Cultivate a male god: After listening to persuasion, I became a top-notch

Chapter 535 is full of details!
"This is so different from what I expected!"

The next day, early in the morning.

Just after getting up in the morning, Li Youzhi received an email from Subona.

Li Youzhi's mentality collapsed early in the morning when he saw the box office data for the premiere of "Buried Alive" in more than 200 B-class theaters in the United States in the email...

Yesterday's amazing value was too high, but he still made a rough calculation of the amount in the United States. If we look at the record of stunning value, Li Youzhi is still satisfied with the box office revenue from the premiere.

But when this happened at the box office, everyone in Li Youzhi was numb.

how much?
According to the statistics sent by Subona, the box office of "Buried Alive" in the United States yesterday was less than 2 million US dollars, and the average attendance was only a pitiful 4 percent!

What level is this?
Let's put it this way...it's basically equivalent to the level of a new film by a Hollywood director who is crazy about it!
With the energy of getting up early in the morning, Li Youzhi didn't care what time it was in the United States and called Subona directly.

"No, Lao Su, didn't you say yesterday that the premiere in the United States was very good? How come the premiere box office was so small?"

Seven o'clock in the morning in China is basically the same as PM time in New York, USA.

Subona was having dinner with Wang Hui and others when he received a call from Li Youzhi. To be precise... it was a celebration banquet.

Faced with Li Youzhi's aggressive questioning, Subona felt aggrieved;

"Boss, with the production cost of "Buried Alive", you're still not satisfied with the first-day box office of 1.56 million in the United States? But you have to know that yesterday was only the first day of the premiere, and many theaters didn't have any serious tickets. With extremely limited publicity and limited publicity, it would be difficult for even the independent works of many Hollywood directors to achieve such a box office."

"And if you think about it, this time "Buried Alive" mainly goes to B-type theaters. These theaters themselves do not rely on box office as their main profit point. Many B-type theater movie tickets are discounted, even for VIP members. For sale, under such a sales system, the box office has honestly exceeded my expectations... Boss, let’s just say Grasp all, lose all!”

Grasp all, lose all means, Li Youzhi, who is proficient in foreign languages, naturally knows.

The meaning of this British proverb is that one cannot be greedy, otherwise he will lose everything.

In fact, Li Youzhi didn't really have high expectations for the overseas box office of "Buried Alive"... But the problem is that now domestic Leziren fans, or the entertainment media, have already... The film "Buried Alive" is too highly praised!

After the premiere yesterday, Douban gave "Buried Alive" a high score of 8.9. Many media film critics and seniors in the industry have given very high praise to Li Youzhi's acting skills in "Buried Alive", including the film's script.

Correspondingly, at the domestic cinema level, Leziren fans and moviegoers are also very powerful.

Even though the film "Buried Alive" is extremely lacking in commercial elements and deviates from the domestic warm and relaxed mainstream movie viewing trend, it still has a domestic premiere box office of more than 57 million.

What level is this?
Let's put it this way, although "Buried Alive" is the last wave of movies released in the summer season. But this first-day box office performance has already surpassed all the movies released this summer!
This is no longer about giving face, but about being extremely pampered!
For what?

It’s not because domestic audiences really expect a film with a Chinese director or actor playing the leading role. Being able to break out in the Western cultural circle and challenge for an Oscar!
But now you are telling me that the foreign premiere box office is only over 1.5 million?
This gap... is actually a bit overwhelming for Brother Zhi.

What does this look like?

It's like a young man carries the hope of the whole village, holding the best sword, the strongest shield, and the coolest armor in the village. However, after leaving the village, he encounters a slime and beats him all afternoon...

How can Brother Zhi have the face to report this to his fellow villagers?
"No, Lao Su, have you seen anything on the market? Yesterday I asked you how the premiere was, and you were as excited on the phone as a young boy who just lost his virginity. You even suggested that I open a special The overseas account contained money in a sack, but it turned out that the premiere amount was more than one million dollars. Why did I think it was not four to five million US dollars? Isn’t this a serious lie about military information?”

Facing Li Youzhi who refused to listen to his explanation and kept accusing him, Subona on the other side of the phone was obviously helpless.

"Boss, please calm down! Just do the math. In one day today, I received more than a dozen cooperation calls from theaters requesting to increase the screening weight of "Buried Alive". According to this trend, the next round of box office will definitely be It will still go up.

