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Chapter 673 When the world rejects you!
2013 has passed, and after more than a month of fighting during the New Year's Eve, the situation has become very clear.

Among the movies released in November, the total box office of "Predecessor Raiders 11" successfully exceeded 2 million. After 50 days of screenings, the final figure was fixed at 5.35 million.

Word-of-mouth is average, too many new releases have suppressed the film schedule, and the trend in the later period continues to decline.

Another movie "Storm" released by Hantang Films earned 3.8 million box office, which is not bad for a Xiangjiang police film.

Hantang Films released these two films, Wuzhou released two medium-cost films, and Hantang Media released "Hundred Birds in the Phoenix". Compared with previous years, their presence in the Lunar New Year file is not high.

Among other films, the box office of the classic sci-fi film "Gravity" reached 4.6 million. This sci-fi blockbuster, which has a good reputation in North America and a double-boom at the box office, has done well in China.

Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" got 2.7 million box office, creating a personal best result, which is also very good for this subject matter.

The most important movies in the Lunar New Year file this year are "Private Order" and "Police Story".

The result was no surprise. Feng Xiaogang, who returned to the field of comedy, once again won the Lunar New Year box office champion.

As of January 1, the box office of "Private Order" broke through the 1 million mark in the [-] days of its release, making it the only movie in this year's Lunar New Year file that broke [-] million.

Although it is impossible to break the one billion mark, at least [-] million box office can be achieved, breaking Feng Xiaogang's personal box office record is not a problem.

The word-of-mouth is also so-so, and even if there is another New Year's Day in the follow-up, it won't have much potential.

To put it bluntly, this is a sketch movie with jokes.

To put it better, as a comedy movie, it can make some audiences laugh, which is barely qualified.

There are such movies everywhere in the world, and there are a lot of shit, urine and fart comedies in Hollywood. Feng Xiaogang also satirizes some social phenomena today: corruption, corruption, local tyrants, smog, environment, pollution and so on.

The most amazing thing is the placement of advertisements in the movie. Feng Xiaogang is the only one who can make the placement of advertisements so frantic, without hiding anything, and still have such an effect.

Ping An Insurance, one per person, mini car, Jiannanchun, Red Bull, Zhenai.com, Bright Morris Ann Yogurt, C’estbon
There are close-ups, lines, and jokes. If you want to watch it as a movie or an advertisement, this level is definitely several generations ahead of other directors.

It is said that the price of advertising placement is as high as 8000 million, and the production cost of this film is also only 8000 million.

The cost was 8000 million yuan, and Feng Xiaogang and Ge You's salary alone exceeded 4000 million yuan, and the actor's salary accounted for an absolute bulk.

Relying on advertising placement to recover costs, Feng Xiaogang is the only one in China with this ability.

Although "Police Story 2013" starring Cheng Long and Jing Tian borrowed a classic series name, it is no longer "Police Story".

The background is different, from the Xiangjiang police to the mainland police, it is destined that this film will not be easy to shoot.

I think when Cheng Long was a royal policeman in Xiangjiang, his style was always to hit anyone, jump on a car, and jump off a building.

But if you are a policeman in the mainland, you can’t shoot like this. First, our policemen never beat people, which is civilized.

The second is not to drive wildly, which is too disobedient to the traffic rules.

Third, our buildings have been demolished
Urban parkour, flying over snow mountains, high-altitude rappelling, jumping from buildings, cars, and helicopters are no longer seen in the mainland.

Cheng Long's way of dealing with criminals has become "let's have a good talk".

The audience who watched the "Police Story" series were disappointed. There were fewer fights, more literary dramas, and more preaching.

In the end, "Police Story"'s box office of 3.2 million in eight days was not as good as "Private Order"'s 4 million in the first weekend of 3.6 days.

The Huaguo film market in 2013 ended like this. Compared with the popularity of the Spring Festival and summer movies, it was much quieter.

In January, there were no blockbuster movies before the Spring Festival. Although the film market this year is larger than last year, and the number of screens has exceeded 1, the box office sales of Lunar New Year stalls are even worse than last year.

Whether it is a single day, a single week, a single movie, or the total volume, it has fallen for the first time this year.

