Zhou Ming and Tang Ran sat in the cinema. Like domestic cinemas in later generations, they put out a few advertisements before the movie starts, or preview other movies in the cinema, etc. I don’t know when this came into being and who came up with it. However, it is undeniable that this is indeed a very effective way to increase income and allow viewers to relieve time.

Sitting in the seat, Tang Ran grabbed Zhou Ming's hand: Brother Ming, don't worry, I believe this is just an unexpected situation. After all, it's still early. I heard that it is usually the time when the movies are the most crowded.

Zhou Ming also held Tang Ran's little hand with his backhand: Ranran, don't worry, this situation is within my expectations. I am already satisfied that I can make an animated movie in 20 days, with a promotional fee of 200,000 US dollars. I am already satisfied that I can enter the cinema. The most important thing now is whether they will recommend their friends to come to see after they leave the cinema.

This is like eating crabs. Only when someone eats crabs and tells others that the crabs are delicious can there be a chance to promote them, otherwise it will be fun. Zhou Ming said.

Tang Ran's hands clasped: I believe this animated movie will surely arouse their children's true nature

Zhou Ming could only shruggle and smile meaninglessly when the two of them were chatting. When the movie was about to start, Zhou Ming subconsciously looked around the audience again. The number of people was still not large, and there were less than twenty people sitting in this small screening hall.

I hope Jobs is still the same Jobs who created the Aipai miracle

Zhou Ming thought so, and looked at the big screen with others. Like other movies, at the beginning of the movie, the logo of Piss Animation Studio and Disney, and then the main movie of the movie.

The first thing that appears in the camera is a home filled with various toys. Then a child is carrying these toys to perform a robbery incident. Finally, Sheriff Houdy comes out and puts the robbers in the prison on the bed.

This is just the opening of a movie before the subtitles appear, but when I saw this scene, Zhou Ming could hear a slight smile from the cinema. It was obviously the opening of this movie that evoked the innocent memories in their hearts. After all, when everyone was a child, they would fantasize about many things through toys. Of course, more people would fantasize about being the sheriff who was the bad man in uniform and saved the beautiful woman.

Then when the more handsome and tall space policeman Bus Lightnian appeared, he shouted that he was a peace messenger from the alien system, who came to save the earth, and other words that made Sheriff Houdy crazy made laughter in the theater. When Bus Lightnian fell out of the window due to accident, everyone took a breath of air conditioning.

Later, the sheriff and the space police met at the gas station. They tried to find a way to get home. The sheriff was constantly slapped in the face on the way. The thrilling and Chaplin-style comedy changed to make people laugh and scream. When the space police saw the advertisement about themselves on TV, he still refused to believe that he was just a toy. He was still persisting in flying, but finally broke his hand. There was undoubtedly a Hamlet-style black humor.

Finally on Christmas Day, as the toys kept paying attention to the owner's progress in dismantling new toys in the room, the movie finally ended, and the logos of Piss Animation Studio and Disney returned to the big screen again.

At this time, when the audience came to their senses, the voices of emotion and discussion sounded. After all, they were the first people to watch Toy Story, which also means that they are the people who believe in toys with souls the most, so the impact this movie has on them must be the strongest.

Zhou Ming and Tang Ran were still sitting in their own positions, trying hard to listen to the audience's words. Some of them exclaimed: My God, although this is just an animation, it also made me believe that toys have souls, otherwise the toys in my house would not change their positions every day.

Some people sighed: But to be honest, this cartoon seems too short, it's not satisfying to watch. I feel that little guy, Houdy, is really like me, as smart as he can conquer the little girl

Some people even started to philosophize: Oh my God, the Space Warrior is really pitiful. He has always thought that he was destined to be a hero who saved the earth from the beginning, but he didn't expect that he was also a mass-produced plastic toy. At that moment, I even cried for him, because it reminded me of myself. I used to be arrogant, but now I have become an idiot who goes to get off work at 3:10 every day. That's really a kind of sadness.

These words made Zhou Ming breathe a sigh of relief because these reviews are very beneficial to the movie, which also means that they are likely to sell this Toy Story to their friends after they leave.

As the audience left one by one, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran also left.

On the way home, Tang Ran said to Zhou Ming: Brother Ming, do you want me to buy a few stories tonight and I will come back to tell you the story? It is said that this can also help you fall asleep.