Even if we can achieve an average box office of about 2 million in the next six days this week, then after this week's screening, the US box office will definitely exceed 13 million. According to this trend, even if there is a decrease in the next month, "Buried Alive" will definitely get a box office result of about 20 million in the US during the month of screening. We can share almost 40% of this part of the box office, after taking into account various factors. The net profit of taxes and fees can reach almost 6 million US dollars.

But that’s not all. We can also sell second-round broadcast rights, online streaming licensing fees, long-term disc licensing fees, and even script adaptation rights from Hollywood. Based on this calculation, the income this film can bring you in the next six months will definitely exceed 10 million US dollars, which is 70 million yuan, and the cost of this film is only less than 100,000 US dollars...

Not to mention domestic entertainment works, looking at the entire Hollywood, this input and output ratio will definitely make most producers jealous to the point of stamping their feet! If you are not even satisfied with this kind of income, I suggest you stop making movies and go make arms. After all, there is only a thousand taels of gold when a cannon goes off, and this is the only business in the world that can match the investment and output of "Buried Alive" Comparable. With the current market conditions, those selling leaves are not as profitable as you! "

Beep!
Receive additional stunning points of [Versailles], 55 points, 55 points, 55 points...

Beep!
Received a suggested task (stop making movies, make arms). The difficulty of the task is 7 stars. After completing it, you can get an A-level reward treasure chest and a gallows X1!

"..."

Looking at the two system prompts that popped up in front of him, Li Youzhi smacked his lips.

That's right...

But is Brother Zhi making movies for money?
If it were for money, if "The Wandering Earth" didn't recruit partners and "Nezha" didn't start crowdfunding, Brother Zhi would have already become the top 10 in the Forbes domestic entertainment revenue rankings!

What does Brother Zhi want?
What your brother Zhi wants is face, material to show off!
What a sad thing it would be if people lived with only money and no ability to show off.

Thinking of this, Li Youzhi coughed twice, concealed his empathy for Subona, and then said;

"Lao Su, aren't I anxious? In the past, domestic marketing was mainly focused on competing for the Olympics. With the current box office performance, I really can't tell the domestic media and fans that "Buried Alive" is popular in the United States. How about... you think of a way to boost the popularity of "Buried Alive" abroad? I've already boasted about my awesomeness, but I still have to let "Buried Alive" go to the Oscar selection site, Lao Su, you too? You don’t want me to feel bad because of this loss of popularity, and you won’t be able to get any commission at that time, right?”

Beep!
Received the additional [Crazy] stunning value from Subona, 65 points!
Faced with Li Youzhi's threat, Subona on the other end of the phone was silent for more than a minute, and then he gritted his molar teeth and made a sound;

"Boss, I'm going to find a way to find a film festival for "Buried Alive". Even if it's a second-category film exhibition, I'll get the disc and various copyrights out first. Don't worry, isn't it just to squeeze out the potential of a film in advance? I'll do this OK!"

Beep!
Received the additional [Crazy] stunning value from Subona, 65 points, 65 points, 65 points...

Listening to the thumping sound of Subona slapping his chest, and looking at the amazing value-added reminders that jumped into a string in front of him, Li Youzhi felt comfortable.

Sure enough, human potential is like water in a sponge. As long as you squeeze it hard, there will still be more or less...

For employees like Subona, we cannot treat them the same as other Heguang Culture partners. Friends, you can use two fingers, this old bastard can go into the stamping machine...

That’s right!
Employees still have to behave like scumbags. You have to stand up and kick when necessary.

Boss Li, o(￣▽￣)ｄd is awesome!
Giving himself a thumbs up in his heart, Li Youzhi hung up the phone with satisfaction, but he was not in a hurry to pick up his packed backpack and go to the fitness center upstairs in the hotel.

Although he has been delayed for a few days due to road shows these days, through the five-day self-isolation challenge and the high-intensity filming of "Buried Alive", Li Youzhi has almost lost all of his excess body fat.

Especially during the more than a week of filming "Buried Alive", although he ate and drank well, Li Youzhi tried really hard to maximize his acting skills in a limited space. A few days of hard work consumes more energy than a month of regular fitness.

After a lot of hard work, he had lost a lot of weight as he had just come back from England, and his body fat rate had dropped to about 10%.

Sitting on the soft big bed, Li Youzhi was thinking about another issue.

what is the problem?
The film "Buried Alive" was originally planned to open up TKTK's channels and allow Heguang Audiovisual to attract a wave of traffic before TKTK was about to change ownership.

