Chapter 14: Sensational
Wang Jing kept wiggling his butt in his seat, and as the movie drew to a close, the laughter in the audience had become sparse, or everyone had lost the strength to laugh anymore.
The two stupid thieves were spoofed by a three-year-old child, and they were caught by the police who rushed to hear the news. The child's family rushed back in time, and the two stupid thieves were taken into the police car, and the picture was frozen.
After the film ended, Wang Jing was the first to stand up, and the other main creators also left their seats. As they stood in a line at the front desk, several lights fell overhead, illuminating their location.
The audience didn't react at first, many people were still in the funny plot, and more people didn't relax for a while because they laughed too hard just now.
Wang Jing sweated in his palms, waiting for the moment when the life and death of the film would be decided.
After a long while, the audience finally burst into thunderous and long-lasting applause. Wang Jing let out a long sigh of relief, took out his handkerchief, and wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead and sideburns. He glanced at a box on the second floor, and found that the person he was looking for had already left, and he felt a little disappointed.
At this time, reporters surrounded one after another, and Depoli, who was holding Xie Tingfeng, and Wu Mengda and Zhou Xingchi, the actors of the two stupid thieves, stood with Wang Jing and began to be interviewed by reporters.
"Director Wang, how much box office do you expect the film to get after its release?"
"Of course, the more at the box office, the better." This is not the first time Wang Jing has dealt with reporters, and in the face of reporters' questions, his answers can be said to be leaky.
The reporter was not reconciled, and then asked: "The highest-grossing movie this year is "Best Partner", do you plan to surpass the box office record of this movie?" ”
Wang Jing pouted, "As long as this movie can make money, it doesn't matter how much." ”
Wang Jing's tone was too tight, and the reporters had no choice but to shift the target.
"Mrs. Xie, is it convenient to reveal your son's salary in this play?"
Deborah, who blocked half of his son's face with his hand, had no intention of revealing too much on this issue, only saying that his son was taking a friendly price this time. Under the reporter's questioning, Wang Jing also admitted this in person.
"Will you and the fourth brother continue to let their son make movies?"
Deborah wore sunglasses and said expressionlessly: "We haven't considered this problem yet, after all, the child is still too young, the key is to see if he can meet the right role in the future." ”
"If you make a sequel to this film, will you let your son continue to star?"
"You should ask the director this question." With that, Deborah kicked the ball back to Wang Jing.
"Filming a sequel will definitely only find Lagu's son to act, this is needless to say." Wang Jing was vague, and he didn't mention the salary that Xie Tingfeng might be offered in the next play.
The reporter chased after the two and asked a lot of questions, and then turned his attention to Wu Mengda and Zhou Xingchi.
"I am very grateful to the director for his vigorous cultivation, and if there is a chance to cooperate next time, I will definitely work harder." In an interview with a reporter, Zhou Xingchi showed a very strong desire to continue making movies.
Wu Mengda put his arm around Zhou Xingchi's shoulders and said happily: "When the two of us were drinking beer and watching the night view at the top of Taiping Mountain, we vowed to work together in movies when we became famous in the future, but I didn't expect that my wish would come true so soon, and I hope to cooperate like this often in the future." ”
Towards the end of the interview, a reporter finally found that there seemed to be a missing person among the main creators present.
"The screenwriter is unwell today, and he will definitely introduce everyone when he has the opportunity in the future." Wang Jing made an excuse and prevaricated the matter.
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"Baby Wisdom and Stars" received nearly one million Hong Kong dollars at the box office on the day of its premiere, and its hilarious plot has been rendered by the media and spread by word of mouth among moviegoers, attracting more and more people to the cinema. …,
In just one week, "Baby Zhiduoxing" won a box office of 10 million Hong Kong dollars with a winning dark horse attitude. Golden Harvest's cinema began to queue up in front of the door, and the audience who bought tickets to enter the theater was endless, and the cinema manager of Shaw Brothers finally couldn't sit still, and he asked Golden Harvest to release the film to Shaw Brothers Cinemas at the same time in the name of "double-line joint screening".
Now everyone in Hong Kong knows that a very happy and funny film is being shown in the cinema, and many people buy tickets in advance on weekends and then watch it with the whole family.
