Alice likes piano.

My major in college was also piano music.

She didn't know Lu Yuan at all, and didn't even know who Lu Yuan was. After all, no matter how great a Chinese star is in China, it's nothing to go to the United States...

However, at a concert she heard a piano piece with a very beautiful melody.

The piano piece was played by her brother Jack, it was very easy and elegant.

Then she saw the title of the song.

The song is called "To Alice".

When Alice saw the title of this song, she suddenly felt strange.

At first she thought that the song was composed by Jack and was written for her. She instantly admired her brother Jack very much. But later Jack said that the song came from a Chinese person.

This Chinese man's name is Lu Yuan.

Chinese?

Why are you Chinese?

This made Alice very strange.

wrong!

She didn't mean to discriminate against the Chinese. Chinese also have great composers. Alice had heard of all the famous composers, but she had never heard of Lu Yuan.

Who is this Lu Yuan?

She said it was very strange.

From that time on, she began to search for Lu Yuan on the Sodu browser. However, Lu Yuan was not famous in the United States at that time, and even the Sodu browser in the United States could not find any detailed information about Lu Yuan...

Alice was a little disappointed at first, but at the subsequent Venice awards ceremony, she heard Lu Yuan's name again on the video.

But it came from Edward's mouth.

Of course, he also saw Lu Yuan afterwards, and Lu Yuan seemed to have caused some trouble.

Then at Edward's concert, she met Lu Yuan again!

And it’s a real person!

Generally speaking, there is a natural difference between real people and videos.

But Lu Yuan is very different.

She found the man strange.

Yes, he is different from any other pianist. Any other pianist will be extremely confident and complacent when he goes on stage, but he just has a faint silly smile on his face and a hint of reluctance that makes people feel sympathy.

Yes, no matter what others think, she felt that the man was very reluctant to go on stage, as if he had no choice but to do so.

He was not as handsome as that man, at least not as handsome as Edward, and not as tall as Edward, but this man's eyes had a very strange sense of depth and story.

That day, she witnessed the birth of another piano piece, "Lullaby".

That day, she found herself completely conquered by Lu Yuan, a Chinese man.

After that day, she realized that this Chinese man's talent was almost crazy. He was not only a piano arranger, but also a singer, director, poet, and screenwriter...

Afterwards, she found herself only in amazement and became a fan of Lu Yuan.

In fact, when she learned that Lu Yuan's "This Man From Earth" was released in China, she planned to go to China in person to support Lu Yuan, but unfortunately, the company's interview tasks were very busy and she simply couldn't spare the time.

She is a reporter after all, and an entertainment reporter at that.

Although she didn't know that Lu Yuan didn't care about these things and even didn't know who she was, she felt a sense of guilt towards Lu Yuan in her heart.

But now it seems that God has made up for her guilt and allowed "The Man from Earth" to be released in the United States.

After accompanying her brother Jack to watch the movie "Alien" and completing the film review task assigned by the company, she couldn't wait to watch "The Man from Earth".

This movie is said to have no special effects in China, the lowest investment in history, and a skyrocketing box office.

She and Jack came to Screening Room 3.

There was an advertisement for this movie in Screening Room No. 3. Although the advertisement was very sophisticated, it had no promotional effect.

Nonsense, this treatment is totally incomparable to that of "The Alien", which is also a Chinese movie.

The advertisement of "The Alien" was placed directly in a conspicuous place at the main entrance, while the advertisement of "This Man From Earth" was placed at the door of the screening room, in a corner that not many people would notice. The location difference is huge. At the same time, "The Alien" was promoted in major American film newspapers, but although "This Man From Earth" was also previewed in American film newspapers, it only had simple content such as "The Chinese film "This Man From Earth" landed in the United States."

Anything else?

The rest are totally gone!

Promotional effect?

This has absolutely no publicity effect!

And the treatment is totally different!

Of course, Alice knew the reason. It wasn't that the media didn't want to promote it, but that Huaxin Brothers Company was too shameless...

It would be good if a company that tries to revive itself by relying on Chinese films does not become a laughing stock in the industry. What do you think it has?

Are you kidding me?

"Er Gouzi! Come on!"

Just as she walked into the screening room, she silently clenched her fists and said this sentence very kindly in her unfluent Chinese.

Of course, she didn't know what Er Gouzi meant. She only knew that the name Er Gouzi was very friendly and that's what all the fans called him...

Of course, if she has the opportunity to interview Lu Yuan in the future, she will also call him Ergouzi!

She thinks it represents a term of endearment from fans.

After entering the cinema, she saw several familiar faces. They all seemed to have appeared at the concert...

