I became popular in half the entertainment industry

2 Chapter Forty

After taking about half a month's leave, because Wang Shi was going to attend an event in Shanghai, the crew did not have Shen Lin's filming task, so he took advantage of this free time to go to school for two classes.

At the door of the class, all the students in the class looked at him in unison, making Shen Lin a little terrified.

After finally warming up some classmates, because of my leave and the school's strong support for my European competition, I will be isolated again?

After only a brief silence, the classroom suddenly became chaotic.

"Damn it, Shen Lin, you miss me so much."

"Shen Lin, why are you here when you are free? I heard that a European film is showing, when will you take your classmates down the red carpet?"

"Pull it down, what red carpet are you walking on? Do you want to rub the carpet or something?"

"Damn it, it's good to return home as a companion of youth?"

When had Shen Lin ever seen a classmate so enthusiastic, he was so moved that he was about to cry.

Yan Dan looked at Shen Lin's overwhelmed look, and wondered if this was acting?

You haven't seen any big scenes, and you still care about the enthusiasm of your classmates?

Fortunately, Shen Lin didn't come empty-handed this time, and each person has a trial set of big-name cosmetics.

But suddenly saw Qu Xiaoxiao was also there, and said with a sneer: "Everyone, don't be polite, this is the endorsement of Qu Xiaoxiao from our class, just say it when you're done."

Everyone smiled and accepted the presents. They didn't expect this kid to be so smart. It's a pity that the class teacher took away the cigarettes last time.Why was I so ignorant back then!

Chen Hao really couldn't get jealous anymore, so he took the cosmetics and said, "Shen Lin, you are really there, and the dean speaks for you, but it's you who have the strength."

Shen Lin didn't dare to show off in front of the students, and said low-key: "Everyone is as good as me if they have the opportunity."

If this was said at the beginning of the school, the students might believe it self-righteously, but only fools believe it now!

Ning Xiaohao smiled wryly, thinking that it's not scary to be talented, but it's scary that you are so low-key, you don't give others a way out.

Ning Xiaohao took out the Chinese cigarettes that he was reluctant to smoke from his pocket, pulled Shen Lin and said, "Brother, let's go, smoke a cigarette so that we can go to class."

Shen Lin thought to himself, your sister, smoking a cigarette from a classmate is really not easy.

"Come on, take mine." Shen Lin said.

Sitting on the seat, Qu Xiaoxiao neatly arranged the notes she remembered these days on Shen Lin's desk, as a small reward for the Cantonese song he wrote for herself.

But he is so powerful, is it really useful to go to school?

Shen Lin took the notebook and saw that the handwriting was beautiful and pleasant, and he almost couldn't hold back the fact that he committed an occupational disease, so he was about to mark it as "excellent".

The head teacher, Professor Lu, found out that Shen Lin came to class again, and the atmosphere of the class changed subtly.

That feeling of isolating Shin Rim was gone.

That's right, by this time, no matter how immature the students in the class are, they are still blindly confident, so they have to educate these nerds themselves.

You must know that Shen Lin is now a person that many bigwigs are willing to make friends with. You are still so thick-skinned and pretend to be noble?Are you stupid?

The class is almost over.

With the permission of Professor Lu, Qu Xiaoxiao put on her hat and mask in advance to leave first.

A star of her level, knowing that there are more and more fans attending classes here, often gets stuck, so she has no choice but to leave first.

And Shen Lin didn't have any worries in this regard. After all, he wasn't a star yet, no matter how popular he was on the Internet, he still couldn't compare with a singer like Qu Xiaoxiao.

After school, the students wanted to chatter around Shen Lin, but Professor Lu called him to the office.

Although the official statement is that the film academy is responsible for the distribution and help of the competition, but in fact, it is Shenlin Company who operates it. For some things, Professor Lu is entrusted by the school, so he has to ask about the specific details. Last time Hu Yu just butt part.

But Shen Lin doesn't understand these things!

Shen Lin could only say to Professor Lu: "I'll ask Hu Yu to contact you for these things. He will help you with the specific things. My main task now is to complete the TV series, as you know."

Professor Lu nodded. It is true that he does not need to ask about these matters. He should put all his thoughts on creation.

However, Professor Lu still reminded Shen Lin: "You still have to pay attention to some things. I am afraid that Shan Qing will play tricks on the release of TV dramas."

It's not that Shen Lin didn't think about this, but he didn't want to put pressure on sister Ren Jing to broadcast it on Xishan TV, that would be unfair to Ren Jing.Anyway, it is really not possible, there is still a network in Hong Kong, but it is a pity to give up the mainland market.

