August brings with it an indescribable feeling of heat.
After the premiere of "California Nights", the word-of-mouth of the film in major media outlets continued to explode, and it was directly ranked first on major word-of-mouth charts. At the same time, the three interludes of "Romance of Love" that appeared in the film were rated by many professionals in the industry as one of the few soulful interludes in the film industry in recent years. After only a few hours, this piano piece was pushed to the first place in the piano piece category, surpassing the second place "Für Alice".
There is also another song bombarding the Internet again!
The song is called "Hotel California"!
"I think this is a well-prepared satirical song that satirizes love in today's era..."
"This song uses an obscure way to depict the plot of the movie. At the same time, the narrow and complicated melody represents an impact on the times and a break from the shackles... I never thought that Lu Yuan would be able to create English songs so vividly!"
“Is it Lu Yuan’s Romance of Love and Hotel California that made the movie California Nights a success, or is it California Nights that directly pushed these two works to the altar?”
"Each lyric is full of an indescribable charm. Similarly, the details described in the lyrics are very profound. Country rock has been sung by Lu Yuan with a different flavor. At the same time, this song..."
"Where is Hotel California? Is there really such a place in the United States? How did Lu Yuan create this song? This is incredible..."
"Hotel California" has been over-interpreted by many people.
Lu Yuan’s creative experience was also being interpreted. In the early hours of the morning, all kinds of rumors were flying everywhere.
Some people said that Lu Yuan went to California, the United States, and visited the small hotel next to the church, where he saw many touching things...
Some people said that Lu Yuan got lost while traveling in California, and was finally rescued by a "professional woman". After chatting with the "professional woman", he saw a scene that those girls didn't know...
"California Nights", "California Pros"!
Damn...
this……
Seems to sound reasonable?
The morning of August 2nd.
"California Nights" suddenly became popular!
The Internet is full of this controversial Hollywood movie. In addition to the content of the movie itself, as long as you go online you can see "Romance of Love" and reviews of "Hotel California"...
Similarly, the name Lu Yuan also appeared on the headlines following the popularity of the movie, with all kinds of news.
With such good word of mouth and explosive data in all aspects, the box office of "California Nights" will naturally not be too bad!
"Californication Nights" jumped to the top of the box office in August with a single-day box office of 12 million.
Twelve million?
You said less?
No, that's not enough at all.
After all, "California Nights" is a romantic art film, and its audience is not high. Even Hollywood romantic art films cannot surpass the audience of science fiction films and special effects films in China...
It’s already very good to get a box office of 12 million.
The box office of "Airplane Kingdom" was not bad, with a box office of 10 million, but the online reputation plummeted...
"What the hell? I thought..."
"Damn, title dog..."
"I was wondering how it was possible that there was a plane like the one I was thinking of... I went into the cinema, excited to see Claire's 'plane', but... I actually saw a plane..."
"I'm sad. Why did you drag our goddess Claire into this? And why did you call it "Airplane Nation"?!"
"Oh my god, title dog!"
There was a lot of criticism on the Internet...
The whole article was full of complaints about the film being a fighting film. Many "gentlemen" who left with high hopes but returned disappointed were in a very bad mood...
But think about reality itself.
Many movies that are too explicit cannot be released in the United States, let alone a relatively conservative country like China.
If the things they imagined could actually be shown, it would be like dreaming about swimming in the Pacific Ocean...
As for Chinese movies...
The box office of "The Bicycle Thief" is slightly better.
This movie, which won a big award in Venice, had a single-day box office of 1.5 million!
Yes, you read that right, 1.5 million, ranking first among all the movies released in August in China...
Other movies...
It's really unwatchable. The single-day box office didn't even break one million...
Tragic?
Haha, it’s more than tragic!
A complete failure is no longer enough to describe the current state of Chinese films in the past month. They are not even qualified to be competitors of Hollywood films!
…
After seeing the popularity and headlines online, Shen Lianjie really didn’t know what to say.
He felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
The casting for "Dream Travelers" has been completed and the heat has almost subsided.
There is nothing left to hype anymore.
At this critical moment, no matter what method he used, he could not shake Lu Yuan's popularity.
Lu Yuan really played this trick well.
The chain reaction was much stronger than he had imagined!
never mind!
Let’s first announce that we will film “Dream Travelers” well.
After so many failures, Shen Lianjie knows that the quality of the film itself is king!
If the quality is not good, no matter how much you promote it or how much you invest, the audience will not buy it.
