Chapter 494: I Ate Two Buns
On the day of the premiere of "Peacock", the box office was 350,000.
This number...... It's not that it's hard to accept, for a feature film, it should belong to the normal category.
The general environment of the domestic film market is like this, domestic films are not welcomed, foreign films are popular, and there are only a few directors and stars who can gain a foothold in China.
Otherwise, Han Sanye would not have put forward a blockbuster plan, hoping to boost the market in this way of quick success.
After all, only a handful of people got millions, or even tens of millions, at the box office in the premiere.
Losing money when making movies is almost the consensus in the industry.
Many movies are drawn after their premieres, and it is good to have a six-figure box office.
Most of them don't even have a chance to be released, and they are either thrown away in the warehouse to eat ashes, or as internal teaching films, they can only be circulated in a small area.
It's a pity that these actual situations can't comfort Zhang Jingchu's injured heart.
At the end of the day, the expectations were too high at the beginning.
This is also normal.
It's like a child gets a new toy, and he likes it very much, thinking that his friends will like it too, so he can't wait to take it out and share it.
It turned out to be ......
What made her even more unacceptable was the comments that the audience posted on the Internet after watching "Peacock".
The general perception is that the idea conveyed by the film is too negative.
Dreams shattered, began to succumb to reality, and even did not hesitate to self-destruct to escape.
For Chinese audiences, who have always liked happy endings, it is indeed difficult to lift their spirits.
This hurt Zhang Jingchu very much.
His emotions did not resonate with the audience, but he was disliked.
And she wasn't the only one who was hurt.
Although investing in this movie was Zhang Chu's decision before Xiaoma took over the studio, the stubborn girl still took the responsibility on herself.
"Peacock", as the first film invested by Orange Studio, once it fails, I am afraid that it will be regarded as a stain on my career by Pony.
"Don't make a mess with it."
Zhang Chu was still worried about how to cheer up Zhang Jingchu, and he saw that he was depressed again.
"Brother, you don't understand."
Know a fart!
Zhang Chu also wondered, why were there some glass hearts around him.
A movie fails, as for that?
When Feng Xiaogang was in Suzhou and Hangzhou, he was also defeated repeatedly, and the well-made movies didn't even have the opportunity to be released.
Are people declining?
not only became more and more courageous, but also married a beautiful daughter-in-law.
Besides, it's not necessarily going to be a loss.
The domestic box office is not good, and you can still get a recommendation to go abroad to participate in film festivals, and when the time comes, you can fool foreigners, how can you make up for the loss.
Europeans, in particular, love this kind of realistic film the most.
If she can win a few awards, Zhang Jingchu will suddenly become a rising star in the directing industry.
When the time comes, the fame will be there, and the profit will be there.
Isn't it a bit early to decide that you have lost now?
"Almost!"
"Brother! You ......"
"Believe it or not, I'll beat you."
Belch......
The ponies finally stopped.
"Okay, it's just a movie, it's not enough, just earn it back in the next one, didn't we also vote for "No Thieves in the World"!"
Pony muttered quietly, "No Thieves in the World may not be profitable." ”
What does it mean?
"You don't have faith in me? Questioning my abilities? ”
The movie I starred in, you dare to doubt that the box office is not good?
It's not that Zhang Chupiao is down, but he really has confidence in "No Thieves in the World".
From the plot to the character setting, from the cast to the behind-the-scenes team, this movie has all the success elements before it starts.
Last time, I took Tang Wei to Feng Xiaogang's house, and I heard Feng Xiaogang say that the Wang brothers have now earned more than 10 million yuan just by soliciting sponsorship.
Who brought this?
Zhang Chu's star effect!
If it is against Wang Baoqiang, can people pay willingly?
If you can lose, it can only prove that Zhang Chu is out of breath, and you can consider retiring.
"I didn't lose anything for the movies I acted."
"You also played "Peacock"."
I......
Zhang Chu almost didn't choke to death by the pony.
This little girl really doesn't clean up.
"I just ate two buns, can this be considered acting?"
What Zhang Chu didn't know was that just because he ate two steamed buns, it had an unexpected effect on the box office of "Peacock" subsequently.
On the second day of its release, the box office of "Peacock" suddenly soared to 1.03 million.
This made the media that was still predicting the day before that "Peacock" would be drawn in the near future, and was slapped with a string of big mouths.
What's going on?
Didn't everyone on the forum like this movie?
How......
The more you don't like it, the more you want to see it?
Mainland audiences have become so disappointed with domestic movies that they want to be masochistic?
"I heard from a friend that Zhang Chu ate steamed buns in this movie, so I went to the cinema to watch it, and it was the first time I saw Zhang Chu so embarrassed."
