I make a thriller, it's God chasing and feeding

Chapter 182 [Direct withdrawal]

[Although, shouldn't horror movies be scary?Compared with their expressionless expressions after reading it, we felt sweet after reading it, which seemed a little weirder. 】

An ID with the title of 'Bai Shaoshang Super Talker' appeared on Weibo Square and simply expressed his thoughts.

But soon, comments appeared one after another under this Weibo.

"Six, have everyone over there in the First Commandment begun to bribe our people?"

"How much does one cost, sister? I'll pay double."

"If you want money, go somewhere else and don't poop in our square."

"Don't leave us alone, you can't represent us."

"I suggest you buy a ticket and watch it several times if you don't understand it. You don't understand the deep meaning of this movie at all."

"Indeed, if you don't understand such an amazing crying scene, you can read the plot analysis post in Super Talk and then watch the film again."

……

[You have been kicked out of the Bai Shaoshang support fan group. 】

[You have been kicked out of Bai Shaoshang’s official Weibo fan group. 】

【You have been...】

Looking at the reminders on her phone one after another, the woman who was about to enjoy her day off fell into silence, and the smile on her face froze.

Immediately afterwards, my head began to swell and hurt.

Angry!
At that moment, she only felt the blood rushing to the back of her head. Not to mention the headache, even her cervical spine began to feel faintly uncomfortable.

At the same time, the good mood brought by the rest day is gone.

With just one Weibo post, someone was expelled from the fandom.

"? Are you sick? I just commented that the description "sweet" is inappropriate for a horror movie. Isn't it right?"

She pressed her fingers on the screen, and her nails landed on the screen, making a 'click, click, click' sound.

A reply had just been sent, and she continued editing.

"You don't even know where my money is when I went to Fenbai and Shao Shang!"

The second reply had just been sent, and before the third reply had been edited, her Weibo started to go viral.

Her comments were restricted because too many people reported her at the same time.

"Fuck!"

Unable to bear it any longer, the woman suddenly shook her fist and cursed, "It's so fucking stupid."

She has used this number since she was in school.

It would definitely be heartbreaking to be banned for such inexplicable reasons.

The feeling of anger in her heart that had nowhere to vent made the woman stand up and jump around the room.

But as an ordinary person, the most that can be done is this.

There is no doubt that such a thing has happened, let alone continuing to be a fan of this celebrity, it is considered a good thing to stop being a fan and turn into a fan.

And she is not the only one like this.

"Awesome, it's so sweet to see a horror movie review."

"Originally, after watching The First Commandment, I was a little bit interested in watching Nightmare for comparison, but now I have no idea."

"Who in the family knows who is fanning him?"

"Does this allow him to win? Director Lu, can you do it?"

"I understand, now muster up the courage to read the First Commandment again. Even if I'm scared to death, I can't let this little brat win!"

……

There are quite a few people who see Nightmare fans going around promoting it.

And there are countless people like the famous Bai Shaoshang who was expelled from his fandom.

A horror movie, sweet?

Not to mention this group of netizens, as a director, Lu Zhengyi found it funny when he heard Zhang Xueming talking about it early in the morning.

home,

restaurant,

Two people and a cat were at the dining table, eating breakfast.

"From the data point of view, we seem to have lost, but from the perspective of public opinion, we have won."

Zhang Xueming was eating breakfast and scrolling through Weibo on her tablet, holding back a smile and saying:
"I don't understand. Is Xingyu Media interfering with these fans' speeches?"

"Some said the show was very sweet, some said Bai Shaoshang was handsome, some said his sister's crying scene was good... After saying so many things, no one got to the point. I doubt that this group of fans Is this some kind of conspiracy?"

"Do his fans know how strange what he said is?"

She really couldn't hold it any longer.

Until now, as a manager of a media company, she has suffered a lot.

But no melon was more fragrant and more amusing to her than this one.

But part of the reason is that she is also one of the parties involved.

"On the Internet, who can tell the difference between real fans and fake fans?"

Lu Zhengyi had already finished eating and was still sitting in his seat, just watching her and A Yong eat.

"Many celebrities who follow the idol route can't escape this disaster, they are black and red." He recalled, "In the name of fans, doing things that only black people do, this should be normal in the entertainment industry Operation?"

"Well, you know very well."

Zhang Xueming was a little surprised, "I thought you didn't pay attention to anything except filming."

"After all, a star like this who has no strength and only traffic should not be able to catch your eye."

Lu Zhengyi was a little helpless, "Don't think of me as too old-fashioned. After all, in this industry, even if I don't take the initiative to understand many things, I can still passively hear a lot of news, especially during breaks on the set. , Lily, Xiao Ming... they like to talk about this very much."

Gossip is the best way to relieve stress in your spare time from work.

"But I didn't expect that they would really dare to operate."

