The box office battle in July seems quite dull.

Although the highly anticipated "This Man From Earth 2" did not fail miserably, it also suffered a Waterloo-like treatment.

There are no other Hollywood blockbusters coming to China for release, and it seems to have fallen into a short dormant period.

During this period, there were several directors, such as Zhang Tong and Li Hao, who had their films released.

They are all comedies. The box office performance is not bad and they made a small profit. However, Chinese comedies are very disappointing when they are shown abroad. The Americans think the jokes are awkward and the expressions are quite subtle...

In short, whether it is Zhang Tong or Li Hao, their comedy films basically lose money and are useless when they go abroad.

Li You was quite depressed.

"The Bicycle Thief" was supposed to be released in China in July, but because Li You went to Venice to show it without approval, the film won a big award, but because there were some things in the film that did not conform to the provisions of Huaxiaism, the relevant departments had a lot of suggestions for rectification. After a whole set of rules and regulations, Li You found that his film had to be delayed until August...

In August, the Hollywood movie "Californication" will be released in China. What else will we do then?

Besides, some plots were edited in the movie, which made Li You feel that the movie was not complete and lost the flavor he wanted.

Of course, Li You was not dissatisfied, nor did he dare to be dissatisfied.

In fact, he had previously held the film and showed it in Venice without doing anything else, which had already violated some regulations of the relevant departments. He was thankful that the relevant departments did not take any action and even gave some suggestions for rectification.

Make trouble?

What a joke, unless he is crazy.

Compared with director Zhang Tong, Li You is an artistic and literary director with his head full of artistic ideas.

On July 5th, Li You ran to Lu Yuan's company to present him with the Venice Best Screenplay Award and drank a large bottle of wine.

After drinking, this man clamored that in the future he would continue to pursue the ultimate art of film and bring everyone a brand new experience. Sometimes he laughed, and sometimes he was depressed, like a madman.

Lu Yuan could see that he was indeed extremely passionate about art, but looking at his untidy beard and the weird look of an old man, Lu Yuan suddenly had some things in his mind that shouldn't have appeared.

"Director Li..."

"What?"

"No, nothing."

"Xiao Lu, if you have something to say, don't be so hesitant."

"Have you ever pondered the art of action movies?"

"What?"

"nothing……"

"oh."

As the sun set, Li Youmang got into the car and looked blankly at Lu Yuan, who had a silly smile on his face. Then the car slowly left Hengdian.

Action movie art?

Li You muttered these ideas silently, and then, after driving for two hours and arriving at Hangzhou Airport and getting on the plane, Li You's eyes suddenly lit up.

He seemed to have some enlightenment!

seem……

Does the shooting format need to be slightly changed?

Action art?

It was as if he saw a brand new door opened for him.

Outside the door, it seems like another world.

Of course, he didn't think Lu Yuan was joking with him.

After all, he felt that Lu Yuan was a knowledgeable and thoughtful person, and action movies could not possibly refer to those "martial arts" movies.

…

Lu Yuan didn't realize that his joke had led Li You astray.

He didn't even know that his joke had actually made Li You realize some messed up artistic expressions.

A sudden enlightenment and ascension in broad daylight?

Well, Lu Yuan felt that these things had nothing to do with him at all.

The days passed one by one, and in the blink of an eye, three more days had passed.

Inevitably, the album sales of "Stubborn" and "Lonely Northern Hemisphere" began to decline, with both albums falling below 200,000 and ending up at the same starting line.

The popularity of these two albums on the Internet began to gradually decline, and the final outcome was basically doomed.

"Stubborn" ranked first with 7.2 million, and "Lonely Northern Hemisphere" ranked second with 6.3 million. After more than half a month of struggle, the two albums both became the winners in June and July.

After seeing that the performance of their two albums began to weaken, the Power Band immediately launched a new round of publicity campaign in an attempt to save this disappointing situation. After all, the albums of a top group can’t be so disappointing, right?

Unfortunately, as the saying goes, many times no matter how hard people try, they can’t go against the trend.

If the trend tells you to go in one direction and you go against it, you are letting yourself down. No matter how many fans you have or how great the group is, it will be useless.

Unless you can create a trend and be at the forefront like the world's superstar singer Michael Weiss, you can only accept your fate.

The album of Power Band was a flop.

