At the end of October, the daily box office of "Path of Glory" was still around 30,000 yuan per day.
The ultra-long screening of this art film has taken two months to create a new path for art films.
On the last day of October, "Path of Glory" officially announced that in order to celebrate the film's nomination for the Phenom Award, it will increase the number of film screenings from November 3 to November 5, with an additional 2,000 screenings per day. The pre-sale channel has been opened.
This time, every film company in the industry is staring at this movie seriously, wanting to see the box office performance of this movie in these three days.
If "Path of Glory" can still perform well at the box office after two months of screenings (including two large-scale holiday screenings during the period), then it will really The release of the movie can be canonized and become a milestone - although even in the minds of many people, the first two months alone are enough to be canonized.
On November 2, Peng Zhixing's interview with Shang Yongzhou and Lu Yanhe was broadcast.
The content of the interviews between the two people is not the same.
However, a hot search entry called "Why do they both have the temperament to regard awards as dirt" rushed to the list, which made many netizens who did not know the situation curiously click in, and then they saw a Screenshots made by netizens.
The screenshot content is the interview content of Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou.
Peng Zhixing asked both of them their opinions on whether they could win the Phenom Award this time.
And both of them actually answered this question very sincerely.
There is no need to repeat what Lu Yanhe said, but Shang Yongzhou said: "I haven't been nominated for the Phenom Award for a long time. In fact, I have won the Phenom Award twice. The possibility of winning this time is very low. , There shouldn’t be anyone who has won it three times?”
After Shang Yongzhou said these words, Peng Zhixing’s face had a smile of “Why should I ask this question?”
The reason why the hot search term "Why do they both have the temperament of treating awards like dirt" rushed to the list is because the two of them felt too relaxed when answering this question. , which is very different from the feeling that several other nominees had when answering this question.
A netizen said this as a joke.
Who knew, this sentence would become popular out of nowhere.
Of course, in the eyes of many people, this is not inexplicable. On today's Internet, a phenomenon has slowly emerged. Everyone highly values a sense of "casualty", especially the "casualty" of showing "not that much" to things that others care about.
In this era, utilitarianism has been rectified as never before. It no longer appears as a negative word. Everyone can openly admit their utilitarianism, even in order to get what they want. Take some less bright measures.
Support for the dark side of human nature has reached an all-time high on the Internet today.
This is because everyone has discovered that they, who are from the grassroots, cannot live as upright and bright as the protagonists in the novel.
At the same time, another phenomenon is that people who live very hard are more envious of those who "live less hard". Now everyone has a word to describe it, called relaxation.
Because I don’t have it, I envy and yearn for it.
After Lu Yanhe saw the interpretation about him under this hot search entry, he did not silently acknowledge this statement, but posted a Weibo: Don’t spread rumors, I don’t regard the award as dirt, I really want to I have won awards, I have acted in so many dramas, and I have been nominated a lot, but I have not won many awards. You can’t expect me to be indifferent to fame and fortune at such a young age, and live my life like a leisurely cloud and wild crane, right?
Netizens were surprised when they saw Lu Yanhe’s Weibo post, and then burst into laughter in disbelief.
Some netizens left a message in Lu Yanhe's comment area: Lu Shen, can you maintain your godhood and stop coming down to earth to flutter around? I'm not used to being so down-to-earth.
Lu Yanhe replied: You call me Lu Shen, and I’m not used to it either [grimace].
On November 3, "Path of Glory" was screened on a large scale in 2,000 theaters.
Pre-sales exceeded 2 million, and the daily box office is estimated to be 6.2 million.
Whether this number can be reached is being watched by everyone in the industry.
However, it is obvious that everyone, including box office forecasting agencies, underestimated the market's enthusiasm for "Path of Glory".
Even though it has been released for two months, and even though November 3 is a Friday, a working day, as of 4 p.m., the daily box office has exceeded 6.2 million, far exceeding predictions.
At this moment, the industry was once again shocked.
Because "Path of Glory" really does it.
Using awards to stimulate box office – is this a new idea for art films?
The Phenom Award also quickly came to claim this achievement.
