You made me a superstar

Chapter 500 Abyss and Light
A gust of cold wind poured into the studio.

It makes people shiver slightly.

Xu Mei watched as Zhou Yang took over the Chinese film box office of "A History of the American Gangster".

The eye-catching 300 million box office on the premiere day appeared in front of Xu Mei. At this moment, Xu Mei felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation.

The movies produced by Huaxing have never rushed.

The premiere of the first "Mine Bottom" had a box office of more than 2000 million.

And the movie "American Gangster History"...

Xu Mei didn't know what to say, and even thought that Zhou Yang would be annoyed, sigh helplessly, shake his head, and be disappointed.

But she found that Zhou Yang remained calm from beginning to end. After carefully reading the box office, he gently put the data report on the table, and then showed a faint smile as if nothing happened.

"Let's continue with the second part."

"what?"

Xu Mei felt that she had heard wrong, and she couldn't believe her ears.

"American Gangster History" has such a low box office in China that it will become a joke in Huaxing movies. At this time, the best choice is to remove this movie in time and replace it with other movies.

"Laughing Flowers All the Way" will be released on November [-]th, so it's a good time to make room for this movie, no problem, right?

But Zhou Yang did not choose to do so.

"Let's continue with the second part..." Zhou Yang repeated again: "You can't do things halfway. Some movies are split and watched, and you may not be able to see the taste..."

"This movie is unacceptable in China..." Xu Mei subconsciously responded.

"It's okay, just hang on for a few more days and see."

"Oh."

Xu Mei hesitated for a long while, and finally nodded. Seeing that Zhou Yang continued to be busy with the filming of "Spider-Man", she stopped talking.

She knew that Zhou Yang had a crush on Zheng Jun, but she never imagined that Zhou Yang had a crush on Zheng Jun to such an extent that he even used his hard-earned resources to promote his movies.

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"Once Upon a Time in America", um, the second part of the Chinese version of "American Gangster History" will be screened at Xingyang Cinemas in the afternoon on November [-].

Zheng Jun specifically learned about the attendance rate of "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​in China.

Although it is a movie produced by Huaxing, the attendance rate of this movie is very low. In the first part, due to various reasons such as the length of the film and cultural differences, not many viewers came to watch this movie.

The second part is even worse.

The first part had an occupancy rate of about 50.00%, but the occupancy rate of the second part was less than 30.00%.

After seeing this statistic, although he was prepared in his heart, Zheng Jun was extremely disappointed in his heart, and was once very gloomy.

It seems to be something carefully cooked, but no one tastes it, and it feels like it is an extremely cumbersome dross.

November eleventh.

At 04:30 p.m. in Huaxia, it is four o'clock in the morning in Los Angeles.

When everyone fell asleep, Zheng Jun was still watching netizens' comments on "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​on the Internet.

Compared with other Huaxing movies, "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​has very few reviews on Huaxia Movie Network, only more than 200, and most of the reviews are that the movie is too long, a bit obscure, and it is difficult to watch. bladder pain...

[Because it is produced by Huaxing, even though I think the title of this movie is very unattractive, I still went to the theater to watch this "Once Upon a Time in America". After all, it is one of the few imported movies of Huaxing. I have to support it more or less, but when I finished watching the first part, I only felt that it was cumbersome, and the family's long and short matters made my head hurt. The only thing I remember deeply is the girl dancing ballet, That girl surprised me. In the afternoon, I went to the theater to watch the second part. I thought the second part would surprise me, but the second part made me even more disappointed...]

【After watching the first movie, I don’t want to watch the second movie. I didn’t expect that there will be a third movie. Oh my god, is this challenging people’s limits?I really want to give this movie a bad rating, but it seems that the filming is not that bad. If I recall it carefully, the characters are still lifelike. The atmosphere of the old beauty of the last century is very strong, and there is also a sense of irony from the people at the bottom, but If you ask me to praise this movie, I won't praise it, the movie is too long, I don't have the patience to watch it...]

【I really don’t know what’s wrong with Zhou Yang. If you don’t know how to import movies, you’ll just make movies honestly. Art movies, you can understand them, but you can’t choose them. It’s so boring. I feel sleepy after watching the whole process...】

[Jeff, you were the director of "The Departed Walker" before, right?The American version of "Infernal Affairs", please, the American version of "Infernal Affairs" is really too rough, and now I want to make this kind of literary film, there is a market for literary films if they are well made, but, how well do you make? ?Damn, after I entered the theater for the first movie, what the hell did I watch?I heard that there will be two later ones. My god, I’m a Chinese, and I really can’t understand this kind of Western culture. The only thing worthy of praise is that this movie vividly introduces us Chinese and our Chinese culture... At least it is much better than those directors who know nothing and always shoot us Chinese people with squinted eyes...]

[Damn bad movie!I wasted two hours, and the Japanese NM will refund the money! 】

【…】

Zheng Jun stayed up all night, reading the comments and saw the rising sun in the sky.

