Zhou Yan took Li Tao around the studio first, but in fact, there was no improvement in the music studio.

Li Tao has been here twice before, he and Zhou Yan are now both graduate students of Wu Zuqiang, and they were classmates when they were undergraduates, and the relationship is not bad, so I knew that Zhou Yan had a music studio, so I was curious to come and see, and I also rubbed in the cafeteria.

In fact, Li Tao is not short of work at all, as Wu Zuqiang's graduate student, after graduation, he can enter any music-related unit in the country, and if he can't, he can stay in school to teach.

But Li Tao is a romantic, and teaching is not suitable for him at all, and he finds other ordinary units boring.

If it were someone else, he might not be willing to give up the public unit and run to Zhou Yan's studio.

After visiting the music studio, Zhou Yan took Li Tao to the film studio again, since he was going to do the soundtrack in the future, he must have a lot of time to deal with the film studio.

After coming out of the film studio, the two walked to the music studio, and Zhou Yan said to Li Tao, "You have a rest for the past two days, and you will take over the work after a while." ”

Hearing that there would be a job so soon, Li Tao joked, "I knew that you, a capitalist, would not let my production tool rest." Say, what is the job? ”

"There was a director in Xiangjiang who wanted to invite me to be the soundtrack director of his new film, but I never accepted it because I couldn't keep it busy, and now with you, I'm ready to do this."

"People are looking for you, let me go, they have no opinion?" Li Tao wondered.

"As long as the soundtrack is of high quality, what can they say? I have faith in you, and when the time comes, I'll hang the name of the chief director of the soundtrack and put it with you, don't you mind? ”

Li Tao smiled, "Even if you don't release my name, I don't mind, as long as you give money." ”

"You're pretty pragmatic." Zhou Yan also laughed, "You have a high level of composition and fast speed, and I don't worry about music, but you lack experience in film scoring, so I will give you an assistant when the time comes." ”

"Who?"

"Zhao Ling."

Li Tao nodded, "Senior Brother Zhao Jiping's son, it's pretty good." ”

"In this class, his level is top-notch, just like you."

"Hey, I'm just faster, if you want to be top-notch, you and Lao Jia have to be you."

"You are faster, so don't stress about it. For the movie, I will ask people to dock, and after the next day, I will give you the information of the movie. ”

"You can't say that you don't care about it."

"Don't worry, I'll help you."

"That's fine."

……

When Zhou Yan knew the box office data of "The Sixth Sense" in North America in the first fifteen days, he was very surprised.

He remembered that the box office in the first seven days was $500,000, and under normal circumstances, the box office in the next week would definitely be lower than the first week, but in the next eight days, "The Sixth Sense" actually won $1 million at the box office in North America, doubling directly on the basis of the first week.

While a million-dollar box office in eight days isn't a big deal, such a reversal is not common.

"Is word of mouth fermenting?" Zhou Yan asked Zhang Youan on the other side of the phone.

"Sort of, but it's still a star effect."

"What star effect?" Zhou Yan didn't understand.

If you want to talk about star effect, Leung Jiahui and Wang Zuxian can talk about it in Asia, but it is not easy to do it in North America.

"The other day, Meryl Streep specifically mentioned the movie "The Sixth Sense" in an interview. She said that "The Sixth Sense" is one of the best foreign language movies she has seen in recent years, and she recommends everyone to watch it. ”

Meryl Streep, Zhou Yan naturally knows that Chinese fans affectionately call her Aunt Mei, and many young Chinese fans know her because she starred in "The Queen Wears Prada" with Anne Hathaway.

However, when she played "The Queen Wears Prada", Meryl was not young, and she should be about forty years old now.

Like Zhou Yan, many of them know Meryl because of "The Dream of the Covered Bridge", but now "The Dream of the Covered Bridge" doesn't seem to have been released yet.

Meryl has a lot of works and a wide range of work, and she is an out-and-out model worker.

With her coffee position, if she really recommends a movie, it may indeed have some impact on the box office of the movie, especially "The Sixth Sense", a movie that originally had a poor box office, a slight increase, it will be obvious.

