Chapter 107 Chapter 107(1/5)
After the Chinese New Year, Xiao Yao learned from the screenwriters and directors of the circle that the "Window Flowers" invested by Chen Jinghong is not reviewed and is undergoing post-editing re-editing.
Sayuri, Si Qiong, and Sister Hua are also actively contacting investors who are not in the same circle and hope to participate in films invested by these investors.
Xiao Yao has heard of these things, but he doesn't take them seriously, because "Double Flowers" filmed with Rachel will be released soon.
This is a movie with two female leads. The Chinese heroine yearns for freedom in Sam Country, and has been working hard to go to Sam Country for this. The Sam Country heroine also yearns for the rich cultural heritage of China and is also working hard to make money to come to China. The two of them We worked together to strive for our goal, and the second half met in the capital, and then went to Sam's Country together.
Although this movie is a comedy, it is not a movie that has been laughed at. Instead, it explores the collision between ancient culture and young culture in the funny way. And when the two heroines travel together, it satirizes some inherent impressions - Sam Country It is not entirely free, but there are also many things worth learning from. In addition to its profound cultural heritage, China also has modern facilities that are not inferior to Sam's country.
March and April are cold trades. Even if Xiao Yao is confident in this film, he is worried that the box office will not be high in cold trades. After all, with Rachel participating, she is embarrassed to give Rachel a too low harvest.
Rachel was even more nervous than Xiao Yao and came to China early, and occasionally bought pre-sale box offices, and used this to convert the amount of US dollars.
Chen Jinghong, Si Qiong, Hua Jie and Xiao Saihe looked at the gratifying pre-sale results of "Double Flowers". After thinking about it, they decided not to buy the navy army to discredit them.
First, they don’t want to offend Xiao Yao and Cheng Yue further. Second, based on past experience, if the movie has a good reputation, it will be useless even if they buy the navy.
Just thinking about how miserable she was, Xiao Yao was so lucky. They were all very uncomfortable and wanted to roar and couldn't sleep all night.
One day, I looked in the mirror and found that I was a few years older than last year!
On Friday in March, the movie "Double Flowers" was released.
Xiao Yao was called by a familiar friend director to help watch a drama. The drama, like Shen Jinghong's "Window Flowers", was not reviewed. The director knew from Director Liu that Xiao Yao had a good idea about it, so he hurriedly invited Xiao Yao. Come here.
Xiao Yao asked Rachel to pay attention to the box office, but he was busy.
After watching the cut film, Xiao Yao kept shook his head, "It's probably difficult to pass the review. I suggest you cut it once."
Afterwards, I read the script, read all the materials carefully, and put forward some suggestions. I worked hard for half a month before I could get a new movie.
Even though she is busy, she has some of her own time every day, so she knows the box office of "Double Flowers".
The first week of the box office was Xiao Yao's appeal. The movie she starred in has always had a good reputation, so the box office in the first week was very high. The next week of the movie was the quality of the movie. The film was full of sincerity, and there was no point in the whole process. There are tears in laughter. Although it is a commercial film, the theme is also remarkable, so it has been released for half a month and the box office has reached 1.4 billion!
There are no blockbusters in this period, and you may be able to continue to make box office sales.
Rachel happily hugged Xiao Yao, "Dear, I feel relieved! You are indeed the box office queen of your mainland!" It's amazing that small-cost videos can also get this box office result.
And she has also increased her popularity in China because of this film. In the past, only people in the European and American circles knew about her existence, but now, many ordinary netizens in China also know about it.
Xiao Yao smiled and said, "In fact, it's mainly because the film is of good quality."
The quality of the film is not good. Even if her acting skills are explosive, everyone will praise her acting skills at most. They will not be too optimistic about the film. It is even more impossible to recommend people around them to buy tickets to watch it.
Almost a month later, "Double Flowers" was offline, and its total box office in mainland China reached 2.36 billion!
This was a dazzling achievement, and Xiao Yao took Rachel to celebrate the celebration banquet with the crew.
During the meal, everyone talked about what happened when filming movies, and then talked about the movie circle, and mentioned Chen Jinghong.
The producer lowered his voice, "I heard that her "Window Flower" was not submitted for review for the second time. She has put forward many suggestions for revisions. If it is really cut, the film may have to be remake."
The director said, "If the script is really good, it's nothing to remake, at least it's better than the random cuts now."
