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Chapter 563 I Turned Off the Lights (asking for monthly tickets)
"Congratulations Uncle Jiang for making money again!" Hao Yun came to Jiang Wen's home to visit Jiang Wen and his wife.

He didn't even come to see Jiang Wen when he came back from Berlin this time.

Because Jiang Wen is not free.

Although he stayed with Jiang Wen in the days before Hao Yun left, more than ten days later, Zhou Yun's belly had grown a lot. The due date was next month, and prenatal checkups became more frequent.

By then, Jiang Wen's family will have another baby.

This is Jiang Wen's second child.

He and his ex-wife have a daughter, who is Jiang Wen's treasure. He will not forget his old love just because he has a new one.

"Thanks to you." Jiang Wen also knew that "Whiplash" would definitely make money.

With the current housing prices in the capital, the money earned from Whiplash is enough to buy a house of more than 100 square meters.

Jiang Wen used the money earned from "Those Years" to book a villa.

At that time, I can use the money earned from "Whiplash" to decorate the new house - decorating a villa is very expensive.

It’s really all thanks to Hao Yun.

"Fortunately, I didn't lose money, otherwise Uncle Jiang, you wouldn't have any money for the milk powder." Hao Yun joked and said hello to Zhou Yun: "Sister Yun, how do you feel?"

"What else can I say? She's been very noisy lately." Zhou Yun sat on the sofa, stroking her belly, her whole body radiating the glow of motherhood.

She played Hao Yun's mother in "The Sun Also Rises".

"Hao Yun is here. What would you like to eat tonight?" An old lady walked out of the kitchen.

It was Jiang Wen’s mother, Zhou Yun’s mother-in-law.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law is about to give birth, she will definitely come to take care of her. In a couple of days, Zhou Yun’s parents will also come over, and everyone will welcome the little life together.

There is no old lady who doesn't like Hao Yun, a handsome and sensible young man.

"Do you have any pork elbows at home? I want to eat Hongyan pork elbows. I've been eating Western food all day long in Berlin these days and I have no appetite at all." Hao Yun was not polite at all.

The old lady is from Hebei and is very good at making pork elbows.

Unfortunately, Jiang Wen doesn't like to eat, so when she meets Hao Yun, who loves to eat, she has the opportunity to show her cooking skills.

This is also the reason why Hao Yun wins her favor.

Moreover, the older generation tends to recognize the rules of passing on skills. Hao Yun is Jiang Wen's direct disciple, so they are family.

After chatting for a while, Hao Yun followed Jiang Wen to the study to discuss something.

"Now that we have purchased the film and television rights, the next step is to perfect the script."

Hao Yun went to Berlin to attend the film festival, but Jiang Wen did not go with him. His wife was almost nine months pregnant and was about to give birth.

Moreover, the script he and Hao Yun discussed was an adapted script.

We must get the adaptation rights for the original work.

Otherwise, when you have finished revising the script, the original author Ma Shi Tu will say that he would rather give the film to a dog than to you, Jiang Wen, then all your efforts will be in vain.

Fortunately, nothing like that happened.

Ma Shi Tu knew Jiang Wen.

When he heard that Jiang Wen was going to adapt his novel, he agreed without much hesitation.

He also knew that Jiang Wen's adaptation of his novel would definitely be a mess, presenting a world that was completely different from the novel, or even the script.

"Then we can start writing the script without any worries. We have almost figured out the overall structure. It's about the bandits robbing the county magistrate who was taking office by train, and then the county magistrate pretends to be a legal advisor and follows the bandits to Echeng to take office..."

Hao Yun first sorted out the main plot of the script.

This is actually almost done. Although it may be changed later, at least we have a framework to continue working on other things.

For example, start writing a biography for each character.

Hao Yun likes to write a short biography for every character in the script. Even if the biography is not in the system script, he will make one up.

This makes it easier for the director to control the overall situation and for the actors to understand their roles.

Even if he is not a screenwriter or director, and simply acts in other people's films, he likes to list the character biographies.

Now I will start with the biography of my master.

"Ge You can play the role of the master..." As the character's image became more and more vivid, and even many lines had been written, Jiang Wen immediately thought of this old partner.

"That's a must." Hao Yun felt that the two of them were writing to Uncle Ge.

