0121 【Celebration Banquet】
Crack, Crack!
The flash lights in the hall kept flashing. Wang Zhonglei picked up the microphone and said a few words. When the crowd calmed down, he said: "Welcome to the celebration banquet of "Butterfly Effect". There are many people coming today, and we are deeply honored. In the past month, "Butterfly Effect" has created a very excellent result, with a box office of RMB 50.6 million, and is also the runner-up of this year. Overseas regions are still being released one after another. It is impossible to count the total global box office. But I believe that victory belongs to "Butterfly Effect". Next, we ask director Wan Xiaohu to say a few words."
The microphone was handed over to Wan Xiaohu, who shook the collar of the suit and smiled. The coquettish scattered scattered, and under the lights of the hall, it was greasy. Obviously, the mousse was squeezing a lot, and it was very stylish.
The flash light below immediately clicked and flashed.
"Tiger is getting more and more handsome now." Zhao Ye sat in the corner of the hall, looking at Wan Xiaohu holding a microphone, and said with little stars in his eyes.
Su Yaze sat next to Zhao Ye, looked at him and hummed, "He is not getting more and more handsome now, but he is getting more and more proud. He has applied half a pound of oil on his head, and the flies will slide down when they fall on it."
"I don't think this is a successful man."
"Stop being a fan of the flower slut!"
"A graceful gentleman, a lady is a good match."
"It's 'a beautiful lady, a gentleman', okay." Su Ya is becoming increasingly unacceptable to Zhao Ye's eccentricity. Now she has even tampered with the famous quotes in "Guanju", which is simply a shame for the beautiful girls.
Zhao Ye laughed and said, "The doves are singing in the river island. A beautiful lady is a good match for gentlemen. The water birds that Guan Guan live in the sand in the river. A kind and beautiful girl, a good spouse of a good man. Su Ya, do you think Wan Xiaohu is a high-quality stock? He was a director at the age of 20. He can't find many people in the world, and he is so successful. If you don't catch such a man earlier, you will regret it in the future."
"You are really crazy and stupid."
"Who is a young man who is not good at love? Who is a young woman who is not good at romance? This is the purest and purest in our human nature. How come there is a miserable pain from then on?" Zhao Ye smiled and recited a poem to express his normality. This is the poem written by Guo Moruo in "The Troubles of Young Werter", which says that young people are good at thinking~ spring.
Wan Xiaohu didn't know how the two young girls were laughing and fighting. He was holding the microphone and making a speech in high spirits.
"When I filmed "Butterfly Effect", many people said, Wan Xiaohu, are you talking about the brain? Do you have a joke in China? I tried my best to convince them that science fiction should not become a prejudice. As long as the story is well shot, there must be an audience. Now, I am very glad that the movie did not disappoint me, so that I stood here and said something that the winner should say."
"I am here, I want to thank many people. My parents have raised me over the years and gave me the opportunity to realize my dreams. I want to thank my younger brothers and sisters. It is the responsibility that makes me work hard all the time. I want to thank my classmates in Beijing Film Academy... I also want to thank my colleagues in the company, from the boss Su Ya to every employee, who support me in filming... Is it too long? Haha, finally, thank everyone in the crew, the movie belongs to me and you."
"Oh by the way, Mr. Wang forgot to say just now that he has prepared red envelopes because he has made a lot of money in the movie. Today, everyone in the crew has bulged their pockets."
"Oh, Mr. Wang is wise." The crew members who came to attend the celebration banquet started to cheer down below.
When everyone handed over the microphone to Zhou Xun, everyone said a few words.
The atmosphere gradually became hotter.
Finally, everyone came to the only table in the hall, and countless cups were stacked on the table. Wang Zhonglei and Wan Xiaohu dragged a bottle of champagne together and poured wine from the top cup. The wine overflowed and stacked layers, pouring each cup with wine.
Crack, Crack, the reporters are busy taking photos again.
The wine was poured, and everyone picked up the cup together.
“Cheers”!”
The ceremony of drinking champagne and celebrating the celebration banquet ended here. The remaining time was interviews and dinner. Wan Xiaohu was soon surrounded by reporters.
"Ten thousand directors, ten thousand directors, can you stay for a few minutes?"
"Director Wan, you have become the youngest director in China and one of the most successful directors. Do you have any experience in filming commercial movies to reveal to everyone?"
"Feng Xiaogang bombarded the fourth, fifth and sixth generation directors living in the Golden Palace, and he opened his ear room and said that he was going commercialization. Director Wan, have you also moved into the ear room now?"
"The fourth generation of directors criticized the vulgarity of "Butterfly Effect", lack of humanistic care, and the theme is dark. What do you think and how do you respond?"
