At the end of April, Yanjing was warmer and hotter.

Recently, there have been a lot of various activities in Yanjing, such as concerts by singers at home and abroad, piano recitals from international masters, or very popular dramas.

This ancient city seems to have fallen into some kind of carnival all at once, where everyone is consuming and everyone is discussing new activities.

Naturally, there are many movies released at this time, domestic films, Hollywood, and French, and several French films that participated in the Yenching Film Festival before were released.

Li Shengyao rejected Da Mi Mi's proposal, he was really busy.

"Dalian by the Sea" has been set for release, just in mid-May.

Although Lee Shengyao didn't expect the box office of the film, like "Three Billboards", he didn't even bother to promote it.

But he's a film director, and even if it's for a show, he has to show his face in the past.

At ten o'clock in the morning of this day, he made an appointment with Lu Han and Zhang Songwen to go to Yanjing Radio Station together, where they will promote "Dalian by the Sea".

When he arrived at the place, Li Shengyao saw Lu Han and Zhang Songwen.

Both of them are in suits, very close-fitting suits.

This kind of suit looks good on the body and looks more energetic, but it is really hot to wear at this time.

Lu Han wore heavy makeup on his face, and Zhang Songwen also wore makeup.

Both of them had a trace of tiredness in their eyes.

After Li Shengyao returned from Berlin, he did not promote "Dalian by the Sea" much.

And Lu Han and Zhang Songwen have been promoting this movie since half a month ago, and the two of them have participated in several variety shows, and they have also gone to radio stations around the country to publicize, or to be interviewed by magazines and newspapers.

Lu Han is said to be unable to take a plane, but can only run around by train, and he is naturally tired a lot in his working state.

Li Shengyao saw the appearance of the two people, and felt a little guilty in his heart.

He couldn't accompany the publicity.

There really isn't time, the Cannes Film Festival is going to start soon, and he has to go to Cannes.

That's the disadvantage of three movies a year and a half, it's too rushed.

He plans to return to the normal pace of filming in the future, one film a year, which is much easier.

"Director Li, this way."

"Director Li, you are so spirited."

When Lu Han and Zhang Songwen saw Li Shengyao, they immediately waved their hands.

Li Shengyao walked over quickly, "Let's go, let's go up together." ”

I don't know who leaked Lu Han's whereabouts, even if he participated in a radio interview, there were still hundreds of Lu Han fans rushing over, they shouted loudly, looking very crazy.

Lu Han waved his hand, and then shouted, "Support our new movie." ”

"Okay."

The fans shouted in unison.

Soon after, the three of them came to the radio broadcast room, which was actually a large room, and the three of them sat together, chatted with a radio host, and told some interesting stories about the shooting.

Although there were no cameras filming, the three of them still had to sit in a formal manner.

Lu Han and Li Shengyao were too famous, and on the other side of the room, there were thirty or forty girls crowded, all of whom held up their mobile phones to take pictures.

At this time, if the demeanor is not good, it will be on the news immediately.

The interview lasted 40 minutes, and Mr. Lee and Mr. Lu then signed autographs and photographs of the female radio employees.

This kind of work doesn't seem to be difficult, but it's actually quite tiring after doing it for a long time.

Li Shengyao is not the one who walks in front of the stage, and he feels a little uncomfortable when he keeps smiling all the time.

Lu Han is one of the best idols right now, he has been trained in this area, and he looks much better than Li Shengyao.

After the autograph was taken, the three people quickly left the Yanjing radio station.

After getting into the car, Lu Han took off his suit and went back, recuperating with his eyes closed.

I thought he was used to it a long time ago, but now it seems that Lu Han is very tired after so many days of publicity.

Li Shengyao saw it in his eyes and sighed secretly in his heart.

After "Dalian by the Sea" was finalized, pre-sales began.

But it's been almost half a month now, and the pre-sale effect is not very good, about 30 million.

Among them, Lu Han and Li Shengyao's fans account for ninety percent.

Overall, this achievement is not outstanding.

Li Shengyao is not sure about the final box office of the movie, he is a little worried that it will only be tens of millions, and he will live up to the hard work of Lu Han and Zhang Songwen in publicity.

This is Lu Han's first movie, Lu Han's fans still attach great importance to it, these little girls have nothing, they just have a lot of time, and they promote "Dalian by the Sea" everywhere in major forums.

They naturally praised Lu Han a lot.

However, many people don't like Lu Han, and when these people who don't like Lu Han see those propaganda posts, they start to ridicule them wildly.

