I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

  Chapter 648 646. The first and the inconspicuous episode

  The recognized box-office prime time period for theatrical movie releases is within seven days of the release.

   Or to refine it further, its graph should start from the first day, then go all the way up, and finally reach the highest point on the third or fourth day, and then slowly fall back from then on.

  The curve trend of "The Hawthorn Tree" is very normal.

  From 30 million on the first day to the third day, with the help of the prime time on Christmas Eve and Friday night, they won the first place with 55 million, and successfully pulled their total box office to 127 million.

   Breaking through 100 million in three days, this may be another...phenomenal mythological record.

   But to be honest, the box office of the Chinese film industry is booming this year. Xu Xin's results are calculated on the basis of three days, and he can only rank fourth among domestic films.

  Feng Xiaogang's "Earthquake" and "If You Are the One" are the first and third.

  The second place was when Xu Xin and Feng Xiaogang "fighted" to the fullest, and once again quietly raked in 26 million box office, the total box office came to 443 million.

   Breaking five is no longer a problem.

   In the crazy December, the prosperity of the domestic film market made everyone see the magnificent future of Chinese films.

  Whether "Let the Bullets Fly" can win the No. 1 domestic box office this year has become a hot topic.

   But on Christmas Day, the biggest topic is "If You Are the One".

   It's rated too low.

  Compared to the current score of 9.3 in "The Hawthorn Tree", when it was cooled for 72 hours, the opening score was only 6.5.

  The gap between the two is so obvious.

   And this gap also appeared intuitively in the box office on the third day.

  Leaving aside the "swearing war" caused by a girl's Weibo, as far as the quality of the film is concerned, obviously, it did not do well.

  If "The Hawthorn" brought Liu Yifei back to the realm of a land fairy, then the uneven reputation of "If You Are the One 2" on the Internet somewhat tainted the feelings of several actors.

  The first to bear the brunt is Shu Qi.

  She played Liang Xiaoxiao was scolded by many people.

  In fact, objectively speaking, Shu Qi's ability to perform the role of Liang Xiaoxiao so "swearing", in the eyes of insiders, is evidence that her acting skills have been greatly affirmed.

   But the audience obviously didn't think so.

  They think Liang Xiaoxiao is a bad character, but Liang Xiaoxiao doesn't exist.

  So what should I do?

  Call Shu Qi.

  The same as the heroine, look at Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei's acting in "The Hawthorn Tree"...not to mention, just the scene where she is wearing an old-fashioned swimsuit and swimming in the river with the third child...the pure light radiates from the fairy sister, let us see her. Even the slightest evil thought should be pulled out and shot for five minutes.

  I'm sorry, our filth actually tried to infect the fairy sister, we really deserve to die.

   But what about you?

  You played Liang Xiaoxiao who almost wrote the word **** on his forehead...

  So, Shu Qi, who was originally recognized by everyone, including Xu Xin and Yang Mi, posted on her Weibo "If You Are the One 2" promotion period...

  The ancestral graves were almost dug out.

   And Shu Qi's experience is not an exception.

  After the ratings of "If You Are the One 2" came out, the leading actors were criticized and abused by many people on Weibo.

   Naturally, Feng Xiaogang is also included.

  But this is also the reason for the weirdness of the Chinese film industry.

  The more the audience scolds, the higher the enthusiasm.

  Whether it was intentional or unintentional, from the moment the two films entered the promotional period and the reporters began to hype the confrontation on the same stage, all the elements for the box office blowout and explosion of the two films were already in place.

   It's like the news about Liu Yifei stepping on Shu Qi.

  Since the release of the two movies, all the topics, no matter good or bad, are like dry wood thrown into a raging fire, burning the furnace heat in the second half of December to a level that is difficult to match with ordinary publicity methods.

   Audiences don’t need to form cliques. People who watch "If You Are the One" don't watch "The Hawthorn Tree", and people who watch Liu Yifei can't watch Shu Qi.

