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Chapter 900 The Widows (Two in One)

Yang Aiyan is a mediocre person—a really mediocre kind of mediocrity. As a non-professional counterpart, he is favored by the boss of Hundred Days Red and hand-picked to direct a documentary director. He should be satisfied most of the time.

What's more, he met his true love in Bairihong.

But the problem is that people will compare, and their mentality will always change.

When I get 3000 yuan a month, I feel that 5000 yuan is very good. When I can get 5000 yuan, I feel that [-] yuan is enough to spend.

Yang Aiyan is also a bit like this. When he was able to enter Hundred Days Red, he felt very happy. The classmates and friends around him envied him and said that he had good luck. Later, he was named to make a documentary. some.

However, when the documentary came out like a dream, his mood began to ride a roller coaster.

What should I do if I flutter?What should I do if I get a bad review?
What if, what if, the box office really blows up by accident?
What would you say in an interview?How do you plan for the future?

These thoughts crawled up and down his mind like a creeper, and after the screening, the creeper fell down with a clatter. It was quiet, but his heart was also shattered to pieces.

340 million dollars!
Yang Aiyan plucked up the courage to look at the box office of the movies released in the same period, 1.83 million US dollars, 1.26 million US dollars, 0.74 million US dollars, 0.51 million US dollars...

This is not an order of magnitude at all!
Just the movie with a box office of 100 million was criticized for its poor performance, and the box office performance of my own work is not as good as that of other novels...

It's really embarrassing to say that I am a hundred day red person!
Yang Aiyan's heart was half chilled when the box office results came out, and it was completely chilled after the film was released with a dismal screening rate.

He was really stunned, and after a few days of being in a daze, he suddenly picked up his mobile phone while lying on the bed one day, and saw a discussion about his work in the WeChat group.

As the entertainment industry goes up, it gets smaller and smaller, and as it goes down, it gets more and more complicated. Yang Aiyan can almost be regarded as a one-step climber in the eyes of others. Usually, there are not many discussions.

Such as "This is the lowest-grossing movie produced by our company", "The boss really misjudged the person", "I heard that Director Yang and Zhao Ximin from the copyright department are a couple, and Director Zhao will have to take care of him in the future." ...

Yang Aiyan's heart, which had already fallen to the bottom, fell to another dimension in the face of such remarks. His girlfriend Zhao Ximin used to be Guan Peisheng. She was very good at rotating in various departments of the company. Later, she directly became the new copyright department. person in charge.

What about yourself?
Yang Aiyan was in a bad mood, and her whole body was listless.

This spirit remained the same until he met the boss, with unshaven beard, serious dark circles under the eyes, listless and dejected.

When Gan Jing saw his trainee director, the first thing he said was criticism.

"A good-for-nothing thing."

Yang Aiyan looked up at the boss: "Gan, Brother Gan, I screwed up!"

Sitting on the sofa, Gan Jing looked at the little director who was standing like a schoolboy who hadn't finished his homework, and asked, "Where did you mess it up?"

"The box office. The box office is embarrassing for you." Yang Aiyan said in a low voice.

Gan Jing patted the table in front of him, and said flatly: "Speak up, I can't hear you clearly, why do you look like a woman?"

"The movie hit the street!" Yang Aiyan said loudly, "Shame on Brother Gan! Shame on Bairihong!"

This guy's mood is a bit unstable, it's really quiet when it's quiet, and it's deafening when it's loud.

Gan Jing wanted to laugh a little, shook his head and cocked his legs, and said, "Sit down. What's the matter? If a movie doesn't do well at the box office, I don't want to do it anymore? Back then, it was a lie to say that you like filming or movies? "

"Oh, I'm not lying." Yang Aiyan sighed, wanting to say that he really likes making movies, but the box office performance made him unable to even say that.

"Then why is this picture like this? You tried your best to make and change the movie. You should have a clear conscience. Is there anything you didn't do as I said?" Gan Jing asked leisurely, motioning for the assistant to go Pour a few cups of tea to moisten your mouth.

Su Chixia took the order to go, and Andy sat on the sofa next to him with a smile to watch the excitement.

"But the box office of the movie is too small, it is the least one of the company." Yang Aiyan lowered his eyebrows and looked pleasing to the eye.