But Wen Ting's swaying Xiao Bichi disrupted Brother Zhi's well-planned plan.

Now don't worry about how "Buried Alive" performs abroad, this obstacle must be cleared!
Otherwise... if Heguang Audio-Visual doesn't break into the United States, a market that globalization cannot avoid, when will Brother Zhi be worth tens of billions and become the most beautiful person on earth?
Thinking like this, Li Youzhi picked up the phone again.

But this time, he dialed the number of Xu Haonian, the former head of the operations center of DouShou, who has now been promoted to the general manager of DouShou Culture Publishing Department!
Li Youzhi had had in-depth cooperation with this person before in "Dear" and "Cast Away", and both of them left a good impression.

It was precisely because of the success of the "Cast Away" project that Xu Haonian took a step forward from his original position as a middle-level leader and successfully served as the COO of the domestic part of the DouShou Group.

Now, Li Youzhi considered all factors and felt that Xu Haonian...should be promoted!

The call was quickly answered.

It could be heard that Xu Haonian on the other side of the phone had just woken up and was yawning when he spoke.

"Ha~ Classmate Xiaozhi, I haven't contacted you for a long time! Hey, I thought you were a big star now, and I had forgotten about you, Brother Xu."

Facing Xu Haonian's greeting, Li Youzhi laughed.

"How can I? I'm too busy recently. I think Brother Xu doesn't care about the specific business of Doushou now, so I don't dare to bother you with many things. How is Brother Xu recently? Is work going well?"

"Ha ha,"

Xu Haonian didn't feel sleepy anymore when Li Youzhi mentioned this.

What does the COO with trembling hands do?

Chief operating officer, core executive of the company. That job is to participate in formulating the company's long-term strategy, assist the CEO in his work, and supervise the execution of work by the general managers of each branch!
Compared with the previous operations center manager, the COO can now be said to be one person below ten thousand people. Basically, they are among the top figures in the Douishou Group. Although it can’t be said that he is a popular person in front of CEO Yang Chenghao, Xu Haonian has been going through both wind and rain in the past six months or so.

When people reach the stage of middle age when everything is over, now they are going against the current and directly heading towards the peak of life.

This is the nourishment that power and status bring to men!

It's just that Xu Haonian definitely wouldn't be able to talk to Li Youzhi about these things.

"Thanks to you, it works. I would say that you are also a heretic. Although I am no longer in charge of the operation center, my former subordinates are still there. Although you, Xiaozhi, have stepped into the capital now, but With so many trembling fans, what needs to be done must be managed. If you need help from Brother Xu in this process, just tell me directly. "

This is what I'm waiting for!
Facing Xu Haonian's wooing, Li Youzhi raised the corners of his mouth.

"Brother Xu, if you say this, it proves that I, Xiao Zhi, have not crossed paths with anyone. I called you today because I had not contacted you for a long time and wanted to say hello to Brother Xu. But now I have to give you a big gift. , Brother Xu, I will give you the chief CEO of TKTK America, if you don’t want it?”

"That's too polite. It's so early in the morning...you and I are still giving...what can you give me again?" At first, Xu Haonian didn't react.

After instinctively declining, he suddenly became excited.

Facing Xu Haonian's unbelievable inquiry, Li Youzhi laughed:
"The chief CEO of TKTK in the United States is currently in the position where Wen Ting is staying."

After hearing Li Youzhi's words, Xu Haonian on the other end of the phone fell silent.

It took a long time, until the cup of black coffee Li Youzhi made for himself when he got up in the morning was no longer hot, and he finally hissed.

"Xiao Zhi, I think you and I don't have any vengeance for killing my father... What's your reason for pushing me into the fire pit? Okay, I have to go to work. Goodbye!"

Snapped,

Hearing the decisive hang-up sound on the other end of the phone, Li Youzhi smacked his lips.

Tsk~
Good guy, it seems that the CEO of TKTK in the United States has really become a piece of shit now.

No one wants to step up!
Think about it, now TKTK has been severely sanctioned by the United States, and it has been determined that it will change ownership in another year. At this time, compared to the stable COO of the domestic shaking hands group, the CEO of TKTK is really not that good. destination.

But is this a problem?
Not at all!
Brother Zhi gave it to you, and you still want to hide?

No way!
With this in mind, Li Youzhi directly picked up his phone and started shaking hands.

Although it was around seven o'clock in the morning, which was not the peak traffic period, taking advantage of the small traffic peak at work, Leziren fans in Douishou had already become active.

