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Chapter 289 Both Exceed Million

"How could that be? Didn't you write a funny script for If You Are the One? You also wrote a lot of funny plots for Living with a Stewardess!"

Seeing Cao Sheng nod, Huang Qingya asked in surprise.

She has not been writing novels for a long time, and her understanding of writing is not very deep yet.

So, she couldn't understand why Cao Sheng said that he couldn't write a comedy-style novel.

Cao Sheng looked at her puzzled look, smiled, and gave a few explanations: "If the story is not long, I can write it. I can also write a long story with a little funny plot occasionally inserted. But if I write comedy scenes every day without a happy heart, it will be very painful and difficult to continue."

Huang Qingya frowned, thinking about what Cao Sheng said.

After a moment, she nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "So, I am not suitable for writing comedy novels?"

Cao Sheng: "Ask yourself! Do you feel happy every day? If not, don't force yourself to write in that style."

Huang Qingya still frowned and said hesitantly, "According to what you said, Stephen Chow should be a happy person every day? But I've read some news before saying that his personality seems to be completely opposite to that in the movies! Can you explain this?"

Cao Sheng: “…”

What he just talked about was his own understanding of writing.

He is a complete amateur when it comes to film acting.

He thought about it and tried to analyze: "Performance can be NG, that is, you can repeat the performance many times and then select the best performance. In addition, performance and writing are two different things. Performance does not matter what the actor thinks in his heart, as long as the effect of the performance can make the director and the audience feel a certain emotion, it is OK. I wonder if you have heard of the different schools of performance?"

Huang Qingya was curious, "What school?"

Cao Sheng smiled, "Methodology, experience and expressionism."

He really didn't understand acting, but before his rebirth, he had read a lot of entertainment novels, and thanks to these novels, he understood some acting theories.

Huang Qingya nodded slightly, "Oh, you mean there are several ways to act? Actors don't have to put themselves into the character's state of mind?"

Cao Sheng nodded. "For example, if the script requires actors to act out sad emotions, some actors may really get into the role, feel the sadness of the character, and show sad expressions and actions. But some actors don't need to get into the role. They just need to act like they are crying, and the director and the audience can feel the sadness."

Huang Qingya thought for a moment and asked, "Then what do you think is the difference between writing and acting?"

Cao Sheng: "Acting is expressing emotions through facial expressions, movements, and voices, while writing comes from the heart. What do you think is the difference?"

Huang Qingya frowned even more tightly and fell into deeper thought.

Cao Sheng thought for a moment and added, "Of course, what I mean by writing from the heart is just my writing method. As far as I know, there are also authors who use techniques to write. They are like some actors, they don't write from the heart."

Huang Qingya was surprised and looked at Cao Sheng in amazement with wide eyes.

"This, this... you just said so much, isn't it the same as saying nothing? There seems to be no difference between writing and acting, right?"

Cao Sheng was amused.

I couldn't help but raise my hand to ruffle her hair and whispered, "Many things are connected. I said I can't write a long comedy novel. It's my personal limitation, but there are exceptions to everything! I can't represent everyone."

……

When Cao Sheng and Huang Qingya flew back to Huizhou.

All over the country, news about "If You Are the One" and "Ip Man" are flying all over the place.

Print media and online media are all reporting on this.

The National Day period is a popular period in the film market. The box office of movies during this period every year is not bad, so it naturally attracts much attention from the media and audiences.

This year's National Day movie, "If You Are the One" and "Ip Man", are particularly popular.

One reason is that the investment in these two films is not small, and they are both promoted by powerful film companies. The directors and leading actors of these two films are not unknown people either.

For example: Huayi, Feng Xiaogang, Ge You and others behind "If You Are the One".

For example: Oriental Film, Huang Baiming, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, Hong Yu and others behind "Ip Man".

The second reason is that the scripts of these two movies were both written by Zhongyuan Yidianhui.

You should know that in the past two years, Zhongyuan Yidianhui is the most popular young writer in the Chinese-speaking world, no doubt about it!

The most important thing is that he sold too many scripts in the first half of this year.

The first film sold, "A Man's Martial Arts", has been tested by the market and has good box office and reputation.

Some time ago, the recently sold "Pacific Rim" received more than 10 million in script fees, which surprised countless people.

