Huayu 2007, Cultivation Superstar

Chapter 223 Someone stole the box office! Shanghai copper futures plummeted, and I got rich!

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Lu Feng went home, took a shower, changed his clothes, and then personally called the managers of nearby cinemas.

After all, a roadshow is not about just running over and chatting with the audience to trick them into buying tickets.

A series of publicity is needed.

If the cinema doesn't cooperate, Lu Feng won't be able to accomplish this task by himself.

Of course, the main reason is that his personal studio is just a makeshift team, and the only employee, Zhao Ruoyao, has gone home to visit his relatives.

Otherwise, why would Lu Feng have to do all these complicated chores himself?
However, it's not a big problem.

Lu Feng had no plans to go to other cities for roadshows, so he just took a walk around the school.

There should be dozens of cinemas in the inner ring of Shanghai, enough for him to run around.

Xu Zheng boasted that he would hold 100 roadshows, but Lu Feng never said that.

"Yes, it's just me. If the materials can be prepared in time, I'll come over for a look tonight."

Things like roadshows are not as complicated as Lu Feng imagined, but they are not as simple as Lu Feng imagined either.

Need some promotional materials.

The cinema also needs to prepare security work in advance.

Otherwise, what if some weird fans rush over and beat Lu Feng up?
Arrangements also need to be made at the cinema.

Fortunately, although Lu Feng was not professional, the cinema had already hosted many similar roadshows and was very skilled.

That night.

Reba changed into a very capable sportswear, pretended to be Lu Feng's agent, and accompanied Lu Feng to a roadshow at a nearby cinema.

As for the car and the driver, they were temporarily borrowed from Mr. Wang.

It turns out that the roadshow is indeed useful.

According to the cinema manager, under normal circumstances, it is difficult to fill even half of the 170 seats in a cinema hall.

However, upon learning that there would be a celebrity event tonight, not only was the hall full, but the several small halls nearby were also full.

The cinema’s business is more than twice as good as before.

"Don't worry, manager. I live nearby. From now on, whenever my movie is released, I will definitely be the first one to come to your house."

Lu Feng had just been to this cinema last night.

But last night, he was dressed casually and wore a baseball cap.

It was late at night and the lighting was poor, so no one could connect him with a movie star.

But today, he was wearing the most dazzling clothes, a pair of extremely cool bell-bottom pants.

He came late at night, even though it was pitch dark, wearing a pair of big sunglasses, and the buttons on his shirt collar were deliberately open, revealing a big, sparkling chain underneath.

Lu Feng's outfit is a hip-hop imitation of NBA star Iverson.

It looks very cool.

Not to mention...

This dress, which was completely different from that of ordinary people, attracted a lot of attention to him.

You can tell at first glance that she is a superstar.

After all, who in their right mind would dress like this?

As soon as he got off the car, he caused a sensation at the entrance of the cinema, and even attracted many passers-by to come and watch the fun, which made the cinema's business much better today.

In order to show its sincerity, the cinema has readjusted the screening schedule for tonight, replacing 80% of the share with "Supermarket", creating a partial advantage for "Painted Skin".

Only with screening schedule can there be box office.

"Thank you for your special invitation to witness your love..."

Lu Feng didn’t know what Xu Zheng was saying during the roadshow. Please forgive him for being tongue-tied and not knowing what to talk to the audience, so he had to pick up the guitar, play the accompaniment, and sing a song "Guest" for everyone.

Everyone present was a guest who had paid to witness his first film.

He sang a song in return to express his gratitude.

“You sing really beautifully.”

"Lu Feng, another song."

"Lu Feng, when is the concert? I'll buy you tickets."

The response on site was very enthusiastic, especially among college students from nearby schools, who all liked Lu Feng very much.

Their school is right next to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and they can see news about Lu Feng’s growth process on the campus website almost every day.

From another perspective, they watched Lu Feng grow up, which was equivalent to playing a star-making game themselves.

And today, the star that I cultivated finally reached a new milestone.

He made a movie!
Can't you support this?

"It's almost time, so I won't keep you from watching the movie. Our school is having a play at the end of this semester, so remember to come and support me. See you later."

After Lu Feng finished speaking, he waved his hand.

Thanks to the orderly passage maintained by security guards, Lu Feng walked out of the cinema smoothly.

