msmithbooks Chapter 71, "The Terror Live," is released.
Chapter 71, "The Terror Live," is released.
"Mr. Zhou, based on your understanding of the film industry, how much do you think this movie will gross at the box office?"
Su Qing asked.
She also knew that even seasoned professionals in the entertainment industry might not be able to predict the success of similar films, mainly because trends change too quickly.
But Su Qing still asked, hoping to get some psychological comfort from Teacher Zhou Nian.
However, Zhou Nian shook his head: "Don't ask me about this. Even if you asked a professional box office prediction agency to make a rough judgment on 'The Terror Live,' they wouldn't know where to start. Generally, such agencies make predictions based on the average box office performance of the director, lead actors, and producers, as well as the fan base and public favorability of popular stars. Our movie has none of that, so it's hard to say. The key is whether it can generate word-of-mouth after its release. If it can, there's a possibility of a turnaround; if not, then there's no hope at all."
"hehe"
Su Qing chuckled twice.
Su Qing understood perfectly what the anniversary meant: the movie "The Terror Live" lacked all three elements of favorable timing, location, and popular support.
"I also hope 'The Terror Live' will be a box office hit."
Zhou Nian laughed and said, "I still get a 5% share of the box office revenue. After acting for so many years, this is the first time I've taken on a film with a share of the box office revenue. If the box office exceeds one billion or two billion, the share from just this one movie will be enough for me to retire."
Obviously.
This is a joke.
Let alone 1 billion or 2 billion, we'd be lucky to even reach 700 or 800 million. After the premiere, we'll have to see how the box office goes to decide whether to continue the promotional tour. Anyway, "The Terror Live" has already come a long way, and from now on, it's really up to fate.
Inside the movie theater.
Because there were many blockbuster movies showing today, many movie fans arrived at the cinema as early as 9 o'clock.
Although the film and television industry has entered a period of decline in recent years, it's like how many young people say that the birth rate in modern society is declining and they can't see pregnant women on the street, but when they go into the obstetrics and gynecology department, they find that there are still quite a few people there to give birth.
The same goes for cinemas; everyone who comes is there to watch movies. Plus, both the summer and Spring Festival seasons are peak times for cinemas, so the number of people is quite large.
A young couple walked over. They hadn't bought tickets online yesterday; they had come out early in the morning to buy tickets randomly. The boy was carrying a cup of milk tea.
"What movie do you want to watch!?"
"I asked the boy."
"That one!"
The girl pointed to a promotional poster featuring Xu Kun, one of the most popular young male celebrities in recent years. The boy was a little unhappy, but he still obediently went to buy tickets. Soon, he returned: "The next show is about twenty minutes away, do you want to wait?"
As he spoke, the boy looked at another promotional poster: "Isn't this that movie that's been getting a lot of hype lately? At first, they said it was directed by Chen Feng, but then they said it was produced by Director Feng."
"It's all fake."
The girl replied.
"Why don't we go take a look?"
The boy's eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "I think it should be good."
Whether the movie was good or not was secondary. The main thing he noticed was that not many people seemed to be watching it, meaning the theater was vacant. Once the lights were turned off... the boy felt a little excited at the thought.
These days, who goes to the movies for no reason? If you're going to the cinema, it's probably to woo a girl, since going to the movies has become an essential part of pursuing a girl.
Since they weren't concerned about the movie's quality, they were looking for a less crowded environment where they could flirt with the girl. Seeing the girl's resistant expression, the boy, who had finally managed to coax her out from downstairs that morning, said, "Let's watch this one first. After that, we'll come over this afternoon to watch 'Youth Supreme,' starring your idol Xu Kun."
"Alright then!"
The girl finally agreed, albeit reluctantly.
After buying the tickets, the boy waited for three minutes before the theater started checking tickets. He noticed that there were only a few audience members checking their tickets, and he looked very happy.
After having his ticket checked and entering the theater, the boy saw only seven or eight other viewers in the large space. He sat down, arms outstretched, and laughed, saying, "I spent seventy yuan and got to enjoy the feeling of having the whole theater to myself. It was really great!"
Hearing him say that, the three or four men around him who had also brought their girlfriends couldn't help but laugh.
In this theater... if you threw a brick down there, the probability of hitting someone wouldn't exceed 0.2%. Soon, the theater lights dimmed, and the boy placed the milk tea on a gap in the armrest specifically for placing drinks, then quietly reached out and placed his palm on the back of the girl's hand.
The movie was meaningless.
But the most fun is to find a theater with few people and touch each other.
The movie has officially begun.
The boy felt a little annoyed when he realized that the girl's hand had been pulled away from his. This early in the morning... he hadn't even slept in, but had run to her building to coax her out, and even went to the cinema to pick out a movie that not many people were watching, all just to spend a few dozen yuan to take his relationship with the girl to the next level in the atmosphere of the theater.
"There are surveillance cameras."
Hearing the girl say that, the boy cheered again: "It doesn't matter if there are security cameras, we're not doing anything."
On the big screen, the story begins with Yin Hua from the TV station, who is discussing the recent tax reform on his program "Daily Topic," and then listens to calls from viewers.
The boy glanced at the big screen, showing extreme disinterest. The movie really didn't disappoint him; the opening had such a commonplace narrative structure that it wasn't appealing at all.
"Don't move."
When the boy's hand climbed onto the girl's thigh again, she grabbed it and pressed it down.
The boy, who could clearly hear the anger in the girl's tone, immediately replied, "I'm not moving, I'm not moving anymore." The boy turned around and looked over. In the dim light reflected from the big screen in the theater, he could vaguely see two people kissing in the third-to-last row at the very back. The boy was immediately a little envious.
They also wasted seventy yuan.
He also wasted seventy yuan.
But the other guy went straight to second base, while he hadn't even really gotten to first base yet. Since he wasn't allowed to get a chance, the boy was just about to take out his phone to scroll through some short videos to try and get through the next agonizing hour when a man's voice came from the big screen: "I have a bomb that will blow up the Hanmen Bridge."
The boy turned to look at the big screen.
Upon hearing this, the radio host named Yin Hua displayed a perfunctory and helpless expression. When the other party said, "I really know how to explode," the host became completely impatient.
He directly urged the listener to hurry up and explode, but when the other person kept talking, Yin Hua interrupted him: "Can't you understand human language? You've already exploded, you're fucking dawdling."
With the PD time running out, the host, Yin Hua, asked the staff next to her what to do. Her colleague said that she could only answer the new call if the other party hung up on her own initiative, otherwise there was no way. So Yin Hua ignored the other party and started talking about tax reform. But at this moment, there was static in the earpiece, accompanied by a "rumbling" sound.
Yin Hua took off her headphones.
The camera switched to full-frame, showing a bridge billowing thick smoke from a window sill, with the rumbling sound continuing. The camera then zoomed out, revealing a shocked expression on the face of the host, Yin Hua.
Followed by.
Another explosion rang out.
The boy immediately became interested; the movie seemed somewhat intriguing.