Part of the content is adapted from real events that happened in the first half of 2020. The tone of the film is a bit heavy, with tears and ignited points, and the final ending is very inspirational.
The original release date of this movie was set on the last day of 2020, that is, December 31st, and it had already been officially announced, but unexpectedly, there was a moth during the review, and it was rejected twice before it passed.
The time was delayed for half a month, and it was not officially released until mid-January.
Fang Rui's team, which was originally full of confidence, suddenly lost confidence in the movie's box office.
The epidemic in Huaguo was fully brought under control as early as April last year, and normal production resumed one after another. Everyone has also withdrawn from the sadness brought about by the epidemic and returned to their usual lives.
The original release time of the movie has a meaning, and I want to use the movie to make an end to 2020. The beginning of the movie is sad, but the ending is very inspirational. It just connects 2020 and 2021 with a beautiful meaning.
Not only that, it will be released on December 31, followed by the New Year's Day holiday, everyone just took advantage of the holiday to go to the cinema to watch movies.
But now that 2021 has officially entered, everyone is immersed in the joy of the New Year, and who would like to recall the pain of last year.
Fang Rui originally thought that the box office of this movie would break 300 million on the first day, but he thought it would be good if it could break 100 million.
A month ago, when he contacted the major theaters to discuss the number of films, several major theaters said that during this period, movies with a realistic and sad tone were not very pleasing, and the number of films scheduled should be reduced by one-third compared to before.
A reduction of only one-third is still optimistic. The reason is still because the starring roles are Song Heran and Lu Lu, a top-notch male artist, and a popular cute baby who has become very popular recently.
If it weren't for the two of them to support this movie, the number of films in that row would be cut in half.
The amount of filming is not fixed. If the box office explodes after the release, theaters will naturally increase the number of screenings and delay the release time. Of course, correspondingly, if the film's seat rate is not high, the number of films scheduled will decrease and the release time will also be advanced.
Fang Rui is one of the few famous directors in the circle who can guarantee the quality of each work. But this circle is so realistic. All the major theaters are companies that make money, not philanthropists who pay for quality.
You know, quality does not mean that the audience will pay.
How many films have won numerous awards internationally, but few people watch them in the cinema.
Now Fang Rui only hopes that the box office data will not drop too badly.
With Song Heran's popularity, there must be many fans who will pay for the movie tickets on the first day, but after the first day, the fans' unconditional support will not work, and the final box office still depends on the word-of-mouth and attendance rate of ordinary audiences.
Fang Rui was a little superstitious, so he went to the temple to burn incense on the first day of the film's premiere, praying for the blessings of the Bodhisattva, and drew a lottery.
The master in the temple told him not to be anxious and worried, saying that this film will achieve something with the help of noble people.
But even so, Fang Rui was still uneasy, until he saw the box office statistics 12 hours before the film's release, as well as the ratings on the Internet, a huge stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.
12 hours before the release of the epidemic-themed movie "Us", the total box office was 160 million, and the box office for the whole day was 370 million.
The word-of-mouth score is 9.6 points.
A movie can have a high score of 9.6 at the beginning, and the subsequent score will not drop to 8.9 no matter how much it drops.
For a commercial film in China, a score of 9 is already very good, and it is definitely an explosive subject.
This situation far exceeded Fang Rui's expectations, and he could finally rest assured to prepare for the next promotional work.
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How could Song Heran, as the leading actor, not participate in the movie's release promotion
Song Heran, who hadn't been home for more than a month, finally returned to the imperial capital, back to his own home.
Lu Lu, who was watching cartoons in the living room, heard the sound of entering a password at the door, she jumped off the sofa immediately, and ran to the door excitedly.
Except for my brother, Aunt Joy, and Sister Feifei, no one in their house would open the door directly. Every time the uncle came to see her, he would call her in advance so that he would not enter the password, and the uncle did not know the password.
Aunt Joey and Sister Feifei were with her brother, who was out of town and they were also out of town, so he must be back.
Lulu trusts his intuition very much.
She was sure it was her brother who had returned.
Sure enough, as soon as the door was opened, Lulu saw a man who was covered tightly by a hat and a mask, and from Lulu's perspective, he couldn't even see his eyes.
Without even thinking about it, Lu Lu rushed over and hugged the man's thigh, and shouted crisply: "Brother."
"Who is your brother? I don't know you at all."
When Lu Lu heard the voice, she was taken aback for a moment, then raised her head and looked carefully at the eyes under the hat.
This is my elder brother. Only elder brothers can dress up so strangely, but why is the voice different
Lu Lu felt suspicious, she let go of the man's thigh, and kept a little distance from him, but her little hand was still tightly clutching the corner of the man's clothes.
She looked left and right, but unfortunately she couldn't see clearly.
Lu Lu said: "Take off your hat and show me."
"Why should I listen to you, a brat?"
After Lu Lu heard this, she was even more sure that this person was her brother, and only a brother would say such impolite words about her as a brat.
She didn't understand why her brother's voice had changed, but it must be her brother.
Lu Lu hugged the man in front of her tightly again, no matter how much the man broke her arm, he would not let go, and finally the man let out a familiar Lu Lu laugh.
