148. Box Office Stealing Incident
While Ye Sumang was planning the company's future development steps and intensively preparing "If? Love", "Singing and Dance" was also making rapid progress. The box office on the first day exceeded 10 million, creating a record. The box office in the first week still did not disappoint everyone. The box office data of 68 million was firmly positioned as the champion of the summer vacation.
The Hollywood disaster blockbuster "The Day After" that was previously highly anticipated was defeated in the face of Ye Sumang's "The Day After" which invested only 15 million people in China. Perhaps due to cultural differences, the movie "The Day After" that was extremely popular in North America and even Europe was highly regarded in China, and its box office revenue was less than 10 million in three days of release.
"Singing and Dance Youth" is just around the corner, but it is not easy to rest assured. "The Ambush" that has been staggered for a week is about to be released soon, and there is also the Hollywood epic blockbuster "Troy". The top-up of these films will undoubtedly have a certain impact on the box office of "Singing and Dance Youth". Fortunately, the main audience of "Singing and Dance Youth" is young students, which makes Ye Sumang not too worried about the box office.
As expected, although the box office in the second week of "Singing and Dance" was slightly reduced, it still earned 55 million, which also made the film break through the 100 million yuan mark and reached 123 million. Such amazing box office data has also become the focus of heated discussion among the media. However, the box office this week was not the stage for the film "Singing and Dance". The subsequent release of "Ten-sided Ambush" also achieved gratifying results, and it earned in just five days.
However, just as the prospects of "Singing and Dance" are beautiful, Li Meng brought something bad to Ye Sumang.
"Steal the box office?" Huang Bo asked in surprise in the conference room.
Li Meng nodded and handed over the movie tickets he had obtained to Ye Sumang and others.
These movie tickets look very ordinary, but the premise of all this is to ignore the line of water-based writing on it.
That’s right, the words written in this line of water pen are the key!!!
No one expected that such a movie ticket for "The Ten-Side Ambush" with the four big words "Singing and Dance Youth" written on it can be viewed as a ticket for "Singing and Dance Youth", but the final box office data is calculated on "The Ten-Side Ambush", which is simply a nude steal!
Ye Sumang held the movie ticket, his expression calmed too much at this moment, but the people around him didn't dare to breathe for a moment, and they all focused their eyes on his face, waiting for his solution.
"How did you find out?" Ye Sumang asked softly for a long time.
"We only know the movie tickets posted by several fan club members online." Hearing Ye Sumang's question, Li Meng quickly replied.
After hearing Li Meng's answer, Ye Sumang fell silent again, his eyes staring at the movie ticket gradually narrowed into a gap, and he was obviously trapped in thinking.
Ye Sumang just heard about stealing box office, but he never thought it would happen to him. This also allowed Ye Sumang to experience the darkness of the entertainment industry, box office can be stolen, and what they dare not do. And this kind of thing is that there is no way, because the value of movie tickets is so much. A movie ticket costs 35 yuan, even if you go to search specifically, you may not find many, let alone many viewers will throw away the movie tickets after watching the movie, which also brings a lot of problems in prosecution.
However, Ye Sumang was not going to let it go. Maybe he couldn't afford to mess with the entire theater, but Ye Sumang, which steals box office theaters, was not going to let go. He killed the chicken and showed it to the monkey, so he should have a strong reputation.
"Don't notify the media about this matter first. Take people to the theater on these movie tickets. I have something to do." After thinking for a while, Ye Sumang prepared a plan of revenge, called Huang Bo to his side, and gave him a few instructions.
Huang Bo's face, which was originally angry, gradually smiled. When Ye Sumang finished speaking, he patted his chest hard and promised: "Yezi, don't worry, leave this matter to me."
After saying that, he left the conference room. Everyone left behind looked at Ye Sumang with curious eyes, obviously wanting to know what he and Huang Bo said, but Ye Sumang just shook his head gently and told them to see each other again in three days.
When everyone saw Ye Sumang not saying anything, they had no choice but to wait for the result to arrive in three days.
However, this incident also made Ye Sumang establish something in his heart, that is, he must have his own theater!!!
Only by owning your own theater chain can you have more say. Only by having more say can you improve your company's status in this circle. Only by improving your status can you keep these rags away from you as much as possible.
Now Ye Sumang has completely understood that as a part of this circle, it is obviously impossible to stay outside the big dye vat of the entertainment industry to clean yourself. Only by participating in it and setting rules by yourself can the game be carried out according to your own ideas.
Thinking of this, Ye Sumang picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Friend, how is the matter in theaters going now? Is my company's hope for it?" Ye Sumang asked directly as soon as the phone was answered.
"Progress? The results should come out in a month, but the competitors are very fierce, and your advantage is not very big." The person on the other end of the phone replied lazyly.
Ye Sumang was not surprised by this answer. He just frowned slightly, then made up his mind and said, "One million, I need your friendship."
"Haha, one million, what a big number, Mr. Ye really made a big deal." The opposite laughed. Although the words were a compliment, anyone could hear the sarcasm.
"I said US dollars." Ye Sumang replied faintly as if he had not heard the other party's tone.
As soon as these words were said, the other party suddenly became silent. After a minute, an excited and trembling voice came from the opposite side.
"So you're serious?"
"A gentleman's words are as good as hell. And not only is this reward of one million US dollars, I can also promise you two US green cards. How about it, as long as you help me get things done, these will be yours." Ye Sumang was like a devil at this moment, constantly taking out tempting things, attracting the person opposite to him to the abyss.
After a long time, it took almost another minute, and the other party replied harshly in a slightly hoarse voice: "I have taken this matter!!! But you should understand how great the risks and interests are, so I have to take half of the benefits in advance, and I have to see the rest as soon as possible after the matter is completed."
"Yes." Ye Sumang replied coldly and hung up the phone. He felt uncomfortable when he talked to this 'borer' for one more minute.
Three days passed quickly, and the box office of "Singing and Dance Youth" was still very stable, with no signs of a significant decline. It earned another 26 million box office in three days, and the total box office data also reached 149 million, which was about to exceed 150 million. Moreover, this was only half a month's data. At this time, there was at least half a month left before the paintings of "Singing and Dance Youth". Even if the box office in the later stages declined sharply, it was still more than enough to break the mainland box office record of "The World Without Thieves" last year.
However, just as people across the country were in a movie viewing craze, an amazing news appeared on the front page of the Kyoto Entertainment News, the largest entertainment publication in the north.
Chapter completed!