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Chapter 597 Are you crazy?Why such a high rate of filming? (Chapter 1, please subscribe)

In fact, at the road show scene, it is difficult for directors to judge whether a movie is good or bad.

After all, these movie fans who came to participate in the road show are basically fans of directors or actors, and they have a certain degree of prejudice when evaluating themselves.As for some media or film critics, even if they think the movie is mediocre, they will not speak out in person.

really.

When the movie ended, with thunderous applause, many discussions sounded:

"nice!"

"It's really touching."

"The scene is too grand."

"I'm crying."

"..."

There was a lot of praise.

Yuan Mobei, who participated in the road show for the first time, said excitedly: "Everyone's evaluation seems to be very good."

Song Wenzhou also nodded again and again: "Yes, and it seems that several people cried watching it. Director Lin, our movie is a success!"

Several others cheered.

Liu Ji seemed to have expected this scene a long time ago, shook his head and said, "Don't be too happy. Road shows are like this. Directors and actors are easily blinded by the praise of these fans, and they are full of confidence in their films. However, when the official When it was released, it was a mess. To know the quality of the film, you have to read the evaluations of film critics and fans on the Internet. Of course, to truly know the potential of the film, you can only wait until the day it is officially released. The main function of the road show is to try to Improve the word-of-mouth of the movie and the proportion of film scheduling.”

Lin Xuan nodded in agreement: "Director Liu is right, but I believe "Changjin Lake" must be excellent."

Qin Wen said with a smile: "Of course, even if the box office of the film co-directed by the four of us is not high, the reputation will definitely not be bad."

Zhang Xukun also agreed.

Limited to the subject matter, the word-of-mouth of war movies has never been very high, at most it is about eight points.But it's not bad either, the worst ones are basically above the passing line.

And the movie co-directed by the four of them will definitely exceed the passing mark.

really.

Less than an hour after the first road show of "Changjin Lake", the rating of the movie on Douban came out: 8.5 points!
On Douban, movies with a score of more than 8 can basically be classified as classics.

With an evaluation of 8.5 points, it is definitely the first among war movies!
Of course, people who rate the film now are generally on the high side. When the movie is released and the number of viewers increases significantly, the rating will most likely drop to 8 points or below, but movies with a score of around 8 points can be regarded as remarkable.

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"I'll just say one thing: it's a really good shot!"

"I really didn't expect that war movies could be so magnificent and heroic."

"A vigorous battle, a piece of epic history."

"Worth a watch! I'll watch it again when it's released."

"Brother Xuan lives up to his reputation, it's too shocking."

Movie reviews by ordinary people are very simple.

As for professional film critics, they are more distracted: "It can be said that the three-hour movie was watched with tension throughout the whole process. It was not until the moment the movie ended that I realized that I was not actually watching a movie, but I am watching a real historical documentary, because every scene and every battle in the movie happened 70 years ago. Even the war at that time was more tragic and tragic than that shown in the movie. Thank you Lin Xuan and Liu Director...Thanks to all the directors and actors for allowing me to see such a good movie..."

Three professional film critics, two of them gave it four stars, and one gave it five stars.

For these film critics, it is not easy for a movie to score five stars, and even four stars are extremely rare.

soon.

Lin Xuan and others knew the score of "Changjin Lake".

Lin Xuan smiled and nodded secretly.

Although the box office of "Changjin Lake" in the previous life was as high as 57.8 billion, its score on Douban was only 7.4 points, which was much lower than 8.5 points.

Why?

Because although the scenes of "Changjin Lake" in the previous life were vast and heroic, there were also many places that were criticized.For example: the explosion and charge scene is too fake, the group performance of soldiers is unprofessional, the lines are blunt, the characters are lacking... and many other problems.So this time, under the premise of restoring the original film as much as possible, Lin Xuan focused on discussing these issues with Liu Ji and the others.I have to say that Liu Ji, Qin Wen, and Zhang Xukun are indeed the top directors in China. They have basically solved all these problems. Although they are not perfect, they are much better than the original film.

Because of this, the evaluation of "Changjin Lake" this time is so much higher than in the previous life. Even if the rating will drop later, it will definitely not drop to 7.4 points.

Liu Jichang let out a long sigh of relief: "8.5 points, this score is regarded as the first among war movies."

Qin Wen laughed loudly: "Steady, steady. With such a score, word of mouth will definitely explode."

