A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 454: Imperial Jade Wine, How Much is a Cup?

Judging from the data of film feedback, there is indeed a problem, but it is not the gender ratio, but the age.

The average age of moviegoers in theaters has been getting younger. Over the years, it has dropped from 25 to around 22 years old.

Now Feng Kuazi has made a movie with an average audience age of 30. The better the box office sales are, the faster his career will end.

In Chen Jinnian's eyes, this was not a movie data analysis table, but a notice of critical illness for his career, and the kind that was incurable.

Wang Yidi, who was leaning on his shoulder, naturally didn't understand what the data meant, but he could still understand the dynamically updated box office data.

"Today is the evening of the 4th. Considering Huayi's financial resources, the box office is a bit low."

"It's indeed low, but it doesn't matter. The 1 billion yuan bet between Huayi and Feng Kuazi is no different from giving money away. Even if Feng Kuazi doesn't make a movie for five years, he'll still be living on the 300 million yuan minimum living allowance. It's just that 1 billion yuan has been reduced to 300 million yuan. He's definitely not willing to accept that."

Chen Jinnian explained to Wang Yidi.

"Three hundred million? That's more money than you made from running your own company. Your company has been operating for two years, and after paying taxes, you only got a few tens of millions."

"Of course I can make money just by playing around with finance and profiting from the stock market. But now I'm almost asset-heavy. The equipment depreciation expense on the monthly financial statements gives me a headache."

Not counting labor costs, the company's monthly basic expenses alone are equivalent to buying two top-of-the-line 911s for collision tests, with two scrapped each month and twenty-four scrapped each year.

"It's okay, your special effects company will be profitable next year." Wang Yidi said comfortingly.

"Yes, we will be able to make a profit next year, but the computer equipment will need to be replaced the year after. Well, it seems I have to invest in a company that makes computer cards." Chen Jinnian counted on his fingers, and they were all expense items.

"Computing Card, I think my mom mentioned that my dad is investing in this type of company. You can talk to him about it when you get back."

"But your father and I don't get along."

"Then if you go to the company and discuss formal business, he will definitely greet you with a smile."

"Well, your idea is very good."

Wang Dazhuang, who was in Guangdong, didn't know that his leaky little cotton-padded jacket was already plotting against him from thousands of miles away.

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On October 10, the last day of the National Day holiday, the cinema market had already shown a clear decline, and the daily box office data of various films had declined for two consecutive days.

Among them, Huayi has declined the fastest. Their films have left a bad impression among passers-by due to the various ups and downs in their rhythms.

"Ghost theater", "sky-high roadshow tickets", "public welfare tickets", "public intellectual movies"

The offline plot is more exciting than the movie plot, and it really overshadows the main plot.

Feedback has dropped from second place to third place in the daily box office charts, and is currently competing with "Ballet Revenge" for fourth place.

Both films have ballet backgrounds, and Feng Kuazi's fans were attacking Chen Jinnian for trying to gain popularity some time ago, so things are very interesting now.

If Li Gui really kills Li Kui, that would be a lot of fun.

Many netizens who like to watch the fun and enjoy the trouble also helped to promote Chen Jinnian's movie, giving the "imposter" a helping hand. After the Japanese box office surpassed that of Feng Kuazi, they would go and mock Feng Kuazi.

Of course, there are still some netizens who oppose it. They are not against Chen Jinnian’s movie, but they are against the ranking of the daily box office list.

They believe that if the roadshow tickets and the charity tickets sold out yesterday are removed, the actual box office of "Ballet Revenge" would have already surpassed that of "Youth".

Just as netizens were happily discussing the matter, a notice came and shocked everyone.

"Youth" is going to be withdrawn from the schedule again.

The official announcement said, "In order to better meet the audience's viewing needs, the film will be withdrawn from the schedule on the evening of October 10 and will be re-released at a later date."

However, according to insiders, the film was forced to be withdrawn from theaters for rectification due to numerous complaints from the audience due to its problematic scale.

In an instant, a bunch of sheepdogs and public intellectuals jumped out, criticizing domestic audiences for not being worthy of such an excellent movie, and saying they were only worthy of watching Big Bear and Little Bear, and also asking them to reflect on this and that.

It was just after the strange reflection essay was published that everyone suddenly discovered that the guy who published the article "According to an insider" admitted that it was made up.

He had originally just made a few sarcastic remarks to tease the group of public intellectuals, but he didn't expect to catch all the fighters who were at the forefront.

As a result, the entire network in northwestern Shanxi became a mess.

You criticize, I reflect; you fish, I take the bait.

There were even questions like "How much is a glass of Palace Jade Wine?", "A big hammer costs eighty, a small hammer costs a few dozen", "How to become a fighter among roosters", and "Captain, what are you not going to do?"

This kind of questioning that plays on the theme is already a direct hook to fish, but there are still a large number of overseas public intellectuals and spies who take the bait. For a while, there are not enough hooks, and they will bite as soon as you cast the hook.

Because of its subject matter, "Youth" naturally attracts overseas public intellectuals and progressive eccentrics. Now that it has been lured out by netizens who never tire of it, how can it remain immune?

So even before the movie was withdrawn from the shelves, the box office growth had stalled, as if it had been frozen.

The surging public opinion attracted more attention.

Within a few hours of the withdrawal notice being issued, CCTV News, People's Daily and police across the country worked overtime to update the news, reminding everyone to be careful to verify the identity of the other party when checking in on Weibo.

The creators of Huayi and Roadshow felt extremely wronged after seeing the uproar over the withdrawal of the film. It was clearly just a commercial consideration, so why was it taken so seriously?

However, Huayi is not the most wronged one, because its recent marketing and hype have been too excessive.

If we really have to talk about who was the most wronged, it would be the producer of the Boonie Bears series. Fantawild was just at home doing nothing and not participating in the National Day box office, but was inexplicably scolded by the public intellectuals.

He can target anyone who has nothing to do with him, and he gets angry no matter who it is.

So they had no choice but to go down and join in the chaos to wash off the dirty water splashed on their bodies.

The Boonie Bears series was designed to be a national animation, and it is about to celebrate its tenth anniversary, which means that some of the audience back then have grown from elementary school students to college students.

Therefore, the entry of Boonie Bears has indeed attracted a large group of people to join.

Many netizens are asking: What does "only fit to watch Big Bear and Little Bear" mean? Did watching Big Bear and Little Bear cost your internet bill? And you're feeling superior after watching a crappy movie? I've even seen Lincoln, so how can I say I directed the Civil War?

However, the public intellectuals who have been criticized are still resisting stubbornly, and their words and deeds show that as long as a movie shows the ten-year Cultural Revolution, it is a good movie. If you can't understand it, there must be something wrong with your cognition, or you haven't reflected enough.