China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 693: Teacher Xue's Request and Chick Movie
The sudden popularity of "Diaosi Nanren" spread rapidly on the Internet like a virus. As a result, the traffic of Star Video continued to increase, and a large number of new users came every day.

It is visible to the naked eye that the market share has begun to rise continuously.

The good results gave Dapeng unlimited motivation, and he pulled Liu Yan to start the next shooting.

I hate not being able to sleep.

Sun Yi also sorted out the jokes and famous scenes that he still remembered, and compiled them into a script, which he gave to Dapeng and told him.

You don't have to worry about the budget, just build as much as you can.

The original first season of "Diaosi Nanzi" was actually quite simple in terms of details. Not only were the scenes small, but there were also very few guest stars.

It was not until the first season became a hit on the Internet and achieved incredible success that celebrities from all walks of life finally defied their pride to make guest appearances.

As Huang Bo said, "When you succeed, you will find that there are good people around you."

However, this time the producer became Star Sky, which is very different. Needless to say, Liu Yifei's appearance in the first episode alone was a huge show, which instantly elevated this online short drama to more than one level.

At the same time, it was linked with the upcoming movie "Only You", which greatly enhanced the publicity effect.

The pre-sale box office on the Star International online ticketing platform has seen a significant increase, especially the show on Valentine's Day, February 2, which was almost sold out, with no seats left even in the corners.

This made Sun Yi a little puzzled when he saw the pre-sale data of movie tickets.

You said that these seats in the even-numbered rows have been sold out.

But why are the seats in these odd-numbered rows full?
Anyone going to the movies on Valentine's Day?
Or are there brothers who lead two?
Awesome!
As of the day of the movie's premiere, the pre-sale box office of "Only You" directly exceeded 100 million yuan, which once again shocked many people in the industry.

Many people in the industry don’t understand why Star Sky’s movies are so popular. Even if the fans of Sun Yi and Liu Yifei are included, the pre-sale box office would not have exceeded 100 million yuan.

You know, last month, the box office of "Shaolin Temple", which was full of big names, was only 2 million yuan, and this was the result of the hard work of promoting it by big stars such as Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Xie Dashao, Fan Bingbing, etc.

But your movie hasn’t been released yet?
There is only a trailer, and it is not a 3D sci-fi masterpiece like Pacific Rim.
Why do so many people want to watch it?
It's unreasonable~
Little do people know that the personal influence of Sun Yi and Liu Yifei is only one aspect. What is more important is that after Starry Sky Image has formed a complete closed loop in the film and television ecological chain, it has multi-platform, multi-channel, and joint publicity, creating an effect of 1+1 greater than 2.

Many passers-by fans were attracted in this way.

On the day of the premiere, Sun Yi and Liu Yifei arrived at the company early.

Because the premiere in the evening was held at the Starry Sky International Flagship Store in the front building of the company, it was necessary for the clothing styling team to make another trip home.

You can't torment people for no reason.

While the girl went to choose a suitable dress and styling design, Sun Yi took a rough look around the premiere scene and asked about the progress of the preparations.

Basically, there is no problem. After all, Star Sky has extremely rich experience in hosting premieres.

After returning to the office, I had barely sat down for a moment when an old friend unexpectedly met me.

Sun Yi stood up to greet him.

"Teacher Xue, you are a rare guest. What brings you here today?"

"Oh, you're a big director now, a very busy person. It's not easy to see you. It's just right that I can meet you in the company during your movie premiere."

"Oh, Teacher Xue, you are so rude to me. In front of you, I will always be a student. Please come in, please come in."

The visitor was Sun Yi’s literature teacher at Beijing Film Academy and also the director of the first film he participated in, Xue Xiaolu.

Xue Xiaolu did not come alone today. He was followed by a young girl. She was not tall, but had pretty features. However, she looked a little nervous. After seeing Sun Yi, her face turned red and she didn't dare to look him directly in the eye.

"Teacher Xue, who is this?"

"Oh, this is my student in the Department of Literature, Bao Jingjing, she is from the same class as you."

"Hello, Director Sun." The girl blushed and greeted Sun Yi.

"We are all alumni, no need to be so polite, please take a seat, please take a seat."

