Yang Chen: "We’re making it based on cinema standards, so of course it has to be released in theaters."
Yang Zhen: "Sigh... but we’ve contacted Yida Cinema, Hengdian Cinema, and others, and they’re unwilling to schedule it, or they can only give us ghost screenings, playing at midnight and early morning. That’s pointless."
Yang Chen: "Are there any big films showing at Yida Cinema right now?"
Yang Zhen: "Yes! ’Moon Man’ is currently playing, and it’s taking up almost 80% of the screenings. There’s also a low-budget film ’Buried in Dust’, which has been performing well at the box office recently, so its screenings are increasing. Plus, ’Yip Man’, which is invested by Yida Film, is about to be released. They probably want to reserve all the screenings for that movie."
Yang Chen: "Okay, got it. You tell the other investment companies that this movie must hit the theaters. I’ll arrange everything on my side as soon as possible. Just get the preparations ready."
Yang Chen: "Alright! Then I won’t disturb President Yang’s rest. Good night."
Once the equity transfer document is in hand tomorrow, Yang Chen will give Wang Ranglin a call to chat.
Although ’Heavenly Sword Array’ doesn’t have investment from Yida Film, it’s Yang Chen’s first key movie project. Wang Ranglin has to give face and let the film be shown at Yida Cinema.
Just past eight in the morning, the courier delivered the equity transfer document.
Yang Chen first went out to drive, and around ten, he called Wang Ranglin’s secretary, Liu Lin.
Liu Lin hurried to report to Wang Ranglin, and soon Wang Ranglin called Yang Chen.
Wang Ranglin: "Hello, President Yang. Thank you for supporting our Yida Film."
Yang Chen: "Hello, President Wang. I couldn’t resist investing as I see good development prospects for our company. There’s a matter I’d like to trouble you with, and I hope President Wang can help."
Wang Ranglin: "What is it? Please go ahead, President Yang."
Yang Chen: "I’ve invested and produced a movie, ready for release. But because it’s a low-budget film without any big names, cinemas aren’t giving us screenings. I’d like Yida Cinema to schedule screenings for it. Is that possible?"
Wang Ranglin: "Of course! A movie invested by President Yang, being screened in our own cinemas is only right. I’ll have my secretary send out an internal memo so that all Yida Cinemas nationwide will schedule screenings for President Yang’s film."
Yang Chen: "Haha... great! Then I thank President Wang in advance."
Wang Ranglin: "Haha... we’re all family, no need to thank. I’ll be going to Hai City in a few days; how about President Yang joins me for a meal then?"
Yang Chen: "No problem! Just let me know in advance, President Wang. Let’s leave it at that and I won’t disturb your work anymore."
After hanging up, Yang Chen sent a message to Yang Zhen.
"It’s settled, Yida Cinema will contact you proactively. Just follow up accordingly."
Yang Zhen quickly replied: "Understood! President Yang is impressive, able to sort out even Yida Cinema. With your connections, our films can hit theaters in the future. Whether other cinemas will show them or not, at least we can ensure screenings at Yida Cinema."
Yang Chen replied: "I spent real money to buy Yida Film’s shares to get this power. I will clear all obstacles for you, just work hard."
Looking at Yang Chen’s message, Yang Zhen was momentarily unsure how to respond.
Only a truly wealthy person could pull off such an impressive feat.
Because cinemas wouldn’t schedule screenings, he actually spent money to buy shares to ensure screenings.
The way wealthy people do things is truly straightforward and effective.
At lunchtime, Bibi customer service called Yang Chen.
Customer Service: "Mr. Yang, your recent negative reviews are hard to eliminate and have severely affected your overall service score. We suggest you be more cautious; getting another negative review might make it difficult for you to accept orders."
Yang Chen: "There’s nothing I can do. They want to leave negative reviews, and I can’t stop them. Take last night’s negative review as an example, the woman wanted to rent a room, but the man didn’t want to. The woman got angry, and then the man blamed it on me, giving me a negative review. So what should I do? I’m really helpless and innocent."
Customer Service: "Actually, when you feel passengers might leave a negative review, sometimes you can try talking to them, maybe you can salvage it."
Yang Chen: "Are you joking? Am I the type to admit defeat? If they want to leave negative reviews, let them. I won’t negotiate with them."
Customer Service: "Alright. Then Mr. Yang, carry on with your work. I won’t disturb you anymore. Have a wonderful day."
Although Yang Chen refuses to give in, if his service score is too low and affects accepting orders, he still has to find a way to deal with it.
After resting for a while, Yang Chen started accepting orders again.
Yang Chen drives ride-hailing purely to pass the time and incidentally get some negative reviews rewards.
Therefore, he accepts orders as fate dictates, without checking the distance or fare.
He accepted a 30-kilometer, 38-yuan fare order.
This is definitely Bibi’s system offering discounts to users, and the cost gets pushed onto the driver.
However, Yang Chen didn’t mind these things; as long as he doesn’t lose money, it’s fine.
The passenger was a chubby middle-aged man who didn’t sit in the back but went directly to the front passenger seat.
According to protocol, Yang Chen verified the phone number with the passenger, then set off.
Shortly after driving out, the male passenger grumbled, "30 kilometers, 38 yuan, you accept this kind of order?"
Yang Chen didn’t notice the passenger’s annoyance and replied with a smile, "Can’t help it, the platform assigned the order to me, I had to accept it. And it’s a trip to Jia Ding North District, I also wanted to breathe some fresh air there, so I accepted."