…
Storms arise suddenly, and storms subside.
Lu Yuan, who dominated the headlines and wreaked havoc in the entertainment industry, is now staying low-key in his office writing the script for "Brokeback Mountain".
He doesn't even pay attention to what the headlines are.
He is working hard...
The script of "Brokeback Mountain" is actually not difficult to write. The plot is vivid in Lu Yuan's mind. Lu Yuan only needs to move out the key content and write the details.
Of course, although the script was not difficult to write, Lu Yuan took the shooting details very seriously.
For example, what kind of emotions should the actors use in such a plot, what kind of psychological activities should be involved, what kind of tone should be used...
In short, he filmed "Brokeback Mountain" exactly as it was in the original world.
Lu Yuan also carefully considered the details of the scenery photography.
He really hopes that James can shoot according to his own ideas.
In a sense, Brokeback Mountain is the best of its kind. It often presents a love story between two men in a beautiful way...
Lu Yuan specifically searched the Internet for the filming locations for Brokeback Mountain. When Lu Yuan found that all these locations were available, he felt relieved and continued to write about the details.
After writing for a whole day, Lu Yuan finally outlined the movie script and wrote down everything he wanted to write.
Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I feel very tired, I feel a sense of accomplishment...
Another thing completed.
"Boss Lu, you're looking for me?"
"Well, pass this script to James..."
"Oh...wait, Mr. Lu, is this really...that kind of love script?"
After Wu Tingting took the script and saw the content inside, she was stunned.
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"No, it's okay." Wu Tingting looked at Lu Yuan and the indescribable feeling in her heart deepened.
Finally, he lowered his head and contacted James with the script.
Although Lu Yuan noticed the strange look that flashed across Wu Tingting's face, he didn't think much about it.
He is indeed quite busy now.
…
"What?"
"this……"
"Is this a script or a shooting guide? Lu Yuan..."
“…”
“…”
It is night in China.
But it was daytime in America.
When James saw Lu Yuan's script after breakfast, he was a little stunned.
It was densely written with information about where to take the scene, where to shoot, where to find water, and even the details of the sunset in the shot...
this……
How can this be a simple script?
This is totally a shooting guide!
Although what Lu Yuan wrote was not as formal as the shooting director, and James thought there were still many flaws, but after reading it carefully, James had a feeling that Lu Yuan was holding the script and provoking him!
He remembered.
Lu Yuan himself is also a director.
James narrowed his eyes slightly.
Of course he wanted the script.
Not only did he want it, but he was also ready to start setting up a crew for filming immediately.
Of course, he would also accept Lu Yuan's guidance.
Good things should naturally be absorbed...
but……
He felt that he also had his own understanding of this movie!
In many aspects of details, he felt that he could do a better and more complete job than what Lu Yuan wrote in the script.
…
It’s late at night.
There are about three days left before the filming of "A Chinese Odyssey" officially starts.
Li Qi is already making intensive preparations in Zhenbeibao, Ningxia.
Lu Yuan stretched and went back to his room to sleep.
Wu Tingting, however, remained standing in the company's lobby in a daze.
She was very conflicted.
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt as if she had touched something she shouldn't have touched.
She remembered the contents of the script clearly.
Including dialogue, including description...
And when you think about it, Mr. Lu has always been a steely straight man towards girls since his debut.
This terrible thought became stronger and stronger.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you going home so late?"
"Jinxue...I...I'm a little worried..."
"What's wrong?"
"I suspect... No, maybe... Maybe Mr. Lu's personality is a little biased..." Wu Tingting hesitated for a long time and finally expressed her thoughts.
“…”
Wang Jinxue was stunned when she heard this.
Then there was a sudden silence.
Her subconscious told her that Lu Yuan was not that kind of person, but thinking about how long she had known Lu Yuan, she suddenly realized that something was indeed wrong.
When she thought about how Lu Yuan seemed to be getting more and more weird recently, her heart suddenly trembled.
Could it be that "Dream Wedding" is not referring to...
But...
"Jinxue...I..."
"Lu Yuan is not, you go to sleep."
"oh."
After Wu Tingting hesitated and left the company, Wang Jinxue silently took out her phone.
"Hello...Fangfang?"
"Are you free tomorrow morning? If you are, I hope you can come over..."
"right!"
"Symptoms? I don't know what the symptoms are right now... Come over and get tested..."
"Well, it would be best if I could hypnotize you..."
"right!"