Chapter 278 Then play music and then dance

"Hookup Journey", oh no, "Lost in Thailand" naturally earned over 100 million yuan on the first day of box office.

After all, with Bai Youlou and Long Ziqiang as the leading actors, even if this kid Wu Mugun really made a piece of shit, he could still make tens of millions at the box office.

Of course, if it was really crap, the box office would collapse the next day, and Bai Youlou and Long Ziqiang would lose a lot of popularity, and Wu Mugun's directorial career would be ruined.

Fortunately, although the score was not as exaggerated as Bai Youlou's "Dying to Survive", it at least barely maintained around nine points on the first day.

Well. To give face to Wu Mugun, the score is around 9 points. The reality is that if the element of water army is excluded, the real score is probably only around 8 points.

But as a commercial film that is purely for the box office, it is quite qualified, and can even be called excellent.

The criteria for judging commercial films and art films in this regard are different.

With the personal support of Bai Youlou, although "Lost in Thailand" was released during the Lunar New Year holiday, the screening period was given more than 40%.

The first-day box office of 160 million yuan accounted for about 70% of the box office share that day.

After seeing this data, Bai Youlou frowned.

Could it be that he had squeezed the film market too hard before? The market is a bit slow to pick up!
"Brother Lou, the films released after ours generally performed below expectations. They all said that we sucked all the box office money out of them in one go."

Hearing what Lao Zhou said, Bai Youlou was naturally unhappy, "Who the hell is sucking who? I'm obviously letting more people go to the cinema, which is definitely boosting the market. If you're not good enough, don't blame the society. If you're not good enough, practice more. If you can't afford to lose, don't play!"

"I thought so too, but some things are just like house prices."

Seeing Lao Zhou's winking expression, Bai Youlou understood, "Spreading rumors, right?"

"Anyway, several blockbusters that were originally scheduled to be released this year have been withdrawn. I have asked around and the reasons are all kinds of strange. Some say something like the one above, while others say that a fortune teller told them that it is unlucky to release a movie this year."

Bai Youlou almost laughed out loud.

Is it okay if a master has calculated that it is unlucky?

However, it seems that superstitious things are indeed quite popular in the entertainment industry.

Things like "small fire depends on promotion, big fire depends on luck" are very popular in the market.

In addition, the overall average quality and educational level of practitioners are relatively low. It seems normal to like to do these things.

"I finally know why the market is so low. These people are hiding the movies that can make money at the box office. It would be strange if the market is not so low."

"Does Xiao Wu suffer a cold reception this time?" Old Zhou said with a frown.

Bai Youlou shook his head. "Those who complain about the bad environment are actually feeling empty inside. If the market is cold, then we can heat it up. The first day box office is here, and the topic of the movie can be hyped up."

As the saying goes, times make heroes.

Takeki Gun is certainly quite talented as a director, but he is definitely not a genius.

But he had a good foundation in school, and later he accumulated a lot of practical experience with Bai Youlou. Before filming "Lost in Thailand", he even made a micro-film to practice.

So he is not the kind of rookie who rushes in headfirst, but has a mature "growth trajectory".

It is completely different from players like Bai Youlou who suddenly become popular by cheating.

Therefore, in his hands, "Lost in Thailand" can barely be considered an excellent road comedy.

If Bai Youlou came up with this, I guess a lot of people would criticize him.

But if Xiao Wu succeeds, he will be praised instead.

Times make heroes.

After Bai Youlou took the entire film market by storm with "Dying to Survive", he accidentally shattered the confidence of many people.

There are even experts who say that there is something wrong with the box office of "Dying to Survive"!
Of course, this is not to say that Bai Youlou is stealing box office revenue or falsifying reports.

What they mainly want to say is that this is not a normal movie, because relying solely on the potential of the film market itself, it is unlikely that a movie with a box office of over 5 billion will appear in the current film and television industry.

The emergence and performance of "Dying to Survive" may even have hurt the market potential because it was overdrawn too much.
Bai Youlou had also seen such statements before, and there were even people who seriously talked nonsense to him during meetings.

Of course, his attitude was to ignore it. What kind of nonsense is this to confuse people?

But there are really many people who believe it!
At the same time, the film market really cooled down afterwards!
The market keeps falling.

