They have become goddess husbands, who needs a superstar system

Chapter 562: Blocking internal strife, the most exciting plot (two in one)

Chen Ning knew how bad what happened to him this time was, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope and refused to respond to the questions on the Internet, thinking that as long as he didn't reply, others would not be able to tell the authenticity of the matter. After this crisis, he was able to make a low-key comeback.

However, the highly competitive entertainment industry did not give him a chance to struggle. It did not wait for Chen Ning to respond. On the second day after Chen Ning's scandal appeared, it took advantage of the opportunity of many netizens to criticize Chen Ning verbally and quickly to punish Chen Ning. Got a blocking order!

First, the major brands that Chen Ning endorsed quickly drew a clear line with Chen Ning. Advertising materials related to Chen Ning were all removed. There may be litigation in the future, because many celebrity endorsement contracts have stipulated "morality". Terms".

Then the major video websites temporarily removed the film and television works and variety shows that Chen Ning participated in. They now have a complete set of public relations processes to deal with incidents like celebrity house collapse. They first remove the relevant videos from the shelves and then process them through post-coding. Later, these videos will be re-released.

Finally, "Some Like It Hot 2" starring Chen Ning is currently being released in theaters.

What to do with this movie?

On the night when the Chen Ning scandal broke out, netizens were still discussing it intensely.

I have never encountered a situation where a movie is being released when a star's house collapses!

There have been cases where a star has been shot but a movie has already been filmed. At this time, in order for the movie to be released successfully, the film and television producers either use special effects technology to replace the face of another actor, or reshoot with a different person. It's like when Yang Yi was replaced to reshoot Zuo Wencheng's scenes in "Born to the Sun", but no matter which method is used, the cost is not small.

There have also been situations where a celebrity has been housebroken, but the variety show he has recorded is about to be broadcast. At this time, the TV station will immediately issue a notice and replace it with another program. This program will work overtime in the post-production process to cut out the pictures. It will be re-broadcast only after the celebrities who collapsed have been completely removed.

Don't talk about letting "Some Like It Hot 2" continue to be released until the Spring Festival holiday is over. As soon as the announcement was made, the refund process has not yet started. New movies will be released tomorrow, and theaters can't wait to start selling tomorrow's new hits. Movie tickets for the show.

Mr. Zhang, who used to be mature, steady and strategizing, also lost his composure at this time. While holding up his mobile phone and yelling curses, he couldn't help but kick the trash can next to him, collecting wet tea leaves, paper scraps, and plastic bags. It flew up along with the trash can.

"It has already been released in cinemas, so how can we have time to reshoot it? The post-production coding is not that fast, right?"

"An unscrupulous artist, a true unscrupulous artist! The irony is that Chen Ning actually used the same routine as Yang Yi the year before last, but the difference is that Yang Yi used it to deal with people with ulterior motives, while Chen Ning used it to deal with people who were passionate about him My sweetheart for so many years!"

Not to mention other people, Mr. Luo and Mr. Zhang, whose investment shares are not large, will no longer be willing to throw money into the water.

The investors of "Some Like It Hot 2" have been worried all day long, but they still waited for their fate to be judged.

"What the hell? We are now being pushed against the wall by everyone!" Mr. Zhang dropped his cell phone, his chest heaving with anger, "After we withdrew the schedule, all the films that originally belonged to us were allocated to other films, and they profited from it. We will definitely support the operation of the theater chain, and I even suspect that the theater chain is instigated by them to do this. No matter how hard Mr. Lin and the others want to keep our movies, they will not be able to shake so many complicated interest alliances!"

"The theater won't just turn a blind eye and let this movie continue to be released, right? Then I will be disgusted and will never go to the theater to watch a movie again!"

The reason is very simple. The movie has already been released, and its original results were mediocre. Now that something like this has happened, investors will definitely not have the confidence to add additional funds to find actors to reprise their roles, or to ask special effects companies to change faces. .

Yes, although the film schedule before "Some Like It Hot 2" is not high, it is still quite a lot! It fell. There were not too many people coveting their piece of cake. After the theaters quickly divided it, other movies naturally quickly filled the vacancy left by "Some Like It Hot 2" without giving them any struggle at all. Opportunity.

