Entertainment: Deyun’s young class leader? Sorry, quit

In the kitchen, Guo Qilin was teaching his lovely daughter how to cook, but before starting he was very curious about how she actually cooked.

After all, a little girl still needs to stand on a stool when standing in front of the pot.

"Tell me, Daddy, how did you do it? Alone?"

"No, grandma and grandma were standing by and watching."

"Oh."

Guo Qilin suddenly understood. No wonder her grandmother and her great-grandmother were staring at her, afraid that she would get hurt.

"Stir-fry the shredded potatoes first, and then He He will make some scrambled eggs with peppers. I'll see how you make it."

"Ah."

The girl stood on the stool, looking very serious, while Guo Qilin helped her, bringing her a bowl and eggs.

The little girl cracked the eggs and beat them into the bowl one by one carefully and clumsily. When she was done, she stretched out her little hand to reach for the chopsticks and stirred them frantically.

A playful attitude.

Stir it for I don't know how many times, and then tell me.

"Dad, pour some oil."

"no problem."

After the pan was heated, Guo Qilin poured oil into the pan. As soon as the oil was hot, the little girl took the bowl and started pouring eggs into it.

The father couldn't help but remind him, "Be careful, take your time, and don't splash yourself."

The eggs were poured into the pot. He He used the spatula to flip the eggs a few times with great effort. When she was almost done, she suddenly remembered something and said anxiously, "Dad, chili, I forgot about chili."

"It's okay, don't worry, serve it out first and dad will cut it."

"No cut."

"What will you do if I don't cut it?"

After washing the peppers, the little girl decisively started to break them piece by piece with her little hands and put them all on the plate.

It was indeed broken off.

Guo Qilin proved this matter, it was very interesting.

"How can you break it?"

"Yes, Dad, I can break it off."

"Really? Then break one and break this one."

Guo Qilin originally wanted to make stir-fried meat with shredded potatoes, so he naturally put a piece of washed meat in front of He He.

He He, who was wearing an apron, looked at the meat, then looked at her father. Her expression gradually became subtle. No matter how stupid she was, she knew that her father was teasing her, and she held her breath for some reason.

Put down the half-broken pepper and decisively reach for the meat.

"You really did it, stop it."

No matter how old a girl is, she has her own temper. Just like her mother, she gets angry if teased and is very stubborn.

Watching his daughter continue to pick peppers, Guo Qilin felt extremely happy. Five years later, his lovely girl had grown up so much.

After the first dish was ready, Guo Qilin asked her to cut the potatoes and meat into shreds, which she could not do, but she was the one who stirred them when putting them in the pot.

Because she was a child, she was slow, and by the time the shredded potatoes came out, they were no longer crispy, but the taste was not bad. Guo Qilin watched the little girl add seasoning.

"Okay, it's ready, you guys try it. It's not easy."

Guo Qilin was already hungry late at night.

Not only did I stir-fry two dishes, I also cooked some noodles.

"Hey, let me try it."

Yu Qian took a bite with great interest, and after eating it he couldn't help but praise it. The food cooked by the little girl couldn't be bad.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Guo Qilin immediately called his wife on video. Naturally, he wanted to show off that the little girl could cook and was not much worse than her.

Deng Ziqi was also surprised when he heard this. It was a pity that his own daughter couldn't eat it.

Deng Yiling, who was standing next to her, knew it and her eyes lit up. He He's growth was naturally related to her.

Then Deng Ziqi started chatting with his mother.

While they were chatting about their own things, Guo Qilin poured the food that the little girl had made into his own bowl and started eating.

I had a very pleasant day today.

After eating and drinking, Deng's mother left. After seeing her off, Guo Qilin planned to sleep with the girl at his master's house.

Before going to bed, he took one more look at his phone.

After the recent publicity, more and more news about "Hidden in the Dust" has appeared on the Internet.

With this kind of publicity, even a bad movie can break the 100 million mark.

But a box office of 100 million was not his expected goal.

The expected target is at least around 500 million.

Five hundred million may be far from the billions before, but this is the upper limit of art films.

It is very common for art films to receive a cold reception, as the cost is high and they are naturally not as good as commercial films.

Even movies starring many big-name stars will not have high box office revenue, only around 100 million.

For example, "The Gathering at Southern Station" starring Hu Ge and others, "Only Yun Knows" starring Feng Xiaogang, and "The Wasted Time" starring Ge You and Zhang Ziyi, all had box office revenues of around 100 million.

Therefore, 500 million is actually an extremely difficult requirement to achieve.

