"Time Talker" was scheduled very suddenly, but this was the best choice for the producer after weighing the pros and cons.
Because it is an ordinary digital movie, the post-editing took less than four months. According to common sense, it should actually be released this summer.
However, this year's summer vacation saw the domestic movie Smash Bros., and there were several popular foreign movie sequels during the National Day holiday.
A niche theme like "Time Talker" can easily become a "victim" in the holiday file, so the producer dragged on without finalizing the file.
But the movie has a 'year limit', if it has not been online or kept in the bottom of the box for too long, it is easy for the audience to lose interest in the movie, and more seriously, it will directly lose the qualification for theatrical release.
If it becomes a big online movie, it will basically suffer.
Therefore, the producer struggled for a while, and decided to bite the bullet and set a schedule for the launch during the New Year's Day holiday.
"At present, there are not many new films expected to be released on New Year's Day. We have only one youth film. There is no competitor in similar themes. We should be able to gain a little advantage."
In the office of Super Film Company, Yu Fuya handed over the latest list of 'confirmed release' movies.
Ji Li, as the male number three, actually has little direct connection with the box office, but he got the script and the role only after fighting for reason.
He still hopes that the film can deliver satisfactory results to the greatest extent.
Ji Li scanned the list and asked, "Which ones are the favorites to win the championship on New Year's Day?"
"The favorite to win the championship is "The Flower Demon" directed by Xu Cheng."
Baozi helped analyze, "Director Xu Cheng's God Killing series is now the third one. The materials are all based on Chinese mythological characters. The box office of the first two films is very stable."
This time "Flower Demon" took a year in the post-production stage alone. The concept Easter egg was given at the end of the second part of "Killing the Gods", and many fans of the drama began to look forward to it early.
"Director Xu also said in an interview some time ago that this "Flower Demon" will definitely surpass the results of the previous two films."
Hearing this, Ji Li nodded calmly.
A series of movies like this has the audience foundation laid by the first two films, and the reputation of the great director is there, and it is a passerby.
As long as the movie's plot and special effects do not collapse, the box office will basically not "crash".
"anything else?"
Yu Fuya continued, "Director Song Yonghui's "The Great Lost Wealth in the World" was originally aimed at the Lunar New Year holiday, but now it is scheduled for New Year's Day."
Ji Li is also familiar with this light comedy movie.
Before encountering the script of "Special Operations", the producer of "The World's Wealthy Man" and director Song Yonghui also invited Ji Li to be the male lead.
Baozi obviously remembered this, "After I heard that this movie was rejected by Brother Ji, I appointed comedian Mr. Chen Ming."
Song Yonghui and Chen Ming are veteran partners, and they should have an audience base. As for whether it can be a big hit, it depends on the word-of-mouth feedback from the audience after the release.
Suddenly, a staff member came in, "Brother Ji, the hot milk tea from the takeaway is for you."
"For me?"
Yu Fuya caught a glimpse of 'Mr. Qi' on the order and immediately understood, "It must be early morning in the United States, right? Some people think they are raising children, so if you don't worry, ask someone to order you some milk tea?"
From this point of view, it is the takeaway milk tea that Qin Li asked Qi An in China to help order.
Ji Li's eyes lit up immediately, and under Yu Fuya's 'mother' gaze, he took a few breaths happily, "Go ahead, I'll listen."
Seeing his smug expression, Yu Fuya shook her head helplessly.
She reached out and clicked another movie on the list, "There is also this movie, which is also very popular."
"Detective Night Walker?" Ji Li recalled the title of the movie.
"Adapted from the popular suspense novel of the same name, the most important thing is that his leading role is..."
Yu Fuya met his eyes and said an all-too-familiar name, "Cai Yishu."
Baozi clicked his tongue angrily, "No way, Yuanjia Road is narrow."
Back then, Cai Yishu served as the male number one of "Time Talker", and he brought the unprofessional screenwriter Wang Yongwei into the crew. The two of them rewrote the original script blindly, and even had a dispute with Ji Li on the crew.
