On the morning of Christmas, Chen Luo took Lin Zixuan to visit the city of London. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

She went to school in London for two years and knows a thing or two about the city's attractions, making her a decent tour guide.

The two took a boat trip on the River Thames and took some photos.

Perhaps because it was the last Christmas of the twentieth century and the new century was about to usher in, there were many celebrations taking place all over London, and the people were in a state of revelry.

Lin Zixuan has passed the age of being noisy, and he is not too interested in the atmosphere of Christmas.

Chen Luo is still young, full of youthful energy, and curious about the world.

The combination of the two is quite interesting, this may be the generation gap.

At the same time, "The Funeral of a Big Shot" was released in Beijing for five days, with a box office of more than 3.8 million, becoming the highest-grossing film in Beijing this year, and the situation is very good.

Due to the full publicity done in the early stage, the first round of screenings of the film was very popular, which caught the cinema by surprise.

The audience is full, there are too many screenings, and the number of copies in the capital area has increased to 30, far exceeding Feng Xiaogang's first three Chinese New Year films, and it is said that the popularity in Shanghai is no less than that in Beijing.

In some theaters, audiences queued up to buy tickets, or even couldn't buy movie tickets.

Theaters that were showing for the first time have asked for an extension of their schedules.

Originally, the first round of screenings ended on January 3, and the theaters for the second round of screenings were still waiting, but these theaters asked for an extension until January 10 because the film made money.

The Beijing New Film Association, which is responsible for the distribution of the film in the Beijing area, had expected "The Funeral of the Big Names" to grossed more than 10 million at the total box office in the capital.

Now they have raised their expectations that the film will grossed at least 15 million at the box office in the capital.

This is a real box office, Good Dreams Company did not use the means of chartering to raise the box office, and the audience entered the theater for the movie, not the task assigned above.

Of course, this does not mean that "The Funeral of a Big Shot" can be like "Life and Death Choice" with a box office of over 100 million.

First of all, "The Funeral of a Big Shot" does not have a high screening rate in major theaters across the country.

It may be popular in Beijing, but it is not optimistic in other cities, and without the support from above, you will not be able to get a high film scheduling rate.

Secondly, the film was released for a limited time, only one and a half months, and it was impossible to screen for four or five months.

In addition, without a unit charter, it is difficult to make the venue full.

Therefore, it is unrealistic to achieve a box office of over 100 million like "Life and Death Choice", according to the internal estimation of Good Dreams, the domestic box office of "The Funeral of the Big Names" should be around 40 million.

If there were no piracy, the box office would have exceeded 60 million.

Such a hot start made Feng Xiaogang quite excited, and he was taking the actors to do publicity in the southern city.

They promoted all the way and met and communicated with the audience, and the film's reputation among the audience was generally good.

Some viewers feel that this movie is not like other Chinese New Year films, laughing and forgetting, but touching people, turning the funeral into a comedy, the strong contrast has a dramatic effect, and the funeral becomes an advertisement, which makes people feel fresh and interesting.

Some viewers think that the film has black humor, using the mouth of a mentally ill person to say that websites and real estate are burning money, satirizing many ridiculous things and many ridiculous people in society.

The lines in the movie have become the buzzwords of the moment, such as "not the best, but the most expensive".

Many film critics went against the norm and did not criticize Feng Xiaogang's new film, but gave affirmation.

Some film critics think that "The Funeral of a Big Shot" has a strong sense of the times, this movie carries a lot of social content, exposes and criticizes the current social situation, and the plot seems absurd, but it is actually a portrayal of real life.

The word "wrist" was a slang word for bandits in the old society.

Now it has gone to the music world, the film world, the sports world, and even the political world, which is not only a symbol of glory, but also a combination of money, interests and power, and becoming famous has become a pursuit and fashion.

The movie uses the public's pursuit of big names to tell this ridiculous and thought-provoking story.

Where there is praise, there is criticism.

Some critics have focused on criticizing the ubiquitous product placement in the film, which is indeed a point of criticism.

Audiences will be more tolerant of product placement, and critics will denounce it as a harm to the art of film.

Feng Xiaogang was very calm in an interview and did not shy away from talking about this topic.

"I can't lose money when I make this film, 30 million investment, 10 million publicity, such a big investment will definitely not be recovered by the domestic box office alone, what can I do without advertising, I can't let the film company lose money, if I lose two or three films like this, then the company will go bankrupt, who will invest in me." Feng Xiaogang said, "One day, when I don't have to think about the box office and investment, I can make a film that satisfies film critics." ”

Feng Xiaogang is not the kind of director who regards art as high, and he doesn't mind talking about money directly.

Some directors are reluctant to talk about money and feel vulgar, and the artist's affairs cannot be mixed with money.

There are also film critics who criticize Feng Xiaogang's New Year film for not breaking through, and it is still the original routine, changing the soup but not the medicine.

"Everyone is talking about breakthroughs, making movies to break through, to be different, not to repeat, to have artistic pursuits, the audience doesn't care if you break through or not, what the audience wants is to look good, if you break through to the extent that the audience doesn't know you, the audience will say I'm here to see you?" Feng Xiaogang retorted.

This movie is popular with the audience because it is closely related to the lives of ordinary people, not artistic.

Feng Xiaogang knew what the audience was going to see, and recorded social phenomena in the unadorned vernacular, which was mixed with a little mockery, resentment, and even contempt for the powerful.

In layman's terms, this is a civilian movie, which is made for the common people.

After Lin Zixuan received the news of the domestic movie box office, he went to participate in the book club's reading club.

Chen Luo still followed him in a wizard's robe.

At the book club, Lin Zixuan needs to read the chapters of "Xiaoxue's Great Adventure" and communicate with book fans.

The publisher hopes that he can read aloud in English and British book lovers can understand it, which is not too much, but Lin Zixuan insists on reading in Chinese.

This trip to the UK to cooperate with the publishing house did not encounter major problems, but there were many minor problems.

Just like at the book signing, the publisher suggested that Lin Zixuan sign in English, that is, the Chinese pinyin of his name, which is the same as the author's name on the English version of the book.

Lin Zixuan did not agree, and still signed in Chinese.

Lin Zixuan thought of a compromise solution, he read aloud in Chinese, and Chen Luo then read it again in English.

The two cooperated to complete this exchange activity. (To be continued.) )