But then, Lu Zhengyi felt a little regretful, "After this wave, Bai Shaoshang's film career will probably be cut off."

Zhang Xueming also smiled.

Although the words stopped there, both of them knew what it meant.

That's false data.

Before the release, they had discussed this issue.

Manipulating box office data is actually a common thing for many movies.

For example, the box office pre-sales are [-] million, and then a lot of publicity is carried out, such as "pre-sales exceed [-] million", "premiere box office exceeds [-] million" and other marketing, but in fact, when the movie is released, those pre-sales Most of the movie tickets were refunded.

In addition, some investors will also 'book out' the movie to a certain extent during its premiere to make the box office data look better.

These operations are all considered unspoken rules.

But how to use this unspoken rule depends on the time.

"Ayi, come and see."

Lu Zhengyi finished breakfast and was about to wash the dishes when Zhang Xueming, who had gone upstairs to change clothes and prepare to go to work, came down holding his mobile phone.

"This kind of news came out on the first day. They should panic."

"No, I should have panicked."

"Maybe it's because of this that we didn't control the comments of those fans in time."

She went downstairs with bare feet, came to Lu Zhengyi, stood on her feet and showed him her phone.

In fact, she doesn't care at all about the loss in box office data.

Lu Zhengyi glanced at Zhang Xueming's bare feet.

But thinking about the floor heating in the room, he didn't say anything more and turned his attention to the screen of his mobile phone.

[ #夜夜之魂 premiere box office exceeded [-] million # Laughing to death, what a [-] million box office, the cinema in our town showed that it was full yesterday, but when I went to the cinema waiting area, there was no one at all, so after entering the cinema, I did not go directly to the second theater I went to the movie theater of Yijie out of curiosity and took a look at Terror in the Night. As a result, there was no one in the audience, and the screen was just sitting there. Is this a box office of [-] million?As an aside, there were only a few other people and I in the First Commandment scene. We were in a small place and it was not a day off, so almost no one went to the movies, so I was particularly surprised. 】

A Weibo post in the Night Horror entry had hundreds of comments and hundreds of likes as soon as it was posted.

Attached is also a photo. The seats in the venue are empty, but Nightmare is playing on the screen.

"Tsk..."

Lu Zhengyi shook his head.

Regarding this situation, they had expected it when they saw the news headline of [-] million box office, but they were not particularly surprised.

"Hey, it was deleted."

But soon, when Zhang Xueming took back her phone and refreshed it, the Weibo message disappeared, "The public relations action is very fast. It seems like what I thought, they are also aware of this matter and are dealing with it. So I don’t have time to care what the fans say.”

There was actually some expectation in her tone.

"Stop it, you're almost late."

Lu Zhengyi reminded him kindly.

This made Zhang Xueming quickly look away from the phone, but the smile on his face did not disappear.

Paper cannot hold fire.

If one person exposes such a thing, there will be a second, third...

By noon, more and more people were posting scenes on the Internet about what they saw in theaters around the world.

An empty movie theater with a picture of a screen.

"Six, it turns out this is a box office of [-] million. I thought Director Lu could lose to this kind of thing."

"I realized that real horror movies are not made for people to watch, but for ghosts."

"Ah? Can't you see, these photos are full of people!"

“Dogs can see things that humans can’t.”

"In the front, there are Yunyi's Yin soldiers lining up, and in the back, there's Shao Shang summoning souls to watch the movie. It's exciting, it's really exciting."

"My opinion is, why don't you have a bottle of Guosheng Coke and drink the Mawa Ghost? Everything will shine!"

……

And as one photo after another was uploaded, the incident became more and more popular.

The level of excitement is no less than when a certain celebrity was caught having sex or when a certain celebrity was a fan.

The horror of Lu Zhengyi's films has always been obvious to all.

And this time, the quality of The First Commandment is not inferior to any previous film, or even exceeds it.

In this case, lose?
Step by step, they changed their inherent impression of domestic horror films and waved the flag again. Who lost?

And he still lost to such a film and such an actor!
Audiences who like to watch horror movies will certainly not be able to accept it.

What’s even more unacceptable is the fact that The Conjuring is a movie to watch!

It's like an athlete that I have always liked and looked up to was tricked by people from other countries when participating in international competitions.

Angry, outrageous!

"Damn, it's amazing to be rich, but the data is so fake, and yet it's still the most popular! Bah!"

"Sorry, you can do whatever you want with money."

"Steammo, don't you hold a weapon?"

"After taking a look, the largest investor behind Nightmare is Xingyu Media, which is actually Bai Shaoshang's agency. I can only say that it's great to have a mountain at your back!"

"Fuck, didn't our Director Lu always cooperate with Guangying? Why is no one helping him!"

