June 19th.
The day before the release.
A normal working day.
In a design company.
A boy named Ah Wei asked his female colleague Wanting: "How about we go see a movie tomorrow?"
In the past half month, the relationship between the two has been somewhat ambiguous.
Ah Wei wants to ask his female colleagues to go out to watch a movie together to enhance their relationship.
Female colleague Wanting was a little shy (ω), and she asked tentatively: "What movie should we watch?"
"I'll check it out!"
As soon as Ah Wei saw something happening, he immediately took the initiative to search online.
But there are quite a few movies coming out tomorrow.
As a straight man, he doesn't know how to choose the right type.
Then he clicked on the ranking of [movies he wants to watch].
It was found that "I'm Not the God of Medicine" directed by Song Hao and "One Second" directed by Zhang had the highest likes.
Ah Wei was a little confused now.
Read the introduction carefully.
One is about medicine saving lives.
One is a film screening story about turbulent times.
Ah Wei doesn’t know which one to choose.
[I feel like these two movies are not suitable for taking girls? 】
He even thought about going to a private theater and showing a romantic movie.
But considering that the current relationship is still relatively ambiguous.
I still have to pretend to be a gentleman and be more gentle.
Just when he was struggling, his colleague Wanting sent him a message: [Have you chosen the movie? 】
Ah Wei replied awkwardly: [It’s almost done, don’t worry, it will definitely look good. 】
Wanting: [Okay~]
After returning home from get off work, he watched a lot of promotional videos about the two movies online.
As for why I only chose these two movies, it’s because other movies are even less popular.
It took a while to choose.
Ah Wei finally chose "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
It was not because he wanted to support Song Hao.
Just because "I'm Not the God of Medicine" has a movie at 10:30 pm.
After watching the movie, you can use the excuse "It's too late, don't go back".
One shot!
And online.
Some netizens are also discussing it on major movie forums.
"What movie are you watching tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I'm struggling too."
"What's there to worry about? Go watch Director Song's "I'm Not the God of Medicine"!"
"I think Director Zhang's "One Second" should also be good."
"Let's watch them together. Watch the two movies together."
"No, no, no, the cost is high. Just choose one to watch and wait for the other one to be launched on iQiyi."
While everyone was actively discussing.
The film producers are also making last-ditch efforts for publicity.
Because now is the era of live broadcast.
Therefore, in order to promote their movies, many celebrities choose to give live broadcasts to shout out their movies.
Xu Zheng, who has never broadcast live on Douyin, took the initiative to chat with Wang Chuanjun and others this time, sharing their story of filming "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
The team of "One Second" is much more official.
It seems that the live broadcast method of publicity is not in line with Director Zhang's temperament.
He still keeps posting behind-the-scenes videos of Director Zhang being shocked by the actors.
It seems that everyone is trying to get more box office for the opening tomorrow morning.
night.
Director Zhang soaked his feet.
Cover your eyes with a hot towel.
Then the cell phone rang.
Director Zhang nodded.
Assistant Xiao Liu immediately picked up the phone and reminded: "It's Director Ma's call."
Director Zhang nodded.
Xiao Liu answered the phone.
I saw Ma Xiaogang cheerfully saying on the other end of the phone: "Brother Zhang."
"Hey, Xiaogang?" Director Zhang responded, pretending to be a big brother.
Ma Xiaogang immediately said: "Brother Zhang, will your movie be released tomorrow?"
"Um."
"Is that Song Hao's movie also going to be released?"
"Um."
When Ma Xiaogang heard this, he pretended to sigh and said, "This guy is here to catch us old people and beat him up."
"What?" Director Zhang laughed: "Don't think that others are so bad. It might just be a coincidence."
"How could it be a coincidence?" Ma Xiaogang immediately added fuel to the fire: "Let me tell you, that guy is young and energetic, and he has to catch us old guys when the movie is released, and step on him hard, Brother Zhang, This time the movie will teach him a lesson."
Director Zhang smiled and said: "Xiao Gang, I said you are over 60 years old, but you are still so petty. It is a good thing that a young director is capable. Okay, okay, don't talk about this."
"Hey, okay, Brother Zhang, I'll come to your place another day."
"Okay, okay."
After Director Zhang hung up the phone, he immediately changed his attitude and complained: "This tough guy talks nonsense."
Then he picked up his phone and clicked on the real-time box office.
The current box office pre-sales situation of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and "One Second" are similar.
It didn't open up much of a gap.