Later, they were kicked out of the crew by the investor Qin Li, and this ridiculous farce came to an end.
After Cai Yishu quit the film crew, it was indeed silent for a while, and then he received this movie script adapted from the original novel.
Yu Fuya dug out the movie materials collected early in the morning, and pursed her lips meaningfully, "I took a look, and Wang Yongwei is still on the list of screenwriters."
Ji Li stared at the male protagonist Cai Yishu on the movie poster, and the word 'Wang Yongwei' in the co-writer column below, and guessed the quality of the script in his mind.
How do you say something
The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change, which is commonly known as 'a dog can't change and eat shit'.
Baozi was a little worried, "They won't make trouble anymore, will they?"
"What are you afraid of? Didn't we still have a hand?" Ji Li sneered, and the sharp aura suddenly emerged from his body.
After the words fell, he lowered his head and drank the milk tea enjoyably.
One second it was still a aggressive big wild leopard, and the next second it turned back into a sweet little milk leopard. This contrast makes people laugh and cry.
Yu Fuya nodded in agreement, "How could a movie written by Wang Yongwei be any better? If Cai Yishu really dares to make small moves behind the scenes, our Chaoying will prepare the previous chat and go back with a slap in the face. "
The movies that were released at the same time had already had a competitive relationship.
If Cai Yishu still dares to provoke them, they can join forces with the producers of "Time Lobbyist" to fight against the army.
"Other than that, there are two imported science fiction films. It's not enough to win the box office, but it may cause a diversion in the box office."
To put it bluntly, "Time Talker" is actually not the first choice of movie fans for the holidays, whether it is based on the audience or in terms of subject matter selection.
However, their advantages are also prominent. There are only one youth movie launched during the New Year's Day holiday. Moreover, the protagonists are all handsome men and beautiful women, relying on their outstanding looks should be able to attract a wave of audiences into the theater.
Baozi sighed, "Hey, I'm afraid that if it becomes a purely fan movie, I will be ridiculed badly."
Pure fan movies, as the name suggests, are movies supported only by actors and fans who buy movie tickets. If this is the case, the actors are vulnerable to mass ridicule after the movie hits the box office.
After all, for actors in the film industry, their box office strength will always surpass their popularity.
Although Ji Li is only the third male lead in this movie, Baozi still hopes that the other party will gain something from the movie.
It is said that actors rely on TV dramas to attract character fans, and there is only a three-month liking period.
It has been almost a year since the TV series "Da Zong Juvenile Plan" ended. If Ji Li doesn't have new characters to attract fans, then the next resources may be difficult to manage.
"Don't worry, I believe this movie will not be bad." Ji Li said, with a trace of strong confidence in his eyes. So far, none of the film and television scripts he has fancied has been overturned.
Besides, this movie was personally invested by Qin Li. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as a double guarantee for the box office.
Yu Fuya has always believed in Ji Li's vision for picking scripts, "That's okay, we have to attend the premiere on the night of the 30th."
"it is good."
…
Three days later, the New Year's Day movie collectively opened for pre-sale.
Under the impact of the trending movies of the same period, "Time Talker" has no advantage at all, and the amount of advance receipts tends to be at the bottom. The existing box office pre-sales are almost all supported by fans.
On Weibo, some film critics have already ridiculed -
["Time Talker" looks like a movie for fans to lick their faces. Qin Li invests, director Wang Zhang, and chief screenwriter Ji Mingyue. It seems to be famous, but it is completely a publicity stunt.
There are five starring actors. Except for Ji Li, who was a big hit in the first half of the year, the rest of the leading actors are still in the second and third tiers. Just such a movie, want to break out of the siege in the New Year's Day movie file? The probability is zero percent!
Advise passers-by and netizens not to waste money, and watch other movies.]
Another film and television marketing account took the opportunity to comment—
[Does anyone still remember that after the filming of "Time Talker" started, the hero Cai Yishu was temporarily replaced? Now it seems that the producer dug a hole for himself.
