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

Chapter 474: Lord of Mysteries (6K)

"That's right, this is my successor." Chen Linfeng boasted bluntly.

Feng Xiaogang choked up and said, "How old are you? You're already looking for a successor."

"This is called having ambitions but not growing old."

Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but complain, "How come you, a great talent, use the wrong words?"

While the two were joking with each other, Chen Linfeng was still carefully checking the footage.

Guo Fan also came over and stood there watching.

This difficult shot was not originally his turn to shoot.

But Director Chen was late before.

Then, both Director Feng and other people in the crew urged him to give it a try.

Even Leonardo and others came to join in the fun, so he just went with the flow and started filming.

Now, it's time to test.

Guo Fan swallowed and felt nervous as if his homework was being checked by the teacher.

"Hmm...it looks okay. We can use it after adding Sissi's footage in post-production."

After all, it was Feng Xiaogang who pointed it out, so Chen Linfeng read it carefully twice and found no major problems.

Guo Fan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Cheng Er patted his shoulder and said, "I told you, the director won't mind. You're doing a good job."

"Director Guo's level is really high." There were also people who came to join in the fun.

"That's right. I think we won't need a director next time."

"Brothers, please stop praising me. I will become arrogant if you continue to praise me." Guo Fan was sweating.

Can these people be more reliable? They are just trying to show off to me in front of Director Chen.

Chen Linfeng smiled. It seemed that Guo Fan was doing well in the crew.

It has to be said that in addition to his talent as a director, Guo Fan is also good at interpersonal relationships.

No wonder he was able to make such a big fuss in his previous life.

If you want to make a heavy industry science fiction movie, management skills are essential.

When it comes to management, communication with people is essential.

Chen Linfeng shook his head and didn't think about anything else.

Now that I'm back, I have to continue with the crew's work.

But when I came back suddenly, I was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do.

In my previous life, as a worker, I would take a vacation and become stupid when I came back.

Fortunately, he is a leader now and there are others to cooperate with him.

Chen Linfeng called the production manager to discuss the current filming plan.

I took some time to get my bearings and then moved on to the next thing to shoot.

Most of them are experienced and it won’t take long for them to be able to handle the task seamlessly.

During the filming, Chen Linfeng was also chatting with Feng Xiaogang about the latest situation in the country.

The first big thing, especially for directors like them.

The selection of classic works in the past century of film history has now entered the second round.

In other words, 500 films have been selected at this time, which almost represent the top excellent films recognized by the industry.

Speaking of this, Feng Xiaogang's expression was somewhat complicated.

"Xiao Chen, you have a total of 4 films selected, which means that except for "Police Incident", all of them have been shortlisted. You really beat all of us."

"Director Feng is too modest. You also have four works nominated. Aren't we the same?"

"Not the same, very different!"

Feng Xiaogang said bitterly, "Family members know their own business. My films were nominated almost all by winning the annual box office championship. There is a high probability that they will not make it to the next two rounds."

"Maybe in the end, there won't even be one in the top 200."

This was what embarrassed him the most.

He is said to be one of the most famous directors in the country, but it turns out that all his works may only be ranked outside the top 200.

And this kind of thing is most afraid of comparison.

Several people in the mainland who are known as great directors, including Zhang Yimou, Chen Linfeng, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, etc., are almost certain to have their works enter the top 100.

When the time comes, a hundred works will be checked and whoever doesn’t have one will be embarrassed.

Now Feng Xiaogang feels embarrassed just by thinking about it.

I don’t know where he will put his face after the results come out.

Chen Linfeng felt a little uncomfortable listening to Feng Xiaogang's complaints.

This kind of thing is really uncomfortable.

Chen Linfeng comforted him, "I think you're just overthinking it, Director Feng. You can't predict such things, and you're exaggerating that you can't even get into the top 200.

Both Cell Phone and Big Bowl are pretty good, especially Party A and Party B, which is the film that started the concept of Lunar New Year films. Its status alone cannot be underestimated. "

"Hey, don't mention it."

