Chapter 19: Crazy Sellouts

Although Liang Xiaolong also came to attend the premiere, the premiere was mostly the interaction between the actors and the audience, which had little to do with him. However, the interactive part is really exciting, and it is divided into two steps when the trailer is played: a rebellious teenager and a psychological battle, such as the protagonist Will played by Matt uses psychology to play five psychiatrists, uses legal knowledge to defend himself, and then starts a mental game with Shane played by Robin, and is slowly moved by Shane, and Shane also unties the knot in this mental game.

followed the host and let the actors perform their talents on stage, the process was very relaxed, and the entertainment effect was very good. But this is obviously not the most important thing, the media and the audience will laugh it off at most, what they care most about is the film itself, if the film is not good, then there will definitely be a lot of bad reviews in the media tomorrow, and the audience will also spread word of mouth, so that the box office will be ruined.

The premiere was over, but the film was shown for the media and audience to comment on. If it was in Hong Kong in the 80s, all the members of the crew had to stand up after the movie, if the film was good, the audience would give warm applause, if it was not good, the audience would scold you in front of you, and you couldn't fight back.

Liang Xiaolong said hello to Rachel, Julia and Brandon and returned to the audience, sitting next to Ye Ying: "Mom, the movie is about to be played, you can taste it later." Ye Ying glanced at his son and scolded with a smile: "What's the matter? Want to see your mom mess up? Liang Xiaolong hurriedly shook his head: "How dare you, the release of this movie is like a son reporting to you, and after the report, your party leaders have to make a summary, right?" ”

The film was officially broadcast, and the first few minutes seemed a little dull, and the fans were already a little irritable, cursing quietly. Soon, though, the film's frequent small humors calmed the audience's mindset that the plot might not be that bad. But ten minutes later, Will's brilliant debate in the bar brought out the film's little **, and the audience's mentality changed again: it might be a good film.

Then, the court debates, the amazing talent, and the play of the psychiatrist 、、、 all fascinated the audience, and at this time they finally stopped thinking that this was a script written by a Chinese kid, and they were finally willing to look at the film objectively: this should be a good film.

From a bad movie to not so bad, to a good one, and then to a good movie, the audience's mentality has finally been corrected, and the film has finally entered **, the spiritual war between Will and Shane, first Will gave birth to a chip through oil painting, but Shane did not give up, he opened Will's painful past step by step, and helped Will get out of the psychological shadow of childhood abuse and began to face life.

In this battle of hearts, Will finds the future and harvests love; Shane also untied the knot in his heart and found love again; The professor changed his arrogant image and found his friends、、、 this unparalleled battle of hearts and minds completely conquered the hearts of the audience, they no longer had any reason to doubt Liang Xiaolong, let alone shout any slogans of Chinese children, they could only say that this was a good film.

And the leading actor Matt finally showed his superb acting skills on the screen, and I believe that he will be popular all over North America in a few days, and then receive continuous film appointments. Robin also smiled with satisfaction, he believed that with the superb acting skills in this film, his career would definitely reach the peak again, and maybe he could be nominated for an Oscar again.

"Son, amazing." Ye Ying gave his son a thumbs up: "I regret now that you didn't choose a psychology major in the first place, otherwise you would definitely be able to become an excellent psychiatrist." Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "Mom, although the income from being a doctor is good, it is obviously not as good as the film industry. Speaking of money, Liang Jin suddenly remembered, turned back to the fat boy and said, "Man, ten dollars." ”

"Okay man, you win, it's a great movie indeed." The fat boy neatly took out ten dollars: "But I haven't studied many details thoroughly, and it will be officially released tomorrow, so I have to watch it again." You have to call a group of friends. Liang Jin handed back the ten dollars to the fat boy: "This ten dollars is a movie I invite you to watch, and I also tell you that "Never Compromise" and "Tomb Robbery" are also good movies, and you should go and see them when they are released." The fat boy said: "Yes, I believe in Liang Xiaolong's screenwriting ability, and I will definitely watch it when the time comes." ”

Early the next morning, Liang Xiaolong went downstairs to buy a few newspapers and came back, and the media really changed the direction of the wind, and finally did not dare to talk about a Chinese child anymore. Among them, the Los Angeles Times report is the most pragmatic: Fan. Sander's excellent coaching ability and the actors' superb acting skills show the story perfectly, especially in that battle of hearts, they face the past, face the future, face love, face career, and make me feel that this is not two actors acting, but two excellent psychologists are fighting against each other. In addition to the profound skills of the director and actors, I have to mention the editor Bruce Leung, who is only nineteen years old and is indeed an excellent editor, hoping that the box office of this film can exceed 100 million and let a miracle befall Hollywood.

The Los Angeles newspaper commented on the structure of the film: first, through the narrative of solving Professor Lamb's Fourier equation problem, mocking Harvard's smart kids, and playing self-righteous psychologists, Will vividly shows the image of a talented genius. It wasn't until Shane sent an invitation to Will with an unforgettable life experience that Will slowly opened the door of his heart and forced him to see the poverty of his real life experience. This kind of creative technique of first promoting and then looking at the origin is not clever, but the brilliance of the film lies in the love words that infiltrate the plot. The love between Will and Skyland, the friendship between Will and Shane, the teacher-student relationship between the professor and Will, the friendship between the professor and Shane, and the friendship between Will and the group of buddies 、、、 a love word that perfectly infiltrates the film, making it a touching and thought-provoking film.

