After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 435: Turn your hand and clouds appear; turn your hand again and rain falls!
Zuoshandiao left the office tiredly. He refused his secretary's company and drove to the China Film Digital Production Base alone.

He walked aimlessly with his hands behind his back in the Zhongshu base that he had built himself, from day to night, until the lights came on. He stood on an arch bridge, looked at the lake under the bridge, and lit a cigarette.

"I didn't expect that in the end... you were the only one who still remembered me."

Li Mingyang pushed aside the willow branches in front of him, took off his sunglasses, put them in his pocket, smoked a half-smoked cigar, and walked to the wall.

"Boss Han, are you saddened by the scene, or are you unwilling to give up?"

"I had expected it, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon..."

Li Mingyang looked at the once invincible Zuoshandiao, which had become a broken 3 billion. It was broken.

But the higher-ups used this incident to make a fuss and had him removed.

The market has already been formed, and Zuoshan Diao has made great contributions. If he does not make principled mistakes, there will be no way he can go down.

But if he doesn't go, he will block the way of too much capital.

It was not until just now that he realized that the reason BAT did not want to enter the film industry was because of the man in front of them who raised a movie giant!
In a sense, the two people's situations are very similar.

They are all blocking other people's way.

One has made great contributions to Dongda Film, and the other is extremely talented.

There is no principled mistake between them, so we can only look for the right opportunity to force one to leave and the other to step down.

Zuoshandiao did not ask whether the removal of "Bian San" was caused by Li Mingyang hiring water army.

no point.

Because, even if Li Mingyang didn't do it, others would do it. Li Mingyang didn't need to do it himself, he just needed to hand over the knife.

"There's one thing I'm curious about. If I bring up the witch's row at the beginning, can you block the transformation to three?"

"No way, that thing is too invincible and unsolvable!"

"Really..." Zuoshandiao took a long puff of his cigarette and laughed. At this moment, Zuoshandiao seemed to have accepted the fact that he had stepped down.

But he also has his own regrets. One is the listing of China Film Group, and the other is the last song of his founding trilogy, The Founding of an Army...

Just when he was about to pass on his two regrets to Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang smiled and said, "Boss Han, are you admitting defeat now?"

"Hehe...if you don't admit defeat, will you be sidelined?"

"I think you can't leave yet. Dongda's film industry still needs you to take charge. If you leave, I'll be away for two years, and when you come back, the domestic film industry will be completely different."

Zuoshandiao narrowed his eyes slightly, not knowing what Li Mingyang was up to.

People outside say that the dragon named Long Biao is raised by him, but in fact he has more than one dragon.

And among so many dragons.

Li Mingyang is the youngest, but he is growing the fastest and has the highest ceiling.

The person who was happiest when he stepped down was Li Mingyang.

No one can hold him down.

"It has come to this, what else can I do? Forget about accounting. Now the people have changed. Those people are not my people."

"I know."

Now that Zuoshandiao is interested, it would be best if he doesn't step down. He is still not disappointed!

"If I help you through this crisis, you owe me a favor."

Zuoshandiao was stunned. He thought Li Mingyang would ask for a huge sum of money, but he didn't expect it was just a favor.

"This favor only applies to movies. My rights are actually only in the film industry."

"Of course!"

Li Mingyang agreed so readily that Zuoshandiao began to worry again and was just about to take another precaution.

Li Mingyang said, "Are you annoying? I just want to film The Three-Body Problem. Isn't the copyright of The Three-Body Problem in the hands of China Film Group?"

"Okay! I promise you! Haha!"

"It's a deal?"

"It's hard to catch up." Zuoshandiao was in a good mood. Although he didn't know which bastard had the copyright, it didn't affect his bragging: "In fact, I asked you to go to Hollywood. It doesn't matter whether you succeed or not. The important thing is to learn about the film industrialization there. The Three-Body Problem is a science fiction movie. China has zero experience in this area! Many big shots like The Three-Body Problem. If you can make a good movie of The Three-Body Problem, then in the future...haha!"

