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

Chapter 594 Unfair!
After yesterday's movie box office was officially released, everyone understood why the theaters adjusted their screening schedules in this way.

"Now You See Me" undoubtedly ranked first, with a box office of 1.66 million on the first day, setting a record for the first-day box office during the Spring Festival.

"1.1 Miles from Chang'an" ranked second, with a box office of million yuan.

"Time Traveler" followed closely behind with 1.03 million.

Although the screening schedule was much lower, the box office was not much lower than that of Chen Kaige's films.

If we can find more detailed data, we can see that the performance of "Time Traveler" in the second half yesterday was even more eye-catching.

I think many people received feedback from the first wave of audiences and changed their plans to watch the movie.

This is also one of the characteristics of the Spring Festival period today. Word of mouth is always easier to spread.

"Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" earned about 7000 million at the box office.

It was greatly affected by its competitors. It was a popular subject and should have had a high box office, but the competitors were too strong.

This caused its reputation shortcomings to be exposed very quickly.

In just one day, Sun Wukong fell in love with a little fox, Bull Demon King became a villain, Sun Wukong was suppressed, etc. Too many complaints spread on the Internet.

These contents are usually nothing, but they cannot be promoted without the help of friendly companies.

The box office of 7 million on the first day might still be considered high, but there is definitely room for decline later.

Later, "Where Are We Going, Dad?" grossed 5100 million.

It's not bad, but it's far from the previous box office data of 9000 million to compete for a higher screening schedule.

The gap between increasing the number of screenings and having the screenings squeezed out is huge.

There is no such thing as a Boonie Bears movie during the Spring Festival period nowadays, and it is said to be a wall of masterpieces as a result of the release of a big Boonie Bears movie every year.

However, as a parent-child movie aimed at children, "Where Are We Going, Dad?" actually occupies the ecological niche of this type of child-oriented animated film.

The movies below it, just like those later movies that could not surpass Boonie Bears: The Big Bad Wolf, could not climb up.

"The Man from Macau" made just over 2 million.

"A Chinese Odyssey" and "Ex-Files" only made a few million at the box office, which can be regarded as soy sauce movies.
In this way, the theater chain’s strategy for adjusting its screening schedule becomes very clear.

Winner takes all is the consistent principle of the film market, and screening schedules are almost all concentrated on the top three films.

These three films are all films in which Chen Linfeng participated in the screenwriting.

Some media call it the Chen content principle of the domestic film market, that is, as long as the film is written by Chen Linfeng, it will naturally be valued more by theaters.

This principle of prioritizing screenwriters is certainly inconsistent with the current trend of valuing celebrities.

But I have to say, it really works. Cinemas are a place that only looks at box office; they don't care about principles or rules.

After the first day box office figures came out, the media immediately became excited.

In recent years, the box office of the Spring Festival has continued to rise, but they did not expect it to reach such a high level today.

The box office on the first day of the Lunar New Year reached about 5.3 million yuan, and the top movie "Now You See Me" raised the single-day box office on the first day of the Lunar New Year to 1.66 million yuan.

Director Chen’s movies really have this flavor, always bringing something new to the market.

In addition, the term "pure commercial film" has also been recognized by the media.

The Sixth Princess's "China Film Report" solemnly invited experts to discuss related topics.

"Do you think the 'pure commercial film' mentioned by Director Chen has any specific meaning?"

“Of course, directors in the past always wanted to incorporate some special reflections on life into their films, or reflect some social phenomena.

But in fact, these movies are often a bit obscure and difficult to understand, and lack in entertainment value.

The purely commercial films proposed by Director Chen, as the name suggests, are purely based on the audience's viewing pleasure, without any social thinking or life philosophy. They just make the audience enjoy watching them through the rhythm and story.

This is actually not an easy thing to do. Whether it is the plot arrangement, rhythm, special effects, or picture level, the requirements are very high.

The reason why some Hollywood blockbusters in the past have been recognized by the whole world is that they have profound attainments in this aspect.

Therefore, I agree with what Director Chen said, 'Sometimes, not having any meaning is also a kind of meaning'. Currently, there is a lack of this type of film in domestic films..."

Many people in the industry have also begun to wonder whether they can try to learn such operations.

Because it seems that this kind of pure commercial is the most popular type, and people always like it.

Everyone was very solemn and looked serious.

Whenever Chen Linfeng proposes a new concept and puts it into practice, there will be a large number of people studying it and experts helping to explain it. This seems to have become a routine.

As time came to the third day of the Lunar New Year, the situation of the Spring Festival movie schedule became clearer.

