"Don't worry, I'm watching over here." Xu Siming said on the other end of the phone, "Your most important task is to win at least one big prize."
He paused, then said excitedly, "Who knows, maybe our movie will rake in billions of yuan at the box office by then."
"Don't fantasize about it, just do your job well."
"This movie is different from the first one. We already have a fan base and good reputation. As long as we market it well, it will do well."
The second film was adapted from a novel copyright purchased by An Jingzhi. The crew was relatively mature and the filming speed was not slow.
The crew officially wrapped up filming in less than two months.
An Jingzhi temporarily handed over the remaining matters to Xu Siming. He took the crew of "Nineteen Seventy-Eight" abroad to prepare for the Golden Tiger Awards.
Although there is a high probability that you will not win any awards, the important thing is to participate. At least it is an award with high gold content internationally, and you can also meet many foreign businessmen here.
If we can sell the movie abroad, it will be worth the trip.
In fact, the main actors of the nominated film are Hu Chengming and the villagers of Xiaoan Village. When everyone heard that they were going to come abroad to receive the award, they all shook their heads and refused, showing no interest at all.
Now the construction of the village is in full swing, and many people go to visit every day. They are not in this industry, and making money honestly in the village is better than anything else.
So An Jingzhi could only travel with Hu Chengming.
The two chose a hotel that was relatively close to them.
The award has not been announced yet, Hu Chengming is busy socializing, and An Jingzhi is also busy socializing, but they are busy for different purposes.
Being nominated for this award was a surprise to him. He didn't expect to win any prize. This time he just wanted to gild himself and find a buyer.
"Hello, Mr. Smith."
Seeing a white man in a suit stopping in front of a movie poster, An Jingzhi smiled and walked up to greet him.
…
The release date of the movie is getting closer.
Everyone in the company is busy, but Xu Siming is the busiest. He not only has to deal with the film release schedule, but also manage marketing.
I only slept for four hours in total and was woken up by the ringing of the phone next to the bed.
Without carefully looking at the caller name, Xu Siming picked up the phone.
"Hello, who is this?"
"Where's An Jingzhi?"
A heavy and old voice sounded from the other end of the phone, which scared Xu Siming so much that he quickly sat up from the bed.
"Teacher Dou?"
"Jingzhi? Didn't you get in touch with him? He went abroad with Senior Brother Hu to receive an award."
"Yes, yes, yes. I might not be able to come back before the movie is released. I will be fully responsible here."
"Comments? I saw that. Thank you, Mr. Dou. I'll take care of it."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Siming subconsciously wiped his forehead.
Dou Songhua is a relatively kind person who rarely loses his temper, but his expression is very serious, which makes people feel scared when they look at him.
Xu Siming was very puzzled at first, why An Jingzhi dared to ask the other party to be the introducer.
After getting to know each other, I realized that Teacher Dou is cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
After thinking for a while, he dialed the familiar number.
After making three calls and no one answered, he simply gave up.
Not wanting to make An Jingzhi worry, he decided to solve it himself.
Unlike the first step where one could only gain attention by making fun of oneself, most of the comments on the Internet are quite expectant.
In fact, the most important thing is the bonus of being nominated for the Golden Tiger Award.
But there are quite a few bad reviews, and it’s authoritative film critics who are criticizing it.
…
After learning from Xu Siming that the movie was released and achieved good results on the first day, An Jingzhi encouraged him with a few words.
A call was made to Dou Songhua, who explained why he didn't answer the phone.
I also thanked the other party for speaking up for them.
Before the awards ceremony started, An Jingzhi was not idle. He had his eyes on many foreign film producers, but they were not fools either.
The only one who can be proud of is Hu Chengming, but Hu Chengming is not very famous abroad.
Thanks to his eloquence, and the two gimmicks of the film being nominated and having a small budget and making a big profit, he was barely bought out by South Asia for five million US dollars.
This transaction price is nothing compared to other movies.
But for An Jingzhi, this money was all picked up for free, and every bit of profit counts.
The movie was adapted from a novel by a well-known domestic writer, who also participated in the screenwriting of the movie, so after the movie was released, no one criticized the plot.
But many people still can't stand it, mainly because many veteran filmmakers and their peers are jealous.
There was a lot of criticism on the Internet, but there was also a lot of praise.
The box office has slowly climbed amidst mixed reviews, from 30 million per day to 50 million per day.
An Jingzhi is truly amazing! It's only been out for five days, and he's already recouped his costs and made a ton of money.
To be honest, this movie is actually a bit literary, and the adaptation has added a lot of laughs, but its core is still tragedy. I think the Golden Tiger Award is a bonus for its success.
Even if there's the bonus of being nominated for the Golden Tiger Award, that's earned through genuine ability.
"How could such a good film be made with a budget of just over 10 million? I'm really curious about those blockbusters that often claim to have budgets of hundreds of millions. Where did all that money go?"
[It's so boring, I almost fell asleep while watching it. Action movies are more interesting, so I don't recommend watching it.]
It's so boring and utterly gratuitous. Someone outside the industry made a terrible piece of shit, and yet so many viewers are rushing to praise it. It's truly sad that the film industry has fallen to this point.
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