  The rivalry between the two movies is actually more like a movie feast for the audience.

   It doesn’t matter if you watch “Mountain” or “Fei”.

   It’s really not possible, isn’t it okay for us to watch “Let”?

  If you’ve finished watching all three movies...the worst thing is, isn’t it okay if we go to Chen Kaige’s to eat bad food?

   Neither Xu Xin nor Feng Xiaogang deliberately guided this atmosphere, nor did they fan the flames.

   Both sides tacitly chose to let things go.

   On the fourth day, the box office of "If You Are the One 2" once again returned to the top of the day with a score of 42.33 million.

   Except, its rating has dropped from 6.5 to 6.3.

  The box office of "The Hawthorn Tree" stayed at 41.2 million.

  The box office of both movies fell at the same time.

  Although both movies have already passed the prime time on the third day, the time and place are favorable, the box office trend is normal.

  But people with a discerning eye can see that the upper limit of "The Hawthorn Tree" has been reached.

  Christmas on the 25th is a Saturday. Its box office did not increase but began to decline. Although it is still strong, it is basically impossible to move forward.

  The two films were all behind and lost the qualification to hit the second single-day box office of this year to exceed 60 million.

  The first person to break the single-day box office record of this domestic film was Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly".

   Actually, this record is nothing. As a director, Xu Xin has not broken records.

  No. 1 box office on the first day, the fastest movie record breaking 100 million, the youngest director of the 100 million club, the youngest director of the 200 million club, the fourth director of the 300 million box office club...

  People's records have been broken to the point of softness.

   It can be seen that after the potential of "The Hawthorn Tree" has reached its peak, the people of Xiying Studio still feel a little regretful.

Although they also know... In terms of the return on investment ratio, "The Hawthorn" can be said to be the best of the best, and the total cost of the film is controlled within 35 million. The film studio has made a lot of money, and more importantly...

  Compared with the opponent, it doesn't know how many streets it has thrown the opponent.

   But people, that's all.

   is always greedy.

  After Christmas, at the box office on the 26th, the box office of "The Hawthorn Tree" fell again, ending at 39.02 million.

  The same is true for "If You Are the One 2", the box office dropped to 36.55 million at the end.

  Strictly speaking, the two sides still haven’t widened the gap, but their potential has indeed been exhausted.

  27th, Monday.

  Huayi opened the market with a price of 28.51. At the end of the day, the stock price was 29.17, an increase of 2.3%.

   On the 28th, it also opened higher and moved higher, and the stock price rose by nearly 7% in two days.

   After the end of the 28th, the box office answers for the first week of the two films were also handed in.

  The box office of "Love in the Hawthorn Tree" and "If You Are the One 2" both broke 200 million.

   "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" first week box office: 241 million.

   "If You Are the One 2" box office in the first week: 239 million.

  The two films simultaneously broke through the 180 million shackles set by Feng Xiaogang's "Tangshan" in July this year. Under the intertwined heat of the two, they collided and created the most shining fireworks in 2010.

  Different from Chen Kaige's driving high and low walking, nor Jiang Wen's thriving.

  Relying on this..."love and killing" in the eyes of the audience, the two films broke through the shackles of 200 million, and raised the first-week box office of the Chinese film market again!

  It has been raised to a level that many people can't understand.

  The audience and the media were not surprised by the fact that "The Hawthorn" won the first box office in the first week.

   Still the same sentence, after the movie star lineup and the director's personal charisma and publicity energy are exhausted, the last thing to rely on is the quality of the movie itself.

As the film that won the best director and best newcomer awards at the Venice Film Festival, "The Hawthorn Tree" received a super high reputation of 9.0 points from more than 110,000 people. On the last day, it completed a counterattack, with an advantage of 2 million, It surpassed "If You Are the One 2" whose word of mouth maintained at 6.0 ups and downs.

   Won the first week of the box office champion!

