To evaluate the quality of a movie, you cannot just look at the box office performance, nor can you just look at the short-term reputation.

Both box office and word-of-mouth need to be accumulated.

The premiere is only part of the beginning of the movie. Whether the premiere is star-studded and whether the media friends give face to it only reflects the soft power of a director and the company. It is a face project.

But whether the audience buys it, whether they like it or not, this is the fundamentals.

Because the people who buy tickets to watch movies are ordinary people. Even if a celebrity friend expresses his support for booking the movie, it is only for one time and cannot book all the movie theaters across the country.

Major websites and forums also slowly accumulate positive and negative reviews after a period of time after the movie is released.

After Zhang Tingting attended the premiere of Sheng Kong, she returned home without stopping and started writing a film review for "Style Master".

Her writing style is very good, and she also has her own ideas about the understanding of movies. The film reviews she writes have good angles and delicate writing style. They are well received by major entertainment companies. Generally, Zhang Tingting will be invited to the premieres of various companies for the sake of good reviews.

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In addition to paid reviews, she also pays for herself to watch movies and write reviews.

Even if the movie is not good enough, Zhang Tingting will beautify it and write a favorable review without deceiving the audience.

But the movie she spent her own money to watch was completely true to her feelings.

If it's good, it's good. If it's not good, she won't be polite.

She will not distort the facts and deliberately slander good movies, nor will she cover up bad movies. After all, it is not easy for everyone to make money, so keep your wallet tight and stay away from bad movies.

Zhang Tingting pushed up her glasses and read the film review she wrote for Shengkong one last time before clicking publish.

"Sister, you've finished writing." Zhang Chengcheng has been sitting on the sofa scrolling through his phone for a long time, waiting for his sister to finish writing the movie review before he dared to buy a movie ticket.

"Wang Sheng's film, as a new director, is quite good, but Sheng Kong's early stage campaign was too fierce. Even with the blessing of my film review, it may not reach too high. However, among the films of the same period,

It should be invincible, there should be no movies by famous directors released in the past few days." Zhang Tingting told her brother while turning off the computer.

Zhang Chengcheng shrugged his shoulders, "Just because there is no famous director does not mean there are no masterpieces."

"Yes, yes, the last "King of Comedy" was good." Zhang Tingting had already closed her laptop, kicked her legs up, and slid the chair in front of her brother, "Buy two seats in the middle of the back row."

Zhang Chengcheng rolled his eyes secretly, "Only the ones next to the second row."

"What?" Zhang Tingting pushed up her glasses in surprise.

"If we don't hurry up, these two positions will be gone." Zhang Chengcheng didn't stop placing orders. He didn't let out a sigh of relief until the payment was successful.

Zhang Tingting quickly took out her mobile phone and opened the ticket purchasing software.

"The film schedule is indeed a bit sparse and there are not many shows, but it is not so difficult to buy."

"The box office revenue generated by the early publicity should be due to the feedback after the first batch of viewings."

Zhang Tingting said to herself, then looked at her watch.

"It's been eight hours since their premiere. Come on, let's go see it quickly."

As a senior film critic, Zhang Tingting is very sensitive to high-quality movies. Her experience tells him that this must be a good movie, at least one that the audience likes and is willing to pay to watch.

Although film review work has gradually become commercialized, Zhang Tingting does not have to pay to write film reviews for every movie. She will also write for free for some of her favorite movies, but she usually uses a small account.

But the trumpet is also managed very well by her.

The reason why she uses a small account is because she is afraid that the film producers who have paid for the same period will cause trouble to her. After all, they are all in a competitive relationship.

Soon, Zhang Tingting drove Zhang Chengcheng to the cinema closest to her home.

"Sister, look, I said what my senior recommended must be right. It is really full and the movie must be very good." Zhang Chengcheng said as he looked around the dark screening room filled with people.

Zhang Tingting is actually basically certain in her heart that the movie must be good to have such an attendance rate.

But due to the professionalism of a senior film critic, she would not make any imprecise remarks before watching a movie.

"The high attendance rate of this show doesn't mean anything. It may be because today is the weekend and this period is prime time. The most important thing is that "The Stars Are Expected" is not scheduled so everyone is concentrated." Zhang Tingting said calmly.

possible reasons.

