Chapter 193: I Had a Dream
Shortly after the finale of "Love Apartment 2", Bai Yuhan's micro-film crew was also successfully completed.
Because these two micro-films are used to promote "The Voice of China", the movies are free to put on the Internet, and all websites can reprint the films for free. There is no hype, no publicity, there are just various websites, according to Bai Yuhan's fame, they have arranged them in the most conspicuous position on the homepage, recommending these two micro-movies.
The first "Old Boy", on October 1, National Day, was put on the Internet.
Happy high school career, innocent classmates and friendships, numb social life, persistence in finding dreams, and the last song "Old Boy" sung affectionately by the chopsticks brothers.
"That's the person I love day and night......"
In the midst of singing, the little employee hiding in the corner of the office and eating instant noodles in a hurry. The small vendor selling barbecue in the vegetable market with his upper body bare, the little girl who gives foot massage to customers in the foot washing shop, the taxi driver who hides on the side of the car to eat a boxed lunch, the middle-aged man who drinks sullen alcohol at home, and the school flower that canaries are generally raised at home.
Inadvertently, I saw the "Voice of China" program and heard this "Old Boy", and I was stunned.
The colorful city streets of the capital, the busy night, the bustling square, the hurried pedestrians, also heard the song, slowly raised their heads, looked at the big screen in the square, looked at the scene of "The Voice of China", two old boys ~ one ~ this ~ read ~ the novel ybdu, playing the guitar and singing songs about youth.
"Life is like a ruthless carving knife, will it wither before it blooms? I've had dreams. β
The four unknown mentors of "The Voice of China" burst into tears, and then pressed the button one after another, and the chairs spun over.
"Did you get your wish? Do you have to pay tribute now, let the years dry your ideals, and you can never find the real me. β
In the middle of the song, the picture ends, and the subtitles slowly emerge.
"Dreams, like classics, will never fade with time, but become more precious."
"Director Bai Yuhan's work."
"Produced by White Swordsman Film and Television Studio."
"Produced by Beijing Wanhe Tianyi Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd."
"Starring: Chopsticks Brothers."
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"Ending song: 'Old Boy.'"
"Composer: Takuya Ohashi."
"Lyrics: Bai Yuhan."
"Singing: Chopsticks Brothers."
Acknowledgement: Station B, Youku, Tudou, Tencent, School Intranet, LeTV, Du Niang, Xin. Wave Net ......"
It was as if an explosion was close at hand. In an instant, the hustle and bustle on the Internet was all covered by this 40-minute micro-film. A powerful shock wave washed away. The boiling point of the entire network was completely ignited by "Old Boy".
"I can't express my emotion in words."
"The narrative style of the whole micro-film is like a historical fast forward from the seventies and eighties to the twenty-first century, despite the acting skills of the chopsticks brothers. A little exaggerated. But in terms of the overall rhythm and plot development, there is nothing to say about perfection, especially the song sung by the chopsticks brothers at the end, which directly sublimates the theme, and I, who never shed tears, also burst into tears. β
"A friend told me that I would cry once I watched "Old Boy". I don't believe it. As a result, after reading it, I cried until now, and my brain hurt a little from crying. The night scene in the capital is much like where I work, but unfortunately I am just one of those people who are numb. Dreams, do you remember me? β
"Is this the group impression of the post-80s, we are all so crazy and come with dreams, but now that we have grown up, we are not crazy, and our dreams are gone."
"It's not 'Old Boy' that moved you, it's you who moved yourself."
"A rare sincere work, the conscience of domestic films."
"If domestic blockbusters are filmed like this, why should we go to see any foreign blockbusters."
has not experienced the baptism of "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", young people in 2008, especially those in the 70s and 80s, have not yet become popular what nostalgia is. And now, Bai Yuhan presents the nostalgic sentimental movie in such a classic way for the first time.
"One song changes everything, and the song 'Old Boy' is amazing."
"I had a dream ......"
A netizen shared his life experience with emotion: "In the past, I also had dreams on the stage like Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai. When I was in junior high school, I bought an acoustic guitar and a guitar sheet of popular songs at that time, and practiced it in my room, from the pain caused by my fingers not being used to rubbing against the guitar strings, until my fingers formed a thick layer of calluses. When I played beyond's "Sea and Sky" in its entirety for the first time, it was a wonderful feeling. β
"When I was in high school, the school held a music competition, and at this time I had found music friends who shared the same hobby and were also good friends for me. We spent half a month composing and rehearsing the lyrics, and on the day of the concert, several of us were very excited. Because the school also invited bands and leaders from other colleges to participate in and watch this competition, the number of people has increased a lot. β
"When we walked slowly to the stage with our instruments in hand, the feeling of all eyes was on us, and we were all very excited and nervous at the same time. When the host of the competition reads: Please watch the performance of our school's xx band, an original song, song title...... Then, under the complicated mood, we successfully completed the performance, and the audience applauded and applauded, which made us look forward to the future music dream and feel closer...... However, when dreams and reality are in front of us, they are always defeated by reality......"
"Supporting Bai Yuhan, he is like me flying with a dream, thank you for filming "Old Boy", let me find again, the dream I lost at the beginning."
