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At the end of October, the daily box office of "Road to Glory" was still around 30,000 yuan per day.

The long screening of this art film has opened a new screening path for art films in two months.

On the last day of October, "Road to Glory" officially announced that in order to celebrate the film's nomination for the Feihong Award, it will increase the number of screenings from November 3 to November 5, adding 2,000 screenings per day, and opening the pre-sale channel at the same time.

This time, every film company in the industry is watching this film carefully, wanting to see how the film performs at the box office in these three days.

If the box office of "Road to Glory" can still achieve good box office performance after two months of screening (with two large-scale previews during the holidays), then it can really be enshrined in the film distribution and become a milestone scene - although even in the minds of many people, the first two months alone are enough to be enshrined.

On November 2, Peng Zhixing's interview with Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe was broadcast.

The content of the two interviews is different.

However, a hot search term called "Why do both of them have a temperament of looking down on awards?" was on the list, which made many netizens who were not aware of the situation curiously click in, and then they saw a screenshot made by a netizen.

The screenshots were interviews of Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou.

Peng Zhixing asked both of them about their opinions on whether they could win the Feihong Award this time.

And both of them actually answered this question very sincerely.

There is no need to repeat Lu Yanhe's words, Shang Yongzhou said: "It has been a long time since I was nominated for the Feihong Award. In fact, I have won the Feihong Award twice. The possibility of winning this time is very low, and there should be no one who has won it three times?"

After Shang Yongzhou said these words, the expression on Peng Zhixing's face had a smile of "Why should I ask this question?"

The reason why the hot search term "Why do both of them have a temperament of looking down on awards?" was on the list was because when they answered this question, they were too relaxed, which was very different from the feeling when the other nominees answered this question.

A netizen said this sentence as if jokingly.

Who knew that this sentence would go viral for no apparent reason.

Of course, in the eyes of many people, this may not be called inexplicable. On the current Internet, a phenomenon has gradually emerged. Everyone advocates a sense of "casualness", especially the "casualness" of showing "not so much care" about things that others care about.

In this era, utilitarianism has been given an unprecedented name. It no longer appears as a negative word. Everyone can also openly admit their utilitarianism, and even take some not-so-bright means to get what they want.

Support for the dark side of human nature has reached the highest point in history on the Internet today.

This is because everyone has discovered that they, who come from the grassroots, cannot live as upright and bright as the protagonist of the novel.

At the same time, another phenomenon is that people who live very hard also envy those who "live less hard". Now everyone has a word to describe it, called a sense of relaxation.

Because I don't have it, I envy and yearn for it.

After seeing the interpretation of him under this hot search term, Lu Yanhe did not silently acknowledge this statement, but posted a Weibo: Don't spread rumors, I don't treat awards as dirt, I really want to win awards, I have acted in so many dramas, and I have been nominated for many awards, but I haven't won many awards. You can't expect me to be indifferent to fame and fortune at such a young age and live a carefree life, right?

Netizens were surprised when they saw Lu Yanhe's Weibo, and then they burst into laughter.

Some netizens left a message in Lu Yanhe's comment area: God Lu, can you maintain your godhood and stop coming down to the earth all the time? I'm not used to being so down-to-earth.

Lu Yanhe replied: You call me God Lu, I'm not used to it either [grimace].

On November 3, "Road to Glory" was screened in 2,000 theaters on a large scale.

The pre-sale exceeded 2 million, and the estimated daily box office was 6.2 million.

Whether this number can be achieved, the industry is watching.

However, obviously, including the box office forecasting agencies, everyone underestimated the market's enthusiasm for "Road to Glory".

Even though it has been previewed for two months, and even though November 3rd is Friday, a working day, as of 4 pm, the daily box office has exceeded 6.2 million, far exceeding the forecast.

At this moment, the industry was shocked again.

Because "Road to Glory" really did it.

Using awards to stimulate the box office - is this a new idea for art films?

The Feihong Award also quickly claimed this achievement.

Why?

These three words came to everyone's mind in the industry.

