Rebirth 2011

Chapter 386 Surprise on New Year's Eve
"I can't help it. Apart from the old movie theaters with a relatively poor environment in Lizhou, the new movie theater is Wanfu, and everyone has no choice."

Speaking of this issue, Xu Renshan, who knew some inside information, had to admire the boss behind Wanfu Cinema.

He seems to remember that in the past two years, other people invested in cinemas, but they were stranded due to various reasons, making Wanfu Cinemas the only one in Lizhou.

The high ticket price makes many people prefer to drive more than 20 kilometers to a movie theater in a town in Wuyi.

It wasn't until five years later that there would be a new movie theater in Lizhou City. The original price movie tickets during the holidays these years made Boss Wanfu a lot of money.

Thinking of the strange phenomenon in Lizhou, Xu Renshan subconsciously watched the schedule of "Charlotte Annoyance". There were about 15 screenings a day, which was the most scheduled movie of the day.

Even though the ticket price was the original price of 60 yuan, but after [-]:[-] p.m., many of the shows had been marked with a 'full seat' mark, which made Xu Renshan nodded in satisfaction.

"There are quite a few people watching "Charlotte Annoyance"."

Also noticing the content displayed on the screen, Shi Yuxuan and You Rong sighed with emotion.

The movie produced by her husband's company is not much different from her affairs, so Shi Yuxuan is naturally very concerned.

"not bad."

Nodding his head, Xu Renshan, who had expected it, expressed his affirmation plainly.

"What is the estimated box office within the company?"

Putting a piece of popcorn to her husband's mouth, Shi Yuxuan thought of a question and asked it casually.

"Two hundred million."

Speaking of this number, Xu Renshan felt a little bit sad.

In the impression of Xu Renshan's previous life, the original movie had to be released three years later, and the box office exceeded 10 billion, which is a classic case of a small fortune.

However, compared with this year’s Spring Festival, the domestic film market in three years’ time will be much bigger than it is now. Movie ticket prices will gradually become affordable to the people. Many young people have also developed the habit of going to the cinema during holidays.

At this point in time, it is certainly impossible to replicate the glory of the original movie.

Qingguo Entertainment's internal expectation for this film is 2 million box office, and the box office return can almost reach 100%.

The only good news is that this year's Spring Festival, the competition for other blockbuster films is not too great.

The great magician has been unable to continue, and Sherlock Holmes 2, Mission: Impossible 4, Joyful, and Rebellion are a little bit stronger. The most popular Mission: Impossible 4 is delayed until the sixth day of the new year. It is still mainly made in 3D. There is no direct conflict in Lotter's Annoyance.

These factors are also the reasons why Qingguo Entertainment dared to put the first movie in this Spring Festival file.

However, Qingguo Entertainment's biggest reliance today may be the Meimei movie that has just been launched on the Meimei website for a few days.

Originally, Meimei Films was going to be launched in February, but with the intervention of Xu Renshan, it was launched half a month earlier, connecting 2 screens in nearly 25 domestic theaters, accounting for 6000% of the entire market.

The first project of Meimei Movies after its launch is to subsidize ticket buyers of "Charlotte Annoyance". In the first phase, 520 million yuan was prepared to subsidize 20 movie tickets. The price has dropped to 36 yuan per ticket.

Almost within six hours of the official launch of Meimei Movie, 10 movie tickets were booked out.

For this reason, Qingguo Entertainment and the Huachen sisters of the distributor added an additional 640 million and subsidized 40 movie tickets. The original price of 36 yuan with a 19.9% discount was directly reduced to [-] yuan per ticket.

As the beneficiary, Meimei Movies also gave a symbolic subsidy of 100 million, which can be regarded as support for the first major customer Qingguo Entertainment.

This is an aboveboard business practice, definitely not a box office hit.

"It's only [-] million, is it too low?"

Hearing her husband's answer, Shi Yuxuan felt that the goal was too low.

With the standard of [-] million, it is difficult to win the box office champion of the Spring Festival stalls.

In her opinion, the first movie produced by Qingguo Entertainment will definitely be a big success, no matter what, it must win the box office champion, right?

"The total box office for the Spring Festival last year was only more than 3 million yuan. The company's forecast is still relatively conservative. My own prediction is about 4 million yuan."

