The June night was extremely hot.

Tian Ou was sitting on a high chair indoors, enjoying the cool breeze, talking in front of several media outlets.

Interviewer: "Director Tian, ​​can you briefly tell us what kind of story your new film "The King of Cars 2" tells?"

Tian Ou: ""The King of Cars 2" is the sequel to my debut film "The King of Cars". Many people may be curious, didn't the male protagonist die in the first part in the end, so how could there be a sequel? Here I will

Let’s sell it first.”

"In short, this movie will continue the style of "Car King 1" and bring everyone the thrill of speeding. There will be a lot of drag racing scenes, and you can also see the grand scene of luxury cars. The overall visual impact, I

Personally, I think it’s far superior to the first one.”

Yes, the work Tian Ou brought this time is the second part of "The King of Cars".

Back then, with "Car King", he became the highest-grossing debut film by a new director.

Without the emergence of Luo Mo and the birth of the phenomenal blockbuster "The Return of the Great Sage", this record would still have been maintained until now.

In fact, when filming "Car King", no one expected that the final box office results would be so explosive.

Although the film was caught in the so-called "Meeting Controversy" after its release, in Tian Ou's view, making money is the way to go.

Back then, who would have thought about making a second film?

So in the finale, in order to save everyone, the hero drove his car and hit the villain, causing the car to explode.

However, small money is really sweet.

I always feel it would be a pity if we don't make "Car King 2".

Moreover, Tian Ou is very ambitious this time. He wants to exceed the box office of the first film.

The interviewers from the three media outlets took turns asking questions. After asking questions related to the movie, the topic came to the much-anticipated [Ten Billion Box Office Plan].

Interviewer: "Director Tian, ​​in the [Ten Billion Box Office Plan], you set yourself a box office target of 800 million. Why did you set such a number?"

Tian Ou smiled confidently and said: "This is actually not a box office target, but the minimum expectation that every director sets for himself."

Interviewer: "Oh? What Director Nata means is that your expectation for the box office of "Car King 2" is at least 800 million?"

"Absolutely." Tian Ou said.

As he spoke, he added: "The total investment in "Car King 2" is very large. In order to bring you the most shocking visual effects, a lot of money was spent. 800 million at the box office, but it is just to get back the money. If the box office is low

If it’s less than 800 million, it’s a loss.”

In this passage, it can be said that he is madly emphasizing: "This is a big production! You have to experience it in the theater!"

These days, there are indeed some audiences who only go to theaters to watch big-budget movies.

For some people, watching some movies on a computer or mobile phone is the same.

Going to the theater is for better audio-visual enjoyment. Small-budget movies are not worth it, just to watch the plot.

So these days, the words "big production" still have a propaganda effect.

After asking these questions, the interviewer started to get into trouble.

Interviewer: "However, the previous films of Directors Fang Jie and Hua Longgang failed to meet their announced box office expectations. What does Director Tian think of this?"

Tian Ou smiled and said: "No director dares to say that every one of his films can meet expectations. This is normal. Directors Fang Jie and Hua Longgang are both seniors and have made a large number of films.

's classic work."

"And I have watched both of these movies. In my opinion, they both have their shining points and they are both good movies."

The interviewer nodded and did not continue to make things difficult in this regard. Instead, he changed the topic and said, "But, the box office performance of Director Fang Jie and Director Hua Longgang did not meet expectations. Will this put pressure on your other directors?"

Tian Ou shook his head and said: "That's not possible. After all, there are 11 people participating in the entire [Ten Billion Box Office Project]. As long as the box office of the new films of these directors is high enough, there is still a high probability of breaking through the tens of billions mark.

"

The interviewer nodded again, and then started with the word "but" again, saying: "But, we calculated the total box office expectations of the 11 directors, and the total is only 8 billion, which is still 2 billion short of 10 billion.

.”

When Tian Ou heard this, his mind suddenly became active.

He recalled the so-called "jokes" Luo Mo said during the meeting in the audit department.

He knows the current media very well. After the interview, in order to attract people's attention, they will definitely come up with some content taken out of context and some headlines that are inconsistent with the content of the article.

Therefore, Tian Ou said: "This is the lowest box office after all, 8 billion is already a lot."

"As for me, I remember an interesting incident from the meeting."

"Oh? Director Tian, ​​tell me." The media's eyes immediately lit up.

"At that time, Director Luo Moluo was the last one to report the box office figures." Tian Ou forced out a friendly smile on his face, as if he was making fun of his friend.

"Before him, the combined figures of the 10 directors were 7.2 billion."

"Director Luo even said with a smile: Why don't you give me 2.8 billion?"

"Haha, hahahaha, Director Luo is young and quite funny. The atmosphere of the meeting became more lively at that time." Tian Ou said with a smile.

All the media looked at each other with only two words in their minds: "It's worth it!"

The content of the previous interview suddenly became less important.

Luo Mo, the real top star in the entertainment industry.

His joke alone is enough for us to make a fuss about!

"It turns out that Luo Mo's true psychological expectation was 2.8 billion!"

"Whether he was joking or not, he said it himself, right?"

"We're not just making things up, are we?"

"Even if it's made up, it's Tian Ou who is making it up. It's none of our business?"

"2.8 billion, what a shocking number, how eye-catching."

"And 2.8 billion plus 7.2 billion is exactly 10 billion. What kind of attitude is this? What kind of gesture is this?"

"It's not clear what it means: you can do whatever you want, I'll take care of the rest!"

"Hahaha, I'm afraid it's going to explode with this heat!"

All the media people showed satisfied smiles.

Tian Ou looked at everyone and smiled with satisfaction.

………

………

That night, several media outlets were racing against time to publish one interview report after another.

Many marketing accounts came after smelling the news, and then began to spread the information crazily on the Internet.

Suddenly, several new entries appeared on the hot search list.

For example, "Car King 2", such as the 10 billion box office plan, or... 2.8 billion!

For a moment, the crowd was dumbfounded.

"2.8 billion? Luo Mo said his target was 2.8 billion?"

"But in previous reports, his number was 800 million."

"It's a joke. Do you know what joking means? Maybe it's just for fun."

"If it were someone else, I really think it was just a mouthful, but if it were Luo Mo..."

"I've been a fan for many years and came here uninvited! Luo Mo must be a little serious!"

Tsk, I can only say that Luo Mo has had too many deeds in the past, and it always seems to fit his style.

When other fans encounter this kind of thing, their first reaction is: "Wash him!"

Let’s clear our brother’s name!

The format is basically like this: "Don't believe in rumors, don't spread rumors, take my own words as the standard. Why don't we all look forward to "I'm Not the God of Medicine" together."

But many of Luo Mo's fans are still watching the fun.

Everyone is on the front line, even shouting: "Idols pay for idol behavior, don't increase the number of fans."

To be honest, after this news spread, some people did curse under the marketing account.

"What the hell, it's your first time to make a live-action movie, and you dare to say 2.8 billion?"

"Oh, let me go and take a look, 2.8 billion is enough to rank fourth in the box office in film history!"

"What's fourth? He's worth at least 2.8 billion. His ambition is to get at least the top three for his first movie! Why do you look down on people!"

There are also some [professional gangsters] who directly stand on the moral high ground and begin to criticize people's moral issues.

"Other seniors only talk about 5,67,800 million. It's better for you, a newcomer, to say 2.8 billion for your arrogance. Do you know how to respect people?"

"It's so funny that I don't take other directors seriously."
To be continued...