The King of Directors 2000

Since May, the mainland film market has been booming.

Generally speaking, young people are much richer at this time. After experiencing the Lunar New Year, they have some extra money in their pockets that they can distribute freely.

So more commercial films were released at this time.

But generally speaking, May and June are still not as good as July and August in mainland China.

After all, July and August are the real summer months.

Of course, in the summer season, competition will naturally be greater.

Needless to say, movies like "Peace Wheel" and "One Step Away", with an investment of 200 million to 300 million yuan, are absolute blockbusters and are targeting the Lunar New Year release.

For ordinary movies, if the commercial attributes are not that strong, it is best to go for a schedule where the competition is not so fierce.

"Dalian by the Sea" will be released in mid-May.

"Return" is scheduled to be released in late May.

Taking advantage of "La La Land"'s critical acclaim at Cannes, Lee Sheng-yew plans to release it in mid-June.

This movie is a hit.

Such behavior naturally aroused dissatisfaction from other film producers, but no one dared to speak out.

The vast majority of people are secretly looking forward to "La La Land" hitting the streets.

So at 6pm on Friday, June 13, 2014, six new movies were released simultaneously in the Mainland.

They are "La La Land", "Godzilla", "Midnight Combing Hair", "The Last Stand", "Golden Hour", and "Young Stirring".

Among them, "La La Land" received 32% of the screenings, and "Godzilla" received 28% of the screenings.

Most of the other four new films are ranked around 5%.

Because there is another blockbuster movie in early June, Tom Cruise’s “Edge of Tomorrow,” and even “The Return” still has a 5% film schedule.

Under such circumstances, movies like "Combing My Hair in the Midnight" and "Youth" are very obvious cannon fodder films.

Of course, there are still people who don’t believe in evil, and many people imagine that their movies can counterattack.

"Da da da!"

Chen Qiaoen wore a backless blue gown and walked quickly along the hotel corridor.

Behind her were two female assistants.

She is the female lead in "Youth". She was promoting in major theaters in Beijing today. She ran to many places and wore high heels all the time. Although she was very beautiful, she was very tired.

Entering the hotel suite, she immediately kicked off her high heels, then entered the room barefoot and threw herself onto the bed.

"Oh, I'm so exhausted."

The two female assistants nodded immediately, "Sister Qiao En, you are great. If you work so hard, you will definitely get good results."

"Yes, sister, we all support you."

These two female assistants are both girls from Wanwan, and they speak quite nicely.

When Chen Qiaoen heard this, he felt happy and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

When she first debuted, Li Shengyao's idol drama "Feng Hua" was popular in Asia, and a group of young actors like them had little chance of getting ahead.

Fortunately, Lee Sheng Yew later went to make movies.

Wanwan's idol drama has learned from Fenghua idol drama and has gained some development in Wanwan's hometown.

Chen Qiaoen is the most popular idol drama actress in Wanwan. She is known as the queen of idol dramas. She has acted in several idol dramas and all of them have achieved high ratings in Wanwan.

However, Wanwan's market is limited, and she can only earn two to three million from acting in a TV series, which is not comparable to that in the mainland, so she, like others, entered the mainland entertainment industry.

I acted in several TV series in the Mainland and made a lot of money, but my popularity was very average from beginning to end and there was no development.

She doesn't have big curves, or like Lin Zhilin, who has big bosses behind her and can act in movies.

This time she can be the female lead in "Youth", paired with Huang Xiaoming, which has been a resource for her to play with investors for several days.

This is her first movie starring in Mainland China.

So Chen Qiaoen is looking forward to it very much.

Chen Qiaoen was shocked when he learned that only 5% of the movie was scheduled.

Isn’t Huang Xiaoming the best niche student in the Mainland?

Why do you arrange the film so little?

Later, after careful study, I saw "Godzilla", "Edge of Tomorrow", "The Return", and "La La Land".

Chen Qiaoen understands that Huang Xiaoming actually has little appeal, and it is indeed difficult to get movies in front of these blockbusters.

However, "La La Land" is an airborne film, and Chen Qiaoen was somewhat unconvinced.

If "La La Land" hadn't suddenly asked for 32% of the film schedule, the film schedule of "Youth" might have exceeded 10%.

She has always had an idea in her mind, hoping that "La La Land" will hit the market and "Youth" will counterattack.

At this moment, the phone rang and several messages came in.