Luhan's fans are mainly little girls, and they are naturally unhappy, and the two sides set off a scolding war on the Internet.

This incident attracted some traffic to "Dalian by the Sea" and made more people pay attention to this movie.

However, in terms of movie box office pre-sales, there is no big improvement.

It can be seen that although Lu Han looks at the fire, he can't carry the box office.

In fact, none of these flows can carry the box office.

The data of the mainland entertainment industry is too watery, and tens of millions of retweets and likes are available at every turn, but in fact, it is a question of whether there are 200,000 die-hard fans.

Relying on these flows, it is impossible to carry the box office.

The business car soon came to the headquarters of Fenghua Film and Television Company, Li Shengyao got out of the car, and he shouted to Lu Han and Zhang Songwen: "Don't go to publicity today, I'll have a treat at noon and night, let's relax." ”

When Zhang Songwen heard this, he shook his head, "Director, let's get together again in the future, there are still a few places that have been agreed, and we can't regret it." ”

Lu Han nodded, "Yes, director, let's meet again next time, and I'll have a treat when the time comes." ”

"Dalian by the Sea" is Zhang Songwen's most important movie.

is Luhan's first movie, and he also attaches great importance to it.

Seeing this, Li Shengyao nodded and advised: "Okay, next time we get together, don't worry, don't fight so hard, our body is the most important." ”

Lu Han and Zhang Songwen nodded, and left, hurrying to the next propaganda point.

Li Shengyao saw it in his eyes and sighed.

Lu Han's pressure is actually greater than Zhang Songwen's, his fans are young, and they often say some very childish things, so that passers-by, or black fans who are disgusted with Lu Han, see it, it is a mockery.

This time to promote "Dalian by the Sea", the situation is similar.

Regarding the reply to "Dalian by the Sea", sixty percent of them are mocking Lu Han.

Now it seems that although it doesn't seem to have any good effect, Lu Han and Zhang Songwen still plan to finish the booked publicity points.

These two people fought so hard, Li Shengyao really felt ashamed.

……

April left, May arrived.

On a sunny day.

In the headquarters building where the pony gallops, a group of people are talking in a low voice.

Li Shengyao, Lao Mouzi, and Zhang Mo are here.

"Director Li, what do you think of the movie?"

Today is the internal viewing meeting of "The Return", not only Li Shengyao, but also the senior executives of domestic theaters.

They wanted to see the quality of The Return in advance.

This movie can be regarded as Lao Mouzi's attempt to return to the basics.

Compared with the previous movies, the biggest feature of "The Return" is that it does not float up to tell the truth, that is, it tells the loyalty of an ordinary couple to love.

In this case, the script of "The Return" is very solid, the story is simple, it is easy to understand, and there is no plot that cannot be understood.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he immediately picked up the nice words and praised them with a smile.

The matter of Fenghua Cinema Line naturally does not need Li Shengyao to come out in person.

He didn't represent Fenghua Cinema this time, he was invited by Lao Mouzi, saying that he was giving Lao Mouzi some advice.

"The Return" is going to participate in the Cannes Film Festival, and it will start in ten days, even if there is a great suggestion at this time.

Lao Mouzi didn't have time to change.

However, since Lao Mouzi took the initiative to propose, Li Shengyao squeezed out time to pass.

He didn't know if Lao Mouzi was really willing to listen, so he just picked up good things to say.

When Lao Mouzi heard this, his old face stretched a lot, he couldn't suppress his smile, and kept nodding his head with a smile.

Zhang Mo asked next to him: "Director, do you think "Return" has a chance to win the award?" ”

"Of course there is a chance."

In Li Shengyao's previous life, "The Return" did not win an award, and it did not even enter the list of the best 20 films.

Why.

Naturally, although "Return" is a movie with better storytelling in recent years, but overall, compared with the good movies when Lao Mouzi was young, the gap is still very large.

The judges have seen I don't know how many movies they have seen, so they naturally hope that a big director like Lao Mouzi can innovate and make breakthroughs.

Zhang Mo heard Li Shengyao's words and laughed, "Director, you didn't deceive people, right?" ”

"No, this movie is really good, the script is very solid, very attractive, I think there will be five or six hundred million box office."

When Lao Mouzi heard this, his originally calm eyes lit up a little at this time.

"The Return" cannot be regarded as a pure commercial film, such a movie can have five or six billion, which can definitely create a box office record for literary films.

Lao Mouzi left Zhang Weiping, he knows very well that many people are staring at him now, and he didn't need to worry about things other than making movies before, but now he needs to personally pull investment.

