Chapter 471: Outrageous Joint Activities

When Yan Yongmei received Wu Mu's call, she was arranging their team's next itinerary.

Although the movie box office has basically entered a downward period, the key period for roadshow marketing is the first week of popularity explosion.

But even in a downturn, for a film of their cost, it is still a very large number. If they run a few more shows, they might be able to earn enough to cover the cost of their film.

So their next task is still very heavy, and they need to travel to more than 20 cities.

When she saw her cell phone ringing, she subconsciously wanted to hang up the phone, but when she glanced at the caller on the phone, she was stunned.

Noon Wood?

Why did he call himself?
And don’t contact Director Lin.

She glanced at Lin Qingyue beside her, signaled everyone to pause for a moment, and then answered the phone.

Of course she couldn't just ignore Wu Mu's call. After all, even if she was stupid, she could understand the role Wu Mu played in their movie.

But when the call was connected and she heard what was said on the other end, Yan Yongmei's expression immediately became a little strange.

Lin Qingyue had been watching her movements from the side. In their team, although general affairs were arranged by the chief producer Yan Yongmei, the real decision maker and boss was naturally Lin Qingyue.

She whispered, "What's wrong?"

Yan Yongmei didn't know how to start. "Wu Mu asked us if we needed him to provide additional promotional services and said he would give us a preferential price."

As soon as the name Wu Mu was uttered, it immediately caused a small ripple at the scene. Liu Miao, Lou Ziwen and others immediately turned their eyes over.

Lin Qingyue also looked dazed for a moment.

But what confused them even more was what Yan Yongmei said: Wu Mu asked them if they wanted to advertise their services? And they still charged for it?

There are too many flaws in this whole sentence. It's fine if a star doesn't help promote a movie for free, but he's Wu Mu after all, and the industry practice of asking him to work harder offline is to pay him more.

But the first week of their movie’s release has already passed. It’s too late to ask if they need publicity services at this time.
If it were other celebrities in the same circle, they would definitely suspect that the celebrities wanted to raise the price and make extra money because the movie box office was high.

If it were Wu Mu, I wouldn't have this doubt, but was he joking or serious?

He doesn't think that his publicity at this time will have any effect! !
Everyone has countless complaints in their hearts.

But Lin Qingyue, after a trance, did not hesitate at all, "Give it to him."

Yan Yongmei glanced at her and said, "I haven't even finished speaking yet and you're already giving it to me."

She glanced at the other people present, hesitated and said, "Wu Mu said that he had to charge according to his business market price, 50 million, and then make reductions based on your specific investment proportion in the project. Your portion will be deducted, and others will pay as usual."

Fifty million! ?

Everyone was stunned.

Wu Mu is crazy!!
It’s fine if you charge for publicity, but you charge 50 million! ?
Does he know what this number is?

The publicity and promotion costs of their film so far are less than 50 million!!

Now there will be 50 million in publicity expenses. According to the box office sharing ratio, at least an additional 150 million box office will be needed to break even.

It’s just enough to make back the investment!
If the box office doesn't exceed 200 million, the producer won't make any profit, and will also have to take huge risks.

Wu Mu's expansion is not enough! !

Is his propaganda made of gold or silver?

If Wumu started the promotion from the beginning, they could still optimistically hope that the promotion effect of Wumu could increase the box office, but now
Everyone was speechless and began to murmur in their hearts. Wu Mu wouldn't really come here to make money. He might not be willing to spend Director Lin's money, but Director Lin's father made so much money, so he must be unhappy.

Except for Liu Miao, the people present were basically Lin Qingyue’s old team. When they first gathered, they might not know what the situation between Wu Mu and Lin Qingyue was, but after being together for so long every day, they could guess roughly what was going on from all kinds of private rumors and guesswork.

Lin Qingyue was also stunned. The number of 50 million was beyond her expectations.

But when she heard the second half of the sentence, she couldn't help but chuckle.

After being distracted for a few seconds, she said without hesitation, "Give it to him. It was originally meant to be a box office bonus for him."

Yan Yongmei was not surprised that she agreed, but when it came to the publicity expenses of the film, it could not be decided by Lin Qingyue alone like the itinerary arrangements.

She lowered her voice and said, "I need to ask for the opinions of CEO Du and CEO Lin."

These are basic rules and regulations.

"Well, ask." Lin Qingyue was quite calm and didn't explain anything in particular.

Lin Xueming frowned when he received the call.

Wu Mu wants 50 million for publicity?
It’s not that he has any opinion about Wu Mu, or any special views.

The conflict between the two sides disappeared after Wu Mu and Lin Qingyue broke up.

This matter is really too outrageous. Why should Wu Mu accept this money?
But. After hesitating for a while, Lin Xueming sighed and said, "Qingyue, let's decide this matter yourself."

If it were him, he would definitely not agree to such a thing, as it would obviously be a loss of money, but he had to consider his daughter's opinion. The two sides had finally separated, and it would be too troublesome to make a fuss over such a thing.

And he couldn't stop Lin Qingyue's decision.

Yan Yongmei agreed to the conditions, and Wu Mu asked Shi Wu, who was also confused, to discuss the details and sign the contract.

