Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 213 Record broken
After dinner, the little boy thought that since he had nothing to do, he might as well watch the news. However, he felt a little upset as soon as he turned on the TV.

"... District 3.66, directed by Cao Yang, a famous Chinese director, has grossed over million yuan, breaking the six-year-old record of Titanic and setting a new domestic box office record. This achievement..."

Xu Fan looked at the little boy watching TV calmly and couldn't help but feel curious.

This isn't right. Based on her understanding of Little Cannon, this doesn't seem like her man's style.

"You... don't want to say something?"

Little Cannon crossed his legs, a pair of cotton slippers swinging on his feet, and asked in a very calm tone:
"say what?"

Xu Fan pointed at the TV, stared at the little steel cannon in confusion for a while, and said, "Cao Yang broke the record. He broke the record that Titanic had held for six years. That's more than 3.6 million yuan in box office. Don't you want to say something?"

"Well, Cao Yang is really amazing. Congratulations to him."

The little cannon nodded, looking like he didn't care much.

Xu Fan couldn't help but reach out and touch Little Cannon's forehead, "You don't have a fever..."

"Go away, I'm fine, why do I have a fever?"

The little cannon patted Xu Fan's hand, grabbed his wrist, and with a little force, pulled Xu Fan into his arms, stroking Xu Fan's little hand while speaking.

What the hell can I say? I'm so jealous that I'm about to burst, okay?

But what can I do? I can only pretend that I don't care and say congratulations.

What is this called? This is the pattern!

I am a man with a big picture, this is the spirit of the situation!
But before that, I'd better "vent" the resentment in my heart.

"Cao Yang broke the record. Shouldn't you scold him for being lucky?"

According to Xu Fan's understanding of Little Cannon, Little Cannon would definitely curse Cao Yang for a while, and then start to feel envious and jealous, wondering why he wasn't the one who broke the record?

"Well, look at me, who do you take me for? How could I be so superficial? I'm going to congratulate him in an hour."

The little cannon grinned, bared his teeth and kissed Xu Fan.

Xu Fan blocked Little Cannon's mouth with his hand and asked curiously, "Wait, why is it an hour later?"

"Because now, I want to do something serious and not serious."

As the little cannon spoke, he reached over.

Xu Fan began to giggle, and the sound came out intermittently.

Tian Zhuangzhuang had dinner at Lao Situ's house today. After dinner, the two of them drank tea and watched the news in the living room.

Although they knew early this morning that District 9 would break the box office record, they still couldn't help but sigh when they saw it on the news broadcast.

"This kid..."

Tian Zhuangzhuang had just begun to express her feelings when she was slapped back by Old Situ.

"What's this kid? Cao Yang doesn't have a name? Even if you don't want to call him by his name, is it unfair to call him Junior Brother?"

Old Situ's eyes were almost narrowed into slits, and the joy on his face was quite obvious.

Old Tian feels a little aggrieved. I have called you "this kid" in front of you many times before, and you never said anything. Why can't I call you that this time?

Aren’t you too biased? “This…Cao Yang’s movie broke the box office record. It’s a box office record.”

Lao Tian couldn't help but remind him.

In your eyes, isn't box office the least important thing? Now that your little apprentice has broken the box office record, why are you so happy?

Shouldn't you wave your hand nonchalantly and say, "Don't use box office to insult art."

"What's wrong with breaking the box office record? Your junior brother broke the box office record of a foreign film that had been held for six years. Shouldn't you be happy? This has been a huge mountain weighing on our heads for six years. What, do you have an objection?"

Old Situ suddenly stared at Old Tian fiercely, as if he would take action immediately if Old Tian dared to say no.

Old Tian shrank his neck and his face immediately changed into a smile.

"No problem. My junior brother broke the record. Of course I have no problem with that. I am so happy for him."

Old Tian sighed that he should not have come today. Why didn't he come any other day? Why did he have to come today?

Old Situ snorted and slapped Old Tian again.

"Hey……"

Old Tian was startled and almost jumped up. He looked at Old Situ aggrievedly, "How did I offend you again? Why do you always hit me?"

"Hmph, learn from your junior. This is what we call an experimental film. This is what we call an innovative film. This is a good film with a tight rhythm and artistic expression."

"Yes, yes, you are right."

Old Tian had a shy face, an expression that showed he had learned a lesson.

Old Situ nodded with satisfaction, began to hum a model opera softly, clapping his hands to the beat, and looked very uncomfortable.

Brother Kai and Sister Hong also saw the news on TV.

Sister Hong secretly glanced at Brother Kai, hesitating to speak. After thinking for a while, she smiled and said, "Your little junior brother is really not simple."

Brother Kai waited for the news broadcast to finish reporting Cao Yang's news, then he closed his eyes, uttered "hmm" for a while, and then said in a calm tone:

"This movie is OK. It's well-crafted and covers a lot of important topics. But it also has some shortcomings. It would be better if it could go a little deeper."

Sister Hong stuffed a cup into Kaige's hand and whispered in agreement, "You are right. Both of your junior brother's films are experimental in nature. Maybe he wants to achieve a balance."

"Well, my "The Promise" can be considered experimental, but I can't compromise too much with commercialism, otherwise it will lose its artistic value. I should dig deeper."

Brother Kai nodded thoughtfully and decided that he should dig deeper, otherwise wouldn’t he be like his junior brother?
“I believe that your The Promise must have a good sense of rhythm on top of its extreme artistry.”

Sister Hong looked at Brother Kai and said softly.

Brother Kai patted Sister Hong's hand gently. He also believed that his "The Promise" could achieve a good balance between artistry and commerciality.

After the filming of "The Promise" was shut down on September 04, 9, it entered the post-production stage, which will take about 14 to 10 months to complete. Brother Kai has high hopes for this film and believes that he will be able to strive for perfection and produce a masterpiece.

Well, at least it will not lose to "District 9". Brother Kai feels that he can still guarantee the artistic quality.

As for the box office, maybe he may not be as capable of driving box office sales as Cao Yang in Hollywood, but in China, Brother Kai feels that he should not lose to his junior brother Cao Yang.

He secretly made up his mind to set the release date during this year's Lunar New Year period, which was a good time period and might be able to raise the box office record further.

(End of this chapter)