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Chapter 341 The Box Office Is Dangerous (Part [-])

Time is running out, here Chen Xiaotang is busy participating in the preparation of TVB's "Looking for the Qin Dynasty", and also planning the release of the film "The End of the World" in Hong Kong.It can be said to be incompetent.Fortunately, his sixth aunt, Fang Yihua, supported him, so that the film he directed could be screened in theaters under Shaw Brothers.And charged a very low rental fee, which made Chen Xiaotang very grateful. You must know that he paid too much for this movie, and there was no extra money to pay these fees.

For this reason, Chen Xiaotang made up his mind that he must do his best to make the film "Looking for Qin Ji" well.

In fact, Fang Yihua, who was a senior executive of Shaw Brothers and has a lot of research on movies, did not have much hope for the movie "The End of the World" after watching the samples sent by Chen Xiaotang.

First of all, the tone of this drama is too sad. Although the theme is very optimistic and positive, it does not meet the aesthetic views of Hong Kong people, and the taste is not right; second, the production cost of this drama is also very limited. The blockbuster Hong Kong movie is not very attractive to Hong Kong people; in the end, apart from Fa Ge, the "box office poison", there are almost no stars joining in "The End of the World" --- Zhao Yazhi's role is also short-lived --- so it is not Does not have a strong star effect.At most, there will be some loyal fans of Chen Xiaotang himself.

I have to say that Fang Yihua's sharp eyesight basically guessed everything right.

One day after "The End of the World" was released, the box office came out. The total box office of the 1 cinemas was only [-] to [-] Hong Kong dollars. director of this play.

According to this level of box office, it is estimated that it will not last for ten days, and the film will be released, and the total box office revenue will definitely not exceed 200 million. That is to say, it will be difficult for Chen Xiaotang to save even this time!
Chen Xiaotang was stunned. Although he had considered the poor box office, he never expected that it would be so unpopular when it was released in Hong Kong.It seems that my prediction was wrong, and this time I will lose a lot.

But the only thing that comforted Chen Xiaotang was that the theme song "Atlantis" of this drama was well received by the fans.And many critics in the music industry believe that although this song is not as public as Chen Xiaotang's previous songs, it has a unique positive meaning.This song made Tianhou Mei Yanfang more lively after singing it.

Especially the lyrics in this song - "Life is a battlefield, beautiful songs will bloom, discovering is your love, guard me silently, learn to be strong, run to the window of the world, we step on the same sky, hold your Tears, I can see the glimmer of happiness..."

It is also considered by many music critics as a "stimulant" that inspires people to struggle in the doomsday, and is an indispensable "calcium" in human backbone!
In a word, the Hong Kong-Hong Kong music scene has reached the stage of "collective calcium supplementation"! ! !

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Then again, in response to Chen Xiaotang's fiasco at the box office at the premiere of his new film, the major media in Hong Kong also gave extensive coverage to Chen Xiaotang, the popular "first-female film".

"The box office of "The End of the World" is in jeopardy, Chen Xiaotang suffers from Waterloo!"

"The premiere of Chen Xiaotang's new play failed disastrously at the box office, and the word-of-mouth box office also failed!"

"One word is miserable, two words are miserable——Chen Xiaotang's new play is miserable!"

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Regarding the reports of these newspapers and magazines, some people in the industry also gave different views.

Music giant Xu Guanjie: "How should I put it, no one can say for sure about making a movie, otherwise everyone will be a director, who will be an actor?! Well, after all, directors are not born. I hope Tang Zai will come down." I can work harder this time!"

Chen Xiaotang's best friend Zhang Guorong: "I haven't watched this movie yet, but I will definitely watch it--I believe that this movie shot by Tang Zai is absolutely very sincere. The reason why the box office is not good may be because of this. The theme is too heavy, and the audience is too small...Maybe as the word-of-mouth of this drama rises, maybe the box office will get better—in short, Tang Zai, come on!"

Tang Zhenye, Chen Xiaotang's TVB colleague: "Is it possible for anyone to be a director? With so much money, it's all in vain. It's really a trick! It's not me talking about him. Chen Xiaotang should have been an actor in his own right. What kind of triple jump, this is great, jumping into the mud all of a sudden, I don't know if he can climb out-oh no, I'm not gloating, I just want to say that a person should have self-knowledge, how big is it? What a hat to wear on your head!"

In addition to these remarks, there are some more intense and sharp remarks, but most people think that this movie has only been released for one day, and it does not represent the future box office trend. Maybe Chen Xiaotang, who is good at creating miracles, will give everyone another surprise. surprise.So many people, looking forward to it.Of course, some people say that this is daydreaming! ! !
Regarding the poor box office on the premiere day of "The End of the World", Chen Xiaotang can only hope that there will be good news from Spain to help this side flourish; now it is useless for him to worry, he should do his best to act first Let's talk about the preparation of "Looking for Qin Ji".

But what Chen Xiaotang didn't expect was that TVB would use such a large amount of manpower and material resources to film "Looking for the Qin Dynasty".

After the funds were in place, the great director Xiao Sheng called all the crew members together.