Why?
These three words appear in the mind of everyone in the industry.
Why can "Path of Glory" create such a box office miracle?
No matter how you analyze it, it is all just talk on paper.
There is no precedent for this.
We can only ask the audiences who walked into the cinema today and ask them why they chose to watch this movie.
The box office statistics agency arranged for people to do this.
They counted nearly three thousand samples, and the feedback result was that they had all heard about the very good film "Path of Glory", which was co-produced by Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou I have long wanted to watch the award-winning film starring him, but the theater where it was shown was either too far away or I couldn't get tickets. Today I finally had the chance to buy tickets at a nearby theater, so I went to watch it.
The analysis result of the box office statistics agency is that 67% of the audience did not like to go to the cinema to watch literary films in the past.
They usually don’t pay attention to literary and artistic films. This time they will watch "Path of Glory". Some of them are because they often see some discussions about this movie and their viewing experience in their circle of friends, which makes them excited. They became interested in the film. Some people know that this movie has won many awards, so they want to see what is so good about this movie.
Such an analysis result has been summed up by the industry. There is no other reason than that the battle line has been stretched long enough, so the movie slowly opened up, letting many people know about the movie, and then slowly buried its roots in the hearts of some people. The seed of "Watch this movie if you have a chance".
After a movie has been released for two months, even if it is only screened on a large scale for most of the time, its fan effect has been reduced to the minimum.
Any audience who is still willing to go into the cinema at this time must be attracted because of other factors.
At this time, the publicity of "Road to Glory" basically no longer focused on Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou.
Because basically everyone who knows this movie knows that the two of them starred in it.
At this time, the focus of publicity was on the achievements of the film itself, as well as the discussion of "Do you think "Path of Glory" can win this year's Phenom Awards?"
This kind of discussion will drive the discussants into the cinema.
If you want to discuss it, you have to watch this movie first, right?
Almost all of the films nominated this year are box office hits, and they have all been released on video platforms one after another after their release. The number of viewers is completely different from that of "Path of Glory" class.
The number of nominations for "Path of Glory" is almost the same as them.
All in all, watching "Path of Glory" has become an "electronic social" act. If you want to participate in the interaction on the Internet, you must first see what the movie is like.
Probably because of these reasons, on November 3rd, "Path of Glory" finally received a box office of 10.97 million, and the daily box office once again exceeded 10 million.
How much impact does this number have on the industry?
The same Phenom Award-nominated literary film "Happy Days" announced late at night that it will be re-screened nationwide on November 5.
"Nine Yin" and "You Go Against the Current", which were just released in the summer, also announced that they will be re-released in November.
Everyone wants to take advantage of the momentum of the Phenom Awards to see if they can replicate the miracle of "Road to Glory".
The next day, Saturday, the box office of "Path of Glory" did not increase or decrease, continuing to maintain the level of 10.9 million.
On Sunday, "Happy Days" urgently launched nationwide re-screenings, with more screenings than "Path of Glory".
"Path of Glory" has limited the number of movie screenings, with only 2,000 screenings.
"Happy Hour" is available to any theater that is willing to schedule it.
Ning Xiulian and Yu Qin parachuted into six theaters to meet everyone for a road show.
"Happy Days" took in a box office of 4.2 million yuan on Sunday, while "Path of Glory" dropped slightly, with a daily box office of just over 8 million, still beating out "Happy Days".
Coming to Monday, "Path of Glory" once again reduced the number of movie screenings and returned to normal levels.
"Happy Days" did not shrink, and the box office on Monday fell directly to just over 1 million.
For a literary film with a cost of only hundreds of thousands, the previous box office results of "Happy Days" have already made it a huge profit.
This temporary re-release grossed 5.2 million at the box office in two days, which also surprised and shocked the industry.
Is this kind of screening route that combines awards really viable?
November itself is also the off-season for the film market.
Generally, blockbusters will not be released in this month.
It is also for this reason that although "Happy Days" has a daily box office of just over one million, it can still obtain about 8% of the film schedule.
Obviously, in the eyes of theater managers, as the Phenom Awards approach and there are more and more discussions about nominated films, "Happy Days" can still reap good box office results.