"After checking, Xingyu's boss is called Cai Shaojie. He is the second eldest son in the family. The Cai family's main industry is real estate. They know everything about it. They are so tyrannical and they will step on a small director like Director Lu as soon as they step on it. "

"Don't I know if it's good or not? Just do it if the data is fake. Anyway, I won't watch Bai Shaoshang's movies in the future."

"+1 if you don't look at it, Xingyu is so rich, I can support him for the rest of his life. Every movie will bring him a box office of seven to eight billion."...

Before the release, the public opinion of the two films on the Internet was completely one-sided.

Organized fan groups wantonly attack those unorganized and undisciplined passers-by who rely solely on luck to get videos and updates.

But as the incident came to light, public opinion on the Internet also became one-sided.

This time it was Lu Zhengyi who fell.

And fans of Nightmare don’t have the slightest power to resist.

Although, judging from the box office data, the performance of "The Nightmare" on its opening day exceeded that of "The First Commandment".

But in fact, the trend on the Internet is completely opposite.

Especially when those fans hold the banner of victory high and show off their power everywhere, it is even more disgusting.

And as more and more people exposed data fraud, even if Lu Zhengyi did not arrange manpower to organize it, passers-by directly drowned those organized and teamed fan groups with every spit.

Even under the organization of this group of fans who were so fanatical that they seemed a little crazy, Bai Shaoshang's fan group began to disintegrate.

For example, career fans, casual fans, and rational fans.

Bai Shaoshang was previously labeled as a sweet drama hero.

If he continues to make romantic dramas, they may support him.

But now he plans to transform. If he is afraid of horror movies, and it is a movie, some people will not be able to accept it.

This type is not accessible to everyone.

Some more rational fans will not put on the fan filter just because they like him and think about how good the self-hypnosis movie is.

There is no conflict between liking to watch romantic dramas and watching horror movies. Many people have more than one type of interest in dramas.

Even combining the two is not actually a conflict.

Lu Zhengyi has also made movies, and almost every movie has a little bit of emotion mixed in more or less.

The conflict is that the two go very poorly together!
"Between horror movies and Bai Shaoshang, I choose horror movies. After all, he is not the only star I am a fan of."

"Wouldn't it be better for this brother to just make a love drama? A horror movie."

"Actually, just make horror movies. If they don't look good, I won't watch them. I'll just follow the romantic dramas. But now, I don't even want to follow his romantic dramas. Mainly because his fans are really... I’m a little bit crazy.”

"Indeed, I just made a casual comment and they labeled me a troll. Please, I'm a pornographic person. Please go online under your real name!"

“Someone who just got kicked out of the fandom and had their entire fan base passed by.”

……

Star Media,

In the top-level office, behind the desk, a middle-aged man wearing rich hair wax and looking very energetic was looking at the computer expressionlessly.

In front of him, sitting a man who was much older than him and with gray hair, was explaining hesitantly, "Mr. Cai, I am responsible for this matter. I failed to keep an eye on Xiao Liu and let him Make the project like this.”

Cai Shaojie said nothing and looked at the screen coldly.

"Actually, this is not the first time our company has encountered this matter."

Liu Changjian, Vice President Liu could only say, "Just treat it coldly. The Internet has no memory."

"Shao Shang can settle down for a while, and when the limelight has passed, it won't be too late to come out again."

"and……"

Before he could finish speaking, he was forced to stop by the look in the eyes of the man behind the desk.

"Such a thing was exposed on the first day of the premiere, so the data behind it, let's do it or not."

"If you do, you'll lose money. Do you think anyone will be attracted to the theater because of this kind of marketing?"

"But if you don't do it and the data jumps off a cliff, it will be a default and you will be investigated."

Cai Shaojie's voice was a little hoarse, "During non-rest days, you made a box office of [-] million. Can you tell me the reason?"

"Also, when did you discover the problem?"

Liu Changjian: "..."

He was silent for a moment, ignoring the previous 'do or not' questions and answering the last two.

"In fact, it was actually mentioned by Xiao Liu. Although it is a non-working day, with Bai Shaoshang's fan activity and number of fans, the minimum box office must be nearly 4000 million."

"This 4000 million box office, plus the audience attracted by our marketing, meets at least half of the 5000 million box office standard. In this case, a [-] million box office is actually normal based on previous marketing plans Case."

Liu Changjian explained, "However, Bai Shaoshang doesn't actually have many fans. In fact, it may only be more than 2000 million at full count."

"So the marketing plan changed. In many places, no one went to it..."

But in the final analysis, it is still a matter of time.

If we do this during the Spring Festival, it will actually go very smoothly.

During the Spring Festival, you need to book tickets in advance to watch movies.

With such a large flow of people in each theater, no matter what kind of movie it is, there will basically be half an audience.

In this case, data processing is easy.

But the first commandment chooses a non-working day, and the movie is scheduled to be released on holidays. Isn't this normal operation?

