Chapter 33: The feature film begins

Since the film is classified into category B, it is difficult to get recommended resources such as preheating in advance and member appointment reminders. At most, present stills on the relevant page, plus basic text introductions, etc. There is no resource advantage in the start.

"November 6th?Okay, understand, I'll forward it to Moments now!And let my friends forward it too!" Everyone worked together and did their best to spread the information. It warms someone's heart to watch.

Five days later, at 11:59 a.m. Shen Bai, Zhang Zixin, Su Nawei and others were anxiously waiting in front of the computer, scrolling through the iQiyi webpage. Until the website shows that the "Life 1997" micro-movie can be watched on demand for a fee.

A group of people immediately made contributions to effective on-demand through payment.

Soon, Shen Bai's background information showed the effective amount of paid on-demand. Ten minutes, an increase of 32 times. In other words, there were 32 people who paid to watch the movie.

It's just that in this, he knows that most of them are ordered by relatives and friends, and there is a lot of moisture. It didn't take long for the on-demand efficiency to drop, and half an hour passed, only a pitiful 43. And the increase is getting less and less, and it doesn't move for a long time.

"Shen Bai, how are the grades now?" everyone asked in the WeChat group with concern.

"Only 49 people paid on-demand. Shen Bai felt a little hit, the 270,000 film investment, if you count the tax deduction, at least 170,000 on-demand to pay back. It's nearly an hour now, and it's estimated to be in the single digits excluding the support of family and friend groups. If this development continues, it is estimated that it will definitely lose money.

"Maybe it's late, there are fewer people watching, maybe there will be more people during the day?" Zhang Zixin, Su Nawei and others said comfortingly.

"Perhaps. Shen Bai fell asleep on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze. Thinking about whether your work is not good, or you haven't researched the market thoroughly, and what you like, the audience doesn't care about it at all?

His mind is very messy now, and his heart is very bottomless. I just hope that some changes can occur, and I don't want the film to be popular, and it is enough to earn a little fame after returning to the original cost.

Just when he was thinking like this, he didn't know that some iQiyi members who had just watched the film left messages one after another and gave praise.

And these praises have attracted some night owls who are bored and hanging out.

"A micro-movie of more than 30 minutes, I actually said that I was moved by watching it? I miss it so much? Is it so exaggerated?" At this time, a fat house who doesn't sleep at night happened to see the comments of "Life 1997".

So he hesitated to click play. Generally, the first 5 minutes of newly released films are free. If the audience wants to watch the follow-up, then they have to charge the money.

After a burst of cache, the computer screen automatically plays the opening clip of Life 1997. It uses old movie footage, showing the picture of the whole country celebrating when the port returned to the motherland in 1997.

That year, "Happy Camp" was broadcast for the first time, and many families still watched black and white TV. Ren Xianqi's "Too Soft Heart" is popular all over the streets and alleys of China.

"You are always too soft-hearted, too soft-hearted, and take all the problems on your own. ”

"It's always easy to fall in love, it's too difficult to get along, don't ......force it if it's not yours"

That year, Zhao Wei, who was still a student, was filming "Huanzhu Gege". "Titanic" began to be released around the world and touched countless audiences.

There are no small fresh meat and traffic flowers in the film and television industry. We who are chasing stars still use 9 8 cents a tape to listen to songs. I can listen to a song back and forth dozens of times, and I listen to it quietly all night...

A lot of times, it feels like 10 years ago was 1997. It turned out that 12 years ago was 2007, and 22 years ago was 1997.

In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed. The old yellowed tape was left in the corner of the drawer. The Walkman, who loved it at the beginning, has long since disappeared.

Several camera cuts at the beginning of the film show a memory of 1997. The warm female narration reminisces about the years in a light tone.

This opening alone pulls the audience's thoughts back to the original scene. also made the fat house, who originally had a hesitant attitude, suddenly sniffed, feeling attracted by this nostalgic title.

After the opening of feelings, the picture cuts directly to the mouth of Shuanggang Alley. The old streets with the atmosphere of the age, although they look like vicissitudes, are very clean.

The two-storey five-story bungalows sit on both sides of the alley, and the 28-bar bicycles placed at the door are the standard equipment of every household. The red festive spittoon jar is full of memories of that era.

The doors of the five families are usually open when there are people. When you enter the door, you will find a simple stove room. An old gas stove that is difficult to light a fire is placed by the window. Its surface is covered with oil stains that have accumulated over the years. At that time, there was no range hood from house to house, and my mother relied on the window to ventilate the food. As soon as the neighbors smelled it, they knew what the family was eating today.

Braised pork, chicken wings, or lobster slices?

"Mom, I'm back! What's for dinner today? Is it pork cutlet?" The camera cuts to a small alley, where an elementary school student in a green school uniform, wearing a green scarf, and carrying a blue schoolbag, returns home. The dinner cooked by his mother every day is what he looks forward to the most.

The primary school student's name is Zhou Lailai, who is not tall and a little thin. But the eyes are big, and they are what teachers often call smart faces.

"What kind of fried pork cutlet to eat? I know how to eat it all day long! The math test results are out?" said the old mother, Li Lan, wearing an old cloth apron, frying vegetables between the stoves. The bursts of oil smoke choked her and she couldn't help frowning.

She was at home by herself during the day, and she had a new haircut, which was a popular aunt roll in 97. In order to protect her hair, Li Lan deliberately wore a cloth hat when cooking, which looked weird.

As soon as he heard his mother ask about the exam results, Zhou Lailai immediately hung his head a little frustrated, and said uneasily, "It's out..."

"How many points did you do in math?" asked Li Lan, turning off the gas and holding a spatula in her hand. Obviously very concerned about scores.

"I took the test...... 86 points..."Zhou Lailai lowered his head and broke his little hand, and replied with some confidence.

"86 points, that's good! So much improvement, you still failed last time. Take out the test paper and I'll look at it. Li Lan heard that her youngest son had scored 86 points in the test for the first time, not to mention how happy she was, and she was anxious to see the results of the test papers.

However...... When she took the math paper from Zhou Lailai's hand. I saw the red score of 86 points, which was a little strange. Especially the first half of the number 8, it is very unnatural, as if it has been changed.

Mother Li Lan frowned, and immediately calculated the deduction points on the test paper. It didn't matter if she wasn't supposed to be, but she almost wanted to hit someone in anger!