Gan Jing shook his head: "No, it's not the least one. Your film has 2000 million in Huaxia currency. The least should be "Grandson Comes from America". Do you know who made it?"

Yang Aiyan was taken aback, the company didn't sign any directors, Qiu Chuji, who made the horror suspense film, and Zhou Shen, who came out of the movie, the former was the latest to sign in.

"It was filmed by Director Zhou?"

"Yes. That film was for him to practice." Gan Jing nodded, "Now he is a well-known director in China."

Then, Gan Jing asked again: "Do you know how much you lost for this film?"

Yang Aiyan murmured, "Have you lost it? I, I thought it was just a bad box office."

"The box office has lost about 200 million U.S. dollars so far, excluding the share of the theaters and the public relations fee." Gan Jing said calmly, "This number is still increasing, and by February next year, the total loss will be about 300 million U.S. dollars. In dollars, that's about as much as your movie's box office figure."

"This..." Yang Aiyan was shocked all of a sudden.

Gan Jing took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl and said, "So, if you don't recover from the setback, the 300 million dollars will be for naught. If you try harder, maybe..."

Yang Aiyan couldn't help Qi Ji asked: "Maybe what?"

"Maybe he can make up for the shortfall of 300 million US dollars and 2000 million Huaxia coins until he dies." Gan Jing said seriously.

Yang Aiyan: "..."

Su Chixia and Andy beside them both laughed.

A bowl of chicken soup that has changed the taste made Yang Aiyan regain his energy. Seeing this, Gan Jing didn't ask him any more. The first time is always precious. Yang Aiyan's first movie hit the street like just now. I was so shocked when I was asked "Is it over?" at the beginning.

Gan Jing is not stingy with his encouragement, but he has to face this kind of thing by himself, and he can become a veteran driver after going through wind and rain.

"Andy, can you make arrangements for next week?" Gan Jing asked the local snake.

Andy returned a reassuring smile and nodded.

Su Chixia smiled and said, "The Americans must not have imagined what Brother Gang is doing here."

Yang Aiyan, who was listening silently, was confused, but vaguely felt that it was related to the movie, so she asked, "What is the boss going to do?"

Andy turned around and said a word: "Broadway."

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Broadway is the most important performance stage of American theater, with dozens of theaters gathered around Times Square, and it is already one of the pronouns of modern American song and dance art and entertainment industry.

Western drama is different from Eastern drama, it still has a large audience and a high status.

At the same time, Broadway and Hollywood also have a great relationship.

"Les Miserables", "The Phantom of the Musical", "Singin' in the Rain", "West Side Story", "Chicago" and other famous Oscar-winning films are all adapted from Broadway musicals, "Mary Poppins", "Middle Age", "Moulin Rouge", "The Wizard of Oz" Other works first achieved success in film and then were put on the stage of Broadway theater.

It can be said that Broadway represents a very high aesthetic level in the United States.

This is exactly what Gan Jing wants to focus on. Public relations need money and reputation. Only the support on the Internet can vote.

A-Gump can be said to be the most well-known Chinese actor in Hollywood. If a famous Hollywood movie star like him appeared on the stage of a Broadway play, just such a publicity point would be very eye-catching.

Of course, although Broadway also needs spectacle and publicity to some extent, it has basic threshold conditions.

Forrest Gump is not the first time to perform Peking Opera on stage. Whether it is in the Sydney Opera House or the Paris Opera House in France, he has had footprints, and he has led the Tan Family Peking Opera Club to make wonderful performances.

With such a precondition, Broadway and Forrest Gump have reached a stage cooperation logically - green dollar bills are also indispensable. After all, the recent stage stage has a fixed schedule, and there is a reason for jumping in line.

On November 11, Forrest Gump made his grand finale at No.23 Ninth Street Theater on Broadway in New York, USA.

This theater is not the busiest central theater on Broadway, but it is of great significance to Forrest Gump and the Tan Family Peking Opera Club who will be on stage together.

In 1930, Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang held a successful performance here.

After a lapse of 86 years, Gan Jing was also chosen here.

Compared with the usual situation where it was almost full, today the theater is not only full, but also has 20.00% more seats.

