Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 421: The First King Kong, "The Ugly Duckling" is released

Suddenly, I realized that many people's expectations were placed on Chen Linfeng.

Just like Zhang Yimou back then, no matter how harshly the newspapers and media criticized him, people would still go to see his movies just for his name.

It was in this context that Taken applied for an extension key.

Today, the daily box office data is still maintained at around 10 million, so there is no need to go offline.

Both Huaying and the Film Bureau hope that this movie can go as far as possible.

In their opinion, it will be difficult for domestic films to compete with them at the box office in the short term.

Naturally, we have to try every possible means and put in enough effort on this movie. There is a difference between 9 million and 8 million, and the leaders also need a good-sounding number to report the performance.

"Avatar" is certain to top the box office charts this year, so the second place shouldn't be too far away.

Of course, the 8 million celebration party still has to be held, and it also happens to be the end of the whole month. Both Huaying and Yinghuang intend to hold a big one.

This is not only a celebration, but also a rally for the upcoming release of the film in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Disney has the same idea and has also prepared a grand celebration party.

It was originally just a token of my appreciation, to contribute to Chen's movie, but who would have thought that a small token of appreciation would become something very special.

The movie, which cost less than 5 million yuan (with promotional costs added later), grossed 2 million US dollars at the North American box office.

The global box office is at least $5 million. Considering the cost, it is a huge profit, comparable to the money made by "Pirates of the Caribbean 1".

"Taken" is also a series of films. When Disney executives thought of the wonderful scenes in the second and third films, tears of joy were about to flow from the corners of their mouths.

But everyone knows that there is no comparison between the two.

After all, "Taken" is a pure action movie. It is impossible for the second film in the series to directly reach a box office of 10 billion US dollars like "Pirates of the Caribbean".

As costs are bound to increase, it would be good if the box office can be higher than the first one.

Judging from the convention of the film series, the probability is still very high.

It is extremely rare that the box office of "Iron Man 2" is 1 million lower than that of the first one.

Chen Linfeng's plan to use a series of films to hook up with the Big Six in Hollywood has begun to show results.

At least now, several executives were very friendly to him at the celebration party.

Before I saw "Infinite World" again, I had a vague disdain for him.

Presumably if Infinite World achieves good results, the attitude will be better.

Chen Linfeng is waiting for the day when Hollywood will admire him.

After traveling around the world in 10 days, it was time for the early promotion of "The Ugly Duckling Can Become a Swan".

The main attraction of this movie is Liu Xixi, and it is also her first work as a leading role.

The main propaganda focus is on her.

Chen Linfeng reduced his presence as much as possible to save Cheng Er's face.

As a screenwriter and producer, it is easy for outsiders to think that this movie is purely his work.

You might even feel that he is in control of the entire filming process.

In fact, Chen Linfeng was only concerned about the main actors and the editing process after the filming was completed.

Except he is a screenwriter, exercising more like the power of a Hollywood producer.

But it’s hard for others to tell.

Big directors often have a harder time in this regard.

A typical example is Wu Yusen's "Sword Rain". Although it was written and directed by Su Zhaobin, many years later, people still thought that the movie was shot by Wu Yusen.

Chen Linfeng doesn't want it to turn out like this.

He let Cheng Er be the director because he really wanted to train him.

A big boss always has a few guardian angels to protect him.

Even if Cheng Er no longer works for Qilin in the future, he must make others remember his kindness after he leaves.

Therefore, Chen Linfeng made it clear during the interview:

The film was directed by Cheng Er, and he had no involvement in the filming process.

The success or failure of the film depends on Director Cheng’s directing skills and Liu Qianqian’s performance.

These two people are the most important creators.

He said so, and the reporters just listened to him.

Then we will go back and use the title "Chen Linfeng's work".

Fortunately, such constant emphasis is always of some use.

At least there are voices discussing Cheng Er online, so he is not completely ignored.

After all, he has been a general who has followed Chen Linfeng for several years and has participated in many classic works in the past.

After netizens did some statistics, they found that this person is also a talented person, so they paid more attention to him.

Even Cao Yu, a photographer who has won several awards, became famous.

Cheng Er was so touched by this. Where could he find such a good boss?

He repeatedly expressed his determination in various promotional occasions: Director Chen is his guiding light, and he accepted Director Chen's guidance during many of the past filming processes.

Needless to say, Director Chen must deserve half of the credit for this achievement.

Liu Qianqian: Meow meow meow, what about me?

In short, the entire promotion process became a show of mutual respect and courtesy between the two directors.

On the evening of August 8, "The Ugly Duckling Can Become a Swan" premiered.

Regarding this movie which is rumored to be the work of Chen Linfeng but is claimed not to be.

The industry takes it very seriously and many people are curious about it.

A movie that Xiao Chen uses to promote his girlfriend can’t be too bad.

Moreover, director Cheng Er appeared a lot in previous media publicity, as if Xiao Chen was recommending a newcomer.

To be so highly praised by Xiao Chen, he must be quite capable.

Everyone will naturally pay more attention to it. It means a lot for a big director to gain a foothold in Hollywood.

He has enough reputation to support the younger generations.

Even though this "senior" should be the junior in terms of age.

But as for Xiao Chen, no one cares about his age anymore. Is there any younger generation who would hang up and beat his senior?
Feng Xiaogang, who just earned 6 million yuan at the box office and should have been very successful, but was still suppressed to death, has something to say.

In addition, after "Taken", many people in the industry have been thinking about it.

It is said that action movies are not so popular anymore, but how come now, one after another, "Police Case", "Ip Man" and "Taken" are so popular at the box office?

