After being defeated by Qingmei, I became a top player

The emergence of Cai Yuanzhong brought the ancient martial arts circle to a standstill.

The attendance rate of "Kung Fu" has also started to rise with the discussion in the past two days.

After the first week of release, the box office statistics for "Kung Fu" and "The Grandmaster" were also released.

The box office of "The Grandmaster" crossed the 1 billion threshold in just one week, reaching 1.2 billion. The box office was the highest on the first day, and then fell slightly in the following days.

"Kung Fu" was still 5000 million away from billion. In the past seven days, the box office rose and fell along with the hot searches.

But the box office on the last day of the week exceeded that of the first day, reaching 180 million.

Anyone in the industry can see the subtle relationship between the two.

Some of the people who were optimistic that "The Grandmaster" would break 3 billion in a month and become the first movie to break the 3 billion box office mark, have now begun to attribute this title to "Kung Fu".

The reason for this phenomenon is the movie’s reputation.

In fact, no matter how much publicity is done, it can only affect the initial performance of a movie. As time goes by, it will no longer be publicity that affects the final performance of a movie.

The reason why Feng Yue was able to gain a foothold in Zhongzhou is due to his unique understanding of publicity, but in addition to that, his films are also of first-class quality.

In this way, the publicity will have the best effect.

This time, although Feng Yue has a slight advantage in publicity and has achieved initial results, the future direction of the film will depend on word-of-mouth feedback.

In this regard, "Kung Fu" obviously has better feedback than "The Grandmaster".

……

Yongzhou, the independent courtyard where Feng Yue lived.

In front of Feng Yue were the box office data of the two movies in the first week. At this moment, he was already feeling uneasy.

Just now, Gao Nanhua called him and congratulated him on his movie’s box office revenue of over 1 billion.

But how could Feng Yue not know what Gao Nanhua meant?
When Feng Yue was already in a bad mood, his assistant suddenly brought another piece of news.

"Director Feng, there's a small problem with Gao Shaojun."

"explain."

Feng Yue didn't even turn his head.

"In the past half month, we have been promoting Gao Shaojun, but recently, many fans or netizens who have not seen the movie have begun to dislike Gao Shaojun."

The assistant glanced at Feng Yue and continued:
"The internet said that losing weight for a movie is what an actor should do and it's not worth promoting. They even gave some examples, including the supporting role in Kung Fu."

After hearing the word "Kung Fu", Feng Yue finally reacted.

"What did you say about Kung Fu?"

"There is a supporting character in Kung Fu, the landlady, whose real name is Mo Xiaoxian. She had previously starred in another drama directed by Sun Yat-sen, The God of Cookery. In that drama, Mo Xiaoxian was a beautiful woman weighing about 100 kilograms, but in Kung Fu, she became a fat woman weighing about 150 kilograms..."

Feng Yue frowned and turned to look at his assistant.

"I remember you didn't tell me this information before."

The assistant broke out in a cold sweat when Feng Yue saw him.

"Director Feng, it's not that I didn't say it, it's the crew of Kung Fu who didn't promote the actors at all."

Feng Yue was stunned.

“No publicity?”

"Yes! It was when netizens were discussing Gao Shaojun that someone broke the news. The Kung Fu crew then released some of Mo Xiaoxian's changes. In this comparison, Gao Shaojun became the one who was trying to attract attention in the eyes of netizens."

Feng Yue seemed to understand something and exclaimed:
"That guy predicted that using actors to promote movies would have negative effects?"

In fact, Feng Yue had already anticipated the matter of Gao Shaojun.

Everything has its pros and cons.

A group of people watched the movie because of Gao Shaojun's weight loss, and at the same time, there will be a group of people who will dislike Gao Shaojun because of excessive publicity.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Feng Yue felt that it was worthwhile to exchange Gao Shaojun's fame for the success of his movie.

So I don't take this matter to heart.

But now the problem is, if there is no comparison, only Gao Shaojun's reputation will be damaged, and it will not have much impact on "Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster".

However, there is also such an actor in "Kung Fu", but he made a completely opposite choice.

The "Kung Fu" crew chose to protect the actors and sacrifice the interests of the film.

This was something Feng Yue had not expected, and it was also something he would not do.

But now that things have come to this, Feng Yue will not regret what he has done.

"So Gao Shaojun is not satisfied with us?"

"Yes, Gao Shaojun originally participated in a program and was a regular guest for two seasons, but after this incident, Gao Shaojun was not invited to the latest season of the program.

