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An office in the Universal Media Building, Shangjing.

The investor of "Journey to the West: Rebirth of the Demon King", the crew director Xu Caimao, and several leading actors were sitting together and having a meeting.

Four days into the summer vacation season, the single-day box office of Journey to the West: Reborn as the Demon King has further dropped to 4 million yuan, ranking fourth in the same period, and has been left 1.3 million behind the second-placed Monster Hunt.

According to this trend, the film's single-day box office will drop further, let alone the original goal of reaching the top ten in film box office history. Now the entire crew is facing even more serious problems.

The total investment in this film is over 5 million, and the box office must reach at least 15 billion to make back the investment, but according to the current box office trend, it is estimated that it will be difficult...

"...This is probably the situation right now. Due to the influence of some online film review accounts, our box office has fluctuated a bit, but we are already working on public relations for these accounts..."

Xu Caimao was giving a report when he was suddenly interrupted by Yang Chuqiang, president of Universal Media, who was sitting in the main seat.

"I don't want to hear this kind of nonsense. I just want to know how much the movie will earn at the box office in the end."

A look of embarrassment flashed across Xu Caimao's face. He took a look at the information in his hand and finally gave a number.

"About... 13.5 billion yuan."

"That means you can't even get your money back." Yang Chuqiang's face was gloomy. He tapped the table with his fingers and spoke word by word.

"I need a reasonable explanation."

"If you wanted money, I paid it. If you wanted the best actors, I found them. If you wanted special effects, I hired a top international team."

"What's the result? The 'Two Emperors and One Empress', with a super luxurious cast, couldn't beat that young couple, and was laughed at!"

"What's the current box office of Monster Hunt? 8.5 million! It's more than 1 million higher than yours. Is the gap going to get bigger?"

Yang Chuqiang's words made everyone present look a little embarrassed.

Apart from the fact that its first-day box office surpassed that of "Monster Hunt", the box office of "Journey to the West: Reborn of the Demon King" has indeed been left behind by the other.

"So." Yang Chuqiang took a deep breath and said, "What are you going to do next?"

Xu Caimao quickly said: "Boss Yang, we already have a plan."

"In the next 10 days, the crew will continue to increase publicity and promotion efforts and visit major cities across the country."

"Then in terms of media publicity." At this point, Xu Caimao glanced at Liang Jun and Yin Zhijie and said, "This requires the cooperation of Teacher Liang and Teacher Yin."

"The fighting scenes between the two in the movie were praised by many audiences and caused a great response."

"The past 'grudges' between the two teachers that were spread online, combined with this exciting fight, is a publicity point. There will be media reports later. A reporter asked about this question during the event, so we need to cooperate."

Hearing this, the two movie emperors Liang Jun and Yin Zhijie looked at each other, both showed a bitter smile on their faces, and nodded helplessly.

Honestly speaking, both of them are well-known figures in the industry. Although they are a little out of date, they still have some status. Of course, they do not want to use this method of "consuming themselves" to promote the movie.

But when you are under someone's eaves, you have to bow your head. Universal Media has great power in the industry. Even if they are movie stars, they are still employees and you can't afford to offend them. Plus, the pay they give is indeed not low, so you have to do the job after taking the money.

The point is, as the leading actors, they certainly hope that the box office of the movie can be higher, and losing to a pair of young people who are just starting out is really embarrassing...

After saying this, Xu Caimao looked a little embarrassed, and then said: "Boss Yang, I have another question."

"Now all the major cinema chains are reducing the number of screenings they give us. If this continues..."

Yang Chuqiang's face was as gloomy as water. He thought for a moment and said, "The schedule must not be reduced. I will send out a notice. First of all, Universal Cinemas will not cut it."

"Talk to other theaters and ask them to increase the share of Journey to the West: Reborn of the Demon King by 5 percentage points and request them to schedule more screenings on the existing basis!"

Hearing this, Xu Caimao and others breathed a sigh of relief.

For a film, the screening rate is crucial and directly affects the number of viewers and box office.

If the box office performance is not good, theaters will cut screenings, causing the box office to further decline, and it is easy to fall into a vicious circle.

But Yang Chuqiang is willing to give up part of his profits, so this method should still be useful. I believe many theaters will not refuse, so the screening rate should be maintained.

But, can this really turn the tide at the box office? That is unknown...

......

At the same time, Huahai City.

Ye Zhiqiu is quite satisfied with the box office performance of "Monster Hunt" since its release.

According to estimates, the final box office of this film should be between 20 and 22 billion yuan, second only to "Galaxy Battleship 2" among the summer movies released during the same period.

The sci-fi blockbuster "Galaxy Battleship 2" is very popular and the box office is expected to reach 35 billion yuan.

In its previous life, the total box office of "Monster Hunt" was 24.28 billion, but this was the result after the key extension, which was a total of 63 days of release.

In comparison, the market environment and competitors are different now, and the total box office exceeding 20 billion can be considered to have met his psychological expectations.

However, Ye Zhiqiu couldn't feel happy.

The words of Pierre, the director of "Galaxy Battleship 2", "Chinese science fiction lags behind the world by 30 years", seemed to always linger in his ears, stimulating him.

As a passionate young director, he was certainly not convinced and even sneered at such statements.

Why does our level need to be defined by an outsider?

He said we are 30 years behind, is that true? I don't believe it!

All in all, to a large extent, science fiction films are a competition of a country's comprehensive strength.

A country's economic strength, scientific and technological level, and cultural influence are all important supports for the development of science fiction films.

Just imagine, if someone from a backward African country talks about science fiction, will anyone take it seriously? Most likely, he will only be despised and ridiculed.

In the past, it seemed that only powerful Western countries were qualified to talk about science fiction, and the protagonists who saved the world in science fiction movies were always blond-haired, blue-eyed Western faces.

Now that our country has become strong, Western countries need to act according to our wishes. This is the result of our strength.

But in the category of science fiction movies, the other party can still judge with arrogance...

Ye Zhiqiu felt that as a literary and artistic practitioner, this was a matter within his own field and he should do something.

But no matter how passionate you are, it is still necessary to know yourself and your enemy before doing something.

So, he walked into the cinema and bought a ticket for "Battlestar 2"...