Chapter 99 The explosive final box office, those who understand current affairs
March 1st.
Beijing Capital Gymnasium.
Liu Ruoying dressed in a minimalist style today. She only wore a white shirt and wide-leg pants, but she had the intelligence and gentleness of a mature woman.
Milk tea fans also gave great support.
Excited songs gathered into a sea of cheers.
“Later, I finally learned how to love
Unfortunately, you have already gone far away and disappeared into the sea of people
Later, I finally understood through tears that some people Once you miss it, you’ll never miss it”
Concert backstage.
Zhou Yutang beat the time and hummed softly.
Across from him was a short but honest-looking man, who also sang loudly along with him.
Tell the truth.
Zhou Yutang never expected to meet this brother here before he came.
Wang Baocheng, Xu Sanduo
A man who relies on his film and television drama image to endorse CCTV’s recruitment advertisements.
Seeing such a tough guy singing "Later I Learned How to Love" at a milk tea concert, Zhou Yutang always felt that something was wrong.
After milk tea finished singing, the audience below the stage cheered wildly.
"Oh! You sang so well!"
Wang Baoyu in the background also clapped and shouted excitedly.
It can be seen that he is really dedicated to supporting.
Zhou Yutang chuckled softly: "Brother Bao, you sang well."
"Haha, I just sang blindly, and I'm far behind you."
Wang Baoyu has a distinctive smile, with his eyes narrowed into two slits, creases blooming at the corners of his eyes, and his big white teeth exposed.
You can feel the sincerity in his smile, and it is easy to feel close to him.
Zhou Yutang finished his movie promotion and rushed over to be Liu Ruoying's concert guest as soon as he got off the plane.
The guests are actually responsible for livening up the atmosphere and can only influence one song. Zhou Yutang spent most of the time chatting with Wang Baoyu backstage.
Both of them are insiders, so they still have something to talk about.
“When we were filming "The Blind Shaft", Li Yixiang and I went down into the mine together. Before we had gone very far, we heard the sound of a big stone loosening and falling above our heads. It was such a big stone and it was not far away from me. It was far away, and the surrounding environment was very dark. It was really scary, and I almost lost my life."
"There was also a landslide during the filming. The actress on the crew saw that it was too dangerous and ran away."
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Zhou Yutang was very interested in the movie "The Blind Shaft", and Bao Ruo also told the story of the past in an emotional voice, with a serious expression on his face.
“Yu Tang, you are here to be a guest, how do you meet Sister Ruoying?”
“I am entrusted by someone.”
“Isn’t it still there? Are you promoting the movie? I saw the news yesterday. You were still in Chongqing. "
"The promotion is over. I just came back to the capital to relax. I didn't expect to meet Brother Bao. We are quite destined."< br>
"Don't call me brother, just call me Baoer."
Zhou Yutang was very pleased with Wang Baoer, and Baoer was also happy.
The two chatted very congenially, and Zhou Yutang learned the reason why Wang Baoyu appeared at the milk tea concert.
He and Liu Luoying met while filming "A World Without Thieves". He had just debuted at that time and was not yet popular. He was a bit out of place in a crew full of big names. Milk Tea took great care of him at that time. , after the filming was completed, the relationship between the two people has been maintained, and they are a famous brother-sister relationship in the circle.
Well, unlike Zhou Yutang, this is a pure godbrother
Wang Baorong was also very interested in making movies. He asked Zhou Yutang a lot about the situations he encountered while shooting movies. He exclaimed repeatedly and said directly: "Yu Tang, I really admire you. It is your first time to direct a movie, and the box office is so high. , it was already 160 million yesterday, and it is a dark horse in this year’s Lunar New Year season.”
“Now it’s 161 million, how much money can I make?”
The agent standing by. The man interjected.
"It's just good luck, it will be released soon."
Zhou Yutang said modestly, glancing slightly from the corner of his eye, he saw Wang Bao's agent with a flattering smile.
Very strange feeling.
Some people’s appearance makes it easy for people to feel close to and like them at a glance, such as Wang Baohao.
But some people are not.
Just like this Song Zhe, he obviously looks decent, but he wears a pair of black glasses, with dark circles under his eyes that cannot be concealed, and an exaggerated and flattering smile on his face, which makes Zhou Yutang feel disgusted for no reason. , and didn’t pay much attention to it at the moment.
After chatting with Bao Rong backstage for a while, it was finally Zhou Yutang’s turn to appear.
This was not the first time that he was a guest. He walked onto the stage with steady steps and waved casually downwards.
