Despite all the scolding, Mikos Cinemas failed to respond to the people's call to introduce standing tickets.
"Saw" became a hit all over the United States, and even standing tickets were hard to get. At that time, Lu Yuan was extremely poor, and Migos Cinemas was only a small theater chain that was not that big. Under such circumstances,
Only then did Lu Yuan make such a decision...
In fact, this decision did make Lu Yuan a lot of money, but as soon as you walk into the cinema, all you see is a dark crowd and a suffocating atmosphere.
Especially in "Saw" there were some bloody things. Even though vomit bags were issued, some people still vomited on the ground.
The dark crowd, coupled with these messy smells...
In fact, this kind of movie-watching experience is really bad. Lu Yuan once went to a theater to watch it, and then he felt so bored that he felt like he was suffocating.
Now when "The Pianist on the Sea" is released, Lu Yuan is not short of money for the time being.
Since there is no shortage of money, Lu Yuan plans to provide movie fans with a slightly better viewing environment and not sell those deceptive standing tickets.
"Forget it... Miss Eileen, let's forget about the standing votes and keep the situation as before. After all, I am not a person who does anything for money. I am a kind person after all... As for the others, either some
Let’s cancel the movies with slightly worse box office and increase the number of films…”
"Okay, boss, do you really not want to consider standing votes? There are quite a lot of appeals online, because there are still many negative reviews like this..."
"Ignore it, money can be earned slowly and slowly. I think the movie itself is very important, but the viewing environment is also very important..."
"Okay! I understand."
"By the way, ice cream, popcorn, and some postcards around the "Sea Pianist" commemorative booklet, I think we can consider it..." Lu Yuan touched his chin, and then looked at Eileen seriously.
"Ah? Boss, you...can't you be..." Irene looked at Lu Yuan.
The boss's thinking is really fast.
She found that no matter how sharp she was, she couldn't keep up with her boss's thinking.
"This is also a movie-watching experience for movie fans. Think about it, after watching a good movie, what would you do without a souvenir? Everyone will have some regrets, right? So, at this time, we
Isn't it good to properly launch some souvenir peripherals and other things in your own theater chain, and charge some labor fees to serve the public appropriately?" Lu Yuan's eyes gradually became deep and then he looked at Irene.
"Ah, yes! That's right." Although Irene still couldn't keep up with Lu Yuan's thinking, she still nodded subconsciously.
"Um."
After Irene left, Lu Yuan turned on his computer and continued to watch the first special drama "Ultraman Jack" in the "Ultraman Universe" shooting plan that Miyata sent him, and he laughed.
The reason why Lu Yuan had such peripheral thoughts was because he was reminded by this plan.
Ultraman not only has a huge audience market, but also an equally huge peripheral market.
Not only that, this can also be done in future movies such as "Spider-Man" and "Iron Man"...
Although these derivative toys and other things in this world are not Lu Yuan's first thought, other movies are also doing it, but in fact, in Lu Yuan's opinion, other peripheral toys are not as scary as the original world.
If it can really be done, these things will definitely be a big fortune.
This kind of wealth can allow Lu Yuan to live a good life.
When thinking of this, Lu Yuan frowned, feeling that this matter was not that simple!
Sudden……
Another thought that was irrepressible and difficult to abandon suddenly came into his mind.
etc!
If this is the case, then...
Lu Yuan instantly took out paper and pen, and then quickly wrote down a story outline and a series of comic frames.
After the three hours were over, Lu Yuan excitedly called Yukiko at rben.
"Hello?"
"Ah, boss!"
"I suddenly had an idea for a comic. How about you take a look? I'll take a photo and send it to your email."
"good……"
………………………………
Instead of responding to public opinion and launching a standing vote, Michaels announced that he would schedule a few more movies. This move made many people online feel less dissatisfied.
But even so, tickets for "The Pianist on the Sea" are very hard to get.
Less than half an hour after 12 o'clock in the evening on September 1st, all the pre-sale tickets released by Michaels and other theaters were looted in an instant.
It seems that many people click here to grab tickets.
Many people wake up the next day to buy advance tickets, only to find that they are gone.
We can only wait for pre-sale tickets on September 3rd.
"What's going on!"
"yes!"
"What's going on..."
“Why is it so difficult to watch a movie now!”
"Yeah, is "The Pianist" already so popular now? It doesn't make sense! Movies like "The Magic Apprentice" also have a few pre-sale tickets!"
"Uh, wait, there are tickets, but it seems the price has increased!"
"What! The price has increased?"
"Well, I seem to have seen on the Internet that the ticket originally cost five dollars, but now it has increased to ten dollars!"
