June 15, 2012 is Friday, and the movies released on this day include "No Such Man", "Happy and Happy", "Don't Look in the Mirror in the Middle of the Night", "Capture Love", and "Redemption in the Dark".

These movies are street hits when you hear the name.

Of the movies released in early June, only "Madagascar 3" and "The Hunger Games" can play, but they have been in theaters for a week and are currently in a period of decline at the box office.

Therefore, when "Parasite" was released, it was like standing out from the crowd, and the film schedule was quite high, with 46 percent.

Li Shengyao has always said that the box office of "Parasite" will not be too high, and he will be satisfied with 200 million.

After holding a viewing party, a group of theater managers also agreed with Li Shengyao's statement.

The movie is indeed a good movie, but such a feature film, without big scenes and not funny, is difficult to get a high box office.

However, other films are more rubbish, so it is better to schedule the film to "Parasite".

So "Parasite" got nearly half of the schedule on the first day.

The employees of Fenghua Film and Television Company, as in the past, are very concerned about the data of Li Shengyao's new film.

The same is true for the high-level of Fenghua Cinema Line, which specially placed billboards in the studio.

Li Shengyao didn't pay so much attention to it, he didn't even bother to publicize it, so he asked Liu Dehua and Liang Jiahui to run the propaganda, and he went back to Yanjing by himself to accompany a few women.

On the day of the release of "Parasite", Li Shengyao was at Yan Danchen's house.

"Aren't you worried about the box office of the new movie?"

After Yan Danchen gave birth, she became more feminine, the original small bun has now become a big orange, and it is quite obvious to wear close-fitting pajamas.

Lee wanted to drink orange juice again.

He smiled, "If you don't have expectations, you won't have a burden, as long as the mainland box office of "Parasite" is not thirty or forty million, I can accept it." ”

Yan Danchen blinked, "You don't care about the box office?" Didn't you say before that you wouldn't make pure literary films? ”

"If you care about the box office, "Parasite" is not a literary film, but I predict that the box office in the mainland will not be too high, at most 200 million, I don't have much to look forward to."

"Oh, what if it's more than 200 million?"

"The excess is for you."

Yan Danchen was overjoyed, the corners of his mouth couldn't suppress a smile, and he sat down next to Li Shengyao, "I don't want it, get a passbook for your daughter and keep it for her." ”

"Okay."

"So where do you think the box office will be high?"

Li Shengyao thought for a while, and then reached out and pinched the orange, "Hong Kong Island, Wanwan, Beautiful Country, France, Dejia, Da Mao, Daiying, Mexico, these places will be higher." ”

In Li Shengyao's previous life, because the global box office of "Parasite" was higher than that of "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" and "Hero", many records were broken, and there was a lot of news, so he remembered it very clearly.

"Parasite" only grossed 45 million US dollars at the box office in North America, which is not as good as "Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger" and "Hero", but far more than these two Chinese blockbusters in Europe.

At that time, there were news reports that "Parasite" broke the box office record of non-English films other than local films in France, Da Mao, and Obi, which shows how popular this film is in Europe.

In addition to Europe, there are two places worth mentioning, and these two places are Hong Kong Island and Bend.

"Parasite" got 31 million box office on Hong Kong Island, second only to "Ip Man 4" and "Incorruptible Situation", ranking 15th on Hong Kong Island in 2019.

"Parasite" got a box office of 141 million in Wanwan, second only to "Ip Man 4", ranking 19th in 2019.

Don't look at the ranking is not particularly high, except for "Ip Man IV" and "Honest Government", the previous movies are all foreign films, either Hollywood movies or island country animated films, "Parasite" can rank this ranking, and it has surpassed a large number of local films.

"Parasite" also set a record on Hong Kong Island, which is called the highest box office for non-English films in the first two days.

This movie got 8.5 million two days before Hong Kong Island.

This achievement is second only to "Avatar 12", "Avengers 234", and "Spider-Man: No Way Home".

Zhou Xingxing's "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu" did not have 8.5 million in the first two days.

This shows the love of Hong Kong Island audiences for this movie.

