Chapter 273: Reducing Internal Friction

Before the national release of "The Saint of Gambling", there was also a unique premiere!

This has become a symbol of Xiao Ran's movies, and generally Xiao Ran's premieres will be more interesting, which is also the experience summed up by media reporters.

So every time Xiao Ran held the premiere of the movie, in addition to filmmakers and media reporters, there were also audiences who bought premiere tickets at a high price to watch!

This time, the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling" is no longer like the premiere of the previous "God of Gamblers", and the anti-gambling fighter Ma Jianyun was invited to carry out anti-gambling science popularization, because this "Saint of Gambling" is honest, and its focus is no longer on the gambling itself.

It can already be seen from the setting of the protagonist Zuo Songxing that Ah Xing is a young man who does not know gambling at all, and he relies on special functions on the gambling table.

And in this "Saint of Gambling", Ah Xing's special function room is unique, so his opponent is not Hong Guang at all, but himself!

For example, when he sees Qimeng, Ah Xing will suddenly be resurrected with full blood, but as soon as Qimeng leaves, Ah Xing's special function seems to have problems at any time.

Of course, the most interesting thing about this movie is its nonsensical and funny, so the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling" also captures this point, and the audience can already know from the publicity that this is a movie of the same type as "East Becomes West" and "The Supreme Thirty-six Plans", all with funny themes.

And it is a nonsensical spoof that does not follow common sense at all, so the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling" still maintains this nonsensical spoof.

Even if the martial arts team comes out to perform, it is in the form of nonsensical spoofs to fight. For example, imitating Ah Xing's fighting style in the movie, and also using the lines in the movie.

Ah Xing: I'm very good at fighting. Can you believe it?

Longtao: I believe it!

Xing: I don't believe you really do!

Dragon: You have to believe me, I really do!

Xing: Since you believe that you are planning to let me perform twice?

Trick: No need...... I don't believe it...... I don't believe it anymore.

Xing: You don't believe it? Then I'll just prove it to you.

Longtao: I knew you would say that.

Then the dragon and tiger martial artist who played the dragon set was chased and beaten on the stage by another martial artist who played Ah Xing. made the audience burst into laughter, in fact, the audience who has less contact with this kind of nonsensical comedy is really difficult to control their laughter......

There are many similar performances, such as nonsensical sketches or talk shows related to live performances, as for the content, many of them are adapted by Xiao Ran from other nonsensical movies he has watched, of course, it is original content in this world, so many viewers are very interested in Xiao Ran's unique and funny way.

The scene of the premiere of "The Saint of Gambling" was full of laughter, and after the live broadcast on TV, many viewers who did not watch it could also feel such joy. It can be said that "The Saint of Gambling" is a nonsensical comedy that is basically suitable for audiences of any age, and unlike other comedies, "The Saint of Gambling" is a real comedy of small people.

In the movie, although Ah Xing has a special function, he is still just a very ordinary young man, which is not at all different from the majestic momentum of the high entry and exit in "God of Gamblers", Ah Xing deliberately imitated the God of Gamblers when he appeared, but he was in slow motion, but the people around him still had a normal action speed. So it constitutes a very contrasting funny!

There are also many classic scenes and plots in the same movie, these are all created by the star master in the previous life, Xiao Ran just imitated his performance, and in fact, this "Gambling Saint" is also the turn of the star master in the previous life. It also laid the foundation for the opening of his path to the king of comedy!

"The Saint of Gambling" was officially released nationwide on July 3, and the box office on the first day also exceeded 90 million, and it was more than 4 million higher than the first-day box office of "Police Story 4: Simple Mission" directed and starred by Yuan Biao last month. And in the same week, it has accumulated 640 million box office. That's 28 million more than the box office of "Police Story 4: Simple Mission" in the first week!

This also proves that many viewers are still full of interest in this nonsensical comedy. In particular, "God of Gamblers", which was also a gambling film before, has accumulated strong box office records and word of mouth, so that many audiences who were disappointed in gambling movies in the past have begun to return to the cinema to watch it.

And the biggest difference is that when it comes to publicity, Xiao Ran has a different focus on the promotion of "The Saint of Gambling", that is, it focuses on the nonsensical funny and special functions of "The Saint of Gambling", not the promotion of gambling!

After a week of release, "The Saint of Gambling" still maintains a very high attendance rate, with an average attendance rate of more than 80%, and it is even more difficult to find a ticket in individual movie theaters, and many viewers claim to have never seen such a funny and creative movie after watching it.

