Chapter 679 It Is No Longer a Threat!

Sensing Lu Ping's mood swings, before leaving the cinema, Gao Lanlan called to cancel tonight's dinner, saying that there was something urgent to deal with, anyway, there was still a day of work here tomorrow, and everyone made an appointment tomorrow.

Then, after dealing with this matter, talking and laughing, the group walked out of the movie theater, found a place to eat nearby, and ordered food.

Everyone has noticed that Lu Ping has been distracted. Whenever this time, basically no one will take the initiative to disturb him-especially today, I just finished watching the movie of the opponent, and everyone thinks that the movie seems to be not bad, even more so. To be a little more considerate to his mood.

After everyone sat down, Xia Xiaoyue exchanged a few words with Gao Lanlan about her viewing experience in a low voice, then turned her head to look at Lu Ping, seeing that he was still in deep thought, she exchanged a look with Gao Lanlan.

Gao Lanlan shook her head slightly at her.

After a while, the waiter began to serve the dishes, and after a while, the dishes were all ready, Gao Lanlan said with a smile: "I said Director Lu, it's time to eat, don't think about it!"

Lu Ping raised his head, smiled, picked up his chopsticks, took a mouthful of rice and put it in his mouth without any vegetables, chewed for a while, looked up at Xia Xiaoyue, then at Gao Lanlan, and said: "I admit, he is still a little It surprised me. This film is well shot!"

Gao Lanlan smiled and nodded.

Neither Xia Xiaoyue nor her assistant dared to speak.

After a while, Gao Lanlan said: "It's not bragging to say that Li Qian is talented! In fact, as soon as his "Legend of the New White Snake" came out, it has already proved that he is actually very talented in storytelling. But, before that, I was I didn't expect him to be able to make movies with this level."

Lu Ping nodded, although he was a little entangled in his heart, he still said: "There is no lack of aura, but every step is very steady. After watching the whole film, whether it is the big structure, or those details, as well as the relaxation of the rhythm of the whole film A degree of control is already at a very high level."

After a pause, he continued: "Looking back, I will watch this movie again. I always feel that there are still some things buried in it, like the toad in the movie, the old man, and the two protagonists in the last scene. ID card, I always feel that there must be a play within a play, but I just watched it the first time, and I didn’t pay much attention to it, and many details couldn’t be connected.”

Gao Lanlan was a little surprised when she heard the words, "There is still a play within a play?"

Lu Ping smiled, took another mouthful of rice and put it in his mouth, and finally put down his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, but he said with a smile: "What? Didn't you see it? Sister Gao, your movie-watching level still needs to be improved! "

Gao Lanlan shook her head and smiled, "I really didn't see anything! But when you mentioned the points you mentioned, I would remember them. When I watched them, I was somewhat puzzled, that is Didn't think too deeply...a play within a play? If you put it that way, the 'genius' is really not a compliment!"

Lu Ping nodded and said: "A play within a play is actually not too difficult, but for many people who love movies, if they can look back and see something in the movie that others haven't seen for a while, Digging out another layer of stories inside is still a very fulfilling thing. This is especially popular abroad, and in recent years, we have many such audiences in China.”

Having said this, he paused, and said, "The Internet is really a good thing! It might have been just a hobby of a very small number of people, but ever since the Internet came into being, this kind of play within a play is full of fog, Stories that need to be indexed everywhere, once someone deciphers something and puts it on the Internet, it will easily arouse heated discussions among everyone, and in turn, it will drive some people to go back to the cinema to watch it for a second time!"

"But..." He smiled, "It's all trails!"

"The most rare thing is that he took the concept of 'Sassy Girlfriend' so freshly and refinedly, that even a grown man like me saw it, not only did not feel disgusted at all, but found it quite interesting! The last part of the sensational scene was also shot very well. Not bad! On the contrary, the last half hour is a bit redundant in my opinion. If he can use ten minutes to finish the last paragraph well, I will give this film a higher evaluation!"

