Controlling pirated copies was indeed a smart move. Not only did it drive up the box office of the movie, but it also boosted the sales of the original discs.
A genuine copy of "Gambling Hero" was 20 yuan, while a pirated copy was 5 yuan. It was even cheaper to rent one yuan per copy.
20 yuan for a legitimate disc was expensive, but it was still cheaper than a 35 yuan movie ticket.
Therefore, the demand for discs was relatively large.
There was also another point. There was a time period for the release of a movie. Most movies would be released for a month. After a month, the box office sales would be almost non-existent, and they would have to stop screening.
Disc was different. The sales cycle could last for several years. This was a huge demand market.
There were no pirated copies of "Gambling Hero" on the market now. The only way was to buy the original copy, which stimulated the demand for the original copy.
It had to be said that this move was brilliant.
Most importantly, he had to have strength.
Large film companies like Jiahe dreamed of eliminating pirated versions, but they did not have the strength to do so.
"Boss, the best thing is that we have already accumulated 20 million pirated copies. We can complete the accumulation of 50 million copies in two months. When we put them on the market, we will make a huge profit.”Bao Wenzan was impressed.
The boss's operation really made him prostrate in admiration.
Zhou Qiming smiled and asked,""How are the preparations for the celebration party going?”
"The preparations are almost done. The location is arranged to be at the Regal Hotel in Castles Bay. The entire hotel has been booked.
The celebration party was scheduled for 12:30 p. m.”Bao Wenzan replied.
The movie was a sold well, and a celebration party was inevitable.
"Have all the invitations been sent out?" Zhou Qiming asked.
"I sent it out."
"This time, our Yonghui Group's first big movie has been a success. We must do a good job and hold it decently. The big shots of the club will be attending the celebration party. We have to do the details well. We can't let our brothers see us as a joke and say that we're holding a celebration party for being petty.”
Bao Wenzan nodded. He thought of something and asked,"Boss, there will be entertainment reporters at the celebration banquet. Should we arrange for them to not report anything?”
When he said that it was a random report, he meant that there were many club members at the celebration party, so it was inevitable that the reporters would expose it.
"Give them some hush money. Don't report anything that shouldn't be reported.”
As they spoke, Zhou Qiming returned to the villa.
……
Sunlight shone through the clouds.
An interview vehicle drove out of the Yashi TV station building.
There was a bespectacled male reporter, a driver, and an assistant photographer in the car.
The male reporter Hou Yuanjie was looking at an invitation letter.
It was the invitation to the celebration party of "Gambling Hero".
"Yonghui Film Company. Who would have thought that they could also make a blockbuster movie?”Hou Yuanjie muttered.
"Boss." The assistant cameraman interjected," I heard that Yonghui Film Company shoots dirty movies, and the boss is from Hongxing Club. Is that true?”
Hou Yuanjie nodded.
"Ah, really?" The assistant was surprised.
"This is no secret. Everyone in the industry knows.”"One-third of the movies you can see are made by Yonghui," Hou Yuanjie said.”
After a pause, Hou Yuanjie continued,"The boss of Yonghui Movies, Zhou Qiming, is the leader of Hongxing. He was originally just a lackey in Hongxing. A few years ago, he made money from filming small movies and quickly rose in Hongxing.”
"The quality of the salty and wet movies produced by Yonghui Films is very good.”The driver joked.
"Of course." Hou Yuanjie revealed a smile that any man would understand." Yonghui's dirty movies are not bad, but I didn't expect their blockbusters to be good too.”
"Gambling Hero is indeed very good. It's not inferior to the God of Gamblers and the Saint of Gamblers series.”The assistant nodded.
He had gone to the cinema to watch a lot of " Gambling Hero ". It was very well filmed and could be called a classic.
"I also heard some gossip. The main leads of 'Hero of Gamblers,' Chen Daozai, Zhou Xingxing, and Wang Zhuxian, initially didn't want to film 'Hero of Gamblers.' They were threatened. I think they received a script with bullets.”the assistant asked again.
Hou Yuanjie was about to answer when his mobile phone rang. He answered the call." Hello, is this reporter Hou Yuanjie? I'm Bao Wenzan from Yonghui Movies.”
"Hello, Secretary Bao. I'm Hou Yuanjie.”
"It's like this, Reporter Hou. Our company's celebration party this time has quite a number of club members attending. Some of them don't like the media reporting about it, so please don't report about this. After the matter is done, our boss said that he will give you a red packet to express his gratitude.”Bao Wenzan explained the reason over the phone.
"Oh, I understand. I can understand…Okay, okay.”
After saying a few words, he hung up.
"Did you hear that? The boss of Yonghui said that he would give us a red packet. This is a promise to us, but it's actually hush money.”Hou Yuanjie said to his assistant and chauffeur.
"So, when you arrive at the celebration party, be alert and don't ask what you shouldn't ask.”
The assistant nodded.
He understood that the boss of Yonghui was from Hongxing. There would definitely be many gangsters at the celebration party. He had to be careful in such a scene. He did not want to get into unnecessary trouble.
Entertainment reporters like them were also afraid of a club like Hongxing.
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