Song Yichen frowned: "Only 8.5 points? This score is much lower than "The God of Medicine". The score of "The God of Medicine" is 9.5 points, and even reached 9.7 points at the very beginning."

"puff!"

"puff!"

Several big directors almost sprayed water.

Liu Ji said unhappily: "Xiao Song, "The God of Medicine" is a realistic movie, and its significance is extraordinary. And "Changjin Lake" is a war movie, can the two be confused? There is no comparison at all."

Song Yichen was surprised: "Could it be that the meaning of "Changjin Lake" is not profound?"

"..."

Liu Ji almost choked to death.

How dare he say that a patriotic film is not meaningful?
But is this the same thing?
never mind!

Can't explain.

Lin Xuan laughed loudly: "Yichen, don't embarrass Director Liu. You watch many niche movies with ratings above 9.5. These high-rated movies basically portray conflicts of human nature, ideas, and beliefs very well. Delicate and profound. But war movies focus on depicting big scenes, and the details will be much worse, so it will lead to low ratings."

Song Yichen seemed to understand, but did not continue to ask.

online.

When I saw the score of "Changjin Lake", it made waves again.

"Wow, this movie has a pretty high score."

"8.5 points, basically few war films can exceed this score."

"Is it worth seeing?"

"The reviews are pretty good."

"Don't think too much, war movies don't have very low ratings."

"That's right, especially for this kind of documentary war movies, the ratings are generally high."

"The most unbelievable thing about war movies is the rating."

"..."

There are different opinions.

In the discussion on the Internet, the crew of "Changjin Lake" is still continuing the road show journey.

The next day, Hangzhou.

On the third day, Yangcheng.

On the fourth day, Pengcheng.

On the fifth day, the capital.

After the five-day road show, countless netizens were surprised to find that the score of "Changjin Lake" on Douban actually rose from the previous 8.5 points to 8.7 points against the trend.

Rise instead of falling!

Everyone was stunned.

"Oh my god, can the score still go up?"

"Eyes-opening."

"It's incredible, isn't it?"

"In general, isn't the more people who watch a movie, the lower the rating?"

"Yeah, what's going on with this movie?"

What made netizens even more shocked was that out of the dozen or so film critics who participated in the review, only one film critic gave a three-star review, and the rest all scored above four stars.

And even the film critic who gave the three-star rating ended up writing: "This movie is worth watching."

Others even wrote in their film reviews:

"highly recommended!"

"It's such a tear-filled blockbuster, you must watch it."

"As a son and daughter of Huaxia, you must watch this movie."

"..."

recommend!

All are reviews that recommend watching movies.

As a result, an earthquake was finally set off inside and outside the industry.

Because in the past, when film critics published film reviews, they seldom recommended fans to watch a certain movie, even if the movie was good-looking, they would not say such things easily.After all, the job of a film critic is only to evaluate the quality of a movie with his own professional eyes, and he will not actively recommend movies.

But what happened this time?

"Is this movie special?"

"strangeness."

"too weird."

"If dozens of film critics all recommend it, then there must be something special about this film."

"It's not an official request, is it?"

"It should not be an official request, and the official will not be bored enough to do this kind of thing."

"..."

However, no matter what, the recommendations of film critics still aroused a strong sense of curiosity in the hearts of countless movie fans.Because fans have never seen such strange behavior from a film critic.

Could it be that this war movie is very different from the previous war movies?
……

……

When the outside world was talking about it, Lin Xuan had already left the crew of "Changjin Lake" and flew directly to the capital.

That night.

Lin Xuan met Wei Feng, the general manager of Wansheng Cinemas in Beijing.

He came to discuss with the other party about the arrangement of "Changjin Lake". This time, Lin Xuan did not bother Wang Ziang, but went out in person.

"Mr. Wei, hello."

"Mr. Lin, hello."

The two quickly entered the formal negotiation process.

Wei Feng pondered for a moment, and said, "Mr. Lin, let me tell the truth, "Changjin Lake" is an official customized movie, and we have received the documents from above, let us vigorously cooperate with the publicity, and give the most favorable cooperation Conditions. Therefore, our cinema will definitely do our best to schedule this film. But you also know that the National Day is the most popular golden week of the year, so there are also many other blockbuster films released during the seven days of the National Day. As far as we are concerned, we We have received notifications for the release of more than twenty films. Three of these films are big-budget films, five are medium-budget films..."

Lin Xuan nodded.

