146. Box office data on the first day (two in one)
Ye Sumang naturally would not carry the piano music score with him. After agreeing to return to the company, he took it to Andrei to watch it, the two of them focused their attention back to the movie.
This seemingly low-tempo plot is actually a prelude to the sublimation of the hero and heroine's future relationship, and it is also a turning point. Then the plot once again entered a good direction. With the efforts of Jiang Chen and Xiaofei, the friends around them began to agree with their approach and began to help them accomplish what they like.
Because the final selection of the musical and dance drama is also the time for the two of them to compete with each other. However, with the help of friends, Xiaofei's scientific experiment competition was interrupted due to an accident, and Jiang Chen's basketball competition was also terminated due to an "accidental" power outage. Taking advantage of this period, the two rushed to the examination room of the musical and dance drama.
"Sorry, you are already late." The teacher of the opera said mercilessly, and the Liu brothers on the side also had a proud expression, which made the movie fans watching the scene grit their teeth and wished they could kick the people up.
Faced with Jiang Chen and Xiaofei's plea, the musical and opera teacher was indifferent. At this moment, a large group of people suddenly rushed in from the deserted theater. These people actually came to support Xiaofei and Jiang Chen. Faced with such a scene, the musical and opera teacher was also moved and finally agreed to give them another chance.
The two looked at each other, encouraged each other, and began to sing songs that had already been shocked. At the same time, the audience was also inspired by them and sang them together. In the end, the song also won them the opportunity to perform a song and dance drama.
Seeing this, Ye Sumang was about to get up because the story was about to end soon and he needed to meet with the crew and accept questions from the media and the audience.
"Andre, I will send someone to send you to the company." Before leaving the box, Ye Sumang did not forget to arrange Andre's itinerary.
Andre had no objection to this. His mind was now full of that piano piece, which was his biggest gain tonight.
When Ye Sumang went downstairs, the film also entered its final stage. The ambiguous acquaintance of the male and female protagonists left a fantastic ending to the fans present, so that the film ended in the end. Everyone still felt that they were still unsatisfied and felt that the story should continue to be filmed.
This is also one of Ye Sumang's goals. When he first created this script, he created it in the form of a brand. As long as the first part achieved good results, he would at least produce a trilogy next, making it one of the company's means of making money.
In addition, Ye Sumang also started preparing for the surrounding and records of the movie early, waiting for the movie to be released together after the movie was hit.
"It's over so soon, I haven't seen enough yet..."
"So too, I must watch another show later. I haven't heard enough of the songs in it!"
"The dance is also very good, especially the group dance in the restaurant. You must check the name later..."
At this time, the atmosphere in the screening hall was relaxed, and everyone was smiling on their faces, discussing the songs and dances and characters in the movie just now with enthusiasm. Ye Sumang also came to the main creators while everyone was discussing. At this time, Liu Yifei, Yuan Hong, Liu Shishi and others had been waiting for a long time.
"Get ready to go on stage." Looking at everyone's faces as excited as they looked, Ye Sumang patted their shoulders and said with a smile.
At the same time, Ye Sumang also signaled the theater staff to turn on the lights, and he led everyone to move to the prepared stage.
"Now let me welcome the main creators of "Singing and Dance" to the stage." As the lights light up, the host also announced loudly to everyone present.
Smack sex————!!
Seeing the actors in the play standing in front of them, the audience immediately applauded excitedly, and the scene was also very lively. Obviously everyone was very satisfied with this video.
This enthusiasm lasted for a full half minute before it calmed down with the help of the staff. As the audience calmed down, the reporters on the scene immediately gathered up and prepared to ask questions to the main creators of the crew of "Singing and Dance Youth".
"Director Ye, "Singing and Dance" is the first mainland musical and dance film. What are your expectations for him?" asked a reporter with the Apple Daily badge on his chest.
"I hope it can bring some young and upward ideas to young people. Don't always limit yourself to learning. Sometimes, relax appropriately and do what you like can promote your own progress." This question is easy to answer. Ye Sumang almost didn't need to think about it, just telling the central idea of the original writing script.
"Miss Liu Yifei, this is your first modern drama. What was the reason why you were willing to change your image in ancient costumes and make modern films appear?"
Regarding this question, Liu Yifei smiled and replied: "Because Director Ye invited me, I acted."
"You have a very different relationship with Director Ye?" The reporter's eyes lit up and he continued to ask.
Liu Yifei blinked upward playfully, as if she was thinking about something. Just as everyone was looking forward to seeing her being able to speak out, the girl suddenly smiled brightly and replied: "Is it unusual to be like a brother and sister?"
"well------!"
At this moment, Ye Sumang seemed to hear the sighs in the hearts of the low reporters.
The reporter had no topics to ask about Liu Yifei, but Ye Sumang and the others were not going to let it go.
