Perfect Superstar

Lu Chen still clearly remembered Chen Wenqiang's evaluation of Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi is a real businessman.

A real businessman knows how to judge the situation best. When he is faced with a choice, he will always choose the one that is most beneficial to him, and if he needs to lower his face, he will never hold on to it.

A real businessman cannot be a real friend.

Lu Chen would not treat Zhou Yi as a friend, but as a business partner, it would be fine, so after the two parties reached a consensus through mutual understanding, he got to the point.

"The schedule of our new film is too low, I hope Boss Zhou will work harder on this."

Less than 20% of the first-day releases of "A Chinese Ghost Story" were not too bad, and it didn't meet Lu Chen's expectations. It was the task of Jiayang Films to communicate with the theaters and theaters in Hong Kong.

Lu Chen's studio has just established a foothold in Xiangjiang, and all channels need to be expanded. There is a lack of contacts and resources in the circle, so a partner like Jiayang Films is indispensable.

Zhou Yi smiled and said, "Young Master Lu, don't worry. We have this achievement. I believe that no theater can ignore it. I have already sent people to discuss with Wanli and Deqing. I believe it is no problem to increase the number of films."

Wanli and Deqing are the two major theater chains in Xiangjiang. Both parties jointly own more than 60% of the theaters in Xiangjiang, and they play a pivotal role in the film circle of Xiangjiang.

The famous Oriental Hollywood Theater is the big theater under Wanli Cinemas.

Zhou Yi said confidently: "Our current film schedule is not high, mainly because "Painted Skin" has squeezed out the box office, but Huaguan and Xingyi can buy a week's box office, and he can't buy a month!"

Buying box office is an unspoken rule in the industry. The wealthy and powerful masters often play, but there is definitely a limit.

Xiangjiang's film market is small, and spending a few million can occupy a considerable share of the film schedule, but unless it is extremely willful, no one will throw money desperately into the water.

Huaguan and Xingyi bought the box office for four consecutive days in order to support the market of "Painted Skin". In Zhou Yi's view, they are basically close to the limit.

On the other hand, if this cheating behavior exceeds the limit, it will also attract public outrage in the industry.

Play too much and no one will want to play.

So Zhou Yi is very sure,

The high box office of "Painted Skin" won't last long. Once the original shape is revealed, then it will be the day when "A Chinese Ghost Story" has a strong counterattack.

The theaters are not fools, they are more aware of the tricks, so it is reasonable to increase the schedule of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in advance.

Most importantly, the surprising peripheral sales of "A Chinese Ghost Story" are undoubtedly equivalent to stimulants, which are enough to stimulate the sensitive nerves of theaters and make them make wise choices.

The facts are not unexpected. On February 22, the film schedule of "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Hong Kong increased to 22.67%.

Its peripheral products continued to rise with the box office amidst the exclamation in the circle, reaching 3.58 million!

At the same time, "Painted Skin", which has been struggling for a few days, finally showed its real decline. On the 22nd, the box office only earned 3.1 million, completely lagging behind "A Chinese Ghost Story".

This somewhat exceeded the expectations of people in the industry. Everyone thought that "Painted Skin" would continue to buy box office for a few more days in order to suppress "A Chinese Ghost Story", but they did not expect to admit defeat so soon.

Then some insider news came out, saying that because the real box office results were too bad, Arima Films and Star Arts Entertainment had serious differences and conflicts. Not to mention continuing to buy box office, even the promotion was facing problems.

In just two days, "A Chinese Ghost Story" has completed a beautiful counterattack, showing a tendency to take off!

On the Internet, a large number of netizens' comments on "A Chinese Ghost Story" have emerged, including articles by many film critics, and Wang Dong is one of them.

As an independent film critic, Wang Dong has a habit of writing film reviews, that is, he will not publish his own film reviews before the official release of the film, even if he has watched the premiere in advance.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" is no exception.

Wang Dong wrote a film review after being invited to the premiere of "A Chinese Ghost Story," but he didn't publish it on his blog until two days after the film's official release.

"When I first watched "A Chinese Ghost Story", I thought it was a fantasy ghost film similar to "Painted Skin", and I laughed in my heart that the current filmmakers did not have creative ideas, and turned the story in "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" Instead, add some star faces and special effects and serve it on the table to fool the audience, it is really boring."

"However, after watching the film, I realized that although they are also based on Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Painted Skin" are works of completely different levels, and the two cannot be compared at all."

""A Chinese Ghost Story" surpasses "Painted Skin" too much!"

"Wearing a coarse cloth Tsing Yi, a dilapidated hat, and a pair of worn-out cloth shoes, this is the image that Ning Caichen, the protagonist in the play, brings to everyone. The world is full of hardships. He has a youthful talent and learning, but there is no use for it, so he is sold. The peddler in the painting ridicules as 'high grade, low status'."

"But even so, he hasn't lost the loveliness in his bones. He is innocent, pedantic, but also sincere, positive and optimistic. He has repeatedly hit the wall at the wrong time, but he has no depression."

"And Nie Xiaoqian is an unjust soul who died in a foreign land, a female ghost living in a barren mountain, who specializes in sucking the essence of young men. But this is not out of her original intention. Every time she hurts a passerby, her heart will be tortured by endless self-blame and grief. She is beautiful and kind, although she is forced by the coercion of the tree spirit grandma, and even though all the ghosts around her are bloodthirsty, she still sticks to her inner conscience alone, and she is unique in that dirty and dark world."

"The encounter between the male and female protagonists was an accident, but also a fate. A poignant love connects the whole movie. Even if the ending is not perfect, it is still very touching!"

"The plot of the whole film is compact, the story is exciting, and the soundtrack theme song is first-rate..."

"There is another impressive character in the play, that is Yan Chixia, who is a bit crazy and a bit drunk, he is full of pride and kills demons, laughing and scolding almost humorously, let us see an old actor The profound skill!"

"I dare to assert that "A Chinese Ghost Story" will definitely become a classic among ghost movies..."

Wang Dong’s film review blog post has more than 2,000 characters, and it is the longest film review he has ever written. What's the benefit of taking a prescription.

But anyone who has watched "A Chinese Ghost Story" will not have such doubts!

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The second one is delivered. (To be continued.)