The straight man in the entertainment circle

Just when everyone was shocked at how much money Lin Li earned and how much he could earn in the future, Chen Qingqing suddenly received a call. After she answered the phone, her face became a little heavy.

Chen Qingqing looked at Lin Li in the distance and was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed mischievously.

Chen Qingqing walked to the corner and made two more calls, then walked back to her room while no one was paying attention.

No one paid attention to Chen Qingqing, they were all concerned about another thing.

That was the box office of Guo Xiaoshan's movie "Extinction" on the second day.

"Look, everyone, "Extinction" only cost over 96 million, which is too much!"

Wu Ruobing said this, and Chen Qingqing was not here, so she would directly express her gloating.

Most movies have their biggest box office openings on their first day and then start to decline.

But there is also a downward trend. Under normal circumstances (that is, when the number of films scheduled has not changed much), it is normal for the box office on the second day to drop by 30% compared to the first day. A drop of 40% is a bit much. If it dropped by 50% %, which is basically equivalent to saying that there is a problem with the quality of the movie.

If the film schedule remains unchanged, the second day's box office can maintain the same level as the first day's box office, which means that this movie has great potential. If it can still rise significantly, it can almost be said to be a hit, which is rare in a year. To one or two.

The box office of the movie "Better Days" did increase significantly on the second day, by about 30%, but this was the effect of an increase in film schedule, so the box office performance can only be considered good, not a big hit.

However, with so many additional films scheduled, the attendance rate of "Young You" has not significantly decreased, which is extremely rare.

By this standard, the second-day downward trends for several other movies are considered normal.

Even "Extinction" shows no obvious signs of slipping away.

After all, "Extinction" has an all-star cast, and there are still many fans who are fans of it, so the box office won't be too different for a while.

"More than 100 million on the first day, and more than 90 million on the second day. According to this trend, it will be difficult for "Extinction" to break 1 billion."

Liu Chun said that she has participated in many movies. Although she is not the protagonist, she still knows the movie box office better than others.

The performance of a movie in the first week after its release is crucial.

New movies are released every week. If the performance of the movie is not good enough in the first week, the movie's schedule will seriously decline after the new movie is released in the second week. It will be released for a total of 30 days, but in the second half of the month, the movie theater may not be able to find it. of movie scenes.

For a movie like this, the box office of the movie in the first week is basically the final box office.

Movies that perform well in the first week will still have a good schedule in the second week, and the final box office can double or even triple the first week's box office performance.

Liu Chun said this because he obviously felt that the performance of "Extinction" was not good enough. After the first week, the box office is expected to increase rapidly.

"Wow, if it doesn't even have a box office of 1 billion, then isn't "Extinction" going to lose money?"

"Bloody loss."

Lin Li smiled and said: "Guo Xiaoshan did not invest in this movie himself. He is just the director. If it loses money at the box office, it is also a loss of investors' money."

Wu Ruobing said: "That's what I said, but I lost too much this time. I'm afraid no one will dare to invest in his movies in the future."

"That was the first time he did something good and accumulated merit." Lin Li said with a smile.

After Lin Li finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter. Lin Li and Guo Xiaoshan, they were originally on Lin Li's side. Now that they were not on a show and there were no cameras, they naturally had no scruples.

None of Guo Xiaoshan's movies have received a passing rating, and his reputation can be said to be a very bad director. The only reason why there are people investing in his movies is because his previous movies have done well at the box office and can still make money.

And if Guo Xiaoshan's box office fails to support this time, no one will dare to invest in Guo Xiaoshan's movies in the future.

Guo Xiaoshan naturally understands this truth, which is why he is particularly concerned about the box office of the movie this time.

For him, this is not just a matter of winning or losing a gamble, but whether he can keep his job!

At this time, Guo Xiaoshan also saw the box office statistics for the next day.

If Guo Xiaoshan was angry yesterday, then Guo Xiaoshan today is even more scared!

Guo Xiaoshan was shocked by the box office of the movie "Young You", 200 million!

This is more than twice the box office of his own movie!

Based on his previous experience and the trends of the first two days, Guo Xiaoshan analyzed the expected box office value of his "Extinction" movie.

Before the release, Guo Xiaoshan's goal was to earn 2 billion and guarantee 1.5 billion. After the box office on the first day, Guo Xiaoshan's expectations began to decrease, and he only wanted to exceed 1.5 billion.

