"Horror? If you ask me, this movie is indeed a little scary, but it is completely within the acceptable range. Anyway, I think this movie is very interesting." "When the heroine committed suicide and went back to the past for the hero's sake, I was really moved to tears." "Director Hira Kiyosugi did not disappoint. This film, like Battle Royale, is worth watching over and over again." This week is destined to be a busy weekend for movie theater reputation investigators. Although in fact, "Happy Death Day" was a huge hit at the box office on the first day. They no longer have to collect data. Anyway, the theaters have already filled up their screening schedules for "Happy Death Day". But the reason why work is work is never measured by whether it is useful or not. What's more, the reports they collect can also provide some material for film critics under the theater chains. Overall, "Happy Death Day" has a very good reputation.
Although there are also "the plot is too simple and has flaws" There were some negative reviews like "Apart from the acting of Satomi Ishihara and Mai Sakurajima, there were no other highlights." However, the number of people who make such evaluations is extremely small, accounting for less than one twentieth of the random survey results. Most people have a very good impression of the movie. It can be terrifying when it's scary. But it's not like a horror movie that scares you from beginning to end. When it comes time to tell the story, it's almost like a feature film. In addition, the heroine does not just hide, she also fights back. The superposition of these elements forms a chemical reaction, and what finally emerges is a wonderful story. ~~~ Tokyo. Dentsu Building. Xiongshan Mingdu's secretary walked in with a stack of documents. "Director Xiongshan, this is the information you want!" "Just read it. I just need a number." Xiongshan Mingdu signed the document without looking up. The secretary, who had originally planned to put down the documents and leave, had to bite the bullet and read the numbers on the document. "Happy Death Day's first-day box office was billion yen." Xiongshan Mingdu's hand paused obviously. Although he had expected it, the billion-dollar box office still made him feel a little suffocated.
"Well, I understand, go down." "Yes." The secretary breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to walk back. "Wait, give me another list of the people who attended the premiere across the street yesterday." Contrary to what most people think, Yushan Nadu doesn’t actually care too much about the high box office of Happy Death Day. Compared to this, he was more pleased with the fact that so many big names in the entertainment industry showed up to show their support for the premiere. Very concerned. Yuyama Nato knew very well that the reason he had a better chance of becoming a director of Dentsu than Pingqing Kazunan was because of his connections in the Japanese entertainment industry. This is decisive. You have to know that the main means of communication in Japan's entertainment industry or the entire entertainment industry chain is still centered around the medium of television. Whether it is a variety show, a TV series, an animation, a commercial, or even a public welfare film. If you want to be famous and want to stand out, you have to rely on TV. Xiongshan Mingdu, who has a firm grasp on television advertising resources, naturally became the core of this circle. Having dealt with major television stations for many years, he has a wide network of contacts. This is his core competitiveness in the competition for the position of Dentsu president. but now. On the one hand, Hira Kiyosugi began to gradually support the Japanese film market with the success of his two films. On the other hand, relying on Sakura Girls, it is equivalent to getting a small piece of cake outside the existing mature entertainment market. As this small cake gradually grows bigger. More and more big names in the entertainment industry are beginning to actively move towards Ping Qingshan. In Xiongshan Mingdu's opinion, this is actually a more terrifying thing than making money from his movie. Because once Ping Qingshan's success is proven to be the case, and Ping Qingyinan is also capable of controlling TV station resources, then his biggest advantage will be gone. Everyone will think that he has connections at Dentsu, not that he can do a good job at Dentsu because of his connections. There seems to be no difference between the two. In fact, they are far from it. But now. Xiongshan Mingdu, on the other hand, had no better way to deal with the situation and could only watch, because he knew very well that this matter could not be stopped forcefully. Chapter 189 Wind Direction After all, blocking someone's money is like killing their parents.