However, Zhou Yan didn't understand why Meryl wanted to say good things for "The Sixth Sense".

"Is this the company's marketing?" Zhou Yan asked.

"No, Meryl's coffee position is not low, and it is not easy to find her. She should just like this movie, and when the reporter asked her at the time, she said that it was a surprise. In fact, Meryl's recommendation is on the one hand, mainly because of the high quality of the movie, after her promotion, many fans went to the cinema to watch it, and found that the movie was really good, and the popularity gradually rose. ”

"So according to the current situation, is there any hope that the final box office will exceed three million US dollars?"

"There should be no problem, most of the million-dollar box office was actually completed in the next three days, that is to say, the reverse growth of the box office is more obvious than a simple comparison of single-week data. If this momentum can be maintained, it is not impossible to exceed $5 million. ”

"Then I'll have to thank Meryl."

"I have to thank you, now that the box office is booming, we are also strengthening publicity to cooperate with this wave of popularity." After a pause, Zhang Youan said again, "Actually, two days ago, a company came to ask about the remake of "The Sixth Sense", but the price they gave was too low, so I didn't tell you. Now that the box office is rising, I guess they will raise the price in the future. ”

Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "The price is still secondary, and I pay more attention to the strength of the other party." If their production cost is a little more, the actors hired are better, and other conditions can be pushed down a little. If there is no suitable one, the remake can be put on hold for a while. ”

"I know, it's not going to be too rushed."

Although "The Sixth Sense" did not do well at the box office in the early stage, it is also a knowledgeable company, and it knows that this story is very good, and if it is remade, it will definitely be popular.

If the box office of "The Sixth Sense" is higher, it will definitely attract the attention of more companies, and it is also very possible for some large companies to come over to talk about copyright.

……

When Jessica passed by the movie theater and saw a poster of "The Sixth Sense" posted on the door, she was stunned.

This movie theater often puts posters of some popular movies on the door, and next to the poster of "The Sixth Sense", it is "Dumb and Dumb" starring Jim Carrey.

However, what kind of hit movie is "The Sixth Sense"? How much does its box office have a fraction of that of "Dumb and Dumb"?

Because she didn't want a good movie to be dusted, Jessica also recommended the movie to her classmates, who were initially interested, but when they learned that it was a Chinese movie, they were no longer interested.

There are a lot of good movies this year, and they don't need to spend time and money to watch a Chinese movie.

Of course, Jessica's efforts are not useless, at least among her friends, there are still a few who were influenced by her to watch "The Sixth Sense", and to her delight, these friends all think the movie is good.

After arriving at school, something even more unexpected happened to Jessica, and two classmates took the initiative to tell her that the movie "The Sixth Sense" was really good.

Jessica and these two classmates recommended "The Sixth Sense" before, but they were not interested in it and never watched it.

What's going on today?

Thinking back to the movie poster on the door of the movie theater, Jessica always felt that she must have missed something.

She opened her mouth and asked the two classmates, "Why did you suddenly go to see this movie?" ”

The two classmates also told the truth, "Because we saw Meryl recommend this movie, since you and Meryl both recommended it, then it must be very good." ”

"Did Meryl recommend this movie too?" Jessica was surprised.

"Well, that's what the newspapers say. As it turned out, her recommendation was correct, the movie was really good, and Alice cried when she watched it in the cinema. ”

Alice next to her nodded, "Well, I didn't control the last part of the little boy's conversation with his mother. ”

"I didn't cry, but I was very shocked by the reversal at the end, fortunately you didn't tell me the ending before, otherwise my experience would be much worse."

Jessica smiled, it seems that they did go to the cinema to watch the movie.

"Well, this movie really shouldn't be spoiled, otherwise the experience will be worse. Of course, even if you know the ending, if you go to the movie again, you can still see some details that you haven't found before. ”

Alice nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I was still telling Nicole just now, I didn't notice many details in the movie." There are some places that I don't understand. ”

"Where didn't you understand?"

Alice said, "It's the part where the little boy's mother asks him to eat, and the handprint on the table......

