Huayu 1999: Starting with nothing but getting something for nothing

I glanced at the content; the report was of high quality. The summary is as follows:

"The film is 110 minutes long and packed with laughs. According to reporters, the audience laughed collectively 26 times, while smaller groups could not be counted."

However, this is a profound love tragedy wrapped in a comedic shell, showcasing the complexity of "healing love".

Fan Bingbing breaks away from her previous screen image to play the female lead Song Xingxing, who is domineering and wild, but has an upright and brave heart. She will scold young people who do not give up their seats to the elderly on the subway, and she will stand up and scold a female student who is about to go astray... However, all of this is her outward appearance. Her heart is fragile and sad.

Newcomer actor Huang Haibo perfectly portrays the male lead Niu Geng as "wise in appearance but foolish in reality," whose love is characterized by understanding, sacrifice, growth, and letting go.

The two young actors delivered a satisfying performance, and the audience members and guests, including Zhang Guoli, who interacted with the audience, gave them high praise.

In terms of plot, although some scenes and performances are a bit exaggerated, the sincerity is undeniable, probably because it is adapted from the personal experiences of the film's screenwriter and producer, Yang Che.

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The second page contained the expected content, focusing on the background music. It quoted Hou Keming's remarks from yesterday, but the most eye-catching element was the subtitle, "Wang Fei Sings the Interlude for Free," which quoted Yang Che's words, "Old Wang, you're truly loyal!"

When Yang Che returned home, he heard the song "Fleeting Years" playing on the TV. The Sixth Princess was reporting on the premiere of "My Sassy Girl," and it was a column report that lasted for more than half an hour.

Yang Che looked at the chubby little boy on the sofa who was watching him stretch. He was so cute and pink, and he had a strong urge to rub him.

So he put down the breakfast he was carrying...

"Ouch~ It's so heavy, haha. Hiss~ It's cold."

Fan Bingbing pushed him away abruptly. In the dead of winter, a pair of large hands that had just come home from outside reached inside her clothes, and the feeling gave her goosebumps.

Seeing her frown, Yang Che chuckled twice: "It's your fault, you're the one who tempted me."

Fan Bingbing just stared at him.

Yang Che patted her head and said, "Let's eat."

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

The sixth princess's report moved on to the audience interview segment.

Yang Che saw a couple discussing character development.

The man said, "I think Fan Bingbing's character, although devoted, is also a bit twisted. She forces Niu Geng to do certain things and even kicks him into the lake, almost drowning him. All of this is just to recreate her experience with her deceased ex-boyfriend. Why always deliberately recall painful things and make yourself suffer?"

The woman said, "I understand. The screenwriter said that some of the plot was adapted from his personal experiences, so you can't think about this from a third-party perspective. With memories, how can you clearly say which part was sweet and which part was so painful that it's etched in your bones? You'll always be afraid that if you want to forget the pain, you won't even be able to remember the sweetness. You'll stubbornly think, 'Maybe I shouldn't forget anything at all.'"

I think the character Fan Bingbing might be controversial now, but with time, she will become a classic.

After listening to the interview with the couple, Yang Che and Fan Bingbing exchanged a glance.

"Bro, was your ex-girlfriend pretty?"

"Cough cough cough."

Yang Che nearly choked to death, then looked utterly speechless: "Your level of awareness..."

Unashamed, Fan Bingbing continued to press, "I may be ignorant, but was your ex-girlfriend pretty?"

"Who can compare to you? Hmm... you two are good-looking."

"Hehe... hiccup, you might as well not have said anything."

Yang Che sighed, "Bingbing, you see the poor manners of these spectators, right? We should strive to improve together; we can't be sloppy."

Fan Bingbing blinked, then pouted: "You always seize the opportunity to lecture me. I'm your girlfriend, not your daughter."

Yang Che shook his head, not caring about anything; he was saying this more to himself.

While the fundamental need for creation is to earn money and fame, it's true that you have to give people something good. Even if the audience doesn't understand it at first, they'll eventually grow up and realize that. If you only focus on capturing their emotions at the beginning and don't care about anything else, well, when they look back and think, "Hey, you son of a bitch, what kind of garbage did you write?"

It's no big deal to swear a couple of times, but it doesn't have a long-tail effect; it only makes you a quick buck, and there's no follow-up.

Hmm... it's like the reread rate of online novels.

"Bingbing, are you nervous?"

"Why are you nervous? Oh, you mean the media's comments? I'm not nervous, hehe, I know there will be more good things than bad."

Yang Che nodded. Okay, even the closest people can't empathize with each other in certain ways.

After breakfast, the two parted ways. Fan Bingbing took the company car that was there to pick her up and went to the company, while Yang Che went to Tazhai, since he needed to be with the team that had started word-of-mouth marketing.

It wasn't just the male college students working part-time there; Liu Chang, Song Xiaofei, and others were also there bragging.

Hearing the commotion, Ding Xiao, who had already become a part-time foreman, spun around in his chair and began reporting on the work: "Brother Che, everyone has written a total of 106 film reviews on Tianya, Mop, Peking University Weiming Blog, Tsinghua University Blog, Sohu, and Hujulongpan. The comments and discussions are very lively."

Yang Che gave a thumbs-up: "How many are real?"

Ding Xiao scratched his head: "Not too many, after all, it hasn't been officially released yet. Brother Che, I think Gugu Gaga could set up a professional film review website, like IMDb which was acquired by Amazon last year. I believe we can develop it very quickly."

Yang Che was very pleased: "The idea is good. I can think about it carefully. Although I don't have money or energy right now, I have a detailed project plan. I can talk to the big bosses. I'm not afraid if no one invests. I can do it myself when I have money in a few years, haha."

Ding Xiao and his group were very happy.

However, Yang Che didn't continue the discussion. The true marketization of Chinese films was still a long way off; by then, the internet bubble would have burst, which wasn't a good time. Of course, the ideas of young people should be encouraged.

He immediately sat down in front of Ding Xiao's computer and started reading movie reviews. The posts that continued the "provoking confrontation" strategy did have a high number of interactions. Of course, it wasn't that the movie was bad, but rather that they deconstructed the movie's plot, somewhat similar to the couple that Princess Liu interviewed that morning.

Most of the comments focused on how novel the film was and how it was worth watching. Yang Che skimmed through about a dozen articles, and they were all quite insightful. It was impressive how these guys praised the film from so many different angles; it was no less impressive than the newspaper reports and reviews that Cheng Er and his group brought.

Yang Che also saw a genuine film review, which at least wasn't written by someone from the company, but was posted on Tianya by someone with the ID "小小生".

The title is "Longing is a Disease"