"Mr. Ci, Mr. Yang, managers from all the major theater chains are here. When would you like us to start watching Detective Chinatown 2?" Ci Peikang's secretary came into the room and reminded them.

"Okay, got it. Go to the screening room first to arrange the movie. Mr. Yang and I will be here soon."

After instructing the secretary, Ci Peikang turned to Yang Hao and said, "Yang Hao, let's go to the screening room too."

When Yang Hao and Ci Peikang arrived at the screening room, there were more than 40 people sitting in the room.

"Mr. Yang!"

"Stab the director!"

Managers from all major cinema chains greeted Yang Haoci Peikang one after another.

Even though Li Guoan is over 50 years old, this is the first time he is directing a movie of this level. The closer it gets to the screening, the more nervous he becomes.

But when Li Guoan saw Yang Hao coming, he seemed to have seen his backbone. The uneasiness on his face was obviously reduced a little, and he became calm.

"Mr. Yang, you're finally here." As soon as Yang Hao sat down, Li Guoan started chatting with Yang Hao.

"Old Li, you seem a little nervous?" The cinema was air-conditioned, but one could still see beads of sweat on the other person's forehead.

"How can I not be nervous? This movie is so important to me. It is directly related to my career for the rest of my life."

"Don't worry, as long as you shoot according to the storyboard I drew for you, there shouldn't be any problems."

Li Guoan has the ability to be a director, but his sense of film image is a bit lacking. However, he has been following Yang Hao as executive assistant director in the past few years. Under his guidance, many of his shortcomings have been made up for, and with the guidance of very detailed storyboards, Yang Hao believes that he will definitely be able to produce good results.

"Then I'll take advantage of Mr. Yang's good words and hope that it can achieve the desired effect."
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Yang Hao and Li Guoan had not said a few words before the lights in the screening room dimmed, and soon "Detective Chinatown 2" officially began to screen.

Qin Feng receives an invitation from Tang Ren to come to New York to attend his wedding with A Xiang. Unexpectedly, the wedding is the World Detective Competition which Tang Ren enters for the huge prize money. The content of the competition is to find the murderer who killed the grandson of Seventh Uncle, the godfather of New York's Chinatown.

While searching for clues to solve the case, Qin Feng and Tang Ren meet Song Yi, a man who claims to be a detective, a Chinese female police officer played by Liu Yifei, and a hacker detective played by Zhou Ye, thus beginning a hilarious journey of solving the case.

Having told Li Guoan before that the filming would be okay, it was more or less a consolation, but after watching it for more than 20 minutes, Yang Hao made a judgment in his mind that this movie was really well shot.

So Yang Hao turned his head and said to Li Guoan: "The filming of the movie is good. As long as the quality remains the same, the box office should be good."

Li Guoan was delighted to hear Yang Hao's praise.

From the moment the movie started, Li Guoan's mind was no longer on the movie, but on the expressions of everyone in the screening room.

Although bursts of laughter could be heard occasionally in the screening room, Yang Hao, who was sitting next to him, never smiled.

This made Li Guoan nervous: "Isn't what I filmed funny? Why can't I make Yang Hao laugh?"

"Detective Chinatown 2" is a standard comedy. If it fails to make people laugh, then this movie would be a failure.

It was not until Yang Hao turned his head and told him that the film was well shot that Li Guoan finally put down the heavy stone in his heart.

It seems that there is no problem with the filming, but that Mr. Yang’s sense of humor is too high.
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Soon, two hours passed, the film ended, and the lights in the theater came on.

"Pa pa pa..." A group of theater managers applauded.

"Mr. Yang and Director Li, the film was shot really well, perfectly combining suspense detective work and comedy."

"Mr. Yang, Director Li, congratulations. I think this movie will be a big hit at the box office."

……

As soon as the movie ended, a group of theater managers came up to Yang Hao and Li Guoan and started to make friends with them.

He was especially enthusiastic towards Li Guoan.

The reason why these theater managers attach importance to "Detective Chinatown 2" is, on the one hand, that this movie continues the popularity of "Detective Chinatown 1", and on the other hand, it is because of the face of Yang Hao and Ci Peikang.

As for the director of this film, Li Guoan, no one paid any attention to them.

Now I suddenly realize that although the director of this movie has changed, its quality has not decreased.

These theater managers were all shrewd people. They immediately realized the commercial value of Li Guoan, so they all surrounded Li Guoan and tried to get close to him.

