Chapter 56: Phenomenon Director

On Friday, May 14, the new week of film screening has also begun. "Singing and Dance" is officially released on a large scale and has been launched in 3,150 theaters in North America!

On this day, as soon as the school bell rang, countless students rushed to the nearby cinema to rush to buy tickets for the first screening of "Singing and Dance" in the evening. But what surprised many students was that the tickets for the first show were sold out, and where did the tickets go? Most of them were sold out in the early morning; at noon, they were divided again; and before school, there were also students who "arrive early" and they shared the remaining tickets.

"Oh, please, how could this happen!" A white high school student looked at the ticket seller pitifully in a movie theater in Chicago and said, "If I can't buy tickets today, my girlfriend will beat me up! Man, she has been looking forward to this movie for several months. Is there really no ticket for the first game?" The middle-aged ticket seller spread his hands and said, "Boy, I understand your mood, but it's really gone, sold out." The white high school student gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, she said she must see today! Give me the ticket for the second game!"

The ticket seller smiled a little gloatingly and said, "Sorry, the tickets for the second game are gone." The white high school student widened his eyes and exclaimed, "What!?" The students behind him all exclaimed: "Damn it! I came here as soon as school was over, and they actually said there were no tickets!", "Oh God, can't you add another screening room? My girlfriend also said she'll watch it today!"

"I'll give you some advice and see it in a few days." The ticket seller shrugged, and the students shouted, "We don't want to wait for a day!" The ticket seller smiled again, "There are indeed no tickets today; if you want to see it tomorrow, come back in the early morning, and there will be tickets at that time."

The white man said angrily: "I'll sit here and can't move. Anyway, it's going to be on holiday tomorrow." He turned around and walked to the rest chair area, saying to himself: "I must have got the ticket, I don't want to break up..." So he stayed in the ticket hall, and was scolded by his girlfriend on the phone, and then saw who had snatched the tickets at night. He gritted his teeth when he saw those guys walking into the cinema with his girlfriend in his arms.

But in the entire North America, he was not the only one who stayed in the cinema until the early morning. On this day, a large number of students were late for "Singing and Dance", because of "Youth" because of "Singing and Dance", they either left the cinema with a smile. The moviegoers watched a good movie; the ticketgoers also bought the tickets they wanted.

The box office results of "Singing and Dance" on the 14th did not disappoint the cinemas or the flame film company. The average number of seats per theater in 3,150 cinemas was 500, and two screens were screened each night. The total attendance rate of the first one on the 14th was incredibly high, and the second one was 93%. After two games, they received a box office of 19.7583 million! This figure shows everything. This is a super hit movie that can set off a craze.

On the 15th, the attendance rate of the first game was still as high as 100%, and the second game dropped to 75%. Although it fell every day in the following days, especially after the release of "Star Wars-Phantom Crisis" on the 19th, the percentage suddenly dropped a lot, but in this week, "Singing and Dance" could definitely sweep North America. It received a total of 68.5215 million box offices, ranking first in the North American weekly box office rankings from May 14 to 20, beating the first week of "Star Wars-Phantom Crisis"!

Of course, the second-ranked "Star Wars: The Phantom Crisis" only took two days this week and swept the box office of 40.8402 million yuan. It seems that there is nothing to say if you lose. But many Star Wars fans are extremely angry. This is the "Star Wars" series! The super blockbuster with a production cost of 115 million US dollars was actually crushed by a campus musical and dance film with no connotation. Hell!

Some gossip media naturally won’t let go of this topic. Daily Entertainment has made a big headline title: “For the showdown of the USC director, Wang Yang defeated his senior George Lucas!” The sensational title states the weekly box office champion of "Singing and Dance" and ranked second in the "Star Wars Prequel 1". They finally commented: “The 19-year-old Wang Yang faced the 55-year-old George Lucas and delivered a result that shocked the world. What reason do we not praise this magical boy? Go forward, young-man!”

There are many sensational media, but more media are reporting the craze of singing and dancing in the film industry seriously, "Magic Yang uses magic to defeat all doubts!", "There is a promising supernova!"... There are countless titles, and now no media is stupid enough to sing the opposite tune. The gossip media also sing hymns and dare not act against the other movies. If it is another movie, they can sing the opposite tune to attract attention; but "Singing and Dance Youth" is not good. If it is a dirty water on it, it means offending countless young people, and the one who focuses on gossip is the young people.

The Los Angeles Times published a comment again, titled "Young people's counterattack, the revival of musical and dance films!" This time, box office results were in front of them, and they were no longer conservative, praising: "When the 18-year-old director announced that his first film would be a campus musical and dance film, everyone was pouring cold water and predicting that it would be a super bad film. But now we see that this is a beautiful counterattack. This 19-year-old and 3-month-old director reinterpreted the definition of "campus musical and dance films" and brought the younger generation to know the elements of popular musical and dance films; it also made the filmmakers understand the elements of popular musical and dance films! Looking at the report card of "Singing and Dance Youth", we have reason to believe that musical and dance films will usher in a full revival!"