After hearing this, the screenwriter said, "I have read that script, but the dark side I have discovered is enough, but it is not enough to say how profound it is." After saying that, he looked at Xiao Yao, "Xiao Yao, have you seen it?"
Xiao Yao nodded, "I have seen it too. If it were me, I wouldn't consider investing in the auction." I didn't say much about anything else.
The producer glanced at Xiao Yao and said, "I heard that Chen Jinghong was counting on this film to have a good reputation. Now it seems that it is impossible."
The director said, "In fact, there is still another way to go, that is, it will not be released in China, but it will win international awards. There are many domestic literary youths, and some people like to promote banned films to the altar. But in this way, the box office will be Don’t think about it anymore. I don’t know if the investment is big.”
The producer immediately said, "The investment is actually not very big, it is only more than 10 million yuan. With Chen Jinghong's status, he still has this amount of money."
During the meal, everyone talked about something else. The conversation was almost over, and everyone planned to sing k.
Xiao Yao didn't want to stay up late, so he separated from everyone first.
Rachel came back with her, reached out to Xiao Yao's shoulder in the car, and asked drunk, "Xiao Yao, that Mr. Cheng, is he not good?"
Xiao Yao was a little surprised, "Why did you suddenly ask this?"
"I heard from your Lu Min that he has been chasing you for several years and there is no other woman around him. This is impossible. Which man can bear it? I found out that day, and was shocked and secretly picked it up | He just said, he didn't respond, his face was angry, and his eyes looked at me like ice, maybe because I exposed it..."
Rachel said seriously with a mouth full of alcohol, "You have to test it clearly, otherwise you will be the one who will be unlucky to marry him. No matter how rich a man is, he cannot marry him if he doesn't."
Xiao Yao was speechless and couldn't help but sigh, "I said Rachel, you're thinking too much."
"I mean, really..." Rachel burped again, "You must be careful not to find a man who cannot do it."
After saying that, he muttered again and didn't know what he was talking about, and then fell asleep completely.
When he got home, Xiao Yao got out of the car. When he saw Cheng Yue, he felt a little moved and couldn't help saying, "Rachel is drunk, please help me get her into the house."
Cheng Yue's face was not good, "Just just help the bodyguard..." While saying that, he asked the bodyguard to help him, and he walked to Xiao Yao, with his handsome face changing, "Are you drunk too? I'll help you back. ”
Xiao Yao: “…”
Chen Jinghong has had a hard time recently. "Window Flowers" that she used as a life-saving straw did not bring her good luck as she expected. On the contrary, she could not even pass the review.
It was the second time that he had been sent for trial, but he was still beaten back. Chen Jinghong couldn't help but wonder if Cheng Yue had done something behind his back.
She invited a person from the film review system to dinner tonight, and sincerely asked the reason why the film was not reviewed. She knew that it was not Cheng Yue who did it, but that there were indeed problems in many parts of the film.
Chen Jinghong maintained the smile on his face, "So that's it? Hahaha... I don't feel that those are big problems. But I don't understand, "The Predator" discovers and reflects the dark side of society more than my film There are still many, how can we pass the review?"
The humane film review system said, "The Predator is very smart. No matter what it is inside, he uses laughter and scolding as a package. So although it involves factors that cannot be passed, it is okay to study it carefully. I suggest that your team will go back Watch The Raiders carefully and experience it.”
Chen Jinghong smiled and said, "We have seriously revised the questions raised during the first instance, but there are other questions in the second instance... It is this problem that fails. Is there a standard to refer to?"
"I don't have this, read the rules and regulations carefully and summarize it yourself." The humane way of the film review system.
Chen Jinghong said goodbye to the film reviewer and went home, feeling aggrieved.
What are you talking about? It’s clearly differentiated!
Obviously, "The Raider" and "Window Flowers" both touched the dark side of society, but the result was that one was praised and the other was stuck. She didn't believe it at all if there was no trick!
But she couldn't go to the film review department to question it, so she had to find the director the next day to discuss, "Let's see if it can be cut again. If not, we will consider taking the banned film route. First, get a prize abroad and sell it to everyone. Big video website.”
In this case, not only will there be a prize, but you can also get some money back. It is better than when you can pass the review now.
The director hesitated, "Many films have been reviewed in a few years. Why don't we wait?"
"I've waited, will I have a chance to pass the trial?" Chen Jinghong asked back.
The director hesitated a little, thought about it and suggested carefully, "That, there is another film that has not been reviewed before with "Window Flowers" and has not passed the review. It seems that Xiao Yao has helped me watch it, and it has been reviewed two days ago. Look, do we want to look for Xiao Yao too?"
