Zhou Yan also has some supporters in Xiangjiang, such as Zhong Zewen and his girlfriend Qiqi.

Last time, when Zhou Yan's first movie "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" was released in Xiangjiang, Zhong Zewen was still pursuing Qiqi, and Zhou Yan's second movie was released, and they were already a couple.

"The Sixth Sense" had just been released in Xiangjiang, and the two went to the cinema hand in hand, and they also deliberately found a theater a little away from the school, and did not choose the nearest one.

Because Kiki's two roommates are also going to watch "The Sixth Sense", Zhong Zewen doesn't want to touch those two light bulbs.

But what Zhong Zewen didn't expect was that they still met Song Yawen and Xu Huilin in the movie theater hall.

Seeing Zhong Zewen and Qiqi, Song Yawen and Xu Huilin also rolled their eyes in unison.

Zhong Zewen didn't want to see the two of them, and they didn't want to be with these two couples who showed affection every day, so they also chose a movie that was a little farther away from the school.

Unexpectedly, the four of them met in the cinema by mistake.

The only good news is that their seats are not very close.

After checking in and entering the theater, Zhong Zewen looked at the attendance rate of the theater and couldn't help but sigh, "The attendance rate this time is much better than Zhou Yan's first movie before." ”

The audience has not yet fully arrived, but the attendance rate has exceeded 50%, and the afternoon session is already very good, and the people who come to this cinema to watch movies at this point in time are basically students.

Qiqi nodded and said, "It's really much better, there are Leung Jiahui in this movie, and Wang Zuxian, don't you like Wang Zuxian very much?" ”

Zhong Zewen hurriedly denied it, "No, absolutely not, I only like you." ”

Qiqi pursed her lips, "Why are you reacting so much, it's normal to like actors, I won't be jealous, I still like Zhou Yan." ”

"Hehe, I like Zhou Yan too. I don't know what style this movie is, looking at the poster, it seems to be quite dark. ”

"I've heard that there are ghosts."

"Zhou Yan's style span is quite large, and this is a horror movie. It's okay, if you're scared for a while, burrow into my arms. Zhong Zewen patted his chest.

"Hey, who's going to get into whom's arms maybe."

Don't look at Zhong Zewen as a man, but he is very timid, before they watched "July 14th" together, Zhong Zewen was so frightened that he screamed.

On the contrary, it was Kiki, who behaved very calmly.

Song Yawen looked at Zhong Zewen talking and laughing with Qiqi in front of him, and couldn't help pouting, fortunately he didn't sit next to them, otherwise he would be angry.

"Hui Lin, I heard that Zhou Yan also participated in the movie, I don't know if it's true."

"It seems to be true, I heard from my cousin that he also played a very important role."

"Wow, I'm looking forward to it."

"I'm looking forward to it too."

In fact, Song Yawen and Xu Huilin don't usually chase stars, what are the "Four Heavenly Kings" and "Double Monday", they don't have a lot of colds.

Zhou Yan is the only star they really chase.

And the reason why they chased Zhou Yan was also because of the adventure in that restaurant the year before last.

They came into contact with Zhou Yan in reality, and they still did it in that way, and since then, the appearance of Zhou Yan playing the piano has lingered in their hearts.

At that time, the names that Zhou Yan signed for them were framed by them and stored at home.

After a while, the lights in the theater dimmed and the movie began.

The audience, who had been talking to each other, also fell silent and watched the big screen seriously.

At the beginning of the movie, Song Yawen and the others were pleasantly surprised, Zhou Yan's soundtrack level really didn't need to be questioned, and the first piece of music quickly pulled her into the movie.

The soundtrack, light and shadow and use of lenses at the beginning of the movie all make people feel a little depressed, but Song Yawen and her sisters are mentally prepared, because the poster of the movie already reflects this.

They even watch it as a horror movie.

In fact, this is indeed a "ghost movie", but it can't be said to be terrifying.

