Chapter 46: Wave Movie
Huang Zhan wanted to accept apprentices, but it didn't work out. I don't know if Haisheng doesn't understand etiquette and didn't come to the door to worship the teacher. Or maybe it was because an old friend was sick, and he took a leave of absence to delay the matter.
Although the two do not have the name of master and apprentice, they have the reality of master and apprentice. During Huang Zhan's leave, he also asked Haisheng to visit his friend Gu Jiahui to learn singing skills.
Haisheng has been very busy recently, completing the filming of "God of Food", followed by post-production. More than 10,000 yuan bought a small bankrupt film company, with no equipment, personnel and machines, it was a pure shell company, but the procedures were complete. Haisheng changed its name to Inspur Film Company. Handed over his first work "God of Food" to Shaw Brothers Cinemas for distribution.
Sign the contract and pay a part of the guarantee fee. The release schedule of the movie was determined. Ten days before the Spring Festival, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Three screenings per day for a total of seven days.
The schedule is not good, and it is not bad! On the good side, the Shaw Brothers Cinemas Line is large-scale, with many movie theaters, and the leading theater accounts for four, which is not trivial. And the schedule is still before the Spring Festival, and the time is very good.
The bad side is that the movie is released during the day, not the prime time at night, there is no publicity, and the leading actors are all pink newcomers, so they have no box office appeal at all. Relying on Di Long's two out-of-fashion stars to canvass for votes alone seems to be powerless, because the movies starring Di Long and Jiang Dawei can't sell tickets, not to mention that they play supporting roles in the "God of Food" movie, which is even less favorable.
In order to promote the movie, Haisheng invited three newspapers to write "God of Food", and made the film into a film, and took it to TVB for advertising, and the stalls for the broadcast were not good, at 12:30 noon and 17:45 in the afternoon, each time was only 30 seconds, for a week, but the cost was a lot, and it cost 50,000 yuan.
He didn't feel pain, and he felt that the publicity cost was too little. But there was no way, the money in the pocket was cleaned. previously invested 430,000 yuan to shoot the film, which was barely enough under his deduction and search. But after paying the guarantee fee, there is not much left, and the rest of the belongings are used for publicity.
There are thousands of working funds left at home, and the salaries of the classmates and teachers in the training class have not been paid, and they promised that after the film is taken off the shelves, they will get box office dividends and give red envelopes to the participants.
The student teacher didn't want his red envelope either, don't look at Haisheng's very strict requirements during the filming of the film, but everyone is not optimistic about his work. The acting skills of the students are not too good, the level is there, no matter how high the requirements are, they can't reach how high they are. What's more, the celebrity canvassing who didn't take the shot, the heroine is still an ugly monster. How can such a movie sell at the box office?
After the resumption of the training class, it is common to hear the students and teachers talking about it, and most of them are singing about the decline of Haisheng. There are few who are optimistic about him, and most of them are friends and teachers with good relationships. comforted him in his free time, Haisheng did not have the slightest worry and frustration, and absorbed knowledge every day, whether it was film and television, or music. After class, he didn't go home to visit Gu Jiahui to learn singing.
His busyness and silence are seen by some as default failures. Many students began to talk coolly, especially those who became deserters during the filming of "God of Food". also threatened to never cooperate with Haisheng again, saying that he regarded himself as tall and took himself seriously, and he was so strict, but he did useless work. The movie is destined to hit the streets!
Time slipped away in a hurry, and there were still 17 days left before the Spring Festival. The wireless training class is over, and the course is on vacation, and everyone goes back to their homes.
After visiting a circle of close friends with his teachers, Haisheng returned home to tinker with his hobbies, such as music, fireworks, and greenhouses.
When I have time, I go to check the façade remodeling, the lobby is a grocery store, and the backyard is a shed movie theater. The cost of decoration was not much, so some counters, tables, chairs and benches were added, and the most expensive was the rental projection equipment.
Some household appliances have been added to the house,TV is one of them,It's still a large-screen color TV,It's just that the clarity is not high.,It's the kind of TV with a big butt。
Xiaoyu is a loyal viewer of TV, every day after school, squatting in front of the TV to watch the show after finishing homework in a hurry, and most of the wireless jade stations are the majority.
This afternoon was no exception, sitting in front of the TV with the little girl in the neighborhood watching the children's program, because it was too late to see the end of the program. The two little girls were very annoyed and chattered non-stop, the program time of the crusade wireless station was not arranged, and the children's program ended at the end of school time, who was it broadcast to?
The two little girls started talking, and a figure suddenly appeared on the TV screen, causing their conversation to stop abruptly. Because the person who appeared on the screen was none other than Haisheng. Wearing a set of chef costumes, he was commenting on the dishes of various chefs, no matter what the chef was, all of them were unqualified and scored zero points in his hands, and then he made a dish by himself, and the participating chefs said good after tasting it!
As soon as the picture turned, Haisheng was dressed in tatters, eating chop noodles at a roadside food stall, and his mouth kept nagging.
"Curry fish balls have no fish flavor and no curry flavor, failure! The pork rind is too bad to chew and fail! Pig blood is rotten and sparse and scattered, failure in failure! The worst thing is the large intestine, which is not cleaned at all, and there is, are you mistaken? Alas, there are lumps of alas! There's a piece of, have you seen it? ”
At this point, the picture ends, and advertising slogans begin to appear. On January 15, 1982, Shaw Brothers Cinemas released "God of Food" at 9 o'clock in the morning, and everyone is welcome to watch.
The 30-second advertisement flashed by, Tian Xiaoyu didn't enjoy it, and was in excitement. Because he found out that Haisheng appeared on TV, he hurriedly ran out of the room to find Haisheng to report and ask for credit.
Haisheng not only didn't praise her, but also asked her if she had completed her homework? If you watch TV all day like this, you will have your TV set confiscated. Originally, I bought it back for a fun pastime, but it turned out to be addicted to Xiaoyu. If you don't study seriously, watch TV every day!
Tian Xiaoyu was afraid that Haisheng would put away the TV, so she was depressed and ran to do her homework. There's no more excitement from just now.
Haisheng doesn't pay attention to advertisements because he made them. As for whether the audience buys it or not? No one can say for sure, and so is he!
Even if you have a sense of advancement and put a movie on the screen more than ten years later, there is no guarantee that it will be liked by the current audience. What's more, he hasn't reached the level of Xingye's performance, and it's hard to say whether the movie will sell well or not, so he can only wait for the results!
I don't know if the movie will pounce or not, I invested 500,000 yuan in it, and I have to find a way to get some back. On the day that "God of Food" was released in Shaw Brothers Cinemas, Sanlifang Wave Cinema began to show the film throughout the day.
Haisheng received guests from all walks of life outside the store, and he did not send invitations, but the movie theater opened, and some guests came to the door. Most of them are still characters with heads and faces, Haisheng is well-known in the local area, and everyone came to cheer him, which can be regarded as giving him face.
Customers enter the store and come to the backyard with a frown, and the scene of the movie theater is clear at a glance under the illumination of the lights. It's too basic, the site is Xinping, and there is an earthy smell. There are some weeds around, and it used to be a wasteland.