Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three Countermeasures of the Opponents
"It's not impossible. If the rumors on the Internet are on the positive side, they may let the movie be released at a later date. If it is not beneficial to them, they will choose to postpone the release. This will wear down the patience of netizens and wait for it to be released.
At that time, there won’t be such a big momentum, maybe it can increase the box office.” One person agreed.
There is currently a lot of public opinion on the Internet. If negative reviews are the majority, it will have a great impact on the box office. If "Buried Alive" is released later, netizens may not pay attention to "Buried Alive" and there will be fewer negative reviews. It will be a good idea to go to the theater.
For movie watchers, without some reference from public opinion, they may choose to watch this movie.
After all, humans are social animals, and most people follow the crowd, so all kinds of information in the information age can very disrupt a person's choices.
Just like going to the cinema to watch a movie, everyone is there to relax, so if a movie has a lot of negative reviews, it will basically not be considered. Who wants to watch a bad movie during their relaxing time?
Everyone just wants to have fun. When there are many choices, they will not choose to abuse themselves. This is the way of thinking of normal people. They are not fans of anyone and will not support their idol's work specifically for someone.
"Then why don't we find some people to help us?" Someone suggested.
"I think it's okay. Once the movie is confirmed to be released, we will publish some dirty information about the movie on the eve." Someone agreed.
As long as "Buried Alive" is scheduled to be released, it will be easy to handle. Generally, movies that are scheduled to be released rarely change the release date. The cycle and cost of publicity are a huge amount of money, and a sudden withdrawal will have a great impact.
Especially if the drama "Buried Alive" is scheduled to be released and then rescheduled, Starway Entertainment can use this matter to make a fuss, saying that Chen Mubai's film is of poor quality and is purely making money, otherwise why would it suddenly change its schedule?
As long as there is a little publicity for this kind of thing, people will naturally believe it. "Buried Alive" is very controversial and everyone is paying attention to it. If the movie is withdrawn after confirming the release date, no one will believe it if there is no reason.
This shareholder's proposal is quite agreeable.
"Then let's do this." Everyone agreed.
First, they hired trolls to pretend to be fans of Chen Mubai, praise the movie, and then praise Chen Mubai, so that the public opinion on the Internet would appear in a good light, and Mubai Entertainment would think that the evaluation of the movie was favored, and then they would start to use the popularity to promote the movie.
The schedule is confirmed.
Once the schedule is confirmed, we can reverse public opinion and throw dirty water on "Buried Alive" to guide public opinion and set the pace.
They were determined that Mubai Entertainment would not change the schedule. If it were to be changed, it would be a confirmation of their film's poor quality, which would be a sign of guilty conscience.
Even if this movie is released again in the future, the reputation will be lost, and even if the quality is good, not many people will go to see it.
This was Starway Entertainment's plan to set a trap against Chen Mubai.
It doesn't matter whether you get in or not. Since Tao Yaoyao said that the movie is almost finished, it will definitely be released, and what they did was to advance the release date of the movie.
There are several big-budget movies released during the summer vacation, both domestic and foreign. These movies are very intimidating, and some productions that are neither good nor bad have avoided the schedules of these movies in order to reduce the box office.
"Buried Alive" happened at this point in time, and Starway Entertainment wanted to make them even worse.
Movie schedules in July and August are the worst, and they are the must-have schedules for major movies every year.
During the summer vacation, students have time to watch movies, which can contribute a lot to the box office. It is one of the most important times of the year, and the other is the Spring Festival.
It's mid-May now. If Chen Mubai wants to avoid them, he can only choose to postpone the release or advance it to June.
Postponement is basically impossible, the time span is too long, even if it is the end of August, it will take a long time, and the difficulty of publicity will also increase.
If it is released at the end of August, then the advance promotion may start at the end of July or the beginning of August. This is the time when major movies are competing for the box office, and everyone is promoting it more vigorously. Mubai Entertainment's promotion voice will definitely not be as good as theirs.
Not to mention that the money has been spent, but the desired effect has not been achieved, so I will definitely not do it.
Then we can only choose to release it in advance, in June, and then it will be released for more than a month, and at the end of it, it will hit the summer schedule, and blockbusters will gather together.
In this case, the box office potential has been exhausted, and those movies have limited or even useless impact on Chen Mubai.
This is also the most likely time for Mubai Entertainment to choose.
However, there are also some not bad movies released in June. They are afraid of encountering foreign and domestic blockbusters, but they are not bad themselves. They just want to get more box office. The leading actors are also first- and second-tier actors, but the overall lineup is
It's a bit worse.
Even if "Buried Alive" doesn't meet top-tier productions, it's still enough to drink from these movies.
The quality of the movies in this time period will not be too bad, otherwise they would not be released during this period. Everyone is targeting the student group. Students have high quality requirements for movies. If they are not good-looking, they will definitely not watch them.
, and will complain to classmates.
The transmission effect of word-of-mouth is very strong, and it becomes more difficult to make money from bad movies. Generally speaking, the quality of productions aimed at this charging group will not be too bad. No matter how excellent it is, there will definitely be a passing grade.
For "Buried Alive", there is a wolf in front and a tiger in the back, which is indeed more difficult to endure.
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"With such bragging, do you really think that you are a genius and can do anything?"
Shen Meng and her agent also saw the hot search on the Internet, and she looked cold.
The last time she publicly disparaged Chen Mubai, she gained support from some people, but soon after Chen Mubai's album came out, public opinion reversed and she was sprayed miserably.
Those who supported her turned their guns against her. It was obvious that the netizens themselves thought so, and ended up scolding her, which made her very angry, but there was nothing she could do.
Netizens can troll her, but she can't troll her back, otherwise it will cause bigger things, so she can only suffer in silence.
