Poverty alleviation variety show goes to the countryside, my talent can no longer be hidden

Chapter 484: A bad start, low box office

What is youth like?
Innocence, simplicity, passion, impulse...

Whenever I recall it, there is always a kind of sour and bitter happiness, but when I think about it carefully, it is full of regrets.

At the end, I always sigh, "I want to buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine together, but it's not like the youth's travel"...

This is what countless directors want to present to the audience, but very few can truly present these memory elements using the language of the camera.

Some directors also know that their abilities are limited, so they simply use tricks - using their own made-up storylines to magnify the impulses and regrets of youth, making those emotional elements more impactful in the conflict...

The benefits of playing this way are obvious - the conflicts and contradictions in the story can easily drive the audience's emotions.

Of course, the flaws are also obvious - it is easy to backfire and be despised by the audience.

The story presented in "Those Years" is delicate and gentle, bitter and happy...

As the plot progressed, many people in front of the screen were almost wiping their eyes and smiling like aunties, their emotions being pulled back and forth.

And when this pair of bickering enemies passed each other by misunderstandings again and again, the film finally moved on to the end.

When everyone thought that this pair of bickering enemies would eventually get married and have a happy ending, the film gave everyone an unexpected turn.

Shen Jiayi got married, to a mature and steady uncle.

It was not until then that everyone realized that when Ke Jingteng dressed up carefully at the beginning, he was not going to be a groom...

This pair of bickering lovers missed each other in the end and ended up becoming friends.

And at the last moment at the wedding, when the emcee called everyone to take a group photo, when Ko Ching-teng stood beside Shen Jiayi and glanced over inadvertently, the regret and unwillingness almost overflowed the screen.

Click.

The moment the photo was frozen, countless people in front of the screen burst into tears.

This regret does not belong to Ko Ching-teng alone, but to them as well.

"If I had been braver..."

"If I had been more patient..."

"If I could have stayed there and developed..."

Countless dead memories began to bite and torture madly...

In Jinghong’s conference room, almost all employees gathered together to watch the “premiere” together.

When the end credits started, there was warm applause in the conference room.

When the lights came on, the eyes of many female employees were still red.

It's not just Ke Jingteng who has regrets.
Don’t people like Shen Jiayi also have regrets in their youth?
But regardless, the quality of this movie is definitely not a problem.

If it were an ordinary youth-themed movie, they might not even have the patience to finish watching it, let alone being moved by it!

"This movie is a sure bet!" Yan Lei, who had been promoted to the second shopkeeper of Jinghong, said with emotion: "As long as nothing unexpected happens, the number of on-demand views of this movie will definitely be a big hit!"

Other employees nearby also nodded in agreement.

This is not a compliment, but I sincerely think this movie is good.

Previously, those film critics almost unanimously criticized "Those Years", which made Jinghong a little unconfident. They thought Zhou Hao was going to fail.

Now it seems that I was overthinking it. It can't change at all. It's as stable as an old dog.

Zhou Hao had long been immune to these flatteries. He looked directly at Xu Lingyue who was standing beside him, "What do you think?"

"Very good." Xu Lingyue nodded, "But I have a question."

"what?"

Xu Lingyue blinked, "Who is the prototype of Shen Jiayi?"

Zhou Hao: …………

The entire conference room suddenly burst into laughter.

…………On the other side, the atmosphere in Youying’s director’s room became a bit solemn.

We have already obtained the first round of on-demand data for "Those Years".

Within two hours, 34 people bought tickets to watch the movie, generating a total of 164 million in revenue.

Strictly speaking, this data cannot be considered bad. After all, many online movies may not sell that much from the time they go online to the time they end up in the trash.

And this is just the profit for two hours.

But if you say okay, it feels a bit reluctant.

Although the online movie circle is bad, there are always a few movies that earn tens of millions of yuan in revenue every year.

And judging by the initial sales performance of "Those Years", the final box office share may not exceed 10 million.

The box office trend of online movies is different from that of offline movies. Although offline movies also rely on publicity and promotion, as long as the quality is indeed good and the subject matter is not particularly niche, once word of mouth builds, the box office may make a comeback.

After all, in this Internet age of information explosion, the speed at which word of mouth spreads is unimaginable in the previous era of paper media. The reversal of life and death of a film may happen overnight.

But this rule may not apply to online movies. Generally speaking, the premiere performance of online movies accounts for a very large proportion. The first-day box office of some films can even account for more than half of the total box office!
Why?

Because the online movies are terrible, they basically just rely on marketing gimmicks and try to fool as many people as possible.

After luring people in and making some money, the film basically became a failure once word of mouth spread, and it couldn't sell at all afterwards.

After struggling for a few days, it was directly thrown into the free members area to collect dust...and few people will look at it later.

This process has almost become the standard procedure for online movies.

So in their opinion, "Those Years" will be no exception.

After all, at the previous preview, almost all film critics and industry insiders were not optimistic about this film.

And now the box office revenue of the premiere seems to confirm this.

The popularity of the premiere is so bad that there is basically no possibility of a comeback later.

Fortunately, the cost of this film was not high, and its spin-off product "The Voice of China" has already made Youying a lot of money, so the platform does not actually have much profit requirements for this film.

Just let it be a loss, no one will be held accountable.

But for the online university department, this news was somewhat like a bolt from the blue.

If this movie fails, the company will not be held responsible, but the online department can basically declare it a failure...

There was still a glimmer of hope, but with Zhou Hao returning to the field of online dramas, the presence of the online drama department is no longer so indispensable.

If "Those Years" is successful, the online movie department will still have a chance to stay.

But according to the current situation...I'm afraid I should start sending out resumes and looking for another job in advance.

There was a gloomy atmosphere within Youying, and many pessimistic voices emerged on the Internet.

《Boring movie, almost fell asleep watching it》

"Except for Lin Xina's beauty, the rest is useless"

"Zhou Hao should go back to filming web dramas, movies are not something you can handle"

"I wasted my six bucks on this movie, it's like plain water"

"Didn't they say that the champion of The Voice of China would sing the theme song? Why did Zhou Hao sing it himself?"

"Someone is so disgusting for going back on his word"

"Go back to writing novels, stop making movies"

Seeing these ugly essays, Zhou Hao just laughed.

Those grandsons, they finally took action...

(End of this chapter)