China entertainment that year eighteen

Chapter 132 Finalization VS The Pursuit of Neon Films

"A blue sky above your head, a belief in your heart~
……

Some careless words solved my doubts;

An inexplicable impulse told me to continue to pursue~”

In the hotel, Lu Heng, director Hu Kai, and producers Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Yong listened to the theme song recorded by Sun Nan.

"It's still the same taste, once you hear it, you will go back to the past." Lu Heng was full of emotion in his heart.

After his father passed away in the summer of the millennium, he started to drift in the capital in the autumn. At that time, the landlord they rented had a TV, and they went to watch the TV when they had nothing to do, and even finished watching it.

At that time, people listened to songs while watching dramas, but many years later... only listening to songs is left to miss the classics.

The TV dramas at this time still played the beginning and end of the film, unlike later, even the TV stations did not broadcast it, let alone the video website, which directly had the setting of cutting the beginning and ending, "very considerate".

Not only that, many viewers like to use double speed when chasing dramas on video sites.

It is said that people who follow dramas have become impetuous, so why not because people who make dramas are impetuous first?

People think that many dramas back then were classics. In fact, apart from the memory filter, they were more contrasted, just like that sentence: Is there anything uglier than this?Well, there are!

Lu Heng looked at Zheng Xiaolong and Chen Yong who were sitting next to him, and then glanced at Huo Siyan who was sitting in the corner, and suddenly felt that it was also quite strange.

The producer of "The Happy Life of Poor Zhang Damin", which has already been filmed, is Zheng Xiaolong, and on the other side is Chen Yong, the boss of Oriental Pearl Film and Television. He produced a TV series called "The Young Emperor" a few years later.Hmm... These are Huo Siyan's two most famous early masterpieces.

Because of Lu Heng's cut off, Huo Siyan's Zhang Daxue is gone, and her Wu Yunzhu will also be gone in the future.

Lu Heng has his own standards, it doesn't matter if he has a crew ticket or a love affair, but if it's a long-term meal ticket, then he can no longer go to filming, if he doesn't accept it... then I'll bye.

After confirming Sun Nan's "No Shame", Zheng Xiaolong and the others left, leaving only Lu Heng and Zhou Jie in the room.

"In the past, I didn't know how that guy Sun Nan got his start. Until this time, he learned that I was acting in this TV series, and you were in it, so he asked me to help find Mr. Zheng and said that he wanted to sing the theme song." Zhou Jie complained. road.

"So, you mean he's smarter, right?" Li Binbin laughed.

Zhou Jie laughed and said, "We all call him Sun Dacong. He was originally a clever Cong. Later I said that you Northeast people are used to eating green onions dipped in sauce, so you might as well call him Dacong."

Lu Heng laughed and said, "Are you ashamed to say that he is smart?"

"What? Where am I being dishonest?" Zhou Jie seemed confident in himself.

Lu Heng said with a smile: "Isn't the previous episode of Returning the Pearl a hit? They all said that Erkang was shrewd."

Zhou Jie was startled: "Where did you say that?"

"Do you still have an impression of the scene where Xiao Jian appeared? You introduce your good partner to Xiao Jian." Lu Heng said while gesturing:

"Fifth elder brother Yongqi."

"Huanzhugege little swallow."

"Pearl Gege Ziwei."

"This is our little sister, Golden Lock."

Lu Heng imitated his appearance, then held back a smile and cupped his fists and said:

"My lower Vulkan is the eldest son of the Grand Scholar Furren, and is now the Holy Majesty's imperial guard!"

Li Binbin was the first to react, and immediately laughed, and said while laughing:
"Everyone has a few words, but when it comes to yourself, it becomes a bunch of titles."

Shi Xiaolong also laughed and said, "Brother Zhou is really dishonest."

"Go aside!" Zhou Jie waved his hand, then turned to Lu Heng and the others, humming: "That's what Erkang said, it's none of my business, Zhou Jie."

Lu Heng and the others laughed, and Huo Siyan next to him also laughed.

During the filming process, Lu Heng returned to the capital twice, both to participate in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, and also found time to appear on two promotional programs.

Arriving in a hurry, leaving in a hurry, Lu Heng is also wandering between the ice and fire. After all, there has been a snowfall in the capital now, and in Guangdong Province, Lu Heng sometimes wears costumes that are not too thick. Get sweaty.