Although when "Changjin Lake" was filmed, many people in the film industry vowed to avoid Lin Xuan's films, but who wants to miss the National Day Golden Week?

The box office that can be generated during the seven days of National Day is almost equal to the sum of the box office in the next one or two months.No matter how powerful Lin Xuan's movie is, it is impossible to take up all the National Day schedule. What's more, everyone firmly believes that "Changjin Lake" is a war movie, and no matter how high the film schedule is, it will not be much higher.Therefore, several heavyweight movies are still scheduled for the National Day, otherwise the National Day Golden Week will be missed, and there is basically no way for a movie to get a good box office.

Wei Feng continued: "In the past few days, the staff of our theaters have basically been researching and arranging the films day and night. After serious discussions with the team, we can give 25% of the filming for "Changjin Lake."

25% film placement rate!

This film arrangement is definitely the treatment only for heavyweight movies.

Wei Feng said with a smile: "President Lin, you must be very satisfied, right? In fact, generally speaking, the screening rate of war movies will not exceed 10%. It can be 25%. First, it is because of the above policy. Second Second, "Changjin Lake" showed a good reputation and momentum during the road show. Third, we considered Mr. Lin's legendary aura, which is considered a risky factor. Otherwise, even if it is an official custom 15% of the film schedule for "Changjin Lake" during the Golden Week has come to an end."

However, what Wei Feng didn't expect was that.

Lin Xuan shook his head: "Not enough."

Wei Feng was taken aback: "Not enough?"

Lin Xuan said in a deep voice: "That's right, it's not enough."

Wei Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he asked aloud, "Boss Lin, how many films do you need?"

Lin Xuan stretched out a hand: "So many."

"50%?"

Wei Feng almost screamed out.

Lin Xuan smiled and said, "That's right, it's 50%."

"..."

Wei Feng paused, as if he was trying to digest the shock that Lin Xuan's words had brought to him.After a while, he shook his head: "Boss Lin, 50% is too exaggerated."

Lin Xuan smiled slightly: "Mr. Wei, why did I propose a 50% screening rate? This is not just talking about it.

First, "Changjin Lake" is an official custom-made movie. I have been assured by the above that when the movie is released, Chinese public officials will be organized to watch it. This alone will bring [-] to [-] million box office to the theater.

Second, you should have seen the sample film of "Changjin Lake", and you must know that this film is quite different from other war films. Although it is a documentary film in name, it is also a qualified commercial film.

Third, "Changjin Lake" is naturally popular. Coupled with the influence of me and other directors and actors, it is not surprising that 50% of the films are scheduled.

And... I don't need to have more than 50% of the film schedule every day. You only need to increase the film schedule on the first day, and you can flexibly adjust it according to the box office in the future.You should know that the box office of "Changjin Lake" on the first day will definitely not be low.If the screening rate of theaters is low, it will bring you a lot of losses during the National Day Golden Week, please think again. "

Wei Feng fell into deep thought.

He knew that Lin Xuan was telling the truth. Due to the official influence, there might be a large number of public servants booking the show on the first day, so the box office of "Changjin Lake" was bound to be high on the first day.

But 50% film placement rate is still too outrageous.

After a while, he said seriously: "Mr. Lin, wait a moment, I'll go to a meeting."

Even though Wei Feng is the general manager, such a major event is still not something he can decide with a single word.

after an hour.

Wei Feng returned again: "Mr. Lin, I had an emergency meeting to discuss it just now. We did not consider the factor of official booking, so after re-discussion, we tentatively decided to increase the filming rate of "Changjin Lake" to 38% on the first day. About, as for the second day and the subsequent screening rate, we will make a decision after the first day of the movie's box office and reviews come out."

"make a deal!"

A bright smile appeared on Lin Xuan's face.

If he remembers correctly, the screening rate of "Changjin Lake" in his previous life on the first day of National Day was only 41%.However, this screening rate was achieved on the premise that war movies in China were very popular, but now this world war movie is still unpopular, so Wansheng Cinemas can agree that the screening rate of "Changjin Lake" on November 38st will reach [-]%. Under a lot of pressure.

really.

Wei Feng smiled wryly and said: "Boss Lin, this time our theaters have given 38% of the film schedule for "Changjin Lake", but we have endured tremendous pressure, and even gambled my reputation to a certain extent. After all, giving "Changjin Lake" such a high If the final film schedule is not satisfactory, we must reduce the film schedule rate of other films. If the final box office is not satisfactory, we will not only offend other film capital, but also lose our reputation, and the loss is immeasurable.”