Today's dress is still simple, white canvas shoes, black casual pants, and an ordinary white shirt on the upper body. They are basically products from his own online store. When worn on Zhou Yutang, he has a low-key and restrained look. But it has a very fresh temperament.
"Hello, all the audience members."
"Wow! Zhou Yutang! Zhou Yutang! So handsome!!"
"Zhou Yutang looks so handsome holding the microphone!"
"Zhou Yutang! Those years! Zhou Yutang! Those years!"
"Yu Tang, your popularity is really high recently. There is a very popular movie. I have watched it twice. I don’t know if you have I haven’t seen it in the cinema.”
Liu Ruoying stood on the stage with a microphone and pointed it at the audience. The fans were very considerate and responded excitedly: “The girl we chased together in those years.”< br>
“Not bad.”
Liu Ruoying nodded and made a naughty joke: “Yu Tang, where is the Liu Jiayi you chased after those years?”
"Shi Shi is still promoting the movie in Chengdu."
Zhou Yutang continued: "I heard that sister Ruoying was holding a concert. She took a taxi right after getting off the plane. I just heard Ruoying backstage. I was really touched when I sang "Later"."
"Next, I sang "Those Years" with sister Ruoying."
As he spoke, Zhou Yutang loosened his shirt. The two buttons on the collar rolled up the cuffs of his shirt.
Simple movements stirred up the atmosphere of the audience off the stage.
The stage lights dimmed and a familiar rhythm sounded.
""Those Years"!"
Zhou Yutang's song has been on the major music charts for several months.
With the popularity of the movie, this song actually went against the trend and directly ranked in the top three of the music charts, making countless young men and women reminiscing about their youthful dreams obsessed with it.
Especially since it has been a long time since I heard Zhou Yutang singing on such an occasion, the response from the audience was particularly enthusiastic.
Liu Ruoying was a little surprised.
The enthusiastic response from the audience gave her the illusion that her concert had become Zhou Yutang's home field.
All the lights focused on the two people at the same time.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
“Back to the original starting point and remembering your young face
We have finally arrived at this day."
Liu Ruoying sang with great devotion, and Zhou Yutang was also full of emotions.
The two people cooperated very well, and the stage could be clearly seen where the camera passed by Looking at the excited faces of the audience below, they also sang along, and the songs gathered into a sea of cheers, as if they were about to overturn the dome.
“What an awesome guy! "
Wang Baorong watched Zhou Yutang's free and easy stage performance in the background. The atmosphere at the scene seemed to be even more enthusiastic than just now, and he said with sincere emotion.
"It's just that he is more handsome and has better luck."
Song Zhe curled his lips.
"Be careful what you say, he is my friend."
Wang Baoyu turned his head and glared at Song Zhe fiercely.
Milk Tea's "Sleepwalking" concert tour will be held 10 times in a row. Beijing is only the first stop, followed by the Magic City, Nanjing and other stops, and finally ends at the Wan Province Arena. Zhou Yutang agreed to Chen Guofu I support you, but you can’t go to every event.
However, after the concert, Liu Ruoying expressed her gratitude at the celebration banquet.
This sister drank some wine in the evening and her face was a little red. Although she was not very beautiful, she had a fresh and refined calm temperament, like a gurgling clear stream. No wonder she could attract the attention of the boss.
"Yu Tang."
She took the initiative to come over and toast, with a gentle tone: "Thank you very much. I'm so happy that you came to participate in today's concert after being so busy."
"Sister Ruoying, if you want to thank me, just thank Brother Chen."
Zhou Yutang raised his glasses and clinked them with a smile, a meaningful smile on his face.
Brother Chen, you helped me get through the relationship with Ben Province, so I can only help you this far.
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Four weeks after its release, the box office trend of "Those Years" finally gradually leveled off, and it was not until mid-March that it was completely closed, and finally the mainland box office The data is fixed at 168 million, second only to "Assembly Number" with 260 million, "Report" with 208 million, and "Yangtze River No. 7" with 195 million, ranking fourth in the Lunar New Year period.
The box office performance in other places brought a big surprise to Zhou Yutang.
There are no screenings scheduled in South Korea, Neon and other regions, mainly due to the box office boom in Ben Province and Hong Kong.
The total box office of Wan Province is NT$240 million (RMB 55.81 million), and the cumulative box office of Xiangjiang is as high as HK$53.17 million (approximately RMB 42 million). To know.
This is how Zhou Yutang won such a high box office by relying on word of mouth without participating in any publicity in Hong Kong or Bend Province.