He was very clear about this simple truth. However, it is clear. Seeing Ping Qingshan's success again still made him a little angry. The anger in Xiongshan Mingdu's heart now is far from as calm as he appears. After all, he had already prepared for the idol market from the beginning!!! If it was because he was caught off guard and was ambushed by Ping Qingshan with the idol plan, allowing Ping Qingshan's family to obtain the connections in the entertainment industry, then he would not be so angry. The so-called willingness to accept defeat. At worst, we can use other projects to bring these people back. But the problem is. Since the beginning of the year, he has realized the importance of idols. She also formed a girl group with Johnny's. But it took a few months. Apart from a concert at Tokyo Dome, the subsequent operations of the Johnny's girl group were a complete mess. There were no handshakes, no skits. Although the songs of that girl group cannot be said to be bad, they are a mixture of Korean and Japanese styles, which are neither Western nor local, and do not suit the current market. This is actually not difficult to understand. After all, those who collaborated with Johnny's were the ones who previously provided songs to male idol artists. Now we are turning to produce songs for female idols. It's naturally difficult. Not to mention, before their official debut, they encountered a scandal involving Johnny's employees sexually assaulting members, although Johnny's paid a huge price to suppress the matter. In addition, it was repeatedly emphasized that it was the individual behavior of the employee and the target of sexual assault was not a formal member of the girl group. But this incident still cast a shadow on the entire girl group before they even debuted. That is to say, this matter was suppressed quickly and there was no more evidence to escalate the incident, otherwise this one incident alone might have broken up the girl group that has not yet debuted. Follow-up, after debut. In order to deal with Sakura Girls, Yuyama Nadu finally united the five major TV stations, and each TV station gave the Johnny's girl group a co-branded variety show. This resource is quite powerful. AKB was no more than that during its heyday. Johnny's girl group has just debuted.
With such strong promotion, even a piece of paper can be blown into gold. But even with such strong promotion, after five programs, not even one had a viewership rate above 5%. After a few episodes, it was moved to the late night slot by all major TV stations. The ratings were already low to begin with, and after being moved to the late night slot, the ratings became even more dismal. Fortunately. With the investment of real money, the reputation of the Johnny's girl group has spread, although its reputation among passers-by has not been good in the past two months. But he also slowly started to shoot commercials and played guest roles in some TV dramas. The Sakura Girls general election will begin next month. The Johnny's girl group is also going to hold a general election. By then, as long as the income from the Johnny's Girls' General Election can surpass that of Sakura Girls... As long as we can even break even, or even just do half of it... Well... as long as I can do one third of it. Even a quarter... Considering that there are a lot of Sakura girls. One fifth is not unacceptable. In other words, as long as the Johnny's girl group can complete the general election normally and not be framed. That can at least prove that he, Xiongshan Mingdu, can still play in the idol market with his own resources. At that time, he will be able to use the Johnny's girl group template to negotiate with other companies. As long as their interests are not harmed, Xiongshan Mingdu is still confident that he can pull them over. ~~~ Also at Dentsu, Ping Qingyin was listening to his subordinates report on the box office of "Happy Death Day". However, it is different from the sad-looking Xiongshan Mingdu. The atmosphere in Ping Qingyinan's office was obviously much more relaxed. As soon as the first-day box office of "Happy Death Day" came out, his phone started ringing non-stop. A box office of 10 billion on the first day is basically the level that the best-selling movies in Japan can achieve. "In this way, it should be just around the corner for the box office to break 10 billion!" Ping Qingyinan patted the report in his hand, not trying to hide his good mood. "Two consecutive movies have grossed over 10 billion! This guy Shan is incredible..."
Ping Qingyinan's mouth corners turned up in a barely perceptible smile. Father and son are one, and the higher his son's box office is, the better it is for him. And with the success of "Happy Death Day", Dentsu's film sector has been consolidated this year, and he can focus more on dealing with Yuyama Nato. "Call all the major newspapers right away, and go find those film critics. We in the film industry need to unite..." Since his son is so supportive, naturally he, as a father, has to support him as well. For many people, today is destined to be a busy day, especially for professional film critics who have to write film reviews after watching them.