Chapter 895 A Very Ordinary Movie
[PS: I saw some readers' arrangements for zero-point scenes, and I felt that it was not appropriate. It was true that children's animations were indeed not suitable for zero-point scenes, but a blockbuster film must be played with zero-point scenes to experiment. This is something that must be done, and it is not that animations will only be played in zero-point scenes in the future.]
"It's okay, maybe we can still rely on word of mouth to turn the tables!" After almost falling out of a cerebral hemorrhage, Megil quickly comforted himself.
Although the box office was too bad at midnight, there is still a possibility of remedy. As long as the audience's score and reputation can improve later, there is still hope of a new rise.
So, after Megil was nervous for two hours, the movie finally finished playing, and a burst of applause rang out in the cinema. The applause was not very warm, but it was not too little, which was just a normal level.
But this level made Megil even more anxious.
"Mr. Megil, we'll see you tomorrow!" After watching the movie, Boss Jia stood up very calmly, said with a smile to Megil, and then separated from Megil and went back to his hotel to sleep.
By the way, if you don’t make any mistakes, Natasha should have been waiting for herself in bed at this time. The spring night is short, it’s 2:20 in the morning now, so hurry up!
But Megil was not so interested. He returned to his home in a daze. At around nine o'clock on the morning of the second day, Boss Jia, who was still sleeping with Natasha, was woken up by his bodyguard, saying that Mr. Megil had been waiting for him for half an hour.
"It's over! It's over! Mr. Jia, it seems that we are all finished this time!" Meigil said with a bitter expression when he saw Boss Jia.
"What's wrong? Something big happened!" Boss Jia asked in surprise.
"The audience ratings for the 0:00 yesterday have already come out, you can see it yourself!" Meigil threw a piece of paper to Boss Jia.
"It's not bad, there are still 7.8 points!" Seeing this score, Boss Jia couldn't help but smile.
"Mr. Jia, sometimes I really admire you very much. You can even laugh in such a situation!" Megil said helplessly.
"Of course I laughed out loud. In our hometown, 60 points are passing the score. I got 78 points and passed the score!" Boss Jia smiled.
"But the passing line cannot save this movie, nor can it save the huge cost we invested!" Megil wailed, "Mr. Jia, our two companies have invested a total of US$100 million! However, the box office at the 00-minute event was only 550,000, and the average score of 7.8 was as plain as water, proving that in the eyes of the audience, this is a very ordinary work, and there is no possibility of explosion in the later stage. Such a work may not even have a box office of US$10 million. We will lose to grandma's house!"
Seeing Megil's appearance, Boss Jia couldn't help but feel a little moved, patted the other party on the shoulder, and then asked, "By the way, the last element, how about the film critic's comments?"
"It's too early now. There are only a few morning newspaper comments from the movie critics, but in total, they are just two words "average"!" Megil sighed again, and then handed over the two clippings to Boss Jia.
Boss Jia first saw the first newspaper clipping. There were quite a lot of words, and there were thousands of them. Boss Jia looked at it for a long time and refined the following comments.
"This is a movie produced by 21 World Fox and Daqian Entertainment. It is said that it invested 100 million US dollars in production costs. I just want to say that it is a waste of money."
"This movie cannot be said to be good or bad, because I can't find a place that can praise me, but I can't find a place that can make me scold him!"
"This movie is a movie made completely according to Hollywood's standard commercial film routine. There are some surprises in 3D animation production, but it still feels too fake. Although the Pokemon on the screen looks very lovely and quite real."
"The final conclusion is that this is a very average movie, with no memorable places, and will not be thrown into the mediocre garbage dump sooner or later. It is not recommended for adults to watch, but it is quite good to take children with them. At least children won't cry when they watch it!"
This is the first critic's comment. Boss Jia reads the second one, which is a very brief introduction because the critic put together the recent movies to comment, and "Pokemon" is the one with the least number of comments, with a total of one sentence.
"It's very boring, I'm about to fall asleep. I don't understand why those Pokemons fight. Fortunately, the children around me have been very quiet and are obsessed with watching movies, which allows me to have a good dream in the early morning. Thank you very much!"
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"It's quite interesting!" After reading the comments from these two critics, Boss Jia couldn't help but smile.
"What's the point? The whole story says that our movie is very mediocre, and it also specifically points out that it is not suitable for adults to watch. This is to kill us. These damn critics must have been bribed by others!" Megil roared, and then directly blamed the competitors.
This is also the way Megil can solve the bad situation, that is, throw all the pot on Daqian and his opponents, he is pure and flawless and has no responsibility.
In fact, there is no problem with the blame on Daqian. After all, when Boss Jia was making a movie, he was quite arbitrary and did not give 21st Century Fox any chance to interfere in the plot, so Boss Jia should indeed bear the blame.
"Hey, it seems that this movie is really not good!" Boss Jia shook his head, then sighed and said, "Mr. Megil, I am very sorry, I disappoint you!"
"Hey, I have nothing to be disappointed. I'm afraid that the company will suffer unimaginable losses. I will..." Megil wailed.
"No, I will not let Mr. Megil bear the losses alone!" Boss Jia suddenly said proudly, "Mr. Megil, I think this is the case. I can buy back all the shares of the movies in 21st Century Fox. I will return them to Fox as much as Fox invests, so as not to let 21st Century Fox suffer any losses. Will this alleviate Mr. Megil's difficulties?"
"Mr. Jia, aren't you kidding?" Meigil looked at Jia Yapeng in disbelief. Is there any fool like this in the world?
"Of course I'm not kidding!" Boss Jia couldn't help but smile, "To be honest, I'm very optimistic about the future of "Pokemon". I think this is a movie that can make money...at least not lose money. So I'm very happy to acquire the remaining 30% of the movie income investment in 21st Century Fox. As long as 21st Century Fox is willing, I can pay any money at any time!"
"But there is only one thing, that is, this promise is limited to today's validity. After 24:00 today, I will not have this promise again!"
"I understand!" Megil ran out of the hotel quickly, probably going to discuss with the head office.
"Jia, are you really sure that movies with such poor data can make money?" After Megil left, wearing his pajamas, Natasha walked out and asked curiously, "I have attended many movie premieres before and have had contact with many Hollywood managers. All movies that collapsed on the third element of Zero Point are basically no possibility of turning the tables!"
"Okay, let me ask you a question. You have watched this movie. Do you think this movie is good? Tell the truth!" Boss Jia smiled.
"Good look!" Natasha didn't say whether she nodded. "I really cried when I saw Fantasy and Super Dream appear, and when I saw the two of them fighting for Pokemon!"
"That's right!" Boss Jia picked up a clipping on the table and smiled, "Actually, these two film critics are pretty good. Did you say that, this is a movie suitable for watching with your children!"
Chapter completed!