Smiling, Xu Renshan wasn't entangled in this issue, and time will tell.

"It's almost there."

For her husband's private expectations, Shi Yuxuan did not have any doubts, her eyes were full of trust.

"Uncle, aunt, let's go first."

Soon, when it was time to check the tickets for the animated film, Lele and Xuanxuan held their mother's hand, and each held a small bucket of popcorn, waving to their uncles.

"Ok."

After waving with the two little guys, Xu Renshan waited with his wife in the corner of the hall, which was a bit more spacious.

It wasn't until there was no one at the ticket gate for the show they bought that Xu Renshan helped his wife into the ticket gate and entered Hall 6.

At this time, more than half of the more than 6 seats in Hall 80 were occupied, and many of them were boys and girls in their teens, which exceeded Xu Renshan's expectations.

It is estimated that most of these young people are attracted by the funny trailer, or they don't have many other choices.

Soon, Xu Renshan walked to the middle of the lovers seat at the back and sat down, while Hu Qingxue and Song Wei sat in the front row.

Originally, Xu Renshan wanted to buy a seat in the VIP hall, but Shi Yuxuan refused on the grounds that there were no couple seats in the VIP hall.

If she just wants to watch a movie, of course Shi Yuxuan will not be reluctant to pay for the movie theater, she just wants to enjoy the feeling of ordinary couples with her husband.

Not long after they sat down, the movie started. Shi Yuxuan hugged her husband's arm, immersed in the plot of the movie.

At the same time, the Twist Happy team, the main creator of "Charlotte Annoyance", also started its first road show at the Shanghai Metropolitan Theater, including Zhang Yunhan, the second female lead who played the school girl Qiuya.

"Hahaha, even the waiter bumped into his shirt."

"Is there any mistake? I thought it was a dream."

"If I go back to high school, I must be better than him."

"This school belle looks familiar."

"This mother is really weird, and the principal is miserable."

"My district chief's father?"

"Yuan Hua is so pitiful."

"Niubi, Sister Na and Brother Huan have invited real people, how much will it cost?"

Compared with the original movie, this "Charlotte Annoyance" produced by Qingguo Entertainment has corrected many bugs. For example, the big stars mentioned in it are all guest appearances by real people.

There are also some plots about the school girl Qiuya, in which the content that has nothing to do with comedy has been appropriately modified, only showing her admiration for the hero's talent, and her disappointment with the self-defeating Charlotte later, which is not as unbearable as in the original version. .

After all, Zhang Yunhan is the leading star of Qingguo Entertainment, the image must not be too bad, and the plot in the original version is not very beneficial to the box office.

By the way, it can also repair the three views of the whole drama.

"Don't be nervous, the audience's reaction is not bad."

Li Zhenhui, who was sitting next to Zhang Yunhan, smiled and comforted Zhang Yunhan.

From the laughter of the audience around her, she could hear that the first comedy film that their editorial department focused on creating was initially successful.

Although the idea came from a certain mysterious boss and the Twist Happy team, their editorial department contributed a lot to the final script.

"Well, I feel pretty good too."

Nodding her head, Zhang Yunhan replied with a smile.

Since joining Qingguo Entertainment, this is the first movie she has acted in, and it is also the first movie in her life.

Even though she is only the second female lead, she still has a lot of scenes. Zhang Yunhan still attaches great importance to her big screen debut, so why not be nervous.

A female artist who can gain a firm foothold on the big screen is definitely many times better than a simple popular actress in TV dramas.

"Whoa Whoah"

At the end of the film screening, the lights of the grand theater were turned on, and there was a burst of warm applause.

The audience present all waited until the film's main creative team was present at the road show, and they gave their applause very cooperatively, with a residual smile on their faces.

This movie did exceed their expectations, and it is reasonable to give a warm applause.

". Next, please invite our creative team."

Under the introduction of the hostess of Shanghai Satellite TV, the film's main creative team took the stage and started the routine audience interaction ceremony.

Although the Twist Happy team is considered a newcomer in the film industry, with the cooperation of the personnel arranged by the company, the debut road show was very successful.

