Walking into the theater screening hall, Luo Man couldn't help muttering: "There are so few people." ”

The seats were sparsely populated, and a large number of seats were empty.

Wei Fang replied casually: "Normal, no one watches literary films, but it's good to have so many people watch them." ”

"There are so many people who have seen "The Legend of the Demon Cat" than this."

Luo Man couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority in his heart.

Chen Pengfei's "The Legend of the Demon Cat", the attendance rate is fifty percent, and Xu Nan is still too bad.

Seeing that there were not many people, the two of them did not sit according to the seats on the ticket, but found a position with a better line of sight and no one around.

Sitting in his seat, Wei Fang took out the popcorn he had bought before.

"I don't know if the movie is good or not, but don't waste my time."

Luo Man muttered casually.

"What's the matter, it's also a big director, and there are actors, actresses, it shouldn't be bad."

As he spoke, the lights in the screening room dimmed.

The movie starts playing.

At the beginning is a commercial for Summit Film and Television and a cast and crew.

Subsequently.

The feature film starts playing.

"The picture is okay." Wei Fang praised.

Luo Man continued to eat popcorn, the movie picture is really good, in a professional term, it is very storytelling, the kind she likes.

The pace of the movie is fast, and the density of information in just a few minutes is extremely staggering, and there are small details everywhere.

Luo Man's popcorn eating slowed down.

Her attention began to focus on the film.

Fugui, a rich child, has a virtuous and beautiful wife and a good family background, but he is addicted to gambling.

Hate it.

The point is that all the small details in the movie are hinting at something terrible that will happen to Fugui.

He was only one step away from the abyss, and his virtuous wife tried to get him out of it, but he himself wanted to go into it.

The cruelest thing in the world is to watch beautiful things gradually disappear.

Watching Fugui irretrievably indulge in gambling step by step and lose everything, Wei Fang and Luo Man's hearts were pinched.

It's mental anguish.

Fortunately, Jiazhen came back and brought back a son, Fugui began to sing shadow puppetry, and life got better again.

But soon, Fugui was arrested again, and the family was separated.

The story of life is very simple, every time Fugui's life gets better, he will encounter bad luck and destroy his good life.

Fugui's relatives and friends also left him one by one.

The father was to death.

The mother fell seriously ill and died.

Daughter Fengxia burned into a dumb body.

His son Youqing was accidentally hit by a car and died.

Daughter Fengxia died of hemorrhage after giving birth.

His wife, Jiazhen, soon died.

His grandson died of bitter root because he ate beans.

In the end, only Fugui was left alone, relying on an old cow for his life.

Wave after wave of impact, like a sword, slashed at people's spirits, leaving the audience discouraged and depressed.

Unconsciously, Luo Man cried, tears fell on his clothes and pants, splashing a little bit of water.

Wei Fang didn't comfort him, because he also cried, a big man, crying a lot, shedding more tears than Luo Man.

It's miserable, Fugui is really miserable.

Every time you have just lived a good life, bad luck follows one after another, and you don't give people a chance to breathe.

But Fugui did not give in, and always lived firmly and tenaciously, just like the weeds in the wilderness, the wildfire burned inexhaustibly, and the spring breeze blew and reborn.

From Fugui, we can find the deepest thing of our ancient nation, that is, to live, to live desperately.

Finally.

The movie is over.

The end roll credits appear.

There was a sound of sobbing and whimpering in the screening room.

Long.

Wei Fang and Luo Man stood up and walked towards the outside of the movie theater.

"Fugui is too miserable."

Luo Man was still crying, constantly wiping his eyes with toilet paper, and his makeup was crying.

"yes."

Wei Fang sighed, he also cried when he watched the movie, and now he is depressed, and he can't do anything.

The two of them walked all the way out of the movie theater, ready to go home and lie on the sofa to change their mood.

As soon as he walked out of the movie theater, Wei Fang suddenly remembered that he seemed to have something to do.

Oh, I just said that I want to rewatch Chen Pengfei's "Legend of the Demon Cat".

But when he turned his head to look at his girlfriend Luo Man's pear blossoms with rain, how could he be in any mood to watch "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

He can't even remember the content of "The Legend of the Demon Cat" now.

What else to see.

