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Chapter 290 Lin Yehong and Fang Hongyun

The National Day box office is of course the best during the few days of the National Day.

As the seven-day holiday comes to an end, the box office of all the movies currently in theaters has seen a significant drop.

"If You Are the One" and "Ip Man" ranked the top two in the Chinese-language film box office during the same period, but the daily box office data was also declining.

In this era, there is a factor that restricts box office: piracy.

The more popular a movie is, the more pirated copies will appear on the Internet within a few days of its release.

A week or two after a film's release, as pirated resources become prevalent online, the daily box office figures will drop further and further.

Therefore, the box office of each movie mainly depends on its performance in the first one or two weeks after its release.

For example: "If You Are the One" has grossed over 30 million in just five days since its release.

At the end of the second week, its total box office barely broke 45 million, but even so, it still attracted the attention of countless people in the industry.

Because of this kind of data, it is about to reach over 50 million.

A total box office of over 50 million is a very rare figure for Chinese-language films in mainland China.

The box office performance of "Ip Man" was slightly worse, with the total box office barely breaking 40 million in two weeks.

This data is also amazing.

In previous years, such box office would have qualified as the annual box office champion.

But this year, it can only hope to get third place in the annual box office.

Before there was "Life and Death Decision", and recently there is "If You Are the One".

Both films were released this year.

With the amazing box office performance of If You Are the One and Ip Man, more and more people naturally approached Cao Sheng to discuss scripts.

Some unknown directors and film companies found out his cell phone number and called him to ask for his scripts; some well-known directors and companies in mainland China and Hong Kong looked for him; some actors called him and said they could help introduce directors and investors, and all they needed was to pick a suitable role for him in the script, such as Zhang Ziyi.

Cao Sheng met her at the premiere of "Ip Man" and they exchanged a few words.

That afternoon, she called him and asked if he had any good scripts. She said she could help introduce top directors and top companies, and jokingly asked if she could play a role in the script.

Cao Sheng’s response was simple—nothing!
No matter who asked him for a script, he said no.

I wanted to customize a script with him, but he said he had no time and no inspiration recently. He also said he had just graduated from college and had a heavy workload, so he really couldn't squeeze out the time.

Every time he said that he had just been promoted from a junior college to a university and had a heavy academic workload, the person on the other end of the phone would be silent for a moment.

One sentence can make people silent.

All those who had made script arrangements with him were elites in the film and television industry, and all of them put their careers first, but they met Cao Sheng, who was still in school.

When I ask him to write a script, I always feel like I'm hiring child labor.

……

Cao Sheng is indeed very busy.

Most of my free time every day is used to code "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth", which is now in the final stage.

His personal habit is: when finishing each book, he has to be more serious, try to make the ending more beautiful, and leave a good final impression on the readers.

This often determines the final impression a book has on readers.

It also determines how many readers who follow the book to the end will want to read his new book.

In addition to coding this book, he also codes a chapter of "Hong Huang Romance" every day to keep himself in touch with this new book.

Writing is something that cannot be interrupted.

Once you start writing the main text of a book, you must never stop easily.

If you stop for a day, you will get used to it.

After stopping for two or three days, it becomes very difficult to get back to my previous typing state.

If I stop writing for more than a week, I will probably never get back into the state of writing this book.

Therefore, although his main energy has been focused on "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" recently, he still writes a new chapter of the book every day.

The remaining manuscript of "Hong Huang Yan Yi" has exceeded 100,000 words.

The detailed outlines of the second and third volumes have also been completed.

In addition to writing these two books, he also has to go to school every day.

There are not many courses in the third year.

There are five days of classes per week, and each day usually only requires half a day.

However, in this new class, some people also came to him for advice on writing.

Just this morning, during the morning self-study time, he came to the classroom. Just after he sat down for a few minutes, a faint fragrance came from beside him, and then a girl sat down next to him.

Cao Sheng turned and looked.

I saw an apple face. Not only was the face shape like an apple, but there were also two blushes on the cheeks.

She smiled at him, put a notebook in front of him, opened the cover, pointed to the words written inside, and whispered: "Cao Sheng, I wrote something recently, can you help me take a look? It would be best if you could give me some advice, okay?"

