Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

Compared to the discussion and even quarrel of the audience, the critics fell into silence.

Because this movie is really too difficult to evaluate.

It is definitely good, and it can even be called a science fiction classic, but the complex plot and layers of suspense made many critics suddenly realize that they did not understand the movie after watching it.

This kind of not understanding is completely different from not understanding a bad movie that is not understood. Obviously, every setting in the movie is explained very clearly by the director, and every question is answered later, but when the whole movie is over, they already have countless questions in their hearts.

They even once confirmed that they must have missed something, which led to the inability to draw a conclusion.

Under the premise of not understanding, these critics obviously will not easily write reviews, which is purely a joke of their own reputation, so many critics immediately decide to watch it again after watching a movie.

"But Huayi arranged a session for us." Someone suddenly said, and the discussion in the screening room paused, and the scene suddenly became quiet with this sentence.

At this time, the most embarrassing thing for these film critics is that they want to watch it again, but find that there is no chance.

"Brother Bo, go contact the theater owner, I will call Huayi and ask them to show us another show." A woman who looks very capable suddenly commanded after a moment of silence. After hearing her words, the man called Brother Bo immediately ran out of the screening room to find the theater manager.

And the woman immediately took out her mobile phone to contact Huayi.

They definitely can't wait until tomorrow morning. As film critics, if they can't write the film review in the first time, then for them, it is equivalent to failure. Like reporters, their industry also pays attention to timeliness.

"Sister Han, how is it?"

"No, it's too late. Everyone at Huayi has gone off work, and the supervisor I know didn't turn on his phone." Sister Han put down her phone and rubbed her eyebrows worriedly. When she was wondering whether Brother Bo would bring good news, everyone saw Brother Bo returned to the screening room with an anxious face, and a staff member followed him.

"Old Han, have you contacted Huayi? The movie is about to close."

"What should we do..." Sister Han shook her head. Seeing this, Bo Ge was also disappointed. He realized that Sister Han had not contacted Huayi either.

"Why don't we just write an article first." Someone suggested.

But as soon as the voice fell, Sister Han immediately glared at the man, and the other party immediately shut up.

Sister Han frowned. It was already two o'clock in the morning. It must be difficult to contact someone, and this film review should be published before six in the morning, so there is no time to delay now. It can be said that every second counts.

Thinking of this, Sister Han gritted her teeth and suggested: "Why don't we pay together and book another show?"

"Pay it yourself?"

"Is it necessary?"

Hearing Sister Han's proposal, some people began to back off. Although everyone usually centered on Sister Han and seemed to be willing to listen to her, once it came to matters of interest, some people were reluctant.

"Sister Han, it's so late now. My wife just texted me to wait for me to go home. I really can't stay here any longer."

"It's two o'clock in the morning. Sister Han, you know I have a bad heart. I can't stay up late. I need to rest now. I'm so sorry that I can't watch it with you again."

"Sister Han, I'm sorry. I remember that my TV didn't seem to be turned off when I left it. I have to go home to watch it, otherwise I'm not sure."

Sister Han blushed for them after hearing their lame excuses, but she couldn't stop them from leaving. In the end, there were only five people left in the entire screening room, including her.

The staff of the cinema smiled and didn't say anything or urge them. They just waited by the side, watching Sister Han and the others make decisions before taking action.

This made Sister Han feel better. She decided to go back and write a review to praise the waiters of the cinemas under the Star Cinema Line. They were really well trained and very qualified.

If it were in the old cinemas, even if the staff didn't ask to drive people away, they would have been impatient.

"Old Han, are you still booking the theater?" Brother Bo asked again when he saw that no one was leaving. Sister Han gritted her teeth and answered with one word with certainty: "Book it!"

"Ms. Han, please wait a moment. I'll go find the manager." The staff on the side said immediately when they saw that Sister Han and her group had made a decision.

In less than five minutes, the staff brought the duty manager of the cinema over. When he heard that Sister Han and her group wanted to book the screening room, the duty manager was also full of smiles. Although overtime is very tiring, Sister Han's booking of the theater means that this hall has one more 100% occupancy show, which is an achievement.

With achievements, it is easier to get a promotion and salary increase during the year-end assessment, so it is worth it no matter how tired it is.

After a round of bargaining, Ms. Han and others booked the screening room for 5,000 yuan. After paying the money, the cinema manager immediately arranged for staff to show movies for Ms. Han and her group.

"Half of the labor fee was spent in one go, Lao Han. My wife will be suspicious later and you have to help me explain." After sitting back in his seat, Brother Bo smiled bitterly while wiping the half-deflated envelope.

Since joining the industry, he has been watching free movies for almost ten years. He never thought that one day he would pay a thousand yuan just to watch a movie. However, although he felt distressed, he was willing to pay the money.

"Okay, okay, okay, stop talking and watch the movie seriously. If you don't figure it out again this time, all our labor fees will be paid." Sister Han silenced the remaining four people with one sentence and quickly paid attention. Focus on the big screen that just lit up.

As film critics, their film reviews published in the Stars Film Critics Community are also paid service fees. Based on their own star value in the community, the service fees also vary.

For example, Bo Ge is a three-star film critic. If he writes a film review with more than 1,000 words, his labor fee is 2,000 yuan.

And for a five-star film critic like Sister Han, one of her film reviews is worth even more than 5,000 yuan.

The star values ​​of these film critics are not static. At the end of each year, the film critics will be re-rated based on the number of film reviews they published within a year, word-of-mouth, and popularity. Some stars will be raised, some will be lowered, and the treatment will also change accordingly. .

