Chapter Twelve The First Day (Part 2)
"It has been my childhood dream to be a director. I will always remember the feeling of watching "Cinema Paradiso" at home..."
"I fell in love with movies for the first time and determined to be a director. However, because I was very young at that time, I thought that a projectionist like old man Alfredo was the director."
"I still remember the little story mentioned in it: There was a king who held a banquet for his princess. A guard saw the princess walking by. She was so beautiful that he immediately fell in love with her. But the humble How could a soldier be worthy of a princess? Later, he finally had the opportunity to tell her that he could not live without her. The princess was deeply moved and told the soldier: If you stay under my balcony for 100 days and nights, I will give you my life. .So the soldier waited for 1 day, 2 days, 10 days...The princess could see him every night. Even though it was windy and rainy, and exhausted, he would not leave. But on the 99th night, the soldier stood up, picked up the chair, and left. "
"I didn't understand this sentence before, but later I gradually understood that the soldier expressed his love for the princess for 99 days. Why did he leave? He expressed his dignity by leaving."
Shen Changlin shared his thoughts on directing on the podium...
Bai Yansong continued: "Then what do you think of a good movie?"
"Movies, as cultural and entertainment products, are updated very quickly in the market. Countless movies are released in a year, but a movie that can be called a good one will win the hearts of countless moviegoers. There are only a few films that have been passed down by word of mouth. I think to be called a masterpiece, the film itself must have the connotation it wants to express."
"Of course," Shen Changlin added: "The connotation must be felt by the audience! Otherwise, it will be just form and no content!"
"Can you give me an example?"
"There are too many, "The Promise", "The Night Banquet"..."
"These are the movies you scolded!"
"No, I never curse, I just give friendly criticism~"
Bai Yansong is very good at controlling the atmosphere. When he is not acting, he is really a good host!
In my impression, Bai Yansong always has a frown on his face and a good manner, as if he is an elite class, a high-level intellectual, and you need to be educated by me...
But in today’s event, he didn’t do that!
The host and guest had a great time. The two talked about domestic movies, "Xiu Chun Knife", then the history of the Ming Dynasty, and even exchanged their views on Chongzhen.
Shen Changlin had no favorable impression of Chongzhen at all, but he also knew that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was almost irreversible - the class conflict had become serious and could not be further exacerbated. The national finance completely relied on collecting taxes from the poor peasants. The clan, civil servants, nobles, and finally You can't touch any of the fat cakes. Although the wealth in the Southeast continues to grow, the country can hardly benefit from it, and the government's tax system is almost dysfunctional.
Domestic explosives are already piled high. It only takes one spark to explode, and once it explodes, it will be a vicious cycle like dominoes.
Let’s put it this way, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the time, place, and people were favorable, but during the Little Ice Age, the people were forced to have no way to survive. Do you still expect to rely on a few officers and soldiers to prevent the people from rebelling? The people are not afraid of death, so how can they be afraid of death? Of?
After talking a lot, we talked about "Xiu Chun Dao"...
When it ended, it was already 8:30 in the evening. After having a meal together, Shen Changlin led the publicity team to catch a plane again - tomorrow is an offline event in Shanghai, and he will be on the same stage closely with Han Hanqian...
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After arriving in Shanghai, the group got on the bus. Guo Songjiang received a call and asked Shen Changlin: "Teacher Zhou Liming was criticized a few times by your fans. Do you want to post on Weibo to restrain him?"
"It needs to be restrained. I've been on Weibo these days and I feel like a lot of my fans are underage. It's too easy to be provoked..."
Shen Changlin took out his mobile phone to log in to Weibo...
Then I found that the Internet speed was a bit slow, so I put away my phone: "...Let's go back to the hotel. With the current Internet speed, my mobile phone login is too slow!"
"Then you still want to make mobile games!"
"...The era of mobile Internet is coming soon. Mobile games are the red ocean. The game "Jinyiwei" will definitely make money. Even if it is not much, it is also a kind of accumulation of experience..."
Only then did Shen Changlin remember that the mobile game "Jinyiwei" was also released today...
I quickly called the person in charge of the mobile game department, who answered the call and immediately reported the good news: "The download volume is good, and it has met expectations!"
“…Are there so many smartphones?”
"We developed web games at the same time, and there are more web game players than mobile game players..."
That's right, at this time, smartphones have not yet developed in a big way. Except for Apple's ios platform, which can retain game downloads, almost all mobile phones are non-intelligent or semi-intelligent button machines, and games are all run in the Java environment...
Shen Changlin got a rough idea. Anyway, according to what he said, "Jinyiwei" can pay back its capital in at most one month, and it should be able to support the operation of the game company in the future...
At least Shen Changlin doesn’t have to throw any more money into it!
"Okay, I'll hang up first..."
I hung up the phone, feeling happy.
This is the advantage of being a reborn person. He has played most mobile games, such as "My Name is MT Online", "Time Hunters", "Onmyoji"... He just acquired a few game companies or participated in several game companies...
We are not aiming to reach the level of Tencent and NetEase, but we can still expect to be ranked third in the game market!
Just as she was thinking about it, Chen Jing also hung up the phone with a happy face: "I just received the news that today's box office summary is basically out, at least 28 million!"
Before Shen Changlin could speak, Guo Songjiang and Deng Chao asked in unison: "...How much?"
"At least 28 million!"
Chen Jing emphasized again...
Then a group of people were stunned...
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The time is July 2010. During this time period, what does 28 million on the first day mean?
Let’s put it this way, the box office of “Avatar” on the first day was 29.6 million!
That is to say…
Comparing to Cameron?
Anyway, the press release of "Xiu Chun Knife" has been spread all over the Internet: it was close to 30 million on the first day, setting a box office record for domestic movies!
An extra 2 million?
I didn’t boast 40 million, it’s already pretty good!
After all, what was criticized only last year was that the distributor of Ray Ray fabricated the box office of "Astro Boy", which was 17 million in the first week, but the media reported that it was 40 million, and was criticized by the General Administration...
Not to mention this, the entire entertainment industry was shocked.
Yes, everyone knows Shen Changlin's appeal - each of his original books has sold more than one million copies, and there are countless pirated copies.
But this is too exaggerated. It was close to 30 million on the first day?
Amou can’t do it either!
You must know that the first-day box office of A Mou's "Three Guns" last year did not reach 16 million!
The one who regrets the most should be Hua Yi. When Shen Changlin took "Xiu Chun Knife" to look for investment, the first one he looked for was Hua Yi. The latter gave up after weighing the subject matter and investment...
After all, the box office performance of "Jinyiwei" is still fresh in my mind.
Shen Changlin was very calm and posted @zhouliming on Weibo: "Thank you Teacher Zhou for your objective review. The movie "Xiu Chun Knife" does have many shortcomings. I was a little careless in arousing the audience's empathy... But this is It’s my first movie, and I will still make progress!”
Chapter completed!