Zhang Chengcheng couldn't refute it, but he also believed that the movie would be good to watch.

Zhang Tingting also knew in her heart that the lack of filming was actually the theater's prediction of the movie, and the lack of scheduling was the answer they gave based on the movie's early publicity and team appeal.

Therefore, the current attendance rate cannot actually be said to be due to external factors. The excellent quality of the movie itself is the internal factor.

Zhang Tingting knew this in her heart. She had been writing the film review of Shengkong all day long. After writing it, she came directly to watch the movie. She had no time to read netizens' comments on "The Stars Are Expected".

While Zhang Tingting was thinking, the movie started.

Soon her thoughts were drawn back to the movie by the plot.

The movie tells the story of a girl named Xiao Tao. Her mother died when she was three years old. Her father found another wife. The father’s second wife also brought a daughter with whom she grew up.

Light snow.

The two girls became partners and talked about everything.

One day, Xiao Tao went to an amusement park with her stepmother and Xiao Xue. The bus they were riding suddenly lost control and caused a serious car accident. Xiao Xue and her step mother died on the spot. Xiao Tao survived by luck.

In order to defraud the insurance money, her father disguised the dead Xiaoxue as Xiaotao. From then on, the real Xiaotao could only live as Xiaoxue.

Xiaotao's father had been gambling all year round and soon lost all his insurance money and sold his house and property.

Xiaotao became a homeless child.

Ten years have passed in a flash.

Xiao Tao has been wandering alone in society all year round because she has no one to discipline her. She is obviously at the age where she should be in high school, but she often hangs out with a group of socially delinquent teenagers.

One day she accidentally saw a missing person notice on TV. It was an old woman who was tearfully looking for her granddaughter who had been missing for twelve years.

When Xiaotao saw the photo of the little girl, she was stunned and stunned.

The little girl who disappeared twelve years ago turned out to be the daughter Xiaoxue brought by her stepmother, which is the identity Xiao Tao currently uses.

Xiao Tao no longer wants to live without a fixed place, and really wants to have a bed to sleep in and food to eat every day.

So she decided to call the number provided on the TV.

When the old lady went to the police station to confirm Xiao Tao's identity.

Xiaotao recounted the childhood experiences Xiaoxue had with her grandma.

The old woman immediately believed that Xiao Tao was her granddaughter who had been separated for twelve years.

In this way, Xiaotao finally became a child with a family and food to eat.

Grandma already felt sorry for her long-lost granddaughter, and after hearing Xiaotao's experiences over the years, she felt even more sorry for her.

He was completely obedient to her and wished he could give her the best things in the world.

Xiaotao, who had dropped out of school, was sent back to school again.

Because her cultural studies were really bad, her grandma went around asking people to find connections so that Xiao Tao could take the art student route and get into college.

Fortunately, Xiao Tao did not disappoint her grandma. She showed amazing talent in art.

Grandma was amazed as she looked at Xiaotao's paintings one after another.

Xiaotao, who was originally alienated from her grandma, gradually fell in love with this old man who regarded her as the apple of his eye.

Two originally lonely hearts warmed each other.

If the story only ends here, it seems to be a perfect ending.

But God just doesn't let the poor people taste the sweetness.

Xiaotao's gambler father found her and threatened to tell her grandma that she was fake Xiaoxue if she didn't pay.

Xiaotao was extremely scared. She was only a 17-year-old child. She was afraid that her hard-won happy life would disappear, and she was even more afraid that the only grandma in the world who loved her would leave her.

When grandma went out to buy groceries, Xiao Tao stole her bank card.

When she discovered that her grandma's bank card password was her birthday, Xiaotao regretted it again and put the bank card back where it belonged.

But how could her father, a gambler, let her go? He found Xiaotao again and secretly hinted to her grandma's neighbor that she was not the real Xiaoxue.

The neighbors were all old people who had lived here for decades. They had all seen Xiaoxue when she was a child, and they all told grandma that this Xiaoxue looked different from the Xiaoxue when she was a child.

No matter what other people say, grandma doesn't believe it. She only says, "Isn't it normal for a girl to change her age and look different? Anyway, our Xiaoxue is Xiaoxue."

Grandma doesn't believe the rumors but still loves Xiao Tao.

But Xiao Tao is even more afraid of losing her grandma. She knows that this is a warning from her gambling father. If she doesn't give him money, his father will bring out the real evidence.