"Now You See Me" is still ranked first, and its box office further increased yesterday, reaching 2.03 million.

This was not too surprising.

However, the data showed that the new high of 2 million in a single day was broken for the first time, which is truly amazing.

In addition, the competition for the second and third places has become increasingly fierce.

Despite having similar screening schedules, "Time Traveler" actually surpassed "30,000 Miles from Chang'an".

With a box office of 1.29 million, it successfully suppressed the latter's 1.12 million.

You know, both of these films were written by Director Chen.

Both films currently have very good reputations, but good films are divided into good and bad.

"Time Traveler", as a movie focusing on love and family affection with some science fiction or fantasy elements, crushed a number of previous domestic love films.

It can almost be called the best movie of its kind after "Your Name".

As we all know, domestic filmmakers like to add love elements into their movies.

As a result, each of the photos looked terrible.

Now "Time Traveler" is like a breath of fresh air, truly refreshing.

In fact, "30,000 Miles from Chang'an" has also received very good reviews. Many film critics call it the best film directed by Chen Kaige after "Farewell My Concubine".

Some fans who love the prosperous Tang Dynasty and traditional culture regard the movie as a classic.

But there are too many plots about Li Bai's decline after that, and the audience doesn't like to watch it.

This meant that "Three Thousand Miles of Chang'an" was somewhat suppressed in terms of public reputation and box office performance.

Later on, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" showed a clear decline, with a box office of around 5300 million.

"Where Are We Going, Dad?" grossed 4000 million yuan.

"The Man from Macau" has 2200 million, and there hasn't been much change.

It was too tragic to find out what happened next, it can be said that there is no such person.

The trend of the Spring Festival period has always been obvious, that is, the movies at the back are squeezed out by the top ones in terms of both screenings and box office.

This year, Now You See Me is undoubtedly the leader.

Long before the Spring Festival, many media predicted that Chen Linfeng would return to the Spring Festival period and would definitely occupy the lion's share.

Therefore, while the performance of the top-ranked movies is not surprising, the two movies in the second tier have attracted a lot of media attention.

It's actually quite a bit of a gimmick in there.

Another new director is about to step on Director Chen's head and ascend to a higher position.

Guo Fan, a little-known person who was previously only slightly famous in the industry as a student of Chen Linfeng, has now suddenly become famous.

A few days ago, someone asked online, "Who is Guo Fan?"

Now, everyone knows.

Look, the new director who is currently beating up Director Chen is Guo Fan.

Chen Kaige: …

Why are there always people persecuting Da Chen?
The film crew is on roadshow during the New Year holidays.

Guo Fan began to demonstrate his language skills.

He seemed very grateful to Chen Linfeng.

The teacher’s kindness is not over yet!

As for the fact that he outperformed Chen Kaige, he said it was all coincidence. "It's mainly because the properties of the films are different. My film may be more suitable for the Spring Festival period.

My predecessors are actually quite good. In "Chang'an: 30,000 Miles", many scenes and shots are worth learning from."

Be very humble.

In fact, I felt so happy.

Which film school student doesn't study the works of these great directors?

Now that I can compete on the same stage and defeat him head-on, I can’t imagine how great it will be.

Guo Fan felt that it was a little difficult to control his smile recently, which was really a test of one's ability.

Fortunately, I failed to surpass the teacher, otherwise I would not be able to hide it now.

For students like them, surpassing their teachers is the ultimate goal.

A student who does not have confidence in his teacher is not a good traitor.

Although he thought so, Guo Fan was still filled with gratitude.

When he and Hu Ge were chatting about movies on the roadshow, they brought up Chen Linfeng.

"Fortunately, I was chosen by the teacher and entered his class. This is really the greatest luck in my life."

Hu Ge was very interested in this. "When you chose the course, did you really just sign up, and then Director Chen selected you, and then he started to train you?"

There are some strange rumors in the industry about the experiences of the class of graduate students in 09.

Now, as several directors who were trained as key personnel have become successful and famous, it has become even more legendary.

Some say that Chen Linfeng was asked by the college, and the students who were able to choose to attend the class had been arranged in advance.

Some also say that these students' families all have special powers.

Some also say that Director Chen has a keen eye and can tell which student has extraordinary luck.

The last statement is believed by the least people.

What's the matter with luck? People in the entertainment industry are always superstitious.

"So what happened at that time?" Hu Ge asked.

"Nothing special. I just signed up and was selected. After that, I joined the team based on my performance and interests. I was trained in a targeted manner."

Guo Fan felt dazed when he reviewed his experiences over the past few years.

Hu Ge couldn't help but exclaimed, "Then you are really lucky."

