I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 259: Are you booking the whole place now?

"Ok?"

"what's going on?"

The next morning, Chen Jin woke up from his sleep and opened Douban to read the film reviews of "The Founding of a Party".

Found... nothing!

It’s not that no one posted because the movie hasn’t been released.

But it was locked.

You have to know that "The Founding of a Party" has been previewed across the country since the day before yesterday, and the box office has reached several million. It is impossible that no one has written a film review.

There can only be one reason why there is nothing here, and that is Douban’s “review control”.

No reviews or ratings are allowed for this film.

Chen Jin subconsciously searched for "The Founding of a Republic" again, but it didn't find it either.

"Blocked?"

"Still not allowed?"

Chen Jin was muttering something, and his spirits were somewhat lifted.

"Jia Jie, do you know why there are no reviews for "The Founding of a Party" on Douban?"

Chen Jin sent a message to Han Jianu to chat.

She must have gotten up at this point. She has been quite busy these days, as she has to work on the manuscript for the third issue of "Poetry".

The second episode of "Young China" has been recorded. The actor who plays Liang Qichao is Duan Yihong, who played Yuan Lang in "Soldier Assault".

There is no doubt about Lao Duan’s acting skills. He will be nominated for three major award-winning actors and the winner of Tokyo Film Award.

Chen Jin felt that he was the ceiling of acting skills for male actors of this age in China.

However, when Chen Jin mentioned this name, Liu Gang was still a little skeptical, because Duan Yihong's current fame is indeed not enough; although "Soldier Assault" and "My Captain, My Regiment" have extremely high ratings, the two roles he played are also very popular.

But because he is a supporting role, his popularity is indeed not high and he has not yet become a big hit.

The ratings of "The Regiment Leader" are actually not very high.

It was not until later films like "The Blizzard" and "The Burning Sun" that brought him to the public's attention. And as his fame grew, the roles in "Soldier" and "Captain" became more valuable.

But now, the reputation of the National Theatre still made Liu Gang send him an invitation.

After only one audition, Duan Yihong got the role of Liang Qichao.

The acting is indeed strong.

The reason why Chen Jin recommended him was not because of his future autobiographical movie, but because Chen Jin had seen Duan Yihong's most explosive acting.

Lao Duan’s debut work - "Xi Wei".

A Thai horror film.

When he acted in this movie, his name was Duan Long, not Duan Yihong.

Because of the many strange and bizarre things that happened during the filming of this movie, he changed his name to its current one under the guidance of a master.

The movie "Xiwei" is really scary.

It tells the story of Huang Lihui, an innocent, kind and hopeful Chinese man, who gradually becomes a murderer due to the oppression of life. This is adapted from true events and the future movie will be called "The Murderer".

Not only in the movie, Xiwei is also a household name in Thailand. He is a devil who scares children.

It is said that he killed 6 children, the youngest of whom was 5 years old and the oldest was 11 years old, and he also dug out the children's hearts and ate them secretly.

Chen Jingao once watched this movie and had nightmares for several days.

In this movie, Duan Yihong's acting is just like the real thing.

At one point, Chen Jin thought he was Xiwei, and then he spent many days looking up information about him.

The more I investigated, the more frightened I became, but I also found a lot of inconsistent clues.

Now Xiwei's body has been turned into a mummy and displayed in a Thai museum for decades.

But in fact, Xiwei was slandered.

He was used as a scapegoat by Thailand's powerful people. When the Thai police were faced with multiple serial murders that they were unable to solve, they just happened to use Xi Wei, who did not understand Thai, to take the blame.

The key point is that he has suffered decades of infamy, and he is a native Chinese, but he was turned into a mummy for exhibition in Thailand. In 2020, under pressure from the Internet, Thailand cremated him.

Therefore, Chen Jin fully supports domestic directors making movies with Thailand as the background in the future, portraying the police and the government as incompetent.

Because that’s exactly who they are.

……

Drip!

Chen Jin had just finished her breakfast when Han Jianu called her.

"What's wrong?"

It was obvious that Han Jianu was driving towards CCTV.

"Just asking about Douban's situation?"

"My dad asked Douban to lock the movie!"

Chen Jin: “…”

"It's a long story. Two years ago, The Founding of a Republic was initially rated, but the website was... a mess!"

When talking about this, Han Jianu became quite talkative.

Chen Jin...also remembered.

The opening score of "Founding of a Republic" was only 5.9, which can be called a bad movie, and all the reviews were negative.

