Rant Show: I Angrily Criticized a Million Parents

Chapter 263 Building a Business Empire!
Major cinema chains immediately made adjustments, increasing the screening ratio of "Project Gutenberg" to 43%, while "From Vegas to Macau III" was directly reduced to 11%.

With its ample screenings, Project Gutenberg's box office success was like a runaway horse, unstoppable!

The box office revenue doubled on the second day, reaching 3.07 million yuan in a single day.

The box office growth slowed slightly on the third day, reaching only 3.24 million.

In the following days, box office revenue began to decline, but daily box office revenue still remained above 200 million.

Project Gutenberg earned 13.78 billion yuan at the box office in its last week alone!

"Boonie Bears: Snow Daze," which ranked second in the Spring Festival box office, only grossed 6.78 million yuan in its first week, almost half of "Project Gutenberg."

As for the highly anticipated "From Vegas to Macau III", it only earned 4.59 million yuan in weekly box office, less than one-third of the box office of "Project Gutenberg".

He had previously made a bold statement on Weibo that the film would gross over 1 billion yuan, and it actually broke that mark in its first week.

Fans also admire Zhou Yang. It is very difficult for a movie to break 1 billion yuan, but Zhou Yang has only starred in three movies in his entire acting career, and all of them have broken 1 billion yuan.

If "Project Gutenberg" had been even slightly more successful, it might have broken the 2 billion mark, which would have meant all the films had surpassed 2 billion.

"Brother Yang! Are you a box office darling? Every movie you make breaks box office records."

"I think he's the 'box office king,' and I'm afraid all the actors in the entertainment industry envy Brother Yang..."

"With Zhou Yang on board, the box office is bound to be good! Every movie he's in has a rating above 8.0 on Douban; he's truly the only one in the entertainment industry who's that good."

"Brother Yang, keep it up! Strive to win all the major awards; conquering Hollywood is the only way to go!"

"What the hell is 'breaking into Hollywood'? Who wants to listen to others? We have to conquer Hollywood!"

"..."

Zhou Yang felt a little helpless when he saw these comments. He had only just begun to receive attention, but fans had already started to fawn over him.

One month later, "Project Gutenberg" was officially taken off the screens, with a final box office of 23.78 billion yuan.

Zhou Yang was very satisfied with the result. The Spring Festival film season is usually dominated by comedies, so for a suspense thriller to become the box office champion and achieve such high box office numbers is truly an unprecedented achievement.

However, Zhou Yang was not in the mood for celebration. At that moment, he was sitting in his office, discussing a new office location with Chen Tianzhen.

The current location is too crowded; if we want to expand the team, we must find a larger place.

Zhou Yang's previous requirement for Chen Tianzhen was that the land area should be at least 1,000 square meters!
Following Zhou Yang's instructions, Chen Tianzhen ultimately submitted ten proposals, with prices ranging from low to high.

“Sister Tianzhen, this place is great. The location is excellent, perfect for an office, and the surrounding environment is beautiful.” Zhou Yang handed one of the documents to Chen Tianzhen.

Chen Tianzhen took the document, glanced at it, and her expression immediately turned serious.

"Xiao Yang, don't make fun of me. This is the Shanghai World Financial Center. The rent for 1,000 square meters of space is hundreds of thousands of yuan per month. Add in other expenses, and it's at least tens of millions of yuan a year!"

Zhou Yang smiled and explained to Chen Tianzhen in detail: "Sister Tianzhen, we must be committed when necessary. Imagine if your office was located in a remote corner, would investors be willing to cooperate with you? The company's external image is very important."

Although Chen Tianzhen excels in agent management, Zhou Yang's wisdom in economic strategy is clearly superior.

Chen Tianzhen paused briefly, the image of Tianmen Entertainment's building flashing through her mind, and suddenly realized the deeper meaning behind Zhou Yang's words. Still somewhat doubtful, Chen Tianzhen asked again, "Are you sure you can recoup your costs from the rent? Perhaps we could choose a location of moderate size."

"I want 1,000 square meters."

With a determined look in his eyes, Zhou Yang gazed at the sky outside the window and said with great enthusiasm, "Sister Tianzhen, would you be interested in creating an entertainment empire with me that surpasses Tianmen Entertainment by hundreds of times?"

"I'm not interested!" Chen Tianzhen's words revealed calmness and rationality.

She has seen too many artists like Zhou Yang who, once they gain some fame and wealth, become overconfident and think they can create a great career.

However, most of these people eventually fail.

You'll fall really hard!
Zhou Yang's lips twitched slightly, a feeling of lofty ambition suddenly extinguished by the ruthlessness of reality.

Over the next two days, Chen Tianzhen successfully signed the contract with the other party.

Zhou Yang's studio has also moved into the top floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center, the tallest building in Shanghai.

From here, they can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire city of Shanghai.

During this period, a variety show called "Unforgettable Restaurant" invited Dilraba Dilmurat to serve as the assistant manager, while Huang Xiaobo served as the manager.

This program is a public welfare program dedicated to raising awareness of people with cognitive impairment, which is perfect for the kind-hearted Dilraba to participate in.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yang was not idle either. He started posting job advertisements online, looking for talents in animation production, special effects production and other related industries, and offering high salaries to hire them.

Zhou Yang's series of actions greatly puzzled Chen Tianzhen.

Is it because they feel they have too much money and nowhere to spend it?
Can a few employees easily enter these fields?

Chen Tianzhen tried to persuade Zhou Yang many times, but to no avail. So she stopped interfering with Zhou Yang's actions and believed that he would learn from his mistakes and understand the wisdom of the old people.

Zhou Yang wasn't stupid; the employees he ultimately hired were all professionals with many years of experience in their respective fields.

Give them a project and they can start making it immediately.

After a week, Zhou Yang recruited more than 100 animation production and special effects talents, whose total monthly salaries will reach millions in the future.

During this period, Zhou Yang spent every day in the office discussing projects with these people.

Chen Tianzhen was puzzled. Did Zhou Yang also know about animation and special effects?
He's always talking about Nezha and the Demon Child, has he lost his mind?
A week passed, and Chen Tianzhen finally couldn't hold back any longer and decided to go to Zhou Yang's office to talk.

"Xiao Yang, you haven't received any notifications or had any work for half a month. You've been hanging out with that group of people every day, and they've been pushing a ton of scripts and notifications onto you. You need to refocus and get back to work!"

"Haha, don't worry, Sister Tianzhen. You'll understand how wise my decision was in six months." Zhou Yang smiled mysteriously.

"Six months?" Chen Tianzhen stared in disbelief, "We'll have to pay Xiao Yang millions in salaries for six months. What if the project fails? You're taking a huge risk!"

"Don't worry, Sister Naïve, I guarantee you, this project will make at least a billion! If it doesn't make a billion, I'm willing to cut off my own head and use it as your chair!"

(End of this chapter)