I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

For Yiguo, she had actually been working overtime to write the film review of "Infernal Affairs" and make videos on the day she watched the movie.

I watched a movie in the afternoon and stayed up late in the early morning to finish and upload it.

But it still couldn't catch up with the speed of popularity of "Infernal Affairs".

The popularity of the movie itself was already high, and with the explosion of word of mouth after its release, it had an outrageous effect.

Yiguo knew clearly that the terrifying opening score of 9.5 was the same whether it existed or not.

There is no need to worry too much about the box office performance of this "Infernal Affairs".

The biggest obstacle now is the upper limit of the May Day period.

After all, the holiday is not long, and many people have no intention of going to the cinema to watch movies during the May Day holiday.

It can be said that the audience that exceeds the original May Day traffic is a demand for watching movies created entirely by the appeal of the movie itself.

This is much more difficult than snatching box office revenue from the original audience group.

……

"But Changyun Film and Television is also stubborn."

"I've lost to Xu Kong so many times."

"If it were me, the release would most likely be postponed anyway."

Yiguo sympathized with Changyun Film and Television for two minutes.

As for the movie "Young and Beautiful", judging from the rating trend, it is estimated that the single-day box office on the second day will be halved, or even lower.

Now it has completely lost the qualifications to compete with "Infernal Affairs" for the May Day box office champion.

In other words, whether or not one can make a profit is a very serious problem.

As for the purpose of promoting newcomers, Guo Zirui has gained a lot of fans on social platforms during this period.

But Yiguo is a self-media blogger who has been on the Internet for so many years.

Of course it is clear that most of the other party’s fans probably bought it.

The hidden cost of supporting new talents alone is estimated to be difficult to recover in a short period of time.

……

"Hanwen, tell me, is Xu Kong's new movie really that good?"

At this time in Changyun Film and Television, Zhu Changyun has experienced shock, suspicion, anger, and now powerlessness and helplessness.

It can be said that their new movie has only been released for a short day, but his mood is like riding a big roller coaster.

Lu Hanwen actually wanted to complain. In fact, our President Zhu could go to the cinema to watch the movie in person.

I have to say, perhaps because he founded his own company, Zhu Changyun really has too much to do.

Even Xu Kong, his biggest rival, didn't even have time to watch the new movie.

Or is it not that you don’t have time, but that you are unwilling to face it?
He didn't know how to start, so he could only nod silently.

……

This "Infernal Affairs", let alone their new movie this time.

In the current Chinese film industry, this can be said to be the work of almost any director, any cast and any creative team.

Not sure if we can win.

Lu Hanwen really wanted to say it was a matter of luck.

Xu Kong’s movie this time should indeed be the peak of his career.

It was normal for Xu Kong to lose during his peak period.

But on second thought, they can actually be avoided.

Zhu Changyun was stubborn and insisted on releasing the movie during the May Day holiday.

If you think about it a little, postponing it to the summer season might actually mean there won’t be that many things to worry about.

Movie release delays are a normal business practice.

It's not something to be ashamed of.

Why do you have to care about this face?
……

But he knew that there was no need to provoke Zhu Changyun at this time.

The opponent seems to be in bad enough condition.

"How did this happen..."

Zhu Changyun ignored Lu Hanwen and talked to himself.

"Then Mr. Zhu, I'll be out first?"

Lu Hanwen spoke.

Zhu Changyun seemed not to hear it.

Lu Hanwen was somewhat helpless about this and just got up and left.

……

"Boss Lu, there's a problem with Guo Zirui!"

Not long after Lu Hanwen returned to his office, he saw the manager of the artist department running towards him.

"Guo Zirui?"

In fact, Lu Hanwen did not have any good feelings towards this newcomer that Mr. Zhu was planning to promote.

It's just that it's difficult to express my own opinions.

So he waved his hand and replied:

"Go tell Mr. Zhu and ask him to solve it."

What he meant was already obvious.

That's the thing about this new guy. He doesn't care about it, and it's difficult for him to care about it.

After all, he was the newcomer chosen by President Zhu to compete with Xu Kong.

Although hearing this now, it seems like a big joke.

……

"No one is there over there right now!"

