novelnext Chapter 74, "The Terror Live," is released.
Chapter 74, "The Terror Live," is released.
This makes the movie "The Terror Live" stand out, and moviegoers have been sharing their opinions online.
"Yesterday I took my girlfriend to the cinema on short notice. Since there were no tickets for the earliest showing of 'The Storm,' we watched this movie instead. When I saw Teacher Zhou's eyes at the end, I was completely captivated."
"The final soundtrack and that scene were absolutely stunning."
"I got goosebumps all over when I saw the last scene."
"An unknown director... I'm just laughing. Huang Min is Huang Min, but his transitional work is awesome."
"I never expected Teacher Zhou's acting to be so good. Her eyes are absolutely amazing, they really pierce right to the heart."
"That female news anchor is very pretty, and she has a great figure."
Besides praising Zhou Nian's acting skills, many male viewers also focused on Su Qing, who only appeared for a few dozen seconds. That's men for you. Even though she didn't have many scenes, Su Qing's professional attire perfectly captured some male moviegoers' understanding of a mature and sophisticated woman.
"The comments are fake! Why don't you post a screenshot of your movie ticket?"
There weren't many comments.
There were only a few thousand positive reviews, but the surprisingly consistent positive feedback led many netizens to believe that this was another movie that relied on fake positive reviews for marketing. However, shortly after he posted his review, it received four or five replies.
Without exception.
The comments section was filled with screenshots of "The Terror Live" movie tickets. Two of the tickets were crumpled up and the person even unfolded them, took a picture, and sent it to the comment section of this netizen.
"Holy crap, I'll go check it out."
Upon realizing it wasn't a fake account, the person immediately replied.
Day three.
Word-of-mouth has begun to take hold. As the new day dawned, the box office revenue, which was only over 1.3 million the previous day, jumped to 3.4 million. In just one day, the film achieved a 2.5-fold turnaround thanks to its high ratings and more than 5,000 five-star reviews.
You don't need to look for a job anymore.
On the afternoon of August 4th, Su Qing received a call from Huang Min.
"I threw my prepared resume into the trash this morning."
Su Qing smiled and said, "Congratulations, Director Huang."
"Congratulations!"
Huang Min's laughter came through the phone: "Chairman Han of Changkong Media invited us to dinner tonight. Now it's Changkong Media's turn to step up their efforts. Before the film's release, he didn't prepare more than 20 million yuan for publicity for 'The Terror Live' as stipulated in the contract. I won't say anything, but if he keeps hiding it now, we won't need to work with him again after the next film is finished."
"How can you tell that Changkong Media's initial advertising budget wasn't high?!"
Su Qing asked.
"Look at the popularity"
Huang Min said, "Before the film's release, Changkong Media didn't even spend half of the budget. If they had really poured over 20 million yuan into the promotion, they could have bought at least three or four trending topics. 'The Terror Live' never made it onto the trending topics list, but they managed to get it by piggybacking on the director's fame by buying a few trending topics on public accounts."
"I checked, it's only a little over six million three hundred thousand."
Su Qing replied with a smile.
"..."
Huang Min was speechless for a moment.
After a while, Huang Min said seriously, "You're going to be very busy from now on."
"I've been waiting for this for a long time."
Su Qing replied, "As a working woman, I'm never afraid of being busy; I'm just afraid of not being busy enough."
After ending her call with Huang Min, Su Qing, who was sitting on a comfy chair on the balcony of her bachelor apartment, tossed a management book that was draped over her lap onto a small bookshelf, put on her slippers, stood up, stretched, and then laughed.
"They actually won the bet."
Back in her room, Su Qing changed into a loose-fitting business suit before taking her car keys and leaving home.
After today, Dongsheng Pictures will start making some pre-development plans. Fortunately, the company still has some money in its accounts, enough to cover things like renting office space and recruiting staff.
In other words, Dongsheng has passed the most dangerous stage. After that... Su Qing doesn't know what the company will become in the future, but at least it has survived for now.
Around 6 p.m., in a private room of a private restaurant, Huang Min led Su Qing through the door with the help of a waiter. Inside, besides the chairman of Changkong Media, there was a man in his fifties, not very tall, and a rather attractive woman sitting next to him.
Upon seeing this short, middle-aged man, Huang Min frowned slightly.
"Director Huang, Miss Su"
As soon as Han Cheng saw the two enter, he immediately greeted them with a smile: "The box office for 'The Terror Live' yesterday was 2.5 times higher than the day before, and Old Wang said the attendance rate is even higher today."
After shaking hands with Su Qing, Han Cheng patted Huang Min's shoulder forcefully. Although "The Terror Live" has not yet brought Changkong Media a single penny of profit, it is obvious to everyone that this movie is going to be a hit.
The rating is so high.
The word-of-mouth is so overwhelming.
Even if it doesn't become a huge hit, a small hit can still bring considerable profits to Changkong Media.
The main problem was that the production cost of this movie was too damn low. After filming Huang Min, Han Cheng whispered, "The woman next to Lao Wang is called Ning Jie."
Huang Min understood.
After shaking hands with Wang Daming, the head of the cinema chain, Huang Min looked at the woman in her thirties who sat motionless to the side and smiled, "This must be Miss Ning! Your demeanor... Miss Ning, are you an actress? If you are, I'll immediately cast you as the lead actress; if not, it's such a pity."
"He's just an actor."
Now.
Ning Jie reacted, and a smile appeared on her face.
But it would have been better if she hadn't spoken. As soon as she opened her mouth, Huang Min felt uncomfortable all over. Her voice was too sweet. Even Su Qing felt a chill. On the other hand, the general manager of Rongcheng Cinema showed an expression of enjoyment as soon as he heard her speak.
Huang Min immediately regretted it. With that voice... let alone the female lead, even a supporting role would be a considerable challenge for the director. However, when he thought about what his next movie would be, Huang Min instantly felt no pressure.
Just tie them up and throw them into the grass.
With that, Ning Jie smiled at Huang Min and said, "Then I'll thank you."
"No need to thank me. If anyone should be thanking someone, it's Manager Wang. He gave 'The Terror Live' a four percent screening rate. I can imagine that Manager Wang must have been under a lot of pressure the past few days."
Taking the bottle, Huang Min first filled Wang Daming's glass, then Han Cheng's. After setting down the bottle, Huang Min picked up his glass and said sincerely, "Thank you both for your strong support of 'Terror Live.' Please feel free to drink as you please; I'll drink first as a sign of respect."
After downing a glass of wine, Huang Min looked at Wang Daming and said, "Manager Wang, I checked the box office figures for those movies that had high screening rates when they were released on August 1st. The growth rate seems to be quite average. One big-budget film saw a 30% drop yesterday, so its screening rate will definitely need to be adjusted."
"Adjustments will indeed be made."
Wang Daming nodded.
Noticing Huang Minchao giving her a wink, Su Qing smiled and said to Ning Jie beside her, "Miss Ning, I need to go to the restroom. Would you like to come with me? Let's go together then."
Ning Jie hesitated for a moment, but then she saw Wang Daming wave his hand with a smile and say, "Go ahead!" So she got up and went out with Su Qing.
Wait until the two women leave the private room.
Huang Min dipped the other end of his chopsticks in the liquor and gestured a number: "Manager Wang, one point, I'll give you this number."
Seeing that Huang Min had written down 200,000, Wang Daming raised his wine glass and gestured to Han Cheng next to him: "Old Han, let's drink."