The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 662 Receive the Certificate
It’s hot in the capital city in July.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our plane is about to arrive at Beijing Capital International Airport"

"Hmm~"

Liu Shishi took off the blindfold in a daze, stretched, and looked to the right.

Lu Yuan had his eyes closed and was wearing headphones, seemingly still asleep.

She stretched out her two index fingers and pinched his nose, but as soon as they touched, Lu Yuan opened his mouth and bit it.

"Yeah, you're awake."

She was so shocked that she pulled her hand back. When she recovered, she slapped him unhappily: "When did you wake up?"

"A little earlier than you."

"Hmph, I told you not to bite me!" Liu Shishi pretended to be angry and pulled his short stubble.

After the filming of "The Cliff" in China was completed, the crew went to Russia to shoot some snow scenes. She went with them and had a great time for a few days.

Sea fishing, skiing, taking photos with bears, there are too many activities to do.

Moreover, in a strange country where no one knew her, she could fully relax and enjoy her freedom.

If Lu Yuan hadn't been promoting "Chinese Partners", she wouldn't have wanted to return to China.

Liu Shishi puffed up her cheeks and said, "It's such a pity that we didn't get to see the aurora this time. We must find an opportunity to go again in the future, okay?"

"Okay." Lu Yuan naturally had no objection.

The place to see the aurora is called Murmansk, which is located in Russia, close to Finland.

The northern lights are most easily seen from September to April of the following year, especially from December to January, because the nights are long and the weather is relatively stable.

Unfortunately, the crew went there in June and missed the best time to view the aurora.

The two chatted intermittently as the plane slowly landed. Liu Shishi walked out of the cabin and suddenly let out a light exclamation.

"what happened?"

"Look at the clouds in the sky; they look like tiles."

Lu Yuan looked up and said with a smile: "It means the weather is hot. It probably won't rain in the next two days."

"It won't rain?"

"Well, there's an old saying you may not have heard."

"what?"

"Tile clouds, people will be burned to death."

"What do you mean?" Liu Shishi was confused.

"Literally. There was no weather forecast in the past. This is what the older generation said with experience."

"There are many similar ones, such as crucian carp spots in the sky, dry stream beaches underground, dragon scale spots in the sky, no need to turn over the grain when drying, money scale sky, crazy even without rain, don't go out when the morning glow is bright, and the evening glow can travel thousands of miles."

"Boo!" Liu Shishi stood on tiptoe and kissed him, hugged his waist, and said with admiration: "Brother, you know so much."

Lu Yuan was very pleased with her reaction.

These were taught by his grandfather. At that time, he didn't study hard in school and his parents were often called to the police station.

The old man threatened him, saying that he would have to go back to the countryside to herd cattle in the future, and taught him a lot of similar skills.

After walking out of the airport, the two looked around for the car to pick them up.

"Zhu Yawenren?"

Before boarding the plane, Zheng Qian called the company and arranged for a driver to pick them up. It was Zhu Yawen who picked them up, and he shouted on the phone that he would come to pick them up.

Lu Yuan looked around but couldn't find the guy.

"Could it be that you forgot?"

"Hey, hey, hey, look at that!" Liu Shishi patted him and pointed to a very eye-catching pink BMW not far away.

"Could it be him?"

"How is that possible?" Lu Yuan didn't believe it.

Zhu Yawen is a male chauvinist. If he wasn't acting, he would die wearing a pink shirt.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yawen walked out of the BMW carefree, with sunglasses covering his face and his hands spread out.

"Mr. Lu, Shishi, how was your trip in Russia? Welcome back."

Zhu Yawen walked straight towards Lu Yuan, and when Lu Yuan opened his arms to hug him, he flexibly turned sideways and took the suitcase from Liu Shishi's hand.

"Where did you get this pink BMW?" Lu Yuan laughed and punched him.

"My wife's."

"Your wife?" Liu Shishi was surprised, and then he suddenly realized.

"Oh, it's Jiani, it's so easy to call her that. Yawen will definitely be a good husband in the future."

She started by praising him, then changed the subject, looked at someone out of the corner of her eye, and pouted: "Unlike some people, who are clearly engaged to someone, but I've never heard them call me wife."

Lu Yuan was speechless. Sometimes he really wanted to pry open this girl's head to see what was inside.

So he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Baby."

Liu Shishi blinked quickly, the corners of her mouth raised, feeling slightly satisfied.

"Darling~"

"uh-huh."

"Honey!"

Liu Shishi suddenly opened her eyes wide.

"Honey!"

"Ah!" She almost jumped up: "Shut up, stop shouting, it's so ugly, who is your partner?"

"If you don't like it, then let's change it, mother of the child."

