Chapter 146 Is it so difficult for a movie to gross over million yuan?
The movie "Charlotte's Troubles" was released on September 9th during the National Day holiday, and other movies released at the same time include "Nine-story Demon Tower", "Saving Mr. Wu" and so on.

"Nine-story Demon Tower" has an investment of hundreds of millions, adapted from the super IP novel "Ghost Blowing the Light", and is also a 3D disaster adventure film directed by Lu Chuan.
Starring Mark Chao, Yao Chen, Tang Yan, Feng Shaofeng, Li Chen, Li Guangjie and others, the film has a very strong cast and began large-scale promotion in September.

"Saving Mr. Wu" is adapted from a real kidnapping case. It is a crime film starring Liu Dehua, Liu Ye and Wang Qianyuan.

Needless to say, in this era, the name "Liu Dehua" alone still has a lot of box office appeal.

These two movies released on the same day as "Charlotte's Troubles" are not the most threatening ones.

The most impressive one is "Lost in Hong Kong", which was released on September 9 during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is the sequel to the "Lost in Thailand" series of movies. The starring actors include not only Xu Zheng, but also "Little Swallow".
Just the fact that Xu Zheng chose this time slot shows that he not only wants to take the Mid-Autumn Festival slot, but also the National Day slot.

Looking at the screening rate of "Lost in Hong Kong", we can understand Xu Zheng's ambition. On September 9, the first day screening rate was 25%.

Even on September 9th, there will be a wave of new movies released, including "Nine-story Demon Tower", "Charlotte's Troubles" and "Saving Mr. Wu".

The screening rate of "Lost in Hong Kong" is still 32%, while the screening rate of "Nine-story Demon Tower" is 30.9%, and the screening rate of "Charlotte's Troubles" is 20.1%.

"Saving Mr. Wu" is 11.5%. This kind of crime film is not well received even with the blessing of King Liu, not to mention that King Liu is indeed a bit old.

Don’t underestimate the screening rate of “Charlotte’s Troubles”. Even if it can only be ranked third, this is the result of the Happy Twist team’s greater efforts and the nationwide roadshow and preview on September 9th.

What’s more important is the participation of top-tier star Lin Feng, which has led to such a high screening rate. After all, it is Lin Feng’s first movie to be released.

In the previous life, the screening rate of "Charlotte's Troubles" was less than 12%, but now it has a 20.1% screening rate, all thanks to Lin Feng alone.

Of course, let me add one more thing here. "The Third Way of Love", which Liu Yifei co-starred with Koreans, was also released on September 9. It actually dared to be released on the same day as "Lost in Hong Kong". I really don't know what they were thinking.

The facts also proved a truth. As a result, before October 10, the movie "The Third Way of Love" was basically announced to be removed from the shelves. The box office in the previous life was at least 1 million yuan.

If there hadn't been the hype about Liu Yifei's love affair with a Korean in this life, let alone 5000 million, it would have been amazing if she could get over 3000 million.

Counting "The Third Way of Love", plus the previous "Legend of White Ghost: Desperate Escape" and "Lush Beauty", Liu Yifei has won three consecutive prix.
Of course, although Liu Yifei’s previous films were not that great, at least some of them grossed over 100 million yuan.

Even the total box office of Chinese movies has increased by 150% every year. It was easy to exceed million yuan before, but now it is so difficult to even exceed million yuan. Why is it so difficult for my own movies to exceed million yuan? !
For this reason, Liu Yifei also complained to Lin Feng, "Why is it so difficult for the movies I starred in to earn hundreds of millions of yuan? Why is it so difficult for the movie box office to exceed 100 million yuan?"

What could Lin Feng say? He couldn't just tell her that all the movies she acted in were bad. He could only comfort her, "Wait for me to introduce you to a good movie."

"I don't want to. I want to act in a movie with you. Now people say that you have a good eye for scripts, and I want to try it too. I don't trust others, but I trust you!"

"Well, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to Shanghai to promote "Charlotte's Troubles" now."

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Previously, Shen Teng and Ma Li were promoting the roadshow of "Charlotte's Troubles". Now that Lin Feng is not busy anymore, it's time for him to come out and promote it.
What’s more, Lin Feng’s salary for “Charlotte’s Troubles” is 10% of the box office share, so he must be concerned about it!

So, Lin Feng and his team came to Shanghai to gather that evening. There will be two interview activities in the morning tomorrow, and a film promotion roadshow in the afternoon and evening.

When Lin Feng arrived in Shanghai, it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening, and he was still busy watching the cost of "Charlotte's Troubles".
Moreover, now that he has participated in "Charlotte's Troubles", Lin Feng also wants to see how this life's "Charlotte's Troubles" is different from his previous life.

So after being fully armed, Lin Feng dragged Zhang Jing, Yuan Lin and others to a more private cinema to watch a movie.

Today is the National Day holiday. Even at 10: in the evening, there are still many people watching movies and the attendance rate is quite high.

Moreover, the young couple sitting in front of Lin Feng, the girl was a fan of Lin Feng, because Lin Feng could hear everything clearly from behind.