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When the film market was stirred up by the Phenom Award nominees, the film made by Li Zhibai and Liu Bige was finally completed.
Liu Bige said: "It's finished, congratulations."
Li Zhibai was holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand, which was given to him by the crew.
"Director, the filming is finally finished, what are you going to do next?" Li Zhibai looked full of energy, without the fatigue that most actors feel when finishing a movie.
Liu Bige said: "Have a good sleep first, have enough rest, and then think about the next thing."
Li Zhibai said: "I plan to go to Southeast Asia, you Do you want to come with me? "Relax."
Liu Bige looked at Li Zhibai in surprise.
Li Zhibai didn't realize anything was wrong and asked: "Don't you have time?"
Liu Bige said: "It's not that there is no time, but...why are you so energetic? You have just finished filming and you have the energy to go out for fun?"
"I'm not going out to play, I'm going on vacation. "Li Zhibai said, "We have too much trouble here. It’s cold, let’s find a warm place to stay.”
Liu Bige said: “I have to prepare for the third film later, and I have to edit the film, and I have to help Lu Yanhe watch his "Love Letter". Shooting——"
"That's all It will happen in a month or two. Taking advantage of the time now is the right way to take a good rest. You see you have so many things to do in the future. How can you do it without taking a good rest?" Li Zhibai said, "Listen. You've been talking for a long time and I haven't heard anything yet. What are the arrangements, then come with me, I will make the plan, you can just follow me when the time comes."
Liu Bige stared and wanted to say something, but he looked matter-of-fact. Li Zhibai didn't say anything for a long time.
Making this movie with Li Zhibai, the whole process was filled with an inexplicable sense of relaxation.
Because as long as there is Li Zhibai on the set, there will never be a lack of "movement".
That’s not to say that as long as Li Zhibai is around, everything will be chaotic, but it will definitely not be peaceful.
Li Zhibai is not a person who can stay alone quietly.
However, such a noisy person is not annoying.
The character he plays in the movie is not a cold and quiet character.
Therefore, everyone tacitly tolerated and cooperated with his noisy behavior - in the eyes of many people, Li Zhibai's behavior was to find status for his acting.
Even Liu Bige thought so at first.
Of course this is not the case.
Liu Bige soon discovered that Li Zhibai himself had such a character.
One night before, they finished work early, so they went to see "Happy Days" that was playing at the time.
In less than twenty minutes, Li Zhibai fell asleep with his head raised.
I really don’t even pretend at all.
After watching it and coming out of the theater, Liu Bige said to him: "Don't you like watching this kind of movie?"
Li Zhibai honestly yawned and said : "I don't like watching it, I feel sleepy."
Liu Bige has encountered many actors who express their yearning for art films in front of him. Li Zhibai is the first to honestly say that he "doesn't like to watch them".
Liu Bige couldn’t laugh or cry.
"If you hadn't told me earlier, we would have watched another movie."
"Then I also want to try it, just in case this movie is my cup of tea again, Let me continue reading." Li Zhibai said, "But so far, I haven't met many of my favorites."
Liu Bige nodded.
What he was thinking at this moment was that luckily what he was filming this time was not a literary film, but a romantic comedy. Otherwise, Li Zhibai might not be able to understand the script.
Although Liu Bigo's first film was a movie like "Late Spring", he is not the kind of director who puts his emphasis on literary films.
He never wanted to be an artistic film director, he wanted to be an authorial director with his own style.
Whether it is a literary film or a commercial film, others will know as soon as they see it, well, this is a film directed by Bige Liu.
In fact, meeting an actor like Li Zhibai and filming a romantic comedy like "Fake Death" can be regarded as meeting an actor who is particularly suitable and a stroke of genius.
The only pity is that Ji Miao, who played the role of the psychotic girl, was a bit off.
I have worked hard and taken it seriously, but for things like acting, if something is inappropriate, it is inappropriate.
After the final and arduous filming, Liu Bige decided that the film would be edited with Li Zhibai as the first point of view.
