Lately, big productions had been showing in theaters . The films from Worldwide Entertainment and Emperor Sky Entertainment alone dominated 70-80% of the market, and there was a hustle of promotional activities, not to mention how they were intentionally suppressing Age of the Immortals .
Although all viewers gave the film positive ratings and reviews, everyone felt their hearts chilling when the results of the film's box office debut came out .
The box office only got to the several hundred thousands without touching the tip of Ling Shaozhe's film . Moreover, it was Gong Xu and Luo Chen's loyal fans who contributed to the several hundred thousands .
If this pattern continued, they would lose their life's savings .
Due to their mediocre box office performance, the company was in low spirits .
Luo Chen said, "Date with a Superstar is broadcasting today, maybe it will help the box office a little…"
For celebrities in the entertainment industry, fans were the most valuable but were also the easiest to lose .
In order to shoot A Life and Death Struggle, Luo Chen and Gong Xu hadn't made public appearances for several months . Fresh meat also came out like chives, one after another, so fans were disappearing at a high rate .
And now, the promotional period for the film was encountering obstruction after obstruction, and the box office results were quite worrisome .
At the moment, Yao Jiawen hastily entered with her phone in hand . She angrily shouted, "This is too much!"
"What is it?" Ye Wanwan asked with a frown .
Yao Jiawen held up her phone and said, "I was watching Date with a Superstar just now and discovered that all of Luo Chen and Gong Xu's screen time in Date with a Superstar was cut out! There wasn't even a single second left!"
They waited for 2+ hours and shot for 10 minutes . They originally thought they would get at least five minutes but ended up being completely cut out .
When Luo Chen heard Yao Jiawen's words, his face darkened . He originally hoped this popular show could promote their film, but it was a no-go .
Similar things had been happening frequently lately .
They managed to obtain some good assignments with great difficulty, but their screen time on them was all squeezed into nothing . There was obviously someone purposefully suppressing them behind the scenes .
The smell of wine was still afraid of the depth of the alley . No matter how high quality the film was, it would be useless if nobody went to watch it . Moreover, their film topic didn't have an edge against the pile of teen dramas and metropolitan romance films to begin with .
Yao Jiawen had a suggestion . "How about… we have Luo Chen and Gong Xu interact more on Weibo and attract some popularity?"
Ye Wanwan shook her head and rejected Yao Jiawen's suggestion .
These interactions were fine if they were natural and suitable, but if they were too frequent and intentional, they wouldn't escape malicious suspicions of playing gay . Instead, they would negatively impact their popularity with netizens unfamiliar with them .
Moreover, this didn't solve the problem at its roots .
"I already told you about the current situation back at our first meeting, so you should have mentally prepared for it . My current plan is to stop our future promotions . Worldwide and Emperor Sky are clearly making life difficult for us, so any further investments will be no use . Why don't we use that money to do other things instead?"
"Other things?" Yao Jiawen didn't understand .
Ye Wanwan handed a stack of documents to her . "That's right . We won't do promotions anymore . The remaining budget will all be used for charity . "
Han Xianyu nodded and said, "That's a good idea . "
Ye Wanwan said, "Brother Yang has more experience with this, so I'll have to trouble Brother Yang to help me out . "
Fei Yang quickly said . "Not a problem . "
Ye Wanwan's gaze swept over everyone . "For this segment, there's only one thing that everyone needs to do—be steady . "
Then Ye Wanwan purposefully looked at Gong Xu . "Gong Xu especially, don't go crazy . "
Chapter end
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