Chapter 477 A Good Start

The reason why Zhang Yiwu said he would sue the Yangtze Evening News during the interview was because there was news that Han Shaogong was going to sue him recently, and he was just teasing Han Shaogong from a distance.

The reason why he was so arrogant was that he was sure that Han Shaogong would not really sue him, and he would naturally not really sue the Yangtze Evening News.

…

Zhou Yan went to the October magazine on December 31st. Their magazine was also on the North Third Ring Road, and it only took Zhou Yan a few minutes to drive there.

Although Zhou Yan and his colleagues called Zhang Shouren the editor-in-chief, Zhang Shouren had just been the chief judge for a short time, and their magazine's office was small. As the chief judge, Zhang Shouren did not even have an independent office, and could only work in the hall like other editors.

But he was the chief judge after all, so his workstation was more spacious than that of ordinary editors, and the location was very good, in a corner close to the inside.

After meeting Zhou Yan, Zhang Shouren exchanged a few simple pleasantries, and then asked impatiently: "Where is the manuscript?"

Zhou Yan took the manuscript out of his bag, Zhang Shouren took it, sat down on the bench, and said to Zhou Yan, "Find a place to sit by yourself, I'll take a look at the manuscript first."

"Okay." Zhou Yan nodded and sat down on the bench next to him.

Although Zhang Shouren was reading the manuscript, he still had the energy to talk to Zhou Yan, "Recently you and Zhang Yiwu from Yanda have been quarreling."

Zhou Yan smiled, "They are the ones who scold me, and I haven't said anything back."

"You are right not to say anything back. I have been worried that these things will affect your writing these days. Now it seems that you are determined enough. Not only are you not affected, but the submission time is faster than expected. Oh, by the way, how is the box office of the movie, has it been affected?" Zhang Shouren asked with concern.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes."

Hearing Zhou Yan say that the movie box office was affected, Zhang Shouren looked up at Zhou Yan, and then comforted him, "Sometimes it is inevitable to encounter such a thing. I didn't expect Zhang Yiwu's article to cause such a big wave, and even the "Literary Gazette" got involved. I don't know much about public opinion control. Is the box office affected?"

"Mr. Zhang, you misunderstood." Zhou Yan laughed, "The movie box office has indeed been affected, but it is positive. The box office during this period is higher than we expected."

Zhang Shouren was surprised. He didn't expect that the movie box office could be higher because of this. In his opinion, Zhang Yiwu has already criticized the movie like that. Readers who see Zhang Yiwu's article are unlikely to go to the cinema to watch the movie.

"Well, in that case, that's good."

The box office of "Time Traveler" is indeed better than Zhou Yan and others thought before. The data they have obtained shows that in the past period of time, the box office has reached 21 million yuan, and the number of moviegoers is about to reach 3 million.

The real data must be better than this, because the data has a lag, and some of the data has 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 also relatively high.

Although a group of critics headed by Zhang Yiwu have been constantly publishing articles criticizing "Time Traveler" and criticizing the film to pieces, the news about the movie box office in major newspapers has never stopped.

"Time Traveler" has a wide range of screenings this time, basically covering major cities in China, and there are many screenings and high ticket prices, but even so, some cities are still hard to get tickets in the first few days.

Movie tickets in some cities have been hyped up. For example, tickets for some screenings in Shanghai have been sold for 17 yuan, which is more than twice the average ticket price.

If a person opens "At Your Service" first one morning and sees the articles of Zhang Yiwu and others, he will probably think that Zhou Yan has suffered a Waterloo this time and the new movie has been a big flop.

But when he turned around and saw the reports about the box office of "Time Traveler" in other newspapers, he found that the box office of the new movie was not bad, but very good.

The effects reflected in the two public opinion battlefields are completely different.

But no matter which public opinion battlefield, the final goal is to make more people pay attention to the movie "Time Traveler".

As long as enough people pay attention to the movie, more people will naturally go to the cinema.

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Zhang Shouren had talked with Zhou Yan about the content of the novel in advance, so he didn't read it carefully this time. He spent about ten minutes flipping through the remaining manuscripts. After confirming that there were no major problems, he put the manuscripts away and said to Zhou Yan, "I took a rough look and there should be no problems. 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 for these things later. Your manuscript has been scheduled in the March issue."

This novel will be serialized in "October". There will not be too much content in the first issue. The tens of thousands of words of manuscripts Zhou Yan gave before are enough for them.

Now Zhou Yan has finished the manuscripts at the back, and Zhang Shouren only needs to review them to make sure there are no problems, and then he can directly confirm the content of the previous typesetting.

The content of the previous typesetting has been proofread, so Zhang Shouren said that there is no need to rush for the work at the back.

Zhou Yan smiled, "Well, anyway, I have handed it over now, and I will hand it over to your company later."

"It can't be said that it will be completely handed over to us. These manuscripts may need to be revised, 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."

"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. Is this true?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "I'm not sure, Chairman Han has returned to Qiong Province."