"Baby, what's so great about this movie? We might as well go watch 'Nine-story Demon Tower', it's a blockbuster and it's fun to watch in the cinema. If that doesn't work, we can go watch 'Lost in Hong Kong', it's absolutely hilarious!"

"No, this is my idol Lin Feng's first movie, I have to support it!"

"Is it that Lin Feng? He's just a little handsome, right? That's nothing. Men should be judged by their abilities, and actors should be judged by their acting skills. The movies played by these popular stars, are there any qualified ones?"

"You're talking about other idols. Our Lin Feng is definitely different. People on the Internet say that his movie is outstanding!"

"You really believe it? Those are all bought trending searches or something. Don't take it seriously, or you'll be laughed at."

"Are you going to watch it or not? Didn't you say I was there to accompany you? Why are you making so much trouble? If you don't want to watch it, forget it. Just go back by yourself."

"Baby, I was wrong. I was just joking. No matter what movie it is, I'm willing to watch it with you."

At this time, the lights in the theater dimmed and the movie officially began. The young couple stopped whispering to each other and adjusted their sitting positions to watch the movie seriously. However, the little boy still looked a little reluctant.

The movie "Charlotte's Troubles" begins with Charlotte's monologue:

"Some people lack iron, some lack calcium, but what I lack the most is face!"

"Today I have completely lost all the face I had which was not much to begin with!"

"This woman is my wife, her name is Ma Dongmei."

"This running guy is me, my name is Charlotte."

"I should have been very cool today, but my wife made me stupid!"

When Charlotte confesses, the film quickly flashes back.
This is a scene of chaos at a wedding, with Ma Dongmei holding a machete and chasing after Charlotte.
The movie attracted the audience's attention as soon as it started. Many people were curious about why the heroine was chasing the hero, and when Lin Feng would appear.

"Ah, so the protagonist's name is Charlotte!" The boy found it interesting.

"Yeah! I always thought his name was Charlotte, haha..." the girl said embarrassedly.

...

At this time, the first burst of laughter broke out in the theater. It turned out that during the chase between "Charlotte" and "Ma Dongmei", the little flower girl who was holding the bride's wedding dress was frightened. When the child stepped back, she accidentally pulled off the wedding dress, causing the bride's upper body to be exposed, and the bride covered her upper body.

The one with the worst intentions was Zhang Yang, who even reminded him: "Cover your face!"

Originally, "Qiu Ya" was covering her chest, but her brain short-circuited and she covered her face directly after hearing him, and then a white area appeared on the screen.

However, when the movie was being filmed, "Qiuya"'s chest was wrapped in white gauze, not to mention that it was directly blurred in the movie.

Instead, the cinema was filled with laughter again, the same weird laugh that the old pervert was familiar with. It seemed that there were many people of the same kind!

At this point in the movie, Lin Feng watched it almost the same as in his previous life, except that he didn’t really notice this scene. Probably because the movie had just started and his interest hadn’t been aroused yet!

...

"Charlotte" was chased by "Ma Dongmei" to the ends of the earth and had nowhere to escape. Finally, he had to hide in the bathroom. Then "Charlotte" closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief. The opening credits appeared one by one.
The main film begins: Here is a flashback to "Charlotte"'s memory, when he borrowed his brother-in-law's 60-year-old girlfriend's white Maserati.
I walked around the hotel entrance for several times and was seen by an old classmate. My clothes got stuck when I got out of the car.

Moreover, "Charlotte" has a very showy crew cut, and wears an exaggerated chicken feather outfit. He dresses up in a suit and tie to pretend to be a nouveau riche tycoon, and goes to attend the wedding of his old classmate and dream lover, the school beauty "Qiu Ya".

After an unsuccessful appearance, "Charlotte" finally walked into the wedding hall, but she was unexpectedly stunned at the first sight when she opened the door!
He originally thought that he was dressed very handsomely and would definitely steal the spotlight at the school beauty goddess' wedding and be the most handsome guy in the audience!
Unexpectedly, he froze as soon as he entered the door because he was wearing the same clothes as the host!

The same "long black dress + chicken feather suit on the chest".

What was even more embarrassing was that the MC held the microphone and asked, "My colleague, did you go to the wrong room?"

Next, the character "Yuan Hua" demonstrated by Lin Feng was finally about to appear. Just as "Charlotte" sat down, "Zhang Yang" suddenly suggested:

"Yuan Hua, can we improvise a poem based on Xia Luo's outfit today? Come on, come on!"

This was the first time that Lin Feng appeared on the big screen. He was wearing a handsome suit, and there was a buzz of discussion in the cinema.
The girl in the front row couldn't help but say, "Wow, Lin Feng is still so handsome on the big screen! It's just that my Feng Feng hasn't been in business for a long time, so we can only watch him on the screen."

The boy had to admit that Lin Feng was very handsome. He even thought that "Charlotte's Troubles" was quite attractive, at least it was worth watching.

