Disaster Artist

"They did it on purpose."

Qu Yushi's expression was full of grievances, and he had no intention of concealing it, gritted his teeth and complained.

There were more than a dozen people sitting in the conference room with different expressions, but one could clearly feel the depression and dullness that permeated the audience, and their confidence was slightly hit.

"The Raid" is officially set for release on Friday, December 5, with its premiere on Wednesday, followed by a full release in 3,700 theaters worldwide.

Immediately afterwards, "The Boss Speeding" was confirmed to be released on Wednesday, December 3, with a premiere on Monday, and was fully released in 5,300 theaters around the world.

Obviously, "boss overspeed" is aimed at "raid" everywhere, and every link strives to suppress opponents, and the smoke of tit-for-tat is fully diffused.

The most important thing is that "raid" is a retro action genre, and "boss overdrive" is a new age action genre - that is, a new style of drag racing, gunfights and explosions, both of which are action movies, the same type of different ideas. Clearly revealed.

One thing to say, the winter season is always in a melee situation. It is not uncommon for movies from the same company to be released one after the other, and this year is no exception. Lions Pictures and Tianshan Pictures have their own works that are released every other week. It is not uncommon for the "Boss Speeding" and "Journey of Ice and Fire 2" to appear one after the other in Streamer Films.

But the problem is that in the film industry, it is the default rule that movies of the same type should be avoided as much as possible.

Mainly because the same type of movie is equivalent to asking the audience to make a choice, the segmentation of the market is a certainty, and the most likely result is a win-win situation and a thankless behavior.

Now, "The Boss Overspeeding" has just hit the "raid" head-on, and the provocation of the streamer film industry cannot be more obvious.

And it's not just the crash period.

The two action movies "Boss Overdrive" and "The Raid" were released in the same week. For audiences, they need to choose, and the same is true for theaters-

Which movie should a movie theater in a popular bustling area mainly show? How should the number of screening screens and screening time be allocated reasonably?

If the same type of film is scheduled to be shown at the same time, the screens for other types of films will be reduced accordingly, which means that the type of audience covered will be reduced. This is a situation that cinemas do not want to see. They still hope to have the same time period. Be able to present as many types of works as possible to attract different audiences.

This also means that when movie theaters are arranging films, they need to stagger "boss overspeed" and "raid", so they have to do multiple-choice questions, especially in the popular time periods with the most customers.

Of course, at the end of the story, the movie theater will naturally choose the more profitable movie; but before the story begins, the movie theater cannot predict the market reaction, so they have to make their own judgments, not to mention, the two sides also signed a contract, there are legal binding and stipulations.

Even if a certain movie theater prefers "raid", he can't deliberately reduce the ratio of "boss overspeed", because the ratio of the first week and the second week is all stipulated in black and white, and they can adjust the time period, but not reduce it. Arrangement—

The knowledge here is very interesting.

For example, the contract stipulates that seven shows must be shown every day, two of which must be in popular times, but the time of the other five is controlled by the cinema, which is arranged in the morning, afternoon, evening and early morning, which are completely different effects.

So, "boss speeding" VS "raid", which one does the cinema favor more?

The answer is not too much doubt, of course, it is the streamer film industry.

On the one hand, the streamer film industry has a great career, and the entire publicity resources easily overwhelm the Blue Whale Films, and "Boss Overspeed" has a luxurious cast lineup, currently the most popular action superstar Fan Li leads the lead, which is obviously more appealing. one side.

Action movies have already declined, and the risks are greater. Compared with Lu Qian, Fan Li, who already has an audience base, naturally has a higher safety factor.

On the other hand, as mentioned before, people in the industry generally believe that the success of "unfriending" is luck and coincidence, and Lu Qian still needs to continue to prove himself, but Lu Qian chose such a difficult subject. It is also to be expected that the trust of the parties is blocked.

Moreover, the opponent is the streamer film industry.

The choice of theaters is predictable, and even Transcendence Theater is no exception.

In fact, Chaotuo Cinema really, really hopes to continue to support Lu Qian. The great success of "Unfriending" has also created a good brand image for them, but business is business. Entrusted to the small company Blue Whale Pictures.

Chaotuo Cinema has generously offered a contract. "Raid" and "Boss Overspeed" are divided into two worlds. The ratio of filming is almost the same, and the timetable for filming is also reasonably allocated. Compared with other theater chains, this is already achieved by Xiu Zhongjun. the best terms, but it's still not enough.

If the films are arranged in this way, not only will it be difficult for the "raid" to seize the market, but the distribution channels of Blue Whale Pictures will also suffer a heavy blow.

During the recent period of time, the negotiations between Blue Whale Pictures and major theater chains have not made progress.

Nong Chenjie, who is out of the cinema, secretly revealed the news that the streamer film industry was putting pressure behind the scenes to increase the proportion of "boss overspeed" films.

Although the major theater chains do not need to act with the eyes of the film company, they will not easily offend giants like Streamer Films, at least they will not be stupid for a newly established Blue Whale Films—

Raid vs. Boss Overdrive, they both know how to choose.

At this point, it would be a joke to say that Liuguang Pictures did not deliberately target Blue Whale Pictures.

On the surface, Streamer Films has no intention of targeting anyone, and is wholeheartedly calculating for the "boss overspeeding" and striving for more benefits for the film, but it just stuck Blue Whale Films and major theater chains to renegotiate the schedule of cooperation agreements. , the game of interest behind it becomes complicated.

So, is the streamer film industry really not targeting anyone?

Xiu Zhongjun agreed with Qu Yushi's words.

After learning that Lu Qian was about to acquire the company, the internal staff were chatting and exchanging information, and vaguely heard about those industry rumors, but it is generally believed that, aside from the truth, there should be no need for Streamer Films to target a Lu Qian. , UU reading www.uukanshu.com level does not match the number.

However, now everyone has changed their minds.

Everyone's faces inevitably showed a little worry, but Xiu Zhongjun had a different idea:

For, that's because it deserves attention.

Being able to be treated so solemnly by the streamer film industry, and the covetousness of Yunxiang Entertainment, also shows that Lu Qian has such a threat.

Otherwise, if Lu Qian is really a straw bag, even if Liuguang Films and Yunxiang Entertainment let him go, he will not be able to make waves, then there will be no layers of these "explosion-proof means".

From this perspective, Xiu Zhongjun has more confidence in Blue Whale Pictures.

So, how should the immediate crisis be resolved?

Xiu Zhongjun realized that maybe this is the time to show his abilities. If he wants to follow Blue Whale Pictures and move forward, he should repay Lu Qian's trust.

The brain is running at a high speed, as if you can hear the calculation.