Feng Xiaogang was a little happy when he heard Xiao Chen praising his movie, but he became depressed again when he thought that others might not agree with him.

“Oh, it’s so hard for me.”

After sighing.

Feng Xiaogang's eyes flickered, and he said in a joking tone, "Xiao Chen, in the next two rounds of voting, you must be firm in your thinking and don't forget what I just said."

Oh, it turns out he’s here to canvass for votes.

Chen Linfeng understood instantly, and he said with a half-smile, "Director Feng came prepared today."

Feng Xiaogang just laughed it off but didn't deny it after all.

This is the disadvantage of announcing the judges, as it makes it easy for them to collude and canvass for votes in secret.

What Feng Xiao just said sounded pitiful, but with the power of the Beijing circle, if he could help him make things happen.

It’s not a big problem to push a movie into the top 100.

But this is just like the Oscars, everyone is working on it, and in the end, the quality ones will come out on top.

Chen Linfeng didn't say anything nonsense just now.

As the mainland's counterpart to Hong Kong's Zhou's comedy, the Feng's comedy has indeed occupied a very important position in the past 20 years.

It is normal for one or two works to be on the list.

The problem with Feng Xiaogang is that his works are generally above excellent and there is not much difference between them.

There are very few that stand out as being outstandingly good.

In this case, even if you want to push, you don’t know which one to choose for a moment.

Maybe in the end we can only judge it based on its historical status and influence, and then choose "Party A or Party B".

Thinking this in his heart, Chen Linfeng said, "I will definitely not forget Director Feng, don't worry."

Feng Xiaogang was delighted, "Xiao Chen, you are really considerate."

Although the Beijing circle has a great influence and many people have been selected as judges this time, everyone has their own works that they want to promote.

In the end, everyone can only rely on their own abilities and at best help to maintain a lower limit.

Feng Xiaogang patted his chest and said that he would definitely vote for Xiao Chen, and then he would remember the favor.

This matter is hard to explain.

Both of you vote for each other's work, but in the end someone will owe you a favor.

There is no way, Chen Linfeng's "Sunset" is a work that will definitely be in the top 100.

If it weren’t for the fact that the time was too close, the influence wouldn’t have spread enough.

Maybe it can even surpass "Farewell My Concubine", after all, there is a big gap in the number of awards.

In addition, Whiplash won the Venice Golden Lion.

"Your Name" is the first domestic movie to break 1 billion or 2 billion yuan in box office revenue. It has outstanding special effects, high ratings, and huge influence.

It has recently been regarded by the industry as a benchmark for genre films.

These two are both sure to be in the top 200, and have a chance of being in the top 100.

Only "Taken" is expected to stop here. After all, apart from the box office, this movie has basically no nutritional value.

The result would be the same with or without Feng Xiaogang's vote.

In fact, for many of the nominated works, everyone can roughly know at a glance what level a certain work belongs to.

If you consider historical status and influence, awards, box office, and ratings, you will basically have an idea of ​​the film soon enough.

Especially on the Internet, most of the evaluations of classic works are very accurate.

The judges are not all old guys who don’t go online. Even if they don’t go online, there are still newspapers.

There has been a lot of discussion on related topics in the media recently.

So it's hard not to be affected.

In addition to his own works, there are also some favors.

Few people can fully understand the works from other regions or even other eras.

Furthermore, some works had a huge influence at the time, but people who did not live in that era may not understand them very well.

In the end, you just have to follow the crowd, read the popular and professional reviews, and understand the situation.

After finishing a day's filming, I returned to my residence.

Chen Linfeng turned on the computer and logged into the V site. The first thing he saw was the voting option for the 100-year classics in film history.

That’s right, he handed the voting matter over to V Station.

Netizens can also vote. Although it doesn’t have much effect, it can still serve as a reference.

The judges have special accounts, and their professional votes are cast through another channel.

People like Chen Linfeng directly bind their accounts to their own v-station accounts, and the effect is the same.

