Chapter 329
Henri and Theresa held different opinions, and their fans had been arguing on Twitter.
Henri’s fans had an absolute advantage.
However, Theresa’s fans did not admit defeat.
In the end, because the matter happened too long ago and there was no actual evidence, it became- confusing on the Internet.
One of Henri and Theresa must be lying.
But no one knew who was lying.
The quarrel lasted for a few months.
It was the first day of the new year.
Soon, Love in Bitter Winter was officially released on New Year’s Day.
There were several good films on New Year’s Day.
There was a wonderful action movie named Tiger and Dragon starred by a veteran actor..
There was a new comedy with an extremely high popularity named Happy Goats.
A detective movie called Super Detective 2 starred by Henri was also shown at this time.
The cast of these three films were very popular.
Among them, Super Detective 2 had a good foundation, and people had the highest expectations for it.
Before the movies were released, the pre–sales were announced.
Super Detective 2 had the highest pre–sales. On the first day, it grossed more than 17 million dollars.
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Happy Goats earned 13 million dollars.
Tiger and Dragon earned ten million dollars.
As for Love in Bitter Winter…
It only earned one million dollars.
It performed even worse than some animated films on New Year’s Day.
Looking at the pre–sales of Love in Bitter Winter, Henri couldn’t help laughing.
Previously, he was worried that this movie would make a splash.
Now he felt he had thought too much.
It was just an art film. On a happy day like New Year’s Day, who would want to watch a sentimental art
film?
Henri ordered his marketing team to continue criticizing Love in Bitter Winter while secretly gave likes to the tweets that indirectly attacked Theresa, leading his fans to go on cursing Theresa.
Henri even found a lot of people, asking them to give Love in Bitter Winter low scores after it played.
In this way, Love in Bitter Winter could not gross more money through word of mouth.
After everything was settled, Henri opened a bottle of red wine and waited happily for the result.
Soon, the opening day ticket sales were released.
Super Detective 2 performed much better than the other films, earning 40 million dollars.
Happy Goats earned over 25 million dollars.
Tiger and Dragon earned 15 million dollars.
A children’s cartoon film earned six million dollars,
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“Four million dollars,” Henri laughed.
This data was not even a fraction of the sales of his movie.
He checked the scores of Love In Bitter Winter.
Henri laughed even harder.
The score of Super Detective 2 on the opening day was 8.9 points.
Love in Bitter Winter got 5 points.
Henri closed the webpage.
He felt he shouldn’t have regarded Love in Bitter Winter as an opponent. It didn’t deserve it at all.
Super Detective 2 made a hit on the opening day.
Henri was interviewed by a movie magazine.
The reporter asked, “Mr. Maxwell, your movie had the most opening day sales on New Year’s Day. I wonder if you have anything to say about the other movies released on the same day.”
Henri smiled gently and said, “I can only say that everyone should do their best. The rest will be judged by the audience.”
The reporter’s eyes flickered as he asked bluntly, “Love in Bitter Winter was also shown on New Year’s Day. Something unhappy seemed to have happened between you and the heroine of this movie. This time, Love in Bitter Winter only earned four million dollars on the opening day. I wonder if you have anything to say to your opponents about this.”
Henri smiled and said, “Opponent? Who are you talking about?”
After that, Henri ended the interview.
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opponent“.
The news praised Henri and Super Detective 2 to the skies.
As for Theresa and Love in Bitter Winter, of course, they were described as ignorant challengers.
The crew of Love in Bitter Winter and Theresa were particularly quiet in the face of the negative
comments.
Henri was even prouder.
He guessed that Theresa had probably admitted defeat and didn’t dare to argue with him anymore.
Three days later.
Henri’s agent said worriedly, “The sales of Super Detective 2 fell a little too fast. Except for the paid posters we hired to give high scores, the real audience doesn’t seem to think highly of it.”
Henri took a casual look at the real comments shown by his agent.
“Oh my, this movie can’t even compare with the first one. It’s called a detective movie, but the plot can’t stand up to scrutiny at all.”
“I just want to ask whether it’s a detective movie or an action movie.”
“Henri is so disappointing. Why didn’t they let the leading actor of Super Detective 1, a newcomer,
continue to act?”
“I heard that after Super Detective 1 became popular, Henri used his connections to force the new actor away and act in Super Detective 2. However, he only made such a piece of shit. I can only give this movie
one point.”