Wan Xiaohu smiled unabated: "I am a director who doesn't like to be restrained and likes to try every type. Business success is indeed an unexpected surprise, but in fact I just want to shoot every story well. I agree with Director Feng's exploration in business, which is a necessary step in Chinese films. Of course, whether it is living in the Golden Palace or the Ear Room, it is not in line with my personality. I just want to ride a motorcycle around, haha."
"Director Wan, what you meant is that you don't like their way of making movies? From the beginning, you didn't want to be divided into generations, and now you don't want to live in a house. Do you want to lead a trend yourself?"
"You are so good at associating. As a director, I am a newcomer. I still have very little social experience now. If you want me to shoot movies that reflect on meditation, how can I shoot? I can't control "Loess" and "Living". I appreciate commercial movies in Hollywood more, just tell a good story without mixing too many profound things."
"Don't you think it's too superficial to shoot a movie like this?"
"Superficial? I don't think so. Audiences watch movies just to relax and look at simple content, just to their taste. You can't force audiences to think about philosophy, sociology and other logic when watching movies."
"Director Wan, can we understand this way? Many old filmmakers say that you are superficial. Are you refuting that they don't know how to be close to the audience's tastes, and are their views outdated?"
"You guys are thinking too much. I actually don't pay much attention to it. No matter what others say to me, I have no way to say how to refute others. Everyone has their own opinions and reasons. I don't want to impose my own ideas on others, or be influenced by others to change my original intention of filming a movie. Be yourself well, I think I can succeed, right?"
"There is another saying that the reason why "Butterfly Effect" won a high box office is because of its good publicity. It started previews in Hong Kong to create momentum for the mainland, and then to the three special awards at the Golden Rooster Awards. It was aggrieved and sensational, and then it was the overwhelming publicity at the premiere. Director Wan, do you admit this statement?"
"I won't admit it."
"But we all know that as the sixth-generation director, others have good works in movies, but they are never promoted and even difficult to release. Isn't this very extreme? You can easily get resources to hype, but they can't do it. Isn't it a bit unfair?"
Wan Xiaohu sneered: "This reporter, do you know that you are so funny? You said everything in the wild win, are we competing, and whose movies have a higher box office? We make movies, which is the market's own choice. When I filmed "Waiting Alone" to invest, I ran away countless times and got turned away countless times. Finally, I invested, and then made it, and then bought it for copyright and distribution by others. I kept doing what I should do, I filmed the movie and sold it. How to promote it, whether it is worth promoting is something that the publisher needs to consider, that's it."
"But it is undeniable that the publicity of "Butterfly Effect" is very large."
“So what?”
"The box office stacked by publicity does not seem to be worth celebrating like this."
"Now it's time for dinner, I'll answer the last time. Don't ask me again. Any movie must be promoted before the audience can be known and attracted to the cinema. This is the first step, but at this time, no matter how much you promote, the audience will only be impressed. To give an explanation, you put it in a newspaper in a small city to advertise, and the audience of the advertisement is the readers of this newspaper. It seems that so many readers have seen the publicity, but you have to know, how many readers like to watch movies? How many people do you pay for money to watch movies? And how many people are impressed?
After a pause, Wan Xiaohu continued: "The role of publicity is an end at this time. Because the audience that should be attracted to enter the cinema, you can't attract the rest, and it's useless to promote it. Then, relying on the quality of the movie itself to attract more audiences. Because the audience who can enter the cinema basically has some people who like to watch movies in the surrounding circles. He said that the movie is not good, and the people around him will definitely not want to watch it. He said that it is good, so that others will be moved. Our publicity is actually to create this diffusion effect. If the movie is bad, it cannot spread, and the movie is good, it can spread. The 50.6 million yuan "Butterfly Effect" is a good diffusion effect. Why can't we hold a celebration banquet?"
"Ten Thousand Directors..."
"Okay, stop asking, I'm going to have a meal."
After being delayed by the reporter, he entered the private room and everyone else had already started eating.
"Xiaohu, here." Wang Zhonglei waved and pointed to the empty space next to Feng Xiaogang.
Wan Xiaohu walked over and complained: "The reporter is so cruel. Today is so festive. I have to anger me and be serious about me. Fortunately, I am well-educated and I have not had any conflicts with them."
"If they don't anger you, there is no news to write. Haha, how can there be more attractive fighting and scolding?" Feng Xiaogang said with a smile.
Wang Zhonglei said: "Xiaohu, you have to study hard with Director Feng. How to deal with reporters? He is an expert. When should you calm down and when should you curse, it is all knowledge."
"Zhonglei, why do I think you are ruining me?" Feng Xiaogang tilted his head and questioned.
"How could it be? I'm praising you! Come, Director Feng, Xiaohu, let's go..."
Chapter completed!