China Entertainment's performance is king

Chapter 1208: Revengeful Movie Watching (Long Chapter)

"I remember Sister Yaya also filmed a movie here before." At a hotel, Shen Lang was entertaining Chen Sicheng and Tong Liya. They were promoting the trio, as well as their parents.

"Yes, "The Woman of the Swordsman Family". The last time I came here was four years ago. By the way, weren't you going to treat me to something?" Tong Liya said. This was a bit deliberate.

"What? Oh, by the way, you said you like to eat it. Take a look. It will be there soon." Shen Lang was stunned for a moment. What is it? He immediately thought of it. Enema, sausage, there is something called a bowl holder. Is she doing it on purpose or does she really like it?

She did say it last time, but Shen Lang teased her later and said it twice on purpose. It has to be said that women are really bold and like to seek excitement.

"Then I have to see if I can find it. You wouldn't have forgotten it, right? What's your name? Do you remember it?" Tong Liya was being deliberate.

"I definitely remember. You wait. Here I am. Oh, no, Xiaojing, you're here. I said I would pick you up." The person who came was Liu Xiaojing. She was here too.

It was normal for Liu Xiaojing to come back. She had been watching the Heyang City project here and had to come back from time to time. She had already invested 2 billion yuan, and would have to continue investing. The cost of Heyang City was much higher than that of Qingyun Mountain.

This place was built according to the model of an ancient town, and can be used as both a tourist attraction and a film and television city.

"Just come in directly." Liu Xiaojing sat next to Lin Fengxia naturally.

"Sister Yaya, have you met her? She is my classmate." Shen Lang introduced her to everyone.

"I've never seen him before, but I've heard of him before, Mr. Liu." Liu Xiaojing is also well-known. Although she is not active on the Internet, she knows that he is a partner of Shen Lang's brand.

After introducing Wu Bai and Liu Xiaojing, whom they had never met before, the dinner began.

"Xiao Lang, I'm here now, so I won't say any polite words. I had to ask your sister Yaya to come here because I'm afraid you'll kick me out.

To be honest, as for our movie, after much thinking, I really can't do without you. You also know the script. You and Baoqiang are indispensable.

Without them, our movie would be like a missing link. After I finished filming their scenes, I hurried back to act as a lobbyist. "Chen Sicheng is quite good at it. He said nothing at first, as if nothing happened. But he can drink a lot, so after drinking a little, he started to speak his mind.

"Brother Sicheng, it's not that I don't want to shoot. It's just that I can't get into the role even if I shoot again. This will delay our movie. Sister Xiaotao, has that been dealt with yet?" Shen Lang began to pass the buck.

"We're going through the process." Xiao Tao understood immediately, and was asking her about the withdrawal process of "Detective Chinatown 3".

Of course Xiaotao said that she would follow the procedures, but in fact, she didn't go through them at all. It is true that Shen Lang is willing to withdraw his investment, but the prerequisite is that you have to give me the compensation.

Under normal circumstances, Shen Lang should compensate the crew, but he is too famous, and Shen Lang would not even sign a contract to be asked to take the responsibility.

At that time, no one thought he would do this, and no one said anything. When something happened, Shen Lang said that he was willing to withdraw his investment, but it had to be based on the contract, and you had to compensate me if you withdrew my investment.

Shen Lang would not pretend to be generous and refuse the compensation. In fact, the compensation is not that much. It is impossible to pay several times the compensation. If you deliberately make trouble and refuse to cooperate, I will still have to give you money. What's the point? It's just a token of my appreciation. Wanda should be tough and just compensate you directly.

In fact, Wanda also planned to make up for it. "Detective Chinatown" is somewhat of a big IP, but it's just that it's not in time yet. Hundreds of millions of dollars are involved, and only Shen Lang can be so willful.

Well, before the investment was withdrawn, Shen Lang saw that despite Wanda's suppression, the box office was actually going against the trend. In the absence of the bonus from the theaters with the most valuable 20% box office share in the country, it directly beat "The Great Wall".

Although it was because the other party’s movie was not up to standard, this also proved that although Shen Lang’s reputation was not good, his box office ability still existed, and it looked even more terrifying than before.

What else is there to say? As soon as Chen Sicheng was free, he directly asked Tong Liya to be a lobbyist. Tong Liya was a little embarrassed, but also hoped that Shen Lang would continue. After all, Chen Sicheng invested too much and it was related to her family's funds.

Of course, celebrities are not like ordinary people who earn common property as husband and wife and have their own moats, but it is inevitable that there are some common interests between husband and wife.