Chen Qiaoen picked up the phone and took a look and found that there were encouraging messages from several good friends.

The mainland market is too big and it is too easy to make money.

Almost all Wanwan stars, as long as they are slightly famous, have come here to develop.

Moreover, these people are very capable of deceiving, and several of them have movies released this month.

Just like "The Breakup Master", which was released on the 6th of this month, the male lead is Fan Yichen.

There is also "Midnight Combing Hair" released today. This is a low-budget suspense movie starring Li Wei.

There is also "Who Moved My Dream", released on the 19th, starring William Li.

As a few actors, they often encourage each other.

At this time, Chen Qiaoen was very moved when he saw the message from his good friend.

She then stood up and said, "I'm going to take a shower. Check your phone for me and tell me if you have any information."

Nowadays, box office statistics are much faster. After early morning, the box office of the same day can be released.

Chen Qiaoen hopes that "Youth" can break through and become a movie with a single-day box office second only to "Godzilla", "La La Land" and "Edge of Tomorrow".

This movie might have a chance to improve its schedule.

After she took a shower and walked out in her pajamas, it happened to be early in the morning when her cell phone rang. It was a message from an assistant director of "Youth", telling her about the box office of this movie.

"Ranked ninth on the day's box office list, 530,000..."

When Chen Qiaoen saw the data on the message, he felt bad.

Ranked so low?

How come there are so few?

She couldn't help but enter the WeChat group of "Stirring Youth" to ask, and someone immediately explained it to her.

Needless to say, there are several blockbusters. Movies like "The Return", which were screened for almost 20 days, had a box office of 3 million.

Among the several new films, positive films like "Youth" are the least popular.

"Midnight Combing Hair" starring Li Wei has 2.5 million today.

Low-budget suspense films have always been popular and cannot be big hits, but they can still make a small profit.

Chen Qiaoen saw the message and realized that the movie he starred in was the least popular and had the lowest box office.

She couldn't help but feel disappointed when she thought about the days and nights she spent fighting for this movie.

"Sister Qiao En, it's okay. We'll come back later."

"Sister Qiao En, maybe there will be better box office results tomorrow."

If the box office is not good on the opening day, the film will be cut down later.

There were already few films in the arrangement, but after they were cut, there were very few. How could it be possible?

Chen Qiaoen smiled bitterly and shook his head.

She has always been optimistic. After thinking about it, she planned to vent her feelings and said, "Let's go out and watch a movie to relax."

Anyway, there is no hope for this movie. She has no interest in promoting it, so she might as well relax herself.

"Okay, Sister Qiao En, let's watch "La La Land". I heard that this movie has a good reputation and has a good response in Taibei."

Lee Sing-yew's movies are all released simultaneously in Mainland China, Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. It is unique in the Chinese speaking circle.

After Chen Qiaoen heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Is there a lot of "La La Land" scheduled in Taibei?"

"Quite a lot."

"Depend on."

Although Chen Qiaoen was very unhappy, he still listened to his assistant, dressed up in disguise, and went out to watch a movie.

There was a large movie theater just near their hotel. The three of them bought tickets, bought Coca-Cola popcorn, and entered the movie theater.

It was already half past twelve at this time, but there were fifty or sixty people in this 300-seat theater, which was almost 20% attendance rate.

Chen Qiaoen was filled with envy.

As expected of Li Shengyao, he has really strong appeal.

"Sister, it's coming."

"understood."

Chen Qiaoen took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. After calming down, he opened his eyes wide and looked quietly at the big screen.

I saw pictures and subtitles flashing on the big screen.

Those pictures are very colorful, bright red and green, like a children's castle.

However, this color combination does not give people a rustic feeling. On the contrary, it has a retro feel and feels like a world in a certain movie.

Then the movie officially started. The heroine was an amateur actor who had been auditioning but never succeeded.

In order to survive, she had to work part-time in addition to auditions.

This kind of life is very tiring, but she has been persevering for her dream.

On a sunny morning with the fragrance of flowers, she hurried to the audition location and got stuck in a traffic jam.

She accidentally hit the car in front of her.

The driver who was hit was very angry and yelled at her.

The heroine was naturally unhappy, and the two had a fierce quarrel.

Later, she was late for the audition and was kicked out. She was depressed, and her friend invited her to a party, where she met the driver again, who was the male protagonist.

She still disliked the male protagonist.

