This director only makes bad movies

In the office, Lin Ziyi carefully checked the company's reports, especially the attendance and box office of the movies currently being released, which were her focus.

The box office of "The Hobbit", a premium movie produced by Fox Film and Television, has exceeded 100 million, and its trend is unparalleled with no signs of slowing down.

Lin Ziyi had expected this result. The movie itself is very strong, and it has the bonus of the big IP of Lord of the Rings. It is produced by Fox, a film and television giant. Good results are normal, but bad results are abnormal.

In comparison, it is surprising that the bad movie "The Age of the Hobbit" has a box office of more than 20 million.

Although I had known for a long time that Xu Nan was a man who kept making violent moves in China, Lin Ziyi was still surprised that he could be so fierce in the United States.

Without even thinking about it, all the news on the Internet must be caused by Xu Nan.

And he succeeded. The cost of "The Age of the Hobbit" was only 200,000 US dollars, but the box office has already reached 20 million US dollars. The production cost and the box office are one hundred to one. When this news spreads, it will definitely cause a sensation in the industry.

A director who can make money is a good director, and the more money he makes, the more capital likes him.

Deliberately allocating part of the film schedule to the bad movie "The Age of the Hobbit" is actually not very profitable for the Imperial Cinema. The attendance rate of this kind of bad movie will definitely not be as good as that of a wonderful masterpiece like "The Hobbit".

But Imperial Cinemas has a stake in Nanhai Film and Television. Counting this, Imperial Cinemas will make a profit.

"Knock knock knock."

There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in." Lin Ziyi said without raising her head.

"President." Garcia, the executive of Imperial Cinemas, walked in.

"Is something wrong?" Lin Ziyi was polite and distant, making it difficult for people to find fault.

Garcia's attitude was equally polite: "Well, the vice president of Fox Film and Television just called me and asked why we released the movie "The Age of the Hobbit" and asked us to explain."

Lin Ziyi smiled: "What movies our company releases and what they have to do with Fox Film and Television, it's their turn to dictate."

Garcia said calmly: "President, our company has a cooperative relationship with Fox Film and Television for many years. It is best not to be so tough."

"My personal suggestion is that it is best to reduce the schedule of "The Hobbit" and increase the schedule of "The Hobbit" so that Fox Film and Television will not care."

Lin Ziyi changed her style: "Okay, no problem. Ask Fox Film and Television if our company can take a stake in "The Hobbit". If so, I will immediately increase its film schedule."

"President." Garcia couldn't help but raise his voice: "'The Hobbit' has been released, and it is impossible for Fox Film and Television to agree to it. Even if Fox Film and Television agrees, it is impossible for other relevant parties to agree."

Lin Ziyi immediately laughed: "Then Fox Film and Television has no control over how many films I schedule."

Garcia was silent for a while, and finally persuaded: "President Lin, we'd better not get into such a stalemate with Fox Film and Television. I still suggest that we reduce the schedule of "The Age of the Hobbit" and give it to "The Hobbit." Although the film's box office is good, the attendance rate is not as good as "The Hobbit". By giving "The Hobbit" a higher film schedule, our company can also make more money."

Lin Ziyi looked directly at Garcia like a sword. Garcia showed no sign of weakness and had a calm expression. It seemed that he was really considering the interests of the theater.

But Lin Ziyi knew that Garcia's purpose was not simple.

"The Age of the Hobbit" is a movie that she strongly opposed to be released. If the performance is not good, it will inevitably affect her prestige in the company, but if the performance is too good, it will also affect the prestige of Garcia's executives who oppose the release of the film.

Therefore, Garcia took action and wanted to reduce the schedule of "The Age of the Hobbit", lower the film's performance, and reduce the negative impact on him.

The reason is high-sounding and is for the benefit of the company.

This is a factional struggle in the company, and almost all large companies cannot avoid it. Lin Ziyi suffers from it, but there is really nothing she can do in a short time, she can only work hard to improve it little by little.

Faced with Garcia's suggestion, Lin Ziyi suddenly smiled: "No, because the company holds 30% of the shares in Nanhai Film and Television, the producer of the movie "The Age of the Hobbit"."

"Why didn't I know?" Garcia blurted out in shock.

Lin Ziyi didn't answer, just smiled.

Garcia quickly calmed down and found it tricky.

Now that the company owns a share of "Age of the Hobbit", it certainly cannot reduce the film's schedule.

There is no reason to reduce the film schedule of one's own company. This is tantamount to giving away money to others.

Garcia quickly figured out the pros and cons and forced a smile.

"I understand, President, then I will reply to Fox Film and Television."

Garcia left the office.

"Ha." Lin Ziyi curled her lips and smiled.

She had always been the one who was angry with these elders, but now she was finally able to get back on her feet.

This is just the beginning. Sooner or later, she will get rid of these troublesome guys, as well as the film and television companies that boycott her.

"Imperial Cinemas doesn't agree to increase the film schedule?"

After receiving the news from Fox Film and Television, James frowned.

Scheduling has a huge impact on a movie. Even if a movie has a huge reputation, if theaters don't schedule the movie and the audience can't see the movie, it still won't make money.

Now that Imperial Cinemas is determined not to schedule movies, there is nothing he can do.

This has already involved a struggle between theaters and film and television companies, and it is not something that he alone can change.

"Director James, take a look at this quickly?"

At this moment, assistant Gina suddenly entered the room and opened a live broadcast room on her mobile phone.

"Welcome to the Tonight Show, today we have the famous film critic Mr. Martin."

In the live broadcast room, a fat host wearing a suit made an opening statement with excitement.

James knows this program, which is relatively famous. Although it is not well-known to everyone, many people know it and its influence is not small.

For such a program, film critic Martin was actually invited to participate.

James' curiosity immediately aroused, and he took the assistant's cell phone, wanting to see what would happen next.

On the screen, the host was emotional and eloquent.

"He is a famous film critic. He has been in the industry for five years and has written more than 400 film reviews and has 550,000 fans."

"He was the first critic to criticize the film The Hobbit, and he is currently the only critic who continues to criticize The Hobbit."

"He is an Internet celebrity and a mentor in the hearts of many netizens."

"He is——Martin!!!"

As the host screamed, Martin appeared and sat on the chair.