Become a star after debuting from a romance show

Seeing that Xu Rui and Du Xiao both insisted on holding a premiere, Yan Ran agreed. They didn't plan to make a big fuss and just invited a few media people to hold a simple small ceremony to commemorate it.

Xu Rui checked on the Internet and found that there were no foreign blockbusters released during the National Day holiday. Counting their "Unfortunate Journey", there were five movies in total.

A film with the main theme of the Anti-Japanese War and a large cast of big names, it will definitely be the first choice for major theaters during the National Day holiday. It has already been booked to be the box office champion.

The other one is an animated film, and from the audience’s point of view, it is not very competitive with them.

The remaining two films are "Goodbye Roommates", directed by Kuang Dafei, about a youth comedy about four girls who sleep together and prepare to make memories before graduation, and "Deep Insidious", directed by Fu Qiongying, about undercover drug arrests. stories, these two are their main competitors.

But at this time, what they could do was extremely limited. In order to prepare for the filming of "Fist of Heroes", Xu Rui shamelessly went home and hugged him. He really didn't have the money to hire a navy, and in the end he had to rely on the quality of the movie to compete.

But what Xu Rui didn't expect was that this time his competitors had a lot of ill intentions towards him.

Before the National Day, Kuang Dafei went to have a drink with his friends. One of them was Zhuo Anyun, who had had conflicts with Xu Rui.

A few people were drinking and chatting casually, inevitably talking about the movie schedule on November 1.

"It doesn't matter if the 11th schedule is good, there will be no foreign blockbusters, and it's bad if it's not. If a gift film is put there, it will make other movies uncomfortable."

"There are pros and cons."

"Lao Kuang, what other films are in the same period as yours?"

Kuang Dafei didn't remember it very clearly: "Fu Qiongying's "Deep Insidious", an animated film and a comedy, made by a very popular new director, what is it called?"

"Yan Ran, who is your boyfriend Xu Rui?"

"Yes, that's her."

"I heard that this little girl is very stubborn and has turned down many investors just because she didn't want to be told what to do."

"I think it's quite tough. In my last film, the management put that little kid in there, and he acted like shit. In my heart, I really wanted to point my finger at him and scold him, but I still have to encourage him on the surface."

"Hey, Lao Zhuo, what happened to the short film you collaborated with Xu Rui on? You said there was some conflict?"

It's okay not to mention this matter, but Zhuo Anyun is still a little unhappy when it comes to mentioning it: "The young man is arrogant. Let him drink a glass of wine as if he were killed. He doesn't know how to respect his elders."

When several people heard this, they all started talking.

"That's a bit ignorant."

"Today's young people are like that. They always think that the boss is the boss, and they don't take their seniors seriously if they have some talent."

Kuang Dafei suddenly said: "Hey, Lao Zhuo, how about you help me vent my anger?"

Zhuo Anyun asked: "How can you vent your anger? With his current traffic, do you have the ability to ban him? Even if you can ban him in the film and television industry, he is a singer. At worst, he can go back to singing, and I heard that his family has a good background. of."

Kuang Dafei smiled and said: "It's not that troublesome. The eleven gift films will definitely account for the majority of the films. The remaining few will be divided up. Anyway, I have to invite people from the theater chain to have a meal and strive to arrange the films. Fu Qiongying will definitely not want to You’re at a loss, who’s movie will you grab then?”

When Zhuo Anyun heard this, he was happy: "Oh, it's good to let them suffer a little loss."

Kuang Dafei was full of confidence: "Just wait and see."

…

Xu Rui and Yan Ran were still feeling good about themselves. Before the premiere, they sent invitation letters to some media and film critics.

Several films in the eleventh schedule all premiere at midnight. Naturally, some well-known film critics in the industry received more than one invitation letter. At this time, they had to make a choice. Unfortunately, they chose to come to participate in "The Embarrassed" There were not many invitees to the premiere of "The Road".

Xu Rui and Yan Ran didn't mind either. Their premiere was originally small, so they rented a venue in a theater and set up a media interview area.

When Yan Ran took Wen Zhaodong and Weng Huaze for an interview, Xu Rui was drinking champagne aside, and Du Xiao suddenly ran over in a hurry, with "angry" written all over his face.

"What's wrong?" Xu Rui asked immediately.

Du Xiao said angrily: "I just inquired about the film schedules of several theater chains. Our first-day film schedule rate is only 8%. It's too bullying."

"So low?" Xu Rui was also a little surprised. He knew that the film's schedule should not be too high, but it should be more than 10% on the first day.

All the major theater chains conducted internal previews before arranging the films. After the distributor and the theaters negotiated, it was said that the internal response was good, so they gave 8% of the films to be scheduled. Could it be that the quality of the other films is extremely high?

Xu Rui didn't think about the offense he had offended at all. It had been a few months, and the matter with Zhuo Anyun had long been forgotten by him.

Du Xiao thought about it, but even she didn't think it was Xu Rui's fault: "You said that Yanran rejected so many employers. Although they were all polite, the other party also said that we would discuss business again and cooperate again if there is a chance, but I’ve actually offended a lot of people, will anyone take revenge?”

"It makes sense, it's possible!" Xu Rui nodded.

When the two of them were muttering, Yan Ran came over and said, "What are you talking about?"

After Du Xiao explained like this, he said seriously: "Maybe someone is deliberately trying to mess with you!"

Yan Ran thought for a while: "It's possible, but there's nothing we can do about it."

Du Xiao was surprised: "You are quite open-minded."

"It can't be helped. What can we do if we are not open-minded? We are the ones who are angry." Yan Ran comforted them instead, "It's okay. A low first-day schedule is not the end of the world. The schedule will be adjusted based on the first-day box office and attendance. If the reputation is good and the attendance is high, the schedule will increase. After all, the theater chain will not make things difficult for me and make it difficult for money, right?"

Du Xiao pondered for a moment and nodded, "That makes sense."

Xu Rui looked up and checked the time: "The media are about to enter. The premiere will start soon. Let's go in too."

"Okay, let's go." There was no point in thinking too much. Several people entered the screening room and sat down together.

There were not many media people who came. They were all seated sparsely, and only occupied one-tenth of the seats in the screening room.

Du Xiao was not very satisfied with this atmosphere: "It feels a bit desolate and deserted."

Xu Rui nodded: "I should have asked Weng Zehua to help hire some extras."

Yan Ran interrupted them: "You are good enough, but you still hire extras, is that reasonable?"

Xu Rui didn't care: "So what? False prosperity is also prosperity. Maybe you can get a discount if you ask Weng Zehua for help."

Weng Zehua sat next to them, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He pretended not to hear and chatted with Wen Zhaodong in a low voice.

I thought there were no media people and film critics with weight in the audience, but they didn't notice that Geng Shu, a senior film critic of the Seal Platform who had seen "The Night the Comet Came" at the film festival before, was mixed in.

Yan Ran's invitation letter was not sent directly to him personally, but to the Seal Platform. After seeing it, Geng Shu chose this place without hesitation.

Tribute films focus on meaning, and there won't be too many surprises in the content, so there's no rush to watch them. He didn't have much expectation for the two directors, Kuang Dafei and Fu Qiongying, but Yan Ran, who directed "The Night the Comet Came", made him very interested.

The lights in the theater went out, and when he saw the dragon logo, Geng Shu prayed in his heart as usual: "Don't make it a bad movie, don't make it a bad movie."