After the premiere in Beijing, the creative team split into three groups that night to promote the film in order to maximize the box office.

Cheng Yu'an took Yang Mi and Huang Bo's team to the capital; Hu Ge took Zheng Shuang, Ren Dahua and Lu Jingshan's team to Shanghai and Jinling; Jackie Chan took Yang Yang, Wang Kai and Wan Qian to the Southern Market.

Yang Mi's nervousness reached its peak after the premiere. She had bowed ninety-nine times and was only missing this tremor.

She believed in Cheng Yuan's box office appeal, but her competitors at the same time were too strong.

Yang Mi slept until midnight and turned over again. After that, she couldn't fall asleep. She put on her clothes and wanted to go to the hotel cafe for a drink.

There was no ghost in the cafe now, but she still found Cheng Yu'an sitting by the window.

"Director Cheng." Yang Mi walked up with a cup of coffee.

Cheng Yu'an looked up and saw that it was her and said, "I can't sleep."

"Well." Yang Mi sat down opposite, "What about you? You can't sleep either?"

Cheng Yu'an admitted: "Yes, after all, we are facing "Titanic" and "Super Battleship". It is one thing to be confident, but you will still be worried when you should be worried."

Yang Mi sat there, chatting with Cheng Yu'an. She didn't have much contact with Cheng Yu'an, and the boss was really hard to see.

But it doesn't mean that she has no thoughts about Cheng Yu'an.

Ten billionaire, Oscar-winning director, Hollywood ticket holder.

The key is, he is only 30 years old! Still single!

Haven't you married Liu Yifei yet? Why aren't you single anymore?

Yang Mi sipped her coffee and felt that she was still too nervous, so she took out her cigarette case and lit one: "Want one?"

Cheng Yuan waved his hand: "I don't smoke."

There are very few celebrities who don't smoke, and Cheng Yu'an is not surprised by this.

Yang Mi told Cheng Yu'an about her worries after going independent, and Cheng Yu'an told her: "It's actually good to open your own company and be the boss. You will have greater freedom to take on dramas. Now in the company, you will have to go through the script before it is handed to you."

At the hands of your agent or even the production team of the company's literary department, some films that you want to act in but the company doesn't like will be rejected, but the company can't judge everything accurately. From now on, the production team will come to you directly, and you can work with your own team

It's good to judge for yourself.

"Furthermore, let's be realistic, the company's films will definitely require you to pay less. Your salary for foreign films has reached 20 million now, and the company's production team will definitely lower your salary in order to control costs."

Yang Mi said softly: "As long as the show is good, I can get less money."

"Again, the company also hopes that you will be well, make money and make good movies. Aren't you going to work with Brother Hua on "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" in a few days? Cherish this opportunity."

Cheng Yu'an can't just say that this is an epic bad movie.

"Besides, the company doesn't care about you anymore. It still holds the shares of your company. It definitely hopes that you will become more and more popular."

"Although I have left, the company will always be your home. If there is a suitable role, I will definitely consider you as soon as possible."

The two sat facing each other and chatted for half an hour. Cheng Yu'an finally said: "It's very late. Go back to sleep. We have to run a full day of publicity tomorrow."

Cheng Yu'an and Yang Mi got up and left the coffee shop together to take the elevator.

"Good night, Director Cheng."

"Good night."

…………

As a result, the two made headlines early the next morning:

"Cheng Yu'an met Yang Mi at night and had a great time talking."

It was still night in the United States, and Liu Yifei probably hadn't seen the domestic news yet.

Cheng Yuan was so angry that he called Weibo:

"Which reporter did this?"

"Mr. Cheng, I'm sorry. The person who posted this news is a newcomer to the industry and doesn't know anything."

Generally, this kind of news is either directly strangled from the source remotely, or suppressed for a few days before being published for the sake of marketing.

Yang Mi didn’t expect to be photographed, so she had to respond on Weibo:

"That night I was so nervous that the movie was showing that I couldn't sleep, so I was killing time in the hotel cafe. I happened to meet Director Cheng, and we sat down and had a chat. Yifei and I are good sisters, so we wouldn't do such a thing. I hope my journalist friends

Don’t spread false rumors.”

Perhaps it was also because of the news about the two of them that in the afternoon of that day, the first-day data of "Thieves Alliance" was released, and it was actually pretty good.

Including zero-hour screenings, "Thieves" took in 33 million box office on its first day.

It is not easy to achieve this result under the siege of "Titanic" and "Super Battleship".

This is Cheng Yu'an. The title of "Oscar Best Director" is really useful.

“‘Thieves’ sold 33 million on its first day, a great success.”

"If it were in other schedules, with the appeal of director Cheng Yu'an, 33 million on the first day would only be considered a normal performance, but with Hollywood's presence and the collective misfire of domestic films in the same period, "The Thief" could achieve such a

The excellent performance has really injected a shot in the arm into the sluggish domestic film market."

"Affected by "Rogue", "Titanic" and "Battleship" received 13 million and 5.58 million box office respectively yesterday, which was the lowest in a single day since the two movies were released. "Rogue" successfully sniped Haolaihu!"

"As Cheng Yuan's first film to be released to the public after his Oscar, "Thieves" aroused the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie on the first day of its release. Although the first day was a Thursday, there were still long queues of people buying tickets at the entrance of each theater."

"Fang Bin, general manager of Jiahe Cinemas, said in an interview that the release of "Thieves" has given audiences more room to choose movies. It is very unexpected to achieve a first-day score of 33 million in such a difficult schedule,"

It’s what a blockbuster should be.”

"Remote Media Chief Producer Jiang Xuerou said in an interview with reporters that the results of "Thieves" were within the company's expectations. It has been more than two weeks since "Titanic" was released, and the box office potential has been almost squeezed out by the market. The reason for such success

The good results are due to the fact that there are too few good films to choose from on the market. After a week of screening of "Battleship", the audience has understood that this is actually an ordinary Hollywood industrial standard, but "Transformers" has changed its shell.

, the box office decline is also to be expected.”

While it became a hit at the box office, audiences and film critics also gave mostly positive reviews to "Thieves."

Famous film critics Zhou Liming and Shi Hang praised "The Thief" as "the perfect action movie template".

"Cheng Yu'an knows how to understand the audience's emotions and preferences. On average, "The Thief" will have a big or small hit every ten minutes, which fully meets the movie-watching needs of ordinary audiences and fans of the actors."

"The fans of Yang Mi and Brother Hu are the strongest supporters of "Thieves". Fans of the two have voluntarily organized movie theater reservations all over the country."

With its first-day performance, "A League of Thieves"'s film schedule increased from 27% on the first day to 38% on the second day, largely occupying the film schedule of "Titanic" which was released for two weeks.

The next Friday, "Rogue" had a box office breakthrough, grossing 52 million, three times more than "Titanic", and "Battleship" was even suppressed to a box office of just over 3 million that day.

Various theater chains have adjusted their film schedules, and theater managers have also stated that "Rogue" has achieved initial success in sniping Hollywood. According to the trend in the past two days, it is certain that it will exceed 200 million in four days in the first weekend. We look forward to even better performance during the holidays.

And the pressure came on "Killing", which was released two days after "Rogue".

Brother Hu and Simon Yam also star in the film, and they took time out from the promotion of "Thieves" to attend the premiere of "Killing".
Chapter completed!