The "Charlotte" on the screen also pretended to be reluctant under the encouragement of his classmates, but still stood up to show off his literary talent:
"Well... then I'll give it a try! Going to the banquet alone... pretending to be a chicken feather, all my classmates... pretending to be! Chicken! Feathers!"

Everyone at the table burst into laughter, and then "Yuan Hua" himself started laughing, but he still raised his red wine glass in a pretentious manner and said to "Charlotte":

"Charlotte, I'm just kidding, don't take it seriously, it's just for rhyme."

"Charlotte" must have cursed his ancestors in his heart at this time, but since everyone present was his classmates, he couldn't show it on his face. He could only force a smile and clinked glasses with him, then raised his glass and drank it all.

Although it is a comedy, Shen Teng's acting skills are still quite outstanding. He fully displays Charlotte's expressions and psychological activities at each stage, and always guides the audience's emotions to follow him.

Moreover, Yuan Hua's performance in this section can only be described as mediocre. After all, he is not the protagonist of this movie.
Moreover, the focus of all shots and words is still on "Charlotte", with more face-to-face shots, psychological portrayals, and character monologues. Basically, the focus is on "Charlotte".
Although other characters appear one after another, they are all there to serve as a foil to this character.

But then again, Yuan Hua's age and handsomeness are still somewhat different from those of these people.

But Lin Feng's performance was just right, neither distracting the audience nor making them feel that he was abrupt or out of place.
In fact, this has already indirectly demonstrated Lin Feng's acting skills, especially the look in "Yuan Hua's" eyes when he first looked at "Qiu Ya", which told a story.

The next part of the story is a drinking party, during which "Charlotte" is often mocked by teachers and classmates.
In addition, Qiuya was getting married, so he drank a few more glasses of wine to drown his sorrows, and then he got carried away and began to confess his love for Qiuya in public.
He even forcibly pulled Qiuya's hand, knelt on the ground and insisted on singing "Just Once" for her, as if he was proposing to her. He did it in front of the groom. It was such an embarrassing scene!

This scene happened to be seen by "Ma Dongmei" who was called over, and she was instantly furious!
At first, Ma Dongmei did not get angry on the spot and embarrass Xia Luo. Instead, she came to persuade him to go back with her and stop being drunk and embarrassing himself.
However, "Ma Dongmei" is quite mean-spirited. She first called Qiuya's husband "Uncle", then "Qiuya" hurriedly said "This is my husband", and she changed her words and said "Sorry, uncle".

When seeing Teacher Wang, Ma Dongmei’s first words were, “Oh, Teacher Wang, you’re here too! You’re still alive?” She was immediately confused about Teacher Wang’s behavior!

Then when her classmates invited her to stay, she declined,
"No need to sit down. I have to go to sweep his mother's grave with Charlotte later! What a coincidence that all the good things happen at the same time." This guy is really unforgiving!

At this point, several protagonists of the film have all appeared on the stage. Although it is only a few minutes long, the characters of the protagonists have been portrayed in great detail.

Especially the boy who was sitting in front of Lin Feng and accompanied his girlfriend. The boy who had been a little reluctant just now now watched the film very attentively.

"Charlotte" is in a very awkward situation right now. He is in his thirties but still has not achieved anything. He wants to make a big splash, but he was born at the wrong time and his talent is not appreciated.
The embarrassing situation made him inferior and vain, fragile and sensitive. He even pretended to be a nouveau riche to attract the attention of his classmates so that others would look up to him.

As for "Ma Dongmei", her name suits her personality, she is elegant on the outside, indifferent on the inside, and she does not flatter the world.

Ma Dongmei's personality can be summed up in two words: "real". She has always been herself from beginning to end, impetuous, and dares to love and hate.

"Charlotte" is pitiful but not tragic, because at least he has "Ma Dongmei". No matter he is poor and destitute because of his talent but not being appreciated, or he is a loser who has accomplished nothing,

"Ma Dongmei" always accompanies him, loves him, believes in him, tolerates him, protects him, and supports him without hesitation...

As the saying goes, being pursued by thousands of people is not as good as being loved by one person, and being pampered by thousands of people is not as good as being understood by one person.

If you get a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?
After "Charlotte" traveled through time and became a big star, why did "Ma Dongmei" marry someone else?

In fact, it was not because "Ma Dongmei" no longer loved him, but because she felt that she was too ordinary and was no longer worthy of "Charlotte" who had become a big star!

Isn't this love!
Otherwise, before "Xia Luo" died, "Ma Dongmei" would have broken his defense with a sentence, "You've become a big star, I don't dare to like you anymore."

At this point, there is no need for "Ma Dongmei" to hide anything anymore, these are her true feelings!

I still remember that "Charlotte" returned to his hometown and came to the 40-square-meter tiny apartment of his previous life. "Ma Dongmei" served him the fennel noodles with the familiar taste and placed the chopsticks casually on his left hand side.

Even after so many years, I still remember that the guy I had a crush on was left-handed. The details are both touching and sad.

Only in prosperity can one appreciate the elegant fragrance of autumn, and only in peacetime can one appreciate the beauty of winter plums. It is nothing more than this.

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(End of this chapter)