Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 507 It's none of your business
It's true that China Film Autumn Cinema only shows "The Ghostwriter" in the early morning and evening.

While there is an element of intention involved, the majority of it is still due to spontaneous market regulation.

Despite its less-than-stellar reviews, "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" is indeed the only special effects blockbuster in the National Day holiday lineup, and it has sold well during the holiday.

"Lost in Hong Kong" is also making great strides.

The most surprising thing was "Goodbye Mr. Loser". Its opening day performance was mediocre, but it continued to rise afterward. The market response was particularly good, and the number of viewers increased day by day, so the number of screenings naturally increased day by day.

This cinema in Fangshan is not large, with only 7 screens. Two screens are used for "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe", two for "Lost in Hong Kong", two for "Goodbye Mr. Loser", and the last screen shows other movies on a loop.

In today's Chinese film market, cinemas are the boss. In the past, some film companies have questioned cinemas about restricting screenings, but nothing came of it, and cinemas simply ignored the film companies.

But this time it's different. The producer of "The Ghostwriter" posted a questioning article the day before, and Yan Yu, general manager of Autumn Cinema Management Company, responded strongly the next day: "There is no deliberate suppression of screenings. No cinema would refuse to make money. Each cinema's screening schedule is dynamically adjusted. The more people watch, the more screenings there will naturally be. Instead of pretending to be weak, it's better to make a good film from the beginning."

That's how powerful theaters are; they can point their fingers at the distributors and call your film bad.

The issuer had no recourse.

After being verbally abused by Yan Yu, the production team of "The Ghostwriter" stopped responding. Why did you question it in the first place? If you have the guts, fight back!
However, "The Ghostwriter" did manage to squeeze into the National Day holiday period, and the two main actors do have high popularity. Their income growth is slow, but it's not stagnant. The platform predicts that the box office will be around 1.5 million yuan, which should allow the film to break even.

However, the 1.5 million yuan box office was driven by market enthusiasm, not entirely due to the film's quality, and it deserved that box office.

Mysterious Island sold for 9000 back then, with an incredibly high return on investment. Can we call it a good movie?

However, the production team of "The Ghostwriter" has never responded to the accusations of plagiarism, nor has it directly addressed the condemnations of overusing stunt doubles and unpaid wages.

Whether the production team responds publicly or resolves the issue privately, it's up to them.

Anyway, Ghostwriter is embroiled in a lot of lawsuits, and its reputation is already ruined.

Another film that suffered a similarly poor reputation was "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe".

They certainly made money, but the film still received a deluge of criticism.

Despite the film grossing over 400 million yuan in just five days, based on Lu Chuan's stated cost of 120 million yuan, the film has already broken even and made a profit.

Saying that the movie has nothing to do with the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" novel is an old argument.

On various websites, "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" received lower ratings than other films released during the same period—even "The Ghostly Tribe" scored 0.2 points higher. It only surpassed some domestic animated films and horror movies.

"Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" became the worst-received blockbuster during the National Day holiday.

"Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe: It moved Lu Chuan, but disgusted the audience."

To make matters worse, Tang Yan's fans launched another attack on Zhao Liying after the release of "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe".

Previously, people accused her of stealing Tang Yan's boyfriend, but this time they're just gloating.

"Hahaha! So what if two movies were released during the National Day holiday? Neither of them received a passing grade!"

"I thought he played some important role in 'Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe,' but he only appeared a few times and had less than 10 lines in total. How dare he brag about that?"

"You acted poorly in both films, yet you have the nerve to call yourself a movie star?"

"Paying out of his own pocket to act in a movie, how shameless is that?"

"I'm going to be rejected by the film industry, haha."

Zhao Liying's fans also have something to say.

"Liying is a newcomer, and she only played a supporting role. Why should the collapse of the movie's reputation be blamed on her!"

"It's better to have a movie role than for some people to have none!"

"I think Liying acted very well. No one's forcing you to watch if you don't like it." "Coming out a comment saying you don't like it after watching it makes you seem so important."

The two fan groups are arguing fiercely.

However, since it was still during the holiday and the box office sprint was the key, the production company and Lu Chuan himself chose to refuse to respond to the negative reviews and fan arguments.

Zhao Liying has temporarily withdrawn from the promotion of "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe".

In fact, she doesn't have any publicity responsibilities. She's just a supporting actress with only a few lines, so who would expect her to do any publicity?

However, since she was new to the film industry and it was a big-budget film, she was quite proactive.

But Xiao Dao is still Xiao Dao. The crew didn't include her in the promotion, and another film she starred in didn't do well at the box office or with the reviews. Frustrated, Zhao Liying directly started a fight on Weibo.

Tang Yan's fans accused her of stealing roles and even paying out of her own pocket to act in them in the comments section. She replied, "Getting the role is my own ability, it's none of your business."

This stabbed a hornet's nest.

When the main party personally gets involved, the nature of the situation changes.

By saying this, Zhao Liying is essentially admitting that she did indeed steal the role that originally belonged to Tang Yan.

Tang Yan's fans got even more worked up and launched a coordinated attack.

Zhao Liying's personal involvement in the online buzz surrounding "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" and "The Ghostly Swordsman" generated a significant amount of online attention, with Weibo trending topics and search indexes soaring.

But the box office just won't increase!
On the contrary, "Goodbye Mr. Loser" saw both high screenings and box office returns, and even showed signs of surpassing "Lost in Hong Kong".

Li Qiutang was in a good mood because of her good grades.

"What did I tell you? Goodbye Mr. Loser can create miracles."

If the company didn't have a good outlook beforehand, or rather, wasn't that optimistic, you really can't blame the staff for being blind to the potential.

With such fierce competition during this year's National Day holiday, the production team of "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was at a complete disadvantage, so it's normal that it was underestimated.

With the success of "Goodbye Mr. Loser," Li Qiutang had reason to offer further support to Mahua FunAge. The investment in Mahua FunAge was based on a prior agreement that Mahua FunAge would maintain its independent brand operation, just like Coco Animation in Chengdu.

However, Li Qiutang proposed that the focus of their efforts should not be on the film and television adaptations of Mahua FunAge, but rather on the offline performance market.

Mahua FunAge has its own rhythm when it comes to film and television production, and they are experts at it, as long as they follow the established procedures step by step. It doesn't matter if they release one film a year or one film every two years, as Mahua FunAge has no shortage of one or two films in the fall.

However, autumn has not done enough in the offline performance market, while Mahua FunAge is a leader in this field in China.

Autumn needs this long board of twisted dough sticks.

Vigorously developing offline performances and refining productions offline will make film and television adaptations much more efficient.

The humor and pacing of "Goodbye Mr. Loser" were honed in this way.

After saying all that, Li Qiutang had nothing to do at the company today. Just as the meeting was about to end, she suddenly heard someone say, "Director Lu Chuan is quite the troublemaker. Every film he makes causes a huge uproar. Our director doesn't have that kind of ability."

Li Qiutang waved her hand and said, "Absolutely not, I'd rather not have such a skill." But in fact, Li Qiutang was also quite good at causing trouble. The fuse that triggered Huang Xiaoming and Yang Ying's breakup was "The Invisible Guest".

"It's strange, since its release, he hasn't said anything about 'Mojin: The Lost Legend,' which is unlike his usual style."

"You jinx! You're asking for trouble even though he hasn't provoked you."

Li Qiutang echoed, "They finally managed to make a movie that made money, so say something nice about it."

But perhaps it really is a case of jinxing; whatever it says comes true.

(End of this chapter)