Chapter 408 is our movie together
After the premiere of [Detective Chinatown 2], various news media released their reports.
Due to more than ten days of preview screenings, the movie became popular before it was released, and its reputation on the Internet was very good. Many viewers who had seen the movie spontaneously recommended it to people around them.
Many people also posted their viewing experience online, which made countless netizens who had not seen the movie eager to watch it.
In the capital, in a well-decorated house.
"Sister, are you okay? You're taking so long to go out, putting on makeup and choosing clothes, wasting time!"
In the living room, a little girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a white dress, urged impatiently.
She has a ponytail, a slightly chubby face, light makeup, and a very cute student-like look.
"Okay, okay, it'll be over soon."
The girl who was called sister was a little older than her. She was wearing a light-colored short-sleeved shirt and tight jeans. Compared with the little girl, she was more mature in both figure and dress.
"Why are you rushing me? There's still more than an hour before the movie starts. Why are you in such a hurry?"
My sister said with some dissatisfaction.
The little girl frowned.
"You're not in a hurry. You've already seen the premiere the day before yesterday, right?"
Hearing this, my sister's somewhat impatient face turned into a smile again.
"Hey, my dear sister, I've explained to you so many times that my classmate got the ticket for the premiere, and there's only one left. Otherwise, why would I leave you alone?
Besides, it’s the first day of release and I’m going to buy tickets and go see it with you again, so why are you still blaming me?”
"Huh~ You're right."
The little girl is called Chen Yingyu. She is 15 years old and a second-year junior high school student. Her sister Chen Yingxue is five years older than her and is a college student.
Both of them are fans of Gu Wei. Although the elder sister goes to college, she is still in Beijing, not far from home, and can go home on weekends.
The two sisters both like to watch idol dramas starring Gu Wei, and they also share some star-chasing experiences when they are together.
It is summer vacation now, and the two sisters stay at home every day. Gu Wei's new movie is released, and both of them have been looking forward to it for a long time.
After leaving home, the two went downstairs to take the bus, and in more than half an hour they arrived at a nearby shopping mall.
Both sisters Chen Yingxue and Chen Yingyu are very beautiful. The elder sister is tall and the younger sister is cute. They attract quite a lot of attention when they walk into the mall arm in arm.
"Wow, why are there so many people in the morning?"
Taking the elevator up to the 5th floor of Jinyi Cinema, Chen Yingyu was a little surprised to see that the cinema hall was full of people.
My sister looked around and saw that the cinema was full of young men and women. There were no older people, and most of them were girls in their teens and twenties.
"It's summer vacation now, and they should all be students like you!"
"What do you mean by the same as me? You sound like you're not even a student."
Chen Yingyu said dissatisfiedly.
She felt that ever since her sister went to college, she always thought that her sister was an adult and she was still a child, and she didn't like to play with her much.
Chen Yingxue smiled.
"You stay here for a while, I'll go and cash the ticket.
What would you like to drink, juice, cola, or something else?"
"I want some juice~"
"good!"
After saying that, Chen Yingxue walked to the machine next to her to exchange the ticket she bought online, and then lined up in front of the ticket office to buy popcorn and drinks.
Chen Yingyu, who was waiting in the back, looked around and saw that all the sofas and chairs in the cinema hall were full, so she could only stand.
On the scrolling LED screen above the ticket office, "Detective Chinatown 2" accounted for more than half of the screenings, and the rest were "Skiptrace" and other movies.
There are many large promotional posters placed on the side of the cinema.
The most eye-catching is [Detective Chinatown 2] in the C position. Gu Wei and Wang Baoqiang are standing in the middle wearing detective windbreakers, with Liu Yifei, Nazha, Xiao Yang, Wang Xun and others behind and on both sides of them.
Next to [Detective Chinatown 2], there are posters for [Fengshen Legend] and [Skiptrace], and further away there is also [Cold War 2], but their size and position are not as big as [Detective Chinatown 2].
Chen Yingyu stood in front of a row of posters and looked at them for a while.
"Gu Wei is still the most handsome!"
After a while, my sister came over with a big bucket of popcorn and two drinks in her hands.
Chen Yingxue hurriedly took two steps forward and took it.
He took his drink from his sister, then the popcorn, and naturally reached out to grab them and start eating.
"Sister, when you watched the premiere, did Gu Wei and Nazha end up together in the movie?"
"Didn't you ask me not to spoil the story for you?"
"I'm curious, I didn't ask you to tell me the plot~"
Chen Yingxue thought about it.
“They’re not together, but they have some ambiguity.
In the plot, "Qin Feng" and "KIKO" should be the official couple.
Especially at the end, "KIKO" finally said that he liked "Qin Feng".