"What! Doubled? Wait, why?"
"Oh God, who is this shameless person who is hoarding tickets and trying to make money?"
"Oh my God, this kind of person is so disgusting!"
"this……"
"..."
A very strange situation occurred on this day in both the United States and China.
That is, although the ticket price in regular theaters is still five dollars, which is still normal, it is not available.
Although there are tickets online, these tickets have increased to ten dollars a piece!
Some people saw the huge benefits in "The Pianist on the Sea", and then the scalpers' eyes lit up!
Then...
The fares have gone up instantly.
I have seen prices go up for concerts and famous concerts before, but this is the first time I have seen prices go up for movie tickets!
Even Lu Yuan himself felt speechless after seeing this situation.
Especially after seeing how profitable scalpers were, Lu Yuan felt an indescribable feeling of emptiness deep in his heart!
Damn it!
To be honest, if it weren’t for the good morals deep in his heart that have always restrained him, if it weren’t for his unusual status now, if it wasn’t for the fact that he couldn’t live up to his reputation, he couldn’t do these things that degrade his status and have no level...
All right!
Lu Yuan really wants to be a big scalper and make a fortune flipping votes.
"Eileen, let's do this. It is now stipulated that for the movie "The Pianist on the Sea", each person can only buy two tickets a day with one ID card..."
"good!"
After finishing the phone call with Irene, Lu Yuan silently looked up at the ceiling.
He felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness.
Inexplicably, he remembered a story from his previous life.
A customer who often went to a large health care center suddenly became an undercover police agent for some indescribable reasons. With his rich experience, he cooperated with the police to brutally destroy one club after another...
Iron-blooded killer.
And Lu Yuan...
A person who would have been a scalper has suddenly become a forbidden righteous figure.
This transformation...
All right.
Lu Yuan felt really disappointed.
September 2 at ten o'clock.
After Lu Yuan felt lost for a while, his whole person felt strange and something was wrong.
Yes!
Why?
What about yesterday’s box office statistics?
What the hell!
What is this guy Forrest doing?
In the past, the box office data could be released in the early morning, but now it is better. The box office of "The Pianist" has not been calculated yet!
Not to mention "The Pianist", even the three movies "The Magician's Apprentice", "Armageddon", and "Transformers" have not yet released their box office results.
What does this mean?
Lu Yuan went online to check it out.
He found that there were basically only box office predictions for these movies on the Internet, and there was no box office information at all. It was not easy to find links that were suspected of box office results. After Lu Yuan subconsciously clicked on it, some surprising information that had nothing to do with the box office popped up in an instant.
Shy and not very healthy content.
What does this mean?
Movies released in September don’t have box office data?
"Come out, come out!"
Just when Lu Yuan was about to call Forrest, Forrest suddenly opened the door and rushed in excitedly!
………………………………
noon.
The sun is shining brightly.
Winter ate his steak and silently looked at the box office data handed to him by his assistant.
When he saw that the box office of his "The Magic Apprentice" exceeded 10 million US dollars on its first day in the United States, temporarily ranking first on the box office list, his expression was extremely gratifying.
Ten million US dollars is already a record!
Then he looked at China's box office data.
China's first-day box office data was also very strong.
It directly earned 55 million yuan, and it also ranked first in the box office list that day.
He was very pleased...
However, as he continued reading, he suddenly felt that something was not right.
"Huh? "Doomsday Universe" ranked second? It debuted with a box office of 9.8 million US dollars? "Transformed Universe" ranked third? With a box office of 9 million US dollars? No! Where is "The Pianist"?" Wen
He looked at his assistant in confusion.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Is "The Pianist on the Sea" a box office tragedy?
That’s not right!
The popularity and reputation in all aspects have far surpassed that of "The Magic Apprentice". It can't be a hit, right?
But why haven’t the box office data come out yet?
"Mr. Winter, um... the box office statistics of "The Pianist" are international, so the information is transmitted a bit slowly... and many department personnel are checking carefully, and the box office has not been released yet."
"Our "Magic Apprentice" is also international in scope..."
"Mr. Winter, although we are also international, our film has not been released in as many countries as "The Pianist"..."
"I see."
Under the sun.
Winter's initially dazed mood became slightly better.
After he thought about the background and lineup of "The Pianist on the Sea", he felt much relieved.
He took a sip of coffee.
"Ah...the call came, the box office data came!"
"Um?"
"Oh God, this, the box office of "The Pianist" in the United States is actually... Oh my God!"
"How many?"
"Fifteen million dollars!"
"Pfft!"
Winter was not at all confused at first, but now she was suddenly confused again.
“What’s the total international premiere box office?”