China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 342: First Day Box Office? No One Can Sleep Tonight!
"Are you saying I have no brains?"

Yang Mi was very dissatisfied with Guan Ling's evaluation.

"This circle is full of troubles. The bigger the forest is, the deeper the water is. Do you know what the little white flower in your eyes has done before?"

"But aren't those things you told me also required by the role?"

"You call the director dad because of the role?"

Guan Ling smiled.

"To be honest, I now understand what you are thinking."

Yang Mi suddenly showed a strange smile.
Guan Ling looked over and saw that Yang Mi was wearing a beige short dress, with her hair falling on her shoulders and a beautiful smile on her face.

"what?"

"As a man, I understand your thoughts too well. You just said that you don't like it because your character calls the director daddy, but every time you do it with me, you want me to call your character daddy.

He even made me wear Xuejian's clothes and call you grandpa.

You are not angry because she called the director "Dad", you are angry because she didn't call you "Dad".

Yang Mi showed a playful smile and became inexplicably excited.

"Am I right? And you said I have no brains."

"Let's talk about your play first."

When Yang Mi revealed his thoughts, Guan Ling did not blush or get nervous, but directly changed the subject.

"Is this what you mean by avoiding the topic?" Yang Mi asked, "Answer me."

Seeing that Guan Ling didn't respond, Yang Mi blinked her big eyes, supported her chin and raised her head to look at Guan Ling. This posture reminded Guan Ling of the scene of squeezing a lemon.

An instant impulse.

"Let's talk about drama!"

Guan Ling said seriously.

"dad?"

Yang Mi's words completely broke Guan Ling's heart, and he grabbed Yang Mi's little face fiercely.

"Are you in need of cleaning up?"

"I was waiting to clean up..."

"The Weibo post you posted earlier really reflects your personality."

"what?"

Yang Mi asked, "What Weibo?"

"Be a little naughty."

Guan Ling's words made Yang Mi a little confused, but she felt a little embarrassed after hearing it. She hesitated for a few seconds, her face flushed.

“That’s about status.”

“I like your state very much.”

"Then can I come to you anytime I want to flirt with you in the future?"

Yang Mi's eyes were full of inquiry.
"When I saw Liu Yifei shining brightly on the stage today, I was completely stunned. When I first met her, I was still Guo Xiang's little follower.

Now seeing her step onto the international stage, I am really envious.

So Director Guan, if I'm only flirting with you, can you let me go international as well?"

"You are very ambitious."

"With Dad's help, what can't I do?"

Today, Yang Mi kept talking about her father, and Guan Ling could feel her teasing him.

But Guan Ling is not really interested in Tang Yan. After taking her role, Guan Ling felt a little guilty. He is willing to help her if there are any roles in the future.

But when they first met, Guan Ling was really disgusted by the other person's naive personality.

People can be really stupid, but they cannot treat others as stupid.

In this regard, Tang is very smart, even smarter than Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, and even Liu Sisi.

"There's no point in thinking so much."

Guan Ling gently stroked Yang Mi's head and spoke slowly.

"Finish the TV series you have on hand first, build up your popularity, and improve your acting skills. Only then will I have the opportunity to take you to a movie."

"Isn't Sister Liu's acting just that good?"

"She speaks English, do you?"

These words stunned Yang Mi. She never thought that she would lose because of the hardware.

But soon, she discovered that Guan Ling had given her a very good hardware.

Bang bang.

……

After tossing and turning for half the night, Guan Ling was under some pressure due to the release of her new movie, so both of them slept very soundly.

While he was resting,
Film critics, media, and theaters across the entire industry are working overtime.

From the end of the premiere to the movie showing at midnight, and then to when everyone wakes up in the early morning, all kinds of premiere news are output on various media.

After writing the film reviews, the writers of several major portals
Many film critics, writers, etc. who did not attend the premiere also went to see the movie as quickly as possible, trying to catch the first page of news in the early morning.

Cinemas are working overtime to record data at any time and feed it back to theater managers so that they can make good plans for film schedules.

The system of domestic film protection month established a few years ago has almost become a dead end in name only.

All this is thanks to Guan Ling.

But for theaters, they are still extremely hungry for the summer market.

You Benchang, Guan Ling, Leonardo DiCaprio and Liu Yifei are themselves hot topics.