Cao Sheng had an impression of this girl. She was one of the few pretty girls in the class.

Recently, many people have come to him for advice on writing, both boys and girls.

So, he smiled and looked at the words on her finger.

The next second, his expression became stunned.

Because the text he saw was:
"Cao Sheng! I like you. Last night I even dreamed that you pushed me against the wall and kissed me. After I woke up, I was sure that I liked you, otherwise, I wouldn't have dreamed of you.

This is what is meant by "what you think about during the day you imagine at night".

I don't want to go against my own heart. I know you have a girlfriend and I know I'm not good enough, but I have a heart that loves you. My heart is true and my feelings for you are also real.

Please give me a chance to love you, don't reject me, okay? I don't even need you to be responsible for me, I don't ask for eternity, I just ask for having you once..."

A love letter of several hundred words made Cao Sheng numb.

Having seen this, he did not read further.

He turned to look at the apple-faced girl next to him. Her face was blushing, but she was still smiling at him, meeting his gaze.

Cao Sheng remembered that her name was Lin Yehong.

He didn't expect that she would ask him to read her love letter under the guise of asking him for advice on writing.

This way of sending love letters was the first time he had encountered it in his two lifetimes.

He thought she was very creative.

Very active brain.

but……

He whispered, "Lin Yehong, your writing style is not what I am good at. I can't teach you..."

Before he could finish his words, she frowned and interrupted him, "You remembered it wrong! I'm not Lin Yehong, I'm Fang Hongyun."

Cao Sheng: “???”

At this moment, Cao Sheng was a little stunned.

She pointed at another girl in the front row and said, "She is Lin Yehong."

Cao Sheng: “…”

Cao Sheng was a little embarrassed. He thought he had an impression of her and knew her name, but he didn't expect that he remembered it wrong.

The key point is that he still called her Lin Yehong very confidently.

He was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly, "Okay! Fang Hongyun, right? I'm not good at your writing style, so I can't give you any advice."

She looked at him steadily, was silent for a few seconds, nodded slightly, then closed the notebook, stood up, took it, left Cao Sheng, and returned to the front seat.

As soon as she sat down, the woman next to her asked curiously, "Lin Yehong, why did you go to see Cao Sheng just now?"

This place was a bit far from the back row where Cao Sheng was sitting, so Cao Sheng didn't hear anything at all.

He probably never dreamed that he had not remembered the name wrongly, she was really Lin Yehong. At this time, Lin Yehong smiled and replied to her deskmate, "Oh, I asked him for advice on writing."

……

Her name is Lin Yehong?
Her name is Fang Hongyun?
In the last row of the classroom, Cao Sheng looked at the backs of the two girls in the front row, frowned and remembered them carefully, not wanting to call their names wrong again next time.

It was really embarrassing just now.

When someone came to him with a love letter to confess her love, he actually called the other person's name wrong, which was very disrespectful.

……

Noon the next day.

While eating in the cafeteria.

While Cao Sheng was eating, a girl sat down across from him at the table. She was from his current class, and was the Lin Yehong that Fang Hongyun had mentioned yesterday.

"Ah Hui! That's what your fans all call you, right?"

After the girl sat down, she talked to him with a smile.

Cao Sheng nodded and continued, "Your name is Lin Yehong, right? I remember you."

The girl's expression became stunned.

Then he laughed, "No! You remembered it wrong! I am Fang Hongyun, and the one who came to you for advice on writing yesterday was Lin Hongye! You just talked to her yesterday, don't you know her name?"

Cao Sheng: “???”

At this moment, Cao Sheng had a question mark on his forehead.

He looked at the girl in front of him in disbelief. He could no longer tell her apart from the girl from yesterday. Who was lying? Who was Lin Yehong? Who was Fang Hongyun? We were just classmates. Did you have to play tricks on me with your names?

"Are you really Fang Hongyun? Was that Lin Yehong yesterday?"

Cao Sheng couldn't believe it.

The girl opposite smiled and nodded, with a smile in her eyes, "I didn't expect that the famous Zhongyuan Yidianhui has such a bad memory! You have been in our class for more than half a month, and we only have ten girls, and you can't even remember their names?"