"What we see in the movie is a very simple little character Zuo Songxing, but he is also very not simple, a special function setting can be said to be very difficult to see in the past movies, although in Hollywood movies, we can often see a lot of Marvel characters, can fly to the sky, can chase stars and moons, can set fire to lightning, but I have never seen a character setting like Zuo Songxing in "The Saint of Gambling", his special function seems to be dedicated to serving the movie, For example, being able to see through the horse racing can win, can see through the dice cup, can see through the playing cards and mahjong, and can even play cards, it is even more all-round than the God of Gamblers......" - "Minbao" entertainment column: Lu Xiaoyun's movie recommendation this week.

Many colleagues said that they liked the character of Zuo Songxing played by Xiao Ran very much, because compared with the high and lofty God of Gamblers, Ah Xing seems to be more down-to-earth and more humane, because he is actually a very ordinary character, he will have a crush on girls, he will have no intention of participating because he can't see Qimeng, he will be soft-hearted and rub horse tickets for others, and he will ridicule why the boss of Treasure Island always looks up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, this movie is very suitable for a large group of people to watch together, and then laughed unbridled in front of the big screen, excreting all the unpleasant feelings in his heart, it is definitely a comedy ...... not to be missed" - "Gorgeous Movie Weekly": Han Yulei Film Review.

"Unique nonsensical humor, with gunfight kung fu, plus gambling films, to be honest, this "Gambling Saint" is also a stewed movie, Xiao Ran combined many popular elements into a movie, but I have to say that such a stew is very tasteful, and the integration of each movie element to the extreme will only make the audience like it more and more, it can be expected that such a way of filming will attract imitation from many filmmakers, and Xiao Ran, including his team, will launch a movie box office that is getting higher and higher, It also represents that the audience's trust in Xiao Ran is getting higher and higher, and I believe that Xiao Ran will lead the entire film industry to usher in a comprehensive recovery, let us wait and see the past ......" - "Douban Sauce Movie Network": Lin Yunxuan Film Review.

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Now Xiao Ran has established his position in the film industry, so the speed at which he launches movies is no longer as fast as in the past, obsessed with launching two or three movies in a row a month.

In the past, it was mainly Xiao Ran who tried his best to consolidate his position in the film industry, and in order to make money quickly and become famous, so the speed of shooting movies and launching movies was very fast, but this practice can indeed speed up fame and make money, help Xiao Ran become independent, and get rid of becoming a puppet of Lu Yuesheng's Yida Group, but there is also a fatal problem.

That is, often in a period of time, there are several of their own movies released at the same time, which undoubtedly forms a senseless internal friction of their own struggle with themselves, and the audience who originally planned to enter the cinema to watch only one movie can only choose to support Xiao Ran's movie.

Of course, if different types of movies are released at the same time, there are a large number of fans who are loyal to their favorite genre movie themes, or they will choose to choose movies according to their favorites, of course, there are also hardcore fans who will like it regardless of the genre, as long as it is a good movie, this kind of fan storage will also make Xiao Ran's several movies released at the same time be able to get attention and attention!

However, you must know that in the film industry, the largest audience is not fans, but on a whim or with a family, and the men and women who are in love are the largest part of the audience, and many so-called professional fans are instead nested at home, waiting until the movie is released for a few months, spending a few dollars to watch it online online!

This is also a very ironic place.

So for these audiences who occasionally watch movies, even if they like and host Xiao Ran, it is impossible to watch several movies a month, so reducing the speed of movie launch is an inevitable choice for Xiao Ran!

Now Xiao Ran has won many nominations and awards for the Golden Dragon Award for Chinese Films, and has won a very high position in the minds of filmmakers and audiences, and has become a cash cow in the eyes of many theater companies with the high box office of many films and the reputation of never losing money, so now Xiao Ran has already achieved fame, and he has a very lofty position in the film industry!

Therefore, Xiao Ran's current film arrangement is basically to shoot large-scale films as much as possible, and those movies that can make money but cannot have an impact in the minds of the audience, Xiao Ran basically writes the screenplay by himself, and then sells it to other film companies with a profit share of 30%, and his three film companies shoot the highlights!

And for these big-scale films, Xiao Ran's current arrangement is basically to release one movie every month, and then launch new movies when the average attendance rate of the movie begins to decrease to one Cheng dù to alternate the prime time, so as to ensure that the box office potential of his movie is fully developed, and also reduce the useless internal friction of fighting against himself! (To be continued......)