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

Chapter 261 The Kingly Way of Commercial Films!
"Brother Jin is awesome!"

“Another record-breaking one!”

“How many shows did you book?”

"..."

Even though the movie's dragon logo popped up, the cinema was still a bit noisy; Lin and Xin sat in the aisle, whispering to each other.

Just now when the emcee announced that the pre-sale record had been broken, they all picked up their phones to book the entire theater, which can be considered as a contribution to the box office.

This scene is a bit intoxicating and exciting.

Lin Gengxin originally wanted to book one show, but he bought three directly; not to mention the others.

Like them, of course, there are many relatives and friends of the leading actors. They all learned about the release of "The Founding of a Party" in the evening, and began to look for people to buy tickets to book the theater. They didn't expect that it can now be done through their mobile phones.

That’s why the pre-sale box office increases so dramatically during the evening time period.

Of the more than 7000 million in pre-sales, it is estimated that friendship tickets account for several million.

Without these friendly reservations, the pre-sale mark of 7000 million might not have been broken.

The pre-sale of 6500 million exceeds that of "Love is Not Blind", but it still sounds different from 33 million.

And the media news is more eye-catching.

Because Dilraba Dilmurat got the leading female role from her "boss", she placed an order for 10 shows. Zhu Yanmanzi was a little drunk when he found out about it.

Chen Jin didn't allow these guys to do anything, but they still kept trying.

All I can say is that Chen Jin has good relationships with people and is more valuable.

The 2-hour movie was still very satisfying to watch.

Chen Jin watched the whole movie from beginning to end and was quite satisfied with his performance in the movie. The original length of "The Founding of a Party" was actually just over 2 hours; now it has almost half an hour longer after editing.

Chen Jin made a comparison and found that the main difference was that his plot had been increased!

In fact, such a length is quite unfavorable to the box office. For example, the industry generally agrees that the golden time for a movie is 90 minutes, because many screenings can be scheduled in one day!
And 150 minutes will reduce the waiting time by more than one third.

But the movie "The Founding of a Party" is quite special. Not to mention 90 minutes, in fact, 2 and a half hours has already shortened a lot of the plot.

As long as it is not a popular period, it is not a big deal. It is just an increase in box office revenue in the long run.

"I thought it would be boring, but it turned out to be quite interesting!"

Lin Genxin really watched the entire show without missing a single scene.

If he didn't want to support Chen Jin, he would not be interested in this kind of movie at all.

But now some people have changed their minds.

Li Jiahang is actually similar.

"Various major events and conflicts are linked together, with so many familiar faces, the screenwriter and director are very capable!"

"So making this kind of positive energy movie also requires a certain level of skill. The previous movie, "Xiangjiang Northward", I thought it was very old-fashioned when I watched it!"

"As for the shots, in my opinion, Xiangjiang is at the level of a TV series!"

“But The Founding of a Party is really a movie scene, with a lot of conflicting scenes between the characters!”

"..."

The two of them were chatting and seemed very professional.

Chen Jin stood there, answering questions about movies from some reporters and film critics.

The premiere, including the movie, lasted more than six hours.

"I just thought I saw your 'girlfriend' sitting down there!"

Li Wei walked towards the back of the theater, stretched lazily and glanced at Chen Jin.

For the premiere today, she was actually dressed quite conservatively, in jeans and a plaid shirt, like a girl next door. It was a completely different style from the "mother of the country" look she had at the premiere a few days ago.

"Well, there are a few of my friends!"

Chen Jin held the phone, looked at the message sent by Han Sanpin, and then spoke.

"Oh?"

"The zero-point field is also broken?"

Chen Jin didn't expect this.

The 33 million viewership of "Love Is Not Blind" was so popular, but it was broken so easily? !

Although the pre-sale of "The Founding of a Party" broke the record, in fact, in Chen Jin's opinion, the sensation was not as well-known to the whole nation as last year's Double Eleven.

Although its pre-sale was affected by many factors, the fact that it sold for 2071 million at the midnight show was really beyond Chen Jin's expectations.

