Cai Cunyi led the creators of "Return to Youth" to Dahe City, a large city in Yanzhou.
The city has a population of nearly 30 million people.
The local entertainment industry is also relatively developed.
Especially in recent years, a lot of cinemas have been built here.
Audiences are becoming more and more fond of going to movie theaters to watch movies.
Experts in related industries say that China's film industry has developed rapidly in the past two years.
After the box office performance of the previous box office champion of 8.9 billion.
I believe that in the next few years, there will definitely be a single movie with a box office exceeding 10 billion.
It is even possible for two or three single movies to exceed 10 billion in box office in one year.
After all, China’s population base of 3.4 billion is here.
Today, Gu Xiuchun's mood has become much more relaxed compared to the previous two days.
Cai Cunyi stood beside her and observed Gu Xiuchun's emotional changes today, so he asked with a smile:
"Senior sister, you seem to be in a good mood today. In the past two days, I felt like you were frowning and anxious all the time. What happened today? Have you figured it out?"
Gu Xiucun pursed his lips and then said:
"I have indeed figured it out. The main reason is that these days I feel that my whole body has completely floated. I don't have that down-to-earth feeling. I feel very panicked, but now I have accepted this reality."
Wu Hao on the side also sighed and said: "Sister, when the first martial arts film I made suddenly became a hit all over the country, I had the same mentality as you. But it will get better after a while."
It can be said that Wu Hao reached his peak when he debuted.
His first martial arts film more than 20 years ago grossed over 100 million at the box office at a time when the entertainment industry was underdeveloped.
You know, at that time, a movie ticket only cost one yuan.
At that time, more than 100 million people actually entered the cinema and watched Wu Hao's first movie.
But as time goes by, the status of martial arts films in China is actually getting lower and lower.
Therefore, Wu Hao's status in the world also declined.
Now his status is probably that of a second- and third-tier veteran.
Sometimes attending some ceremonies will give way to some top-notch ones.
Now is the time for young people.
At this time, another supporting actor next to him had just finished refreshing the box office and said excitedly:
"Our box office has exceeded 600 million! The box office of "Black and White" has reached 1.3 billion, which is really awesome!"
Because today is a working day, the overall market is much lower compared to the weekend.
So far, the single-day box office of "Return to Youth" has just exceeded 50 million.
Wu Hao rubbed his abdominal muscles, with strong expectations in his eyes: "The box office of 600 million is already the highest box office of any movie I have ever made. It's awesome! Director Cai, let's take off together this time .”
At this time, the assistant on the side suddenly exclaimed.
He came over with his mobile phone and laughed at Cai Cunyi.
"Teachers, please take a look. Now many people have gone to the "Entertainment Is a Circle" webpage. I want to vindicate this movie!"
This somewhat darkly humorous news made Cai Cunyi unable to help but feel shocked.
He quickly opened his phone and looked at it.
It turns out that many netizens have been deeply impressed by this movie after watching "Rejuvenation".
Everyone has seen Cai Cunyi's extremely profound directing skills in this movie.
Whether it's camera skills, picture composition, or storytelling ability, they are all top-notch.
He is no weaker than those directors of first-line commercial films.
You must know that the film "Rejuvenation" is actually biased towards literary films.
But if you look at the entire film, it is not only literary and artistic, it is also commercial.
So this is also a big reason why its box office is rising steadily.
The word business is not a derogatory connotation.
Business means looking good.
A qualified and excellent commercial film must be a good-looking film that is accepted by the public.
On the Douban website, the movie "Entertainment is a Circle" has been given a super low score of 2.1 by more than 1 million movie lovers in the past few years.
They were all placed on the pillar of shame.
However, in the past two days, more and more netizens have come to the comment area and modified the lowest score they once gave to "Entertainment is a Circle".
This has caused the score of "Entertainment is a Circle" to rise from the original 2.1 to 2.2.
