Chapter 15 Despair

After returning home from the cinema, Pei Qian went straight to bed and buried his head in a deep sleep.

What? The movie was a huge success?

What? The premiere got good feedback?

Illusions, all illusions!

Pei Qian kept telling himself that everything would be alright as long as he got some sleep!

He slept until noon the next day before reluctantly opening his eyes.

He took out his phone and glanced at the time. As expected, there were many unread messages.

Huang Sibao, Zhu Xiaoce, Lin Chang... all sorts of people had sent greetings.

He knew what they were going to say without even guessing.

Pei Qian didn't dare to look, carefully ignoring these messages, afraid of accidentally tapping on them.

Then, Pei Qian ordered some Moyu takeaway (takeaway during work hours).

Sitting in front of the computer, he felt a burst of melancholy, as if life had become somewhat dull.

After a long ideological struggle, Pei Qian picked up his phone with a complicated expression and opened the Dog's Eye App.

Clicking on "Today's Market," "A Beautiful Tomorrow" was prominently ranked first.

Today's box office: 7.84 million, estimated box office: 210 million!

"Damn it..."

Pei Qian felt a darkness before his eyes and almost dropped his phone on the spot.

Too hopeless, this feeling is too hopeless!

It's only been half a day since its release, and the box office is already heading straight for 8 million!

Originally, Pei Qian thought that the film's investment cost thirty million, and according to the sharing ratio, it would have to gross at least one hundred million at the box office to break even.

How could this kind of film possibly gross over one hundred million??

However, the Dog's Eye App's prediction immediately slapped him in the face, with an estimated box office of 210 million!

The film party is expected to earn 75.347 million!

This prediction is based on a comprehensive analysis of the film's screening rate, attendance rate, box office trend, and other factors. Although there will be some fluctuations due to various uncertain factors, it may not be completely accurate, but generally speaking, it is not far off!

Looking at the other three films, their current box office for the day was only hovering between one and two million.

Pei Qian was so angry he wanted to die.

Useless! All useless!

Each and every one of you looked like you could put up a fight. There was a romance, a European and American action movie, and a domestic big IP. How did you suddenly shrink?

Give it your all! Snatch the screenings from "A Beautiful Tomorrow"!

Quickly spend some money to hire trolls to smear "A Beautiful Tomorrow"! Spend a little more, it won't cost that much!

Pei Qian wished he could find the investors of these three movies and demand to roll up his sleeves and get involved personally.

Finally, he tremblingly clicked on the score for "A Beautiful Tomorrow."

8.8 points!

Pei Qian hurriedly threw his phone aside.

Illusion, this must be an illusion!

No, he needed to calm down.

His little heart couldn't handle this kind of stimulation...

On the Dog's Eye App, 8.8 points was not a particularly high score. Many blockbuster movies could even get scores as high as 9.5 or 9.7.

But the problem was that "A Beautiful Tomorrow" was not that kind of cool, popcorn blockbuster. There were no exciting scenes, and although the plot had some depth, many ordinary viewers might not necessarily understand it.

In the case of not understanding it, it was normal for many viewers to give low scores, and abnormal to give high scores!

But getting 8.8 points now meant that this movie was not boring or dull for ordinary viewers. Even if they couldn't understand some of the content, it could still mobilize the emotions of the audience and maintain a strong attraction for them!

Pei Qian was very depressed.

This bad news just kept coming, constantly impacting his psychological defenses.

Moreover, according to the current situation, hoping that the theaters would reduce the screenings of "A Beautiful Tomorrow" was probably unrealistic.

The movies currently being screened were fragile and useless, and the movies that were about to be released seemed unable to pose a threat to "A Beautiful Tomorrow."

In this case, the more screenings the theaters gave "A Beautiful Tomorrow," the more money they would make...

Pei Qian was speechless.

Before long, the Moyu takeaway arrived.

Pei Qian took the takeaway and ate two bites, seemingly regaining some vitality.

"The more adversity, the more calm."

"Things shouldn't be at the point of being irreparable, right..."

Pei Qian took a big bite of rice and began to think about countermeasures.

"From the current situation, the audience seems to be deceived by Zhu Xiaoce's methods."

"This special editing technique allows the audience to temporarily ignore the toxicity of this movie, like a sugar-coated pill, tricking the audience into swallowing this poisonous core whole, without realizing its bitterness at all."

"So, we have to find a way to expose the essence of this movie. There aren't that many complicated things. It's just a movie with poison mixed in!"

"So... who should I find to reveal this fact..."

"And how should I reveal it..."

The direction had been found, but he fell into confusion when deciding on the candidates.

Hire trolls?

The trolls on Hu Xiao's side were still relatively competent, but if Pei Qian wanted to reimburse the system funds, he could only give them hints and couldn't be so clear.

Pei Qian wasn't sure if there would be any deviation in the information transmission process, and it would be very embarrassing if there was a misunderstanding...

Moreover, trolls couldn't carry the big banner. Without opinion leaders, they could only follow the trend.

Pei Qian felt that he had to find a more influential film critic to bash this movie, puncture the truth, and then let the trolls swarm in. Then the big event could be accomplished.

Of course, it was impossible to reverse the situation completely.

In short... persuading one viewer to quit was one, right?

As for the specific operation, that was also a problem.

Pei Qian felt that he had to learn from the last time he hired trolls for "Turn Back is the Shore", and he couldn't let the trolls play freely again.

He had to specify a very clear direction for them.

But explicitly saying to bash the movie "A Beautiful Tomorrow" didn't seem to work either. On the one hand, the system wouldn't reimburse it, and on the other hand, if the bashing was too forced, it would easily stimulate a rebellious mentality.

Moreover, it was really hard to find flaws in this film.

"Wait, easily stimulate a rebellious mentality?"

"Got it! Spend money to find someone to praise this movie to death, killing it with praise!"

"Forcefully praise all those very far-fetched places, so that the netizens have the impression that the good reviews of this film are all from hired trolls!"

"At the same time, such mindless praise will definitely cause some people to feel disgusted, and they will naturally belittle the movie to nothing."

"In this way, wouldn't the constant scolding between the two sides also achieve the effect I want?"

"Yes, let's do it this way!"

Pei Qian made up his mind and began to look for some well-known film critics online, especially those who had already published film reviews on "A Beautiful Tomorrow" and whose evaluations were not high.

He would directly spend money to let him change his film review!

In this way, wouldn't everyone be able to see very clearly that he had received money, and then immediately associate it with the fact that "A Beautiful Tomorrow" had hired trolls?

"Let me see, which film critic is so lucky..."

Pei Qian cheered up a lot and began to patiently search for prey on Weibo and various film and television websites.