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    "Tell me a specific number!"

    "Why are you asking this?" Gouzman's voice was very confused, with a bit of surprise, as if to say, "Why are you so crazy? Small-scale distribution?"

    "To tell you the truth, I need money! Lots, lots of money! Just tell me the truth, how many first-week box office do I need for my movie to move forward? It could be more than 100 in the second or third week  Screening theater?¡±

    Looking at the dark night sky, Ye Wei said very seriously, "Tell me!"

    Gary Goetzman was silent for a moment, then said: "To be honest, you also know that we have no plans to release "Wedding Day" in theaters. The screening is to build momentum for its DVD sales and to increase your reputation.  . With your current popularity, a small-scale release is not impossible, but it really needs to perform well in screenings.

    Playtone does not have a distribution system. We are cooperating with IFC Films. This screening will be organized by them, as will the DVD sales in the future.  "

    "Well, I know" Ye Wei responded.

    IFC-Films is a subsidiary of AMC Networks. Its main business is the distribution of independent films. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was distributed by it.

    But it is mainly engaged in DVD and VOD (video on demand) business; in terms of theater distribution, it has released an average of less than 4 movies per year since its establishment in 1999, except for the commercial miracle "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", which has a maximum scale of more than 2,000 (opening)  108 stores per week), the average maximum number of stores for each film is only about 50 (the average opening week is less than 3 stores), which is a small amount of money that can be guaranteed to be earned.

    "How much box office will it take for IFC to arrange 100 theaters for me in the second week?"

    "According to the latest plan, your screening week will be in one theater. If you can get 10,000 US dollars in box office in one week, it will continue in the second week and expand to 3-5 theaters. I think with your popularity  It should be okay.¡±

    Goetzman is still not blindly optimistic and remains vigilant about this result. He added: "If we want to have more than 100 theaters the next week, the box office must be more than 60,000 US dollars during the screening week, and more than half of it must be achieved in the three days of the weekend, and the reputation is extremely high.  Okay! Sixty thousand dollars Do you know how high this is? The screening ticket is priced at US$7, which requires nearly 10,000 spectators."

    There are some fans of VIY now, but it doesn¡¯t mean that there are so many fans who just spend time in Los Angeles to go to a designated theater and spend $7 to buy a ticket to watch it. After watching it, they say yes.  Who knows?  Does VIY really have this appeal?  I don¡¯t know yet what the quality of the video will be like.

    "However, this is not easy at all. In fact, it is already very good to receive 10,000 US dollars."

    Listening to Gozman's words, Ye Wei's brows moved, and he calculated the result in his mind and said: "To be precise, it is 8572 viewers or moviegoers. This is of course not easy, but, Gary, every step I take  It¡¯s not easy, so screw it, 30,000 weekend box office, 60,000 first week box office, that¡¯s my goal!

    Please tell the people at IFC that if "Wedding Day is Coming" is done, they should not be in a hurry and seize my strength. 100 stores in the second week and 300 in the third week!  "

    He thought of his father in the hospital bed, his mother with a forced smile, and the carefree Duoduo. There was a fire burning in his eyes.

    ¡°It¡¯s a bit corny to say this, but I have the confidence to create another miracle!¡±

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    Ye Wei¡¯s phone call made Gary Goetzman really confused and funny. It¡¯s not that he despises VIY, it¡¯s just that young people don¡¯t know much about film distribution, so he can¡¯t just follow his dreams.

    But there is a reason why VIY is overconfident, and the popularity continues to explode!

    For several days in a row, the movie section of the Los Angeles Times has had a side note saying that the "VIY Said" column will be launched on the 26th, a 16-year-old boy's movie column!  And it's already a huge hit, which is really news.  No matter what, Ye Wei has proven to the world that he has extraordinary writing talent.

    Some people even put him and Christopher Paolini together and thought they were both incredible.

    Paolini is a novel genius. He created the magical masterpiece "Eragon" (1998) when he was 15 years old. It was a great success after its publication in 2003 and was named "one of the most outstanding publications in the world in 2003".  People were amazed by his age and talent. Teenagers regarded him as a super idol. Film companies competed for the rights to adapt the novel and couldn't wait to predict that he would become J.  K.  The most successful best-selling author since Rowling

    Now only 21 years old!  Paolini's light is shining all over the world.

    So when the media compared Ye Wei to him, they were looking for scolding.  As expected, Paolini's tens of millions of fans were yelling everywhere on the Internet: "Who is Ye Wei?", "He deserves to be compared with Paolini!", "What did he write? How many bad comments?",  "He's an idiot!", "He's not"?From a movie?  Can't make the movie anymore?  "

    No, there is also a new situation in movie promotion.

    The official website of "Wedding Day is Coming" has updated the latest news of "VIY-VS-GIA". This 5-minute promotional video showdown will officially start at 8 pm on May 5th, and the promotional videos of both people will be posted on the official website!