"It's not easy to handle. He's still the leading actor, so it's impossible to cut out all his scenes. And the movie is not like a variety show. After you finish editing, you have to submit it to the General Administration for review, right?"

"Mr. Zhang, can't you? Mr. Lin and the others are talking to no avail?" Mr. Luo's last hope was shattered.

Netizens talked a lot, but the theater chain's handling was more straightforward than they imagined. The next day, major theaters announced the withdrawal of "Some Like It Hot 2", and those who purchased the movie tickets for "Some Like It Hot 2" in advance Audiences can go through the refund process on the APP or at the cinema.

"After all, we have to wait until the end of the Spring Festival holiday before canceling the show. How can we cancel it now?"

"The best way is to cancel the film and not release it until the AI ​​face-changing process is completed. But everyone who has seen this movie knows what the plot is. If it is released again, it will be a slap in the face and there is no point."

"You idiot, Chen Ning, doesn't he know how to wait until after the movie is released to cause trouble? Labor and management must hold him accountable!"

"Director Guo, can't Mr. Lin and the others discuss it with the theater chain?"

They are insiders and know the consequences of this better than netizens - once "Some Like It Hot 2" is withdrawn, there will be no chance of a comeback.

Before the online announcement came out, Mr. Luo and Mr. Zhang already knew the news. Mr. Luo, who had been staying at the teahouse owned by Mr. Zhang, slumped down on the sofa and muttered to himself: "It's over, it's over!"

"The impact of Chen Ning's actions was too great. The entire crew finally managed to make a movie, but it was ruined by him! Everyone boycotted him. Even if it is released again, not many people will go to see it."

"How much can we get back with our money?" Mr. Luo doesn't expect to make money anymore. He just wants to calculate now. Among the box office that "Some Like It Hot 2" has already received, how much more money will he invest? How many can come back.

"I don't know how much the box office will be this morning. Our box office before was 130 million." Mr. Zhang picked up the calculator and calculated.

The total investment of "Some Like It Hot 2" is million, of which Chen Ning's salary is close to million, and the rest is the salary of other actors and the production and promotion expenses of the film. An investment of million means that the movie will have to earn almost million at the box office to make back the money, because part of the money earned from their movie will be distributed to the original copyright owner of "Some Like It Hot."

If "Some Like It Hot 2" can get a box office of 7 million like "Some Like It Hot", then Mr. Luo and the others will not only recoup their money, but also make nearly double the money!

Even if "Some Like It Hot 2" currently seems to be performing poorly at the box office, and the audience's reputation will hardly improve just relying on the support of Chen Ning's fans, if it can be released for two consecutive months and maintained by Chen Ning's traffic, "Some Like It Hot 2" will definitely not have a problem getting back its investment. Big profits are not expected, but small profits are a high probability.

This can also comfort the broken hearts of Mr. Luo and Mr. Zhang.

But now the release of "Some Like It Hot 2" has come to an abrupt end, with only a box office of million, and after deducting various costs, it seems that they really can't even get back % of their investment!

"Mr. Lin's share is larger. We estimate that we can only get back 20%, maybe more than 20%." Mr. Zhang typed on the calculator for a while and calculated it over and over again several times before telling the painful truth in a low voice. come out.

"What if I sell the copyright to a video platform later? Can I get more money back?" Mr. Luo suddenly thought of this.

"How to sell this copyright? Who is willing to buy the copyright of your movie?" Mr. Zhang asked.

"The first part of "Some Like It Hot" is still watched by many people, and there are a lot of short video marketing accounts that explain this movie. No matter how you say "Some Like It Hot 2", it is a movie with a box office of more than million, and the copyright is at least It's also more valuable than those bad movies and those big online movies, right?" Mr. Luo said unconvinced.

"Use your brain and think about it! How can this movie be sold? It's impossible to find other actors to reshoot it. No one can give you the money to reshoot it. Someone else's video website bought your copyright , it’s impossible to code all the faces of Chen Ning, right? Chen Ning is a major protagonist, and let the audience watch the mosaic throughout? This movie must not become a joke on the entire Internet after it is released?" Mr. Zhang wants to scold Mr. Luo for his brain, right? Kicked by a donkey.

But even if he changed his tune later, his impatient tone made Mr. Luo, who was already in a bad mood, unhappy.

"You still blame me for being stupid?" Mr. Luo slammed the table, stood up, pointed at Mr. Zhang and scolded him.

