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

Chapter 494: Spring Festival Campaign

The premiere of "Police Case 2" was not as grand as those of Chen Linfeng's films.

After all, Cheng Er's face is not that high yet.

However, a few people who had a good relationship with him came to join in the fun for Chen Linfeng's sake.

Not long after Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian sat down, they saw Zhou Xun sitting next to Qianqian.

"Yo~" She greeted this side through Xixi, and then the two of them started chatting intimately.

Among the four actresses and two ice-holiday actresses, only Zhou Xun and Liu Qianqian have a good relationship now.

The other big flowers all seemed to be keeping their distance.

Since we can't compete, it's better not to meet.

Without you, we would still be top stars.

Zhou Xun is a little different. She seems to get along well with everyone. Even some male celebrities can usually say a few words to her.

Among the four Dan and two Bing, she has the least number of quarrels with others.

However, the situation has changed somewhat now.

There were two women chatting over there, Chen Linfeng pricked up his ears and listened, and found that Zhou Xun was complaining about Zhao Yanzi being a bad person.

It seemed to have started because Xixi asked curiously about the latest gossip.

"Painted Skin 2" started filming around the middle of last year and was completed at the end of the year.

There were some big news during this period.

Even though that period was the most popular time for the "100 Years of Film and Television" selection, news still came out.

Things like the "dressing room stool kicking incident", "pay competition incident" and "poster ranking incident" were so exciting.

Liu Qianqian asked casually, and Zhou Xun responded casually.

"It was originally decided that I was the first female lead, but she refused to accept it and insisted on making trouble."

"We were in the dressing room at the time, and she was the first to start a fight. My chair was just sitting there, but she insisted that it was blocking her way and wanted to kick it over.

Of course I have to fight back against her. Everyone has a temper."

Liu Qianqian tried very seriously to help speak up for the injustice.

"How can this be? This is too much!"

"Yeah, we used to have a pretty good relationship, but it had to be like this. Now no one is having an easy time."

Chen Linfeng secretly laughed. It seemed that this was the only trick that female stars could use to fight with each other.

Zhou Xun might indeed be a little upset because of this incident.

She turned her head and looked at Liu Qianqian, hinting, "If only you had acted in the role, no matter which of us stayed, this wouldn't have happened."

Liu Qianqian quickly shook her head, "I can't do it."

"Why not? I heard that Mr. Wang wanted to invite you, but you didn't accept it."

"I can't take your roles."

"Oh, it would be better if you really robbed it." Zhou Xun looked quite melancholy.

She murmured, "It was clearly decided from the beginning that I was the first female lead, but she insisted on snatching my position without any reason. I will not let her succeed."

Seeing that she was unhappy, Liu Qianqian tried to comfort her and told her to relax.

Chen Linfeng listened to the two people talking in low voices and couldn't help shaking his head.

He believed that what Zhou Xun said was most likely true, but her so-called "first female lead" might not necessarily be just one.

Maybe the film crew also promised Zhao Yanzi this.

Otherwise, the other side wouldn't be so confident.

However, Chen Linfeng was not interested in reminding him about this.

Zhou Xun is not stupid. It is impossible for him to have been fighting until now without knowing the situation. He may have already understood the whole story.

But there is no way, the situation has come to this point and there is no turning back.

Thinking of this, Chen Linfeng couldn't help but feel secretly fortunate.

When I co-produced "Sunset" with Zhang Yimou, there were actually similar risks.

If the leading director is not decided at the beginning, there is a risk of fighting among the crew.

Fortunately, both of them were restrained enough.

In the later promotion, we will try our best to ensure balance in all posters and other places related to rankings.

During the award judging phase, we should also try to be humble so that the event can end peacefully.

In this, Chen Linfeng actually made some sacrifices.

After all, he is also a screenwriter. If you insist on using this as an excuse, it makes sense that he is ranked first.

However, in his opinion, this temporary length is not worth mentioning after the time scale is extended.

The final result is what matters most.

Just like the movie "Farewell My Concubine" back then, so what if there are double yolks.

Years later, no one cared about this anymore.

Chen Kaige enjoys unique honors in the country.

When selecting the classics of the century, no one would rank "Farewell My Concubine" down for this reason.

Chen Linfeng's restraint was effective. In the same selection of century-old classics, "Sunset" was more credited to him.

On the one hand, Zhang Yimou returned the favor and made concessions.

As Chen Linfeng achieved outstanding results in the future, people gradually increased the proportion of his role in "Sunset".