Later, "Parasite" won the Oscar and was released again on Hong Kong Island, at this time there was already a source of film on the Internet, and it still got 760,000 on the first day, ranking fourth in a single day, surpassing many local films, and it was weaker than Hollywood blockbusters.

Now Lee Shengyao has set "Parasite" on Hong Kong Island, and has also invited Lau Tak-wah and Leung Ka-hui, and he believes that the "Parasite" he produced will do better in Hong Kong Island Bend than in his previous life.

When Yan Danchen heard this, he asked puzzledly: "Will Hong Kong Island and Wanwan like "Parasite"?" ”

"Yes, especially on Hong Kong Island, the audience must be deeply touched."

Yan Danchen thinks it is unlikely, she remembers that Chinese films are not very good at the box office on Hong Kong Island, and in recent years, there have often been one or two Chinese films in the top ten, and all the others are Hollywood blockbusters.

But she didn't say much, anyway, she was waiting for the mainland box office to exceed 200 million, and then she asked Li Shengyao for money.

……

I don't know when it started, many stars in the circle began to check in Li Shengyao's movies.

Whenever Director Li's movie is released, someone posts a ticket stub on Weibo, saying that they have seen it.

Li Shengyao naturally didn't know that those celebrity artists had supported him, in fact, the big guys knew this very well.

However, there are still many people who are willing to check in and post ticket stubs, and these people's fans do not feel ashamed, and they will feel that their idols are learning from Li Dadao, which is a positive behavior.

In such a situation, more celebrities and artists go to check in.

This time when "Parasite" was released, Li Zhiting bought a movie ticket and then went to the theater with his assistant.

In addition to watching movies with him, the assistant also took a few "photos of passers-by he encountered", and then posted them on the Internet to write a few comments that "ordinary mobile phones are so handsome, real people must be even more amazing".

Is this fraud or not?

Li Zhiting didn't know that all celebrities played like this, he was blindly obedient.

It's like following the trend to watch Lee Shengyao's movies, everyone does this, and he follows suit.

As a bitter child, he learned to observe words and emotions since he was a child, and knew that if he wanted to be liked, he had to show his attitude and not be a maverick.

The character he marketed on the Internet is a super-rich second generation, his father opened a large cleaning company, and his family has a luxury villa on Hong Kong Island.

In fact, his father was an ordinary worker, and his family did not have a so-called big villa, and lived in a public housing house in Yuen Long with his aunt's family.

Although he signed a contract with Liming's company, he also released records and acted in movies, which seems to be very popular, but in fact, there is no one in the entertainment industry on Hong Kong Island now, so he picked up some bargains.

And his "popularity" is not comparable to Nicholas Tse and the twins combination, he just acted in a few movies that no one watched.

At this time, Li Zhiting was wearing a peaked cap, a magic mirror, and heightened shoes, and sat down quite imposingly.

The assistant's name is Liu Ming, a dwarf with a height of 1.6 meters, and it is not easy to find a young boy with a height of 1.6 meters in modern society.

However, who made Li Zhiting not tall, and his legs were eight, and the proportions were touching.

In order to set off his tallness, the brokerage company searched several universities on Hong Kong Island several times before finding this short and ordinary-looking Liu Ming.

It is difficult for young people on Hong Kong Island to find a salary, and they can be Li Zhiting's assistant, and they can see many stars.

Liu Ming is very satisfied with his current work.

When he saw Li Zhiting sitting down, he took out his mobile phone and wanted to "secretly take" a few photos.

"Don't shoot now, shoot later, the light is not right now, don't show fans the flaws."

In addition to looking like Wang Lihong, Li Zhiting's biggest advantage is that he is a serious university graduate and a coaxing Imperial College of London.

There is no doubt about his IQ, he is definitely not a top student who scores more than 30 points in English and more than 200 points in the college entrance examination.

Liu Ming felt that it made sense, "Okay, Brother Zhi, after the movie starts, I'll take pictures again." ”

Li Zhiting nodded, he was still very satisfied with Liu Ming.

"When the time comes, you don't need to beautify your face, just shoot it normally."

