There are not just one or two people who have this idea, but many, many people.
After all, the box office growth of "The Wandering Planet" is so scary. It seems like there is no end.
I feel like it will be number one within a few days of its release!
Do the math, "The Wandering Planet" had only been released for a few days at that time? It must not have been more than half a month, right?
Became the number one box office hit in history in half a month?
this...
It's not a dream, is it?
This is too scary!
Then they looked at the current box office of "Mermaid".
After four days of screening, although it was severely squeezed by "The Wandering Planet", "Mermaid" still struggled to pass the 900 million box office mark.
Even though it has nearly doubled the gap with "The Wandering Planet", the momentum of "Mermaid" is still very stable. Professional institutions have given a box office prediction of 2.5 billion. This box office is actually also a record level.
As for... "The Wandering Planet"...
In fact, major professional institutions dare not make predictions, because there has never been a movie in China that can have such a box office trend. This trend is not because the number of samples is too small, but because there are no samples at all!
If calculated according to their model, the box office of Wandering Planet is at least 4 billion!
4 billion?!
Nearly double the current box office number one in history!
Are there such a large audience in China?
Therefore, professional organizations believe that when a movie of this level is reached, what matters is not the quality, but the ceiling of the domestic film market. That is, the number of viewers.
Most institutions in the industry suspect that the domestic box office ceiling is not that high, and may only be around 3 billion at most. So... they have been reluctant to make predictions.
As for other movies on the Spring Festival schedule...
Now they are completely on the sidelines. Not only was "The Wandering Planet" greatly squeezed out of their film schedule, but "Mermaid" was even competing for their film schedule.
In fact, if we look at the normal development, this year's Spring Festival will be a hot period. The box office of "Mermaid" easily exceeded 3 billion, ranking 100% at the top of the box office in history.
It is not a big problem for "Occasion 3" and "Journey to the West Bones" to have a box office of over 1 billion.
Everyone is at peace.
But now "The Wandering Planet" has come out. Although it has doubled the size of the entire market with its own hands, it has also taken away a lot of living space from other films because its quality is much higher than other films.
This has caused the box office of these movies to continue to shrink.
Let's not talk about "Occasion 3" and "Journey to the West". "Mermaid", which was originally expected to be worth 3 billion, obviously had a good reputation, but it suffered from some minor plot flaws, causing it to collapse all the way.
Under normal circumstances, in fact, this kind of plot flaws are not hidden. Just like the film market investigators surveyed, many viewers have already discovered the flaws in the plot logic of "Mermaid", but these viewers don't care.
We will still support it. Therefore, it should not have too much impact on box office sales.
But... all that is without "Wandering Planet"!
Now that we have encountered the prehistoric behemoth "The Wandering Planet", everything is different. This flaw in "The Mermaid" has been magnified. When a movie that originally had a score of more than 7 points met a movie with a score of 9+ or "The Wandering Planet", it was directly dismissed.
Crushed.
So the audience is lost, the box office is reduced, theaters are reducing their film schedules, and the box office continues to decrease, everything has become a negative feedback loop.
But "Mermaid" is not a good one. They can't do "Wandering Planet", but they can do other movies.
So they also put pressure on theaters, asking them to make up for their lost film schedules from other movies!
Of course other movies disagreed and tried their best to grab the box office.
Therefore, except for "The Wandering Planet", several other movies are all fighting for the schedule and box office. It seems that this Spring Festival period is particularly bloody.
Box office is the lifeline of a movie. Taking away the box office is like killing your parents. So the producers of these movies have been looking gloomy and scary these days.
Because they fought for several days, they found that after fighting back and forth, the only one that was cheaper was "Wandering Planet".
Therefore, they also know that if they do not contain "The Wandering Planet", no matter how much they grab, they are destined to fail.
Therefore, under the leadership of Wang Jing, the three films temporarily stopped fighting and formed a small group together to discuss how to deal with the current box office king: "The Wandering Planet".
After the small group was established, Wang Jing, as the initiator, took the lead in putting forward his own ideas.
