Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 1029 Red and Black in "Little Times"

The time soon came to the end of June, and Haotian Special Effects was about to complete all the post-production special effects of "Interstellar".

Chen Hao has already started editing the special effects part of Haotian special effects, and strives to complete all the editing work of "Interstellar" as soon as possible.

However, on June 2013, 6, Chen Hao walked out of the editing room and went to Haotian Film City to participate in the youth love film "Little Times" produced by Xiaohu, co-invested and produced by Xiaohu Studio and Haotian Films.

This movie has received a lot of attention, especially fans of Xiaohu and Guo Xiaosi.

"Little Times" is adapted from Guo Xiaosi's novel of the same name. Regarding Guo Xiaosi's transition to become a director, there are mixed opinions in the industry, but the media is happy to eat melons.

Although the industry and the media are generally not very optimistic about this film, fans of the original novel of "Little Times", as well as fans of Xiaohu and Guo Xiaosi support it.

Coupled with the popularity of film and television dramas based on IP, relying on the support of fans can often achieve good results, so the box office of "Little Times" should not be too bad.

"Director Chen, thank you for coming!" Seeing Chen Hao, Guo Xiaosi ran over and stretched out his hand with a smile.

"Congratulations on the release of the film, I wish it a great box office!" Chen Hao smiled, and then went to shake Guo Xiaosi's hand.

As a result, because the height gap between the two was too great, Chen Hao found that he had to bend down to reach Guo Xiaosi's raised right hand.

"Director Chen, please come inside first!" Guo Xiaosi said after putting down his arms.

Chen Hao nodded, and then saw the little fox looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, Producer Yang!" Chen Hao said with a smile looking at Xiaohu's pretty face.

"Same joy, same joy." Xiaohu laughed, "Mr. Chen came to join us, I really feel like I'm crying!"

"Is there a reward?" Chen Hao asked with a smile.

Xiaohu gave Chen Hao a charming look, "I work so hard as a producer, you don't have to do anything, it should be you who reward me!"

"That's fine." Chen Hao said with a smile, "I will reward you Metersbonwe tonight!"

The little fox said angrily, "Are you rewarding me, or rewarding yourself!"

"Then I'll make Kung Pao Chicken for you!" Chen Hao said with a smile, "Good luck, chicken tonight!"

Xiaohu rolled his eyes at Chen Hao when he heard the words, and then went to greet others.

After a while, the premiere ceremony began, and Xiaohu, as a producer, also came on stage to accept interviews. It can be seen that Xiaohu enjoys the position of producer very much, and he talks eloquently in the interview.

After the interactive interview, Xiaohu stepped down from the stage and approached Chen Hao and asked, "Ritian, what do you think of this movie?"

Although Chen Hao has long been acquainted with "Little Times", but looking at Xiaohu's expectant eyes, he can only choke out a sentence, "Let's talk after reading it!"

Xiaohu nodded when he heard the words, and after the movie started and the whole theater was dark, he stretched out a jade hand and walked towards Chen Hao.

Chen Hao immediately pressed the hand, turned to the little fox and said, "Don't mess around, you can't hold it."

But Xiaohu said with a little milk voice, "As long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle!"

Seeing that he couldn't scare the little fox, Chen Hao could only raise his legs.

Soon, the film officially begins.

As the first part of the series, "Little Times" tells the story of four girls, Lin Xiao, Nanxiang, Gu Li, and Tang Wanru, living and studying in this beautiful and fashionable city in the magic capital during the period of rapid economic development. Work and grow.

The four girls have deep feelings since childhood, but each has different values ​​and outlook on life. They get along day and night in the same dormitory, relaxed and happy, but in the latter part of their college career, their peaceful life begins to face endless challenges.

The hustle and bustle of job hunting and the ensuing huge pressure of survival, and the seemingly peaceful campus life happened one after another, which caught them off guard, and they didn't know how to face it, and needed to make choices.

At the same time, a group of boys including Gu Yuan, Gong Ming, Jian Xi, Chong Guang and these four girls are inextricably linked.

Chen Hao couldn't help shaking his head after watching less than a third of it. In his previous life, the evaluation of "Little Times" on the Internet, Chen Hao thought it might be a bit exaggerated.

Many people have a herd mentality, thinking that a few words are politically correct, and they seem to be not stupid, and in the end they are black for the sake of black, but in fact, they may not have seen it at all.

But after watching it for a while, Chen Hao felt that there is no wind without waves, especially now that as a director, Chen Hao is frowning.