"Hahahahahaha, it seems that I didn't raise him in vain. If my voice changes, I can recognize my brother."
Song Heran took off his hat and mask, picked up Lu Lu casually, kicked his feet left and right, took off his shoes and entered the house.
After Song Heran entered the room, Li Feifei came in dragging two huge suitcases.
Lu Lu, who hadn't seen Sister Feifei for a long time, became even more excited. She shouted, "Sister Feifei, you are back too!"
"Lulu, surprise or not!"
Li Feifei rushed over and rubbed the top of Lu Lulu's head violently, messing up the hair pinned with fruit pins.
The stinky Lulu is a little concerned about her hairstyle now. She is a little concerned about Sister Feifei's operation, but it's okay to think that she hasn't seen Sister Feifei for a long time.
She is a magnanimous Lulu, not a stingy Lulu.
"Brother, sister Feifei, why didn't you tell Lu Lu when you came back?" She didn't even know that her brother was coming back.
"Why, baby Lulu is still coming to pick us up?"
"Yes, I can drive my car, but my car can only carry one person."
Some time ago, when Lu Lu went to play at Brother Enyu's house, Brother Enyu's father gave her a big gift, which was a pink toy car.
The size of the toy car is a circle smaller than that of an adult go-kart, and there are two seats on it. Lu Lu often drives it in the community recently.
She felt that she had driven very well, and felt that her car was no different from those outside, only the size and speed were different.
Lulu thinks that she can’t always take her brother’s car, now that she owns a car, she can let her brother and sister ride in her own car,
But she looked at the figure of her brother and sister Feifei, and found a problem.
The elder brother is tall and has long legs, and the elder sister Feifei is short but a little fat. They seem to be unable to sit in her co-pilot.
It seemed that her co-pilot could only seat a person as big as En Yu's brother.
Lu Lu sighed, shook his head helplessly, and said regretfully: "My car can only carry brother Enyu, not you."
Just now he said he was going to pick him up by car, but now he was thinking about Brother Enyu again, Song Heran asked, "Why? I'm worse than that kid, I can't pick him up yet."
"Because my brother's legs are too long and too tall, and Lulu's car is too small to fit my brother." After finishing speaking, Lu Lu looked at Li Feifei and continued to explain: "Sister Feifei is too cute to sit on. .”
Hearing this, Song Heran's mood instantly improved.
This is the annoyance of tall people and long legs. He hoped that Gu Enyu would never have this annoyance.
Girls nowadays like boys with a height of 180. When Lu Lu grows up, it is estimated that girls have a higher appreciation of height, so they should start at 185.
If Gu Enyu was short, then Lu Lu was used to handsome guys like her brother who were 187 in height, so naturally he wouldn't like those short boys.
If it's friendship, he's relieved.
It's easy to understand what I said, but why is Li Feifei so cute that she can't sit
Song Heran looked at Li Feifei, Li Feifei looked at Song Heran in bewilderment, three seconds later, Song Heran burst out laughing, and Li Feifei pinched Lu Lu's little hand and asked, "Okay, Lulu, you actually said my sister is fat! "
Lu Lu sensed that something was wrong, she drew her hands behind her back, and shook her head quickly: "Lu Lu didn't say anything."
"Then why can't someone too cute be your car?"
Lu Lu's big eyes turned to Song Heran, and he cast a look at his brother for help, and then his brother kept laughing, looking gloating, and didn't try to save her at all.
Li Feifei deliberately threatened: "Lulu, if you can't give my sister a reasonable explanation, then my sister won't play with you. Hmph, I have ice skin moon cake in my box, so I won't give it to you."
As soon as Lu Lu heard the word "cake", he immediately became hungry.
She really wants to eat cake, she hasn't eaten cake for a long time.
So Lu Lu quickly thought about it, and said: "Lu Lu just said that it's because my sister is so cute, and no one cuter than Lu Lu is allowed in Lu Lu's car."
After finishing speaking, Lu Lu added: "Lulu is the cutest, sister must not be cuter than Lulu."
Neither Song Heran nor Li Feifei expected that Lu Lu would actually give an explanation. Although this explanation was obviously different from the truth, they were both surprised by Lu Lu's EQ.
Even if Lu Lu said that Li Feifei was fat, after hearing this, he couldn't get angry anymore.
At this moment, Li Feifei just wants to scream "Ahh" in her heart like those illiterate star chasers. Why is Lu Lu so sweet and so cute? Don't tempt her to have a daughter. She doesn't even have a date yet.
Li Feifei kissed Lu Lu's little face, and immediately gave Lu Lu all the delicious food in the suitcase.
Lu Lu, who was bought by a bunch of snacks, said happily: "Sister Feifei, you can be a little cuter than Lulu, but just a little bit."
"What about me?" Song Heran asked.
Lu Lu recalled that Song Heran lied to her at the beginning, so she snorted from her brother and rolled her eyes, so she didn't care about her brother, it's better to be sister Feifei.
Song Heran: ...