This number is indeed exaggerated.

It's been less than half a year, and the midnight market has almost doubled.

However, the 2071 million of "The Founding of a Party" is not a record for the midnight screenings in Chinese film history, but only the highest for domestic films; "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Caribbean 4" are both higher than this number.

The current record for the midnight show is "Kung Fu Panda 2" with 3199 million, followed by "Caribbean 4" with 2871 million!
These two movies swept the mainland box office last month. Although they did not top the list, their box office revenues of 2 million and 7.2 million respectively were quite impressive.

It can only be said that Internet ticket purchasing has indeed changed the new landscape of Chinese films.

This year is destined to be a year of great turbulence at the box office, with various records emerging one after another; next year will be the first year of the rapid rise of domestic films, with box office revenues rising one after another, and Chen Jin can be said to have caught up with a good time.

But he is very tired now, and the key is that these bastards still want to have a midnight snack. I just sent him a message.

"You're not really dating her, are you?"

Li Xi saw Zhang Yishan and the others cleaning up and couldn't help but secretly ask Chen Jin.

"What's wrong? Are you so concerned about me?"

Chen Jin smiled and put away his phone.

"Yeah, I'm very curious about your so-called girlfriends and female friends!"

Li Xi had a smile on his face and a playful expression on his face.

She still couldn't forget the joke about Chen Jin's female friend.

In fact, she was in a bad mood when she watched the premiere just now; she always felt that the role she played in the movie was not as good as Chen Jin's girlfriend.

There is a sense of living in her shadow.

You know, netizens on the Internet will use it for comparison and discussion.

In the show that Chen Jin collaborated with her on the Spring Festival Gala, the same character, Zhu Yanmanzi, became very popular.

However, she is still a lot behind those students who received formal training.

She had been thinking about this matter for more than two hours, so she paid special attention to Zhu Yanmanzi.

There is a subtle rivalry between them, but this can be considered a fate born out of playing the same role.

"How did you get here?"

Chen Jin didn't answer the question, and Li Yan blinked: "Take a taxi, how else can you get here?"

"You're such a big shot now, but the company doesn't provide you with a car?"

"You think too much. Who am I? I don't even have an assistant!"

Li Wei sighed and pouted, feeling a little aggrieved.

Then, with her ponytail dangling, she looked up and said with a smile, "Do you want to take me back?"

There was hope in his eyes.

Unfortunately, Chen Jin broke some of her fantasies: "You have a nice idea. I'm going to have a midnight snack. Do you want to come?"

"I'll introduce you to my female friends!"

Chen Jin laughed and shouted to Zhang Yishan, "Monkey, do you have anything to do tomorrow? Let's go get together?"

A few guys had already left, and it was obvious that they were not getting along well. Huang Xuan was probably indifferent to Chen Jin because of Chang Jihong's incident, and Chen Jin was too lazy to talk to them.

Zhang Yishan is a classmate after all, so it’s not his fault that he paid for the extra dishes and chopsticks.

The main people paid to watch the movies "The Hawthorn Tree" and "Love Is Not Blind" when they were released.

Chen Jin remembered this incident.

"Let's go, or why not call someone along, she just finished watching the midnight show!"

This someone is obviously Yang Zi.

"Okay, the rich lady wants to call, and I've booked 10 shows!"

"Ha ha!"

The two of them were laughing, and Li Qi raised his eyebrows without any hesitation at all.

Although she has been in the entertainment industry for a short time, she has obviously attended many drinking parties.

This kind of occasion is a gathering in the circle. As time goes by, people become familiar with each other and will bring up any projects in the future.

That’s how circles are formed.

This is the reason why the entertainment industry has become feudal and only plays with its own people.

……

When Chen Jin and his friends arrived at the late-night barbecue stall, the guys had just finished ordering.

The crew members of "So Young" lived in the dormitory of the Central Academy of Drama, plus Chen Jin and a few others. It was a bit crowded to sit in one box.

But we are almost the same age, so there is no need to be polite.

"I don't need to introduce these three, right?"