"But...his last paragraph about the tree, the old man, and the toad that somehow got into the egg should be mainly to explain and pave the way for his play within a play. So I just said that I’m going to watch it again later, if I want to fully understand the things behind his movie, I have to go through all the clues one by one!”

Gao Lanlan smiled when she heard this, and said, "You still talk about others? Aren't you also the kind of person who insists on digging out the hidden things?"

Lu Ping was taken aback when he heard the words, then shook his head helplessly and smiled wryly.

At this time, Xia Xiaoyue at the side seemed to feel that Lu Ping was not as emotionally unstable as she had just imagined, so she plucked up a little courage and asked Gao Lanlan, "Sister Gao, what do you think of the box office of Li Qian's movie? Is this 'Heroine' a threat?"

Gao Lanlan raised her head and glanced at Lu Ping, and said, "If you say no, then you must have underestimated Li Qian! But if you say yes, I don't think so..."

"Oh?" This statement made Lu Ping suddenly interested, he couldn't help stopping his chopsticks, and asked with a smile: "How do you say?"

Gao Lanlan also said earnestly: "First, the first-mover advantage! If it's summer, if it's a big director, a famous actor, etc., the first week of its release is of course the time when the box office is the highest. After a batch is consumed, and other new blockbusters are released, it will not work in the second week! At that time, the emphasis is on a latecomer advantage! Just like before the Spring Festival, "The Escape Hero" successfully eliminated the decline in the curve. "Let's talk about a big business" is the same! However, in this off-season, it's not the works of famous film directors or stars, what are you fighting for? It's the first-mover advantage! Specifically, word-of-mouth! Scheduling films!"

After a pause, she said: "Let's show it for a week first. It was the off-season in the off-season, and there were very few movies on display. Many movie theaters and theater chains even had no movies to schedule, so we could only choose to suspend one or two screening halls. Therefore, our movie was released at that time, and we immediately got the canvas second only to "The Escape Hero". As far as I know, the opening canvas of "My Sassy Girl" is only 1,000 yuan. It’s just over a block, not even half of ours! Why? Because it’s released late, and it’s not an absolutely appealing blockbuster. As we’ve talked about before, Li Qian’s status as a big star, as a director, doesn’t add too much. "

Speaking of this, she laughed, with a confident and convincing smile on her face, and said: "We released it first, and the five-day release time is less than the canvas of "Escape Heroes", but Overwhelmed it all at once, and won the box office championship! Think about it, we know that in the second week, we have word-of-mouth, and word-of-mouth in theaters, which ensures that our canvas has not decreased, but has slightly increased. The word-of-mouth reputation at the box office allows potential audiences to be the first to notice our movie when they want to watch it!"

When she said this, not only Xia Xiaoyue, but even Lu Ping nodded, and said with a smile, "That's the truth!" Then she smiled and said, "You just said number one, so there is number two?"

Gao Lanlan also laughed when she heard the words, "Of course! This is second, the quality of the movie!"

Speaking of which, she glanced at Lu Ping's assistant beside her, and said with a smile: "In the past few days, Xiao Zhu also helped sort out the media reports and comments on the Internet. I read it, and you read it too. We all I know, everyone’s general preference for the evaluation of this movie! This is of course word of mouth, but it is different from the word of mouth of the box office rankings. This represents the evaluation of our movie by fans and audiences who have already watched the movie. Leaving aside the positive guiding effect these evaluations will have on movie fans, simply talking about the meaning itself represented by these good evaluations, doesn’t it just explain the excellence of this movie?”

Hearing this, Lu Ping nodded slowly.

At this time, Gao Lanlan said again: "I know, "My Sassy Girlfriend" is well shot, not only do you think it's good, but I also think it's really good after watching it! The jokes are very funny, and the emotional lines are also very warm." , generally speaking, the above-average work, in terms of film quality, is definitely not bad. But I don’t think it will be better than "Hello Girl!"! In my opinion, at best... It can be regarded as a victory for each of them!"