Zhou Ming smiled and replied: Forget it, I think it's just an animated movie, which is not enough to make me so excited that I can't sleep. Just wait to get up tomorrow morning to watch the box office statistics.

Zhou Ming thought about it and said: But Ranran, I think our computer technology business should be able to be used in theaters, because this movie makes me feel that it is too troublesome to rely on manual vote counting methods every day. If it is changed to every ticket sold, it can be recorded immediately, so that real-time box office statistics can be calculated at any time.

Tang Ran felt a sudden lit up in front of her eyes, and she suddenly realized: This is really a way, I believe they will agree, Brother Ming, you are so awesome

Zhou Ming and Tang Ran talked very lively in the car, but after they all got home, Zhou Ming told Tang Ran a long story before he coaxed Tang Ran to fall asleep.

Although Toy Story, as an animated film for teenagers, only two previews were held in the afternoon, the counting work was still completed at noon the next day.

Mr. Zhou Ming, I need to tell you something very bad, that is, in the preview of Toy Story yesterday, the average attendance rate was only nine percentage points, which is a very poor result. Therefore, the company decided to reduce the number of screenings. Otherwise, once the box office is not ideal, the money from the issuer and theaters will be lost.

At noon, when the box office of the theater preview was calculated on the first day, Disney's distribution manager Eiger called Zhou Ming.

From the data given by Eiger, Zhou Ming quickly calculated that although he could not accurately know the specific amount of each theater, it was roughly estimated that it would not exceed 10,000 US dollars. According to the contract he signed with Disney before, if the first week's screening results did not exceed 100,000 US dollars, then the subsequent screening plan must be rescheduled.

Zhou Ming could understand that this so-called rescheduling is to further reduce the screening plan, and it should be noted that they had only thirty cinemas to be screened first.

Thinking of this, Zhou Ming said to Eiger: This is just the preview situation on the first day. I don’t think you need to be so anxious.

Iger was calm and unhurried: I'm sorry, I'm just here to remind you of Mr. Zhou Ming. After all, it's said it's pre-shot, but it can also reflect the box office situation of pre-shot to a large extent.

Then let’s talk about it when the real box office comes out.

After giving Egg this sentence, Zhou Ming hung up the phone, but not long after, Zhou Ming's cell phone rang again, but this time it was no longer Egg, but Jobs.

Mr. Zhou Ming is very sorry for the box office situation. If there are any requirements for Disney in the future, you can tell me that I have no choice but to define this matter.

From what Jobs said, it was obvious that he had already known the preview results of Toy Story yesterday. The reason why he made such a call was that he was a little disbelief of the result, and more importantly, he felt a little sorry for Zhou Ming, so he thought about helping Zhou Ming recover his losses as much as possible by letting the preview continue to stay in the cinema.

Regarding Jobs' thoughts, Zhou Ming shook his head helplessly and said: You are Jobs, not a person who can be easily pulled out. Can you have some confidence in yourself? Today is just our preview screening, which is a preview screening for the market. The real big scene is still to come.

It's still Mr. Zhou Ming's confidence

Before Jobs finished his words, Zhou Ming said: It's also a bit blind and confident. Although I don't know why you are so unconfident in your works, I am very confident in my investment. I know I will make a lot of money in this investment.

Jobs on the other side of the phone was stunned. He never expected Zhou Ming to be so confident, but at the same time he felt that Zhou Ming was very similar to himself when he was young, very confident and dared to do anything.

Three more days passed, and it was soon time to be the official release of Toy Story. Compared with the previous preview, Zhou Ming also specially prepared a Toy Story premiere. Not only all the main creators participated, but even Jobs came to attend. At the suggestion of Jobs, the premiere was held in a drama mode. He found actors to perform a drama before the movie started as a warm-up.

Zhou Ming and Tang Ran naturally also came to the theater. As the time for Toy Story approached, Zhou Ming and Tang Lin walked into the theater. Tang Lin excitedly told Zhou Ming: Zhou Ming, you see, there are so many people today. It seems that the virus publicity you mentioned last time is still very effective.

Following Tang Ran's words, Zhou Ming looked around the cinema. As expected, there were a lot of people in this cinema today, almost half of the hall was filled.
Chapter completed!