And looking at this momentum, there seems to be room for growth.
"After watching "Rejuvenation", I came here to change the score for Director Cai, from the original one star to two stars!
"Actually, if we watch the movie "Entertainment is a Circle" carefully, I think there are still some bright spots, and even profound meanings. At first, I thought we all misunderstood Director Cai!"
"Indeed, when all the actors appeared on the beach at the end, it was so absurd and fragmented! But the overall plot makes people's brains empty and is full of imagination.
"I think just because of this picture, "Entertainment is a Circle" is by no means a bad movie as everyone has rated it. I think it still has a certain value. Three stars for encouragement!"
"I watched "Entertainment is a Circle" twice in the past two days, and I discovered many details that I had not noticed before.
"I was completely led astray by everyone's comments before! Look at the weird smile of the male protagonist when the film is played for 45 minutes and 23 seconds. I think this scene is the theme that best fits the entire film. of.
"It's just ridiculous. I think this film deserves five stars! As I get older, I feel more and more that "Entertainment is a Circle" is a top-notch satirical masterpiece!"
After watching "Return to Youth", more and more netizens began to change the scores of "Entertainment is a Circle".
Start to vindicate it.
This phenomenon made Cai Cunyi himself dumbfounded.
I don’t know what kind of new routine netizens are playing.
Wu Hao put his arm around Cai Cunyi's shoulders and said with emotion:
"Director Cai, you see, this is the value of having a good work that we can use! I believe that netizens will find the highlights of your "Entertainment is a Circle", and more and more people will See the value of this film!”
Gu Xiuchun looked at the comments of netizens seriously from the sidelines.
But she didn't speak.
She had seen the movie "Entertainment is a Circle" before.
She thought it was a bad movie back then.
Of course, when she recalled the content of this movie at this moment, she still felt that it was a bad movie.
She will not change her true inner thoughts just because she collaborated with Cai Cunyi on "Rejuvenation".
But she is not a fool, so she will not express her inner thoughts in front of Cai Cunyi at this moment.
She just pursed her lips and said with emotion: "Netizens are quite interesting nowadays."
The phenomenon of "Entertainment is a Circle" being vindicated by netizens is actually similar to many of Stephen Chow's movies.
When his movie was first released, its ratings on film review websites were relatively low because of its nonsensical and funny elements.
But as time goes by, and young people who like his movies gradually gain the right to speak on the Internet.
Master Xing's status is getting higher and higher.
The ratings of his movies on Douban are also getting higher and higher.
Cai Cunyi's eyes even turned a little red when he saw the comments from netizens praising him.
After being silent for a long time, he opened Weibo, edited a message and sent it: "Thank you everyone for supporting my movie."
This sentence is a pun on his part.
On the surface, if everyone looks at it at a glance, it is talking about "rejuvenation".
But in fact, deep down in Cai Cunyi's heart, he also carried the movie "Entertainment Is a Circle" with him.
Soon everyone was led by the staff into the movie screening room.
The audience immediately cheered, and the communication session of the road show began again.
An audience member stood up and expressed his opinion excitedly:
"I like the story of our movie so much. To tell you the truth, Director Cai, I have actually watched it for the third time, and I am moved by something new every time. In fact, I particularly want to ask our screenwriter a question today, but unfortunately we The screenwriter was not present."
Hearing what the audience said, Cai Cunyi said happily: "It doesn't matter, you can ask him, I will make a video call to Song Ci right away."
So in the audience's surprised and expectant eyes, Cai Cunyi dialed Song Ci's phone number.
Song Ci picked up the phone after it rang for more than ten seconds: "What's going on?"
At this moment, Song Ci was taking the high-speed train back to Xidu.
He has already completed several road shows scheduled for him and "Return to Youth".
Next, he will go home to rest, and then prepare to join the set to film with director Sun Dachuan.
So Cai Cunyi quickly explained the situation, and then handed over the conversation to the audience who wanted to ask Song Ci questions.