Nicole pouted, "I didn't even notice that handprint." ”

"Did you notice the thermometer on the wall?" Jessica asked with a smile.

"What thermometer?"

……

The three girls chatted hotly, there are too many details in the movie "The Sixth Sense", the more they talk, the more interesting they feel, and there are some places where Nick and Alice feel unreasonable when watching the movie, it may be a bug.

But when I communicated with Jessica, I found that it was not a bug at all, but a foreshadowing, and everything could be explained.

Sometimes, the movie is only watched once, and some details will not be remembered very clearly.

For example, when Alice reverses the end of the movie after watching it, she will feel strange, didn't the male protagonist communicate with his wife? There is also the little boy's mother.,She clearly remembers that when the male and the little male met for the first time,,The male was talking face-to-face with the little man's mother.。

But Jessica told her that she had been tricked by the director.

In fact, the male protagonist has no communication with his wife at all.,They just seem to be communicating.,Every word the female protagonist says,It's not said to the male protagonist.,It's just that when the audience watches it for the first time,,Will misunderstand that the female protagonist is talking to the male protagonist.。

There is also the male protagonist and the little male protagonist's mother sitting face to face, in fact, there is no communication, but when the audience watched it for the first time, he made up his brain that the male protagonist was talking to the little male protagonist's mother.

"Y is a director who is very good at deceiving the audience." Jessica said.

At this time, a boy came over and asked with a gossipy face, "Who deceived whom?" ”

Nicole glanced at the boys, it was Val of their class, a hippie kid who called himself a rapper.

"We're talking about the movie that just came out." Alice explained.

"What movie? I've seen most of the last movies. ”

"Sixth sense."

"Sixth sense?" Val furrowed his eyebrows, he had never heard of the name, "Is this in the recent movies?" ”

"Of course." Nicole pouted, "Looks like you haven't seen a lot of movies too." ”

"Is it pretty?" Val asked.

"It's very pretty, but it doesn't quite suit you."

"Why?"

Nicole looked Val up and down, showing a disdainful expression, "This movie is very scary, you may not have the courage to watch it, if you really want to watch it, you can bring a pair of pants over." ”

Val felt insulted and said angrily, "I'm very bold, I didn't blink my eyes when I watched 'The Shining' at home before. ”

"Oh, really?" Nicole shrugged her shoulders in disbelief.

"You wait, I'll go see it tonight."

After Val left, Alice smiled and said, "Nicole, you're so bad that you're lying to Val again." ”

"He's stupid."

"After he watches it, he may be disappointed, after all, "Sixth Sense" is not very scary."

"But I think he's going to love the movie."

"Hopefully, haha."

……

Meryl's recommendation was like a catalyst, which ignited the popularity of "The Sixth Sense" and made the film's reputation ferment again.

Some people walked into the cinema to watch "The Sixth Sense" because of Meryl's recommendation, and found that the movie was really good, so they began to recommend this movie to others.

Sometimes, the fermentation of word-of-mouth cannot rely on the audience alone, after all, the starting point is too low, and the fermentation is also very slow, so a very good opportunity is needed, and this opportunity was encountered by "The Sixth Sense".

The box office performance of "The Sixth Sense" was even better than Tomson's expectations.

The box office came out in the second week, Zhang Youan believes that the box office of the final movie should still hope to break through five million US dollars, but five million US dollars is already the limit of "The Sixth Sense", after all, the movie has been released for a long time, and there is not much time left for the follow-up movie.

But when the box office of the third week came out, Zhang Youan was stunned, because the box office of the third week doubled on the basis of the second week, and the box office reached two million US dollars that week.

In 22 days, the box office of "The Sixth Sense" reached 3.5 million US dollars, and now the box office momentum is still very good, there is no suspense at all with more than 5 million US dollars, and now it is up to us to see if we can sprint towards a higher goal.

According to the original situation, if the box office of "The Sixth Sense" was too poor in the first two weeks, it would have been painted in advance, but the cinema saw that the box office of "The Sixth Sense" increased again, so it did not paint.

