"Ha!"
In the afternoon of the first day of 2008, Yao Yuan woke up with a yawn.
This is the Wancheng Mansion in Haidian. The house is empty, and Yin Yin is not there. The sky outside is very good, and the soft sunlight shines in through the windows. There is no hint of winter coldness.
Yao Yuan scratched his hair, swayed the pendulum to the toilet, and then took a shower.
He rummaged through the refrigerator to find something to eat, but found nothing. He only found half a bag of glutinous rice balls. He usually likes sweets, so he would buy some glutinous rice balls, cakes and other things for his teeth.
"It's okay to eat glutinous rice balls on New Year's Day."
Yao Yuan muttered and boiled the water, poured the remaining 7 glutinous rice balls into it, and after a while they floated white and plump. He put them into a bowl and ate while watching TV.
CCTV 5 will be officially replaced by the Olympic channel from today, and will be changed back when the Olympic Games are over. The successful bid for the Olympics in 2001 seemed very far away at the time, but it will be 2008 in the blink of an eye.
This is a top priority, and the atmosphere is high.
A special feature on Olympic figures is currently being aired. The protagonist is the famous Liu Xiang. It can be said that this year Liu Xiang carries the expectations of the people across the country.
No one thought he would retire.
"..."
Yao Yuan was chewing glutinous rice balls stuffed with black sesame seeds and watching Liu Xiang's interview with an indifferent expression. As he was watching, the door was banged.
He knew who it was as soon as he heard such an improper sound. Sure enough, Yu Jiajia came. She entered the house and shouted before taking off her shoes: "Yin Yin? Yin Yin?"
"I'm not here, I'm going to climb the Great Wall."
"What?"
"Climb the Great Wall to celebrate the New Year and welcome the Olympics. People left early."
“I suddenly feel like I’m worthless and like a weakling!”
Yu Jiajia had the same attitude as Yao Yuan about climbing the Great Wall early in the New Year. She went to the kitchen to get bowls and chopsticks and grabbed two glutinous rice balls to eat like she did at home.
"When will she come back? She will go to the cinema later."
"It's almost time, I should be able to make it in time. Have you made arrangements over there?"
"Okay, now who doesn't go all out to promote it? We are the stingy ones and don't even hold a premiere."
"Don't you think it's weird to have a premiere of a crime genre film? We just have a film schedule. By the way, let me take a look at the film schedule."
Yu Jiajia pulled out a piece of information from her bag, and Yao Yuan took a look at it. After 20 days of release, "The Movie" had a box office of 192 million. The momentum was greatly reduced, and only 11% of the films were scheduled.
"Assembly" was released for more than ten days, with a box office of 180 million, which still has room to spare, and received 35% of the movie schedules. "Manslaughter" was released today, and received 47% of the movie schedules, and the rest are scattered works.
Film arrangement depends on quality, connections, and policies.
"Manslaughter" has been previewed by representatives from various theater chains, and with the support of China Film Group, it will easily get more screenings.
"What about Hong Kong and Taiwan?"
"In a few days, I want to build up my reputation first."
"It's okay to do word-of-mouth, but don't focus on the mainland version and overseas version, so as not to touch the nerves of the gentlemen again."
"I'm not stupid!"
Yu Jiajia rolled her eyes and said something serious: "When we acquired Golden Harvest, the stock price was 3.7 yuan, and it has gone up a bit after our hype. If "Manslaughter" and "Ip Man" do well at the box office, the stock price will still rise.
Market confidence increased significantly, and all our funds were sold.
But I’ve been thinking recently, you can’t open up a big place like Hong Kong just to expand overseas, right?”
"Then what am I doing for?"
"..."
Yu Jiajia narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "I can't say for sure, but with your virtue, I always feel that you are leaving a way out for yourself."
"I've already hugged you, so what's left for you to escape?"
"Shit! I don't know about you yet? You are a cunning rabbit with three holes, but even thirty holes are too few for you!"
Yu Jiajia curled her lips, but didn't say anything in depth. She sat there for a while, and when the door opened with a bang, Yin Yin came back happily, her face was rosy and healthy, and her whole body was exuding a happy hormone after exercise.
"ah!"
Yu Jiajia screamed exaggeratedly, pretending to be caught and raped in bed: "You, you, you, listen to my explanation!"
"What should we eat? Rice dumplings. I know you are lazy, so I bought steamed buns."
"Hey, can you give me some reaction?"
"What's the reaction?"
"After all, I am alone and alone!"
"Have you ever played Tetris? If you can insert it, you can naturally insert it. If you can't insert it, you have to leave two spaces blank even if you force it in. What the hell am I doing?"
"Hey, hey, look at this little girl, she's so turned on her head!"
Yinyin ignored her call and went to heat up steamed buns for Yao Yuan to eat. She also made a bowl of egg drop soup and said, "If you want to be free and upset, go and date Liu Yifei. Don't provoke our feelings."
Yu Jiajia was stunned for a moment and remained silent for a while.
Yao Yuan was still immersed in what he just said. Did I leave two spaces empty? No, at most one space was empty.
…………
at dusk.
The trio went out and arrived at Huaxing Cinemas again.
Yinyin had no objection to Jiajia. She was older, more senior, and had the image and status of the eldest sister in the 99 Group. But sometimes she was too talkative and couldn't help but want to quarrel with her.
When we arrived at the movie theater, we entered the largest hall.
There is a stage in front that can be used for activities. The main creators of "Manslaughter" will come over soon. Zhou Yunfan, Wang Leilei, and Shen Nanpeng are all there, and these people are also the major shareholders of Jiahe.
They each have their own identities, but they all like to watch movies.
Of course, there is no conflict between liking movies and using them as capital tools.
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
"Okay, okay, TOEFL!"
Yao Yuan greeted everyone around, and several people took their seats, and their eyes fell on Yinyin invariably.
If a shopping mall wants to develop payment tools, it must cooperate with a bank, and Zhou Yunfan's clan elder is in charge of this. Logically speaking, Yao Yuan should have a relationship with Zhou Yunfan, but he didn't, and instead found someone with a deeper background.
It is said that the connection was through the fiancée's home.
Having a backer and not having a backer are two different things. Even if Yao Yuan is a white glove, Zhou Yunfan cannot treat him with the same attitude as before and take the initiative to bring up the topic.
"Do you have any estimates for the box office of "Manslaughter"?"
"Guaranteed to exceed 100 million."
"So confident? "Crazy Stone" didn't even break 100 million."
"You should change your perspective. A rough film like "Crazy Stone" almost broke over 100 million, not to mention "Manslaughter". Now there are two types of domestic movies, blockbusters and non-blockbusters.
What we do is the third type, blockbusters, non-blockbusters and 99 productions."
This is Yao Yuan's fixed rhetoric to deceive people. This is what he said about Meizu MP3: there are only three types of MP3 players on the market, domestic, foreign and Meizu!
And it can be placed on any of its products, and the same can be said for mobile phones in the future.
But the effect is very good, and it always makes people feel that their style has soared.
There were whispers in the audience, and they responded with a novel attitude. In the minds of the audience these days, the movie genre is very rough. How can there be any crime movies?
There are some criminal investigation dramas, such as "Serious Case Group 6", but they are still banned.
Soon, as the lights dimmed and the screen came on, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Gong Li, Yan Bingyan, and Sun Chun's version of "Manslaughter" was officially unveiled.
Chapter completed!