Chen Jin pointed at Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan and Li Wei.

Except for the two girls who were a little surprised by the beauties present, the guys were definitely very excited.

"Let's get to know each other, Xia Xue and Liu Xing!"

"And Sister Xue Baochai is much prettier in real life than in TV and movies!" Lin Genxin was a repressed and reserved man. He rubbed his hands and enthusiastically began to arrange seats.

It was he who suggested the dinner party.

Of course, the ladies sat together, and after sitting down, they began to introduce themselves one by one.

Except for Lin Genxin and a few people in the Central Academy of Drama dormitory, everyone else is actually quite famous.

"Let's get together more often in the future. Let's toast to Brother Jin!"

"Without him, I wouldn't have known so many of you future stars..."

Lin Genxin was holding a glass of beer, very excited.

Seeing that no one reacted, he quickly gave Chen Jin a look for help, feeling very embarrassed.

Chen Jin then laughed and said, "Come on, give our new brother some face. I wish him great success in the future and worldwide fame!"

"Forget about being famous all over the world, just a little bit of domestic fame will be enough..."

Lin Hexin bumped into everyone and laughed: "The world still has to look up to Brother Jin. Please support us in the future. I think the box office of "The Founding of a Party" will break records!"

"I feel so too!"

"You guys have said all my lines, what should I say?"

Li Jiahang seemed to be possessed by the iPartment, and even his words had a hint of Zhang Yida's flavor: "I just told Lao Lin that this movie will definitely break the record of Let the Bullets Fly!"

"The pre-sale record is over 7000 million, so tomorrow's sale should be around 5000 million, right?"

"It's less, definitely 7000 million or more!"

“Can it break 100 million?”

"Breaking 100 million is definitely impossible!"

Chen Jin himself didn't have any illusions. 7000 million was already a very good first-day box office figure.

Chen Jin and several male actors are more concerned about the box office, so they only talk about movies.

Some of the girls couldn't get a word in, so they had to get together and discuss some gossip in the circle; but there was also a sense of competition between them, especially Li Xin, who looked at Dilraba Dilmurat, Guli Nazha and others and began to doubt her life.

Damn, are all the female friends around this guy so outstanding?

She has always been very confident in her looks, but looking at the two beauties from Xinjiang Province, she suddenly felt that Chen Jin’s beauty pageant standards were a bit high.

No wonder she ignored me. This outstanding boy is really a hot commodity in this circle.

Offense and defense transition.

There are female lickers, and of course there are male lickers too.

There are so many attractive young girls around Chen Jin that Li Wei feels like he has to queue up.

The key is that they all have good figures. She used to think that Zhu Yanmanzi was the only one.

Everything was exposed during this dinner.

Moreover, several girls would glance at Chen Jin from time to time, and Li Wei observed it clearly.

Her beauty has no advantage here. She is no better than classmate Xiao Zhu who is passing lamb skewers to Chen Jin. She is acting like a complete queen.

“Is this considered as a tacit agreement?”

Li Wei observed the girls and seemed indifferent to Zhu Yanmanzi's attentions to Chen Jin.

How does this guy make these girls so obedient?

As soon as I saw Li Xi, I had some wrong thoughts.

Yang Zi was more normal. She certainly wasn't as observant as Li Qi, and she was always chatting with Chen Jin and several other men.

She is more outgoing and is the one who can liven up the atmosphere.

In fact, being friends with her is better than being in love with her.

Chen Jin seemed to remember that this kid Qin Junjie had talked to Yang Zi about the future?
Now it seems that the two of them have no chemistry, it's hard to doubt that they will get together in the future!

"Brother Jin, I saw a lot of mainstream movies released last month!"

"Can 'The Founding of a Party' be successful? So many have failed!"

Lin Genxin didn't know much about movies, so he would definitely ask Chen Jin, but he just treated it as a casual question.

"It will definitely work!"

"The film schedule is there, and there's investment!"

"Which cinema wouldn't dare to show respect to China Film Group's movies?"