"Stubborn" and "Lonely Northern Hemisphere" can at least maintain a stable sales of 200,000 copies per day, but their album "Dawn"...

In just about ten days, the number of shares dropped from hundreds of thousands to just over 100,000, and was shrinking every day.

No matter how hard you try to accept interviews from major media outlets, online live broadcasts, and offline album signing events, it’s completely useless.

It would be fine if they could occupy the hot spots and earn some sales, but when they saw that the hot spots on the Internet were full of official news about the appearance of some well-known domestic pianists, they became desperate...

The Communist Youth League’s Weibo account announced the news of Brando’s visit to China, and also announced that some well-known domestic pianists would participate in this event. How else could they seize the spotlight?

One is the authentic official mainstream art, and the other is a local love song in the entertainment industry.

How can this be compared?

The two are not on the same level at all!

"According to the latest news, the world's top pianists Kennedy and Edward will attend the exchange meeting with Brando on that day, and the famous British pianist Littleland will also enter..."

"This will be a moment of artistic collision between Chinese pianists and pianists from all over the world. This will be the ultimate music festival and a temple-level event for all piano lovers!"

“…”

On the Internet, news about this exchange meeting is becoming more and more frequent.

At the same time, with the addition of Edward and others, what Brando originally thought was just a simple meeting, but the plot has begun to become more and more wrong.

…

After seeing this series of news, Lu Yuan suddenly felt suffocated.

this……

Has it become so big now?

Lu Yuan swallowed.

He used to be a very calm person, but now he found himself completely uncalm!

Although I have been practicing the piano these days, and taking the time to read the profound knowledge of piano arrangement, I have made a lot of progress, but...

How do I communicate at such an awesome event?

What method of communication?

If I participate, with my current status, I will have to communicate and speak. Not only that, but I might even be pushed to the stage to show off.

Show off?

Damn it!

What should I do with the chicken?

Although Lu Yuan knew and understood a lot of other piano melodies, he really couldn't play another complete one.

It's impossible for him to play those super classics in his mind, such as "Fate" and "Moonlight Sonata", and then end with a pause at the beginning, right?

How can this be possible?

He has no system!

He found himself in a completely terrible state.

The goddess of luck had been favoring him and bringing him good luck in the past few days, but now this good luck has completely disappeared.

He felt that a huge crisis was slowly approaching him and enveloping him.

etc!

Things seem to be turning around!

Lu Yuan stared at the headlines on the Internet, and then he was delighted!

Weibo said that this was a grand hall that only all members of the China Piano Association were eligible to attend, and I...

Forget about being a board member, I’m not even a member of the piano association, okay?

When he thought of this, his panicked mood instantly became comfortable.

Yes!

I am nothing, what am I participating for?

I have a reason, don't I?

"Mr. Lu..."

"What's up?"

"Chen Qingsong, the vice president of the Huaxia Piano Association, is going to come to the company to meet you in person."

"What? I didn't hear you clearly..."

"Chen Qingsong, the vice president of the Chinese Piano Association, just asked his secretary to call me. He hopes to come and see you in person and apologize for the negligence of their association..."

"What dereliction of duty?" Lu Yuan was confused.

"They should have invited you to join the Chinese Piano Association a long time ago, but several of his directors neglected you. There is no place for you in the Chinese Piano Association, which makes him feel very sorry. He has already dismissed the director who failed to do his job. Now he is here to invite you in person..."

"No, no, no... Tell him you're grateful for his kindness. I appreciate his kindness, but ask him not to come all the way here... Actually, this is a small matter and I don't care... Besides, I don't think I'm qualified to join the Piano Association..." Lu Yuan waved his hands quickly.

"Mr. Lu, I know you said this in anger, but I heard that the president of the Piano Association was furious about this matter and scolded those directors for more than half an hour..." Wu Tingting looked at Lu Yuan.

In fact, she felt that the attitude of the Piano Association was very good, and they had shown enough gestures and given enough face.

"I'm not saying that out of anger... I'm telling the truth..." Lu Yuan spread his hands speechlessly.

"Mr. Lu, in order to show his sincerity, the vice president came to apologize in person... We can't just leave him alone, can we?" Wu Tingting glanced at Lu Yuan.

"Well... okay... let's meet then."

Lu Yuan was silent for a while.

He suddenly felt that it would be better if he just laid things out.