“Hehe~
I've said it before, Gu Wei and Nazha are a perfect match, the alluring couple YYDS! "
The little girl's mouth was stuffed with popcorn, her face puffed up like a little squirrel, and she said proudly.
Although she and her sister are both fans of Gu Wei, she is a fan of the "Qingcheng couple" CP, and thinks that Gu Wei's best drama is "Love O2O" which was broadcast last year.
"It's just what the plot requires. What does it have to do with the actors?"
"Gu Wei is the director and screenwriter himself, why doesn't he pair up with Liu Yifei? Nazha is different!"
Chen Yingxue couldn't say anything about her sister's brainless fans.
After all, she had seen the movie and could tell that Liu Yifei's role in the second part was comparable to Zeng Li in the first part, and there was no way she could be a couple with Gu Wei.
The two stood there chatting, and soon the ticket checking for the movie they chose began.
There was a long queue at the ticket gate, and the two sisters followed the crowd into the theater little by little.
"There are so many people. This is the first time I've seen so many people at a movie during the day."
Chen Yingyu sighed.
The two of them entered the theater and found a seat to sit down. Before long, the theater was filled with people in front, behind, and around them.
The seats they chose were a little further back. Chen Yingxue looked forward and saw that the occupancy rate of this theater was over 80%.
You have to know that it is only 10:30 in the morning and it is a Thursday weekday, but so many people come out to watch a movie.
Most of the people sitting around were girls of their age. Some came in pairs, and some in groups of four or five.
After sitting down, they chattered non-stop, each one very excited.
Judging from the content of the chat, Gu Wei’s fans make up the majority.
Within two minutes, the lights in the theater dimmed and the seated audience stopped talking; the movie was about to begin.
Unlike her sister, the little girl Chen Yingyu was watching the movie for the first time. Her eyes lit up when Gu Wei appeared at the beginning of the movie.
She is a fan of Gu Wei, so it is normal for her to be intoxicated by her idol's looks, but she was soon attracted by the plot.
As the movie progressed, bursts of laughter rang out in the theater.
The 120-minute movie came to an end very quickly.
On the big screen, Gu Wei said goodbye to Nazha and invited her to visit Beijing when she had time.
Nazha, dressed in a 2D costume with two blue ponytails, looked into Gu Wei's eyes and said with a smile, "Right away!"
The camera turned and Wang Baoqiang was walking and chatting with Gu Wei.
"You are so lucky!"
"What good fortune do I have?"
Gu Wei didn't understand.
"Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid?
What does "immediately" mean?
"What's the meaning?"
"Pinyin~"
Gu Wei thought about it and suddenly realized.
“LIKE YOU!”
"You kid, you really need to improve your English, otherwise you're not worthy of being my partner!"
Chen Yingyu looked at this scene and smiled foolishly.
The movie ended quickly, and the two sisters sitting in their seats looked reluctant to see more.
“Even though I’ve already seen it once, I still think this movie is very interesting.”
"Naza is so cool, her look is completely different from Bei Weiwei's, but equally beautiful. I find she is very suitable to play this kind of cool 2D girl!
Sure enough, I was right, Gu Wei and Nazha are the perfect match!"
After watching the movie, Chen Yingyu became more confident about the CP she insisted on, Gu Wei and Nazha.
"Oh, sis, let's watch it again later. I haven't seen enough. Let's just consider it as supporting Gu Wei!"
Chen Yingxue looked embarrassed.
"It's not that I don't support you, the key is that I've watched it twice~"
"If you don't want to watch it, forget it. I'll go find my classmate Xiao Rui and the others."
After saying that, Chen Yingyu took out the mobile phone from her pocket and started sending messages to her classmates.
On the first day of the release of [Detective Chinatown 2], Gu Wei and others were not idle either, and began their roadshow across the country again.
The roadshow before the movie was released was for publicity so that more people could know about the movie "Detective Chinatown 2".
After the movie is released, they use the celebrity’s fame to attract more audiences to watch the movie.
The plane landed in Shenzhen that afternoon.
"Wow, it's over 100 million!"
As we got in the car heading to the hotel, Nazha, who was looking down at her phone, suddenly exclaimed.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Wei beside him asked.
"I checked Maoyan's real-time box office statistics. Our Detective Chinatown 2 just broke 100 million yuan at the box office. Today is a weekday, and it's only a little after 3 p.m.!"
Nazha looked at Gu Wei excitedly.
Gu Wei glanced at her phone and swiped his finger across the screen.
On the first day of the release of [Detective Chinatown 2], the national screening share was 46%, and the real-time box office to date is 102 million.
"The peak viewing time for moviegoers on weekdays is from 5 p.m. to midnight. Based on this trend, it should be no problem for the first-day box office to exceed 200 million yuan."
"That's great! Our movie is going to be a huge hit!"
Nazha looked at the data on her phone refreshing back and forth, with a happy look on her face.