If you have a good box office, you don't have to worry about no one investing.

As we all know, Lee Shengyao is very accurate in predicting the box office of the movie.

Zhang Mo was also very happy when he heard it.

"Director Li, have you heard? The viewing of "One Step Away" and "Taiping Wheel" has passed, and there are many praises. ”

There are many mainland films participating in the Cannes Film Festival this time, in addition to "The Return" and "La La Land", there are also "One Step Away" and "Taiping Wheel".

The director of "One Step Away" is Jiang Wen, and the director of "Taiping Wheel" is John Woo.

It can be said that the directors of the four films are all big names, and they are all people who have taken the shot internationally.

This time, the four of them participated in the Cannes Film Festival at the same time, and naturally there was a debate.

There are even bets about who will have the best results this time.

At this time, Li Shengyao heard Zhang Mo's words and couldn't help but smile, "At this time, even if the effect of watching the film is not good, I will not say it to the outside world, and it must be a notice with good results." ”

"One Step Away" is a very narcissistic work, and Jiang Wen completely floated after making money in "Let the Bullets Fly".

The director can be narcissistic, but not personal, you have to at least make your film understandable to the audience.

It seems very special, but in the eyes of connoisseurs, this is clown behavior.

The film also didn't make the final twenty films.

As for "Taiping Wheel", it is completely hyped in the past, and this movie has no artistry.

John Woo took a group of handsome men and women to Cannes, just to hype up the illusion that it is very popular in Europe.

A purely commercial film like "Taiping Wheel" is naturally unlikely to have any development at the film festival.

Zhang Mo heard Li Shengyao's words, thought for a while, and then asked: "Director, what about your own movie, what do you think of "Dalian by the Sea"?" ”

"I'm in a slightly better situation with this movie, but it's hard to say whether I can win the award or not."

At this time, Lao Mouzi had recovered from the joy just now.

"Do you still need to talk about Director Li's movie? His prize luck has always been very good. ”

Speaking of this, Lao Mouzi looked at Li Shengyao, his eyes were full of envy.

The thickness of his works naturally far exceeds that of Lee Shengyao, but he has not won the Best Director Award.

And Lee Shengyao is now setting a record, taking two in a row, and if he also takes one at Cannes this time, the record created by Lee Shengyao will be even more terrifying, and he will definitely leave a name in film history.

When Li Shengyao heard this, he smiled and waved his hand.

In his previous life, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014, several big directors of Chinese films attacked together, but the results were not ideal.

He wasn't sure if he could change the situation when he arrived, so he could only say do his best.

Seeing Li Shengyao's attitude, Lao Mouzi nodded, and then said: "This time at the Cannes Film Festival, there are a lot of excellent films, I heard some news, many good directors are participating in the competition, and it is really very difficult to stand out.

When we are interviewed by reporters, we should not be so full of words.

lest it attract more discussion. ”

Lee Shengyao is so young, he has so many honors, and he is so humble.

Lao Mouzi thinks that Li Shengyao is good anywhere, and if Zhang Mo has such a ability as Li Shengyao, he will wake up laughing in his dreams.

Li Shengyao then sat for a while, and then left.

When he heard Lao Mouzi's words just now, he wondered if Lao Mouzi called him over and persuaded him not to be so high-profile.

Whether it was or not, Li Shengyao listened to it.

Although the Venice Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival went very well, he really didn't have much confidence.

It's really hard to say how the jury chosen.

He then thought of the high-profile "One Step Away" and "The Peace Wheel".

In his previous life, "One Step Away" and "Taiping Wheel" have always been very high-profile, high-profile at the Cannes Film Festival, and as high-profile as the subsequent Chinese New Year releases.

As a result, "Taiping Wheel" failed miserably at the box office, and there were no 300 million.

"One Step Away" was slightly better at the box office, but the reputation was very poor, and Jiang Wen relied on the good reputation accumulated by "Let the Bullets Fly", but it was lost all at once.

directly affected the movie reviews behind Jiang Wen.

Li Shengyao is actually not afraid of being slapped in the face by the media, he doesn't like to discuss things that he is not sure of.

Although he is a time-traveler and can copy movies, it does not mean that everything can go well.

"Dalian by the Sea" originally chose Lu Han because of box office considerations.

As a result, it seems that Lu Han did not add any money to the box office of the movie.

In short, don't be arrogant, don't have a trophy in hand, just stay honest.

(End of chapter)