Moreover, among the top ten box office this year, only two films, "Di Renjie: The Dragon King" and "Private Order" were released after the summer holidays.

The Lunar New Year film is so sluggish, it's not that the market is retreating, it's just that the newly emerging Spring Festival film has shared several big productions, and the film itself lacks blockbusters.

However, quite a few public figures claim that the domestic film and television industry has entered a stable period after several years of rapid development, and some sensationalists even expressed that the next few years will be a cold winter for the film and television industry.

There are people who are not optimistic every year in every industry, just like every year there are a bunch of people who say that housing prices have reached their peak and it is time to fall.

In the end, it fell to your uncle!

However, audiences don’t care about whether it’s cold or not. There are still a lot of projects for major companies to watch movies, and capital continues to enter the entertainment industry. The stock prices of several major companies have not dropped because of this.

On January 1st, Tang An held a launch conference for "Mysterious Superstar" at Yitian Yingren Garden Hotel near Huairou Film and Television Base in HR District.

As the number one commercial director in China, Tang An gathered hundreds of reporters in one launch conference. There is still a threshold limit, not all media can come.

Nowadays, there is nothing to look forward to in the Lunar New Year file. These media report some news about these movies every day, some gossip about the leading actors, or just scold them.

Tang An changed the theme again, and it was a comedy that he had never filmed before. All the media and audience were eager to know the details.

Under the expectation of many media, Tang An brought a group of leading actors to the stage.

Jiang Xiaodi, Fu Dalong, Qin Hairu, Lei Jiayin and Peng Yichang are five leading actors.

There is also Shi Yueanxin, a 7-year-old boy who plays the role of his younger brother. Yingji.

7 years old is not too old, and one or two years older is not suitable.

There are only six main actors, and there are not many other roles. The female lawyer in the divorce lawsuit asked Zhang Yuqi to play a cameo.

This role needs to be aggressive towards men. Zhang Yuqi is just right. Later, she played a very good role in "Mermaid". The sentence "I have money and a figure, the people who chased me came to France from here, you actually went to make love" A fish, now I will catch her and cook fish head soup" is still remembered by the audience after two or three years.

Although it doesn't have much to do with the promotion of the movie's plot, it belongs to that kind of symbolic role, but Tang An tried his best to find some actors who fit well, and the same goes for other small roles.

As soon as the actors appeared on stage, the sound of "click, click, click" never stopped.

Basically every actor was taken care of by the photographer, even the seven-year-old Shi Yue Anxin.

Fortunately, he has been filming commercials since he was a child, and he has also filmed two TV series, so he is not stage frightened.

On the contrary, Jiang Xiaodi, who is the most famous among the new generation of actresses born in the 90s, is the most nervous. Although she has been famous for a long time, this time she is the leading actress in the movie directed by Tang An. In front of the public, it is inevitable that I will feel a little panicked.

Another nervous actor is Lei Jiayin. Although he is 31 years old and has starred in some film and television dramas, he is inevitably a little nervous.

Be nervous, if the program goes on as usual.

"Hi everyone, welcome friends from the media to come to the launch conference of "Mystery Superstar". This is the first time for me to try a comedy and inspirational movie."

After a prologue, a movie poster appeared on the screen behind him.

This is a long shot. In the dark background, a girl is standing behind the microphone singing affectionately. When the light beam hits the girl, it is not very bright, and it is just enough to see the girl's appearance.

A simple poster, just one person, without any background.

There are only two lines above: When the world rejects you, use your dreams to open a new world!
There was another constant "click, click" sound. It was really long ago that Tang An didn't announce any news, and he didn't even put in the list of all the actors including the heroine.

Photographers take pictures from all angles, looking for the best results.

Not all media outlets have photographers, most of the reporters also take pictures with cameras and mobile phones, and took several pictures in a row.

"Hey, brother, why are you taking so many pictures, it's just a poster."

A young reporter couldn't help being surprised when he saw that the colleagues next to him were about to jump up to take pictures.

The reporter turned his head and glanced at him, stood on tiptoe and took another picture before saying, "Have you never attended Tang An's press conference? Every time his movie is launched, there is at most one poster. You have to wait until the press conference." The posters and trailers came out only after the publicity started one month before the release."

