Chapter 880 Chapter 180 Only One!

Zhou Yanghua was furious.

In the huge chairman's office, all the senior executives of the Oriental Media Group lowered their heads and stared at their toes, not daring to say a word.

"What is she? How dare you talk to me like that!"

Zhou Yanghua roared loudly.

But that's all.

Venting is all about venting, the anger is on the top of my heart, and no one can calm down, and I can't help but want to vent, and the best way, of course, is to vent the anger in my heart by belittling others.

However, Zhou Yanghua is not an ordinary person.

Out of anger, he blurted out a sentence, but then it disappeared.

Years of experience in the world and the special vision of thinking that ordinary people have formed after being in a high position for a long time make it impossible for him to get pleasure from cursing each other like ordinary people.

Because years of experience had taught him that it was the lowest form of pleasure.

And he doesn't need to.

In the past so many years, he has always had a way to overwhelm and defeat the opponent in order to gain a greater sense of accomplishment and joy in his heart.

So, after finishing his sentence, he walked towards the big French window of the office with a gloomy expression.

With his hands behind his back, he looked at the tall buildings that lined up in the distance.

At this time, Xiong Chengchao looked at Zong Chengze who bowed his head and said nothing, and looked at the others, and couldn't help but said: "Chairman, although... what, but why don't we withdraw "Red Sorghum" completely? "

Everyone was taken aback when they heard the words, subconsciously looked at Xiong Chengchao, then quickly turned to look at Zhou Yanghua who was standing in front of the window with his back turned to this side.

This suggestion is purely red. bare. Naked revenge!

Zhou Yanghua was on the phone, so no one dared to speak at this time, so, in such a quiet office, many people in the office heard Qi Jie's words just now, at most, they didn't hear too clearly—— However, everyone must have heard the phrase "we have no shortage of attendance"!

Well, since you have no shortage of attendance, then our Oriental Cinemas will directly announce that you will be banned! Since you are so good, then don't think about getting a penny of follow-up box office in our Oriental Cinemas!

At this time, Zong Chengze raised his head and looked at Zhou Yanghua in front of the window sill.

Unsurprisingly, after a while, Zhou Yanghua turned around and gave Xiong Chengchao a strange look in his eyes - at this moment, Zong Chengze couldn't help laughing.

Before Zhou Yanghua could speak, Zong Chengze rushed to speak: "Nonsense!"

While speaking, he stood up, met the gazes of a group of company executives, and said seriously: "Just now you were the one who analyzed the pros and cons for us and how much business income a copy can bring. Now let us block it directly. "Red Sorghum", it's you again! What are you thinking about?"

Xiong Chengchao frowned when he heard the words, turned to look at Zhou Yanghua who was silent, and couldn't help but want to argue, but before he could open his mouth, Zong Chengze had already opened his mouth again, asking a person from the Oriental Theater behind Xiong Chengchao The deputy general manager said, "Old Hu, how many copies are there in total on our theater side, including the spare copy in the agreement?"

The deputy general manager Hu responded when he heard the words: "There are 186 copies in total! I have used them all today. If none of these copies are broken and there are no problems in the middle of the screening, they can account for our entire theater system today. 19.4% screening ratio! It’s about the same as the screening rate of other cinemas a few days ago!”

Zong Chengze nodded when he heard the words, and turned back smoothly again, pointed at Xiong Chengchao, and reprimanded loudly: "186 copies, no need to give away, they are all in various stores, what does this mean? It means that there will probably be copies today and tomorrow. More than 8 million, even close to 10 million in operating income! Is that right, Mr. Xiong?"

Xiong Chengchao was tongue-tied.

This... of course!

This is the account that he had settled with Zong Chengze aggressively just now, and it was he himself who questioned Zong Chengze himself - the operating income of seven or eight million yuan is definitely not a trivial matter! So, what about 10 million?

Seeing that Xiong Chengchao was speechless, Zong Chengze spread his hands imposingly, with a posture of reproach, and a look of regret for the other party's incompetence, and said: "I won't make any money if I leave 10 million? Okay, yes, then Just leave 10 million unearned! It’s nothing! This weekend, the box office of "Red Sorghum" is going to explode. It is probably a certainty, but it is still a literary film after all. It is really hard to say how the follow-up box office will be! However, Have you thought about it before you speak, what about the future?"

While speaking, he looked around the audience, and said loudly: "The screening agreement is signed, and if you violate the agreement, you will have to pay liquidated damages! Not to mention the liquidated damages, the business income we don't want will fall to other courtyards. In the pocket of the line, I don’t even say it! Next year, Minghu Culture will have a second part of "Once Upon a Time"! With the attitude of the first part, we will continue to block "Once Upon a Time" when "Huang Feihong" is released ?”

"The first film of "Once Upon a Time" was screened last year. Your decision was correct. The chairman and I firmly supported your decision. Therefore, although "The Gate of Life and Death" had a higher box office, we gave "Once Upon a Time" has more film schedules, but it is still very profitable! If I remember correctly, that film sold more than 150 million at the box office in our theaters alone, right? "

"One hundred and fifty million, don't you want it? Ban it?"