The media pages are all given to "Star Wars - Phantom Crisis" and "Singing and Dance Youth". Compared with last week's release, "Mummy" suffered a tragic defeat compared to last week. Although it ranked third in the week, it only had a box office of 18.136 million, not to mention "The Trap of the Sky" and "The Matrix" that was screened for seven weeks. The market's consumption power was divided by the two films of the top two. "The Hand of the Idle"? No one paid attention to it anymore. It has been swept into the trash can, with 1,074 cinemas, with only 174,000 box offices.

But not all of them are praises. There is a group that is very dissatisfied with Wang Yang. That group is called parents. nbc's night news program. A middle-aged white lady looked at the camera with an angry face and said, "I hate Wang Yang. Last year, his movie made my daughter not return overnight; and now, he made my child skip classes again! Absent classes! Oh my god, does "Singing and Dance" teach people to skip classes? My daughter is about to graduate from high school at the end of the month, and she still has to deal with the final exam. Now she skip classes just to watch "Singing and Dance" earlier! My daughter needs credits, and obviously that movie can't give her; but Wang Yang relies on these tricks to earn a lot of money, but sacrifices my daughter's credits!"

The focus of this report in the evening news is to discuss a topic triggered by "Singing and Dance Youth": "What do teenagers need?" An educator was interviewed and said: "In fact, "Singing and Dance Youth" has fully revealed the needs of the teenagers. They are eager to show themselves, release their hearts, and pursue their true love... In reality, their parents' expectations and tense studies have put too much pressure on them, and they just need to enjoy their youth more." He also said that it is precisely because of graduation that the pressure of senior high school students is unprecedentedly great, and watching "Singing and Dance Youth" has become a way for students to release their pressure.

The scholar's remarks quickly received strong support. Natalie Portman, a high school student who is about to graduate, was followed by a reporter from the gossip newspaper "Daily Entertainment". She went to the cinema to watch "Singing and Dance Youth"! You know, in order to prepare for the final exam, she almost refused to attend the premiere of "Star Wars Prequel 1". Although she attended the final, she did not participate in other promotional activities of the movie. Now she has so time to watch "Singing and Dance Youth"?

Natalie, who was blocked by a reporter at the entrance of the cinema, had a little awkward expression, but her tone was very calm, and said, "I just think I need to understand this movie because all my classmates are talking about it, and I want to figure out their psychology." The reporter then asked her, "What do you think after watching "Singing and Dance"?" Natalie seemed unwilling to say more, just said, "This is an excellent movie."

"What do you think of Wang Yang?" The reporter refused to let her go easily and asked. Natalie answered as she walked: "Wang Yang is a very talented director." The reporter asked again: "Do you like his movies?" Natalie nodded slightly and said: "It's okay."

It was these very simple conversations that after the gossip tabloids, it turned into a serious scandal: "Natali loves Wang Yang!" The article did not make up Natali's words indiscriminately, but it was added to the fire: "When our reporter asked 'How do you think about Wang Yang', Natali was very shy, and she looked like she wanted to confess her love, saying 'Wang Yang is a very good and talented director.' And when our reporter asked 'Then do you like him, like his movies?' Natali, who always blushed when talking about her boyfriend's topic, also blushed this time, saying 'It's okay.'"

"Maybe this was a romantic show of love? Or maybe Natalie and Young had already been together? Think about it, we know that when the casting of "Singing and Dance" Young had been in New York for a while, maybe he and Natalie were together at that time."

Very outrageous news, but the latest episode of "Daily Entertainment" relies on it and a picture of Natalie's smile, which sold almost out of stock as soon as it was put on the shelves. The heroine of "Star Wars Prequel 1" and the director of "Singing and Dance" were the time when the two movies were thrilled at the same time, this news naturally and firmly attracted the attention of young people who love gossip!

Wang Yang didn't know about this. He didn't have the habit of reading gossip tabloids. That day, he got up early in the morning, practiced boxing and exercised fitness. While sweating profusely, he suddenly received a call. A reporter who was allegedly "Daily Entertainment" asked: "Yang, are you in love with Natalie Portman?" Wang Yang was still wondering how the reporter got his phone number. When he heard this question, he couldn't help but be stunned and laughed: "I'm in love with Natalie Portman? No, no, this is ridiculous. I have only seen her on the screen. Her performance in "Killer Lyon" was great."

After finishing the call, Wang Yang learned about this outrageous scandal from the Internet, and then he was a little doubtful. Did he talk a little too much before?

The next day, his doubts became a reality. The report of "Daily Entertainment": "The response to show love from a distance 'Natali is great!'" The article added to the sensation: "When our reporter asked whether they were in love, Young denied it first, but he immediately expressed his appreciation and love for Natali. He said, 'I like her very much. Since "Lyon, Killer," I have loved her performance. It's great!"

