Several exclamations rang out in the conference room, disrupting the already gloomy atmosphere.
Wu Xueyi was full of disbelief and asked loudly, "All the five major theater chains have only scheduled 3% of the films?"
The other four people also looked like they had seen a ghost, staring closely at the distribution director.
The distribution director said with some difficulty, "Yes, Chairman, except for some tickets for some shows tomorrow, which have already been pre-sold, there are still nearly 7% of the films scheduled. Starting the day after tomorrow, only 3% of the films will be scheduled at most. After the evening, a cinema will show at most one
field."
Nowadays, online ticket purchasing accounts for 35% of the share. Although you won’t buy tickets so early in advance for a movie like "Rooftop Love" where you don’t have to worry about not being able to buy tickets. After all, tickets purchased cannot be refunded, but it still accounts for a part of the screenings. There will be tickets tomorrow.
7% of the film schedule was canceled, and almost all shows without pre-sale were cancelled.
"how so!"
Wu Xue looked in disbelief.
The others were not much better. Tangde boss Wu Hongliang frowned and asked, "Have you figured out why the other party did this?"
The distribution manager shook his head, "I don't know. I didn't have any warning before. I went to several theaters several times before."
"What's going on? The first weekend is almost over. Why did you take action at this time?"
Everyone was puzzled. Even if the two parties were competitors in the same schedule, there was nothing to say about lowering the film schedule. It was not considered malicious competition, and it did not even blackmail you.
But if you want to do it, you should also reduce the film schedule from the first day of release. Nowadays, the box office of domestic films of average quality in the first week can account for one-third of the total box office, and even the box office in the first four days can account for half of the total box office.
You didn't schedule movies when the box office was booming. Now that the weekend is over, what do you want to do?
"Mr. Zhang, go get some information. Tang An can't take action for no reason. Something must have happened." Wu Xue ordered the distribution manager.
"Interstellar" was announced at the end of last year to be released in the summer, and "Tomb Raiders" is also available. A batch of domestic movies will either be moved to the end of July, or simply moved to August.
They also wanted to catch a loophole. There are still two weeks between "Tomb Raiders" and "Interstellar", and there is only one blockbuster movie in between.
Tang An is awesome, but in the previous Lunar New Year period, besides Tang An’s movies, weren’t there two 600 million movies.
Moreover, "Rooftop Love" is a musical film, so there is no conflict between the two. At most, the film schedule is slightly smaller, so it would be better to wait until the end of the summer to release it.
To put it bluntly, whether it is for them or Tang An, "Rooftop Love" is not a rival to "Interstellar", it is just a sip of soup that follows.
How could a trivial little character let Tang An take action specifically, and there was no dispute between the two parties?
Wu Xue couldn't figure it out. After all, Hengda Film and Television was backed by Hengda Real Estate, and most people wouldn't mess with it.
Although Hengda entered the film and television industry mainly to develop live entertainment projects, it did not pay much attention to Hengda Film and Television.
However, Wu Xue took it seriously. She had to make achievements, so she found Fan Binbin, who was cooperating with Hengda. Through Fan Binbin's agent's relationship in Baodao, she contacted Jay Chou and participated in the investment.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and turned to look at Jiang Zhiqiang.
"Mr. Jiang, you and Tang An"
Half of the words are self-evident.
Wu Hongliang and the others also understood what Wu Xue was talking about, and they all looked at Jiang Zhiqiang.
Now "Rooftop Love" is definitely a hit at the Baodao base, so we can only count on the mainland box office.
Originally the data was close to 30 million in three days, but in the end it was at least ** million. It is not impossible to break 100 million with good luck.
Coupled with pre-roll advertising, TV, online copyrights, and Southeast Asian copyrights, you will basically not lose money.
Now that the five major theater chains have sanctioned "Rooftop Love", they will only give 3% of the follow-up film schedules. If the follow-up box office is not good, the box office will be cut in half.
I can't figure out the reason, but the only possibility is Jiang Zhiqiang. After all, Yule and Meiya offended Tang An in Xiangjiang, and Tang An also said that he would never cooperate with them again.
Seeing them all looking at him, Jiang Zhiqiang waved his hands quickly, "You guys are overthinking it. We, Yule and Meiya, also have other movies released in the first half of this year, and Tang An is not targeting us."
Everyone thought the same thing and started thinking again.
Half an hour later, the director of the distribution department knocked on the door again and came in and gave the answer.
"Chairman, I understand. A vice president of the Capital Cinema Management Company of Han and Tang Cinemas revealed some news."
Wu Xue became a little impatient, "What is the reason?"
The distribution manager quickly said, "It's because of Zheng Zhiwei, who played the second male lead in "Rooftop Love"."
Zheng Zhiwei?
Everyone understood instantly.
Cheng Jiashang was replaced as the director of the "Four Famous Catch" series. At that time, Zheng Zhiwei was fine, and many people thought that the matter was over.
But why has the movie been released three days after its release? I still don’t understand this.
However, they didn't have the time to think about the reason. The top priority was to settle the matter.
"Go and ask them what they want to do?" Wu Xue immediately ordered.
