[PS: Seeing the arrangement of the midnight show, I feel that it is inappropriate. Everyone is right, it is indeed inappropriate to put a children's animation in the midnight show, but a blockbuster film must be played in the midnight show to experiment. This is something that must be done, it is not like the animation will only be played in the midnight show in the future.]
"It's okay, maybe we can still rely on our reputation to make a comeback!" Megill quickly comforted himself after almost fainting from a cerebral hemorrhage.
Although the box office of the midnight show was terrible, it was not impossible to salvage the situation. As long as the audience's ratings and reputation could be improved, then there was still hope for a comeback.
Therefore, after Megill was anxious for two hours, the movie finally finished playing, and the whole theater was filled with applause. The applause was not very enthusiastic, but it was not too little either, it was just a normal level.
However, this level of applause made Megill even more anxious.
"Mr. Megill, I'll see you in the hotel tomorrow!" After watching the movie, Boss Jia stood up very calmly and said to Megill with a smile. Then, he separated from Megill and went back to his hotel to sleep.
Right, if I'm not wrong, Natasha should be waiting for me in bed at this time. The night of spring is too short, it's already 2: 20 in the morning, I have to hurry up!
However, Megill was not in such a good mood, he went back to his house in a daze. At around 9 o 'clock the next morning, Boss Jia, who was still sleeping with Natasha, was woken up by his bodyguard, who said that Megill had been waiting for him for half an hour.
"It's over! It's all over! Mr. Jia, it seems that both of us are finished this time! "After seeing Boss Jia, Megill said with a bitter expression.
"What's wrong? What's the big deal? "Boss Jia asked in surprise.
"The audience's ratings from yesterday's midnight show are out, take a look yourself!" Megill threw a piece of paper to Boss Jia.
"Not bad, there's still 7.8 points!" Seeing the score, Boss Jia could not help but smile and say.
"Mr. Jia, sometimes I really admire you. You can still laugh in such a situation!" Megill said helplessly.
"Of course I can laugh. In my hometown, 60 points is the passing mark. I got 78 points, so I've already passed!" Boss Jia laughed.
"But the passing mark can't save this movie, much less the huge cost we've invested!" Megill wailed, "Mr. Jia, our two companies invested a total of 100 million US dollars! But the box office for the midnight session is only 550,000, and the average score of 7.8 is as flat as water. This proves that in the eyes of the audience, this is a very ordinary work. There's no possibility of it exploding in the future. Such a work probably won't even have a box office of 10 million USD. We're going to lose a lot of money! "
Looking at Megill's expression, Boss Jia could not help but feel a little emotional. He patted Megill's shoulder and then asked, "Oh right, the last factor, how are the reviews from the film critics?"
"It's still too early. The reviews from the film critics are only from a few morning newspapers. But overall, they're just average!" Megill sighed again and then handed two clippings to Boss Jia.
Boss Jia first saw the first clipping. There were quite a lot of words, about a thousand words. Boss Jia looked at it for a long time and refined the following review.
"This is a movie co-produced by 21st Century Fox and Daqian Entertainment. It's said that they invested 100 million US dollars in the production. I just want to say that it's a waste of money."
"This movie can't be said to be good, but it can't be said to be bad either. Because I can't find anything good about it that deserves my praise, but I can't find anything that deserves my scolding either!"
"This movie is completely based on the standard commercial film of Hollywood. The 3D animation is a little surprising, but it still feels too fake. Although the Pokemon on the screen look very cute and very realistic."
"The final conclusion is that this is a very average movie. There's nothing memorable about it. Sooner or later, it won't be thrown into the trash heap of mediocrity. I don't recommend adults to watch it, but it's pretty good to watch it with children. At least the children won't cry when they watch it!"
This was the first review from the film critic. Boss Jia looked at the second review, which was very brief. This was because the film critic had reviewed a few recent movies together, and "Pokemon" was the one with the fewest words in the review. There was only one sentence in total.
"It's very boring. I'm about to fall asleep. I don't understand why those Pokemon are fighting. Fortunately, the children beside me have been very quiet and focused on watching the movie. They let me have a good dream in the early morning. Thank you very much! "
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"The writing is quite interesting!" After reading the comments of the two critics, Boss Jia couldn't help but laugh.
"What's the point? The whole review said that our movie is very mediocre, and specifically pointed out that it's not suitable for adults to watch. They want to kill us. These damn film critics must have been bribed by someone else! "Megill roared, and then directly put the blame on his competitors.
This was also the only way Megill could resolve this terrible situation. That was to push all the blame onto Da Qian and his opponents. He was innocent and flawless, and he had no responsibility at all.
In fact, there was no problem in putting the blame on the Daqian. After all, when Boss Jia was making the movie, he was quite arbitrary and did not give 21st Century Fox any chance to intervene in the plot. So, Boss Jia was indeed responsible for this.
"Sigh, it seems that this movie is really not good!" Boss Jia shook his head and then sighed. "Mr. Megill, I'm very sorry to disappoint you!"
"Sigh, I have nothing to be disappointed about. I'm just afraid that the company will suffer unimaginable losses. I will …" Megill wailed.
"No, I won't let Mr. Megill bear the losses alone!" Boss Jia suddenly said proudly. "Mr. Megill, how about this? I can buy back all the shares in 21st Century Fox's movie. I'll return all the money that Fox invested in the movie. I won't let 21st Century Fox have any losses. Wouldn't this ease Mr. Megill's difficulties?"
"Mr. Jia, are you kidding?" Megill looked at Jia Yapeng in disbelief. Was there such a fool in the world?
"Of course, I'm not kidding!" Boss Jia could not help but laugh. "To be honest, I'm very optimistic about the future of Pokemon. I think this is a movie that can make money … At least, it won't lose money. So, I'm very happy to buy the remaining 30% of the movie's income from 21st Century Fox. As long as 21st Century Fox is willing, I can pay at any time! "
"But there's only one thing. That is, this promise is only valid today. After 24 o 'clock today, I won't make this promise anymore!"
"I understand!" Megill quickly ran out of the hotel. He was probably going to discuss it with the head office.
"Jia, are you really sure that a movie with such terrible statistics can make money?" After Megill left, the beautiful Natasha walked out in her pajamas and asked curiously. "I've attended many movie premieres in the past and have interacted with many Hollywood managers. Movies that fail on 0.3% of the factors basically have no chance of making a comeback!"
"Okay, let me ask you a question. You're someone who has watched this movie. Do you think it's good? You have to be honest! "Boss Jia laughed.
"It's good!" Natasha nodded without saying. "When I saw Dream and Super Dream come on stage, and when I saw the two of them fight for Pokemon, I really cried!"
"That's right!" Boss Jia picked up a newspaper clipping on the table and laughed. "Actually, these two film critics are not bad. Like I said, this is a movie suitable for children to watch!"
"These Hollywood filmmakers are too superstitious. They actually forgot that this is a movie for teenagers!" Boss Jia shrugged.
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