Xiao Tao felt proud. In fact, she had already connected with Wanda, but in the past two days, it seemed that Wanda had been dragging its feet and the initial procedures had not been completed.

"Don't talk about this, Xiaolang, you have to help your brother. Once you withdraw your investment, where will I find money?" Chen Sicheng was talking nonsense. "Detective Chinatown" would not lack investment even if Shen Lang left, but he was also indirectly proving his appreciation for Shen Lang.

Chen Sicheng is thinking about maximizing profits. The risk of Shen Lang's absence is too great. His reputation had plummeted before, but the film could still be released for marketing even without him. He was worried that the film would be affected. Now, he is really worried that the film will be affected.

Right now, "Big Shot" has a box office of several hundred million, which is not what Chen Sicheng expects for Detective Chinatown. However, judging from the attendance rate, Shen Lang clearly has a strong appeal and he must stay.

Of course, "Detective Chinatown" is still aimed at passers-by. If "Big Shot" can't even break the 1 billion box office, it means that Shen Lang is still affected, and his subsequent roles will be less, and they are all routine.

Maybe one billion is a huge number for anyone, but not for "Detective Chinatown". However, it does not affect his bowing to Shen Lang now.

Everything is for profit. He actually can't understand what Shen Lang is doing. Is there no need to confront Wanda at all?

"It's not that exaggerated." Shen Lang said.

"Oh, there's one more thing. As you know, our play is funded by Wanda. Let me know. They actually want to sit down and talk with you. Of course, I'm just delivering a message.

If you ask me, we should not indulge these cinema chains, who are using their scheduling to control us. Let's leave them alone for a while, and then I will set up a meeting to make them apologize to you. What kind of people are they?" Chen Sicheng's indirect approach was serious.

But I'm not lying. Wanda wants to reconcile with Shen Lang now. At the very least, you should show us the movie for a few days and then blacklist the next one. For capital, not making money is much more serious than being scolded.

Although Shen Lang directly criticized Wanda and affected them, the senior officials of Wanda Cinemas changed too quickly, and someone has to be held responsible for the decline in profits.

"Okay, listen to Brother Cheng and ignore them." Tong Liya almost couldn't hold back her laughter after hearing Shen Lang's words.

Chen Sicheng didn't expect to convince Shen Lang in one go, this time he came to repair their relationship.

"The new generation of Jindouyun is about to be launched. It's a little later than before, mainly because it was interrupted by the popularity of the bracelet. The popularity should have reached its peak now. It's time to launch Jindouyun. This time, we want to use this opportunity to expand the influence of our brand." Liu Xiaojing and Shen Lang talked about the brand.

"I understand. Thank you for your hard work." Shen Lang said.

"Just say it?"

"I'll give you a big red envelope later." Liu Xiaojing's eyes flashed with disappointment. Shen Lang has made a comeback in the entertainment industry. He is worthy of being him.

"This is what I must eat every time I come back here." Shen Lang ordered a bowl of beef noodles that was only available here, and was very satisfied.

This means that the dinner is over.

"It's indeed a bit too much. I'm happy to see you and drink a little too much. I'll take it easy." Chen Sicheng is good at talking.

"Okay, then I'll arrange a car for them and we'll go back together later."

There were two cars. Xiao Tao and Liu Xiaojing, the parents, went back to the hotel first. Actually, Shen Lang's parents had bought a house in Longcheng, which was their previous obsession. The house price was very cost-effective compared to BJ. However, they only came back occasionally and didn't want to live there.

I went to the bathroom and drank too much, but as soon as I came out, I felt something was wrong. Tong Liya was in the sink, apparently playing with water.

"Sister Yaya, is Brother Cheng okay? Why are you here?" Shen Lang asked casually.

"I can't come to the bathroom yet since you asked that."

"Isn't there a private room?"

"I don't want to go. You are so mean. You deliberately interrupt your brother Cheng." Tong Liya thought of what happened just now.

"Sister Yaya, you're not going to persuade me too, are you?" Shen Lang said.

"What do you think? He even pulled me over here." Tong Liya said.

"Hey, what are you doing?" After Tong Liya finished speaking, she didn't even use a tissue to wipe her hands. She directly used Shen Lang's chest as a tissue and wiped her hands clean from front to back. Shen Lang was really caught off guard.

"Let me give you a closer look." Tong Liya said.