"Am I wrong?" Mr. Zhang saw him slapping the table and couldn't bear to lose face, so he also pushed back.

"Let me ask you, did you ask me to withdraw funding from "The Wandering Earth"?"

"I'm asking you to withdraw your capital together? It's a joke. I'm just telling you the facts. You are so nervous. You call me every day to ask me if I want to withdraw, and how to do it. Now you blame me?"

"If I hadn't listened to your instigation, could I have withdrawn my money from "The Wandering Earth" and invested it in this garbage movie?"

"What am I inciting you to do? You are already dozens of years old, don't you have any opinion? And you are the only one who has to pay? Didn't I pay?"

"Let me ask you, was it you who asked me to vote for this movie?" Mr. Luo shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Get out of here, you white-eyed wolf! If you make money, you don't know how to lick the stinky feet of labor and management. Now that you are losing money, you just say that I harmed you. How can you get involved with me if I harm you? The money invested by labor and management I lost more money than you!" Mr. Zhang smashed the tea cup and sneered in anger.

"If you don't scold me for being brainless, how can I scold you? If I hadn't listened to your nonsense and kept my money in "The Wandering Earth", now I would be banging gongs and drums to send banners to Director Yang Yi! Damn, I'm really blind. I'm blinded, but I still treat you as a friend!" Mr. Luo also smashed the cup in front of him, picked up his phone and walked away.

He was not only angry at Mr. Zhang's insults to him and the contemptuous attitude shown in his words, but also annoyed at this series of investment failures.

If "Some Like It Hot 2" can make some money back, then he can pretend that their divestment was not wrong, but they gave up big risks and high returns and chose stable happiness.

But now that "Some Like It Hot 2" not only cost him all his money, but he also has to watch "The Wandering Earth" take off at the box office. How could Mr. Luo not lose his balance and break up with Mr. Zhang?

Mr. Luo didn't know that he was not only going to watch the box office of "The Wandering Earth" continue to soar, but he would also "personally" promote "The Wandering Earth"!

After "Some Like It Hot 2" was withdrawn, its original schedule was divided among other films currently in theaters. The biggest beneficiaries were of course "The Wandering Earth" and "Fast Delivery", the two highest-grossing movies. Among them, "The Wandering Earth" "Earth" has grabbed the most new prime-time movies due to its consistent performance.

In order to recover the losses caused by refunding tickets for "Some Like It Hot 2", many theaters also worked hard to promote to the audience, through discounts and promotions on public accounts, short video accounts, and even through the hard shouting of offline staff of the theater to promote "Wandering". New screenings for movies including "Earth".

As a result, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" hit a new single-day box office record on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year!

Then on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, which was also the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, the single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth" soared to 860 million, ranking second in the single-day box office rankings in film history!

The first place was won by Weng Pengfei's "Chinatown Detective 3". It sold billion on its opening day, but then went downhill, although the final total box office was more than billion.

It is worth mentioning that the box office of Weng Pengfei's "Chinatown Detective 5" currently released is a bit low. In the seven days since the Spring Festival, its total box office has not exceeded billion. Judging from its equally high reputation, this film The final total box office of the movie should not exceed billion, and it is difficult for this series to continue the box office glory of the first three films.

The single-day box office of "The Wandering Earth" cannot break the record of "Chinatown Detective 3" because everyone has to go to work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Even if the popularity of "The Wandering Earth" remains at a high level, the box office performance cannot continue. Keep going crazy - of course, no matter how cold the market is, "The Wandering Earth" will temporarily maintain a box office growth rate of - million.

It’s hard for Mr. Luo and Mr. Zhang not to have an explosive mentality!

Before "Some Like It Hot 2" was withdrawn, the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" had exceeded billion. It not only recovered its original investment, but also started to make money.

And now the total box office results of "The Wandering Earth" during the entire Spring Festival holiday have been released, and the figure of 3.6 billion has blinded their titanium eyes!

This is more than just making money! It’s more than doubled!

What's even more terrifying is that "The Wandering Earth" has just been released for seven days, and its box office performance is as endless as a broken ball's journey in space!

"These idiots, their hearts are going to bleed!"

Anyway, Mr. Le felt happy when he saw the good news about his company.

(End of this chapter)