At 11:30 in the morning, after the first screening of "Charlotte Annoyance" ended, many well-known artists expressed their praise for the movie on Weibo, calling on fans to watch the movie.

Liu Fei, who is not low in popularity, even made a photo of herself watching movies with fans into a nine-square grid, and sent it to the accounts of two WeChat accounts, showing sincerity in helping to promote it.

As many artists under Qingguo Entertainment and Huachen Sisters, they not only promote on Weibo, but also invite friends in Weiwei Moments to attract box office for newly released movies.

The first batch of viewers who finished watching the movie also posted pictures in Moments, praising the novel experience of "Charlotte Annoyance".

Especially Zhang Yunhan, who came back for more than half a year, became very popular after the broadcast of "The Star". Even if she is the second female lead, she added a lot of color to the movie, and many viewers shouted that it was worth the ticket price.

The staff of Qingguo Entertainment even activated various preparatory resources to carry out a new wave of publicity for the movie.

All of a sudden, public opinion on the Internet began to gradually ferment, and the first outbreak began.

"This movie is so good, I almost made my stomach hurt from laughing."

Walking out of the screening room holding her husband's hand, Shi Yuxuan talked about her movie-watching experience with a smile.

The favorable comments from the surrounding people also made her feel that the first movie produced by her husband's company was very good.

"That can't be done. If you hurt from laughing, wouldn't the baby hurt too?"

After hearing what his wife said, Xu Renshan looked at the other's stomach with some concern.

"Why, you only care about the baby?"

With a twist of her mouth, Shi Yuxuan looked at her husband with misty eyes.

"I'm just worried that the baby will move around in pain and kick my wife, that's terrible."

Touching his wife's belly, Xu Renshan said righteously.

"Humph."

Without echoing her husband's words, Shi Yuxuan pretended to be angry and walked out, but she still enjoyed her husband's considerate protection.

Because it was approaching noon, the number of people in the movie theater was more than double that of before, and it seemed a little crowded. Xu Renshan and Song Wei carefully separated the surrounding crowd.

Due to the fact that the show had just ended, a crowd of spectators preparing to leave gathered at the entrances of the two elevators. Many young people were already waiting and walked down the stairs of the safe passage.

"Uncle, aunt, we are here."

Lele, who was watching other people holding dolls in the play area, suddenly saw his uncle and others walking over, and waved excitedly.

"Lele, Xuanxuan, are you hungry?"

Seeing the two cute little guys, Shi Yuxuan was in a good mood and asked with a smile.

"Not hungry."

Lele and Xuanxuan, who ate a small bucket of popcorn while watching a movie, shook their heads in unison, and unconsciously looked at the row of crane machines next to them.

Compared with rag dolls, they don't feel hungry at all.

"Do you want uncle to help you catch some dolls?"

Knowing what the two little guys were thinking, Xu Renshan asked.

Anyway, there won't be fewer people at the elevator entrance for a while, so it's better to stay in a place where there are not many people, and leave after the people at the elevator exit are less.

"Okay, okay."

"Uncle is awesome."

Hearing his uncle's words, Lele and Xuanxuan, who had been told the heart wish, cheered happily.

Seeing this, Xu Jiaoqian just shook her head helplessly and said a few words to her younger brother.

It's a big holiday, there's no need to teach the children outside, and occasionally let them relax. Xu Jiaoqian is not as simple and rude as some families when it comes to educating children.

"Give me 100 coins."

After exchanging 100 coins from the counter, Xu Renshan handed over half of them to his wife who was eager to try. The two chose two claw machines together and started the great business of holding dolls.

The claw machine here is only 2 coins at a time, and 100 coins will definitely succeed several times.

After 20 minutes, Lele and Xuanxuan happily walked out of the cinema with two dolls in their arms.

In addition, Xu Jiaoqian was holding two dolls in her hands.

A few people spent 100 coins, caught 50 times, and only caught six dolls, so luck is average.

The luck and character of the reborn have to kneel in front of the unshakable claw machine.

"Uncle, where shall we go for lunch?"

Looking at the snowflakes floating in the sky, finally feeling hungry, Lele raised her head and asked the uncle next to her.

"We went to eat at the Mingzhu Hotel next door. Uncle ordered a plate of your favorite garlic prawns."

