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Chapter 965: I'm not afraid of comparison, I'm afraid of not comparing

This year's Dragon Boat Festival period may be the most formal one in recent years.

Due to the impact of the epidemic, the weight of the imported box office market has completely declined, and the domestic box office market has become the industry's largest engine. Major film companies and theaters are more concerned and cautious about the release schedule of movies.

Among the films produced, those with relatively large production volumes and IP recognition all strive to be released during popular periods such as the Spring Festival, May Day, and National Day.
'All small and medium-sized movies that have some box office ambitions are crowded into small schedules. If there is really no schedule to choose, an artificial schedule like "May 5" will be created to tap into the market's enthusiasm as much as possible and reduce box office risks.

Under this situation, this year's Dragon Boat Festival period lacks imported blockbusters, and small-scale domestic films have bravely entered the market. 15 movies have made the Dragon Boat Festival period particularly lively, and it coincides with the end of the college entrance examination, so the market seems to be about to set off a wave of movie-watching craze.

But the reality is particularly cruel. Among the 15 movies, there are neither well-received works nor dark horses. The box office is bleak and "the Dragon Boat Festival is over."

Li Mu looked at the data of the Dragon Boat Festival Mengying Media Cinema Line sent by Lu Yu and couldn't help shaking his head. "It's really bleak."

Because there was no movie that grossed over 10 million on the first day during this period.

Maoyan even predicts that only four movies will gross over 100 million yuan during the period, and only one will gross over 200 million yuan.

The box office seems to be terribly low.

You have to know that theaters rely on this for their livelihood. Without box office revenue, the survival of theaters will be in big trouble.

The cold performance of the Dragon Boat Festival box office seems to foreshadow the failure of the entire June.

This is true for Mengying Media Cinemas, and even more so for asset-heavy cinema companies like Wanda.

At this moment, Zeng Maojun was discussing matters regarding Wanda Films in Wang Jianlin's office.

"Mr. Wang, due to the short-term operating pressure brought by the local recurrence of the epidemic in the first half of the year, the box office dropped sharply by 57.3% compared with last year and the same period last year."

"No need to explain this, I know. What about overseas?" Wang Jianlin rubbed his temples with his fingers and frowned. He seemed to be three points older than before.

"Affected by the repeated outbreaks of the epidemic overseas, some of the company's Australian cinema chains have also suspended operations since the end of June. As of now, 6 theaters have been closed. The high fixed costs such as theater rent and depreciation have led to a large loss in the first half of the year for the Australian cinema chain!"

Zeng Maojun wanted to shake his head as he spoke. The performance was simply too disastrous.

When Wang Jianlin heard this, he realized that Wanda Films could no longer rely on such performance.

“Performance commitments cannot be fulfilled this year”

Wang Jianlin had almost no doubts.

Zeng Maojun remained silent.

At this moment, Wang Jianlin's secretary knocked on the door and walked in, then said a few words in Wang Jianlin's ear.

Wang Jianlin's expression changed slightly, then he picked up his phone and took a look.

"Baby, I went to get an IV today. What was the IV? I missed you so much."

"You know I haven't slept well these past few days. I've been thinking about you every night."

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What Wang Jianlin was looking at at this moment was naturally the matter between Wang Sicong and an internet celebrity Sun Yining.

Nowadays, the affair between Wang Sicong and Sun Yining has become a hot topic on the Internet.

Let netizens summarize the matter, it is very simple:
Wang Sicong failed in his love proposal and had a falling out with the girl. The girl refused to talk to Wang Sicong anymore and in desperation, she posted her chat records with Wang Sicong and decided to fight to the death with him.

However, although the general course of events was like this, Wang Sicong later admitted that her pursuit had failed, but she accused the other party of being a scumbag and believed that Sun Yining was not a good person either, hoping that the outside world would see her true colors.
But netizens’ focus has shifted.

The outside world's attention is focused on the cheesy love words in Wang Sicong's chat records, which are the chat records that Wang Jianlin is seeing at this moment.

After Wang Jianlin read it for a while, he felt a little embarrassed. After all, Wang Sicong failed in his attempt to pick up girls, but it was exposed, and the chat records were still in such a state, which really made people speechless and sighed deeply.

Zeng Maojun didn't know what was going on at the moment. Seeing that Wang Jianlin didn't change much, he guessed it wasn't a big deal, and then asked, "Boss Wang, what's wrong?"

"Heh, Wang Sicong is trending again, and he's dating an internet celebrity. I don't know what he's doing all day long."

"Si Cong, after all, Si Cong is still young, it's normal for her to like to play."

"That's not even old enough. He was born in 88 and is now 33 years old," Wang Jianlin complained. "He's still so careless. None of the projects he invested in were successful, and he's still in debt."

"Li Mu of Mengying Media is only a few years older than him. Which company in the industry can compare with Mengying Media? I'm afraid Wanda can't do it except for the cinema chain!"

As the saying goes, I'm not afraid of comparison, I'm afraid of not comparing.

Wang Jianlin felt angrier and angrier when he thought about it. Li Muzhen, who was of similar age, was probably worth as much as him, but his own son was still hanging around in the internet celebrity circle, but he couldn't catch up with her and was exposed by others.

"If Mengying Media wants to go public, its market value will not be less than 100 billion. No other company in the industry can compare to it. Its industry chain is too deep. The only flaw is the cinema chain."

Zeng Maojun thought for a moment and said carefully.

"It's true that every generation has its own talents. No one would have thought that Mengying Media would gradually become such a giant."

Wang Jianlin couldn't help but sigh.

Naturally, this matter spread quickly on the Internet, to the point where everyone had a copy of the chat records to share their thoughts.

As a result, netizens discovered that in the exposed chat records, the so-called rich man pursuing girls was just like this, no different from an ordinary rough guy.

Wang Sicong's response afterwards seemed a bit awkward.

With this kind of popularity, Wang Sicong’s melon will definitely last for a few days.

However, Li Mu was currently discussing post-production matters with Zhang Yi and Chen Kai.

And just at this moment, Lu Yu called suddenly.

"Ok?"

"Mr. Li, the Cannes Organizing Committee is looking for you."

"Cannes?" Li Mu was stunned.

"Cannes? Do you have any movies on hand recently?" Brother Chen Kai asked after seeing Li Mu hung up the phone.

Since the Cannes judges were confirmed some time ago, it is naturally not a problem for the judges. The only thing left is the nomination of the films.

"No, if we really talk about the movies we have, then there is only..."

Before Li Mu finished speaking, the three of them seemed to have thought of something.

"It seems that Cannes might be interested in the film we have." Zhang Yi said with a smile.

"Don't tell me, there was actually a chance, but it's a pity that we definitely won't make it in time."

Brother Chen Kai said with a hint of regret.

"Let me ask." Li Mu saw the call from Lu Yu and called back.

Thierry Frémaux, artistic director of the Cannes Film Festival, is also in charge of the film selection.
(End of this chapter)