Because only Shen Lin knew that he could not retreat like this unless it was a last resort. Others could not see the situation clearly and thought that going to Hong Kong and Taiwan would lead to a bigger market, but Shen Lin knew that the biggest market was actually here.

If you give up, you will have to work harder to get it back in the future, and the gain outweighs the loss.

"I will keep this matter in mind, please thank me again from the dean." Shen Lin said.

Professor Lu said with a smile: "If you have a heart, I will tell you about it. Go ahead."

Exit the school office building and go around the Graduate Yard.

He suddenly found that the electronic display board in front of the graduate school said, "Congratulations to the film and drink men and women of our school Shen Lin, who were selected into the two major film festivals in the Mainland and the Venice Film Festival in Europe."

Shen Lin laughed. I was a teacher in my previous life, but I didn't enjoy this kind of treatment on the blackboard, and I have a sense of belonging to the film academy.

He pushed his bicycle and walked out. He was in a hurry when he came to class, but he didn't see the big signing of the student union because his film was taken down.

This made Shenlin sweat a little. It turns out that the alumni of the school have done so much for themselves.

The matter of participating in the film competition really needs to be refreshed.

Just as I was thinking about European movies here, Hu Yu called over there.

Hu Yu doesn't seem to be as happy as yesterday. Yesterday was the first day of the film's release, and European filmmakers are optimistic about the film, so he has great expectations for the box office.

I thought that even if the box office does not exceed the domestic 9000 million or so, at least it can come to 4000 to [-] million.

However, the attendance rate of the show in Venice and the show in the UK is less than [-]%, and it is hard to say whether the distributor can make money.

"The attendance rate is not ideal. The attendance rate and word-of-mouth will also affect the judges, right?" Hu Yu said.

At the beginning, Shen Lin really didn't think about the box office, let alone the influence of the box office and the word-of-mouth accumulated by the audience on the movie.

And a group of Asians are not familiar faces to Europeans. How can this attract them to the cinema, and then ferment word-of-mouth, and drive more people to the cinema?

Shen Lin feels that this question has definitely entered the blind spot of his knowledge, and he has no idea at all.

It seems that there is nothing good to do in that world.

And Ang Lee's film was directly screened in the United States, and it was distributed by MGM in the United States, and Ang Lee was from some film school in the United States. These Shen Lin can't compare with him, and they have connections.

However, Shen Lin remembers that this film was released in 94, which was a year of blockbusters, but the box office strength of this film is also good.

Shen Lin tapped his head, trying to recall when he was writing the movie review of Brokeback Mountain, and what other important information about the movie he looked up, but maybe he had neglected it.

Chapter 241 Fermentation Word of Mouth

Shen Lin pushed the car and walked out, even after leaving the school gate, he still didn't get in the car.

It seems that Ang Lee didn't have enough confidence in the box office of this movie.

Shen Lin thought back.

It seems that it was first screened in more than a dozen movie theaters first, and then the response was very strong, and then it was expanded to more than 200 movie theaters.

Seeing that Shen Lin was silent on the phone, Hu Yu didn't bother him either.

Now he always feels habitually that, for Shen Lin, there seems to be nothing that can stump him.

This time he thought so too.

Just wait patiently for Shen Lin's arrangement.

Thinking about the things in that world, Shen Lin felt that he and Hu Yu were too hasty about the box office of the movie?

possible.Shen Lin thought.

Moreover, experience in that world will often have the same effect in this world, which is also verified by Shen Lin.

At least until now there has been no acclimatization.

But Ang Lee also ruled by doing nothing, relying on word-of-mouth of the movie, not publicity.

Do you like this yourself?wait?

In the end, Shen Lin decided to experiment with Li An's method. After all, all the memories and experiences in that world are absolute wealth to Shen Lin.

So he said to Hu Yu: "How many movie theaters started going online yesterday?"

Hu Yu opened his mouth and said, "There are 87 stores, and tomorrow there will be 150 stores, nearly doubling."

Shen Lin was very satisfied with Hu Yu's answer, indicating that these were all under Hu Yu's control.Fortunately, Hu Yu called today, otherwise it will be released on a large scale tomorrow, which may be a disaster for this movie that has not yet become popular.

As for why, Shen Lin didn't want to understand.

"In this way, starting from tomorrow, we will continue the screening scale of 87 theaters and exclude the larger theaters inside, but we will guarantee this number, and the other theaters will wait."