The people left behind are obviously ambitious, like Brother Bo, who is now a three-star film critic in the film review area. A thousand-word film review is worth two thousand yuan, but if he can get another star, then he will A thousand-word film review can be worth 3,000 yuan, and the income will directly increase by 50%.

And if it can reach five stars, a 1,000-word film review will cost up to 5,000 yuan, which is not the upper limit. The film review area will select the top 20 star film critics every year. The starting price of these star film critics' film reviews is tens of thousands of yuan, and there are even some. A star film critic who can earn 100,000 yuan per film review.

The key is that when it comes to celebrity film critics, including reward sharing, year-end bonuses, etc., it will also be a very impressive number.

Bo Ge is ambitious, and he also wants to move up and get better treatment, so he treats every movie review he writes very carefully, so even if he has to spend a thousand yuan to watch the movie again, it is worth it in his opinion Yes, because "Inception" will definitely become the best movie of the year. As long as you can carefully write a review of this movie, it will definitely be a dazzling achievement in the year-end ratings.

Looking at everyone's serious look, Sister Han also smiled in her heart. As one of the senior film critics in the film critic community, she is the same as these people, but her goal is more ambitious. She is targeting the top 20 celebrity film critics every year. person position.

While people like Sister Han and Brother Bo were watching "Inception" for the second time, countless viewers had returned to their homes and began to express their emotions after watching the movie in the movie section of Fanxing.

"I have never thought that someone could capture dreams so interestingly. The layers of dreams made me even start to wonder whether the place I am in now is a dream or reality."

"Director Nie Wei's logic is amazing. Each link is linked to another, and the rhythm is so intense that I almost forgot to breathe."

"I just want to know whether the spinning top stopped at the end, whether the ending was in a dream, or whether it really returned to reality. I feel like my head is constantly denying the answer I was sure of a second ago. I may be going crazy. ”

"The director used his crazy imagination to test the judgment of our audience. Unfortunately, I have lost my judgment now. The moment I walked out of the cinema, I was still doubting whether I was in a fifth-floor dreamland. Next, the world I live in is actually just a dream, but I can’t wake up.”

"What a terrible movie. Within two and a half hours, my mind kept spinning. The director kept me thinking, and I enjoyed it myself. But even so, I still didn't find it after watching it. answer, so I decided to watch it again tomorrow.”

There are also many people discussing it who are waiting for professional reports from film critics.

Many of them don't quite understand it, so they look forward to the professional analysis and reports of film critics to help them solve their doubts. It's like looking for a guide when playing a game that you don't understand.

What disappoints this group of people is that there are indeed some professional film critics who have published film reviews, but these film reviews are not what they want. These film reviews are either long and full of nonsense, or they are vague, and Some even have so many bugs.

After reading these low-quality film reviews, many movie fans were very angry and felt that what these guys wrote was a waste of their time.

"What are you writing? Is this a professional film critic? I haven't understood it yet. When did the industry's entry standards become so loose?"

"It's so disappointing. Many details of the analysis are wrong. Please watch the movie carefully next time before writing a review. Such a review simply tarnishes "Inception."

These film critics may not have expected that their film reviews would be criticized by so many viewers.

This is actually like encountering a problem while playing a game, and then looking up the guide. In the end, playing according to the guide does not solve the problem. Only then does the player realize that the guy who wrote the guide is a liar. You can imagine his anger.

Fortunately, it was already early in the morning, and many netizens got sleepy after just a few comments. But even so, many film critics who wanted to fool the audience also received hundreds or even thousands of negative reviews that night.

July 2nd is a weekend, either by chance or because it was scheduled for this weekend.

Because weekends are rest days, both white-collar workers and students are free on this day.

So early in the morning, long queues formed at the entrances of major cinemas, especially those with IMAX theaters, where 3D movie tickets were sold out long ago.

Many of these viewers had watched the midnight show.

But they always felt that they were not satisfied after watching a movie, and there were many mysteries in the movie that had not been solved. Some people even wanted to see the last shot of the spinning top to see if it was going to stop.

"I watched this movie last night, but there are some mysteries that I think are worth watching again. I have to take every frame of the picture more seriously. I believe I can find the final answer this time."

"This is my classmate, a top student in the Department of Physics. I invited him to watch the movie. All he has to do is to help pay attention to the last shot and use his rich knowledge of physics to tell me whether the gyroscope will stop."

"I came to watch it after hearing the introduction from my friend. I didn't expect so many people to line up. In fact, I wanted to watch the 3D version, but unfortunately the tickets were sold out long ago, and even tomorrow's tickets were booked out."

The interviews brought back by the media on the scene made the editors write like a spring. They thought of all kinds of praise words to dedicate to Nie Wei and "Inception". After all, this movie is completely a big hit, and it is naturally time for major media to show their magic and take advantage of the popularity.

On the other hand, Huayi Company also began to get busy.

The staff received high overtime pay and worked hard. Although the big sales of "Inception" have become inevitable, the publicity should still be promoted and the statistics should also be counted.

Only about 80% of the box office data of the midnight show has been counted so far, because there are still many independent cinemas whose box office data have not been reported to Huayi Film Company in time. However, based on the current accounts, the box office revenue of "Inception" has reached about 140 million yuan just by virtue of the midnight show.

When Wang Zhonglei received this report, he laughed for a full ten minutes in the office. He laughed so hard that his stomach was gasping for breath, but he couldn't stop laughing while in pain.

After Wang Zhonglei laughed to his heart's content, he immediately told his secretary to notify the staff below to count the specific box office data of the midnight show before twelve o'clock.

He has begun to look forward to the release of the midnight show box office data of "Inception" at noon, and Huayi's stock will soar.

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