Henri snorted and said with a poker face, “These people are just jealous! Although the sales of our
movie have declined, it’s still the top–selling movie, isn’t it? In this world, sales are everything. As for these people, just let them say whatever they want.”
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Henri acted as if he didn’t care at all. The agent had no choice but to find someone to control the comments while secretly praying that the movie sales would drop slowly.
But things went contrary to his wishes.
It was impossible to hide the real comments on a movie.
Five days later, Super Detective 2 fell to second place at the box office. Happy Goats earned 2 million
dollars more than it.
Six days later, the sales of Super Detective 2 continued to plummet, and it fell to third place with daily sales of six million dollars, which was equal to that of a cartoon.
Looking at the falling trend, Henri was a little panicked.
He worked hard in various places to promote the movie, but the effect was getting worse day by day.
The only thing that gratified Henri was that due to his undermining, although the reputation of Love in Bitter Winter improved a little, its sales remained low.
Henri could only comfort himself in this way. He thought, ‘Anyway, we’ve got back our investment in Super Detective 2. It doesn’t matter that the income is not as good as expected. Love in Bitter Winter hasn’t even earned one–tenth of the investment yet.”
Henri’s malicious pleasure didn’t last long before he received a piece of shocking news.
Love in Bitter Winter had secretly gotten in touch with foreign cinemas.
A week after New Year’s Day, it was released abroad.
For some reason, Henri was flustered when he heard the news. No matter how powerful he was, he couldn’t control the market abroad. What if Love in Bitter Winter became popular abroad?
But he quickly calmed down.
Once domestic films were shown abroad, they could not completely be understood or accepted by foreign audiences.
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Henri thought, ‘It is impossible for Love in Bitter Winter to conquer the foreign market.”
Although he thought so, Henri still paid close attention to the sales of Love in Bitter Winter.
The agent knew what Henri was thinking, so he told Henri about the ticket sales of Love in Bitter Winter on its opening day abroad.
In the whole foreign market, Love in Bitter Winter earned about 7 million dollars.
Hearing that, Henri sighed with relief.
The sales of 7 million dollars in the entire foreign market were quite an ordinary result.
The next day, the agent continued to report.
The sales of Love in Bitter Winter doubled the next day. Now its global sales were 27 million dollars.
Henri’s eyelids twitched, but he still pretended to be calm and said, “Its global sales can’t compare with the domestic sales of our movie.”
However, Henri knew that Super Detective 2 could only get a domestic audience, and no one abroad” would like it. However, Love in Bitter Winter was about intense love, which could resonate with audiences from all over the world. Therefore, Love in Bitter Winter could be shown throughout the world, but Super Detective 2 couldn’t.
On the third day, the agent came again.
Henri’s eyelids twitched in advance.
The agent sighed.
Henri narrowed his eyes and said, “Go ahead. It’s just an art film. Even if the sales rose again, it couldn’t
rise much.”
The agent said calmly, “80 million dollars. This is foreign sales, and the domestic sales have also soared to 30 million dollars. Therefore, Love in Bitter Winter has earned 110 million dollars.”
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Henri thought, it is impossible for Love in Bitter Winter to conquer the foreign market.‘
Although he thought so, Henri still paid close attention to the sales of Love in Bitter Winter.
The agent knew what Henri was thinking, so he told Henri about the ticket sales of Love in Bitter Winter on its opening day abroad,
In the whole foreign market, Love in Bitter Winter earned about 7 million dollars.
Hearing that, Henri sighed with relief.
The sales of 7 million dollars in the entire foreign market were quite an ordinary result.
The next day, the agent continued to report.
The sales of Love in Bitter Winter doubled the next day. Now its global sales were 27 million dollars.
Henri’s eyelids twitched, but he still pretended to be calm and said, “Its global sales can’t compare with the domestic sales of our movie.”
However, Henri knew that Super Detective 2 could only get a domestic audience, and no one abroad” would like it. However, Love in Bitter Winter was about intense love, which could resonate with audiences from all over the world. Therefore, Love in Bitter Winter could be shown throughout the world, but Super Detective 2 couldn’t.
On the third day, the agent came again.
Henri’s eyelids twitched in advance.
The agent sighed,
Henri narrowed his eyes and said, “Go ahead. It’s just an art film. Even if the sales rose again, it couldn’t
rise much.”
The agent said calmly, “80 million dollars. This is foreign sales, and the domestic sales have also soared to 30 million dollars. Therefore, Love in Bitter Winter has earned 110 million dollars.”