    And the film¡¯s first official poster, as well as the screening date and location will also be announced.

    People¡¯s expectations are rising again and again, and VIY¡¯s popularity is also rising again and again!

    Completely out of control!  Maybe Lovett and the others laughed until their stomachs hurt, but Ye Wei's team has changed their strategy, let's speculate, let's speculate together, and charge forward, as high as we can!

    Ye Wei just said: Go up, go up, go up, go up, go up, go up!

    At the same time, Chen Nuo, who knew some IT technology, built a simple small website "www.loveviy.com", Ye Wei's fan website, which also has his pictures, news and information, etc., and also created a website that is not available on the official website.  "I want to watch "Wedding Day is Coming"" fans registered and clicked.

    As of April 23, 2004, repeated clicks from the same IP have been removed, and the effective number of people is 920.

    Of course, this number cannot reflect the real situation, because "Love Ye Wei" is not an official website. Although it is on the official website's friendly external link list, only a very small number of diehard followers will support it.  Go to this website and click on it.

    This number can only be said to more or less reflect some of the latest changes in popularity.

    And it made Lev and Bard so excited, as if they were looking at a stock that they had filled up and kept rising, "It's gone up again, it's gone up again! Now there are 926 people!"

    "My side is 927it's gone up again!"

    ¡°It¡¯s going to break through 1,000 people this weekend, that¡¯s awesome!¡±

    The negative effects of the popularity explosion are also emerging. Not everyone likes Asians to be in the limelight, and not everyone believes that he is a talented person, so VIY is suffering from more and more doubts and attacks.

    It¡¯s still Chen Nuo. He also built another website "www.viysuck.com" (VIY sucks) to observe the situation, and also set up a registration click "I hope VIY disappears", and there are already 136 people!  The IPs came from all over the United States, and the message board was also very lively. A bunch of people laughed, cursed, and despised Ye Wei, telling Lev and the others to stop coming in after just one look, so as not to be annoyed by some boring bitches!

    But there are so many extreme VIY haters, how many of them are unregistered?

    Perhaps, there are almost as many people who love him as those who hate him!

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    Ye Wei ignored this because his father's condition was stable and he only needed to rest well, so he did not go to the hospital from the next day.

    The place that needs him most now is not the hospital, but the editing room!  What he needs to do most is not to accompany his family, not to date, not to play, but to make the damn remake of "Wedding Day is Coming" as soon as possible and do the best!

    For several days in a row, he could be said to have been in the editing room. He did not go to the hospital or school. He only came home in the early morning and came back before the sky was fully lit.  I only sleep four or five hours a day. When my mind is tired, I do exercises or write columns to refresh my mind. The rest of the time is spent editing promotional videos and feature films.

    Lily has called him to go out to play, Lev and the others have also called him, but he always responded in the same way, sorry, not available.

    Ever since, when Suzanne Hines arrived every morning, she would always see Ye Weiduan sitting there, looking at the screen intently.

    If it weren¡¯t for his change of clothes, she really thought he hadn¡¯t moved around at all, because the work progress was completely different from when she got off work the day before. He was still working at night!

    After all, Ye Wei is a young man with terrible energy. Even so, there is no trace of fatigue on his face; but his eyes are clearly more crazy, as if he wants to treat the world ruthlessly, ruthlessly  Be hard on yourself.

    Suzanne¡¯s child is about the same age as Ye Wei. Do you feel amazed when you see a teenager working so horribly?  She is very worried!

    On Friday, it was time to get off work in the evening. Suzanne, who has a family and children, of course had to leave. She would not go to work for two days on the weekend.  But she really didn't want Ye Wei to continue like this. Before leaving, she persuaded him: "Weige, is it time for you to take a break? Are you going to stay here this weekend?"

    Ye Wei's eyes didn't leave the computer screen at all, he was holding the mouse and clicking something, and answered casually: "I'm OK, it's okay, I'm OK, you go, I'll stay for a while."

    "Okay, well, take some rest and don't get too exhausted."

    After an unknown amount of time, when the scene was cut, Ye Weicai replied: "OK, you can go." No sound was heard, and heLooking around, I found that I was the only one left in the editing room. Suzanne left at some point.

    ¡°Today has just begun.¡± He stretched out his hands and feet a few times and continued working on the next scene.

    ??Gulu!  His stomach without dinner gradually began to protest. He picked up his mobile phone and was about to order takeout, but found that the battery was out of power. He forgot to charge it last night

    Come on!  He patted his stomach, got up and walked around the editing room. Sure enough, he found a few packets of biscuits on the coffee table, which Suzanne must have bought. He ate them all immediately, then went back to his desk to continue working. Although he was still a little hungry, he was still doing it.  He would forget about it when he got up, and after a while, he was completely absorbed in it again.

    The night is getting darker and darker, but the lights in the editing room are always on.

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