After yesterday's one-day premiere ticketing, and the good reputation of "Buried Alive" among film critics and passersby, Leziren netizens are paying close attention to the domestic and foreign box office results of "Buried Alive".

"Brother, please tell me, brother Li Youzhi, please report the real-time box office to us! Has it exceeded 100 million?"

"Talk about the world! We will check the real-time domestic box office ourselves. How is it in North America? If there is a lack of publicity, we can quickly go abroad with the posters for the Olympics to build momentum for you!"

"@婷哥李你之, please hurry up and see the response from foreign fans. I can't wait to show off and use my status as an international superstar to beat up those who only know how to compete domestically." You’re a little bit of fresh meat!”

"Hahahahaha, I heard that in Hollywood Nagada, as long as the North American box office exceeds 50 million in the first month or wins an award at an international film festival, there is a high chance of being nominated for an Oscar. Come on, brother! I'm waiting for you. good news!"

"I suggest that I update the global box office of "Buried Alive" every hour these days, so that I can have an idea of ​​whether I can be nominated for an Oscar. This is very important to me! It affects whether I win the bet, and what happens in the dormitory in the future. If you have five sons, you still have five dads!”

Beep!
Received cumulative amazing points, 3012209 points!
After receiving the suggested task (it is recommended to update the global box office of "Buried Alive" every hour, the task difficulty is 2 stars), after completing it, you can get an F-level reward treasure chest X1...

Seeing the bustling scene in the comment area, Li Youzhi directly chose to automatically block.

I know you are anxious, but now is not the time to be anxious about this!
Let’s get rid of the obstacles first. Are the things you think about still a problem? !
With this in mind, Li Youzhi edited a post and sent it!

[Thanks to friends for their strong support, yesterday’s domestic premiere box office exceeded 400 million! I just received box office statistics from my friends in the United States. "Buried Alive" opened in more than 400 theaters across the United States yesterday, and the box office grossed nearly million U.S. dollars in its combined premiere! It ranks first among the box office debuts of independent horror films in the past two years! In addition, I am also very grateful to Mr. Xu Haonian, COO of DouShou Group, for his care and support. After learning that "Buried Alive" was released overseas, he actively contacted and used resources to find cooperative theaters for "Buried Alive".

Without Mr. Xu, there would be no such dazzling overseas box office results for "Buried Alive", a small-budget thriller R-rated film. I hereby solemnly promise that after the release of "Buried Alive", the media broadcast rights will be given away for 1 yuan. DouShou Group and TKTK platform! Along the way, I dare not forget the achievements and support of the Doushou platform. I am grateful to have you, walking with you all the way! @ShaoShou COO Xu Haonian, @ShaoShou CEO Yang Chenghao [holding fists]]

Shaking hands.

As soon as Li Youzhi sent out the exaggerated box office data and "gratitude", the dynamic comment area... was boiling!

"Damn it, I thought "Buried Alive" was my first overseas theatrical release, and the box office performance wouldn't be particularly impressive. Now that I'm looking at it... it's already 6. I admit that I underestimated him. His connections are awesome!”

"Four million US dollars on the first day? Doesn't that mean that as a new director and actor, I got nearly 30 million yuan in box office on the first day in American theaters? This is what Mr. Xu remembered correctly. After the overseas distribution of "Cast Away", he also helped sell the copyright of "Cast Away" at foreign film exhibitions, right? "

"What does it mean to get a lot of help? This little brother has really tapped into his own potential, and with the help of noble people, this wave of expansion into North America has been stable! @曷手COO Xu Haonian, @曰手CEO Yang Chenghao , Thank you, Daddy Shake, for your support! 6~!

"Atmosphere! This wave of Douishou platform is really grand! I am also a platform now. Although it is a streaming long video platform, my business has more or less formed a competitive relationship with Xigua Video, the domestic brother software of Douishou. , Mr. Xu can be so helpful in this situation, really... what is a pattern? This is called a pattern!"

Beep!
Received 4012880 amazing points!
Li Youzhi raised the corners of his mouth as he watched the comment area explode with shaking hands.

1. When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

2. On the premise that others do not know the inside story, exaggerating is not lying, but to build momentum and make ideals become reality faster.

3. If you want to tie a person to your chariot, it is best not to use a whip, but to use gold.

()
This wave, the small details of the operation are full of them!

Mr. Xu, you’re welcome!

……

Doushou Group, President's Office.

Looking at his @ message that kept ringing early in the morning, Yang Chenghao hissed.

