February 7, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Early in the morning, the sound of firecrackers rang out in the sky.

The living room was empty, the TV was playing a replay of the Spring Festival Gala, and bursts of laughter could be faintly heard.

Wisps of water vapor escaped from the glass door of the kitchen, and small droplets of water condensed on the door and slowly flowed down.

Suddenly, the sliding door was opened, and Qin Muchu walked to the dining table in the living room with a plate of dumplings.

I sandwiched a dumpling, put it on my mouth to blow it, put it in my mouth, and watched Dong Qing, the old host of the Spring Festival Gala, speak while eating:

The next guest is familiar and unfamiliar to everyone.

He is a well-known director and actor, but at the same time, he is also a very responsible, kind and responsible young man, who donated more than 100 million yuan in materials and money in this snow disaster to send warmth to many compatriots trapped in the ice and snow.

Please, young director and actor - Qin Muchu! ”

Qin Muchu ate the dumplings in two bites and touched his nose, Dong Qing spoke so nicely.

Go back and record this passage, and then edit all the videos that have been praised by the official media before, and organize them into a video.

Take it out in a few years!

Qin Muchu smiled, shook his head and picked up a dumpling, and stuffed it into his mouth.

One word, absolutely!

"Happy New Year, give everyone a New Year's greeting. Natural disasters are avoided, but man will conquer heaven, and the people of the whole country will unite as one, and the 1.3 billion compatriots will be able to overcome all difficulties......"

On the TV, Qin Muchu began to speak.

This passage is a draft given by the program team, he just memorized it, and he didn't know how many times he said it when he memorized it, and he was already familiar with it.

"Okay, thank you Qin Muchu. If you pay attention to foreign news, you may know that the new movie directed by Qin Muchu is a hit in the United States and is known as the best inspirational film.

And this movie called "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" will also be released nationwide on the first day of the Lunar New Year, that is, tomorrow, and everyone can take their families to the cinema to watch it......" Zhu Jun said.

This is Qin Muchu's unexpected joy to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, and the Spring Festival Gala advertised his movie.

The value of this advertisement alone is immeasurable, and no movie promotion method can be more effective than advertising for the Spring Festival Gala.

People all over the country know that the movie "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" was released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the promotion of the box office must be huge.

……

Qin Muchu went to the kitchen to get a bowl of vinegar, and forgot that eating dumplings without dipping them in vinegar is equivalent to my sister playing with my sister-in-law.

Nonsense!

After eating a plate of dumplings, he frowned.

Where did the coins go?

The dumplings were made after he came back from the Spring Festival Gala last night, a total of sixty-six, and two dumplings were put with coins.

I ate more than twenty in the middle of the night last night, and more than a dozen this morning, and I didn't eat a single coin.

Just as I was thinking about it, the doorbell rang, which was the doorbell ringing.

Qin Muchu put on his coat and went to open the door, and as soon as he walked into the front yard, he heard a crisp shout outside the door.

"Qin Muchu! Qin Muchu! Open the door! ”

I was a little surprised in my heart, why did this little girl come.

When I opened the courtyard door, I saw a middle-aged woman and a little girl.

It's Mother Sun and Sun Bijuan.

Mother Sun was still carrying things in her hands.

"Auntie, you ......"

"Xiao Qin, Juanjuan came to pay you a New Year's greeting, I think so, you helped Juanjuan so much......" Mother Sun was full of smiles.

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a snorting voice.

Sun Bijuan jumped up and waved her hand:

"Qin Muchu, Happy New Year!"

Qin Muchu looked at the little girl, dressed in a big red padded jacket, with two balls on her head, with a round head and a round brain, white and tender, looking like the child in the New Year painting ran out.

"Happy New Year."

Qin Muchu touched Sun Bijuan's head, she hadn't been disced for a few months, and she still missed it a little.

He said to Mother Sun again:

"Auntie, it's cold outside, let's come in first."

"No, no, just come to pay a New Year's greeting and leave, don't go in."