Even in the video hall where Lin Youlun is located, people have been asking if this film will be shown in the past few days. Lin Youlun was so annoyed that he had to post an announcement at the door, and the matter stopped.
Every time the boss Zhou Bingde passed by the door in the past two days, his eyes would stay on the announcement posted by Lin Youlun for a while, and then one day he finally couldn't help but talk to Lin Youlun about it.
"Is that movie really as good as others say?"
"The movie is played by two actors and a child who even needs to be fed by his mother when he eats, but the plot is funny, not as exaggerated as others say." Lin Youlun didn't expect the boss to ask such a question, no one in the video hall knew that he was the screenwriter of that film, so he didn't need to boast, the evaluation was relatively objective.
Zhou Bingde touched the stubble on his chin, "But how did I hear that all the people who went to see that movie went in standing up, and they laughed so hard that they had no strength to come out by holding on to the wall?" ”
"It's unlikely, isn't it?" It's the first time Lin Youlun has heard such a statement, and this rumor is too outrageous.
Zhou Bingde didn't say anything, but he wondered when he would buy a ticket to see what was going on.
In fact, there are many Hong Kong people who have the same thoughts as Chow Bingde, they all heard about this movie from other people's mouths, and then walked into the cinema with the attitude of trying it out.
"Baby Wisdom and Stars" was released in the cinemas of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, and the box office revenue immediately showed a blowout, breaking the annual box office record of 23 million Hong Kong dollars for "Best Partner" within ten days of release, and Jian Feng pointed to the historical box office record of 26 million Hong Kong dollars set by "Best Partner" last year.
From the box office dark horse at the beginning, this film has become an invincible gold-sucking giant in the Hong Kong film market, and the Hong Kong media talk about topics related to this movie almost every day.
Of course, some people don't pay much attention to the latest news of "Baby Zhiduoxing", as the screenwriter of the film, Lin Youlun was busy with other things during this time, and almost forgot about it.
At noon that day, Lin Youlun was watching TV in the cabin where tickets were sold, and Wang Jing suddenly broke in.
Before Lin Youlun asked him what was wrong, Wang Jing picked up the teacup on the table and put it to his mouth when he entered the door, and only after drinking it took a small sip and squirted it out.
"You just boiled this tea?" His mouth and tongue were burned together, Wang Jing inhaled the cool air in a big gulp, and his words became more and more unpleasant.
Lin Youlun said angrily: "Who made you drink so urgently? ”
"Can I not be in a hurry?" Wang Jing put the teacup on the table, pulled a chair and sat down, "Our movie, do you know how much the box office is now?" ”
Lin Youlun thought hard, "I heard that it's almost more than 20 million. ”
Wang Jing's eyes widened, "Where did you see the news?" ”
Lin Youlun pointed to a pile of newspapers behind the door, "I just read it from there." ”
Wang Jing picked up the top one, and found that the date was actually a week ago, and suddenly had an urge to go crazy, "When is this newspaper?" ”
"What exactly do you want to tell me?"
"The box office of our movie has exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars!"
Wang Jing's voice almost roared, which showed how excited he was, but Lin Youlun didn't react much after hearing the news.
"Why are you yelling so loudly? I'm not deaf. ”
Wang Jing didn't believe that Lin Youlun would be so calm, so he immediately thought of another possibility: "You're playing tricks on me again, you already knew the news of Lu Dao, right?" ”
Lin Youlun rubbed his temples that were a little swollen, "And then?" ”
Wang Jing was even more depressed at this time, "We teamed up to make the highest-grossing movie in Hong Kong, is this your reaction?" ”
"And what do you want me to do? Jumping and jumping with joy, or running out on the street and saying I'm the screenwriter of Hong Kong's highest-grossing movie? ”
Lin Youlun's answer made Wang Jing speechless for a while.
"But you should always be happy, right?"
Lin Youlun folded his hands and leaned back on the back of the chair, "It's my business whether I'm happy or not, but I don't understand what you have to be happy about?" If I were you, I would have prayed now that the box office of this movie does not exceed 40 million, otherwise you won't get a penny. ”
Wang Jing's face suddenly became ugly, he was patronizing and happy for the record-breaking box office results, but he actually forgot about it.
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