There is a kind of tension and horror everywhere in the movie, but there are no more exciting scenes in the whole process.

Seeing the back can even make people feel very healing.

The male protagonist and the little boy completed the redemption of each other.

Especially in the back, the dialogue between the little boy and his mother is really very touching.

My mother once had a fight with my grandmother because she didn't think she was going to see her dance performance.

But in fact, the grandmother went.

And this misunderstanding was also resolved many years later, when his grandmother had died, through the mouth of the little boy.

"She hid in the back and didn't let you see it, and she said you were like a fairy on stage."

She said...... You've been to the place where she's buried, you've asked her a question, and her answer is every single day...... What questions did you ask her? ”

At this time, the mother's emotions were completely uncontrollable, and she couldn't even speak.

Tears rolled in her eyes, her voice stuck in her throat, and it was a long time before she said, "I...... Am I making her proud? ”

When Mother said this.

Song Yawen, who is emotionally sensitive, has already cried, and the performance of the little male protagonist and his mother in this scene is too tense.

The actress who plays the mother, Song Yawen, knows that she played the male protagonist's mother in "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" before.

Although they are both mothers, in this movie, the style is very different, which also makes Song Yawen really feel the performance level of this actress.

No wonder, Zhou Yan has to use her in two consecutive movies.

Xu Huilin is a little stronger, but her eyes are also red.

Although this is not a movie that mainly talks about family affection, it interprets family affection so well.

It seems that Zhou Yan has such an ability, this is also the second time that Song Yawen has shed tears for Zhou Yan's movie, before watching "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly", when the little male protagonist's grandfather died, she also shed tears.

Song Yawen was not the only one crying in the theater, and some other audience sobs could be heard next to him, although some people did not cry, they were also silently wiping their tears.

Zhou Yan is really a very bad director, obviously saying that it is a horror movie, but he wants to make it so touching, he inadvertently earns their tears.

Just when the audience thought that this was the final climax of the movie, the movie suddenly had a super reversal.

The male protagonist is dead!

When he saw this paragraph, Zhong Zewen was stunned, as if an electric current was flowing quickly through his body, making his scalp tingle.

The movie can be made like this!

The point is that after being surprised, Zhong Zewen actually felt that everything was logical.

The previous plot seems to have planted a seed in his heart, and this seed took root in his heart, and finally broke the ground and sprouted at the end of the movie.

That's right!

The female owner seems to have never paid attention to the male owner.,Before, they thought it was because the female owner was angry with the male owner.,Deliberately ignore him.,But now it seems,The female owner can't see him at all.。

The little boy said that when the undead approached, it would be cold, no wonder every time the male protagonist approached the female protagonist, the female protagonist would shrink her neck.

From beginning to end, only the little male protagonist has communicated with the male protagonist.

The previous plots are all paving the way for the reversal of this moment, and when Zhong Zewen saw this paragraph, the previous clues all surfaced in his mind and were connected in series.

Zhong Wenze is sure that this is definitely the best movie he has seen this year.

If Song Yawen knew what Zhong Zewen was thinking at the moment, they would definitely agree.

However, when the movie came to an end, Song Yawen suddenly thought of a question.

What about Zhou Yan?

Didn't Hui Lin's cousin say that Zhou Yan also participated in this movie and is still a very important role?

But from beginning to end, she didn't see where Zhou Yanren was.

recalled the plot of the movie again, and there was indeed no figure of Zhou Yan.

She looked at Xu Huilin next to her, "What about Zhou Yan, didn't you say that Zhou Yan will also participate?" ”

Xu Huilin herself was also strange, "Yes, that's what my cousin told me." ”

Her cousin is in the mainland, and this time the movie was released in the mainland first, so she went to ask her cousin.

Originally, her cousin wanted to spoil her with her, but she sternly stopped it.

"Maybe he lied to me, he hasn't been very reliable anyway."

"Okay."

Although the movie is very good, but I didn't see Zhou Yan, Song Yawen was still a little disappointed.