Now that the box office of "The Sixth Sense" has seen such an inverse growth, it should continue to be released after the end of next week.

In the fourth week, in just four days, "The Sixth Sense" grossed $1.5 million in North America, bringing the total box office to $5 million.

……

The news that "The Sixth Sense" won $5 million at the box office in North America soon spread to China.

Yanjing TV and the Yangtze Evening News were the first to get the news and reported it quickly.

Although Yenching TV got the news that "The Sixth Sense" had a box office of more than 5 million, their news headline directly wrote "The box office of "The Sixth Sense" surpassed "Farewell My Concubine", and Zhou Yan became the highest-grossing Chinese director in North America.

The North American box office of "Farewell My Concubine" is more than 5.2 million, and "The Sixth Sense" will definitely be able to surpass this box office.

Originally, there was a delay in box office statistics, and when Yanjing TV got the box office news, the real-time box office of "The Sixth Sense" should have surpassed that of "Farewell My Concubine".

The performance of Chinese films in North America is really poor, and there are only two Chinese movies that surpass "The Sixth Sense" at the box office in North America, one is "The Wedding Banquet", and the other is "Eating Men and Women", both of which were made by An Lee.

And An Lee is actually an American.

Therefore, in the report of Yenching TV, it was directly said that Zhou Yan became the highest-grossing Chinese director in North America.

In fact, some movies like Jackie Chan and Jet Li, released in the United States, should also get a good box office, but no one can help operate this thing, so it won't work.

Later, Jackie Chan and his team entered Hollywood, and the films they made before, such as "Double Dragon Club", "Police Story", "Drunken Fist" and the like, were released in North America, and they could also get good results.

The reason why "The Sixth Sense" was able to be released in North America was due to Tomson's operation on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because the movie did a really good job in Neon.

Those studios believe that since "The Sixth Sense" can conquer neon audiences across borders, it naturally hopes to be popular with North American audiences.

And the adapted version of Zhou Yan's last movie "The Piano Boy Who Wants to Fly" is also very good at the North American box office.

Now as long as the box office of "The Sixth Sense" can exceed 7.3 million US dollars, it can surpass "Eating Men and Women" and become the highest-grossing Chinese film in North American film and television.

Many viewers were a little stunned when they saw the report on Yanjing TV and didn't understand what the situation was.

These viewers have all paid attention to the results of "The Sixth Sense" before.

Doesn't it mean that "The Sixth Sense" suffered a Waterloo in North America and the box office was very dismal?

How did Zhou Yan become the highest-grossing Chinese director in North America in a blink of an eye?

Was there a mistake in the previous news report, or was something terrible going on in between?

The media are all chasing heat, and some media were obviously still stepping on Zhou Yan before, but they turned their heads and began to praise Zhou Yan.

And compared with Yanjing TV, the reports of these media are very exaggerated.

Obviously, "The Sixth Sense" only has a box office of more than $5 million, and they stubbornly blow it up as "The Sixth Sense" is popular in North America.

There is even more outrageous, directly writing that "Chinese directors swept Hollywood", in their report, Zhou Yan is like a god in North America, what Spielberg, what Robert Zemeckis, and what Cameron James can only stand aside.

In fact, the North American box office of "The Sixth Sense" is not even a fraction of "Forrest Gump".

"Dumb and Dumb", which was released at about the same time as "The Sixth Sense", premiered, and all walks of life said that the box office performance was not good, but the box office of this movie was close to 17 million US dollars in the first weekend, and the later performance was good, and now the box office of this movie has exceeded 100 million US dollars.

These media outlets are completely irresponsible for their reporting.

Hold it to death, and step on it to death.

Han Sanping didn't get the news until the day after the Yanjing TV report was reported, and he immediately called Zhou Yan.

When he received a call from Han Sanping, Zhou Yan had just hung up a call from Ogi Production.

Oki Productions is going to fill in the neon lyrics of "The First Dream" and "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" and make an EP with another neon song.

According to the previously signed contract, Ogi Productions does not have the right to fill in the lyrics and publish the song without authorization, and must be agreed by Zhou Yan.

