China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 845 843. The slap in the face came so quickly
In Ma Yun's mind, "Shanghai Fortress" has not even been released yet, but it has already been hyped up. When it becomes a big hit at the box office, you, Cao thief, will not only lose money, but will also be accused of being too arrogant.

This was his plan to kill two birds with one stone.

At that time, not only will Douyin's reputation be affected, but people will also see Cao Yu's arrogance.

Let’s see if you, Cao thief, will still be so arrogant in the future?

Although this World Cup is very popular, the movie "Shanghai Fortress" is also very popular in China.

However, there is another movie at this time that is also very popular, and that is "Avengers 4", one of Cao Yu's last two movies in Marvel.

However, this movie was released one day later than "Shanghai Fortress".

"Avengers 4" was filmed before Cao Yu sold Marvel. Part of the box office revenue will go to Marvel and part will go to his former boss Cao Yu.

Since this is Cao Yu’s last movie in Marvel, the audience is also looking forward to it.

Who makes Cao Yu have such a great influence in China and even the whole world?

On July 19, "Shanghai Fortress", which was scheduled to be released at a different time from the World Cup, will finally meet the audience amid the clamor of netizens.

At this time, Cao Yu also left Rakshasa Kingdom.

He also wanted to see what netizens' reactions would be after watching the movie.

"Shanghai Fortress" has invested a lot in publicity, and even the premiere ceremony was quite grand.

Ma Yun even went to the scene in person to support this movie, which can be said to be a do-or-die battle.

Due to the recent popularity, many entertainment media also came to the premiere, and together with Lu Han’s fans, the theater where the premiere was held was almost packed with people.

As soon as Ma Yun got off the car, she was surrounded by reporters.

"Mr. Ma, this is your first time attending a movie premiere. Does this mean you want to devote your energy to entertainment?"

"That's not the case, but movies are a very important medium for cultural promotion. In recent years, Chinese science fiction movies have always lagged behind Hollywood, and our "Shanghai Fortress" is going to break Hollywood's dominance in science fiction movies."

Ma Yun's remarks were very brilliant and she also wanted to gain the audience's support.

Since your "Avengers 4" is a Hollywood science fiction film, I will break it and let some patriotic audiences choose the movies I invested in.

Sure enough, the reporters and the audience around immediately gave Ma Yun applause.

Ma Yun, who was surrounded by microphones, felt a little proud.

At this time, a reporter asked again: "Mr. Ma, do you mean that "Shanghai Fortress" will be better than "Avengers 4"? "

Faced with this provocative question, Ma Yun smiled and said, "Feiyu's Mr. Cao is an excellent filmmaker. Hollywood also has a complete film industry, but Shanghai Fortress is also well-made and I believe it will not lose to him."

This kind of approach of praising the other party first and then praising oneself will make one's own movie appear more impressive.

Sure enough, it won applause again.

I have to say that Ma Yun is very eloquent.

The reporter asked again: "Mr. Ma, what do you think the box office of Shanghai Fortress will be?"

This question is a bit difficult to answer.

If you talk too much and fail to achieve your goal, it will be embarrassing.

If you say less, doesn't it mean that you yourself are not optimistic about your movie?
Ma Yun still had a confident smile on her face, but her brain was working as fast as a CPU.

Feiyu Entertainment's "Life Events" earned nearly 4 billion yuan at the box office, and "Operation Red Sea" even broke the box office record for domestic films.

Even if the film invested by Ali is not as good as the latter, it should be almost the same, right?
At the very least, three billion should be enough.
Facing the camera and microphone, he finally said: "More than 3 billion! I am very optimistic about this film!"

“Congratulations in advance on the box office success of Shanghai Fortress!”

The reporters finally dispersed satisfied.

Before Ma Yun entered the cinema, she heard a scream behind her.

"Wow! Lu Han! Lu Han!"

"so hot!"

"Wow, I'm dying of handsomeness!"

"So cool!"

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Lu Han, look over here!"

"Lu Han! I love you!"

"..."

A group of crazy girls looked at Lu Han who was also walking towards them, and screamed continuously, just like a lunatic.

"This is the fan economy. Unfortunately, such a person is an actor under Feiyu Entertainment."

Although Ma Yun felt a little regretful, when he looked at the handsome Lu Han and the crazy fans, he suddenly felt that the 3 billion he had just said was a little too little.
Since Lu Han has so many fans, it must be at least 4 billion.

After all, only when you talk more can you create gimmicks, topics and traffic.

Soon, Ma Yun’s words appeared on Weibo and in many entertainment news reports.

At this point, everyone thought the film was good just from the trailer.

Big scenes, yes.

Handsome guy, yes!

There are beauties, of course.

Many people also think that Boss Cao’s biggest mistake was not cooperating with "Shanghai Fortress".

