Chapter 440: Joint Ticket Strategy, Finally Here (Seventh Update)
"Oh my god, this is interesting. A movie actually announced that it will be released on National Day."
"Yes, you really are not afraid of death, but why haven't you heard of this movie?"
"It's not just you. I haven't heard of it either."
"I looked up the director. This director has made a few web series, but the others are just so-so."
"All the leading actors are newcomers. No, it looks like the few guest starring actors are veteran actors."
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At this time, the discussion about the movie "I Really Came from Another World" is relatively lively on the Internet.
Of course, more people think that "I Really Came from the Past" is really not afraid of death.
No.
Some people also think that this movie is really meaningless.
Because if it was interesting, how could it be like this?
What everyone thinks.
If a movie is really taken seriously by a company, it would never be like this.
Also, the guest starring actors did not repost or promote this movie at all.
Obviously, they are also indifferent to the movie "I Really Came from the Past".
Basically, it means "don't bother me".
Actually, this is understandable.
Think about it, there were many such things on Earth in the past.
Sometimes, some unscrupulous movies specifically cast actors who appear out of friendship as the leading actors for the sake of publicity.
Sometimes, some leading actors feel unhappy and specifically say that they are just guest starring.
There are many such things.
How to say it? ?
The thing that is most lacking in the entertainment industry is loss of moral integrity.
Therefore, more people watched the movie "I Really Came from Another World" for fun, and even felt that such cannon fodder movies were not uncommon at all.
kindness.
It's really not surprising.
That’s exactly what happened. A few days later, on September 15th, when there was only half a month left before the National Day holiday, almost no one paid attention to the movie "I Really Came from Another World".
There really aren't many people paying attention anymore.
One of the directors is a newcomer, and this director wrote and directed the film himself, plus all the actors are newcomers, what is there to discuss and look forward to in such a movie? ?
Li Zijing was not surprised by this situation.
But he still wanted to fight for it.
You have to know that Yuexing Media has its own distribution company. Although this movie has been bought out by itself, the distribution still depends on the company.
"Don't look for me, Xiao Li. It's not that I don't want to help you. For a movie like yours, how much should I charge you if I distribute it? I charge you 10 points? The problem is that I'm worried that your movie won't even make 1 million, and it's hard for me to do it."
Yan Lei, the manager of the distribution department, said, "Besides, there is no way this can be distributed, and the theaters will not approve your film."
"Boss Yan, could you please help me and the theater..."
Li Zijing still wanted to beg.
But there are no more eggs to use.
This is embarrassing.
There was only half a month left before the so-called release date, but it turned out that it was difficult for the movie "I Really Came from a Time Traveler" to be released in theaters.
Yuexing Media had no intention of releasing it at all.
That is to say, after Li Zijing spent 15 million to buy out the movie, everything that happened afterwards would be Li Zijing's own business.
This is indeed a bit too much.
Li Zijing finally decided to look for Baoying Distribution Company.
He and Zhang Haotian knew each other, although they were not familiar with each other, but they were acquaintances.
“Your company doesn’t even distribute your movie???”
Zhang Haotian was a little surprised and said, "Even so, you bought out your movie. I think you are really brave."
"Haotian, I really have no other choice. More importantly, I am confident in this movie. I believe it won't be bad. You guys should watch the movie first, and then we can discuss it in detail. Do you think it's okay?"
Li Zijing said to Zhang Haotian.
“That’s fine, but Lao Li, let me be frank. Right now, all of our company’s distribution is focused on Lost in Thailand. You know, this movie may become the box office champion during the National Day holiday, so we are all very busy. But given our friendship, if you really come to me, I can’t help you. How about this? I’ll help you think of a way to see if I can get tickets for Lost in Thailand and I Really Traveled Through Time…”
Zhang Haotian nodded gently: "But we still have to watch the movie to see if it is as high quality as you said."
Ten minutes later, Zhang Haotian and others watched "I Really Came from Another World" in the movie theater.
