The reason why Zhang Yiwu said he wanted to sue "Yangtze Evening News" during an interview was because it was recently reported that Han Shaogong was going to sue him. He was teasing Han Shaogong from afar.
The reason why he was so arrogant was that he was sure that Han Shaogong could not really sue him, and he could not really sue the Yangtze Evening News.
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Zhou Yan went to the "October" magazine office on December 31st. Their magazine office is also on the edge of the North Third Ring Road. It only takes a few minutes for Zhou Yan to drive there. time.
Although Zhou Yan and the others called Zhang Shouren editor-in-chief, Zhang Shouren had just become the chief editor not long ago, and the office space of their magazine was small. As the chief editor, Zhang Shouren did not even have a separate office, so he could only work with other editors. Like the editor, working in the lobby.
But he is the chief reviewer after all, so his workstation is wider than that of ordinary editors, and the location is very good, in the inner corner.
After meeting Zhou Yan, Zhang Shouren briefly exchanged greetings, and then asked impatiently: "Where is the manuscript?"
Zhou Yan took the manuscript out of the bag, and Zhang Shouren took it and threw it on his butt. Sitting on the bench, he said to Zhou Yan, "You can find a place to sit by yourself. I'll read the manuscript first."
"Yes." Zhou Yan nodded and sat down on the stool next to him.
Although Zhang Shouren was reading the manuscript, he could still find the energy to talk to Zhou Yan, "You have been having a lot of trouble with Zhang Yiwu from Yanda University recently."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "They are the ones scolding me, and I haven't said anything back yet."
"You are right not to say anything back. I have been worried these days that these things will affect your writing. Now look Come on, you are very qualified. Not only is it not affected, but the delivery time is faster than expected. Oh, by the way, how is the box office of the movie? Is it affected?" Zhang Shouren asked with concern.
Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes."
Hearing Zhou Yan said that the movie box office was affected, Zhang Shouren raised his head and glanced at Zhou Yan, then comforted, "Sometimes it's okay to encounter such things. Unavoidably, I didn’t expect that Zhang Yiwu’s article could cause such a big wave of heat. Even the Literary and Art Newspaper "They are all involved. I don't know much about public opinion control. Does it have a big impact on the box office?"
"Mr. Zhang, you misunderstood." Zhou Yan laughed, "The movie box office has indeed been affected. , but it’s positive, the box office during this period is higher than we expected.”
Zhang Shouren looked surprised. He didn't expect that the movie box office would be higher because of this incident. In his opinion, Zhang Yiwu has already criticized the movie like that. Readers will most likely not go to the cinema to watch the movie after reading Zhang Yiwu's article.
"Well, if that's the case, that's good."
The box office of "Time Traveler" is indeed better than Zhou Yan and the others thought before. The data they have obtained shows that this past Within a period of time, the movie box office has reached 21 million yuan, and the number of moviegoers has almost reached 3 million.
The real data must be better than this, because there is a lag in the data, and some of the data have not been received yet.
According to the current situation, there is no doubt that the box office will exceed 30 million, and the possibility of exceeding 40 million is relatively high.
Despite the fact that a group of critics headed by Zhang Yiwu have been publishing articles criticizing "Space Traveler" during this period, and have criticized the movie to pieces, major newspapers have never stopped reporting on the movie's box office news.
"Time Traveler" has a wide range of screenings this time, basically covering major cities in China, and there are many shows and high ticket prices. However, even so, it is still difficult to get a ticket in some cities in the first few days.
Movie tickets in some cities have been on the rise. For example, a certain movie ticket in Shanghai has been sold for 17 yuan, which is more than twice the average ticket price.
If a person opens the "Serving You News" one morning and sees the articles by Zhang Yiwu and others, he will probably think that Zhou Yan has failed this time and the new movie is a big hit.
But when he turned around and saw other newspapers' reports about the box office of "Space Traveler", he found that the new movie's box office was not only not bad, but actually very good.
The two public opinion battlefields have completely different effects.
But no matter which public opinion battlefield, what ultimately leads to is to make more people pay attention to the movie "Space Traveler".
As long as enough people pay attention to the movie, more people will naturally go to the cinema.