After Ma Yun’s interview, the film became the hottest topic of the day.

At this time, Cao Yu was having dinner with Yang Shuxue.

Yang Shuxue looked at Weibo for a while and deliberately smiled: "Xiao Yu, someone is talking about you online again."

"Let them speak."

Cao Yu drank a mouthful of the soup Yang Shuxue made for him and said with a smile, "I want to give them a message. Don't be fooled by the fun now. Be careful that you will be put on the list later!"

"What do you mean?"

Yang Shuxue put down her phone.

Cao Yu laughed and said, "I don't think this movie is good. Those people can just wait to be slapped in the face."

After that, he added: "It will take at most a week to see how this movie is withdrawn. You should also make preparations in advance."

"Withdraw the file?"

Yang Shuxue couldn't believe it. After all, this was a movie with an investment of nearly 400 million yuan, and it was withdrawn from the shelves in just one week?

Is it that bad?
"Ah."

Cao Yu nodded: "I hope this is the last straw that breaks the camel's back for Ali Pictures. If Ali Pictures goes bankrupt, I wonder what Ma Yun will do?"

"Don't you think..."

Yang Shuxue couldn't help but look at Cao Yu with an incredible look on her face.

"That's right, I will make Ahri history before next year!"

Cao Yu said this coldly, and suddenly found that Yang Shuxue was looking at him with surprise, so he asked, "Why? Do you think it's impossible?"

"No, I just think that you are very ambitious now."

Yang Shuxue really didn't expect that Cao Yu would have the idea of ​​annexing Ali.

If it weren't for the merger, how could a company with a market value of hundreds of billions become history?

No wonder he likes women. It turns out that the more ambitious a man is, the greater his desires are.

Although Ali is not as good as before and is said to be in a difficult situation, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Can Cao Yu really do it?
If you want to take over, will Ma Yun be willing to sell it to you?

The premiere ceremony of "Shanghai Fortress" was very successful with the support of main actors such as Lu Han and Shu Qi.

Many viewers also spent a lot of money to get tickets for the premiere.

Among them, the majority are Lu Han’s fans.

Who made last year's "Fighter of the Destiny" have such good ratings?

But after watching the movie, many rational audiences were already disappointed.

What is this thing you are filming?
It's completely a romance film in a sci-fi shell. Fighting aliens is just the surface, but the plot is about a domineering female president falling in love with me?

Only some of Lu Han's female fans don't care whether the plot is good or not, they just shout that Lu Han is so handsome.

Under such circumstances, the attendance at major cinemas on the first day of the premiere was quite good.

Most of the audience were deceived.

The next morning, the CEO of Ali Pictures rushed into Ma Yun's office.

"Boss Ma, the box office is out!" "Show it to me!"

Ma Yun immediately snatched the information from his subordinates.

It’s written in black and white: one hundred and thirty-six million!

"Great!"

Ma Yun slammed the table and said, "In just half a day, they have achieved such results. Then, they will have to pay back at least another two or three hundred million yuan?"

It’s settled this time!

He was excited for a while and asked, "Mr. Li, how is the reputation of the movie?"

"Not bad. Although some people criticized the plot, many people praised Lu Han's acting skills. Some people also said that the special effects were good. It is also at the forefront of domestic science fiction."

"It's hard to please everyone. Maybe those who scold us are Cao Yu's trolls."

Ma Yun's heart finally settled down: "If the box office can keep up in the next two days, we will prepare a celebration banquet."

As long as this movie becomes popular, Ali Pictures' reputation will rise. Even if it can't catch up with Feiyu Entertainment, it can at least be on par with Wanda.

When the time comes, put the movies on Tudou Video and this platform will become popular.

With the emergence of the video platform, there will be traffic, and the company will be able to develop slowly.

At least it's not like now, where only Zhi Fubao can walk on one leg and the rest are all disabled.

As for "Avengers 4" which was released today, he is not worried.

Lu Han has so many fans, what is there to be afraid of?
But just when Ma Yun started thinking about what to do for the celebration banquet, the voices on the Internet had begun to change.

When some real audiences watched this movie, they were simply speechless.

"What kind of crappy movie is this? How did the director shoot it?"

"It's just a love story disguised as a sci-fi film, purely for the sake of hype!"

"It's a rubbish movie! You are committing fraud! Refund the tickets!"

"If Shanghai Fortress is a science fiction film, then I dare say that this is the worst time a science fiction film has been criticized!"

"Still shooting at me? Please don't insult the hero!"

"I was playing on my phone almost the entire time during the entire movie. I couldn't bear to watch it. The script is too bad, the director is not good enough, no one can save it, even the best actor!"

"This is the only movie where I want the aliens to win!"

"It's the end of the world, and the hero can still take a vacation and is busy talking about love? The last thing he does before going to the battlefield is to confess his love to the commander? Which genius came up with this plot?"

