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Chapter 659: Word of Mouth Explodes, The Tuner is Released
"Try it first."

"How about giving you some?"

"No need, Sister Li and I ate a lot of delicious food."

Liu Shishi let her hair down and started to change her clothes: "By the way, what did Brother Chao talk to you about? Why don't you eat at night?"

"Then you'll have to ask Deng Chao."

Zhou Yutang took in everything at once, and took the time to explain:
"He talked to me about his new movie, 'Bad Angels', for more than an hour, but ended up drinking two glasses of champagne at the reception and not eating anything."

Liu Shishi can’t cook, but she can cook instant noodles without any problem.

What's more, he was really hungry at this time. The simple Kangshuaifu seafood noodles tasted like a delicacy and was indescribably delicious.

The drama that I like to watch while eating is Huang Xiaoming's "The Splendid Adventure".

This drama has been aired on Mango TV's Golden Eagle Exclusive Theater for some time.

The dual leaders Huang Xiaoming and Chen Qiaoen, Qiao Renliang, Xie Junhao, Li Jianyi, and Cui Xinqin, a teacher at the Film Academy, are basically all Zhou Yutang's acquaintances.

The promotional slogan put forward by the producers is that it is a dreamlike, passionate and tragic love drama set in Modu Beach.

Huang Xiaoming's domineering boss and the Mary Sue plot, coupled with the silly netizens' complaints, are quite enjoyable to watch.

Liu Shishi was carrying out the necessary skin care procedures and also came over to apply a facial mask on Zhou Yutang.

Zhou Yutang saw her taking out a lot of bottles and jars from her bag like a magic trick and filling up the coffee table. He couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Are these all for maintenance?"

"Hmm."

Wearing a facial mask and tying her hair up with a bear headband, Liu Shishi rubbed something on her white legs: "Apply essential oil, then apply cream."

"Do you want to wipe your feet too?"

"of course."

Liu Shishi bent her legs and said, "It's easy to get calluses if you wear high heels often."

"If you don't maintain it now, the difference will be apparent in ten or twenty years."

There is a gap between the beauty of female celebrities and that of ordinary people.

Ordinary people don't have the energy and financial resources to maintain themselves to this extent.

Noticing Zhou Yutang's frequent sidelong glances, Liu Shishi shrank her feet and protested coquettishly, "Hey, don't look at me."

She has been practicing dancing since she was young, but her feet are not very pretty, so she always feels inferior.

When she was well fed and warm, she wanted to compose poetry. Zhou Yutang grabbed one of her white and tender little feet without saying anything and played with it in his hand.

The maintenance procedure was forced to be temporarily suspended.

After finishing the routine maintenance, it was already past 1:30 in the morning. Liu Shishi lazily lay on Zhou Yutang's chest and chatted, and suddenly asked:

"By the way, dear, you don't seem to be optimistic about Brother Chao and Sister Li's movie?"

"Brother Chao is a good actor, but not a good director."

Zhou Yutang felt the problems with Deng Chao's script just by listening to his narration.

It's quite self-congratulatory, and the viewing experience is even worse than "The Breakup Master".

He did give some advice, but I don't know if this guy listened to it.

The next day, the Shanghai International Film Festival awards ceremony was posted on various entertainment portals.

The Three-Yolk Egg Movie Actor indeed caused great controversy.

Although this is the first time at the Shanghai Film Festival, it is not uncommon in international A-class film festivals.

At the 2003 Berlin Film Festival, the three leading actresses of "The Hours" won the Best Actress Award; at the 3 Cannes Film Festival, the six actresses of the movie "Volunteer" collectively won the Best Actress Award, and the five actors of "Days of Glory" collectively won the Best Actor Award.
Liu Shishi asked a question last night: if you really had to choose one from these three people.

Zhou Yutang still chose Deng Chao.

It’s not that Duan Yihong and Guo Tao performed badly.

Deng Chao has a high ceiling when he takes acting seriously, and the character setting of Xin Xiaofeng is complex, which makes it more artistically expressive.

Teacher Wang Jianhui who appeared at the end of the play was also very charming.

Although there are not many scenes, the last part where the murderer narrates himself is like a documentary and is really creepy to watch.

"Teacher Wong."

The next afternoon Zhou Yutang met Wang Jianhui.

In real life, Wang Jianhui is an amiable middle-aged man who always smiles.