After filming was completed, Li Zhibai said goodbye to everyone on the crew and returned to Ziyuan Bridge.
He asked in the group: Which of you is at home?
Lu Yanhe replied instantly: Me.
Li Zhibai: I’ve finished filming today. I’ll arrive in the evening. How about making a skewer? Lu Yanhe: OK, go to the store to eat directly, or take out?
Li Zhibai: Let’s eat in the store.
Lu Yanhe: Okay.
Yan Liang: Alas, I'm still filming...
Lu Yanhe: When will you finish filming?
Yan Liang: It will take almost a month.
Lu Yanhe: Are there so many scenes in "Top of the Mountain"?
Yan Liang: It was difficult to shoot. This time, director Shen Mofan didn’t even go to the Phenom Awards ceremony. The filming schedule was under great pressure.
Lu Yanhe: Come on.
Li Zhibai: Can you take a break after filming "Top of the Mountain"?
Yan Liang: That’s about right. I won’t have any other roles in the future, and Zhou Pingan didn’t bring me a new script.
Li Zhibai: Don't sit at home and wait for him to send you a script. His mind is on Ma Zhiyuan. You have to find out if there is a suitable script yourself.
Yan Liang: Let's wait until I finish filming "Top of the Mountain". Now my energy is all on this drama. It's too difficult to act. I lie in bed every night and it's empty.
Li Zhibai: How could "Top of the Mountain" be so difficult to act? Is it a lot of filming every day?
Yan Liang: No, it’s just difficult to act, and Director Shen is very demanding. Basically, I have to shoot three or four times of every scene even for the official filming, and my scalp is tight. Maybe it’s because I’ve never acted in a film that requires such high demands on my acting skills before. The filming environment for “The Gold Rush” was difficult and harsh, while “Top of the Mountain” really requires very high acting skills. Anyway, I basically did it every day. I can only think about acting and have no energy to think about other things.
Lu Yanhe: Come on.
Li Zhibai: Wait until the filming is finished, then take a good rest.
Yan Liang: Yeah.
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Lu Yanhe put down his phone and thought for a while.
To be fair, Yan Liang's acting talent is indeed not that outstanding.
Yan Liang has no problem playing some conventional characters of his age, or a life-style drama like "Six People", but for a drama like "Mountain Top" that focuses on fraud, people Deceiving each other, attacking and defending, playing within a play, deceiving within a deceit... Maybe for Yan Liang, the requirements are a bit high.
Will Yan Liang become a literary and opera actor in the future?
If he wants to take this path, he may not know when he will be able to reach a higher position.
Those non-talented actors did not perform without performing, but they have accumulated a lot of experience and performed in their forties.
Of course, Yan Liang is very lucky. "Six People" made him famous, and this series has clearly become a guarantee for him over the years.
However, Lu Yanhe does not want Yan Liang to end up like the starring actors in the original "Six". Apart from "Six", there are almost no other masterpieces. Except for Jennifer Aniston, almost all other actors I am trapped in the drama "Six People" and I can never get out.
Actually, Yan Liang’s image and style are very different from the two of them. Because he is the only one among them who insists on exercising, he has a very strong figure. He is the kind of image that is not visible when wearing clothes, but when he takes off his clothes, people will say "Holy shit".
A bit like an actor Lu Yanhe knows, Peng Yuyan.
Lu Yanhe thought carefully.
In addition to the drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy" which will be filmed next year, I also have to write a play for Yan Liang.
The possibility of him being seen doing action scenes as early as possible.
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"You want to write an action scene script for Yan Liang?"
At the barbecue stall, Li Zhibai looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise, and he barely had time to take a bite of the grilled fish in his hand.
Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "Don't you think Yan Liang's image is actually quite suitable for action scenes?"
Li Zhibai said: "Suitable is suitable, but , He doesn’t know real kung fu.”
“You don’t need real kung fu to shoot action scenes, it just needs to look good,” Lu Yanhe said, “I have also acted in action scenes.”
Although it was only in "Phoenix Terrace", I had a brief taste of it.
Li Zhibai said: "That's fine, but why did you suddenly think of writing an action scene script for Yan Liang?"
