I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 151 Returning to the country, causing a sensation!
August 2010, 9, Imperial Capital International Airport.

Chen Jin and his group, after a long journey of travel by car and transfer, finally returned to their long-missed country.

Unlike when they left, when they were exhausted, Chen Jin and Zhu Yanmanzi were now tired, but in a good mood after the plane landed. The air they breathed felt completely different from that in foreign countries.

It has a taste of home.

"Wow, we're finally here. I'm almost paralyzed. I don't even want to report to school!"

"I want to go again tomorrow..."

As soon as Zhu Yanmanzi got off the plane, he stretched lazily.

The situation of people is completely different from that in foreign countries.

From a pure and cool goddess, she switched directly to a campus girl.

Of course, the Central Academy of Drama had already started classes, and Zhu Yanmanzi had also asked for leave from the school. The Central Academy of Drama was not so unkind. After all, it was a great honor for their school to have students participating in the three major Venice Film Festivals.

Even Zhang Yimou's leading female role was shortlisted for the main competition, which makes it possible for her to win the Best Actress award.

Of course the Central Academy of Drama will approve it. What if I really get it?

It's not like there haven't been such precedents, although the probability is indeed low, and what happened to Xia Yu was purely an isolated incident.

It's almost impossible to do it again.

But the Central Academy of Drama still had expectations, but the final result almost made Hao Rong, the director of the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama, angry.

It would be fine if this student from our own drama school didn't win the award, after all, Best Actress is not that easy to win.

But Chen Jin got it!

The outstanding student that the Central Academy of Drama missed won the Best Newcomer Award at the Venice Film Festival!
Hao Rong still has a very clear memory of this student, as he was the one who set the test questions for the third exam.

After getting first place in the three tests, he wanted to strive for admission to the Central Academy of Drama, but he was frightened by his title of the top scorer in the college entrance examination and backed off.

By the time the Performance Department contacted Chen Jin and his family, it was too late.

Beijing Film Academy and Beijing Arts Institute actually took action at the same time.

Everyone in the industry knows about the relationship between Lin Zhaohua, vice president of Beijing Academy of Arts, and the Central Academy of Drama.

Lin Zhaohua’s wife, Ms. He Bingzhu, is currently the vice president of the Central Academy of Drama. She graduated from the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama. The position that Hao Rong once held was hers, the director of the Performance Department!

The couple has a son and a daughter, both of whom are students of the Central Academy of Drama. Their daughter is the director of "Home with Kids".

With this strong relationship, what else can the Central Academy of Drama say when Dean Lin said that Chen Jin would join their Beijing Arts Institute?
After graduating from the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama, many students came to work for him, and the two sides cooperated very closely, after all, his wife was the vice president of the Central Academy of Drama.

So, it's too late to say anything now.

This is a student from Beijing Film Academy who missed out on the opportunity to be admitted to the Central Academy of Drama. Now he has won an award. I heard that the banners of Beijing Film Academy next door have been hung on the main road. Who is this for? Hao Rong has no idea.

……

Of course, Xiao Zhu has no idea of the sadness her alma mater is feeling right now.

After she and Chen Jin got off the plane, the first thing she did was of course to open her phone and get her luggage.

Zhang Yimou also looked at the message sent by Pang Liwei just after the filming started, and smiled slightly: "The film has been scheduled for today, and the box office trend is better than yesterday!"

In later generations, there is a very professional term for this kind of box office trend, called reverse decline.

Homophonic to your dad.

When your dad comes, the movie usually goes on.

"Then we can still hold on to the single-day box office champion!"

Chen Jin was very happy to hear the news.

"The Hawthorn Tree" has been the daily champion for four consecutive days, and many records for art films have been broken.

Yesterday, Monday, the box office for "The Hawthorn Tree" was 1470 million, just over 100 million more than "Inception".

If nothing unexpected happens today, the total box office of "The Hawthorn Tree" will exceed 100 million yuan.

The first art film in Chinese history to exceed 100 million yuan in box office.

As for the box office in the first weekend, "The Hawthorn Tree" was 7782 million. Although it did not reach the 8000 million expectation set by New Picture at the beginning, it was much better than the 7000 million estimated after its release.

Because the daily box office reached 3512 million the weekend before yesterday, the expectation was 3000 million.