On both sides of the passage, many people stretched out their hands, wanting to high-five Lu Feng.

Lu Feng accepted everyone who came and took photos with them, showing his down-to-earth side.

He thought silently in his heart, a high five means a movie ticket, maybe two, isn't that too good a deal?

Along the way, I can at least trick 100 people into going to the cinema and give myself 100 good reviews.

Very efficient!
"what is this?"

Suddenly, Lu Feng felt something strange on his hand. When he was high-fiving just now, a small piece of paper was stuck on it.

Before he could unfold the paper, Reba quickly snatched the note away.

Lu Feng couldn't help but ask, "Reba, what is that?"

"It's not a good thing. Don't ask."

Reba took a look and saw a phone number with three digits written on it.

Reba knew at a glance that these three numbers represent a woman's measurements.

Nice body.

Makes people jealous.

But it’s useless. These three numbers will never reach Lu Feng’s hands.

"Lu Feng, hold out your hand and spray some disinfectant. Next time, don't high-five anyone randomly. Who knows if there are any infectious diseases among those people?"

Reba seemed to have anticipated this situation and was very well prepared.

Lu Feng didn't say anything. Disinfection was still necessary. He himself was not afraid of anything, but he was afraid of infecting Reba and Li Xiaoqin.

"Master, drive to the next cinema."

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one night.

Lu Feng went to 5 cinemas.

Whenever he appears in a cinema, he will attract many people from nearby who are just watching the fun to come into the cinema.

It indirectly boosted the traffic of cinemas.

The manager of the cinema expressed his welcome to Lu Feng's roadshow and increased the screening rate of "Supermarket" that day.

Lu Feng estimated that one cinema should be able to provide two to three hundred more legitimate viewers for "Supermarket".

In one night, he earned himself 1000 positive reviews.

Although he was exhausted, Lu Feng was in a good mood when he saw the points in his system constantly increasing.

After all, hard work really does pay off.

There is nothing better in the world.

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The next morning, Lu Feng was sleeping with Li Xiaoqin in his arms.

It is indeed tiring to do roadshows.

Last night, after Lu Feng came back, he fell asleep immediately and didn't even bother to run in Li Xiaoqin's new sports car.

But it's worth the effort.

Around 10 o'clock in the morning, Lu Feng received a call from director Yang Daqing, who said, "Yesterday's Saturday box office was over 270 million, which is a bit more than our expected 250 million."

It must be the result of my roadshow!

Lu Feng was very happy to hear the news. He immediately got up from the bed and prepared to have lunch before going to another street in the afternoon to complete 5 roadshows.

"Brother, how's the situation over there? How many roadshows did you do yesterday?"

At this time, Lu Feng suddenly thought of Xu Zheng, called him and asked about the situation.

He felt that Xu Zheng must have paid a lot last night.

After receiving the call, Xu Zheng yawned continuously, as if he had not woken up yet. He must have been very tired.

However, after a while, Lu Feng suddenly heard a woman's charming voice coming from beside Xu Zheng.

"Where are my pants?"

"Over there. Hey, don't wear them wrong, those stockings are mine."

Xu Zheng has indeed paid a lot.

He found young models last night, and there was more than one.

Hearing the voice coming from the phone, Lu Feng was really speechless.

Is this what you said, running 10 games in one night?
Xu Zheng felt a little embarrassed when Lu Feng heard some of the noise. He felt embarrassed for a moment and said hesitantly, "I drank too much last night..."

No need to ask, he definitely didn't go on roadshows, he went to sleep with women.

Impressed!

I'm the only one working hard!
As expected, a word a middle-aged man says cannot be trusted.

"Lu Feng, don't worry, I'll definitely run today. I've already contacted the cinema and will go to Pudong this afternoon!"

Xu Zheng was swearing and swearing over there.

But Lu Feng no longer believed him.

"People's mouths can lie. But system points won't lie."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Feng took a look at his system.

When I woke up, I found that my system points had increased by 10.

At this moment, Lu Feng was stunned. Unbelievable.

How could it be 10 more?

In 2008, the average price of a movie ticket was around 25 yuan.

Last night's box office was over 270 million.

This is equivalent to 10 people buying tickets to the cinema to support the movie, but how is it possible that all of them gave Lu Feng a good review?

