China Entertainment: The happiness of being a director is as simple as that

Chapter 50 Box Office, Extended Screening

At two o'clock in the afternoon on February 2th, in the screening room of Nortel University.

At this time, the screening room was already full of students, teachers, and reporters.

With her waist bent, Liu Qianqian walked through the seats with her mother Liu Xiaoli to the middle seat.

Not long after sitting down, Lu Pingan and a group of creators came in.

As soon as the main creators came in, the scene became lively. After all, everyone on the stage is their own.

The main creators showed their faces briefly, and Lu Pingan picked up the microphone and said, "Let's not talk nonsense, let's watch a movie."

It's simple and crisp, and after a few words, it goes directly to the topic, without thanking things and thanking things for nonsense.

This made many students in the audience feel that Senior Lu is so chic and confident.

Without waiting to think about it, the movie started.

The beginning of the movie is from the point of view in the car.

The heroine Yan Danchen was rushing to the party, and while on the phone, click, the screen cracked. . .

. . . . . .

The first 15 minutes of "Comet" were all talking about trivial things, and I didn't know what to say.

But when the story develops, everyone realizes that these trivial conversations are all foreshadowing.

Following the heroine Yan Danchen uttered a rumor about the comet, saying that after the comet, some people will forget some things, forget where their home is, and some even point to their husband and say that this is not his husband, but the police came and confirmed , this is her husband.

After the foreshadowing, the conversation in the room began to verify the foreshadowing.

Huang Lei said he didn't know Hai Qing, who was someone's girlfriend, but Hai Qing said Huang Lei was a TV star, which made Huang Lei very confused.

Viewers already know that something bad may have happened.

After 15 minutes, the chaos started.

Everyone's mobile phones were blown up, and there was no signal. Two of them decided to go out to borrow a phone, but when they came back, they told everyone that they saw the same group of 8 people.

The protagonist was confused, and the audience was also confused. The protagonists decided to find out. Eight people were divided into two groups. I saw exactly the same 8 people on the road, but they were holding red light sticks in their hands.

Until here, the audience finally confirmed that there is really another group of 8 in the movie.

The atmosphere of horror and suspense began to spread.

At this point in the movie, although the sense of suspense is full, people who don't understand still don't understand.

Fortunately, the protagonist in the film began to explain everything now with the knowledge of physics.

Schrödinger's cat, parallel world coherence theory.

After an explanation, the audience understood.

And some characters in the film also began to discuss how to kill another self.

One world, two selves, life and death, very cruel and reasonable.

But things are far from that simple.

With the development of the film, Yan Danchen, the heroine in the film, began to realize that there may not only be two versions of herself, but countless!
Then the truth was indeed revealed. The eight people in the room each reported the tokens they put in the box just now, and the results were all different.

When everyone was fighting together, only the heroine Yan Danchen was sober, and then the quintessential lines of the film appeared:
"We think there is another, darker version of ourselves in a certain world, but in fact, we are that dark side."

Inspired by these words, the heroine Yan Danchen walked out of the room quietly, and saw countless versions of the 8-person group, and countless herself, which represented countless lives.

In the end, the heroine chose a happy one, used a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain, attracted 8 people, and then knocked out the self in this world and replaced them.

On the second day, everything seemed to be back to normal, the heroine got the life she wanted, and became the self who did not lose her star dream.

However, at the end of the movie, the boyfriend received a call from another self, and the scene ended in the heroine's uneasiness. . .

Clap la la la. . .

After the movie was finished, the audience in the large auditorium was silent for a second, and then burst into loud applause.

"Cow!"

"This movie is awesome!"

"Do you understand?"

"I get it, but I hope I don't."

"I don't understand."

"Then you are lucky."

"Are there really parallel worlds?"

"The details are so strong."

"..."

The audience was confused, excited, and half-understood.

On the whole, more than 8% of them are understood.

This also made Lu Pingan very satisfied.

A brain-burning movie should not be brain-burning itself, but to guide the audience to burn their brains, let them understand, and then think carefully.

That's what "Comet" is.

"Lu Ping'an is really amazing!"

In the seat, Liu Qianqian admired sincerely, she understood.

Liu Xiaoli didn't understand much, so she asked her daughter, "Do you really understand?"

"Yeah, it looks great, it's amazing! I wish I could act in his movie."

"Then you have to work harder in the future."

The two were talking, and the main creator over there came on stage.

This time, you can let go of the communication.

"How many worlds are there in the movie?"

"How did you come up with the idea?"

"How long was the filming?"

"..."

In the beginning it was all about the film itself.

The eight actors, Jialu Pingan, all answered some questions.

Then it mainly revolves around Luping.

"Senior Lu, will you still find your classmates in the next film?"

A girl asked, and the audience looked forward to it.

Lu Pingan directly confessed: "Yes!"

"Senior Lu, can you see me?"

Another girl rushed to ask, Lu Pingan recognized her, it was Huang Xiaolei, a 99th level, very bold.

"Sister-in-law is welcome to come over when the audition begins."

Lu Pingan answered with a smile, Huang Xiaolei sat down happily, and the rest of the students looked forward to it even more.

The next process is simple, reporters ask, film critics ask, students ask.

The movie is good, how can I ask why.

Lu Pingan also gave the reporter Feng Ke some more opportunities, and Feng Ke also asked many friendly questions in his grateful eyes.