So early the next morning, movie reviews about "Inception" were everywhere, sweeping the entire Internet.

“A crazy and imaginative work with infinite IQ! Guan Ling’s new movie turns on the philosopher mode! The plot is so crazy that you can’t stop watching!”

"Inception, directed by Guan Ling and Christopher Nolan, premiered yesterday. The audience at the premiere really claimed that this movie is the most genius movie Guan Ling has ever made!"

"Suspense film or science film? This is a movie that will make your bladder explode. If you leave your seat, you will definitely not understand the plot!"

"This is a movie that tests the audience's IQ. If your female friend can't understand this movie, you can start a relationship with her that will last forever. Maybe she won't even ask for a dowry."

"The pinnacle of entertainment art, a concept that perhaps only Guan Ling and Nolan can bring to life! Chinese directors are the best in film history, and there is no room for dispute!"

“A thousand years in the mountains is a day in the world! On the potential influence of Chinese culture in Guan Ling’s “Inception”!”

On the portal website, "Inception" became the top topic on all platforms overnight.

Brain-burning!

Suspense!

Whimsical imagination!

Dreams and reality!
Both real and illusory!

Many people who have watched the movie are spreading the word, wailing, and discussing it everywhere.
After the letters, at the closing of the spinning top, at the wedding ring on Cobb's hand, etc.
Many people have used the word "elusive" to discuss this wonderful movie.

Moreover, major newspapers and magazines quickly caught up with this wave of popularity.
The Beijing Evening News claimed that the movie Inception itself is an excellent dream stealer. When you rack your brains and think hard but find it difficult to accurately understand the many plots in the movie, it is actually completing the refresh and implantation of your thinking. Because at this moment, the old consciousness in your mind is instinctively and stubbornly resisting the birth of your new consciousness! The Huashang Daily claimed that "Inception" is coming with great momentum, triggering an intellectual carnival. Many super fans have used their professional knowledge in physics, mathematics, philosophy, etc. to analyze the various puzzles in the movie, which has initially stimulated the "dream interpretation trend"!
The Yangtze Evening News went straight to the heart of the matter and asked Lingyun Media on its official platform, "Is this story a dream or a nightmare?"
Not only in China, but also abroad, "Inception", with the help of Nolan and Leonardo's fame, caused a sensation on the entire Internet when it was first released.

But all this has little to do with Guan Ling.

After attending the premiere, Guy Ritter quickly flew back to North America to handle film-related matters. Although the main control had already been completed, he still had to be in charge of the details.

……

Some directors who were interviewed also praised the film.

Before returning to the crew of "The Orphan of Zhao", poet Chen was blocked by reporters at the airport. Faced with the fierce questioning, poet Chen really couldn't resist everyone's concern.

Finally admitted some facts.

"I admit that I used to be somewhat dismissive of Director Guan's films, but today, this Inception made me thoroughly understand Director Guan and myself. I will definitely continue to work hard, and I believe that my Orphan of Zhao will definitely not be inferior to Inception in terms of the complexity of the storyline!"

"Don't interview me. If you do, I will just say awesome." Jiang Wen was too lazy to respond to the interview. Guan Ling's new work made him a little anxious, and he was also preparing to start filming a new movie.

Luc Besson's visit to China has finally ended, and at the last moment he left his opinion on "Inception":

This movie is a rare masterpiece even in the history of global cinema. I predict that this movie may win an Oscar next year.

When these words came out, the whole network was shocked!

I suddenly discovered on the Internet that if nothing unexpected happens, the movie that China will submit for the Oscars this year will most likely be "The Father".
And if "Inception" can also be submitted for review in North America,

If both of them get nominated, the probability is not low at all.

Wouldn't Guan Ling be one of the directors whose two films are nominated for Oscars in the same year?

Someone carefully checked and found that this kind of situation has only happened three times in history.

The first two times were in the distant era of World War II.

Could it be that Director Guan Ling is going to create a new precedent for Chinese directors?
……

On the first day of the film's release, the cinema received a lot of complaint calls.

People everywhere claim that they can't buy IMAX movie tickets at all.

After they finished arguing, they found out that they couldn’t even buy regular movie tickets.