Xiong Chengchao was speechless.

Maybe it was too late to speak just now, his mind was not spinning so fast, and he couldn't keep up with Zong Chengze's words, but this time, he was completely knocked down by Zong Chengze's punch!

I couldn't help feeling deeply regretful in my heart: What kind of bad idea did I just come up with!

At this time, Zong Chengze took advantage of his aura and saw Xiong Chengchao bowed his head with remorse on his face, so he added in time, "What are you thinking about now! If you continue like this, I don't care." What does the chairman think, I'm going to question your professional ability first! I've been regretting that I didn't listen to your suggestion yesterday! Finally, look at you!"

Xiong Chengchao raised his head and looked at Zhou Yanghua first. Seeing that Zhou Yanghua was just looking at him with a blank expression on his face, he couldn't help but quickly lowered his head again. Even if he was reluctant, he had to admit that he had lost again in front of Zong Chengze. played a game.

"It's my fault!"

Zong Chengze finally showed a little satisfaction on his face, but at this time, Zhou Yanghua didn't give him a chance to continue talking, but directly waved his hands and said, "Stop talking!"

He walked over slowly, and after his anger dissipated, he finally made a final decision, "Minghu Culture, we still have to keep an eye on it, there is a copy, get it as soon as possible! At the same time, for the theater chain, give the following stores one by one. I have informed them to let them pay close attention to the box office trend and ticket sales of "Red Sorghum", and if they find any special circumstances about this movie, such as a downward trend, they should report it in time!"

He didn't even mention the topic of "Red Sorghum" being directly removed or banned.

All the executives nodded in agreement.

Zhou Yanghua waved his hand, "It's over, let's go to work!"

Including Zong Chengze and Xiong Chengchao, everyone came forward without hesitation after hearing the words.

Finally, the office fell silent.

Zhou Yanghua got up again and walked to the window, staring outside for a long time, he couldn't help but sighed.

"Old Zong still understands me!"

He was indeed pissed off, especially Qi Jie's disrespectful and vicious attitude towards him, which made it almost unbearable for him, who has become a film producer and a theater chain in recent years, and his status has become more and more lofty, but, in his bones, he still a businessman.

Since he is a businessman, any conflicts between emotions are superficial.

As long as there are enough interests, the people who have just been beaten to death can also hold hands, drink and sing to make a fortune right away!

Of course, it's the same reason, as long as the benefits are not enough, he doesn't like whoever he likes, and he can take care of you if he says he can do it! If you don't accept it, if you don't accept it, I will let you die without a place to bury you!

So, what pissed him off the most?

What annoyed him the most was of course Qi Jie's "first come, first served" who didn't give himself or the Oriental Media Group any face. There was only a one-weekend outbreak, and he lost millions of dollars in turnover, but what made him even more angry was that Qi Jie was so irritating, that she didn't take herself seriously and didn't give face ! But with such great interests at stake, I just can't do anything to the other party!

To put it bluntly, from his point of view, he was not willing or dared to draw "Red Sorghum" directly!

Recently, there is "Red Sorghum", which is exploding at the box office, and the liquidated damages that will inevitably appear in case of breach of contract, far away is the second part of "Once Upon a Time", which is sure to be a big box office bomb!

Once there is a strong confrontation, the films of Minghu Culture will no longer be screened in the Oriental Cinemas, and they can be used in other cinemas to arrange more films. Anyway, there is no need to worry about the audience not wanting to watch it! As for the Oriental Cinemas, they will definitely miss out on popular movies and lose their huge market share!

Thinking about it this way, of course it's annoying, what a shame!

Because he suddenly realized that holding a big-selling "Red Sorghum" and a Minghu culture of the "Once Upon a Time" series, which is bound to be a big hit, is no longer something he can easily play with!

Even if there are two big-selling movies a year, Minghu Culture, even as a film production company, will faintly surpass Hu Fei's Huafei Films and Yuan Ke's Jinghua Films in the industry!

Compared with the production department of Oriental Media Group... I'm afraid it's not much weaker!

Such a Minghu culture, even if I am angry, I can only endure it!

But... wait, wait and see!

No matter how awesome "Red Sorghum" is, it is also a literary film. I don't believe it can continue to explode!

"It's amazing, it just exploded in the first week!"

Zhou Yanghua couldn't help thinking this way in his heart, trying to comfort himself.

However, soon, he had to think helplessly, looking at today's posture, it seems that movie audiences all over the country have gone to the cinema to watch "Red Sorghum", even if it only hits the first week, for "Red Sorghum" For this kind of literary film with an investment of tens of millions, it is already scary!

However, what was depressing was that he hadn't been able to get a big piece of cake!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling tight in his chest again, turned around, and punched the desk hard!

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March 17, Saturday.

This was just a normal weekend weekend.

Whether it is in China or other important film markets around the world, the period after the Christmas and New Year's holidays and before the summer holidays is a well-known off-season for the box office.