Today, after seeing the box office for the next day and seeing 32% of the film schedule for "Young You" tomorrow, and only half of the film schedule for "Extinction", Guo Xiaoshan's expectations for his movie have now become This is the bottom line of not losing money.

But all of this was estimated based on Guo Xiaoshan's past movie experience, and he understood that the outcome has not yet been decided, and he still has a chance to make a comeback.

Because estimates cannot predict surprises.

For example, if the movie "Young You" is withdrawn at this time, then there will be no obstacle for him and all the movies released in the summer!

Although such accidents are rare, they are not unheard of.

Even if not, at this time Guo Xiaoshan felt that accidents could also be created artificially.

The first week of a movie's release is the most important. Guo Xiaoshan understands that if he doesn't take action, when a new movie is released next week, his "Extinction" will never have a chance to turn around!

Therefore, after Guo Xiaoshan saw the box office today, he called the male secretary.

"Have you found what I asked you to look for yesterday?"

"Looking for..."

"Still looking for it? What I said fell on deaf ears, right? I said the sooner the better, how long has this been going on?!"

"I...I'll urge you again..."

"Give you one more hour!"

After one hour.

The male secretary knocked on the door in Guo Xiaoshan's office and shouted mysteriously: "Mr. Guo..."

Guo Xiaoshan saw that he seemed to have something to say, so he said, "Come in and talk!"

After the male secretary entered the door, he closed the door, approached Guo Xiaoshan, and whispered: "Mr. Guo, time is short, I didn't find anyone else's black material, but I found one black material about Chen Qingqing..."

Guo Xiaoshan's eyes lit up. He couldn't find Lin Li's dirty information, and the same thing happened when he found Chen Qingqing.

For the movie "Better Days", Chen Qingqing even has more roles than Lin Li. If there is any dirty information about her, it will definitely have an impact on the movie "Better Days" that is currently being released!

"What black material?" Guo Xiaoshan became interested.

The male secretary smiled and said: "We found out that she was expelled from school, and the reason for expelling was because she was in a detention center."

After hearing this, Guo Xiaoshan became even more excited. Entering a detention center was no small matter.

"Did you find out why you were sent to the detention center?" Guo Xiaoshan almost smiled.

The male secretary smiled awkwardly: "The police are too strict and no one can find out. Only a few leaders of Chen Qingqing School know about this matter. It seems to be a very serious matter. They don't want to make it public, so they have never announced the reason... …Coupled with the methods used by Chen Qingqing’s manager Ye Jing, no one now knows why she entered the detention center…”

"which school?"

"Kyoto University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science."

Guo Xiaoshan was silent for a while. Chen Qingqing's expulsion from the school had not been reported in the newspaper. The report would indeed cause a blow to Chen Qingqing's image.

But it would be difficult for this blow to affect the movie. After all, Chen Qingqing was expelled from school before she entered the entertainment industry.

But if it is found out why Chen Qingqing went to the detention center, if it was something like theft or drug abuse, then Chen Qingqing can be portrayed as a problematic artist.

Movies starring problematic artists may be withdrawn!

Guo Xiaoshan suddenly felt that his hope had come. He did not expect that the innocent-looking Chen Qingqing would have such a stain. He just wanted to dig out the stain of Chen Qingqing, magnify it, and tell everyone.

Guo Xiaoshan said with emotion, this is really the perfect road!

"Continue to investigate! We must find out why Chen Qingqing got into the situation!"

The male secretary was confused: "The public relations department said that it seems that they can only find out these things. What is the reason why they went in... they can't find out."

This was like a bolt from the blue to Guo Xiaoshan. He said angrily: "Why can't we find out! This is very important! What do we feed them for?!"

"The public relations department said... it was a case in Kyoto. We have no relationship with the police department... we have also been contacted by several leaders of the school, but they refused to disclose it."

Guo Xiaoshan cursed: "Give me money! Why don't they tell you if you have money? Do you still want me to teach you how to do things in the public relations department?"

"I have hinted at it, quite a lot, but the other party refused to accept it, and was unwilling to reveal the reason. Chen Qingqing can now be regarded as their school's business card. They expelled Chen Qingqing before and were already afraid that Chen Qingqing would not recognize their alma mater. Now they naturally want to have a good relationship with Chen Qingqing. , it is impossible to reveal this matter."