Therefore, not only in the novel circle, but also in the screenwriting industry, the name Zhongyuan Yidianhui is a golden signboard.

In this case, how could the simultaneous release of two films, "If You Are the One" and "Ip Man", not attract attention?

“After The Prodigal Son, Ip Man is bringing back the Wing Chun craze!”

"Comedy beats Kung Fu. If You Are the One beats Ip Man in a conversation!"

"Yip Man's son said that Hong Yu performed like his mother!"

"Ge You said: I've been married for a long time, I've never been on so many blind dates."

“Feng Xiaogang: When I first got the script, I knew this play would be a hit!”

"Jiang Wen: 'If I were to film the script of Zhongyuan Yidianhui, I would be able to get such a high box office!'"

"If You Are the One" is very popular among young men and women, and it has aroused the interest of many young people in blind dates."

"Explosive!!! Zhongyuan Yidianhui is more optimistic about "Ip Man"!"

……

Beijing.

Chang Yu was reading the news online. Ever since he attended the premiere of "Ip Man", he couldn't help but pay attention to the news related to "Ip Man" when he was online these two days.

In addition, I also pay attention to the news about "If You Are the One".

When he saw a news headline saying that Zhongyuan Yidianhui was more optimistic about "Ip Man", he couldn't help but click on the news to take a closer look.

As he watched, he couldn't help but smile.

Because this news article said that Zhongyuan Yidianhui revealed that when Zhongyuan Yidianhui gave the script of "If You Are the One" to Feng Xiaogang, he did not ask for a high price, but asked Feng Xiaogang to pay a script fee based on his own opinion, and it was obvious that he did not attach much importance to the script.

Therefore, it can be inferred that Zhongyuan Yidianhui was more optimistic about the script of "Ip Man" at the beginning.

Just inference.

Chang Yu has watched "Ip Man" and today he took some time to watch "If You Are the One".

Looking at this news at this time, he frowned and thought for a moment, his expression seemed to show that he had realized something.

From his point of view, he thinks the movie "Ip Man" is very exciting and is a rare masterpiece of kung fu in recent years.

Although the plot is very formulaic and the sentimental scenes seem to be derived using formulas.

But as a kung fu film, it has well integrated the elements of kung fu, family and country feelings, husband-wife relationships and so on.

The drama is above average and the fighting scenes are exciting.

It's hard to find fault with it.

And what about If You Are the One?

The whole process was almost blind dates, blind dates, and more blind dates.

While talking about love, the film also made money at the box office. The box office after two days of release has already exceeded that of "Ip Man", which made him realize something.

I feel that there is no necessary correlation between the quality of a movie and its box office performance.

This made him think of novels. Is it true that the quality of a novel is not necessarily related to the number of readers? Are novels of certain themes more likely to attract readers?
For example: An urban novel that is closer to real life?
Thinking of this, he sighed with a complicated expression.

He felt that he was suitable for writing novels about urban life, but the current situation was that novels about urban life had basically no hope of being published, unless one wrote about urban life with some color.

As far as he knew, some such works seemed to have been published in Taiwan.

But he was a little embarrassed to write the kind of urban novel that relies on color to make money.

It really tests his moral bottom line.

……

Magic City.

In a screening room, Qian Zhenyu sat in the audience, watching If You Are the One on the big screen with mixed feelings.

She heard her colleagues discussing this movie yesterday and learned that it was a blind date movie.

So, this evening after get off work, when she passed by a movie theater, she couldn't help but walk in.

She wanted to see what kind of love story Cao Sheng wrote.

In other words, I want to understand Cao Sheng's current views on love and marriage through this movie.

She was very sure that Cao Sheng liked her in high school.

But after he became famous, he lost interest in her.

This caused her to be in deep inner torment for the past two years, unable to extricate herself.

I feel like I missed out on the best relationship.

She wanted to know why he changed his mind?

Is it because you became famous and thought you could find someone better? So, did you fall in love with someone else?

only……

The plot of If You Are the One disappointed her.

This is not a movie that analyzes the concept of love.

In Qian Zhenyu's eyes, this movie presents some social phenomena through a series of blind date stories. The blind date girls in the movie are more beautiful and more bizarre than each other.

It's so weird that even the male protagonist with Ge Yu's conditions can't accept it.

Bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time in the screening room.

The funny plot, humorous lines, and the constantly appearing beauties firmly attract the audience's attention.