When they came out of the theater, they also heard many viewers discussing the plot of the movie.

Some people were moved, some applauded, and of course, some viewers expressed doubts, since the male protagonist is dead, why can he still talk to the female protagonist and the little boy's mother? Why didn't he realize it until the end?

In fact, it is normal to have these doubts, they are misled by some plots in the movie.

For example, when the little boy saw the male protagonist for the first time, the male protagonist and the little boy's mother were sitting face to face, and the audience took it for granted that the male protagonist was talking to the little boy's mother before.

even thinks that the male protagonist is the psychiatrist hired by the little boy's mother for the little boy.

For another example, the male protagonist went to the restaurant to find the female protagonist, and the male protagonist kept talking to the female protagonist, and the female protagonist also said a word to the male protagonist, in fact, the female protagonist said it to the air, but the audience thought that the female protagonist was responding to the male protagonist.

Although there are many details in the movie that indicate that the male protagonist has passed away, not every viewer will notice these details.

Of course, I don't understand it, but it just gives everyone room to discuss.

Some people who understand it start to explain it to those who don't understand it too much.

Even if you understand everything, there is room for discussion, because there are always some details that you can't notice, but after discussion, you will find that the other party has found details that you haven't found.

Through the discussion, it also gave them a deeper understanding of the film.

"Do you remember the thermometer on the wall when Xiao Tian went to the toilet? Although it was small, the thermometer went down, which meant that there was an undead next to it. ”

"yes, I saw that detail too."

"Any more details? I didn't even find out. ”

"Actually, when I saw the male protagonist go to the restaurant to find the female protagonist, I felt that the male protagonist was dead."

"I didn't react that the male protagonist was dead, but I always felt that something was wrong."

"Hey, I found a problem, at the beginning of the movie, Wang Zuxian felt cold, was there an undead in the cellar at that time?"

"It's really possible, the patient who was the same as Xiaotian before could probably see the ghost, so he came, and the ghost followed."

"Hey, hearing you say that, how do I feel like this movie has become even more terrifying."

"Although it doesn't look scary, I can't think about it, and the more I think about it, the more terrifying I feel."

"Yes, I was very impressed, but I couldn't help but feel scared."

"I'm going to ask my roommate to come too, he's scared he's too scary to come."

"Don't spoil it with him, or the experience will be weakened."

"I want to release a tape of the film right now so I can buy it back and take a closer look at the details that I haven't noticed."

"You can buy a ticket and go to the cinema."

"Movie tickets are so expensive, I don't have any money."

……

"The Sixth Sense" reached 4.3 million Hong Kong coins in the first two and a half days of its release in Hong Kong, which is not too good, but it won the box office championship this week, and won the box office champion of the day for three consecutive days.

The reason for this situation is that the recent schedule is average, and there are no competitive movies released on the Xiangjiang side.

Among the movies released in Xiangjiang in June, there are also "The Overlord of Western Chu" and "Sisterhood", these two movies can be said to be full of big names.

The male protagonist of "Sisterhood" is also Liang Jiahui, and the female protagonist is Yuan Yuyi, who has just won the Academy Awards, and "The Overlord of Western Chu" is even more amazing, Lu Liangwei, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li and Guan Zhilin, the combined salaries of these four people are millions.

However, the box office performance of these two movies is also average, both movies have just been released for half a month, but the box office is just over 10 million, and the final box office should be about 15 million Hong Kong dollars.

By this time, these two movies have no stamina at all, and naturally they are not comparable to "The Sixth Sense".

As soon as the box office of "The Sixth Sense" came out on the first weekend, some people were naturally happy and some worried.

When Guan Zhilin saw that "The Sixth Sense" won the single-week box office championship, she was so angry that she almost dropped the cup, and Tomson had invited her to play the heroine before, but at that time she couldn't look down on Zhou Yan and the production of "The Sixth Sense", so she didn't agree.

Where would she have thought that the box office of "The Sixth Sense" would perform so well, and according to the current situation, the box office would definitely be able to surpass "The Overlord of Western Chu".

