After returning home from the cinema, Pei Qian lay down on his bed and buried his head in sleep.
What? The movie was very popular?
What? The premiere was well-received?
Illusion, it's all an illusion!
Pei Qian kept telling himself that everything would be fine after a good night's sleep!
Pei Qian only opened his eyes reluctantly after sleeping until noon the next day.
He took out his cell phone and looked at the time. Indeed, there were many unread messages on his cell phone.
Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Lin Chang … all kinds of people had sent their greetings.
He did not have to guess to know what they were talking about.
Pei Qian did not dare to look at them. He carefully ignored the messages for fear that they would pop up.
Then, Pei Qian ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out.
He sat in front of the computer, feeling melancholy as if life had become a little dull.
After a long mental struggle, Pei Qian picked up his cell phone with a complicated expression and opened the Gou Yan application.
He opened the 'Today's Market' and saw that Tomorrow is Beautiful was in first place.
Today's box office: 7.84 million, estimated ticket sales … "
Pei Qian felt his vision turn black, and he almost smashed his cell phone on the spot.
Too desperate, this feeling was too hopeless!
It had only been released for half a day, and the box office had already reached eight million!
At first, Pei Qian thought that the movie would only be able to recover its capital if the box office exceeded a hundred million according to the distribution ratio.
How could such a film have a box office of more than a hundred million?
However, the Gou Yan application's real-time prediction was a slap in the face. The estimated box office was 210 million!
The film company expected to split the profits. This prediction was based on the movie's screening rate, attendance rate, box office trends, and various other factors. Although there would be fluctuations due to various uncertain factors and it might not be completely accurate, in general, there was not much difference!
Looking at the other three films, the current box office was only hovering between one million and two million.
Pei Qian was about to die from anger.
Useless! All of you are useless!
All of you look like you can fight. There are romance films, European and American action films, and domestically-produced big IPs. Why did you suddenly wither?
Work harder and snatch away all the showtimes for Tomorrow is Beautiful!
Quickly spend some money to hire fake reviewers to discredit Tomorrow is Beautiful. It won't cost much!
Pei Qian wished he could find the investors of these three movies and ask him to roll up his sleeves and fight.
Finally, he clicked on the ratings of Tomorrow is Beautiful.
Pei Qian quickly tossed his cell phone aside.
Illusion, this must be an illusion!
No, I have to slow down.
His little heart couldn't take this kind of stimulation …
On the Gou Yan app, 8.8 wasn't a particularly high score. Many classic movies with big box office hits could even get high scores like 9.5 or 9.7.
However, the problem was that Tomorrow is Beautiful was not a cool popcorn blockbuster. There were no exciting scenes. The plot was meaningful, but many ordinary viewers might not understand it.
In a situation where they didn't understand, it was normal for the audience to give low marks. It was abnormal for them to give high marks!
But now that it had gotten 8.8 out of 10, it meant that the movie was not boring or boring for ordinary audiences. Even when some of the content was incomprehensible, it could still stir up the emotions of the audience and maintain a strong attraction for them!
Pei Qian was troubled.
The bad news came one after another, constantly attacking his psychological defense.
Based on the current situation, it was unrealistic to expect the cinema chains to reduce the number of screenings for Tomorrow is Beautiful.
None of the movies that were being screened could fight back. The movies that were about to be screened did not seem to be a threat to Tomorrow is Beautiful at the moment.
Under such circumstances, the cinema chains could earn more money if they gave Tomorrow is Beautiful more screenings.
Pei Qian was speechless.
Fish-Catching Take-Out arrived before long.
Pei Qian took the take-out and ate two mouthfuls of rice. He seemed to regain some energy.
"The more adversity, the calmer I am.
"The situation shouldn't be out of control yet …"
Pei Qian took a big bite of rice and began to think of countermeasures.
"From the looks of the current situation, the audience seems to have been confused by Zhu Xiaoce's technique.
"This special editing technique made the audience temporarily ignore the toxicity of this movie. It was like a pill wrapped in sugar, tricking the audience into swallowing this poisonous core whole, completely unaware of its bitter taste."
"Therefore, I have to think of a way to expose the essence of this movie. It's not that complicated at all. It's just a poisoned movie!
"So … who should I find to expose this truth …?
"Moreover, how should I expose it …?"
He had found the direction, but he was at a loss when it came to deciding on a candidate.
Find fake reviewers?
Hu Xiao's fake reviewers were quite professional, but Pei Qian could only hint at them if he wanted to use the System Funds to reimburse. He could not say it so clearly.
Pei Qian was not sure if there would be any deviation in the information transmission process. It would be very awkward if he made a mistake …
Moreover, fake reviewers could not take the lead. They had no opinion and could only follow the trend.
Pei Qian felt that he had to find a more influential film critic to criticize this movie and expose the truth. Then, he could let fake reviewers swarm in. That would be great.
Of course, it was impossible to turn the situation around.
In short … he would dissuade one audience.
As for how to do it, that was also a problem.
Pei Qian felt that he had to learn from Repent and be Saved's previous experience with fake reviewers. He could not let them do whatever they wanted.
He had to give them a clear direction.
However, it did not seem possible to criticize Tomorrow is Beautiful clearly. On one hand, the System would not report it. On the other hand, it would easily trigger reverse psychology if they criticized it too strongly.
Moreover, it was not easy to find flaws in this movie.
"Wait, it's easy to trigger reverse psychology?
"I've got it. I'll spend money to find people to praise this movie to death!
"I'll also forcefully exaggerate the very far-fetched parts. That would give netizens the impression that the good reviews of this movie were all from fake reviewers!
"At the same time, such brainless exaggeration would definitely cause some people to feel disgusted. They would naturally belittle the movie until it was worthless.
"That way, wouldn't it achieve the effect I want even if both sides kept insulting each other?
"Yes, let's do that!"
Pei Qian made up his mind and began to look for well-known film critics online. He especially wanted to find those who had already written reviews of Tomorrow is Beautiful and had not given high ratings.
He would directly spend money to change his review!
That way, wouldn't everyone be able to clearly see that he had received money and immediately associate it with the fact that Tomorrow is Beautiful had hired fake reviewers?
"Let me see which film critic is so lucky …"
Pei Qian became much more excited. He began to patiently search for prey on Weibo and various film websites.
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