let go of that director

Chapter 31 Rejection
"Brother, your popularity is getting bigger and bigger now."

In the rental house, Cui Xianzhen excitedly said to Li Chengyou while flipping through the news on the Internet.

Li Chengyou shrugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "The popularity is useless. I am a director and not an artist. No matter how famous I am, can I still accept commercials?"

Cui Xianzhen was startled: "Uh, yes."

It's not that directors can't accept endorsements or commercials, but it's just that doing so will inevitably lead to a loss of status and downgrading.Besides, with Lee Seung-woo's current popularity, even if someone invites him to take part in commercials, it is conceivable what level it will be. The advertising fee is not enough to be embarrassing.

Skipping this topic, as if thinking of something, Cui Xianzhen said excitedly again: "Brother, the number of people watching the movie has exceeded 100 million, and it has only been released for two weeks. You said that when the movie is released, can our movie's box office break through? 200, 300? If it can break through 300 million, let me do the math, then brother, you can make money from this movie..."

"Okay, okay, don't be obsessive."

Li Chengyou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, interrupted Cui Xianzhen, shook his head and said, "The Long March has just taken the first step, and this is where it will go. Based on the current box office trend, it is still possible to break through 200 million moviegoers, but 300 million is a bit of an overhang, and there is a high probability that you won't be able to reach it. And with such a small amount of money, it is barely enough for the start-up capital of the next movie. Seeing how promising you are, can you be more generous?"

"Don't Stop the Camera" has been released for nearly half a month. Generally, the screening period of a movie is only one month, and there is still about half a month of screening time left.Even after negotiating with the theater chain, the theater chain agreed to extend the screening time, but if the sky is the limit, the extension for another half a month is considered the limit.After all, July is South Korea's summer holiday season, when several blockbuster films will be released one after another, the theaters must make room for these blockbuster films.

In addition, "Don't Stop the Camera" is not the kind of film that has been accumulated for a long time. Most of the audience will not watch it a second time after watching it once. The single-day box office will collapse like an avalanche in a straight line. The later the period, the lower the box office will be, and the less likely the theater will extend the screening time.

So it is.

In fact, Li Chengyou has already estimated that the box office of 200 million moviegoers will probably break through, but 300 million is basically impossible.

After breaking through 200 million viewers, it has almost reached the limit of "Don't Stop the Camera".

But even so, Li Chengyou is already very satisfied.

The box office of the first film reached 200 million viewers, which is undoubtedly a very high starting point. After that, as long as he releases the rumor of making a second film, as long as the script is not too bad, someone will definitely wave a check At least he doesn't have to worry about fooling any fool like he did when he was filming the first movie.

Thinking of the fool, Li Chengyou subconsciously flashed Xu Xian's figure in his mind. It was a coincidence that he said that Cao Cao Cao Cao had arrived. Just as he thought of Xu Xian, a call came in suddenly. He picked up the phone and saw that it happened to be Xu Xian.

This is really... Li Chengyou couldn't help laughing.

After answering the phone, just after saying hello, Xu Xian's voice came from the opposite side: "Senior, do you have time these two days?"

Li Chengyou said: "Is there something wrong?"

Xu Xiandao: "Senior, have you seen today's box office statistics?"

Li Chengyou responded.

Xu Xiandao: "Senior, our movie broke through 100 million viewers. I think it is worth celebrating. If you have time these two days, I would like to treat you to a meal. I would also like to thank you for giving me the opportunity. Invite me to participate in the investment."

Li Chengyou paused, and said with a smile: "At the beginning, your willingness to invest was a matter of mutual benefit for both of us, so there is no need to thank you. If you really want to say thank you, it should be me thanking you. After all, if you don't Trust me, without your investment, this movie might have to be delayed for a few more months. So there is no need to say thank you, if you really care about cause and effect, as I said just now, I should thank you more."

Xu Xian was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "Okay, then I won't be polite to seniors. Do seniors have time these two days? It is also worth celebrating that the box office has broken through 100 million. As an investor, 5000 The investment of [-] won has earned a return of more than ten times. No matter from which point of view, I really should treat my senior to a meal and express my gratitude. By the way, some members of our group also want to get to know the senior. If seniors don't mind, then I will introduce seniors to meet them."

The other members of SNS?
Hearing this sentence, Li Chengyou couldn't help being slightly startled, but then he smiled and said: "Supposedly I have nothing else to do these two days. , let’s postpone it for some time. After the film is officially released, let’s set a time to get together, do you think it’s okay?” Afraid of Xu Xian’s misunderstanding, Li Chengyou explained, “It’s not that I deliberately evade, but that the current The movie is currently in theaters, if we meet at this time and then get filmed, the scandal will not affect you well, and it may also affect the box office in the future."

Smiling, Li Chengyou said again: "Besides, after the film is released, the production crew will definitely hold a celebration banquet. It will be held together at that time, and the scene will be lively. What do you think?"

There is a saying that today is different from the past.

Before the movie was released, there was an affair with Xu Xian, and the popularity of Xu Xian and Girls' Generation could be used to promote the movie.But now that the movie has been released, if I met Xu Xian and was filmed again, and there was another scandal at this time, it is very likely that things will go against each other, which will cause Xu Xian and his young fans to rebel. Originally, he wanted to go to the cinema to watch Movie audiences lost interest again.

As a saying often spread in the entertainment industry, gossip is a double-edged sword, if you don't control the scale well, you will hurt yourself after hurting others.

of course.

This is only a possibility, not absolute.

It doesn't necessarily mean that having a meal with Seo Hyun and the SNS members will definitely be followed by reporters, and it doesn't mean that if they are photographed, it will definitely spread on the Internet and cause scandals, but as long as there is such a possibility, Lee Seung-woo still wants to Avoid it as much as possible, and don't want to cause extra problems.

After all, when the box office situation is very good at the moment, every audience who enters the cinema to watch movies is putting money in Li Chengyou's pocket.There are a lot of gold coins in the account every day. In Lee Seung Woo's opinion, it is much more cute and attractive than having a meal with Seo Hyun and other young members.

After all.

No matter how beautiful and popular the girl is, it is impossible to have sex with him after a meal. How can counting banknotes be more refreshing and eye-catching.

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