The light of the rising sun is more healing on weekdays, and when it shines on people, it feels a little reborn. When directing "The Departed", Zheng Jun felt that his whole body was evolved by the light.

But the rising sun at this moment made Zheng Jun fall into a trough, and there was a feeling that he wanted to take a breath but couldn't.

His phone rang.

He was startled suddenly, and picked up the phone as if he had been electrocuted.

"President Zhou, I..."

"What Mr. Zhou, I'm Zhang Changsheng!"

"Director Zhang..."

"The box office of the second part of "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​has come out..."

"How many?"

"The first part is 320 million, the second part is 210 million..."

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Changsheng's words were very piercing, like a needle piercing into Zheng Jun's heart fiercely.

Zheng Jun suddenly became discouraged.

The box office is actually one aspect, what really makes Zheng Jun breathless is the rating.

On Douban, the first part of "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​scored 7.8 points, and the second part dropped directly to 6.9...

Although it is not a bad movie, it also belongs to the ranks of movies that are not bad but have nothing to watch.

The ridicule of this movie in the comments is second to none. It is more of a group of trolls who have appeared out of nowhere. Through this movie, they are mocking Zhou Yang's vision of film selection, especially when he sees the second movie with a bad reputation. After doing the calculations, Zhou Yang didn't withdraw the file, but insisted on the third part, which will be screened the next night. Everyone found it incredible.

Some people even think that Zhou Yang is crazy. After using his privileges to forcibly feed the fans shit, and even secretly talking about Zhou Yang's ascension, the future of Chinese movies will be worrying.

Zheng Jun suddenly lost his temper.

Although he still has confidence in his film...

However, Mr. Zhou is affected by so many reviews, will he still have confidence in this movie?
No matter how much I promise and how much I persist, the box office and attendance are still there...

Time passed little by little.

An hour later, Zheng Jun stayed in the room, quietly waiting for the call as if he was on trial.

Perhaps because of his insomnia, he fantasized about Zhou Yang calling him more than once to talk to him about withdrawing files, and even had auditory hallucinations at one point.

but……

Zhou Yang finally didn't call him, and he didn't receive any call to cancel the file.

However, Zheng Junxin did not relax, but still spent every second in tension and anxiety.

The premiere of Laomei is about to start.

Zheng Jun lost all confidence, and didn't even dare to open the door.

He knew that the box office performance of this movie might not be ideal, but he never thought that the box office performance in China could be so unsatisfactory...

Huaxia's movie premiere is very dismal, and the Xingyang theaters on Laomei's side have very little traffic. This is still the case on Huaxia's side.
"Dong dong dong."

"Who!"

"I, Zhou Yang."

Zheng Jun was shocked suddenly.

Then the door opened.

"Zhou, Mr. Zhou..." After seeing Zhou Yang, Zheng Jun's nose suddenly became sour, and tears almost came out.

"what happened to you?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, I thought this movie might hit the street, but I didn't expect it to hit the street like this. I..."

He wanted Zhou Yang to give him a chance.

But he found that he couldn't say this sentence.

"What are you talking about? Pack up and go to the Star Ocean Cinemas in the United States to watch the premiere..."

"what?"

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The U.S. premiere of "American Gangster" wasn't a dismal one.

On the contrary, there are a lot of moviegoers...

Reporters and countless media swarmed in. Besides the media, there were also many spectators.

Zheng Jun once felt that Zhou Yang invited "Trust" for the popularity of this movie.

however……

When Zhao Zhen appeared and the mountains roared like a tsunami, Zheng Juncai realized that this movie was not a sham.

Since the "Lighthouse by the Sea" became popular, Zhao Zhen has countless diehard fans in Laomei, and his influence is unprecedentedly amazing.

The fighting power of the niche fans is still amazing, especially when Zhao Zhen announced that "Brokeback Mountain" was being filmed and introduced love, the group of people became even more fanatical.

Zheng Jun saw a lot of male compatriots walking into the theater, eagerly waiting for the release of "A History of American Gangsters"...

The Chinese version of "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​was released in three parts, but the American version of "American Gangster History" was divided into two parts, and only one Xingyang theater was released.

Exclusive screening of this film.

Everyone is seated one after another...

Zhou Yang also sat on the chair, quietly waiting for the movie to start.

"Mr. Zhou, I still don't quite understand... What's the point of releasing a movie without box office and word of mouth?"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Zheng Jun heard Xu Mei's soft words not far away.

"Director Zheng is a talented director..."

"In case this movie, Mr. Zhou, this movie is definitely losing money on the surface..."

"Then lose money. When this movie was released, I never thought about how much money this movie could make..."

"..."

Vaguely, Zheng Jun heard Zhou Yang's very firm voice.

Zheng Jun suddenly had a sore nose and felt like he was about to cry.

(End of this chapter)