"I really have no other choice but to come to you."

Economy looked anxious and spoke.

Lu Hanwen frowned.

In fact, if possible, he really doesn't bother with this matter.

In his opinion, training new people is fine, but too much is as bad as too little.

No matter how promising a newcomer is, if he has no achievements at all, we will invest so many resources in training him.

It's really unnecessary.

And this is the treatment Guo Zirui received when he debuted.

It’s not unique, but it’s quite legendary in the entire entertainment industry.

……

"What happened?"

In the end, Lu Hanwen had no choice but to ask.

"Guo Zirui is missing!"

Lu Hanwen was stunned when he heard this.

"Gone?"

"What exactly happened?"

Newcomers like Lu Hanwen are still young after all, and their minds are actually unstable.

Therefore, it is better for the company to be stricter in its management.

Even though Lu Hanwen himself is not following the path of a trainee idol.

But after all, we have just reached adulthood, so we still need to control some unnecessary risks.

Now listening to this, what does it mean when a person suddenly disappears?
……

"My agent contacted me just now and said that Guo Zirui, who was supposed to go on a roadshow, suddenly disappeared from the hotel."

"The phone was also turned off. I have no idea where it went!"

Lu Hanwen couldn't help but cover his forehead.

"Then call someone to look for it!"

"You come to me for this kind of thing, what can I do to help?"

Lu Hanwen was speechless.

Once upon a time, he thought that he would be able to show his talents by following Zhu Changyun.

At the beginning, he indeed felt this way.

But now I realize that the entire Changyun Film and Television has become a mess.

Not only does he have to deal with all kinds of messy things on a daily basis, but he also made such a low-level mistake.

The artist disappeared, this kind of thing usually only happens in some newly established small brokerage companies.

This is really outrageous!
……

In desperation, Lu Hanwen had to go on a movie tour himself, and Guo Zirui disappeared in Shanghai.

It was early morning and I finally saw Guo Zirui, who was drunk, in a bar.

This so-called newcomer who is competing against Xu Kong.

At this moment, she no longer looked like a star.

The subsequent developments were exactly as Guo Zirui had expected.

That night, Guo Zirui's name appeared at the top of Weibo's hot search list.

Following closely are various high-definition close-up photos.

There were scenes where Guo Zirui hugged several female internet celebrities, and there were scenes where he got drunk and smashed things.

There are also people vomiting all over the floor, which is disgusting just by looking at it.

There is almost no need to think too much, it's all over anyway.

Putting aside the fact that the movie may not be able to recoup its costs, Guo Zirui’s career is likely to come to an end after this incident.

This so-called newcomer that the company is promoting.

Before he could even take off, he was completely thrown into the abyss. …

Some stars, even if their professional abilities are very low, as long as they have fans and are famous.

It still has commercial value.

But if there is a scandal involving personal ethics, then it will be completely over.

Not to mention endorsements, even for some ordinary commercial activities, people would no longer consider cooperating with artists with such a bad reputation.

Because there are bound to be certain risks.

Lu Hanwen had been searching for the person for more than ten hours and was extremely tired. In the end, he found the person before he had time to rest.

He immediately started working on public relations.

What can we do?

Things have already happened, so you might as well give up completely and terminate the contract with Guo Zirui directly.

In fact, he also prefers this approach.

But Mr. Zhu wouldn’t let me!

It’s just to protect people.

The main reason is that the resources previously spent on Guo Zirui, the sunk cost is indeed too high.

On the other hand, Zhu Changyun's personality has always been like this.

Lu Hanwen knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only help clean up the mess.

He really felt tired. He originally thought that this kind of thing had nothing to do with him.

If the movie loses money, it loses money.

Just finish your work normally and go home.

But now, I am already annoyed and have to work overtime.

It's really so uncomfortable.

……

"Hahahahaha"

"No, I'm dying of laughter."

Early in the morning, when Xu Kong arrived at the company, he saw Yan Rui with a big smile on his face.

"Manager Yan, is this some good news?"

After seeing Xu Kong, Yan Rui didn't have too many concerns.

He is now quite familiar with Xu Kong and knows that the other party is actually not a big shot.

