On the Hundred Ways of Chasing Mermaids

In China, the first scene of a newly released movie is usually scheduled at zero o'clock. According to the normal length, when the movie ends, it is already two o'clock in the morning.

Because of such a schedule, very few people choose to watch the zero point scene. Of course, most of these people are diehard fans of the movie.

The release date of "The Prosperous Age" is set for December 12st, which happens to be a Saturday. The publisher's goal is very clear, that is, to take advantage of the weekend's popularity to hit the box office on the first day.

But who knew that the plan could not keep up with the changes. In the evening of the previous day, snowflakes fell in most cities in the northern part of Huaguo. By late at night, City B was covered in snow, making it difficult for citizens to travel, let alone go to see something in the snow at night. reflect.

Lan Xi and Xuan Mo stayed at home together, holding a steaming teacup in their hands, under the light, there was a sense of warmth in the house.

A strange program was playing on the TV, Lan Xi was lying on the sofa with Xiao Bai in his arms, and Xuan Mo was nestling on the sofa beside him, holding a book in his hand, turning the pages leisurely.Inside and outside the window are two completely different worlds.

Director Yang's call came at such a moment.

Lan Xi took the mobile phone, Xiao Bai took the opportunity to jump off him, and ran away, Lan Xi was puzzled, and picked up the phone in his hand: "Director Yang?"

"Xiaoxi, it's okay. I'm just a little bored. I'll call and chat with you." Director Yang's voice came from the microphone, but the casual words couldn't conceal the tension in his tone.

Xuan Mo looked up, Lan Xi exchanged a glance with him, and shrugged helplessly: "Oh, okay."

Sure enough, without saying a few words, Director Yang changed his style and finally talked about his worries about the box office on the first day.

Lancey was a little amused, stepped forward a few steps, opened the window, and the chill spread over the face.

Suddenly, a big hand pulled him back, closed the window, and said calmly: "Good movies will not be buried."

In this era, it is very rare for the bright pearl to be dusty and the talent to be underappreciated.What's more, the matter has come to this point, it is just doing one's best and obeying the destiny, worrying is no longer half useless.

Lancey didn't know whether to laugh or cry, stretched out her hand and pulled Xuan Mo's neck, raised her head, and pressed a kiss on the other's lips, "Your reward." After finishing speaking, she went to watch TV with Xiaobai.

Xuan Mo was stunned, looking at the back of the little mermaid, his eyes darkened: You want to run away after teasing?

In fact, both Director Yang and Lan Xi underestimated their efforts in publicity, and also underestimated the fans' devotion to their idols.

Su Yingying pulled her boyfriend out of the car, braved the snow and rushed into the gate of the theater, the heat rushed towards her face, and the two breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally came back to life."

Who knows, when they looked up, they were dumbfounded——

In the waiting area for movie watching, the sofas that used to be dissatisfied have been completely occupied. There is also a long queue in front of the ticket machine. The staff are busy, and the white lights dispel the darkness.

Su Yingying subconsciously lowered her head and looked at the watch on her wrist.That's right, the current time is 11:30 in the evening.

The boyfriend thought about it and smiled: "Probably, everyone thinks the same?"

They are all trying to save face for their idols.

Sure enough, her boyfriend thought well. After checking the tickets, Su Yingying just found her seat and sat down when she heard two young people beside her were discussing enthusiastically:

"Madam's movie, even if the association is not unified, I still want to watch it."

"It's really not easy, old Taoshu, you haven't been to this occasion for decades, have you?"

"Hey, yes. By the way, Old Snake is here too..."

lady?Old snake?

Could it be that these two are fans of Ruan Die Die?But Ruan Yinghou, isn't she married?

Su Yingying couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart: "Excuse me, I want to ask, is the wife you are talking about...?"

After the words fell, the two of them were stunned for a moment, and in the next second, their heads came together: "Human!", "It's all your fault for talking nonsense!", "It was discovered!"

After some discussion, just when the smile on Su Yingying's face couldn't hold back, the person beside her turned her head and asked innocently and blankly, "What madam? Did you hear wrong?"

Su Yingying blinked.

"However, we are here today for Lord Lanxi."

Lancey... my lord?

"Me too!" Su Yingying always felt that these two people were a little weird, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.So he had no choice but to retract his head resentfully and focus on the movie.

Seeing this, the two people around him breathed a sigh of relief.

There was a melodious Xiao sound, and the movie slowly opened.

Su Yingying immerses herself in the story, and her emotions gradually rise as the plot progresses. Finally, when the protagonist learns that the imperial court amnesty the world due to the severe drought in Guanzhong, Yelang will not be exiled. "Return" reached its peak.

She reached out her hand, took out a tissue from her pocket, and while wiping her tears, she turned her head and glanced at her neighbor.

When the two protagonists left Chang'an City, they began to wipe their tears.

It's just that I don't know if I don't look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. Under the dim light of the screen, the man beside me, he, his feet... actually disappeared!

Su Yingying took a deep breath, thinking whether to scream or scream!

She tried her best to convince herself to calm down, and looked intently again, only to find... that foot appeared again, resting on the ground perfectly!

Are you dazzled?

Su Yingying turned her head in doubt, and turned her gaze to the screen again.

Old Peach Tree heaved a sigh of relief.

The Crow Immortal next to him glared at him, and the old Peach Tree groaned: Seeing water, he subconsciously turned into a tree root and wanted to absorb it. Isn't this...nature!

