China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 43: The second half of the year when final exams begin

The day after Chen Dong returned to China, he appeared in the final exam room, biting his pen and scratching his head and ears.

After taking the exam in three days, he just wanted to go to the KTV and order a cool song for himself.

Well, it’s not cool yet, so forget it.

"Dongzi, how did you do in the exam?" Miss Liu asked him.

"I feel like dying. If I had known earlier I wouldn't have taken the exam. It would have been better to just make up the exam when my junior year started."

"Hmph, I told you not to review." Miss Liu pondered for a moment and then said, "Why don't you ask your old classmate? Or the classroom teacher."

"I'm a great director, and I don't want to lose face. By the way, Sissi, don't you come to school every day? Why do you look so confident?"

"Of course it's because I'm smart!"

"Just you? You're so stupid. How can you be clever at all?"

"You are the fool, you are the big fool." As she walked, the young lady kicked someone's heels, but she was not very strong.

"Hey, are the young couple flirting?"

The sudden sound startled Miss Liu who was walking behind Chen Dong.

"What a little couple. Yifei and I are just classmates. As a teacher, Mr. Huang, you should be a role model for others. You can't spread rumors about students."

Huang Lei didn't expect Chen Dong to be so thick-skinned. He even got caught and refused to admit it. He was worthy of being a great director.

Of course, he didn't want to get into trouble with the two students on this matter. After a brief chat, he was ready to withdraw.

"By the way, Chen Dong, I suddenly remembered that your class teacher seems to have something to ask you."

"Really?"

Huang Lei shrugged, "Of course, teacher, I can still lie to you."

At this moment, the mobile phone in Chen Dong's pocket rang.

He took it out and saw that it was Laoban who had beaten him.

"Oh, there is no escape."

"Come on, even if Laoban gets angry again, I will definitely not beat you to death, hehe."

"I……"

Ten minutes later, Chen Dongcai arrived at Wang Jinsong's office.

Contrary to what he expected, Laoban did not criticize him, but just asked him to come and have a cup of tea.

A few days later, the results came out. When Chen Dong checked the results, he saw that Keke passed by and called his boss to thank him. The latter told him the reason on the phone.

"You are a director with awards, box office, and fame. Do you still want the face of failing the school every year? The reason why I asked you to come back for the exam is because I don't expect you to get good results. The key is not to miss the exam..."

Well, it turns out I just want an attitude, I should have said it earlier.

Wait...why do I fail every year?

Just last year and this year, forget it, let’s not talk about it.

……

The box office of "House of Flying Daggers" has reached 100 million, but its online reputation is no longer good.

Chen Dong also took the time to go to the cinema and contribute a box office ticket.

What should I say after reading this? First of all, the rhythm, soundtrack, costumes, shots... these are all excellent individually, but this story is a bit too plain for Chinese people. Of course, this may also be Lao Mouzi's wish. A choice made based on overseas box office.

The post-production of "The Tuner" is still in progress, but Chen Dong didn't keep an eye on it all the time. He just checked the effect the next day and told the masters about his requirements.

There were no major events in the entertainment industry in early August, except for the filming of "The Condor", which had disturbed the entire entertainment industry due to casting in the first half of the year.

On August 8, "House of Flying Daggers", which had been in theaters for a month, was released with a total box office of 16 million.

Compared with Zhang Weiping's previous promise of a guaranteed minimum of 2.5 million, it is less than half. It is said that its investment cost reached million.

Did you lose?
  It seems that there is no loss and there is still a small profit.

Because some media broke the news that the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" in overseas countries combined reached 80 million US dollars.

The investment cost of "Little Miss Sunshine" including additional publicity has reached a total of 10 million U.S. dollars. The total global box office has been calculated and is a total of 98 million U.S. dollars.

The box office was 2.5 million less than before Chen Dong's rebirth, but it was released two years earlier, so the less box office is completely acceptable to him.

"House of Flying Daggers" has just finished production, and Cheng Long brought the creators of his "New Police Story" to the mainland to promote it. Recently, there has been a lot of related news on the Internet.

In 2004, Cheng Long was still quite good at fighting. Chen Dong remembered that he also had a movie called "Thousand Planes 2" to be released at the end of the year.

It just doesn’t seem to be doing well at the box office.

Lu Chuan's "Kekexili" is scheduled to be released during the National Day. Chen Dong had never seen this movie before his rebirth, but I heard that it had a good intention. However, it was rumored to be plagiarized, and I don't know if it is true or not.

As for the box office, since it's a literary film competing for awards, don't think too much about it.

Another movie released on National Day is Wang Jiawei's "2046". It is said that this movie is really full of big names, including Liang Chaowei, who just won the Golden Horse Award last year, Gong Huang, Kimura Takuya, Princess, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Jialin, Zhang Zhen, Maggie Cheung …

Perhaps the base of "2046" is not in the mainland, but overseas, so there is little information about this movie on domestic portals.

This year’s Lunar New Year festival is also very lively, with Xing Ye’s “Kung Fu” and Feng Xiaogang’s “A World Without Thieves”.

Han Shanping would occasionally come to watch the later stages of "The Tuner", but only when he learned that Chen Dong was also there.

For example, today...

"The post-production phase is almost ready, right?"

"Well, it's coming to an end."

"Have you decided on a release date?"

"Director Han, I don't plan to release it this year."

Movie schedules are arranged by China Film Group Corporation, and Han Shanping naturally knows which movies will be released in the second half of the year.

He looked at Chen Dong with a smile.

"What, are you scared?"

"Haha, that's not the case. To tell you the truth, I want to take "The Tuner" to the Berlin Film Festival next year."

It is true that "The Tuner" is an undisputed commercial film, but this does not affect the film's art and ideas at all, nor does it affect its exposure of social reality, especially the discussion of human nature.

Therefore, Chen Dong believes that although "The Tuner" is a commercial film, it is also eligible for awards.

And then by the way, I can sell it for a good price at film festivals... Ahem, this is also one of the purposes. After all, this movie is very inclusive and there are not many geographical barriers.

People who like this kind of movie, whether Chinese or Western audiences, can generally accept it.

"Have you thought about it?" Han Shanping thought that Chen Dong felt guilty after seeing so many movies to be released in the second half of the year, and was ready to avoid the spotlight for a while. Unexpectedly, he had greater ambitions and put his mind to next year's Berlin Film Festival. .

"Yeah, I've thought about it."

"Okay, then it will be released next year."

At this point, Han Shanping changed the topic and asked: "I heard that you also invested in "Little Miss Sunshine"?"

"Ahem, where did Mr. Han hear about this?"

"Jiang Wen there."

"Yes, I threw a little."

"Twenty-five percentage points, not a little." Han Shanping patted Chen Dong on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Next time there is such a project, I will also bring China Film."

"haha okay……"

(End of this chapter)