When "Shou Zheng Lu" was officially announced, Zhong Jiudao didn't even notice it.
He has too many things to do at this stage, and he needs to take care of them one by one. For the time being, he has no time to care about the quality of the movies invested by the Zhong family and the final box office performance.
And Chung Jiu Dao is not in the mood to care about the box office and reputation of another movie, because regardless of whether "Shou Zheng Lu" is successful or not, his debut film "Falling House" has already received great success. Won.
As a movie with an investment of only 2 million, the box office has reached 150 million in just five days of release. Even if it is released now, the box office share that Zhong Jiudao will receive is enough for him to make a high-quality movie.
With this huge success, Director Zhong finally used the small amount of funds he had on hand to rent the smallest auditorium in a nearby movie theater during the early morning hours, and invited the entire film's creative staff to watch the movie together.
"Money, money, money!" Qian Qianqian, who was the first to rush over, gave Zhong Jiudao a big hug when he saw him, and punched Zhong Jiudao on the back several times. He was so excited that he couldn't express his emotions. He was polite, and the three words "money" were spoken when he opened his mouth, which showed his ecstatic heart.
Zhong Jiu said: "..."
He only knew that Qian Qun was happy, but he didn't expect that Lao Qian was so happy that he didn't hide it.
Qian Qun would touch his eyes on his shoulders from time to time and say happily: "You guys are going to be popular, and I'm going to be rich, hahahahaha!"
Money can make everyone go around, and the money crowd really opened Zhong Jiudao's eyes today. It can make ghosts push the rules, and money can make Qianqun and the eyeball ghosts live in harmony. Look at Qianqun's face now. The next second he holds up his eyeballs and kisses Zhong Jiudao. No surprise!
Sure enough, even the eyes of justice could not withstand Qian 's enthusiasm. A pair of eyes rolled down from Qian 's shoulders timidly, and quietly climbed into Luo Huai's pocket, begging Luo Huai, the big tree in his heart. shelter.
Luo Huai couldn't see the eyeballs that were hiding his figure. He gave Qian and the group a hug with all his strength: "Brother Qian, thank you for taking me to participate in this excellent movie. I met you just after I graduated. Good man, I’m so lucky!”
"Ah!" Qian Qun took out two pieces of paper from his briefcase and showed them to Luo Huai.
A box office prediction, Qian is still very conservative. Based on the current box office and people's acceptance of horror movies, they predict the schedule and attendance of other movies in the 11th tier after they gain reputation. It has dropped significantly. Even if this can have a box office of 800 million, Zhong Jiudao can divide it into 200 million , and Qian has 2% of the pure box office income, which is only 16 million. He has already The predicted box office and the money shared by the two of them were written down on paper.
Not only did Zhong Jiudao receive invitations for interviews and variety shows, but Qian Qun also had a detailed list of them. He said to Luo Huai: "This is currently a notice for you. See if you can accept this intensity."
Luo Huai opened the notice list from 8 o'clock in the morning to 07:59 the next morning and read it three times. He couldn't find any time to rest: "Brother Qian, this trip is not too long." It’s compact.”
Qian Qun: "Is there any? The high-speed train from point A to point B takes three hours. Can you sleep during these three hours? Young people will not die if they don't sleep for a day or two."
Luo Huai: "..."
With his eyes in his pocket, he couldn't help but move in the direction of Zhong Jiudao. Brother Qian was so scary now, as if he was ready to take out a knife to peel off his skin at any time.
Zhong Jiudao hugged Luo Huai comfortingly, patted his shoulder, and slid his palm down Luo Huai's arm. When his attention was attracted by Qian Qun, he put his hand into his pocket and quietly He took out two eyeballs and stuffed them into his pocket, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Director Zhong, many people are coming to me to buy behind-the-scenes videos, and the prices are astonishing!" Qian Qun looked like he had never seen the world before, "I didn't expect that shooting behind-the-scenes videos would make money. Do we want to sell them?" If we accept all the endorsements, interviews, and variety shows, our company will earn tens of millions!"
"Calm down first." Zhong Jiudao hasn't figured out what to do. No matter what, he can't do all of this. "The time is coming, let's go watch a movie first."
"Ah? I won't go." Qian Qun said with a stiff face, "I'm not a fan of horror movies, I'm really a little scared."