Liu Ming made an OK gesture.

At this moment, several young people sat next to Li Zhiting, but unfortunately these people didn't know Li Zhiting, and they were talking about "Parasite" when they sat down.

The film was shot on Hong Kong Island, and there was a lot of news last year.

In addition, Li Shengyao is the largest shareholder of TVB, and now the person in charge of TVB, TVB has been promoting "Parasite" recently, and many people on Hong Kong Island know that this movie is going to be released.

The movie publicity gimmick is the double drama of Lau Dehua and Leung Jiahui, and "Parasite" won the Cannes Palme d'Or.

Hong Kong Islanders still appreciate the movies that won the Palme d'Or.

"Farewell My Concubine" got a box office of 9.15 million on Hong Kong Island, which was the highest box office of a mainland film on Hong Kong Island in the last century, and it was not until the release of "Hero" that this record was broken.

A few young people next to Li Zhiting were full of anticipation, and their tones were excited.

When Liu Ming heard this, he couldn't help but pout.

He used to yearn for movies very much, but he became Li Zhiting's assistant and saw too many scenes of filmmaking, and his childhood filter was shattered.

It's completely different from the rigor, focus, and science he imagined.

The few movies that Li Zhiting acted in are completely grass stage teams.

He followed Li Zhiting to the mainland to film, it was even more casual, the director sat behind the monitor and snored, and the assistant director was full of alcohol, "Click, click, click, pass," many times it is really fate.

He used to be speechless, but later found out that most movies and TV series are like this, and they are all works that make money.

Lee Shengyao is a big director, and "Parasite" won the Palme d'Or.

However, Liu Ming thinks that this movie is not interesting, watching such a movie, it is better to watch a Hollywood blockbuster, at least the special effects are awesome.

Li Zhiting saw Liu Ming's disdainful expression, smiled, and didn't say anything.

His thoughts are similar to Liu Ming's.

He actually doesn't like to watch Chinese movies, so he likes to watch some Hollywood brainless cool movies.

Of course, with his cautious character, he does not show it, on the contrary he looks at the big screen and looks very serious.

In fact, he had already emptied his mind, and his mind had already drifted out of the clouds.

"Here we go."

The young man next to him said.

Li Zhiting came back to his senses slightly, a burst of heavy music sounded, he raised his eyes and saw some pictures of the basement of Hong Kong Island, pigeon buildings, and public housing.

He subconsciously felt a trace of disgust.

As a poor child, he didn't want to remember living in public housing.

He is now a star, has rented a large flat in a luxury community, and he has departed from his original living environment.

The word "parasite" appeared on the big screen, and the movie officially began.

In front of the eyes, it is a depressing basement, the male protagonist's family of four is sitting together to eat, and the male protagonist is bragging, looking majestic.

At that moment, someone peed on the window outside the basement.

There was a smell of urine wafting through the house.

The actor's family was embarrassed for a moment, and then continued to brag.

This is a group of numb people, don't look at how much they brag about it, but when others pee in front of the window of his house, they don't dare to step forward and stop it.

Why?

Naturally, there is no money, no confidence, and the waist is not straight.

When Li Zhiting saw this scene, he couldn't help but think of when he was a child, the family was crowded in a public house, the environment was chaotic, and there were often people shouting in the middle of the night.

They don't dare to drink, comfort themselves, treat themselves, and then go back to sleep.

Damn, this movie is so annoying, why do you make such a plot.

Li Zhiting secretly glanced at Liu Ming, and saw that he didn't notice his expression, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Ming secretly glanced at Li Zhiting, and was relieved to see that he didn't notice his clenched fist.

The family lives in a pigeon coop in the East End, which is very chaotic.

He remembered that when he was a child, there were drunkards who and peed in the corridor, and the family did not dare to go out to stop them, and only when the drunkard left, did they shout and curse.

How similar.

The movie continues, the male protagonist's house does not have wifi installed, the daughter and son take the mobile phone around, and finally squat next to the toilet to play with the mobile phone.

This...... Isn't this my home?