Considering the role of screenwriter, everyone does think he is more important.

In fact, in this regard, the crew of "Painted Skin 2" has always been thinking about being a master of balancing things.

It’s a pity that the producers didn’t treat people as human beings from the beginning and didn’t make it clear.

Neither of the two actresses is a good person.

The result was a complete breakdown.

Of course, the female stars can still maintain a deep sisterly relationship on the surface.

This seems to be a natural gift, even Sissi has mastered this skill.

In fact, he always felt that she and Zhou Xun didn't have that good a relationship.

But they were so intimate every time that Chen Linfeng really couldn't tell the difference.

Time passed quickly as he listened to the gossip.

Soon, the premiere of "Police Incident 2" began.

After the dragon logo, there is the opening animation of a unicorn roaring to the sky, followed by the logos of producers and distributors such as Huaying and Maoyan appearing one by one.

Chen Linfeng looked at the red and black logo of Cat's Eye and sighed that Xu Wu did a good job.

The screen went black and the movie officially began.

The beginning of "Police Incident 2" is the same as the first part, with an opening show by Ma Dong.

A robber was blocked in a supermarket and took a hostage.

Several policemen were afraid of the knife in the other party's hand and did not dare to step forward.

At this time, a broad figure appeared accompanied by a passionate BGM.

When Ma Dong clumsily crossed the shelves, he even knocked over the supermarket goods because of his huge body, and he couldn't pick them up no matter how hard he tried.

BGM is much smaller.

Ma Dong still used the old routine and walked forward regardless of anything.

The robber couldn't stand his arrogant look and rushed towards him with a knife.

Then he was slapped into sleep, and the BGM also stopped abruptly at this moment.

The whole beginning is very smooth, the characters are well established, and the effect of dry humor is also sufficient.

All I can say is that Cheng Er really understands Director Chen and has learned this set of skills very well.

With the cooperation of Chen Linfeng's editing, the overall effect is very good.

Because Ma Dong enforced the law violently in public, it made the front page of the news.

Although the police station was already accustomed to this, they still wanted to avoid the limelight and sent him on a mission to extradite criminals to Annan.

The boss thought it was a good job, so he went along as well, treating it as a trip.

Therefore, half of the scene was moved to Annan.

The overall story is not complicated. The extradited criminal Xiao Liu surrendered himself voluntarily.

The reason was to avoid being hunted down. He was originally from Hong Kong Island, but he committed a crime there and fled to Annan.

This kind of role was very common in Hong Kong Island in the 80s.

Together with others, he formed a theft gang in Annan and made a living by committing petty thefts.

Recently got in touch with a group of kidnappers.

The kidnappers kidnapped the son of a wealthy man in Hong Kong Island, who used to be a gangster.

There are a lot of such people in Hong Kong Island.

As a result, the rich second generation ran away halfway.

During the chase, the robber leader got angry and chopped the rich second generation to death.

By the way, he also killed one of the dissatisfied members of the theft gang.

Xiao Liu felt that his life was in danger, so he ran over to turn himself in.

At this time, the kidnapper leader Jiang Haishang had already cut off the dead rich second generation's arms and continued to extort money.

The result is predictable, the rich are definitely not the ones who will be taken advantage of.

The result was a melee between three gangs: the killer sent by the rich man, two people from Jiang Haishang's gang, and Ma Dong and his boss.

The eight members of the killer gang were no match for Jiang Haishang's two kidnappers and were all hacked to death.

The kidnappers couldn't beat Ma Dong alone.

Only Jiang Haishang escaped.

Ma Dong learned from the captured kidnapper that Jiang Haishang was going back to Hong Kong Island to ask for money from the rich man.

The final battle returned to Hong Kong Island.

When Chen Linfeng was writing the story based on the original work, he felt a sense of déjà vu.

Thinking back, isn't this the same plot as the first film?

Most of them are arrogant and difficult to control bandits. The bandit boss is like a madman, but he is good at fighting.

It wasn't until he met the male protagonist that he fell and was caught.

The bandit leader persisted and was finally defeated by Ma Dong.

The routine is still the same.

Some of the little tricks in it, such as "interrogation with a blindfold on the camera" and "falling asleep with a slap in the face", have also been inherited.

But the premise is that the villain remains extremely ferocious.

It looks really cool to let Ma Dong, such a safe character, play from beginning to end.

Chen Linfeng looked at the unfamiliar villain on the big screen and couldn't help but sigh that Cheng Er had made a good casting choice.