You talk a lot of nonsense, but damn, the copyright is in my hands.

What I really care about is your daughter’s “Dying to Survive”!
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January 8th, 20: am.

The total box office of "Transformers 19.3" is billion!
Magic City.

A couple was shopping, and the girl said, "Honey, there's a movie theater up ahead, is there any movie you want to see?"

"Listen to you."

"Boys all like to watch Transformers, so let's watch Transformers."

The boy, who had already watched Transformers 3 twice, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll buy the ticket now."

The boy took out his newly bought Apple phone, opened the peephole, and prepared to buy movie tickets.

“Can I buy movie tickets with my phone now?”

"It only started this year. Last year, we had to use a computer. I found it. The show is very close... Hey, we are lucky. No one is watching. We are going to book the whole theater today."

When the girl heard this, she was puzzled: "Isn't this movie very popular? The box office is almost over 2 billion, why is no one watching it?"

"Fuck!"

The girl frowned, "I'm asking you a question, what the hell are you talking about!"

"What the hell! Regular 3D tickets cost 599!"

"599? Did you see it wrong?"

"No! If you don't believe me, look, two tickets cost 1198!"

When the girl saw the ticket price, she was shocked and said, "This is a rip-off! I won't watch it anymore."

"Ah."

"My phone is so slow, honey, can you buy me a new phone?" The girl shook her Nokia and said coquettishly.

"What phone do you want?"

"It's the same as yours, and the apple looks pretty useful."

"..."

4999 Ah!
The boy suddenly had the idea of ​​breaking up, this bitch is too expensive.

Hangzhou.

Bai Bin, who had just attended the signing ceremony of Yinghuang Cultural Village, walked into a high-end restaurant wearing sunglasses, a mask, a hat, a celebrity three-piece suit, and a black dress. Led by the waiter, she came to a window seat on the second floor and met Zhou Liang, the son of Li Mingyang's godmother.

Shirahama was locked up in the Bouquet Hotel for a week in order to catch up with the signing ceremony of Yinghuang Cultural Village.
He was forced to agree to Li Mingyang's conditions.

Just to meet his godmother's son.

At first glance, Bai Bin didn't have a good impression of the fat white boy in front of him.

However, when she heard the other party introduce himself as her junior, she immediately became a little interested.

After chatting for a while, Bai Bin found that Zhou Liang in front of him was as simple as an idiot, answering whatever he was asked.

What Bai Bin was most interested in was that Li Mingyang had passed by.

But Zhou Liang knew very well that Li Mingyang's parents were divorced, and before he was admitted to Beijing Film Academy, he lived in Zhou Liang's house.

Bai Bin always felt that Li Mingyang was quite mysterious. It was rare for her to meet someone who knew Li Mingyang's past. Her strong curiosity made her unable to help but ask and hear more and more about Li Mingyang.

Shirahama's mood became increasingly complicated.

When his parents divorced, they only cared about themselves and never considered Li Mingyang.

His mother went to the United States and ignored him, and his father remarried and also ignored him.

The reason why Li Mingyang is cold-blooded has been found.

Anyone would be chilled by this!

Fortunately, Li Mingyang met Zhou Liang's family, which made him feel a little bit humane despite his cold-bloodedness...

Whether Li Mingyang became famous or became the youngest billion-dollar director in China, he relied on tricks and was extremely cunning.

Bai Bin felt like he had fallen into a trap and hesitated whether he should ask further.

Zhou Liang felt anxious when he saw Bai Bin lowering his head to drink the soup and losing his enthusiasm.

He has admired his senior sister for a long time!
Even though Shirahama was two years older than her, he didn't mind.

"Senior Sister Bai, there's a movie theater next door. Let's go watch a movie later."

