China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 755 The Final Battle
Beijing, New Picture Film and Television Company.

At this moment, there were exactly ten people sitting in the conference room with a sign that read "Film Post-Production Center".

They are all members of Master Zhang’s film post-production team.

Some were yawning, some were smoking, and some were enthusiastically chatting about holiday gossip with their colleagues.

There is absolutely no sign of working condition.

Originally, these people were called back at the last minute during the National Day holiday.

Except for those who are out of town and cannot return to Beijing, almost all the post-production team of New Picture Company is here.

"Hey, Lao Liu, why did Assistant Liu call us back? There are only two days left in the National Day holiday. Nothing can wait until the holiday is over. I just made an appointment with someone to go fishing at Shangzhuang Reservoir, and suddenly I was called back. What do you think of this?"

"You, haven't you figured it out yet? What Assistant Liu? This is obviously what Director Zhang meant."

"What does Director Zhang mean? Isn't the post-production progress of The Flowers of War completed very quickly? He said before the National Day that we should have a good holiday."

"Haha, it's a different time now. You're not qualified to be a film and television worker. Haven't you watched any movies recently?"

"Watch a movie? Hiss. You mean the movie Gravity by Starry Sky?"

"Yes, and also wrong."

"Hey, stop playing dumb. What's going on?"

"It is indeed because of this movie, but you can't say it's Xingkong's, you have to say it's Sun Yi's. Do you understand?"

"Hiss, I think I understand."

Wen has no first, Wu has no second.

The same goes for the director industry. Think about it, you have already been crowned as the "national master", and suddenly a young man comes out, and in just a few years, not only has his movie box office soared, but now even the three major European awards are being tied by him.

Who would not be disturbed by this matter? Who could be so open-minded?

Director Chen and Feng Xiaogang are fine, as they both don't have any movies to be released this year.

"1942" and "Search" will not be released until next year at the earliest.

So when faced with reporters' persistent questions, the two answered with ease.

It's just basic business flattery.

Sun Yi now is not someone that anyone can comment on.

On the other hand, Master Zhang has a movie released this year, which is "The Flowers of War" during the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of the year.

As a result, reporters will inevitably ask about this aspect during interviews and make a horizontal comparison between the two films.

This made Master Zhang very embarrassed for a moment.

He took some time to watch "Gravity". To be honest, he couldn't shoot the film with the same visual image and camera language.

But it is absolutely impossible for him to directly admit that he, a well-known fifth-generation director, is not as good as Sun Yi, a young man.

Special effects are not his forte.

So, the truth will be revealed in the work.

Before the National Day holiday was over, Master Zhang had already brought his team back together.

The later stage of "The Flowers of War" was re-edited in order to achieve the best and better results.

Sun Yi had no idea that someone here was competing with him because of one of his movies.

As Sun Yi and Liu Yifei conducted a nationwide promotional roadshow from south to north, the box office data of "Gravity" showed no sign of decline. After the first three days of the first week, it still took in more than 1 million yuan in box office on the first day of the second week.

Within four days of its release, the movie’s box office exceeded 4 million yuan, which shocked many competitors.

Normally, the popularity of a movie is limited. Once it is fully overdrawn, the appeal of the movie will gradually disappear.

But that’s not the case with Gravity.

When it was first released, with the joint promotion by China Film Group and Star TV, as well as the fan base of Liu Yifei and Sun Yi themselves, it made a huge profit at the box office.

By the second week, except for a few die-hard fans who kept watching the movie a second or third time, the rest depended on the general audience.

This is why those obviously bad movies in later generations can achieve a box office of 100 or 200 million when they are first released. The reason lies in the basic fan base.

Sun Yi and Liu Yifei also have this stuff, and they have a lot of it, but compared with movie fans across the country, their fan base is still a small group.

At this point, the reputation of the movie becomes particularly important.

In terms of Douban ratings, after four days of screening, "Gravity" has firmly locked in a score of 4, making it the best Chinese science fiction film since the new century.

Such reputation is enough to make movie fans willingly pay for tickets.

Just at this time, the National Space Administration, the biggest supporter of the film, also gave the film a great assist.

On October 2011, 10, the National Space Administration made an official announcement on its official Weibo account.

已于2011年9月29日21时16分03秒，从酒泉卫星发射中心成功发射一枚试验性空间站飞行器。

The experimental space station is officially named "Tiangong-1" and is now officially operating in orbit.

Its design life is two years, and it will carry out a number of extended technical experiments in space orbit to accumulate experience for the future construction and operation of the Chinese space station and the application and promotion of manned space achievements.

That evening, the "News" newsletter also reported this news and made some comments at the end.

"In the next 20 years, our country's aerospace industry will be one of the focuses of development. In developing the space industry, we must not relax the promotion of the spirit of aerospace."