Andy cooperated with Broadway for more than a week to carry out intensive publicity. The content was that the first-line Hollywood superstar Forrest Gump was about to perform on stage, and the oriental century-old Peking Opera art reappeared.

Can foreigners understand Peking Opera?
Can't understand.

If you tell him that Peking Opera is good in person, will he believe it?

You have to find out who is speaking.

Forrest Gump, who has always had a good movie reputation, showed another layer of identity to the audience and movie fans in just over a week. He is the inheritor of the century-old Oriental Peking Opera art, one of the few masters of Peking Opera, and a performer in world-renowned theaters.

"Brother, the seats outside are full of people." In the backstage, junior sister Tan Shan put on makeup for A-Gump again in a long time.

"It's normal. In the information age, I finally have some movie fans." Gan Jing's mood was very stable, and Yang Aiyan, who didn't need to be on stage in his peripheral vision, kept walking up and down.

"It's not just movie fans sitting outside, and it's not just ordinary opera audiences. There are also many important Oscar judges." Gan Jing continued to explain the situation calmly.

As of 2016, there are a total of more than 6200 Oscar lifelong judges. Some of these people have quit the film industry, and some are still playing a leading role.

A magazine editor-in-chief with voting rights may influence another hundred or more Oscar judges.

The audience sitting in the best viewing position today is almost all the Oscar judges, and they are still the influential ones - this is what Andy and Gan Jing paid a lot of money to invite, and it is almost the most important part of the public relations activity.

"Brother, I have a live broadcast of the meeting." Tan Shan's identity as the "Goddess of Peking Opera" is already very solid. Her anchor platform is Douyu, and she can be regarded as the top anchor. Compared with others, her The resources are much higher, whether it is traditional Beijing opera art or the stars of film and television companies, she will appear in her shots from time to time.

"Come on. You can show the audience what's going on outside." Gan Jing knew nothing about it, it cost money today, so if it can be of more use, then it will be more use.

Tan Shan put on the make-up for her senior brother. After fumbling with her head for a while, she pointed the camera at A-Gump. After explaining softly for a while, she went to the front desk to show them the audience of today's Peking Opera.

Compared with Paris and Sydney, today's Broadway audience has only a few yellow skins, which is brought about by sufficient publicity and the influence of Forrest Gump's fame.

This kind of reaction in the camera is very refreshing-do foreigners really go to see Peking opera?This is not a draft in that kind of text!It's not a tabloid talking nonsense!
"It's almost time." Gan Jing adjusted his breath and turned to look at senior brother Tan Shan who was also brewing emotions.

"Well, there will be a while." Tan Shan replied silently.

"Is this the most prestigious performance by the Tan family's Peking Opera Club? It's the place where Master Mei will be on stage 80 years later. Hey, will the Mei family be unhappy?" Gan Jing suddenly remembered something.

Tan Shan smiled wryly: "I said hello in advance, and he is very open-minded, and he is not unhappy at all. If you want to go at your speed, even if you are unhappy, it will be too late."

"Peking opera masters have the right to respond slowly." Gan Jing laughed.

"It's done, get ready to go on stage." Tan Shan said solemnly.

Everything was ready. The Peking Opera actors had all arrived in the United States in advance to adapt to the environment. The audience in the audience had arranged for the most important figures who would have an impact on the Oscars. Chinese and foreign media had also greeted and set up the shots.

Gan Jing chose four pieces for this Peking opera stage, "Empty City Strategy", "Farewell My Concubine", "Shajiabang" and "Drunken Concubine", all of which are famous Peking opera pieces.

A well-set-up Peking Opera performance that is indeed genuinely learned will officially be staged on Broadway at 11:23 p.m. on November 8, US time.

Gan Jing looked at the black skin, white skin, and yellow skin and sang very happily.

The black and white audience also felt very lively listening to the gaudy Peking Opera singing, especially when Forrest Gump danced the sword, they gave warm applause before the end.

From the perspective of performance alone, this is an extremely wonderful performance.

However, when Tan Shan finished her role and stepped off the stage to appreciate the voice of a real Peking Opera master, she couldn't help but feel a little lonely. This kind of Peking Opera has many viewers and few appreciators.

Brilliant and poignant, serious and hilarious, purposeful and sarcastic.

(End of this chapter)