1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Although Zhou Yan did not attend the premiere of "The Sixth Sense", the scene was still very lively. Colombia did not let go of Zhou Yan's enthusiasm for winning the Oscar for Best Score. It has been hyping it up these days.

Moreover, there were quite a few guests at the ceremony. The creators of "Sense and Sensibility" were attending the Oscars two days ago and stopped by to attend the premiere of "The Sixth Sense."

After all, both movies are produced by Colombia, so An Li and the others naturally have to give them face.

What's interesting is that the Backstreet Boys and Mariah Carey were also present, but they didn't perform at the show, they just went to watch the ceremony.

Moreover, many music media reporters came to the premiere ceremony.

Nowadays, the European and American music circles are paying great attention to Zhou Yan. After all, the soundtrack of "The Sixth Sense" was also composed by Zhou Yan, so reporters all want to take a look.

Although "The Sixth Sense" has been released before, everyone is still curious whether the music in the remake is different from the original version.

After the premiere, many media outlets gave very positive reviews.

However, before the reviews from film critics and reporters were published, the film began to be released in North America two days later.

……

"Bob, do you want to go to a movie today?"

After school, Dwight extended an invitation to his good friends.

"Are there any new movies coming out?" Bob asked.

"The Sixth Sense, released today."

"The Sixth Sense?" Bob frowned and thought for a moment, "Who starred in it?"

Dwight shrugged, "I don't know."

"What kind of movie is it?" Bob asked again.

"It seems like... a thriller?" Dwight wasn't sure either.

Seeing that he didn't know anything about the movie, Bob curled his lips and said, "You don't know anything, why do you want to watch it? I don't want to waste my time on junk movies."

"I've been hearing people talk about this movie lately. Maybe it's good? I heard that the director made "Scent of a Woman" and the soundtrack for the movie was composed by the same person as "Sense and Sensibility". He just won the Oscar. What a great soundtrack.”

Bob looked at Dwight in surprise, "You actually pay attention to the soundtrack of a movie?"

"I only found out about it because I kept seeing it on the news during this period. Let's go and see it. Watching movies alone is too boring for me."

"Okay." Dwight nodded, and then said, "But let me remind you, this movie is probably not good to watch. Otherwise, why are you promoting the soundtrack? Which movie have you seen that mainly promotes the soundtrack?"

"'Sense and Sensibility', I've often seen news about the soundtrack of 'Sense and Sensibility' before."

"Well, I just said it probably won't look good, I didn't say definitely."

"Let's go."

……

After going to the cinema, Bob was surprised, "Have so many people watched this movie?"

"Let me just say it's pretty hot, right?"

"Are you sure it's a thriller?"

"Yeah, if you look at the rating of this movie, pg-13, doesn't that explain the problem?"

The show they watched had a high attendance rate. When the two of them entered the theater, it was almost full.

When the movie wasn't on, Bob heard a couple chatting behind him.

"I heard that the original version was quite good, but I don't know what the remake will be like."

"Yeah, it's a pity that I didn't know about this movie at the time, otherwise I would definitely come to the cinema to watch it."

"I heard that the box office was good, with more than 10 million US dollars."

"A box office of more than 10 million US dollars is not bad, right?"

"That's a Chinese movie. I heard it cost only two million US dollars."

"Oh, that's true."

……

After hearing the discussion between the two, Bob turned to Dwight and asked, "Is this movie a remake?"

Dwight shook his head, "I don't know."

"You don't know anything." Bob rolled his eyes, "I heard from people behind me that it was a remake of a Chinese movie."

"Whatever, it doesn't affect our movie viewing."

When Bob wanted to ask anything else, the movie had already started.

The first shot of the movie is the same as the original, with the heroine walking down into the cellar.

When he saw the heroine Catherine appearing, Dwight's eyes lit up. Apart from anything else, this heroine was quite pretty.

And the beginning of the movie is also good. Although it doesn't explain anything, it can attract people to continue watching.

The movie reveals a tense feeling from the beginning, as if something unexpected might happen at any time.

Facts have proved that this atmosphere was not created haphazardly, and emergencies soon arose.

A naked man breaks into the home of the hero and heroine. This man is very emotionally unstable and keeps accusing the hero. From their conversation, it can be heard that this man was once a patient of the hero, but at that time The hero doesn't believe him.

Finally, with a gunshot, the male protagonist was shot and fell to the ground.

When he saw the male protagonist being shot and falling to the ground, Bob was a little surprised, wondering if he had guessed the wrong protagonist?

But this man is Kevin Costner. Is it possible that Kevin Costner is just a small role with very few roles in this movie? Is this possible?

Soon, Bob's doubts were dispelled.

The hero is not dead.

Time came to the next autumn, and the male protagonist seemed to have found another patient with the same symptoms as the man who shot him last year.