"We're already at war, but why is the protagonist wearing a big bang? His face is shiny and powdered, is he a soldier? Director, learn from Feiyu Entertainment."

"This movie is not even as good as Starship Troopers from more than 20 years ago."

"Watching this so-called science fiction film of mine, my IQ was insulted!"

……

The shocking complaints and bad reputation directly flooded the Internet.

Moreover, Douban gave it a score of 2.3, and there was a lot of criticism below.

This score also set a record for the lowest score for a domestic film!

However, if black and red are counted, "Shanghai Fortress" is indeed a hit this time!

Douyin, Fei'e Video, and even other video software are full of curses.

"What happened? Why did the reputation suddenly collapse?"

Ma Yun looked at the all-bad reviews online and couldn't believe it. Everything was fine yesterday, why did it become like this today?
"Go check for me. Did Cao the thief deliberately send bad reviews?"

He thought about the possibility of such a thing happening and felt that Cao Yu might be the culprit.

"Boss Ma, I checked it out. I also secretly asked the audiences who watched the movie. It's not fake. This is the audience's real feelings at that time."

"How do you really feel?"

Ma Yun slumped down in the chair.

I saw the movie and it had some highlights, is it really that bad?

Two days ago, I was in front of the camera and vowed that "Shanghai Fortress" was a well-made film that would break the dominance of Hollywood science fiction films.

Now, let alone ruling, it’s not even enough to be humiliated.

Isn't this a slap in the face?
And the slap in the face came so quickly!

After a long silence, he asked quietly, "How much is the box office?"

"Thirty-three million."

"so little?"

Ma Yun's eyes widened. It was more than 100 million yesterday, and more than 30 million the next day?

Is this movie going to flop again?
I invested more than 200 million.

Ma Yun sat in the chair in a daze, and the whole office was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

After several minutes, he asked, "Are there any results for Avengers 4?"

"Yes, two hundred and eighty million."

"Got it, let's go."

Ma Yun's heart was completely chilled.

My own movie only made over 30 million, while theirs made over 200 million.

You were so arrogant at the time and said you wanted to benchmark against others?
It seems that my plan for rising to prominence is completely hopeless. Now I just hope that it won’t affect the company’s stock price.

Just when Ma Yun was feeling disappointed, netizens once again discussed the issue that Cao Yu was unwilling to let "Shanghai Fortress" cooperate with Douyin.

This time, no one said that Boss Cao was awesome. Instead, everyone changed their tone and said that Boss Cao was very far-sighted.

Of course, we cannot cooperate with such a rubbish movie, otherwise it would be deceiving the audience.

Boss Cao really has a good conscience.

It turns out that we had wronged him before.

Many people actually started to apologize to Cao Yu online, and some said that the only right thing to do was to support Feiyu Entertainment and Boss Cao.

Others are all big liars.

At the same time, the video of Ma Yun being interviewed by reporters was ridiculed by everyone on the Internet.

Who gave him the courage to say that "Shanghai Fortress" will not be worse than "Avengers 4"?

They even said that the box office could reach at least 3 billion?
If this kind of movie can earn 300 million, it will be a shame for Chinese science fiction movies.

Some people also said that director Teng Huatao should just go and shoot "Snail House" and not make any more movies.

Amidst all the ridicule and abuse, "Shanghai Fortress" only grossed 10 million on its third day of release.

The box office of "Avengers 4" reached million.

One sky and one earth.

It’s because “Shanghai Fortress” is so bad that it makes “Avengers 4” look even better.

On July 25, Ma Yun, who had been hit so hard and looked much older, even had a lot more white hair on his head.

He felt so embarrassed these two days. What he said in the last interview was now being used as a joke.

But the next blow was even greater.

Because this film was labeled as a bad movie, other films previously invested by Ali Pictures, such as "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", were also brought up, saying that Ali did not understand movies at all.

This also caused the share price of Ali Pictures to plummet, and it has been falling for three days. As a result, the share price of Ali Group has also been falling.

In just a few days, the company's market value shrunk by tens of billions.

The stock price fell, and profits could not keep up, so the company was in direct financial trouble.

"It seems that we have to sell Taobao no matter what."

Ma Yun rubbed his head and gritted his teeth to make the decision.

But who can I sell it to?
He touched his hair, which had turned a little gray in just a few days, and felt distressed again.

For penguins?
I don’t know if they want it?
"Let the wind out first."

In the end, he could only release the news of his plan to sell Taobao to see if anyone was willing to take it over.

You can sell it to anyone, except to this thief Cao!
Just when the box office and reputation of the movie "Shanghai Fortress" were getting worse and worse, Cao Ze was entangled with the heroine of the movie, Shu Qi.
(End of this chapter)