[Rebirth] King of Theater

This year's show season has no real winners.

When Wilkins and his "Cleopatra" came with great momentum but were banned from performing, and after bowing in a hurry, those guys who regarded Wilkins as the enemy and repeatedly instigated Al to rush up to be a gun also Couldn't find anything cheap.

"I don't know what's going on..."

Later, at Mrs. Jones's banquet, someone said inexplicably: "It is obviously the peak season for performances, but the box office of various dramas is unprecedentedly bad."

In order to prove his point of view, he listed several drama works one after another, and while listing the reasons for the failure of these works, the more he talked, the more confused he became, because these works might not be able to make the box office hit. The extent of the fire, according to past experience, should not be so cold anyway.

He wasn't the only one who noticed this.

At the theater's weekly regular meeting, Luke also brought this up specifically: "It's not how one drama is doing, but everything... This is the overall plummet of the box office. But there is no reasonable explanation for it yet."

"What reasonable explanation is there for this? It must be because the show is not good."

Mr. Smith, who has sold tickets in the theater for almost half his life, asserted simply and rudely.

It's different from Luke who likes to look at data and talk.

Mr. Smith has a very traditional thinking of a dramatist. If the box office is not good, it must be because the show is not good. The theater equipment is not good enough, the audience's cultural quality is not enough, and the rainstorm...all are excuses, and everything is good if the show is good.

"Some dramas have good reviews, but the box office is not so good." Luke immediately retorted.

"Children's words." Mr. Smith said recklessly: "How can you just watch the reviews when you watch a drama? There are not a few cases where it has been well-received or not popular. Let's come again..."

He was a little triumphant, but also a little proud to show off: "I don't know how other theaters are doing, but our theater has shows that have dropped in box office, but there are also shows that are not bad at the box office."

Luke looked at him questioningly.

Mr. Smith flipped over from the table, handed over the data compiled by the secretary, and kept saying, "Look! Vincent's box office is very stable."

Best has always been good at flattering, so he immediately said next to him: "The boss is amazing!"

Al smiled at him and said nothing.

Luke looked down at the document, but his brows frowned even tighter: "Vincent's box office is not bad, but this kind of 'not bad' is only 'not bad' in comparison with the dismal box office of other dramas. But , compared to the cost and the type of subject matter, it is enough to achieve this result... But why is this? The overall decline, but Vincent did not fall... Could it be that people prefer to watch scary horror movies now? Is it a drama? Can’t all next year’s program list be a thriller?”

The meeting room fell silent.

Everyone looked at Al, waiting to hear him speak.

Al was distracted right now.

He vaguely recalled his previous life, when suddenly one day, all the box office fell to the bottom. At that time, most dramatists had the same thinking as Mr. Smith. I tried my best to study how to make better new dramas, and these poor new dramas were all drowned in the torrent of history in the end...

It wasn't until a few years later that the real answer slowly surfaced.

As movies and television develop better and better, they begin to slowly invade people's lives on a large scale and change people's cultural habits. Therefore, the previous family entertainment activities of "the family sitting in the theater watching the stage" have actually disappeared. Disappeared without a trace.Accompanied by this disappearance, it must be the slow disappearance of theater audiences and the loss of a large number of audiences.

So, this is not a temporary off-season.

It is a major turning point that the entire theater world will face and cannot escape.

"Al, what's on your mind?" Luke asked.

"I don't think the next day will be easy." Al said casually.

"How sad can it be?" the talkative Best spoke again.

While playing with the hat he used to wear in his hand, he said nonchalantly: "Can we be as sad as we were in the slums?"

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the conference room, except Mr. Smith, laughed.

The air instantly became much more relaxed. Some clapped, some patted the table, and some whistled. The meeting room was lively and lively, and everyone was full of fighting spirit, as if they were not afraid of the future even if it was difficult.

Mr. Smith couldn't help being amazed at the sidelines, thinking: "This group of young people is getting more and more difficult!"

But he changed his mind and thought "Al can bring this group of street gangsters in the slums to this point. If it is not easy, he is really not easy." In this way, he couldn't help but admire .

Al didn't know that Mr. Smith had imagined so much again.