Chen Jinghong frowned, "Now Xiao Yao doesn't even answer my phone number, how could he help me watch the movie?"
Since she bought a water army last year and mocked Cheng Yue and laughed at Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao has stopped answering her phone number.
Otherwise, she would definitely look for Xiao Yao.
For her, success and money are the first priority, and face and dignity are things that can be discarded at will.
The director has no choice.
He sighed in his heart that Xiao Yao had never done anything bad to Chen Jinghong, and he didn't even suppress him, so he didn't know why Chen Jinghong had to go against Xiao Yao. Although he was a competitor, the route did not conflict in reality. I don't know that What exactly is Chen Jinghong thinking?
As May entered, Chen Jinghong directly asked the director to take the first version of the film to attend the Cannes Film Festival, and she herself, as the starring actor, also attended the event in great costume.
However, the director is not very famous, and he does not have a big hit in China in advance like "The Predator", and there are not many people who come to watch the film.
Chen Jinghong looked at the ling Luo Cinema and gritted his teeth to make the media name "As with "The Raiders", he pays attention to the fate of mankind and triggers thoughts", hoping to attract customers with this.
"The Raiders" was widely publicized by feminists when it was released, and the box office was relatively impressive. It even swept major awards last year. Therefore, even in Gaul, it is very famous. So as soon as this title is played, the popularity will come soon It's right.
In addition, there are many international students who highly value "The Raider", which has attracted widespread international attention. When they saw that the film turned out to be the second place in "The Raider", they immediately bought tickets to watch it.
However, after reading it, the international students cursed in their hearts.
How come you have the nerve to say "The Raider" is the second place? It's so shameless!
After Chen Jinghong, who was full of anticipation, was waiting for the reputation of the movie to explode after he became the second place in "The Raider". She even helped the media and film critics think that he could use "deeper" and "like a sword to pick his bones. ” Comments like this.
But the ending disappointed Chen Jinghong. Two days after the exhibition, the film did gain some attention, but many people said after watching it, "The darkness is more than the lack of human care." "I want to copy "The Predator", but it is far worse than that. "The Raider" "A real good movie is not enough to show the darkness."
What's worse is that international students complain on their social networks.
"I was deceived by Chen Jinghong. Her "Window Flower" said it was the second in "The Raider". I went to read it and wanted to ask, what's this? Wine is liquid, and urine is also liquid, but between the two There is a wall!"
"Chen Jinghong is very ambitious, but his vision of choosing scripts cannot support her ambition! Of course, her acting skills are still good. She acts well, occasionally playing the lace heroine of a big director and big production, and then takes on a small-cost art film. Isn’t that great to show off my acting skills? Why do you need to copy Xiao Yao’s route?”
"Chen Jinghong, wake up. You have acting skills. Do not use any bad intentions. There must be a place in film history. Why do you need to buy a navy army, black Xiaoyao? Although you are enemies, all flowers bloom. Very good, why do you need to step on Xiao Yao and pursue a unique show? You can't show off Xiao Yao!"
Chen Jinghong couldn't listen. She thought these people were Xiao Yao's fans, otherwise they were at least passers-by, because although they praised her a few words, they were more likely to further raise Xiao Yao by stepping on her excellent ones.
Otherwise, why is "Window Flower" similar to "Predator", and netizens are blindly pursuing "Predator" and stepping on window flowers?
Thinking of this, she sent another press release and yelled at "Window Flowers" and her performance.
There are indeed netizens who eat the movie "Window Flowers". They are boastful about the movie and attract many netizens.
Unfortunately, the backlash is very powerful when the product is incorrect. I was fooled by the press release or by niche netizens. I went to the movie with expectation but felt that the deceived netizens came out of the theater. They were angry and they all looked at the movies in their circle of friends. Various complaints.
At the end of the Cannes Film Festival, "Window Flowers" was not won, and the box office of only a few exhibition halls was even more negligible, and even the reputation was a tragic defeat.
Chen Jinghong was unwilling to believe the comments of Chinese netizens, but when he saw that French film critics said almost the same, he had to believe it. What followed was indescribable despair.
Why did Xiao Yao succeed in choosing a film, but she failed in choosing a film?
She has offended Cheng Yue, but this time she has not been able to make a beautiful comeback with "Window Flowers". Where will she go in the future?
To be continued...