After he clicked in and looked for the second round, the names of 500 works were listed, sorted by the first letter of the work.

In addition, there are options such as sorting by year, sorting by current public/judge votes, and sorting by director classification for you to choose from.

For specific works, click on the detailed introduction, there will be related introduction and various comments from netizens.

There is even a scoring system provided for netizens.

The overall look is complete and convenient, and you can tell at first glance that it is a customized choice made by a programmer.

Chen Linfeng was quite satisfied.

After this voting is over, V Station will move this page to the film and television area.

Add other film and television works and continue to fill in content to serve as an evaluation page for various types of works such as film, television, and animation.

It seems like it's stealing someone else's business.

But after all, opportunities are rare and it is hard not to seize the opportunity.

This matter has caused a lot of controversy recently, so many new users have come here because of its reputation.

Some of the stars who had voted did not leave and were wandering around the film and television area using accounts provided by the official.

The daily active users of the entire film and television area have greatly increased. During this period, many video up hosts have been making videos frantically just to attract traffic.

The film and television section of the V site seems to be getting some revitalization.

Chen Rui was very happy about this.

Chen Linfeng cast a rough vote first. After all, he had more than half a month, so there was plenty of opportunity to make changes.

Then he wandered around the film and television area.

Some of the ghost videos about film and television are very well made, and Chen Linfeng will comment and praise them below.

This went on for several days, causing the up-masters and v-friends who made videos to become very excited.

"Touch the front row."

"Master Ball."

"Fuck, is it a real person?"

"I have a certification mark, I am a real person, God of Wind, I am your idol!"

"The person above must have said something wrong. Why are you so excited? Brother Feng, you watched me grow up!"

"..."

Chen Linfeng fully enjoyed the pleasure of showing off, amusing netizens from time to time, and lived a very happy life.

The weekend is over and it's Monday again.

The North American box office figures for the new week are out.

"Green Lantern" earned $3 million in the first three days of its weekend, ranking second on the box office list, which was lower than expected.

The most important thing is that the word of mouth is relatively poor, and it is foreseeable that the subsequent box office may collapse.

Forecasting agencies have lowered their box office expectations, and the media is not optimistic either.

"Infinite World" is in stark contrast to this.

In its second week and seven days, it grossed $7 million.

So far, Infinity World has grossed a total of $3.1 million. In the crucial second weekend, Green Lantern did not put any pressure on the film.

On the contrary, due to its poor reputation, many people chose to watch "Infinite World", which indirectly pushed up the box office.

Chen Linfeng was a little excited.

Not only because the box office results exceeded expectations, but also because Liu Xixi also returned to China today.

"Xiaofeng, I'm back!"

Since they were at home, Liu Qianqian had no intention of being reserved and rushed directly into her boyfriend's arms.

Chen Linfeng held her perky buttocks and lifted her up into the air.

This made Xiao Yun Miao, who was originally going to welcome the hostess, stunned as he watched from the side.

"Why are you so enthusiastic this time?"

"How can I be enthusiastic? I've always been like this." Liu Qianqian still spoke stubbornly.

But the body was very soft, and Chen Linfeng felt it clearly.

Next, he used his tactics, from hard to soft.

Of course, it was not suitable for children during this period, so Little Yun Miao was excluded.

Xiaoyun Miao:?

That night, Liu Qianqian was tired and sleepy. She fell asleep without saying a few words.

They met again on the set at noon the next day.

"Xixi, I ordered the braised chicken. Would you like some?"

"I won't eat food that is too oily and salty," Liu Qianqian fanned herself repeatedly to prevent the smell from entering her nose.

She said with envy and jealousy, "We all have to maintain our figure, how come you can eat whatever you want while I have to avoid all kinds of foods?"

It smells delicious at first glance, and she wants to eat it too.

But there is no way. In order not to become "Fat Qian" in the other person's mouth, I can only endure it.

"Maybe it's because I consumed too much energy when exercising?"

"Bah, don't think I don't know you're making dirty jokes." Liu Qianqian spat with a red face.