The tacit understanding between the two gradually formed, and of course these reporters will also get red envelopes after the end.

The red envelope is more important than the quality of the movie, and Lu Pingan understands this truth.

The screening of "Comet" ended successfully.

In the evening, Lu Pingan had a meal with the main creators, during which Lu Pingan specially thanked Huang Lei and Mr. Zhou.

In "Comet", the two of them have the highest rankings. Now that "Orange is Red" is about to end again, the popularity of the two has risen again. During the promotion period of "Comet", the two worked hard and never missed a single time. They are really good friends After that, the red envelope is fixed.

Lu Pingan decided to wait for "Comet" to wrap up a big one for the two of them when "Comet" went down to the celebration banquet. Of course, other people also had it.

While Jiang Wen praised it, he also disliked it: The lines are not good.

Lu Pingan smiled and said: How many people in the world can surpass you in terms of lines?

Jiang Wen was very happy, and showed off a glass of white wine with Lu Pingan on the spot.

That night, Ping An closed the stall again.

Going back and laying down with Yan Danchen, it's been a long time since the flood discharge from the reservoir was very fierce.

From the second day onwards, news reports about yesterday's screening came out.

"From being incomprehensible to a sci-fi masterpiece!"

"Lu Ping'an's new work, the quality is the same as before, hard enough!"

"Preview guide, understand what is 'Schrödinger's cat' and 'parallel world coherence'.."

"The whole film is full of details and foreshadowing everywhere. It deserves to be the best sci-fi film of this year!"

"..."

Then from the third day, "Comet" was released, and the creators continued to run to three theaters.

On the fourth day, Lu Pingan came to China Film Group, and the box office of the first three days came out.

. . . . . . . .

In the mainland film market in March 2002, "Comet" had no rivals at all.

The three closest blockbusters to it are "Harry Potter 5900" with a box office of 1 million in January, and "The Lord of the Rings 1" with a box office of 5600 million in April. In contrast, it was released in February this year, taking "Unparalleled World" with a box office of 1 million is considered a certain threat.

But when "Comet" was screened, "Unparalleled World" had only the last 3 days left for its release.

So the box office prospect of "Comet" is actually very broad.

It's just that Lu Ping'an and everyone in China Film Group have always felt that "Comet" has a high threshold for viewing, and the box office may not be too high.

It now appears that such thinking is correct.

because.

Lower your requirements, lower your expectations, and the greater the joy you will get when the results come out!

"In the first three days, BJ's box office was 167 million!"

With the data reported by China Film Group Cui, everyone immediately burst into smiles.

This result is 7 more than that of "Tuner" in the same period.

Theoretically, the score of "Comet" will be higher than that of "Tuner".

But as we all know, nothing has been decided yet.

Because currently only a quarter of "Comet" is released nationwide, and the total box office is only 340 million.

And now it's only released for three days, so it's normal for the box office to be high in the first three days, so it's fresh to watch.

It really depends on the prospects and the audience feedback.

Fortunately, the audience's feedback was better than expected.

A survey report came up and showed that 6% of people understood the film the first time and realized the essence of the film.

There are also a lot of good reviews on the Internet.

Of course, there are also bad comments, such as too brain-intensive, too scary, too much nonsense, and how can this kind of film be considered science fiction, with no special effects at all.

But these are just a few, most still feel that this film is better than many special effects sci-fi films.

So a word appeared on the Internet called "hard science fiction".

Of course, this also ushered in more people's criticisms, saying that there are many loopholes. . .

In any case, the degree of discussion is going up.

Generally speaking, it is very beneficial to the prospects of the film.

So Han Sanpin directly ordered: expand the screening!

The speed of expansion is not so fast, at least it will be spread to the whole country after the fifth day, which will have a great impact on the box office.

Everyone has already been mentally prepared for this, and now that they have paid back their capital anyway, the next step is to speed up their actions and make more money.

In the next few days, Lu Ping'an and the main creators continued to go to Shanghai, Hangzhou and other major theaters.

And the national box office also rose to 700 million after a week, and the box office growth will start to rise two days later, because other regions will also start to show at that time.

China Film predicts that it is no problem to break through 1500 million in the final release of the movie, and it may break through 2000 million, because there is no rival with comparable strength in this schedule.

Mr. Cui of China Film Group has some regrets: "It should have been screened nationwide from the very beginning."

Han Sanpin laughed out loud. He was the one who suggested the nationwide release. Later, the leadership had more objections and then changed to the current plan. I have to say that Lu Pingan really gave him a face now.

Although Lu Pingan himself is a little bit pained, he is already very satisfied with the current situation. The cost of 35 yuan and the box office of 700 million yuan have already paid back. In the future, if the box office is increased by [-] yuan, he can earn nearly [-] yuan more. Let's be content.

On March 3th, "Comet" was screened for ten days, nationwide for three days, and the box office officially exceeded 10 million. It is expected that the final box office will be around 3 million.

Before China Film announced how low the cost of "Comet" was, the media had already identified Lu Pingan as the "hot" director.

Also, you can see the approximate cost by watching the video.

With 8 actors in one room, the production cost is estimated to be less than 100 million!

100 million cost, 1000 million box office!
Grab money!
So all of a sudden, countless investors flocked to the film, asking when the next movie would be released, and they were very enthusiastic about investing.

Lu Ping'an replied in a unified manner, and waited for "Comet" to finish.

(End of this chapter)