don't call me singer

Chapter 1789 Is it just because of that kid who can sing?

Being rejected by the two middle-aged people, the couple felt a little helpless. They looked at each other and were a little disappointed. They wanted to leave, but they were a little unwilling.

They didn't know that these two men with Southeast Asian skin color were Humato and Kotut from Indonesia who were in charge of purchasing arms.

These two people belong to the elite class in Indonesia. Even though Indonesia's economy is not good, their income is not comparable to that of ordinary people. It is not easy for ordinary economic strength to impress them with money. of.

There are not many ordinary people who can get tickets for the first performance.

This cinema, called "КинотеатрРоссия", translated as "Movie Russia", is the largest and only cinema in Severodvinsk that is still in business.

Even so, the people in the cinema lined up directly from the inside to the outside.

The night in Russia is too cold, and everyone is queuing up outside again, wearing hats, scarves, masks, etc., covering as tightly as possible.

If someone takes a closer look at the night, they will see that in this team, there are Russian national treasure musicians like Tokavsky, super popular school song contest singers like Tan Weiqi, Humato and A foreign dignitary like Kotut.

At the tail of the team, there is also a member of the film's main creative team.

Feng Yidong had just finished hosting the first show in his life—it was also a sub-venue of the Spring Festival Gala hosted by him—and after dealing with the follow-up work, he rushed to the "Russian Cinema" and planned to watch the first big show of his new work on the big screen. scale screenings.

It's not that Feng Yidong has never played the leading role before. On the contrary, he has acted in several movies. His last film "Sky Project" played the leading role, and he also competed with "Goodbye Boy". The box office was hundreds of millions.

But it all depends on the traffic aura.

But this time, he relied on strength.

He has never paid so much attention to a film's performance, box office and word of mouth.

Standing at the end of the line, Feng Yidong looked at the crowd lined up in front of him, worrying about gains and losses.

Later, what if they don't feel good in the movie theater?
What if you come out and scold your mother?
What if the rating for this one is also low?
What if I won the Golden Broom Award again...

Before, he didn't care about these things at all, as long as he got paid.

Isn't it just to make money?

But now, he was really worried, and he was so anxious that there were three rooms and one living room out of his feet.

At this moment, he saw a person approaching.

This is a somewhat scruffy middle-aged Russian man.

He was unshaven, with a thin face, holding a lot of movie tickets in his hands, and looked at the crowd in line with some despair:
"Come and see our Russian movies!"

"Save our Russian cinema!"

""Badaka" will not miss your viewing, but our Russian movies really need your support."

He shouted over and over again in Russian and English, but where he walked, many people turned their heads away.

He also seemed to be numb, just holding the movie ticket in his hand, walking all the way mechanically, muttering.

Finally, he yelled in a broken voice.

"What about КинотеатрРоссия (Movie Russia), you don't watch Russian movies, so why call it Movie Russia!"

Seeing the collapse of this man, Feng Yidong couldn't help asking him: "What movie is that?"

Feng Yidong didn't quite understand what the man said.

Feng Yidong's English is actually not very good.

Everyday communication is a bit of a hassle.

He took the movie ticket, which was also in Russian, which he didn't quite understand.

But seeing the expression and attitude of the other party, Feng Yidong asked in a strange way: "Could it be, is this your movie?"

"Yes, my movie!" The man patted his chest hard.

Feng Yidong lowered his head again and looked at the movie ticket.

He never expected that at the entrance of the movie theater in Severodvinsk, he saw a colleague.

Shouldn't such colleagues be in Moscow?

Feng Yidong thought for a while, took out his mobile phone, clicked on the translation software, and chatted with the other party.

Although the translation software is not very accurate, both parties need to guess, but he still has a general understanding of the situation.

This person is a native of Severodvinsk and an independent director. He exhausted his savings and made a film. It was finally released, but almost no one paid attention to it, and no one even wanted to schedule the film.

To make matters worse, on the day of the screening, the premiere of "Badaka" happened, and the number of films was squeezed to a horrible level.

In his words, it is a blessing to have more than 100 screens.

In order to promote his movie, he even spent all his savings, bought a lot of tickets, and gave them away everywhere, just to create a little bit of word-of-mouth and save the movie.

"Why don't our compatriots support our movies and our own stories, but support others? Is it because of that kid who can sing?" Some depressed men didn't know who Feng Yidong was, whispered to him.

"Yeah, that kid who can sing is very influential." Feng Yidong smiled.

Feng Yidong, who once competed with Gu Xiaobai, felt very funny when he heard other people complain about Gu Xiaobai, and it was inexplicably cool.

Then he said: "But in the final analysis, the movie, we still have to go back to the movie itself. No matter how influential it is, it can only affect one opening. The movie is not good, and it is useless no matter how influential it is."

Feng Yidong, who used to be the number one trafficker in China, was filled with emotion when he said this sentence.

It is also a top-notch product. After "Sky Project" reaped the quick money from the traffic, it fell into the sand. In addition to the cost of publicity and distribution, in fact, there are no bottoms left for the loss.

Also with the help of traffic, the quality of "Goodbye Boy" can only be said to be quite satisfactory, but it can get more than 20 billion box office in China, and then harvest wildly overseas, harvesting Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea all over again.

At that time, he could still wrestle with Gu Xiaobai in terms of traffic, but now the difference is several orders of magnitude.

If it weren't for Gu Xiaobai's blessing, "Badaka" would rely on word-of-mouth, and I don't know what's going on. It might not be easy to explode.

This old man was even more unlucky than he was when he encountered "Badacca" at this time.

"Brother, you are right. I bet our story is not worse than "Badaka" at all! But why don't you even give me a chance to start." Russian brother scratched his hair in pain, " If this continues, I will really commit suicide by jumping into the sea.”