As a visiting professor of Yamashita Academy, he not only taught Tianxian and Yijie, but even Zhou Yutang learned a lot of useful acting skills from him.

Today is the premiere of "The Tuner". Wang Jianhui is one of the leading actors. He arrived at the venue early and greeted them with a smile: "Yu Tang, Shi Shi, you are here."

Zhou Yutang was chatting with Wang Jianhui when the main creators of the crew arrived.

This film was also directed by Cao Baoping, the Golden Goblet Award's best director.

Liu Shishi is the leading actor and producer, and Zhou Yutang personally endorses the film.

Among the celebrities from the film and television circles who attended the Shanghai Film Festival, seven or eight out of ten did not leave, except for those who had important matters to attend to.

They all came to attend the premiere of "The Piano Tuner" held in Shanghai.

This also made the premiere of this movie unprecedentedly grand.

Ren Zhonglun of China Film Group, Su Xiao, CEO of Shangshi Pictures, Wang Zhonglei of Huayi, Yu Dong of Bonanza, Wang Changtian of Guangxian, Ye Ning of Wanda, Wang Haifeng of Xinghao and other film company bosses.

Directors include Tian Zhuangzhuang, Hou Xiaoxian, Chen Shishi, Xu Zheng, Xu Xiaoming, Li Shaohong, Wen Muye, Guo Fan, and Lu Yang.

Huang Xiaoming and Qin Lan, Deng Chao and his wife, Chen Chichi, Sha Yi, Wang Baoqi, Dilireba, Guli Nazha
Overseas filmmakers such as Rosamund Pike, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Rob Cohen also stayed for one more day.

In the words of the on-site media, it was simply the Easter egg segment of the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Zhou Yutang felt like laughing when he saw Huang Xiaoming in the crowd.

I watched the drama "The Splendid Adventure" last night and found that netizens created a new word for this drama called "chest bang".

The specifics are this.

Huang Xiaoming pinned Chen Qiaoen against the wall and made a domineering confession. Chen Qiaoen, feeling the tenderness of the leader, pushed his chest with her hands like a little girl and sighed shyly.

Snapped!Snapped!
Zhou Yutang reached out and patted Huang Xiaoming's thick chest.

The leader was caught off guard, folded his arms, and looked horrified: "What are you doing?"

Liu Shishi and Qin Lan beside them laughed out loud.

This feels like real huge pectoral muscles. No wonder so many young women are so fascinated by the leader that they can't close their legs.

"Brother Xiao Ming, your drama has good ratings, congratulations."

Zhou Yutang gave him a warm hug.

It's a bit shocking, but this kind of drama is sure to gain a foothold in the lower-tier markets, with audiences watching the drama with great interest while making complaints about it.

It is similar to Yu Wai's show. So far, its ratings have ranked first in the same period, and the number of readings of the topic on Weibo has reached hundreds of millions.

Huang Xiaoming's company is the main producer and has made considerable profits.

"Yu Tang."

Huang Xiaoming, however, could not be happy, his expression was slightly depressed: "I really admire your mentality."

The leader is now also capital.

Together with Li Binbin and Ren Quan, he set up an investment company and invested in various industries.

I also invested a lot of money in stocks.

The stock market was mentioned more than once during conversations with Zhou Yutang.

Just in this wave, there will definitely be a loss of tens of millions.

Compared with Zhou Yutang, he is nothing but a dwarf.

Liu Shishi had a good impression of Qin Lan and asked, "Sister Qin Lan, is that new drama going to start filming soon?"

"I'll join the group after we finish this."

Qin Lan smiled generously and said, "Shi Shi, I wish you a big box office success."

"Thank you."

After talking to Huang Xiaoming for a few words, Zhou Yutang saw LeTV's boss Jia come over with Zhang Zhao. "Boss Jia, I'm sorry for the poor reception. We were just talking about your LeTV's self-made drama."

"When it comes to the film and television industry, Mr. Zhou is an expert."

Boss Jia smiled and said, "Give me more advice when you have time. I'll come over to learn today. You go about your business."

Jiangdong Entertainment has formulated a strategy for developing online dramas.

All major video websites in the circle have taken action. After "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", LeTV has launched another youth campus-themed web drama "My Upper Bunk".

They spent a huge amount of money to invite Jiangdong's most popular young actor Chen Xiao and the queen actress Qin Lan.