The production cost of the movie "Farewell" was not too high, so Lin Qingyue paid the most money herself, and with her additional share as the director, she accounted for more than 60% of the share.

Then her mother's company took 25%, and Lin Xueming actually took the least, only 15%. So out of the 50 million, Wu Mu actually only took 20 million.

After the contract is signed.

Wu Mu looked at the remaining number of his prop cards again, thinking about how to proceed.

He definitely cannot use the performance card for this film project. Not only is the investment a drop in the bucket, it is also equivalent to making money for the theaters and distributors.

Of the box office revenue for a movie, the producer can generally only get around 30-40 percent, the National Film Special Fund gets 5 percent, various business taxes and surcharges get around 3-4 percent, theater chains get around 50 percent, and distribution agents get 2 to 8 percent.

This means that Wu Mu invested 10 million in the performance card, and Lin Qingyue would only get 3 to 4 million in profit in the end.

So he can only use the profit card, and he cannot directly use the profit card on the film project, after all, he does not get any share of the box office revenue.

I can only find a project to cash in 100 million in profit, and then help Director Lin with the goods.

Wu Mu thought for a while, and first called Shi Wu, asking him to make another trip and contact the ticketing website.

After getting the results, he opened Weibo and started typing.

His Weibo has always been a gathering place for people with fun. Basically, every time there is any news, his fans will gather under his Weibo account to chat and exchange ideas.

If people in the circle want to know his latest developments, they don’t have to search specifically. They can just go to his Weibo every day to see what everyone is talking about.

Now there are a lot of interesting people talking about his new movie under his Weibo.

"The last piece of the puzzle for Wu Gou has been completed. He now has a successful movie at the box office."

"It's so disgusting. Seeing Wu Gou succeed is even more painful than my failed blind date yesterday."

"Noon Dog, come out and talk. Why weren't you at the movie premiere and roadshow? I was planning to go offline to see if you're really a succubus!"

"Did Wu Gou break up with Director Lin? Why doesn't his girlfriend help promote her movie?"

There were quite a few people chatting, and their focus was mainly on the box office of his movie and why he didn't come out to promote it.

Then, as they were chatting, everyone suddenly discovered that a new Weibo post had been refreshed on Wu Mu’s Weibo page.

[Wu Mu Evolution]: "I am launching a joint promotional event for the movie "Farewell". My new game "Don't Starve" has been approved and is ready to start production. It is expected to be completed and released in six months. The official price of the game is 48 yuan."

"But now through the joint event, if you buy a movie ticket for "Farewell" and pay 8 yuan, you can get an -yuan coupon to deduct the game price. At the same time, after the game is launched, you will get the pioneer achievement title."

Ok?
Ok? ? ?
What the hell is this?

Those who just got it are still a little slow to react, and are still excited when they see the word "game".

"Noon Dog is going to release a game?"

"Fuck, I finally waited for the noon dog game!"

"Great! Wu Gou, stop being a celebrity and making games is the right path for you."

A large number of Leziren fans are game players, and they are very supportive of Wumu making games.

But after the excitement, everyone realized something was wrong after reading the content of the Weibo post.

"Wait, the game is now ready to start production, which means it hasn't been produced yet?"

"There's still half a year before the launch, and you're already thinking about coupons and joint activities?"

"Fuck, Wu Gou, aren't you just making empty promises? You haven't even made the game yet, but you're planning to get people to spend eight dollars on a Weibo post, and then buy a movie ticket, all for a ten-dollar discount and an achievement title? An achievement title is fine, but you should at least wait until the game is almost done!"

"Besides, who knows what your new game will be like? What if it's not fun?"

Noon Dog, don’t be too outrageous!
The first people to discover the fun were already stunned.

At first I thought it was a good thing, but upon closer inspection it turned out to be nothing but empty talk!
It's clear that the game hasn't even started production yet, but promotional activities and joint activities have already been arranged, in an attempt to trick everyone into buying a movie ticket for the ten dollars discount and a title achievement.

As soon as Wu Mu posted on Weibo, there were hundreds of comments, all of which were calling it outrageous.

Wu Mu didn't seem to care too much.

He had actually planned to sell the product directly, and then bundle it with a movie ticket, covering the cost of the movie ticket in the profit card.

But thinking about the goods he had just sold not long ago, he changed it to a game linkage activity.

To be honest, although his activity was advanced a little early, it is actually quite good.

First of all, the price of the game. In the previous life on Earth, when Don’t Starve was first released, the price was over one hundred yuan.

He set the official selling price at 48, which was more than half the price.

And if you participate in the event now, you can get a discount of ten yuan.

Moreover, there is no need to worry about the game delays and quality issues. The game is just copied and will definitely not be delayed. In terms of quality, it is a recognized masterpiece on Earth.

So for those gamers who want to go to the movies anyway, it is definitely a very worthwhile deal.

I just don’t want to watch the movie, and I don’t want to pre-order the game right now, so this event is not a scam.

The funny people commenting on Wu Mu's Weibo did not accuse him of cheating people this time. Instead, all the discussion focused on the fact that Wu Mu was too arrogant and had already predicted what would happen six months later.

And who would participate in this kind of weird activity?
(End of this chapter)

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