Now, those who were originally skeptical are more inclined to give up after seeing this situation.

In addition to the box office record set by "Dying to Survive" this year, there is another interesting record in the film and television industry, which is the record with the most films withdrawn.

In fact, it can be understood by comparing it to real estate speculation. Buy when the price is rising and don’t buy when the price is falling.

And there is really nothing wrong with some people's worries. If the overall market declines, the box office revenue that could have been 200 million yuan will only be 100 million yuan in the end. Isn't that a huge loss?
At times like this, we really need someone to stand up and give a shout-out!

The stagnant film market needs some movement to liven it up.

There is no doubt that Wu Muqun picked it.

So this is what it means when times create heroes.

The first day's box office was 160 million, the second day's box office was 150 million, the box office exceeded 300 million in two days, and exceeded 600 million in five days.
Such results are, without a doubt, a shot in the arm given the current poor performance of the box office.

After "Dying to Survive", there has been no movie that has grossed over 500 million, let alone over 1 billion.

The theater owners are about to cry!
I just made a lot of money from Bai Youlou, but then I encountered this kind of market situation.

Fortunately, he is here!

What a hot man!

Although the name of the director of "Lost in Thailand" is written in large capital letters, the three words "Wu Mu Gun" are quite obvious.

But it is obvious that the theater chain mainly recognizes the three words "Bai You Lou".

Fortunately, Lao Zhou said that he would bring Wu Muqun to "have a good exchange" with those theater representatives and make sure he became familiar to them.

This kind of emotional exchange is very quick at the dinner table.

As for Bai Youlou and Long Ziqiang, they were also very decisive.

I set aside a whole day to hold a silver party, no, a celebration party!

It’s in a bar in Yanjing City not too far from the company.

Bai Youlou took the package directly.

Booking the place doesn't mean there's no one inside. On the contrary, it's very lively here, even more lively than during normal business hours.

We have to admit that some professional things will produce completely different results when done by professionals.

Places like bars are all about having fun.

Bai Youlou also felt at first that it was a bit stupid to book a bar for fun. If there was no music, it would be like a fucking library.

But Zhao Su is really good at it!

She asked him for the address and time, and said she would take care of all the arrangements.

As a result, when Bai Youlou and Long Ziqiang arrived, they found that the whole bar was extremely lively.

From the moment you enter the door, you can tell that you need to be invited to come.

"Brother Lou, I saw quite a few internet celebrities."

Hearing Long Ziqiang's whisper, Bai Youlou was shocked, "You are a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, why are you still following female internet celebrities?"

"Ahem." Long Ziqiang was a little embarrassed. "I brush it occasionally. It's just a waste of time."

"You're not still someone's top brother, are you?"

"No, except for the free little red heart, I won't pay a cent, the main thing is companionship."

Bai Youlou gave a thumbs up, "You know what you're talking about! I hate those guys who give gifts to female internet celebrities online the most."

"Huh? Why?"

"These idiots are driving up prices!"

"That's true!" Many girls who originally stayed in clubs, KTVs and other places ran to various platforms to do live broadcasts, and as a result, there were really some dogs who took the initiative to give them money.

In the past, you could get a complete set for 899, but now if you spend 899, the most people would say is “thank you, brother”.

How have the prices been driven up to this point?

And offline, the worst that can happen is dim lighting and heavier makeup.

But through the Internet, the beautiful girl on the other side of the screen may even be a man.

That's right.

But I have to say that the female internet celebrities I met in this bar today are all very good-looking.

Bai Youlou and Long Ziqiang walked in wearing masks and didn't see anyone who was ugly.

What I'm talking about here is not being ugly, but not even being average looking.

Damn, heaven!

Of course, there may be quite a few cybertech players here.

But don't worry about these when you go out to play.

I can only say that Zhao Su is such a talented woman.

Bai Youlou had said before that she was some kind of entertainment industry pimp?

He apologized!
With such organizational ability, she is more than just a brothel owner.

Now he suspects that the other party has secretly opened several brokerage companies and signed a bunch of internet celebrities.

Zhao Su: "I do run an MCN agency"

She was also quite surprised. Was it so easy to see? Her past was exposed just like that.

MCN agency is the abbreviation for a type of company.

