You made me a superstar

Chapter 495 Huaxing's Movies
October 21.

A new round of China Box Office is out.

James Bunter's "Jaws" was setting records every day when it was screened. Finally, just one month later, the box office broke through an astonishing [-] million.

This is a milestone data, and everyone is amazed.

Two years ago, this was a box office figure that I didn't even dare to think about.

"Men in Black" was released for one and a half months, and the box office reached an astonishing 6000 million. As the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies gradually subsided, the corresponding theater lineup also decreased, and the daily box office dropped from tens of millions to millions. , the total box office on the 500th was only [-] million. It is only a matter of time before all parties predict that this movie is on the verge of being sold out.

The total box office of "The Youth We Chased Together in Those Years" and "Sniper Phone Booth" was 4000 million and 5000 million respectively. After the crazy baptism in October, the box office of the two films also began to rise The daily box office of "The Youth We Chased Together in Those Years" fell from tens of millions to millions. "Sniper Phone Booth" can last for a while, but it is only in the early tens of millions. will fall down.

In Xinghui's office.

"What does Lao Cao say?"

"I didn't stand in line, and I abstained from voting, saying that everything should follow the leadership's arrangement...how to support and how to cooperate should be obeyed by the leadership's arrangement."

"Oh."

Feng Minrui and Chen Kai were smoking and looking out the window.

The new round of general election for the China Film Association is not very optimistic for them. Zhou Yilin got a support rate of more than 60.00%, and the current momentum is booming. It seems that he is invincible and invincible.

And Feng Minrui, the chairman of the board, only got 40.00% approval rate. Except for a few old foxes who abstained from voting, the rest of the young people or middle-level directors all supported Zhou Yilin.

Feng Minrui felt complicated when he saw that the Huaxia Film Association, which he once managed with one hand, was about to fall apart.

"Only by uniting and making this cake together can everyone have food. Now that the entire association has become like this, I don't know how many new generation directors will be hungry, and I don't know which direction the future Chinese movies will go..." Feng Minrui snuffed out the cigarette butt, and finally heaved a sigh.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that he was a little old, and his sigh was beyond words.

Chen Kai's face was gloomy, but he didn't say anything, just looked at his watch silently.

It is seven o'clock in the morning.

In two hours, it will be the premiere of Shen Jinsong's "Sword God".

This era has gradually turned into a commercial era, and movie box office is naturally a vital part.

In the past two years, the Huaxia Film Association has really not had any outstanding works, and they are holding back their energy to prepare for a big fight with Hollywood in the second half of 07 to boost morale.

"Sword God", an adaptation of the best-selling martial arts novel, is naturally one of the films that rivals Hollywood.

Shen Jinsong has been preparing this movie for three years, and his anger is almost gone, but he is still ambitious and has been waiting for the right time to release.

As said at the beginning of the novel, after ten years of sharpening a sword, one sword shocks the world.

Feng Minrui and Chen Kai are actually looking forward to this movie.

"Let's go and see "Sword God"."

"Ah."

Among countless bad news, there is still good news.

After all, "Sword God" is considered a work of their China Film Association.

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All the Chinese directors who used to be in a hurry were very low-key when "Sword God" premiered.

When facing the media, everyone was extraordinarily humble, even Shen Jinsong, the director of "Sword God", kept a silent attitude.

The release time of "Sword God" is not the golden week of October [-]st, nor is it a holiday. Although I have confidence in this movie, everyone knows that the box office of the premiere will not be too ideal.

"Haha, I'm still not the president, but I'm just an active old man, let this association be more active, lest some people say that our association is an old people's pension association, haha..."

"The road to the release of "Sword God" is indeed quite bumpy. After all, there are too many blockbusters in October, and it is indeed not an easy task to win the screening, but I believe this movie will surprise the audience."

"Hey, President Feng is here, President Feng, this way please, I have a seat for you..."

"..."

When Zhou Yilin came to the screening room, his face was full of smiles.

Facing the camera, he said something that was not considered arrogant, but made some directors sound harsh.

When Feng Minrui walked over, he happened to see Zhou Yilin's smiling eyes.

Feng Minrui felt a strong revulsion in his heart in an instant, his stomach regurgitated acid, and he wanted to vomit on the spot.

The host of the premiere of "Sword God" should be the director Shen Jinsong, or Feng Minrui, but Zhou Yilin turned his back on the guest, and instead began to greet him as a guest.

"It's getting more and more arrogant!"