Zhang Shouren sighed deeply, "There have been too many messy things in the literary circle recently, and it happens to be just in time for the Congress of Representatives. What are you going to do about Zhang Yiwu's matter? Are you going to deal with it coldly?"

Zhou Yan shrugged his shoulders, "I actually don't care. It doesn't matter to me if everyone makes a fuss."

Zhang Shouren looked at Zhou Yan with a smile, "You were supposed to be the protagonist of this incident, but why do you look like a bystander, watching the excitement?"

"It's mainly me. I'm clumsy. Even if I want to quarrel with others, I don't know how to argue. I will definitely be the one who suffers in the end. It's better to be a bystander."

"Although you don't quarrel yourself, someone does it for you. Do you know that 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've never heard Teacher Su mention it."

"I read his article, and it makes sense. I agree with many of his views. As for Zhang Yiwu, his level is not necessarily that bad. There is probably something wrong with his mentality. There are people in our country now. Many literary researchers cannot bear to do academic research. Instead, they are jealous of the writer's fame, so they do some bizarre things. There are many such people, and they may form a force. "

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I am just watching the excitement and want to see who else will show up."

You can tell how many fish there are in the fish pond by dropping a bomb and blowing them up.

Zhang Shouren saw that Zhou Yan was so calm, so he 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 coming out of "October" magazine, he passed by Yanjing Studio, and Zhou Yan drove directly in.

He has special privileges at the Yanjing Factory. Normally it would be difficult even for people inside the factory to get a car 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.

Han Sanping was writing something when he saw Zhou Yan coming. He warmly asked him to sit down and asked him what kind of tea he wanted to drink. "I still have some Hou Kui. Can I make some for you?"

"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 "Time Traveler" has exceeded 2,600 Ten thousand."

"Third brother, you get the news quickly." 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, but when New Year's Day is over, 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 box office hit for the movie. Once New Year's Day passes, the movie's final box office will basically be determined. If nothing special happens in the future, it shouldn't be anything big. changes.

Zhou Yan nodded, "At least now it seems that our goal can be achieved."

"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 handing 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 "Spring of the Cowherd Class".

"Of course I hope that the box office will be as high as possible. Sister Feng promised me to donate pianos. Now it seems that I will definitely have twenty pianos."

"Then it must be there. In addition to the twenty pianos donated by Xiaoxian before, 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 added, "If the box office of "Space Traveler" exceeds 50 million yuan, I will have a celebration party. What do you think?"

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "I think it's better not to hold a celebration banquet yet. After all, the premiere ceremony has only been completed not long ago."

"I was also a little hesitant because the premiere ceremony had just been completed, but if it really exceeded 50 million, it would be a bit regretful not to hold a celebration party."

Of course Zhou Yan understands Han Sanping's mood. He has put a lot of thought into this Lunar New Year movie. If the movie box office can exceed 50 million yuan, it means he has won a big victory this time. In this case, of course he must publicize his achievements.

Han Sanping's original intention was to promote the Lunar New Year box office, and he certainly would not miss such a good publicity opportunity.

"I think this is the way to go. Let's not hold a celebration banquet this year. Wait until the movie is released in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, and the box office exceeds 100 million yuan, then hold a celebration banquet."

"We have to wait until Japan is released." Han Sanping was obviously a little unhappy.

"Of course, if Hong Kong and Taiwan perform well later and reach 100 million earlier, it's also okay."

"With the box office of Hong Kong and Taiwan, is there a hope of exceeding 100 million yuan?" Han Sanping asked.

"Well, there is hope."

"Time Traveler" wants to reach 100 million yuan in box office in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland, and it mainly depends on the performance of Hong Kong, because Taiwan has the box office potential.

It's just that the box office in Hong Kong is not easy to grasp. It's no problem to reach 40 or 50 million in one go, but if it doesn't rise in one go and is taken off the screen early, it's possible that the box office will only be a few million.

So Zhou Yan can only say that there is hope, but he can't be sure how much hope there is.

Han Sanping was also a little tempted when he heard Zhou Yan say that. After all, Hong Kong and Taiwan will be released soon, and the results will be released soon.

If the box office of the mainland plus Hong Kong and Taiwan can really exceed 100 million yuan, it will be more meaningful and more attractive to hold a celebration banquet at that time.

"In this case, let's wait and see the performance of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the future." Han Sanping took a sip of tea and said, "It's just right to ask you something. Xiao Can reported a project in the factory. Do you know about this?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "He told me about it, but I haven't read the script yet."

"I read the script, it's not bad. Since you know about it, I will approve it directly. It just so happens that the factory has a quota, and the cost he wants is not high, only 800,000, which the factory can meet."

Although Xiao Can is from Yanjing Factory, he has a close cooperation with Zhou Yan, so Han Sanping is willing to give Xiao Can a quota for Zhou Yan's sake.

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have his script?"

"Yes, I'll show it to you."

Han Sanping stood up and took out a script from the desk drawer. (End of this chapter)