The film "Tiny Times" is obviously going to take the "dark" route, and this "dark" route is too rough and single in the way of presentation. In the film, the dark is the tearing between the protagonists.

This kind of expression technique is simply a bit naive, without a little depth, especially the acting skills of the actors may not be able to act.

The narrative of the story is trivial and lacks logic, the plot jumps seriously, and the director lacks control over the camera and narrative rhythm, and only uses his own imagination to "artificially" touch and "mass-produce" feelings.

There are a lot of slow motion and close-ups in the film, which will give people a sense of jumping while watching advertisements.

Perhaps the only usefulness of this shooting method is that it can be used as a screen saver for fans.

It is true that directors who are not professional have countless mistakes, but at least people like Xu Shanzheng and Zhao Yanzi have filmed movies before, and they still have a certain understanding of movie shooting.

But Guo Xiaosi is a pure writer who changed his career, and he has no experience in filming before.

Moreover, Chen Hao was sure that Guo Xiaosi would definitely ignore the assistant director's suggestions and follow his own ideas, how he wanted to shoot, how to shoot.

"What's the matter? Was the shot not good?" Xiaohu asked after noticing Chen Hao's expression.

"What do you think?" Chen Hao asked back.

Xiaohu also felt a little guilty when he heard the words, but he still insisted, "It was taken, very, very beautiful."

"Hehe!" Chen Hao shook his head helplessly, "Hiss..."

Chen Hao, who was in pain, saw Xiaohu's warning eyes, so he could only shut up.

After the premiere ceremony, Chen Hao took Xiaohu back to Daping.

As soon as he entered the room, the little fox entangled Chen Hao like an octopus, held Chen Hao's handsome face in both hands and asked, "Is it really that bad?"

"Are you asking about the movie itself, or the box office?" Chen Hao thought about it.

Xiaohu's eyes immediately lit up when he heard the words, "You mean the box office is still saved?"

After Chen Hao heard this, he pecked Xiaohu's red lips. It seemed that Xiaohu knew something in his own mind, "The film was poorly made, but the box office might be good!"

"Really?" Xiaohu confirmed again.

"Well, "Little Times" is an IP adaptation, there are fans of the original book, plus fans from you and Guo Xiaosi, and the theaters gave 49% of the film schedule, far exceeding the 19% of "Superman: Man of Steel" and 23% of "The Best Detective".

There are no other films that are too competitive, so the box office of "Tiny Times" should not be low. "

"Then I don't worry, I invested 1000 million in it!" Xiaohu said with a sigh of relief, "Besides, this is the first film my studio invested in. If the box office is too bad, it would be too shameful!"

"The box office is not bad, but word of mouth must be bad." Chen Hao laughed.

"It doesn't matter, it's good if you don't lose money, after all, it's the first time you're making a movie." Xiaohu said, and then looked at Chen Hao suspiciously, "Did you know that this would happen a long time ago, so you didn't let me act in it?"

"Guess, after all, being a director is not so easy, not to mention that Guo Xiaosi could be said to be a real layman before." Chen Hao nodded.

"Okay!" Xiaohu said helplessly.

It can be seen that Xiaohu is still very disappointed. After all, it is the first time to be a producer and an investor. Frustrated.

"Okay, let's start cooking!" Chen Hao didn't give Xiaohu a chance to be disappointed, kissed the beauty's red lips directly, and walked towards the bedroom.

"No, go to the mirror!"

……

Xiaohu, who had been disappointed by Chen Hao's words, soon burst into laughter from ear to ear.

Because the box office of "Little Times" is indeed inversely proportional to word of mouth as Chen Hao said, and this ratio is a bit surprising!

"The premiere of "Little Times" breaks the first-day box office record for 2D films in Mainland China!" --- 1905 Film Network

""Tiny Times" overwhelmed the Hollywood blockbuster "Superman: Man of Steel" and became the top box office champion of the week!" --- Reported by Sohu Entertainment
""Little Times" broke 2.6 million RMB at the box office in its first week, breaking multiple box office records!"-- Netease Entertainment
……

Before it was officially released nationwide on the 27th, "Little Times" had already shown amazing box office competitiveness.

In the carnival and midnight shows on the 26th, the film was screened about 1900 times, with 22 viewers and a box office of 740 million.

"Little Times" earned 740 million yuan at the box office, easily beating "Painted Skin 2"'s 419 million domestic film premiere record, and also set a new record for the highest premiere of a 2D movie in the mainland.