"Zhang Chu ate steamed buns in the end, he really wanted to laugh at me, he was naïve, and completely subverted my image of Chu God."
"I think this kind of Zhang Chu is very good, he used to look at the image of a lonely hero, but now when he eats buns, he is too down-to-earth."
What?
Just because Zhang Chu's cameo role in the movie ate two buns, it was able to increase the box office of this movie.
That's really ......
What a terrifying box office appeal.
Most of the media that were ready to start singing about "Peacock" immediately died down and decided to wait and see.
If you really start spraying now, in case you are pulled back by Zhang Chu and the two buns, it will not be a slap in the face.
But there are also media who can't wait, although it is a work of a rookie director, it is their habit to sing about decline, no matter who it is, these media can pick the bones in the egg.
Zhang Yimou's "Hero" can be sprayed with bloody violence, Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" is also sprayed to promote the same sex, and Feng Xiaogang was scolded as a small citizen from the beginning.
A newcomer like Zhang Jingchu, in their eyes, is not holding a handle!
This is a typical example of not being good at home.
I don't believe that when the latest Hollywood blockbusters are released in the mainland, these media are still cheering happily as if they were worshipping their father-in-law.
This time, the reason for their decline is that because of an inconsequential shot, just because it is a big star cameo, it can actually attract the audience, which is the biggest sorrow of Chinese films.
Zhang Chu was also quite depressed, he just ate a bun, and he was able to form a topic, and he was ridiculed by a large number of viewers on the forum.
But when some media made such a statement, Zhang Chu was not happy again.
What is called an inconsequential lens.
Existence is reasonable!
I don't even understand this truth, what kind of media do I do?
Have you ever seen a movie?
I beeped without understanding anything, if it's really because you caused my woman to be depressed, I ordered all of you.
Before Zhang Chu could make a move, his huge fan base had already taken the initiative to tear up these unscrupulous media.
"Because of a shot, I watched "Peacock" again, and this time I feel that I understand, it is indeed very cruel and profound, such universality does not only exist in that era, it still happens around us today, all the time."
"I was waiting for Zhang Chu to eat steamed buns, but I was attracted by the plot, the sister in the story made people cry, what a young man who yearned for freedom, full of fantasies about the future, but compromised again and again in the face of cruel reality, just like countless of us, we can only live tiredly."
"I heard a friend mention that Chu Shen eats steamed buns, so I walked into the cinema with curiosity, I wanted to laugh, but I didn't expect to cry and walk out, Zhang Jingchu's sister reminded me of my mother, who once fantasized about being a dancer, but finally lived the most ordinary appearance."
is like deliberately scolding those media, every latest comment related to "Peacock" on the forum must first mention the scene of Zhang Chu eating steamed buns.
And then there's the analysis of the movie itself.
As the popularity increases, the box office of "Peacock" is gradually accumulating.
Although according to this momentum, the cost still cannot be recovered in the end, but at least as a realistic feature film, it is not bad to have such results.
Xiaoma also came to the spirit, and deliberately found someone to calculate, if the box office in the mainland can reach 10 million, and then go abroad to sell the copyright smoothly, not only can the capital be saved, maybe you can also make a small profit.
Zhang Jingchu no longer messed with herself, and began to soak in front of the computer every day and read the comments of netizens.
Everyone's opinion is different, but for the movie itself, the tone is basically positive.
Subsequently, Xiaoma let Zhang Jingchu appear on an interview show on CCTV Movie Channel through Wang Jinghua.
Previously, people had never paid attention to Zhang Jingchu, and those who watched "Peacock" only thought that the actor who played her sister was very beautiful, and she still had a very pure feeling.
Through this episode of the program, people learned that the actor who played her sister was actually the director of the movie "Peacock" and a master's graduate of the Chinese Opera Directing Department.
This is not a proper talented girl!
is beautiful and talented, you must chase it!
Zhang Jingchu didn't expect that she would become popular in such a way.
After the show aired, when I went out to buy breakfast the next day, I was recognized for the first time.
When I got home, I thought it was incredible.
started with Lin Xian'er in "Xiao Li Flying Knife", and now she has also acted in a lot of film and television dramas, but she has always been tepid, who would have thought that just participating in a talk show would make her popular.
As the director and starring Zhang Jing, she became popular for the first time, and the popularity of "Peacock" has risen a lot.
The box office is even higher.
It's just that the discussion about "Peacock" on the Internet has gradually begun to show a polarized trend.
Some people like it and think the movie is very profound, and some people hate it and think that the movie itself is too negative.
There are also some media outlets, praising and belittling for a while, in order to stir up the topic.
It wasn't until the professionals in the circle came off the field that this controversy ended, and the reputation of "Peacock" also ushered in a big reversal.