Regarding Ogi's request for production, Zhou Yan also readily agreed, after all, it was Shizuka's album, and he had no reason to refuse.

As soon as Han Sanping's phone was connected, Zhou Yan was "scolded" by Han Sanping, "Third brother, you are not interesting enough, such a big news, don't tell me in advance." ”

Zhou Yan didn't ask what Han Sanping was talking about, he said with a smile, "Third brother, this little thing, I still want to disturb you." ”

"Hey, look at your tone, the highest-grossing Chinese director in North America, in your mouth, it's a trivial matter."

"It's a box office of more than 5 million, if it's more than 50 million, it's worth telling you."

"The tone is getting bigger and bigger, let alone more than 50 million, if it can exceed 10 million, it will be enough for you." Han Sanping laughed, and then said, "But there is bad news." ”

"What's the bad news?"

"The higher your box office, the more certain people in the Directors Guild hate you."

"Isn't that good news?" Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"I knew you'd say that, okay, I'm just here to congratulate you, nothing else."

"I also want to congratulate you, "The Sixth Sense" also has the participation of Yanjing Factory."

Han Sanping smiled, "I hope you will leave your congratulations to me after the release of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class". ”

"Okay, then I'll congratulate you after the release of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class".

Although "The Sixth Sense" is a film in which Yanjing Factory participated, it was actually led by Chen Zhigu, and when the film was filmed, Han Sanping was still in Emei Factory.

If you want to count your political achievements, you must also count Chen Zhigu's.

Han Sanping attaches great importance to "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class", and he hopes that this movie can become the most brilliant movie after he presided over the work of Yanjing Factory.

Now what requirements the crew of "Spring of the Cattle Herding Class" has, Han Sanping tries his best to meet them, not only because of his personal relationship with Zhou Yan, but also because he has high expectations for this movie.

After talking to Han Sanping on the phone, Zhou Yan called Zhang Youan and told him about Kudo Shizuka's neon album.

"I've agreed to this, you can talk to Ogi about the details."

Hearing the news, Zhang Youan said with a smile, "I knew that Ogi Productions would definitely make these two neon songs, these two songs are now selling well in the mainland, and the sales volume has exceeded 400,000." And I feel that these two songs are particularly suitable for the neon market. ”

Zhou Yan nodded, Zhang Youan was right, in recent years, neon listeners have liked inspirational songs very much, as well as sweet songs, "The First Dream" and "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" fit perfectly.

……

Ogi's production was very fast, and after talking to Tomson, he quickly recorded the two songs.

And the reason why it was so fast was because before they called Zhou Yan, they had already found someone to fill in the lyrics for these two songs.

They are confident that they can get the authorization from Zhou Yan.

Nangong Matsuko privately asked Kudo Shizuka if she was in a relationship with Zhou Yan, and Kudo Shizuka denied it, but Nangong Matsuko still felt that there was something between them.

Anyway, Shizuka Kudo has a good relationship with Zhou Yan now, and Zhou Yan is also very good to Shizuka Kudo, which is why Ogi Productions has confidence.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Shizuka Kudo's neon EP was officially released.

Although the EP came out quickly, the publicity work did not fall behind at all.

And this publicity work is also very good, "The First Dream" Chinese album sold well in Chinese mainland, directly crushing Sakai Noriko's Chinese album, which is a selling point in itself.

And the biggest selling point of this EP is that two of the songs are written by Zhou Yan.

For neon fans, the word Zhou Yan is full of magic.

Zhou Yan is a golden signboard, as long as it is Zhou Yan's music, there is nothing bad to listen to, plus Kudo Shizuka is now very popular in neon, this EP has not yet been released and is highly anticipated by the majority of neon fans.

On the day of the release of the "First Dream" EP, a large number of music fans poured into major video stores, all of whom came for "The First Dream".

Many video stores advertise and play the EP "The First Dream" directly in the store.

Not only video stores, but also many radio stations chose to play the song "The First Dream" on the same day.

With such momentum, it is not easy for this EP to sell poorly.