"You...you are so annoying." Liu Shishi couldn't cover his mouth, so she reached out and pinched him in anger.

"Hiss." Lu Yuan grimaced in pain.

Zhu Yawen closed the trunk and saw them playing around. He smiled and said, "It's legal for me to call Jiani my wife, okay? We've got the marriage certificate."

"Get a marriage certificate? Is that true? When will it happen?" Lu Yuan held his chattering girlfriend in his arms, feeling unbelievable when he heard it.

"Of course it's true. It was last week." Zhu Yawen got into the driver's seat.

"Actually, I wanted to get married a few years ago, but at that time my agency contract was signed with Huayi, a company you know well. My career wasn't going well, and I always felt sorry for Jiani. My contract expired at the end of last year, and it just so happened that you and Shi Shi got engaged, so I put this matter on the agenda again."

Lu Yuan digested the news: "When are you going to hold the wedding?"

"There's no rush for the wedding. We can do it next year, or wait a little longer."

Zhu Yawen pushed his sunglasses lightly, started the engine, glanced at the two people in the rearview mirror, and looked extremely arrogant.

"My wife said, if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. When to hold the wedding, I will arrange it."

Lu Yuan ignored his showing off and continued to compete with Liu Shishi.

The car drove away from the airport, and inside the car was Park Su's clear voice and low singing. "I have crossed mountains and seas, and walked through crowds of people, and I have everything I once had."

Liu Shishi hummed along and agreed: "The song "Ordinary Road" is really nice, and the lyrics written by director Han Han are also very tasteful!"

"Beep beep!"

The road conditions in Beijing were touching. Zhu Yawen honked his horn: "Of course not. Not to mention the record-breaking number of hits on the Internet, if you walk around the Houhai area now, the coffee shops on the street, or any bar at night, they all play this song on repeat."

"I used to be like you, like him, like the wild grass and flowers."

Lu Yuan yawned and asked, "How is the box office of "See You Tomorrow"?"

During the time he was in Russia, "See You Tomorrow" and "Tiny Times" were released one after another, the former on June 6 and the latter on June 27, just one day apart.

"It's unexpectedly good!" Zhu Yawen did not hide the joy in his tone.

The reason why he decided to take Shen Jiani to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the certificate was that the box office success of "See You Tomorrow" played a crucial role in promoting it.

This time when he participated in "See You Tomorrow", he chose to use his film remuneration as shares.

But the benefits of investing in shares through film pay are just a small matter.

The most important thing is that he finally has a representative work on the big screen and has successfully transformed from the small screen to the big screen.

The importance of this to his future acting career is beyond doubt.

"On June 6, See You Tomorrow was released, with a first-day box office of 27 million. By June 7254, in four days, the first weekend box office exceeded 6 million. On the 30th, Tiny Times was released, with a first-day box office of 2.5 million, and a first weekend box office of over 28 million."

Zhu Yawen began to introduce the box office trends of the two movies during this period.

Overall, they are evenly matched. If you have the upper hand today, you can make up for it tomorrow if your opponent's fans lose some money.

After listening to a few words, Lu Yuan felt that this guy was too subjective. He just kept praising "See You Tomorrow" and belittling "Tiny Times".

There is no doubt that Guo Jingming's debut film "Tiny Times" is not very good.

But from a professional's perspective, "See You Tomorrow" is also not an excellent script, with a thin plot and pretentious tone.

But considering that Han Han is a new director, it is still within an acceptable range.

The reason why Lu Yuan chose to invest in this script was because he was inspired by Yang Mi's "Far Cry" and wanted to see how the fan economy was.

So far, the harvest has been fruitful.

"Guo Jingming made a harsh statement on Weibo yesterday, saying that the filming methods and thinking of the previous generation of filmmakers are outdated, and if directors still use the ideas of the previous generation of filmmakers to shoot movies, there will be problems."

"I think he was just talking nonsense out of anger. For a new director, or a writer who has changed his career, to deny the directors of the previous generation, these words are nothing short of outrageous."

Zhu Yawen continued to chatter on.

Lu Yuan took out his cell phone, opened Weibo, and planned to take a look himself.

#“See You Tomorrow” continues to lead the box office#
#“Tiny Times” is far worse than “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains”#
#“See You Tomorrow” is a moan without any reason#
#Liu Xinyou's queen style is so strong#
#Filming of "The Cliff" is complete#
#"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "One Step Away" start casting#
#Tiny Times was severely criticized by film critics, Guo Jingming's fans and Weibo celebrities started a war of words, the era of the post-90s generation to control the right to speak has arrived#
On Weibo, topics of "See You Tomorrow" and "Tiny Times" still occupy the vast majority of the space.