The pre-sale box office of "Night Walker" starring Cai Yishu is more than twice that of "Time Talker"! Absolutely a face-slapping male lead!]
[The hard power is to turn popularity into box office these days, and none of the current main creators of "Time Lobbyist" has this qualification! Ji Li did not appear in front of the public for half a year, and the drama fans accumulated by Xie Yan were almost gone.
On New Year's Day last year, he was named the "Dark Horse of Newcomers in the Movie Circle" for his "Song Zhao".
Hey, this movie is doomed, and even the three big stars, Qin Li + Wang Zhang + Ji Mingyue, are about to stumble.]
Comments like this popped up one after another, and most of the Weibo IDs who liked it were Cai Yishu's fan group.
Back then, Cai Yishu silently lost his position as the hero of the movie, and Cai fans were full of anger.
Now that the two films are on the same starting line again, Cai Fans took the opportunity to blackmail the movie "Time Talker".
Under this disgusting operation, apart from the fans of the protagonists, very few netizens took the initiative to buy the pre-sale movie tickets of "Time Talker".
—I’ll watch a few other movies first, after all, there are only so many days during the New Year’s Day holiday.
—Actually, the lead actors are pretty good-looking, but I’d better wait for word-of-mouth after the release to make a decision.
——The name "Time Lobbyist" makes people have no desire to watch it at all.
——Ji Li's false popularity is vividly displayed at this moment, tsk tsk.
—For fan movies, just cut the fans’ wallets, how can any normal person cheat
Passers-by are led to a biased point of view, and there are black fans and opponent fans of the main creators fishing in troubled waters on the Internet.
In addition to the concentrated buying effect of fans in the first three days, the pre-sale box office of "Time Talker" has a small increase in the pre-sale amount in the next four days, and has been stuck at 26 million.
…
Golden City Films.
Cai Yishu finally showed a satisfied face when he saw the real-time updated movie pre-sale ranking.
Although "Night Detective" starring him is not as good as "The Flower Demon" directed by Xu Cheng, it has already won the second place in the box office pre-sale on New Year's Day, and the results are gratifying.
"Look at the movie "Time Talker", the pre-sale box office is almost at the bottom, and it can't compare to the movie that has already been released overseas for a round. It's embarrassing."
You Meng approached, also showing a cheerful look.
The humiliation they received in the crew of "Time Lobbyist" was finally slapped back with their actual results today.
"Ji Li and Feng Cheng? What rubbish, they don't deserve to carry my shoes now."
"How do you say something? How can you know it's a blessing if you lose your horse?"
If he hadn't temporarily withdrawn from the crew of "Time Talker", Cai Yishu would not have been lucky enough to miss this script.
The movie's ultimate trailer has been released, and fans of the original book have expressed their satisfaction. Under the overwhelming marketing, the movie's pre-sale amount has been rising steadily.
As long as the main momentum is maintained, at least two billion yuan will be earned at the box office before the film goes offline. For a young actor like Cai Yishu, it is undoubtedly a proud achievement.
'Jincheng No. 1 brother' Zhu Xusheng's reputation and career have been severely damaged since the car shock, and he has yet to come back.
If Cai Yishu can seize the opportunity with this movie, Jin Chengyi's surrender may require a replacement.
Cai Yishu was a little flustered, and suddenly he had the intention of targeting, "Sister You, I don't think the crew of "Time Lobbyist" has stumbled enough."
You Meng asked, "What do you mean?"
Cai Yishu raised his jaw, looking rather arrogant, "You help me do something secretly."
He wants to completely destroy the reputation of the movie "Time Talker", not only to make Ji Li and other leading actors silently, but also to make Qin Li not even earn back the investment money!
…
Time flies and it is the end of the month, Haishi International Cinema.
The premiere of the movie "Time Talker" was arranged in a movie theater with 100 people, and this scale can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. You must know that several other films that were released at the same time have already done several rounds of screening promotions.
In the backstage of the theater, Ji Li met with the other leading actors after a long absence. Although a new work was released, the emotions of Feng Cheng, Wei Lai and others were not very high.