"We have reason to believe that Natalie is the goddess of magical Yang! Since 1994, Shenqiyang has fallen in love with this girl. Maybe the wall of his room is covered with posters of "The Killer Lyon"; maybe he wanted to become a director because of this girl. Natalie, Yang has responded to you, will you say 'yes'?"

The newspaper said it as if it was true. Although he knew that "nonsense" was the style of gossip and tabloids, many of Wang Yang's female fans left messages on the official website of "Singing and Dance" and told their disappointment: "Yang, you can't be with Natalie, she is ugly and short, and she is not worthy of you at all!" Some female fans even threatened that if he was with Natalie, they would not support him.

Seeing the growing scandal, Wang Yang felt speechless and couldn't help laughing. There was indeed a poster of "The Killer Lyon" in his room, but he and Natalie Portman had never seen it before. It was ridiculous that they could make scandals. I have to admire the marketing methods of gossip tabloids! He didn't plan to respond to this matter anymore. Now, no matter what he said, it was just promoting this matter.

"Jessica, do you know that scandal?" During the routine telephone call every night, Wang Yang pretended to be serious. Jessica's voice over there laughed crisply and said, "I think I know, you and Natalie Portman?" Wang Yang laughed self-deprecatingly and said to his phone: "Yes, who will tell you what's going on? Show love from afar? Oh my God!" Jessica smiled for a while, and suddenly said softly: "Yang, we haven't dated for a long time, I miss you very much."

"So too." Wang Yang said softly, "Jessica, let's endure for a few more days. You know that the soundtrack of "Singing and Dance" will be available next week. Once it is released, the momentum will be basically settled. At that time, we can date every day, and no longer have to worry about paparazzi, they will shoot if they like to shoot." Jessica smiled and said, "Well, I know."

As early as the stage of the "Singing and Dance Youth" campus screening, Flame Film Company had contacted several record companies and finally signed a cooperation agreement with a small record company to release the original soundtrack of "Singing and Dance Youth" in North America.

Based on these market trends, a film finance appraiser on Wall Street made a prediction. He estimated that the global box office of "Song and Dance" may eventually exceed 300 million US dollars; plus the revenue from soundtracks, DVDs and other surrounding revenues, which will bring at least 100 million after-tax returns to Flame Movies, and Wang Yang will also become a billionaire and the youngest billionaire.

Soon, the appraiser's prediction was further confirmed. The screening week from May 21 to 27 came to an end. "Singing and Dance" received another 47.3836 million box office, and the total box office suddenly reached 100 million, reaching the figure of 129.1 million! If it were at this time of previous years, it would have basically ranked first in the list, but now it can only rank second; the first, there is no doubt that "Star Wars-Phantom Crisis", this week, it received 99.3544 million box office, winning the weekly championship with a giant attitude.

But Flame Movie has reason to be proud, the production cost of "Singing and Dance" is 8 million; while "Star Wars Prequel 1" is 115 million.

Nowadays, people go to the cinema, and teenagers usually go to watch "Singing and Dance"; others go to watch "Star Wars Prequel 1". This keeps other movies being screened and continues to be implicated. "Mummy" can only receive 10.482 million box office this week; of course, "The Hand of Leisure" is not among the affected ranks, because it has been painted offline.

In the new week, the original soundtrack of "Singing and Dance" has also been released in North America. The first issue was copied 100,000 copies, and different fine posters were randomly given. Each poster has a starring actor or Wang Yang's signature. Only the first 100,000 CDs will receive this treatment! This news has been announced on the official website, and countless students are rubbing their hands. As soon as the original soundtrack is put on the shelves, the students snatched it. In one day, all the inventory in various places was sold out!

Those students who could not grab the CD were stranded in the record store with frustration and refused to leave for a long time. A little girl who looked about 12 years old even started crying on the spot. She wanted to get the autograph, but she was one step late and there was nothing left.

"Phenomenon Director!" This is the latest title Wang Yang received, presented by Roger Ibert. This famous film critic who once praised "The Legend of Ghosts", is also generous in praise this time.

"Miki Yang created a miracle again, and he made young people crazy again! My little daughter, she has always said, "Oh, Dad, I'm going to dance class, "Singing and Dance" is so great." Originally, at my age, I had no interest in campus music and dance films, but with the recommendation of my baby daughter, I watched this movie and felt very warm, like a sunshine, and the shadow of "Ghost Record" faded. I can only say, Miki Yang, this 19-year-old little guy, is a phenomenal director!"

Finally, Roger Ibert gave "two-thumbs-up" "two-thumbs-up"!"

"Phenomenon director" has been cited many times by many media. It seems that a 19-year-old director is called phenomenon, which is a bit funny. But reality is right in front of him. In 1998, he created the miracle of "Ghost Records" and exchanged 10,000 US dollars for 300 million yuan in the world. While scaring the whole world, he also allowed everyone to see what viral marketing is. Half a year later, he created the current grand singing and dancing occasion, and all young people are crazy about it. Who dares to say that this is not phenomenon? If anyone says that, he will definitely be cursed by a large group of girls.
Chapter completed!