……

After the young hero appeared, Bob focused all his attention on the movie and had no time to think about anything else.

The rhythm of "The Sixth Sense" is very good, and almost every plot has something to attract the audience to continue watching.

There are some horror elements in the movie, mainly due to the young male protagonist's ability to see the dead.

However, Bob believes that this movie is not scary at all, but very heartwarming. There is no need to classify the movie as pg13.

This is an unconventional redemption story, in which the two male protagonists redeem each other.

The male protagonist Malcon is full of guilt because of what happened to the patient last year, and he wants to solve his knot by solving the problem of the young male protagonist Cole who has the same disease.

Cole fell into serious psychological problems because of his special abilities, and thought that no one could help him solve them.

But in the end, with Malcon's constant persistence, Cole gradually relieved his inner demons, accepted his abilities, and tried to use his special abilities to help others.

At this moment, the movie was very heartwarming, especially when the young male protagonist solved the misunderstanding between his mother and her deceased mother in the car, Bob's eyes were red.

He suddenly remembered his grandmother, who passed away when he was twelve years old.

Grandma left so suddenly that neither he nor his mother saw her for the last time.

If he had such an ability, could he also see his grandmother?

After watching this scene, Bob took a breath and tried to prevent the tears from flowing down his eyes.

He gently applauded the movie. Dwight's choice was not wrong. It was indeed a very good movie. He was willing to give this movie eight out of ten.

However, just when he thought he had understood the movie, there was a shocking twist at the end.

The hero is actually dead.

"what's the situation?"

Bob heard someone behind him exclaim, and this sound also revealed the doubts in his heart.

How could the male protagonist be dead? Obviously so many people have seen it...

No, Bob suddenly remembered that from beginning to end, no one except Cole had spoken to Malcom, including Malcom's wife, who never responded to him. In other words, he actually died in the accident last year, and now only Cole, who can see the undead, can see him.

No wonder!
No wonder Cole reacted that way when he saw Malcom at the beginning.

When he saw that scene, Bob felt a little strange. Even if Cole didn't want to see a doctor, he shouldn't have that expression. Now it seems that Cole knew that Malcom was an undead, so he was afraid.

Bob felt like someone had suddenly poured a basin of cold water over his head, making the top of his head cold, but the rest of his body was very hot.

He regretted that when he watched the movie before, he didn't pay attention to the details in the movie, so that now when he thought about it, he found that it was a bit blurry. During the entire movie watching process, his thoughts were completely led by the plot of the movie, and he had no time to think about other things.

Now that he knows the ending, if he looks back, he will definitely notice some clues.

When the closing music played, the audience in the theater talked a lot. Everyone was shocked by the ending.

After a while, the audience got up and left.

Bob didn't move. Dwight pushed him and said, "Bob, let's go."

"Oh, okay." Bob nodded, stood up and followed Dwight out of the cinema.

On the way out of the cinema, I could hear everyone discussing the details of the movie.

"I remember, didn't Malcom have dinner with his wife in the restaurant? It was their wedding anniversary. Is this a loophole?"

"You remember wrongly. Malcom and his wife didn't eat at the restaurant at all. As soon as Malcom arrived, his wife paid the bill and left."

"I remember his wife talking to him."

"His wife wasn't talking to him, she was talking to the table."

"but I……"

"This is the genius of the screenwriter and director, it makes you have some wrong associations."

"Yes, that's right. When Malcom and Cole met at Cole's house, although Malcom and Cole's mother were sitting face to face, they did not speak, and the mother did not introduce Malcom."

"Wow, Cole is so cute."

"This movie has a lot of details. Did you notice the thermometer outside when Cole went to the bathroom? The temperature drops where the undead appear."

"Cole's acting is really good, and he's still so young."

……

Bob listened carefully to some of the discussion and heard some details that he had not noticed before.

The more he listened to other people's discussions, the better he thought the movie was.

He admitted that his previous ratings were too hasty, and if he were asked to rate this movie again, he would give it a nine-point five out of ten.

There are very few movies that can make Bob immediately want to watch a second time after watching it for the first time. "The Sixth Sense" did it.

And listening to other people's discussions, he is not the only one who has this idea. Many people want to watch this movie again.

Seeing Bob in a daze, Dwight smiled proudly and said, "Well, this movie is good."

Bob nodded, "It's a very good movie. This should be the best movie I've seen in the past two years."

"Is it better than 'Sense and Sensibility'? Or how about 'Braveheart'?"

Bob shook his head. "They are not the same kind of movies. I won't compare them together. Just like novels, some novels you know are very good, but you need to spend time to read them slowly. You can't be impatient, and you even have to push yourself to read them. But some novels can be read in one go without any effort."

“How was the soundtrack to the movie?”