Someone next to him echoed, "That's right, Tang An's films don't need exposure at all."

"This poster is too perfunctory, it's pitch black."

Some people complained that there was no useful information at all.

"Come on, at least I know that the heroine is a singer, but what does the mysterious superstar mean?"

"In the darkness, could it be that they are hiding behind the scenes?"

"Perhaps, just sing without showing up?"

"But what does it mean when the world rejects you, use your dreams to open up a new world? It's about chasing dreams. Since it's for dreams, why hide behind the scenes?"

"God knows, being a star is all about being famous, what kind of star are you hiding behind the scenes?"

"Forget it, don't make wild guesses. I guess we'll have to wait until the summer vacation to find out. Although the plots of Tang An's movies are not very good, the plots of several previous movies are a bit new."

A pitch-black poster aroused the speculation of most of the media present, and they all used their imaginations to think about what kind of movie Tang An would make this time.

The process continued. Tang An casually introduced the movie, and the actors also introduced themselves.

However, Tang An's introduction still did not contain any useful information.

The reporter started asking questions.

"Hi Director Tang, may I ask why you want to shoot a comedy theme this time?"

Because I want to shoot, what I want to shoot, the audience has to watch whatever, big directors are so capricious.

Of course, on the surface, there are still some scenes to say.

"People nowadays are under more and more pressure, including from life, work, and family. Whether they are teenagers or adults, they face all kinds of pressure every day, and movies are a way of entertainment. It should bring more positive energy and joy to the audience, so I wanted to make an inspirational comedy movie like "Mystery Superstar."

Speaking of the scene, most of the reporters have known Tang An for ten years, and they all know what kind of pee he is.

Back when Tang An hadn't become a top director, he still had to take care of the reporter's emotions from time to time, occasionally revealing a few useful information, or saying two ambiguous words to give the media a direction to hype.

But now, with Tang An's current status, holding a press conference is just like dealing with it, just going through the process without saying anything.

In fact, every time there are a lot of people looking forward to Tang An's film hit the street, if that is the case, next time Tang An will turn to the reporter.

Today you ignore me, tomorrow I will make you unable to climb high!

A reporter swore inwardly again, waiting for Tang An to change to a new type and hit the street.

But then I thought about it, with Tang An's current fame and appeal, even if he pounced, there would be at least [-] to [-] million, and even if he didn't want to be too bad, he would have a billion as a base.

The reporters found sadly that it was almost impossible for Tang An to curry favor with them.

Unless Tang An knelt three times in a row and pounced all the time.

But is that possible?
It is estimated that the possibility of falling prices is higher than that.

"Can Director Tang tell us what the motivation of this movie is about?" the reporter asked again.

Tang An turned around and pointed to the two lines of words on the top of the poster, and said with a smile, "Just like the sentence everyone saw, "When the world rejects you, use your dreams to open a new world." This is a story about dreams. The story is the story of the heroine chasing her dream."

The reporter who asked the question was full of black lines. Why do you need to tell me that I am not blind.

He couldn't help but asked again, "Can Director Tang be more specific?"

Tang An continued, "Obviously, when the world rejects you, this sentence shows the state of the heroine. It is in this state that she chases her dreams with courage, passion, and family affection."

Well, it's crap again.

After listening to Tang An's nonsense, the reporters turned to the actors.

The heroine Jiang Xiaodi was asked the most times, nothing more than how she felt about acting in Tang An's movie at such a young age.

Apart from Jiang Xiaodi, Peng Yichang was given the most attention, while Qin Hairu, Fu Dalong and Lei Jiayin who were clearly ahead of Peng Yichang were not as popular as Peng Yichang.

According to the positions, it is obvious that Jiang Xiaodi is the female number one, Fu Dalong and Lei Jiayin are the male number one and the male number two, Qin Hairu is the female number two, and Peng Yichang is the male number three.

But Peng Yichang and Jiang Xiaodi are about the same age. According to the reporter's guess, it is obvious that there will be a lot of scenes between them, maybe there will be emotional scenes, and Peng Yichang is a newcomer, so there are more topics.

(End of this chapter)