Chapter 349: The Battle for the Box Office

TH Province Airport!

"Teacher".

"Director Chen".

In the airport waiting hall, Luo Yang and Zhao Yang saw Chen Yimou carrying a small suitcase for the first time, and hurriedly greeted Chen Yimou.

"Teacher, I'm sorry to trouble you this time, and I want you to come all the way to help?" Luo Yang took the small suitcase in Chen Yimou's hand, and then said to Chen Yimou embarrassedly.

"It's nothing, I am very happy that you can think of me when you have a problem, I am worried that when you encounter a problem, you are afraid of losing face, and you pretend that you don't find a problem, that's what I don't like", Chen Yimou smiled and said to the two, obviously very satisfied with the attitude of the two towards the movie.

"This is how it should be, the movie should be kept improving", Luo Yang nodded and smiled: "This is what you taught me at that time, teacher, I still remember it now."

"Yes, if everyone is the same as you think, Huaguo movies will not have so many bad movies", Chen Yimou nodded, and then said with a little dissatisfaction, obviously very dissatisfied with the shoddy movies that have been emerging in Huaguo in the past two years.

"You can't blame those directors for this, they are not like us, they can ask teachers at any time, and they can only get by", Luo Yang smiled slightly and patted Chen Yimou's ass.

Luo Yang's words made Chen Yimou and Zhao Yang laugh, Chen Yimou smiled and shook his head, then turned to Zhao Yang and said: "The box office of "Get Father-in-law" is good, and it won the weekly box office championship of the premiere, congratulations here, continue to work hard in the future, the future film industry is the world of your young people."

"Director Xiexie Chen, I will work harder in the future", Zhao Yang said a little excitedly when he heard Chen Yimou's encouragement.

"Teacher, get in the car first, we have already booked a hotel for you, take a rest first, and then we will go to dinner", Luo Yang helped Chen Yimou open the car door, and then said to Chen Yimou with a smile about the next arrangements.

"Forget it, no, let's go to the set now, you call everyone together, reshoot and I'll see what went wrong", Chen Yimou waved his hand and refused Luo Yang to make a haode arrangement for him, and he was going to the set directly.

"This is not good, teacher, you have been traveling all the way, why don't you take a day off and talk about these things", Luo Yang said a little embarrassedly when he heard Chen Yimou's words.

"What's this, I've eaten on the plane, and I'm almost rested, so I don't need to continue to rest, I'll go to the set", Chen Yimou said firmly, and when he heard Chen Yimou say affirmatively, Luo Yang had no choice but to call the crew to go to the set to prepare for work, and then turn the steering wheel and drive towards the set.

"Director Chen"!

The car came all the way to the set, and when Chen Yimou got out of the car, Liang Huiyao, Ye Die and Bai Xue just changed their clothes, Liang Huiyao and Chen Yimou were also old acquaintances, and they stepped forward and shook hands with Chen Yimou with a smile and said hello: "I didn't expect Luo Yang to move you over, just because there was something wrong with the crew, and I want to use your rich experience to help us deal with this problem."

"I'll come over and take a look", Chen Yimou also smiled when he heard Liang Huiyao's words, and then turned to Luo Yang and said: "Luo Yang, take me to see the original Haode clip you filmed."

"Teacher haode", Luo Yang nodded, and then took Chen Yimou to the monitor, Luo Yang debugged the machine, filmed it, and felt that there was a problem with the clip to Chen Yimou once: "Teacher, I always feel that there is a problem with this paragraph, but I can't find out what the problem is for a while, so I have to ask you to help take a look."

"Hmmm"! Chen Yimou nodded, watched the clips he had shot before, then touched his chin and pondered for a while, and said to Luo Yang: "You guys are going to shoot, I'll shoot it for you once."

"Haode", Luo Yang nodded hurriedly, and then beckoned Liang Huiyao and several leading actors to enter the filming position, Chen Yimou saw that everyone was in place, and then ordered to start shooting, and during the filming process, he kept ordering to move each shooting position through the walkie-talkie.

"Come over and see how this section is", after filming this paragraph, Chen Yimou beckoned Luo Yang and Zhao Yang to the monitor, and then showed the two of them the picture that was re-shot just now, and then repeated the beginning of the problematic clip to the two of them: "How about it, compare it, do you see what is wrong"?

"I understand that the problem is there, no wonder I think that the original footage is always lacking something, it turns out to be the reason for the three-dimensional sense", through the comparison of the two shots, Luo Yang quickly saw the problem, and immediately patted his head and said his thoughts, Zhao Yang heard Luo Yang's words next to him, and nodded suddenly in understanding, indeed the problem is here, if there is no comparison between the clip shot by Chen Yimou and Luo Yang, it is really not easy to see.