Alice knew.

They all came for Lu Yuan, they are all Lu Yuan's fans.

Although he doesn't have many fans, this in a sense proves that Lu Yuan is known by some people internationally.

Alice is very happy!

At least she felt excited to see someone identify with her favorite idol.

There is a sense of like-mindedness.

She found her seat and sat down.

As soon as we sat down, the movie started...

…

"I originally thought this was a traditional Chinese bad movie, but now I realize I was wrong... This is not a bad movie. Not only is it not a bad movie, it is very likely to be a movie that will transcend the times."

"Yeah, I think so too!"

"The screenwriter is really a genius. Is this even possible?"

"This movie is really good, but unfortunately I had never heard of it before. If I hadn't been so bored, I would never have come to watch this movie... I didn't expect to find a treasure at this glance."

"yes!"

The movie, which lasted more than an hour, ended very quickly.

Alice and Jack walked out of the screening room.

Jack had no interest in the so-called Chinese science fiction films. He thought that Chinese science fiction films were garbage. He even felt drowsy when watching the movies. After all, that movie that was highly praised by Columbia was really embarrassing.

And the movie's synopsis said it was a movie about awkward conversations, which made him even more speechless.

But in fact, when he watched the movie seriously, he was shocked.

Not only was he not drowsy as imagined, but he looked more energetic than anyone else throughout the entire process.

He felt that this was a subversion, and he could not describe in words Lu Yuan's genius screenwriting talent!

He can even responsibly assure anyone that this movie is absolutely a must-see.

Alice was also quite surprised!

Ergouzi is still so talented and awesome!

She felt even happier when she heard the word-of-mouth from people around her, and some even went to search for who the screenwriter was.

The more people identify with Ergouzi, the more sense of accomplishment she feels.

"Brother Jack...I want to write a review for this movie."

"Me too……"

"Then let's have a competition?"

"good!"

…

Four o'clock in the morning on April 18th.

It was still a very peaceful day.

Many people are sleeping in their dreams...

But Thomson kept waiting for the box office results.

He didn't want to be surpassed by "Alien", and he felt it would be a shame if he was surpassed.

He had nothing to say about being suddenly overtaken in China. After all, "The Alien" did have unique advantages in China, and he did not focus on promoting it in China. But now the battlefield is no longer China, but Hollywood, USA.

This is entirely his own battlefield. Even though his American Film Agency is not as good as Columbia, which is represented by "The Alien", and even though his box office has been in a slump, he feels that these are not reasons.

He can't lose!

This is a kind of pride!

After anxiously waiting for several hours, his phone finally rang.

"Hello!"

"Director, the box office figures are out! You'll never guess the results of that Chinese film!"

"How many?"

“Two hundred thousand dollars for the premiere!”

"Two hundred thousand?"

“Where’s our box office?”

"We are six hundred thousand!"

"We are three times as many as him, haha!" After hearing this data, Thomson breathed a sigh of relief.

His mood suddenly became better than ever.

He was originally quite afraid of the movie "The Alien", and even organized a campaign to avoid being overtaken.

But now...

He found that there was nothing to worry about.

Even if I don’t organize any activities, even if the box office of my movie drops by another 300,000, it will still be 100,000 better than the box office of "The Alien"!

call!

He shook his head, feeling a little neurotic.

I am actually afraid of a Chinese movie?

Really…

Chinese movies are still so vulnerable after they are released from China...

What am I worried about?

When the box office results came out, Thomson stretched and walked towards the room.

He needs to get some good sleep.

The person on the other end of the phone obviously didn't tell him about the other Chinese movie that grossed $100,000.

The other end didn't seem to have any interest in this $100,000 movie.

However, no one knew that this movie, which seemed to have very low box office, had actually begun to gradually build up its own reputation...

…

"How many?"

"The results are not ideal... only 200,000."

"What? We spent so much resources, but the box office is only 200,000?"

"yes!"

"Send John, the manager in charge of this movie, over here. He's the one who swears that this movie will be a hit!"

"this……"

"Talk to the Finance Department and deduct half of his bonus this year!"

"yes."

"By the way, what about the other Chinese movie?"

"Ah? That movie 'The Man From Earth'?"

"Hmm! How much?"

"Very little, less than 100,000 in box office!"

"What? There's a box office of 100,000?"

"Ah? He is totally no match for us!"

"Idiot, don't you know by now? That movie doesn't have much publicity resources! What do you think would happen if our resources were used for 'The Man From Earth'?"

"What!"

"Oh my god, John is such a pig! If only he had read The Man From Earth!"

“…”