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If people reach a certain age, they will be smoothed out by society and their dreams will be extinguished. If people like to release their impulses everywhere before they reach a certain age, they don't know what dreams are. Well, people in the 70s and 80s, they are not in these two ifs.
In 2008, the oldest post-80s generation was 28 years old. The youngest is 19 years old. The oldest post-70s generation is 38 years old, and the youngest is 29 years old. did not fall into mediocrity like a middle-aged person, nor was he as sharp as a young man. Such a group of people. It is a young person who has tasted the difficulties of society, and has not yet lost hope for the future.
Dreaming of this thing, for this group of young people, is like a lonely sea, a high-hanging lighthouse, looking far away. But it makes you feel that success is close at hand. Sometimes you can't see it, and sometimes you desperately want to find it, as long as you don't lose your way. It's always lit up.
"Old Boy" is not a classic to impeccable work, on the contrary, its structure is very loose, and there are no ups and downs. It's not even a real movie. It's more like a musical work. Everything is set off for the song at the end.
But it is this micro-film that accurately pokes the ribs of youth, so that everyone unconsciously substitutes for it, thinking of their past, thinking of those naΓ―ve or difficult years.
"It's a song that tears once you hear it."
The micro-movie is on fire, and the song is also on fire.
"Old Boy" easily topped the top of several music charts such as the champion of the Du Niang Music Chart, the champion of the Kuwo Hot Song Chart, and the champion of the QQ Music New Song Chart. Seeing this situation, Wanhe Tianyi immediately decided to sell the song as a single. While contacting the record company, he opened a single subscription business at station B.
At the same time, for promotions. In terms of publicity, another unreleased micro-film song "Father" was poured into a single record and sold together.
The sales performance was surprisingly hot.
In just one week, while the total number of clicks on the "Old Boy" micro-movie network exceeded 50 million, and the number of online playbacks of the "Old Boy" song exceeded 6 million, the single records of "Old Boy" and "Father" were pre-sold 1.15 million copies. At a time when music is increasingly being infringed upon by the Internet, it is comparable to the album sales of big-name singers.
Netizens and the media, while commenting on "Old Boy", also discussed the unreleased "Father".
The chopsticks brothers, who were interviewed by reporters, said excitedly: ""Father" is more like a movie than "Old Boy", and the story of "Old Boy" is a short story that happened in "Father". The specific release date is not very clear, and this has to be arranged by Wanhe Tianyi. β
A reporter asked curiously: "What is the program of "The Voice of China", and why is there a swivel chair?" β
The chopsticks brothers shook their heads: "We don't know, we only know one thing, this is a new variety show, planned by director Bai Yuhan." β
So the reporters hurried to Wanhe Tianyi to interview Bai Yuhan. However, Bai Yuhan had already flown to the magic capital to talk to Liu Huan, the singer of the theme song of the Olympic Games, about cooperation, which made the reporter pounce. Fortunately, the propaganda department of Wanhe Tianyi revealed a little detail of "The Voice of China" to reporters.
"The Voice of China is indeed a variety show talent show that we are planning, and we have great ambitions for the show, and we are currently registering the copyright worldwide. This is a new type of talent show unlike any talent show, and we are already in contact with four real big-name singers to join "The Voice of China", so stay tuned. β
With the popularity of "Old Boy", "The Voice of China" can be regarded as famous.
In private, Wanhe Tianyi has already contacted various satellite TVs and began bidding for the copyright of "The Voice of China". This is a show independently planned by Wanhe Tianyi, and the difficulty of the program is dozens of times lower than that of "Run, Brother", and Wanhe Tianyi is confident that he can do it well, so Tianyu Media was kicked out.
In fact, the boss Wang Ziwen doesn't even want to cooperate with Tianyu Media in the second season of Running Man.
At the beginning, the fruit was divided because of the lack of strength, but now that the experience has been learned, the producer can also spend money to dig the foot of the wall, this kind of variety show that is making money every day, who doesn't want to swallow it alone. Wanhe Tianyi has recently started to build a building, and the funds have suddenly become tight, and Wang Ziwen is crazy about money.
Therefore, the copyright fee of "The Voice of China" will not be relaxed, and whoever gives the high money will broadcast the program.
If you don't have enough money, you can go cool.
"Ladies and gentlemen, you have all been engaged in the purchase and production of variety shows for many years, and your eyes are like torches. Whether "The Voice of China" will be popular or not, you all know in your hearts. We Wanhe Tianyi here, just pay the bottom, we have a minimum psychological expectation of copyright fees, as long as your fixed price is in place, we will sell the copyright directly! β
In the conference room, facing many satellite TV CEOs, Wang Ziwen talked eloquently: "You know the talent of director Bai Yuhan, there is no work he planned that is not popular, the ratings of "Run, Brother" are already very clear, and the production site of the second season of Running Man, every time the news leaks, the show cannot be recorded, because there are too many fans." β
"Recently, we launched the first promotional micro-film "Old Boy" of "The Voice of China", and the online hits and netizen evaluations also know that the pre-sales of the single of "Old Boy" have exceeded one million copies. We have also prepared a more tear-jerking and sensational micro-film "Father". The promotional video may not represent anything, but we even have such a high level of promotional video, how bad can the show be? β
"Bosses can go back and think more, as long as it exceeds our expected price, whoever makes the bid first, who will sell "The Voice of China" to!" (To be continued......)