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At the end of September, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards opened. Although the film "Blossom" received several nominations, it did not win any awards due to the sensitive subject matter at the beginning.

At the beginning of October, the shortlist for the Golden Horse Awards was announced, and "Blossom" was on the list. Since it had already won an award at the Venice Film Festival, and now it was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Awards, Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren did not have much expectations for the box office. .

"Blossom" is scheduled for November 11th.Although the post-production promotion was carried out step by step, there was no hype. In fact, with Huatai'an, Gu Yuren, and Yuan Yuan, plus two film festivals, it was already the best publicity for the film.Anyone who understands movies will go to see this movie. Hua Taian only released a movie a few years ago, Gu Yuren's first movie came back from injury, and Yuan Yuan won the screenwriting award. It would be a pity not to watch it. .

On the day of the premiere, Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren reserved the show and took their mother to watch the movie "Blossom". Although they had already seen this movie at the Venice Film Festival, this movie, which is of great significance to their whole family, naturally Worth watching and watching again and again.

The picture is gray at the beginning, the library was raided by red soldiers, many books were thrown out, piled up, and finally burned.A teenager passing by on his way to school mixed in the crowd, secretly picked up a book and hid it in his schoolbag.In the afternoon, the school does not have classes as usual, and teachers and students are asked to do labor. The students unceremoniously throw chalk at the teacher behind their backs, and call the teacher a stinky old nine. The classmate who was making a lot of trouble in Tiangong sneaked away quietly, ran to the hillside in the outskirts behind the school, basked in the sun and stole the script "A Doll's House" that he picked up from the library.An old man wearing glasses drives a herd of cows into the picture, and the tone turns into a warm color. This is the first encounter between a teenager and a playwright, and it is full of hope.

The story was told in a smooth and smooth manner, very plain, the three of them watched quietly, there was no popcorn, no soda drinks, only quiet focus.The mother and son seem to have returned to that era together.Gu Yuren played the role of a 17-year-old boy, and he didn't feel any sense of disobedience at all.Originally they planned to arrange an actor from his youth, but the director said that there is no need to change it, Gu Yuren is fine, he was young, so he must be able to play the youthful confusion and bewilderment.Unexpectedly, Gu Yuren lived up to expectations and performed very well.

The whole movie lasts 116 minutes, and there are no extra scenes. If you taste it carefully, you can feel the different flavors.This is a movie that needs to be savored quietly, and it does not meet the tastes of people who are used to watching commercial blockbusters.

So from the beginning of the movie, there were two extremes in the movie reviews. Some people said it was a good movie, especially suitable for young people with dreams and middle-aged people who had dreams; Tai'an, Gu Yuren and Yuan Yuan couldn't stop the dullness and boredom of the movie. There was almost no climax in the whole play, which made people want to sleep.However, Douban film critics still gave it a score of 8 points, and most of the audience who went to see this movie still really know how to appreciate it.

The box office results on the day of the premiere were actually not bad, with 500 million, which shows that the appeal of big-name directors and big-name stars is still good.

The day after the film's premiere, the nomination list for the Golden Horse Awards was announced. "Blossom" won five nominations including Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best New Actor.This is undoubtedly another new publicity for "Blossom".Therefore, the box office of the movie broke through 5000 million within three days of its release. For Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren, it is undoubtedly another kind of encouragement. Make a movie well, regardless of the results, what should come will come naturally.Even if it doesn't have a good box office, it can still accumulate a good reputation. With a good reputation, are you afraid that there will be no box office in the future?

On the 20th, Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren attended the Golden Horse Awards Gala in Taiwan.They don't have much confidence in winning the award, because the Golden Horse Awards have always favored unpopular movies. Although "Blossom" is also an unpopular literary film, it has already won an award at the Venice Film Festival, so the Golden Horse Award will be awarded to "Blossom". very unlikely.

Gu Yuren didn't care, he knew that he had already won the Golden Horse Award, and the possibility of it being awarded to him again this time was very small, so he said to Yuan Yuan: "We don't have to win the award, it would be nice to come to Taiwan to see it." The folk customs here are still very simple, you will have a different feeling, I will take you out tomorrow."

Yuan Yuan nodded: "Okay, after the awards ceremony is over, let's play in Taiwan for a few days before going back."

As expected, although there were many nominations, "Blossom" only won the Best New Actor Award in the end.Yuan Yuan said to Gu Yuren: "It's not bad, at least I didn't come back with a feather. It's wise that Director Hua didn't come."

Gu Yuren said: "Director Hua already knew the temper of the judges of the Golden Horse Awards, so he didn't want to come and run with him. He is quite old, so it was right not to come."

Yuan Yuan thought so too, the old man probably knew that he would not win the award, so he didn't come, and if he won the award, he could let Gu Yuren accept it on his behalf, anyway, he is the producer.

After the award ceremony, Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren received a lot of calls, it was Taiwan TV station who wanted to interview them.Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren declined, and they did not agree to interview invitations from domestic media, and they definitely would not accept interviews in Taiwan.