The news spread back to the mainland, and the entire circle was shocked.
Countless film and television companies and people in the industry have set their sights on Jiangdong Film and Television Studio. No one could have imagined that such a youth film produced with a low-cost investment could become so popular.
I originally thought that "Those Years" was a dark horse that could make people's eyes shine, but I didn't expect that it would leap from the dragon's gate and reach the sky in one step, which would make people's glasses shattered.
"Those Years" can achieve such brilliant results, even the top three in the Lunar New Year festival have dimmed a lot.
Professionals in the industry have focused their attention on the movie "Those Years". Film critics and major companies immediately conducted professional analyzes and concluded that "Those Years" "There are several reasons why it became a hit:
First, the gap in the domestic youth film market, coupled with the "Slam Dunk" at the same time, created Zhou Yutang's leap into the dragon's gate.
Second, Enlight Media’s crazy publicity combined with the power of the local push model is evident.
Thirdly, the quality of "Those Years" is indeed excellent, and Zhou Yutang is indeed very talented, capturing a period of youth that is far gone and almost tangible in many people's hearts.
There is a lot of potential for youth-themed movies.
As soon as the news spread that Zhou Yutang had returned to the capital, a group of reporters immediately surrounded him.
I don’t know where these guys got the specific address of the studio, so they blocked the door directly.
It's just that none of them squatted down to Zhou Yutang.
Except for being a guest at the Milk Tea concert at the beginning of the month, Zhou Yutang has lived in seclusion and has not accepted interviews from the media.
Where did Zhou Yutang go?
This is the doubt in the minds of many media reporters.
The answer is to go back to film school.
Going back to school is really not about showing off, it’s about discussing projects with the teachers at the film school.
The script "Latent" took several months to write and was finally completed. A teacher from the film school was very interested in it.
On the way to the classroom office, I met Jing Tian, the girl from the dormitory.
“Brother Yu Tang.”
Kazilan, Jingtian’s big eyes lit up and she stepped forward with cheerful little steps.
Zheng Shuang, Kan Qingzi and Tan Songyun also followed.
The girls looked at Zhou Yutang with eyes full of admiration.
"Tiantian, are you going to class?"
Zhou Yutang paused slightly and said hello.
Actually, the film school is not big, so it is easy to meet each other.
"Yeah, Teacher Huang Lei's class."
"Then be careful, Teacher Huang is very strict."
Zhou Yutang made a joke, Huang Lei is also a star in the film school Teacher, he was popular with thousands of girls when he was young, and he had an affair with milk tea.
“Brother Yu Tang, we have watched “Those Years” twice in our dormitory, it’s really good!”
Miss Jing Tian smiled sweetly and was sincerely happy for Zhou Yutang: "I heard that the box office is very good. Brother Yutang, you are really awesome."
"Thank you for your support."
Facing the adoring eyes of the girls, Zhou Yutang responded calmly.
The main reason is that there are too many people praising it during this period.
Not only did Dean Zhang of the Film School personally send a congratulatory message, but several teachers who were close to him also praised him highly.
There is also Li Xiaoping, the vice president of Enlight Media. Zhou Yutang has received at least three calls from Xiaoping every day recently.
Either to ask about his welfare, or to ask him about his sleep status, asking him to pay attention to his health, and don't forget to attend the celebration banquet when the time comes.
As if overnight.
Surround yourself with good people.
So, the rainbow farts of these little girls are nothing at all.
Stars surrounded Zhou Yutang like a moon, chattering and asking about the filming of the movie. They talked endlessly, completely forgetting that they had to go to class next.
"Aren't you going to class?"
Zhou Yutang looked at the time and said with a half-smile.
The pointer on the watch turned to the hour, and then the bell rang. Girls Jing Tian and Kan Qingzi were slightly stunned. Tan Songyun, who looked dumb, was the first to react and exclaimed. :
“Ah, no, the class bell rang!”
“Brother Yu Tang, I’ll treat you to dinner in a few days, we’ll leave first.”
Miss Jing Tian didn't even have time to say goodbye, so she trotted towards the teaching building with Kan Qingzi and Zheng Shuang.
“It’s great to be young.”
Looking at the youthful backs of these girls, Zhou Yutang sighed softly, and Teacher Tian’s voice came from beside him: “You too You are only a sophomore, and you still call this girl young?”
“Teacher Tian.”
Turning around with a bright smile, Zhou Yutang asked, “Is Teacher Jiang Wei here?”
"I've been here for a long time, waiting for you."