After all, the movie was ridiculed by netizens before it was officially released, and the competition in the same period was all popular movies. Their "Time Talker" looked like a small shrimp that survived in the cracks and was easily destroyed.
Wang Zhang sat in his seat calmly, and said loudly, "Relax and face it, we have done our best for this movie, and it's not that we didn't make it well, what are we afraid of?"
It can't compare to a big investment movie, so what? These days, are there still few examples of big-invested movies hitting the street and losing money? Anyway, Oak Star has invested nearly 50 million yuan, so this time there must be no problem.
The first step for all filmmakers is to overcome themselves.
Ji Li pursed his lips, agreeing with director Wang Zhang's point of view.
"Director Wang Zhang is right. The film competition hasn't started yet. Today is the premiere, and all the fans are here for us. At least we have to behave in such a way that we can't let them down."
Compared with Feng Cheng, who was the male lead of a movie for the first time, and Wei Lai, the male second who has never been able to make waves, his third male is much calmer.
Feng Cheng smiled reluctantly.
Ever since he 'stealed' Cai Yishu's male lead position, fans of Feng and Cai seemed to have formed an enmity, and they had to fight online every now and then.
Now that the pre-sale results came out, Cai Fan felt that she had the upper hand, and said a lot of ugly things these days.
Feng Cheng felt sorry for his fans, and also for his boss, Qin Li, who valued him in the past.
"Feng Cheng, you have to trust yourself and Qin..." Ji Li paused for two seconds before changing his words, "You also have to trust Brother Li's vision, our movies are really not bad."
For a movie, the most important thing is the word-of-mouth after its release.
How many movies with strong momentum in the early stage have "crashed" due to bad reputation. How many films with dismal box office at the beginning have become dark horses because of the good fermentation of word of mouth
In this ever-changing film market, anything is possible.
Audiences are not fools. If a movie is presented with heart, there will always be people who will see it.
Feng Cheng nodded, the burden in his heart was finally lightened.
That's right, this is a movie invested by Qin Li, who has the title of "Golden Hand" in the film and television industry. What is there to be afraid of as an employee? You should trust your boss!
Wang Zhang continued to encourage, "Okay, everyone cheer up, this battle has just begun."
"Don't forget, you are the first to agree with this story. We are preparing to promote it with the lowest grades. Every point we win counts!"
The last sentence obviously aroused the protagonists' initial feelings for the script, and the response was particularly loud.
"Okay, director!"
…
The premiere process of the movie "Time Talker" is to show the movie first, and then to ask questions from the media and fans.
After Ji Li and other main creators came on stage, fans immediately screamed—
"Ji Li Zai Zai! Ma Ma loves you!"
"Feng Cheng, come on! Looking forward to your Cheng Yu!"
"Wei Lai! Wei Lai!"
Although it was only a small screening hall, the grand occasion with all the seats gave Feng Cheng and others a lot of confidence.
The host came to the stage and conducted a simple interview according to the procedure.
Sitting in the auditorium, Fang Yue, who has already become a big fan of Chinese Rose and Husband CP, was so excited that her whole heart was going to explode—after four and a half months, she finally saw the fresh real person Jili again!
In order to match Xiang Suian's image in the play, Ji Li wore a white sweater and black trousers today, a very simple outfit, making her look soft and clean.
Fang Yue immediately picked up her mobile phone to take pictures, and brought a 'front line' report to the star chasing sisters in the CP group—
"Sisters, Brother Li doesn't seem to be here today! But Ji Li is so beautiful! So tender, so tender!"
Just after typing this line, the host interviewed Ji Li, "I heard Ji Li's fans screaming, has everyone not seen him in public for a long time?"
"—Yes!" The fans answered in unison.
Compared with the only Ji Li fan holding a banner at the "Bang Guo Tian Xia" movie screening ceremony, after a year, at least one-third of the fans and audience are here for him.
Ji Li looked around and raised a smile on his face.
The applause and encouragement of fans will always be their biggest motivation on the way forward.