The two played around in Taiwan to experience the culture that still has the legacy of Confucius and Mencius.It takes hundreds or thousands of years to establish traditional culture, but it only takes a few years to destroy it, and how long it will take to re-establish it is really embarrassing.

After playing around in Taiwan, the box office of "Blossom" has already reached 1.1 million. The cost has returned, plus overseas box office, later online on-demand income and copy income, and I can make a small profit.Yuan Yuan and Gu Yuren are quite satisfied with the result, because they have gained a lot from this movie.

Zhou Fengming started urging Yuan Yuan to create "Mountain and Sea" 2 again. Yuan Yuan said before that a movie can not express many things, but "Mountain and Sea" has a lot of content. If the results are good, a sequel can be made.This guy Zhou Fengming has tasted the sweetness from the last movie, so he naturally wants to make the second one.Yuan Yuan also agreed. Gu Yuren’s studio now spends a lot of money. He invested a lot and got very little in return. Like the “Blossom” they invested in, it’s not bad that they didn’t lose money. Those small-budget films invested, There are almost no ones who can make money. Basically, there is no return. Although it is one or two million each time, it doesn’t seem like a lot, but it adds up. So you have to invest in some commercial films to make money.

Gu Yuren doesn't take many plays now, and relying on the commissions from the artists in the company alone can't fill the hole of investment losses. Fortunately, there are advertising revenues.In addition, when Yuan Yuan helped other people write scripts, when he encountered a good project, he also tried his best to promote the cooperation between the other party and Gu Yuren's studio.For example, Yuan Yuan is very happy to cooperate with Zhou Fengming, and Zhou Fengming will definitely not let Gu Yuren suffer.

Gu Yuren said mockingly: "Now I rely on my wife to earn money."

Yuan Yuan said: "I'm making an initial investment, waiting for you to make a lot of money as a director in the future."

Gu Yuren thought for a while and said, "Actually, the director can't make much money. I might not earn as much as you in the future."

Yuan Yuan said: "How is it possible, your annual advertising revenue is more than mine."

Gu Yuren smiled: "Advertising requires exposure. Brand owners are very realistic. If you have less exposure, they will recruit new people and keep fresh faces. Performance films are not as popular as commercial films. There are so many advertisements this time. It’s not because I won an award in Venice, after this period, there will definitely be no one who will renew my contract.”

Yuan Yuan smiled: "You won't starve to death without advertisements, aren't you a boss?"

Gu Yuren hugged Yuan Yuan's waist and rubbed against him: "If I become unknown in the future and earn less than you, will you despise me?"

"What do you dislike, anyway, I can afford you, and you only need dry shreds for every meal."

That being said, it is impossible for Gu Yuren to have no plans at all. Apart from investing in movies, he started investing in theaters under Qin Qilu's matchmaking.The cake in big cities is almost divided, and if they cannot be inserted, they will develop towards small and medium-sized cities. Now that the living standards of residents have improved, the quality of people in third- and fourth-tier cities has also improved. They know how to enjoy life better. A movie is still a consumption. Affordable, and the investment cost is low in small cities, and a few million or tens of millions can build a very good theater.This year, Gu Yuren opened a movie theater with his advertising fee. Although it took a little longer for the funds to flow back, the risk was lower than investing in films, and he was a hen that could lay golden eggs.

The final box office of "Blossom" was 1.6 million. After deducting the cost, the two finally earned more than 1000 million. It's not like there is no spring for literary and artistic films. The key is to make the film good.

Gu Yuren's in-service graduate student is about to graduate. He has started to try to make movies, and he is also preparing for graduation works. Of course, the script will definitely be written by Yuan Yuan.Before that, Gu Yuren also shot many short films, micro movies, and several public service advertisements. The scripts were all thought up with Yuan Yuan, and the results were not bad. One of the advertisements was even accepted by CCTV. Adopted.

Regarding the graduation work, Gu Yuren was hesitating whether to make that gay movie or something else. The gay script Yuan Yuan had almost written, and he liked it very much. As for the script, he thought it would be better not to make this as the first film to try.Yuan Yuan trusts him very much, no matter how he presents it, he will express their stories, the only worry is whether someone will judge Gu Yuren because of this.

As for the qualitative issue, Gu Yuren was not worried at all. Coming out was actually his plan all along. If he could take this opportunity to come out, it would be a good thing, so as to save him from covering it up later.

For the graduation work, Gu Yuren visited many senior directors, consulted and discussed with them, and finally Gu Yuren made up his mind and gritted his teeth: shoot!So this movie called "The Gate of Happiness" is scheduled to be launched in May. Gu Yuren originally planned to star in their own roles, but after careful consideration, they still rejected it, because Yuan Yuan refused to agree to play the second male lead, and Gu Yuren also I don't want to act emotionally with another man, even if Yuan Yuan doesn't mind.