"Director Ye, do you know that this summer vacation, the blockbuster "Ten-Ambushes" directed by Zhang Yimou will be released soon, and it is expected to be in conflict with your "Singing and Dance Youth". Do you think your film can defeat "Ten-Ambushes" like the slaughter of Feng Xiaogang last year?"
Ye Sumang disagreed with this problem. This kind of problem did not emerge except erecting an enemy for himself, because the two films were not comparable at all.
Ye Sumang's "Singing and Dance" is a youth inspirational film, while "The Ambush on Ten" is a love fantasy martial arts film. There is no similarity between the two sides in terms of genres, and naturally there is no box office competition. At most, there is a slight gap in the number of theaters.
Thinking of this, Ye Sumang smiled slightly and replied in a vain way: "The summer vacation has never been taken seriously in China. I actually think this period is a critical period for box office outbreaks. For example, the films that are scheduled from June to August this year include the American disaster blockbuster "The Day After", as well as "Troy", "Spider-Man 2", etc. It can be seen that foreign colleagues have paid attention to the duration of China's period. I think Director Zhang and I chose to release it in this period at the same time, which is also to awaken other Chinese film and television colleagues to pay attention to this period and not be suppressed by foreign films all the time."
"Then what you mean is that this time the opponent is not "The Ambush on Ten" but those blockbusters produced in Hollywood?" the reporter continued to ask.
"That's right, that's what I think." Ye Sumang replied affirmatively.
After receiving this reply, the reporters were immediately excited. This is Ye Sumang's war on those Hollywood blockbusters. You should know that in recent years, Hollywood's big productions have represented high box office. Except for several excellent films by several directors, almost anyone who encounters these big productions will play_over in the rest of the films. Ye Sumang's declaration of war at this time is undoubtedly a very eye-catching topic. Now they have already conceived the front-page topic for tomorrow.
The reporters had already dug up the news they wanted, so they naturally began to take care of Ye Sumang's film. After all, this was still the premiere of others. After taking the benefits, they naturally had to pay some rewards. So the reporters also began to focus their attention on the other unfamous starring actors.
"Ms. Liu Shishi, how did you feel when you first star in a movie? Will you feel like playing a negative role unconsciously feel that you will be restricted in the future?"
"Mr. Yuan Hong, after you switched to Ye Sumang's company, you got such a rare opportunity. Is there anything you want to say?"
"And Miss Kim Hyoyeon, you are a Korean student. How is the filming method of Chinese directors different from that of Korean directors?"
The reporters began to ask questions like several rookie actors, which made Liu Shishi, Yuan Hong and Kim Hyoyeon a little at a loss. However, the first time they received so much attention from so many media, they were also very excited, and at the same time they were increasingly eager for popularity.
The media interview took a full hour to finish. With the media leaving, only a few main creators of the crew and the theater staff were left in the theater.
"Ah~~ It's so tired. The media flashed so that my eyes couldn't see clearly." Kim Hyo-yeon stretched his waist and complained, but looking at her happy face, she was obviously not dissatisfied at all, but was very satisfied.
Liu Shishi rubbed her eyes aside, smiled foolishly, and nodded in agreement. The media's question today scared her. At that time, she didn't know how to answer, but fortunately, she was confused with Ye Sumang's help.
Among the three rookies, Yuan Hong is the most calm. After all, he has appeared in a TV series or a drama, and has received more or less interviews from several small media, so he will naturally not panic.
However, it was the first time that so many media interviewed him today, so Yuan Hong still had an excited expression on his face at this time. He was also the deepest feeling among these people. After all, from obscurity to becoming popular overnight, this feeling is like a roller coaster. In a word, it feels so exciting.
It was different from the chattering and discussions with others. At this time, Liu Yifei and Ye Sumang were sitting quietly in the same corner, whispering.
"Brother, are you not participating in the later overseas publicity?" The little girl pouted aggrievedly. Only when facing Ye Sumang alone would she show such a dependence expression.
Ye Sumang nodded, saying that he had made a decision.
"Oh, you're going to make a new movie again. I don't know when we will meet again." Seeing Ye Sumang nodding, Liu Yifei sighed in disappointment, and unconsciously grinding the ground back and forth under her feet, obviously very reluctant to part with the upcoming separation.
Although the girl lowered her head, Ye Sumang could guess her current disappointed expression from her tone. She rubbed her little head with a heartache and said warmly: "If you have time in the second half of the year, you can visit the set at any time."
"Really?" The girl immediately looked up and looked at Ye Sumang with bright eyes.
"Of course, I welcome it very much. To be honest, I might be a little uncomfortable without you on the crew." Ye Sumang smiled and shaved the girl's little nose, causing the girl to feel coquettish.
Liu Yifei's nose is different from ordinary beauties. It is a rare hump nose. The bridge of the nose is not straight, but there is a small protrusion in the middle, which makes Ye Sumang always like to scratch it if you have anything to do. However, Liu Yifei is not catching a cold at that time. Every time Ye Sumang scrapes her nose, she will rise up and resist.