Xiao Tao really had no choice but to steal grandma's money after all.

She originally thought that if she stole the money and gave it to her gambling father, everything would go back to how it was before.

This is the simple thinking of a 17-year-old kid.

But when she really stole all her grandma's savings, Xiao Tao never had the face to face her grandma again.

She chose to run away from home because she couldn't face her grandma and such a despicable herself.

At the same time, the gambler's dad was also caught by the police for insurance fraud.

When the police came to grandma's house and told her all the truth about the matter, the old lady couldn't bear the blow anymore and fainted on the spot.

Xiao Tao learned that her grandma was sick and rushed to the hospital.

In the hospital, she took care of her grandma day and night, just like her grandma took care of her.

A month later, grandma was discharged from the hospital.

Grandma was severely hit and suffered a stroke, and no one knew her anymore.

But Xiao Tao's name was still in her mouth.

Yes, it’s not Xiaoxue, but Xiaotao.

Xiaotao hugged her grandma tightly and beat her face over and over again.

She felt sorry for her grandma and her grandma's love for her.

When the film reaches this point, the theater is quiet and only subtle sobbing can be heard.

Just when Zhang Tingting thought this was the biggest tear point in the entire film, the next plot made her burst into tears again.

Xiaotao found a picture album while cleaning her grandma's room.

They were all unsatisfactory paintings that she felt were useless. Grandma picked them out one by one from the trash can. Some of them had been crumpled into a ball and were unfolded again, and they could still be seen to be wrinkled.

Some were torn into pieces and put together piece by piece by grandma wearing reading glasses in the dim light.

On the last page of the album, there is a piece of paper, which is a paternity test.

The report showed that Xiaotao and grandma had no blood relationship.

And this paternity test was dated one week after she came back.

At this moment, the neighbor who came to see grandma came in and saw Xiaotao who was in a daze about the paternity test and said:

He took Xiaotao and her hair to do this paternity test without telling his grandma, because he had previously advised his grandma to do a test before identifying his granddaughter, but the old lady didn't listen.

When he took the paternity test to his grandma, he originally thought that the old lady would drive Xiao Tao away, but the old lady didn't say a word, just put the paternity test away and told him never to mention it.

The girl at home now is her granddaughter Xiaoxue, and what she says is true is true.

Xiao Tao recalled how her grandma still cared for her after seeing the paternity test. She washed her clothes, served her meals, cooked her favorite dishes every day, and stood tremblingly under the street lamp every day, waiting for her to finish her evening self-study classes.

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Scenes from the past flashed in front of Xiao Tao.

Grandma has long known that she is not her biological granddaughter, but she has never stopped loving her. She tolerates all the mistakes she has made, loves her, protects her, and makes her feel loved and loved for the first time.

The taste of pain.

Xiaotao could no longer control her emotions and broke down crying.

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In the next two years, Xiaotao studied hard and painted hard.

The protagonist of her paintings is always grandma.

An old woman who has gone through many vicissitudes of life but is full of goodwill towards life.

The end of the film shows a grown-up Xiao Tao, holding her grandmother's skinny hand, standing on the seaside, pointing to her the seabirds flying in the blue sky in the distance...

The video ends.

Zhang Tingting was already crying.

She is an emotional person, and it is because she is very emotional that she can well integrate into the movie, understand the true feelings of the protagonist in the story, and write excellent film reviews.

But the crying was over, and her brain quickly began to formulate the angle of explanation for the film review. "The Stars Are Expected" must be recommended, free of charge.

At this moment, she finally understood why this movie had so few screenings but such a high attendance rate.

Good movies are never forgotten.

Especially as a young director, he was able to portray the characters so well that Zhang Tingting couldn't help but applaud him.

Zhang Tingting wiped away her tears and put on her glasses again, "This movie was produced by your senior company, right?"

She asked her brother in her usual serious tone.

"Yes...wuwu, yes..."

When she looked at her useless brother again, she was already crying and started sobbing.

"You are so old and still crying, you are no longer a man." Zhang Tingting couldn't help complaining.

Zhang Chengcheng was not to be outdone, "Didn't you cry just now?"

"I'm a girl."

"You are a woman and you shouldn't cry."

Zhang Tingting, "..."

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Chapter completed!