"Watching Movies" magazine is the No. 1 selling film magazine in China.

The predecessor seems to be the factory journal of Emei Film Factory, and after the reorganization, it was sold to the outside world.

At the beginning, it was a very professional thing about film theory, called "Film Works", which was very artistic, but unfortunately it was too niche to sell at all, so it was revised in 99 and called "Watching Movies", which catered to and met the needs of fans in terms of content.

With the theme of the latest foreign movie information, of course, there will also be some inquiries about new domestic movies.

After figuring out the needs of the audience, they began to make profits, and the brand became more and more popular.

Huang Haikun is the editor-in-chief of "Watching Movies" magazine.

With the pen name Ah Lang, he is a very typical Chinese filmmaker, the kind of expert who is Godard at every turn and must be Fellini.

Later, I found out that this thing was not of much interest to readers, and there was not much sold in an interview with Zhao Wei!

So, I changed my thinking, and now I mainly do interviews and reviews on films, and occasionally do some overseas reports...

The interview with Lu Xiaoran is a public relations of Orange Imaging, to put it bluntly, who would be interested in the first work of a young actor-turned-director?

Out of respect, he went to the cinema to watch "Frontier Storm" and was very excited...

Huang Haikun, who has read a lot of films, can see at a glance that "Border" pays tribute to many classic foreign movies, but this tribute is well combined with the whole movie, and it is not abrupt at all.

This is a very smart young man!

Hurriedly checked Lu Xiaoran's information in detail, his resume is very rich, seven TV series that have been broadcast, three movies...

Then, he suddenly became excited.

He felt that he had found a connection, that is, Lu Xiaoran's network: Zhao Baogang, Zhang Guoli, Sun Honglei...

Beijing Circle!

This young man is amazing, he is not alone, there is a circle standing behind him!

It's so interesting...

……

Roadshow publicity, not to one place, just run one theater, at least six - a first-tier city like Shanghai, that is even more necessary, eight theaters in one day.

Eight major cinema lines, rain and dew are king.

Lu Xiaoran felt that his facial muscles were about to spasm, every time he went to a theater, the audience and the media asked the same questions, he could only keep smiling, and then answer...

It's painful!

It's really tiring than filming!

But there's no way, publicity, it's all about exposure, if you don't come, no one really cares about you!

The propaganda plan you choose will be finished on your knees!

Finally the last one, bowing and thanking the audience, a group of people got into the car, went to the hotel, after going back, they had to fall asleep as soon as possible, and they were going to leave for Nanjing at seven o'clock in the morning...

In the car, everyone didn't want to talk.

Only Lu Xiaoran is still confirming the itinerary with the propagandists...

At this moment, Lu Xiaoran's mobile phone rang, and it was Zhong Lifang calling.

“… Okay, I got it!"

Hanging up the phone, the corners of Lu Xiaoran's mouth grinned unconsciously, and Tangtang, who had been staring at him since he answered the phone, patted him, and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"The first-day box office results are out!"

"How much?"

"Close to 8 million!"

“… Eight... Eight million..."

Now even Sun Honglei is excited, what is the concept of eight million?

The box office of "Hero" on the first day was only 8.8 million that year!

Sun Honglei's partner Gong Li and Liang Jiahui's "Zhou Yu's Train" has a total box office of only 20 million...

Lu Xiaoran continued: "The market feedback is very good, and the attendance rate has reached 40%, the first in the same period!"

"That's... How much can the total box office be?"

Yang Xiaomi, who pretended to be dead in the back row, also spoke.

"It's hard to say, let's see tomorrow's results. ”

"Why can't you say it?"

"On the 12th, "Vote for the Name" will be released, and the time left for us is only ten days!"

"Vote for Fame", Li Lianjie + Andy Lau + Jin Chengwu, indeed...

I can't beat it...

After "Casting the Name", "The Assembly" was released, and I could only watch the gods fight...

……

That's right, Zhong Lifang even deceived Lu Xiaoran, and the data released by Xiaoma is 7.58 million!

In order to prevent Lu Xiaoran from leaking his mouth, he simply hid it from him.

This is not a big deal, what is the difference between 6.58 million on the first day and 7.58 million on the first day?

Close to 8 million...

It can only be said that the pony did this for the first time, and he was not bold enough, only adding one million, if he had changed Huayi, he would have already announced that it would have exceeded 10 million on the first day!

Is that a first-day result of nearly 8 million considered good?

Absolutely!

And it exceeded everyone's expectations, what is the concept of eight million on the first day?

If you count less, the total box office will be 50 million, and if you calculate more, the box office will exceed 100 million!

The box office of "Stone" on the first day did not reach 2 million!

Lu Xiaoran himself is also analyzing, and it can only be said that it accounts for too much light of "Latent" - judging from the information on the Internet, most of the audience is looking at the movie with the words "Latent actors gather"!

But what the exact trend will be depends on tomorrow - if Saturday's results hit a new high, it can be relaxed a little...

It was close to twelve o'clock in the evening when he arrived at the hotel, and Lu Xiaoran met Huang Haikun directly under the leadership of the propaganda staff.

"I've kept you waiting..."

Huang Haikun smiled: "Propaganda, I understand." ”

He is also an insider, and he probably knows how busy the actors are during the publicity period, he watched Lu Xiaoran's itinerary in advance, and knew that he rushed to eight theaters in a row today, and he really squeezed out the time to be interviewed...

Seeing Lu Xiaoran sitting down, he asked, "Do you want to eat something?"

"No, it's easy to gain weight after eating supper, which is a big taboo for actors!"

And it's easy to get sleepy if you eat too much...

The staff brought a pot of coffee, poured it for the two of them, and then closed the door...

Huang Haikun opened the recorder and put it on the table, looked at Lu Xiaoran, and reminded, "Let's start?"

"Let's get started!"

"Is there anything you can't say?"

“… As long as you don't have a regency or pornography, just ask~"

Huang Haikun smiled: "First of all, congratulations on the release of the first self-directed and self-starred movie, what do you want to say?"

“… I was a little excited at first, but now, I'm tired, I just want to end the promotion quickly and get a good night's sleep!"

In one sentence, Huang Haikun had a good impression of him, and this young man was not pretentious at all!

"What's the most tiring part of publicity?"

"You have to answer the same question dozens of times, and each time you have to pretend to be the first time, and you have to pretend to think... It's so much more tiring than acting!"

"Haha..."Huang Haikun laughed, and then asked: "I know that "Border" was recommended by Ning Hao to Li Ming of Xiaoma, and then he invested, did anything happen in the middle?"

"Actually, Big Dog... It's Li Ming, we all call him Big Dog," Lu Xiaoran explained, and then said: "Big Dog Brother wants to sign Ning Hao, and he invests in my drama on the condition that Ning Hao serve as the producer..."

"Later, Mr. Zhang Guoli should have seen the book of "Border" on Ning Hao's side and also participated..."