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Chapter 609 Sanctions! (Second more please subscribe!)
"what!"

Several exclamations sounded in the meeting room one after another, disrupting the already bleak atmosphere.

Wu Xueyi was full of disbelief, and asked loudly, "All the five major theaters only lined up 3% of the films?"

The other four also looked like they had seen a ghost, staring closely at the director of distribution.

The director of distribution said with some difficulty, "Yes, chairman, except that some tickets have been pre-sold for some shows tomorrow, and there are still nearly 7% of the film schedule. Starting the day after tomorrow, there will be only 3% of the film schedule at most. After the evening, a cinema will show at most one field."

Now online ticket purchases account for 35% of the share. Although "Rooftop Love" is not a movie that has no worries about not being able to buy tickets, it will not buy tickets so early in advance. After all, tickets cannot be refunded. 7% of the films scheduled, almost all of the shows with no pre-sales were withdrawn.

"how so!"

Wu Xue had an unbelievable look on her face.

The others were not much better. Wu Hongliang, Tang De's boss, frowned and asked, "Have you figured out why the other party did this?"

The director of distribution shook his head, "I don't know, there was no warning before, and I went to several theaters several times before."

"What the hell is going on? Now that the first weekend is almost over, why did you make the move at this time?"

Everyone was puzzled. Even if the two parties were competitors in the same schedule, there was nothing to say about lowering the schedule. It wasn't malicious competition, and it didn't even blackmail you.

But if you want to do it, you should reduce the number of films from the first day of release. Nowadays, domestic films of average quality account for one-third of the total box office in the first week, and even half of the total box office in the first four days.

When the box office explodes, you don’t want to press the film. Now that the weekend is over, what do you want to do?

"Mr. Zhang, go and inquire about the news. Tang An couldn't have made a move for no reason. Something must have happened." Wu Xue instructed the distribution director.

"Interstellar" announced at the end of last year that it will be scheduled for the summer vacation. In addition to "Tomb Raider Notes", a domestic film will either be moved to the end of July, or it will be moved to August.

They also wanted to catch a leak. "Tomb Notes" is still two weeks away from "Interstellar", and there is only one blockbuster "Interstellar" in between.

Tang An is amazing, but in addition to Tang An's movies, there were two [-] million movies in the Lunar New Year file before.

Moreover, "Love on the Rooftop" is a musical, and there is no conflict between the two. At most, the number of films is slightly less, so it is better to wait until the end of the summer.

To put it bluntly, neither for them nor for Tang An, "Love on the Rooftop" can't be regarded as the opponent of "Interstellar", they just follow behind to drink some soup.

How could an insignificant character let Tang An make a special move, and the two sides had no quarrel.

Wu Xue couldn't figure it out. After all, Hengda Film and Television was backed by Hengda Real Estate, and ordinary people would not provoke it.

Although Hengda entered the film and television industry mainly to develop live-action entertainment projects, it did not pay much attention to Hengda Film and Television.

But Wu Xue paid attention to it. She had to make achievements, so she found Fan Binbin who was cooperating with Hengda. Through Fan Binbin's manager's relationship in Baodao, she contacted Jay Chou and participated in the investment.

Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, and turned to look at Jiang Zhiqiang.

"Mr. Jiang, you and Tang An"

Half of the words are self-evident.

Wu Hongliang and the others understood what Wu Xue was talking about, and they all looked at Jiang Zhiqiang.

Now "Rooftop Love" is definitely hitting the street in the base camp of Taiwan, and can only count on the box office in the mainland.

Originally, there were nearly 3000 million data in three days, but in the end there were at least 9000 to [-] million. If you are lucky, it is not impossible to break through [-] million.

Coupled with pre-roll ads, TV, Internet copyrights, and Southeast Asian copyrights, basically there will be no loss.

Now the five major theaters have sanctioned "Rooftop Love", and only give 3% of the follow-up film schedule, so the follow-up box office will be cut off by half.

I can't figure out why, but the only possibility is Jiang Zhiqiang. After all, Eucalyptus and Meiya offended Tang An in Xiangjiang, and Tang An also said that he would not cooperate with them again.

Seeing that they were all looking at him, Jiang Zhiqiang quickly waved his hands, "You guys are thinking too much, we, Eucalyptus and Meiya, also have other movies released in the first half of this year, and Tang An didn't target us."

Everyone thought about it, and thought again.

Half an hour later, the director of the distribution department knocked on the door again and came in again, giving the answer.

"Chairman, I have figured it out. A vice president of the Beijing Cinema Management Company of the Han and Tang Cinemas revealed some news."

Wu Xue became a little impatient, "What is the reason!"

The director of distribution quickly said, "It's because of Zheng Zhiwei, who played the leading role in "Rooftop Love"."

Zheng Zhiwei?
Everyone understood instantly.

Cheng Jiashang was replaced as the director of the "Four Famous Catch" series. At that time, Zheng Zhiwei was fine, and many people thought it was just over.

But why did the movie take three days to release?I still can't figure this out.

But they didn't bother to think about why, the most urgent thing is to calm this matter down.

"Go and ask them what they want to do?" Wu Xue ordered immediately.