The extra 500 million is the additional effect after Venice won the award.

The power of these two awards is still very great.

Especially Chen Jin's Best Newcomer Award in Venice. Netizens who were previously skeptical about his acting skills are now curious about him.

How good is this guy's acting?

After all, Chen Jin himself has the title of top scorer in the college entrance examination.

The popularity has always been there, and now with the support of Venice, netizens can't help but become interested in him.

Many people think this way.

As word of mouth spread online, couples and young girls who loved watching movies all bought tickets to enter the theater.

So even though it was a Monday yesterday, it still got a daily box office of 1470 million, and it even exceeded that number today. That was all due to the follow-up impact of winning the award at the Venice Film Festival, as well as the fermentation of the third character.

Chen Jin's performance in "The Hawthorn Tree" is increasingly recognized by passers-by.

Coupled with New Picture’s promotion of “the cleanest and purest movie ever,” the movie’s subsequent box office did pick up.

A good role plus an award can turn around a person's reputation.

If nothing unexpected happens, "The Hawthorn Tree" will set a new record this weekend.

The goal of 2 million should be achievable.

As for how much it will eventually reach, not to mention Chen Jin, even some market analysts cannot make an estimate.

The reversal is the most difficult to predict, and the fermentation of this kind of good character will become more and more intense.

For example, everyone on the internet is leading the trend now - The Best Boyfriend in the World, go and watch it.

Little girls still like this kind of male protagonist. The key is that Chen Jin looks sunny and handsome, and has the face of a little boy's first love, which makes him even more popular with little girls.

Originally, the target audience of "The Hawthorn Tree" was not only young people, but also people born in the 60s and 70s.

Because they resonate with the movie.

Now that we are attracting young people, the promotion and publicity of the new pictures has changed.

It is to let young people bring their parents to the cinema together.

The effect of this change in publicity and promotion is very obvious. The number of audiences has obviously increased, and many people have begun to pay attention to this movie. In addition, theaters have increased the number of screenings based on awards and market feedback, so the box office has naturally reversed the decline.

"Let's go!"

Zhang Yimou no longer has to worry about the box office, and he seems very relaxed.

Chen Jin took a deep breath, thinking about what Zhang Huijun said before he came back. He didn't know what kind of scene would be waiting for him next? !

……

At this time, Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan and others were standing at the airport, and next to them stood Sui Lan, the head teacher of Class 10, Grade Performance Department, Beijing Film Academy.

They were the airport pick-up personnel arranged by Nortel.

Several students and teachers from Beijing Art Institute also came.

It's not a big show, nor is it ostentatious.

But behind him there are many reporters with cameras and long guns, both from the Internet and offline newspapers.

“Is this the flight?”

"Why don't you come out?"

Zhang Yishan asked Yang Zi, who was holding a bouquet of flowers and grinning, "It's almost time. I just sent a message to Brother Jin, and he said he got off the plane!"

“Ooo ...

Several students from the 10th grade of Beijing Film Academy stretched their necks and looked in the direction of the exit.

Yang Zi had a mission to accomplish, so she just stood on tiptoe.

This posture does look a bit formal.

Finally, a sparse number of passengers walked out of the aisle. There were foreigners and Chinese. They looked at the reporters on both sides of the aisle and were obviously quite surprised.

Who are you going to pick up?
Many people were curious and wondered. Some people who had read the news made some associations and guessed that the Venice Film Festival that just ended should be the winner of the award... How many Zhang Yimou? !

When some passengers thought of this, they immediately decided not to leave.

They stood on both sides and wanted to see if it was them.

After all, this flight is a direct flight from Rome to the imperial capital.

More and more people are watching.

"coming!"

Yang Zi’s eyes are still quite sharp.

boom!
The airport pick-up area suddenly became bustling with activity, and the reporters invited by Beijing Film Academy also began to quickly press the shutter button.

"Chen Jin!"

Yang Zi was desperately waving at Chen Jin who had just walked out of the airport reception passage.

Of course Chen Jin also saw them and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he can still handle this scene.

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Yimou next to him smiled and patted Chen Jin on the shoulder. Someone had already recognized him.

"Director Zhang!"

"It's Zhang Yimou!"

"It really is him..."

"..."

Suddenly there was an even louder commotion in the passage.