Shirahama hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Zhou Liang was very excited when he saw this. He took out his Apple, opened Baidu Nuomi, and prepared to buy a ticket.

Huh? No one here?

Could it be that God thinks that Senior Sister Bai and I are a couple? There is an empty theater in Transformation 3. This is so awesome. I want to book the whole theater!
After selecting the two best seats, Zhou Liang was stunned when he paid the money.

"1998? Are you kidding! IMAX isn't that expensive!"

Bai Bin looked at Zhou Liang in confusion.

Zhou Liang felt that he had just lost his composure. He scratched his head and said with a smile, "The price of the ticket for Transformers 3 is ridiculous. One ticket costs 599."

"Did you see it wrong?"

"I've watched it several times. If you don't believe me, watch it."

Bai Bin took the phone and took a look. The price of two ordinary 3D tickets was really 1998. This amount of money was nothing to her, but this blatant robbery still made her very unhappy.

She exited the ticket purchase interface for Transformers 3 and wanted to check the ticket prices for other movies, and happened to see a showing of Witch in the same cinema.

Huh? You didn't choose witches, you chose Transformers. Are you crazy?
I also played a witch!
You didn't choose the movie I made!

Bai Bin took another look at Zhou Liang's recent ticket purchase records.

Three Transformers 3, and not a single Witcher…

This guy has a bad character! Li Mingyang asked me out for him, but he didn't even support me in the show.

Li Mingyang is also blind sometimes! What kind of friend is this! Bai Bin's lips curled up slightly, and her charming charm made Zhou Liang intoxicated and stunned.

I looked up the prices of other movies, and they were all around 599, except for Transformers, which was . This was the case in all the cinemas in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Guangzhou as well...

Baibin was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out. She closed Nuomi and wanted to open the cat's eye to take a look.

And no cat's eye?!
Bai Bin hesitated for three seconds, returned the phone to Zhou Liang, then took out his own Apple phone, opened the cat's eye, and checked. Oh my God!

Maoyan and Nuomi have both set the price of the ticket for the third edition at 599!

"Senior Sister Bai, the movie is about to start. It's OK to reserve the entire theater for 1998. I've bought the tickets."

Shirahama lowered his head, rolled his eyes, and hummed perfunctorily.

"Huh? Why can't I pay? Is there an error?" Zhou Liang tried to pay twice but failed, and he became anxious.

Shirahama tried using the cat's eye, but found that he couldn't pay.

This... is malicious competition!
Maoyan is from Guangguang, and Nuomi is from Baidu...

Bai Bin shuddered at the thought of being locked up in the Bouquet Hotel and often seeing Wang Changtian and Gong Yu.

My goodness, this must have been done by Li Mingyang!

How dare they!

……

Among movie ticketing platforms, Maoyan and Nuomi account for more than 90% of the market share.

The convenience and cost-effectiveness of online ticket purchase have made people develop the habit of purchasing tickets online.

The online ticket purchasing channels for Transformers 3 have almost collapsed, and audiences who want to watch Transformers 3 can only buy tickets at the cinema.

There is a lot of room for maneuver when it comes to buying tickets for the cinema.

Not to mention the regulatory authorities, even cinema chains don’t have a clear idea of ​​the actual ticketing data of their own theaters.

On August 8, Transformers 20 could not be purchased due to data errors on Maoyan and Nuomi.

For the first time, Transformers' single-day box office fell below 20 million.

In response to this incident, various media, big Vs, literati, and experts have directed their fire at Maoyan and Nuomi.

"The ticketing platform deliberately engaged in fraud and maliciously suppressed Transformers 3. It is the culprit of Dongda Film."

"Transformers 599 at 3, I'm really surprised. Is this a normal ticket price? This is malicious suppression. My Dongda Film Market was ruined by these businessmen!"

"Just when Transformers 3 was about to create a new history in the domestic film industry, ticketing platforms such as Maoyan and Nuomi suddenly experienced system errors. This is naked malicious targeting!"