Under normal circumstances, if 10 people out of 1 give Lu Feng a positive review, it would be very good.

After all, he is not the male lead of the movie, but just an insignificant second male lead, and his acting is mediocre.

there is only one truth……

Most of these good reviews come from pirated copies!
"Great!"

"I almost forgot, piracy is rampant these days. Basically, the audience for the pirated market is 10 times that of the legitimate market!"

If it were any other male lead in a movie, even the second male lead, he would probably curse if he found out that the number of viewers of pirated copies is 10 times that of the genuine ones.

After all, what was lost was a lot of money.

However, for Lu Feng, both genuine and pirated products have real audiences.

As long as he gets a good review, he'll accept it.

At least, the pirated viewers actually gave positive reviews. Moreover, the probability of giving positive reviews is quite high.

Lu Feng even thought they were a little cute.

He is much cuter than the audience who watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"... After all, he spent a lot of effort on filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" for several months, but it only got him 100 million positive reviews.

Judging from the current trend, the movie "Supermarket" will definitely receive more than 100 million positive reviews.

We still have to make movies.

Great value for money.

"Qinqin baby, today is another day of loving you. I'm going out to work."

Lu Feng was in a good mood. He kissed Li Xiaoqin hard on the face, then turned around and walked out.

Li Xiaoqin was a little confused, but she was a little surprised that Lu Feng actually called her "Qinqin baby".

Of course, I was very happy.

After having sex, Lu Feng seemed to like her even more.

However, when I looked down at my chest, it was really nothing special.

Although Lu Feng didn't say anything, Li Xiaoqin knew that men definitely like big ones.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaoqin felt a little unhappy. She touched her chest and muttered, "Why can't you do better? At least surpass Reba."

Reba hangs around in front of Li Xiaoqin every day, and deliberately wears clothes that show off her figure at home, even her T-shirt is tight.

How could Li Xiaoqin not know what Reba was hinting at?
This damn girl is so hateful.

"The internet says eating papaya is helpful, but I wonder how long it takes for the effects to show up? Forget it, starting today, I'll drink a glass of papaya milk every day."

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In the next few days, Lu Feng went out early and came back late every day, running 10 roadshows a day.

Although he was very tired, Lu Feng was full of motivation when he saw the points constantly increasing.

Moreover, I don’t know if Xu Zheng has turned over a new leaf, but in the past few days, he has also started to work hard on roadshows, taking charge of the Pudong area.

But here comes the problem...

Ever since Xu Zheng joined in, the movie box office has not shown any upward trend, but has instead collapsed.

"Brother, are you poisonous?"

The box office on the first day was 1 million, on the second day it was 150 million, and on the third day it was 2 million... In the first three days, the box office broke new records again and again, and Lu Feng's mood was also in high spirits.

But, on the 4th day.

On Monday, after Xu Zheng also joined the roadshow army, the box office not only did not improve, but was cut in half.

It fell to 160 million.

Upon learning the result, Lu Feng almost vomited blood.

But it might just be a temporary adjustment. Besides, the box office was not very good on Monday, so he didn't say anything and continued to run the roadshow like a workhorse.

But on the fifth day, September 5th, the holiday had already started that afternoon, but the box office showed no improvement. On the contrary, it fell a little.

It fell back to 150 million.

At this moment, Lu Feng could no longer remain calm, and all his hopes disappeared.

The most speechless thing was the National Day.

Lu Feng originally thought that since he finally had a holiday, the box office would have a good start, but when the results came out, it was a real blow to him.

On National Day, the box office not only did not show any upward trend, but instead fell a little to 120 million.

Ever since Xu Zheng joined the roadshow army, the box office trend has been like diarrhea and cannot be stopped at all.

However, what comforted Lu Feng was that on October 10, the box office rebounded a bit and returned to 2 million.

If nothing unexpected happens, this movie should be able to get more than 2000 million at the box office before it is taken off the screen.

This is almost double the amount compared to another time and space.

Lu Feng persuaded himself that he could be content.

He essentially single-handedly brought in 800 million at the box office, which was enough to prove his popularity with the audience and the spending power of his fans.

But Lu Feng always felt that this matter was a little strange.