When he heard this name, Sun Yi always felt that it was familiar, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember who it was. He thought that they might have had some simple intersections in school and he had forgotten it, so he didn't take it to heart. Instead, he started to greet Teacher Xue.

The two chatted about their recent situation for a while, and before they had even finished their cup of tea, Xue Xiaolu got straight to the point.

She smiled and said to Sun Yi:

"Xiao Yi, to be honest with you, I'm here to fight the landlords and divide the land. You'd better be mentally prepared."

Hearing what Teacher Xue said, Sun Yi burst into laughter, waved his hand, and replied:
"I thought it was something. If it was someone else, they would definitely have to talk about it, but if it's you, Teacher Xue, all you have to say is one word. If you have any request, I will do it."

Sun Yi's words were extremely heroic, and he took on too much responsibility without leaving any room for himself.

But he was really sincere. When he first entered the school, although he wrote a script for "Little Red Flower" and was recognized by the department, it was Mr. Xue who decided that he would play the male lead.

Not to mention, when filming the girl's graduation film "Those Years", Teacher Xue let him do what he wanted, which completely opened up his path to becoming a director.

To be honest, the person who helped him the most in the entire Beijing Film Academy, apart from Tian Zhuang, is Teacher Xue in front of him.

Hearing Sun Yi say this, Xue Xiaolu was very pleased. He took out a script from his bag, handed it to Sun Yi, and said with a smile:

"Last year, Xiao Bao wrote a novel online, which was very popular among netizens. After I read it, I also liked it very much, so I simply changed it into a script and wanted to make it into a theatrical movie."

Xue Xiaolu didn't say anything else, but everyone must have known that what she meant was to attract investment from Sun Yi.

Sun Yi didn't care about money. With the current Starry Sky, it would be no problem for him to take out 20 or 30 million to let Teacher Xue practice.

However, the quality of the script still needs to be controlled a little bit. After all, we cannot ruin Starry Sky’s reputation of only producing high-quality works.

Sun Yi took the script and took a look.

Well, no wonder I felt this girl’s name sounded so familiar just now.

It turned out to be Bao Jingjing, who would become a famous screenwriter in the future, an older girl, a well-known shrew, and the female version of Wang Shuo.

As for the script, it is of course the sensational "Love Is Not Blind".

Unexpectedly, this person was sitting in the company and cakes came from the sky.

Speaking of this matter, there are actually some stories that are related to Sun Yi.

When Sun Yi was still studying at Beijing Film Academy, she made two movies, "Little Red Flower" and "Those Years", both directed by Xue Xiaolu. This completely opened up her career as a literary screenwriter.

Now that I’ve become a director, I definitely can’t go back to being a screenwriter.

Although all people of all classes are equal under the leadership of the Party, their revolutionary work is still different.

In a work, the director has a louder voice than the screenwriter.

Xue Xiaolu has tasted the sweetness of being a director, so he is definitely ready to delve deeper into this path.

Although the director's name was on the first two films, "Little Red Flower" was a TV movie, not to mention "Those Years", in which she was no different from a nominal director.

Although Sun Yi was a student she cared about very much and there was no need to worry about it, as a teacher, how could she not want to make some achievements?
So, I devoted myself to it for two years and produced two books.

One is "Beijing Falls in Love with Seattle", which was noticed by Senior Sister Yu and she is leaving.

The other one is "Ocean Paradise", which she personally prefers.

The movie was released in June last year and received very good reviews, but unfortunately, it was not a box office success.

It only achieved a box office revenue of 1000 million RMB. Although this is a public welfare film, the box office revenue did not even reach half of the production cost, which is a bit unacceptable.

No one blamed Xue Xiaolu, but she felt bad about it. Especially when compared with Sun Yi's current performance, there was simply no comparison.

Although for a teacher, it is a great compliment for the student to surpass the teacher, but in Sun Yi's case, he is not even the teacher.

As a teacher, how could she not feel conflicted?

Xue Xiaolu is not like Tian Zhuang. After being banned for ten years, he has become indifferent to everything and has long lost the ambition.