The audience suddenly screamed twice with excitement, and then first confessed to Song Ci, expressing their deep love for Song Ci, and then asked:
"Teacher Song Ci, in fact, in the drama "Rejuvenation", I personally don't agree with the love concept of the male and female protagonists. Because many of us mostly agree with the concept of love that one person will be together for a lifetime.
"But in "Return to Youth" we can see that the male and female protagonists actually have other partners. Of course, they do not exist at the same time. There is a time difference. So they are not counted as Cheating, but I always seem to feel quite unfaithful, I wonder what your views on love are, Mr. Song Ci?"
This is Yanzhou.
Yanzhou is a special state among the thirteen states in China.
Yanzhou has a population of nearly 500 million people.
But the male-to-female ratio in Yanzhou is very unbalanced.
The population of women of appropriate age is almost 30 million more than that of men.
This is the opposite situation in other states.
When Song Ci heard what the audience said, he thought about it and then answered him through his mobile phone:
"Actually, there is a relatively open attitude in the movie. Personally, I think our life is actually only a few decades, and in these decades, we will actually meet a lot of people.
“But most of these people are not going to be with us all the way.
“For example, if you think about your classmates from elementary school, middle school, high school, or even college, are there many people you are still in contact with now?
"So for us, on the stage of our lives, every time period has a main plot for every time period! Every character will appear when he should appear and exit when he should exit.
"As for who is the one who will accompany you to the end... I think everything depends on fate."
…
"I think everything depends on fate." Song Hongdou silently finished watching the interview video of the "Return to Youth" road show uploaded by netizens on Weibo.
In particular, I read this section of Song Ci’s interview twice.
Her eyebrows raised slightly.
She somewhat agreed with Song Ci's words, but also somewhat disagreed.
In short, it is a very contradictory state.
The arrangement of "Love Song" has basically been completed, only the final vocal recording work is left.
So she called Song Ci: "Hey, have you finished the road show for your movie?"
Song Ci had returned home at this time. He had just brought Guokui back from Wan Xuedong's house and was giving it a bath.
So he put the phone on speakerphone: "I've finished my run, now I have nothing to do at home!"
"I haven't congratulated you yet. You have already established a firm foothold in the world! Especially in the film industry, you have successfully entered the film industry. I estimate that after your role, many directors will definitely come to you for filming! "
Song Ci nodded and said, "This is exactly what I was looking forward to, but so far, I haven't received a new script yet. How about you? How is the arrangement of the new song going?"
"I just want to tell you about this. I will fly to Xidu tomorrow to record "Love Song". Then you can come and listen to it together and then check it!"
"Okay, I haven't heard your full version of the arrangement yet. I'll see what level of master you're looking for then!"
"I have won three Golden Melody Awards for Best Arranger, so I must be very capable! I can introduce you two to work together when you release a new album, and I will definitely only charge you a friendly price!"
In the evening, Song Ci took his parents to watch "Return to Youth" again.
So far, 8 days have passed since "Rejuvenation" was officially released.
Its cumulative box office has reached nearly 900 million.
It is already very close to breaking through the 1 billion mark.
Dad has no idea about the division of movie box office revenue.
I thought that all the 800 million box office of "Return to Youth" was made by Song Ci.
So he excitedly patted Song Ci on the shoulder and said that he was getting ready to retire.
So Song Ci explained to his father in detail how the money for the movie was divided.
First of all, theaters will take nearly half of the 800 million box office.
Then you have to pay some corresponding taxes to the above.
Finally, some money must be distributed to the issuer’s investors.
In the end, when it was Song Ci's turn, the studio's income was only about 10% of the box office.
In other words, out of the current box office of 800 million, Song Ci has already earned almost 80 million.
Of course, this is also a very large number.
Mom wiped her eyes. She had no idea about the number of more than 80 million.
The main reason is that he really can't imagine how much these eight figures cost.