Originally, we wanted to invite Guli Nazha to perform again to continue the popularity of the "Qingcheng" group, but Nazha's team rejected it.

It’s not that the money is not enough, but the character’s personality is thin. For Nazha at this stage, there is basically no bonus.

Boss Jia attended a corporate forum during the Shanghai Film Festival and took the opportunity to negotiate financing with other capitals in Shanghai, which caused quite a stir.

The usual process was followed and the movie began.

The film begins in a farmland.

A rabbit with a blind right eye and cataract in the left eye is stealing vegetables.

Not far away, a farmer approached quietly with a shotgun.

Just as he was about to hunt the rabbit that stole the vegetable, the rabbit pricked up its ears, noticed the sound, and ran away quickly.

The camera shakes and the man and the rabbit chase each other.

While escaping, the rabbit ran into the puppet in the field. The farmer chased it closely, and the rabbit escaped to the stone tablet on the road.

At this moment, the farmer held his breath and took aim.

boom!
A gunshot was heard and the picture suddenly went dark.

All I heard was the sound of a car braking and crashing, followed by a scream.

"What happened!?"

There was a low cheer at the scene, and Wang Yiran and her cousin were among them.

Every time Zhou Yutang holds a movie premiere, he will give back to his fans by releasing some offline movie viewing invitation tickets.

She is an old fan of Jiangdong Navy and happens to be from Shanghai.

This time I got two offline movie tickets and brought my cousin to have a look.

The two sisters suppressed their excitement, whispered, and exchanged their doubts, both of them were very curious.

then.

Liu Shishi, who plays the blind pianist, is practicing the piano.

Liu Shishi's family was well-off and she bought a piano in the early 1990s.

However, after practicing for a year, she lost interest and switched to dance. In order to play this role well, she picked up the piano again and spent several months receiving piano training privately.

At this time, coupled with her upright sitting posture, she looked quite decent.

As the story progresses, the audience gradually learns.

Liu Shi was originally a young prodigy who had been learning piano since childhood. However, he failed in the piano competition held in Hong Kong, which he had always dreamed of, and his life fell to the bottom.

After the adjustment, she used her blindness to pursue artistic inspiration and gain more sympathy and benefits.

Living in a low-rent house for the blind, Liu Shi made himself look very simple and ordinary in order to protect himself.

He also worked in the restaurant of Sophie, played by Wang Luodan.

Because Sophie sympathized with Liu Shi, she treated her preferentially, and the two of them had a vague relationship.

All these actions have a clear purpose, which is to save money to go back to Hong Kong, participate in the competition and prove himself.

Liu Shi enjoys this kind of life and even secretly peeks into other people's lives and privacy.

As a result, and precisely because of this, she was passively involved in a murder case - while playing the piano part-time, she accidentally ran into the police chief who was having an affair with his lover, and killed the mistress's husband.

She is just pretending to be blind, she is not really blind.

The audience puts themselves in Liu Shishi's shoes and their spirits instantly tense from the moment they witness the murder.

Coupled with the rendering of the soundtrack, it gives an exciting feeling that danger is about to come at the next moment.

Liu Shishi pretended to be calm, but when she went to the police station to report the crime, she found that the murderer was the police chief.
The sky is falling!
The story takes place in Tyrande, so the cop can also be a negative character.

Teacher Wang Jianhui shined as the murderer in "The Sun Also Rises", and he also played the role of the ruthless police chief Manla with ease.

Tan Zhuo plays his mistress Ximi.

Tan Zhuo, who shined in "The Accidental Murder" just last month, has superb acting skills and this time he transforms into the charming and graceful mistress Ximi.

The adulterous couple began to hunt down Liu Shi.

Ximi blinded Liu Shi's eyes, and Manla pushed her into a desperate situation.

We saw Liu Shi narrowly escape from the pursuit of Police Chief Manla and be rescued by a tricycle driver.

Sister Wang Yiran both breathed a sigh of relief.

But before I could be happy for long, everything went dark before my eyes and my heartstrings tightened again.

It turns out that the tricycle driver was actually a human trafficker who wanted to sell Liu Shi to a black-hearted doctor who sold human organs.
"Are we all villains?"

There was an uproar at the scene.

The unscrupulous doctor's goal was to take away Liu Shi's kidney and sell it to the chief at a high price.

But Liu Shi eventually used his desire to get rich to blackmail Ximi and the police, driving the tiger to devour the wolf.
The whole story is full of thrilling twists and turns.