But in terms of the number of films scheduled, "One Second" still accounts for more.
If it can surpass "I'm Not the God of Medicine" at the box office tomorrow.
His follow-up "One Second" was stable.
Thinking of this, Director Zhang, who had always been calm, couldn't help but become nervous.
"Xiao Liu, let's go and have a look at the team studio."
"Okay, Director Zhang."
the next morning.
After a long nap, many netizens clicked on Taotao Piao to buy a movie theater ticket.
But they found that the tickets for "I'm Not the God of Medicine" during the day were almost sold out.
Except for some remote corners, no one wants them.
It can be said that from the morning until the late night, there are no tickets.
"Damn it! All the tickets for the good seats are gone?"
"What the hell."
"seriously?"
"No, I didn't see anyone saying they wanted to buy tickets yesterday?"
"We only have five games today, and they are almost all booked. There are still some remote seats that I don't want to go to. Let's wait until tomorrow."
"I'll teach you a way to order other movies, and then secretly go to the theater to watch "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and bring your own little matza."
Although this method is somewhat unethical.
But some people are really willing to do it.
However, there were also people who did not choose "I'm Not the God of Medicine" early on the morning of the 20th.
This is the case for the Chen Yong couple.
Both of them are Chinese teachers at school and love literature in their daily lives.
I really like watching literary movies, especially director Zhang’s plays.
This time I heard that Zhang has directed a literary drama film about turbulent times.
They booked their tickets early.
When looking at seats online, they noticed that many people had already chosen their seats.
For this reason, they were still very happy.
There is a feeling of identifying with one's own aesthetic.
Then, they came to the movie theater.
"Huh? There's no one around. Are we here early?" Chen Yong's girlfriend asked.
"It should be so." Chen Yong explained: "When I saw the online seat selection, many people booked tickets."
But gradually.
As the movie opens.
The two of them found that there were only a few people in the entire cinema.
It’s not at all like the number of people when selecting seats online.
[Did they have something to do and didn’t come? 】
"strangeness."
Chen Yong didn't pay too much attention to it. He thought it was fine. Watching movies with fewer people would be more enjoyable.
But the plot of the movie slowly unfolds.
Chen Yong's girlfriend yawned for the first time.
He himself held his head up and looked at the screen, not knowing what he was thinking.
Then the two looked at each other, packed their things silently, and left the cinema.
As soon as he walked out of the theater, Chen Yong complained: "This movie is a bit substandard."
"I think so too." The girlfriend nodded.
At this time, the sound of a movie rang out from the cinema next door.
When Chen Yong heard this, he looked at the movie tickets in his hands and said to his girlfriend: "We have already bought the tickets. It shouldn't be too much to go to other movies. Let's go to other movies."
"good."
The two of them randomly selected a movie theater and walked in.
As soon as he walked in, he met a seated person.
Chen Yong quickly apologized: "I'm sorry."
"fine."
He looked down and found someone sitting in the corridor, watching a movie with great interest.
this.
Chen Yong was dumbfounded.
He then looked up at the audience in the theater and found that they were almost full.
Then he looked at Xu Zheng's face on the screen.
"Is this..."I'm Not the God of Medicine"?"
night.
Ah Wei waited for Wanting at the entrance of the cinema.
He looked at the female colleague walking towards him and couldn't help but swallow.
So beautiful.
He regretted not going to the private cinema again.
Female colleague Wanting came over and said with a smile: "What movie should we watch?"
"Let's watch "I'm Not the God of Medicine."" Ah Wei took out the movie tickets he just took out from the ticket machine.
"'I'm Not the God of Medicine'?" Wanting asked doubtfully, "What kind of movie is this?"
"It should be pretty good, it's okay. If it really doesn't look good, we won't watch it." Ah Wei said in advance.
Because he doesn’t know whether it looks good or not.
"It's okay~ Let's take a look first."
In this way, the two of them walked into the late night venue.
Originally Ah Wei thought there weren’t many viewers at the late night show.
Then we can take advantage of the night to do something.
Holding hands, holding hands, etc.
If you're lucky, you can even hit a boo.
But as soon as he entered the cinema, he was dumbfounded.
【What the hell? Why are there so many people? 】
He looked at the sitting audience, including couples, families, middle-aged couples, and elderly people.
Is this. Is this a family movie?
its not right!
Isn't this a medical-themed movie?
Ah Wei was confused.
With an anxious mood, he sat down.
But Ah Wei still said in advance: "If it doesn't look good, let's leave."