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Because Zhang Shouren had discussed the content behind the novel with Zhou Yan in advance, he did not read it carefully this time. He spent about ten minutes turning over the rest of the manuscript. Once again, after making sure there are no major problems, put the manuscript away Okay, he said to Zhou Yan, "I took a quick look, and there should be no problem. I will try my best to find time to review it today, and then let them start proofreading tomorrow. There is no need to rush the following matters, your manuscript is already ranked third. "In that issue of the month."
This novel will be serialized in "October", and the first issue will not contain much content. The tens of thousands of words of manuscript Zhou Yan gave them before are completely enough for them.
Now that Zhou Yan has completed the rest of the manuscript, Zhang Shouren only needs to review it again to make sure there are no problems, and then he can directly confirm the content that was determined and typed previously.
The previous typesetting content has been proofread, so Zhang Shouren said there is no need to rush the subsequent work.
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Well, I have handed over the assignment now, and I will hand it over to your company later."
"I can't say that it will be completely handed over to us. These manuscripts may be There are areas that need to be modified, but the content should not be much. ”
There were also modifications to the previous tens of thousands of words of the manuscript, but the length was very small and it did not involve the core. Basically, they could solve it by talking on the phone.
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, if you have any questions, just tell me. If you can't communicate on the phone, I'll come over. It's not that far away anyway."
< br>"No, I can go find you." Zhang Shouren smiled and asked Zhou Yan, "I read in the news that Han Shaogong is going to sue Zhang Yiwu. This matter is Is that true?"
Zhou Yan shook his head, "I'm not sure, Chairman Han has returned to Qiong Province."
Zhang Shouren sighed deeply, "There's been a lot of chaos in the literary world recently. There are too many, and it happens to be just in time for the representative meeting. What are you going to do about Zhang Yiwu? Are you going to deal with it coldly? ”
Zhou Yan shrugged his shoulders, "I actually don't care. I don't think it's okay if everyone is arguing."
Zhang Shouren looked at Zhou Yan with a smile, "You were supposed to be the protagonist of this incident, but why do you look so different? I’m just a bystander, watching the excitement.”
“It’s mainly me, I’m stupid. Even if you want to quarrel with someone, I don’t know how to quarrel. I will definitely suffer in the end, so it’s better to be a bystander.”
“Although you don’t quarrel yourself, there are people who will help you quarrel. Do you know Luan Shuhai?"
Zhou Yan shook his head, "I really didn't know him before."
"He is also a young critic. He graduated from Yan Normal University. He should be Su Tong's junior brother. They probably know each other."
"Oh, I haven't heard Teacher Su mention it." "I looked at him The article is quite reasonable, and I agree with many of its views. As for Zhang Yiwu, his level is not necessarily that bad. There is probably something wrong with his mentality. There are many literary researchers in our country now. I can't bear it anymore When doing academic research, people are jealous of writers becoming famous, so there are many such people, and they may form a force."
Zhou Yan. He smiled and said, "I am here to watch the fun, and I also want to see who else will show up."
How many fish are there in the fish pond? Throw a bomb and blow it up. You can see the clues.
Seeing how calm Zhou Yan was, Zhang Shouren didn't say anything else. The two chatted about the "Don't Let Me Go" script for a while, and then Zhou Yan stood up and left.
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After leaving the "October" magazine and passing by Yanjing Studio, Zhou Yan drove the car directly in.
He has special privileges at the Yanjing Factory. Usually even people in the factory have a hard time getting cars in, but Zhou Yan's car can be driven directly in. Even the guards know his car.
Even if you drive a car that you have never driven before, you can get in as long as Zhou Yan shows his face.
After entering the yard, Zhou Yan went directly to the factory director's office. " It's up to me." Zhou Yan said with a smile.
"Then I'll make you some Hou Kui." Han Sanping said with a smile while making tea for Zhou Yan, "Just ten minutes ago, I just got the news that the box office of "Space Traveler" has been calculated More than 26 million."
"Brother, you have the best news." Zhou Yan gave a thumbs up.
"I don't care, I'm the one who advocated for this Lunar New Year show. The next few days are New Year's Day, and there will definitely be a wave of box office. However, when New Year's Day passes, the box office is expected to drop rapidly. After all, piracy is about to start."