Song Ci happily explained to his mother: "In short... If you two don't want to open a restaurant now, it's completely fine to just close the restaurant. And mom, I think your canteen is There’s really no need to turn it on anymore… just turn it off.”
This time my mother really didn’t insist anymore.
She also knew that her son had really made a lot of money this time.
So I accepted Song Ci's request and planned to hand over the canteen to others when I go back tomorrow.
But he doesn’t want to close his father’s small restaurant yet because he likes to cook.
At this moment, there are still about 10 minutes left before the movie is screened.
So Song Ci told his father again about what he had mentioned to Song Lanjun, asking her to become a food blogger.
Let dad help Song Lanjun when the time comes.
This is a new challenge!
At this moment, after listening to Song Ci's words, the father's decades-old eyes even flashed a trace of anxiety:
"It's not very good. What you're talking about is so mysterious. I don't think we can do it."
Song Ci patted his father's back calmly.
Many years ago, this back supported the old Song family extremely solidly.
But now this back has become quite rickety.
Song Ci glanced at his father's gray hair, and then said seriously:
"Just have fun with it. It doesn't matter if it's popular or not, and it doesn't matter if you can make money or not. Just have fun with my sister."
My mother was also encouraging: "Okay, okay, you two can try it this summer when my sister comes back. Maybe it will become popular! I see there are a lot of anchors on the Internet now."
Song Ci said with emotion: "Yes, now is the era of traffic. As long as there is popularity, a pig can be blown up."
In the end, my father was persuaded by Song Ci and my mother combined.
He nodded and said that he would start making preparations now and work hard to improve his cooking skills in preparation for making a food video with Song Lanjun during the summer and winter vacations.
At this time, "Rejuvenation" has already started playing.
The family of three sat in the cinema and began to watch it carefully.
Of course, Song Ci is familiar with the plot of the entire movie.
But he still accompanied his parents throughout the whole process and watched the movie again seriously.
The old couple watched the movie without saying a word and with rapt attention.
There were countless emotions growing in the hearts of both of them.
After leaving the theater, Song Ci drove the old couple home in his car.
My mother, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said with emotion: "Don't take me to watch movies with this theme again in the future."
"Why?" Song Ci asked.
"I'm an old man and I can't bear to see this, you know! I still want to live a few more years."
The father sitting in the back row clasped his hands on his chest and complained: "The main reason is that your mother wants to play mahjong for two more years."
Day 2.
Song Ci came to a recording studio outside the South Third Ring Road of Xidu and met Song Hongdou.
Today, Song Hongdou was wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt, with her thick black hair hanging casually.
Wearing a pair of black jeans on her slender legs.
Underfoot is a pair of casual white sneakers.
As soon as Song Ci came in, Song Hongdou handed him a cup of milk tea.
The two of them drank while listening to the arrangement made by the arranger.
While drinking milk tea, Song Ci nodded and said: "It sounds very good. I feel that this arrangement and this song are a perfect match!"
The arranger teacher is called Wu Wenfeng, who is a top music producer in the industry and has collaborated with Song Hongdou on many songs.
But in fact, he and Song Ci had only met a few times, and the two of them were a bit cautious when getting along.
Wu Wenfeng looked at the lyrics of "Love Song" and said with emotion: "If the lyrics of this song are released, I feel that your fans will explode."
Wu Wenfeng focused on the line in the lyrics, "A whole universe can be exchanged for a red bean."
Song Hongdou squinted his eyes slightly, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and looked at Song Ci with his eyes. It took him a long time to blink once, his eyes were extremely soft.
Song Ci is no longer a young man of 17 or 18 years old. Regarding the look in this woman's eyes, he is of course trying to cover up the water with earth:
"I have written so many Hongdou-related songs for Sister Hongdou, so it doesn't matter if I have one more song!"
Song Hongdou stood up, stretched out his left hand and patted Song Ci's shoulder.