"It's okay, I'm okay today, I can't enter the door ......"

……

Entering the house, Mother Sun took a sip of the water cup, and then looked at Qin Muchu, looking very grateful:

"Xiao Qin, thank you so much, I've been taking Juanjuan to make movies......"

"Auntie, it's nothing."

Qin Muchu was pinching the two small balls on Sun Bijuan's head, and Sun Bijuan didn't resist, because her attention was all focused on the chinchilla doll that was bigger than her.

The little girl quietly asked Qin Muchu for a New Year's gift a few years ago, Qin Muchu wanted to meet her again one day after the year, but it happened that she came today, so she gave it to her directly.

Although Qin Muchu said "nothing", Mother Sun definitely couldn't believe it.

Qin Muchu has a total of two movies, both of which have Sun Bijuan in the role, and there are many scenes, and now some media say that Sun Bijuan is the real "Chu girl".

That is, Sun Bijuan is young, otherwise if she were replaced by other female stars, there would have been a scandal between the two in the media.

Mother Sun is naturally very grateful to Qin Muchu in her heart, this is her daughter's nobleman!

Seeing that Sun Bijuan only had dolls in her eyes, she patted her little buttocks:

"I know how to play, and I want gifts, I said why did you come to Xiao Qin early in the morning to pay New Year's greetings, you are thinking about gifts!"

"Of course not."

The little girl raised her head,

"New Year's greetings are the main thing, and by the way, I take a gift......

Big eyes spin and turn:

"I'll touch my head for her."

"Your head is made of gold, and I will buy you a gift when I touch your head?"

Mother Sun poked the little girl's forehead angrily.

"Of course, I can't touch my head in vain."

The little girl was so angry that Mother Sun gritted her teeth for a while.

……

Seeing off Sun Bijuan's mother and daughter, Qin Muchu packed up and prepared to go to Jiang Wen to pay New Year's greetings.

Others may have to pay New Year's greetings for more than ten days, so he will save trouble, as long as he worships Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu.

"Leaving in a moment?"

Qin Muchu looked at Jiang Wen in surprise.

"What's the hurry? Although the opening ceremony is today, isn't the award ceremony the 18th? ”

"The award ceremony on the eighteenth will go on the eighteenth?"

Jiang Wen hugged Qin Muchu's shoulder, with a smile on the corner of his mouth:

"Going early is also a sign of respect for the organizers."

Qin Muchu also wanted to persuade him, although he couldn't go on the 18th, he didn't have to go to the opening ceremony on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

But Zhou Yun walked over, put a backpack in his hand on the suitcase, and said with a smile:

"You don't know what his temper is, the nine cows can't pull it back, if you want to go, let him go, save yourself from worrying at home, maybe you can get a prize with your light."

"Nonsense, I want to receive the award and still use the light? It's not like I haven't won the Berlin award. Jiang Wen immediately retorted.

Seeing that both of them said so, Qin Muchu no longer persuaded him.

I was still a little ashamed in my heart.

The result of his own movie is not Jiang Wen's mind.

It's a little embarrassing to give Jiang Wen such a deal.

"What do you think?"

Jiang Wen patted Qin Muchu, who didn't speak.

Qin Muchu scratched his head:

"Or ...... Shall I go to Berlin with you? ”

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I let the old baby go abroad alone and run for his own movie, while he himself stayed at home, which was really a bit unpleasant.

"With me? Why, Oscar isn't going? Jiang Wen said with a smile.

Speaking of this, Qin Muchu smiled bitterly:

"Oscar hasn't moved yet? I don't know if I haven't been nominated, so what's going on. ”

It's been more than ten days before the Oscars, and as a result, only the nominees for Best Picture have been announced, and the rest of the nominees have not been announced.

Qin Muchu felt that he was most likely cold, and he might have seen Oscar too easily before.

I can't help but feel a little depressed.

But suddenly there was a sharp pain in the shoulder.