"It's good for you to see the problem, the problem does appear in the three-dimensional sense of the characters, but this can't be blamed on you, the movies you shot in the past were flat films, and it is normal to not pay much attention to this aspect, but now your movie is a 3D movie, after shooting it with professional equipment, if the three-dimensional sense is insufficient, it will always feel very awkward, this is the problem", Chen Yimou nodded and explained to Luo Yang and Zhao Yang: "The most important point of 3D film shooting is the hypothetical angle of the dual cameras, To meet the requirements of stereoscopic imaging, this will not only test the photographer's jishu, but also require the director to constantly adjust various angles, of course, a lot of work needs to be processed in post-production, but it also needs to be paid attention to when shooting, and there are many things that need to be paid attention to, such as how to reflect the visual tension of the film, etc., you don't have much experience in this area, I suggest you ask an expert consultant to guide the shooting matters, which is still very good for improving the quality of the whole movie."

"Does the teacher have any experts in this area to recommend to us", Luo Yang listened to Chen Yimou's words, nodded and understood, it is true that both of them are not very proficient in the shooting of 3D movies, although they have read professional books in this area, but it does not mean that they can be proficient in this area.

"I'll help you follow up on this matter", Chen Yimou nodded and agreed, letting Luo Yang and Zhao Yang put their minds at ease

Just when Luo Yang and his entourage were busy with the crew's affairs, a media newspaper published a news, which roughly means that the drama "Get Father-in-law" has achieved very good results, with a box office of 80 million in the first week, and has won the weekly box office championship. And generally released in the summer are foreign blockbusters, such as "Fatal Escape 2", "Crazy Racing" and so on are all foreign big productions, under the situation that these blockbusters seize the market, presumably from this week, the momentum of "Get the Father-in-law" that swept everything will no longer be repeated, although the quality of the movie "Get the Father-in-law" is very good, but there are too few domestic films that can cut a bite on the box office cake every summer, and most of them are crushed into slag by these foreign big productions. The movie "Get the Father-in-law" can't escape this fate, the Poplar Company's movie is really good, but it picked the wrong release time, so this time the box office of "Get the Father-in-law" will definitely suffer a fiasco.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the majority of boring snare people, and it was reprinted by various kinds for a while, and it was soon known by most people. is actually afraid of a schedule with these foreign blockbusters, and those who agree with it think that although this news is a bit discouraging and embarrassing, it does tell the truth, the current Chinese film industry is indeed such a bad situation, domestic films and foreign blockbusters are released at the same time, and there are few that are not crushed into slag, if it weren't for the country's annual restrictions on the import of foreign blockbusters, there would have been no place for domestic films to be squeezed by these foreign blockbusters, which is a problem we have to face.

Instantly, netizens with different opinions began to quarrel on the Internet, but after all, this is in China, there are still more patriotic youths, and most of the time those who still scold have the upper hand, and those who think they are rational are still pressed by the other side with a large number of people despite their arguments.

For a while, on the Internet, the box office battle between the domestic film "Get My Father-in-law" and foreign blockbusters was well known, and everyone expressed their opinions on this matter, expressing their expectations of what the box office of the domestic small-budget movie "Get My Father-in-law" Zuihou would be, and whether it was suppressed when these foreign blockbusters were released.

"Mr. Luo, this matter has been done."

In the evening, in the Baiyang company, Xu Hong put a laptop in front of Luo Yang, pointed to the news on it and said to Luo Yang: "Now the Internet is arguing about this matter, and public opinion has been guided by us."

"Very good"!

Seeing that the Internet was overwhelmed with these news, Luo Yang nodded with satisfaction: "How much did it cost?" Shut the mouth of the commentator who wrote the message without "?

"We have already done this thing, gave 200,000 yuan, the other party promised not to say it, and spent 50,000 yuan to ask the water army to spread this news on the Internet, otherwise this matter would not have become so popular so quickly", Xu Hong nodded, indicating that these things have been done.

Hearing Xu Hong's words, Luo Yang nodded with satisfaction, that's right, this popular Internet incident was planned by Luo Yang, in fact, the quality of the movie "Get the Father-in-law" is still very haode, Luo Yang doesn't have to do it at all, but it is undeniable that no matter how good the quality of "Get the Father-in-law" is, it is just a small-cost urban light comedy, compared with those foreign blockbusters that are all special effects and have huge investment, the investment in the movie "Get the Father-in-law" is not as much as the special effects investment of others, If you hit it directly, maybe you will be bumped into the head and bleed, so Luo Yang thought of a way, that is, to provoke the box office battle between "Get My Father-in-law" and these foreign blockbusters, the first media to publish this news was bought by Bai Yang, and a lot of Internet water armies were invited to spread it on the Internet, otherwise this news would have been drowned out a long time ago, and it couldn't cause a sensation at all, and now more than 200,000 yuan has been invested, and it has finally achieved the effect that Luo Yang is satisfied with.

"Mr. Luo, should we respond to the incident about this box office battle"? Hearing Luo Yang's praise, Xu Hong nodded, and then asked Luo Yang what to do with this matter next.

"Don't worry, this thing has only happened for a day, if we respond immediately, it will be too sensitive, maybe it will arouse everyone's suspicions, wait for two days before talking, but this topic can't be cold, Minister Xu, you let that group of sailors continue to stir up this topic, and the hype is vigorous", Luo Yang thought for a while, and said to Xu Hong with a smile.