In a country as big as China, it is not difficult to find an actor with a fierce look.

Chen Linfeng had never even seen this person in his previous life.

But think about it, this is a bit like gambling, which is actually not very safe.

When Chen Linfeng decides to shoot the next film, he can look for the Korean actors from the original work.

That has been quality-checked by the original work.

After the entire movie was shown, the audience responded enthusiastically.

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, it would be nice to have a hearty feast.

Not only did some of the audience attending the premiere think so, but some guests who were filmmakers also felt so.

A small number of film critics found problems with the script and felt that the production crew was a bit unsophisticated.

But thinking back, perhaps this is the true meaning of genre films.

A main story line can be turned into a new story by splitting it up and adding new materials.

It would be better if most domestic screenwriters had this ability.

Therefore, few film critics criticized this lazy operation.

Even if it was mentioned, it was regarded as an advantage to praise Chen Linfeng's high level of screenwriting.

This made him feel a little uncomfortable when he saw it.

But speaking of it, few people dare to question the screenwriter's level of achievement.

It's true that even if Chen Linfeng writes any nonsense story, some people can still see some of the master's artistic conception in it.

After the premiere.

The box office of "Police Case 2" in the first three days, that is, before the New Year, was very average, totaling only more than 6 million.

Some media began to treat this as groundbreaking news and to speak ill of Chen Linfeng.

Oh my god, only 6 million in three days.

Director Chen, you have come to this day!
They don’t care that the director is Cheng Er.

"Police Case" started with Chen Linfeng, and he was the screenwriter and producer of the second part, so this is his movie.

But starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year, the box office suddenly increased to 8 million a day.

During the Spring Festival period, "Your Name" is no longer the only movie dominating the market like it was last year.

After Chen Linfeng’s visit, every film and television company knew that there would be great potential for growth during the Spring Festival.

However, isolation is not enough to prove anything, and the Lunar New Year period has always performed well.

Therefore, no one is putting all their hopes on the Spring Festival period, not to mention that it has to compete head-on with Chen Linfeng's movie.

There are no substantial blockbusters in this year's Spring Festival movie schedule, except for "Police 2", but there are still quite a few of them.

Seven domestic films are involved in the competition for the Spring Festival period.

Among them, the most famous is Er Dongsheng's new film "The Great Magician", starring Liang Chaowei and Zhou Xun.

This is also the reason why Zhou Xun was able to find time to attend the premiere of "Police 2" before the New Year.

Anyway, I am not idle.

As a way of returning the favor, Liu Qianqian also attended the premiere of "The Great Magician".

However, the film has some problems with the plot connection, and it is not as good as the other films in terms of publicity, and it cannot compete for screening schedules.

The overall scheduling is basically 4:3:3.

"Police 2" accounts for 4%.

Another movie that accounts for 3% is a Hollywood movie - "Mission Impossible 4".

The above are close numbers, and some will be left for other movies.

During China's Spring Festival, a beautiful American movie was released, which is a scene that is rarely seen in later generations.

In the box office battle on the first day of the Chinese New Year, "Police 2" took the lead with a box office of 8100 million.

"Mission Impossible 4" ranked second with 6200 million, which is not bad.

Then came "The Great Magician", with a box office of 4400 million.

The rest are basically small fish and shrimp.

For example, a movie called "Eight Stars Reporting Joy" from Hong Kong is actually a movie similar to "The Best Happy Event". It is a complete rehash of old stuff and has no market at all.

I remember that Yang Mi joined the team in my previous life. Now Yang Mi is doing well under Longlin, so this kind of thing doesn’t happen anymore.

Speaking of which, when "Your Name" was released last year, the single-day box office during the Chinese New Year was raised to a level close to 2 million.

It has shocked many people.

Because of this, many companies have set their sights on the Spring Festival period this year.

Many people have been affected and the means of entertainment during the Spring Festival have changed.

As a result, this year's box office market actually increased further.

It exceeded 2 million on the first day of the new year.

The second day of the new year hit a new high.
"Police Case 2" closed at 9070 million;
The second-placed "Mission Impossible 4" still maintained at around 6000 million;

"The Great Magician" also grew slightly, reaching 4500 million.

The box office of all three companies has increased, and the number of screenings has also increased.

Naturally, what we ate were the slices of small shrimps.

During the Spring Festival period, theaters are more sensitive to data such as attendance and box office, and they are adjusted almost every day.

In this case, the reputation of the movie becomes even more important.

In this regard, Chen Linfeng has never been afraid.

(End of this chapter)