Cao Sheng: “…”

With a self-deprecating smile, Cao Sheng was not sure whether the girl in front of him had lied to him or not, but he was certain that one of the girl from yesterday and the girl in front of him had definitely lied to him.

He wasn't angry.

Instead, I am glad that I chose to upgrade from a junior college to a university, and I have not missed classes in the past two days.

Otherwise, how can you accumulate such writing materials?
Yes!

Although he was deceived by the woman, he was very happy because for him, these were all good writing materials and would definitely be useful in his future novels.

He would never have been able to come up with such material if he hadn't experienced it himself.

When Fang Hongyun saw him smile, she smiled too.

He said in surprise: "Ah Hui! You have a good personality! You can still laugh after such a blunder."

Cao Sheng smiled.

……

This evening.

Cao Sheng simply recorded "Lin Yehong" and "Fang Hongyun" in his computer documents.

This is a habit he has developed recently.

Gather some inspiration.

Collect some jokes too.

Accumulate writing materials for the future.

Many things will be forgotten as time goes by.

He felt deeply about this.

Before his rebirth, as he was approaching forty, he could no longer remember many people and things from his youth, and he couldn't even remember the names of the women he had slept with.

late at night.

After finishing typing another chapter, he saw that it was almost 12 o'clock, so he stretched and decided to stop writing here tonight.

However, before going to rest, he wanted to go online to check the box office and reputation of "If You Are the One" and "Ip Man".

After searching for a while, he saw that the total box office of If You Are the One had exceeded 50 million.

This box office figure was astonishing in 2000.

In this era, any Chinese-language film that can break the 10 million box office is considered a high-grossing film.

There are not many Chinese-language films that can break the 10 million box office mark every year.

Those that exceed 100 million are even rarer.

In some years, there is not a single Chinese-language film with a total box office of over 100 million yuan for the entire year.

The box office of "Ip Man" also increased a bit.

There are already more than 46 million.

Far ahead of other films of the same period.

After checking the box office data, Cao Sheng searched for reviews of the two movies.

The focus is on the evaluation of "Ip Man".

The reason is that he always remembers the original time and space. After Zhen Zixuan's version of "Ip Man" was released, some people soon criticized the movie online for whitewashing Ip Man.

The real Ip Man in history was not as upright as he is in the movies, and he had a lot of scandals.

Such criticism has been associated with the release of the four "Ip Man" films.

Every time a movie of "Ip Man" is released, there will be people criticizing it.

This is also the main reason why after he wrote the script of "Ip Man", he did not include the "Ip Man" movie world into "The Secret of the World".

Recently, with the release of "Ip Man", Cao Sheng has been worried that someone would use the real Ip Man to attack the movie.

And tonight, he found it.

On a certain forum, someone wrote thousands of words, digging out real historical information about Ip Man to criticize the movie "Ip Man" and also criticized the screenwriter himself.

One of the passages reads: "I never thought that Zhongyuan Yidianhui would whitewash such a person and write such a script. I am so disappointed! I will never read his novels again! There is no limit to his bottom line in order to make money!"

There are quite a few follow-up posts under this one.

For example: "Is this true? Does Ip Man have so much scandal?"

"Fuck! If the OP hadn't written this post, I wouldn't have known the real Ip Man was like this."

"Did Zhongyuan Yidianhui get paid to write this script?"

"A little gray in the Central Plains, huh."

"The box office has reached over 40 million. Is this considered a successful whitewash?"

……

In front of the computer.

Finally seeing such criticism appear, Cao Sheng's expression was a little complicated.

He certainly has no intention of clearing anyone.

He had no relationship with Ip Man, nor had any interaction with Ip Man's descendants, let alone received any money from him.

The reason why he wrote this series of scripts was just to write "The Linglong Tower of Heaven and Earth" and prepare the movie background for this new book.

In his memory, the "Ip Man" series is a very popular film series, otherwise four films would not have been shot one after another.

The most important thing is that in his memory, many novels about the infinite flow of the universe have used "Ip Man" as a copy.

When he wrote the script of "Ip Man" based on his memory, he remembered that the film had a controversial reputation.

He wondered whether the current criticism would affect the box office of this movie and its reputation in mainstream society?
(End of this chapter)