The Chicago Sun, as always, showed itself to be different, relaying a sentence from a psychology professor who attended the premiere yesterday: Tomorrow, I will ask my students to watch "The Sun Is Like Me" again, and then write a psychoanalysis report to me.

A very strong sentence, but it can be recognized by a psychology professor, which undoubtedly proves the merits of the film. And because of this sentence, almost all teachers and students in psychology schools in the United States began to prepare to wait for the official release of the film in the evening to watch the last one.

"Son, now you can be regarded as raising your eyebrows." Ye Ying flipped through all kinds of newspapers with a smile: "I have to bring these newspapers back and let my relatives and friends read them." Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "Mom, these don't prove anything, Hollywood movies still have to look at the box office, the box office is not more than 100 million, and I can't get money no matter how much praise I have." ”

In this regard, Liang Xiaolong may have been influenced by the previous owner of the body, looking at money and talking, he is very pragmatic and powerful. However, to participate in the evening premiere, Liang Jin and Ye Ying were going to return to Hong Kong, and Liang Xiaolong put them on the plane, and rushed to the set to guide the fight scene of "Tomb Robbery".

Despite the continuous praise from the media, it seems that it failed to stimulate the box office excessively, and only received 390,000 box office on the first day of its premiere, which is simply scum compared to those blockbusters. But in reality, that's not the case, because Disney didn't start out with just 300 theaters, showing five shows a day, with an average attendance rate of 65%, which is already very good for a small investment film. Liang Xiaolong is even less worried, because in his previous life, the box office of the film was less than 300,000 on the first day of release, and he relied on constantly accumulating word of mouth, and then increasing the number of theaters, and the box office skyrocketed.

Sure enough, as Liang Xiaolong expected, the attendance rate reached more than 90% the next day, and the ticket was sold out during prime time, winning a box office of 500,000. On the third day, the venue was almost full, and there were still many people queuing up to buy tickets, and finally won the box office of 600,000. In three days, the box office of 1.5 million, on the fourth day, Disney Company decisively increased 700 theaters, with an attendance rate of 85%, and won the box office of 1.7 million, followed by two full days, both won the box office of 2 million.

Six days, 7.2 million box office, major media have exclaimed, this is just to adapt to the release of the surname to win this kind of results, if it is fully broadcast, how much box office will it have? All the media agreed that Disney can definitely make a lot of money with the high-quality "The Sun Is Like Me", and whether Liang Xiaolong can make money remains to be verified.

"Xiaolong, are you still optimistic?" Julia made a special call, although she knew that the film would definitely be a big hit, but in terms of the results of the first week, it was indeed difficult for the box office to exceed 100 million. Liang Xiaolong smiled faintly: "Sister Big Mouth, if we don't make a bet, whoever loses will have a treat, and they must cook it themselves, and the dishes can't be less than ten." ”

In the second week, Disney increased its theater chain again, showing it in 3,226 theaters in North America, but it still maintained an attendance rate of more than 90 percent, and the box office soared, earning $41 million in seven days, ranking first in the box office and becoming the king. In second place is Universal's "Apollo 13" at $32 million, of course, because "Apollo 13" has been in theaters for three weeks.

At this time, the media finally couldn't sit still, and they estimated that according to the current momentum, the box office of "The Sun Like Me" in North America may exceed 100 million, which means that Liang Xiaolong can have a 10% commission at the overseas box office. No one knows how much, but there are definitely millions, which means that Liang Xiaolong became a millionaire with a script. This is definitely a good topic for hype, and the newspaper will definitely sell well, so the first time they are looking for Liang Xiaolong's traces and preparing to interview Liang Xiaolong.

But Liang Xiaolong was angry, and he would rather be busy on the set than be interviewed, which made the major media very disappointed, and they had no choice but to send paparazzi to keep an eye on Liang Xiaolong. But who is Liang Xiaolong? The master of inner boxing is extremely sensitive to the induction of the outside world, unless he is in the car, he can easily get rid of the paparazzi in a few corners, and he does not let the paparazzi catch anything.

For this reason, Mark also made a special call: "Xiaolong, you can just accept a few interviews, and by the way, build momentum for the box office, you don't have to get along with money, right?" Liang Xiaolong really doesn't need to get along with money, but he just doesn't want to be interviewed, so he still goes his own way, just waiting for the final box office to come out and take his share of the money. After talking to Mark, Liang Xiaolong called Julia again: "Sister Big Mouth, Rachel and I will go to your place at night, remember, ten dishes, don't cut corners." Julia smiled wryly, "Okay, I'll throw in the towel, but I'm going to bet with you again." ”

Liang Xiaolong suddenly became interested: "You don't want to bet on the box office of "Never Compromise", right? Julia affirmed: "That's right, but the box office has to be more than 200 million." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "No problem, but the box office has doubled, and the stakes have to be doubled, twenty dishes." Julia smiled bitterly, "But I can't cook more than twenty dishes." Liang Xiaolong said: "That's your problem." ”

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