  Xu Xin, a young post-80s director, once again proved one thing to the world.

   Big investment + big publicity + star lineup ≠ invincible!

   Low-cost movies, as long as you work hard and polish the story, you can also complete the counterattack!

   In the first week, the box office of 241 million was his answer!

  …

   And when the box office of "The Hawthorn" was booming in the first week, there was a small episode on the afternoon of the 28th.

   Some media photographed Yang Ying, who had just finished filming the TV series "Gong Suo Xin Yu", showing up in Shanghai, and the person who came to pick her up was Huang Xiaoming.

  Photos of the two of them leaving in a commercial vehicle appeared on the pages of major media.

   But the space is very small.

  Recently, news of all sizes in the entertainment industry has been suppressed by "The Hawthorn Tree" and "If You Are the One". The photos of Huang Xiaoming and Yang Ying riding in the same car are posted on netizens. Although it is not unpopular, it is not high.

   It belongs to the level of just looking at it and smiling.

   After all, the relationship between the two is almost equivalent to a real hammer.

  Early in June this year, before "The Voice" started broadcasting, someone took pictures of her visiting the set of "Orphan of Zhao", and Huang Xiaoming personally peeling oranges for her to eat.

  And throughout this year, both of them have been flirting with each other on Weibo.

  Yang Ying called him "sponge cake"...Although she didn't admit it personally, anyone who understands Cantonese knows that if this word is spoken in Cantonese, it translates to "Brother Xiao Ming" in Mandarin.

  It is not uncommon for Yang Ying to take various selfies on Weibo on weekdays, such as "miss my sponge cake".

   Moreover, during an interview, Huang Xiaoming was asked by the reporter if he was dating Yang Ying. His answer was "I won't lie, but I can't give you an accurate answer."

   This cover-up is equivalent to acquiescence.

   At the beginning, netizens were quite excited.

  Huang Xiaoming is a popular niche. Yang Ying, as Yang Mi's best friend, has been out of control since "The Voice".

  The relationship between these two people is full of gimmicks.

  But these hot spots and gimmicks gradually dissipated with the two people's increasingly obvious but never admitted concealment.

   Some people even jokingly said that "Huang Xiaoming can't hide the truth from the world, but he only lied to Yang Ying".

  The news about the two of them can no longer cause any sensation on our side.

  So, this kind of episode stayed on the website for less than a day before dissipating without a trace.

  …

  29th, noon.

  Magic City.

  Su Meng put all the gifts she brought this time into the trunk of the Audi A6, and nodded politely to the driver who came to deliver the car:

"Thanks."

   "You're welcome, it should be, you walk slowly... Xu guides you to walk slowly."

  The driver responded politely.

   has the same attitude towards Xu Xin and Su Meng.

   After all, this is the younger brother and assistant of the general manager, so it must be respectful.

  Then, Su Meng got into the car quickly, adjusted the seat, and linked the phone to the AUX audio cable, and a voice sounded in the car audio soon:

   "Departure, the whole journey is 11.6 kilometers, the driving time..."

  After starting the car, she asked Xu Xin, who was sitting in the back row, who was thinking about something:

   "Brother Xu, do you want to play music?"

"Need not."

  Xu Xin said something casually, then took out the phone and dialed Xue Haifeng's phone number.

   "Dudu...Hello, Mr. Xue."

   "Hahaha, Director Xu, are you here?"

   Xue Haifeng's voice was full of smiles.

  Xu Xin responded:

   "Well, just arrived."

   "It's so early, why don't you allow the director to come to me, and we brothers can meet at noon?...How about changing the banquet location to the Golf Manor in the afternoon?"

   "Don't."

  As soon as Xue Haifeng wanted to pull his "Business Bureau" again, Xu Xin, who was afraid that another Nazha would come out, quickly refused, and then said:

   "The reason why I came early is to go against the wind. There are still movies over there. Let's meet in Roosevelt this afternoon, how about it?"

