Entertainment: The joy of being a director is beyond your imagination

Chapter 40.Isn’t this just a little licker?
Christmas and New Year's Day in 2010.

But it is far from being as prosperous as it would be a decade later.

Youth romance films and low-cost comedies might be acceptable, but Pei Ran has high hopes for The Tuner's box office, and what he's aiming for is definitely not a few tens of millions or a hundred million.

At the very least, it has to be doubled!

In other words, the box office ceiling for Christmas and New Year’s Day is not high enough!
Jing Tian misunderstood Pei Ran's meaning. She sat up and said seriously, "So according to what you said, it would be better for me to choose the Lunar New Year period? But the Lunar New Year period is actually not that good. It's not that the theater traffic is bad, but the films that want to be released during the Lunar New Year period will start promoting at least four or five months in advance."

"If it is postponed to the Lunar New Year holiday, the popularity and traffic we have accumulated now will have been replaced by other hot spots, and netizens may not even remember the names of the tuner and Pei Ran by then."

"Just like this year's Lunar New Year movies include Chen Kaige's The Orphan of Zhao, starring Ge You and Huang Xiaoming, and Jiang Wen's Let the Bullets Fly..."

"The box office appeal of these people should not be underestimated!"

It’s not that Jing Tian doesn’t trust Pei Ran and the tuner.

After all, she is the starring role of the "People's Artist"!

However, the Chinese-language film market does not rely solely on quality.

The reputation and box office appeal that Chen Kaige, Ge You, Jiang Wen and others have accumulated are enough to make a movie with a mediocre plot bring in high box office, not to mention that the quality of these two films will not be bad either.

Pei Ran certainly listened carefully to Jing Tian's analysis.

He wouldn't get angry because of analyzing with Jingtian.

only…

The Piano Tuner is his first film and also his first screen debut in his life. He would never deliberately take a detour just because his opponent is strong.

Besides...his debt repayment period won't last until the Lunar New Year holiday!

There was no need for him to say these words to Jing Tian.

Otherwise, Jing Tian might just throw money at him, and then say domineeringly, "I'll support you, and use the money to pay off your debts first. As for the money you owe me, you can pay it back with your body!"

Although being kept by a rich woman is a very pleasant thing.

What's more, it's even better to be supported by such a beautiful woman.

But Pei Ran still didn't want Jing Tian to pay off his debt. Don't get me wrong, it's not that Pei Ran couldn't be flexible, but he was afraid that if he really used Jing Tian's money to pay off his debt... the relationship between the two would become subtle.

Originally, he could threaten Jing Tian to call him dad without any scruples.

But if he took someone's money, how could he threaten without scruples? Hmm? Wouldn't he be scared when he threatened? Who knows, Jing Tian might wake up again and threaten him to call her mom because of this little bit of money.

That's fucking unacceptable!
……

After Jing Tian finished speaking, Pei Ran hugged her in his arms again, placing his hands on her peach buttocks, feeling the warmth of this soft and fragrant body.

"Each schedule has its own advantages. Although the popularity of Christmas and New Year's Day is not high, there are no competitors. Although the traffic of the Lunar New Year schedule is high, the market share has been reserved in advance by others. If we want to intervene, we will offend people and may not be able to sell well at the box office."

"Plus, now that the trailers have been released, although there is indeed no rubbish in the films released at the same time, don't forget that I have already started planning the future path before the filming of the movie even started."

"Let's put Inception aside, the film that has received the most attention during this National Day holiday is the sound engineer, right? Even If You Are the One 2 is scheduled to be released during the National Day holiday, but this is a temporary decision after all, and their publicity preparations are not adequate, so isn't it worth a gamble?"

Jing Tian moved his head slightly, found a comfortable position to lean on Pei Ran's shoulder, and subconsciously put one thigh on Pei Ran, "Yeah! You are so thoughtful, then I don't need to say anything more~"

There is no such thing as being thoughtful or not. I just came here through time travel and saw through fate.

Tietie, I’ll just use a dragon to hit your face, it’s hard to lose.

Just like what he said to Jing Tian, ​​Pei Ran started planning what would happen next before filming the movie. He first used his outrageous remarks at the launch conference and the black-and-red route to hype up the relationship between Jing Tian and him, and then used a 14-minute promotional trailer to improve the reputation of the movie.

This is the preliminary plan.

As for what happens next...

He knew clearly that Inception would be introduced in China during the National Day holiday, so Pei Ran worked frantically to catch up with the filming process and finally caught up with the release of Inception at the same time.

Now Feng Gangpao's If You Are the One 2 has joined the National Day schedule.

Directly stimulate the market and heat up the entire market.

It can be said that the traffic in the second half of this year is the largest, and the highest limit is nothing more than this period of National Day...

As for the market share that Fan Xiaopang and Jing Tian are both worried about... Pei Ran is not worried at all. If You Are the One 2 is a comedy film. Although The Piano Tuner and Inception are both suspense films, The Piano Tuner has more plot twists and is more straightforward and refreshing.

As for Inception, he prefers science fiction and brain-burning. Although this film was later dubbed the "box office phoenix", if you only look at the special effects, then this Hollywood film is invincible, but it is undeniable that... this film is selective with its audience, and the threshold for watching it is relatively high.

So in fact, the two films capture different consumer groups, or even have quite different ones.

It is because of these reasons that Pei Ran firmly chose to continue to release the film during the National Day holiday.

……

After talking about work, Pei Ran pinched Jing Tian's buttocks and said, "Go take a shower. You were sweating just now and your body is sticky now."

"You dislike me, right?" Jing Tian said unhappily.

"Why do you think so? Do I dislike you?" Pei Ran pretended to be heartbroken. "Since you think so of me, I will lick you to prove my innocence!"

After saying that, Pei Ran stuck out his tongue and was about to move it towards Jing Tian.

Jing Tian was so scared that he stood up from the bed, "You are a pervert!"

"Didn't you say I despise you? I have to prove myself!"

"That's not necessary. In fact, I kind of dislike you." Jing Tian stood on the bed, lowering his eyes to look down at Pei Ran who was still lying there.

"Tsk, didn't someone just use her mouth to clean me up? You changed your face so quickly now. Before we did it, didn't you deliberately put on an appearance of a chaste heroine, saying you would never use your mouth, but after you satisfied yourself, you willingly became my little licker! Is this the right attitude to have when you dislike someone?"

"You forced me!"

"I didn't. Besides, it's not shameful to be my little licker."

Jing Tian bared her teeth at him, then snorted and prepared to get out of bed to take a shower. As she walked, one could see the trembling flesh on her plump thighs and the dynamic ups and downs of her thighs.

It's really tempting.

So… Pei Ran shouted at Jing Tian’s back: “Remember to change into black stockings after taking a shower, my little licker!”

(End of this chapter)