Why can "Road to Glory" create such a box office miracle?

No matter how you analyze it, it's all talk on paper.

There is no precedent to refer to.

Everyone can only ask the audience who walked into the cinema today and ask them why they chose to watch this movie.

The box office statistics agency arranged people to do this.

They counted nearly 3,000 samples, and the feedback was that they had heard that the film "Road to Glory" was well-made and was an award-winning film co-starred by Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou. They had wanted to watch it before, but the theaters that showed it were either too far away or they couldn't get tickets. Today, they finally had the opportunity to buy tickets in a nearby theater, so they came to watch it.

The analysis result of the box office statistics agency showed that 67% of the audience didn't like to go to the cinema to watch art films before.

They usually don't pay attention to art films. This time they came to watch "Road to Glory". Some of them saw some discussions and viewing experiences about this movie in their circle of friends from time to time, which made them interested in this movie. Some knew that this movie won many awards, so they wanted to see what was so good about this movie.

Such an analysis result was summarized by the industry. There is no other reason, that is, the battle line was drawn long enough, so this movie slowly opened up, let many people know about this movie, and then slowly planted the seeds of "I can watch this movie if I have the chance" in the hearts of some people.

After a movie was released for two months, even if it was only screened on a large scale most of the time, its fan effect has been reduced to the lowest.

Audiences who are still willing to go to the cinema at this time must have been attracted by other factors.

At this time, the promotion of "Road to Glory" is basically no longer focused on Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou.

Because basically everyone who knows this movie knows that they are the two leading actors.

At this time, the focus of publicity is on the achievements of the movie itself, and the discussion of "Do you think "Road to Glory" can win this year's Feihong Award?"

This kind of discussion will drive the discussants to the cinema.

If you want to discuss, you must watch this movie first, right?

Almost all of the films nominated this year are box office hits, and they have been released on video platforms one after another after the release. The number of viewers is completely different from that of "Road to Glory".

The number of nominations for "Road to Glory" is almost the same as theirs.

In short, watching "Road to Glory" has become an "electronic social" behavior. If you want to participate in online interactions, you have to see what this movie is like first.

Probably because of these reasons, on November 3rd, "Road to Glory" finally got a box office of 10.97 million, and the daily box office once again exceeded 10 million.

How big is the impact of this number on the industry?

Another art film nominated for the Feihong Award, "Happy Time", announced late at night that it will be re-screened nationwide on November 5th.

And "Nine Yin" and "You Who Came From the River", which were just released in the summer, also announced that they will be re-screened in November.

Everyone wants to take advantage of the momentum of the Feihong Award to see if they can replicate the miracle of "Road to Glory".

The next day, Saturday, the box office of "Road to Glory" remained unchanged and continued to maintain at the level of 10.9 million.

On Sunday, "Happy Time" urgently opened a national re-screening, with more screenings than "Road to Glory".

"Road to Glory" limited the number of movie screenings and only did 2,000 screenings.

"Happy Time" can be scheduled as long as the theater is willing to schedule it.

Ning Xiulian and Yu Qin airborne six theaters to meet everyone and conduct roadshows.

"Happy Time" earned 4.2 million yuan at the box office on Sunday, while "Road to Glory" fell, earning only a little over 8 million yuan a day, still surpassing "Happy Time".

On Monday, "Road to Glory" reduced the number of screenings again and returned to normal levels.

"Happy Time" did not reduce its box office, and its box office on Monday fell directly to just over 1 million yuan.

For an art film with a cost of only a few hundred thousand yuan, the box office results of "Happy Time" before have already made it a lot of money.

This temporary re-screening earned 5.2 million yuan in two days, which also surprised the industry and made them feel stunned.

This route of combining awards with screenings actually works?

November itself is also the off-season for the film market.

Most blockbusters will not be released in this month.

It is also for this reason that "Happy Time" can still get about 8% of the screenings even though its daily box office is only a little over 1 million yuan.

