Chapter 167 When the Warriors Test the Swords Themselves, the Warriors Must Not Lie!

Soon, a week passed and it was February 4th.

Just as Chen Xiao, Li Ao, Wang Rui and other young people were walking around the Ice and Snow World with their clothes on.

The pre-sale of the Spring Festival movies kicked off.

Tomorrow, on the 5th, all the Spring Festival movies will start pre-sale.

In fact, the theaters wanted to start pre-sale of "Kung Fu" first, just like "Interstellar", but the Film Bureau issued a policy a few years ago that in order to ensure the order of the Spring Festival movie industry, all movies need to be sold at the same time. The theaters had to sell them together honestly.

But this didn't have much impact on "Kung Fu".

Because... most of the other movies that could run away did so.

Soumao Entertainment published an article early in the morning.

"The number of movies in the Spring Festival has been greatly reduced! Which one will you watch this year? 》

"According to statistics from Soumao.com, the average number of movies released during the Spring Festival in the past five years was 10. The lowest was 9 and the highest was 11."

"This year, after the crew of "Kung Fu" revealed the news that it was scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, three movies were postponed."

"This year's Spring Festival, there are only five movies left. They are "Kung Fu", the detective movie "Mystery of the Nian Beast", and three animated movies "The God of Wealth Pig", "Bajie: The Chosen Lucky Star" and "The Journey of Dreams."

"From the overall point of view, even if the original three movies are not postponed, the number of movies in this year's Spring Festival will be a five-year low."

"In contrast, a large number of TV series and online short dramas have announced that they will be broadcast around the Spring Festival."

"Which movie do you plan to watch this year? Or stay at home and watch TV series and short dramas?"

As a large online media, Soumao Entertainment quickly attracted a lot of comments from netizens after publishing articles and videos on various platforms.

"What about other movies? Were you scared away by Director Chen's new movie? Haha."

"Director Chen clearly told everyone the genre of the movie this year, so why did the romance movie run away?"

"Only a fool would run away. Even if the genre doesn't match, it's bad luck if the core emotions match. Last year, all the movies that collided with Chen Xiao's genre were a failure. Tickets for "The Legend of the Immortal" and "Boundless Fatherly Love" dropped sharply. I heard that one person was in charge of these two movies. How unlucky haha."

"Haha, I'm dying of laughter. Only cartoons and It's a detective film. These four are really brave. "

"What's there to be afraid of with cartoons? They're for kids."

"I guess they have low production costs and low overlap in genres. They don't want to change the schedule because it's expensive."

"Hurry up and pre-sell! I want to go to the theater at midnight!"

"Kid, the Film Bureau cancelled the midnight show on New Year's Eve five years ago. All shows will start in the morning, so you can only go to the theater on the first day of the new year."

...

"Director Chen, on the first day of the new year, do you want to have a team building to watch the premiere?"

Standing in front of the crystal clear ice sculpture, Wang Rui asked with his head tilted.

Chen Xiao looked at him with disgust and disbelief.

Are you sick? Team building on the first day of the new year?

Chen Xiao turned to look at Wang Rui's girlfriend, pointed at Wang Rui, and joked: "Sister Qin, I want to complain, he wants to spend the first day of the Chinese New Year with me."

"Ah?" Sister Qin put down the camera, a little confused, walked over, looked at Chen Xiao, and then looked at Wang Rui, "We will go to your house to meet your parents during the Chinese New Year this year. Are you going out on the first day of the Chinese New Year?"

She didn't dare to say the other half of the sentence - I'm nervous to leave you alone at your house!

Wang Rui waved his hand innocently, "No, I'm talking about team building, going to see a movie on the morning of the Chinese New Year."

Chen Xiao glanced at him and said jokingly, "You, if you don't spend the first day of the Chinese New Year with your parents and girlfriend, why do you spend it with me? If you really miss me, just watch the big screen."

Say he is a rollicker, these people are rollickers, right?

Team building during the break is tantamount to working overtime in disguise.

If you like to watch it, go watch it with your family and friends, and you can also brag about it. This was filmed by my crew.

Wang Rui scratched his head and smiled, "No, no, I just want everyone to keep in touch."

Chen Xiao looked at him helplessly and reminded him, "Don't take a holiday for team building in the company. If you need team building, do it on working days, don't do it on holidays."