"Go and inspect the advertising placement. Don't secretly place ads without our consent," Zhong Jiudao said.
Qian Qun Shun forgot to be afraid: "Okay, I will definitely go."
At this time, a man rushed in through the ajar door, hugged Zhong Jiu and said, "Director Zhong, I want to thank you forever!"
The person is Pang Xinhao. He has been so happy these days, as if he has returned to the time when he became famous.
There were many film and television fans who complained about him back then. When they praised the movie this time, they mainly praised his acting skills.
Before I watched this movie, I saw Pang Xinhao, an old acquaintance of mine in the video, and I had some prejudices in my heart. I think even if most of the movies are excellent, Pang Xinhao must be a failure. Unexpectedly, Pang Xinhao actually contributed outstanding acting skills in this movie. My emotions were moved by him many times. Without his immersive acting skills, the thriller of this movie would have been greatly reduced. After years of silence, Pang Xinhao finally regained the aura he had when he first debuted. I hope he can perform better in the future. I will continue to pay attention to his future works.
Strictly speaking, the plot of this movie is very cliché, and the script is not very strong. It is not even as good as some stories written by third-rate scripts. Its success is due to the superb acting skills of the actors and the director's narrative techniques. Sometimes a good story requires a good teller. Among the actors, I mainly praise Pang Xinhao. He is the only actor whose works I can find a horizontal comparison with. Compared with the past, he is simply a completely different person.
There are countless comments like this. Pang Xinhao himself has received invitations to audition for many movies. Although he is a scumbag with two legs, so what? He has already stepped into one. Entering the film industry!
Of course, his haters never let him go. Some people even say that Pang Xinhao must be a scumbag himself, otherwise how could he act so well? There is even a term for scumbag-style acting.
Fortunately, after the death-like education from Zhong Jiudao and Qi Wanlian, Pang Xinhao has learned to ignore malicious comments, and these comments did not cause much harm to him.
Zhong Jiudao calmly accepted Pang Xinhao's thanks and then asked: "How did you get in bed?"
They got together at the hotel where they stayed in Luohuai. After Qian and the group arrived at the hotel, Zhong Jiudao went downstairs to pick him up. However, Pang Xinhao suddenly rushed into the ajar door. Without the room card, he couldn't. Taking the elevator, who took him upstairs
"Speaking of this, it's really amazing!" Pang Xinhao opened the door and invited the people standing outside to come in, "I met Panpan downstairs who was finishing work, and she took me upstairs. Yes, she said she knew me!"
Pang Xinhao, who was called by the top god by name, was obviously a little too excited and respectfully invited Ji Pan in.
Ji Pan said to Zhong Jiudao: "You guys are having a team building tonight, can I go watch a movie together? I'm from the publicity department of "Falling House"."
"Of course it's no problem!" Qian Qun and Pang Xinhao said in unison, "It's an honor for us to have you join us!"
Ji Pan spoke first before Zhong Jiudao refused: "That's really great."
Zhong Jiu said: "..."
It seems that this top figure has never given up on Qi Wanlian and has already planned to bypass him and contact Qi Wanlian directly.
He booked the venue tonight just to find a quiet environment to let everyone out and save these paper figures from tearing at his wallet all day long. The wallet that Zhong Jiudao had used for nearly five years was already in tatters. .
Don't go back on the promise you made to the ghost easily, otherwise you will be hurt by the ghost pattern. Seeing that today's encounter between Ji Pan and Qi Wanlian is inevitable, you should always pay attention to Qi Wanlian's movements to prevent her from saying anything or I did something bad.
"It's already this time. Let's go to the cinema together." Ji Pan said, "I'm always surrounded by some illegitimate students. Luo Huai and Pang Xinhao are celebrities. Is it difficult to travel?"
"Ah!" Pang Xinhao nodded vigorously, "Just now in front of the hotel, a group of people who were preparing to take pictures of Panpan rushed up to me when they saw me, and asked me if I have ever had two boats in real life. It was so scary."
Luo Huai has been on the set these past few days and is unaware of the craziness outside. Many people in the set congratulated him and wished the movie he participated in a success.
"I asked people to arrange a car in the staff passage to avoid those people." Ji Pan said.
Now that things have come to this, Zhong Jiudao can let nature take its course and leave with Ji Pan.