Qian Zhenyu paid attention to the audience's reactions with a complicated expression. The audience's laughter made her feel that the box office of this movie would continue to grow rapidly.

The most important thing is that Cao Sheng once again proved his screenwriting ability with this movie.

His career is becoming more and more successful.

In his eyes... am I as weird as those blind date girls in this movie?
This thought suddenly popped into her mind.

is it?

The more she thought about it, the sadder she became.

I seriously suspect that the most beautiful blind date girl in this movie was modeled after Qian Zhenyu.

She’s the blind date girl who said it’s best to have sex only once a year.

"I never said that..."

Qian Zhenyu muttered to himself somewhat aggrievedly.

……

Huizhou.

Cao Sheng, who was having dinner with Huang Qingya, saw his cell phone on the table vibrate again. Another number called in.

This time the caller ID was Song Chao, his former college roommate.

Huang Qingya, who was sitting opposite him, also noticed the caller ID. Seeing that Cao Sheng had no intention of reaching for his phone, she asked jokingly, "Aren't you going to answer it yet?"

Cao Sheng smiled and shook his head, then used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish face for her.

This afternoon, the plane arrived at Huizhou Airport. After he and Huang Qingya got off the plane, they turned on their cell phones.

As soon as I turned on the phone, it rang more than ten times.

He saw text messages coming into his phone.

There are also records of missed calls.

After he and Huang Qingya walked out of the airport and got into a taxi, he began to reply to these text messages.

These text messages were all congratulating him on the box office success of the films he wrote, "If You Are the One" and "Ip Man".

Some were sent by teachers, some by classmates, and some by authors and editors.

These people congratulated him, and he naturally had to respond out of politeness.

but……

Along the way, the messages he replied to were less than the new messages he received.

He was sitting in the car, and often before he could reply to one message, his phone would receive two or three more messages in succession.

From time to time, calls came directly into his cell phone.

He was kept busy all the way.

Even when he and Huang Qingya returned to his villa, his cell phone kept ringing.

There were so many messages and phone calls like this that he couldn't reply to them all and felt a bit of a headache, so he simply changed his phone to vibrate mode.

Don’t answer any calls you don’t have to answer.

I will reply to all messages once I am completely free.

"Oh! It would be great if Wang Jing was still here. You could ask her to help you answer calls and reply to messages."

Huang Qingya smiled and sighed.

Wang Jing is Cao Sheng's assistant, and she has met him more than once.

I also know that Wang Jing recently went to Pengcheng and was responsible for organizing people to renovate the residential building that Cao Sheng recently purchased.

She also heard that the building would be rented out in the future, and Wang Jing would be in charge of the leasing matters.

She originally thought this was good.

Wang Jing is about the same age as her and is not bad looking either. She is always in front of Cao Sheng. Although she doesn't say it, she is always worried that Wang Jing will cheat on her one day.

Therefore, when Huang Qingya heard Cao Sheng say that Wang Jing had gone to Pengcheng and might not be able to come back in a short time, she was very happy.

But at this moment, I felt that Cao Sheng really needed an assistant.

Cao Sheng looked at her and smiled.

He also missed Wang Jing a little.

If Wang Jing were here, he wouldn't have to worry about these messages and phone calls.

He was already thinking: Should he find someone to renovate the building in Pengcheng for him? Should he bring Wang Jing back? After all, Wang Jing was not an expert in renovation.

……

The box office growth rate during the National Day holiday was very rapid.

Far more than usual.

After five days of release, If You Are the One was the first domestic film of the same period to break the 30 million box office mark.

On the sixth day of its release, "Ip Man" also broke the 30 million box office.

Looking at these figures 20 years later, they are simply not impressive.

But in 2000, it was amazing.

You have to know that in the original time and space, the 2000 Chinese-language film box office champion "Life and Death Choice" only earned a total box office of 1.2 million yuan even though it was booked out in large numbers and organized for students and civil servants to watch it.

In the same year, the second place in the annual box office was Feng Xiaogang's "Never Ending", but due to the lack of private screening support, the total box office was only 3300 million.

The gap between the second place and the first place is as huge as a cliff.

At this moment, "If You Are the One" has grossed over 30 million in just five days since its release.

This shows how strong the momentum is.

(End of this chapter)