"This is one! Second, although Li Qian handled it very well, what I'm talking about is that the heroine beats up the male lead at every turn. Even though he handled it well, in my opinion, there is basically no sense of disobedience! Just like As you said, even men don’t feel uncomfortable watching it, but in the final analysis, it is a drama about “savage” women! Haha, in terms of the current social atmosphere in China, although the entire public opinion I have always advocated equality between men and women. In recent years, there have been discussions about whether to abolish concubinage, but in the final analysis, men and women are still unequal! Domestic men, pay attention, especially successful, Men whose income is above a certain level, in my opinion, are still mostly male chauvinists!"

At this point, she spread her hands, "Then... these people, will they, can they accept such a movie that is obviously leaning in the direction of 'big feminism'? I think...maybe most people , at least not disgusting, but there will definitely be some people who are particularly disgusted! Although the number may not be large, these people are the staunch guardians of the most stubborn machismo! Once they discover this movie, Maybe they will be very angry, and they may even attack! At that time, once the public opinion on this aspect rises, it will have a considerable impact on many people who didn't care about this aspect before!"

Hearing this, Lu Ping nodded again, but his brows were slightly frowned, as if he was deep in thought.

But after thinking for a while, he nodded again, and said: "This statement makes sense! Regarding this point, once there is a relevant domestic public opinion, it will definitely affect some people's perception of this movie. , will definitely make this movie lose a lot of viewers!"

"It must be so!" Gao Lanlan said with a smile: "So, in my opinion, Li Qian's "My Sassy Girl" is certainly a good shot, but in fact, our more than 2,000 canvases are worth one thousand to him. We had the box office champion last week, and a lot of praise from the media and the Internet, but they only had one "director Li Qian's work", which is barely a starting point. Our film quality is comparable to his, but we have no hidden worries , but he has! In this way, how could he overwhelm us?"

Lu Ping nodded and smiled, "That's the truth!" He looked up at Gao Lanlan again, and said with a smile, "Let Sister Gao say that, it makes me feel more open!"

Gao Lanlan smiled when she heard the words, but suddenly said: "But... don't worry if you don't worry. For us, there are still two things to be careful about!"

At this moment, Lu Ping completely put down his chopsticks when he heard the words, and said seriously: "Say it."

Gao Lanlan said: "First, Zheng Yuan was very anxious after losing the championship last week. This week, their publicity campaign must be much stronger than last week! Moreover, Zheng Yuan's appeal is indeed much stronger than ours! After all He is a big star in the domestic film circle! So this week, on the one hand, we will continue to run theaters and record programs step by step, on the other hand, I will contact Mr. Zhou later, and let her get some more After the publicity fee comes out, we need to invest more in the print media, TV media and radio advertisements that we should invest in, and buy more soft articles and good film reviews!"

Speaking of this, he said seriously: "As long as we can continue to suppress "The Escape Hero" this week, our film will be completely improved! Zheng Yuan can only stare blankly! We killed it for two consecutive weeks , They are two weeks earlier than us, and it is the fifth week, even if they want to fight back, they have no energy!"

Lu Ping smiled and nodded, "Well, that's why Zheng Yuan is so anxious this week!"

Gao Lanlan smiled and said, "Yes!"

After a pause, she continued: "Secondly, regarding "My Sassy Girlfriend", my suggestion is to try to find someone to write some introductory articles, because Valentine's Day is coming soon!"

Noticing that Lu Ping frowned slightly, Gao Lanlan didn't intend to stop at all, but continued: "In my opinion, the name "My Sassy Girl" is a romance movie, and our The name "Hello Female Hero!" sounds more like a martial arts movie!"

