The straight man in the entertainment circle

On this day, the final trailer of the movie "Young You" was released.

At the same time, Lin Li released a character poster of Li Tong on the official Weibo of "Young You".

Although there have always been rumors that Li Tong participated in Lin Li's debut film, there has never been a definite answer.

Now I saw a poster of Li Tong posted on the official WeChat account of "Better Days". It was confirmed that Li Tong had participated in Lin Li's film, and netizens also started to discuss it hotly.

"Lin Li is too proud, isn't he? Li Tong has even been invited?"

"Isn't the heroine Chen Qingqing? Is Li Tong a supporting character?"

"How is it possible? Li Tong has never played a supporting role!"

"This movie is about school bullying. Li Tong should be a supporting character, maybe a teacher or something."

"Li Tong actually played a supporting role and was directed by Lin Li, a newbie. It's really incredible!"

"This scheduled trailer looks so cruel."

"The scene of Chen Qingqing falling down the stairs is painful to watch!"

"See you all in the theater on 7.15!"

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The summer season is an important release point for domestic films.

At this time, not only Lin Li's "Young You" was promoting, but more than a dozen movies were also vigorously promoted, and many of the movies were even more powerful than Lin Li's.

The one with the most intense publicity is naturally Guo Xiaoshan's "Extinction".

In terms of movie lineup alone, Guo Xiaoshan's movie is undoubtedly the most luxurious in the summer season.

Guo Xiaoshan's movie has assembled many popular domestic stars. The female lead is A-list actress Fang Bei, and the male lead is actor Wu Yifei.

Fang Bei is an actress with one of the best resources in China, while Wu Yifei is also a first-line traffic star.

In addition to them, this movie also gathered countless first-line stars, and even many big names also made guest appearances. For example, in the show "The Show", Yang Mo, who was invited by Guo Xiaoshan, was also in his part. Made a cameo appearance in the movie.

These celebrities are all liked by little girls and boys. This movie is aimed at middle and high school students. The actors hired and the time of release are obviously catering to students.

The summer season is a protection month for domestic films, which means that foreign blockbusters will not be released during these two months. Therefore, many domestic films that are afraid of being robbed of their schedules and box office by foreign blockbusters will choose to release them in the summer season. This has also caused these two There will be a lot of domestic movies released every month.

July 15 is the first weekend of the summer vacation. Primary and secondary schools across the country have also begun their holidays, so there will be more than double the number of movies released on this day than usual.

In addition to Guo Xiaoshan's "Grand Journey", there are several movies released at the same time that are no less popular than "Young You".

One is called "Missing Your World". Looking at the trailer, it is a romance film or a unit drama. It is a movie that combines four love stories. The director is not very famous, but the star cast in it is very strong, and the four Love stories include campus love, workplace love, marriage and old age love, and are very inclusive.

There is also "Escape". This movie stars Cheng Ming, who is the only action star to make a name for himself in American Hollywood. This name alone is enough to give this film a place, although Cheng Ming has recently The quality of movies has been declining over the years, but that doesn't stop everyone from looking forward to his return as king.

There is also a movie called "The Death of Romance". The director of this movie is very famous and has a strong style. She has won numerous awards before. The female lead in this movie is the actress Lan Shu. Her appeal is self-evident. The movie has not been released yet. Everyone Everyone is sure that the quality of this movie is not bad. The only thing that makes people a little worried is that this movie will be too literary.

These films themselves attracted much attention when filming started, and there were many announcements at this time. In comparison, the popularity of Lin Li's "Young You" can only rank fifth among the films released at the same time. about.

But as a film without any publicity, it is rare to maintain such popularity.

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Magic City.

Most Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Guo Xiaoshan's office.

A young and handsome male secretary walked into Guo Xiaoshan's luxurious office with a stack of documents.

"Mr. Guo, our theater preview of "Extinction" has been released."

After the male secretary finished speaking, he placed the documents on the table in front of Lin Li.

Theaters will basically schedule films one week in advance based on market feedback and their own interests.

For example, some movie theaters have also participated in investment, so they will naturally take care of them when arranging films.

Of course, this is just a preview, and there will still be changes when it is actually released, but generally if the popularity of movies does not change significantly during this period, the schedule will not change much.

Guo Xiaoshan reached out and took the document and started reading it.

There are more than 60,000 movie screens in China, half of which are from Huaxia Cinema and Wanda Cinema.

The remaining half belongs to more than a dozen other theater chains, and their respective shares are not large.