In addition, some of the endorsements that Gao Shaojun had originally accepted because of his body shape could no longer be renewed, and Gao Shaojun could not get any new endorsements, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with us and did not want to participate in future promotions. "

Feng Yue laughed when he heard this.

When he spent a lot of money to promote Gao Shaojun before, he didn't seem to be dissatisfied with Gao Shaojun.

Now that the negative effects have just appeared, he regrets it?
"You've lived this long, but you still don't know that there's no such thing as a free lunch?"

Feng Yue sneered and said to his assistant:
"Send him all the information about Gao Shaojun acting like a big shot, insulting the staff, and being late for the shoot."

"If he still doesn't know how to do it, send him pictures of him and his female partner going in and out of the hotel."

The assistant responded and went out to do some work.

Feng Yue opened the information on Sun Yat-sen and Chen Shuren compiled by his assistant.

After glancing at Sun Yat-sen, he set his sights on Chen Shuren's information.

This viewing lasted an entire afternoon.

After reading it, Feng Yue couldn't help but sigh.

"A person like this will cause quite a stir in Zhongzhou."

After closing the documents, Feng Yue thought for a long time.

"I can get in touch with you..."

……

Time flies by.

Another week has passed in the blink of an eye.

In the second week, the box office of "Kung Fu" was on par with "The Grandmaster", and both exceeded 2 billion.

But anyone can see that "Kung Fu" will definitely surpass "The Grandmaster" in the third week.

This discovery made many media and film critics focus on "Kung Fu".

More and more posts are appearing that analyze and comment on Kung Fu.

And all the unknown things in Kung Fu were also dug out.

For example, a certain extra in a shot that lasted half a minute turned out to be an auntie who delivered food to the set. The director just pulled her in one day and finished the filming after giving her 2000 yuan.

For example, the Axe Gang’s arrogant gang dance was choreographed by the director himself.

For example, the little brother standing next to the Axe Gang boss is Tolui from the TV series The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

There are also scenes like the mute female protagonist is the piano goddess, the fat guy is the last in the school's professional grades, the man with gold-rimmed glasses abandons the male protagonist to play a supporting role, etc.

Among them, the most discussed one was Mo Xiaoxian.

The Turkey Sister in "The God of Cookery" and the Landlady in "Kung Fu".

Everyone thought that Mo Xiaoxian was a girl with a hot temper.

But when someone revealed the innocent female supporting role that Mo Xiaoxian had played, people were surprised to find that this girl was an acting genius!

What shocked them the most was that when Mo Xiaoxian was photographed again, her figure had returned to its original state.

And this time is only one month!

It is much faster than Gao Shaojun.

This directly caused the group of people who were originally attracted by Gao Shaojun's motivational weight loss to turn around and throw themselves into Mo Xiaoxian's arms.

With such popularity, Mo Xiaoxian made a triple jump from an unknown little actor to becoming a third-tier artist.

If these are the aspects that all the audience can see, then a piece of news far away in Zhongzhou has become another fire that ignites the enthusiasm for "Kung Fu". The special effects team in Zhongzhou, which was originally recognized as the number one in the industry, suddenly became the second two weeks after the release of "The Grandmaster".

The first one became the special effects team of "Kung Fu".

This matter is not a big deal, and ordinary people would not pay attention to it.

But someone forwarded a message sent by the first special effects team.

“Special effects have no limit. It was not until a month ago that I realized there is always someone better than you!
Thank you Director Chen and Mr. Chen from Kung Fu. We will continue to explore the special effects, chasing after you and surpassing you!"

This news shocked netizens.

"Fuck, if I understand correctly, what this first-class special effects team means is that the director of Kung Fu is more skilled than them?"

"Are they talking about Tree Brother? No way?"

"Awesome! The concept of genius has become clearer in my mind."

"I have to say that when I watched Kung Fu, I felt very comfortable with the special effects. Although the movie was exaggerated and absurd, it made me feel more comfortable than the relatively realistic The Grandmaster."

"Fuck, guess what I found? The special effects of "The God of Cookery" were also made by Brother Shu!"

"Fuck, it's true. Let me take a look at the previous ones..."

Netizens seemed to have discovered something remarkable and began to look up Chen Shuren’s history one by one.

Then, something happened that shocked them.

As long as the film is directed by Sun Wen or Chen Shuren is involved, there will be Chen Shuren's shadow among the production staff.

They may be editors, or special effects team, some also have lighting and photography.

So someone came up with a concept.

"When Shu Ge can split himself, it means he can make a movie by himself, including directing, screenwriting, photography, special effects, actors, dubbing, music, etc."

After seeing this concept, even those who had only heard of Chen Shuren's name began to learn about this person out of curiosity.