   "Alright! There are a lot of people here this time, we must not get drunk tonight!"

   "Haha, it should be."

   After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xu Xin just hung up the phone when the phone rang again.

  He glanced at the caller and answered the call:

   "Hey, BABY."

   While speaking, a strange look appeared in his eyes.

   I didn’t start learning English before, but it’s actually nothing.

  He only knows that BABY means baby, but this is Yang Ying's stage name, so there is no association.

  But... since he started learning English, he can no longer look directly at this "nickname".

  I always feel that it is too intimate, and it is easy for people to think that the person I am talking to is not serious.

  But there is no way to change it.

   Otherwise, what are you calling?

  Yang Ying? Too raw.

  Xiao Ying? Intuit soil.

   Yingying? more intimate...

  Yang Ying on the other end of the phone didn't know what Xu Xin was thinking, so she said with a smile:

   "Director Xu, have you got off the plane?"

   "Yes, just got off, have you arrived?"

   "Well, I've arrived at the restaurant. I'm waiting for Director Xu to order."

  Hearing this, Xu Xin smiled and said:

   "No, you and your senior brother can order, and you can eat with your own family. Don't be so polite, and you are not an outsider... You order first, we will arrive in half an hour at most, and eat directly when we arrive. I am also hungry."

   Seeing this, Yang Ying stopped trying to evade, and said with a smile:

   "Okay, Director Xu, take it easy, don't worry."

   "Well, good. Then hang up first."

  After the call was hung up, the car returned to silence, only the sound of the engine remained.

   At this moment, Su Meng said:

   "Brother Xu, the matter between Sister Baby and Huang Xiaoming was on the news yesterday."

   "What news?"

  Xu Xin asked curiously.

   "Sister Baby came to Shanghai, and Huang Xiaoming came to pick up her photo, which was taken by the paparazzi."

   "Hmm... is it a big fuss?"

  He hasn't paid attention to the news in the circle these days, so he doesn't know about it.

   Today, Xue Haifeng also sent an invitation to come to Shanghai. The reason is for a celebration banquet, but a celebration banquet is not enough to invite him to Roosevelt in the afternoon and call everyone so full.

  So, in his heart, he felt that the matter of the investment company should have taken shape.

  Su Meng shook her head after hearing his words:

   "It's not too big, basically no one pays attention to it. After all, the scandal between baby sister and Huang Xiaoming has been circulating for a while."

   "Oh, that's fine."

  Xu Xin nodded calmly.

   didn't care.

  But Su Meng continued to ask:

   "Brother Xu, can I ask something?"

   "Ask."

   "...Brother Xu, why do you call Brother Huang Xiaoming?"

   "Well...it's normal that you don't know."

  Xu Xin roughly explained his fate with Huang Xiaoming.

   When Su Meng heard that the two had known each other for so long, she asked in surprise:

   "But I don't think you usually have much contact with Huang Xiaoming."

   "Well... specifically, it's quite complicated. Simply put, since he bought Huayi's shares and became a shareholder of Huayi, it means that our relationship has stopped here, understand?"

"understood."

  Although Su Meng usually looks a little silly, she can still distinguish this kind of thing clearly.

  Huang Xiaoming bought shares in Huayi, which means he is on the boat of Huayi.

  Brother Xu... Don't mention anything else, "If You Are the One" and "Hawthorn Tree" are almost out of my mind in the past seven days!

  One is the Beijing circle and the other is the Northwest circle. They are different sects, so it is really impossible to have too deep friendship.

But…

  She glanced at Xu Xin in the back seat, and after seeing that he wasn't impatient, she asked:

   "But he is still dating Sister Baby."

"Well, what's the matter? ... Hey, factions are all fiction. If you really say it, your sister Mi is also from the Beijing circle. We are not some martial arts novels. Talking about circles in front of love is a bit too nonsense gone."

   "That's true...but...Brother Xu...I don't understand anymore after hearing what you said."