"I asked, and they seemed to mean that as long as Zheng Zhiwei does not appear in any promotional channels for the movie, including posters, videos, soft articles, road shows, meetings, interviews, programs, and news channels, Zheng Zhiwei cannot appear in the film schedule.
It will return to normal." The distribution manager said immediately
The conference room fell into silence again.
After a while, Wu Xue raised her head and looked at the four of them, "What did you guys say?"
"I agree."
Tangde CEO Wu Hongliang was the first to nod.
The most important thing to him is to ensure the box office of "Rooftop Love" and the company's performance in the next two years.
Nowadays, film and television companies are listed one after another. Wu Hongliang submitted a listing application to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in early 2012. He must maintain profits for three consecutive years, otherwise the great cause of listing will be ruined.
In comparison, Zheng Zhiwei is just a person, and if he sells it, he will sell it.
Mu Xiaoguang thought for a moment and nodded, "I have no objection."
He doesn't want to mess with Xiangjiang, he doesn't even care about Treasure Island, and focuses on the mainland market. Besides, the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang is like that now, and he is hanging on to death.
Jiang Zhiqiang did not say a word, and Wu Xue looked at Yang Junlong again. After all, "Rooftop Love" is a film supported by Jay Chou alone. Without him, let alone 30 million in three days, 3 million is just a dream.
Of the five investors, three agreed and Jiang Zhiqiang did not object.
Yang Junlong thought about it for a while and could only say helplessly, "Jay Cun and Zheng Zhiwei have filmed "Slam Dunk" and "The Tomb" together. They have a good relationship, and everyone knows this."
Wu Xue lightly tapped her finger on the table and said, ""Chilling" and "Su Qier" were two blockbusters in a row that failed, and "Counter War" barely recovered its original investment after adding up all the profits. If it fails again this time, Yang
You should always know the consequences."
"I'll discuss it with Jaylen."
Yang Junlong is also a pure businessman. He has always been running Alpha and serves as the general manager.
Later, Wu Zhongxian sold Alpha to Haodiluo. He was sidelined as the general manager in just a few years, and he decisively left with Jay Chou.
It's just a hassle to do the job of getting through to Jay Chou.
Yang Junlong went to the next room to make a call. The call lasted for more than half an hour. When he came back, he was relieved.
"Okay, let's contact Han and Tang."
The next step is to change the way of publicity. Zheng Zhiwei cannot be mentioned in our publicity, and all soft articles and news must be deleted.
Zheng Zhiwei cannot be allowed to participate in the road show, otherwise the fans and media will cause some trouble.
The TV station also needs to say hello.
Of course, Zheng Zhiwei himself must be notified.
After everything was arranged, several people felt a little aggrieved.
But if you feel aggrieved, there is nothing you can do. Your arms can't twist your thighs, and you have two major weapons: ticketing terminals and projection terminals, and they both have a lot of shares.
What makes Wu Xue feel aggrieved is that behind her stands the Hengda Group, which is far larger than Hantang Media. However, in the film and television industry, Hengda Film and Television is simply not enough in the eyes of others.
What Jiang Zhiqiang feels aggrieved is that, with his overseas distribution channels, he was able to take the initiative when facing Huayi and new scenes seven or eight years ago, but now he is not even qualified to talk to Tang An.
Wu Hongliang secretly thought that Tang De must be successfully listed. Once it is listed, it can attract a large amount of capital and expand rapidly, and its voice in the entertainment industry will be greater.
Tang An, the instigator of this incident, had already given an interview in Tianjing and even visited a movie theater.
In the car rushing to the next stop, Tang An received a call from Qu Bo, the president of the theater chain.
"Well, okay, let's resume filming."
Hang up the phone and throw the phone to Zhou Li.
For some people who take the initiative to cause trouble, Tang An never knows how to write the word "generous".
As for why they are cutting off their schedule now on Sunday.
Well, Tang An simply forgot.
Although Zheng Zhiwei is considered a "big boss" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, this kind of "big boss" will be beaten into a pig's head if he says something wrong.
I really didn't pay attention. I happened to catch a glimpse of the poster of "Rooftop Love" in the cinema last night, and then I remembered it, so I made a call to the bosses of several major theater chains.
This is a small matter. It's not like there are no movies in the summer. There are just three new movies released, so they can't lose much.
Compared with the small amount of money lost, the release of "囧" and "The Breakup Master" alone is a huge amount of money.
But since the other party was willing to comply, Tang An resumed filming for them.
It's not good to let theater chains lose money. Even if the money isn't much, it's still a loss.
The original Wuzhou Publishing and Sihai Publishing gradually declined due to the interest relationships among the members.
Interest is the best link to maintain an alliance. If you make your allies lose money this time, there will be another time, and the next time.
And many people will only see that you are losing money, and selectively ignore the fact that you are making money.
Even if it doesn't lead to the collapse of the alliance, there is still a gap
At this time, in the lounge of a movie theater in Shanghai, Jay Chou and a group of actors were chatting and laughing.
Suddenly Jay Chou answered the phone, said a few words and went out. It was more than half an hour before he opened the door and came in.
He looked very unhappy, and after saying a few words to Zheng Zhiwei, the two of them went out again, leaving everyone behind who didn't know what was going on.