"I've already thought about this problem for you." Lu Man smiled and said, "I also think that you will definitely choose to release it during the Lunar New Year. You won't admit defeat without trying."
Admitting defeat would mean that he had no confidence in his own work.
But would Han Zhuofeng have no confidence?
He had invested so much for this movie.
All of the costs had been thrown in with real money.
He had reduced the actors' pay as much as possible.
It was unlike many movies that claimed to have hundreds of millions in investment, but in reality, this amount was all false.
So much so that the audience would be curious after watching it in the cinema.
So much money, where did it all go?
Was this the standard of the special effects made with so much money?
But Han Zhuofeng was different. No matter how much money he had, he would throw it all into the special effects. He had to make a decent movie.
He had invested so much, and now he was asking him to admit defeat?
He would definitely not be willing.
"With the Han family background, in the current situation, it's not an advantage for you. Instead, it's a disadvantage," Lu Man said.
"Why do you say that?" Han Zhuofeng immediately asked.
"Everyone knows that you are the Third Young Master of the Han Family," Lu Man said. "People nowadays don't have too many haters. Especially over the Internet, they want to use their keyboards to argue about everything.
"As a newcomer director, your first debut film is a sci-fi blockbuster of such difficulty. Just based on this, there will be a lot of people who are criticizing you. They don't think highly of your first movie.
"I know that. When I was still filming, there were already a lot of such comments online," Han Zhuofeng said.
"Also, the netizens don't believe in our own sci-fi films. Because there were too many movies that claimed to be blockbusters with special effects that made the audience hopeful and disappointed time and time again. Now, the audience is disappointed in our special effects film. Subconsciously, they will think that your movie is just a marketing gimmick. In reality, it's just a movie with 50 cents worth of special effects, or at most a dollar worth of special effects film.
"So, the starting point is much more difficult than the other three comedies. Also, those three movies each have their own Best Actor with different styles and audiences. And for this movie, other than Zhiqing, there are really no other well-known A-list actors.
"Furthermore, the major cinema chains will also evaluate the film based on their own experience. Based on the audience's expectations, the rankings on the ticketing app, and other factors, the number of showtimes for these movies will be determined, "Lu Man said.
"If you look at it purely from these aspects, you have no advantage. Furthermore, the Han Corporation is in competition with other cinemas. They are more than willing to suppress you, so your showtimes will be even lower. "
"As for the Han Corporation, there are two possibilities. If they give you a lot of showtimes, then the audience will think that the Han Corporation is letting you in through the back door. It's only because you're the Third Young Master of the Han Family that you're suppressing those popular movies. "
"In their eyes, giving those popular movies fewer screenings than other cinemas is considered suppression. If other cinema chains gave you a pitiful number of showtimes, but Han Corporation only gave you a normal number of showtimes. But in comparison, the netizens will also feel that the Han Corporation is giving you special treatment. "
"Actually, so what if our own cinema chain gives us preferential treatment? But I'm afraid that the netizens will have a rebellious mentality because of this. The more this is the case, the more they won't watch it. "
"But it's actually not normal for other cinemas to give fewer showtimes. We can't give them so little. If we give them so little, the netizens will feel that even our own family is giving them so little. Then wouldn't that mean that this movie is really bad to a certain extent? Even our own family won't support it. "
Han Zhuofeng scratched his head. "That's indeed the case. The netizens these days are really too hard to please. "
Han Zhuofeng also paid attention to the publicity of many movies. Now that Lu Man had reminded him, he also remembered.
That was indeed the case.
"Then what should we do? This way, we'll have more showtimes, less showtimes, and not even a normal number of showtimes. "Han Zhuofeng was also in a difficult position.
"Do you dare to pre-screen?" Lu Man asked.
Since she had already thought of this problem, she naturally thought of a solution long ago.
"First, invite a group of film critics and media people in advance to pre-screen the movie internally and let them write the movie reviews. Then, we'll have a public pre-screening.
"Before the official release of the Lunar New Year slot, the cinema chain hasn't scheduled showtimes for the Lunar New Year slot, so we'll have a pre-screening first. Let the ordinary audience watch it first and let the word of mouth spread.
"Of course, this is under the premise that the movie is really good. Then, let the word of mouth spread. If the audience thinks that this movie is good, it won't make sense for other cinema chains to give it fewer showtimes.
"This isn't a problem with your movie, but with the suppression of the cinema chain. You don't need to protest. The netizens will use their keyboards to kill them first, "Lu Man said.
"At that time, Han Corporation's cinema chain will give you more showtimes, and no one will say anything," Lu Man said.
"Moreover, the three movies with the most competition in the Lunar New Year slot all have the support of Best Actor. Plus, they're going for a comedy style, so they don't need pre-screening. They just need to release it in the Lunar New Year slot and have a wave of family fun. Therefore, during the pre-screening period, you won't have any competitors.
"But the risk of doing this is that you'll open the word of mouth in advance. If the audience's reaction isn't good, then the Lunar New Year slot will have nothing to do with you," Lu Man said. "Once the word of mouth collapses, it's hard to recover."
"So, do you dare to pre-screen this?" Lu Man asked him.
"I dare." Han Zhuofeng said decisively. "Before the movie was submitted for review, our main production team watched it together. We are very confident in this movie."
"Okay, then let's start preparing for the pre-screening." Lu Man said, "After the movie reviews are opened, there might be competitors who will attack the movie first and deliberately give it a bad review. So, we have to control the reviews well. "
"What if someone gives a bad review?" Han Zhuofeng asked.
This kind of situation would always happen in any competition.
In order to suppress the other party, the other party would find a water army to give bad reviews and mislead the netizens.
Some netizens who were led astray didn't even watch it and directly gave bad reviews, saying that it wasn't good.
There were also those who were affected by the bad reviews and didn't go to the cinema to watch it.
"Leave this to me." Lu Man said, "As long as someone dares to hire a water army to give a bad review, I'll let them return it the way they came. They won't be able to bear the consequences! "
Han Zhuofeng thought about Lu Man's past achievements and suddenly stopped worrying.
Instead, he had to worry about his competitors.
Those competitors' teams had better not hire a water army to slander him.
Otherwise, they would be the unlucky ones.
After this was decided, they began to discuss the pre-screening.
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