However, Guan Zhilin didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her choice at that time, it was just bad luck, but Wang Zuxian was very lucky, and let her pick up a good movie.

……

After a good start of the first Thursday of 1.3 million, in the second week, the momentum of the sixth sense not only did not weaken, but also rose.

The following week, "The Sixth Sense" directly won the single-week box office champion, with a total box office of 13 million Hong Kong coins.

But at this time, Tomson didn't pay much attention to the box office in Xiangjiang, because "The Sixth Sense" was released on Neon.

Xu Feng had high hopes for Neon, so they also added additional publicity expenses for "The Sixth Sense" in the later stage, and in addition to Tomson and Neon's copyright owners making efforts to promote it, Shiseido was also helping.

The director of "The Sixth Sense" is Zhou Yan, and the heroine is Wang Zuxian, both of whom are spokespersons of Shiseido, so they are quite attentive.

When shooting an advertisement for Shiseido before, Zhou Yan asked people to arrange a full-color screen outside the Shiseido hall.

Originally, Zhou Yan planned to wait until the advertisement was filmed, and let Shiseido remove the full-color screen and install it anywhere else.

But after the advertisement was filmed, Shiseido did not remove the screen, but kept it outside the hall to play Shiseido's advertisements, including the one taken by Zhou Yan.

After the advertisement was broadcast, it was well received, and some young people found the idea of the advertisement very interesting, and even went out of the Shiseido hall to play.

They will stand next to the big screen, and when Wang Zuxian's hair is about to be blown up on the screen, they will fan it with a fan next to it, looking as if they are fanning Wang Zuxian's hair on the screen.

In addition to fans with fans, there are also people who blow or quickly run in front of the screen.

Seeing that everyone liked the billboard so much, Shiseido was even more reluctant to tear it down.

Now people come to this screen every day to take pictures, which also makes Shiseido shout that it is worth the money.

This time, Zhou Yan's new movie was released on neon, and they not only increased the frequency of playing that advertisement on the big screen, but also took the poster of "The Sixth Sense" to play it on it, increasing the popularity of the movie.

There are even some Shiseido counters that will put Zhou Yan's endorsement posters and movie posters together.

So this time, the publicity of the movie is much stronger than the previous "Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly".

This point is obvious to Tian Zhongjian and others.

Before the movie was released, some students in the school were already hearing about the movie.

When the movie was released in Tokyo, they went to the cinema and found that the attendance rate was very high, but fortunately, there were a lot of films scheduled this time, so they didn't have to buy tickets.

In the past two years, Neon's domestic movie performance has been very average, and so far this year, "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" has performed well, but the rationing income has not yet reached two billion neon coins.

And "Godzilla" should be considered last year's movie, because it was released in mid-December last year, and only ration income statistics this year.

In addition, three movies such as "Dragon Ball Theatrical Version 10", "Slam Dunk Theatrical Version" and "Ara Lei Theatrical Version 08" were screened, and the combined ration of the three movies was less than 1.5 billion neon coins.

The performance of "Injiro 46" and "Diary of a Fishing Fan 6" is similar to that of previous years, with just over 1.5 billion neon coins allocated.

In this case, "The Sixth Sense" as an Asian movie released on neon actually has an advantage.

And there are no other strong opponents in the same period, "The Lion King" will not be released until three weeks later, and at that time, the release of "The Sixth Sense" is already in the late stage.

Neon's statistics on ration income are not fast, but Tomson still got the approximate ration income of "The Sixth Sense" in the first weekend of Neon's release for the first time.

At noon on July 6, as soon as Zhou Yangang instructed the completion personnel to put the Steinway B112 that had just arrived in the recording studio, the pager received a message from Chen Kaige.

Seeing the news, Zhou Yan was quite puzzled, I don't know if Xiaoda is not good at filming in Suzhou City at this time, what are you looking for yourself, is it possible that she knows that the box office of "The Sixth Sense" in Xiangjiang has exceeded 15 million, so he came to him to fulfill his promise to dinner?