Under normal circumstances, at this time, piracy will begin to spread on a large scale, and the box office of the movie will be affected. This is the law of the market, and they cannot avoid it.
New Year's Day is basically the last big wave of box office for the movie. When New Year's Day passes, the final box office of the movie will basically be determined. If nothing special happens later, it should be There won't be any big changes.
Zhou Yan nodded, "At least now it seems that our goal can be achieved."
"There is no problem at all." Han Sanping smiled heartily.
The goal he previously set for this movie was to reach a box office of 35 million yuan, and according to the current situation, there will be no problem exceeding 35 million yuan.
After passing the tea to Zhou Yan, Han Sanping said with a smile: "This time we can say that we have won the battle. I estimate that the box office of "Space Traveler" may exceed that of "Cow Herding Class" "Spring"
"Of course I hope the box office is as high as possible. Sister Feng promised me to donate pianos. Now it seems that there are twenty pianos. It must be there.”
“It must be there. In addition to the twenty donated by Xiaoxian, your school suddenly has more than forty pianos. The principal must be very happy. "
"The main reason is that the students are happy. The pianos donated this time are not bad, but they are much better than the shabby ones in the piano room."
"You take all the credit." Han Sanping smiled and said, "If the box office of "Space Traveler" exceeds 50 million yuan, I will have a celebration party. What do you think?"
Zhou Yan After thinking for a while, he said, "I think it's better not to hold a celebration banquet yet. After all, the premiere ceremony has just been completed."
"I am also because of the premiere ceremony. The gift had just been completed, so I was a little hesitant, but if it really exceeds 50 million, it would be a bit regretful not to hold a celebration banquet."
Of course Zhou Yan understands Han Sanping's mood, he spent a lot of money for this New Year's Eve. He put a lot of thought into it. If the box office of the movie can exceed 50 million yuan, it means he has won a big victory this time. In this case, of course he must publicize his achievement.
Han Sanping’s original intention was to set up a Lunar New Year stall, so of course he would not miss such a good publicity opportunity.
"The way I see it, don't hold a celebration party this year. Wait until the movie is released in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Neon and the box office exceeds 100 million yuan, then hold a celebration party."
"We must wait until Neon Show it." Han Sanping was obviously a little unhappy.
“Of course, if Hong Kong and Taiwan perform well in the future, it is okay to reach 100 million yuan earlier.”
“With the box office of Hong Kong and Taiwan, it is hoped that it will exceed 100 million yuan. "Huh?" Han Sanping asked.
“Well, there is hope.”
"Space Traveler" wants to reach a box office of 100 million yuan in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland. The main thing will be to see the performance of Hong Kong, because the box office potential of Taiwan is there.
It’s just that the box office of Xiangjiang is difficult to control. It’s okay to earn 40 to 50 million in one go. But if it doesn’t rise in one go, if it’s released in advance, it’s possible to have a box office of only a few million.
So Zhou Yan can only say that there is hope, but he is not sure how big the hope is.
Han Sanping was a little excited when he heard what Zhou Yan said. After all, Xiangjiang and Taidao will be released soon, and the results won't be out for long.
If the box office in Mainland China, Xiangjiang and Taiwan really exceeds 100 million yuan, it will be more meaningful and more gimmickous to hold a celebration banquet at that time.
"In that case, let's wait and see how Xiangjiang and Taiwan perform in the future." Han Sanping picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and then said, "I just want to ask you something. Xiao Can reported one in the factory Project, do you know about this?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "He told me about it, but I haven't read the script yet."
"I've read the script, and it's pretty good. Since you know this, I'll approve it directly for him. It just so happens that there are still quotas in the factory, and the cost he wants is not high, only 800,000, and the factory can meet it. "
Although Xiao Can is from Yanjing Factory, he cooperates closely with Zhou Yan, so Han Sanping is willing to give Xiao Can a target for Zhou Yan's sake.
Zhou Yan thought for a while and asked, "Do you have his script?"
"Yes, let me show it to you."
Han Sanping stood up and took out a script from his desk drawer. (End of this chapter)