Chapter 222: Stone
Wang Xiaobai is really a disaster this time, and the reason for being scolded is also very novel - because Xingchen Dahai invested in animation.
Jiangcheng Daily said, "At a time when the whole people are looking forward to the rise of domestic science fiction films, Wang Xiaobai, a director who has attracted much attention, has failed the public's expectations and is bent on the box office." This would have been understandable, but at this time, he invested in the unmoving Guoman, which is tantamount to provoking all audiences who are looking forward to the rise of science fiction movies......"
"Beijing News" said, "Although Wang Xiaobai's investment is a personal matter, with the growth of his status in the domestic film industry, his behavior has not only represented individuals, but also a vane of the industry." For the sake of the battle of will, he first announced that he would use 100,000 yuan to engage in the so-called 'science fiction movie', but when the Zhou Brothers Media resolutely shouldered the backbone of domestic science fiction movies, he chose to be willing to act as a-stirring stick. Not only that, but he also invested in Guoman, which is tantamount to living up to the ardent hopes of the majority of fans...... We don't want to see a promising young man behave like this, and we hope that he can shoulder the responsibility of a Chinese-language film, instead of blindly messing around......"
"Information Times" is not optimistic about "The Great Sage", saying, "The Guoman market, which was originally a pool of stagnant water, seems to have awakened the potential of Guoman by a "Return of the Great Sage", but this is just an attic in the air, and the mirror is full of water. Although in the MV of Wang Xiaobai's new song, the three-and-a-half-long anime successfully captured the audience's appetite and made people full of expectations for this movie. But at this time, I still have to pour a basin of cold water on everyone, Guoman has no potential, this is a well-known thing. This "Great Sage" is completely false propaganda, presumably this movie that is rumored to cost 70 million, at least half of the funds are burned on these three and a half, and the rest must be shoddy......"
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If you hate someone, it seems that everything he does is wrong, and even drinking water and breathing will affect others.
Unfortunately, Wang Xiaobai just became such a person.
In this regard, Wang Xiaobai still did not have any reply.
Scold and scold, it's best if they can scold for a month and a half in a row to stir up more heat for "The Return of the Great Sage".
In the words of Aunt Baiyun, that is, a leader without news is not called a leader, and a celebrity without scandal is not a celebrity.
Reporters from major media scolded Wang Xiaobai for three days in a row.
Not only did it not cause any damage to Wang Xiaobai, but it brought the sales of his new songs to a new height.
In a few days, the number of purchases for the song "Wukong" exceeded 10 million, that is, at least 10 million people watched the promotional video of "The Return of the Great Sage". To put it more simply, these 10 million buyers will be audiences with huge potential.
That's a terrifying number.
If you count the free trial, plus people who have watched this video from various platforms and various channels, they are all potential viewers of "The Return of the Great Sage".
Needless to say, the quality of "The Return of the Great Sage".
In the absence of any publicity, "The Return of the Great Sage" relied on word-of-mouth, from less than 10 million box office in a single week of release, (there are many of these are the results of the box office of large and small investors in various cities of "The Great Sage"), to the box office of more than 80 million in the second week, and then to the box office of nearly 400 million in the third week, all the way to the total box office, and finally won a total box office of nearly 1 billion, which is well-deserved as the first person in Guoman.
It is also this film that has given a new luster to the backwater of Guoman, and it has only then the box office explosion of "Which (na) Zha (Tuo)" in the back.
It can be said that the advent of "The Great Sage" directly fed an industry.
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"Okay, call it a day!"
On the set of "The Richest Man in Xihong City", the filming of a scene finally ended, and it was already eleven o'clock in the evening, Wang Xiaobai shouted.
The actors left the stage, and the set staff began to pack up their things.
Wang Xiaobai shouted again with a loudspeaker: "Tomorrow...... No, to be exact, it's New Year's Day in another hour. 2020 is also coming to an end. Thank you very much for filming with me on the eve of the New Year, so in order to celebrate the arrival of 2021, I decided to give the whole group a three-day holiday. ”
"Is it finally time for the holidays?"
"I thought this year's New Year's Eve was going to be on the set, but I didn't expect there to be a holiday!"
“……”
Wang Xiaobai's notice made more than 200 people in the whole crew very excited and shouted loudly.
Although for these crew members, as long as they are filming, there is no such thing as holidays. But who wouldn't want to take a few days off and adjust their state?
"I've got something to talk about later. Wang Xiaobai continued to shout, and everyone suppressed their excitement and listened to him quietly.
"Today, a movie invested by our company is about to be released, and I specially sent a ticket, if you are not in a hurry to go back to rest, you can go to see a movie together. There is also a late-night snack after watching the movie. If you want to go, go to the production director to get a ticket, and if you don't want to go, go home and rest. ”
"And movies?"
"And a late-night snack?"
"Damn, the boss is awesome!"
"Long live the director!"
"Hooray!"
With Wang Xiaobai's two notices, a group of people were excited and shouted.
After saying this, Wang Xiaobai also stepped aside.
Chu Tiange walked over and gave him a cigarette, he himself smoked beautifully, and said, "This time you are finally a little human, and you are willing to take a holiday." ”
Wang Xiaobai glared at him and said, "Am I inhuman?"
