China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 12 First Day Box Office
  "Congratulations to my country's new director Chen Dong for his debut film "Buried Alive" which won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival."

"In the face of criticism and doubts from the outside world in the past six months, the 18-year-old genius director Chen Dong publicly said: let the movies speak for themselves!"

"Purple Butterfly, directed by Lou Ye and starring Liu Ye, Zhang Ziyi, and Li Binbin, lost to newcomer director Chen Dong..."

"The film Buried Alive, which just won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes, will be released on June 1. Director Chen Dong calls on everyone to go to the theater and support his film."

"..."

As the news from Cannes spread back to China, reports about "Buried Alive" sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

On the one hand, it illustrates the authority and popularity of the Cannes Film Festival. On the other hand, China Film Group also exerted its strength behind the scenes.

"Brother, how much did you sell the overseas copyright of "Buried Alive"?" Jiang Wen asked curiously on the plane back home.

"Not much."

"How much is not much?"

"That's only 360 million."

"A beautiful knife?"

"Um……"

"Damn! You've made a lot of money, you have to treat me when you get back."

"No problem, but can you please keep it a secret for me, brother?"

"Keep it secret? Haha, that's right. If China Film knew that the copyright of "Buried Alive" was sold to you for such a high price, I would probably regret going to grandma's house."

"Ahem, that shouldn't be the case. The China Film Group has a huge business, so naturally they will look down on such petty gains..."

After saying this, Chen Dong himself laughed.

But he believed that since Jiang Wen agreed, he would definitely not tell anyone.

When the two of them left the airport, they didn't expect that the media was still following them.

After briefly answering two questions, Chen Dong took a ride from Jiang Wen and went directly back to school.

What Chen Dong never expected was that he saw a banner pulled by the college for him at the gate of the campus.

"Warmly celebrate the film "Buried Alive" written and directed by Chen Dong, a student from our school's 02 acting class, which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 56th Cannes Film Festival! 》

What's the matter with being a little proud, but also a little ashamed?
  Entering the campus, more people took the initiative to say hello to Chen Dong.

The sentence on the left is directed by Chen, and the sentence on the right is directed by Chen, which is quite pleasant to listen to.

"Damn it, Dongzi, you are so awesome. Come on, take out the Best Screenplay Award and give it to your brother."

Chen Dongcai walked downstairs to the dormitory when Zhu Yawen, Luo Jin and other classmates rushed up.

"Dongzi, the college has put up a banner for you. It's right at the school gate. Did you see it when you came in?"

"I see it……"

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, the news that Chen Dong had returned to school had spread.

He hadn't even rested for two minutes when Laoban's call came in.

Urging him to go to his office quickly with the trophy.

"Hey, hey, I haven't touched enough yet."

"Okay, my boss is looking for..."

Chen Dong brought the trophy to Teacher Wang's office, only to find that many teachers were already waiting.

"Chen Dong is here, hurry, hurry, bring out the Best Screenplay Award you brought back from Cannes. The teachers will help you take a look."

As soon as Chen Dong walked into the office, Teacher Huang Lei smiled and made a joke.

"Go, go, go. If you want to take a look, I, the head teacher, will take a look first."

Wang Jinsong was also very happy. After all, it was his students who achieved such impressive results, and he, as the class teacher, was certainly honored. But to be honest, the reason why Chen Dong was able to shoot "Buried Alive" so smoothly was because teacher Wang Jinsong did provide a lot of help.

"Chen Dong, can you donate this trophy to the school..."

"Ahem, Teacher Li, this is my first trophy. It means a lot to me. I want to collect it myself."

This is just a small episode.

An incident also occurred during this period, when the teacher from the directing department next door came to rob someone again.

The result was undoubtedly that Chen Dong was blocked by the head of the acting department without any need for trouble.

Leaving many photos behind, Chen Dongcai left the office building with the trophy...

Just after returning to school, and not even staying for a week, Chen Dong asked for leave again.

On May 5, China Film held a premiere for "Buried Alive".

As the director of this movie, Chen Dong naturally cannot be absent.

Because of China Film's reputation, Jiang Wen's reputation, and also because the film won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, many big names in the entertainment industry came to the premiere on the day.

China Film's Han Shanping, Huayi's Wang Zonglei, director Feng Xiaogang, first agent Wang Jinhua, best actor Ge You...

What really surprised Chen Dong was that Hu Jun, who had rejected him at the beginning, actually came.

In fact, when the news that "Buried Alive" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival was exposed by domestic media, this person already regretted it.

I came here today to support "Buried Alive", and I have to say that I took the initiative to show my kindness to Chen Dong.

"Director Chen is really young and promising... Well, I blamed my poor eyesight for missing a good book." Hu Jun looked regretful, then changed the subject and added: "But it was indeed a schedule conflict that made Sister Hua decline. Director Chen, I hope Director Chen will not blame..."

"Haha, Brother Jun, you are too polite. There is no need to be like this. Isn't it common for actors and stars in our industry to refuse directors due to schedule conflicts?"

"Hahaha, yes, yes, it's for my own good. If I serve as a host someday, I will definitely punish myself with three drinks, and Director Chen will definitely reward me."

"Okay, then I'll wait for Brother Jun to treat you..."

As the main creative staff of this movie premiere, Chen Dong was still very busy. After a brief conversation with Hu Jun, he was called to the stage.

After answering questions from the media, the movie officially started screening.

The nearly 100-minute movie ended quickly in the excitement. Immediately afterwards, a burst of warm applause broke out in the venue, which was the best evaluation of the movie.

Chen Dong and Jiang Wen, as the main creative members, once again took the stage for an interview.

The questions at this moment were all relatively friendly. Jiang Wen also made a small joke, saying that it was Cannes' loss that he didn't win the Best Actor despite his good performance in the movie, which caused a burst of laughter. .

In less than two hours after the premiere, there were many reviews of "Buried Alive" online.

And it's all positive.

Well, after all, the money is stuffed.

The next day, "Buried Alive" was officially released.

Chen Dong and Jiang Wen were running around promoting the news, and calls and text messages from teachers, classmates, and relatives were bombarded with free money.

After picking a few of the closest people to call back, Chen Dong turned off his phone directly.

After running for a day, Chen Dong, who was half exhausted, returned to the hotel, took a shower, lay on the bed and fell asleep directly.

The next day, after regaining his energy, Chen Dong just turned on his mobile phone and saw 'countless' missed calls and unread text messages.

Before he could check them one by one, a new call came in.

It actually belongs to Han Shanping.

"Hey Director Han, what? The first-day box office of "Buried Alive" was 326 million..."

(End of this chapter)