As a result, when the video of the interview in which he said the box office was 500 million was released, many people doubted it.

How could it be possible? It is unlikely that such a film in China can achieve such a result.

"Are you still not asleep? Your daughter has gone to bed."

Yu Qian saw his apprentice looking at something and came over to ask.

"Looking at the level of publicity, many people think there's something wrong with my estimate."

"How can there be a problem? There won't be a problem. This movie is very good. It could be worth 500 million."

Yu Qian naturally knew that he had estimated the box office to be 500 million in the interview, and instead of denying it, he supported it.

The word-of-mouth influence of his apprentice is no longer comparable to some ordinary movies and actors in the film industry.

Beating these box office estimates isn't a miracle, it's the norm.

The affirmation from his master gave Guo Qilin more confidence. "Although I have been challenging new things, I am confident when doing it, so I dare to say this and invest a lot of money in publicity. Now I just have to wait for the release."

“Yes, this is a good and thought-provoking movie.”

Both the master and the apprentice were looking forward to the movie and were truly moved by it.

Now we just have to wait for the release.

Think no more.

Guo Qilin was about to go to bed, but when he returned to the room, he was shocked to find that the little girl was already fast asleep on the bed, covered only with a thin quilt.

I cooked several dishes today and she was exhausted.

The night passed.

In the remaining days, the film team was busy with promotional matters.

Wait till it's released in September.

The movie finally came to the public.

Release day.

Many celebrities posted on Weibo to express their support for Dalin's movie and said they had already bought tickets to watch it.

In terms of circles, Guo Qilin has quite a few acquaintances.

For example, Xue Zhiqian, Han Hong, Li Jian, Chen Daoming, Wu Zhenyu, Zhao Jinmai, Zhang Songwen and others.

Even Guo Degang himself secretly went to watch the movie. Of course, he did not announce it, he just went to see what happened this time.

After watching it, his eldest son's movie left him in shock.

It is hard to imagine that such a good art film was shot by my eldest son who used to work at Deyun Society.

Both the conception and the shooting technique are excellent.

At the same time, at his age, he has a better understanding of some of the words in it.

As I thought about it, lines from the movie came to my mind one after another. "Everyone has his own destiny, and the wheat is the same. It has its own destiny. In the summer, it will be cut by the sickle."

"Everything grows from the soil. Even the soil doesn't despise us, so why should we despise the soil?"

"I planted a flower for you and made a mark for you. You won't lose it no matter where you run."

"If I had known I would be so happy marrying you, I would have smiled when we took our wedding photos."

"You won't leave even if I let you go. You've been used by others for most of your life, and you still think it's not enough? You are such a jerk!"

Thinking of this, Guo Degang was filled with emotion. His children have changed so much that a movie like this made him admire them endlessly.

It feels even better than the one about Earthquake, because art films are more about conveying the director's personal views.

Guo Degang sighed as he left the cinema with his apprentices Luan Yunping, Yue Yunpeng and their assistant.

After leaving the cinema and getting in the car, Luan Yunping said, "Dalin's movie will probably do well at the box office this time."

"Not necessarily, Brother Luan. Art films don't have a market in the country."

Although Yue Yunpeng has made many bad films that have been criticized, he knows many filmmakers and has learned much more information and things from them than his fellow apprentices.

There just isn’t much of a market for art films in the country, and even if they’re good, they can’t become famous.

"Not necessarily. This is Dalin's film."

In the car, Luan Yunping said something, her words full of confidence in Dalin.

It was this self-confidence that made Guo Degang feel ashamed.

If he had supported Dalin like Xiaoluan did and insisted on making him the young master and future successor of Deyun Society, this would not have happened.

The master and his disciples went back and waited silently to see what would happen in today's screening. It should be right, as many people and celebrities had already bought tickets to watch it.

However, it is not.

As time went by, when the first day results of "Hidden in the Dust" were announced online, everyone's expectations were greatly reduced.

The box office was only 15 million.

The screening rate is only 3%, and although its overall box office share is not the lowest among recent movies, it is not much lower.

In the whole month of September, there was only one art film, one by Guo Qilin, and the rest were commercial films. Even if they were not the best, they were still more eye-catching than an art film.

In an instant, online news broke out.

[Guo Qilin's new movie suffered a Waterloo, with only 15 million box office on the first day]

[Box office is low, is Guo Qilin's movie expected to make less than 100 million? ]

[The ceiling of Chinese art films is low, and the expected box office of 500 million is Guo Qilin's mistake? ]

[The first day box office of "Hidden in the Dust" was 15 million, far lower than the box office of Guo Qilin's previous movies. ]

Rather than watching one person rise, the box office keeps increasing.

