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

Chapter 449 Neon Box Office Miracle
By March, Chen Linfeng was filming the drama "Shen Xia" with peace of mind.

Sister Mei is busy promoting the release of Chen Linfeng's new book "Sherlock Holmes 3".

He also had to negotiate the salary contracts for the actors who had been confirmed to participate in "Inception".

The overseas release of "Your Name" was entrusted to Xu Wu.

As Qilin becomes involved in more and more affairs, it is inevitable that some things have to be delegated.

However, Chen Linfeng's own work was reduced.

Of course, filming movies and writing scripts and novels are still things that cannot be replaced by others.

As for the script, after Chen Linfeng returned from Hollywood, he rushed to write the script for "Police Incident 2".

Then he handed it to Cheng Er and asked him to find someone to do the fine-tuning and adjustments, and the specific preparations for the filming were also given to him.

Last year's "The Ugly Duckling" has already proved his ability.

With a script and sufficient communication, Cheng Er can realize Chen Linfeng's ideas very well.

As Chen Linfeng's executive director, he was very adept at analyzing scripts and implementing the director's intentions.

Chen Linfeng specifically asked Cheng Er about his future plans.

The other party is not a particularly ambitious person, or rather, Cheng Er has been following the most famous talent in the film and television industry for a long time and is somewhat lacking in ambition.

He realizes that he is not a talented director, so he is willing to accept more guidance.

Cheng Er thought it through very clearly. Even if he made his fortune by relying on Director Chen's scripts, as long as the results were outstanding enough, he would not be afraid of a little controversy.

Just like director Chen Kaige, so many people now say that he relied on Chen's film "Farewell My Concubine", so isn't he still one of the biggest directors in the circle?

He had already made up his mind to follow Director Chen's lead firmly and unwaveringly, and was willing to be his general.

Of course Chen Linfeng was happy to see such an honest director's tool.

Therefore, the script of "Police 2" was naturally handed to him.

Chen Linfeng made a good start with "Police 1", but the project was shelved and not filmed later.

Think about "Ip Man 1" which was released at the same time. The second part was released last year.

Jiang Wu was extremely anxious. He asked several times, both openly and secretly, but he couldn't delay it for too long.

It's not easy for people to maintain their figure.

The final shooting time was set in the first half of the year, and it will be released during the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival at the end of the year.

On March 3, Chen Linfeng’s new book "Sherlock Holmes 10" was released simultaneously in Europe, the United States and China.

Compared with the novel of "Shen Xia 2", the results are much better.

This is the first time that the novels in the same series have been released after the TV series "Shen Xia" was broadcast, and its fame has more than doubled.

And many times, fame means sales.

Of course, data such as the first day and the first week did not improve much, and still remained at 4-50 on the first day and over a million in the first week.

But the long-term sales curve is much better than its predecessor.

Many drama fans will buy a set to show off even if they don’t watch the show.

Of course, true fans of the novel will still buy it and read it as usual.

As for the reviews of the new book, there is a feeling that it is “as good as expected”.

An inappropriate example to describe it is an old couple.

In the eyes of old book fans, writing well is normal, and writing poorly is strange.

Therefore, whether it is media opinion or readers' comments, there is a feeling of smooth sailing.

The popularity is high, but unlike in the past, there is always explosive public opinion and sales.

However, in Chen Linfeng's opinion, the new book did not bring any unexpected surprises to readers.

It seems that I need to work harder on writing the next new book, otherwise I may remain in this position for a long time.

People often judge an author based on his or her highest achievements.

Chen Linfeng is not willing to maintain the status quo.

The drama version of "Sherlock Holmes 2" has a slightly different temperament compared to the first part.

In addition to the simple detective story, there are more action elements.

Chen Linfeng imagined that Charlotte would first deduce the fighting process in her mind and then implement the action style.

A lot of special effects technology is required, and effort is also needed in action design.

In this regard, the director directly gave the responsibility to Chen, allowing the original author to express his inner thoughts, which is definitely authentic.

Chen Linfeng did not refuse and took over this part of the work directly.

As one of the producers, Long Lin has rich reserves in action and martial arts and is completely familiar with it.

Chen Linfeng himself has filmed many action scenes in the past, so this part, which the director thought was difficult, did not pose any problem at all.

In addition, the crew had already worked well together in the previous season, so the entire filming process went smoothly.

In late March, the drama version of "Shen Xia 2" was successfully completed and Chen Linfeng was able to return to China.

As soon as he got off the plane and walked out of the airport, he found Liu Qianqian and Sister Mei standing not far away to greet him.

