Chapter 36: Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

On Sunday, the box office data was also released. Although there was no systematic capital injection, it still took 42% of the market box office with 63% of the screenings, with a total box office of 7300 million yuan, which was not inferior to Saturday's box office.

Even without the injection of systematic funds, the box office remained stable. Now Yang Hao was completely relieved. This should be because the reputation of "Charlotte's Troubles" has been completely established.

"Charlotte's Troubles" grossed 2.06e in the first four days of its release. This news completely set off the entertainment industry and attracted the attention of colleagues in the industry.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that "Charlotte's Troubles" is still in a period of rapid box office growth. As long as word of mouth does not plummet, there is a great hope that the box office will break 10e. As for whether it can surpass "Lost in Thailand", it is not so certain.

Yang Hao has been living a very comfortable life during the roadshow. He plays with sister Wang Zhi every day and has some plot twists. He feels refreshed every day.

Unlike Yang Hao who is in high spirits, the big and small Wang of Huayi have been unable to even eat as they saw "Charlotte's Troubles" becoming more and more popular in recent days.

"Brother, the dirty water has been thrown and the black material has been collected, but it seems that it is of no use. What should I do now?" Wang Zhonglei was also anxious and angry, but he could not think of a good solution for a while.

"Brother, if it really doesn't work, just withdraw the film." Wang Zhonglei walked around the office for a few times and finally said weakly a solution that was not a solution.

"Withdraw the film, withdraw the film," Wang Zhongjun muttered to himself. In fact, he had thought about this method, but he was really unwilling to do it. Huayi had suffered such humiliation before, and if the film was withdrawn now, wouldn't the tens of millions of publicity funds spent in the early stage be wasted?

The huge sunk capital made him undecided for a while.

"Brother, you should have noticed that the trend of "Charlotte's Troubles" is clearly the next "Lost in Thailand". When "Lost in Thailand" was first released, the tragic end of those accompanying movies is still vivid in our memory. Although "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" we released was directed by Stephen Chow, facing such a phenomenal movie, it is hard to predict whether we will live or die if we run into it head-on."

Hearing his brother comparing "Charlotte's Troubles" to the next "Lost in Thailand", Wang Zhongjun's face changed. When "Lost in Thailand" was first released, it was truly a phenomenon-level movie, but behind it were dozens of movies paved with blood.

Wang Zhongjun sat in the boss chair, tapping his fingers rhythmically on the desk. After thinking for a few minutes, he slowly uttered five words:

"Then withdraw the file"

After saying these words, Wang Zhongjun felt as if all the strength in his body was drained away. His body involuntarily leaned back and leaned against the boss chair.

In order to win the project of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Huayi adopted a guaranteed release method. If it really flopped, it would have to pay out real money as compensation, and this kind of loss was really unbearable. Under this tremendous pressure, Wang Zhongjun still backed down.

Wang Zhongjun felt a headache when he thought about discussing the withdrawal of the film with those Hong Kong people.

Finally, after Wang Zhongjun made a lot of promises, the people from HK agreed to withdraw the film.

Although the cost is not small, Wang Zhongjun has no regrets because he understands that with the current size of China's movie box office, it can only support one blockbuster film at the same time.

"Charlotte's Troubles" is very popular now. If "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is not withdrawn, it will most likely have a dismal box office performance if it goes ahead.

At the Huayi press conference, it was announced that due to post-production reasons, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" could not be released as scheduled, and the specific release date would be announced later.

As soon as this news was announced, there was an uproar in the industry.

Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this was an emergency withdrawal due to the pressure from "Charlotte's Troubles". Emergency withdrawals due to pressure from other films are very common in the entertainment industry, but Stephen Chow's film, coupled with Huayi's promotion and distribution, was a strong combination, and they were also scared.

In the past, other movies avoided it, but now the situation has reversed, which made people in the industry sigh.

Some people directly lamented: "Maybe Stephen Chow is really old."

How could the news media miss the rare big news of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" being withdrawn from the shelves? Soon, a series of artistically processed articles were reported.

"The end of Stephen Chow! The collapse of Huayi! It was all because of "Charlotte's Troubles", Southern Metropolis Daily.

"Is it that Stephen Chow has grown old? Or is it that Huayi can no longer operate on him?" a third-tier entertainment tabloid said.

Such harsh language was only used by some local tabloids, while the mainstream media was much more restrained, simply mentioning the withdrawal of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" without going into further detail.

It was obvious that Huayi had spent money in advance to do emergency public relations.

No matter how much public relations Huayi does, there are still many netizens who believe that Huayi is just backing down, and now "Charlotte's Troubles" has become even more popular.

Some fans who originally planned to watch "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" during the Chinese New Year went to watch "Charlotte's Troubles" to see what kind of movie could make Stephen Chow and Huayi back off.

The popularity that Huayi brought about by promoting "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was instantly transferred to "Charlotte's Troubles".

When Yang Hao learned that "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was withdrawn from the schedule, he was stunned for a long time. In his previous life, this was a movie with a box office of over 1 billion yuan. In order to compete with this movie, he had prepared for so long, but he did not expect that the other party would be afraid to fight.

The box office of over 1 billion yuan can only be known in advance by those with a God's perspective, but Huayi doesn't know it. Thinking about it this way, it seems reasonable for them to withdraw the schedule.

I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to compete with the opponent, but I was more excited. The opponent's withdrawal from the schedule means that there will be no rival at all in the future, and "Charlotte's Troubles" can reap more box office revenue.

Monday was originally a working day, and the market was sluggish, so the box office should have dropped. However, "Charlotte's Troubles" bucked the trend and earned 7000 million yuan at the box office. The box office curve was incredible.

The popularity of the movie made the Charlotte crew work even harder on the roadshow, and they didn't feel tired even when going to four or five cinemas a day.

Yang Hao is becoming increasingly busy, and his phone is always ringing during his limited free time.

Da Mimi, who I seldom contacted after the crew of "It's Over, I'm Surrounded by Beauties" disbanded, has been frequently chatting with me on WeChat these days, making me very angry every day.

Zhao Liying also called several times in a row to say that she missed her boss very much, and said that the filming of "BJ Meets Seattle" has been completed and she is alone at home. She can come to visit her when she is free.
She also said that she could also play the role of Qiuya, the school beauty in "Charlotte's Troubles", so why didn't they choose her, and there was a hint of aggrieved in her tone.

When he heard this, Yang Hao almost couldn't breathe.

"Sister, are you so unclear about your position? You are just a little cute, and you have nothing to do with the school belle, okay?"
Of course, Yang Hao only said this in his heart, but he still told Zhao Liying that he would definitely look for her next time if there was such a good role.

(End of this chapter)