He went to the office to call Chen Kaige.

"Hey, Master Kai, are you too anxious, the news that the box office of "The Sixth Sense" broke 15 million just came out, and you are looking for me."

"It's just a meal, and it's worth calling you on purpose?"

"Then what are you looking for me for? Aren't you going to Sioux City? ”

"Do you know how much Sixth Sense was rationed for its first weekend in Neon?"

"How much?" Zhou Yan asked, and at the same time wondered, how could Chen Kaige come to tell him this.

"Three and one hundred million neon coins." These words, Chen Kaige almost gritted his teeth and said them.

The so-called fear of his brother's hardship and his brother's drive a Land Rover, although Chen Kaige and Zhou Yan are not good brothers, his mentality is almost like this.

Whether it is because of his personal relationship with Zhou Yan or because of Xu Feng, he hopes that "The Sixth Sense" can have a good result, but the premise is that the results cannot be better than "Farewell My Concubine".

But "The Sixth Sense" got 310 million neon coins in the first weekend of neon rationing.

"Farewell My Concubine" was released on Neon in February, and it won a total of 190 million at the box office, but "The Sixth Sense" took it down in two and a half days, and the gap was so big that he couldn't believe it.

Hearing this news, Zhou Yan was also very happy, this is all small money.

However, Zhou Yan was still curious, "How did you know this news?" ”

When the company gets the news, it won't tell him at the first time, but tell Chen Kaige.

"Isn't it a coincidence, I called Mr. Xu to talk about "Fengyue", and asked casually, she also just got the news, and she hasn't had time to tell you yet."

Zhou Yan nodded, "That's really a coincidence, don't worry, you have good news, when you return to Yanjing, I will invite you to a big dinner." ”

"A big meal is a must, but did you drug the neon people, why are they so willing to buy it? You can't say that just because you like your music, you support your movie, right? If that's the case, those music masters will definitely be popular when they go to make movies. ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "It has little to do with music, the main thing is that you shoot too profoundly, and the average audience may not be able to understand it, unlike me, who is willing to surrender to the public, and I will shoot whatever they like to watch." ”

"You're a bit of a fake, but I'm so happy to hear it."

"It's good to be happy, how was the filming of "Fengyue"?"

Speaking of the filming of "Fengyue", Chen Kaige was one head and two big, "No, there is too much rain here, it rains at both ends in three days, and the teacher stops work, I called Mr. Xu today, and I also want to talk about this matter, I estimate that the shooting cost will increase a lot." ”

"There must be more rain over there than Yanjing, this is normal, don't rush, take your time, "Farewell My Concubine" has been preparing for a year and a half of filming, what are you worried about now about this small scene?"

"It's impossible not to be in a hurry, fortunately, Mr. Xu is more supportive, okay, I won't tell you, I still have things on my side."

"Okay, let's talk."

After hanging up Chen Kaige's phone, Zhou Yan was about to go back to the recording studio, but after the piano came in, he hadn't tried it yet.

However, as soon as he walked out of the office door, he met Wang Xiaoshuai head-on.

"Director Zhou, are you leaving?"

Looking at this Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Yo, the best director is back." ”

Hearing this, Wang Xiaoshuai waved his hand embarrassedly, "Director Zhou, don't tease me, what is my award." ”

"Oh, you can't say that, just this one award, but I helped the company earn more than a million."

After Wang Xiaoshuai's film "Days of Winter and Spring" was filmed, it was successively sent to major film festivals for exhibition, and a few days ago, he finally won an award - the Best Director Award at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy.

That's why Zhou Yancai said that he was the best director.

The Taormina Film Festival in Italy is not as unbearable as Wang Xiaoshuai said, although many people have not heard of this film festival, but it is the longest-running film festival in Italy, and the attention in Italy is still good.