"Okay." Wanting nodded.
Not long after, the movie started.
Xu Zheng appeared on the screen.
With his slovenly appearance, dull eyes, and the magic oil placed behind him, he looked like a black-hearted businessman.
Soon, the leukemia patient played by Wang Chuanjun found Xu Zheng.
The moment Wang Chuanjun appeared.
Everyone was in an uproar.
Because as early as half a year ago, he played the role of Manager Lu of the fraud gang, which has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
As a result, now, there is no sign of Manager Lu at all.
Just a haggard, humble, helpless patient.
As the plot progresses.
Cheng Yong, played by Xu Zheng, took money from Lu Yiyi and agreed to help him purchase.
This time.
Everyone was speechless.
"No, why do you want to take money from cancer patients in advance?"
"I still don't understand why Director Song wanted to shoot such a protagonist."
"Yeah, although there are risks in doing this kind of thing, but..."
"Isn't it possible that Director Song will stop filming if he leaves the promotional video?"
In the theater, some audience members began to discuss.
They felt that based on Xu Zheng's character and the previous content, it was definitely not as good as those promotional videos of "Operation Mekong".
Some people are even planning to leave.
Ah Wei also started to complain: "Isn't this movie very interesting?"
But Wanting didn't say anything and looked at it seriously.
It seems that something is starting to hide in my heart.
The drama is still unfolding.
Cheng Yong, played by Xu Zheng, started printing large quantities of medicines and selling them to more and more patients. Everyone made a lot of money.
Pastor, Huang Mao, pole dancer and Lu benefited. They all benefited from this medicine, which not only saved their lives, but also improved the economy a lot.
This also makes the audience increasingly confused.
"No, Director Song made it into a comedy, right?"
"Ah? What the hell?"
"Using patients to make comedies, wouldn't Song Hao find him humorous?"
"Didn't he say this was a reality-themed movie?"
It was not until later that the protagonist Cheng Yong began to have the idea of sihui, a pole dancer.
I want to go home with her.
And Sihui also understood that if she disagreed, her daughter would have no medicine and she would have no source of income.
In order to save her daughter, she could only take Cheng Yong home.
He was even worried about waking up his daughter, so he took the initiative to help Cheng Yong undress.
This scene of using someone else's leverage to intimidate everyone was even more puzzling.
"Director Song has really changed, filming this kind of plot."
"Isn't this a villain's triumph?"
"I'm speechless. Obviously the protagonist of director Song's movies before was Gao Weizheng, why are you so obscene now?"
"I don't want to see it."
When Ah Wei saw this, he thought that this should be a more exciting plot.
I guess there will be a sex scene later.
When the time comes, he can take advantage of the situation and hold Wanting's hand.
But the result is.
Cheng Yong on the screen finally adhered to morality and did not take advantage of others' danger.
This plot also calmed everyone's mood somewhat.
Initially, everyone thought it would be a comedy, but gradually, problems began to arise in their business, and Cheng Yong became furious when they were leaving for dinner.
"I'm just a goddamn oil seller! Can I control so many people? There are seniors and juniors on my horse. If I'm caught, what will they do?"
As soon as this scene played out, everyone realized that the sad story had just unfolded.
In particular, some girls shed tears when they saw the scenes of Lu Yiyi trying to please Xu Zheng.
They are not wrong, they want to live.
Cheng Yong was right, he was afraid of being caught.
Ah Wei, on the other hand, disagreed. He turned around and asked Wanting beside him: "Tingting, why don't we just stop watching? You see, it's already very late. How about..."
But Wanting said directly: "No, I want to finish reading."
When she said this, there was a cry in her tone.
In the movie.
Since Cheng Yong stopped selling medicine, he opened a factory.
But when he returned to the hospital and saw Lu Yiyi with a pale face and thinning hair, he was shocked.
When the doctor helped Lu Yiyi debridement, the painful screams pierced Cheng Yong one after another.
He closed his eyes and began to waver inside.
Until Lao Lu couldn't bear the burden on his body and chose to hang himself.
This scene completely released the tear ducts of the audience present.
At this time, Wanting kept crying and cried very sadly.
Ah Wei on the side didn't know why she was crying so sadly.
Later, he remembered one thing, that is, there was a photo of her and her mother on Wanting's work desk.
It seems that her mother had pancreatic cancer three years ago and chose to commit suicide by jumping into a river because she did not want to drag down her family.
Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of chapter)
