Chapter 298: Lost on Journey
Chapter 298: Lost on Journey
I heard Fan Wumian say that he wanted to use "missed flight and late" as a highlight to indirectly promote "Crazy Stone".
Huang Bo spoke through the phone:
"No wonder you can become a big boss. You are much smarter than me. I have already bought the train ticket. If nothing else goes wrong, I should be able to get there later. I am sorry for delaying my work. I was busy too late last night. I should have rushed back to Yanjing overnight."
Plans cannot keep up with changes. The heavy snow in Yanjing came too suddenly. It has been snowing continuously since early morning until now. The snow on the roadside sidewalks is already more than ten centimeters thick.
Fan Wumian sat in the back seat of the Yazhi R, stretched out his finger to draw a pig head on the window mist, and joked:
"It's really okay. The box office seemed to be very good yesterday. Work hard on the next movie. I'll let you be the male lead then."
The plan had been made long ago, and it is no exaggeration to say that the script of "Crazy Racing" was tailor-made for Huang Bo by director Lu Hao.
Huang Bo said happily:
"I will definitely work hard. Thank you, Mr. Fan! It's almost New Year's Day, and today is Christmas. How about I treat you to a midnight snack tonight?"
"I'll treat you guys to a meal when I'm done. Don't be polite."
Across the country, many small cinemas are not yet connected to the Internet, so the box office statistics are a bit slow to compile.
Not only is it slow, but many places are also irregular, and theaters are outsourced to private individuals.
These small cinemas arbitrarily raised the prices of movie tickets, allowed relatives and friends to enter for free, or just collected money without issuing tickets, which seemed very irregular.
The current situation is that the authorities often arrange "mysterious people" to visit cinemas from time to time for inspection. This time, with the trend of movie ticket networking, some cinemas are not connected to the relevant system and cannot get the source of new movies.
The movie box office market has grown since the beginning of this year, partly due to online ticket sales. As the revenue sharing ratios of many works are different, theaters have resorted to such practices as "stealing box office revenue" and "bundled sales" in order to make more money.
The director of "The Promise" was interviewed a few days ago and mentioned that the tickets sold in some theaters were actually handwritten by the salespersons and bundled with Coke and popcorn to lower the price of movie tickets.
The implication.
What I want to say is that the first-day box office of "The Promise" was actually more than 2200 million RMB, and I hope this will attract more audiences.
"Crazy Stone" was released yesterday, and the total box office on the first day in mainland China is expected to be around 1800 million RMB.
We didn’t spend much money on promotion, the media promoted it on their own initiative.
The quality of the work is there, and the reputation is amazingly good.
"Crazy Stone" once lacked money for publicity and promotion, and the actors themselves lacked box office appeal. In addition, the investor Andy Lau misjudged the potential of this work, resulting in mediocre box office results and a hasty ending.
Now with Fan Wumian's support, these are not a problem.
For example, Huang Bo, who played Fan Wumian's college roommate in "Those Years", opened a convenience store in the dormitory and refused to graduate. The classic scene is still talked about by countless people today.
So much so that he took the C position on the promotional poster of "Crazy Stone".
Liu Yan, who is blessed by God, also appeared on the promotional poster. This time she played a girl who runs a massage parlor. She wore suspenders and shorts, and bent over frequently to reveal her cleavage. She put a lot of effort into her role.
There is obviously a reason why she is named one of the "new generation of otaku goddesses".
Fan Wumian failed to make Youpiao, Tanglang and others famous, but several mainland actors who had very few roles left a deep impression on the audience.
Since the filming of "Crazy Stone" started, they have been promoting the film every now and then, such as spending more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars to buy jade pigeon eggs as props, Fan Wumian visiting the set, Liu Yan showing off her good figure, etc., all of which have attracted widespread attention.
Before the movie was released, the promotional video was put on Tudou.com and pushed to every user as a priority, and was advertised through QQ space.
Many film producers still don’t care about online promotion channels, but Fan Wumian focuses his promotion on the Internet.
The agency distributor, Kuangxian Media, even recruited temporary workers to set up stalls in front of universities, colleges, technical schools, and high schools across the country.
In hundreds of cities, cars with billboards and loud speakers took turns introducing the release of "Crazy Stone".
The propaganda method is not sophisticated, but the effect is very good.
Distributors of this era generally do not trust theater chains and prefer to find people to go to theaters to check whether tickets are being sold in compliance with regulations.
Phenomena such as handwritten movie tickets, reuse of discarded tickets, and bundling sales of two movies have also been discovered by Kuangxian Media.
Unlike the various roaming album piracy dens, the cinema cannot escape, and the owner has registered a business license. After being reported, they will be fined, suspended from business, etc.
It is definitely impossible to be 100% clean, but after the inspection has been strengthened, the number of theater owners who take risks has decreased, and the losses are within an acceptable range.
Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Huang Bo, Xu Zheng and others encountered a real-life version of "Lost on Journey".
The group hurriedly took a taxi from Hongqiao Airport to Pudong Airport.
What you fear will come true. On the way, there was a scratch accident and the traffic was stuck for more than 20 minutes. When passers-by found that the accident vehicle only had a small scratch, director Lu Hao was so angry that he cursed.