Li Zhiting has moved out, but his aunt's family still lives in public housing, and he heard that the signal there is very poor, and often the mobile phone has no signal for no reason, and there is no wifi installed at home, so he rubs the neighbor's.

Fuck, Lee Shengyao is sick, why do you want to make such a movie, isn't this revealing scars?

Li Zhiting couldn't sit still.

He clasped his hands to his chest and tried to give himself as much energy as possible.

The movie continues, and my son's classmate comes, introduces my son to a rich man's house as an English tutor, and gives him a lucky stone.

The son became an English tutor for a wealthy family, and then got his daughter, father, and mother into it in turn.

But they are poor, and there is a sense of poor popularity, which is smelled by the rich son.

Back in the basement, the male protagonist's family plans to use different brands of laundry detergent to distinguish the smell on their bodies.

When Li Zhiting saw this, he couldn't help but think of a rainy day in college, he confessed to a girl, but the girl said directly: "Your family is too poor, we are not suitable, I have to drink coffee every day, eat Western food every week, and go to Disney every month, can you do it?"

You see, this is the minimum standard, you can't do it, poor students don't come out to confess. ”

is so poor that with the popularity of poverty, rich people know at a glance that they are poor ghosts, and they don't want to pretend to be tall.

When Li Zhiting saw this, the whole person was silent.

The movie continues, the rich family goes on a trip, and the male protagonist's family takes the opportunity to play in the villa, and they feel like they have become rich.

When Li Zhiting saw this, his long face was hot.

He became a star and rented a large flat, but he doesn't actually have his own big house, and his current situation is not necessarily better than the actor's family.

Suddenly it rained heavily, the rich family came back early, and the hero's family fled in embarrassment.

By the time they got back to the basement, the rain had soaked the entire basement and the toilet in the bathroom was spraying feces.

The daughter squatted on the toilet, crying sadly.

Li Zhiting watched the movie in a daze, and a long-standing and almost forgotten memory poured into his heart.

When he was very young, one day the elders of the family went out.

It was just him and his aunt's cousin who were at home, and they watched TV for a day, and then went back to their rooms to sleep, and I don't know when, the rain poured down, and all the clothes that were hanging outside were soaked.

In public housing on Hong Kong Island, pigeon cages do not have balconies, and the poor do not have the money to buy washing machines that integrate washing and drying.

In the past, several children would consciously collect their clothes and forget about them that day.

When the elders returned home, they scolded the three children, and the cousin cried at that time.

His grandmother's, Li Shengyao is seriously ill, why do you want to make such a real movie?

Does he want me to cry?

I'm crying, are you okay?

Soon after, the film ended, and the audience was silent for a moment before applauding.

"No wonder "Parasite" was filmed on Hong Kong Island, isn't this my family's life?"

Li Zhiting felt uncomfortable when he heard the words of the young man next to him, and then he looked at Liu Ming, but saw that Liu Ming was wiping his tears.

Decrepit, it turns out that your family is also in the pigeon cage.

"Gone, out."

The two of them left the theater, and Li Zhiting said with a smile: "Isn't it very touching to watch this movie, it is very similar to the story you had when you were a child?"

Liu Ming nodded, "Don't you have it?" ”

"I ...... I don't, I don't feel anything. ”

Of course, Li Zhiting will not say that he was touched as much, he still wants to save face.

Liu Ming clapped his hands at this time, "Oh no, I just thought about watching a movie and forgot that you took a picture." ”

Li Zhiting was stunned, and he also forgot.

I just said I didn't feel it, but now I've been slapped in the face.

He smiled wryly and clapped his hands, "Okay, this is a good movie, let's watch it again and post the ticket stub twice." ”

His grandmother's, this time can't be forgotten.

……

There are some celebrities who go to check in, and there are some celebrities who really accompany their families to the movies.

Chen Xiaochun is such a person, he accompanied his wife Ying Caier to watch "Parasite" together.

He personally doesn't really like to watch "Parasite", his aesthetic is still in the last century, he likes to watch gunfight movies, or kung fu movies.

However, the movies in this schedule are too bad, there are no kung fu movies and gunfight movies, so he can only choose "Parasite".