Another thing is that Li Shaohong made a special call:

"Lu Heng, the airing time of our "Daming Palace Ci" has been set. At the end of March next year, I will tell you in advance. Remember to set aside some time for publicity at that time?"

"No problem, Director Li." Lu Heng agreed.

Then the phone was handed over to Li Shaohong's husband, Zeng Nianping:
""April in the World" will be broadcast earlier, and it will be broadcast on Baodao first, probably in January. They asked me to ask you, after New Year's Day, can you spare two days to do a publicity campaign? .”

"It's really hard to say, because I'm going to Neon at the end of this month, and the movie will be released there, but I'll try my best to go there, otherwise it won't make sense."

"Okay, you decide for yourself, now you have become a sweet potato, everyone wants to have a bite." Zeng Nianping laughed.

"You flattered me." Lu Heng said modestly with a smile.

It's all publicity, and Lu Heng can't be too biased. Although the film has his own investment, as an actor, he has the obligation to participate in the publicity.

Isao Matsuoka's secretary also called to ask about the specific time when Lu Heng would go to Neon. Lu Heng said that the 30th would be the day of the screening.

The editor-in-chief of "Xunbao" is similar, and Lu Heng learned from his words that the sales of "Peng Jianming's Fiction Collection" are not very satisfactory after it was released on December [-]th.

Zhicao Xinhe is not complaining, he understands that books are different from movies, and it takes longer to ferment word-of-mouth. The main purpose of calling is to hope that Lu Heng will go to publicize, and it is best to bring Peng Jianming with him, and Lu Heng naturally agrees.

Dongbao Company invited some film critics to watch it. After watching it, they all praised that it was similar to "Kikujiro's Summer".

Many people even think that, compared to Takeshi Kitano's deliberately funny and sensational films, "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" is very natural, like an unprocessed documentary, real.

Naturally, the touch is also stronger.

After joining Lu Heng's "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog", I have become more and more different from my previous life, and now I am even more different from Liu Ye in my previous life.

On the original album alone, the combined sales of the two albums exceeded 90, which is equivalent to 90 person-times. Even if only one-tenth of the people bought tickets in the end, based on the ticket price of [-] yen, it would be nearly [-] million .

The consumption in Neon Country is much higher than that of China now. Their movie tickets started in 93, and after they were priced at 26, they didn't rise much for [-] years. It was only just raised to [-] until Lu Heng came back.

This is also related to their national conditions and economy. After all, at that time, the neon country was already very developed.

Therefore, Lu Heng is still very calm about the box office.

Then Lu Heng returned to Guangdong Province to continue filming.

At the end of the month, I was filming the seventh unit "Dragon Tribulation", which was also the last scene.

After filming the noisy scene between Lu Heng and Liu Yijun who played Pang Feiyan, Li Binbin played Ling Chuchu said: "You two are really happy friends, you are a perfect couple!"

"I'm with her?"

At that time, Lu Heng almost rolled his eyes to the sky: "I can't be bothered anymore!"

"Hey, Brother Gongsun, the future is long, and there will be more opportunities for revenge in the future." Li Binbin blinked.

"Crack-!"

After checking, Hu Kai announced: "Okay, it's over!"

With this sound, it was officially announced that the roles of Zhou Jie and Li Binbin had ended, and the two of them would also leave the film crew.

Because it wasn't a formal finale, and there was Lu Heng's independent role in the sixth unit of "Magic Phantom", so the crew held a small farewell party.

This time, except for Lu Heng, the other two producers did not come, but the production director Yin Chunshu came.

At noon, they found a hotel for dinner. During the dinner, Yin Chunshu toasted and laughed:
"Zhou Jie and Li Binbin are only leaving temporarily. I hope we will have more cooperation in the future."

Zhou Jie and Li Binbin looked at each other, smiled and toasted.

Before leaving, Zhou Jie called Lu Heng aside: "We will meet again in the capital at that time."

Li Binbin also said with a smile: "When will you go to Donghai, please have dinner."

"You can forget everything, but your meal will never be forgotten."

Lu Heng's words aroused the contempt of the two, and then they laughed again.

Sometimes Lu Heng feels that filming is similar to going to school in some places. From one crew to another, it is almost the same as going from primary school to junior high school, or junior high school, etc. It is difficult to part and miss when we part. If you meet familiar classmates, you will feel delighted, otherwise it will take a period of adaptation.

People grow up slowly in gathering and parting, learn to fit together, and adapt to parting.