The journey was just over an hour, and it took a total of 1 hour and 1 minutes to get there. Xu Zheng took them through the VIP channel for security check and they almost missed the flight to Jinan.
When they arrived at the boarding gate, the ticket inspector was ready to close the gate. Fortunately, Huang Bo was smart and said he would give the girl an autographed photo of Fan Wumian, and the other party was willing to help.
After the plane landed in Jinan, a staff member was left behind to take the luggage.
When others took a taxi to the train station, they realized that taking the train took longer than driving to Yanjing.
More than ten minutes were wasted, and we decided to take a taxi directly to Yanjing. After driving for more than three hours, the driver said he needed to refuel.
I originally thought that refueling wouldn't take too long, but later I found out that the taxi had changed its fuel to gas, and I had to add liquefied petroleum gas, and the driver didn't know the way.
After another delay of more than half an hour, it was already dark.
After a long time of struggling, Xu Zheng's head was buzzing. He finally arrived at the outskirts of Yanjing. He sat in the passenger seat, turned his head and said:
"We're already over an hour late. I don't know what's going on at the promotional event. I find that when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth. There's also traffic jams in downtown Yanjing at this time. If we modify the things we encountered today, we can write a Lost on Journey 2."
Huang Bo was also very tired.
In order to be more gentlemanly and avoid squeezing Liu Yan who was sitting on the left, he could only lean forward. Maintaining this posture for a long time caused his back and waist to ache, and he did not dare to wake up Director Lu Hao who was sitting on the right and was sleeping soundly.
He lowered his voice and said:
"You guys just finished filming, and it will probably take some time for the new crew to start filming. The screenwriter approached me a few days ago and asked me to play the role of an overseas Chinese who has lived in India for many years. Brother Zheng, how do you think I should play this role? Should I find a cobra and learn to play the flute or play with the snake?"
".Hey, what's so fun about cobras? Riding elephants is more fun. One of the advantages of being an actor is that you can travel around the world with the crew without having to pay for it yourself. You can travel during your holidays. I want to try practicing Indian yoga."
People have limited channels to obtain information, and they have to rely on their imagination for many things.
In Xu Zheng's current impression, India should be similar to Thailand and other places, with a strong exotic atmosphere, quiet and comfortable, clean and tidy. He is very much looking forward to the start of filming of the second work.
Done.
He also whispered to Huang Bo:
"It's different when you sign a contract with Mr. Fan. You get all kinds of resources. Even before the filming of another movie starring you, the follow-up has already been arranged?"
"I saw in the news that Xiao Fan will be working with Stephen Chow to make a movie. If we have the opportunity to be a part of it, then we won't have to worry about the rest of our lives."
"The supporting roles created by Stephen Chow are so powerful that they can create stars. Every actor dreams of working with him."
Huang Bo was busy raising his head and stretching his neck:
"Mr. Fan is not bad, the roles he let me play are very interesting. There was even a newspaper this morning that published a photo of me trapped in a sewer."
Xu Zheng nodded and said:
"It's really amazing. When I was acting in Lost on Journey, I almost laughed to death. I'm not bragging, but it's really more suitable to be released as a New Year's film at the end of the year than Crazy Stone."
Not surprisingly.
At the time of getting off work, the roads in Yanjing were indeed congested.
The snow was still falling, so I had to use a dry towel to wipe the mist off the windshield from time to time.
The taxi driver in Jinan didn't know the way and chose to take the main road. Fortunately, we agreed on a fare of 650 yuan directly. The metered fare would be even more expensive.
There is no online ride-hailing service now, and the market is monopolized by taxis. Driving a taxi is definitely a high-paying job. If you have your own private license plate, it is almost like having a stable job.
When it comes to service attitude, those who don't scold passengers are considered to have a good temper. For example, the taxi driver who took them there was complaining about the low fare, that he couldn't get home until midnight, and that it was difficult to get repeat customers at the station.
By the time they arrived at the cinema, they were two and a half hours late.
When I arrived, I found that the place was packed with people and the atmosphere was very good.
There were also reporters holding up microphones and waving them back and forth, singing "Charming Danger" with the crowd, and everyone's attention was on the stage.
Director Lu Hao said helplessly:
"That's right. It seems like we are being too sentimental. These people would rather see Mr. Fan than us. He is a real big star."
Huang Bo breathed a sigh of relief:
"As long as there is no accident, it's fine if the media writes about it and scolds you. Mr. Fan is really amazing. Is this a concert?"
Assistant Pu Jiajing had been paying attention to the situation at the scene. At this moment, she came to them and reminded them:
"We're finally here. Let's get ready to go on stage. The boss has already led them in singing several songs."
Xu Zheng said in a surprised tone: "Mr. Fan personally took action and delayed for more than two hours?"
"of course not."
Assistant Pu Jiajing explained:
"The original plan was to hold the event first and then watch a movie, but the boss moved up the movie time. It's been almost an hour since the show ended, and during that time we chatted and sang, and even answered questions from fans to help you delay."
(End of this chapter)