Obviously, in the eyes of theater managers, as the Feihong Award approaches, more and more discussions about the nominated films are being made, and "Happy Time" can still get a good box office.

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When the film market was stirred up by the nominees of the Feihong Awards, the film that Li Zhibai and Liu Bige shot was finally finished.

Liu Bige said: "It's finished, congratulations."

Li Zhibai held a bouquet of flowers in his hand, which was given to him by the crew.

"Director, it's finally finished. What are you going to do next?" Li Zhibai looked very excited, without the fatigue that most actors feel when they finish a play.

Liu Bige said: "Have a good sleep first, rest enough, and then think about the next things."

Li Zhibai said: "I plan to go to Southeast Asia. Do you want to go with me? Relax."

Liu Bige looked at Li Zhibai in surprise.

Li Zhibai didn't notice anything strange and asked: "Don't you have time?"

Liu Bige said: "It's not that I don't have time, but... why are you so energetic? You have the energy to go out and play just after finishing the film?"

"I'm not going out to play, I'm going on vacation." Li Zhibai said, "It's too cold here, let's find a warm place to stay."

Liu Bige said: "I still have to prepare for the third play later, and I have to edit the film, and I have to help Lu Yanhe supervise his "Love Letter" shooting-"

"That's all in a month or two. It's the right thing to do now while you have time. You have so many things to do later. How can you not take a good rest?" Li Zhibai said, "I haven't heard you have any arrangements for a long time. Then come with me. I'll make the plan, and you just follow me when the time comes."

Liu Bige stared, wanting to say something, but looking at Li Zhibai who looked as if it was a matter of course, he didn't say it for a long time.

Shooting this movie with Li Zhibai, the whole process was filled with an inexplicable sense of ease.

Because as long as Li Zhibai is on the set, there will definitely be no lack of "movement".

It's not to say that as long as Li Zhibai is there, there will definitely be chaos, but it will definitely not be peaceful.

Li Zhibai is not a person who can stay alone quietly.

However, such a noisy person is not annoying.

The character he plays in the movie is not a cold and quiet character.

Therefore, everyone also tacitly tolerates and cooperates with his noise - in the eyes of many people, Li Zhibai's behavior is to find the state for his acting.

Even Liu Bige thought so at the beginning.

Of course, this is not the case.

Liu Bige soon discovered that Li Zhibai himself has such a personality.

One night before, they finished work early, so they went to see "Happy Time" which was being shown at the time.

As a result, in less than 20 minutes, Li Zhibai fell asleep with his head tilted back.

He really doesn't pretend at all.

After watching the movie, Liu Bige said to him, "Don't you like this kind of movie?"

Li Zhibai yawned honestly and said, "No, I'm sleepy."

Liu Bige had met many actors who expressed their yearning for art films in front of him, but he was the first one to say "I don't like it" as frankly as Li Zhibai.

Liu Bige didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Why didn't you say it earlier? If you had said it earlier, we would have watched another movie."

"Then I would also like to try it. What if this movie is my cup of tea and I can watch it." Li Zhibai said, "But so far, I haven't met many movies that I like."

Liu Bige nodded.

At this moment, he was thinking that it was a good thing that he was not shooting an art film this time, but a romantic comedy, otherwise, Li Zhibai might not be able to understand the script.

Although Liu Bige's first film was a movie like "Late Spring", he was not the kind of director who put art films first.

He never wanted to be an art film director, he wanted to be an author-type director with his own style.

Whether it is an art film or a commercial film, people can tell at a glance that this is a film directed by Liu Bige.

In fact, meeting an actor like Li Zhibai and filming a romantic comedy like "Fake Death" can be regarded as meeting an actor who is particularly suitable and has a stroke of genius.

The only pity is that Ji Miao, who plays the role of a psychotic girl, is a little bit off.

She has also worked hard and taken it seriously, but in acting, if it is not suitable, it is not suitable.

After the hard work of filming, Liu Bige decided to edit the film from the perspective of Li Zhibai.

After the filming was completed, Li Zhibai said goodbye to everyone in the crew and returned to Ziyuan Bridge.