During this process, the black-hearted doctor's men were killed by the police, and Police Chief Manla himself was trapped in the elevator.

In a rage, he pulled out his gun and shot at the closed elevator door.

The elevator suddenly went dark, and gunshots and screams were heard. The final fate of Police Chief Manla was self-evident.

The black-hearted doctor took Ximi and Liu Shi into the car. He said that Ximi's blood type was the same as that of the chief's daughter, and that they could make a big deal, but Liu Shi didn't believe him...

With a bang, a car accident happened, which just responded to the foreshadowing at the beginning.

Through the language of the camera, an open ending was cleverly given.

Two years have passed.

Liu Shi meets Sophie again in Hong Kong.

There was a can blocking Liu Shi's way, but she used her blind stick to accurately knock the can away.

There was a burst of discussion at the scene.

"Chu Chu, wait a moment, I'm going to pee."

The whole movie was full of climaxes and there was no boring moment, but Wang Yiran squeezed her legs together, almost unable to hold it back.

After drinking this big cup of milk tea today, I felt like peeing, but the movie was so good that I didn’t want to miss any details.

She endured it for two hours, and her bladder was put to the extreme test.

"Shi Shi, you acted so well. Could you please tell us what the heroine did in the end?"

“For this, please ask the director.”

A gentle smile appeared on Liu Shishi's face.

"Director Cao, may I ask what the ending of the movie means?"

"You can ask Yu Tang about this. This is what he wrote in the script."

After the film screening, there was another live media exchange session. There were many media around the film's creators, including the audience, who were all very interested in the film's open ending.

Cao Baoping smiled and kicked the ball to Zhou Yutang.

The audience was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Zhou Yutang, waiting for his answer.

Surrounded by cameras and guns, Zhou Yutang smiled slightly: "Everyone wants to know what happened. The answer is in the details above. You can go to the cinema to find the answer."

Audience: Flip the table (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Actually.

The last part of the movie.

Zhou Yutang discussed it with Cao Baoping many times before finally deciding on this way of expression.

Providing information through the third person perspective is to allow the audience to do the reading comprehension themselves.
"Arthur, let's go."

Brother Chen Kai was going to go back to the crew today to continue filming "The Great Wall". Zhou Yutang had agreed to come to the premiere, so he specially took a day off and brought his wife and children to show his support.

As I watched, I became interested and gradually became serious.

After it was over, I left with my wife and children, and couldn't help but sigh: "Among domestic crime films, I'm afraid no one can surpass Cao Baoping."

Chen Hong, who was standing beside him, heard this and asked, "How does it compare to Zhang Yimou?"

"Zhang Yimou is good at color and picture, Cao Baoping is good at characters and atmosphere, each has his own strengths, but if we only talk about artistic exquisiteness, The Tuner is the best."

"All the scripts were written by Zhou Yutang. They are indeed exquisite."

Chen Kaige had a complicated expression, shook his head and sighed softly: "If only he could do it for me."

"Maybe there will be a chance in the future."

Chen Hong glanced at Zhou Yutang who was surrounded by the crowd, and a smile appeared on her charming face: "It will be released tomorrow. The schedule is well arranged. It didn't run into us directly."

Having been a producer for Brother Chen Kai for so many years, I still have some vision.

Perhaps it is because Zhou Yutang is too powerful. All the works he has supervised in recent years have been blockbuster hits.

Chen Hong's intuition told her that this movie should not be underestimated, and perhaps the box office would bring unexpected surprises to the summer season.

"Ah."

Brother Chen Kai nodded, obviously agreeing with what Chen Hong said.

He approved of the film and also had absolute confidence in himself. He said in a deep voice, "If it was in early July, one of the two tigers would be injured in the fight. Now is the perfect time!"

After the premiere, publicity was carried out simultaneously.

The first wave of film reviews came out that evening.
"Interestingly, Zhou Yutang seems to have always had a soft spot for crime dramas. The Purge series he made in North America was a big hit at the box office. This year, he made three films of different styles, including Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils, Manslaughter, and The Tuner, but they are all wonderful without exception.

The creative source of this film is the classic short film "The Tuner" in 2010, which won the Best Short Film Award at the Leuven International Film Festival and the Best Short Film Award at the 2012 French César Awards.