"The master said: If a widow cannot sleep anymore, there will be a disaster. Zhang Mazi said: She is already a widow, I can't let her live a widow... Sao, you are so young, how can you come up with such ideas?" Jiang Wen couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Others say that Hao Yun was taught by him personally, and the techniques of his debut work "Heart Labyrinth" are highly similar to his - at that time Jiang Wen was in charge of the crew to provide attributes for Hao Yun, it would be strange if they were not similar.

But Jiang Wen felt that he didn't actually teach Hao Yun much.

At most, he played an inspiring role, leading Hao Yun to the path of becoming a director, and then preventing him from going astray during his growth, and helping him to fend off malicious attacks when he became too powerful.

Jiang Wen was in charge of the crew of "Heart Labyrinth" and "Those Years". As long as Hao Yun did nothing wrong, he would not say a word all day long.

"Ahem, I read a lot of books. Look at Jia Pingtu and Mo Yan. Aren't they all more sexy than the other? And I surf the Internet a lot. Let me tell you, the people who surf the Internet are really sexy..."

Hao Yun could explain it easily.

"Okay, add the line you just said. Let's continue talking about the master. The master asked, you don't want beautiful women, you don't want money, what do you want...then how should I answer?"

"I came to Goose City for only three things..."

The two were chatting very enthusiastically, and only after being called to eat three times did they go over to eat.

They were still discussing it while eating, and it can be said that they were so absorbed in it that Zhou Yun and the old lady who were eating at the same table were speechless.

"Six people, in front of the man..."

“The lights are still on!”

"Yes, the lights are still on. I turned them off. How shameless! How shameless! Ugh!"

"Haha, or you can spend some money, it's not much, there are plenty of girls..."

"You have to drink wine sip by sip, and walk the road step by step. If you take too big a step, you may easily get hurt..."

"Haha, yes, yes, that's what I mean."

Listen, is this something you can say outside?
At the same time, Whiplash's situation had changed dramatically.

If the first week scheduling of Whiplash was like a guessing game, it was either too early or too late, and most cinemas couldn't see it.

Then the second week's screening schedule feels even more like seeing a ghost.

Suddenly, all the major theaters were packed with Whiplash, from morning till night.

Even "Huo Yuanjia" was squeezed out and had no screening time.

Moreover, the publicity and promotion suddenly became powerful.

While promoting the Berlin Award-winning film, foreigners praised it highly and even bought the copyright to remake the film.

On the other hand, "Whiplash" was promoted as an inspirational blockbuster, and parents who had seen it praised it highly.

As for director Hao Yun's repeated emphasis that this is not an inspirational film, no one cares at all.

How a movie is interpreted after it’s finished has nothing to do with you, the director.

The individual box office revenues in the previous few days were only a few hundred thousand, but after the screening schedule was increased, it soared to two or three million.

Moreover, many "netizens" spontaneously helped promote it.

The person in charge of the film also "cried" during the interview:
The crappy theaters don’t schedule screenings for our film, so the scheduling for “Whiplash” is really too bad.

Fortunately, the spontaneous publicity from netizens made the crappy theaters see the power of netizens, and now they are finally willing to schedule a screening for the film.

The fact that this movie can see the light of day again and become known to many people is entirely thanks to netizens and parents.

It was really a set of tricks that even Hao Yun was stunned.

It turns out that publicity and promotion can be done without being too shabby.

The sudden high screening schedule made the pirates a little confused, as they did not even start to pirate the movie as soon as it was released.

After all, who would you sell a movie to after all the hard work you put into making it if even the film producers don't think it's good?

However, it was unexpected that the film company and the cinema chain just made a false move, and suddenly the screening schedule exploded, and the box office also soared.

After the single-day box office exceeded three million, various anti-theft measures were implemented. In addition, the anti-theft measures from "Those Years" were still effective, so the number of pirated copies of "Whiplash" was not even as many as "Huo Yuanjia".

At the end of February, Whiplash set a record of five million in a single day.

At this point, no one would think that this movie would not be a box office success.

How could a movie that is so inspirational and so in line with China's national conditions not fail at the box office?

Even if it can't compare to "Those Years" and "The Promise", there will definitely be no problem in getting a box office of tens of millions.

(End of this chapter)