In "Northern Xiao Empress," Xiao Qingran plays Empress Xiao Qingcheng, while Luo Jiuyan plays Chen Jiusheng, a hostage of the State of Chen. Both are incredibly beautiful, and their auras are truly remarkable. In the words of screenwriter Chen Lao, they're a perfect match for his ideal empress and empress.
The scriptwriter, Mr. Chen, is a retired professor of history at Peking University. He has long studied historical texts and is well versed in the history of the Northern Xiao Kingdom. He has long believed that this period of history is flawed, so he sought out unofficial histories of the Northern Xiao Kingdom and, based on the circumstances of the time, wrote the script "The Female Emperor of the Northern Xiao Kingdom."
He simply wanted to let the world know that history isn't always true. He wrote it in the form of a screenplay and made it into a movie, hoping that modern people would understand the image and achievements of the first female emperor over 2,000 years ago.
It is said that thousands of years ago, Kyushu was a feudal society where men were superior to women. Women could only give birth to children and serve men, and people looked down upon women in ancient times.
But Mr. Chen wants to use the film "Empress of Northern Xiao" to tell modern people that in ancient times, as long as you are powerful and capable, a woman can also become an emperor.
The film was shot for nearly two months before it was finished. After the film was finished, Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan returned home.
Less than half a month later, Director Qin called and told Xiao Qingran that the movie "Empress of Northern Xiao" would be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
As a Lunar New Year film, it faced eight competitors. Three of these eight were comedies, directed by directors of similar caliber to Director Qin. The three romances were directed by directors who were Director Qin's predecessors. The other two, a war film and an animation, had already been filmed four times. You can imagine how popular these two films were. Director Qin was under immense pressure. He hoped that the leading actors, Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan, would personally come to the cinema to promote the premiere.
Xiao Qingran and Luo Jiuyan had originally planned to return to Tianyu Island with their family for the New Year. After all, everyone was currently cultivating, and the spiritual energy on Tianyu Island was richer than that of the secular world.
However, since there were still things to do during the Spring Festival, Xiao Qingran could only discuss with everyone and stay in secular world to celebrate the Spring Festival this year. The happiest people were the old lady and Xiao Rongchen.
Mr. Lu knew that everyone would celebrate the New Year in secular society this year, so he immediately invited everyone to celebrate at the Lu family's.
The premiere of "Empress of Northern Xiao" was on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. Xiao Qingran, Luo Jiuyan and a dozen other actors came to the cinema to promote the film.
Before coming to the cinema, Xiao Qingran posted on Weibo, and many fans expressed their support for Xiao Qingran at the premiere.
Xiao Qingran hadn't expected so many people to support her. Within three days of its premiere, the box office had already surpassed 100 million yuan on the first day, and the figures kept rising over the next two days. Director Qin was so excited that he'd call Xiao Qingran almost every day to tell her the film's real-time box office figures.
What Xiao Qingran didn't expect was that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there would suddenly be so many people watching the movie.
Gu Le tagged her while he was shopping.
"Boss, you don't know. Luckily, I bought the tickets online in advance, otherwise it would have been really hard to get one. There are so many people lining up at the cinema box office to buy tickets for 'The Empress of Northern Xiao', but the tickets are always sold out. I heard that the cinema is almost fully booked for your movie now."
After Xiao Qingran received Gu Le's call, she received many more calls congratulating her. They were all saying that the movie she had filmed had become a huge hit online. The most popular one was Luo Jiuyan, who was called the national brother-in-law by netizens.
Xiao Qingran didn't think it was strange. After all, if Luo Jiuyan did something seriously, it would definitely amaze people.
Early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Qingran had just gotten up when Director Qin called.
"Xiao Qingran, do you know what the box office revenue was for 'Empress of Northern Xiao' yesterday? I'm telling you, you won't believe it. Even I was stunned when I first saw the data."
Xiao Qingran had long ceased to care about the box office. She didn't care about Director Qin's exaggerated words. She didn't ask, leaving Director Qin so anxious that he almost went to buy some quick-acting heart pills.
"How can you be so calm? This is your and your husband's production. Why don't you give the number to the national brother-in-law? Maybe he's been following this and is eager to know yesterday's box office figures?"
Director Qin’s persistent suggestion.
Xiao Qingran sneered, "Director Qin, my husband is changing diapers for our two children. He has even less time to deal with you. You just need to know the box office figures yourself. You don't need to report to me every day."
Director Qin: “…”
Xiao Qingran continued, "My best friend is getting married on the third day of junior high school, so she might not be able to contact me after that. So, Director Qin, you..."
Director Qin's frown was so tight it could have pinched a fly to death: "Your best friend? Xiao Qingran? Who is your best friend? How come I don't know? You're not just making up an excuse because you don't want to answer my call! Other celebrities can't wait to be in the office every day, constantly focusing on their work, but you two, not only don't care, but you're also trying to disappear."
Xiao Qingran really wanted to hang up Director Qin's phone. She took a deep breath and said, "Wei Ziqing is my best friend. Haven't you heard that she's about to marry into the ancient martial arts world?"
Director Qin thought for a long time before he suddenly realized: "Oh, oh, it's Wei Ziqing! Given your relationship with the Wei family, I thought you two had broken up a long time ago, but I didn't expect..."
Director Qin wanted to say that he didn't expect the Wei family to treat Xiao Qingran like that. Now that Young Master Wei was in there, it was hard to imagine that Xiao Qingran and Wei Ziqing still had such a good relationship.
"Alright, Director Qin, I won't talk to you anymore. I'll..."
Director Qin was afraid that Xiao Qingran would hang up the phone, so he couldn't help but say, "Yesterday's box office exceeded 500 million, and today's will probably be even more. So, Xiao Qingran, are you shocked?"
Xiao Qingran: "Wow, so many. Really too many."
Director Qin was so angry that his beard stood up and he hung up the phone directly.
After hanging up the phone, Director Qin couldn't help but complain to his assistant, "I think the entertainment industry should not hire actors with status and background. They are just doing it for fun and don't care about anything else. Luckily, this movie became a hit, otherwise Xiao Qingran probably wouldn't even remember what she filmed.
The assistant chuckled, "Director Qin, Xiao Qingran is not short of money or popularity. For her, filming is just a way to enjoy life."
Director Qin waved his hand. "I think she's just lazy. Forget about them. Hurry and post the good news on Weibo. I want to show my competitors what I'm capable of."
After the assistant immediately posted the news that the first-day box office of "The Empress of Northern Xiao" exceeded 500 million from Director Qin's Weibo, it almost shocked the entire director circle.
Even netizens couldn't believe that the box office would be so high, and thought Director Qin was dreaming. At this time, the online box office statistics had not yet been released.
When it was almost ten o'clock, the box office statistics of all the Lunar New Year movies came out, and "The Empress of Northern Xiao" was firmly ranked first.
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