Chapter 400: When the Wall Falls, Everyone Pushes Back (Part )

When an avalanche comes, no snowflake is innocent.

These words are the most appropriate to describe Zhang Weiping's situation at the moment.

If Li Chen's voice was the clarion call for counterattack, then the release of "The Siege of the City in October" would be the vanguard.

Zhang Weiping had already lost his composure and started to engage in unethical price-cutting promotions.

Phoenix Entertainment News

"Although the Lunar New Year period is known as a bloody battle between five Lunar New Year blockbusters, the real heavyweight battle is the competition between "Wushuang", "October Besieged City" and "Three Guns".

"Yesterday, "The Siege of October" was officially released. On the first day, it surpassed "Three Guns" and approached "The Invincible Swordsman" to win the first day box office of 3050 million, and became the film with the most screenings."

“‘Wushuang’ has been released for three weeks and the impact is relatively small.”

“However, Three Guns, which has just been released for a week, is not willing to be at a disadvantage.”

"We announced that we will reduce the original minimum ticket price by another 5 yuan, hoping to stimulate the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies."

Sina Entertainment News

"The Besieged City in October quickly became the king of film scheduling!"

"Before the release of "The Siege of October", "Wushuang" and "Three Guns" were the kings of the national cinema schedule, and firmly occupied the first and second place in the mainland box office."

"The release of The Siege of October not only quickly took away a large number of viewers from Three Guns, but also greatly reduced the screening space for Three Guns."

"Since December 12, the first day of the official release of The Besieged City, except for Beijing and Shenyang, the screening schedules for The Besieged City in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shancheng, Hangzhou, Xi'an and Shenzhen are all higher than Three Guns and The Legend of the Condor Heroes!"

Wanda is the first cinema chain to reduce the screening rate of "Three Guns".

Since the beginning of this year, Wanda Cinema Line has ranked first in the country's market share for the first time.

This is almost in sync with the explosive development trend of Big Brother Wang’s real estate empire.

Although Wanda entered the market late, the speed at which it has caught up with the competition is dazzling.

At least five of the other seven cinema chains had long been resentful of Zhang Weiping's two domineering and unilateral demands to increase their share of the box office.

It’s just that because they are the upstream producers and have Zhang Yimou’s golden signboard in their hands, they dare not resist even though they are angry.

Now with Wanda taking the lead and Li Chen in charge, the seven cinema chains don't need to be connected at all, it's as if they had made an appointment.

The screenings of "Three Guns" were scheduled in eight major ticket-settling cities except Beijing and Shenyang. On average, each city had 300 to 400 fewer screenings than "Fortress Besieged".

"Boss, Mr. Zhang probably doesn't even have tears to cry now. It's just like everyone is pushing him down when he's down." Yang Siwei said happily.

Li Chen, however, behaved very normally, neither gloating nor showing excessive sympathy.

"Chen Kexin is really good at directing and marketing."

Yang Siwei nodded and said, "Boss is right. I didn't expect the General Administration to come out and support Fortress Besieged, and I didn't expect Li Yuchun's fans to be so crazy."

Yang Siwei had to admit that she had underestimated the Super Girl champion.

The reasons why "The Siege of the City in October" quickly became the king of film scheduling actually come from two aspects.

First of all, there is the influence of the film’s lead actor, Li Yuchun.

Li Yuchun's fans had already started to get excited when the filming started, and made it clear that they would firmly support their idol's screen debut.

Zhang Yibai, the director of the MV for the theme song of "The Besieged City in October", once predicted that Li Yuchun's popularity could at least bring in 5000 million in box office revenue for "The Besieged City in October".

But the actual situation was even more popular than he expected. As soon as the film was released, "corn" from all over the country booked the theaters, so much so that some theaters had to open a special "corn green channel!"

Many fans said they would watch the movie at least twice, and some loyal fans even bought 10 tickets at a time to show their support for Li Yuchun.

Judging from the current situation, the Li Yuchun effect can at least bring nearly 100 million yuan in box office revenue to "The Fortress Besieged".

In addition to official support, the film was praised by the General Administration and the Film Bureau and was hailed as one of the "Best Chinese-language Films of the Year."

With the official response, the mainstream media was full of praise.

New picture of the CEO's office.

Zhang Weiping's face was dark and long, and the atmosphere in the office was so depressing that it made people feel suffocated.

The three New Picture executives stood in front of Zhang Weiping's desk and didn't dare to look at Zhang Weiping's eyes that were flashing with cold light.

"A bunch of good-for-nothings! You are all just eating for nothing! If a five-dollar reduction doesn't work, I'll lower it further!"

"I'll give you half a day. I want to see people all over the internet speaking up for San Gun!"

"If you can't do it, get out! Get out!"

The three people were unable to open their eyes because of Zhang Weiping's spit. When they heard the order to get out, they acted as if they had been pardoned and left in a flash.

Zhang Weiping was so angry that he sat on the chair and gasped.

The box office of "Three Guns" has just exceeded 1.5 million, while "Wushuang" has exceeded 4.5 million!
Who the hell is the Three Guns? One Gun's 1.5 million has become a meme.

Zhang Weiping knew very well that "Avatar" would be released after New Year's Day and Cameron had already arrived in Beijing.

If we can’t get 2.5 million before the release of “Avatar”, it won’t even reach 3 million!
It’s hateful that these bastards are so fucking snobby that they forgot about me, Zhang, after they had Li Chen!
Chen Kexin was not only smiling on his face, but also in his heart.

He liked Li Chen more and more. As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman gains.

You can't stop luck when it comes.

"Director Chen, Fortress Besieged received rave reviews and squeezed out the screening space of Three Guns as soon as it was released. Do you think Three Guns is a bad movie as Director Li said?"

Chen Kexin and the director of Fortress Besieged split up into two groups and struck while the iron was hot, each bringing half of the main creative team to continue the roadshow across the country.

Facing the sharp questions from reporters.

Chen Kexin smiled kindly: "I haven't had time to watch "Three Guns" yet, so it's hard to comment on it. Let's talk about our film "Fortress Besieged" which took us ten years to polish."

Wu Jiru was so excited that she wanted to shout to all the reporters and media: "My husband and I have watched the trailer of Three Guns. What a joke. This is also considered a movie!"

But before she came here, Chen Kexin had already solemnly warned her: Be careful with your words!

The producers of "Wushuang" and its lead actor Liu Dehua were naturally also asked by reporters about their opinions on "Three Guns".

Liu Dehua's high emotional intelligence never goes out of touch.

"Hey, don't mess with me. I'm busier than Chen Kexin. The filming of "The Empire of the Sky" hasn't finished yet. How can I have time to watch a movie?"

In the Lunar New Year holiday, the fierce competition initiated by Zhang Weiping ended with the departure of Li Chen and the release of "Fortress Besieged". All major cinema chains tacitly reduced the screening of "Three Guns".

Everyone who understands knows one thing: Li Chen’s box office appeal has long surpassed Zhang Yimou.

The days when Zhang Weiping could manipulate the eight major cinema chains to increase box office share as he did before are gone forever.

Huayi has gone public, Bona is also sharpening its knives, and Orange Sky is using Hong Kong as a base to lay eggs. The future will be an era of competition among many players.

(End of this chapter)