Ci Peikang also didn't expect that the final film of "Detective Chinatown 2" would be so good.

Li Guoan is a director who came out of China Film Corporation. He still has some impression of this old comrade. In his impression, Li Guoan's ability is more than enough to be an assistant director, but he is not good enough to direct a movie independently.

I never expected that after working with Yang Hao for a few years, director Li Guoan’s skills would improve greatly and he could actually shoot a comedy of such high quality.

"Yang Hao, I found that you are really a genius. You are good at film and television investment, film casting, and now you are even good at training assistant directors." Ci Peikang gave a thumbs up and praised Yang Hao's genius repeatedly.

"Li Guoan's success is inseparable from the training of China Film Group. If he had not laid a good foundation in China Film Group for decades, he would not have achieved his current success."

"Haha, I discovered another advantage of yours, that is, your ability to flatter people is extraordinary." Ci Peikang felt very comfortable with Yang Hao's flattery. His laughter was even louder than when he watched "Detective Chinatown 2" just now.

Yang Hao completely let go of the movie "Detective Chinatown 2". Even the discussion of screening schedules was left to Li Guoan and the theater managers. Yang Hao only needed to wait for the final result.
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Yang Hao didn't have to wait too long in the lounge, and he saw Li Guoan knocking on the door and walking in with a smile.

"Old Li, you look so happy. You must have had a good talk with these theater managers, right?"

"Boss Yang!" Li Guoan greeted him, sat on the sofa and continued, "It's true that the discussion went well. The screening rate is guaranteed to be around 50%."

Hearing this, Yang Hao nodded. It seemed that these theater managers were quite considerate and did not discriminate against the film. The screening rate given was not much different from that of "Detective Chinatown 1".

"Director Yang, I plan to release Detective Chinatown 2 in November."

Li Guoan's words made Yang Hao frown.

"Lao Li, what do you think about releasing Detective Chinatown 2 in November?"

"Director Yang, my reputation in the film industry is not as prominent as yours. If your film is released, there will be basically no big films that dare to compete with it during the same period. But if I go to the Spring Festival period, others will not take it seriously."

"The Spring Festival period is now a battleground, and there will definitely be a lot of blockbusters at that time. The first-day screening rate of Detective Chinatown 2 cannot be guaranteed, so it is better to release it in November."

After hearing Li Guoan's explanation, Yang Hao nodded, as if he understood what he meant.

It is indeed as Li Guoan said, even if "Detective Chinatown 2" has the popularity of its predecessor, it will still face huge competition if it chooses to be released during the Spring Festival.

But if it is released during a normal period, it can take up an entire release cycle on its own.

"Mr. Li, you have to think about it carefully. There is a huge difference in box office revenue between popular and unpopular releases." "Mr. Yang, I have thought it through."

"Okay, then let's do as you say."

If it is released during a normal period, even with the popularity of its predecessor, it is questionable whether "Detective Chinatown 2" can break through the billion box office. But if it is released during the Spring Festival, as long as it can beat its competitors in the same period, billion box office will be easy.

Yang Haoming knew this, but still agreed to release the film in November. There is another important reason for this, which is that "Wolf Warrior 11" is about to be released during this year's Spring Festival, which is also a 2 billion-level movie.

He is the largest investor in both "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Wolf Warrior 2".

We are all human, and since Li Guoan wants to release the film in November, let him do it.

To be on the safe side, Yang Hao even took a look at the November movie release schedule.

At the end of October, movies such as "Because of Love" and "Always by Your Side" will be released.

Movies such as "Love Is Sweet" and "11 Days" will be released in early November.

All of them were movies that Yang Hao had no impression of. They were probably flops and posed no threat to "Detective Chinatown 2". Seeing this, Yang Hao felt relieved.
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After attending the screening of "Detective Chinatown 2", Yang Hao met with brokerage firms such as Goldman Sachs and CITIC to discuss the company's listing, and then flew back to the United States.

"Have you finished with everything?" They thought Yang Hao would stay in the country for several days, but unexpectedly, Yang Hao came back in just two days. This surprised the four girls, Da Mimi, Da Tiantian, Liu Shishi, and Zhao Liying.

"Are you four all thinking about your husbands? Come, each of you give me a kiss here." Yang Hao pointed at his cheek and said to the four girls.

"Hmph! Who missed you? We just needed a servant to serve tea and water while we were playing mahjong." Da Mimi said proudly.