As the male lead, Chen Xiaotang sat in the front row without hesitation, but what made Chen Xiaotang even more astonished was that besides Zhao Yazhi's Qin Qing, there were also Weng Meiling and Zhang Manyu among the heroines in this play! ! !

God, no way.

Chen Xiaotang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, one was his girlfriend and the other was his little lover, the most important thing was that they didn't know each other's existence yet.

God, you arranged the three of us in one crew, didn't you play me? !

In fact, Zhang Manyu is now TVB Hong Kong~Miss Hong Kong runner-up is very popular, and the company wants to rely on this drama to promote her again.How did Chen Xiaotang know that he would meet her with this attitude.

When Zhang Manyu saw Chen Xiaotang, she was first surprised and then overjoyed, and then kept pouting and blinking at him, meaning she was greeting him.

Chen Xiaotang looked at Weng Meiling, who was already affectionate beside him, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles, he didn't have the courage to "greeting" to Zhang Manyu at all.

Zhang Manyu seemed to be aware of Chen Xiaotang's "coldness" and became a little unhappy, her mouth was raised high——
Chen Xiaotang had no choice but to think, this movie looks difficult to shoot.

In addition to Zhao Yazhi, Weng Meiling and Zhang Manyu, there are other actors in the crew of "Looking for the Qin Dynasty", including Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei, Lan Jieying and Liu Jialing who Chen Xiaotang knows.

The list of specific actors is as follows:

Chen Xiaotang plays: Xiang Shaolong

Zhao Yazhi plays: Qin Qing
Weng Meiling as: Shan Rou
Zhang Manyu plays: Wu Yanfang

Huang Rihua as: Lian Jin
Zeng Jiang as: Zhao Mu

La Jieying plays: Zhao Qian

Carina Lau plays: Zhao Ya
.........

In addition, there are some stars including Tony Leung as guest stars.

Just when Chen Xiaotang thought that all the actors had arrived, the director Xiao Sheng suddenly said: "I almost forgot to introduce a newcomer to everyone, who is also the actor of Qin Shihuang in this drama, Ah Jian, come here! "

Following the words, a young man with a doll touched his scalp, stood up, and said to Chen Xiaotang and others: "Hi everyone, my name is Zhang Weijian, and I am a new actor joining this drama. Brothers and sisters, please take care of me!"

"Hehe, this young man is quite polite!"

"Yeah, she's not very young, but she looks quite energetic!"

"What's your name, Zhang Weijian?! This kid is quite lucky to have such a good character right from the start."

The others nodded.

"Zhang Weijian?" Chen Xiaotang was taken aback.I looked at that person carefully, but I saw that he was in his twenties, with a cunning expression on his face, but it wasn't the one who always muttered in his previous life, "There is faith in the cool wind, and the moon is boundless in autumn. Thanks to my pampered mood, the days are like years, Although I'm not elegant and suave, but I have a broad mind and strong arms." Who is the "modern Wei Xiaobao" Zhang Weijian? !
In Hong Kong in his previous life, Zhang Weijian was known as the "three ups and three downs" entertainment-level salted fish.Since he was in elementary school, Zhang Weijian discovered that he loves acting and studying people. When he was in middle school, he developed a habit of sitting on the street watching people or riding a crowded bus. He didn't feel bored at all.Because that way you can hear other people talking.At the same time, every time the school holds a stage play, he always directs, screenwriters, actors, props (personal costumes), and does it all by himself, and his performance potential has been revealed.

After graduating from middle school, Zhang Weijian, who regarded Chen Pakqiang as his idol, also strode towards the goal of a singer like him.And got Zhang Guorong's phone number by chance, after calling for several months, I finally got through and explained my situation to my brother.The elder brother listened carefully and asked Zhang Weijian to meet.To help him, during a competition, someone asked him about his relationship with Zhang Guorong. Zhang Weijian told the outside world that Zhang Guorong was his cousin, but his brother acquiesced to this, "cousin" and always supported him.

Later, his singing career was not going well, so he joined "Wireless" to film dramas. Due to the limitation of his baby face and Chumi's height, he could only play some small roles with gags.In order to make a living, Zhang Weijian only went to karaoke halls and bars as a resident singer.Those guests didn't come to listen to the song at all, so he had to pay attention to the tea cups and small ashtrays flying onto the stage at any time while singing.For a period of time, he started filming at midnight every morning, and took the last train to Shenzhen to take the stage after finishing work at [-] o'clock in the evening. However, he was busy, but his salary was less than one-third of that of other singers. Disproportionate treatment can only rely on him to adjust his mentality.

He said: "Even if people in Hong Kong know you, so what. They can ignore you. It's the so-called 'big tree attracts the wind'! What's more, I am not a real healthy growing tree. I was originally a young seedling, but Forced to grow up overnight, there is no normal time for me to grow gradually. Naturally, it is easy to be pushed down. Even I pushed myself down and lost confidence in myself. But fortunately, I only lost confidence and not gave up. "

At that time, Zhang Weijian was far from being able to treat fame and fortune objectively like he is now.

(End of this chapter)