Then he raised his head from an angle that Wu Wenfeng couldn't see and gently rubbed Song Ci's ears, scanning his eyes slightly.
Sometimes, it’s impossible to hide the look in a woman’s eyes when she wants to catch a man.
Song Ci coughed dryly, then watched Song Hongdou walk into the thick soundproof glass and listened as she started his recording.
As for the singing skills of the song "Love Song", there is actually nothing difficult at all.
After all, there is no high note.
But if the song is to be sung well, it needs very moving emotions in it.
But this did not stop Queen Song Hongdou at all.
Therefore, the recording of the vocal part of the song "Love Song" went extremely smoothly.
It only took more than an hour for Song Hongdou to complete the song by singing it completely five times.
The next step is for the production team to start post-production.
Song Hongdou has wanted to release this song for a long time.
So after the recording was completed, she discussed with the team and decided to officially release the song in three days.
She stood with Song Ci, leaning her head slightly on Song Ci's shoulder, took a group photo and posted it on Weibo:
"A new collaboration with Song Ci teacher. I'll see you in three days."
This Weibo instantly ignited the fans of the two people.
"I went to Song Ci and collaborated with Song Hongdou again!"
"You said this photo of the two of them is a wedding photo, I believe it!"
"Stop talking about each other! My anti-fraud CP is yyds!"
"Actually, if the man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, if you want me to say it, get together as soon as possible! While we are still young, we can still enjoy some of the excitement of life!"
Song Ci liked Song Hongdou's Weibo post and also forwarded it.
Then Song Ci smiled and said that he wanted to treat Wu Wenfeng and Song Hongdou to dinner.
Wu Wenfeng quickly waved his hand and declined, saying that he had already made appointments with some music friends here in Xidu, so he would not go to dinner with Song Ci and would make an appointment next time.
So Song Ci took Song Hongdou to eat.
Just as they got into the car, Song Hongdou said that she wanted to eat food cooked by Song Ci.
Song Ci was stunned at first, but still agreed.
Then Song Hongdou dismissed the assistant and executive broker who were following him, and asked the two of them to go back to the hotel to rest.
Song Ci led Song Hongdou back to the community.
First, the two of them went to the supermarket to buy some vegetables.
After 8 o'clock in the evening, Song Ci prepared four dishes and one soup, and sat across from Song Hongdou.
Guokui stood on the sofa not far away, looking at the two people with a pair of curious eyes.
There are very few women in this family.
Especially a beautiful woman like Song Hongdou.
Guokui's expression seemed to recognize that Song Hongdou had been here before.
So it's not noisy or noisy.
Song Ci picked up his wine glass and touched it with Song Hongdou: "I hope our new song will be a hit!"
Song Hongdou hummed softly, took a sip of wine, then picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs. After taking two sips and swallowing, her eyes fell on Song Ci.
Song Ci held the bowl and ate it with big mouthfuls.
He was indeed a little hungry today because he didn't eat at noon.
So Song Hongdou held her chin with one hand and watched Song Ci eat.
"Didn't you say you want to eat the food I cooked? Why don't you eat it?" Song Ci asked.
Song Hongdou pursed her lips and said, "I just need to take a few bites of each dish. I want to stay in shape!"
At this time, Guokui meowed twice.
As if it couldn't bear to see this couple, it turned around, jumped off the sofa, and slowly went to eat its own cat food.
So Song Ci took four or five bites, and Song Hongdou slowly took a bite.
The meal took about 20 minutes for two people.
These four dishes and one soup are basically eliminated.
Song Ci rubbed his belly, stretched and said:
“Once you’re over 30, sometimes you feel like your digestive system isn’t that powerful anymore!”
Song Hongdou complained: "Is it just that the digestive system is not working well?"
Song Ci glared at her, then stood up and started to clear the dishes.
Song Hongdou walked to the wall skillfully, took the apron and put it on Song Ci.
