June 3rd.

On the occasion of Ye Wenxuan's return, "Dark War 2" also officially landed in major theaters across the country.

Because of the explosive word-of-mouth of the first part, Xu Ran began to promote it, which attracted the attention of many fans across the country. "Dark Wars 1" is so classic, and the classic cat-and-mouse game has made many people unforgettable.

The first-day advance box office alone sold tens of millions of copies in advance. On the day of the official release, the box office exploded on the first day.

Xiangjiang and the mainland together got a total of 60 million RMB at the box office, and in the first week, the total box office reached 400 million RMB.

Among the movies released in the same period, "Dark Wars 2" ranked second.

This result is already very good for "Dark War 2", which is not high in cost and has no special effects.

After all, this is a police film, and in addition to having a high appeal in Xiangjiang, the appeal of the police film in the mainland is not high. Just count them and know that almost all the police and gangster films released over the years are produced in Xiangjiang.

There is no culture of "police and gangster films" in the mainland, and there is a certain influence on the mainland, which leads to mainland directors not making this thing, and Xiangjiang, which is rich in underworld culture, is particularly rich in police and gangster films.

What to shoot in the mainland?

One is romance films, or romance films, which are the mainstream. There are campuses, cities, injuries, joys, literature and art, and blood, almost all of which have been filmed by mainland directors.

Don't get tired of shooting!

The cost is low, the script is simple, the acting skills don't need to be good, just a little looks. Then go to the heart, go to the kidneys, make the audience shed a few tears with a little tragic plot, and then make some stalks to tease the audience. In Yan Zhe's words, that is: hypocrisy!

However, hypocrisy is hypocrisy, this kind of film is particularly popular, and it is a model of low cost and high return!

It's just that except for ordinary audiences, this kind of film has a very low reputation among film critics, and the major awards are almost out of their ranks. However, many viewers don't care about the opinions of film critics or whether they win awards or not, and they don't usually pay attention to them.

They only care about being entertained and entertained when they walk into the cinema, a wisp of tears, a laugh, or an exciting audio-visual feast, whether it is to the heart or the kidneys, or the director dazzles them with one brilliant special effect after another.

Fast food movies, it feels good, you just have to your own appetite, why do you care about it so much? Just like many people who listen to songs think that the melody is OK, whether it is an Internet song or a big-budget song?

Therefore, some well-known directors scolded the audience for being too garbage and having no aesthetics and taste, which led to the worsening of domestic films. You don't buy the good things we make, and you rush to buy tickets for some fast food movies made by others!

There are also viewers who scolded directors and producers for only knowing how to make money, not bothering to make movies well, and only knowing how to make bad movies. Can you feed pigs every day without turning them into pigs? Also, who told you to engage in such lofty and low-level things, and the public doesn't understand the aesthetics? Can't you tell the story a little more beautifully and popularly? Feelings are not something you sell like this.

Then who will carry the pot of "garbage movies"?

In this market context, the estimate is unclear.

But one thing can be said clearly, that is, the audience still has the ability to appreciate the good and the bad, that is, excellent movies, even if the scheduling rate is low, can counterattack and become a box office dark horse with explosive word-of-mouth.

Good things, everyone is sought after.

Bad things, everyone throws the pot.

"Dark Wars 1" is considered a good thing with sincerity, so it succeeded. "Dark Wars 2" is not as good as the first one in terms of word-of-mouth, but it is also very good against the backdrop of many "garbage movies" in the same period.

However, there are still many people who think that the second part is too routine, that is, to change the male protagonist with an opponent, and then stage a cat-and-mouse game similar to the first part.

Nothing new.

So disappointed.

But even so, "Dark Wars 2" was still a great success, and even the box office is expected to be much higher than the first part. This is thanks to these audiences who have been criticized as "garbage" by some directors, and it is they who have entered the theater and contributed to the box office.

........

Xu Ran moved a new mind, he is not a literary film director, and he will not play particularly pretentious scenes, "Dark War 2" was criticized by a few people, but accepted by most people, why don't you come to a third part?

So Xu Ran found Liu Pian, hoping that he would continue to create the script of "Dark War 3", and the benefits must be indispensable to Liu Liar.

However, Liu Pian can't get the third part, and the system can't get it. In its database, there are only two "Dark Wars".

In the end, he could only politely refuse Xu Ran.

Xu Ran said that it was fake not to be disappointed, but he couldn't force others to make a third part. After thinking about it, Xu Ran decided to find a screenwriting team by himself and let them write the script for the third part based on the first two parts.

Anyway, the second part can still be popular with the old routine, so the third part can be no different, right?

.......

Liu Pian didn't know Xu Ran's new plan, and even if he knew, it didn't matter.

