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Chapter 381 "Martial Arts" Storm

The next day, Cheng Yu'an asked the crew driver to take the young lady to the airport.

He returned to the crew by himself to continue filming.

In the market, seeing the box office of "Those Years" rising steadily, "Martial Arts" was overwhelmed, let alone 5 million, 2 million is blessed by the Buddha.

Then "Martial Arts" began to act like a monster: "We were stolen from the box office!"

If it's not about Xingmei's publicity and distribution of real food, it's time to do it.

The first thing that was suspected was "The Founding of the Party", saying that he had a political mission and a motive to steal the box office.

Because the current box office performance of "The Founding of the Party" is not satisfactory, it can be worth more than 3 million in one month of release.

However, the relevant person in charge of China Film Group responded: "Generally, small films steal the box office of big films, because small films will give theaters a higher share, and theaters will get higher profits if small films steal the box office of big films. This kind of thing."

If a small film steals the box office of a blockbuster, who else could it be? If not, "Those Years" is left.

Talk to him remotely?
How to publicize or how to publicize.

The crew of "Martial Arts" began to be eccentric on Weibo, including director Chen Kexin:

"No matter how powerful the 'martial arts' is, they can't steal the box office."

Yuan Yuan's mind is not on "Martial Arts" at all now, and "Transformers 3" will be released in a few days, and "Those Years" should try to do more publicity and leverage the box office in the last few days.

But at this time, silence is equivalent to a disguised admission in the eyes of the outside world.

"Those Years" was released in 16 days, and the box office officially exceeded 3 million. "Transformers 3" has already begun to be screened on a small scale, and the promotion can also be temporarily suspended.

Remote Media held a grand celebration party for "Those Years" in Beijing.

Liu Yifei dressed up to attend, this is her own monoclonal antibody box office victory.

Proved his box office appeal in the domestic market, new director + new actor, good results of 3 million box office.

There must be Liu Yifei's credit for this, and her film salary has been converted into an investment share, so she has earned such a high box office.

"Director Cheng came to visit the class once." Huang Bo shared interesting stories about the filming on the stage. Although it was a guest appearance, the 3 million box office was his best achievement since he started filming. The leading actors were all newcomers except Liu Yifei, so he was honest. Say a few more words politely, "Originally we were going to shoot the ending scene of Ke Jingteng kissing Shen Jiayi that day, but when Director Cheng came, the director changed the shooting plan on the spot."

Liu Yifei defended her boyfriend: "He is not so stingy."

"Then how does Yang Yang feel about rehearsing this scene?"

"I'm at a loss." Yang Yang replied honestly, "I was in a daze that day."

At the celebration banquet, Chen Zhixi also responded to the doubts about "Those Years" stealing the box office these days:
"Now that the media, especially Weibo, is so developed and news channels are so rich, it is very risky and stupid to do this kind of thing, not to mention that our previous movies have also suffered box office stealing. How can we do this kind of thing?"

"I heard that in some crews, a hat for the protagonist costs 6000 US dollars, and it also needs to be equipped with a safe to lock. What is the difference between straw sandals and ordinary ones, and what is the difference when it is shown in the camera?"

"How much can I get by stealing the box office? 300 million or 500 million? If you care about the 500 million, you can save 3000 to [-] million if you keep your hands clean when shooting."

"I also advise some of our investors to keep their eyes open. Don't just stare at the stars, thinking that the crew will be able to invest money if they are all big names. When the filming comes out, you'll be swearing at your loss, and the director bought a new villa instead."

No name was named, but netizens all know that Chen Zhixi is talking about "Martial Arts", back then "Martial Arts" happily used that out-of-print straw hat as a marketing.

This time it was hammered to death.

The crew of "Martial Arts" collectively lost their voices and kept silent about the box office.

No one is entangled with whether "Those Years" stole the box office anymore.

After Liu Yifei finished the promotion of "Those Years", he had a two-day break, and then he had to catch up with the promotion of "Star You". "You Who Came From The Stars" premiered on Lychee Channel in September.

Then, "Transformers 3" came.

The zero-point score was 1200 million, breaking the record of "Avatar". The first day's 9400 million was the highest single-day record in the domestic film market. After that, on Saturday, the 23rd, it broke its own single-day highest record, with 1.04 million that day.

Accounted for more than 75% of the screen, including "Those Years", all other film schedules during the same period were cut in half.

The market was all eaten up by the big machine bully.

In the first week, it broke 4 million in 4 days and 9 million in 5 days.

But there are also bad voices. Some people say that "Transformers 3" and "Yang Shanzhou" are bundled to sell tickets - 80 yuan for the combination of the two movies, of which "Yang Shanzhou" costs 60 yuan, and "Transformers 3" costs 20 yuan.

It is said to be a secret order from above.

When Cheng Yu'an knew about this bundling method, he was too angry to say anything. What's the use of this kind of false book prosperity? It's too belittling of domestic films.

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Cheng Yu'an finished filming in Macau and went to South Korea. On this day, news came from Venice.

The shortlist for the 68th Venice International Film Festival has been announced.

If last year was a year of decline for Chinese-language films in Venice—no one was shortlisted, then this year can be said to be a year when Chinese-language films flourished in Venice.

In the main competition unit alone, four Chinese-language films were shortlisted: Cai Shangjun's "Human Mountain", Johnnie To's "Death Gold", Xu Anhua's "Peach Sister", and Wei Desheng's "Sedek Bale".

"The Hunt" by Cheng Yu'an is a foreign language film.

"The shortlist of the 68th Venice Film Festival has been announced, and the Chinese filmmakers are so generous!"

Of course, the report included Cheng Yu'an, and also introduced "The Hunt", but deliberately did not mention that "The Hunt" is a foreign language film.

At the media meeting that day, Cheng Yu'an was asked about this year's trip to Venice. Cheng Yu'an said: "First of all, "The Hunt" is a foreign language film." It's not that I want to distance myself from the relationship, but I just don't want the audience to misunderstand.

"I'm still very surprised to be shortlisted." Shit, if you read the reports from last year, you will know that if the film that Mark Muller personally invited, if he is not shortlisted, he will be killed.

"Does Director Cheng have any expectations for the other Chinese-language films that were shortlisted together?"

"I haven't watched the movie yet, and I plan to go to the film festival to watch it. But since it can be shortlisted, I believe in the vision of the Venice judges."

"'Alliance of Thieves' is trying to finish filming before the opening of the film festival, and the time is still relatively tight." Cheng Yu'an admitted the difficulty of filming.

Of course, Xijie, Lotte and other partners welcome the arrival of the "Thieves Alliance" crew, but after all, in a foreign country, even with the protection of local snakes, there are still many inconveniences.

In China, the promotion of "Star You" seems a bit weak because Cheng Yu'an is missing.

The audience is just waiting for the combination of Cheng and Liu.

Liu Yifei had no choice but to take the trouble to explain to the audience: "Director Cheng is still filming in South Korea and has no way to return to China."

There is no way to come, but Cheng Yu'an also has a way to participate. Every time "Star You" is promoted, Cheng Yu'an will record a short video for the local audience to say hello and apologize for not being able to come.

(End of this chapter)