But in fact, "Founding of a Nation" is not a bad movie.

There are also idiots who write long film reviews with their faces attached.

At first, Han Sanpin didn't take this matter seriously, but the public opinion grew bigger and bigger, alarming the relevant departments.

Han Sanpin only then found out about Douban. The score of 5.9 made him laugh. Then he read the reviews and found it completely unbearable to watch, as it was filled with all kinds of trolls and insults. The China Film Group and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television were so angry that they took strong action.

So this time, in order to avoid the turmoil of the previous film, Douban deliberately locked it before "The Founding of a Party" was released.

And judging from the ratings and reviews of previous mainstream films, there are a lot of people who hate the country on Douban.

This is the website that is filled with anti-popular and pro-Western sentiments.

In the future, it will be a gathering place for Asian toilets.

As long as it is an imported movie, 7 or 8 points are common, which is 1-2 points higher than the imdb rating. They really love Japanese, Korean, European and American Hollywood movies.

Domestic films were automatically deducted points, and some old, medium and small films were selected.

In fact, these female data workers of Douban ratings are just barking about incompetence.

In the public opinion environment of later generations, Douban is dominated by boxers and colonists, not to mention the present year of 2011.

Therefore, Han Sanpin's move was also a helpless one.

Douban does not need the website’s consent to open a movie special. All the website can do is lock the background and ratings and comments.

"I see!"

"Only the Radio and Television Administration can make Douban more restrained. It's actually better to block this kind of website..."

Chen Jin shook her head, and after finishing her phone call with Han Jianu, she ate breakfast and rushed to the crew.

In the evening, he had to attend the premiere of "The Founding of a Party" in the cinema and start the midnight show with movie fans.

By the way, let’s see if we can break the record for movie pre-sales.

Half an hour later, Chen Jin arrived at the filming set of "So Young" at Beijing Film Academy.

He didn't have many scenes today, but he still had two scenes in the morning, so during the crew's lunch break, Chen Jin had time to pick up his phone and check Weibo.

Mainly, I want to see some feedback from the audience for "The Founding of a Party".

Weibo is better at the moment, there are a lot of living people, and they are all normal people.

But there are still people who are abusing the movie, and most of them haven’t even watched the movie, but are posting all kinds of film reviews.

Chen Jin simply chose to ignore it.

Douban directly locks the ratings and comments.

In fact, this is a bit counterintuitive and still has an impact on the final box office.

But Han Sanpin must be afraid that some rioters who have not seen the movie will make irresponsible remarks and make the leader unhappy.

After all, people in Pi County don’t need to watch the movie to comment and rate it.

He doesn't want to encounter the same bad luck as when "Founding of a Republic" was released, so a one-size-fits-all approach is the best approach.

"I went to see it for Chen Jin, and I was not disappointed. The acting was really good. It was different from the preachy main theme. I was moved to tears. The founding of the Party was not easy!"

This is a real movie review, without any emotion.

"I didn't expect it to be so good. I thought it would be quite boring. I recommend everyone to watch it!"

"I've finished watching it. Let me tell you the pros and cons. The pros are that some of the actors are well cast and their acting is outstanding, especially Chen Jin... The cons are also the actors. Many of them look out of place at first glance. Did they bring money into the group?"

"There's really nothing to complain about the plot, except that some of the actors are too eye-catching..."

“When the last section of the Internationale started, I sang along!”

"..."

The overall reputation of the movie is pretty good. Chen Jin estimates that the actual score should be around 7 points.

After being in this circle for a long time, many people actually have a prediction.

The cumulative box office of the movie has already exceeded 300 million, and the pre-sale has exceeded 5300 million. It is estimated that it will break the pre-sale record of "Love Is Not Blind" tonight.

"Reading movie reviews?"

"Brother Jin?"

Lin Xin leaned over and took a look at Chen Jin's phone.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Jin locked his phone and looked at this guy.

Damn, he's so sneaky, Chen Jin was shocked. If she was messaging a girl, wouldn't she be peeped at by him?
"Well, I didn't mean to look at it, I just happened to see it!"

"I was thinking about going to watch a show nearby tonight!"

"Increase your box office!"

Lin Genxin sat down next to Chen Jin, being a little flattering.

I guess he knows that peeking is not a good behavior.

"Let's go together, I want to go too!"

When Nazha heard about watching a movie, she immediately became excited and came to Chen Jin's side with her work box.