After they left, Lu Heng was going to Nihong, so the production crew took a holiday temporarily, after all, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Day.As for after New Year's Day, Lu Heng said that he would come back around the [-]th. Zheng Xiaolong and the others just sold Lu Heng's face, and Han Ping's identity was there, so they had no objection.

Lu Heng returned to the capital first, and after getting used to the warmth and humidity with Li Xiaoran and Cheng Hao, Lu Heng and the others headed to Neon.

Of course, it wasn't just their crew that went together, but also a large number of Han Ping's subordinates.

"The first task of going to Neon is of course to release publicity, so there is no need to say more. On the other hand, we will lead a team to investigate and let our distribution team learn from their experience. In the future, when we go to Neon Country and release in other countries , can get twice the result with half the effort.”

It’s not that Han Ping’s realm is higher, but that he stands in a different position, sees and thinks differently. He used to be in charge of Beijing Film Studio, but now, it’s Huaying, a Huaying Group that faces the national film industry.

While waiting at the airport, Kang Jianmin was still a little unsure: "That's neon. He's a developed country. Can he like local movies like ours?"

Lu Heng smiled and said: "I said Director Kang, what do you have to worry about, the copy was sold for [-] before, plus my pocket of [-] US dollars, half of the cost of these alone, now I got a few more Award, I heard that the country has bonuses, and there are quite a few of them.”

"Yes, it adds up to hundreds of thousands." Kang Jianmin nodded.

"So, the cost can be fully recovered, and no matter how much is left, it is earned. If you get angry and overtake on a curve, if you lose, you can buy a house or a car, and you will be satisfied."

Everyone laughed.

"This statement is new." Kang Jianmin said with a smile.

This is because they don't know what Lu Heng is thinking. If it weren't for this occasion, Lu Heng would have let them hear something more exciting...

However, Lu Heng can also understand their thoughts. Movies are very similar to stock trading, especially the account sharing model.

Movies and TV dramas are two different carriers. TV dramas are reserved for members, and at most you have to pay a little money for the closed circuit fee every year, while movies are sold on an individual basis.

You have to pay for one to see one!
This tests the level of the plot and the director, as well as the charisma of the actors.

For viewers, free TV series, if they are really boring, can be eaten no matter how bad they are, but paid movies, even if you have money, you have to consider the time cost, and you will definitely pick and choose.

When it comes time to count the box office, it is only possible to tell whether those movies are people or ghosts.

Not to mention Lu Heng's current fame and appearance, even in the future, Lao Hu, who has already become a national, will be very weak in movies.

Even he is like this, not to mention those little fresh meats who have been criticized by the public, there is no one who can beat them.

There are only two, one is Li Yifeng's "Animal World", which can barely be regarded as a burden. After all, besides him, there is only Zhou Dongyu who plays soy sauce, and finally won more than 5 million box office.

There is another one, Wu Yifan's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", which took over a billion at the box office.It's not that the two of them can carry the box office, but that they are both good.

Coincidentally, both of them fell, and then a four-character came out, and just splashed a little, and then sank halfway.

In fact, even Shen Pai, who has the most appeal for a long time in the future, has the basis of several consecutive Spring Festival Gala before, and "Charlotte Annoyance" is also a script that has been polished on the stage for many years.

Even so, in the year before Charlotte's fire, there was a lot of pain in "Heart Blossoms", but many people didn't recognize him at all.

However, looking at the billion-dollar or even tens of billion-dollar movie stars in the future, it seems that apart from Wu Jing, all the big hits at the box office are comedies, so people buy tickets just to have a good time, and this is the psychology of watching movies.

Although "The Mountain" is a literary film, it is a good medicine for the hearts of Neon people at this time, and it is very healing.

Domestic box office is better than previous life, but it is limited, but Neon made a good start on its first day.

A single Iwanami Cinema had a box office of more than 80 in half a day, and opened three shows, all of which were sold out.

According to the previous agreement with Isao Matsuoka, the 30th and 31st will only be screened in Iwanami Cinemas. Let’s see the response first. If the effect is good, it will be screened in various theaters across the country from New Year’s Day. If it is not ideal, it will continue through Iwanami Cinemas. The half-year screenings will increase the fame, and then spread across the country.

More than three hours later, the plane landed at Edo Haneda Airport.

Compared with the first time they came to Nihong and only Universal came to pick them up, they were much more enthusiastic. This time, not only was there a motorcade sent by Isao Matsuoka to welcome them, but they also specially arranged for Lu Heng and the others to go through the VIP passage.