The skirmish before the official debut of "Tiny Times" can be described as a complete victory!
After the big victory at the midnight show, on the 27th, "Little Times" was officially released nationwide on its first day, with a total of about 3.5 screenings and over 210 million moviegoers.

Including the previous midnight show, the film earned an impressive record of 7300 million in a single day. This figure broke the first-day record for domestic 2D movies again without any suspense.

Prior to this, "To Youth" with the same theme had achieved a box office record of 4500 million on the first day, while "Painted Skin 2", which held the record, had previously achieved 7000 million on the first day.

随后的3天，《小时代》又分别获得了6268万、6966万和5544万人民币的票房，连续4天日冠，首周票房更是达到了惊人的2.6亿人民币！

Given that the final box office of "To Youth" and "Painted Skin 2" were 6.06 million and 7.2 million respectively, the media all believed that the total box office of "Little Times" exceeded 6 million, which may not be a problem anymore.

And "Little Times" is a series of two films 1 and 2, the shooting cost is 4500 million, plus the 2000 million publicity, the total cost of the two films is only 6500 million, and the average cost of one film is less than 3300 million. cost.

But the first week's box office was 2.6 million yuan, which is already 3300 times that of 7.8 million. There is no doubt that "Little Times" must have made money.

And with "Little Times" breaking out such an astonishing box office in the first week, the major theaters have once again increased the schedule of "Little Times", and at the same time there will be no blockbuster releases next week, "Little Times" will obviously have another week to reap.

Of course, there is also bad news, that is, the ratings of "Tiny Times" by the media and movie fans are very low.

Not to mention the professional film critics, just the audience. At the end of the premiere day of "Little Times", a total of 17623 people participated in the ratings on Douban.com, with an average score of 4.9 points!
Even after the first week, the number of people who rated it reached 66774, and the rating was 5 points!6 points from the passing line is not a small gap.

In addition, the media and film critics are full of criticism, especially on the Internet, with overwhelmingly negative reviews.

The fact is that while the box office of "Little Times" is blowing out, word-of-mouth is getting bad!
After the second week, the score of "Little Times" dropped again, falling to 4.9 points!
However, "Little Times" still won the box office of 1.52 million yuan, not only won the weekly box office champion, but also the cumulative box office has exceeded 4 million yuan!

It even ranked No. 2013 in the Mainland's 6 annual box office rankings!
The real thing is whether it is popular or not!
However, the reputation of "Tiny Times" has also affected fans' viewing choices. In the past, domestic films generally had a higher box office in the second week than the first week, because the second week has a full 7 days.

But "Tiny Times" was just the opposite. The box office fell by 42.3% in the second week, which is a big drop.

Moreover, the Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster "Return to Earth" starring Shi Huang and his son will be released next week, and the box office of "Tiny Times" will definitely be squeezed.

Previously, the media was optimistic that "Little Times" would break 6 million at the box office, but now it seems impossible!

More importantly, the poor reputation of "Little Times" is likely to affect the box office of "Little Times 2013", which will be released on August 8, 15, more than a month later!

Originally, it was going to be under the pressure of Chen Hao's new film "Interstellar", but now that the first film in the series has such a bad reputation, "Tiny Times 2" is probably a bit of a boon.

In this regard, Xiaohu is also a little entangled. He originally thought that the producer's debut film would be a double hit at the box office, but in the end he was scolded miserably, but he made money again. This is really complicated.

However, the next two parts of "Little Times" will definitely be filmed.

……

And just as "Little Times" achieved an astonishing box office and gained a miserable reputation, on June 2013, 6, "Obstetrician" starring Zhang Jiani and Dong Xuan was jointly premiered on Imperial TV and Lu Provincial Satellite TV.

"Obstetrician" is the first time that Haotian Films has involved in a medical workplace drama. "Reality" and "professionalism" are the biggest selling points of this drama. The crew, from the screenwriter to the actors, have done their homework.

"Obstetrician" aims to create a new benchmark for domestic medical dramas. The main creators filmed with a heart of reverence for medical workers. work and life.

During the filming, the crew repeatedly emphasized the "professionalism" of the series.

Not only has every chapter of the script been "checked" by a professional doctor, in order to achieve the truth of the details, the crew also specially hired several professional doctors and nurses to guide the crew throughout the filming scene.

From the medical terms in the lines to every movement of the actors on the operating table, professionalism and professionalism must be guaranteed.

(End of this chapter)