A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 411: Cancel the roadshow and do not sell tickets

"The roadshow is cancelled." Liu Tingting asked in disbelief.

"Yes, the wind is blowing in the wrong direction. Our roadshow tickets have already appeared on the scalper market. The cheapest ones are a few hundred, and the most are over a thousand."

Chen Jinnian said with a headache that during the roadshow last year, the ticket prices were still in a reasonable range, with the most expensive not exceeding two hundred yuan, but it was really unacceptable to have the prices raised to this level.

"Cancel all the unbooked roadshow dates, negotiate with the theaters for those that have already sold tickets, and use the company account to issue a refund notice. I'm going to flip the table and quit playing this game."

He felt that it wasn't just scalpers involved, but also deliberate reselling within the cinema. However, no matter how many forces were involved, Chen Jinnian didn't want to get involved.

Cui Yongyuan’s case is still ongoing, and he doesn’t want his sky-high roadshow tickets to become a living target for others to divert public attention.

Besides, not many of the roadshow tickets that are sold at higher prices can be counted into the movie box office.

He would never do such a stupid thing as letting others take the profits and Chen Jinnian bear the blame.

"Are they all canceled? Not even the three games in Beijing?" Liu Tingting asked hesitantly. After all, everything had been arranged in advance, and breaking the contract now would require paying liquidated damages.

"No, you guys should go quickly. There's still some time before the end of the shift. Of course, I have no objection if you insist on working overtime."

As soon as Chen Jinnian finished speaking, Liu Tingting hurriedly turned around and ran out to make arrangements. She had been busy enough recently and didn't want to work overtime.

Roadshow tickets are an unspoken rule in the industry, and everyone can benefit from it. Some crazy crews will even team up with theaters to raise prices. As long as you run hard, you can contribute millions of box office revenue a day. If you are a popular star, the figure can reach several million.

So what some crews say, that the box office revenue is generated by the leading actors going on roadshows one after another, is really not a lie, they really have the ability to bring in tens of millions of additional box office revenue through roadshows.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the news of the cancellation of the "Bad Genius" roadshow was officially announced, and the gossip about scalpers and roadshow tickets surfaced.

For the vast majority of ordinary people, this was the first time they knew the inside story, but for the vested interests in the industry, it did affect their interests, and all kinds of slanderous and pessimistic soft articles began to fly all over the place.

Chen Jinnian really doesn't care about this. It is 17, not 07. In addition to traditional media and industry big Vs, there are also a large number of tap water.

The rapid spread of information on the Internet makes covering one's mouth impossible, not to mention that Chen Jinnian is targeting tens of millions of college entrance examination candidates, so it is a bit late to discredit him now.

We are all busy with exams, so we don’t have time to deal with these things.

After dropping a blockbuster bomb on the cinema market, Chen Jinnian disappeared into hiding. He felt that the current public opinion was a bit too much and it was not suitable to continue marketing.

Wang Yidi also knew this truth, so he simply didn't go to school and instead stayed at home to review.

The movie is now in the early stages of release. Given its current state, she has almost no peace when she goes to the library to review, as there are always people coming up to take photos with her and ask for her autograph.

As soon as Chen Jinnian came back, she hurriedly asked, "Is the roadshow really cancelled?"

"Of course it's true. I've already started refunding. I just want to teach scalpers a lesson. It's fine if they're just scalping concert tickets, but now they're even scalping roadshow tickets. They're overreaching."

"Yeah." Wang Yidi jumped up excitedly. Actually, she didn't want to go to the roadshow at all. She hadn't finished memorizing a whole semester's worth of classes, and the exams were going to start next week.

Wang Yidi didn't want to fail the exam. From childhood to adulthood, she had never failed an exam. It would be too embarrassing if she really failed.

"By the way, I just saw someone sneaking around downstairs from the balcony. Could it be a paparazzi?"

"Impossible. We're not an open community with complete property management. We can't let people like that in."

Chen Jinnian shook his head. Although Shuxiang Yayuan has a high turnover rate, the quality of the residents is relatively high. Coupled with the high property fees paid every year, the overall management is still quite complete.

Otherwise, he would have chosen to continue living here and moved out long ago.

Seeing that he didn't believe her, Wang Yidi dragged Chen Jinnian to the window and said, "Nuo, look for yourself. I thought he was squatting on you."

Following the direction of Wang Yidi's finger, he indeed found a man standing downstairs wearing a black mask. Whenever someone passed by, he subconsciously turned his face away, as if he was afraid of being discovered by others.

Chen Jinnian looked at it for a while and felt that it was becoming more and more familiar. "I feel like I have seen it somewhere."

"That's impossible. If you had seen it, you wouldn't have missed it when you came up just now."

"I didn't notice it just now, but I have indeed seen it." Chen Jinnian frowned and thought carefully, searching the image of this person in his mind.

Suddenly, he slapped his head and said, "I know who he is. He's Uncle Qiao's military advisor. We met him at Nengcheng Education."

Wang Yidi's eyes lit up and he quickly turned around to get his phone. They had recorded it last time.

After careful comparison, Chen Jinnian and Wang Yidi finally confirmed that the man in the video and the man downstairs were indeed extremely similar.

If you can put on that iconic suit, it will be exactly the same.

"But why is he coming here?" Wang Yidi took a photo and asked in confusion.

"They say that people are in cahoots with each other, so it makes sense here. Since he's here, Uncle Qiao can't be far away. Maybe he's doing something bad somewhere."

"Do you want to record it and watch it?" Wang Yidi was eager to try.

"No, let's hurry up and get ready. I've already arranged to have hot pot with you. Your brother and sister-in-law will be here with food soon."

Chen Jinnian turned around and went to the kitchen to clean up. He was too lazy to care about Qiao Weidong's troubles.

"You mean Sister Tingting is coming too? Oh, I have to put on my makeup quickly."

"Goodbye, we are all so familiar with each other, who are you putting on makeup for?"

"Shut up!" Wang Yidi shouted and rushed into the bedroom, slamming the door shut.

Chen Jinnian, who was left outside the door, shrugged helplessly. Although today was Liu Tingting's first time entering the house, there was no need to be too formal. It was just a casual meal.

Cheng Hao downstairs waited for a long time but didn't see Qiao Weidong, so he called to ask anxiously.

"We're here, we're almost there. Give me three minutes, no, two minutes, I'll be downstairs right away." After Qiao Weidong answered, he immediately grabbed Fang Yuan and continued running.

"Old Joe, please let go first. We still have things to do in the store."

Fang Yuan asked reluctantly. He was not Qiao Weidong. He would work if he wanted to and stay if he didn't want to. He had only worked in the pet shop for less than half a month before running away. It was not even as long as the rabies vaccine.

Qiao Weidong showed a flattering smile on his face, "It's a small matter, just help my brother steal a cat."

"What! You want me to steal a cat, but I won't go. My house is already a mess, who would steal a cat for you?" Fang Yuan struggled to break free from Qiao Weidong's hand and immediately turned around and walked back.