But the film adaptation by Zhou Yutang was quite successful. Based on the short film, it enriched the plot and character settings. Various accidental coincidences and reversals made it impossible to guess what would happen in the next second, and also attracted me to want to understand how the subsequent story develops step by step.

Cao Baoping just won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Director. His narrative techniques and camera language are excellent, revealing the depth of human nature to the audience.

I sat in the cinema and still felt like I wanted more after watching the movie. I won’t give away any spoilers here, but I strongly recommend everyone to go to the cinema to watch it.

I heard that Zhou Yutang's next movie is "Detective Chinatown", which continues the criminal universe of the Magic Thieves. It is a brand-new theme that combines crime suspense with comedy. I think it is worth looking forward to. "

This thoughtful film review by the famous film critic Wei Jun received a lot of likes.

Other well-known film critics in the circle, including Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Hu Ge, etc., also reposted the video on their Weibo and pre-sold theater tickets to show their support.

The overall reputation is good, but some experts in the film and television industry are pessimistic: "Director Cao Baoping's ability and Zhou Yutang's screenwriting ability are unquestionable, but whether Liu Shishi can carry the box office is a question mark."

The person involved, Liu Shishi, did not care about these doubts.

At this time, she has already embarked on a roadshow journey with the main creative team of the crew.

"The movie "The Piano Tuner", directed by Cao Baoping, the best director of the Golden Goblet Awards, produced and written by Zhou Yutang, and starred by Liu Shishi, grossed 5930 million on the first day. It is a crime drama masterpiece that should not be missed!"

The cast of the movie "The Piano Tuner" is not top-notch. Apart from Liu Shishi and Wang Luodan, there are no big stars in the whole film.

The box office on the first day was not a huge success, but to have such a box office during the Dragon Boat Festival is already a near-perfect score.

At this time, "Jurassic World", which has been released for 13 days, has accumulated a box office of 10.37 billion.

It has become another Hollywood imported blockbuster to break 7 billion in box office in China after "The Meatballs" and "Avengers 2"!
However, at this point in its release, the box office growth slowed down, giving up the box office champion throne of the day, allowing "The Piano Tuner" to successfully take the top spot.

The next day was a working day, and the box office of "The Piano Tuner" remained stable at 5730 million!
On the third day, the box office closed at 6029 million!
After three days of release, the total box office has reached 1.77 million!
Let’s first put “Divergent 2: Retaliation” under our feet. This imported sci-fi thriller produced by Summit Entertainment of America only grossed 5618 million in its first week.

In addition, "Young Class", co-produced by Kung Fu Pictures and Huayi Films and starring Sun Honglei, Zhou Dongyu, Wang Zijian, Wang Shuoxin, and Wang Zixiuan, only had a box office of 2754 million in its first week, and also became a victim of "The Piano Tuner".

Jiangdong Entertainment’s publicity for this film mainly focused on Zhou Yutang’s production and screenwriting, as well as the film’s word-of-mouth marketing.

The quality of "The Piano Tuner" supported the film's early promotion, and its subsequent potential is undoubtedly revealed.

“Highly recommend this movie!”

"Zhou Yutang is really amazing. The plot, with all the twists and turns, left me dumbfounded!"

"Is there anyone like me who saw Liu Shishi go to report the case and the police boss appeared in front of her? The oppressive feeling was so frightening that I broke out in a cold sweat."

"I was just passing by and was scared and had a nightmare."

“Who knows if Liu Shishi really went blind in the end?”

"That's definitely not the case. Didn't you see her knock the can away? She must be pretending to be blind. So the question is, whose cornea did Liu Shishi replace?"

"Oh my god, that's terrifying when you think about it!"

"I never dreamed that Zhou Yutang could make Yijie a talented actress."

As the number of moviegoers increased, discussions online became quite lively.

The high Douban score of 8.8 is enough to prove the quality of "The Piano Tuner", and further promoted the continuous fermentation of the film's reputation.

There are more interpretations of the details of the movie by online experts.

For example, "the metaphor of the rabbit", "the possibility of the ending", etc.
The more interpretations there are, the more heated the debate will be, and the more beneficial it will be for the subsequent box office performance.
On the fourth day of its release, the film grossed 4 million yuan, continuing to sit firmly on the throne of China's single-day box office champion.

Cao Baoping, who just won the Golden Goblet Best Director Award, has already set a peak record in his directorial career.

And the top-tier actress Liu Shishi has also proved herself with her achievements...

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