"Xiaofeng~" Liu Qianqian kept waving her hands.

"Xixi, have you finished filming as well?"

Chen Linfeng obediently handed her the backpack, and then asked, "I didn't hear you say that when I called the day before yesterday."

"I came back yesterday, and we almost bumped into each other."

"Just rest at home when you got home yesterday. No need to come pick me up."

Liu Qianqian smiled and didn't respond. I couldn't say I wanted to meet her earlier, that would be too unreserved.

In public, Chen Linfeng did not act like a celebrity in love; they did not need that.

When the people around saw Liu Qianqian and Xiao Chen appear, they started to form a circle around them.

"Sister Mei, Xixi, let's get in the car and go back first."

"okay."

Sister Mei's driver and Luo Lin each drove a car.

Chen Linfeng's assistant team sat in Luo Lin's car.

He and Liu Qianqian sat in Sister Mei's car.

"Sister Mei, how is the screening of Your Name going in Japan?"

After getting in the car, Chen Linfeng asked immediately, "I just heard you talk about it roughly the past two days."

"Overall, it's very good. I feel like it's going to break the overseas box office record for domestic films."

Sister Mei's expression could not hide her excitement, and she began to tell Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian the relevant information in detail.

On March 3, "Your Name" was released in Neon, opening on 18 screens.

Over the three days of the weekend, the film attracted 102 million viewers and earned 3 billion yen, successfully winning the weekly box office championship.

It also surpassed the 9 million yen achieved by "Red Cliff" that year, and is currently the highest score for a domestic film in Japan.

Liu Qianqian asked doubtfully, "Is this a good result? After all, 12 billion yen is not even enough for 1 million RMB. This is only a small amount for three days on the weekend."

“That’s not how it works.”

Chen Linfeng helped to explain, as he knew a little about the Japanese film market.

In Japan, a movie usually lasts for 2 to 3 months, or even half a year if it’s good.

The overall box office is very slow to heat up. It doesn’t matter if the box office is not high in the first week. As long as public opinion and word of mouth come up, the box office will slowly accumulate.

"Xiaofeng is right, that's it."

Sister Mei knows more clearly, especially from some media reports and online comments sent back by employees of Neon companies.

Whether it is the rating, number of comments, number of participants, etc.

All the data indicators are much higher than those of "Red Cliff" back then.

You know, the total box office of "Red Cliff" in Japan exceeded 100 billion yen.

Moreover, it is already the 23rd, and we can see the data from Monday and Tuesday.

Comparing the movie data on Japan's film history box office list, it can be basically confirmed that "Your Name" is likely to create a miracle.

"Right now, on the Japanese Internet, the search index for Your Name is number one, and you two are the hottest topic of discussion. From now on, the Japanese film market will no longer be exclusive to Van Long."

Sister Mei said this with great confidence, and at the same time she felt proud of it.

After all, Neon is different from other countries.

Being able to achieve results here is different from other places. This can be considered as some kind of potential consciousness.

Moreover, China's GDP has just surpassed Japan's, so psychologically, we still look up to China.

That's why Sister Mei seemed a little excited.

Liu Qianqian probably understood what was said, and she became happy too.

“That being said, it’s really good.”

Chen Linfeng was also very happy, but he was a reborn person after all, so he was relatively calmer.

In later generations, the importance of Neon has long been given to Emily Ken.

If a domestic movie could stay at the top of the box office for a few weeks in the United States, he might be excited for a while.

After Japan, the next country is South Korea.

The release time in South Korea is actually earlier, even earlier than in Japan.

In South Korea, Kirin found CJ Entertainment to cooperate in the distribution of the film. It premiered in 560 theaters and attracted 20 viewers on the first day.

It also won the weekly box office championship in South Korea.

However, the Korean film market is not that good, so neither Chen Linfeng nor Sister Mei cared too much about it.

After returning home, Sister Mei sat for a while and then left.

Chen Linfeng didn't say anything and pulled his girlfriend to the bedroom.

"Hey, no, what are you doing?"

"Sleep, what else can I do?"

"Hmm? So unabashedly so?"

Just when Liu Qianqian was about to obey, she found Chen Linfeng fallen headfirst on the bed and fell asleep.

"You are such a sleeper!"

Liu Qianqian gritted her teeth, feeling that her enthusiasm had been wasted.

She also had to help him take off his clothes, worrying that her boyfriend wouldn't be able to sleep well. In the end, she was simply a little sad and angry.

The next day, Chen Linfeng woke up and saw Liu Qianqian being indifferent.

He was not in a hurry at all, and just filled her up with his passion.

So the two reconciled.

(End of this chapter)