Although the willow liar is an artist, he is not a particularly literary person. This product has always looked at the feeling, whether it is literary or commercial, it feels right, everything is a good thing. It's like the willow liar doesn't like the real shake very much, and prefers the fake shake.

June 10th.

Willow Liar has finally done all the post-production work, and the five songs are officially released.

Four songs in Chinese, one in Cantonese!

It's all rock 'n' roll.

In fact, when Liu Liar came up with a Cantonese song, everyone in the team was particularly frightened.

Do you still write Cantonese songs?

Later, when everyone thought that Liu Liar had already written the first popular "The Harder the Lover", they were relieved.

But still shocked.

How can this kid be so omnipotent?

Secondly, this song can only be sung by Liu Pian.

Except for Liu Liar's Cantonese, which is quite passable, no one else can speak it.

Liu Pian has been in Xiangjiang for a long time, and the two "Dark Wars" before and after

But the album has not been named yet, and the band doesn't know what to call for a while.

Because the five songs that Liu Pian took out have very different styles and different themes, I really can't think of a suitable name.

Liu Cheng suggested that the title of the title song should be used as the title of the album, just like a medal.

This proposal has been supported by everyone!

It's just that the problem is coming again......

"Liu Pian, which song is the title song?" asked Li Yu.

"Uh....." Liu Pian showed an embarrassed but polite smile, "What, I don't know ....."

The crowd was full of black lines.

You wrote the song, you made the album, you don't know which song is the title song?

Liu Piandan said bitterly, "I think it's all very good, no matter which song is used as the title song, it's enough." ”

Li Yu sighed.

That's what everyone here will believe.

If you run out and tell others, I don't think many people will believe it. An album is all the title track, are you kidding?

What a waste of resources!

"Then the sky is high and the earth is thick. Liu Pian said impatiently, he really couldn't think of any good names.

You can't deny it.

You're the producer, and you're up to the crackers.

After the title of the album was decided, everyone hired a professional photographer, found a place to take a group of photos, and then took one of the good ones as the album cover.

In the cover, Liu Pian is still wearing the clown mask.

This reminded him of the Cantonese song on the album, also called: "Mask".

"It's really hypocritical~~~"

.......

Immediately after that, Liu Pian contacted various platforms as an independent music team with the aim of releasing digital albums. As for the physical record, everyone didn't think about it, anyway, it couldn't be sold, so I was too lazy to toss.

In the end, all major music platforms agreed. One is that they auditioned five songs on the album and learned that the quality of these five songs is really good. The second is that they gave face to "Love When You Die".

This song is still on fire, and people go to KTV every day to roar.

But if it is divided, except for Huayiyun's three or seven points, the newcomer price given by other platforms is: four or six points, four platforms, and six bands.

Legend has it that the band is not a rookie band, but when it comes to releasing albums, they are really newcomers.

It's easier to bully.

And the three or seven points given by Huayi Cloud are not unconditional, that is, exclusive distribution!

They have to eat alone!

In exchange, Huayi Cloud will give a certain level of recommendation support.

This is something that other platforms don't have.

Other platforms will only put "The Sky is High and the Earth is Thick" on the "shelf", and then wait for the audience to buy it when they visit the "mall", and will not give special recommendations.

Liu Pian finally agreed to Hua Yiyun.

Legend has it that the band is not like Ye Wenxuan, which has such a strong fan appeal, and does not have as strong publicity as Tianyu.

Liu Liar is reluctant to spend more than one million to promote the album, you know, because of Yue Jiaming's strong support, the total cost of this album is less than 100,000, and the expensive one is more than a month.

When the time comes, you can sell as much as you can, and you won't lose money anyway.

You can't even sell it for 100,000 yuan, right?

The willow liar does not seek to sell platinum records, and can make a fortune by selling hundreds of thousands of copies.

After all, the legendary band is not famous, and Ye Wenxuan's platinum record has a lot of fan support. If there is no fan effect, and there is no fan truth singing to make "Medal" popular, it may not sell so much.

In the end, the album was scheduled to hit the shelves on July 1st, and the price was set at ten dollars.

One song and two pieces, Tong Su is not bullied.

And you can buy it as a single or as a package.

Freedom of choice.

.....

At the same time, Liu Pian suddenly received a call from the program team of the college student music festival.

After Liu Pian heard the other party's self-introduction, she didn't think about it and refused without hesitation.

"Sorry, I'm not going to play. ”

“.... I didn't say I would invite you to the competition. ”

"Then why did your program team call me?

"We would like to invite you to serve as a mentor as a producer, teach the contestants who enter the semi-finals, and create songs for them!

Liu Pian: "......."

Belch.... Now variety shows, have there become so many tricks?