Li Jiahang said this assumingly, but Qin Junjie waved his hand and said, "It's not that easy. China Film has invested in many movies and has scheduled them, but many of them have also suffered losses!"

“I think she’s still a star…”

"So many big names, Zhou Runfa, Liu Dehua, and Zhao Benshan!"

"If we divide the money this way, there will be more people who want to watch it!"

"The box office will definitely be good. I watched the movie and I think it's pretty good!"

Zhang Yishan and Chen Jin clinked their glasses. They had been chatting about movies for quite a while.

Chen Jin was as quiet as ever, but everyone was definitely impressed by him.

This is not a question of ability or fame. He is the top scorer in the college entrance examination and has made so much money by running a company. He is definitely better than them.

Although young people are not willing to submit to others, they are born to admire the strong.

If you meet someone who has earned hundreds of millions and is the top scorer in the college entrance examination at a drinking party, you will definitely look up to him.

This is a manifestation of strength.

“There are many reasons!”

"Celebrity publicity, China Film Group's distribution, and investment!"

"But the most important thing is business!"

Chen Jin just expressed his own opinion: "Don't you think this movie is very commercial?"

"It follows the path of Hollywood commercial films!"

This is where "The Founding of a Republic" and "The Founding of a Party" were successful; there are also many blockbuster films with other main themes, such as Zhang Li's upcoming "The Revolution of 1911", which has an unprecedentedly strong cast and investment.

The publicity and promotion were also very strong, and the lead actor Jackie Chan had great box office appeal, but in the end the film still flopped.

Is it a problem of the director's level?
No, that movie is not actually a bad one.

Zhang Li’s TV series have high ratings, so if he becomes a director he won’t be too bad.

But making a good movie and being a box office hit are two completely different concepts.

The main reason is that he doesn't know how to make commercial films.

Some commercial film directors can make bad films sell well, this is the logic.

“Movie commercialization is a mystery!”

Chen Jin actually made this analysis himself: "Some movies are meant to attract audiences and make them feel good, but they are not good in an artistic sense!"

"Does Cameron know?"

"What nonsense! He is the most famous director in the world!"

When Chen Jin spoke, several girls listened to him like fans, which made Li Xi feel very depressed.

Do you have to be so flattering?

“Do you think his movies are good?”

"looks good!"

Everyone agreed.

"It's just that, actually. Compared to some high-rated blockbusters, his movies are still inferior!"

"Titanic is based on a true story, and it's actually a simple story; so is Avatar, but the global box office is so high because they can tell this story well and make a lot of money!"

"It's easy to understand. We can immerse ourselves in it and it's easier to understand, even for the old man and the old woman!"

“Including students, so many people watch it and the coverage is wide!”

"Movies like 'Shawshank' and 'Farewell My Concubine' are a bit profound, and some people don't like to watch them because they are too bitter!"

“Commercialization is not something that every director can do well!”

Including Zhang Yimou and others.

In fact, if you want a movie to have high box office, it’s not just about actors with box office appeal, publicity, etc. The key is whether the viewing threshold is popular.

The so-called family happiness is not something that everyone can achieve.

The reason why "The Wandering Earth" has such a good reputation but its box office failed to reach 10 billion yuan is because it has a certain threshold for viewing.

This is bound to lose a lot of fans.

"Nezha" actually also has this, that is, people don't like cartoons very much, but it has a wide coverage, so the commercialization is done very well.

The story of "The Founding of a Party" is also easy to understand, while "The Revolution of 1911" is too political and historical.

Except for the older generation, young people and students don't like to watch it.

“So it’s the right path for all ages!”

“You can’t make a movie that suits everyone, but if you can capture the vast majority of people, you’ve already succeeded!”

"I am more optimistic about The Founding of a Party. It's not about whether it can break records or not, but a lot of people will go to the cinema to watch it, not just for the stars and the publicity. Word of mouth should start to spread in the next few days!"

“I also think it will be popular… not just the pre-sale!”

"Come on, come on, I wish you guys a big success in your new films!"

Everyone was shouting and the atmosphere of discussion suddenly became heated.

(End of this chapter)