"Don't joke." Shen Lang said. This is the bathroom. Although they are afraid of disturbing everyone on this floor, what if? My brother Lang has always been cautious. No, Brother Lang has a bottom line.

"You were just joking at first. You said you wanted me to give you an enema, but I don't have one today." Tong Liya spoke quite aggressively.

She had drunk some wine, and Chen Sicheng asked her to talk to Shen Lang privately about continuing filming, so this was killing two birds with one stone.

To be honest, every day when I look at the things Dong Xuan gave me, I sometimes get curious.

"Why aren't you talking? Oh, I forgot. You're saying one thing and thinking another. I remember I seemed to have said that Sister Xuan has it, and I haven't broken up with her yet. Do you want to try it first or what?" Tong Liya said.

Tong Liya grabbed Shen Lang's paw and slowly moved towards herself. She originally wanted to scare Shen Lang, but that was not right. Why didn't you pull your hand away?

"Sister Yaya, this is not appropriate." Tong Liya hardened her heart and looked at this handsome face. Some fantasies took over late at night.

"You are indeed very hypocritical. You squeezed it all out for me. How about this, right? It should be like this next?" Tong Liya became more and more bold, and complained about Shen Lang in her heart, "You really grab it, and you pull it before leaving."

"No, I give up. Okay, what do you want?" Shen Lang dodged Tong Liya's attempt to fish for the moon in the bottom of the sea. He knew that Tong Liya did it on purpose.

She knew she couldn't do anything. This place was totally inappropriate. She might not even think that he would catch her.

All I can say is that Brother Lang was not a good person during his single period. He also knew that Tong Liya was being ambiguous in her words. Of course he could get what he wanted, but you have to think about the price he would pay.

He is not controlled by desire. As for his current behavior, people have brought the things to your doorstep, but you are pretending to be stupid. You don't even want the free advantage. Are you still a man?

Tong Liya was actually confused by the atmosphere. She never expected that Shen Lang would do this in a place that was not a private space.

Although she sometimes fantasized about it, she never thought about giving it as a gift. For some things, it is difficult to take the first step.

"I'm not forcing you. I just want to ask, what do you think?" Tong Liya said.

"Wanda and I have already been in that situation. We definitely can't work together anymore. Sister Yaya, do you understand?" Shen Lang said.

"You, forget it, I won't persuade you anymore." Tong Liya originally wanted to persuade him, but then gave up. When Shen Lang made the decision, he must have thought it through.

"Go back, you really want me to help you get it out? Do you think I'm Sister Xuan?" Tong Liya said.

"No, what exactly did you talk about in private?" Shen Lang was speechless.

……

"Okay, it seems like you're going to continue to charge forward, so we'll retreat and have a drink together later." Chen Sicheng and Tong Liya were about to retreat, and Chen Sicheng also learned about Shen Lang's thoughts from Tong Liya, which were too contradictory.

Yesterday was the sixth day of its release. The box office of "Big Shot" exceeded 90 million, still leading the way. After all, with 15 screenings, it can still achieve this result, which is quite scary. The cumulative box office has exceeded 560 million.

As for "The Great Wall", the box office was only over 30 million, which is three times as much. It's a bit embarrassing, and more people complained about it.

Now, the biggest complaint is that the Great Wall still needs to be rescued by foreigners. It’s nothing wrong if foreigners rescue it, but Da Tiantian’s role was given away for free. How can people’s self-esteem bear this?

Anyway, there are many complaints, plus the 50% screening schedule and 20% box office share, which is a serious inversion, so I complain about the screening schedule.

I have to vomit. Yesterday was the last day to secure the screening schedule. From now on, we have no choice but to give our full support to Wanda. "Big Shot" will start to take up the screening schedule.

Too many cinema chains are envious of the 90% attendance rates of many theaters. Although the screening schedule has been expanded and people have the choice not to squeeze into the midnight slot, it is definitely better than "The Great Wall."

"The Last Romance" was eliminated early. Before "The Ferryman" and "Railroad Tigers" were released, there was still one day left for "Big Shot" to be scheduled. Everyone should make the most of it.

Today, the screening schedule of "Big Shot" has directly reached 45%, and the theaters are very respectful.

As for "The Great Wall", it has the support of 9Wanda's % national screening schedule, plus it is impossible for other theaters to not schedule any screenings for the national film, so the screening schedule remains at %.

As for these two films, "The Last Romance" directly accounted for 5% of the screening schedule.

To some extent, Shen Lang's counterattack was successful, and the effect was obvious.

In front of a cinema.