"Haha."

Lin Xuan laughed: "Mr. Wei, please rest assured that "Changjin Lake" will definitely surprise you."

Wei Feng said: "I hope so."

……

After negotiating with Wansheng Cinemas to schedule the film, Lin Xuan rushed to other cinemas to continue the negotiation without stopping.

Beijing New Film Federation, Magic Capital United and Cinemas, China Film Star Beauty, Times World...

In the next three days, Lin Xuan ran around the eight major theaters, and he handed over the negotiation of other small theaters to other employees of Second World.

at last.

on February 9.

Five days before the [-]th countdown, Lin Xuan completed the negotiations of all theaters.

On the first day of the National Day, "Changjin Lake" was screened in major theaters:
Wansheng Cinemas: 38.2%.

Beijing New Film Federation: 37.5%.

Shanghai United Cinemas: 36.5%.

China Film Star Beauty: 37.8%.

Basically, the screening rate of every theater chain is above 35%.

……

On the same day, with the coming of November, several popular movies have already launched overwhelming publicity. Even "Changjin Lake" relied on the power of the government to advertise frantically on major TV stations and online media.

The hot discussion about major movies on the Internet is also getting higher and higher.

"My God, the advertisement of "Changjin Lake" is almost free. One, two, three sets of Longtai... almost all of them can see the advertisement of this movie."

"No way, this is an official custom movie."

"It seems that the official has really spent a lot of money."

"However, war films have a natural disadvantage. Even if there are more advertisements, the film schedule may not be too high."

"The promotion of other movies is equally powerful. I heard that the publicity cost of "Men in Black in the Abyss" is as high as tens of millions. TV, Internet, media, and offline are almost all-round bombardment. This movie must be seen."

"I heard from the industry that "The Man in Black of the Abyss" is definitely more than 30% of the film schedule, and it is a blockbuster movie for the National Day."

"There is also "My Mother". This movie seems to be particularly touching, and the investment is also large."

"..."

Countless movie fans are discussing enthusiastically.

Excited.

excited.

Because the National Day Golden Week every year is a period of movie explosion, it is definitely the highest enjoyment for movie fans.

But what attracts the most attention is the film scheduling rate.

Because of the movie's screening rate, to a certain extent, it determines the final box office height and influence of the movie.

""The Man in Black of the Abyss" will definitely not be able to get the number one filming rate."

""My Mother" is estimated to be second."

""Changjin Lake" is third, right? The screening rate should be around 20%."

"Haha, Brother Xuan has turned around. As a war movie, "Changjin Lake" was able to win 20% of the movie schedule during the National Day Golden Week, which is full of movies. It is definitely an existence against the sky!"

"Of course, I don't even look at who Brother Xuan is."

"..."

Everyone has become accustomed to the miracles created by Lin Xuan.

So even though "Changjin Lake" is a war film, fans still feel that the film schedule of this film may be as high as 20%, even if such a high film schedule seems incredible to everyone.

But who made Lin Xuan the director of this movie?

In front of Lin Xuan, everything is possible.

At ten o'clock in the morning of this day, the film schedule rate for the first day of the National Day was finally announced on the Internet.

moment.

Countless movie fans were excited.

"Look quickly, what is the filming rate of "Changjin Lake"."

"The probability will be as high as 20%."

"20% is impossible, isn't it? Too high."

"There is nothing impossible in Lin Xuan's movie."

""The Man in Black of the Abyss" is definitely number one."

"Of course, "The Man in Black of the Abyss" will be number one for sure."

"..."

Everyone turned to the first Weibo Maoyan account to post the news.

Maoyan showed in the latest news: "During the upcoming National Day Golden Week, major theaters have completed the basic schedule of National Day movies, and the following is the schedule rate for the first day of National Day.

First: "Changjin Lake", the screening rate is 37.2%.

Second: "The Man in Black of the Abyss", the screening rate is 23.1%.

Third: "My Mother", the screening rate is 10.1%.

Fourth: "Sky Sky", the screening rate is 8.5%.

fifth:……"

When they saw the news, everyone was stunned, and subconsciously rubbed their eyes, thinking that they had read it wrong.

However, they wiped their eyes vigorously several times, only to find that the data remained unchanged.

what's the situation?
Changjin Lake has a film discharge rate of 37.2%.

(End of this chapter)