Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 379 First Experience with a Roadshow (14)

For interviews, you definitely need to anticipate the questions...

If you encounter a question that you predicted correctly, just answer it accordingly.

Working with Shen Yan will inevitably involve being asked about one's opinion of him, and things like that.

Do you think he's suitable to be your boyfriend...?

The interviews from those years were all low-brow.

They basically just ask the same set of questions...

The answer to this question is neither appropriate nor inappropriate, but if you answer "I am a fan of the Shen Yan and Shi Shi CP", people will not dislike you!

On the one hand, they do have a lot of fans who ship them as a couple;
On the other hand, it also shows that she has no romantic feelings for Shen Yan…

By the way, Shen Yan specifically introduced Dilraba: "Dilraba was chosen by our director. She's a student at the Shanghai Theatre Academy... a girl from Xinjiang, a very cute young lady... Her role in the play is the second female lead, and also the female lead's good friend... When the female lead goes down the path of cheating, she initially just wanted to help her..."

"They slowly evolved and orchestrated a cheating scheme for an international exam!"

"Let me briefly introduce the plot... This story is based on cheating methods I found online. I thought it was quite exciting, so I wrote this script..."

"International cheating!"

"The SAT exam, which is called the global 'STIC' exam in the movie... You might not know that, but the SAT stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test, which is essentially the American college entrance exam. It's a standardized academic aptitude test administered by the College Board, with ETS responsible for question setting and grading..."

Many American universities consider standardized test scores when admitting students. If you want to get into a top 40 university, your SAT score is one of the criteria, especially for the top 10 universities, where SAT scores are generally required.

"It's a unified exam across Asia... so it's possible to leak the questions by taking advantage of the time difference between Australia and the Asian exam areas!"

Specifically, the cheaters sent people to Australia to take the exam. Because Australia spans multiple time zones, its eastern regions start the exam 2-3 hours earlier than test centers in Asia. These "cheating agents" obtained the exam questions in Australia and quickly transmitted the content back to the organizers in Asia, who then distributed it to their clients. This method cleverly exploited the time limits for each section of the SAT exam and the rule against flipping back to view past sections, achieving cross-border leaks of the exam questions!

"Yes, it's a very exciting movie. I hope everyone can go to the theater and support it!"

……

The publicity campaign lasted about ten days.

The purpose of promotion, besides attracting audiences, is primarily to create content for theaters.

—If you don't do any promotion, the buzz won't spread, so why would theaters schedule screenings for you?
"The Criminal" was released on the 26th, and theaters allocated 36% of the screenings on its opening day...

It will be released a day earlier, mainly because "Ice Age 4" will be released on the 27th.

The Ice Age series is very popular in China. The first film was released in 02 and grossed 535 million yuan in mainland China.
The second film, released in 06, grossed 7000 million at the box office.

The third film was released in 09, grossing 1.57 million yuan…

The fourth installment will gross at least 3 million!
Yes, the audiences are different, but... in the current film market, the probability of two films becoming huge hits at the same time is extremely small.

After careful consideration, I decided to start painting a day earlier.

There was no premiere ceremony; it just went straight to the screen.

With 22,000 screenings on its opening day, it's second only to "Painted Skin 2" among domestic films…

It is said that the Film Bureau has issued an order—key projects must be guaranteed screenings!
To reiterate – Hollywood imports have utterly crushed us; if no administrative intervention is implemented soon, we're completely finished.

Oh, in the original timeline, they arranged for *The Amazing Spider-Man* and *The Dark Knight Rises* to be released on the same day, and incidentally, for *The Expendables 2* and *Prometheus* to be released only a week apart…

The market size is not large enough to accommodate so many blockbusters, and in the end, both sides will suffer losses.

By the way, regarding the domestic film protection month, many people are saying that if "Dunkirk" is released in July, what chance will "Wolf Warrior 2" have?

Ha ha…

After the release of "The Prisoner," Shen Yan immediately led a team on a promotional tour...

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou...

We can start talking about the movie after it's released!

Most of the discussion revolved around the film itself…

For example: "Does Lynn have a crush on Bank?"

Is Bank, Bank's English name, an irony?

Shen Yan answered very seriously… The movie had many satirical scenes; a group of people plotted to cheat, and after the exercise, the warehouse that printed pencil barcodes had a sign that read “Honest Printing Factory”…

Even the toilets are made with integrity!

As for the subtle romantic subplot, there is indeed one…

She helped Bank tidy his clothes, protected him during the rehearsal interrogation, and when she learned that Little Ba (the second male lead) had deliberately hired someone to beat Bank severely and dump him in the junkyard, she felt genuine regret and heartache as she chased after him. Their brief chat and selfie in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge also touched on the scene…

Unfortunately, the two of them can never be together!

As for some difficult-to-answer questions, such as "Are you trying to talk about the wealth gap, or are you trying to criticize the unfairness of education?"

Shen Yan's usual response to this kind of question is: "You can interpret it however you like!"

……

Dilraba and Zhu Yilong were very excited at first…

This was their first time doing a movie promotion!

They both felt that film promotions allowed them to get up close and personal with the audience and understand their viewing experiences…

It's a good thing for improving acting skills!
Then... after the first day of running, I couldn't take it anymore.

too tired!
It felt like I was rushing around all day – I could only spend an average of 20 minutes in a movie theater!

Because there is a distance between cinemas, we can't afford to waste any time.

—The staff made arrangements and coordination with the cinema in advance to schedule the screenings at the right time so that the actors could enter the theater at the right time!

There's not even time to eat...

I can only eat some snacks and fruit in the car to fill my stomach.

Dilraba felt like she was in a daze all day.

Not many people asked her questions, but she attended every single one, forcing a smile...

When she finally came to her senses, the group had already arrived in Shanghai…

The hotel where the publicity team stayed.

Everyone carried their luggage to their rooms, then returned to the lobby to gather...

Jing Tian didn't come...

In the hotel lobby, Shen Yan looked at the group of people and asked with a smile, "How are you all? Are you hungry? If so, let's get something to eat!"

"…Hungry!"

"Let's go get some barbecue...it's on me!"

"Isn't Sister Tian Tian coming?"

"I just sent her a WeChat message, and she said she's too sleepy... she's going to sleep now, don't worry about her!"

As they spoke, Shen Yan led the way out, and there was a barbecue restaurant not far away...

They ordered their own food and returned to their private room.

Shen Yan asked with a smile, "Brother Long and Dilraba haven't done any promotional tours before, have they?"

"without…"

"How does it feel?"

"tired!"

"It's really tiring, visiting 6-9 cinemas a day... Today was well-planned, no traffic jams... There was one time before..."

Shen Yan was about to give an example when his phone rang. He took it out, glanced at it, then stood up, opened his phone, and shouted, "The results for the first day are in! 5120 million!"

　I got scolded, so I have to go to bed early...

　　Three more chapters to go, updated at 6 PM tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)