table and handed it over.

"This is a new film that has been confirmed to be released on May Day, and there are no too strong opponents, you see. ”

Chen Qi subconsciously took it and glanced at it very perfunctorily.

Actually, he was not interested in the list.

He didn't know any of the people above, and it was in vain to show him.

Instead of letting him see, it is better to ask Zhou Xiao directly what level of opponents these are.

But what he didn't expect was that at such a casual glance, he saw a somewhat familiar name.

Jiangyang.

"Jiang Yang?" Chen Qi was obviously stunned for a moment, and picked up the list that he was going to put down.

Where did he think he had heard the name?

He looked at the information on the list carefully.

The list states that he is a director.

A movie called "Waiting for Love" directed by him was also released on May Day.

Looking at Zhou Xiao's remarks to this movie, its investment is as high as 100 million!

After thinking about it for a while and not being able to remember who this person was, Chen Qi took out his mobile phone and searched for the name.

He was sure where he had heard the name.

As Jiang Yang's personal information appeared on his mobile phone, Chen Qi's face also showed a look of sudden realization.

He remembered!

He did hear the name!

Not only had he heard of it, he had dealt with him.

He went to his crew last year, and he was going to visit his crew at that time, but in the end he left directly because of the arrogance of the other party.

He remembers that he told him in a condescending manner that the movie was not as simple as he imagined.

That's a lot of fun!

Chen Qi couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart that this world is so wonderful.

This is going around and around, I can't imagine that they actually ran into it in this way!

Is this a narrow road?

They are just one side, and there is nothing wrong with them at all.

But......

He decided, the schedule will be set on May Day, and he will not change it!

I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to surprise this arrogant Jiang Dao.

I don't know what his expression will be when he sees that the movie signed by Chen Qi on the screenwriter's column was actually released on the same day as his movie.

Startled?

Astound?

Incredible?

Anyway, no matter what the expression is, it should be exciting.

After all......

The current Director Jiang has also heard more or less about his experience this year.

It's set, it's May Day!

This is not that he deliberately targeted this Jiang Dao or anything with his careful eyes, this is purely a coincidence!

He also hoped that Director Jiang could fight for some energy, in case he was eliminated by them in just a few rounds, it would be embarrassing.

"Which of these May Day movies do you like?" asked Chen Qi.

Zhou Xiao quickly helped him analyze it.

There are no big productions in the movies released this time, all of them are invested under 100 million.

He felt that two of the films had the potential to become their competitors.

Coincidentally, Jiang Yang's "Waiting for Love" is one of them, and their publicity was launched as early as half a month ago.

According to Zhou Xiao, this love-themed movie was originally intended to be released on Valentine's Day, but because of various budget overruns during the filming process, it had to be postponed to May Day because it didn't catch up with this schedule.

Hearing this, Chen Qi's face also became a little strange.

Could it be that this is the legendary arrangement of the self?

Fate is really wonderful!

"Okay, in that case, then it will be released on May Day!" Chen Qi directly decided.

“？？？”

Seeing that Chen Qi really agreed like this, Zhou Xiao was also a little dumbfounded.

He thought it would take a lot of words to convince him!

invested more than 30 million in the movie, just listened to him analyze two sentences and settled?

It seems a bit sloppy.

But......

He loves it!

can be arranged to be released on a good schedule in the near future, which can be regarded as satisfying a small wish of his family.

"You go to Beijing Satellite TV tomorrow to record a program, and I will say hello to Wang Tai later and ask them to arrange this episode to be broadcast next Friday. Chen Qi also quickly formulated a propaganda plan in his mind.

"On the day of the show, the online and offline promotions will be launched at the same time, and you have to prepare all the materials that need to be prepared during this time. ”

"Okay!" Zhou Xiao responded, his eyes flickering slightly.

I've been busy for so long, and I'm finally waiting for the day to know!

Subsequently, the two planned in detail the specific plan for publicity.

After setting the general plan, Chen Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at Zhou Xiao, who was sorting out the documents with an excited face, Chen Qi suddenly asked, "What are your plans after this movie?"

"Huh?" The unprepared Zhou Xiao was slightly stunned, then shook his head a little dazedly, and said, "I don't know, I don't know until the box office of this movie is revealed." ”

Chen Qi cast an inquiring look.

"If this movie doesn't improve, I guess I'll have to say goodbye to this industry. Zhou Xiao said half-seriously and half-jokingly, "If this movie loses again, then no one will invest in me anymore." ”

Chen Qi couldn't help laughing, and then he told him about the expansion of film and television in the future.

"???" Hearing Chen Qi's words, Zhou Xiao was obviously a little stunned.

Then, he looked at Chen Qi and waited for him to continue.

His intuition told him that Chen Qi's words were not finished.

"Are you interested in continuing to cooperate?" Chen Qi asked.

"You want to sign me?" Zhou Xiao asked in disbelief.

He is a person with a black history, and the results of "No Name" have not been verified by the market.

Chen nodded.

"If you talk to me about this now, you won't be afraid of this movie......" He suddenly paused in the middle of speaking.

At this time when the movie is about to be released, it seems a little inappropriate to say this kind of thing!

Chen Qi, who understood what he wanted to say, shook his head with a smile and said, "I have already watched the movie just now, and I already have a fairly clear understanding of your ability. If you don't believe me, I can make a bet with you, this movie will definitely not lose. I took out the script, and I was confident. ”

Zhou Xiao: "......"

He was speechless and rolled his eyes in his heart.

The first half of the sentence seems to be still praising him, but as a result, he started to narcissism again?

Didn't you say that you had a clear understanding of my abilities? Why did you end up writing the script again?

"What do you think?" Zhou Xiao asked.

"Five years, three films. Chen Qi said succinctly, "Whether it is a loss or a gain, I promise to give you three movies within five years." ”

"What about the budget?" Zhou Xiao also went straight to the core.

Investments that don't talk about the budget are hooligans!

"Three films, a total of 300 million investment. ”

The corners of Zhou Xiao's eyes jumped fiercely.

An average investment of 100 million for a movie?

That's a lot of money!

You must know that the investment of this "Nobody" in hand is only more than 30 million, and even if the final publicity is added, the total investment should be about 50 million.

The subsequent investment doubled? And without determining the box office of "No Name"?

I have to say that Chen Qi's sincerity is indeed big enough!

"Are there any other strings attached?" he asked.

Chen Qi shook his head: "Like "The Nameless", everything in the filming is up to you. ”

"What about the actors?"

"Actors can't. Chen Qi shook his head.

The actor's decision-making power can't be left to him, what if he insists on using some candidates he is not satisfied with?

If it's someone else's script, it's okay, but if it's a script he comes up with, he has to decide who to choose.

It's one thing for him to use the actor's decision-making power, but he must grasp it in his hands.

"You can suggest it as an actor, but in the end, it's up to me to decide whether it needs to be used or not. ”

Zhou Xiao laughed, but he didn't feel too surprised.

"If I agree, will it be possible to use people who can only use future film and television in the later filming?" he asked half-seriously and jokingly.