"What? Shen Dao, this is not good. The box office is not good. If we don't increase the number of theaters and increase publicity, we can maintain this level of online release. If we don't make it, the 87 theaters will not be able to do so in less than a week." Reduce the number of films, or even remove them from the shelves."

Hu Yu didn't expect that Shen Lin would do this. Although it would reduce the cost, it was not good for them.

There is no publicity, and the attendance rate is less than [-]%, and it will shrink as time goes by!

It seems that what Hu Yu said is very reasonable, maybe the publisher also means the same.

But for such an art film, and it is still released overseas, the publicity is beyond the reach, and it can only be fermented by word of mouth.

The premise of word-of-mouth fermentation must first be a niche, a little secret discovered by some people.

Shen Lin feels that once it starts to ferment, with the help of the current social media, that is, the promotion of short videos in Europe and circle of friends, he is still confident that the box office will surpass Ang Lee's.

Shen Lin felt a little confused about what he didn't think to understand just now.

"If we can't even keep 87 movie theaters, all of them are dissatisfied, and it's meaningless to release it to 150 theaters, and the proportion of seats is even lower. Recommended by others." Shen Lin explained.

Hu Yu said anxiously: "It's just relying on the recommendation of the audience, and we don't promote it, so it won't work. We are also roadshows in China. We are the first one. Why don't we come to Europe for roadshows?"

Shen Lin smiled, European road show, who knows us!

But it's hard to say, it is said that Europe and the United States will be occupied by Chinese people, and I don't know if it is true or not.

Never been there!And how do you know that word-of-mouth publicity among audiences is worse than other traditional publicity methods?Not necessarily, after all, Shen Lin has seen miraculous effects.

"It's not that you can always have food with one trick." But Shen Lin is actually a little hesitant. It's not that he doesn't believe that his films will not cater to European tastes, but the accumulation of word-of-mouth is too accidental.

"Have you figured it out?" Hu Yu felt that Shen Lin might not have much confidence this time, and the reason was a bit far-fetched.

Shen Lin sighed and said, "I've made up my mind. I'll stick to this for a week and tell the publishers to keep going. If the market still doesn't work after a week, we'll figure out a solution then."

Hu Yu also agreed with a long sigh, and insisted on a week, anyway, he had to make preparations for publicity first.It won't last long like looking to the sky to collect business like herding sheep.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Lin reviewed the memories of the previous world in his mind.

It should be like this. If it really doesn’t work, let’s find a way. Anyway, the quality of our movies is absolutely excellent. Although I’m a bit novice in plagiarism, I can’t stand the help of my peers. like a baby, ugly

Although Europe and China are thousands of miles apart, there is no one who cares more about movie releases and box office than Shen Lin.

When Hu Yu and Shen Lin were discussing how to solve the problem of attendance, not only the Internet, but also the paper media in China began to reveal that the attendance rate of Shen Lin's food and drink men and women abroad was dismal, and no one cared about it. It was a failure the course of the case.

The media even compared Shen Lin's films with those of directors such as Lao Mouzi and Chen Da, who are well-known domestically and internationally.

The conclusion drawn is that this is a farce staged by someone using their power and public opinion.

Because there is irrefutable evidence such as foreign box office support, and Shen Lin has offended a group of people, all kinds of sarcasm came out.

If this public opinion continues, eating and drinking men and women may not be able to win any domestic awards, and even many netizens will doubt their own reasons for supporting this film at that time.

After all, Chinese people believe in experts. After all, people say that Chinese people's memory is the same as that of fish, only seven seconds, which is what they mean.

On the way to the film crew by bicycle, Shen Lin passed by a newsstand that still had a market in this world. He wanted to buy a bottle of water, and bought a copy of Yandu Daily.

I didn't expect that there were comments from men and women about their own diet.

Shen Lin quickly flipped through it.

The main target of the reviews is the high box office in China and the cold premiere in Europe.

The film that seems to care about Shen Lin is actually a satire and discrediting of Shen Lin, as well as Dean Tian Zhuang and others who support Shen Lin.

If you just talk about yourself, if you just say that the men and women you photographed have problems with eating and drinking, then you will bear it on behalf of Li An, but this is hitting those who help you, and Shen Lin doesn't want to bear it anymore.

Isn't it just that the box office of the premiere is low, can you guarantee that it will be low tomorrow?The day after tomorrow is also low?

Shen Lin didn't even have to think about it. Such film reviews are definitely not only in Yandu Daily, but also in Yandu Evening News.There are many more reviews like this online.

Then don't blame yourself for writing something to praise yourself.