   "For example?"

   "For example... the reason why he didn't admit his relationship with Sister Baby, could this be the reason?"

   "...?"

  Suddenly Xu Xin was taken aback.

  Looking at Su Meng with some surprise:

"you mean?"

"I think it's very strange. Before I came to the company, Huang Xiaoming was already very popular. I also followed the gossip news, and I heard some of his gossip. He and Li Fei, Qin Lan, and the "Deep Love" I've heard about the relationship history of the actresses in "Rain and Rain", and he has admitted these people openly. That's why I've always wondered why Sister Baby is so beautiful and more than enough for him, but he always deny…"

   "..."

   Now, Xu Xin frowned.

  Following Su Meng's meaning, he said:

   "You mean, the reason why he and Yang Ying chose not to make it public... is also similar to what I said just now about our relationship? He is from Beijing, and Yang Ying is from us, so there is no way for the two of them to make it public?"

   "I just thought of it too, because of Brother Xu's explanation~"

"Well…"

  For a while, Xu Xin didn't know what to say.

   It's not because I'm speechless.

   Instead…

  He seemed to have thought of something, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

  As for what Mengmeng said is right and wrong...

  From his point of view, it is quite reasonable.

  In fact, my personal relationship with Huang Xiaoming has not changed.

  If you really get together, everyone will have a drink, brag, and laugh. It must be no problem.

   But if we really want to say when did the relationship start to change...

   To be reasonable, it is actually "The Wind".

  After "The Wind" hit the box office...no messy things happened.

  But the relationship between the two of them naturally changed from the kind of "I knew you came to Hengdian, so I'll treat you to dinner and drink" to a relationship...not unfamiliar but not very familiar.

  With Yang Ying's relationship, as long as the two of them don't break up, then everyone is definitely not estranged.

   But if the two break up...

  Xu Xin reckoned that his contact with him should have been broken.

  The reason why Yang Ying came to Shanghai this time was actually because of herself.

  This afternoon he will bring Yang Ying to attend Roosevelt's party.

  Because Qian Pengcheng is here today.

  It must be the most suitable for him to take Yang Ying.

  But Huang Xiaoming is in Shanghai, and the two called themselves to eat at noon, which was not in the plan.

   Now, after a conversation with Mengmeng, Xu Xin suddenly discovered something that he had neglected before.

   Frowning and thinking for a moment, he dialed Yang Mi's number.

  The phone was quickly connected, and the young woman's ding ding dong dong rang:

"Hello?"

   "...what happened?"

   "Boom! I'm chopping meat! Boom!"

  Hearing the powerful slashing sound, Xu Xin said a word of concern:

   "Then you pay attention to your hands..."

   "It's okay, I'm not stupid, I can't scratch my own hand."

   "...?"

   Xu Xin, who always felt that this little blackie was alluding to something, was speechless.

  Yang Mi asked:

   "What's the matter with the call? Have you seen BABY?"

   "Not yet, I'm rushing over there. Stop what you're doing, and I'll ask you something."

   "Boom! Say it... Don't worry, I'm already such a big man, I can't handle a knife well? How about I show you a one-handed pineapple peeling?"

   "You take a break, I thank you!"

  Although she didn't know what the matchmakers were talking about, Xu Xin hurriedly stopped her.

   "Then hurry up and say it!"

   "...Okay, let me ask you, how much Huang Xiaoming has helped Yang Ying? I mean career."

"Well…"

  Hearing this, Yang Mi was taken aback, and gave her own answer:

   "Very ordinary, why are you asking this? Did he offend you?"

  But Xu Xin didn't answer.

   Frowning again, he asked:

   "Very average?"

   "Well, very average."

  Yang Mi nodded again for confirmation.

  With the phone tucked around his neck, the bone-chopping knife in his hand slammed again, snapping off the pork spine for his sister-in-law's soup.

  (end of this chapter)