Her college entrance examination results have come out, and she was successfully admitted to the Beijing Film Academy and became Chen Jin's junior.

Although the test score was not high, the admission score was low.

Every noon, these guys would get together, either chatting, playing games, or gossiping. No one even took a nap.

The main reason is that they are all young, unlike Guo Xun, who is just an old man in this crew and he can't handle Chen Jin and the others.

He still needed a lunch break. "You two are so stingy, each ticket only costs a few dozen, and you still contribute to the box office!"

"If I were you, wouldn't I book the theater when Brother Jin's movie comes out?"

Li Jiahang opened his phone and clicked on Didi: "See? The private booking service has been opened!"

"I'll take care of five games, you guys can do whatever you want!"

This is a typical nouveau riche, Zhang Yida is so popular!
And it's easy to say without any concern, which seems a bit like moral kidnapping. However, several people are used to bickering, and it is normal to insult each other in this crew.

After all, when filming, you make fun of me and I make fun of you. There is one good thing about the movie "So Young", it is light-hearted and cheerful... It is the various stories between the characters, and the daily chatting makes it easier to get into the role.

It’s Li Jiahang’s personality, which is very different from Zhang Yida’s.

In reality, he is still very generous.

"Booking the whole place? When did you do that?"

Chen Jin really didn't know about this function.

"I don't know. I found it when I clicked it this morning!"

"Go, go, go!"

“Bag, bag, bag!”

Lin Genxin was afraid that someone would provoke him, so he waved his hand and kicked Li Jiahang directly: "Book a screening? It's not going to be released until tomorrow? We can't book a preview screening!"

It’s not that he can’t afford the money. One or two thousand would be enough to book the whole place.

"What? Brother Jin has only released a few movies... This is already the third one..."

Nazha was waving her hands, but the little beauty was always very generous, unlike someone who was taking a lunch break now, who didn't show any expression at all.

"We definitely need to book the whole place. Let's take a look first. How about we go in the evening?"

"Alright, alright!"

Chen Jin also knew that these guys had good intentions, but it was not easy to make some money: "It's not going into my company's pocket!"

"Forget about booking the entire theater, but it's okay to just go to the cinema and show your support!"

If it comes to investment from China Electronics Technology Group, Chen Jin will definitely take it seriously.

But not all of this income goes to China Film. Several investors such as Huayi also want a share. Chen Jin certainly doesn't want to contribute too much.

He just needs to do his job as an actor well.

I am afraid that his friends in the circle will go to great lengths to support him, just like they are doing now.

This favor will have to be repaid in the future.

Of course Chen Jin will definitely make money.

Because he has three movies to be released soon, others may not be as efficient.

Now Didi has launched a private screening mode, as if it is just to serve him. Is it really for "The Founding of a Party"?
This is normal when you think about it.

With so many stars participating in the show, if friends and relatives book a single show, the box office revenue is estimated to be several million.

There will be government agencies to follow.

This is great news for boosting box office sales!

"Song Zhongjie is quite an amazing guy!"

Take Chen Jin for example. There are basically forty or fifty classmates and friends who are on good terms with each other, all of whom attend the meeting. If each of them books 1 to 10 sessions, the cost would be hundreds of thousands.

There are more than one hundred stars in "The Founding of a Party", and the friendship votes can amount to millions.

"There is still a lot of follow-up work to be done on this government-enterprise relationship!"

"It must be for the subsequent booking service..."

It is estimated that in the entire network, Didi is the only one that has started this private booking service. In a few days, Didi’s advantages will be fully demonstrated.

One-click booking, you only need to pay.

"Which movie theater nearby has shows tonight?"

Qin Junjie also took out his mobile phone and was watching it. Last time, he also booked the entire theater for the show "Love Is Not Blind".

He is the type of person who does great things quietly.

That's why Chen Jin let him play the role.

"There's a show at 8 o'clock in Wangfujing, and I'm afraid Yida and Brother Jin will be recognized!"

"And Sister Jin..."

There is no need to mention Chen Jin, lawyer Zhang Yida is also very famous now.

The popularity of this kind of sitcom may be even more terrifying than Chen Jindu's.

Many actors in "Love Apartment" have made a living from this drama for their entire lives, including Li Jiahang.

Maybe the money he earns and the works he produces cannot compare to Chen Jin, but his popularity is definitely very high.

What works does Chen He, who plays Zeng Xiaoxian, have? His number of fans currently exceeds 200 million on the entire network, and will reach tens of millions in the future. Apart from variety shows, it is also driven by Zeng Xiaoxian.