On the morning of the first day of its release, tickets for Inception were sold out in theaters across the country.

Those film reviews spread like a virus, especially Guan Ling's previous judgment that the film was a crushing IQ, and now the film critics claiming that this was an intelligence game, which ignited and detonated the emotions of many viewers.

Yang Mi watched the premiere, but wanted to watch it again with Guan Ling.

Guan Ling refused.
Just like a chef who loses his appetite after cooking, Guan Ling put a lot of effort into this movie, so he doesn't care about anything about it at the moment.

Even those reports on the Internet.

Guan Ling didn't want to pay attention anymore.

He just wants to get criticized.

From yesterday to today, he and Yang Mi seemed to be stuck together, always in a conjoined state.
During this time, Yang Mi opened her mouth several times, wanting to take a break to speak, but was blocked by Guan Ling again.

The chicken meeting that didn't give Yang Mi a chance to speak at all.

……

Everyone is waiting.
The first-day box office of "Inception". Previously, the record for the first-day box office had always been held by Guan Ling's "2012", with a box office of more than million, leaving the second place far behind.

Even "Avatar" failed to break the first-day box office record.

"Avatar" created a box office miracle in China thanks to its explosive word-of-mouth in the later period and the bonus of the extension key.

And can Guan Ling break this record?

It has also become the focus of industry attention.

Director Tong was also very anxious.
Although he didn't say anything, he called Guan Ling and claimed that he would hold a seminar on the artistic value and market prospects of Chinese and Hollywood films and asked Guan Ling to attend. This was also an opportunity for him to join the Film Association.

Since Director Tong had spoken, Guan Ling could only respond.

Director Tong set the date as four days later.

This timing gave "Inception" time to gain word-of-mouth, and it was also the day when the North American box office opened in the first weekend. It was so accurate!

"Director Guan, how do you feel now? Are you nervous?"

Director Tong said jokingly before hanging up the phone.

"Whether we can break the first-day record of Avatar may be the key to whether our total box office can surpass his."

"Although what you said is logically reasonable, it is not important. The first-day box office of my "2012" is higher than that of "Avatar", but the total box office is much lower. The difference is not only in the reversal of word-of-mouth and the audience's spending power, but also in the number of screens at the time."

"And now, with more screens, do you think your record can be broken?"

"If someone has to break this record, it can only be me."

Guan Ling's voice came over.

"Then, I look forward to the box office success of your movie."

Director Tong hesitated for a moment and responded.

……

This night is exceptionally long.

Director Han of the Film Bureau, with his hair starting to thin in the middle as he was over fifty years old, rubbed his sleepy eyes and kept dozing off.

Chairman Han of China Film Corporation refilled his cup of Gongcha tea and sat in the office with the assistant director.

The two people stared at each other.

The room was not hot, but the two people always felt hot all over.

Although Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping were about to part ways,
But they are still together in the new picture company, waiting for news.

Huayi and the Wang brothers looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Where's Li Bingbing?"

"I called her, but she didn't want to come."

"Forget it, if she doesn't want to come, then don't come." Wang Zhongjun groaned, "Perhaps if she hadn't seen our lost looks at the first moment, she could have preserved the last bit of dignity of Huayi."

"Do you really think his box office can break the first-day box office record?"

"Is this important?" Wang Zhongjun said with a smile, "We are paying close attention to it, and the industry is paying close attention to it, but that doesn't necessarily mean Guan Ling is paying close attention to it. The first place record was originally his. This time, it's just a matter of how high it can reach."

Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun were in their bedroom. The child had already fallen asleep. Jiang Wen got dressed, walked out and sat on the sofa.

"You don't usually pay much attention to box office stuff, so why are you more nervous than Guan Ling this time?"

Zhou Yun drank a glass of water, a little surprised.

"I watched the movie at the premiere. I didn't say anything, but I admired it in my heart. I have always wanted to make a movie that can make people speak. There are some things we can't say, but the story can.

But Guan Ling is different. His movies

It's a dream.

Yes, it is an extension of a dream, a simple intellectual game extended into a commercial blockbuster.

Before this, I didn’t really understand what a commercial film was. I didn’t even like his movie The Shallows.

But this movie, I must admit, I was blown away.”

Jiang Wen raised his head and spoke word by word.

(End of this chapter)