I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 655: A sharp turn for the worse (44)

Around 10 o'clock, Shen Liang returned to his room and immediately started live streaming...

The number of people online today is close to 1200 million!
I guess they are all bored at home, don’t want to watch the Spring Festival Gala, and don’t want to light up the fireworks…

As soon as the show started, a group of people started saying things like "Brother Liang, you've made it to the second most searched topic!" and "Work hard, the Spring Festival Gala is nothing special..."

Shen Liang was speechless: "I'm competing with the Spring Festival Gala for hot searches? Do you want to see what you are talking about?"

"Do you really think I'm Zeng Xiaoxian?"

Oh, this is a joke from "Love Apartment" - Zeng Xiaoxian's show competes with the Spring Festival Gala ratings...

"I'm not going to complain about the Spring Festival Gala. You should know that the TV industry used to rarely use the word 'entertainment', but used 'literature and art', which has the connotation of socialist culture with the mission of improving the aesthetic sentiment of the people. The program production center of the TV station was called the Literature and Art Department."

"People in the circle are called people in the literary and artistic circles. The literary and artistic circles have been separated from the masses for a long time. They are unable to restore the real revolutionary discourse and can only promote the main theme in a half-hearted way. They dare not fully embrace capital. In the process of opportunism, they choose the lowest quality traffic stars in the cultural industry. In fact, it can be said to be a tragedy!

The current situation of the Chinese literary and art circles cannot truly reflect the current situation of Chinese society... Just like crosstalk, it only needs recognition from within the circle, and the masses are not important. It doesn’t matter if you want to watch it or not, as long as the circle praises each other... The current situation is like this, and no one can change it..."

"I don't have time to rehearse this year... I guess I'll do it next year!"

"I spent the New Year on the set, my parents came... to spend a few days with me..."

"I think it's great. As long as my parents come, it will be a small family reunion. There are about two weeks left for "Kim's Secretary". After filming, our family will go back to BJ... I will visit my grandparents..."

"Giving gifts... We definitely give gifts during festivals... I won't tell you who we give them to!"

After Shen Liang entered the industry, his parents would prepare a bunch of gifts every year and give them to many seniors at the Beijing Film Studio...

When spring comes, I will invite my seniors to go hiking and travel together...

Otherwise, why do you think Shen Liang won the award?
In addition to acting skills, the most important thing is human feelings!

Learn from Brother Xiao Ming.

Brother Xiao Ming insists on respecting teachers and education, and takes teachers from Beijing Film Academy on group tours every year.

So, he made a lot of bad movies that flopped at the box office, and then with just two or three decent movies, he won five Best Actor trophies!
This is definitely unfair...

It's not easy to promote.

Shen Liang broadcasts live every day, and he has a vague feeling that the public is hostile to celebrities, and has a kind of deep hatred for the so-called "elite class", the so-called "upper class", including the "208 million" movie and TV stars...

It's normal, a natural class conflict!
You have to know that, essentially, this small circle of at most a few hundred or nearly a thousand people is made up of the insiders who call each other "teacher", while the billions of ordinary audiences are called "outsiders" and "amateurs"!
When you use this term, you no longer consider them as your own people.

As he had drunk some wine, Liang Ge spoke a lot of truth.

"This year's Spring Festival movie tickets are too expensive. If you want to watch a movie, go ahead. If you don't want to watch a movie, save the money and eat something good. Movie tickets are so expensive. You can watch it on video websites in two months at most!"

"I checked the ticket prices for Watergate, and they were 120 per ticket... it's outrageous!"

"What kind of movies do I want to make next? I want to play Huang Chao and Li Zicheng. I want to recreate on the screen the scene of 'The streets are trampled with bones of nobles, the inner treasury is burned to ashes, the fragrance of incense permeates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor!'..."

"It might be a bit difficult... I'm only 27 years old, I can't play these roles..."

"Uh, did I just say 'Don't go to the movies'? I was wrong... I still hope everyone can support domestic films!"

……

In fact, Watergate was originally planned to be released during the National Day this year, but this year's Spring Festival, the theaters lacked a blockbuster. In fact, before Watergate was announced to be released during the Spring Festival, it was generally believed that this year's Spring Festival might not be a good mix of films.

"Miracle", a forced family fun;
"Four Seas"... should be released on Qingming Festival...

"Super Family" was withdrawn from the schedule and replaced by "The Professional" - Wei Xiang's star power and appeal are far superior to those of Shen Teng and Allen!

It’s not even enough to reach 50 billion!
——The top movie during the Spring Festival should have a box office of 50 billion, otherwise, this period will be considered a failure!

After the release date of "Watergate" was announced, the major cinema chains were the happiest.

Judging from the pre-sales and first-day box office, "Watergate" is indeed good - the first-day box office was 7.21 million, second only to "Detective Chinatown 3"'s first-day box office of 10.01 billion!
"Miracle: Stupid Kid" took 2.78 million yuan on its first day, ranking second, 2.27 million yuan more than "Four Seas" which took 5000 million yuan...

By the way, “The Professional” earned 2.1 million on its first day;
On the second day, Watergate earned 5.02 million yuan, and the total box office forecast dropped from 65 billion yuan on the first day to 55 billion yuan...

"Miracle Stupid", 2.04 million, ranked third, and the box office forecast was also changed from 28 billion to 24 billion;
"Four Seas" only has 9000 million left...

The second is "The Professional", with 2.1 million in a single day;
On the third day, "Miracle" earned 1.89 million yuan in a single day, still ranking third, and "Boonie Bears: Back to Earth" ranked fourth...

And then the ranking continued...

……

“If you look at them as two films, and you think the second has to be better than the first, then Watergate is certainly not a success.

But if you consider them as the first and second parts of a movie, then this will be a blockbuster movie with a box office of over $18 billion, and it will be ranked in the top 20 in the world, or even close to the top 10. After deducting the cost, the producer will share a profit of more than 25 billion, making it the most profitable movie in China!

This is a big win no matter how you look at it, right? "

"I still don't understand why there is such a big difference!"

"Not much, about 15 billion..."

Oh, the Spring Festival is over, "Watergate Bridge" won the championship with 33 billion box office, which is a very good result, second only to "Changjin Lake" with 39 billion in seven days...

However, the single-day box office of "Watergate" has dropped to 1.8 million...

It is obvious that it cannot beat "The Battle at Lake Changjin". Maoyan even only gave a box office forecast of 46 billion!

This is quite different from the 70 billion forecast before the release.

Father Shen is a little confused...

Logically speaking, as the sequel to "Changjin Lake", there is no reason why "Watergate Bridge" should not be able to beat the box office of the previous part!

Shen Liang continued: "Compared to The Battle at Lake Changjin, The Watergate Bridge is too aggrieved..."

"Watergate Bridge" is indeed quite cruel. The 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and the 1st Marine Division of the US Army launched an earth-shaking struggle on a small bridge in the northeast of the Korean Peninsula.

The Volunteer Army blew up the Watergate Bridge three times, using their blood and lives to block the U.S. Army's retreat, dealing a heavy blow and shock to the U.S. Army.
The U.S. military used its air superiority and industrial capacity to repair the Watergate Bridge three times and finally escaped the encirclement of the Volunteer Army...

The Seventh Infiltration Company should have 157 people, but only one person showed up...

Father Shen: “But this is a historical fact!”

“… During the Spring Festival… Not just during the Spring Festival, but during any period, everyone wants to watch happy movies… And I feel like people don’t seem to discuss Watergate much…”

(End of this chapter)