The media prefers to see the drama of a person falling from a high position.

This will attract more attention from the powder box and passers-by.

So even though some people know that art films all have similar box office results, and that over 100 million is a very good result for art films, they still deliberately write that the reason is the poor performance of the new film.

When a point of view comes out, it will naturally attract attention.

It was only noon the next day.

The number one topic on the topic list is [Guo Qilin's film career hits a low point]

At first it was just a topic list.

Later, the words "low point" and "estimated box office failure of 500 million" appeared on the lists of major news platforms.

Scattered everywhere.

Although some people watched the movie and thought it was good, and they also knew that this box office was very good for "Hidden in the Dust", it was far less significant than public opinion.

After all, Guo Qilin's career was going too smoothly, unbelievably so, that once something bad happened, the heat would follow.

Just like all his colleagues back then hoped to see Deyunshe die.

"As expected, people in this era like to watch the fun. Disciple, you are famous again."

At the master's house, Guo Qilin still brought his daughter to eat. His wife was not at home, so he didn't want to cook any more.

Save what you can.

The daughter held the bowl and ate. When it came to eating, no one in the family was careless.

"Dad, eat the chicken drumstick."

The little girl not only took care of herself eating, but also used chopsticks to pick one for her father, which made Guo Qilin smile continuously.

While eating the chicken leg given by He He, Guo Qilin did not have anything negative to say about the film's performance, nor did he need to explain the news that was spreading around about his poor box office performance.

To be honest, he was a little dissatisfied with the box office on the first day.

This is a case where you spend a lot of money on publicity.

If there is no publicity.

I wonder what the box office will be like on the first day?
Hundreds of thousands? Millions? All are possible, with hundreds of thousands being the most likely. Tens of millions on the first day would already be a bonus to one's fame.

"By the way, apprentice, do you want to play with something?"

"What to play?" Guo Qilin was curious.

"You can post something on Weibo, and it will have a miraculous effect when the box office picks up."

"..."

Guo Qilin ate the chicken leg given by the girl and threw the bone to the bread. He immediately understood his master's thoughts.

The master has absolute confidence in his movie, even though its screening rate is only 3%, but this may not be the case in the future.

As for the box office estimates released for some movies on the Internet, they are even more inaccurate.

"Okay, how about you be the master?"

Guo Qilin felt that his master was too sinister.

He is indeed an expert when it comes to playing.

"Okay, I'll post it after dinner."

Finished the meal.

Guo Qilin began to draft a meager text.

After taking a look and thinking that there was nothing wrong with it, I decided to post it.

[Thank you for your concern about the box office of "Into the Dust". As you all know, my recent interview video estimating the box office of a movie has been quite popular. As a young director, I still have a lot to learn. I will try my best to learn from my predecessors. Finally, I sincerely hope that everyone can go and watch this movie. ]

This passage profoundly shows that Guo Qilin also feels that the box office is not good. He admits that some of his box office estimates were wrong, and he faces the issue head-on and still needs to learn.

It's a disguised admission of defeat.

It would be better if you don’t post on Weibo, because once you do, it will become more widespread.

Most people haven't watched the movie yet, but they have already gained a lot of favorable impressions of it just through Guo Qilin's words.

At least it is better than "19th Generations of Ancestors" in admitting mistakes instead of making excuses all the time.

"19th Generations of Ancestors" did not do well at the box office. Instead of admitting the fault, Deyun Society blamed the scheduling of the film, saying that someone was targeting them and deliberately choosing a bad time period.

Indirectly, it provided an alternative form of publicity for his own film.

And the Weibo post is complete.

The first thing I did was to check Dalin’s Weibo account. I wonder what Director Dalin was doing?

Isn’t it great that an art film made over 10 million on the first day?

Those who think it is bad are just outsiders who are leading the trend.

Dalin is not an amateur.

The key point is that according to the level, the box office will definitely exceed 100 million by the end of the year. Some movies that were invested with 100 or 200 million for commercial gimmicks only made less than 100 or 200 million.

After thinking about it, I just thought it was a reflection of what I said during the interview. Five hundred million is indeed a bit high.

But judging from the first day's box office, more than 100 million or 200 million will be no problem.

This is already a very good result.

Dalin will be able to earn tens of millions this time, which is close to the amount earned by the movie "Earthquake", and may even exceed it. (End of this chapter)