After being hypocritically courteous, Feng Minrui finally took his seat. Chen Kai stared at Zhou Yilin who was continuing to chat and laugh in front of the media in the distance, and couldn't help cursing.

When they came in, the media didn't seem to be enthusiastic about them. Everyone seemed to have heard something. Although there were some interviews with them, most of them were coping. With the microphone in their hands, their eyes had already turned to other places .

Even their treatment is not as good as that of second- and third-tier directors like Feng Kai...

Such a performance naturally made people feel a huge gap. Chen Kai jumped a little, but he didn't lose his temper after all.

They are not the same now as they were at the beginning of October, and the higher-ups seem to be very disappointed with them. Even the people behind Chen Kai said that they should try to keep a low profile if they can keep a low profile during this time.

People are in the limelight, so there is no need to be uncomfortable.

At around [-]:[-], the big screen in the distance of "Sword God" finally dimmed, and then began to play commercials.

"Huh? Is this a comedy?"

"Hey, they are all newcomers, this actor is so ugly..."

"Haha, even though it's so ugly, I'm so happy, I'm dying of laughter..."

"Gone?"

"This is the trailer!"

"..."

Commercials before a movie show are generally dull and cumbersome, and audiences can't wait to fast-forward.

However, when a road movie trailer commercial called "Laughing Flowers All the Way" was played in the auditorium for the first time, there was a commotion in the auditorium.

Audiences burst out laughing as they watched the trailer for the new movie on the screen.

It's just that the trailer is very short, only about 30 seconds long. After the trailer ended, it didn't say when the movie called "Laughing Flowers All the Way" will be released...

This made the audience feel somewhat regretful.

Feng Minrui frowned, looking at the words "produced by Huaxing" and the works of director Zhang Changsheng.

Before I had time to think about who the director Zhang Changsheng was, another set of trailers was played in the advertisement.

[I'll give you a lung! 】

【You insulted my personality first, and now you are insulting my IQ! 】

[This matter becomes kidnapping, this is not our specialty! 】

【…】

After watching "Laughing Flowers All the Way", the audience suddenly saw the trailer of "Crazy Stone".

This time, the audience laughed more happily than in the previous one.

The language sense of this movie trailer is completely cinematic and audiovisual, rather than the traditional paradigm of "fiction, prose and even poetry" that Huaxia Film is good at and firmly grasps. It intentionally mobilizes the special sense of humor of the dialect , all about comedies of little people in a turbulent metropolis...

This alternative sense of black humor refreshed the audience and made them even more curious about the movie.

"Grass! When will this movie be released? It seems very interesting."

"Haha, it's so fun."

"Hey, Zhou Yang wrote the screenplay for this movie again, haha, I didn't expect Zhou Yang to know this?"

"..."

Chaotic laughter and tumultuous discussions echoed in Feng Minrui's ears, becoming more harsh.

The corners of Feng Minrui's mouth moved slightly, especially when he saw the director's name, Feng Minrui couldn't help but closed his eyes.

The director's name is Liu Can.

In the 90s, I made a literary film called "Black and White Humor", which was screened at the Russian International Film Festival and once achieved a great response.

Later, after returning to China, Feng Minrui had contact with this director briefly, but Feng Minrui didn't like the director's temperament very much, and he was so crazy...

In the final analysis, the China Film Association dismissed them, not only rejected their invitation, but even refused to give some corresponding "protection fees".

Later, Feng Minrui reported to the relevant department under the pretext of "released overseas without approval", and Liu Can was banned for more than ten years.

During this period, Feng Minrui heard about him, and learned that he could not bear the hardships of life and changed his career.

Feng Minrui didn't pay attention afterward.

There were too many directors banned in those years, how could he have the time to pay attention to these?

Even when Huaxing announced the "Crazy Stone" plan later, he didn't pay much attention to it.

But no one could have imagined that in this special period, his new work would appear in cinemas in a grand manner, and what was even more unexpected was that this movie was directed by him.

Feng Minrui began to have a bad feeling.

He suddenly felt like a joke.

Maybe, this circle will get better without them!

The idea came to his mind.

Just when he was emotionally complicated, "Sword God" was finally released.

"This movie may not perform well..."

"The plot is too old-fashioned..."

"Well, it's the main line of the movie where the orphan seeks revenge and finally succeeds in revenge..."

"But isn't that how the novel "Sword God" is written?"

"..."

Just 10 minutes after "Sword God" was released, he heard the audience pointing at the movie.

(End of this chapter)