The two films did comparable business at the box office.

The impressive first-day box office and subsequent performance shocked both the industry and the public, who were originally pessimistic about the film.

It is common practice in the film market to exchange fame for money, whether the fame comes from the director or the actor.

The release of a movie is actually equivalent to a one-time cashout of the fame accumulated in the early years.

But Han Han and Guo Jingming's withdrawal this time was indeed a bit terrifying.

You should know that the box office of "So Young", Zhao Yanzi's first directorial debut, was only 4778 million on the first day.

However, the initial transformation of the two top writers born in the 80s both reached 7000 million.

Lu Yuan reasonably suspects that there will be more and more similar fan movies in the future.

Because through this incident, capital has truly seen what "fan movies" and "fan economy" are.

He also realized that he might have set a bad precedent for the mainland film industry.

But this is something that is inevitable. Capital pursues profits, and sooner or later someone will do it.

When he was testing the waters with Han Han, Chai Zhiping, the godmother of Taiwanese idol dramas, saw the appeal of Guo Jingming's fans and tried to bring "Tiny Times" to the screen.

All he can do is to try his best to control the quality and strive for excellence in the movies he invests in.

So as both are fan films, the feedback received by "See You Tomorrow" and "Tiny Times" after their release was completely opposite.

Douban ratings for "See You Tomorrow" are 7.6 and 4.3 for "Tiny Times".

It is no exaggeration to say that "Tiny Times" was met with a barrage of criticism online.

It is generally said that this drama is not like a movie, but rather like a large-scale music video, with moving photo albums of handsome men and beautiful women, a large-scale sound and light fashion show, a big screen idol meet-and-greet, and a special show for girls under 16 years old.
It is filled with handsome men and beautiful women, all kinds of sexual fantasies and exaggerations. The characters have no souls, do not speak human language, and do not do human things. They are all symbolic labels and imaginations.

The story line is a mess.

The extravagant lifestyle of the male and female protagonists in the film is hard to achieve in reality.

What is most criticized is his tasteless imagination of wealth and beauty, and his unremitting accumulation of them.

Many people describe Guo Jingming as a person who had suffered from hunger in his childhood. When he grew up, he saw a table full of food and drooled. He had no calmness at all, only morbid greed.

Compared to the gorgeous, materialistic and flexible "Tiny Times".

"See You Tomorrow" did not receive that much attention, but its reputation was slightly better.

The highlights are basically concentrated on three aspects: original style, black humor, and high-cold literary tone.

The response from everyone was positive, and Han Han himself couldn't help but proudly repost some of the comments on Weibo.

But the plot, which pretends to be profound, cannot satisfy the vast majority of moviegoers.

There is a view that is recognized by most people: "Tiny Times" is truly superficial, and "See You Tomorrow" is falsely profound. One is naked materialism, and the other is pretending to be profound idealism.

The audience is not blind, neither of them is a good movie.

"Tiny Times" and "See You Tomorrow" at the end of June were a feast for capital, not the audience.

"Guo Jingming has been arguing with film critics on Weibo these days"

In Zhu Yawen's words, Guo Jingming was like a cancer that had infiltrated the film industry and was ostracized by the entire entertainment industry. Many professional directors stepped forward and criticized him by name.

Liu Shishi is kind-hearted. She listened quietly for a long time and felt that the comments on the Internet seemed a bit too harsh.

"After all, it's his first time directing and he's not a professional, so it's understandable that the filming isn't good enough. As long as there's improvement in the future, just like Han Han, the plot this time was a bit thin and pretentious, but as long as he can polish the script more carefully next time, there will be no problem."

"This..." Zhu Yawen was interrupted by her and pondered for a few seconds.

"Let's not talk about Director Guo's reputation in the writer circle. Just look at the movies. Tiny Times was shot in parallel, and was edited into two movies in one go. Tiny Times 2 is expected to be released in the second half of the year. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Guo Jingming's original intention of making movies was wrong. He was in it for the money."

In fact, he hadn't said anything else.

In the industry, there are many people whose directing skills are worse than Guo Jingming.

The fundamental reason why many directors only focus on Guo Jingming is that Guo Jingming is not a person in the entertainment industry.

He is neither an actor nor a screenwriter, but a person who crossed over from another field to compete for resources, so naturally he will be besieged by everyone.

As for why it was not targeted at Han Han.

That was because Han Han had made advance arrangements, and his backers were powerful, so everyone in the circle gave him face and regarded him as one of their own.

Zhu Yawen glanced at his big backer through the rearview mirror.

"What are you looking at?" Lu Yuan glared at him and said, "Whatever my wife says is true."

(End of this chapter)