"So, you think this is Shao Shang's fault?"

Cai Shaojie frowned.

"No, no, no, this is Xiao Liu's fault. He did not investigate the field data clearly."

Liu Changjian quickly denied his previous excuses.

"So, when did you discover the problem?"

Cai Shaojie continued to ask.

"Morning, this morning."

Liu Changjian's voice became even softer.

And what about Cai Shaojie?He smiled.

"Such a big thing was not clear until the morning?"

Liu Changjian explained again, "Actually, during the road show yesterday, it was fine."

"I heard from Xiao Liu that there were a lot of people at that time, and maybe three-quarters of the entire theater were fans of Bai Shaoshang, so I didn't think much about it."

"The problem was discovered when we were doing statistics in the early morning. The attendance rate was horribly low."

Cai Shaojie took a deep breath, "So Xiao Liu did this all by himself, right?"

"Yes……"

Liu Changjian nodded and sold his nephew.

But after thinking about it, he quickly shook his head, "No, no, no, no, how can he do so many things by himself."

"People from their project team are in charge together. They have been preparing for this since the film was reviewed. They traveled all over the country to confirm how much adjustment can be made in the data."

"However, Lu Zhengyi did not follow the routine. The film went from completion to release so fast that their project team had no time to complete the process. Moreover, the film was scheduled to be released at that time. Many of the things they collected were Data on rest days.”

He was not sure how much compensation the company would have to pay after the project was completed.

But Liu Youde would definitely not be able to carry it on his own.

This pot is too big.

"understood."

Cai Shaojie did not continue to ask, he just said these three words.

Then, he made a decision, "Terror in the Night, remove it."

"what?"

Liu Changjian suddenly raised his head, "But, but we haven't..."

"Do you think it's still possible to get your money back in this situation?"

Cai Shaojie seemed to know what he was going to say, so he interrupted directly, "It's impossible to continue. Not many viewers are willing to pay, so we have to stop losses in time. I will explain to other investors."

"If there is a reason, just focus on the aspect that the content is too scary and the review fails."

"Huh... Inexplicably, a big project that cost nearly [-] million from production to marketing has been wasted, and I haven't even returned the money. Now I'm a little doubtful. Did I get it wrong at the beginning? Why did I poach you? "

As he spoke, he laughed again.

These words can be said to be very straightforward.

It has even offended someone, but the other person still achieved the position of vice president in his own company.

If someone holds their anger and makes trouble behind their back, it will cause great losses to the company.

But Cai Shaojie has such confidence, he is not afraid.

He is not just the boss of an entertainment company.

……

[The box office of the premiere exceeded [-] million, but it was canceled due to review! 】

[Industry leaders analyze that this withdrawal may cause all parties to invest in losses of over [-] million! 】

[Is the content too scary, or is there someone jealous behind the scenes? 】

[The box office data of The First Commandment exceeded [-] million! 】

[Box office battle, who is the real winner? 】

As time passed, on the second day after the film was released, the box office data of The First Commandment successfully exceeded [-] million.

But compared to this news, the news of the withdrawal of Nightmare, which was a dark horse on its premiere day, attracted greater attention.

"Decisive enough."

When Lu Zhengyi got the news, he was preparing to go out to buy things needed for the wedding.

During the recent period, apart from movies, he occasionally took time to do some chores related to the wedding.

But as soon as the news came, the plan to go out was stopped.

To be honest, Lu Zhengyi did not expect that the people at Xingyu Media could be so decisive and withdrawn a movie just one day after it was released.

But if it were him, he should do the same.

With the current trend of this film, let alone getting back the original investment, the investment will only increase.

And as public opinion ferments, the actor's reputation itself will also be affected.

In this case, it is a better choice to directly withdraw the file and divert attention.

At least……

"It must have been reported by someone from the First Commandment!"

"Absolutely, I can't compete at the box office, using such small tricks!"

"What kind of data fraud? I went to check it out three times, and every time it was full!"

The fan group, which had been scolded for a while, showed signs of resurgence.

"This can be revitalized. I thought Bai Shaoshang's film career would be over."

Lu Zhengyi sat on the sofa again, touching A Yong who was leaning over and looking at his phone, "It doesn't look like it's Lao Liu's operation, but it's true that Lao Liu is just a manager and doesn't have such great authority. .”

Stop the show first, divert your attention, and keep the reputation of your own cash cow first.

After a period of time, the online copyright of the movie will be sold, and the movie will be made directly online instead of going to theaters to make money.

Perhaps, the Internet has no memory, and with Bai Shaoshang’s traffic, this film may be able to earn back its money by relying on Internet copyrights.

"There is something, but unfortunately... friendly merchants will not always be on your side."

　Thanks to book friends, my baby’s name is Xiaoyu for becoming the first ally in this book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)