"Hehe!" Chu Tiange gave him a look and realized it for himself. Wang Xiaobai is really like crazy during this time, every shot has to be grinded for a long time, twice if it doesn't work once, and three times if it doesn't work twice, until he thinks he can. The whole crew, from the actors to the field work of playing boards, was tortured enough, but he was still happy to do it.
It is also because of the need for excellence that the filming process is extremely slow.
It's been a month now, and all the shots taken together are only 20%.
If he continues to grind according to his progress, let alone want to catch up with the May 1st file, it would be good if the summer file could be released.
But it's not all a disadvantage to grind like this, at least the fit of the whole crew is getting higher and higher, and the number of NGs has also changed from dozens at every turn to ten times.
The progress is evident for all.
Especially Lu Jiayi, who has gradually gotten rid of her silly and sweet performance, at least she has changed from the angry stare of "Those Years" to a layered anger, and her acting skills have improved a lot.
"What are you going to eat later, don't you want to be seafood again?" Chu Tiange asked.
Speaking of this, he was full of resentment.
"The Richest Man in Xihong City" has a lot of eating pictures, and the food is very expensive, what king crab, Australian dragon, all kinds of raw seafood.
At first, everyone thought it was very good, and when the filming was over, they ate all the seafood to improve the food for everyone.
But who knew that Wang Xiaobai's animal tortured everyone so much, and a shot was taken repeatedly.
By the time the filming was over, the seafood stinked.
But I will use it in the next game, will I buy new seafood with Wang Xiaobai's urine sex?
You're thinking a little too much.
So, the camera looks at the enviable luxury life, and only those actors know when they eat it how hard it is to swallow.
"You're half right. Wang Xiaobai said with a smile.
"What the hell is it?" Chu Tiange asked curiously.
"Seafood noodles. Wang Xiaobai spat out a cigarette and said slowly.
"Seafood noodles?" Chu Tiange looked confused, and suddenly, looking at the field affairs that were moving things over there, his face darkened, and said, "You can't be talking about seafood instant noodles, right?"
"Clever!"
Wang Xiaobai snapped his fingers proudly.
“…… "Chu Tiange silently spat out his cigarette and left.
"Alas, this is the attitude towards the boss and the director! You are an actor who is floating like a person now!" Wang Xiaobai shouted at him.
Chu Tiange didn't look back, just stretched out a middle finger at him.
This person, it is still distance that produces beauty!
Think about how much respect you had for me at the beginning, and now that the new person is replacing the old person, you actually call me "livestock"?
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12:10 p.m.
This is the first 10 minutes of the first hour of the first day of 2021, and most people are either hanging out in bars and KTV with friends, or sitting in a café with petty bourgeoisie, talking about literature and dreams together, and many people choose to go into the cinema and watch a movie on the first day of the new year.
The theater of more than 300 people was directly contracted by Wang Xiaobai.
Of course it can't be the crew.
More than half of the crew came, and a small half of Xingchen Dahai Company came, and the rest of the seats were vacant.
The film begins.
The familiar logo made everyone in the venue feel very friendly, but no one blew up, after all, it was their own boss in front.
"I'll check it out for you......"
Hospital, the doctor said to the man in front of him.
The man looked serious.
Tick tock......
Although he didn't say what the disease was, an untightened faucet in front of the camera kept dripping, obviously this was a man's words, and the theater laughed a little.
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"God is so unfair to me, I cross the river by cableway every day, I have never seen you, maybe I pay too much attention to the scenery of this city, who calls me a photographer? Oh, my name is Xie Xiaomeng......"
On the ropeway, a lewd fat man is flirting with his sister.
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“…… Dismantle and dismantle, dismantle and pull all these stones into the workshop......"
In a factory on the verge of closure, workers are dismantling things while creditors come to the door.
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"Hello, this is your car, please show your driver's license...... "The police are investigating a vehicle that has been illegally parked.
Brother Dao was uneasy, looked at the little brother next to him, and the younger brother uneasily dug up and down, took out a driver's license, and handed it to the traffic police.
The traffic police looked at the two people wearing the uniforms of the moving company, Brother Dao and the younger brother were full of uneasiness, and the traffic police's eyes were suspicious, making the atmosphere look tense.
"What about the operating license......
"Look for it, it's in the car. Brother Dao instructed the younger brother to look for it in the car.
The younger brother went, and Brother Dao continued to negotiate with the traffic police.
On the other side, the dark-skinned sneaky man appears with a hammer hidden in his sleeve.
Obviously, the three were not from the moving company.
Just when everyone thought that the black skin would knock down the traffic police with a stick.
Boom!
There was a bang, and there was a car accident in another place.
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"What is this?"
"Do you understand?"
"No ......"
"It's messy, it feels like it's not connected at all...... It's not going to be a rush to clip indiscriminately, right?"
"Not really......"
In the theater, a group of people were talking about it, and they were messed up by this brainless plot, but Wang Xiaobai was not in a hurry at all, watching patiently, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, from today on, there will be a young director who no one can ignore in Chinese movies.
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