My wife is in my arms

Chapter 1334 Pre-sale Box Office
Only seven or eight hours had passed.

The real-time pre-sale box office of "Crazy Stone" reached more than 120 million yuan. Such a result is not considered high in last year's summer season, but that was because it had top-tier celebrities joining the cast. "Crazy Stone" did not use any celebrities.

This is quite surprising.

It was this kind of pre-sale box office that led many people to reassess the value of Zhang You's script, and at the same time, to gain a new understanding of Shen Jiaming's popularity after his meteoric rise with "Goodbye Mr. Loser".

Today is New Year's Eve.

Even though several departments in the company needed to work overtime because of "Crazy Stone" and the release of the album "Future Boy" at midnight tonight, Lin Baoer did not go to the company.

She was surprised to see the high pre-sale box office of "Crazy Stone" this morning. In her opinion, even if the movie had a good amount of hype during the promotion, it would be good if the pre-sale box office reached 100 million yuan the day before the release.

Unexpectedly, it exceeded her expectations in just a few hours. Judging from the pre-sale box office, it should be no problem for "Crazy Stone" to break 200 million yuan in pre-sale box office by the end of today.

"Is it that tall!?"

Lin Shirong was stunned to hear his eldest daughter say that.

immediately.

He frowned slightly, then immediately said, "Hire some online trolls right now. If anyone tries to sabotage us, retaliate immediately."

"I'll make the call right now."

Lin Bao'er did not hesitate at all upon hearing this.

She put down her chopsticks, pulled out a chair, went upstairs to get her phone, and notified the company's publicity department to hire online trolls in advance to prevent any unforeseen events. If it were just a matter of high pre-sale box office, that would be fine, like that movie in the summer season, whose pre-sale box office was even higher than "Crazy Stone," but it flopped on the second day of release and became a complete flop within three days.

But "Crazy Stone" is different. Lin Bao'er has seen the movie and found it to be quite good. Even an adult woman like her couldn't help but laugh at certain scenes. This means that... the high pre-sales are just the beginning, and the movie is very likely to have a huge impact after its release.

When that happens... other entertainment companies' movies flop, and their competitors will just laugh it off. But this is a huge hit. These people won't just be envious; they'll definitely resort to dirty tricks.

Hiring some online trolls doesn't cost much, just a few hundred to a few million. The market is only so big. If "Crazy Stone" makes all the money, what will other companies get?

Don't underestimate these companies just because they're not good at making movies. They're incredibly cunning when it comes to underhanded tactics. But Lin Bao'er isn't worried. The company's entire publicity department is running smoothly, and the theaters are giving "Crazy Stone" a particularly high screening rate this year.

On its first day, it had a screening rate as high as 35%, with a prime screening rate of 1.7%.

As long as "Crazy Stone" can maintain high word-of-mouth in the first three days after its release, even if these companies want to smear it, the increased number of viewers and ratings will make the cost of smearing it too high, forcing them to give up.

"Dad, I heard that EE-Media made over a billion yuan last year, is that true!?"

Lin Kaiqi also wants to travel abroad this year.

But Lin Shirong stopped her. She ran away during summer vacation. As a father, he only cared about his little daughter reporting that she was safe every day. He didn't want to worry about anything else.

But running around during the Chinese New Year is obviously not an option. My little girl even threw a tantrum about it for a few days, but yesterday he finally calmed her down with a sentence like, "If you don't behave, I'll take your passport away."

"Um"

Hearing his little girl ask this question, Lin Shirong nodded, a smile appearing on his face.

Net profit is only one aspect; the company's stock price surge is indeed encouraging. Even he, a seasoned veteran, is a bit excited. After the stock market closed, he was bored at home and did some calculations. Based on the company's current stock price, the combined value of his company shares and his eldest daughter's shares, if cashed out at the current price, would be approximately 11 billion yuan.

A billionaire... a threshold he had never been able to cross before, even with all his efforts, but unexpectedly, he crossed it inexplicably after letting his eldest daughter take over the company.

So sometimes people really have to go with the flow.

What is destined to be yours will be yours, and what is not, you cannot force.

The key point is that Zhang You will be serving as the company's director for another five years, and this year is only the beginning. The pre-sale box office for "Crazy Stone" is already so high. If things go well, it could become another box office champion. Last year, two of his films were already blockbusters. If this one becomes a blockbuster... then this guy will be the creator of blockbuster movies.

"Is my sister really that amazing!?"

Lin Kaiqi said with some disbelief.

"Your sister is quite..."

Lin Shirong originally wanted to praise his eldest daughter, but he couldn't bring himself to do so. Last year, the company's most profitable projects were all Zhang You's work. The only thing his eldest daughter could boast about was that she sold a lot of short drama copyrights and produced several short dramas with over ten million views. However, while short dramas require less investment and have a faster return on investment, their potential is limited.

Even though the market in this area seems to have experienced explosive growth in recent years, unless a top-tier short drama emerges that drives the development of the entire industry, it can ultimately only serve as a third film and television channel for entertainment companies to expand their business.

So even though the prospects are good, they are ultimately limited.

Unless a top-tier short drama emerges that changes the viewing habits of most audiences, television series and movies will remain the mainstream.

This is similar to the domestic film industry in the past, where most films were small-budget productions. It was only after a blockbuster film became successful that the era of blockbuster films began, and it was from that blockbuster film that the film industry truly took off.

Commercial films with investments of hundreds of millions or even millions of dollars are emerging one after another.

In any industry, if you want to develop well, someone needs to lay the foundation for the industry before you can achieve a true transformation.

"What does my sister support!?"

When Lin Kaiqi noticed that her father suddenly paused while speaking, she quickly asked him a question.

"It's pretty good too."

This is Lin Shirong giving his eldest daughter high praise from a father's perspective.

The main comparison is with Zhang You. If it were any other entertainment company boss, Lin Shirong wouldn't even bother to comment.

Many of his former competitors, looking back now, have long since gone bankrupt, and those that are still holding on are teetering on the brink of collapse. Just like the film industry last year, it's a place where everyone is having a misery contest.

Each one is more miserable than the last.

Compared to these people, his eldest daughter, who seemed to lack courage in the eyes of outsiders, was undoubtedly much better. The reason why those people were in such a bad situation was mainly because they took too big a step, investing in so many movies a year, and then losing money one after another, resulting in a high debt-to-equity ratio for their companies, which eventually led to their collapse.

One reason he withdrew was that he genuinely wanted to rest, but the key reason was that Lin Shirong realized he and others had become blindly confident. So, he decisively handed the company over to his eldest daughter.

If the company were still in his hands, Lin Shirong estimated that he might also be sitting in a seat at the "misery contest," and even in a seat of honor.

(End of this chapter)