In the car, Ji Pan was obviously a little nervous. She asked Zhong Jiu: "Did Qi Wanlian... and the other actors go to the cinema in advance?"
Zhong Jiudao held down the bouncing wallet on his waist and nodded: "Yes."
"It's a pity that Xiaoyun and Xiaoyan can't be together while filming in other places." Pang Xinhao said.
Zhong Jiudao didn't think so. He always felt that these two students had amazing intuition. They subconsciously avoided countless dangers during filming. Today, it seems that they have sharp intuition. , both left the city this morning to avoid this group building of ghosts.
When a group of people arrived at the cinema, Zhong Jiudao asked a few actors to wait in the car on the pretext that celebrities were not suitable for queuing to check in tickets. He went to check in tickets first, and when the opening was about to start, Qian's group would take everyone to the cinema. .
He entered the cinema in advance and threw his wallet into the cinema. A group of ghosts ran out.
"Staying in the purse all day long with a group of people, my waist hurts." Qi Wanlian said pitifully, holding her waist.
"When we are needed, we treat them as capable men. When they are not needed, we treat them as pieces of paper in our wallets. It's so unpopular..." Shen Leshan shook his head.
Fu Yue: "Why is the theater so small? Huh? There is a room with a very large screen next to it that is playing our movie. I want to watch it there."
"Don't move, just stay in this movie theater." Zhong Jiudao ordered them, "While there are other humans watching movies with you, you shouldn't say anything you shouldn't. You must learn to be a 'human being'."
Jiang Fen, who had never been able to show his face, raised his hand and said, "I have no problem, I have always been a human being!"
"... You don't have to pretend." Zhong Jiudao held his forehead. Jiang Fen has been dead for half a year in modern times. It would be scary to show his face!
Qi Wanlian sighed: "Decades ago, the Celestial Master tried his best to make us ghosts show our true colors so that we could no longer confuse humans. Decades later, the Celestial Master asked us to try our best to pretend to be humans. Today is really different from the past. "
"The Heavenly Master Realm has really fallen." The man with sunglasses said with emotion.
"Put the eyes on," Zhong Jiudao threw the eyeballs to the eyeball ghost, "Don't take off the eyes while watching the movie!"
"If you do well, I will pick a few more reliable interviews and variety shows and take you there." Zhong Jiudao promised.
The devils who were old enough to appear on the show and were still a little vain hurriedly put away their places where they could not see people, and sat in their seats in a dignified manner.
After Zhong Jiudao sternly warned these ghosts, Qian Qun led people in.
At a glance, Ji Pan saw Qi Wanlian slumped on the chair as if she was boneless. She took two quick steps and sat next to Qi Wanlian. She introduced herself cordially: "Hello, I'm Ji Pan. I like her very much. your show.”
"I know you," Qi Wanlian smiled lazily. She stretched out her hand to shake Ji Pan's hand, "Thank you for helping us promote it."
"I haven't seen your movie on the big screen yet. Can I sit next to you and watch it?" Ji Pan asked.
"If you're not afraid of the cold, you can." Qi Wanlian said nonchalantly.
Only then did Ji Pan realize that it was surprisingly cold in the theater even though there was no air conditioning on. She was wearing a strapless dress, and her shoulders were starting to hurt from the cold.
In order to avoid Zhong Jiudao, the ghosts huddled together in the front row of the theater and gave up the center position to Zhong Jiudao. The position chosen by Ji Pan was right where the ghosts gathered.
Sitting on her left is Qi Wanlian, on her right is Shen Leshan, in the front row is Aunt Yang, who has been paying attention to the cleanliness of the theater, and the eyeball ghost who actually has poor eyesight. Behind her are Fu Yue, the suit ghost, Butler Lin and other fierce ghosts. .
And Jiang Fen, who had liked Ji Pan before he was alive, was half-crouching next to Ji Pan and smiling at her.
Qian group sitting in the center with Zhong Jiudao: "..."
How can this person be like a person in purgatory? Ji PanGod, why are you so confused that you have to sit in that position? Wouldn't it be nice to be with a bunch of us humans
Although Pang Xinhao didn't know the true identity of the ghosts, he was frightened by the ghosts during the filming. When he saw them, he stayed away from them. When he saw the people sitting next to Ji Pan, he couldn't help but feel awe-struck. Respect, sit with the actor who plays the ghost in a horror movie, God is so brave!