……

Chen Shuren, who had already returned to Qingzhou, received a call from Sun Yat-sen.

"Brother Shu, you are awesome!"

When Sun Yat-sen said this, it absolutely came from his heart.

He wanted to promote Mo Xiaoxian before, but Chen Shuren didn’t let him.

At that time, he did not think that what Chen Shuren said was right, but just agreed with Chen Shuren out of habit.

But now, half of the positive reviews about "Kung Fu" on the Internet are caused by Mo Xiaoxian's weight loss.

If he had not listened to Chen Shuren at that time, Gao Shaojun and "The Grandmaster" would have ended up like "Kung Fu".

After Sun Yat-sen expressed his admiration, Chen Shuren told him some bad news.

"I won't be making a movie this year. If you have any ideas, you can find someone else to collaborate with."

"what?"

Sun Wen was stunned, then asked anxiously: "Why? If my two swords are combined, won't we be able to kill through the Thirteen Prefectures of Daxia?"

"Because I'm busy."

"..."

Sun Wen was embarrassed, then he sighed deeply and said:
"Can't you just stop filming that variety show? The income is average, and even in terms of fame, it won't do you much good now, right?"

"Okay, that's all. I'm hanging up now."

Chen Shuren put down his phone and muttered something.

"You said it as if I wanted to take a picture of it."

……

In its third week of release, "Kung Fu" surpassed "The Grandmaster" in box office and became the first film to reach 3 billion box office.

However, "The Grandmaster" not only failed to reach 3 billion in one fell swoop, it even dropped by half compared to last week's box office, and now it has only reached 2.5 billion.

Based on this, major theaters have adjusted their resources for both.

The fourth week, which is one month after the two movies were released.

"Kung Fu" exceeded 3.8 billion, and "The Grandmaster" reached 2.8 billion.

Then, a dramatic scene occurred.

Also reaching its one-month release deadline, all major cinema chains removed "The Grandmaster" from their shelves, and the box office revenue froze.

But on the contrary, the schedule of "Kung Fu" was extended by one week.

The public statement is that they want to see the birth of the first 4 billion box office movie.

This time, even though Feng Yue had already admitted that he had lost to "Kung Fu", he couldn't help but curse.

So you only want to see the first 4 billion, and my second 3 billion box office is not important?

But at this point, Feng Yue couldn't force it and could only accept it.

But what Feng Yue didn't expect was that he admitted it, but Mingxiu Entertainment did not.

I don’t know what connections Mingxiu Entertainment used, but it managed to get a theater chain to extend the release time of “The Grandmaster” by one week.

When Feng Yue found out, not only was he not happy, he even called and scolded Mingxiu, asking him to immediately withdraw his decision.

Unfortunately, Mingxiu Entertainment wanted the title of "the second 3 billion box office movie" and ignored Feng Yue.

This made Feng Yue so angry that he smashed another ashtray.

"Director Feng, isn't it a good thing to extend the release date?"

Feng Yue's assistant asked in confusion.

"Good thing?"

Feng Yue laughed angrily.

"What a fart!"

"If I stop now, then at most I will have a bad start after returning from Zhongzhou. After all, 2.8 billion box office is not shabby!"

"But now Mingxiu is putting me on the spot. Others will think that I am unwilling to give up and want to get 3 billion!"

"If it goes up, it'll be fine, I'll benefit too, but now there's only one cinema chain, and it's at a time when word of mouth is turning around, how can it possibly reach 3 billion?"

"So in the end there was only one result. I, Feng Yue, became a sore loser and a laughing stock in the circle!"

Feng Yue became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and he reached out to throw something.

But the ashtray had already been broken.

The assistant watched from the side, somewhat unconvinced.

Just 200 million box office in just one week, how could it not be achieved?

But a week later, the assistant was dumbfounded.

In seven days, the total box office of "Kung Fu" reached 4.2 billion!
The total box office of "The Grandmaster" is 2.92 billion!

"It's only 80 million short!"

This is the voice of the assistant.

This is also the voice of Mingxiu Entertainment.

Then, Mingxiu Entertainment took the trouble to extend it for another week.

But what is ridiculous is that "Kung Fu" has been taken off the screen, but Zhang Guofeng, who made a guest appearance in "Kung Fu", has his new movie "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" released.

So, a week later,

The total box office of "The Grandmaster" is 2.97 billion!

Feng Yue has become a joke in the director circle.

He tasted the same feeling that Gao Shaojun had once tasted.

Retribution, like a boomerang, hit the back of the head of the stunned Feng Yue.

...(End of chapter)