"Whew! - Whew! Let go! Sister Yun, look at him! Qin Muchu exhaled painfully.

Jiang Wenzheng pinched his shoulder with his hand, and his hand was extremely strong, and the pain was to death.

"What are you doing!"

Zhou Yun received Qin Muchu's call for help, and immediately came over to save his younger brother, and slapped Jiang Wen's hand away.

While gently rubbing Qin Muchu's shoulders, he glared at Jiang Wen fiercely.

Jiang Wen pursed his lips and became an outsider with himself.

However, he looked at Qin Muchu's distorted face in pain, and showed a hearty smile again.

"Does it hurt?"

Qin Muchu ignored Jiang Wen, but instead faced Zhou Yun, his expression was indescribably pitiful:

"Sister Yun, it hurts."

Jiang Wen's face darkened, and he saw that Zhou Yun's eyes were already flashing with a fierce light, if he didn't explain why he was sitting like that, I was afraid that Berlin would not be able to go.

So he hurriedly said:

"What does it look like to be depressed? What happened to Oscar? Can there be a Berlin cow? You're all shortlisted in Berlin, and you won't even be nominated for an Oscar?

That horse shows that the Oscar is a third-rate award, it's not professional at all, just don't you go! ”

Jiang Wen's domineering speech did play a certain role in inspiring Qin Muchu's heart.

Yes, Berlin is all shortlisted, what happened to the Oscars?

"Besides, even if this film didn't enter the Oscars, Daole made ......"

Jiang Wen's tone changed, and his expression was a little complicated.

Subconsciously touched his body with his hand, as if looking for a cigarette.

"You kid is really a little evil, how can you make this movie a fire, and you can eat it on a horse in the United States."

Jiang Wen frowned, puzzled.

How many Chinese-language films can sell money in the United States?

The best is Li Yu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which grossed $128 million in North America, ranking 13th in the annual box office list in the United States that year.

Then there is Zhang Yimou's "Hero", which grossed $53.71 million in North America.

Now another one has been added, and he has landed third in the "North American Box Office List of Chinese Films"!

"When Happiness Knocks on the Door", the North American box office was $36.8 million in three weeks after its release!

During this time, this movie has become popular from the United States to the Celestial Empire.

Not only because of the box office of more than 30 million US dollars, but this box office is actually not a lot.

After all, the box office of more than 10 million US dollars in three weeks after its release is very high in the Celestial Empire, but it is really nothing in the United States.

It's not so hot that it crosses the ocean.

But this movie is different, and the box office rules of the movie are extremely weird.

$800,000 in the first weekend, one on the street.

On the first Saturday, a million dollars, one hit the street.

The second week is 12 million dollars, normal movies.

The third week is 180,000 dollars, a small fire movie.

Whoever has seen the box office of the movie get higher and higher, if it is the first and second weeks, it is fine, but it is the third week, and it is still getting higher and higher.

This pedal is unreasonable!

This reminded Jiang Wen of "The Gift of Room No. 7", which was also the case at that time, the box office was getting higher and higher, and the last move won a box office of 400 million.

This won't happen again in the United States......

Qin Muchu touched his nose, the box office of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" was a bit strange, and when he learned that the box office in North America was only $800,000 in the first weekend, he gave up over there.

As a result, I didn't expect that after the full release in North America, the box office was getting higher and higher.

Viewers who watched the movie spontaneously recommended it, and there was a phenomenon of "person-to-person", and it is foreseeable that the box office of the movie will increase next week.

The theater chain in the United States also decided to extend the screening period of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", from the original one month to two months.

The movie is very popular on Twitter and Facebook in the United States, and has a good reputation, and it is also highly rated on some authoritative movie rating sites in the United States.

One of the film reviews had a very high number of likes, which was sent back to China by the company's employees in the United States.

"Many people praised this movie on the Internet, and at first I thought it was a water army, but in the end I couldn't help but go and watch it.

After reading it, I have only one thought.