However, in fact, the so-called off-season of the box office does not mean that everyone has no need to watch movies, and even if it is a well-known peak season, such as summer, as long as the movie is not good, people will not foolishly buy tickets to see it—— In the final analysis, the key is to see if there are good movies, and whether watching this movie can make everyone willingly go to the cinema to buy tickets.

With the official release of "Red Sorghum", which won four historical awards at the Berlin Film Festival, on March 13, the movie theaters that have been deserted during this time period in previous years suddenly appeared "the off-season is not short". Phenomena, when the time came to March 17, the first rest day after the release of "Red Sorghum", its box office exploded!

Since the sudden hot screenings from Friday afternoon to night, all major and medium-sized theaters across the country who smelled the smell have urgently contacted Minghu Culture, and quickly sent people to re-sign the screening agreement, got more copies, and then sent them overnight to themselves. Cinema outlets across the country.

Even the companies that got the copies late, and the movie theaters in cities far away from Shuntianfu, at noon on Saturday, had already got copies that were basically barely enough to run.

Therefore, in the morning, the screening rate of "Red Sorghum" in movie theaters across the country had already jumped to a high of 34%, and by the afternoon, it had jumped to 54%!

This is because Minghu culture only prepared 3300 copies in the early stage!

On that day, most theaters arranged for the filming of "Red Sorghum". Even if they were not full, the attendance rate generally exceeded 90%. It is low, but even so, according to reliable statistics, it is no less than 60%!

According to statistics after the midnight show, "Red Sorghum" was screened nationwide for a total of 17,438 shows throughout the day, and the daily screening rate has historically reached the highest level of this film so far, 46.4%!

Under the strong movie viewing demand of the national audience, such a high screening rate made the total number of movie viewers in the country reach more than 1.67 million people in one day today, and the average attendance rate was as high as 93.4%!

Its single-day total box office is also as high as 35.28 million!

The box office accounted for as high as 88.7%!

The next day, March 18th, Sunday, all major newspapers across the country reported on their most important front-page news the amazing single-day box office record of "Red Sorghum"!

As soon as the box office came out, and after various media reports and moderate exaggeration, it became a national sensation all of a sudden!

The name "Red Sorghum" is so hot! Red to purple!

A literary film has no big scenes, no gorgeous sets, no action scenes, let alone those gorgeous special effects, and in the traditional off-season of the box office in March, it won more than three times in a single day. Fifteen million at the box office!

The highest single-day box office in the history of the domestic film market in March!

Moreover, even if you look at the box office history of domestic movies, there are only a few domestic movies that rank before the single-day box office data of "Red Sorghum".

In the summer of 2001, Liu Chengzhang's celestial masterpiece "Sword Immortal" was released on the first Saturday of the first week.

At the end of 2001 and the beginning of 2002, during the Lunar New Year holiday, Zhao Meicheng's "My Name Is Auspicious" won a historic first-week box office of over 100 million before the price of movie tickets increased, and the first Saturday of the movie.

April 2002, the first Sunday of Li Qian's "Once Upon a Time".

In May 2002, the first Saturday of Qin Wei's "The Gate of Life and Death".

Now, "Red Sorghum" is the fifth highest in history!

The previous four films, almost without exception, are all commercial films!

Even looking back, behind the single-day box office record of "Red Sorghum", there are at least 20 or 30 commercial films at a glance.

As a literary film, "Red Sorghum" is definitely a scorpion shit——

only one!

However, this is not the end.

"Red Sorghum" is already extremely popular, and it has already made many people sure that they will definitely go to the cinema to watch it. Thanks to Saturday's box office explosion, media reports across the country, and audiences flocking The hot discussions and discussions, especially with the help of the developed network, make it easier for people to express their opinions and exchange opinions with friends, which makes the word-of-mouth of "Red Sorghum" go through the brewing and development of the past few days. After Saturday's eruption, it erupted rapidly at an astonishing speed.

So, on March 18th, Sunday, "Red Sorghum" ushered in the last day of its first week, and it was rare to get 23,100 screenings nationwide, with a screening rate as high as 58%!

According to common sense, an increase in film scheduling rate will inevitably lead to a decrease in attendance rate, because theoretically, there are only so many audiences for a movie in a short period of time!

But this rule does not seem to be so applicable to "Red Sorghum"!

Compared with yesterday's astonishingly high attendance rate of 93.4%, the attendance rate of "Red Sorghum" increased again on Sunday, but the attendance rate did not drop but rose!

Although it has only increased from 93.4% to 94.1%, the increase is extremely limited, but if it rises, it will rise!

Especially on the basis of the already abnormally high 93.4%, and on the basis of yesterday's box office explosion, the attendance rate can still struggle to rise by 0.7%, which makes this 0.7% insignificant increase. , seems extremely commendable!

So in the end, in a whole day, 23,100 screenings ushered in more than 2.24 million moviegoers, and when the midnight show ended, its single-day national box office was counted, and even the staff responsible for the statistics Seeing that number, everyone was shocked!

On Sunday, March 18, the single-day box office of "Red Sorghum" was 46.22 million!

The box office in the first week was 134.65 million!

The next day, when the news came out, the whole country was shocked!

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