This director needs to apologize

Chapter 148 Recording Tony
"Didn't you just delegate the work to Xiaomei again? You don't have to keep an eye on it from back home?"

There were only three of them, Chen Yiming, in the elevator going upstairs, so it was finally easier to talk.

"I'm always looking at my phone.

Just as I was about to tell you, the data on the first day of expanded trial screenings has just come out, and the situation is going quite smoothly. It is expected that the offline popularity will be maintained until the public release without any problems. "

Duan Yining became interested when he heard it, so he interrupted and asked, "What's the smoothest method? Tell me."

Da Zhuang opened his phone, took a look, and reported, "Yesterday's trial screenings expanded to 8 cities, involving 7 theaters in 25 theater chains, with a total of 40 screenings.

The total number of visitors was 4780, with an average attendance rate of 90%, an exit rate of 0.8%, and a sample audience score of 3.2.

All data are relatively stable.

The main reason is that the ticket booking platform has improved its operational stability over the past few days and the process has basically been smoothed out. The theaters that subsequently participated in the trial screenings have been able to access the platform much more smoothly, unlike the chaos in the first two days.

The problem now is that, according to the previous cooperation agreement, online ticket booking is only open until the first day of release.

The theaters in the seven theater chains mentioned earlier are basically connected to the platform, and tickets are fully booked.

The platform believes that the reservation rate on the premiere day has exceeded 8% and is unlikely to continue to increase, because the remaining seats are in the corners, and most viewers do not have strong demand to watch the movie on the premiere day.

They hope to expand the scope of test screenings, attract more medium-sized theaters, and release more opening day seats after a short trial run.

According to evaluation, it can probably attract more than 200 theaters in medium-sized cities and increase the box office on that day by 150 to 200 million.

But I don’t recommend doing this. I’ve seen those small theaters in person, and it’s not that easy to change them. There will definitely be all kinds of problems if you rush to connect them.
Although it has little to do with our film studio, if it is publicized by someone with malicious intentions, the image of "1951" will be damaged. We don't need to make extra trouble for the sake of a single-day box office of several million. "

Duan Yining followed him all the way into Da Zhuang's suite, but still couldn't hear the data he wanted to hear, so he couldn't help but press for questions.

"You can tell me how much the guaranteed box office is on the opening day."

Da Zhuang just sat down and stood up again. He cleared his throat and said loudly and seriously, "Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to announce exciting news. "1951" has created a new dimension in film history."

As of now, the pre-sale box office of "8" on its premiere day on August 21 has officially exceeded 1951 million.

China's opening day box office record will be refreshed on August 8, and will be named "21" from then on. "

Xiaomei, who was typing on the keyboard at her desk, immediately gave her a big eye roll.

Duan Yining's reaction was completely opposite. He was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a while.

Chen Yiming looked depressed, "It seems like the target of 5000 million pre-orders is still a bit high. I overestimated the ability of major Internet companies to take action."

Lao Duan was even more frightened, and was so frustrated that his mouth actually closed.

Da Zhuang lay back on the sofa and nodded in agreement, "Time is still too tight, the preliminary research and demonstration took too long, and the hardware of the theaters below is also uneven.

If you don’t know, it’s already 2010, and the Inner Circle Cinema in the provincial capital city still uses a big-bellied computer.

This was the year before last when the Special Fund Office had forced data integration into the network for real-time box office statistics. Without this stricture, it would not have been impossible to issue tickets by hand and then deduct the ticket price and issue bonuses. "

Chen Yiming thought for a while and asked, "Mr. Ma has been in theaters all over the world, so he must know the rough box office. According to your estimate, based on the 5000% film schedule rate, is it possible for the box office to exceed [-] million on the opening day?"

Ma Yunteng said proudly, "That's for sure. Adding together the estimated ticket sales from the four major box office provinces of Suzhou, Zhejiang, Southern Hunan, and Xishu, the total is more than 4 million, and the total box office is probably between 6000 and 7000 million." between.

It’s just not easy to compile. The official data from the Special Administrative Office has to wait until the next Monday, so our own reports are always a bit inferior. "

Chen Yiming nodded, "In this way, it will premiere on Saturday, and in the first two days of the first week, the first-week box office record of 1.35 million will be broken."

He stretched greatly and said, "Dazhuang, I have accomplished everything I promised you. The 300 million seed users are only a lot more, which is enough to lay the foundation for subsequent word-of-mouth spread.

As for whether to extend the discounted reservation, you decide for yourself.

You get busy, I'm going to bed.

Lao Duan, cherish your leisure time in Cannes as soon as possible. When you return to China and start running road shows, you won't even have the strength to shout tired. "

Duan Yining opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. He once doubted his ears. What, it's tens of millions or billions. Is this a movie he made?

……

Get up the next day and continue running.

Cannes’ annual Un Certain Regard and Directors’ Fortnights feature Chinese-language films, and Chen Yiming will attend them whenever invited.

After watching all the long and short films, there are only a few that I can understand in one go.

Just looking at the shots, artistic conception, and atmosphere, they are all good techniques, but they just refuse to tell the story well.

