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Chapter 829 Protecting the Calf (Two in One)

A good film does not necessarily have a good box office.

Good hype can often reap a good number.

Gan Jing is well versed in it now, but he still regards the former as the basis. A hype may bring considerable box office, but movie fans and audiences are not fish, only seven seconds of memory, the next time they face Bad film directors or actors will be very cautious.

No one's money comes from the wind.

"A Murderer's Memories" premiered on Saturday night, December [-]th, a day when many people prepare to relax after a working day.

"What movie is there today? Huh? "SpongeBob SquarePants: Marine Corps"? "The Stars"? "Unbelievable"? "Du Lala Chasing Marriage"? "Memory of a Murderer"? Daughter-in-law, do you want to watch it? What?"

"Sponge is too childish. It is definitely not good to play Yang Mi as the leading role. It is unbelievable that it is Wang Baojun, Xiaoshenyang, and Dapeng... Ah, Wang Baoren has fallen. The murderer is scary just by looking at the name, just Du Lala. "

"Okay, here are two tickets to "Du Lala Chasing Marriage", and a bucket of popcorn and two cups of Coke."

"Hey, wait, wait, "Memory of a Murderer" is starring Forrest Gump, as well as Huang Bo and Zhou Dongyu, let's watch this one."

"Okay, two copies of "Memory of a Murderer"."

"I've been too busy recently, so I didn't notice that Forrest Gump's new film is this one. He and Huang Bo must have online acting skills, beating all kinds of niche students. I don't know what story it's about."

Similar conversations take place in different movie theaters across the country. Even with a big announcement, it is still difficult for all movie fans to know the situation. Movies are part of life, but not the whole of life.

However, compared with this type of movie fans, the vast majority of people bought tickets in advance and waited to enter the theater when they saw the announcement. Channels, these share figures are already quite a good part.

It also proved once again that the combination of Forrest Gump, Huang Bo, and Zhou Dongyu can carry the movie box office, especially the former two.

At 07:30 in the evening, theaters in different places will be screened simultaneously with the premiere in Beijing.

When the logo of Hundred Days Red came out, many viewers smiled knowingly. Many of the good movies that impressed them in the past two years were marked with this logo. Sometimes it is hard to remember what movies they have seen. But the roses that keep appearing seem to imply the word "good movie".

After the opening title, Huang Bo appeared on the stage, accompanied by background music, the atmosphere of watching the movie quickly fell to the point where it fits the positioning of a suspense film.

"I kind of regret buying a ticket to come in."

"Hey, Liu Taimin is a bad guy."

"Liu Taimin turned out to be a bad cop."

"A-Gump and Zhou Dongyu are in a relationship, and they are editing again."

"Li Jinxiu is ill again, I am afraid, Huang Bo's acting is really crazy!"

"The two got into a fight."

"What??? Liu Taimin is good??? Huang Bo is a bad guy!!!"

A single viewer watching the movie has the habit of whispering while watching the movie. Fortunately, because all his self-talk is moving with the turning point of the film's tight links, it barely makes the people around him hold back his hands Impulse - after all, the words are similar to the heart.

When the lights in the cinema hall were turned on, many people felt a trance feeling that time passed so quickly, followed by a discussion about the biggest reversal at the end of the movie.

"In the end, I was a little confused. Is Liu Taimin dead?"

"The paragraph just now seemed to be Li Jinxiu's fantasy. He was always fantasizing about protecting his daughter, but in fact, he is the biggest villain."

"This is an interesting shot, and it surprised me at the end."

"Once you start, you can't stop!"

The audience who came out of the screening hall were discussing the plot of the movie just now in twos and threes, and the audience who passed by them were audiences from different theaters.

Movies are not the whole of life, but the two hours sitting in the theater are the whole of this time.

……

After finishing the premiere, Gan Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that he had completed another job. He didn't immediately pay attention to the box office results. Instead, he participated in the literary and artistic symposium in the capital as he said in front of the media. .

What is the Art Symposium for?

Most of the content is for nonsense, and there are colleagues, government personnel, market experts, and literary critics.

Gan Jing was puzzled by certain identities, and was really not sure what they did, but since they all participated in the symposium, they still had some identities.

He didn't like to participate in such activities in the past, and this time it was mainly to send a signal to the outside world.