He asked in the group: Who is at home?

Lu Yanhe replied immediately: Me.

Li Zhibai: I finished filming today. I will arrive in the evening. Let's have a skewers?

Lu Yanhe: OK, let's go to the restaurant directly or take out?

Li Zhibai: Let's eat in the restaurant.

Lu Yanhe: OK.

Yan Liang: Alas, I'm still filming...

Lu Yanhe: When will you finish filming?

Yan Liang: It will take about a month.

Lu Yanhe: Are there so many scenes in "Mountain Top"?

Yan Liang: It's very difficult to shoot. This time, Director Shen Mofan didn't even go to the Feihong Awards ceremony. The shooting schedule is very stressful.

Lu Yanhe: Come on.

Li Zhibai: Can you take a break after shooting "Mountain Top"?

Yan Liang: Almost. I didn't take any other dramas later, and Zhou Ping'an didn't bring me a new script.

Li Zhibai: Don't sit at home and wait for him to send you a script. His mind is on that Ma Zhiyuan. You have to find out if there is a suitable script yourself.

Yan Liang: Let's talk about it after I finish shooting "Mountain Top". Now my energy is all on this drama. It's too difficult to act. I lie in bed every night and I feel empty.

Li Zhibai: Why is "Mountain Top" so difficult to act? Is it because there are a lot of scenes to shoot every day?

Yan Liang: No, it's just difficult to act. Director Shen has high requirements. I basically have to shoot every scene three to four times even for the official shooting. My scalp is tight. Maybe it’s because I haven’t acted in a drama that requires such high acting skills before. The shooting environment of “Gold Rush” was just difficult and harsh, but “Mountain Peak” really requires high acting skills. Anyway, I can only think about acting every day, and I have no energy to think about other things.

Lu Yanhe: Come on.

Li Zhibai: Hold on until the end of the filming, and then have a good rest.

Yan Liang: Yes.

-

Lu Yanhe put down his phone and thought for a while.

To be fair, Yan Liang’s acting talent is indeed not that outstanding.

Yan Liang would have no problem playing some conventional characters of his age, or a life-style drama like "Six People", but in a drama like "Top of the Mountain" that focuses on fraud, people deceive each other. , offense and defense, play within a play, deception within a deceit... Maybe for Yan Liang, the requirements are a bit high.

Will Yan Liang take the path of a literary and opera actor in the future?

If he wants to take this path, he may not know when he will be able to reach a higher position.

It’s not that those non-talented actors came to the stage without performing, but they have accumulated a lot of experience and performed in their late 40s.

Of course, Yan Liang is very lucky. "Six People" made him famous, and this series has clearly become a guarantee for him over the years.

However, Lu Yanhe does not want Yan Liang to end up like the starring actors in the original "Six". Apart from "Six", there are almost no other masterpieces. Except for Jennifer Aniston, almost all other actors are trapped in "Six" In this drama, there is no way out.

In fact, Yan Liang's image and style are very different from the two of them. Because he is the only one among them who insists on exercising, he has a very strong figure. He is the kind of image that is not visible when wearing clothes, but when he takes off his clothes, people will say "Holy shit".

A bit like an actor Lu Yanhe knows, Peng Yuyan.

Lu Yanhe thought carefully.

In addition to the drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy" which will be filmed next year, I also have to write a play for Yan Liang.

The possibility of him being seen doing action scenes sooner rather than later.

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"You want to write an action scene script for Yan Liang?"

At the barbecue stall, Li Zhibai looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise. He only had time to take a bite of the grilled fish in his hand.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Don't you think Yan Liang's image is actually quite suitable for action scenes?"

Li Zhibai said: "It's suitable, but he doesn't really know Kung Fu."

"It doesn't require real skills to shoot action scenes. It just needs to look good." Lu Yanhe said, "I have also acted in action scenes."

Although it was only in "Phoenix Terrace", I had a brief taste of it.

Li Zhibai said: "That's fine, but why did you suddenly think of writing an action scene script for Yan Liang?"