Even the young man Shi Xiaolong made money from the game he organized.

At this point, they start looking at age again.

Was it a misjudgment, or was it Chen's script that was the key? From the title of "The Ugly Duckling Can Become a Swan", we can't tell anything.

But after watching a few trailers, those who know the subject have guessed that this should be a campus inspirational film.

This is a subject that is rarely touched upon in China. Xiao Chen really likes to create such fresh works.

It should be interesting.

The professionals sitting in the theater thought to themselves.

Chen Linfeng participated in the entire editing process and watched it countless times.

This was Liu Qianqian’s first time watching the film, and she felt a strange sense of unfamiliarity when looking at her image in the film.

A girl who is not very good at studying and goes to an average school should have adapted to the environment and continued to degenerate.

But she met a teacher who could save her, although this teacher was just a newbie in the tutoring class.

But a miracle happened.

A student who had poor academic performance when he first entered high school, after two years of hard work, was finally admitted to the highest institution of learning in the country.

Those who understand its difficulty will understand.

When Chen Linfeng wrote the novel, he made a lot of changes to the original story based on the deeds of girls from the same county.

After all, there is a big gap between the national conditions of China and Japan.

If the original setting is followed, the heroine doesn't even know a lot of junior high school knowledge, and there is no way she can be saved in a short period of time.

Therefore, he not only set the heroine's grades in junior high school to be decent, but at least she had some basic skills.

However, his performance continued to decline in his first year of high school, and in the final exam, he failed in all subjects except Chinese and history.

The study time was also extended, giving two years to the second and third years of high school.

In my senior year of high school, I started to rank among the best students and made a final sprint to improve my grades.

Overall progress is smoother.

Therefore, the sense of reality is stronger.

Some of the audience members shed tears while watching the performance, as they were reminded of their youth.

After the movie ended, there was warm applause from the audience.

Feng Xiaogang couldn't continue clapping and almost couldn't maintain his smile.

The era he experienced was very early, and logically, there were many inconsistencies between the story and the movie, but surprisingly, I still felt a sense of resonance with it.

With his vision, he can naturally see the greatness of this movie.

It's really empathetic to the audience.

Especially the tension before the college entrance examination, when the top students study so hard that they vomit or even have emotional breakdowns.

I believe that many students have experienced or at least seen this situation.

Who wouldn’t want to bring in the heroine and her friends and give it a try at the last moment?

High-quality movies visible to the naked eye.

Shit, is the new movie going to suppress him as well?

No, it's too unethical for you to do this one after the other!

The premiere was over and the audience left.

Many of the film's main creators could not leave as the media surrounded them.

"Director Chen, please say something."

"Congratulations to Director Chen for another excellent work."

Chen Linfeng raised his hand and said, "Let me emphasize again that this is Director Cheng's work. Please don't make a mistake."

"Yeah, it's directed by Chen (G)."

No, why do you speak so unclearly? Pronounce more accurately.

Many reporters also watched the movie just now.

The quality of this movie is now beyond doubt. Just look at the audience members who left the theater and the constant sighs and discussions as they left.

"Director Chen, ugh, Director Cheng, do you think this movie has a chance of surpassing Taken?"

"No," Cheng Er couldn't hold it in any longer. "You think too highly of me. Even if our film has Director Chen's script, it's too much of a stretch to think it can surpass Taken."

"What about Aftershock?"

Feng Xiaogang noticed it instantly and looked over here with sharp eyes, but he hadn't left yet.

Of course Cheng Er knew that Director Feng Xiaogang had not left. These reporters were too bold to add fuel to the fire in front of him.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Director Feng is also a senior director. I dare not think so far ahead. I will just do my best."

He didn't want to be too self-deprecating. After all, Director Chen had put a lot of effort into it. Besides, Liu Qianqian was the most powerful female star today. Why couldn't she fight for it?

The reporter saw that Cheng Er was a bit cunning and didn't want to ask him anymore, so he asked Liu Qianqian.

"Do you think the box office has a chance of exceeding 6 million?"

Liu Qianqian was frowning. Isn't this the same question as before? You changed "Aftershock" to 6 million. I don't know what it means?

She smiled and said, "Director Cheng and I agree that it's better not to think about these things and just do our best."

Seeing that there was really no way to stir up trouble, other reporters began to ask real questions.
"Xixi, you never went to high school in China, how come you acted so convincingly as a college entrance examination candidate?"

"If you haven't experienced it, you can go and learn by watching. Xiaofeng also gave me some pointers."

Liu Qianqian hugged Chen Linfeng's arm and smiled.

"Oh, yes, there is a documentary called "Senior Year", which is very realistic. I benefited a lot from watching it."

Chen Linfeng helped explain, "Xixi's acting skills have reached a certain level now. If the director guides her properly, she will be able to play the role."

He has a deep understanding of this point, as many popular stars in later generations cannot act well.

A big part of the reason is that the director cannot impose strong demands on the actors, resulting in lax supervision.

In fact, many times, the director’s influence on the performance is greater than that of the actors themselves.

It is also the director's responsibility to train the actors and judge whether the performance is good or not.

The performances of the 85 flowers became worse and worse, which had a lot to do with the director's relaxed requirements.

When it comes to "The Ugly Duckling", Liu Qianqian has high demands on herself and doesn't mind performing it several times.

Cheng Er knew her character and didn't need to consider her status as an actress, so he naturally dared to set high standards and strict requirements.

Of course, if you encounter an actor like Yang Beibi, there is nothing you can do.

Even Xu Ke, who is the best at training actresses, was almost driven to collapse.

This is simply because the actor's basic skills are not up to standard.

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