"What a bunch of rats. They can't get any box office revenue themselves, so they suppress their peers. I strongly suggest that China relax third-party supervision and allow third-party overseas audits to review Hollywood ticket sales."

"It is extremely shameless to cheat and deceive. I am ashamed to be associated with it."

"Domestic movies are really doomed. They even changed the ticket prices. It's just a change, but it's still 599 and they haven't even released it yet!"

"When you can't do anything yourself, you suppress others. This is the tragedy of the University of Tokyo!"

The media, big Vs, literati, and experts seemed to have forgotten that Change is a Hollywood movie, and they attacked Maoyan and Nuomi like wild dogs.

Faced with the collective attack from literati and scholars, Maoyan and Nuomi finally spoke out.

Due to issues with the computer room, both parties have made a temporary adjustment and will no longer support movie ticket purchases this week.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our users.

Then there is nothing.

After this week, Transformers 3 will be out of theaters.

Naked and unscrupulous targeting!
Then the online criticism got even more intense. The film industry incident broke through the circle and rushed to the financial news... broke out of the country and appeared on the New York Times and Fox News...

Many domestic departments have strongly condemned this practice.

As for the punishment, there was not even a symbolic punishment...

There was indeed a problem in their computer room and there was a fire.

How did the fire start? No one knows.

Anyway, that's how it happened.

Maoyan and Nuomi joined forces to directly sell high-priced tickets and sanction the release of movies, which not only refreshed the audience's three views.

It also refreshed the three views of domestic entertainment.

The industry was shocked.

They never expected that ticketing software could be used in this way.

599! It's simply murderous and heartbreaking. They don't want anyone to live!
I spent money to buy tickets, but my intelligence was insulted!
Buying tickets is pure idiocy!
The ticketing platform can really make things happen with just a wave of its hand, with low-priced tickets to attract audiences, and with the flip of its hand, with high-priced tickets to hammer you to death.

Ticket subsidies have been available in China for a year already, and they are indeed effective in increasing box office revenue, but if everyone uses them together, the effect will be greatly reduced.

Back to the same starting line.

Ticket subsidies have attracted countless new moviegoers and cultivated the habit of buying tickets online among countless viewers.

The one that benefits the most is the overall market!
The profit of a single movie itself is not obvious, unless it is a super visual effect blockbuster like Transformers 3, it can rely on ticket subsidies to make a sensation and sweep the national box office market indiscriminately.

However, Maoyan and Nuomi joined forces to teach filmmakers a lesson.

I can't send you to heaven, but I can send you to hell.

Even the super money-making beast Transformers 3 is not
exception!

There is no hope for Transformers 3 to break billion, and those who wanted Zuoshandiao to step down have given up this idea and started to support Zuoshandiao, fearing that if they are too slow, they will be criticized later!

At 8 a.m. on August 22, the final box office results for Transformers were released.

19.65 billion, the grand transformation to the third place, finally fell in front of the billion goal.

On the last day of its release, the box office was the lowest in history.

Only 1300 million!
Also taken off the screen was The Witch, which grossed 3570 million RMB.

Yanbei, China Film Digital Base.

At this time, dozens of cars were lined up at the gate of China Film Digital Base, waiting to enter.

"Why was it taken down? Didn't they say the key would be extended for a month?" Feng Kuzi was very confused.

“Not sure…” Wang Dajun shook his head like a rattle.

Unexpectedly!

It seemed that Zuoshandiao was about to step down, but he didn't expect that this TM would come back to life in the blink of an eye...

And after this incident, Zuoshandiao's power is even greater than before... and he is deeply trusted by his superiors.

Maoyan and Baidu took the blame for the whole thing, while China Film stayed out of it. No one can blame themselves, and it's nothing serious!
The traffic started to flow, and dozens of cars filed in and stopped at the office building of Zhongshu.