Therefore, when almost all movies are released, they will find ways to please the top executives of Huaxia Cinema and Wanda Cinema. Most of them are to make deals, such as giving more rebates to these two cinemas, or bringing more stars with them. Organizing activities in their theaters brings popularity to the theater chain. During the Spring Festival and National Day periods, which are fiercely competitive and have high box office, there are even some big stars who drink and sleep with them in order to have more things to schedule.

This is the level of senior management that only big directors and actors can have access to. Generally, small movie stars have no chance to get to know the senior management of these two theaters.

Guo Xiaoshan got the preview list of his movie, which was a general schedule information. He opened it and looked at it.

"Extinction": 22.2%

"Missing Your World": 21%

"Escape": 18.8%

"Romance Dies": 15.5%

"Young You": 12.6%

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Guo Xiaoshan is not surprised that his movie ranks first. After all, anyone who has a line in his movie is a popular star, and his movie is an adaptation of his own novel, which was also an annual best-seller at the time, so it has a lot of influence. Mass Basis.

In addition, this movie has the slogan of being the first CG movie in China. Although the ratings of my previous movies were not high, they were not bad at the box office and were naturally ranked highest in theaters.

Guo Xiaoshan's eyes finally fell on the title of the movie "Young You" and he smiled: "Lin Li makes movies very fast. I don't know how the movie will go."

Naturally, the assistant said what Guo Xiaoshan liked to hear: "How can a singer like him have the ability to make movies? He will definitely be unsightly. We don't need to take him seriously. Looking at the film schedule, he is not on the same level as us." "

Guo Xiaoshan was in a good mood after hearing this, but when he thought of Li Tong, he fell silent again and said: "Li Tong's card is very powerful. You should not underestimate it. Help me make an appointment with Mr. Chen from Huaxia Cinema and Wanda Cinema." Mr. Liu, let’s see when they have time, and I’ll find some of the leading actors to have a meal with them and talk about arranging the film.”

"Okay, I'll do it right now, but... Mr. Guo, I'm sorry. I see that the two theaters have arranged the most films for us. It seems that it is a bit difficult to improve the film arrangement."

Guo Xiaoshan smiled and said: "It's difficult, but it's not impossible. As long as we can squeeze out Lin Li's movie schedule, it doesn't matter if we give up a little profit. At most, we can give them a few more theater points."

Movie box office sharing is divided 50-50 between movie investors and theaters. However, some movies, in order to get more film schedules, will sign supplementary agreements with theaters to give theaters a few more points of share.

Of course, anyone who is familiar with the film and television industry knows that this method is not very effective in most cases. In the end, you still have to rely on your own films to attract audiences.

Because in the final analysis, theaters still consider their own interests. If the extra percentage you give can earn back the reduced share of other films in their schedule, they will naturally be happy to adjust their schedule.

But if no one watches your movie, there will be no box office, and you can’t make money no matter how high the share you give, the theater will still give the movie to the best-selling movies.

If the theater wants to increase the number of films for Guo Xiaoshan's "Extinction", it will definitely have to reduce the number of films. Guo Xiaoshan's purpose is naturally to reduce the number of films for Lin Li's films and increase the number of films for his.

Guo Xiaoshan felt that if Lin Li's film schedule was lowered from the beginning, it would be entirely possible for Lin Li's film to fail to generate any excitement and then be withdrawn.

By then, you can watch Lin Li's jokes.

After the assistant left, Guo Xiaoshan picked up his cell phone and started calling several of the leading actors in his movie. They were all celebrities with many connections, and many of them had close connections with the senior executives of the theaters. They could definitely help in this regard. Shangguo Xiaoshan.

Compared with summer movies, the hottest topic on the Internet these two days is naturally the college entrance examination results.

Wu Ruobing came to Lin Li's house in the morning. Song Wenjie also knew that the results would be released today. When she saw Wu Ruobing, she immediately asked: "Hey, Xiaobing, the college entrance examination results are out, right? How did you do?"

Wu Ruobing chuckled and said, "Auntie, I ranked fourth in the school this time, with a score of 602."

Jiangnan Province, where Su City is located, has a total score of 650. A score of 600 is already a high score.

Song Wenjie was also surprised, because Wu Ruobing's previous score in the unified examination was only around 578, and she ranked among more than ten in the school. She did not expect that she actually broke 600 points in the most important college entrance examination!

"Yeah, that's great! You're so impressive. Your parents will be so happy."

Song Wenjie was so excited that she was even happier than when she heard that Lin Li had scored 589 points.