Feng Yidong has seen such a person.

They put all their wealth on one movie, and walked on thin ice with trepidation, but the development of the matter was not as they expected after all, and it seemed that they would not be able to survive.

The last person who wanted to jump off the building because of a bad luck was Wang Dawen.

"Having said so much, I still don't know what your movie is about?"

"Oh, I filmed a story about pirates. A Russian youth went to a place where pirates were ravaged to be a teacher. He wanted to educate them to get rid of the fate of being pirates for generations. The person who wanted to help was brutally killed, and then his student took up the gun again to rob, but was wiped out by the Russian warship. The last scene was the body of the boy floating on the sea, blood staining the sea... and then The screen went black, and the song his teacher sang..."

Isn't this the story of Badaka?
Although the ending is slightly different and more tragic.

Feng Yidong couldn't laugh or cry.

He asked: "Why are you so confident that your story will not be worse than "Badaka?"

"Because my story is deeper, only true tragedy can arouse the kindness in human hearts! A drama that is not tragic enough will not have enough tension!"

Feng Yidong tilted his head and thought for a while, it seems... there is some truth?

He looked down at the ticket in his hand, and then handed it over: "How about this, let's change it, I'll go see your movie, you go see "Badaka", and then we'll see whose The story is better."

"Ah? Really? Would you like to watch my movie?" The old Russian guy was overjoyed.

"That's right, I'm going to take a look. If it doesn't look good, don't blame me for cursing." Feng Yidong said.

I sacrificed the opportunity to see the premiere of "Badaka".

"You won't be disappointed! It must be better than Badaka!" said the old man.

"You have to read it to know, here! Here is the ticket for you." Feng Yidong handed over the ticket for "Badaka".

But the Russian brother did not answer.

"This ticket is very valuable."

Yes, this ticket is very valuable. At the scene now, there are some people who are willing to spend [-] rubles to buy such a ticket.

And this money can buy dozens of tickets in his hand, and all the tickets in his hand are not enough.

According to statistics, in 2019 Russia has 1893 movie theaters and about 5209 screening halls, with an average ticket price of 253 rubles (about 20 yuan).

As a comparison, in 2019 China has 12408 movie theaters and about 69787 screening halls, with an average ticket price of around 36.

Judging from this data, the potential of the Russian film market is probably less than one tenth of that in China.

In fact, this is exactly the case. According to the statistics of 2019, the total box office of Russian domestic films for the whole year is only 123 billion rubles.

That is, the total box office of just over one billion yuan.

Even if all the domestic films in Russia add up, they may not be able to enter the top ten of the year in China.

This is the embarrassing reality of Russia.

The lack of a market means the lack of sufficient vitality. The glory of Russian movies can only be pursued back to the Soviet era.

"Yes, this ticket is very valuable." Feng Yidong thought for a while, put the ticket away, and stuffed it into his arms.

Tickets for the premiere should be collected, and then follow the Russian brother and walk forward.

There were too many people watching "Badaka". In order to prevent confusion, the theater chain organized everyone to line up in a long line, and this long line even went directly from the cinema to the outside.

Now that the ticket checking has started, the team began to creep forward slowly.

As for the other team, there were only a few sporadic people. Feng Yidong counted them with one hand.

"Another person who is willing to watch our movie!" The elder brother said to another Russian elder sister overjoyed.

Well, another one was removed. Could it be that there are only four people willing to watch his movie?Still in the case of free tickets.

Feng Yidong began to think about whether it was worth it to give up these things.

Soon, they went through the ticket inspection and entered the cinema.

It was a very small hall where this old man's movie was shown.

There are probably no more than fifty seats, and the screen is pitifully small.

After several people went in, they sat in the first row, all alone.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and it was about to start playing. Feng Yidong felt that since he was here, he should sit here.

Even if the movie is really bad, he still has a movie ticket for "Badaka" in his arms.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a loud noise, and then dozens of people rushed in from the door.

They were happily chatting and chatting, looking excited and eager.

Among those people, Feng Yidong even saw the young couple who were begging for tickets to the movie "Badaca".

Sitting in the front row, the old Russian brother was stunned.

He turned his head away, eyes widening.

"Are these people all here to watch our movie?"

"So many people! So excited!"

"Ah, our movie has finally been seen!"

"Even if there is no substitute for "Badaka", it is still our movie..."

Soon, the audience is seated and the screens are lit.

Feng Yidong also sat upright, looking at the screen expectantly.

He really wanted to know how the Russian version of "Badaka" was shot by this old Russian colleague.

At this moment, he heard the familiar prelude.

Isn't this melody the opening music of "Badaka"?
The old Russian brother also frowned.

When the screen turned on, Feng Yidong had already confirmed that it was "Badaka"!
The Russian brother looked around in a daze for a few seconds, then suddenly figured out something, stood up angrily, and rushed out.

There were quarrels outside.

Feng Yidong followed and walked out, and stood at the door for a while.

Seeing the indifferent attitude of the staff and the angry look of the Russian brother, he was a little dazed.

He walked over, grabbed the old Russian brother, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Wrong schedule?still is……

The elder brother gesticulated angrily and explained for a long time, and Feng Yidong probably understood.

Uh, can the scheduled sessions be changed temporarily?You are stealing the box office!Does anyone know how the box office regulations in Russia are calculated?

This must be stealing the box office.

Facing the furious elder brother, several staff members over there explained something, but the elder brother obviously didn't accept it.

After a while, the staff member dropped a few words, turned and left, leaving only the old man, who lowered his head dejectedly, buried his face in his hands, and cried bitterly.

"My movie was robbed, woo woo woo, my movie was robbed..."

(End of this chapter)