At the symposium, Gan Jing tried his best to control his desire to speak, and did not want to disturb the group's high-spirited talk too much. However, in the end, after being asked several times in succession, he still said something a little bit disappointed.

"Literary and artistic work is done. In my opinion, it's okay to chat occasionally, but more practice is needed in practice."

Gan Jing chatted to death, and no one asked questions later.

After a day's symposium, he was notified of the box office results on the way back.

From 07:30 on Saturday night to 1.8:[-] on Sunday night, even if it is a complete number of days, the box office score of "Memory of a Murderer" is [-] million Chinese dollars.

A pretty good score.

Gan Jing looked at the number on the screen and did a simple calculation. He felt that the box office in the first week should be enough to pay back his capital, and then it would be time to make a profit. However, on the 18th of this month, there will be Huang Bo, Chen Kun According to Huang Bo, he performed "Looking for the Dragon Jue" by the three of them, Shu Qi, well.

It will take two weeks from the 5th to the 18th. If the capital is guaranteed in the first week, I don’t know if I can get [-] million box office in the second week.

Gan Jing knew the weakness of suspense films.

Similarly, after filming the first suspense film "Memory of a Killer", he was also thinking about how "Scorching Sun" should avoid this weakness in the box office market.

The former uses the whole film to create the biggest reversal for the audience at the end, while the plot of the latter should think about how to keep the audience's attention while letting the audience guess the final ending.

Not easy to do, but worth trying.

In Gan Jing's mind, something should be considered by the director. The next moment, he suddenly remembered the director of this movie. Well, I don't know if the director Cao Baoping is easy to get along with.

The nanny car arrived at the villa.

Gan Jing got out of the car and didn't enter the living room, so he sat on the deck chair by the pool and began to browse Weibo with his mobile phone. He directly searched for movies or his own name.

He found that the recent related comments on Weibo actually reflect the attitude of the audience more truly.

After browsing for about four or ten minutes, Gan Jing saw a lot of good reviews, but it is true that many people expressed that they were not interested in this kind of subject matter, and they were going to wait for the resources to be released online before watching it for free.

This is more helpless.

Seeing that the phone was running out of battery, a call from Zhou Dongyu suddenly came in.

"Congratulations, Uncle Gan, another successful movie." The girl congratulated first.

"It's not bad, the grades are quite satisfactory." Gan Jing's standards are a little high.

However, the purpose of Zhou Dongyu's call was not for this matter. After chatting for a few words, she got to the point: "Uncle Gan, No. 20 is the Golden Horse Award. Have you been invited?",

"Ah?" Gan Jing went through it in his mind, "It seems there is."

Under normal circumstances, he would receive invitations from major film festivals, but due to the schedule and arrangements, he would not attend very often. This time, NO.20...

"Uncle Gan, is this a normal invitation?" Zhou Dongyu asked again.

"What do you mean?" Gan Jing didn't respond immediately.

The girl then asked: "Is there any invitation for the award presenter?"

It turned out to be like this, Gan Jing understood, Zhou Dongyu had won an international best actress award until now, and that was the award he presented to her.

In this case, in order to create an atmosphere, the official often invites people with special meaning. At the beginning, I was a Chinese who had just won Cannes best actor, so I asked myself to present the award to Zhou Dongyu, who is also a Chinese.

Now, I'm her boss and her big brother, if I'm asked to be awarded Best Actress, the implication is quite obvious.

"I remember that there was an invitation letter, but it was definitely not an award presenter. However, has the list of award presenters been announced? There is still half a month left." Gan Jing came to his senses. "Yue and Ansheng" is shortlisted, and Zhou Dongyu has some hope.

Zhou Dongyu's tone was a little disappointed: "It hasn't been announced, but I thought that a boss like you might have received it in advance or had inside information."

Gan Jing couldn't help laughing: "I will tell you if there is one. Well, since the Golden Horse Awards are all shortlisted, I won't blow the air in the media, otherwise if it really wins, others will definitely say that it is because of me .”

Although this "July and Ansheng" does not meet Gan Jing's aesthetics, it is indeed a book received by Zhou Dongyu herself, including the capital injection of Bairihong, which was followed up after she confirmed the next step.

If she can win the award, this movie will be the least trace of the whooping red that she has participated in except "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" since her debut.

