My wife is in my arms

Chapter 962 Panic
the following few days.

Instead of fishing at the reservoir, Zhang You took his two apprentices, Xiao Zishan, and Jiang Yiren, who insisted on coming along, on a private yacht purchased by the beautiful Zhang You for a sea trip.

Besides the captain and service personnel.

Zhang You also spent money to hire two female swimming coaches to teach his three children.

Zhongxia has already taken her driver's license test. On the 5th, she and Bai Xiaoxiao, who was sent by Zhang You to Tianyu Entertainment's business department to learn negotiation skills, took their first test.

Unsurprisingly, the two passed on their first try.

On the afternoon of July 15th, Zhang You went to the company after lunch. Filming for "Goodbye Mr. Loser" had finished at the end of June, and post-production officially ended last night.

We'll be having a preview screening at the company this afternoon.

Pushing open the doors to the screening room, Lin Bao'er was already seated, waiting. Several other company executives were also present. After greeting everyone, Zhang You sat down next to Lin Bao'er and said with a smile, "I think it's fine for me to watch; you don't need to."

"how!?"

Lin Bao'er raised her eyebrows and said, "So you're saying you're more professional than me, huh!?"

"That's not true"

Zhang You shook his head and joked, "The main thing is that you only accounted for one-third of the investment."

"roll"

Lin Bao'er laughed and scolded, then said, "The total box office of 'Ta Ya' after 15 days of release is only 160 million. It's a sure thing that it will lose money. Didn't you say you were very capable? If you're so capable, how come the movies you starred in still cause losses!?"

"As long as I didn't lose money, that's good."

Zhang You replied with a smile.

"Ta Ya" was released on July 1st. Five days after its release, Han Wei saw that the roadshow was not effective in boosting the box office, so he gave up. Feitian Entertainment also significantly reduced its promotion of the film.

However, these are all predictable.

The rating dropped from 7.5 to 6.2, and it was about to fail, so there was no need to continue spending money on advertising, because the more money spent, the more serious the losses would be.

Cutting losses in time is the right thing to do.

After 15 days of release, the daily box office has fallen below one million. There are no successful commercial films in this summer season, so "Ta Ya" can still maintain a screening rate of over 5%. If a movie with a box office of over one billion yuan were to appear, the screening rate would only be over 2%.

It is not hard to see from this that the film industry has indeed entered an unprecedented winter. Zhang You has seen the data of this summer's box office. Not only did "Ta Ya" lose money, but Feng He's "Zouma" also lost money, and several other projects also lost money.

There is a war film with a total investment of over 250 million yuan, and as of yesterday, its total box office has exceeded 300 million yuan.

A film needs to gross approximately 2.5 times its investment to start making a profit, so this film will not only lose money, but lose a lot of money; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a complete failure.

That's not the worst of it. There's another crime film called "The Suspended Case," which is truly tragic.

The cast is truly luxurious, featuring a three-time Best Actress winner, a Best Actor winner, two Best Actress winners and one Best Actor winner. In addition to these five top actors, the supporting roles are also played by well-known stars in the entertainment industry.

As a result, the production cost of this movie alone was as high as 300 million yuan. To break even, it would need at least 800 million yuan. However, after 14 days of release, the total box office was only a little over 200 million yuan.

It was practically the biggest box office disaster of the summer, using the most luxurious cast. Zhang You heard that the two investors in this film were so angry that they ended up in the hospital.

Anyway, this summer movie season is pretty much a competition of who has the worst time.

Conversely, among such dismal examples, "Ta-ya" is the least remarkable. Even though the final box office was only 200 million, the investment was only 100 million. The theaters took 53%, leaving 80 to 90 million. After paying taxes and including advertising expenses, the maximum loss would be 40 to 50 million.

The reason why "Ta Ya" failed was that director Han Wei cut certain scenes to the same level of detail as other films.

If the filmed version were released, Zhang You wouldn't dare say for sure, but a box office of 500 to 600 million yuan would be no problem. His prediction was based on "Lust, Caution".

Everyone knows perfectly well how bad that movie was; it wasn't even as good as Peter Chan's "The Warlords." But because of its explicit scenes, it grossed over 70 million US dollars worldwide.

Even though it was edited out when it was released in mainland China, people with the means still went to Hong Kong specifically to see the uncut version.

Everyone says that lust is a dangerous thing, but when it comes to real-life experiences... how many people can resist it? I've heard that more women than men have watched it, and some even tried it with their husbands after watching it, injuring themselves and then suing director Ang Lee.

Once "Goodbye Mr. Loser" started playing, the atmosphere in the screening room became quiet. Director Li became a little nervous, and Zhang You also started watching.

When Zhang You saw his second younger brother, Xu Qingya, playing Meng Tejiao, appear on screen, his eyes lit up. Compared to the original version, Xu Qingya's outstanding performance did indeed enhance the character.

After Charlotte and the emcee wore the same outfit, a burst of laughter came from the screening room.

Even Lin Bao'er laughed, but Zhang You didn't... There are different kinds of comedies. Some comedies, even if you've watched them several times, will still make you laugh when a certain plot point is reached. Others are different; once you watch them, you can't laugh anymore.

The plot unfolds little by little.

The background music for Yuan Hua was created by Zhang You. At first, he planned to use the song from this song, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't dare to make any changes because this background music is indeed the soul song for Yuan Hua's entrance.

However, Zhang You used background music but did not write out the lyrics.

A few more bursts of laughter followed.

Zhang You observed quite carefully. Although the actors were different, their performances weren't the key factor, especially since Director Li hadn't made any changes to his script.

About an hour and a half later, Lin Bao'er stopped smiling, stood up from her chair, and said to Director Li, "The filming was very good."

She has now watched the whole movie, and the effect is indeed very good. She felt much better after watching it. The reason why comedy films have been so popular for so long is that they can relax people's minds.

come back to the office.

Zhang You sat down in the chair in front of Lin Bao'er's desk, took the documents handed to him by Song Lan and began to look through them. He was currently looking at information about movies that would be released in August.

After reading it, Zhang You had a clear understanding.

Since there are no other comedies, and "Goodbye Mr. Loser" is the only comedy film in this summer's lineup, we can increase our promotional efforts. Without much hesitation, Zhang You said seriously, "I'm prepared to spend 50 million yuan on promotion for 'Goodbye Mr. Loser.' I'll take two-thirds, and you can cover the remaining one-third."

"Are you serious!?"

Lin Bao'er exclaimed in surprise, "I admit that 'Goodbye Mr. Loser' was well-made, but isn't 50 million for promotion a bit too much?! I think it's better to wait and see the opening day box office before making a judgment."

"To go or not to go!?"

Zhang You asked.

Now, Zhang You is no longer thinking about whether "Goodbye Mr. Loser" can reach the box office success of the world, but rather whether he can push it to the level of two billion yuan.

Lin Bao'er looked up at Zhang Xiaoyou, and in his eyes... she saw an unprecedented seriousness.

At the same time, she saw herself in the same light. As soon as this thought came to mind, Lin Bao'er remembered the bet.

Fifty million in advertising expenses.

If she were to invest in this, it would only help her get involved with Zhang Xiaoyou. But considering that this was bound to happen sooner or later, Lin Bao'er made up her mind and said directly, "I'll go with it."

Done.

Lin Bao'er seemed to clearly sense that the flow of time had accelerated slightly.

(End of this chapter)