Don't look at it, go home.

On the Internet, the wind is calm.

Although Xu Nan and Chen Pengfei's movies have been released, there is not much news on the Internet, and no one discusses it.

is still the same sentence, this is a literary film, and it is naturally not pleasing to the audience.

It's okay for you to let them boast a few words, but it's hard to get them to spend dozens of dollars and waste two hours to go to the cinema.

Most of the audience were not interested in it when they saw that it was a literary film.

If it weren't for the fact that Xu Nan and Chen Pengfei were both famous directors, the theater chain might not even give much to schedule films, which means that it would be estimated that it would be released in a few shows.

Insiders are more concerned.

"The two movies of Xu Nan and Chen Pengfei seem to be launched today."

"Today, one is called "Alive", and the other is called "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

"I don't know how much box office it can have?"

"It is estimated that it is only two or three hundred million, and the high is only four or five billion."

"This box office is so small."

"It's already okay, how high the box office of a literary film can be, this is because both of them are famous directors, and if they are replaced by ordinary directors, the box office may be millions."

"The audience still doesn't pay attention to literary films."

"Qu Gao and Widow."

"If you want me to say, big directors should make more literary films, so that more audiences can be educated, and guide the social atmosphere, and now many directors are swarming to make commercial films, which is very bad."

"But commercial films can make money."

"Is it just about making money, we literary and art workers have the obligation to educate the people and make them better, this is our responsibility."

"There's no way, it's like this now, it's actually good, the big directors Xu Nan and Chen Pengfei have taken the initiative to make literary films, and there will be more and more directors who make literary films in the future."

"The two of them just want to win the prize."

"It doesn't matter what he's for, it's a good thing to be able to shoot."

"By the way, has anyone seen these two movies, what is the quality?"

"I don't know."

It's not just that ordinary audiences don't like to watch literary films, in fact, most insiders don't like to watch literary films either.

Again, I am tired enough from work, and everyone wants to relax during the break, and I don't want to use any brains.

If it weren't for work, many people really didn't want to watch literary films.

However, there are still a group of hardcore literary youths in the circle, and they will still watch literary films, provided that this literary film is worth watching.

The day passed quickly.

The first-day box office for both films came out quickly.

"Alive", the box office on the first day was 26 million.

"The Legend of the Demon Cat", the box office on the first day was 24 million.

Seeing this data, Xu Nan didn't say anything.

This first-day box office is very low.

If it was ten years ago, this box office would be barely okay, but now the highest box office records have broken 5 billion, and the box office is only more than 20 million in a single day, which is really low.

According to this trend, it would be good if the box office could have 300 million in the end.

This is Xu Nan's lowest single-day box office in recent years.

But he can accept it.

After all, it's just a dull literary film, and there was no publicity in the early stage, so it's actually okay to have this box office.

But some people seem to be getting some encouragement from this box office.

"Ha, I'm laughing to death, the box office on the first day is 26 million."

"That's all the big director?"

"Xu Rotten Chicken Feet Finally Leaked Out."

"If I'm not mistaken, the cost of this movie seems to be five or six billion, such a low box office, it is a loss to grandma's family."

"What about those who bragged about bad movies before, stand up for me."

"Wishing dog, how much shame do you expect them to have, when the box office of the movie is high, they say that Xu is the best in the world, and if the box office of the movie fails, they will collectively pretend to be dead."

"Xu made bad movies before, at least there was an excuse to cover up the high box office, and now the only fig leaf is gone."

"Does the wishing dog still dare to speak?"

"Laughing to death, some people used to boast that he was the light of domestic movies, but now someone dares to blow it?"

Similar remarks are not uncommon on the Internet, especially the bad movie Xu Ba in the post bar, which specializes in black Xu Nan, and a large number of black Xu Nan posts jumped out.

These are all Xu Nan's black fans, or people who don't like Xu Nan.

Although the cost of the movie "Alive" is only 300 million, although this movie is a literary film, and the box office does not represent anything, this does not prevent these black fans from seizing an opportunity to hack Xu Nan to death.

Black fans, what can you expect to tell them?

Their only meaning is to find a reason for Hei Xu Nan to satisfy some unsightly selfish desire in their hearts, as for whether Hei Xu Nan's reason is tenable or not, it doesn't matter at all.