Originally, the box office was on a good trend, but why did it suddenly become sluggish after the National Day?

"This has nothing to do with me. When I was on the roadshow, every show was packed. I was also very puzzled. The market was obviously good, so why was the box office getting lower day by day?"

Xu Zheng actually had some doubts in his mind.

Judging from the responses from all sides, their movie is obviously very popular. Although we cannot say that every show was sold out, it was clearly above average.

The filming rate is also okay.

How could it suddenly fall apart?

There is absolutely no reason.

Even if there is the impact of piracy, it will not drain the potential so quickly.

"Brother, do you think our movie's box office revenue will be stolen?"

Lu Feng thought about it and this was the only possibility.

Because, while the box office of the movie is getting smaller and smaller, the praise points given to him by Lu Feng’s system are increasing every day.

On the busiest day, he even received 20 praise points.

This shows that the movie is very popular, word of mouth has started to ferment, and a chain reaction has occurred.

Under normal circumstances, the box office should be proportional to the number of positive reviews and should continue to rise.

"It's not impossible. Wait, I'll ask Mr. Wang about this."

The more Xu Zheng thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

His movie was obviously doing well, but it suddenly failed, which clearly shows that there was something wrong.

Piracy is one aspect, which cannot be avoided.

At this stage, all movies face this problem.

But if it was the cinema chain that stole the box office revenue, he really couldn't tolerate it and had to find out which rat was stealing his rice?
"Brother, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll be back to Hengdian to film in two days."

Lu Feng just gave Xu Zheng a reminder.

He knew very well that before the emergence of third-party statistical apps such as Tao Piaopiao, box office theft was impossible to avoid and was even quite rampant.

In fact, even with this kind of statistical app, box office theft still exists.

Apart from anything else, if the cinema chain uses a trick like handwritten tickets, people will be helpless.

Although this trick is very low-level, the lower-level and more primitive the routine is, the more effective it is.

Under normal circumstances, the cinema chain can get 57% of the box office revenue of a movie, the producer can get about 37%, and the distributor can get the rest.

The cinema chain has obviously taken the lion's share, but they want to take it all away and not even give the small share of the profit to the producer?

It’s so deceiving!
However, the film's producer was the Shanghai Film Group. Xu Zheng believed he could get justice from Mr. Wang.

As for Lu Feng...

He doesn't really care.

Because the praise points have already been obtained.

As for the box office share?

Lu Feng didn't care about the share of a few million.

Tomorrow is October 10th, and the futures market is open again. If nothing unexpected happens, the [Shanghai Copper 6] contract will most likely hit the limit down tomorrow.

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October 10th, 6 a.m.

Lu Feng set an alarm, got up 5 minutes early, turned on his laptop, opened the futures trading website, and waited to witness a miracle.

After half a month of fermentation, the wave of financial crisis finally swept across the ocean to China.

During the entire National Day holiday, in addition to the joyful atmosphere of the holiday, there was news of the daily surge in gold prices and discussions about the US subprime mortgage crisis.

Even the most slow-witted person would realize that if a financial crisis occurred in the United States, the Chinese economy would most likely be affected as well.

After all, the United States is the world's largest consumer, and China is the world's largest producer. If Americans have no money to buy things, the products produced by the Chinese will lose a major customer, and there will definitely be problems.

Therefore, at 10 o'clock on October 6, in the first second of the opening, without any surprise, the [Shanghai Copper 9] contract directly fell to the limit.

Down 2150 points!
In just that second, Lufeng made a profit of more than 2000 million.

Moreover, there are only short orders on the top, which are rushing out like crazy, forming a black mass. The long buyers below are scattered, and there is almost no trading volume.

Such a large amount was thrown out, but no one took over. According to this trend, the stock will continue to hit the limit down for several days!

"Lu Feng, what are you doing up so early?"

Li Xiaoqin also woke up. Lu Feng tossed her around until midnight last night and she fell asleep at 2 a.m. One morning, when she opened her eyes, she saw Lu Feng holding a laptop with glowing eyes.

She was a little confused.

"Nothing, I'm waiting for a call. I guess my phone will be ringing off the hook in two minutes."

Lu Feng just finished speaking.

It wasn't two minutes at all.

In less than 20 seconds, his phone was bombarded with calls.

(End of this chapter)