Reborn as a little director

After a while, Xie Siqing often saw the promotion of Zhong Yang's movie.

And, as the premiere rolls around, it's getting more intense.

Now the movie market seems to be like this. There are cheap movie promotions everywhere, from the airport to the bus station to the bus to the billboards, regardless of the audience. The purpose is to make people want to go to the movie theater. The work will appear.

This method works very well. When people choose a movie, it seems that they really don't care about the genre, plot, etc., and many people will naturally buy the "hottest" one.

The issuer is very smart about promoting this piece.

Zhong Yang once said to Xie Siqing during the chat: "If you get the campus, you get the world."

Xie Siqing was also somewhat impressed by this.

It seems that a previous survey showed that the average age of Chinese moviegoers is only 21.5 years old.

You can understand it when you think about it.College students have free time, there are not many entertainment activities on campus, and they also need to fall in love, make friends, etc., have strong financial capabilities and open consumption concepts, and they can buy half-price tickets, so they naturally become the main force.

"So, what are you going to do?" Xie Siqing asked at that time.

Zhong Yang's answer was: "Be more aggressive in this market."

That's exactly what they did.

A total of 2000 posters were posted in 200000 colleges and universities.

Among them, 500 had the autographs of Zhong Yang, Shao Yu and Zhang Tianxiao, although some signed posters were stolen within a day of posting.

"Steal my signature when you see it." Zhong Yang felt very good about himself.

"..." Xie Siqing didn't say anything, but he felt that it should be for Shao Yu's signature... After all, Zhong Yang had already moved behind the scenes.

Before the release, the distributor selected 30 colleges and universities in 30 cities for screening.

Zhong Yang himself participated in 12 of them.

Cameras can be used for a while during the screening, and there are still photo cards that can be taken away at the screening site, so that people can take pictures and share them on social networks, such as Weibo, Moments, Renren, etc.

During that time, Xie Siqing could see relevant news as long as he went online.

Then, even the official premiere was chosen at the university, one of the two best universities.

Xie Siqing didn't come to the stage, but just sat down, looking at Zhong Yang, Shao Yu and Zhang Tianxiao.

"Director Zhong Yang," the host said, "Why did you direct this film? It's different from your previous style...can you tell me the reason?"

"I hope to break through the past, and I don't want to repeat the past." Zhong Yang replied, "I also hesitated, afraid of smashing my own signboard. However, a friend kept encouraging me, and he advised me to continue, because only Only by trying different types can you discover more of what you are good at, so as to make better works.”

"So," the host asked, "it's largely because of this friend?"

"Yeah." Zhong Yang glanced at Xie Siqing's position, "I had a movie that was not very successful before, and I believe everyone knows it, so I have been avoiding it and selectively ignoring it, wishing I had never made that one. But that friend of mine found all the praises in the bad reviews—I know it’s hard to find, and then made a file and sent it to me, telling me that I didn’t get nothing after making that movie, at least I found a few of myself I can do it, but I haven't done it before... that is, to be more active and make myself a better director, instead of worrying about the box office of every film. Now that the film production is completed, I I feel very fortunate, fortunate that this friend appeared in time, and fortunate that I directed this movie. It is different from the last movie that was badly criticized. I was very nervous last time, but this time I am very confident in it. This The story is very interesting, and I believe it will not only give me a lot, but also bring a lot to the audience."

"Wow—" the host pretended to be very emotional, "It's really lucky to have such a friend."

"Yeah." Zhong Yang said again, "Lucky for a lifetime."

Xie Siqing looked away in embarrassment.

"Then let's talk about casting." The host looked at Shao Yu, "How was the meeting with Director Zhong Yang?"

"Oh." Shao Yu smiled, "When Director Zhong saw me that day, he said, why did he look so pale?"

"What?" the host asked, "He really said that?"

"Yeah." Shao Yu laughed again, "I was really in a bad mood at that time, and the clock director didn't seem to want to choose me anymore."

In fact, Xie Siqing felt that Shao Yu's spirit was still not good.

As for whether Zhong Yang had mentioned the question of complexion at that time, Xie Siqing couldn't remember.

"Then," the host continued to ask, "why did you get picked later?"

"I don't know." Shao Yu replied, "I think it was because the audition performance was satisfactory, which made him feel that he could ignore that problem."

Then, the host asked Zhang Tianxiao the same question.

"When we met for the first time..." Zhang Tianxiao replied, "When Director Zhong saw me, he said, I looked a little dirty."

"Again?!"

After the host asked this sentence, the audience burst into laughter.

"Yeah." Zhang Tianxiao said, "He asked me if I could be more temperamental."

"How do you do it?"

"I'm looking for someone to train." Zhang Tianxiao said, "The second time I see Director Zhong, I'm finally not so rustic."

"Director Zhong Yang, you..." The host said with a smile on his face, exaggeratedly, "Do you often hurt others like this? Even the people you meet for the first time?"

The words "hurt" and "first time" are also re-read.

"No, right...?" Zhong Yang said, "I can't remember, you have to ask the person who was hurt."

Xie Siqing couldn't help laughing.

For the first time, he felt that the poisonous Zhong Yang was quite interesting.

This is Zhong Yang, anyway, it is different from others.

After some more questions and activities, the host's last question was: "Director Zhong Yang, what are your plans for the future?"

"I want to take part in a movie." Zhong Yang said.

"Oh?" The host then asked, "Acting in a movie, not directing?"

"Yes." Zhong Yang nodded, "Remember the friend I said encouraged me to direct this drama? He is the director. His name is Yao Shunyu, and I will join his crew as the leading actor."

"So... to repay a friend?"

"Not all." Zhong Yang continued to advertise for Xie Siqing cheekily, "The script is very interesting, and it gave me a long-lost desire to challenge. Moreover, I believe in this director, he will definitely be able to present a A very good piece of work."

"Oh," said the host, "then we're looking forward to your re-enactment movie."

"Thank you. Thank you all."

"..." Xie Siqing didn't expect that Zhong Yang would advertise himself so much at the premiere of his movie.

……

——Only one week after the premiere, the box office exceeded 4 million.

Xie Siqing was also called to attend the first celebration banquet.

"That," seeing Zhong Yang again, Xie Siqing suddenly became a little nervous, "Congratulations."

"……Um."

"Thank you for your hard work." Xie Siqing said again, "Facts can prove that you succeeded this time."

Zhong Yang looked at a group of people shouting "billion" and "billion", then turned his head, looked at the people in front of him quietly, and said, "Of course I will do it well."

"Ah."

"This is the first time the two of us have made a movie together." Zhong Yang looked at Xie Siqing, "I don't want it to become an experience I don't want to recall - it should be a past that can be recalled often. Even if it is far away In the future, when I think of this past, it’s all good episodes.”

"..."

Xie Siqing lowered his head and whispered again, "Yes."