Wang Rui has now joined Oriental Media, so his reminder is not too much.

"Okay! Don't worry!"

Chen Xiao turned his head and took a deep breath of fresh and cold air.

Oh, it's great to have a holiday.

And it's great to be released during the Chinese New Year, finally I don't have to watch it again.

During the filming and post-production, he had watched it countless times, watching it without thinking, and he could recite some characters' lines by heart.

For example, Afang's.

...

The sun sets in the west and rises in the east again.

At 8:00 am on February 5, the pre-sale of the Spring Festival file officially began.

Movie fans and passers-by who heard about the promotion bought tickets one after another.

Due to the small number of movies and the fact that it happened to be the first day of the Chinese New Year, most people successfully bought tickets for their favorite theaters and showtimes.

After buying the tickets, they all went online to show off.

"I got the ticket, I hope Director Chen won't cut me!"

"I didn't buy it, I'm afraid he'll cut me on Chinese New Year, hahaha, I'll wait and see."

"Wait and see, shit, I won't believe in netizens' comments anymore, I won't watch any of Chen Daodao's movies during Chinese New Year."

"Upstairs, I remember you, you were tricked into watching Farewell My Concubine on New Year's Eve, hahaha."

"Wait for the Warrior to test the knife yourself, Warrior, don't lie!"

"What are you afraid of? How could the Spring Festival schedule be a movie like Farewell My Concubine? And the trailer shows a peaceful city."

"Wait and see after the premiere. Look at the title and the trailer. I feel like this movie will be about a protagonist who was a child and his family was offering sacrifices to the gods. He became a gangster and was bullied by the neighbors. Later, he encountered an opportunity and worked hard to find the murderer to avenge his family."

"Your story is a bit fantasy. No matter what, I have to watch it!"

"Bet a bag of spicy noodles. This movie definitely has knives."

"I bet two bags. It will be a pure comedy on the first day of the Chinese New Year!"

"Bet two bags. Pure comedy!"

...

Time quickly came to the evening.

Deputy Minister Wu of Youyue Entertainment was sitting on the sofa watching TV with his wife. The secretary sent a message.

When he opened it, it was the first day pre-sale box office data of this year.

Deputy Minister Wu showed a gossipy smile.

After last year's National Day, he changed his track to shoot vertical screen online short dramas. He walked out of Chen Xiao's shadow and felt that he was several years younger.

Nothing to do, it's fun to watch the excitement.

He clicked on the file and took a breath.

As of 23:00 tonight, the total pre-sale box office of the new films in the 2024 Spring Festival reached 66.36 million. Among them, "Kung Fu" directly accounted for 75%.

He couldn't help smacking his lips.

It's really fierce. In previous years, the highest number of the first film was at most 30%.

Ten films a year, an average of 10% each, and the highest is three times the average.

This year, the number is small, an average of 20% per film, and three times should be 60%.

"Kung Fu" is even higher than this, the heat is really fierce, it has absorbed the entire market.

Minister Wu handed the phone to his wife next to him and sighed: "Hey, fortunately he only has two films a year, otherwise other companies will be finished. I hope God bless him and quickly move his focus to the foreign market."

The daughter said speechlessly: "Dad, can you change it? Don't make progress every day, go to burn incense. Don't ask for yourself, go to ask Buddha, don't do anything, go to do it. How can I have a father like you?"

Deputy Minister Wu slapped the phone on the sofa and stood up angrily.

"Have you finished your homework, bastard? Before the Chinese New Year, I didn't finish my winter vacation homework. When I saw the plan of watching Kung Fu on the first day of the first lunar month, I canceled it!"

The daughter glanced at him with resentment and went back to her room.

In this atmosphere of expectation and fear of knives, the footsteps of the Spring Festival are approaching day by day, and the premiere is coming soon.

——

I have received everyone's calls for Huan Huan.

Arrange! But I will not write it in the form of the protagonist's filming. For the movies shot by the protagonist, try to choose short-duration and simple-structured ones, otherwise the viewing part cannot be compressed.

The plot of Zhen Huan Zhuan is too long, so it will be written as a branch line, connected to Home With Children, and appear in the form of Xiao Fugui. ღ(´･ᴗ･`)