"It's good, but I'm not a professional. I just think the soundtrack is quite suitable and I don't have any special impression. This is different from "Sense and Sensibility". A lot of the music in "Sense and Sensibility" was picked up while watching the movie. I want to know what they are. Just like wearing clothes, the clothes in "The Sixth Sense" are very suitable for the scene. Wear suits for formal occasions, wear sportswear for outdoor sports, and wear pajamas before going to bed."

"What about Sense and Sensibility?"

"The soundtrack in "Sense and Sensibility" is like a big show. The clothes not only suit the model's temperament, but are eye-catching and can be remembered at a glance."

Dwight smiled and said, "You also said that you are unprofessional. Isn't this a very good metaphor?"

……

The day after "The Sixth Sense" was released, reviews of the movie appeared on a large scale, and most of the critics were full of praise for the movie.

However, some film critics criticized that the remake of "The Sixth Sense" is too similar to the original "The Sixth Sense". The plot of the story is basically unchanged and it is very lacking in new ideas.

Colombia doesn't care at all about such movie reviews. Anyway, the box office of the original version was only more than 10 million US dollars, and most people have never seen it.

At that time, they took a fancy to the story and never thought of making major changes.

Moreover, although the storyline of the movie is similar and the structure has not changed, in fact many details have been changed, and relatively large-scale changes have been made to the settings of some characters and the historical background.

For example, in the original version of "The Sixth Sense", there was no Christian content, let alone plots related to American history, but this version adds them.

In addition, the overall style is also very different. Zhou Yan’s version is relatively subtle.

In addition, when Zhou Yan was composing the soundtrack for the remake, he also acted more directly and focused more on the horror elements of the film.

Therefore, this remake must be more suitable for European and American audiences from the inside out.

Facts have proved that the audience really bought into it.

The first weekend box office of "The Sixth Sense" came out quickly. It was a figure that was not an exaggeration, but was enough to surprise everyone - 25.5 million US dollars.

You have to say that this first weekend has a high box office, but there are also many movies that have a box office of US$40 to 50 million in their first weekend.

But you have to say that the box office of this first weekend is not high. So far this year, there has not been a movie with a box office of more than 20 million US dollars in its first weekend.
"The Birdcage", which was released in early March, did well, but its first weekend box office was only US$18 million.

In this kind of schedule, it is another movie with a budget of only more than 20 million US dollars. It took in 25 million US dollars in the first weekend. It is definitely a big dark horse.

The key is that the potential of this movie has not yet been tapped. Now all walks of life have good reviews of the movie, which means that the box office will be very strong in the future.

……

On April 12, before Zhou Yan went to Neon with Li Yiding and the others, news came out that the North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" had exceeded US$60 million.

Bregman called Zhou Yan excitedly.

"Y, I'm afraid you have to come to the United States in a while. The North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" has already exceeded 60 million U.S. dollars, and there will be no problem if the final box office exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars."

Although the sound on the phone was severely distorted, Zhou Yan still heard the excitement in Bregman's tone.

For a movie with a budget of more than 21 million US dollars, it only took 10 days to earn 60 million US dollars at the box office. Anyone would be excited.

"The Sixth Sense" is no longer aiming to hit US$100 million at the box office. Columbia's current goal is to hit US$200 million at the North American box office.

This is still a place in North America, and there will be other countries and regions later, and I don’t know what its global box office will be like.

But now it seems that the return rate of more than ten times is certain, and the global box office will definitely exceed 200 million US dollars.

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I will get there."

"The Sixth Sense" did not disappoint him. This movie can bring Zhou at least 10 million U.S. dollars in box office share, and this is just a guarantee. The final revenue may be far more than 10 million U.S. dollars.

Now it seems that he can find land in advance and build a modern studio building.

"I will inform you after we confirm the celebration banquet."

"no problem."

……

After hanging up Bregman's phone, Zhou Yan simply packed up and rushed to the airport.

There were a lot of people going to Neon this time. In addition to the Broadcasting Arts Orchestra and Choir, there were about seventy or eighty people going, plus some people from the production center.

Because there were so many people, we were divided into two groups.

Zhou Yan did not go with them, because he wanted to bring Qingyinfang with him, and there were many people there, so he went over late.

There are six concerts with the theme of "Three Kingdoms" in total, two of which are in Tokyo.

Zhang Youan also contacted Qingyinfang for five announcements, two of which were music program recordings, one TV program interview, and two campus concerts, held at Dongda University and Dongyi University respectively.

Of course, this is not fixed. If the two concerts at Dongda University and Dongyi University are good, Qingyinfang will perform a few more shows in Neon. It is relatively simple to organize such campus concerts.

It is impossible to make money from this kind of campus concert, and the purpose is to make Qingyinfang known to the public as soon as possible.

Students have the strongest information penetration, so targeting schools will hopefully quickly open up the neon market. (End of chapter)