"Thank you uncle."

"Uncle, what about me?"

Hearing that there was a dish that my sister liked to eat, Xuanxuan Lima, not to be outdone, pulled his uncle's clothes and asked.

"Xuanxuan's favorite duck tongue, I ordered two plates for you."

"Thank you uncle."

Amidst the noise of the two little guys playing, a group of people walked in the snow without taking a car.

It has been snowing for a long time, and the roofs of some cars parked on the side of the road have already accumulated a lot of snow, but the road is still clean.

However, with Shi Yuxuan, a pregnant woman, and two children present, Xu Renshan and the others were also cautious. It took them 5 minutes to walk to the Pearl Hotel 300 meters away.

Due to the New Year's Eve, the lunch business at the Pearl Hotel is very good, people come and go, and the parking lot on the ground is also full.

If Xu Renshan hadn't booked a box a few days in advance, it might not be possible to have a seat.

Originally, Xu Renshan wanted to hold the New Year's Eve dinner at the Lizhou Hotel, but was rejected by the elder sister.

In Xu Jiaoqian's words, the sister-in-law had to be at home for the first New Year's Eve dinner in her hometown, otherwise it would appear that the Xu family didn't respect her very much.

In this regard, Xu Renshan, who didn't need to cook, didn't have any objections. He took the initiative to buy several big dishes, and Boss Jiang from Lixiao Farm had already sent over several local products.

"Yuxuan, Aunt Xue, Xiaoshan, remember to come over for dinner early."

After a sumptuous lunch, Xu Jiaoqian, who was about to drive the two little ones home, did not forget to say hello to her sister-in-law.

"Ok."

Waving her hand, Shi Yuxuan responded with a smile.

It was already 01:30 in the afternoon, and there was no place to go. Xu Renshan accompanied his wife home to rest, and then prepared to have a New Year's Eve dinner at his elder sister's house.

The time of New Year's Eve passed quite quickly.

"Renshan, it's already New Year's Eve, why are you still so busy?"

During dinner, Xu Jiaoqian, who saw her younger brother busy answering the phone, asked suspiciously.

In just a short meal, she saw her brother go to the next room and answer several calls.

"This isn't the first movie the company has produced, it just came out, and there's a little more going on."

After hearing the elder sister's question, Xu Renshan casually found an excuse to prevaricate it.

"Movie? Which one?"

After being stunned for a moment, Xu Jiaoqian asked in astonishment.

My brother's jade tea company doesn't make tea drinks, so why has it got something to do with movies.

"It's "Charlotte's Annoyance" that Yuxuan and I watched. I invested in an entertainment company before, and the first movie just came out."

Speaking of this, the expression on Xu Renshan's face was very calm.

The jade tea company, which is valued at tens of billions, revealed to the old lady that it is just a film and television company, so there is no fuss.

"Is "Charlotte Annoyance" produced by your company? I saw a lot of comments in the circle of friends, and I feel very popular. Your brother-in-law and I will go to see it tomorrow and contribute some box office to you."

Her eyes widened for a moment, and Xu Jiaoqian, who came back to her senses, immediately made a schedule for tomorrow.

At that time, the two babies will be handed over to the parents-in-law. She will just enjoy the rare two-person world with her husband, and watch this supposedly good comedy movie by the way.

"I thank you."

After hearing what the old lady said, Xu Renshan smiled and thanked her.

"Sister, then let's take Lele and Xuanxuan out to play."

Regarding the matter of raising a child, Shi Yuxuan, who is about to become a mother, was very active and took the initiative to talk about it.

In her eyes, the two little guys, Lele and Xuanxuan, are well-behaved and sensible, and they are not tiring at all.

"Okay, okay, I want to play with my uncle and aunt."

Originally, she wanted to tell her father-in-law and the others to bring them, but Xu Jiaoqian looked at the two little guys who were shouting excitedly, and changed her words with a smile: "Then I will trouble you tomorrow."

"No trouble."

"Husband, where are we going to set off the fireworks?"

After dinner, Shi Yuxuan asked excitedly about her future arrangements when she came out of her sister's house.

"It's still early, I'll tell you later."

Regarding this question, Xu Renshan smiled mysteriously.

(End of this chapter)