These two songs are indeed very appetizing to neon music fans, and these two songs also have a common feature, that is, the melody is particularly high, and you can basically remember it after listening to it once.

Because these two songs were so popular, some activities that originally invited Shizuka Kudo temporarily changed the program and asked her to sing these two songs.

Shizuka Kudo herself also likes these two songs very much, especially "Little Hands Holding Big Hands", this song has a special meaning for her, and she finally learned ukulele, which can't be wasted.

In some activities at the end of the year, even if she doesn't sing "The First Dream", she has to go on stage to play and sing a song "Little Hands Holding Big Hands".

The program debut of "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" was on TV Asahi's music program "Music Station".

"Music Station" is a very well-known music program of Neon, and compared with several other well-known music programs of Neon, it is a relatively formal music program, and the audience's focus is more on music.

There are a wide range of guests on this show, not only neon domestic pop singers, but also some classical music singers and overseas singers.

TV Asahi had thought about inviting Zhou Yan before, but in the end it didn't happen.

The average ratings of the show are stable at about 15 percent, but the average rating of Shizuka Kudo's appearance has reached 26 percent.

When Shizuka Kudo sang "The First Dream", the ratings rose to 31 percent, directly becoming the highest in history.

But that's not all, when Shizuka Kudo held Ukuleli and sang "Little Hands Holding Big Hands", the ratings broke the record again, reaching 33 percent.

Although "The First Dream" is more popular with neon people than "Little Hands Big Hands", Shizuka Kudo's "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" scene is obviously more charming, and the audience has never seen Shizuka Kudo playing and singing to herself with a ukulele.

This form of performance is a big surprise for Shizuka Kudo's fans, and the effect of the performance is really good.

Shizuka Kudo, who plays and sings by herself, gives people a particularly good feeling.

Hiramatsu Kazuhiro sat in front of the TV and watched Shizuka Kudo, who was playing and singing on the TV, and directly became a nymphomaniac.

"Wow, I'm about to melt Shizuka's smile."

Rina Sato next to her also had a happy face, "I didn't expect Shizuka to be ukulele." ”

"I definitely learned it in China." Ibuki Suzune said.

Hiramatsu and Guang nodded, "Well, it must have been Zhou Yan who taught her." ”

"Zhou Yan is so amazing, he can write such a sweet song, I want to fall in love when I listen to it."

"Shizuka's appearance is like being in love."

"Maybe Shizuka is in love with Zhou Yan."

"I don't want Shizuka to fall in love with a foreigner, but if it's Zhou Yan, it's okay."

"It's good to fall in love, if you fall in love, Zhou Yan will be able to write more beautiful songs."

"I'm curious now about who will sing 'Shooting Star' and I really want to hear this song."

"Alas, it's a pity that Zhou Yan won't come to Neon for a concert this year."

"I don't know if I'll come next year, I have the money to buy a ticket now."

"Otherwise, Music Station can invite Zhou Yan over, isn't Asahi TV on a good relationship with Zhou Yan?"

"Zhou Yan shouldn't participate in this kind of show."

"I haven't heard of him on a TV show."

Several people were discussing, and Shizuka Kudo had finished singing "Little Hands Holding Big Hands" on TV, and Rina Sato suddenly stood up, clenched her fists and said, "I have decided to learn ukulele." ”

Hiramatsu and Hihiro laughed, "If you want to learn ukulele, you must first have a ukulele." ”

"I'll buy it tomorrow."

……

"Boss, is there a ukulele?"

Katosawa was maintaining his guitar when he heard someone talking, so he looked up with a confused expression.

There were three girls standing in front of him, all of whom were seventeen or eighteen years old, and they should still be students.

This is already the second wave of customers who want to buy ukulele, and the last wave of two girls bought the only two ukuleles in the store.

The ukulele is not a popular instrument, few people play it in neon, this instrument is more like a toy, there are few tunes that can be played, and there are fewer occasions for application, most people still like the guitar.

Normally, I don't see a single customer who comes to buy a ukulele for a long time.

What's going on today, two sets came in the morning. (End of chapter)