"Oh, oh my, Lao Yang, that Big Shot that I didn't get a few days ago is about to be released, let's go check it out."

"Really? We don't have it, do we?"

"Who knows? I heard from people at the cinema that if you want to see it as soon as possible, there are two big movies coming out tomorrow, so maybe 'Big Shot' has been scheduled again."

"Go quickly, find Lao Wang and the others, and go together to support them."

"Okay, I'll let you know."

……

"Everyone, listen to me. The Grandmaster movie can be seen today. After Prince Wang got the information, he said that he would pay for all the movie tickets tonight. Let's have fun."

"Thank you, Prince."

A red-haired young man stood up and gestured to everyone in a pretentious manner. It was obvious that he was imitating Young Master Zhao, but as for appearance, anyone who knows will understand.

Some other bars also have this activity.

"Mr. Zhao, you see, other nightclubs have this movie-watching activity. You've spent a lot of money here these days. I'll go out for this time. I'm not qualified to buy you a drink, but I can still watch a movie."

"Lao Zhang, who are you looking down on? Many of my friends have reserved a movie theater, and you are only now wondering if you can get one. Don't book multiple small theaters separately, it's boring. I've already asked my friends to book a large theater, wait."

Another nightclub.

"Boss, I have contacted all the customers in advance. Whether they are going or not, I have reserved seats for them. They are all regular customers."

"It's good to spend little money to do a big thing. Speaking of which, this time, this "Big Shot" finally has a show, book it for me, as many shows as you can, regardless of whether there are people watching or not."

"Boss, this is a bit wasteful."

"What a waste. You know the most affectionate man in Jiangnan, the ancestor Shen Lang, spent all the money tonight. How much sales have we increased? So many people are pretending to be cool, but we are the ones who make money. What's the big deal about booking a few movie screenings?"

At this time, the phones of some cinema managers were about to explode, Vientiane Cinema.

"Lao Zhang, what's the matter that has brought you out? How come you are interested in watching a movie? Of course, of course, I will definitely not refuse the call. Let me check the time. Today, Lao Zhang, don't joke with me and don't make things difficult for me. Let's all go out." After finally hanging up the phone, an employee came running over.

"Manager, someone wants to book the entire theater to watch Big Shot."

"Are you stupid? Just say there's no theater. Don't you have The Great Wall? Push it to him."

"Manager, I told you, people say that no one would watch that movie, they only watch Mr. Zhao."

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao, Shen Lang is indeed a box office idol. Whenever a movie is scheduled, it never lacks attendance."

"Manager, they said I can pay more."

"Nonsense, if you can book a young man in the parlor today, just post it on your Moments, it's the biggest show-off, who needs that little money?

I'm suspicious. There must be something wrong with the higher-ups. They can't just schedule the movies properly. There were so few theaters in the past two days. Most of them are losing money. They have money but they don't want to make it. They are crazy."

"Stop talking. Just answer the phone and tell me I didn't bring my phone."

……

"Brother Wang, it's not that I don't want to give you face, it's just that all the movie tickets have been sold. Yes, I'm really sorry."

Today is truly a day of explosive consumption. All cinema chains have teamed up to set up a scheme, or really a scheme, because tomorrow the screening schedule for "Big Shot" will be lowered again.

Especially in cities with many nightclubs and bars, everyone wants to book out the theater for customers to watch movies. Not to mention the business brought by Shen Lang's line some time ago, everyone also wants to cultivate a group of new young masters through this method, which is beneficial to everyone.

There are even cases where the theater is booked but some people don't watch it, so the extra tickets are given away directly. It would be fine if the show wasn't popular, but if it is, there is really no shortage of people coming to watch it.

Many young men and businessmen failed to get tickets, which indirectly proved the strength of the place and really made people crazy.

This is no longer just watching a movie, it's a competition of strength.

In cities with few nightclubs or bars, it became a meme because "Big Shot" had a high attendance rate in the past two days, but tickets were hard to get.

As soon as the tickets were released today, a lot of people started scrambling for them to prove their abilities. After watching the movie, they posted a message on WeChat Moments, saying it was just so-so. If you think about the emotional value, it's really good.

It seems that all major cinemas have welcomed their savior. Is this just watching a movie? No, this has become a social phenomenon.

If you get the ticket and post it on your Moments, people will like and express their envy. It’s up to you whether you want to grab the ticket or not.

This has nothing to do with Shen Lang anymore, it’s just because this movie ticket is valuable.

(The author should kowtow, he really deserves to die)

(End of this chapter)