"I have actually thought about this a lot. But I can’t act it, and you can’t act it, so you can only ask Yan Liang to act it.”
“Why can’t I act it?”
“Look in the mirror.”
Li Zhibai cursed "Fuck".
Lu Yanhe smiled.
Li Zhibai said: "Actually, I have one more thing to ask you. My filming is over and it's over for the time being. I'm going to start working on "Nineteen Years of Crime", but when I think of When I started to do it, my heart began to beat."
Lu Yanhe asked: "Are you ready to start?"
He was surprised.
Li Zhibai nodded.
“Tell me, can I do it?” Li Zhibai was worried.
Lu Yanhe: "To be honest, you have never had the experience of doing a film and television project by yourself. It is normal for you not to be able to do it well. However, you have the innate conditions to do it well, and your advantage is too great. If you come and start a project on your own, you won’t have to worry about finding investment or having a platform. Come and broadcast, and you have Teacher Liu Jiazhen to help you check the script. Furthermore, you are Li Zhibai, no matter what type of talent you need, you can find people, and everyone will be willing to believe that your project can be successful."
Li Zhibai’s biggest advantage is that he is a popular star.
In the entertainment industry, if a popular star wants to make a movie by himself, everyone will help him.
This is the current situation.
Li Zhibai took a deep breath.
"Okay, now that you've said that, I won't chirp anymore." Li Zhibai said, "Then you and Yan Liang can help me be producers together."
< br>Lu Yanhe said: "I can do it, but I will go to film "Love" immediately next month. "Book", I may not have time to help you."
Li Zhibai said: "I don't really want you to do anything on the crew. To build a crew, you need people from all types of work. I need it. Come and help me make a judgment.”
"Of course there is no problem with these."
Li Zhibai said: "Oh, I am still very guilty now. I started doing things without knowing anything."
"You need it most now. One thing to do is to find a reliable producer that you can trust to help you do this," Lu Yanhe reminded.
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On November 9th, the Phenom Awards Ceremony.
Lu Yanhe came to the scene wearing a black formal suit.
Chen Ziyan was by his side personally.
On such critical occasions, Chen Ziyan would usually stay by his side.
Everyone Lu Yanhe met along the way praised him for his greatness - not for his nomination for Best Actor, but for his release strategy for "Road to Glory".
Now, the most legendary incident involving Lu Yanhe is the box office miracle of "Path of Glory".
This is not only the combined box office appeal of Lu Yanhe and Shang Yongzhou, but also the path forward for a brand new distribution strategy proposed by Lu Yanhe.
Because of the success of "Paths of Glory", seven Phenom Award-nominated films will be re-released in theaters tomorrow.
At this time, some people who had participated in the "Road to Glory" seminar suddenly remembered what Lu Yanhe mentioned at that meeting:
Awards and box office should not be compared. Cutting, awards can stimulate the box office.
In addition to this matter, there is another thing that everyone is very concerned about, and that is what kind of Hollywood movie Lu Yanhe is taking.
Even Chen Bige was curious and asked him when they met.
Lu Yanhe briefly talked about the situation of the movie "The Mist".
After hearing this, Chen Bige was a little surprised, "It's actually a horror film? You really shocked me. How could you suddenly accept a horror film?"
"Because it was also filmed in China. No," Lu Yanhe said with a smile, "Director. He took the initiative to find me, showed me the script, and invited me to star. He was very sincere. He has made two successful horror films. I thought it was an opportunity to try it."
Chen Bige asked: "Director. Who is it?”
"Muken Sorge."
"Huh? Him." Chen Bige looked surprised, "His wife is Chinese."
Lu Yanhe looked surprised, " Ah? Really?"
"Don't you know?" Chen Bige was also surprised.
“I don’t know.” Lu Yanhe shook his head, “I only met him once.”
Chen Bige: "Well, there are quite a few Hollywood directors who are discriminatory against Chinese people. You know there has been a discourse in the United States that promotes the China threat theory. He is one of the few Hollywood directors who is openly close to Chinese people."
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized.
“I didn’t pay attention to this aspect before.”