[Everyone, the purpose of establishing this group is not to deliberately discredit anyone. It’s just that... we are indeed at a time of life and death now. 】
[Now the box office is so severely squeezed, and the film schedule has been continuously reduced. If we don’t save ourselves, we will really have to end the Spring Festival season hastily.]
[Everyone’s investment in movies is quite large, and you don’t want to give up just like that, right?]
He raised his head, and the producer of "Journey to the West Bones" answered, "Yes. Movies are a place of life and death. Either it dies or we die. There is no way to curb its momentum now. If we don't
Save yourself, we will be the ones who die then.】
The producer of "Mermaid" also responded, "Yes. Now theaters are reducing our film schedule. If we don't solve it, our film schedule will be further squeezed! We don't have any films scheduled!"
Wang Jing:...
Producer of "Journey to the West Bones":...
It's okay if he doesn't say this, but when he mentions the other two companies, he can't help but want to curse: Have you reduced your film schedule?! It's obviously ours that have been reduced!
Don’t think that we don’t know that if the theater chain cuts down on you, you can put pressure on the theater chain and take away from our movies!
"Wandering Planet" is not a thing! You are not a good person either!
If we hadn't united our forces, I might have killed you bitch first!
Although I had almost cursed "Mermaid" to death in my heart, after all, we are now in a cooperative relationship, so Wang Jing and the "Journey to the West Bones" side were unwilling to say anything more, so they could only change the topic abruptly.
Wang Jing, [What methods can we use to reduce its film schedule? Or damage its reputation?]
The producer of "Journey to the West Bones" thought for a while and said, "I think we should start with the special effects of "The Wandering Planet". Isn't "The Wandering Planet" currently focusing on sci-fi masterpieces independently produced by domestic special effects companies?"
[It is precisely because of this that netizens have a very good impression of it and are willing to use it a second time or a third time.]
[Then we can mobilize the trolls to spread rumors on the Internet that the special effects were done by a Hollywood company. In order to deceive people, they say it was done by a domestic company. In this way, his box office foundation will be gone.]
Wang Jing questioned, "But this kind of doubt will be broken at the first glance. As long as the other party refutes the rumor immediately, it will have no effect."
The producer of "Journey to the West Bones" made a "laughing" expression, [First of all. I have done a survey and found that no special effects company in China has taken over the special effects work of "The Wandering Planet". Even some who assisted in the production or made scraps
I haven’t received any jobs yet.]
[In other words, if "The Wandering Planet" is really purely domestic, then only Jiadian Pictures should have done its special effects. But don't forget, Jiadian Pictures itself is the producer of "The Wandering Planet"
.Once questioned, its "testimony" is very weak.]
[After all, it can’t be both a suspect and a witness.]
[So this in itself will make many viewers suspicious and think there is something fishy in this matter.]
[And...our purpose is just to muddy the water. It’s not to really attack it.]
[Even if they really have evidence to refute the rumors, we will not stand up to them. If they refute their rumors, we will share ours.]
[Three people make a tiger. As long as you post it more, there will always be people who believe it. Those who believe it feel that they have been cheated, and they will spontaneously educate the people around them. There must be people around them who don’t believe it, but during the debate,
I will also hesitate.]
[After these few steps, a large number of viewers will always be affected. If they don’t watch "The Wandering Planet", won’t their movie tickets then be donated to us? 】
Wang Jing thought about it for a while and it made sense!
Although it's a little dark, it does seem to have an effect!
Then, he had an idea and said, "Actually, we can also take a two-pronged approach. Before launching the troll army, we went to the theaters to put pressure on each other and demanded that the film schedule be as fair as possible, otherwise we would withdraw it. Our domestic
There are all prominent figures in the film and television industry, so if a few people put pressure together, it will still be effective.]
[Of course, we don’t ask the theaters to give an immediate reply. Instead, we give them a psychological hint. Let them know that we are being pushed into a hurry and want to appease us. Then when the trolls start spreading rumors, they will naturally take a tilt.
】
The producer of "Journey to the West Bones" sent a "like" emoji and agreed, "Okay."