"I'm not wrong. Just like last night, you said you were too sleepy. It was all my fault..."

"Say it again!"

Liu Qianqian was so angry that she wanted to hit someone.

What's wrong with this person? How dare he say anything in public?

She quickly looked around and found that no one was around, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

I don’t know if it’s a personality issue, but she always can’t stand this kind of teasing.

Therefore, Chen Linfeng liked to "bully" her in this regard even more.

"By the way, when I came back, Sister Mei told me some news and asked me to pass it on."

Liu Qianqian changed the subject directly.

"Well, what's the matter?" Chen Linfeng handed the yogurt next to his plate to his girlfriend.

Eat less high-oil and high-fat meat, but fruits and yogurt are okay.

He habitually guessed in his mind that it should not be a big deal.

Otherwise, Sister Mei would have definitely called and told her directly.

Sure enough, Liu Xixi recalled and said, "One is about the box office of "Your Name" in Japan."

"Your Name" has been released in Japan since April, and it has been 4 months now.

It took about 9 weeks back and forth.

Until now, the box office has occasionally won the weekly championship. In the past two weeks, because there were no big movies released, it has been the box office champion.

The total box office data also reached 166 billion yen.

It has far surpassed the best performance of Chinese films in Japan, set by "Red Cliff".

Neon predicts that the final box office could reach around 200 billion yen.

Then it entered the top ten in the history of Neon movie box office.

Liu Qianqian tried to describe it again. Although she was there to report the news, she still narrated it with a look of astonishment.

She was extremely surprised when she heard Sister Mei say this in Los Angeles.

After hearing this, Chen Linfeng was also quite surprised.

If nothing else, this number is really huge.

I haven’t paid much attention to news from Japan in the past month, but I didn’t expect it to have reached 166 billion.

It’s a bit strange that we are all paying attention to "Infinite World" and we can also hear the box office news of "Your Name".

These are all movies from the New Year.

But speaking of which, the movie showing time in Japan is really long.

Chen Linfeng recalled the information from his previous life. The box office of "Your Name" in Japan seemed to be 250 billion yen.

Well, shame on the original work.

But there's nothing we can do about it, the people in Japan are a bit weird.

Animated films always make more at the box office than live-action films.

There are a few films that are masterpieces that have a huge influence worldwide.

"Titanic", "Harry Potter", "Avatar", "Avengers", etc.

The box office of these movies also hovers around 200 billion yen.

The fact that "Your Name" has reached a box office of around 200 billion shows how much the Japanese people love this movie.

The two of them lamented about this matter.

After all, this is a joint work between the two of them, and it is a love film with almost the same plot.

Its meaning to them is different from that of other movies.

Finally, Liu Qianqian said, "Sister Mei asked me to ask you, with the current results, do you want to promote it a little bit, or wait until the next movie is released, or when the box office reaches 200 billion yuan."

Chen Linfeng pondered for a moment, "Why not just wait until the amount reaches 200 billion yen? If we really can't reach that amount, we can talk about it later."

"Oh, I'll call Sister Mei and tell her about this."

The second thing is about the sales of the novel "Infinite World".

Since the movie was released, sales of the entire series of novels have skyrocketed.

The total sales volume before was close to 6 million, but sales have been somewhat slow.

I can only make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars every month.

When Liu Qianqian said this, her expression became a little tense.

If it were someone else, they would be happy if the total sales volume reached 100,000 or 200,000.

He still feels that this monthly data is not good.

"This must be the so-called 'Versailles'." Liu Qianqian thought.

"In just half a month, the monthly sales of the novel have exceeded one million, and it is still very strong. Sister Mei said that it is almost the same as when the novel was first released."

"That's really good news."

Chen Linfeng felt that this news was better than the previous one.

He has never given up the idea of ​​selling hundreds of millions of copies of a single novel series.

Chen Linfeng has already achieved sales of over 100 million works throughout his career, and this achievement is no longer a rarity.

In his opinion, sales of a single series exceeding 100 million is the threshold for becoming a world-class bestselling author.