As the president, his DouShou account is semi-private. It is not mainly for using DouShou, but to monitor version updates and test the features of the next version.

Opening Li Youzhi's shaking hands feed, Yang Chenghao rubbed his eyes when he saw the hot feed he had just posted.

I can't calm down anymore...

"The first day's domestic box office was 46 million US dollars, and the US theaters were 4 million US dollars...more than 400 theaters..."

Yang Chenghao didn't care about the domestic part of "Buried Alive".

What is the equivalent of hand-shaking in China? For the entertainment industry, it means that those who shake hands get the box office. Many first-line blockbusters are now mainly promoted and released not offline but through hand-shaking. In recent years, Yang Chenghao has seen many movies that grossed tens of millions and over 100 million at the box office on the first day.

But for "Buried Alive" to achieve this result in the United States, Yang Chenghao felt a little complicated.

Where's the complexity?
This movie was originally going to be broadcast on TKTK!

What kind of behavior is there in the United States?
Copyrights are becoming more and more important, and online long videos are basically membership-based or paid to watch. Based on the current box office performance of "Buried Alive", it can get a box office of 4 million on the first day in theaters. If it is broadcast online for free, the number of views must not exceed 30 to 40 million?
On a platform with only 1.7 billion users, what kind of influence does this have?

Phenomenal influence!

At this moment, Yang Chenghao clenched his fists, remembering Wen Ting's previous remarks when she refused to appear on TKTK for "Buried Alive";

"The content of the film contains a lot of elements that attack the US administrative agencies and oppose the war. Once this kind of film is broadcast through our TKTK platform, we will definitely get into trouble..."

"The production cost of this film is ridiculously low. According to him, it only took more than ten days from shooting to completion. I cannot allow such a slapdash work to add value to TKTK, which has already been targeted by the United States. pressure……"

"...I assure you that his movie called "Buried Alive" is almost impossible to cause any positive response in the American market. There is no need for us to take even the slightest risk for such a work... As for disrupting I am also willing to take full responsibility for the cooperation process between TKTK and Waguang Audio-Visual. No matter what, it will definitely not work this time..."

Wen Ting's determination that night was still vivid in her mind, but Yang Chenghao's face had become distorted;

Do you call this a work that is ridiculously low-cost and just a waste of time?

A large number of plots attacking US administrative agencies and anti-war can get a box office of US$4 million on the first day. Do you think the previous cooperation plan of Heguang Audiovisual is not good?

You're willing to take full responsibility, right?
Row!
Taking a deep breath, Yang Chenghao picked up the phone and dialed Xu Haonian's phone number directly.

The call was answered almost instantly, and there must be traffic there.

Amidst the sound of car horns, Xu Haonian’s voice was full of reverence;

"Mr. Yang, good morning! What instructions do you have?"

Hearing the attitude in Xu Haonian's voice, Yang Chenghao's twisted expression relaxed slightly, and the corners of his mouth raised;
"Haonian, I didn't know that you and Li Youzhi had such a deep friendship before, so I ignored your point. This time, you did a great job on "Buried Alive". You saw the pattern and got more benefits. Not bad, really Let me treat you differently. Before, I only thought you were stable and reliable, but now I find that you are courageous and responsible. "

"Ah? Ah...ah! Thank you, Mr. Yang, for your affirmation! Ha, this is what I should do. After all, I am in charge of my position. As long as it is beneficial to the group, I will definitely do my part."

Faced with Xu Haonian's somewhat vague reply, Yang Chenghao smiled.

You can't tell that this guy is still very humble - this is an advantage that I haven't discovered before.

"Haonian, you previously served as the general manager of the operation center for more than four years. You have rich operational experience, and now you have been practicing in the position of COO for nearly a year. Judging from your daily life, I think you also have The ability to stand alone.

After this time, I feel that it is a waste of your efforts to do chores under me with your responsibility and courage. Haonian, you also know that the current situation in TKTK is not very good. Now I need someone to open up the situation and fight for life in a dead situation. In a moment, I will propose to the board of directors that you go to TKTK Corporation in the United States to take over the position of CEO of Wen Ting. Please prepare. "

Squeak! ! !

As soon as Yang Chenghao finished speaking, there was a rapid braking sound from the other side of the phone.

on the street.

Looking at the car behind him that kept flashing its lights and complaining about its sudden stop, Xu Haonian, who was confused by Yang Chenghao's inexplicable praise, felt...exploded!
(End of this chapter)