This is a movie that is less than 2 hours long, and although the male lead, female lead, and several other leading actors are all newcomers, their performances are still quite good.
This is all thanks to Li Zijing, who actually has his own abilities in training actors.
At the same time, when Zhang Haotian was watching Li Zijing's movie, Yu Xiaoshu met Kong Chang at Yipin Teahouse.
In fact, Yu Xiaoshu himself was a little hesitant about who should play Li Yunlong in "Drawing Sword".
How to say it???
Just look at the miracle achieved by the original version of "Drawing Sword" and the subsequent remakes to see how well the character of Li Yunlong was played to perfection by teacher Li Youbin.
It can be said that he was directly deified.
This is exactly the case. Later people looked at Li Yunlong and thought he was Teacher Li Youbin.
This is a good thing, proving that Mr. Li Youbin acted well, but it is also a bad thing, because the role of Li Yunlong makes many people ignore Mr. Li Youbin's other brilliance.
You have to know that veteran actors like these generally have very strong acting skills, and they can have no problem in playing any role.
Because this is the first appearance of "Bright Sword" on Yuanxing, Yu Xiaoshu finally decided to find Kong Chang for the role of Li Yunlong.
First of all, there is no problem at all with Kong Chang's acting skills. Although Kong Chang is a little older, he does not look old because of long-term fitness, and he should have no problem playing this role.
Secondly, Kong Chang also wants to challenge different roles.
So the role of Li Yunlong was designed specifically for Kong Chang.
"Teacher Kong, please take a look at the script first."
Yu Xiaoshu said as he handed the script to Kong Chang.
You should know that the second round of broadcast of "In the Name of People" also had good ratings. The popularity of this drama has not decreased at all. And precisely because of this, Kong Chang's recent popularity is still there.
But Kong Chang is not as popular as the other characters after all. When Kong Chang received Yu Xiaoshu's call, he even thought he was a supporting role.
Kong Chang did not have any major objection to this.
For him, supporting roles and leading roles are not important, the play is the most important.
But what Kong Chang never expected was that Yu Xiaoshu actually asked him to play the leading male role.
The script is still an anti-Japanese drama.
This is not easy to write.
Kong Chang knew that some young people like Yu Xiaoshu were a little pro-Japanese. It cannot be said that they were pro-Japanese, but it can only be said that they looked up to the various situations of the island countries and thought they were so excellent and so great.
Then they often say: "Chinese people are not as good as others after all."
It's basically an automatic dwarf.
However, some young people believe that there were problems on both sides in the war, which really made Kong Chang angry.
If this can be whitewashed, then young talents are truly hopeless.
Fortunately, there are still many young people who can distinguish right from wrong.
This is quite important.
Script: "Drawing Sword".
Synopsis: Under Li Yunlong's unique tactical command, the arrogant Japanese Yamazaki Battalion was completely destroyed. Then Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei, the head of the 358th Regiment of the National Army, broke into the heavily guarded county town of the Japanese army. All the officers of the garrison were killed in this attack. Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei became famous in northwest Shanxi because of this. Li and Chu appreciated each other and became friends. In the winter of 1941, the independent regiment, which had run out of ammunition and food, ambushed the Japanese army in Yelangyu and wiped out two Japanese squadrons with cold weapons.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei met again on the Huaihai battlefield. This time, both sides almost died together. Li Yunlong was blown up like a broken bottle by a mortar shell, and Major General Chu Yunfei was hit by two machine gun bullets in the chest. The guards around him rushed over and covered Chu Yunfei.
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Thanks to the matchmaking of Li Yunlong and his wife, Zhao Gang and Feng Nan got to know each other and fell in love.
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At this point, after briefly reading the synopsis, Kong Chang quickly read the scripts for the first five episodes.
The first five episodes vividly portray Li Yunlong as a man who is brave and resourceful while also having a bit of a peasant's cunning. More importantly, he is unruly but dares to fight tough battles and is capable of fighting tough battles.