"It's indeed good," Guo Fan did not deny it.

If he is not selected, who knows if he can succeed in the future.

He understands too well how difficult it is for new directors to make a name for themselves in the entertainment industry.

Maybe he will have to shoot commercials for ten years or work as an assistant director for many years before he will have another chance of his own in the future.

By then, he would have become disheartened and might even become a bad film director.

"Actually, Hu Ge, you're pretty lucky. You got the leading role in The Legend of Sword and Fairy right from the start, and now it's going pretty smoothly for you to be on the big screen."

Hu Ge nodded.

He started out by playing supporting roles in Director Cheng's films and has now finally established himself in the film industry.

Not to mention Director Chen and Director Cheng, he will be Director Guo Fan's direct subordinate in the future.

If this person develops well in the future, I will never forget him.

The first male lead in a director's successful film career.

Just like Ning Hao to Xu Guangtou and Huang Bo, this relationship is really ironclad.

……

Chen Kaige was embarrassed.

He could still fool reporters when faced with questions, but when faced with questions from the audience during a roadshow, he couldn't just remain silent.

The key point is that these audiences are too disrespectful.

Similar to "These are all Chen Linfeng's scripts, why did you mess it up when it came to you..."

"I heard that Director Chen gave you some advice on the ending, but you didn't listen. Is that true?"

"Director Kaige, you didn't make drastic changes to the script this time, and the movie turned out to be much better. Will you continue to ask Director Chen for scripts in the future?"

Listen, what do you mean it’s my turn?
What do you mean I shouldn't change the script? The movie is much better.
Chen Kaige could only explain helplessly,

“In fact, Director Xiao Chen did not give me the script directly. He helped provide a lot of suggestions, but the actual script was written by someone else based on his ideas.

We can’t just say that the director has some opinions and that we should change the script. Can art be summarized so simply? "

He added, "Box office is not my only pursuit, sometimes, movies still need to include more humanistic thinking.

Besides, the box office of "Three Thousand Miles in Chang'an" is not bad, and the public still likes this kind of adaptation very much..."

Chen Kaige did not mean to completely abandon Chen Linfeng's contribution, but what these people said was too harsh.

It's like the part that was done according to Xiao Chen's idea was extremely good, but if there was a slight change, it would become a drag.

The movie is so long, it is impossible that all the parts are what Xiao Chen requested. Those that are not mentioned are still his good performance.

This made him a little unhappy.

But he also knew that Xiao Chen's reputation was indeed too high now.

Everyone is willing to believe this statement, so what he says is of little use.

In fact, the public treated this matter more as a joke. The more they saw that Chen Kaige seemed to want to explain, the more they wanted to tease him.

But Chen Kaige is the kind of person who tends to be more serious, which makes him easily angry when faced with teasing.

And the more people teased him, the angrier he got.

Who are you to be able to guide me?

On the contrary, he is more humble when facing people who are stronger than him.

Therefore, when talking to Chen Linfeng, Chen Kaige instantly forgot the unhappiness in his heart.

"Xiao Chen, thank you so much this time. I saw a forecast saying that the final box office of "Three Thousand Miles in Chang'an" should hopefully exceed 10 billion."

"Hey, what's there to thank me for? The movie was well made, that's all thanks to you Director Kai Ge. I just wanted to come up with a story, and the pictures and shots were all yours to present.

Especially the part where Li Bai recites the poem "Jinjiang Jiu", which is so expressive, director Kaige and the special effects staff have made great contributions."

Chen Kaige almost burst into tears.

Xiao Chen is really considerate.

"Not really. The story itself has a good foundation, which is also the key."

Chen Kaige declined modestly, not feeling the slightest bit of discomfort in front of the audience.

"By the way, Now You See Me has performed really well in the past two days. I heard it has a chance to exceed 20 billion?"

"We have to wait and see, it's uncertain at the moment."

Chen Linfeng shook his head, "There are also two competitors, "Time Traveler" and "30,000 Miles in Chang'an."

Even though the box office is growing rapidly now, the Spring Festival period is only about 10 days of explosive growth, and it is still uncertain whether the good growth momentum can be maintained afterwards.

"We two are not competitors," Chen Kaige said with a helpless smile, "It's good enough that we can always maintain our position in the second tier."

I have never officially experienced the Spring Festival period before, so I didn’t know the competition during this period was so fierce.

In order to get screening time, even he had to go out on roadshows every day.

If you are not careful, you may be easily harmed by your competitors.

Only someone like Xiao Chen can sit at home steadily.

Shit, that’s so unfair when you think about it.

(End of this chapter)