There is really no shortage of literary and artistic film directors in China. Wouldn’t it be great to serve ordinary people with all your skills?
The film festival is coming to an end, and all the films in the main competition unit have been released. "Daily Screen" has updated the program scores.

"1951" dropped to tied for fourth place. The new high-scoring film is "Water Tango" by Dabobo director Chernychuk, ranking second with 4 points.But at this time, not many people care about the program scores, because the film festival is coming to an end and the awards will be announced soon.

The day before the closing ceremony, Chen Yiming was invited by Tony Tarantino to be a student in his Cannes master class.

The Cannes Master Class is a major feature of the Cannes Film Festival. Although many film festivals have imitated Cannes and organized master classes, they cannot shake the status of the Cannes Master Class.

Moreover, the master classes at Cannes are open to the public, and fans and media can also make reservations. Unlike similar forums at other film festivals, where industry insiders play by themselves behind closed doors.

Tony was the president of the jury and for obvious reasons his masterclass was scheduled last.

Chen Yiming rushed to the venue and found that his seat was arranged very far forward, and the nameplate was bilingual, so he was very polite.

Soon the lecture hall, which could accommodate 400 people, was filled with people. The keynote speaker Tony came on stage, sat on the single sofa in a cool manner, and talked eloquently to the audience.

Guests in the first three rows all have simultaneous interpretation headsets, making them feel at home.

It stands to reason that the arrangements made by the Cannes organizers have been meticulous, but unfortunately they could not predict the extent of Tony's release.

When this guy gave lectures in front of a large audience, he was still in the same manner as he wrote lines for movies, including "Fake", "Xiete", and "Mazhe" in succession. Chen Yiming was worried about the translator behind him.

Tony has said in interviews more than once that he is a writer first and a director second.

All of his movies are written and directed by himself, and he directs and directs the actors himself. He has a strong control and expressive personality.

Therefore, his eloquence is not limited. He talks about his life experience, the creative process of each film, the theme and intention behind it, as well as the behind-the-scenes secrets during the filming, which is so vivid and vivid.

Chen Yiming relied on his poor foreign language and simultaneous interpretation to barely understand [-]% of the speech, and felt that he had benefited a lot.

After the main story, Tony's troubles came.

He really thought he was a teacher, teaching students, and actually ordered people to come on stage to take his "examination".

First, he invited an ordinary movie fan in the back row to come on stage. Most of the people who came to the scene today are his die-hard fans. It must be extremely exciting to be able to face the idol face to face.

After the little fan girl came on stage, she couldn't speak clearly. She didn't say anything in response to Tony's questions and answers. She didn't say a few words and even cried with joy.

The on-site performance score was maxed out, and the exam score was directly failed.

Then Tony didn't dare to give out any more benefits to his fans, so he called a film critic on stage who was an old friend of his.

Chen Yiming didn't know that the second person to take the stage was Pollack Jackson, who published a long review of "1951".

These two people are so familiar that they can communicate with each other using only a few words. The cross talk between the two of them is very exciting, but the audience is confused. The simultaneous interpreter in the headset can barely translate. Naturally, it is a donkey. Out of touch.

After Pollack stepped down, Tony stood up from the sofa, his eyes scanning the audience.

After more than ten seconds, he seemed to confirm something, raised the microphone and said, "CHEN, COME HERE."

Chen Yiming stood up resignedly, came on stage amidst applause, and took the initiative to reach out to Tony.

Unexpectedly, the latter's enthusiasm increased to a higher level, and he pulled Chen Yiming into his arms for a big hug.

Chen Yiming was overwhelmed by the hug, and his cute look was captured by the camera from the aisle on the right.

After the two separated, they took their seats, and Chen Yiming quickly regained his composure.

He was mentally prepared for being called up. Since Tony sent him a special invitation letter and he didn't see any other participating directors in the main competition after he arrived, it was a high probability that he would be arranged to interact with Tony. .

I just didn't expect that Tony would make the communication session so casual.

As the host, Tony first introduced Chen Yiming to the audience. When he said the words "1951", there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

Chen Yiming couldn't help but feel excited in his heart. He was no longer an unknown person.

Tony finished the introduction and handed over the speaker. Chen Yiming picked up the microphone and thanked him first.

“I am very happy to come to Mr. Tony’s public class. He is a senior who I have always looked forward to meeting.

In fact, the reason why "1951" was chosen to submit to Cannes was highly related to Tony's invitation to serve as a Cannes judge.

Thank you to the Cannes Organizing Committee for arranging "1951" as the opening film, allowing me to fulfill my long-cherished wish on the night of the opening ceremony.

Today's experience was an unexpected surprise. I had the opportunity to communicate with Tony in depth, instead of just saying 'hi'.

Thanks to the master class in Cannes and thanks to Tony for the invitation, I thought I would just have a one-on-one acquaintance with Tony. "

Tony was beaming at Chen Yiming's words. He raised the microphone and said, "No, no, no, even if there is no master class today, we will meet again. You have to give me a chance to express my congratulations to you."

(End of this chapter)