Chen Bige said: “Anyway, if you go to Hollywood to film, you should be careful. There are really many people who discriminate against Chinese people and will deliberately give them You stumble."
Lu Yanhe nodded, "I will be prepared. If someone dares to bully me, I will not just stand there and let them bully me."
Chen Bige smiled.
“Although I had already guessed that you would go abroad to film, I never thought that you would go abroad so soon.”
Lu Yanhe: “When I have the right opportunity, I will film it. ”
Chen Bige nodded.
"By the way, there is one more thing to tell you. You gave me two scripts before, one "Rouge Button" and one "Raise the Red Lantern". I am going to finish filming "Raise the Red Lantern". After "Love Letter", I will start "Raise the Red Lantern".
Lu Yanhe nodded and said: "Okay."
Chen Bige asked: "If you want to take back this script and do it yourself, you can just do it for me."
"You do it, Sister Bi Ge, I don’t have the energy myself. "Rouge" "You did a great job."
Although the copyright of the movie "Rouge Button" is still in the hands of Lu Yanhe, and Lu Yanhe also has the title of producer, it has actually never been released. It was Chen Bige who initially promoted this project from its inception to its release.
After Chen Bige had the experience of "Rouge Button", Lu Yanhe believed that she could do "Raise the Red Lantern" better.
And, to be honest, filming "Raise the Red Lantern" was not as difficult as "Rouge".
This is a film with a director’s internal skills, and the requirements for shooting difficulty are smaller.
When Lu Yanhe first watched "Raise the Red Lantern", he had a very intuitive feeling. This movie is like a neat Chinese painting, with extremely neat structure and pictures, as well as the actors' performances.
Of course, the most striking feature of this film is that it uses a very strong structural picture and a solid text basis to give an in-depth description of a person's "alienation".
It was the most appropriate time for Chen Bige to star in this movie. The image and acting skills perfectly match the play.
If she waits a few years and plays a graduated college student, she may not be convincing.
The most different thing between this movie and "Rouge" is that it is a purely female drama.
In "Rouge Button", Huang Kairen also plays the role of the Twelve Young Masters. In "Raise the Red Lantern", this old man is completely alone and has no face.
Lu Yanhe felt that he had copied the script, but if he really wanted to play a female role, it would be more suitable for a woman to do it.
He is not Lao Mouzi.
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"Yan He, let me introduce to you, Ning Zhiyuan, the director of "Nine Yin", and Zhou Yuning, the star."
Huang Tai from Longyan Pictures came towards me with two people, and followed Lu Yanhe said hello.
Lu Yanhe looked at the two people in front of him with some surprise.
"Hello, Director Ning, hello Teacher Zhou." Lu Yanhe immediately extended his hand enthusiastically, shook hands with them one by one, and said, "I am Lu Yanhe, and I finally have the opportunity to meet you. I like " "Nine Yin" is a movie that I haven't seen in a long time that made my blood boil. ”
Ning Zhiyuan: "Then I hope I can co-operate with you in a martial arts film if I have the opportunity in the future."
Lu Yanhe nodded immediately, "Okay, I really want to try it. I have never made a martial arts film. "
He looked at Zhou Yuning and asked: "Is this Mr. Zhou's first time acting in a martial arts film? "
Zhou Yuning is thirty-five years old. He became famous with "Nine Yins" and has accumulated a lot of experience. .
He smiled and waved his hand and said, "I have taken pictures before, a long time ago."
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized, "Actually, I really want to know, did you go down to Jiangnan to find Liu Suyin in the end? The ending of the movie is too open-ended."
Zhou Yuning looked at Ning Zhiyuan with a smile and said, "That's right. I asked the director.”
Ning Zhiyuan said: “This is the second part. "
Lu Yanhe opened his eyes in surprise and asked: "Will there be a second part of "Nine Yin"? "
"Well, I am writing the script." Ning Zhiyuan. Said, "I wrote this ending just to leave a hole for the second part."
Lu Yanhe: "Can you give me an invitation letter when the second part premieres? I want to see this movie as soon as possible."
"That's very welcome."
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