At the same time, the images of each character are relatively full.
More importantly, the script did not portray the Japanese as being idiots. On the contrary, they seemed quite strong.
After reading it, Kong Chang said without any hesitation: "Teacher Yu..."
"Teacher Kong, I dare not call you teacher in front of you. You can just call me Xiaoshu."
Yu Xiaoshu said again at this time.
After all, he didn't dare let Kong Chang really call him teacher. Yu Xiaoshu had said this when they were on the crew before.
Let a group of veteran actors with both moral integrity and artistic talent call you teacher.
No matter how you think about it, this doesn't seem good.
Kong Chang smiled and said, "Okay, Xiaoshu, I'll take this script. I will study it carefully next."
"OK."
Yu Xiaoshu nodded slightly.
Originally, Yu Xiaoshu wanted to find Liu Bin or Dong Jun, but the two of them were so popular that they had no schedule at all.
In addition, the other leading actors of "In the Name of People" also have few schedules available.
That's fine.
As I said, Yu Xiaoshu’s scripts are the ones that many people are eager to act in.
Let’s talk about Baoying Issuing Company again.
Zhang Haotian was a little surprised after watching the movie: "Your company actually rejected such a movie?"
"Yes, they think this movie is not artistic enough, not humorous enough, and is a bit of a hodgepodge, so..."
“Nonsense.”
Before Li Zijing finished speaking, Zhang Haotian said directly: "How can such a movie be a hodgepodge? And I think it is just right. You should know that pure art films have never had a big market. They are well-received but not popular. Even though many people think that art films are so good, most people don't buy them. In addition, you added a little humor, which can be said to be just right..."
Not only Zhang Haotian thought so, but other people in Baoying Distribution Company also thought so.
Found a treasure.
Zhang Haotian was extremely excited at this time.
He said to Li Zijing, "Next, I will increase the publicity of this movie. As for the initial publicity and promotion expenses, I will help you advance them first, and you can pay me back after the box office share. Lao Li, you may really become famous this time."
"Okay, stop flattering me."
Li Zijing has already suffered a great blow in Yuexing Media, so how can he still have the confidence to talk about becoming famous?
"I'll go find Teacher Yu and try to get a joint ticket."
Zhang Haotian thought for a moment and said, "If we get a package ticket and a discount, I believe the popularity of this movie will increase. And if people watch part of it, then it will definitely... Forget it. I think you should learn from the strategy of Let the Bullets Fly."
What strategy?
Advance screening.
This is the only chance.
But it is not so easy to preview in advance.
Why would a cinema give you the opportunity to preview a quality-unavailable movie in advance?
There were only a few advance screenings that weren't very good.
So after a week, Zhang Haotian felt that this advance screening strategy was not a good idea.
Because Wang Ze’s movie was screened in advance.
As such, the market will basically not give much chance to "I Really Came from the Past".
Then, let’s continue to get the combined ticket.
Zhang Haotian mobilized all his connections, and he also let Yu Xiaoshu watch the movie in advance, hoping that Yu Xiaoshu could give some extra publicity.
"no problem."
Yu Xiaoshu said with a smile: "It's fine if it's a joint ticket. Anyway, you are responsible for this. However, it's better to have fewer joint tickets in the early stage. After all, I don't think there will be many people who will buy it."
Indeed, everyone can believe in "Lost in Thailand", but why should everyone believe in "I Really Came from the Past"? ?
In this way, Zhang Haotian mobilized all his connections on the Baoying distribution side, and there was also a lot of publicity for the Indian movie.
In addition, Wang Ze’s film’s early previews received rave reviews.
But occasionally there are still some discordant voices.
Everyone is waiting.
Everyone is waiting.
Waiting for October 1st to officially arrive.
Finally, it's here.
On October 1st, the National Day holiday officially begins.
At the same time, some people go to the cinema to watch their favorite movies.
For Su Ling.
Of course he has to watch Lost in Thailand.
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(End of this chapter)
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