Chapter 195 Premiere

Seeing that Xu Rui and Du Xiao both insisted on holding a premiere, Yan Ran agreed. They didn't plan to make a big fuss. They just invited a few media people and held a simple ceremony to commemorate the occasion.

Xu Rui checked online and found that there were no foreign blockbusters released during the National Day holiday. Including their "Lost on Journey", there were a total of five movies.

A main theme anti-Japanese war film with many big names must be the first choice for major theaters during the National Day holiday, and it has already booked the box office champion.

The other one is an animated film. From the perspective of the audience, it is not a strong competitor to them.

The remaining two films, "Goodbye Roommate", directed by Kuang Dafei, are a youth comedy about four girls who are ready to leave memories before graduation, and "Deep Hidden", directed by Fu Qiongying, tells the story of undercover drug enforcement. These two are their main competitors.

However, at this time, they can do very little. In order to prepare for the filming of "Fist of Fury", Xu Rui shamelessly went home to hug thighs. He really didn't have money to hire water army, and finally had to rely on the quality of the film to fight.

What Xu Rui didn't expect was that his competitor had a lot of bad intentions towards him.

Before the National Day, Kuang Dafei went to drink with friends, one of whom was Zhuo Anyun, who had a conflict with Xu Rui.

As the few people drank and chatted casually, they inevitably talked about the movie schedule for the National Day.

"The National Day schedule is good, there are no foreign blockbusters, and it's not good either. A tribute film is put there, and other movies are uncomfortable."

"There are pros and cons."

"Old Kuang, what other movies are in the same period as you?"

Kuang Dafei didn't remember it very clearly: "Fu Qiongying's "Deep Hidden", an animated film, and a comedy, shot by a very popular new director, what's his name?"

"Yan Ran, the one with Xu Rui's boyfriend?"

"Yes, that's her."

"I heard that the girl is very stubborn and rejected many investors, Just because I don't want to be criticized. "

"I think I'm pretty tough. The young actor that the investors put in my last play was so good, I really wanted to scold him, but I had to encourage him on the surface."

"Hey, Lao Zhuo, what happened to the micro-film you worked on with Xu Rui before? You said you had some conflicts before?"

It would be fine if he didn't mention it. Zhuo Anyun still felt a little unhappy when he mentioned it: "Young people are arrogant. Asking him to drink a glass of wine is like killing him. They don't know how to respect their elders."

When several people heard it, they talked at once.

"That's a bit immature."

"Young people nowadays are like that. They always think that the sky is the boss and he is the second. They don't take their seniors seriously just because they have some talent."

Kuang Dafei suddenly said: "Hey, Lao Zhuo, how about your brother help you vent your anger?"

Zhuo Anyun asked: "How to vent your anger? With his current traffic, do you have the ability to ban him? Even if you can ban him in the film and television industry, he is a singer. At most, he can go back to singing. And I heard that his family has a good background."

Kuang Dafei smiled and said: "There is no need to be so troublesome. The tribute films of the National Day will definitely account for the majority of the screenings. The remaining few will be divided. Anyway, I have to treat the people from the theater to a meal and strive for the screening. Fu Qiongying will definitely not want to suffer a loss. Whose screening do you think will be snatched at that time?"

Zhuo Anyun was happy when he heard it: "Ha, it's good to let them suffer a little loss."

Kuang Dafei was full of confidence: "Just wait and see."

...

Xu Rui and Yan Ran were still in a self-satisfied atmosphere. Before the premiere, they sent invitations to some media people and film critics.

Several films in the 11th period premiered at midnight. Some well-known film critics in the industry naturally received more than one invitation letter. At this time, they had to make a choice. Unfortunately, not many people chose to attend the premiere of "Lost on Journey".

Xu Rui and Yan Ran didn't mind. Their premiere was originally small. They rented a venue in a cinema and set up a media interview area.

When Yan Ran was interviewed with Wen Zhaodong and Weng Huaze, Xu Rui was drinking champagne on the side. Du Xiao suddenly ran over in a hurry, and "anger" was written all over her face.

"What's wrong?" Xu Rui asked immediately.

Du Xiao said indignantly: "I just asked about the scheduling of several theaters. Our first-day scheduling rate is only 8%, which is too bullying."

"So low?" Xu Rui was also a little surprised. He knew that the scheduling of this movie should not be too high, but it should be more than 10% on the first day.

All major theaters screened the films internally before scheduling them. When the distributors talked with the theaters, it was said that the internal response was good, so they only gave 8% of the films. Could it be that the quality of the other films was extremely high?

Xu Rui didn't think about offending anyone at all. It had been a few months, and he had long forgotten about the matter with Zhuo Anyun.

Du Xiao did think about it, but even she didn't think it was Xu Rui's fault: "You said Yan Ran rejected so many investors. Although they were all polite and the other party said that they would talk business and cooperate again if there was a chance, they actually offended a lot of people. Will someone retaliate?"

"That makes sense, it's possible!" Xu Rui nodded.

While the two were whispering, Yan Ran came over: "What are you talking about?"

After Du Xiao explained this, she said seriously: "Maybe someone is deliberately messing with you!"

Yan Ran thought about it: "It's possible, there's nothing we can do about it."

Du Xiao was surprised: "You are quite open-minded."

"It can't be helped. What can we do if we are not open-minded? We are the ones who are angry." Yan Ran comforted them instead, "It's okay. A low first-day schedule is not the end of the world. The schedule will be adjusted based on the first-day box office and attendance. If the reputation is good and the attendance is high, the schedule will increase. After all, the theater chain will not make things difficult for me and make it difficult for money, right?"

Du Xiao pondered for a moment and nodded, "That makes sense."

Xu Rui looked up and checked the time: "The media are about to enter the venue. The premiere will start soon. Let's go in too."

"Okay, let's go." There was no point in thinking too much. Several people entered the screening room and sat down together.

There were not many media people who came. They were all seated sparsely, and only occupied one-tenth of the seats in the screening room.

Du Xiao was not very satisfied with this atmosphere: "It feels a bit desolate and deserted."

Xu Rui nodded: "I should have asked Weng Zehua to help hire some extras."

Yan Ran interrupted them: "You are good enough, but you still hire extras, is that reasonable?"

Xu Rui didn't care: "So what? False prosperity is also prosperity. Maybe you can get a discount if you ask Weng Zehua for help."

Weng Zehua sat next to them, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He pretended not to hear and chatted with Wen Zhaodong in a low voice.

I thought there were no media people and film critics with weight in the audience, but they didn't notice that Geng Shu, a senior film critic of the Seal Platform who had seen "The Night the Comet Came" at the film festival before, was mixed in.

Yan Ran's invitation letter was not sent directly to him personally, but to the Seal Platform. After seeing it, Geng Shu chose this place without hesitation.

Tribute films focus on meaning, and there won't be too many surprises in the content, so there's no rush to watch them. He didn't have much expectation for the two directors, Kuang Dafei and Fu Qiongying, but Yan Ran, who directed "The Night the Comet Came", made him very interested.

The lights in the theater went out, and when he saw the dragon logo, Geng Shu prayed in his heart as usual: "Don't make it a bad movie, don't make it a bad movie."