He gave Li Feifei the money to buy snacks, is that the attitude
And who did you learn this white eye from
Song Heran didn't have time to pursue the matter. He was exhausted after traveling all day, so he hurriedly called Aunt Liu to help clean up all this, so that Li Feifei, who had also worked hard, went back to rest quickly, and had to get up early tomorrow.
After making simple arrangements, Song Heran hurried to wash up.
After washing up and changing into clean home clothes, Song Heran felt a lot more relaxed, and only then did he remember what Fang Ruiqian had instructed Wan Wan to do.
He called Lu Lu who was eating cake to come to him, and asked, "Lu Lu, Uncle Fang Rui, do you still remember?"
Lu Lu nodded: "I remember."
She remembered that it was the uncle who brought her milk that was not sweet at all every day.
"Uncle Fang Rui wants my brother to take you to participate in the movie's promotional event tomorrow. Do you want to go? If you want to go, brother can call the teacher. Let's ask for a day off. We won't go to kindergarten tomorrow, and go to work with my brother."
"Are you working with your brother?" Lu Lu confirmed.
Song Heran nodded, "Well, I'll be with my brother the whole time. We may be separated for a while in the middle, but Sister Feifei or Aunt Joey will always be by your side."
I haven't seen my brother for a long time, and Lu Lu wants to stay with him for a while longer.
Lu Lu quickly nodded and agreed, "Then Lulu is going."
Song Heran knew that Lu Lu didn't understand what propaganda was, she just relied on him and wanted to stay with him.
There were a lot of media reporters and fans and film critics at the promotional event. Lu Lu had never had contact with so many people. Song Heran was very worried that Lu Lu would have stage fright.
He thought about it and thought it was okay.
Although Fang Rui really wanted Lu Lu to participate in the film's promotional work, at least to show his face in the imperial capital, Song Heran was very afraid that Lu Lu would cry on stage.
Lu Lu is three years old. It's normal for a three-year-old to cry, but Internet trolls don't care how old you are. As long as you lose your temper on stage, they can find a place to troll.
Although Lu Lu is now illiterate and does not know how to surf the Internet, and the public opinion turmoil on the Internet will not harm her for the time being, he still does not want to see others say that Lu Lu is not good at all.
Song Heran stroked Lu Lu's soft, broken hair, and said, "Good boy, Lu Lu, I'll continue to go to the kindergarten tomorrow, it's fine for my working brother to go alone."
When Lu Lu heard that his brother would not let him go, he became anxious instantly.
She said: "No, Lulu is going! Lulu is going to work with my brother."
If I knew I should not tell Lu Lu, I blame him for not thinking carefully and speaking quickly.
Song Heran patiently explained: "Lulu, there will be a lot of strangers at that time, and there will be a lot of machines taking pictures of us, and those strange uncles and aunts will ask you to answer questions, Lulu, you will definitely be scared. "
Lu Lu couldn't understand what his brother said.
Why do you feel that there are many people, and if you ask her questions, she will be afraid; there are also many people in the kindergarten, and the teacher will ask questions, she has never been afraid.
Lu Lu asked, "Are they fierce?"
Song Heran recalled the eager look on the reporter's question, and replied, "A little bit."
"Lulu didn't do anything wrong, why did they want to kill Lulu?"
"They're not trying to be fierce, it's just that there are too many people at the scene, it will be very noisy, and their voices will be loud, which sounds a little fierce."
There will be many fans present at the scene, and the media is not yet bold enough to dare to murder an artist in front of the fans.
If they dared to attack the artist, it is estimated that the scene would be torn apart by some impulsive fans.
After Lu Lu heard this, he waved his little hand and said indifferently: "What's so scary, I will speak louder than them."
"What does Lulu mean to go with brother tomorrow?"
"Well, Lulu also wants to go to work with my brother."
"Okay then, then brother will tell Uncle Fang Rui and Aunt Joey. If you tell him, you can't go back on your word."
"Well, I don't regret it."
"Then Lulu should go to bed early today, so that he can look beautiful tomorrow."
While talking, Song Heran wanted to carry Lu Lu back to the room. Lu Lu pulled Song Heran's ear and whispered in his ear, "Brother, you want Uncle Fang Rui to pay me my salary."
She is willing to work, but the money must not be small.
Song Heran scratched the tip of Lu Lu's little nose when he heard the words, "Okay, how much do you want for a little money fan?"
Lu Lu looked at his little hands, thought for a while, and finally raised both hands, and said, "Is it okay if I want as much as ten and one hundred yuan?"
Song Heran looked at Lu Lu's expression, as if he was talking about an astronomical figure, he smiled and agreed, "Yes."
After Lu Lu agreed to participate in the film promotional event in the imperial capital, the news spread on the Internet that night.
Some netizens who hadn't planned to go to the event site immediately set the alarm clock, and decided to grab a seat and squat in the early morning of tomorrow. They must find a location with a good view to see how cute the little cutie is.
There are even some fanatical fans who like Lu Lu and Song Heran at the same time. When they think of the eye-catching picture of Song Heran holding Lu Lu showing up, they don't even go to sleep, and immediately set off after receiving the news.