"The emergence of the film Gravity fills the gap in the aerospace field in modern Chinese films and stands at the forefront of the tide of the times!"

"As a space disaster film, this movie allows the Chinese public to understand and realize the vastness and unknownness of space, and inspires the public's enthusiasm for space exploration. I hope that such excellent films can continue to be released."

Now, once the news about the movie is on the "news", it will be a thousand times more effective than any other means of publicity.

It has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of movie fans to watch movies.

On the fifth day of its release, the movie's box office curve unexpectedly showed an upward trend.

Han Sanping specially called Sun Yi and informed him of the good news.

"It is said that various government agencies and primary and secondary schools are interested in organizing group viewings of Gravity. At the same time, the National Space Administration has also proposed that this movie be designated as an enlightenment science fiction film for primary and secondary school students to understand space."

Hearing this good news, Sun Yi was very happy.

There is no way not to be happy. You know, this is the national team.

If the national team participates, the box office of the movie can be increased by at least several percent.

This was the case with "Wings of the Sky". After the military and local government agencies stepped in, the box office soared.

If that's the case, "Gravity" can almost recover its cost in China.

The total investment of "Gravity" is about 8000 million US dollars, which is more than 5 million yuan in RMB.

Originally, Sun Yi never thought that the film could recoup its costs in the country.

But now, as long as the box office exceeds 1.5 billion, it is very likely that the movie will make a profit in China.

October 10th was the last day of the National Day holiday, and also the last promotional roadshow for Sun Yi and Liu Yifei after returning to Beijing.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the Workers' Stadium in Beijing was packed.

Although only three sides of the stadium were open for some reason, there were still no less than 4 spectators seated in the venue.

It is indeed a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was a fan meeting between Sun Yi and Liu Yifei.

But if we say that this is the final battle of "The Voice of China" in 2011, the final night, then this number is not an exaggeration at all.

Since Starry Sky Image launched this variety show in June, it took less than a month to win the hearts of audiences across the country.

It has become a phenomenal variety show.

After going through auditions, preliminary rounds, mentor grouping, in-group battles, and group battles, there are finally 8 contestants left who will compete for the championship of The Voice Season in tonight's final night.

Tonight's show can be said to be of great interest to the entire nation.

Sun Yi cleverly integrated the final movie promotion into tonight's finals night.

Originally, two of the mentors were the male and female protagonists of the movie, and the program was under Star Image, so as long as they communicated with Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, there would be no problem at all. Sure enough, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV had no objection and replied to Sun Yi that he could do whatever he wanted.

At 7pm, the finals night officially began.

Hua Shao started with a machine gun-like output.

"Authentic good herbal tea, authentic good voices, welcome to watch "The Voice of China" exclusively sponsored by the leader of herbal tea, Red Can Herbal Tea Jiaduobao. Tonight is the night of the finals. Please tune in to the live broadcast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, or log on to the Starry Sky Video website www.XKshipin.com to watch the recorded broadcast of the program."

“Welcome to all friends from all over the world watching TV and online. Thank you!”

Nowadays, the influence of "The Voice of China" is not only in China, but also has a great response in Southeast Asia and even among overseas Chinese communities. The program team even opened an additional overseas voting channel when the audience voted for the PK promotion.

I thought the votes would be sparse, but I never expected that the overseas vote base would be so strong, with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of votes pushing up the votes.

Yang Fan was so scared that he thought someone was maliciously voting. After a thorough investigation, he found out that the show was simply too popular.

Tonight's final night, Liu Yan no longer stayed in the backstage, but served as the front-stage host with Hua Shao.

Although it was her first time hosting a show in front of 4 people and her heart was pounding with nervousness, she managed to perform well and followed Hua Shao's hosting speech completely.

The audience burst into thunderous applause. After waiting for 3 seconds, Hua Shao spoke first, "Liu Yan, the audience tonight is so enthusiastic. I am shaking all over and don't know what to do next. How about you remind me?"

"How could such a big host forget this? Of course, we have invited our celebrity mentor to come on stage."

"Oh, yes, look at my head, let me welcome our four star mentors."

Accompanied by extremely dazzling stage effects, Liu Yifei, Princess Wang, Yu Chengqing and Liu Dehua walked onto the stage while singing "I Believe".

The audience at the scene suddenly burst into cheers.

After the song, it was time for a small interactive session before the competition.

Hua Shao picked up the microphone, stood next to several celebrity mentors, and said:
"A lot of things have happened in our entertainment industry these days, and they are all about our two celebrity mentors."

The audience at the scene burst into laughter when they heard Hua Shao's meaningful words, and then the fans raised the posters in their hands one after another.

Liu Yifei, wearing a space suit, leaps up and faces the earth.