Tian Zhuangzhuang patted Zhou Yutang's shoulder, his eyes filled with relief.
At his age, he has seen everything in the world, and his wealth and honor are like floating clouds, and he has a good reputation.
Just like Zhou Yutang, a student, the movie "Leaping Over the Dragon Gate" has been mentioned many times in recent gatherings with old friends in the industry. It really made his face shine.
As he approached the door, Teacher Tian pulled Zhou Yutang and whispered something in his ear: "You, Teacher Jiang, are a nice person, but you are a bit straight-tempered. Please be polite later."
"Understood."
Zhou Yutang nodded slightly.
Teacher Jiang Wei is also a great guy.
The "Alishan's Daughter" directed in the 1990s won the Feitian Short Drama Award. At that time, I worked as the screenwriter of "Don't Talk to Strangers" with teacher Xue Xiaolu. I don't know how many people's psychology it has become. Shadow, a few years ago, he also filmed a criminal investigation suspense TV series "Silent Witness", which received an overwhelming response and won the New Director Award.
His current identity is a professor in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy and a master's tutor. He has very solid theoretical and practical skills.
This time it was Zhou Yutang who sent the script of "Latent" to Teacher Tian and Teacher Yao for review.
Several teachers from the film school discussed it for a while and unanimously gave high praise. I heard that Zhou Yutang’s studio was about to start this project. Finally, teacher Jiang Wei took the initiative to find Tian Zhuangzhuang. side.
He wanted to direct it himself.
After being introduced by Mr. Tian Zhuangzhuang, we directly talked about the script "Latent".
Teacher Jiang Wei is very meticulous and conscientious in his work. He has watched "Latent" many times during this period. He has a good understanding of the script and proposed many details that can be improved.
After a brief exchange, Zhou Yutang had a very intuitive understanding of Teacher Jiang Wei's abilities and asked politely: "Teacher Jiang, the current male lead is Teacher Zhang Songwen and the female lead is Zeng Li. Do you have any objections? "
"Song Wen, your acting skills are okay, according to Zeng Li"
Jiang Wei pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "I don't have any objections."
< br>Being upright and straightforward is not completely unreasonable.
There is an old saying in China that he who knows the current affairs is a hero.
Zhou Yutang's identity is an investor, not a simple film school student. He wants control of the crew, which Jiang Wei understands clearly.
So even though Zeng Li was not the most suitable candidate for the heroine in his opinion, he still nodded and agreed.
"Teacher Jiang, happy cooperation."
Zhou Yutang stood up, shook hands with Teacher Jiang, and then prepared to return to the studio.
A group of reporters in the studio are now taking shifts downstairs.
"Those Years" became a hit. Not only did Zhou Yutang become famous, everyone in the circle knew that Li Shuang was the second-in-command of Jiangdong Film and Television Culture Studio. When Zhou Yutang disappeared, they would chase her every day to ask for news about Zhou Yutang.
Out of helplessness, Sister Shuang had no choice but to call Zhou Yutang and prepare to hold a press conference.
"Director Zhou, I have interviewed many directors. During the interview, they will talk about their camera movements and shooting skills, which sounds very powerful. But as far as I know, you are from the Acting Department of the Film School. "I don't have a professional background as a director, so how did I come up with the idea of making this movie?"
"The camera skills and shooting skills you mentioned are indeed very important, so I just made the movie at the same time. , I often communicate with my two assistant directors Lin Yufen and Wen Muye, as well as the director of photography. I think this is also a process for me to learn how to make movies. Fortunately, I have a very good team. I just want to do what I want. Send out the shooting effects, and then confirm what kind of shots and camera positions are taken."
"What do you think of the box office success of "Those Years"?"
"The success of a movie depends on the right time, place and people, and a variety of factors. It is not my fault alone. I just try to make a good movie. The rest mainly depends on promotion, distribution, and the cooperation of the media. Of course, The most important thing is the audience who bought the tickets and went to the cinema. It is their support that has allowed the box office to be as good as it is today.” Would you be very happy to tell me? "
"To be honest, the box office of Wansheng and Xiangjiang are so high, it is completely beyond my expectations. I also grew up watching the movies of Brother Long and Zhou Xingchi. , now the movie can be recognized by the audience in Wan Province and Xiangjiang, I am really happy.”
The interview is over.
Zhou Yutang took a call from Li Xiaoping and talked about the box office share.
Just when I was calculating how much money I could make, I walked into the studio without looking around.
He ran into a soft embrace.
(End of this chapter)