After talking about this, the plan was initially decided. Wang Jing said, [OK. That’s roughly the plan. We don’t have much time to study the plan. If we continue to study it, its film schedule will exceed 50%!]
[So now let’s talk about how much money each company can contribute to support this plan, right?]
At this time, the producer of "Mermaid" who had been silent all this time suddenly said in surprise, "??Does this still need money?"
Wang Jing:...
Producer of "Journey to the West Bones":...
Where did this come from?
Star Master makes nonsensical movies by himself, but the staff around him are also nonsensical!
Let's all discuss ways to make "The Wandering Planet" together. Do you actually think that it's just a matter of words?
Do you think we are all gods? We can curse "The Wandering Planet" to death with just one mouth!?
Of course this requires money!
On the other side of the phone, Wang Jing held his forehead with a headache. He felt that he had really met a "god". How did such a person become a producer?
Only by uniting "Mermaid" can he defeat "Wandering Planet". And if "Mermaid" is not brought to an end, even if he kills "Wandering Planet", it will only benefit "Mermaid". He is not willing to find "Mermaid".
On the side!
Then, Wang and Jing gave the people on "Mermaid" a good "popularization" about how helpful reading "The Wandering Planet" would be to them. Finally, they coaxed and persuaded the people on "Mermaid" to release it.
One-third of the funding...
In fact, Wang Jing and the others originally expected to have "Mermaid" provide half of the funding. After all, after "Wandering Planet" was defeated, "Mermaid" would definitely make the most money.
As a result, they met such a fool. They had no choice but to consider themselves unlucky.
So, just like that, the anti-"Wandering Planet" alliance was officially established, and the three popular movies during the Spring Festival also officially formed an alliance to unite the front.
The actors, directors or producers of these three movies are actually top tycoons in the film and television and entertainment circles. When their power was scattered before, their energy was not particularly strong, but once they are combined, their power is much greater.
On that day, the three popular movies came together to various theaters and began to put pressure on them, demanding that the theaters should no longer give such a big tilt in the scheduling of "The Wandering Planet". At least return to normal levels.
Otherwise, they will collectively boycott the major theater chains, and even withdraw from the Spring Festival schedule after showing the pre-sold shows. They will die together with all the theater chains.
Of course the theaters knew that these three movies were a bluff.
Is it possible for them to withdraw files if they want to?
Don’t read the contract or the opinions of relevant departments?
Even if they really don’t watch it, their investment in each movie is so high, do they really not plan to recoup their money?
But I have to say that although this matter is seen as a bluff, it has to be taken seriously.
Because this represents the protest of several Spring Festival movies and the opinions of the companies behind them.
You must know that although "The Wandering Planet" is very popular, these three movies are not bad. After a few days, "The Wandering Planet" and these three movies almost share the market equally.
It has been a long time since theater chains have been so profitable. In five days, four movies contributed a total of 3 billion in box office! This has far exceeded the one-month figure during the Spring Festival in previous years, and has even doubled.
So in this case, they don't want to lose the opportunity to make money.
Just... lower the film schedule for "The Wandering Planet"?
this...
"The Wandering Planet" is also a hen that lays golden eggs. And it's a golden chicken that holds three eggs!
What to do...
The people in charge of major theater chains are a little troubled.
And just when they were distressed, the navy plan for three movies also began to be carried out.
In fact, the film and television industry has never been a peaceful one, but full of swords and swords. Every competition for a popular slot is a war without smoke.
As seniors in the film and television industry, Wang Jing and others are already extremely familiar with this routine.
So the money started to spread, and soon the topic about "The special effects of "The Wandering Planet" were made by Hollywood" began to ferment on the Internet.
Public opinion on the Internet can be guided, especially when there are many big Vs, marketing accounts, and trolls swearing to post. Many netizens and viewers are guided by this kind of public opinion and begin to doubt whether "Wandering Planet" is really made in China!
As the vice president of publicity of Jiadian Group, Mr. Xiaobao Li Zijun discovered this matter quickly and took it very seriously.