Zhou Dongyu didn't know if she could win the award, but she wanted this award in her heart. It was not only the pursuit of acting career, but also the personal psychological expectation of getting closer to Uncle Gan.

If, if you were more greedy, Uncle Gan personally awarded the award, that would be the best!

Zhou Dongyu hung up the phone. She didn't get the answer she wanted, but she still had an idea.

"Qiyi, come here, I'll discuss something with you." The girl called her manager.

After she completed the announcement of "The Murderer's Memories", her schedule was temporarily vacant. Recently, she was mainly studying the script of next year's film, the hero Nezha.

"Dongyu, what's the matter? I'm bragging about the box office with others." Qiyi was born in the media, because this name was associated with Bairihong, and finally succeeded in becoming Zhou Dongyu's manager. It's been a year or two since , The two get along very well, and some of her thoughts about Zhou Dongyu are also on the palm of her hand.

"You should send out some drafts in the past two days." Zhou Dongyu said his thoughts carefully, "Let's say that Golden Horse intends to invite Uncle Gan to be this year's Best Actress Award Presenter."

"Eh? Is it settled? This is a good thing!" Qi Yiyi slapped his thigh, very excited.

"No, but I want him to participate in the award presentation." Zhou Dongyu gave his manager a blank look.

Qiyi: "Uh..."

She tentatively asked, "Never from the company's channels?"

Zhou Dongyu immediately said, "Of course not."

Qiyi coughed, and said slowly: "It's like this. If you go through the company channel, even if the Golden Horse Awards are not under pressure, but after the boss finds out about this, he will know that you want him to be an award presenter, and After Brother Gang found out, in terms of his ability, he opened his mouth to speak, will the Golden Horse Awards not give him face? It’s not a free trophy, it’s just a win-win thing like presenting the awards.”

Zhou Dongyu's eyes lit up. This kind of thinking, well, all managers are quite dark-hearted.

She patted her manager and said appreciatively, "Okay, just do as you said."

[-] million led the way.

Zhou Dongyu thought about it for a while, and then picked up the phone, and there was a congratulatory message from a group of colleagues. Uncle Gan has Uncle Gan's circle, and of course she also has her own circle. After all, she is a well-known domestic floret.

……

Gan Jing didn't notice the news from the public opinion media, but was attracted by another matter instead.

The Hong Kong Film Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards have always been two important awards in China. The former is usually held on the first Saturday in April, while the shortlist is announced in February, while the latter is held in November or December. The list will be announced in October.

However, before the list is announced, many entertainment, film and television media will make guesses about the shortlisted works. Some media guess accurately, and some guess more casually. This also involves the use of some relationships.

Any film festival needs to feed a large number of people, and those who are closer to each other can attract the attention of the audience more accurately, which can be regarded as the existence of the wind vane of awards.

Gan Jing shifted his energy to the preparation of the company's mythology series after receiving the 3.1 million report card in the first week of "Memory of the Murderer". He will have a rough understanding before the end of the month and then fly to the United States.

At this time, Yang Lan from the new media department found Gan Jing with the public opinion analysis summary from the public relations department.

"Boss, the public opinion of the Academy Awards is not very good for Zhou Dongyu." Yang Lan held a thick stack of analysis materials.

"What? The competition is too strong?" Gan Jing didn't hear clearly, thought it was the Golden Horse Award, and recalled a little, "I haven't watched "Assassin Nie Yinniang", nor have I watched "Hundred Days Farewell."

As soon as Yang Lan heard it, she knew that the boss was talking about the recent Golden Horse, so she quickly corrected her: "No, it's the Hong Kong Film Awards that haven't been announced yet. "July and Ansheng" was not listed in the predictions of several media. shortlisted."

Gan Jing was a little surprised: "None of the finalists? Who is there this year?" He felt that Zhou Dongyu's performance in this drama is still good.

"Tang Wei, Miriam Yeung, Zhang Aijia, Lin Jiaxin." Yang Lan reported several predicted names.

Gan Jing was not familiar with two of the names. After thinking for a while, he looked at Yang Lan and asked, "A Hong Kong actor?"

Yang Lan shook her head and said, "Two Hong Kongs, two treasure islands." Tang Wei became a Hong Kong actor through policy, and has always been protected by Hong Kong forces.

Gan Jing frowned: "This is a bit too protective."

He shook his head again and again: "Not good. Not good."

(End of this chapter)