"I have actually thought about a lot of stories like this for a long time, but I can't act it, and neither can you. I can only ask Yan Liang to act it."

"Why can't I act?"

"Look in the mirror."

Li Zhibai cursed "Fuck".

Lu Yanhe smiled.

Li Zhibai said: "Actually, I have one more thing to ask you. My filming has finished and it has come to an end for the time being. I am going to start working on "Nineteen Years of Crime", but as soon as I thought about starting it, I felt uneasy. Then he started playing drums.”

Lu Yanhe asked: "Are you ready to start?!"

He was pleasantly surprised.

Li Zhibai nodded.

"Tell me, can I do it?" Li Zhibai was worried.

Lu Yanhe: "To be honest, you have never done a film and television project by yourself. It's normal that you can't do it well. However, you have the innate conditions to do it well. Your advantages are too great. Come and do a project by yourself. , you don’t have to worry about finding investment or a platform to broadcast, and you have teacher Liu Jiazhen to help you check the script. Furthermore, you are Li Zhibai, no matter what type of talent you need, you can find it. People, everyone will be willing to believe that your project can be successful.”

Li Zhibai's biggest advantage is that he is a popular star.

In the entertainment industry, if a popular star wants to make a movie of his own, everyone will help him.

This is the current situation.

Li Zhibai took a deep breath.

"Okay, now that you've said that, I won't chirp anymore." Li Zhibai said, "Then you and Yan Liang can help me be producers together."

Lu Yanhe said: "I can do it, but I will be filming "Love Letter" next month. I may not have time to help you."

Li Zhibai said: "I don't really want you to do anything about the crew. To build a crew requires people from all types of work. I need you to help me make judgments."

"Of course these are fine."

Li Zhibai said: "Oh, I still feel guilty now. I just started messing around without knowing anything."

"The most important thing you need to do now is to find a reliable producer that you can trust to help you do this together." Lu Yanhe reminded.

-

On November 9th, the Phenom Awards Ceremony.

Lu Yanhe came to the scene wearing a black formal suit.

Chen Ziyan was by his side personally.

Chen Ziyan would usually stay by his side on such critical occasions.

Everyone Lu Yanhe met along the way praised him for his greatness - not for his nomination for Best Actor, but for his release strategy for "Path of Glory".

Now, the most legendary incident involving Lu Yanhe is the box office miracle of "Path of Glory".

This is not only the combined box office appeal of Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou, but also the path forward for a brand new distribution strategy proposed by Lu Yanhe.

Because of the success of "Paths of Glory," seven Phenom Award-nominated films will be re-released in theaters tomorrow.

At this time, some people who had participated in the "Road to Glory" seminar suddenly remembered what Lu Yanhe mentioned at that meeting:

Awards and box office should not be separated. Awards can stimulate box office.

In addition to this, everyone is very concerned about another Hollywood movie that Lu Yanhe has taken on. What kind of movie is it?

Even Chen Bige was curious and asked him when they met.

Lu Yanhe briefly talked about the movie "The Mist".

Chen Bige was a little surprised after listening, "It's actually a horror movie? You really shocked me. Why did you suddenly take on a horror movie?"

"Because it can't be filmed in China." Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "The director took the initiative to find me, showed me the script, and invited me to act. He is very sincere. He has also made two successful horror movies. I think it's an opportunity to try."

Chen Bige asked: "Who is the director?"

"Muken Sorge."

"Ah? Him." Chen Bige showed a look of realization, "His wife is Chinese."

Lu Yanhe showed a look of surprise, "Ah? Really?"

"Don't you know?" Chen Bige was also surprised.

"I don't know." Lu Yanhe shook his head. "I only met him once."

Chen Bige: "Well, there are quite a few Hollywood directors who discriminate against Chinese people. You know there is a kind of argument in the United States that promotes the theory of China threat. He is one of the few Hollywood directors who openly approach Chinese people."

Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.

"I didn't pay attention to this aspect before."

