Future Optical Brain System

Chapter 77 "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"
Taking advantage of the heat, Polaris Entertainment once again launched a fierce publicity campaign. People can always see information about "Crazy Stone" on major online video sites, forums, entertainment newspapers, subways, and stations, such as "a A movie full of laughter', 'The box office exceeded [-] million in four days', 'Look at how two groups of 'stupid' thieves fight 'wits', 'This winter is coming! "Wait for these words that attract the audience's attention, so many people who saw these advertisements became curious about how to laugh, how 'stupid' thieves fight 'wisdom'... So, they walked in and bought tickets Walk into the cinema.

"Crazy Stone" is on its fifth day of release.The box office continued to blow out, and the single-day box office revenue reached 3248W!

On the sixth day and the seventh day, the attendance rate dropped to 81/100, and the number of screens was adjusted.

"Crazy Stone", which was only released for one week, won a box office of 1 million 7 million as a big dark horse, and "Crazy Stone" still has a long way to go. People in the film circle have speculated that Chen Dong Will this small-production film directed by second-rate director Wang Sen, invested and written by an outsider, miraculously become the highest-grossing small-production film in history?

After the frenzy in the first week of "Crazy Stone", the box office data dropped in the second week of its release, and the theaters also reduced the number of screening screens, with a box office of 1.1 million. The total box office has reached 2.8 million, temporarily ranking the top nine in the mainland box office list in 2014, and it is the only movie with a small production that strives for big profits.

Among all the films on the ranking list with an investment of tens of millions or hundreds of millions, the only film with an investment of less than [-] million was squeezed into the list, which made the mainland film companies envious.

In the third week, the box office blowout speed of the big dark horse "Crazy Stone" gradually slowed down, and it got 6800 million. Some of its stamina was exhausted, and the box office potential was almost tapped. It is expected that in the next two or three You can still get 4 to 5 million in a week.

With the popularity of "Crazy Stone", many people related to "Crazy Stone" have also become popular. The first is Chen Dong, who is praised by the media as a genius screenwriter. The multiple stories in the script of "Crazy Stone" Multiple clues, miscellaneous but not chaotic, use one object such as a soda can to connect the four stories together, use jade to connect the two groups of thieves and Bao Shihong and Sanbao who protect the jade tightly together, funny dialogue, unimaginable Coincidence, ..., etc., these were imitated by many screenwriters in the future, and traces of this technique can be seen in many movies, leaving a strong mark in the history of screenwriting.

Followed by Wang Sen, "Crazy Stone" made Wang Sen, from a second-rate director to a first-class director, people will think of Wang Sen when they mention "Crazy Stone". Wang Sen, it will mention Wang Sen's famous work "Crazy Stone".

There are also actors in "Crazy Stone", the most outstanding of which is Hei Pi. Guo Shi, the actor of Hei Pi, really brought Hei Pi to life, making a foolish, simple, direct, rough one The idiot with muscles is so vivid that the audience can't help laughing when they see Hei Pi speak.

After Guo Shihong became popular, he was no longer that Guo Shi who played tricks in major movie theaters, but a popular star with constant film appointments. It went up again and again, and many merchants wanted to invite him to do advertisements, and the asking prices were not low.

There are also Huang Tao who plays Bao Shihong, Zhang Rui who plays Taoist brother, Li Li who plays Xiaojun, and Feng Changming who plays Mike... All of them have gained soaring fame, and have received invitations from advertisers, film and television crews one after another, or to shoot commercials, or Played important supporting roles in movies and TV shows.

They didn't expect the film to be such a success before they joined the crew.

With the popularity of the movie, their fame soared, advertisements and film appointments continued, and they were so happy that they fainted, especially Guo Shi, from a walk-on to a hot star, even he didn't expect happiness will come so fast.

In terms of who they are most grateful for, of course it is the director Wang Sen who discovered them, followed by Chen Dong. Without Chen Dong's approval, they would not be able to play the roles in the play.

And Wang Sen is most grateful for the investment to make a movie for him, Chen Dong who wrote the script of "Crazy Stone", and Qian Changchun, the teacher who recommended it to Chen Dong, otherwise he will always be a second-rate director.

"Crazy Stone" is in its fourth week of release, and the film is still in theaters, but its successor has been exhausted. The box office potential in the mainland has been exhausted, and the theater chain has reduced the number of screens, which has been reduced to less than 500 yuan.

Next, Polaris Entertainment's work turned to overseas release work.

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A high-end restaurant near Dinghai University, Orchid Hall.

On the table is a table of sumptuous meals.

Chen Dong and Wang Sen sat opposite each other.

"I will drink wine with tea and wish "Crazy Stone" a great success. Cheers." Chen Dong raised his tea cup.

Anyone who is familiar with Chen Dong knows that Chen Dong doesn't like to drink, and he can't drink alcohol. He blush after one drink, and get drunk after two drinks.

"Cheers." Wang Sen raised his glass and had a drink with Chen Dong.

After toasting, Chen Dong took out a check from his briefcase and handed it to Wang Sen.

"This is?" Wang Sen asked puzzled.

"This is your dividend. Everyone except you has it." Chen Dong said.

Hearing this, Wang Sen put away the check and was very grateful in his heart.

This amount of money is not a small amount for him. He used to be just a little-known director. He had never made big productions, but only made small-scale movies. He didn’t get a share of the salary. To be honest, he didn’t make much money. This time, the filming of "Crazy Stone" is also a salary without a share. Even if Chen Dong earns hundreds of millions and doesn't give him a penny, he has nothing to say. Big red envelope, a lot of money, why not make him grateful.

Chen Dong said, "Do you plan to make another movie? I have already written the script."

Chen Dong liked Wang Sen's ability very much. He was able to make the complex script of "Crazy Stone" with multiple stories and multiple clues into a well-organized and wonderful story, which shows that Wang Sen is a very good writer. A storyteller who has a good grasp of the mentality of the characters.

"Okay." Wang Sen agreed.

"You read the script first." Chen Dong took out a notebook from his file bag and handed it to Wang Sen.

Wang Sen took the script and looked at the cover first, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". As soon as he saw the name, he knew the general outline of the story. With Journey to the West as the background, it told the story of the protagonist's conquest of demons.

Wang Sen opened the script and took a quick look at it. It was indeed about the story of Tang Sanzang's journey to the West, but it was very different from "Journey to the West". In "Journey to the West", the demons were subdued and the monsters were eliminated. It's a ghost.In "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", the true identities of the three apprentices of Monk Tang in the West are preserved, namely the fish demon, the pig demon, and the monkey demon.

The story revolves around subduing the fish demon (Monk Sha), the pig demon (Zhu Bajie), and the monkey demon (Sun Wukong). The story is not complicated and the main line is very clear.

While Wang Sen was reading the script, Chen Dong was drinking a bowl of crucian carp soup with a spoon.

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