There is no reason for the appearance of such a thing as black powder, and it is impossible to be angry with these people.

Lin Ziyi called to comfort her.

"Xu Nan, the box office of literary films is good, don't be too disappointed."

Xu Nan smiled: "Which eye of yours saw that I was lost." ”

"Isn't it true that someone in the circle said that you can't do it at the box office, so I'll make a phone call to comfort you and relax, the box office of literary films is not high, this movie will not have any bad effects, and the plan in the United States is very smooth, I don't know if you can win the Oscar."

"Thank you for your comfort, but I really don't need to."

There were strange things in the circle, but Xu Nan didn't care at all.

This kind of thing is just too normal.

Not to be envied is mediocrity.

From his debut to the present, he has heard too much gossip and gossip, and his ears are calloused.

And he didn't fail.

The box office of more than 20 million on the first day is indeed a bit low, which is a bit inconsistent with his status as a big director, but if it is replaced by a literary film, it will be no problem at all.

No one will have requirements for the box office of literary films, as much as they want, and even if it is too low, everyone can say that the audience's aesthetic level is not good, and they can't appreciate such an excellent movie.

Yes, if the box office of a literary film is not high, it is the audience's problem, that they will not appreciate it.

is not like the movies made by Xu Nan in the past, the box office is not high because the movies he made are bad, and the box office is high because he has gone crooked.

The chain of contempt for literary films is much higher, and the low box office is all the audience's problem, and the director has no problem.

That's why Xu Nan thought about making a literary film to win the award.

Moreover, Lin Ziyi said that the box office of literary films is not high, which is not necessarily.

A truly excellent movie can perfectly unify the commercial and artistic properties of the film, and a literary film may not be able to get a high box office.

For example, "I Am Not the God of Medicine", this movie is a genuine literary film, but the box office has surpassed the vast majority of commercial blockbusters, and has caused an extremely strong social impact, reaching a height that most literary films cannot reach.

The movie "Alive" didn't do well at the box office that year, but don't forget that it was in the nineties, and in this era, it's not certain how high the final box office of the movie will be.

It's still the beginning of everything, and it's too early to say that the box office is too low.

Let the bullets fly first for a while.

At the same time.

Chen Pengfei also got the first-day box office data of the two movies.

He was stunned.

How can it be lower than Xu Nan's movie?

How could this be?

This is a literary film, the literary film he is best at.

If it is a commercial film, Chen Pengfei can accept it, but the box office of literary films on the first day is lower than Xu Nan's, he really can't accept it, and even feels a little ashamed.

Relatively speaking, the first-day box office figure of 24 million is nothing, and Chen Pengfei has long been mentally prepared.

The box office of literary films cannot be too high, and the box office on this first day is already good, and it has been able to return to its original cost.

What he is most angry about is that his box office is not as good as Xu Nan's "Alive".

Literary films are what he is best at, and they are also his comfort zone, and it is intolerable to lose to Xu Nan, a bad movie director.

Chen Pengfei took a deep breath and did psychological construction for himself.

"It's normal, Xu Nan is the director with the highest box office in China, and he has many fans, so it's normal for the box office to be a little higher on the first day."

"But literary films don't look at the box office, but artistry, so this data is not important."

"Moreover, commercial directors like to shoot serious and formal social issues for the first time when they make literary films, and the movie itself will be extremely dull, and this kind of dull movie often does not please the audience."

"But my films incorporate a lot of elements of commercial films, and they are more pleasing to the audience in terms of form and content."

"Therefore, it is reasonable for the box office to be lower in the early stage, but after a few days, the word of mouth will ferment, and the box office can be reversed."

Thinking about it like this, Chen Pengfei suddenly felt much more comfortable in his heart.

It's okay if commercial films can't compare to Xu Nan, but if literary films can't compare to Xu Nan, then he really doesn't have to do it.

Moreover, the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat", he didn't shoot it just to make money at the box office, it was only secondary, he wanted to win awards with this movie.

Yes, the key is to win the award, and the box office is not important.

And it's only in the early stages of the movie's release, and there are still thirty days before the movie is released.

Literary films, he can't lose.

(End of chapter)