Chen Bige said: "Anyway, if you go to Hollywood to film, you have to be careful. There are really many people who discriminate against Chinese people and will deliberately trip you up."

Lu Yanhe nodded, "I will be prepared. If someone dares to bully me, I will not stand there obediently and let them bully me."

Chen Bige smiled.

"Although I guessed that you would definitely go abroad to film, I didn't expect you to go so soon."

Lu Yanhe: "I will film when there is a suitable opportunity."

Chen Bige nodded.

"By the way, there is one more thing I want to tell you. You gave me two scripts before, one is Rouge, and the other is Raise the Red Lantern. I plan to start Raise the Red Lantern after I finish filming Love Letter." She said.

Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "Okay."

Chen Bige asked, "You can take this script back and do it yourself, as long as I play the role."

"You do it, Sister Bi Ge, I don't have the energy myself, you did a good job in Rouge."

Although the copyright of the movie Rouge is still in Lu Yanhe's hands, and Lu Yanhe is also named as the producer, it was actually Chen Bige who pushed the project from the beginning to the release.

After Chen Bige had the experience of Rouge, Lu Yanhe believed that she could do Raise the Red Lantern better.

And, to be honest, the difficulty of shooting Raise the Red Lantern was not as great as Rouge.

It is a film that tests the inner strength of a director, and the requirements for shooting difficulty are relatively small.

When Lu Yanhe watched "Raise the Red Lantern" at the beginning, he had a very intuitive feeling that this movie was like a neat Chinese painting, with extremely neat structure and pictures, and the actors' performances were also like this.

Of course, the most notable feature of this movie is that it uses a very strong structural picture to make a penetrating description of a person's "alienation" on the basis of a solid text.

Chen Bige is the most suitable time to play this movie. Her image and acting skills are perfectly matched with this play.

If she waits a few years, she may not be convincing when playing a college graduate again.

The biggest difference between this movie and "Rouge" is that this is a pure women's play.

In "Rouge", there is also the Twelve Young Master played by Huang Kairen, but in "Raise the Red Lantern", this master is completely left with only a figure, without a frontal face.

Lu Yanhe feels that he copied the script, but if he really wants to make a women's play, it is more suitable for women to do it.

He is not Zhang Yimou.

-

"Yanhe, let me introduce you to Ning Zhiyuan, the director of "Nine Yins", and Zhou Yuning, the lead actor."

Mrs. Huang from Longyan Films came over with two people and greeted Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe looked at the two people in front of him with some surprise.

"Hello, Director Ning, hello, Teacher Zhou." Lu Yanhe immediately extended his hand enthusiastically, shook hands with them one by one, and said, "I am Lu Yanhe, and I finally have the opportunity to meet you. I like the movie "Nine Yins" very much. I haven't seen such a martial arts movie that makes my blood boil for a long time."

Ning Zhiyuan: "Then I hope I can have the opportunity to work with you on a martial arts movie in the future."

Lu Yanhe nodded immediately, "Okay, I also want to try it very much. I have never made a martial arts movie."

He looked at Zhou Yuning and asked, "Is this also the first time for Teacher Zhou to act in a martial arts movie?"

Zhou Yuning is 35 years old this year. He became famous with "Nine Yins" and has accumulated a lot of experience.

He smiled and waved his hands, saying, "It's been filmed before, a long time ago."

Lu Yanhe suddenly realized, "In fact, I really want to know, did you go to Jiangnan to find Liu Suyin in the end? The ending of the movie is too open."

Zhou Yuning smiled and looked at Ning Zhiyuan, saying, "You have to ask the director."

Ning Zhiyuan said, "This is the story of the second part."

Lu Yanhe opened his eyes wide in surprise and asked, "Will there be a second part of "Nine Yins"? "

"Well, I'm writing the script." Ning Zhiyuan said, "I wrote this ending at the time to leave a loophole for the second part."

Lu Yanhe: "Can you give me an invitation letter when the second part premieres? I want to see this movie as soon as possible."

"That's so welcome."

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