Although she is only the second female lead in "Detective Chinatown 2", according to the plot, her role is no less than that of the first female lead Liu Yifei, and she is also Gu Wei's official partner, and she is very outstanding in the movie.
Originally, "Love O2O" made her a hit and became a top female star of the new generation. Now, if "Detective Chinatown 2" is successful, Nazha's status will be further improved and she will have her own representative film.
Although Nazha is not as career-oriented as Yang Mi and Reba, every celebrity doesn't want to be more famous.
Gu Wei and his group first went to the hotel to rest for a while, and then according to the pre-arrangement, they held a fan meeting at a Yaolai International Cinema in Shenzhen at around 8 o'clock in the evening.
[Beijing Yaolai Media] is also one of the investors of [Detective Chinatown 2]. Naturally, the crew will give priority to their partners when running promotional activities.
On the one hand, this kind of roadshow uses the fame of celebrities to promote movies, and on the other hand, it also promotes the theater where the movie is located.
The entire roadshow lasted nearly three hours, and it was already 12 o'clock in the evening when Gu Wei and his friends came out of the cinema and got into the car.
"Sister Yifei, thank you for your hard work~"
In the car on the way to the hotel, Gu Wei looked at Liu Yifei who was sitting opposite him and looked tired.
"It's okay, we're promoting the movie, isn't that normal work?"
Liu Yifei forced a smile and said indifferently.
“We have two more cinemas to visit in Shenzhen tomorrow, and then we’ll fly to the next city in the evening.
I can sleep a little longer tomorrow morning."
Liu Yifei yawned loudly.
"Great! I'm really tired today. If I don't get a good rest, I'm going to get dark circles under my eyes."
The two chatted idly in the car. Nazha, who was sitting next to Gu Wei, was listening at first, occasionally interjecting a word, and then she simply closed her eyes and rested. She was too sleepy.
On July 28, the first day of the release of "Detective Chinatown 2", the box office closed at 248 million yuan. With a 46% share of the screenings, it took 68% of the national box office, becoming the well-deserved single-day national box office champion.
On the 8th day of its release, Jackie Chan's "Skiptrace" had a cumulative box office of 578 million yuan and a single-day box office of 38.75 million yuan, ranking second in the domestic single-day box office.
Early in the morning, Gu Wei received a call from Wang Changtian of Guangxian.
"Mr. Gu, congratulations! Detective Chinatown 2 was a huge hit on its first day. Your movie is going to be a success again!"
Wang Changtian was also very happy when he got the movie’s first-day box office results.
Judging from the current first-day results, the final box office of "Detective Chinatown 2" is likely to exceed 2 billion.
[Guangguang Media] As one of the main investors and distributors, the net profit by then will be at least a small target.
The continuous success made him more and more grateful for his cooperation with Gu Wei in [Detective Chinatown 1].
In his opinion, Gu Wei is simply the god of wealth of Guangxian, and anyone who cooperates with him on a project will make a fortune.
"Haha~ Mr. Wang, what you said is wrong. It's not my movie that needs to be successful, it's our movie that needs to be successful.
It’s our joint efforts that have made the film what it is today!"
"Haha~ That's right, Mr. Gu, you are right."
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Gu Wei suddenly thought of something.
"Boss Wang, I remember today is the first day of the release of [Legend of the Gods].
Will this movie have any impact on the screening schedule of Detective Chinatown 2? "
Although Gu Wei is very confident about "Detective Chinatown 2", he has always believed that for a blockbuster movie, quality and reputation determine the lower limit of the box office, while the screening schedule determines the upper limit of the box office.
"Don't worry, Mr. Gu. Our film has many partners with cinema resources, including Wanda, Yaolai, and Jinyi.
In addition, the first-day box office is so good and the attendance is so high, the theater chain will never reduce our screening schedule. After all, no one can resist money.
[The Legend of the Gods] No matter how many big-name actors there are, it is only possible for it to be a big hit, but ours has indeed been a big hit.
So his screening schedule today will only take away from other movies."
After hanging up the phone with Wang Changtian, Gu Wei packed up and prepared to start today's work.
After coming out of the hotel room, the crew met in the lobby.
After a night's rest, Liu Yifei, Nazha, Wang Baoqiang and others were full of energy.
Everyone knew about the first-day box office performance of "Detective Chinatown 2" from the Internet. Everyone was very happy and full of confidence in the upcoming roadshow.
"Everyone, the movie's box office performance on the first day was pretty good, but this is just the beginning. I believe that with the quality of our movie, plus everyone's hard work, we will definitely get results that will surprise everyone!
Come on everyone! "
"Okay, Director!"
"Come on, director!"
“.”
Everyone gave positive responses to Gu Wei's encouragement, and the new day's roadshow work officially began.
(End of this chapter)
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