There were dozens of reporters who came to interview, and the flash almost blinded Lu Heng and the others.

Along the way, there are banners and display boards written in Chinese, as if they have reserved the venue, which is not to say that it is not grand.

This kind of treatment made Han Ping a little surprised, let alone Huo Jianqi and the others, who kept sighing, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

Those who greeted them were headed by Matsuoka Isao's secretary Kazuo Takai—even though he was a secretary, he was also an executive in Toho Towali.

As for Songgang Gong, it is very rare to be able to find time to call Lu Heng at ordinary times. With his position, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a lot of opportunities to deal with every day.

In addition to Kazuo Takai, there are also his subordinates and a group of Toho Productions, as well as the assistant editor-in-chief of "Xunbao" Sachiko Yamaguchi and his party, and the director of Kodansha Sawako Noma and her subordinates, and the obvious airport side. There are more than thirty people in all kinds of people.

Seeing this battle, Han Ping looked at Lu Heng with a look of relief, but Lu Heng said it was because of Han Ping's position.

"Welcome everyone. On behalf of Toho President Isao Matsuoka, I would like to extend my welcome to you. Please give me your advice."

When Kazuo Takai bowed, Lu Heng and Han Ping translated.

Han Ping responded politely with a smile.

After some pleasantries, Kazuo Takai stretched out his hand to guide: "Please follow me."

After leaving the corridor outside the VIP room, Lu Heng and the others were shocked!
There were hundreds of people around outside, and it was unclear whether they were real fans or hired ones. In short, after seeing Lu Heng, many girls kept screaming, and under the obstruction of the security guards, they tried their best to squeeze towards this side.

At this scene, even Lu Heng was a little stunned, and turned his head to look at Kazuo Takai, but he looked like he had nothing to do with me.

Lu Heng smiled wryly, because he didn't know the truth, he was a little embarrassed to go straight away, so he greeted them in neon language!
"Wow~~~"

Unexpectedly, the movement was even bigger, causing a crowd of exclamations.

In the end, Lu Heng and the others walked out with great difficulty, and the others, including Han Ping, looked at Lu Heng strangely.

Teng Rujun smiled and said, "Look, Lu Heng is now an international superstar."

Everyone laughed.

When they came to the parking lot, there was a row of black cars. Although they were not luxury cars, they were all of their own brand. The paint surface looked shiny and reflected light under the sun.

After being arranged to sit in the car, the convoy set off, and then pulled them to Dongbao headquarters.

In the reception room of the headquarters, Matsuoka Kou came late, first greeted Lu Heng with a smile, and then, under Lu Heng's recommendation, greeted Han Ping and the others one by one.

Seeing Gong Songgang's attitude towards Han Ping, Lu Heng understood that this man is well-known in the film and television media circles of Neon Country. He has produced a series of blockbuster films such as "Godzilla" and "Shadow Warrior". This internationally renowned, well-received and well-received movie star has a keen sense of smell and knows that China's market in the future will be a blockbuster.

Han Ping and the others lamented Lu Heng's ability.

In such a short period of time in the Neon Country, the market has been opened up. With this kind of contacts, including the communication with Kazuo Takai and the welcome people just now, it is also easy to handle.

Even Han Ping couldn't help wondering how Lu Heng's head grew and why he was so awesome!
Originally, Lu Heng guessed whether those people at the airport were hired, but when they came to Yanbo Cinema in the afternoon, they realized how hot the scene was!
……

On the streets of Jimbocho, there are two words that appear most frequently: pure tea and bookstore.

In fact, they are all related to the same thing-Iwanami Bookstore.

In 1913, Iwanami Bookstore was a great success when it opened, attracting many literati and students. People followed suit after seeing the success of Iwanami Bookstore, and there were more bookstores.

There are more people buying books, and there is always a need for a foothold, so tea shops have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

In the early years, coffee was not sold in coffee shops in the neon country, but appeared in beverage shops that provided wine and girls. Later, someone opened a shop to provide places to drink coffee. ".

Decades ago, under the visit of Toho Toho and Vice-President Chuan Taki Kazuko, Iwanami Akiko’s father agreed to her request. The two parties invested and established Iwanami Cinema. There is also the strange rule that every movie is selected Movies, good or bad at the box office, run for at least a month.

Because of the Iwanami Bookstore and theater, as well as other bookstores and tea shops attached to it, the air in Jimbocho now has not only the aroma of coffee and books, but also the atmosphere of literature and art and the charm of history.