"Okay, okay, don't touch it anymore." Ye Sumang begged wisely under the weak slap of the girl.
The girl then stopped satisfied, and finally snorted lightly, with a proud expression after victory.
Ye Sumang looked at the time and it was almost ten o'clock in the evening. Because Andre was waiting in the company, he was not inconvenient to stay here, so he got up and patted, attracting everyone's attention.
"Today's premiere was very successful, and this success is also the result of your efforts. I would like to thank everyone here!"
"Director, what do we say? This is what we should do." Yuan Hong said embarrassedly, but he couldn't say anything happy to be affirmed by Ye Sumang, his immediate boss, and the same was true for the others.
"Don't be humble, I see your efforts." Ye Sumang smiled and patted Yuan Hong on the shoulder and said, "It's like Yuan Hong, because of his lack of dance skills, he is afraid that he will not cooperate with Liu Shishi enough, so he practices for two more hours every day. Xiaoyeon, and he will not leave directly after his dance is completed, but continues to teach the remaining academies, working very hard, and Liu Shishi and Liu Yifei, you are all good. To be honest, I filmed this drama very simply, but you have done a lot of hard work, so the biggest contributor to the success of this movie is you."
Ye Sumang's words made the eyes of the people present flushed. They calmed down from the excitement of the initial success. Thinking of the hard work of the two months, everyone felt very relieved at this moment because everything was worth it.
"Okay, it's not time for us to share the fruits of victory. There is a next wave of publicity that depends on everyone's efforts. I'll say cheer to you! I believe that our video will definitely win the box office of the summer season!"
"Yes! Dominate the summer season!"
"Yes, we will definitely be able to have a box office of over 100 million yuan!!!"
"Hahaha!"
In the early morning of that night, the film "Singing and Dance" began to be released in 1,100 cinemas across the country, and 4,600 screens at the same time. This is also the most screens ever since Ye Sumang filmed. This also shows that Ye Sumang's influence in the Chinese film and television industry is becoming increasingly deepening, and the bosses of theaters have also begun to regard him as a box office guarantee.
Ye Sumang's "Singing and Dance" is indeed very successful. Once the 24-hour box office data on the first day was released, it immediately shocked everyone in the circle.
No one expected that this drama is simple and a song and dance film that has never been involved in before will achieve such a great achievement, with a box office of 10.5 million on the first day, which has already set a domestic summer record for the first day of the box office. This result also surpassed the first day of the box office of "The World Without Thieves" filmed by Ye Sumang last year. People in the circle who were disdainful of this commercial film finally began to pay attention to it, because the box office potential of "Singing and Dance" at this time is destined to be a movie that has exceeded 100 million yuan.
Such rapid box office data also temporarily postponed "The Ambush", which was originally scheduled to be released in three days, by a week, which almost increased the momentum of "Singing and Dance", and blinded everyone in the circle. They could not understand why anything would become so hot when Ye Sumang's hands.
What the media are best at is being a fence-breasted man. The box office of "Singing and Dance" is so exciting, they naturally will not be stingy with their praise. At the same time, what Ye Sumang said at the premiere was also taken out by the media for hype.
"The melee of blockbusters, who is the ups and downs, the melee of summer season will bring him the battle, Ye Sumang speaks about challenging Hollywood blockbusters and maintaining the last paradise of Chinese movies!" - Kyoto Entertainment News
"Zhang Yimou has avoided his edge, who in China dares to fight Ye Sumang?" - Apple Daily
"On the first day, Ye Sumang proves that he is the guarantee of a strong box office!" - Star Weekly
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Ye Sumang is not concerned about the outside reports now. In addition to understanding the box office revenue every day, he devoted himself to the preparations for "If? Love".
Ye Sumang has great expectations for this script. For it, Ye Sumang even refused all the promotional activities of "Singing and Dance" in order to be able to shoot this video wholeheartedly and do all the preparations to the best.
At this time Andrei had arrived in China, and the casting and early training work were about to begin, so Ye Sumang was so busy that he couldn't take too much care of it.
This movie "If? Love", Ye Sumang was filmed to win the award, so he paid special attention to casting. Because the previous movie "The World Without Thieves" missed the Hong Kong Film Awards because of his negligence (the Film Awards requires that there must be more than six Hong Kong actors participating in the film to be selected), so this time, Ye Sumang also carefully read the rules and requirements of several major heavy awards while casting, and must be perfect.
"The heroine is sure that Zhou Xun has two male protagonists now, and there are also 'angels' that work from beginning to end to thread the needle. The rest are all supporting roles and irrelevant. Everyone can express their opinions." Ye Sumang sent the script to everyone and began to discuss the issue of casting.
He is now trying to be democratic as much as possible for such things. Even Zhou Xun, who had already been confirmed, asked Andri to test her and finally finalize her answers, because he understood that sometimes his ideas may not be correct, and the conclusions drawn by everyone after discussion were more accurate.
Chapter completed!