"Mimi, do you want to be punished? Although you are pregnant now and I can't do anything to you, I will punish you severely when you are pregnant." Yang Hao said meaningfully, staring at Mimi's plumpness.

Thinking of Yang Hao's so-called punishment, Da Mimi felt her legs a little sore.

"Come on! Four beauties, come and give me a kiss." Yang Hao urged again.

Without Da Mimi's instigation, the three girls soon kissed Yang Hao on the cheek.

Seeing this, Da Mimi had no choice but to follow the crowd and kissed Yang Hao on the cheek.

"The four wives are really obedient."

The four girls sat on the sofa, Yang Hao sat in the middle, and stretched out his big hands to hug the four girls at the same time.

At this moment, Yang Hao just wanted to sigh: "A real man should be like this."
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Just as Yang Hao and his four wives were spending time together preparing for the birth of their babies, the promotion of "Detective Chinatown 2" also began.

There are more than a dozen posters showing Brother Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, and Xiao Yang eating instant noodles, driving a horse-drawn carriage, riding a motorcycle, etc.

Media editors have published countless articles about the movie "Detective Chinatown 2".

The official Weibo account of Detective Chinatown even released the final trailer for the movie "Detective Chinatown 2".

[The ultimate trailer of the movie #ChinatownDetective2# is released, with a huge amount of information! ] The case that has been kept secret has finally come to light. @王保强@刘浩然@肖漾 gathered in New York to participate in the World Famous Detective Competition, but unexpectedly they were dressed as female nurses...

Below this Weibo post, there is also a 2 minute and 1 second trailer for "Detective Chinatown 46".

Yang Hao reposted this Weibo immediately, and soon Baoqiang Ge, Liu Haoran, Xiao Yang, Liu Yifei, Zhou Ye and other actors who participated in "Detective Chinatown 2" reposted it one after another.

Later, Yang Hao’s friends in the circle including Xiao Mingge, Shen Teng, Wu Jing, Da Mimi, Zhao Liying, Da Tiantian and others also reposted it.

With the reposts of many celebrities and the support of the financial power, the popularity of "Detective Chinatown 2" quickly climbed. In just half an hour, it topped the Weibo hot search list.

"Detective Chinatown 2 is about to be released, see you on November 11rd!"

"The original cast will be retained, with Baoqiang Ge, Liu Haoran and Xiao Yang leading the cast of Detective Chinatown 2."

"Liu Yifei joins Detective Chinatown 2 and plays the female lead, a Chinese detective."

……

Among these promotional methods, the 1 minute and 46 second trailer is the most attractive.

In the trailer, Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, and Xiao Yang directly disguised themselves as female nurses.

Who among the audience who has watched this trailer has not been amused by this clip? Who among them has not become curious about this movie?

Many fans left comments under the trailer.

"This movie trailer is quite interesting. I really want to go to the cinema to see what the plot is like. Will the three male protagonists all transform into cross-dressing female nurses?"

"I heard that Liu Yifei is in this movie, why doesn't she appear in the trailer?"

"I had not planned to watch Detective Chinatown 2 because of the change of director, but after watching the trailer, I became curious about the movie and wanted to go to the cinema to watch it."

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"Boss, it's a big hit, it's a big hit!" When the movie "Detective Chinatown 2" was about to be released, Yu Li suddenly called. As soon as the call was connected, an excited voice came from the other end.

"What's going on? Explain clearly."

“The promotional short video for Detective Chinatown 2 went viral on Douyin.”

"According to the boss' instructions, I spent money on Douyin to promote the movie a week before its release."

"In total, more than 12 promotional short videos were posted on Douyin, with a cumulative playback volume of up to billion."

"The most popular short video has been viewed over 1.5 million times, received over million likes, and received over comments."

Although Yang Hao had promoted movies on Douyin before, they were all small-scale promotions and he did not spend too much money on buying traffic. But this time he invested nearly 50 million yuan in real money.

At first, she thought the money was not worth spending, but now Yu Li no longer has this idea.

A single promotional short video has over 100 million views. What does this mean?
The official Weibo account of "Detective Chinatown 2" has just released a trailer, which has just exceeded million views and only has more than comments.

It took nearly a month of effort to promote it on Weibo, but only a week on Douyin.

The difference is obvious, Weibo’s traffic is actually not as good as Douyin!

At this moment, Yu Li finally realized why Yang Hao had invested heavily in Douyin so early. (End of this chapter)