Chapter 380

The total duration of the "Resident Evil" movie is a full two hours.

By the time the movie ends and the audience leaves, it is already approaching lunchtime.

However, in major theaters, the audience walking out of the "Resident Evil" theater is not thinking about eating, but instead discussing it excitedly.

Some are discussing the plot.

Some say they want to watch it a second time, saying they want to see it again, as there are still many things they didn't understand.

Some are full of praise.

Some take out their phones, unable to wait to share their viewing experience on Moments or Weibo.

Various reactions, all different.

Generally speaking, the reviews are all positive!

This film is not a comedy for the Lunar New Year slot, but it still provides an ultimate viewing experience.

So much so that inside the cinema, audience members who bought tickets for other comedy films heard the discussions and were one after another hooked.

Nothing else.

It is just that some of the keywords discussed by the audience are too attractive.

Such as "zombies," "Red Queen," "Zhu Zhu Xudan is explosive," "You Mingyue is so cool," "You Mingyue's long legs," and so on; they are all very gripping and impossible to ignore once heard.

"I really want to watch it."

"Me too."

"Let's not go shopping this afternoon; let's go watch *Resident Evil* instead."

"I was just thinking the same thing!"

"..."

Similar voices kept ringing out in major cinemas.

And on the internet, as the first screenings ended, word-of-mouth began to ferment.

Tian Guang Entertainment.

Lin Zhi is in a great mood, humming a tune, sipping some wine, and smoking a cigarette at the same time.

Living a carefree and comfortable life.

He has already received good news from the cinema chains he is partnering with.

The occupancy rate for the 500 million yuan film *A Family of Comedians*, invested in by Tian Guang Entertainment, is very good, and the evaluations given by the audience are quite decent...

This means that as long as the word-of-mouth doesn't collapse in the coming days, the box office for this film is worth looking forward to.

It is very likely to surpass *Me and My Mother* to take the Lunar New Year box office, and it might even take the title of first-day box office champion!

A film's first-day data and word-of-mouth are extremely important; subsequent cinema scheduling will heavily reference the first-day data.

Like a snowball, the better a film's data and word-of-mouth, the easier it is to become a blockbuster and achieve a high box office.

And a high box office means a high return on investment.

Those small films that don't take off cannot roll into a snowball; in the end, they can only settle for a poor box office and be pulled from theaters in disgrace, with most films not even recouping their costs.

Of course, there are films that aren't hits on their opening day but become popular after a period of time, but such films are few and far between.

"Not every film can become a dark horse." Lin Zhi took a refreshing sip of wine, and the next second, his brow instantly furrowed into a 'chuan' shape.

He thought of You Mingyue and their film and television works.

That pair of twins has almost every film and television work turn into a dark horse! Whether it's a movie, a TV series, or anime.

They haven't missed once so far!

"It's evil! It's damn evil!" Lin Zhi shook his head, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "Fortunately, this time I have been prepared for you. If you want to pull off another dark horse film, heh, it won't be that easy!"

"I want to make it so you can't even recoup your costs... You should look pretty good when you cry, right?" Lin Zhi muttered to himself and laughed, laughing quite lewdly.

In his view, although there are many films in the Lunar New Year slot, only two can be called rivals: *Me and My Mother* and *Resident Evil*; the rest are nothing but weaklings.

Among them, *Me and My Mother* has many investors behind it, so rashly starting a war is not a wise move; one can only go head-to-head with fair and square means.

But *Resident Evil*...

Does You Mingyue have any backing?

None!

Is You Mingyue's capital strong?

Also far from it!

Pick the soft persimmon to squeeze; it is very easy to eliminate *Resident Evil* as a competitor.

Suddenly.

The phone rang.

Lin Zhi picked up the phone and answered it casually; the voice of a subordinate in a panic immediately came from the other side: "Mr. Lin, it's bad, something big has happened."

Lin Zhi's face darkened instantly.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, saying such unlucky things—are you cursing me, or are you cursing me?

When work resumes on the seventh day, he will fire this person immediately on the grounds that they stepped into the company with their left foot first.

Truly damn unlucky.

Even after cursing twice, he couldn't calm down.

Lin Zhi's state of mind was slightly blown.

"What is it? Speak clearly!" He suppressed his anger, took a deep breath, and said. Generally speaking, during the New Year, if it wasn't something very important, this subordinate wouldn't be so oblivious to the urgency of the situation...

On the other end of the phone, the voice sounded again: "No, no, no, Mr. Lin, I didn't mean that something happened to you. Nothing happened to you; you are the locomotive of our company, how could anything happen to you? Without you, the company would slow down. I mean..."

"Get to the point!" Lin Zhi was so angry his liver hurt. Damn it, he suppressed it, once again firming his resolve to fire this person when work resumed on the seventh.

It's absurd, is this how you butter someone up?

This is buttering up the wrong end, right?

Wait, something is not right.

"Mr. Lin, it's like this. Didn't you ask me to find some influential film critics to write some negative reviews for *Resident Evil* earlier? We had originally negotiated it well, and the deposit was paid, but now many of them have suddenly changed their minds, are unwilling to write them, and have returned the deposit."

Lin Zhi: "Why! Are they stupid? Money not to be earned?"

"They said their literary talent is insufficient and they can't write it."

Lin Zhi: "..."

His mouth twitched instantly, and he almost had a heart attack and died on the spot.

What kind of damn excuse is this!!!

A primary school student's excuse for asking for leave is more reliable than this!

You group of film critics who rely on your pens to eat, are telling me your literary talent isn't good enough???

"Add money!" Lin Zhi thought for a moment and decided to use his money power; he didn't believe these fools would turn away money. In his mind, it was nothing more than those film critics being greedy and wanting to earn more money.

The other end of the phone said: "We added it, but they are still unwilling to write!"

Lin Zhi took a hard drag of his cigarette.

Something is wrong.

Could these unruly people be trying to rebel?

The silver given by the master, they actually don't want it?

"And..." the subordinate said again on the other end of the phone.

"And what??" A bad premonition appeared in Lin Zhi's heart; for some reason, he felt a billion points of panic at this moment.

"They not only won't write negative reviews, but instead turned around and started praising *Resident Evil*..." The subordinate's voice became smaller and smaller toward the end, and the person on the phone showed an expression uglier than crying.

Lin Zhi exclaimed loudly: "What!!!!"

He widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

In an instant, his state of mind completely exploded!

I spent money to hire them to watch *Resident Evil* and write negative reviews, and as a result, they turned around and helped *Resident Evil* write positive reviews!!!

They've rebelled!

Completely rebelled!