They walked in quickly one by one to see the eagle, fearing that they would be too late and that the eagle would be unhappy.

A few minutes later, Yu Dong, who climbed the stairs, arrived at the meeting room first.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Zuoshandiao and Wang Changtian drinking tea at the end of the conference table.

I can't even describe how weird the feeling is.

But on second thought, he is a fence-sitter, betting on both sides!
He felt refreshed all of a sudden, and immediately put on a smile, sat down opposite Wang Changtian, and talked at length about how Bernard Cinemas had suppressed the market and turned it into three in the last three days of the weekend.

I even ran all over the city and kept watch on the front line for three days and three nights!
"Okay, I know you've worked hard, come and have some tea." Zuoshandiao smiled and asked his secretary to serve tea to Yu Dong.

Yu Dong took the tea with a smile, took a sip, put it down, sat upright, and listened quietly to Zuoshandiao's teachings.

Zuoshandiao glanced at everyone in the room, and finally his gaze stopped on Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou. He smiled faintly and said, "Just go ahead with The Flowers of War as normal, don't worry about anything. Have you decided on a date?"

Zhang Yimou looked at Zhang Weiping with a stern expression. Zhang Weiping narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Let's do it in December. We'll go for the Lunar New Year holiday."

Zuoshandiao nodded and looked at Xu Ke and Yu Dong, "Yu Dong, when are you going to release Dragon Gate Flying Daggers?"

As soon as Yu Dong heard this, he knew what Zuo Shandiao meant, and quickly said, "It's also the Lunar New Year period, to boost popularity."

Zuoshandiao nodded in satisfaction, took a sip of tea leisurely, and then said, "Let's do it on December 15th! Jinling and Longmen will be released on the same day."

The meeting room suddenly fell silent, and then everyone said that this day was well chosen. Tsui Hark was the happiest and smiled from ear to ear.

Zhang Yimou's expression remained stern, without any reaction.

Only Zhang Weiping had a bitter look on his face, and he strongly disagreed in his heart.

Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate and The Flowers of War can be said to be the two most powerful domestic films this year.

What if this battle fails? Jinling’s actual investment is not low, over 200 million.

But he didn't dare to speak and kept giving Zhang Yimou a look, but Zhang Yimou ignored him.

"It's another life-and-death fight! They're really forcing an internal fight!" Zhang Weiping was indignant, but he had no choice but to let it go, and he didn't dare to be the first to do so.

"When two people meet on a narrow road, the brave prevail. There are only so many good schedules. How long can you hide?" Zuoshan Diao took a sip of tea and smiled slightly: "Weathering with You is scheduled to be released in December. The specific time will depend on the situation.

But you have to be prepared to release three movies at the same time."

This time, Lao Mouzi couldn't sit still. No matter who it was, he didn't want to fight with Li Mingyang because his tricks were too fierce.

Originally, with his relationship with Tian Zhuangzhuang, he could compete fairly with Li Mingyang and get along well with him...

But he heard some news recently... He was really afraid that Li Mingyang would catch him and beat him up!
"Is it possible to arrive in time?" asked Lao Mouzi.

Zhang Yimou expressed the doubts in everyone's mind. After Li Mingyang finished filming the TV series, everyone thought he would start filming Weathering With You right away.

Who knew that as soon as the TV series was completed, he took the witch to Korea.

After returning to China, filming did not start immediately. He was elusive, sometimes in Shanghai, sometimes in Yanbei, and sometimes in Hengdian.

It's been almost two weeks and there's still no movement.

"There's still time. Please give us your advice and compete fairly," said Wang Changtian.

"Yes, fair competition!" responded Zuoshandiao.

fair play?

This must be the biggest joke in the film industry!
Guangxian and Baidu dominate the ticket subsidies and both stand on Li Mingyang's side.

As long as Li Mingyang performs steadily, there is really no rival in China except for Hollywood blockbusters. Whoever sees him will die...

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(End of this chapter)