She found that this male protagonist was obviously nothing, but he looked cool and aloof.

On the night after the party, she came to a jazz bar by accident. After entering the bar, she saw the male protagonist playing the piano in the center of the stage.

The light falls on the male protagonist, and everything else is dim.

He is so focused and shows off his talents so charmingly.

The heroine was stunned at this moment.

Chen Qiaoen took a sip of Coke and curled his lips.

So far, the story of the movie is very ordinary. Isn't it just a routine of happy enemies starting out and then getting together?

The better part is probably that the movie pictures are very beautiful and have a dreamy feel.

And the soundtrack of the movie is very good. The group dance, the actress's monologue, and the piano music are all very nice.

The movie continues.

The heroine becomes curious about the hero, and the hero gradually understands and develops feelings for the heroine.

In fact, the heroine had a boyfriend at this time. In the end, she followed her inner calling, broke up with her boyfriend, and got together with the hero.

They are very compatible and very romantic together.

Until one day the heroine received a call from her mother. She subconsciously lied and told her mother that her boyfriend had a stable job.

The male protagonist heard the heroine's words and knew that he was currently dawdling around and could not give the heroine a stable life.

He wants a change and wants to make money.

He has always looked down on electronic music in the past, but now in order to make money, he plans to give up traditional jazz and play electronic music with a band formed by a friend.

Although he was unhappy at work, he was very capable and made a lot of money very quickly.

But the rift between him and the heroine is getting bigger and bigger.

The heroine hopes that the hero will stick to himself, while the hero hopes to give the heroine a stable and prosperous life.

Neither of them could convince each other, and they separated after an argument.

Chen Qiaoen grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth.

The story of the movie is still a cliché, but it was shot really well, and Li Lianhua and Yue Ming acted well. The cliché story is still attractive.

The hero and heroine are separated, but they still miss each other.

They both know that love has not disappeared, there are just some contradictions.

The hero surrendered, and at the same time he helped the heroine get an audition opportunity.

He went to the heroine's hometown to encourage her to pursue her dreams bravely.

The heroine successfully passed the audition, but she had to go to Paris to act, which would take a full year of filming.

After living apart for a year, there are obviously choices to be made in this relationship.

Whether to embrace love or pursue dreams.

Both of them were very calm, and after serious communication, they chose to pursue their dreams.

Although the actor was sad, he still sent his blessings.

Chen Qiaoen's assistant sobbed softly and was wiping away tears.

She shook her head speechlessly. It was too vulgar. She couldn't believe that such a movie could be well received.

Have none of the judges and film critics at the Cannes Film Festival seen a romance film?

In the end, we will definitely meet at the top and be together in the end.

A few years later, the heroine became a female star, married an excellent man, and gave birth to a lovely little boy.

One night when they were attending a banquet, they were stuck in traffic, and the heroine and her husband went to the bar where they had been a few years ago.

She found that the name of the bar had been changed to a name that she and the hero had talked about.

She walked into the bar and saw the hero playing.

Just like a few years ago, he is full of energy and has unparalleled charm.

The hero looked up and noticed the heroine. Their eyes met and the two of them smiled in acquaintance.

The heroine's heart surged and she suddenly saw many scenes.

If she had not quarreled with the male protagonist back then, and the two of them had been together beautifully, getting married, having children, and their respective careers developing smoothly, then they would have been very happy.

They will travel around the world, they will raise an excellent boy, they will grow old together and have a family full of children and grandchildren.

Such images flashed through my mind one by one, as if they really happened in another time and space.

Chen Qiaoen was stunned. Seeing this and recalling the previous relationship between the hero and heroine, she felt a sense of regret in her heart.

People who love each other so much should be together.

When her husband was about to leave, the heroine turned around and left. When she came to the door, she couldn't help but turn her head and look at the hero.

The eyes are complicated, including gratitude, relief, happiness, pride, and relief.

I am grateful for the past encounters and love, and I wish you happiness in the future.

The heroine followed her husband, drove off the street, and quickly disappeared.

Chen Qiaoen covered his mouth, tears falling down uncontrollably.

Why are the male and female protagonists not together?

Twenty minutes later, Chen Qiaoen and her two assistants returned to the hotel. She was still upset and in a low mood.

“Go to bed, go to bed, I should have known better than to go to the movies.

What did Li Shengyao shoot? It made me sick to death. "

(End of this chapter)