"I asked, and they seem to mean that as long as Zheng Zhiwei does not appear in any promotional channels of the movie, including posters, videos, soft articles, road shows, meetings, interviews, programs, news... all channels, Zheng Zhiwei cannot appear, The filming will return to normal." The distribution director said immediately.

The conference room fell into silence again.

After a while, Wu Xue raised her head and looked at the four of them, "What do you guys say?"

"I agree."

Tang De's boss, Wu Hongliang, was the first to nod.

The most important thing for him is to guarantee the box office of "Rooftop Love" and the company's performance in the next two years.

Nowadays, film and television companies are listed one after another. Wu Hongliang submitted a listing application to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange at the beginning of 12 years. He must maintain profitability for three consecutive years, otherwise the great success of listing will be ruined.

In contrast, Zheng Zhiwei is just a man, if he sells it, he will sell it.

Mu Xiaoguang nodded after thinking for a while, "I have no objection."

He doesn't hang out with Xiangjiang, he doesn't even care about Treasure Island, he specializes in the mainland market, besides, the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang is just like that now, he's dying.

Jiang Zhiqiang didn't say a word, and Wu Xue looked at Yang Junlong again. After all, "Rooftop Love" is a film supported by Jay Chou alone. Without him, let alone 3000 million in three days, 300 million is just a dream.

Of the five investors, three agreed, and Jiang Zhiqiang did not object.

Yang Junlong thought about it for a while, but he could only say helplessly, "Jay and Zheng Zhiwei have filmed "Slam Dunk" and "The Tomb" together, and they have a good relationship, everyone knows that."

Wu Xue tapped the table lightly with her finger, and said, ""Assassin's Tomb" and "Su Qier" failed two consecutive blockbusters, and all the profits of "Reverse War" barely made it back. If it fails again this time, Yang You should always know the consequences."

"Let me discuss it with Jaylen."

Yang Junlong is also a pure businessman, and he has been running Alpha as the general manager.

Later, Wu Zhongxian sold Alpha to Hao Dile, and his general manager was dismissed in just a few years, and he decisively took Jay Chou to leave.

It's just a hassle to do the work of communicating with Jay Chou.

Yang Junlong went to the next room and made a phone call, which lasted for more than half an hour, and he was relieved when he came back.

"Okay, let's contact Han Tang."

The next step is to change the way of propaganda. Zheng Zhiwei cannot be mentioned in the propaganda of the other party, and those soft articles and news must be deleted.

Zheng Zhiwei couldn't participate in the road show, because the fans and the media who arranged it caused some trouble.

Say hello to the TV station too.

Of course, Zheng Zhiwei himself had to be notified.

Everything was arranged, and several people felt a little aggrieved.

But there is nothing to do if you are aggrieved, your arms can't twist your thighs, and people hold the two major weapons of ticketing terminals and projection terminals, and they still have a lot of shares.

What Wu Xue felt aggrieved was that Hengda Group stood behind her, which was far larger than Hantang Media, but in the film and television industry, Hengda Film and Television was not enough in the eyes of others.

What makes Jiang Zhiqiang aggrieved is that, with overseas distribution channels, he was able to take the initiative when facing Huayi and New Screen seven or eight years ago, but now he is not even qualified to talk to Tang An.

Wu Hongliang secretly thought that he must let Tang De go public smoothly. Once he goes public, he will be able to expand rapidly by attracting a large amount of capital, and he will have a greater say in the entertainment industry.

And the instigator of this incident, Tang An, had already given an interview in Tianjing and even visited a movie theater.

On the bus to the next stop, Tang An received a call from Qu Bo, the president of the cinema.

"Well, okay, let's resume filming."

Hang up the phone and throw the phone to Zhou Li.

For some people who took the initiative to cause trouble, Tang An never knew how to write the word "magnanimity".

As for why they only lost their filming on Sunday.

Well, Tang An simply forgot.

Although Zheng Zhiwei is regarded as a "big guy" in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, but this kind of "big guy" who said a wrong sentence and was labeled as a pig's head.
I really didn't notice it. I happened to catch a glimpse of the poster of "Rooftop Love" in the movie theater last night, and then I remembered it, so I called the bosses of several major theaters.

For such a small matter, it's not that there are no movies in the summer vacation, and there are three new movies released, so they can't lose much.

Compared with the little money lost, the release of "囧囧 in Hong Kong" and "The Breakup Master" alone is a lot of money.

But since the other party was willing to follow suit, Tang An also resumed filming for them.

It is not good to let other theaters lose money, even if there is not much money, it is still a loss.

The original Wuzhou Publishing and Four Seas Publishing gradually deteriorated because of the interests among members.

Benefits are the best link to maintain the alliance. If you let your allies lose money this time, there will be a next time, next time.

And many people will only see that you are losing money, and selectively ignore the fact that you are making money.

Even if it doesn't lead to the collapse of the alliance, there is a gap.

At this time, in the lounge of a movie theater in Shanghai, Jay Chou and the actors were chatting and laughing.

Suddenly Jay Chou answered the phone, said a few words and went out again. He opened the door and came in after more than half an hour.

His face was very ugly, and after a few words with Zheng Zhiwei, the two went out again, leaving behind everyone who didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)