To put it simply, it is a company that helps contracted talents to continuously output and monetize content.

A professional MCN involves a series of chains and complicated tasks, including the screening and incubation of internet celebrities, content development, technical support for its own content platform, continuous creativity, user management, platform resource docking, event operation, commercialization and cooperation, sub-IP development, etc. It is difficult for non-professionals to coordinate them systematically.

Bai Youlou was just asking casually. In fact, a lot of the business in the internet celebrity circle is very similar to that in the entertainment circle, but of course they are not exactly the same.

I have no intention of exposing Zhao Su's past, I'm just a little curious.

But I didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so big.

This actually aroused Bai Youlou's interest.

There is such a thing as a chain of contempt in the entertainment industry.

For example, idols are at the bottom of the contempt chain, while the top ones are a separate matter.

As for internet celebrities, their level is currently so low that they cannot even be included in the entertainment industry's contempt chain.

Because no one has imagined that there are internet celebrities who can evade taxes more than top female celebrities!
Although internet celebrities, a mixed group of people, are still not allowed to be in public, in fact, everyone has to bow their heads in front of money.

Celebrities who seem to be "high and mighty" can still break through the barriers and sell goods, doing the same things as internet celebrities.

Spending money really does work.

The ability of a truly top-level internet celebrity to sell goods and make money is truly terrifying.

So Bai Youlou was very curious whether Zhao Su had such a top internet celebrity under his command.

If this is true, then this woman is really amazing.

Then you have to call him Mr. Zhao.

"Director Bai, many of the girls here actually want to enter the entertainment industry."

"I can't even see how many people have had plastic surgery in this light. You're worse than me."

Before Bai Youlou finished speaking, he saw Zhao Su pick up the phone and send a voice message, "Turn on the light!"

A few seconds later, the bar was lit up.

The men and women who were dancing in the disco were all confused.

Bai Youlou was also a little confused, but he really admired this woman Zhao Su.

The other party was looking at Bai Youlou with a strange look in his eyes, as if to say: Director Bai, do whatever you want today~
Her trick is really useful.

Everyone has weaknesses, and Bai Youlou's weaknesses are also obvious. Many people know that he is fickle and lustful.

But Zhao Su obviously wanted to not only give him some temptation with her beauty, but also add this outrageous sense of control.

Standing on a high place and looking at the beauties below, he knew that he could call up whoever he liked.

Just like turning on the light at this moment.

As long as he wants, the bar can immediately become a library.

If you give these people some time, they might be able to change their original miniskirt and suspender outfits into schoolgirl outfits!

For these girls who want to make progress, Zhao Su has plenty of ways to make them clean from inside to outside, and then call Bai Youlou "baba".

There is only one word in my mind:
Personal order.

Fortunately, Bai Youlou had seen the world, and although he praised it as awesome, he still waved his hand and said, "Keep playing the music, keep dancing."

Soon, the bar returned to its previous appearance.

Bai Youlou was quite worried about Long Ziqiang. After all, he was not as "experienced" as himself, and he was almost kicked out of the house by his ex-wife.

With this kind of guy, I guess he can be seduced in any minute.

"Girl! My story begins because of you~"

"I learned to be patient for you, and I changed all my bad habits for you"

"."

"I go to the mountains and seas for you, I empty my pockets for you"

"Meet the expectations in your eyes"

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Wow, I was right about Long Ziqiang.

Damn, the song has already started.

This place is said to be a bar, but it is actually a bar plus a business KTV.

There is a bar downstairs and a KTV upstairs.

There is an area on the second floor that overlooks the bar below. Bai Youlou and Zhao Su were standing there chatting just now.

As for Long Ziqiang, he had already been pulled over by the girl to "show off his skills".

This guy obviously didn't hold it back, and he sang with great enthusiasm.

Zhao Su then added to Bai Youlou: "Director Bai, I'm familiar with all the girls who can come to the second floor, and none of them would bring cell phones or anything like that up here."

stable!
This is indeed a safe thing to do.

Forget about cell phones, it seems the girls weren’t even allowed to bring in their bags.

If you want to touch up your makeup, you have to go out.

Plus, there wasn't much fabric on my body, so I couldn't really hide anything.

By the way, how did Huang Cuicui bring the recorder on board?

(End of this chapter)