"I understand", Xu Hong nodded, indicating that he knew, and then left Luo Yang's office, watching Xu Hong leave, Luo Yang touched his chin, and kept thinking about this matter in his heart, how much does it promote the box office of "Get My Father-in-law", maybe this method is a bit despicable, but since there is a way to promote the box office of the movie, Luo Yang doesn't mind snatching some from these foreign blockbusters to his own hands.

In the next two days, this matter was fueled by the Internet water army, and the popularity did not decrease at all, and soon in addition to the Internet, major media also noticed this hot topic, but in addition to reprinting this topic, the media was also ready to interview several film directors who were involved in this box office battle for the first time.

On the third day, when Luo Yang came to the set, there were already many media standing there, waiting for Luo Yang's arrival, and when they saw Luo Yang appear, these media immediately became excited, flocked to the scene, and rushed to ask their own questions.

"Hello Director Luo, have you paid attention to the box office dispute between your company's small-budget urban light comedy "Get My Father-in-law" and the foreign blockbusters released at the same time in the past two days? A reporter immediately raised his own question, although Luo Yang is not the director of the movie "Get Father-in-law", but Luo Yang is the screenwriter and boss of this movie, which is enough.

"I also pay attention to this matter, the people in the company have reported to me, I don't know who deliberately provoked this topic, I am very helpless about this", Luo Yang faced reporters, very innocently said that he did not know, Zhao Yang on the side saw Luo Yang's innocent appearance, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, while slandering Luo Yang's acting skills in his heart is enough to win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards.

"So, Director Luo, what do you think of this box office battle? Can you tell us about it"? When the reporter heard Luo Yang's answer, he quickly asked the next question, because someone in the crew was looking for Luo Yang, and these reporters were afraid that Luo Yang would be busy with things and were unwilling to be interviewed.

"Although I don't know who deliberately provoked the box office dispute, but since it has happened, I will say my opinion on this matter, I saw the news that our Poplar Movie's "Get My Father-in-law" is good, but it should not be released with these foreign blockbusters, otherwise the box office will end up bleak, for this conclusion, I don't agree, although our Poplar Films' "Get My Father-in-law" is indeed inferior to these foreign blockbusters. There may not be as much investment in the special effects of these foreign blockbusters, but this does not mean that our Poplar Film Company will admit defeat, the first thing we have to see is that although in terms of investment, we are much weaker than these foreign blockbusters, but our movies are not without advantages at all, I summarized the following advantages, the first is that the plot of our movie is very good, and the audience who has seen it said that this movie makes them laugh, but also can learn a lot of things, saying that they like this movie very much, I will invite friends and family to the cinema to watch this movie, and the second advantage is that our film is Chinese, the actors and language are Chinese, and I believe that everyone will support our Chinese film", Luo Yang faced the reporter's question and said what he thought in his heart.

"So Director Luo, what do you mean is that in this box office battle, the box office of "Get My Father-in-law" can outperform these foreign blockbusters, right?" After listening to Luo Yang's words, these reporters quickly asked again.

"I don't mean that, and I don't dare to guarantee that "Get My Father-in-law" can beat these foreign blockbusters at the box office, maybe we will lose, but we can't lose morale, otherwise others will think that our Chinese film industry is afraid of these foreign blockbusters, even if this time under the squeeze of foreign blockbusters, "Get My Father-in-law" has a dismal box office, and we Poplar will not regret it, sooner or later, our Chinese movies can beat these foreign blockbusters, making them afraid", Luo Yang squeezed his fist and waved it twice, Said the words.

Luo Yang's words made the reporters present nod, the reporters present are all from Huaguo, and they also have patriotism, Luo Yang's sentence Even if the box office will lose, the morale cannot be lost makes everyone feel very satisfied, and they agree with it from the bottom of their hearts, and their good impression of Luo Yang has increased greatly for a while.

The reporter asked a few more questions, Luo Yang did not refuse, answered them one by one, and then apologized to the reporters, the movie is about to start filming, I can't answer you, these reporters also got the answers they wanted, and they all left satisfied, and returned the time to Luo Yang.

"Luo Yang, I admire you", watching the reporter leave, Zhao Yang on the side showed a narrow smile and stretched out his thumb to Luo Yang.

"I'm not here for the company's next development, the company is short of funds during this time, so I expect this film to recover some of the funds and alleviate financial problems, otherwise do you think I am willing to do this?" Seeing Zhao Yang's narrow smile, Luo Yang said angrily.

"I understand, I have wronged Luo Yang", Zhao Yang nodded, Luo Yang's character He also understands, he is not the kind of person who likes to use these means, but the company's funds have been really tight recently, if the box office of "Get Rid of My Father-in-law" is allowed to be squeezed, under the squeeze of the foreign blockbusters that will be released one after another, the income of this movie is definitely very bleak, and it is definitely a big blow to the financially strained Poplar Company, maybe it will also affect the crew of "Shijie Doomsday" that is being filmed, Luo Yang uses these means, It's also a last resort.