Guo Xiaoshan was so anxious when he saw that he couldn't swallow the duck in his mouth, he said: "She must have classmates, ask her classmates! Someone must know!"

The male secretary said: "The public relations department said they were looking for Chen Qingqing, who is recognized as an iceberg beauty in their school. The men didn't pay attention to any of them. There were only two women who got closer, but they didn't seem to know why she was picked. Those caught are all very strange.”

"Damn!!" Guo Xiaoshan yelled, he was really anxious.

"I don't care. You tell the public relations department. No matter what method you use or how much money you spend, I want them to find out the reason before tonight!"

This matter can be said to be related to the future box office of "Extinction" and even Guo Xiaoshan's future as a director. Guo Xiaoshan naturally attaches great importance to and is anxious about it.

And his intuition tells Guo Xiaoshan that if this matter is so mysterious, there must be something big going on inside!

"Dig, we must dig to the end!"

Guo Xiaoshan ordered excitedly and anxiously.

The male secretary was about to take the order and leave, when suddenly a woman about thirty years old rushed in. This person was the manager of the public relations department, and she looked very iconic.

Before Guo Xiaoshan could get angry, she took the cell phone she was talking on and said to Guo Xiaoshan: "Mr. Guo, there is news!"

Guo Xiaoshan's anger disappeared without a trace for a while, and he asked excitedly: "What's the news?"

"We found Chen Qingqing, one of the best female students in college. She knew the inside story, and she said that if we could give her 300,000, she would be willing to tell us the truth..."

Guo Xiaoshan sneered in his heart, only 300,000, he is indeed a common man.

"Give it, give it right away!"

Guo Xiaoshan said without hesitation, to him, three hundred thousand is nothing more than ten thousand!

The manager of the public relations department came to ask Guo Xiaoshan for his opinion. Seeing that he agreed without hesitation, he said, "Then I will do it right away."

The manager of the public relations department picked up the phone and said, "Agree to her request." As he left Guo Xiaoshan's office, she kept talking and looked very anxious.

Not long after the PR manager left, she trotted back with a few photos in her hand.

"Mr. Guo, what a great thing! What a great thing!"

The public relations manager came in smiling and didn't even knock on the door.

When Guo Xiaoshan heard what she said, he naturally didn't care about such trivial matters. He quickly stood up and asked, "What's the result?"

The manager of the public relations department put a stack of photos on his desk and slowly pushed them to Guo Xiaoshan.

"We gave the money to classmate Chen Qingqing, and she immediately said that it turned out that Chen Qingqing worked in peripheral medicine! She also has some photos, look!"

The public relations manager said as if he was taking credit.

Guo Xiaoshan was also shocked by the news and was speechless for a while.

Chen Qingqing...has been in the periphery? ?

As a result, he was caught and detained!

Then he was expelled from school!

The school felt embarrassed and refused to announce it.

Chen Qingqing, on the other hand, relied on her good face and ability to act when the occasion required, so she got into the entertainment industry.

Thanks to Ye Jing's public relations handling, her affairs were not discovered.

This all makes perfect sense!

Fortunately, she acted in Lin Li's movie.

Then don't blame yourself for being heartless.

Guo Xiaoshan looked at the photo on the table. The person on it was indeed Chen Qingqing.

Judging from the environment, it is the kind of luxury hotel with large floor-to-ceiling windows and good light. Many rich second generations and peripheral people like it.

In the photo, Chen Qingqing is wearing a light-colored suspender skirt, with black lace underwear looming underneath. She is looking straight at the camera, and her eyes are extremely seductive.

Almost broke Guo Xiaoshan straight.

"Ah hahaha, God helps me! God helps me! Haha, Chen Qingqing...I told you to go against me! Lin Li...wait to be dumbfounded!"

Guo Xiaoshan laughed happily. Now that the witnesses and physical evidence were available, Chen Qingqing was confirmed!

If a female artist is exposed for having engaged in peripheral affairs, it can be said that she has no future, and her life is not even as good as that of ordinary people.

Thinking of how he had admired Chen Qingqing at the beginning of "The Show", but she actually openly took sides and couldn't get along with him, Guo Xiaoshan felt that this was the best punishment for Chen Qingqing!

Guo Xiaoshan laughed for a while, then looked at the manager of the public relations department and said, "Next, do you understand what to do?"

The public relations manager nodded and said: "I know, our public relations department will definitely do our best to make "Young You" irreversible!"