Why isn't this an American film!?

It's too painful to read the subtitles, but I still recommend everyone to watch it, it's a good movie, the only one is not a kung fu movie, but I still watch the Celestial Empire movie with relish. ”

There are also a lot of replies below, and they are basically in agreement.

"Plus one, plus one, I also went to read the online evaluation, I heard before that it was not a Celestial Empire kung fu movie, and there was no Fang Long, so I didn't watch it. Later, I went to see it, and I was very moved and inspired. ”

"My family went to see it, with my Chinese friend's family.

It's been difficult to make money in the past two years, and I'm also in a similar predicament to the male protagonist of the movie, and after watching the movie, I feel motivated to keep going.

ps: But I'm much better than the male protagonist, I still have money to go to the movies, and the male protagonist's daughter in the movie is very cute, and my son said he wanted to pursue her, hh. ”

……

Retracting his thoughts, Qin Muchu shook his head, looking back now, the process is pushed by the results, and there are many reasons for the success of the movie "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

Strategically advantageous:

The premiere was in Los Angeles, one of the most Chinese-friendly cities in the United States, inhabited by a large number of Chinese people, providing the original soil for movies to bloom.

Someone and:

Although the high box office of the movie is mainly due to its high quality, the promotion of Stan Lee also played a big role at the beginning.

After all, the aroma of wine is also afraid of deep alleys, and without the first batch of audiences to watch the movie, it is difficult to have such a big discussion later.

In addition, there is another very important factor, which is the time of day.

The subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, which began in 2007, peaked in 2008 and spread into a global financial crisis.

How big is the impact of this crisis? Fifty percent of the world's stock prices have evaporated.

The American people are really living in dire straits this time, and they happen to empathize with the male protagonist in "When Happiness Knocks on the Door".

……

Yanjing Airport.

Qin Muchu took the suitcase out of the trunk and pushed it in front of Jiang Wen.

"Come back, the list of Oscar nominees should be announced in the next few days, don't worry. If you really don't have a nomination, come to Berlin as soon as possible. ”

After Jiang Wen took the last puff of cigarette, he threw the cigarette butt directly to the ground very unqualifiedly, patted Qin Muchu's shoulder and walked into the airport.

And Qin Muchu also turned around and got into the car, drove to Jiang Wu's house, and gave him a New Year's greeting.

Halfway through, I suddenly received a text message on my mobile phone, and after looking at it, I replied to a message, and hurriedly changed direction and drove towards the courtyard.

When I arrived at the courtyard, there was a man standing at the gate of the courtyard, rubbing his hands together from the cold, dangling at the gate of the courtyard.

"Brother Wen!"

Qin Muchu got out of the car and shouted and walked towards the man.

"Hey! Qin Dao. ”

Zhang Songwen turned around when he heard the shouting, with a flattering smile on his face that he had been accustomed to for many years.

"Didn't you go to the restaurant at the mouth of the alley and sit and wait? People are freezing outside, come in. ”

Qin Muchu saw that Zhang Songwen was so cold that his body was trembling a little, and he hurriedly opened the courtyard door and pulled him into the house.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute." Zhang Songwen was not pulled by Qin Muchu.

Then he trotted to the corner next to the courtyard gate, and when he came back, he carried a few gift boxes in his hand, scratched his head and smiled:

"This, some specialties from my hometown, worthless things, don't dislike it."

Qin Muchu glanced at the gift box that Zhang Songwen was carrying, and couldn't help but smile:

"What specialty of your family is still in a gift box?"

"Hehe, doesn't that look a little more valuable." Zhang Songwen also smiled.

Entering the courtyard, Zhang Songwen looked around a little crampedly.

In BJ over the years, he has also seen courtyard houses, but they are all the kind of families living together.

Actually, it's pretty shabby and messy.

It's the first time he's seen such a quaint and elegant, mansion-like courtyard house in a TV series.

"I'll pour a glass of water, you rest for a while, and it will be warm in a while."