She is only 40 years old, the best age to be a director. How can she be so convinced of defeat?
Coincidentally, another student, Bao Jingjing, asked her about adapting her novel into a film or television script, and she discovered this script and fell in love with it at first sight.

This is how today’s journey through the starry sky came about.

Sun Yi took the script and read it seriously for a while.

Not much different from the previous life.

Still from the heroine's personal perspective, it tells the story of what happened between her and her colleague Wang Xiaojian in the 33 days after she broke up. This story is full of humor and emotion, showing how the heroine walked out of the shadow of broken love and found herself again.

In Sun Yi's opinion, the movie "Love Is Not Blind" is a very standard chick flick.

The term "chick flick" originated from abroad and refers to love movies with light-hearted and romantic plots, mostly centered on female characters, with men playing supporting roles.

This type of movie is generally more fashionable and targets young audiences. Most of the plots start with the heroine being born unlucky and then winning the man's heart through self-confidence and independence or other advantages, and finally getting married with a perfect happy ending.

To put it bluntly, it can be understood as a thrilling film about women's counterattack in the new era. Female audiences love to watch it, and male audiences are not so disgusted by it.

It was Hollywood in North America that popularized the chick flick.

Many famous actresses got their start in this type of movie.

For example, Scarlett Johansson made a chick flick, The Nanny Diaries, in 2007.

There is also Sandra Bullock, who was once known as a box office poison but has now risen to the highest level of comprehensive salary in Hollywood. The movie "The Proposal" was remade by John when he bought Sun Yi's script when he was still at Touchstone Pictures. It can be considered a chick flick in essence.

The emergence of this type of film means that there are too few opportunities for female stars to carry the box office alone or be the absolute leading lady in a commercial film.

Therefore, this type of chick flick is one of their few choices. Even for popular Hollywood actresses, it is difficult to say "no" to such a subject.

As for the domestic situation, this is even more so.

The first is Hong Kong Island, where chick flicks were also popular from the late 1990s to the early 21st century.

Her representative work is Zheng Xiuwen's "Slimming Men and Women", which grossed over 4000 million in Hong Kong Island, ranking second that year, second only to Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Soccer".

Later, Miriam Yeung, who was a singer, also filmed many works of this type.

As for the chick flicks in mainland China, they came out later.

Putting aside the "Fake Marriage" starring Sun Yi and Senior Sister Yu, the first relatively standard chick flick was "Perfect Match" in 2009, in which Zhang Ziyi served as the producer and the leading actress, and partnered with Wang Lihong.

It can be said that Zhang Ziyi learned the true secrets from Hollywood and followed suit, and her box office results are not bad.

It's just that Zhang Ziyi was unlucky and was hit by a triple scandal. A series of negative news, including the "ink-throwing scandal", the "fraudulent donation scandal" and the "seduction scandal", caused her reputation to plummet and she became a stink in the streets.

To be honest, for chick flicks and other light comedies, the audience's demand for watching the movies is not that strong. It mainly depends on the reputation and appeal of the actors. If the actors are not popular among the public, the movie is basically ruined.

Earlier, Sun Yi had also considered making a chick flick for Xiao Nizi.

In the plot mode, the heroine is frustrated, then meets her true love, and then they start to toss each other around, and finally have a happy ending.

This type of movie basically follows this routine.

But unexpectedly, after several works, Liu Yifei's box office appeal skyrocketed, and she no longer needed this kind of chick flick as a transition.

Sun Yi even felt that with the girl's current overall strength, it would be no problem for her to star in a movie with a heroine as the lead.

Therefore, he never made this type of film.

But this does not mean that "Love Is Not Blind" is not a good project.

You know, in the original time and space, this movie, with a production cost of less than 1000 million, earned 3.5 million at the box office and was once called a box office miracle of domestic films.

When a cake like this is placed right in front of your mouth, you really have no choice but to eat it.

Sun Yi closed the script and said with a smile:

"Teacher Xue, we have cast StarSky for this movie. Do you have any requirements for the actors?"

Xue Xiaolu looked at Bao Jingjing with a smile, as if he had expected Sun Yi to give such an answer.

"Look, you and Yifei, do you have time?"

"what?"

(End of this chapter)