For now, Infinite World is the most likely to achieve this.

Like several other series, most of them increase by tens of thousands every month, which is even more different.

"Infinite World" may not be the best quality, but globally, it is the work with the widest distribution and the most channels.

It is somewhat of a victory for the channel.

Now, thanks to the influence of the adapted movie, sales have increased significantly, which can be regarded as a victory for publicity and promotion.

There is no other way. Since the right way doesn’t work, I have to take the evil way.

When future generations make historical evaluations, they don’t look at how you won, but only at whether you did it.

Liu Qianqian saw that he was happy, probably knew what he was thinking, and was also happy for him.

Even sucking yogurt tastes better.

At this time, Chen Linfeng had finished his meal, and the two of them talked as they returned to the crew.

The third thing is the negotiation with Warner.

There have been new breakthroughs in the past few days.

"Green Lantern" flopped at the box office, and the entire DC film plan suffered a heavy blow.

The last of the "Batman: The Dark Knight" trilogy that he has been collaborating with Nolan will be released next year.

By then, Nolan will no longer collaborate with Warner on superhero movies.

The Harry Potter series will end this summer.

The two major gold mines were facing depletion at the same time, and the new gold mine that was originally planned to be opened became a waste mine and even suffered a lot of losses.

Warner's need for a new series is more urgent.

Therefore, concessions were made on many conditions.

In fact, Chen Linfeng heard this news from Sister Mei. After all, many negotiation conditions needed to be communicated with him more.

However, he felt that Xixi's baby voice was very pleasant to hear and had no intention of interrupting.

After Liu Qianqian gave a brief account, she saw that Chen Linfeng didn't react, so she asked.

"Xiaofeng, what novel are you going to write next? What's the subject matter?"

She is very concerned about this; after all, she has been a fan of the book for ten years.

“More Western Cthulhu-themed.”

If you are a frequent time traveler, you may be able to tell which work is being copied right away.

——《Lord of Mysteries》

Liu Qianqian looked confused. She didn't even know what Cthulhu was.

"What kind of subject is this? And this Ke... Ke you mentioned..."

"Cthulhu is a mythology system created by a writer from Emilyken in the last world."

Chen Linfeng explained the relevant concepts to her.

"Oh~ That's it."

Liu Qianqian seemed to understand but not quite.

"When I finish writing it, you'll see. The story is still going to be interesting, but the style is more unique."

"Yeah, I've been waiting for you to write a new book."

Liu Qianqian nodded repeatedly, "When will you start writing?"

“In fact, we are already building the outline.”

The original novel is actually quite perfect, but it seems a bit rushed in the later stages and the time span is also quite tight.

Chen Linfeng first listed the outline, intending to make slight adjustments in terms of time and rhythm.

Moreover, before writing this book, the subsequent film and television adaptation should be planned.

Some plots and characters, including private matters, need to be planned in advance.

In his previous life, Chen Linfeng read "Lord of Mysteries" at least twice, and his companions read many books as well.

As for memorizing the original work, you basically don't have to worry about it.

What he wanted was to achieve the best possible results on this basis.

On the premise that the original work is already a classic, if it can be taken one step further, it would be worthy of his time travel.

In addition, there are huge differences between physical publishing and online writing.

For every novel, it is also important to consider where to end.

For example, "Infinite World", the part where the novel was interrupted was very difficult to adapt into a film or TV series, and it took a lot of effort later.

After all, the original work is an online serial novel, so a large number of updates must be ensured every day.

Many times, we may not be able to consider everything very thoroughly.

Some small details, including wording and sentence structure, can be further adjusted.

Chen Linfeng has high hopes for "Lord of Mysteries".

Therefore, he applied all his previous experience of writing novels to this work.

Even though there was an original work, he still put a lot of effort into it.

Even if it is just some finishing work, he is willing to spend time carving it.

Chen Linfeng hopes that this novel can become his "Three-Body" and become a culmination of his works.

(End of this chapter)