Wu Ruobing smiled and said: "My parents said that you should stop cooking at noon and evening today and go to my house to eat. Lin Li helped me a lot. I would like to thank him this time..."

Lin Li walked out at this time: "Hey, are you here to thank me?"

Wu Ruobing was in a good mood and did not argue with Lin Li, saying, "Yes."

Lin Li smiled and said, "Well, I still have some conscience."

Wu Ruobing glanced at Lin Li and said, "I'll go to school later to fill in my application form."

Lin Li said: "I know, tell me what to do, you don't want me to accompany you, right? You don't know how popular your brother and I are now..."

Song Wenjie thought to herself that this idiot son didn't understand a girl's thoughts at all, and spat: "Ruobing wants to ask you where to fill out the application form! Do you have any suggestions?"

Lin Li was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He thought for a while and said, "Your score is a bit embarrassing. Shangyan Daxuan..."

The score line of Yanda in Sioux City is around 610 points every year. Last year, because the overall difficulty was higher, the score was lower. But this year's test questions don't seem to be that difficult. A score of 602 may not be able to get into Yanda.

Wu Ruobing was a little disappointed, but also dissatisfied and said, "I got a higher score than you!"

"I didn't take the history test. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to get the city's top score easily. Last year, the city's top scorer only scored 30 points more than me. I got 60 points in history. I would have no problem getting 30 points in the exam." Lin Li looked very cool. look.

Wu Ruobing was speechless, because Lin Li was telling the truth.

Song Wenjie said: "Xiao Bing did very well in the exam. I think Yanda is just like that. If you make progress on your own, it will be the same wherever you go. By the way, Xiao Bing, which school are you going to apply for?"

Wu Ruobing said: "My parents want me to apply to SU."

"Su University is fine. It's close to home and it's also a key university. And your score is enough." Lin Lida said.

Wu Ruobing rolled her eyes at Lin Li: "I have never been out of Sioux City except for traveling since I was a child. I want to go out and see..."

Song Wenjie looked at her son, then at Wu Ruobing, and said with a smile: "Well, Xiaobing, just apply to a university in Kyoto. We are all here anyway. If your mother comes with you, I will also be with you."

Wu Ruobing looked at Song Wenjie and said with a smile: "I think so too... I just don't know which school to apply for."

Song Wenjie said: "Didn't several universities come to talk to you last time? Are there schools in Kyoto?"

For people like Wu Ruobing who have gained some fame, when they take the college entrance examination, some people from the admissions offices of second- and third-rate schools will indeed come to rob him, just like Lin Li was robbed by various universities last year.

"Most of them are from Su City, but there are also some from Kyoto." Wu Ruobing said.

"Which one?"

"Kyoto Conservatory of Music, because I have the experience of participating in "The Voice", I don't need to take their art exam. I can go as long as I get 500 points in culture." Wu Ruobing said.

"Isn't that great? You go back and discuss it with your parents and enroll in their school. You can continue singing." Song Wenjie said.

Wu Ruobing was noncommittal after hearing this, and couldn't help but look at Lin Li.

Lin Li now realized that Wu Ruobing was asking for his opinion, so he asked, "Do you want to continue singing in the future, or become a singer?"

Wu Ruobing nodded and said, "Of course."

Wu Ruobing thought to herself, if she didn't become a singer, wouldn't the gap between herself and Lin Li become wider and wider?

"If you want to continue singing in the future, just sign up for this." Lin Lida said, "If you want to be a singer, you still have to learn professional knowledge."

Although Wu Ruobing sings well, it all relies on talent. She has not received systematic training. Judging from Lin Li's current major, Wu Ruobing still has a lot of room for improvement. She might as well go to a music school to study.

Wu Ruobing nodded, then waved to Song Wenjie and Lin Li and said, "Okay, auntie, remember to go to my house for dinner at noon. I'm going to school first."

After Wu Ruobing finished speaking, she left. Song Wenjie stood on tiptoe in the kitchen and looked out the window through the glass. After looking for a while, Song Wenjie said: "Xiaobing didn't go back. I guess she didn't discuss it with her parents..."

Song Wenjie thought for a while, picked up her phone, and wanted to send a message to Zhang Li. However, Lin Li stepped forward and held Song Wenjie's hand.

Lin Li said: "Mom, she is so old, let her make her own decisions."

Song Wenjie was stunned for a moment, then put away her phone: "Well... Xiaobing's parents should respect her decision. Besides, it's good to go to Kyoto, so we can see each other more often."

Lin Li didn't respond, just smiled.

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