"I heard that Ji Li has been on vacation abroad for the past four months? Can you share it with us?"
"Actually, it's not entirely on vacation." Ji Li took the microphone from Wei Lai and revealed a little, "I finished filming a movie, and I believe I will meet you all in the near future."
The filming of "Long Island Iced Tea" has been completed, and Ji Li has obtained Cameron's permission in advance for such a small disclosure.
When the fans heard this, the cheers of surprise almost broke through the ceiling of the movie theater.
What
They thought that Ji Li had been on vacation all this time, but the other party secretly filmed the whole movie without telling their fans
Sure enough, it was still that ambitious cub!
Thank you, thank you, New Year's Eve gift received!
Seeing the uncontrollable surprise of the fans, Ji Li bowed deeply.
"However, I hope everyone will focus on this movie first, and I can assure you that this movie is worth your time to see."
"Okay." The response from the fans and audience was still loud and clear.
Wang Peng is one of the film critics invited here today, and he also has more than 300,000 fans on Weibo. He looked at Ji Li who was talking eloquently on the stage, and an indifferent smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He didn't come here today to know how good the movie is or how worth watching it is.
On the contrary, Wang Peng was bought by Cai Yishu's team, deliberately looking for faults with colored glasses.
If you want to damage the reputation of a movie, you can't just rely on making random guesses, but you have to combine the actual content to de-smear it. Half-truth and half-false compilations are the easiest way to increase the credibility of the public.
Apart from Wang Peng, there should be other film critics with the same sinister purpose.
When the premiere is over, film critics hired by them will post 'belittling' remarks on the Internet as soon as possible, spreading ten or ten times, resulting in a complete collapse of word of mouth.
This is very likely to be a fatal blow to a newly launched movie.
Wang Peng admitted that it was immoral to do so, but who asked the other party to give more money
For youth-themed movies, only one out of a hundred can be a hit. As for the one in front of him, it doesn't show up at first glance, so it might as well be used as a tool for him to make money.
…
After a short self-introduction, everyone was led to the guest seats in the first row by the staff.
Soon, the lights in the cinema hall were completely dimmed, and the auditorium also fell silent.
In the darkness, someone quickly walked in through the side door, and sat down on the vacant seat beside Ji Li without fail.
Sensing the movement around him, Ji Li subconsciously cast an inquiring gaze, and was caught off guard by an all-too-familiar deep pair of eyes.
The lover who had coaxed him through WeChat so that he couldn't make it back to the movie premiere suddenly appeared in front of him.
Qin Li wore a mask and a peaked cap to hide his handsome appearance, but the love in his eyes was enough to make people feel blushing and heartbeating.
Ji Li was overjoyed suddenly, and almost blurted out the haunting name.
Qin Li made a quiet gesture, and took advantage of the darkness before the opening to lean close to his ear, "Baby, I miss you very much."
In fact, Qin Li is an investor, and Feng Cheng is an employee of Li Xing. It is completely reasonable for him to attend the premiere ceremony. But Ji Li felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness about an 'underground love affair', and even his ears became red.
The lights on the big screen came on.
In order not to be noticed by others, Ji Li had to straighten his body, restraining his gaze back to the front.
Seeing his lover's careful look, Qin Li had a small smile in his eyes, as long as he turned his attention back to the screen.
If the two hadn't agreed on the 'rules of association' from the very beginning, Qin Li would have liked to put his arms around him and kiss him in public.
The pre-sale amount of this film is not satisfactory, and some colleagues in the film and television industry secretly manipulated the public opinion of "ridicule".
Qin Li was well aware of all this, but he was not in a hurry to solve it.
In his opinion, if a movie wants to be truly successful, it must rely on a steady plot and word-of-mouth fermentation after its release. As for those bedbugs, sooner or later they will capsize in their own gutters.
This premiere ceremony will be the beginning of the counterattack of the movie "Time Talker".
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#吼哩: The face-slapping counterattack of the male three movies is about to begin! (Brother Li: I am the one who cooperates with the support~)