“Wangfujing?”

Chen Jin smiled and said, "My premiere tonight is over there!"

"I think the tickets have already been sold out!"

The only cinema premiere in the capital is held at the China Film Association Anle New Dong'an Cinema in Wangfujing.

As the name suggests, the background of this cinema is very unusual.

China Film Group, Emperor Entertainment Group, Wangfujing Film Group, New Dong’an Film Group and other groups jointly control the company.

"Come on, come on, have some afternoon tea and snacks!"

At this time, Zhu Yanmanzi asked someone to come over with milk tea, some cut fruits and snacks.

Everyone has a share.

"Thank you, Sister Jin!"

Lin and Xin said in unison.

Zhu Yanmanzi is better at winning people's hearts in this crew. After all, it is invested by Chen Jin, and making everyone happy is more important than anything else.

Young people are not as good as veteran actors. Veteran actors have professionalism, while young actors are more casual.

If you are not happy with the shooting, it is possible that the overall shooting progress will be slowed down.

"No more, they are all sold out!"

"Isn't this fucking premiere in the hands of scalpers?"

Li Jiahang tapped his phone and saw that the preview and midnight shows were all sold out.

Zhu Yanmanzi sipped his milk tea and smiled, "I bought six tickets for the evening show, but I'm only inviting people from the dormitory to watch it. If you want, I won't call them..."

"That's not good. We can actually go and watch it tomorrow night!"

"That's right, I won't join in the fun, so as not to distract Brother Jin!"

"I don't give a damn!"

Chen Jin could see what these guys were up to: "I'm not going to participate in the 8pm preview, I'm going to the midnight show with the audience!"

"Haha, I forgot!"

"It's because we haven't made a movie before!"

“No, I’ve never made a blockbuster movie!”

Lin Genxin emphasized: "Even if a movie like ours is shown in theaters, there is no such thing as a midnight show..."

“It seems to be true now!”

"Brother Jie should have experienced this!"

Qin Junjie has at least filmed "Curse of the Golden Flower".

"No, no, the midnight show back then was definitely not comparable to what it is now..."

"It's very lively now, with many fans coming to support us!"

After hearing what Qin Junjie said, these people were eager to make some moves.

"No filming tomorrow, right?"

It was already 2 or 3 in the morning after the premiere, and Lin Gengxin had to start work early in the morning. Unlike Chen Jin, he didn't have any rehearsals for the next day.

"It's okay, I'm used to staying up late!"

"Gogogo, let's go to Brother Jin's premiere together? Let's experience it in advance!"

"This poor little actor has never experienced this, Brother Jin, give me a chance!"

Li Jiahang also has some talent for comedy in real life.

Chen Jin finally took out his cell phone and called the leader of the marketing department of China Film Group. He didn't ask for tickets, but the tickets must have been sold out.

But at the premiere, people can sit in the aisles and squeeze in some people.

"Aisle seat?"

"Okay, okay, you can even let us sit on the ground!"

"Ha ha!"

They are all a bunch of funny people.

"Should we call Director Guo?"

“Let’s forget about the elderly, right?”

"Wouldn't it be the end of his life to let him stay up until 2 or 3 o'clock?"

"Tomorrow the crew will ensure a collective shutdown!"

"I will definitely tell him these words!"

Chen Jin almost burst out laughing.

In the afternoon, Guo Xun was still a little puzzled as to why these guys were so incredibly efficient in filming. When he heard that they were all going to attend Chen Jin's premiere, Lao Guo quickly waved his hand and said, "I won't go. You young people should support Brother Jin, and that's what you should do!"

You shouldn't be the same.

But since Lao Guo has to support his family, it's normal for him to be a bit stingy.

I guess my life will only improve after "So Young" is released and I get the director's dividend.

If I book ten games now, my heart would bleed.

Chen Jin couldn't bear it, but didn't force it. He took a large group of people from "So Young" and rushed to the premiere theater.

Several girls from Zhu Yanmanzi's dormitory at the Central Academy of Drama were also brought along.

These days they still come to visit the crew from time to time, and their little tricks are almost written on their faces. But as an actor, it is difficult to make a name for yourself if you don't promote yourself.

It was when he arrived at the cinema that Chen Jin received a call from Liu Gang.

"Director Liu, what's the matter?"

"Does Beijing Film Academy have any actors from Xinjiang? CCTV is going to shoot a big drama and is missing a leading actress!"

(End of this chapter)