"In such a special time as Valentine's Day, many couples must subconsciously choose romantic movies when they walk into the cinema! Therefore, my so-called guide article is not to speak ill of anyone, but to guide those couples appropriately. Tell them, "My Sassy Girl" has a lot of violent scenes of women beating men, and our "Hello Woman!" is actually a love story! That's enough!"

Hearing this, Gao Ping couldn't help but nodded, and agreed: "This idea is good! This can be done!"

Gao Lanlan couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, "Then it's settled? I'll call Mr. Zhou later and ask him to make arrangements?"

Lu Ping nodded, "Yes! This is not a violation!"

Hearing this, Gao Lanlan couldn't help laughing, "It's best if you agree! Shopping malls! I agree with you. Movies are movies. We don't want malicious attacks! But moderate topic guidance belongs to business. The part has nothing to do with the movie!"

Lu Ping smiled and nodded.

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With Gao Lanlan's conclusion, it has to be said that Lu Ping's little worry from watching "My Sassy Girlfriend" immediately dissipated a lot.

Of course, I was thinking about things this night. For a while, I was reviewing and deliberating that there might be a play within a play in "My Sassy Girlfriend", and for a while I was speculating about "Hello, Heroine!" ", "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "The Escape Hero", the possible attendance, filming, promotion and other situations of the three films made him not sleep well that night.

Oh, regarding "Let's Talk About a Big Business", in Lu Ping's mind, it has been directly excluded from the ranks of competitors! That film is not far from the end of the production line, and there is no competition!

The next morning, he got up early at 6:30. Seeing that Xia Xiaoyue, who felt the movement, was also getting up, he comforted her and let her sleep for a while, then went to the gymnasium inside the hotel to run for two hours. Ten minutes later, he came back sweating profusely.

In the end, he was still taking a shower in the bathroom, but there was already a knock on the door.

When he came out of the shower, Gao Lanlan looked up at him, with a sunny smile on her face, raised a piece of information in her hand, and said with a smile: "Look, Mr. Zhou has investigated the company's ranking rate, Reports on attendance and word-of-mouth movie viewing have been faxed!"

Lu Ping's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he walked over without wiping his hair, "It seems like good news?"

Gao Lanlan smiled and said, "Of course, good news!"

While talking, he handed a stack of about ten pages of materials to Lu Ping.

Lu Ping took it, sat down and watched.

Then, looking at it, his face gradually showed joy, and after he had roughly read all ten pages, he handed it back to Gao Lanlan with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay! Hahaha! Good! "

Seeing this, Gao Lanlan laughed and asked, "Are you relieved now?"

Lu Ping nodded, but then said: "It seems that "The Escape Hero" seems to be a bit lacking in stamina! Several big cities are okay, I read this report, his attendance rate in movie theaters in several small and medium cities is generally low !"

Gao Lanlan nodded, "So, last week, it seemed that we were ahead of him by more than 100,000 yuan at the box office, which made him very dissatisfied. In fact, the attendance rate of that movie in small and medium-sized cities last week was actually good, even relatively biased. High! And this week, everyone went back to work in big cities from small places. Not only did the attendance rate of the film in small places drop immediately, but the big cities were only mediocre and slightly better, which shows the popularity of his film Li, it's almost out!"

Lu Ping nodded when he heard the words, and said a little proudly: "Next, it's up to us!"

Gao Lanlan nodded and laughed, "Yes! It's time for us!"

At this point, the two of them seemed to have no intention of discussing "My Sassy Girl" at all. It seemed that after reading this investigation report, in their opinion, "My Sassy Girl" "is no longer a threat for the time being!

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The first update! A chapter of more than 5,000 characters!

Still the same meaning, I followed the old brother who has nearly 3 million words, so I don’t want to do that fancy thing, write 5,000 words and send 5,000 words, no more chapters! I just hope that you brothers will support a few more monthly tickets, currently at 20, but may fall down at any time, everyone, how about another 500 monthly tickets!