"I heard that our two mentors Liu shot a space 3D movie together. It was just released and has achieved very, very, very explosive word-of-mouth and box office. It was even reported in the news~"

Oh, oh, oh~~~~
The fans in the audience started to cheer.

"Teachers Liu, I really want to interview you. Which is better, space or Earth?"

Liu Yifei raised the microphone and humbly gestured for Brother Hua to speak first. Liu Dehua was not shy about it, and he laughed and said:

"It's a bit strange to ask me this question. I haven't come back yet. In the movie, I was still looking at space~"

Hahahaha~~~~~
"Haha, what about Yifei?" Hua Shao immediately asked Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei raised her hand, covered her mouth with a smile, and replied softly:
"Of course I like Earth, otherwise why would I go through so much trouble to come back? Just to spend tonight's finals night with everyone here."

"Wow wow wow~~~"

The atmosphere at the scene exploded again.

Sun Yi, who was sitting in the VIP area in the front row, raised his eyebrows when he heard Liu Yifei's reply.

Wow, this reply is perfect.

He promoted the movie, talked about tonight's finals, and praised the audience.

Simply kill three birds with one stone.

Sun Yi was conscientious. He did not give the girl any training in advance. This was entirely her improvisation.

It looks like it's very good.

After a short interaction on stage, it ended. The main topic of the night was still the final night of "The Voice of China".

The four mentors took their seats one after another, still on the large brightly colored sofas, but tonight, no one had their backs to the stage; they all faced the stage.

There are a total of 8 contestants in tonight's finals. Coincidentally, there are two people on each mentor's team.

It’s not the program team doing this for the effect of the finals, but the real PK result, that’s it.

The first round was a segment where the mentor sang with the singer, and Sun Yi joined temporarily based on the later show “The Voice of China”.

The star mentors will sing a song with their contestants. This round will not be counted in the results, but will determine the order of performance.

You know, in tonight's final, every contestant will sing more than 3 songs on average, and a reasonable order of performance can help singers better adjust their state and physical strength.

For example, the reasonable arrangement of fast and slow songs can avoid excessive physical exertion and lay a good foundation for subsequent singing.

Moreover, in the early stages of a competition, judges and audiences tend to be more engaged and focused, and are likely to give higher evaluations to contestants’ performances.

Of course, everything still depends on strength.

The mentors started singing in the order of Wang Fei, Liu Dehua, Liu Yifei, and Yu Chengqing, each singing a song, and then another round.

Several mentors came out one by one with their generals.

When it was Liu Yifei's turn, the first person she brought up was Zhou Shen, who still looked a little shy.

A beautiful piano prelude sounded, Liu Yifei nodded gently, and Zhou Shen spoke softly:
"We walked and stopped along the way, following the traces of the boy's drifting,"

"The moment before I stepped out of the station, I was a little hesitant,"

"I can't help but laugh at this feeling of homesickness, which is still unavoidable,"

“And the sky in Nagano is still as warm as ever.”

[Oh my god, oh my god, new song, I haven’t heard it before??? ! ! ! ! ! ]

[It’s really a new song! ]

The moment Zhou Shen's singing sounded, the audience was stunned. No one thought that he would sing a new song with Liu Yifei on this occasion.

[It sounds pretty good~]

Liu Yifei was very satisfied with the audience's reaction.

She smiled gently, as if she had expected this situation.

Before, when she heard about this part of helping with singing, she was a little worried.

Although her singing skills are now qualified enough for a singer, her level is still there.

It is no exaggeration to say that among the four star mentors, her singing skills are the best.

It would be fine if there was no contrast, but this contrast will stand out.

After all, she is the Venice Film Festival winner, she has to save face.

then.

When you are in doubt, consult your husband.

Singing a new song perfectly solves the problem of comparing singing skills.

Sun Yi was so annoyed that he had no choice but to pick out the song "The Wind Rises" for her, which was also sung by Zhou Shen in later generations.

Very suitable for two people.

On the stage, Zhou Shen was still singing softly, but Liu Yifei hadn't spoken a word.

It wasn't until the chorus that she raised the microphone in her hand.

"I was once obsessed with the world and the dreams in it,"

"Don't struggle with truth or falsehood, don't be afraid of being laughed at,"

"I once turned my youth into him, and played the summer with my fingertips."

"Let your heart take you wherever it takes you."

"Walk against the light, regardless of the wind and rain."

Walking against the light, regardless of wind and rain~~~~
At this moment, Liu Yifei seemed to be singing out her past self.
　I'm really sorry that I haven't updated very often. I'm not feeling well yet. I've been having a fever and a cold, and it's been intermittent. I've been staying up late to write, which has damaged my body's resistance. Now I'm almost sick. Please allow me to recuperate. I'll try to update every day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)