Ying Caier made it clear that she wanted to watch "Parasite", and many of her friends went to watch "Parasite", and she didn't want to have no topics with her friends.

So the couple went to see "Parasite" together.

In the dim theater, Ying Caier has a coke in one hand and popcorn in the other, and she looks very enjoyable.

Chen Xiaochun was bored and looked around.

Soon after, the movie officially began, the actor's family lived in the basement, and soon after, his son's classmates visited, and he also introduced his son to a job as a tutor and gave him lucky stones.

The son was holding the lucky stone, very expectant, nervous, and seriously preparing.

Soon after, the son became an English tutor in a wealthy family, and then introduced his daughter to become an art teacher.

When Chen Xiaochun saw this, he was much more serious, and when he saw the hero's family working hard to climb up, he couldn't help but think of himself.

He is a native of Huizhou, Guangdong Province, and when he was a child, his family was poor and could not eat enough, and he was small.

He dropped out of school in his first year of junior high school and went home with his father to Hong Kong Island to find something to do.

He was so skinny that the factory didn't want him.

He could only work as a handyman next to his father, handing a brick and lighting a fire.

When he was sixteen years old, he entered a restaurant as a waiter, but he was often bullied, and he couldn't stand it anymore, so he didn't want his salary and left directly.

He then worked as an apprentice in a barbershop for two years, and then passed the interview and entered the TVB dance class.

Until his official debut, he has been trying to climb up, just like the family of the male protagonist of "Parasite".

It touched him a lot.

The movie continues, and the male protagonist and his wife follow into the rich man's house, and in order to achieve a class jump, they not only rack their brains to deceive, but also kill the original housekeeper.

They've gone completely insane.

After the pouring rain, the madman's son takes the lucky stone and wants to use the lucky stone to kill the butler's husband.

Ying Cai'er snorted a few times, very disdainful.

Chen Xiaochun has a sense of pity for the character, he is older, he has seen such examples, he knows very well that sometimes, desperate people will do anything.

It's not that they're crazy, it's that they're not crazy, and they can't survive.

The movie continues, and the actor kills the rich man in the end, not only because he is angry with the rich, but also because of his own incompetence and resentment towards the world.

He saw through that he couldn't move up the class, and no matter what their family did, they were the most disadvantaged at the bottom.

Seeing this, Ying Cai'er frowned and said in a low voice: "The rich family is very kind, the actor is really crazy, the dog bites Lu Dongbin, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people." ”

Chen Xiaochun glanced at Ying Cai'er and did not correct Ying Cai'er's statement.

There are no people who have really experienced suffering, who have exhausted everything to climb up for the sake of life, and they can't understand the resentment of the male protagonist.

His TVB dance class back then was a group of bitter children, except for him and Xie Tianhua, everyone else changed careers.

These people may wash dishes in the back kitchen of a tea restaurant, move goods in a large truck at a port, or work as a shoeshine in an unfamiliar city overseas.

If he hadn't had a little more luck back then, he wouldn't have been able to have the life he has now, and he might have worked as a barber on Hong Kong Island.

Working in a barbershop and working all my life, I can't afford to buy a house on Hong Kong Island.

Housing prices on Hong Kong Island were so high that houses became a symbol of class.

There is no hope, everything can be done.

After a while, the two left the theater, Ying Caier was in a good mood and wanted to go shopping, but Chen Xiaochun was not in such a mood.

"Go home, I'm so tired."

The two got into the car, and Ying Caier saw that Chen Xiaochun was not in a good state, so she took the initiative to drive.

Chen Xiaochun sat in the co-pilot, took out his mobile phone, looked through some photos, and saw some friends from his youth.

These people are still running for life, and they are much older than him.

"Husband, what's wrong?"

Chen Xiaochun came back to his senses and sighed, "After watching "Parasite", I think I'm so lucky, if I didn't get ahead in TVB back then, I might have been a barber for the rest of my life, living in a pigeon cage, even if my child is very smart, there is no way to get ahead, in Hong Kong Island, it is too difficult to get ahead." ”

(End of chapter)