Midnight

It's really secured now!

Chen Mo thought confidently, because even if some unexpected situation occurred, he still had two backup spending channels.

Purchasing an apartment building, plus the renovations.

And another one was investing in science fiction films.

Either of these two spending channels could result in expenditures of over 100 million.

So, even if one of the companies under his banner experienced some changes this month that ultimately led to profit.

He still had ways to spend that suddenly appearing profit.

This time, there was nothing that could stop him from fully converting the System Funds.

…

Lanpian Film and Television,

Manager's office,

Wang Bin found Luo Xiao and said with an excited look on his face.

"Brother Xiao, everything went smoothly with the film censorship. I calculated the time, and we can release it as early as August 15th."

"Hmm, that's good. Have you communicated with the cinemas?"

Luo Xiao set the script in his hand aside and looked up at Wang Bin.

He was somewhat surprised by Wang Bin's efficiency.

Upon hearing this, Wang Bin immediately offered a bitter smile.

"The situation with the cinemas is not very ideal."

"What, they won't accept our film to be screened in their cinemas?"

Luo Xiao frowned slightly. If things were really as he thought, then it would be a bit troublesome.

If the cinemas didn't think highly of their film and refused to screen it, then it would be hard to resolve.

After all, even if your film was shot well, if it couldn't be screened in cinemas, there wouldn't even be anyone to watch it, let alone box office returns.

"That's not it."

Wang Bin shook his head slightly, then began to explain.

"It's mainly because our film doesn't have any trending celebrities or seasoned actors, so the managers in charge of those cinemas are skeptical about our film."

"Therefore, regarding the film scheduling, our film is basically only getting midnight screenings, after 12 o'clock."

Wang Bin felt somewhat helpless.

He knew what midnight screenings were; there wouldn't be many people going to watch movies at that time.

Moreover, their film hadn't even done any promotion.

It was already low-traffic, and without promotion, there would definitely be even fewer people watching their film.

This would undoubtedly have a huge impact on the box office.

"Is that so?"

Luo Xiao frowned slightly, feeling a bit relieved in his heart.

Regardless, this result was at least better than the film not being able to be screened in cinemas at all.

But if the film was relegated to midnight screenings, he was still a bit worried.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly thought of the two young masters from the capital who had invited them to dinner after the filming in Kyoto ended.

The one named Chen Cong had mentioned at the time that his family owned cinemas and that he could help with scheduling if the film was released.

Thinking about it, he could only pin his hopes for the film on Chen Cong.

Although he didn't know if Chen Cong would still remember those words if he contacted him now, it was worth a try.

"Do you remember Chen Cong, who we had dinner with in Kyoto? We can try finding him to see if he can help. We don't need the film to be scheduled at the best time, just better than the midnight slots will do."

"Oh right, how did I forget about Chen Cong? He did say he would help when our film was released. I'll contact him in a bit."

Wang Bin nodded excitedly upon hearing this.

"Hmm."

Luo Xiao nodded, then looked down at his phone; it was almost 12 o'clock.

It was lunchtime.

"Let's go, let's have lunch first, and we can look into it when we get back."

"Yeah, General Manager Wei and the others have also been paying attention to our cinema situation; we can just take the opportunity to tell them while we eat."

Wang Bin nodded.

The two stood up and walked straight out of the office.

…

Tomorrow Cafeteria.

After Luo Xiao and Wang Bin got their food, they looked around and saw General Manager Wei and the others in the distance.

So they walked over.

"General Manager Luo, General Manager Wang, you've come down a bit late today!"

Wei Yan looked at Luo Xiao and Wang Bin as they walked over and teased them casually.

"We were discussing some things and forgot to check the time."

Luo Xiao placed his tray on the table and sat down.

"By the way, the release date for the film has been set for the 15th of this month."

"August 15th?"

Wei Yan opened his phone and checked the calendar upon hearing this.

"The 15th happens to be a Sunday, which is the company's day off. Since that's the case, I'll organize the company's employees to go and show our support."

"Boring Short Videos can do the same."

Li Shen chimed in from the side.

They had already discussed showing their support. After all, this film was the first film from Lanpian Film and Television, and it was also General Manager Chen Mo's first step into the film industry.

As members of the Mingri Group, they naturally had to go and support it.

Moreover, they already knew from Luo Xiao that this film hadn't had any promotion, so there would definitely be very few viewers in the early stages of the release.

So they had to support it even more.

"How about this, let's bring it up in the Manager Group Chat and try our best to organize more employees to watch the film on Sunday. Of course, since Sunday is the employees' day off, don't force them to watch it. Just explain the situation, and those who want to go can sign up."

Wei Yan said slowly while stroking his chin.

General Manager Chen Mo had always advocated not occupying employees' rest time, so they couldn't go against his wishes.

"Thank you!"

Luo Xiao said with a grateful look as he listened to Wei Yan and the others.

Although even if they organized all the employees of the Group to go to the cinema to watch the film, it wouldn't raise the box office revenue by much, but this gesture was enough to make them happy.

"What's there to thank? We're all from the same Group; isn't helping each other what we're supposed to do?"

Wei Yan waved his hand dismissively.

"Exactly!"

Li Shen and the others nodded in agreement.

Soon, they finished their meal.

Wei Yan took the opportunity to send the news about Lanpian Film and Television's new film being released on August 15th to the Group chat.

Soon, people started replying in the Group chat.

Song Xia: Received. Midnight screenings are perfect. We'll go to the cinema to watch it when we get off work. I've been looking forward to it for a long time.

Jiang Cheng: Received. I will inform the employees. Once the headcount is tallied, I'll book the movie tickets in advance so we can all go watch it together.

Yao Beiguo: Since it's General Manager Chen Mo's first released film, we must show our support. I will bring the club members to watch it then.

Pang Tao: Received. However, our staff hasn't been fully recruited yet, so I can't bring many people to watch. By the way, there are many villagers in the village who work at the Pet Park, so maybe I can organize them to go watch it together. It could also strengthen the relationship between the villagers and the Pet Park.

Li Shen: Everyone, please pay attention. Discuss which cinema each company is going to and book the tickets in advance; otherwise, if everyone goes to the same cinema, it will be troublesome.

Luo Xiao: Thank you, everyone!!!