How did I become famous?

Fang Bie slept well.

He didn't even dream.

It's strange, he had nightmares every day before the movie was released, but when the results were actually announced, he felt relieved.

Perhaps this is similar to how a fugitive lives in constant fear, but when he is finally caught, he becomes relaxed and calm.

Oh well, if the house is gone, it's gone. I've earned enough money anyway.

I used to make hundreds of thousands from selling songs.

Later, when Uncle Su came to his door, he returned the two million to him, and then went back to Los Angeles to buy a small shop and rent it out.

These days aren't bad either.

So he remained calm and composed, as if spring were in full bloom.

When he had nothing to do, he would go and chat with Yoshikage Kira, whose business had become quite successful—this blond-haired guy hadn't gone back to Japan for the New Year this year either.

Occasionally, you'll run into Chen Yongren, the local police officer, who comes to visit, and listen to his stories about the trivial matters and everyday affairs between neighbors.

Let's take a look at some of the interesting stories that Yoshikage Kira tells Chen Yongren about filming on set.

Fang Bie felt that life was probably nothing more than this.

But Miss Su returned early on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

She was visibly in a good mood, even turning a blind eye to the other person smoking in front of her: "You're allowed four cigarettes today~ but starting tomorrow, you can only have a maximum of three a day~"

Fang Bie rolled her eyes: "Are you my mom?"

From now on, we're on two different paths. You, Miss Su, go walk your narrow bridge, and I, Fang, will walk my sunny avenue. I won't accompany you.

Su Mulin frowned and glared at him: "I'll take care of you for Auntie!"

As she spoke, she snatched the cigarette from Fang Bie's mouth, stubbed it out, and threw it into the trash can: "Your first one of the day is gone."

"..." Fang Bie rubbed his temples. "So what exactly are you doing here? Instead of visiting relatives during the New Year, you're just bored and come to my company?"

Su Mulin pulled a stack of papers from her "donkey" bag: "You don't care about the box office?"

She suddenly realized: "I understand, it's because you have confidence in our film."

"You don't know anything!" Fang Bie sighed. "I don't know either..."

So what was the box office figure?

............

"How much did you say?!"

"The day before yesterday it was 18.71 million, and yesterday..."

"How much was it yesterday?"

"Six million seven hundred and seventy thousand yesterday..."

Wu Kai slumped back down.

At this rate, the final box office will probably be less than 100 million.

His film "Iron-Blooded Sand" cost 80 million yuan to produce...

With a box office of less than 100 million... they've really lost everything.

Who is currently leading the box office for the Lunar New Year film season?

"Um... 'Captain China'," Assistant Zhang said cautiously. "Their box office was 24.75 million the day before yesterday, and 31.67 million yesterday..."

What he didn't finish saying was that "Captain China" also ranked first in the new movie ratings on Maotong.com, with a score of 9.7.

"Iron-Blooded Sand" only has a mere 2.6 points.

The comments were even more hurtful.

Some people bluntly said that "Iron-Blooded Sand" could have been given an overall score of four.

However, "Iron-Blooded Sand" was shown before "Captain China".

The worst thing is comparison. After watching "Captain China", the audience's impression of "Iron-Blooded Sand" was even worse.

One point will be deducted here.

Wu Kai hired online trolls to smear the film "Captain China," which is considered professional sabotage. Furthermore, he even brought people to the filming location to interfere with the production.

Another point will be deducted here.

"Iron-Blooded Sand" took up a large number of screenings, leaving audiences with no "Captain China" to watch.

One point will be deducted here.

Why is it 2.6?

Because Wu Kai was pragmatic, he quickly "gave up" his spot to "Captain China," and since everyone enjoyed the movie, they added 0.5 points to it.

The remaining 0.1 is an encouragement point.

Because Wu Kai used several popular young male actors as the lead and important supporting actors, the film flopped both critically and commercially, causing the asking prices of these young male actors to drop again and again.

Everyone is very grateful to Wu Kai. They feel that truly talented actors can get roles in good films and earn more money.

This 0.1 point is to encourage Wu Kai to continue using more popular young male actors in his future films.

That way, their eyes won't be hurt when they watch movies.

Because they will never watch his movies again.

Seeing Wu Kai's dejected expression, Xiao Zhang decided not to say anything that might upset him.

He feared that Wu Kai would die on the spot.

After a long silence, Wu Kai lit a cigarette: "What are the company's plans for me?"

Xiao Zhang pushed up his glasses: "The company said that Director Wu, your rash change of direction was a mistake. The higher-ups suggested that you shoot your previous art films first to stabilize your reputation. The company will help you with public relations regarding the 'internet troll incident'."

"An art film, huh..." Wu Kai took a deep drag of his cigarette, then stubbed it out in the ashtray. "Let's make an art film then."

If I can't afford to offend them, can't I at least avoid them?

You, a renowned commercial film director, would come to make art films?

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!

For now, I'll tell you to stop being arrogant with Liu Mang for a while.

When I come back, I'm going to wipe you all out!

............

"How much did you say?"

"Sixty-five million seven hundred and thirty thousand, that's our box office for the first three days," the young lady said with a smile.

Actually, she was still somewhat dissatisfied.

She handed over the entire responsibility for scheduling the films to Fang Bie, and Fang Bie managed to secure four screenings in one day? And they were all for midnight slots?

Did you make a mistake!

If we use her connections to schedule screenings, or if she has more money to invest in promotion... the box office might exceed 100 million in just three days.

She felt quite embarrassed.

Because she felt she had let Fang Bie down.

"Ah... sixty-five million seven hundred and thirty thousand..."

Fang Bie's eyes were glazed over, his expression numb.

"Hehe, that's really great..."

Miss Su thought he was dissatisfied, so she quickly explained, "It's all my fault, but I already have a way to fix it."

She winked playfully at Fang Bie: "The box office results will surprise you, aren't you excited?"

Fang Bie looked up and glanced at her.

The box office will surprise me...

Fang Bie was utterly devastated, as if he had died.

Fang was disheartened.

Ah... the sunlight is so blinding...

............

Managers from three cinema chains—Zhongyi, Huaying, and Qianying—gathered together.

"That young lady has spoken, asking us to try to squeeze out some screen time for 'Captain China.' What are your opinions?"

"Opinion? I have no opinion. 'Captain China' is making so much money, it would be foolish not to increase its screenings, okay? Which of us three is the fool?"

"These aren't the problems. The problem is, what's Mr. Fang's opinion? This is going against Huayu!"

"Speed ​​Film increased the screenings of 'Captain China,' and then he only said one sentence to me," Manager Xu from Zhongyi smiled slightly, "Go all out."