Qin Muchu arranged Zhang Songwen to sit on the sofa and was about to pour water.

"No, no, I'll do it myself." Zhang Songwen hurriedly got up.

But Qin Muchu pressed back again:

"You sit down, I'll let you go if you're so polite."

Zhang Songwen didn't speak.

"Why did you come here all of a sudden, and you didn't say hello in advance."

Qin Muchu came over with water, and Zhang Songwen immediately got up to take it.

"It's just to pay a New Year's greeting."

Qin Muchu looked at Zhang Songwen, who was holding the water cup with a somewhat erratic look, and after thinking about it, he probably guessed his thoughts.

"Want to ask about Berlin and the Oscars?"

"Huh?"

Zhang Songwen's expression was surprised and embarrassed,

"No, it's not ......"

After less than two seconds, he lowered his head and grabbed his hair, a little embarrassed:

"Actually, I also want to ask, isn't Berlin an opening?

The Berlin Film Festival opened on the seventh day, and he, as the only male lead in the film, should have been going to participate, but he didn't receive any news.

Qin Muchu patted his head and understood Zhang Songwen's worries, this matter was not well thought out by him.

Originally, he was thinking about the opening of Berlin 7th, which happened to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he was going to let Zhang Songwen go to Berlin for a few days.

But then there was a lot of work, and the snow disaster donation or something, I forgot about it.

"How many days are you not at home for the New Year? There is no rush over there in Berlin. Qin Muchu said.

As soon as the words came out, I realized that something was wrong.

Zhang Songwen's hometown is in Guangdong, how can it take six or seven hours to drive all the way to the courtyard, and now it is only ten o'clock, and he will set off from home at three or four o'clock in the morning?

"You didn't come home for the Chinese New Year?"

"Well, there's something going on, it's the New Year in Yanjing." Zhang Songwen said with a smile.

Qin Muchu looked at Zhang Songwen's smile and sighed in his heart.

Something? What can happen?

I guess it's about the Berlin Film Festival.

For the vast majority of actors, it is too rare to be able to participate in such a film event.

To put it this way...... Will Sun's mother bring Sun Bijuan this morning?

Thinking of this, Qin Muchu patted Zhang Songwen on the shoulder:

"I'll go back and ask the other actors, and if you're willing to go to Berlin, I'll arrange to send you there."

Zhang Songwen relieved his heart at this time, and soon heard something wrong:

"Director Qin, aren't you going to Berlin?"

"Jiang Wenjiang has gone to Berlin, you can just listen to his arrangement when you get there.

I'm waiting for the Oscars, and if I don't get nominated, I'll go to Berlin later.

If you are nominated, you are willing to participate in the Oscars, and you will come back then, but even if you are a little tired, the jet lag is very difficult. ”

Qin Muchu said his arrangement.

Zhang Songwen just wanted to say something, but Qin Muchu's mobile phone rang, and he could only stop.

Qin Muchu glanced at the call prompt, a little puzzled, this should be about to board the plane.

Pick up the phone:

"Hey, what's wrong? Something left in the car? …… Well, well, what!? ”

Zhang Songwen didn't know what was said on the other end of the phone, but he saw that Qin Muchu's face changed for a while, becoming a little red, his eyes were excited, and his breathing seemed to be a little shorter.

When Qin Muchu hung up the phone, Zhang Songwen asked cautiously:

"Director Qin, what's wrong? Happy event? ”

Qin Muchu couldn't help but smile on his face, and did not answer Zhang Songwen's words, but said:

"Brother Wen, you may have to think about going to Berlin or Hollywood."

"Hollywood? What do you mean, there......"

Zhang Songwen stopped suddenly, looked at Qin Muchu with wide eyes, and licked his lips:

"Qin Dao ......"

"Yes!"

Qin Muchu nodded heavily:

"The nominations are out!

Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Foreign Language Film!

Five nominations for stepping horses! ”

(End of chapter)