Song Ci smiled and said, "You don't even want to wash the dishes, do you?"
Song Hongdou said confidently: "I won't come today. If you eat alone, you also have to wash the dishes!"
Song Ci was convinced by her theory, nodded helplessly, and then went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
At this time, he saw Song Hongdou sitting on the sofa, her feet wrapped in a pair of white socks, stepping on the soft sofa.
The white ankles that leaked out were flawless.
She hugged her knees with one hand, so that a mountain range overlapped on her chest.
The slightly exposed crystal clavicle is like a crescent moon, and there seems to be a spiritual light wandering on it.
She watched the TV boredly.
There was professional canned laughter in the show.
Song Ci came over and handed Song Hongdou a box of yogurt.
Song Hongdou then came over and took two puffs.
Song Ci asked: "Are you leaving tonight?"
Song Hongdou raised his head, blinked, raised the corner of his mouth into a meaningful smile, and then said, "Have you been holding it in for a long time?"
Song Ci sat on the sofa next to him and drank the yogurt in one gulp.
"Do you know what day it is today?" Sister Hongdou suddenly interrupted her sentence.
Song Ci said of course I know.
As soon as this sentence came out, his expression was stunned, and then he showed an awkward but polite smile and said: "Damn, today is the day your aunt comes, right? Are you here on time?"
A triumphant smile appeared at the corner of Song Hongdou's mouth.
Song Ci took a deep breath, and then scratched his head helplessly.
Song Hongdou came over, raised her hand to hold Song Ci's chin, paused for two seconds, kissed Song Ci twice on the mouth, and then said, "You go take a shower."
Song Ci looked at Song Hongdou's thin lips and licked his lips with some unfulfilled thoughts.
Immediately, he jumped up from the sofa with a bang.
A few minutes later, Song Ci finished taking a shower and walked out while wiping his hair.
Song Hongdou stood up, smoothed her hair and tied it into a bun, and her eyes wandered twice.
…
About 10 minutes later, Song Hongdou ran to the toilet to brush her teeth.
At the end, she complained and said, "I feel like you're not very good at it!"
Song Ci was a little dissatisfied: "If you have the ability, come and try it in two days!"
Song Hongdou rolled her eyes at Song Ci: "Don't push yourself too far."
At this moment, her cell phone rang.
It was her assistant who called: "We're here, right? OK, I'll be down right away."
After hanging up the assistant's call, she came over and hugged Song Ci, put her mouth close to Song Ci's ear, and said seriously and piously: "Thank you for writing the song for me."
Then he floated out of the door like smoke, waved to Song Ci, and told Song Ci that there was no need to send him away.
Of course Song Ci couldn't just let Song Hongdou go down alone.
He closed the door and followed Song Hongdou to the outside of the community. He was relieved when he saw Song Hongdou getting into the car driven by her assistant.
Song Ci stood on the roadside for two minutes. Lao Li, who was selling barbecue not far away, saw this and shouted to Song Ci:
"The big star is giving it to his girlfriend. Do you want to have barbecue today?"
Song Ci smiled and walked to Lao Li's stall.
I haven’t seen Lao Li for a while, but he was quite friendly: “I ate too much tonight, so I won’t eat the barbecue.”
But then he thought of something again, as if Song Hongdou's words just passed by his ears.
So he rushed to Lao Li and said: "Standing here with you, smelling this fragrance, I suddenly feel a little hungry. Please roast two skewers of kidneys for me!"
Five minutes later, Song Ci was eating kidneys and chatting with Lao Li:
"Lao Li, you are the only one with this skill. I think it would be more profitable if you sold barbecue in front of elementary and junior high schools than selling it in nearby communities. Children will definitely like to eat your barbecue!"
Old Li glanced at Song Ci nonchalantly, and then explained: "This is not very good. Mine is not very hygienic and cannot poison the children."
Song lyrics: "..."
(End of chapter)