I am also not impressed by the so-called politeness between superiors and subordinates.

"Director Xu, didn't you pay attention to the trending searches?"

Xu Kong shook his head.

He just recently finished filming "The Warlords" and returned.

I'm currently researching what to shoot for my next film, so naturally I'm not very interested in following the news online.

……

"Do you know that Guo Zirui, Director Xu?"

Xu Kong nodded.

The other party was called a low-profile version of Xu Kong, and it caused a lot of commotion, so of course he couldn't be unaware of it.

"During his roadshow, he went to a bar to get drunk and was photographed."

"I don't know how Changyun Film and Television, such a big company, managed to do this."

"Such a low-level mistake would actually be made."

"I guess they're going to be in a state of panic now."

"Their movie box office is completely ruined this time."

……

Xu Kong was stunned for a moment and was a little surprised.

Guo Zirui looks quite young.

Logically speaking, management is indeed something that brokerage firms need to pay attention to.

However, Xu Kong felt that Changyun Film and Television probably had no solution.

After all, many artists actually have some psychological problems to some extent.

Maybe you looked fine yesterday, like a normal person.

Suddenly went crazy.

This situation is not uncommon.

But if it was caught on camera and caused such a big stir, it would no longer be a small matter.

This Guo Zirui is really handsome.

But given this situation, I feel my future career will be difficult.

……

"How did Changyun Films deal with it?"

"They don't really want to protect anyone, do they?"

Xu Kong couldn't help but ask.

Unexpectedly, Yan Rui couldn't help but smile and nodded at this time.

"It really is!"

"Changyun Film and Television has already spent money to remove the trending search."

“That’s something I didn’t expect.”

"If it were any other company, they would have probably already started cutting it."

Xu Kong shook his head.

"That's not the case."

"It's just a hangover at the bar."

"At most, we can just let it sit for a while."

"It's not like the contract will be terminated."

"But spending money on public relations is really just a waste of money."

……

After all, Xu Kong had been a top star for so many years.

Of course, we are particularly sensitive to these so-called public relations events.

It is also clear that even for scandals, there are different solutions at different levels of severity.

In fact, the best way to deal with a situation like Guo Zirui's is to just ignore it.

But at this time, the movie he starred in had only been released for two days.

Of course it's impossible to pretend to be dead.

At least make an announcement or something.

It's nothing more than punishing Guo Zirui, deducting money from him and so on.

Then he mentioned his age, and how as a young man entering the industry, he was not used to it and was under a lot of pressure, which was why he did those inappropriate things.

Then spend money to guide public opinion and reduce the heat of related topics.

I guess this matter will pass.

However, it is really distressing for a newcomer to have a dark history right after his debut.

……

Xu Kong expressed his thoughts, and Yan Rui looked at him with surprise.

"Director Xu, you actually guessed them all!"

"Just now, Changyun Film and Television issued an official announcement."

"It's exactly the same as what you just said!"

Yan Rui didn't expect that Xu Kong actually knew more than he thought.

But think about it.

Xu Kong had hardly ever encountered any problems in various public occasions before.

Obviously, they are very aware of these aspects of public opinion.

It was just a little public relations matter. To Xu Kong, it didn't seem worth making a fuss about.

……

"But it looks like the single-day box office of Changyun Film and Television's new movie will drop even more today, right?"

Xu Kong couldn't help but analyze.

Because yesterday was the second day of the release of Changyun Film and Television’s movie “Young Man Has No Troubles”.

The box office has dropped by 100 million, but there are still 70 or 80 million.

Although it was cut in half, it is still not low.

Now that the protagonist has been involved in such a scandal, it is estimated that today's ticket prices will drop further.

Yan Rui also nodded.

……

"It feels like it's going to be hard to just recoup the cost alone."

Don't know the exact cost though.

But there are so many first-line actors, and even though they don’t have many roles, we can’t just not pay them just because they’re from our own company.

In addition, the investment in special effects is also huge.

There is also the cost of publicity and promotion, even if it is spent on Guo Zirui, the total is conservatively estimated to be more than 300 million.

Now that this has happened, it feels really difficult to recover the costs.

...(End of chapter)