After winning the award, the copyright of the film also attracted the attention of many film companies, and they sold it for some money, basically earning back the cost of the film.

Zhou Yan turned around and returned to the office with Wang Xiaoshuai, "Sit down, I'll make you a cup of tea." ”

"I'll do it myself."

"You sit down and serve tea to the best director." Zhou Yan waved his hand to sit down, "Just in time you're here, I'll share the good news with you, the ration income of "The Sixth Sense" in Neon has come out on the first weekend. ”

"Really? What do you think? ”

"Three and one hundred million neon coins."

Wang Xiaoshuai gasped, 310 million neon coins in the first weekend, which is a really good result, most Chinese movies can't reach this result in a month or two after being released in neon.

This is ration income, not box office.

If a movie like "The Sixth Sense" is released on neon, the ration income is about 55% of the box office, which means that the box office of "The Sixth Sense" in the first weekend is about 500 million or 600 million.

A few years ago, Jackie Chan's "Police Story" only got a ration of 130 million and a box office of 1870 million in Neon.

However, depending on Zhou Yan's previous results, it is normal, his debut novel got a ration of more than one billion in Neon.

As the assistant director of the film, I am naturally very happy to learn that "The Sixth Sense" has won such a good result.

"After this movie, your popularity in Neon will definitely go to the next level."

Zhou Yan smiled, in fact, it's really hard to say, unless the box office of this movie can sweep Neon, it will not have much impact on his popularity in Neon.

Neon people know him mainly because of the music.

The influence of the two albums "Mystery Country" and "Piano Boy" in neon is not at all comparable to two movies with a box office of more than one billion.

The key is that he is just a director and does not show his face.

If "The Sixth Sense" can get the same results as last year's "Jurassic Park", with a ration income of more than eight billion, the situation will be different.

Of course, this is impossible, according to the current situation, the ration of "The Sixth Sense" can exceed 1.6 billion, and 2 billion is almost impossible.

handed the tea to Wang Xiaoshuai, and then Zhou Yan himself sat down opposite with the teacup, "How about it, what are the plans for the future?" ”

Wang Xiaoshuai blew the tea foam, "What do you mean by plan?" ”

"New Movie."

Wang Xiaoshuai shook his head, "Then I didn't dare to think about it." ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Think about it, you have been holding back for so many years, and now that you have the opportunity, you can't shoot more." If nothing else, after a while, there will definitely be a lot of people looking for you to make a movie. ”

Wang Xiaoshuai nodded and said, "I thought about this, the results of "The Sixth Sense" are so good, those film companies will definitely target the director." If you, the chief director, don't move, you will naturally retreat to me, the assistant director. ”

"It's just that they must want me to make a box office blockbuster movie, but I'm not good at it, and I will definitely disappoint them."

Zhou Yan shrugged his shoulders, "What do you care about so much, they are looking for you, if there is a script that you think is good, then go ahead, whether he makes money or not." ”

Wang Xiaoshuai nodded, but did not speak, because he didn't know what to say, Zhou Yan and him were in a very different situation after all.

Although Wang Xiaoshuai admires Zhou Yan very much, their views on movies are different, Wang Xiaoshuai is a typical literary film director, and he pays more attention to self-expression in movies.

Although Zhou Yan also pays attention to expression, he is actually more commercial, and he is more willing to use stories and shooting techniques to mobilize the emotions of ordinary audiences.

This is why Zhou Yan's films are always able to gain the love of a large number of audiences, and he is willing to use the lens to serve the audience.

Zhou Yan saw that he didn't speak, probably knowing his thoughts, so he stopped talking about this topic.

"I'm going to Yinchuan in a while, there is an interview with Shanghai TV, you and Li Hong will take a few actors to take a trip."

"Can you not go?"

"No problem, I told them."

"How many actors are coming with us?"

"Liang Jiahui, Hu Ke and He Saifei, He Saifei is now filming "Fengyue" in Suzhou City, let Li Hong pick her up when the time comes."

"Okay, I see." (End of chapter)