This time, when she saw that Chen Mubai's movie promotion was the same as before, her desire for revenge arose again.
In terms of music, Chen Mubai is indeed talented, and that album left her speechless.
But things are different in film and television. Chen Mubai has never been exposed to movies. He still wants to learn music marketing. Isn’t he seeking death?
Therefore, Shen Meng secretly published some WeChat messages this time. Although she did not name him by name, it was obvious at a glance that she was mocking Chen Mubai.
She and Chen Mubai are also old enemies, and netizens also know that some people play both sides, deliberately arousing Shen Meng's anger.
"Tao Yaoyao is already rushing to advertise for him even before he has even said anything about this movie. It is obvious that he is afraid that the popularity of this movie will be low!" Shen Meng snorted coldly.
She is absolutely not optimistic about Chen Mubai, or she hopes that Chen Mubai will fail.
In terms of music, she can no longer find opportunities for revenge, but she still has opportunities in film and television.
In "Let's Get Married" starring Tao Yaoyao, Shen Meng also took the lead and asked the team to find someone to write a private article criticizing Tao Yaoyao's acting skills, which also reflected that this drama was not good.
As long as it can disgust Mubai's entertainment, she will do it.
In addition, after the conflict with Chen Mubai was made public, she would also secretly diss Chen Mubai on the show, but she would not name him by name and let media editors write articles.
Naturally, she wouldn't admit it herself, so as long as she didn't tell her real name, it wouldn't matter.
Although Re's behavior is disgusting and some people scold her every day, she has been scolded so much that she has become numb and it doesn't matter.
"Continue to post articles to discredit Chen Mubai and this movie." Shen Meng said to her agent.
Regardless of whether it works or not, she thinks this is a way to vent her anger and it just makes her happy.
"This is not good..." the agent comforted.
"Just do it!" Shen Meng's voice was a little louder and a bit unreasonable.
"All right."
The manager reluctantly agreed. She knew that Shen Meng had been scolded too much and she wanted to get involved in Chen Mubai's matter as revenge.
Chen Mubai was so successful that Shen Meng didn't even have a chance to retaliate, so she was feeling very depressed and could only vent her anger like this.
Shen Meng still doesn't know about Starway Entertainment's decision. Her own power is far different from Starway's. She can't do much except to comfort herself symbolically.
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Huiying Entertainment.
"Mr. Ding, I think this is an opportunity!" Qin Li was a little excited.
"In terms of music, Chen Mubai is too strong. He can rely on the reputation of his works to win over everything. But in film and television, it is different. When he makes commercial films, we can say that he has no connotation. When he makes literary films, we can say that he has no box office."
"As long as you want to deal with him, there are too many reasons, and these are all legitimate methods. There is no need to smear him, just follow the rhythm!"
The person sitting opposite Qin Li is Ding Lei, who is also the general manager of Huiying Entertainment.
Qin Li and Ying Na are both their stars. Qin Li was also involved in the company because of his previous grievances with Chen Mubai.
The album that Huiying Entertainment originally thought would make a lot of money was killed by Chen Mubai and it lost a lot of money.
Qin Li's own status in the company plummeted because these things were inseparable from him.
Whether it's taking the blame or for other reasons, someone has to take the blame, why can't it be him?
This time, Qin Li, like Shen Meng, finally found a place where Chen Mubai's life gate was where he thought he could defeat Chen Mubai!
Ding Lei looked at the excited Qin Li, listened to his words, and was thinking about this matter.
According to Qin Li's words, it is indeed not unreasonable.
There is no big conflict between Huiying Entertainment and Chen Mubai, but it is true that they lost a lot of money because of Chen Mubai. Huiying Entertainment is also a big company and one of the giants in Hong Kong. Like Luo Fan, they all have experience. It took a lot of things to get to where we are today, and Ding Lei himself was not happy about it.
Chen Mubai caused Huiying Entertainment to lose a lot of money, and also made some people see their jokes. He was defeated in the competition with Chen Mubai, which somewhat disgraced him.
If given the chance, Huiying Entertainment wouldn't mind stepping on Chen Mubai and regaining its place.
"If there is a chance, we will do it. Wait for Mubai Entertainment's action." Ding Lei said.
Qin Li himself is also a first-line star in the company. Even if his reputation has been affected because of Chen Mubai, the impact is still there. Ding Lei still has to consider Qin Li's mood.
Because he took the blame, the company's internal resources were tilted to another person, some of which should have belonged to Qin Li. Ding Lei still had to appease Qin Li.
"They will definitely release it. Chen Mubai is very confident!" Qin Li said.
He had had several conflicts with Chen Mubai, and he understood Chen Mubai's personality relatively well. Otherwise, Chen Mubai would not have argued with him in front of everyone, all because he was very confident.
Therefore, even though the entire Internet was not optimistic about her and the controversy was huge, he still chose to film "Buried Alive".
Now that the movie is finished, how can there be any reason to escape?
"He has a good relationship with Times Media. When it is released in Xiangjiang, he will definitely negotiate with the theater through Mr. Luo to try to arrange more films. We can take some actions in this regard to influence his film arrangement," Qin Lida said.
Ding Lei listened to Qin Li's words with squinted eyes, tapping the table with his fingers slowly, thinking about the feasibility of the matter.
Although it is impossible to prevent Chen Mubai's movies from being released in Hong Kong, it can still be done to influence the film schedule.
Some theaters have a very good relationship with them. If he said this, they would definitely lower Chen Mubai's film schedule.
This is also the most effective and direct way to attack Chen Mubai!
Isn’t Chen Mubai making movies just to make money?
If it affects him from the source, it will inevitably affect the box office, which is all money.
Huiying Entertainment lost money because of him in the first place, so it is not impossible to repay him in the same way.