Although there was an interruption in the middle, Su Yingying quickly got into the mood. In the movie, the protagonist is already on the verge of dying.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.com."

The man sitting next to him started crying again, but Su Yingying ignored him this time and took out a tissue to wipe her tears.There seemed to be something sour and astringent choking in my heart, helpless and uncomfortable, my eyes were like a faucet with a broken valve, and water kept flowing.

The Xiao sounded again, and the list of main creators appeared. The audience in the theater stood up, the lights came on, and when they looked around, they found that the eyes of everyone around them were red.

Su Yingying and her boyfriend went out together, and the people around her sighed: "It's so fucking cruel. I thought the film critics were paid for, but now I think it's wrong to blame them."

I came to support my idol, but I didn't expect to get a good movie.

"What are you looking for?"

Su Yingying came back to her senses: "Oh, it's all right."

The two people who were sitting next to her just now disappeared suddenly.Moreover, I don't know if it's her illusion, but I always feel that there are many fewer people in the theater.

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For a movie to sell well, word of mouth is very important.Although in the past few years, just a bad movie could run amok, with a box office of over [-] million, but the audience's taste in watching movies has improved, and the good days are almost over. High-quality word-of-mouth dramas have become the new darlings of the audience.

At the same time, word of mouth... also has to be divided into sources.

Compared with professional film critics' long articles, recommendations from WeChat Moments are easier to be adopted.

"...Look at it quickly, you will regret it if you don't look at it. If you don't look at it, you will lose your life."

"Wow, it's comedy, it's super funny! Oh, let me laugh for a while!"

"I'm going to go to the second brush, is there anyone with me?"

In short, many people jumped into this big pit under the recommendation (suddenly) recommendation (you) of friends, but miraculously, these cheated audiences left the theater, not only did not blame the guy who pitted themselves, on the contrary, Silently joined the team of cheating others.

...It's true, it's beautiful.

At [-] o'clock on the first day of the screening, Gouyan's box office analysis real-time data showed that the box office of "The Prosperity" exceeded [-] million yuan, setting a new record for Huaguo to break through the [-] million yuan mark.

On the second day, when Lanxi arrived at the celebration banquet, the two bottles of champagne had already bottomed out. Seeing Lanxi, Director Yang's eyes lit up, and he pulled him over: "Xiaoxi, come here!"

"The Prosperous Age" had a box office of 2000 million yuan at the zero point. According to data analysis, most of them were students in their twenties.

There is also the support of the non-human association. It is clear at a glance who they are targeting.

"Director Yang." Lan Xi took the glass and took a symbolic sip, "Congratulations!"

Yang Mao smiled from ear to ear, the success of "The Prosperous Age" will allow him to further his career, especially since making movies is still his favorite thing, how can he not be happy!

"Mr. Lan, you quit drinking, but it's not justified."

Director Yang raised his eyes and saw Zhou Qi who hadn't seen him for a long time, and the smile on his face faded.The scene was awkward.

At this moment, Lanxi's cell phone rang.

"Sorry, I'll take a call."

After connecting, Zhao Xiaotao's ecstatic voice came out of the microphone, "Xiaoxi, someone from the Spring Festival Gala contacted me just now, saying that they want to invite you to the show. Spring Festival Gala, it's Spring Festival Gala!"

"I see, you calm down."

Lan Xi hung up the phone, with a little joy in her eyes.Even if he is ignorant, he still knows the weight of the Spring Festival Gala.Being able to go to the Spring Festival Gala also means that his hard work has been recognized.

Seeing this, Director Yang smiled and said, "Good thing?"

"Secret."

But it didn't take long for the matter of the Spring Festival Gala to become an open secret.

Mr. Producer saw Lanxi's eyes lit up, stepped forward a few steps, and said with a smile: "Xiaoxi, congratulations, Mr. Han just told me that you are very satisfied with the Spring Festival Gala..."

Come on, Lancey shut up silently.

There was another round of congratulations all around.

Zhou Qi stood aside, looked at Lan Xi who was surrounded by the crowd in the middle of the banquet hall, and gritted his teeth angrily.

However, Zhou Qi's unlucky days did not end so quickly.

The next day, he came to the company and got the script selected by his agent.In addition to him, the manager, Ms. Yang, also brought a second-tier female artist with her.

"Choose one?"

Zhou Qi opened the script and read it one by one. After a while, he closed the script with a snap, and raised his head with a frown: "That's all?"

Either as a supporting role in a stupid costume drama, or a web drama directed by a newcomer, without even a big production.

The manager couldn't stop, gave up playing with her colorful nails, and snorted: "Why, if you play a supporting role in "The Prosperous Age", you don't know how high the sky is and the earth is thick?"

"you!"

"What me? Big productions, of course there are. It's just that after "Brother Ben" was broadcast, I was notified that the character had found an actor."

Zhou Qi was extremely angry, his eyes were red.

"If you offend someone, you will bear the consequences yourself. I will not accompany you." Ms. Yang Shi Shiran stood up and walked away on high heels.

The next day, Zhou Qi received a notice from the company that he was transferred to another agent. This agent was full of old and newcomers who had been working for many years and still hadn't made it to the top.

"Lancey, it's all because of Lancey..."

"If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have been abandoned by the company, and if it wasn't for him, the fans wouldn't have left."

"I'm going to kill him!"

Like a camel that was crushed by the last straw, Zhou Qi's head roared and his chest heaved violently. He picked up the car keys on the table, closed the door and rushed out of the apartment.