In fact, he doesn't have any special insights on this, and can only choose to adapt to the situation and strive for victory in a steady manner.

After all, in the previous life, although theaters and performance companies continued to close down.

But there are also many theaters and performance companies that rely on their own characteristics and fixed audiences to survive smoothly, and their business is getting better and better.

Therefore, he was not particularly worried about this, and only reminded: "You don't need to find any thrillers."

Facing Luke's puzzled eyes, he explained slightly: "The reason why Vincent's box office has not dropped is not that people like to watch thrillers, but that some audiences are movie fans. After watching the movie, they want to watch it again. stage show."

Only then did the people in the conference room suddenly remember that Vincent still had a movie.

But limited by their knowledge and vision, they have not yet realized the influence of movies and TV on drama, and only regard these as different forms of entertainment. Therefore, Luke's first reaction was: "Can it copy Vincent? For example, make xxx (several shows in the theater) into a movie to attract a group of audiences?"

Al explained to him that the movie is not so easy to shoot, and it is uncertain whether it is good or bad.

However, he thought about it further and said: "Although not just anything can be made into a movie, it would be good to strengthen cooperation. Let me think about this matter carefully before I talk to you."

Coincidentally.

The matter of cooperating with the film was just mentioned in the previous regular meeting...

In the afternoon, director Bright came to the door: "The production company wants to continue filming Vincent."

"How to say?"

"Last time, I only bought "Initiated by Human Heads..." with you, and now they want to buy "Initiated by Superpowers...", and they also want to order the third volume."

""Initiated by Super Powers..." can be discussed, but the third part?"

Al almost didn't realize it: "What third part? Where did the third part come from?"

"Aren't you going to continue writing?"

Director Bright asked in surprise: "I heard from Bernie that your Vincent is a series?"

"Uh, that seems to be the case."

Al inexplicably understands Robert, a painter who has a lot of debts: "But he didn't urge me. It shouldn't matter if I write or not. Besides, there are already those two books..."

"You don't want to write anymore?"

"Yes... wait, what are you doing?"

"I called and told Bernie."

"..."

Find an editor if you disagree?

What is your operation?

Al froze for a few seconds.

When he reacted, it was too late to rush over to stop him.

Director Bright actually took Al's office phone and called Editor-in-Chief Bernie just like that.

Al: "..."

Then, the bastard began to complain in front of Al: "Bernie, your author said that because you didn't urge him, it is obvious that the Vincent series is not very important, so he decided not to write any more."

Mr. Bernie Brown's always gentle voice came from the phone: "Excuse me, give him the phone and let me talk to him."

So, he began to call his name solemnly on the phone: "Mr. Alfred Sylvie!"

"Ah, I'm here."

Al took the microphone and glared fiercely at Director Brett, who stood aside and pretended to be innocent, as if the person who just complained was not him.

"Excuse me, have I offended you?"

Mr. Bernie Brown asked earnestly.

"of course not!"

Al hastily explained: "In fact, you have taken care of me so much that I can't thank you enough. Let's not talk about it, just talk about the food column. Without your help, I am so ignorant, how can I be a columnist? ..."

"You're overly humble, and the support and feedback from readers is proof of your excellence. But please don't change the subject, am I annoying?"

"Oh, what are you kidding? Whoever has a good friend like you can wake up laughing at night."

"That's my ugly face?"

"God! I can't lie, you may not be handsome in the general sense, but you have a strong personal charm, which makes people fall in love at first sight."

"You really think so?"

"I swear it."

"So are you down?"

"..."

"Okay, no kidding, thanks for the compliment. I consider myself a very good and accommodating editor-in-chief."

"Yes, you are."

"I always hope that the author's creative environment is free."

"Yes."

"So, I never push the authors to write too much, and try not to put pressure on them, because I know that the road to chasing the muse is always so difficult, and the figure of the goddess is always so ethereal and elusive... ..."

"Thank you for your understanding."

"But it doesn't mean that you can neglect and forget the agreement with me!"

"For God's sake, I didn't!"

"So, Vincent's third part..."

"There is such a thing, I have not forgotten."

"Then when are you going to give it to me?"

"...The muse is probably not at home recently, or should we wait until she comes home?"