It's just that those smells were all washed away by the black crowd today.

Lu Heng is also a little confused now, whether they are his fans, or just like this movie.

But those people were not so crazy, but stood on both sides of the road as if greeting them, paying attention to them, watching them approach, everyone smiled back, especially when they saw Lu Heng and Teng Rujun .

Of course, there are also many people who are paying attention to Cheng Hao. A beautiful girl attracts attention everywhere.

Just like in Huaxia's publicity, a small stage was set up in front of the theater entrance.

Lu Heng walked up, holding the microphone, and looked at the crowd in the audience. For a moment, Lu Heng didn't know where to start.

But the crowd who watched the movie thought that Lu Heng was shy because of the characters in the movie, so they all applauded, as if to encourage Lu Heng.

Lu Heng couldn't help laughing, so he bowed and thanked:

"Thank you, thank you everyone for liking this movie, and thank you for coming to support me. I am Huaxia actor Lu Heng."

Hearing Lu Heng's fluent neon language with high pitch, all the neon audience in the audience were stunned.

After looking at each other in blank dismay, they all became excited and applauded enthusiastically again.

In the future, those celebrities from the Neon Kingdom and Goryeo will go to China to make money, and if they say a few crappy words on stage, "Mud howl, Dajia howl, I am XXX", they will make the audience incontinent, not to mention Lu Heng, who is obviously proficient.

Naturally, a strong sense of identity suddenly rose in their hearts, and they also drew closer.

After a little applause, Lu Heng smiled and said:

"I really didn't expect that a Chinese rural movie, without ups and downs and fast-paced exciting scenes, would be recognized by you across the ocean and thousands of miles away, and today you all The arrival of the show surprised and moved our entire crew, thank you, thank you again."

There was once again a wave of applause from the audience, which lasted for a long time, and many people even flushed with excitement.

Although China's economy is getting better and better now, and more Chinese people come to Neon to travel, but it is rare for Chinese people who can speak such a standard neon language, except for overseas students.

As for the celebrities, Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, and Zhang Guorong from Huaxia are all familiar with them. They have come to the Neon Country many times, but they have never been like this.

Although this can't change their liking for these stars, but Lu Heng can speak neon language, which makes them like it even more.

And at the side of the stage, listening to Lu Heng's neon words in the room and hearing the deafening applause, Han Ping and the others were at a loss.

It was only after another translator explained it that they understood.

Later, Lu Heng shared some tidbits and behind-the-scenes experiences during filming. With his eloquence, he made the audience listen quietly from time to time, and made everyone laugh from time to time.

When Lu Heng said that the mailbag he was carrying weighed tens of kilograms in order to pursue a sense of reality, many people were moved and gave warm applause again.

After finishing speaking, Lu Heng acted as the host and translator, and invited Teng Rujun and Cheng Hao to the stage in turn.

Teng Rujun is fine, after all, he has been coaching for many years, and at this age, he greeted everyone on stage, and then talked about topics related to the film for a while, and his performance was very stable.

But when Cheng Hao arrived, although she was mentally prepared, when she really stood on the stage, her mind went blank at that time, she got stuck after saying a few words, and then said something here and there, so nervous that she couldn't help herself. Know what was said.

Lu Heng simply didn't use her words, just like in the movie when he made up the letter to the fifth wife, Lu Heng acted on the spot to expose the whole thing.

And Cheng Hao didn't know this until he stepped off the stage. Hearing the warm applause from the audience, he even had the illusion that what he said was great... the illusion.

After they came on stage, it was director Huo Jianqi and screenwriter Su Xiaowei who were the couple.

Lu Heng also helped them translate, although they were a little nervous, but it was much better than Cheng Hao, and what he was talking about was his own work, so they gradually calmed down and talked freely.

At the end, Han Ping and Kazuo Takai, the president and secretary of Toho Towa, took the stage together, announcing that the film will be released in major theaters starting from New Year's Day the day after tomorrow.

Although I have seen the promotional pages and TV and newspaper advertisements, hearing it with my own ears now still arouses cheers.

In the following time, Han Ping led the team to visit and study, while Teng Rujun and Cheng Hao communicated with the audience in the theater.

As for Lu Heng, he went to HNK to participate in the rehearsal for the Red and White Song Concert tomorrow night.

　Thank you Fufeng Taoist and Meihuasannong Meihuazui for your rewards, thank you for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)