To be honest, Chen Jin was quite grateful. Lao Mouzi helped him attract all the firepower. Yang Zi and a beautiful girl from Beijing Arts Institute held flowers and handed them to Chen Jin, smiling happily and saying, "Welcome back the best newcomer in Venice, and return with honors!"

Is it so formal?

"Take a picture, take a picture!"

"group photo!"

"Let's get some good luck!"

A group of Grade 10 students from Beijing Institute of Arts and Beijing Film Academy were laughing there.

Chen Jin had no choice but to pick up the trophy and flowers, and was hugged by several classmates while being photographed crazily by reporters.

Zhu Yanmanzi took the initiative to make room for him.

She and her mother also wanted to take the opportunity to slip away, obviously not used to such occasions.

"I'm leaving first..."

Zhu Yanmanzi gave Chen Jin a lip reading and made a phone call gesture.

This is for you to show off.

I'll dodge first.

I have to say that Xiao Zhu is very understanding. After Chen Jin gave her a look, she began to accept interviews from a group of reporters.

Of course Zhang Yimou wants it too.

It’s nothing more than the feeling after winning the award.

After finally finishing the interview, Pang Liwei came to pick up Zhang Yimou in person, while Chen Jin took the school car to Beijing Film Academy to attend an award press conference.

There were reporters waiting for him there.

"So, how does the future actor feel about winning the award?"

After getting on the Beijing Film Academy's car, Yang Zi couldn't help but come up and ask.

"Okay!"

Chen Jin smiled. Zhang Yishan and others had taken turns admiring the trophy. Yang Zi couldn't even grab the trophy from them.

"Cow!"

"I'm so jealous of you!"

"My debut film won the Best Newcomer award at the Venice Film Festival. I saw in the news that I was only one vote away from the Best Actor award..."

Yang Zi really admired him, her eyes were almost sparkling with stars.

"lucky!"

"Have you been attending classes these days?"

Chen Jin quickly changed the subject, and Yang Zi curled her lips: "Yes, but the class is so excited to discuss your news every day!"

"Ha ha!"

Chen Jin could imagine that scene.

The circle in school is still quite simple.

"The whole school is now full of your banners. Not only our acting department, but even the directing department knows about it!"

“It’s all dead on the road!”

Zhang Yishan suddenly came over and handed the trophy to Yang Zi.

"Is it so exaggerated?"

"Nonsense, when has the acting department of Beijing Film Academy ever won such a prestigious award? And it was won by a student?"

Hong Yang took over the conversation.

Sui Lan watched Chen Jin chatting with a group of people and thought he was arrogant, but now she is completely relieved.

The class I am going to teach next will become a star class if nothing unexpected happens.

Chen Jin plays a good role in leadership and is a good person. He is well-equipped to be a leader.

"Hong Yang is right!"

Sui Lan smiled at Chen Jin and said, "Beijing Film Academy really needs to promote itself well, otherwise all the students will be snatched away by the Central Academy of Drama!"

"Ha ha!"

The students actually know the situation of Beijing Film Academy.

Fortunately, Beijing Film Academy still has the Department of Directing and the Department of Photography to support it, so it still has advantages in resources.

Now that Chen Jin has won this award, it still has some convincing effect.

At least Beijing Film Academy has an impressive record of awards in the acting department.

Unlike before, when the acting department did not win any awards at the three major film festivals, now Chen Jin is the first.

The meaning is indeed different.

I got a lot from the three major directing departments.

The Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama has produced a Venice Film Festival Best Actress and a Venice Film Festival Best Actor, which is indeed its signature.

After Sui Lan's analysis, Chen Jin began to understand a little.

First again.

No wonder Beijing Film Academy takes it so seriously. Even if it’s just a best newcomer award, they still want to brag about it.

You have to know that Xia Yu and Gong Li did not get their awards while in school.

The car sped along the streets of the imperial capital. Before reaching the gate of Beijing Film Academy, Chen Jin saw several huge red banners hanging there.

Are there some social deaths?
This is too arrogant.

How can it be hung on the road and be seen by passers-by? How embarrassing!

The one hanging in front of the Central Academy of Drama is better than this place!
[Congratulations to Chen Jin, a student from the 10th grade acting department of our college, for winning China's first Venice Marcello Mastroianni Best Newcomer Award! ]

(End of this chapter)