The sun shines through the window and shines on the ground covered with cigarette butts. The unpleasant smell of tar makes the assistant breathless.
She was very close to the window. She could open it with her hand and let the wind blow into the office to dispel the unpleasant smell.
But she stood motionless in the end, enduring this hellish environment.
The atmosphere is getting more and more depressing, and people are getting more and more panicked.
Vaguely, it seemed as if I could hear my own heartbeat.
She looked at the middle-aged man sitting in her seat.
Among the five generations of Chinese directors, he is one of the most famous and influential directors.
In the future, the stories of the five generations of Chinese directors will be told, and this middle-aged man will definitely not be ignored.
But.
He has always been very calm, but his emotions seem to be very complicated at this moment when the mountain is collapsing.
He smoked cigarettes one after another and looked at the box office data of "Night Walker" over and over again. His eyes were blinking due to the smoke, but he still showed a sense of confusion.
Yes.
It must be a feeling of confusion.
"The box office is not satisfactory, it's okay." After the depressing atmosphere lasted for an unknown period of time, the middle-aged man finally said these words.
After finishing speaking, he placed the box office data pad on the table and looked at the ceiling.
His eyes seemed a little depressed, then relieved, and then turned into a little frustrated.
"..." The assistant did not answer his words.
"Night Walker" grossed 20 million at the box office on its fourth day. After four days of release, its total box office exceeded 100 million!
A year ago, or half a year ago, this data would have been absolutely incredible and shocking.
But now, this data obviously does not meet Cao Bangguo's psychological expectations.
The gap in his heart was huge.
“How was the overseas box office?”
"The total box office in more than 30 overseas countries is US$10 million, and here in North America is US$3 million..."
"Oh, it's okay." Cao Bangguo finally showed a rare smile after hearing that the idea of helping overseas box office.
The box office exceeded $10 million in four days.
This is the export performance of hit movies.
If it works well, it is not difficult to achieve an overseas box office of over 100 million, which can also be regarded as a new milestone for the export of Chinese local films overseas.
But after seeing several movies to be released in Hollywood in the future, Cao Bangguo's smile gradually began to disappear again and became extremely serious.
"Men in Black" in late August, "Z-Men" in early September, and the upcoming "Infernal Affairs".
When his eyes were fixed on "Infernal Affairs", he felt particularly eye-catching, especially when he saw Zhou Yang's handsome face in the C position of the poster, competing with Liu Tianwang's profile.
, the dazzling feeling becomes even stronger.
many years ago.
Cao Bangguo probably didn't expect that such an awesome figure would appear in the Chinese film industry.
In the conference room a year ago.
Being so aloof, he probably didn't expect that this mediocre young director would not be suppressed and sadly leave the stage like other seniors, and eventually disappear into the public eye, but instead cause an earth-shattering commotion.
[International saxophone master Kenneth said that the saxophone song "Going Home" is simply a masterpiece!]
A news headline flashed in Cao Bangguo's mind.
He has lived for so many years and has seen countless strange and weird things, but this kind of thing is really too unbelievable and looks like "fake news".
But Cao Bangguo did not have the same emotional breakdown as Jiang Ge, and then became hysterical.
He lit a cigarette again.
"Is there anything else we can do? It is estimated that the movie promotion cost is 30 million, do we still need to promote it..." The assistant looked at the cigarette and said again.
"Where's Django? He didn't go to yesterday's road show, right?"
"Director Jiang didn't answer the phone... How about I call again?"
"When encountering this kind of situation, the blow to him will be severe enough. Let's see if he can survive it and make a call." Cao Bangguo nodded, then looked out the window.
Although "Night Walker" was directed by Django, from script to casting, from post-editing to film promotion...
In every aspect of the film, Cao Bangguo and several directors were always there to help.
At this moment, he felt a little frustrated, let alone Django.
The assistant took out the phone and dialed Django's number.
No one answered the first time, no one answered the second time, and finally someone answered the third time.
"Hello? Sister Xu, is there any bad news?"
A feeble voice came from the other end of the phone, full of dryness, as if it was a suppressed voice.
The once proud and almost arrogant Jiang Ge was as decadent as a dead dog, and every word he spoke to his assistant was filled with despair.
Cao Bangguo shook his head.
"Django..."
"Cao, Uncle Cao..." Jiang Ge's voice seemed a little guilty.
"Why didn't you go to the road show of "Night Walker" yesterday?"
"I...we are promoting it now, will it still be effective?"
"As long as there is one more audience and one more popularity, it will be effective..." Cao Bangguo replied.
"But Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang, he, he..." Jiang Ge's voice suddenly became excited, then trembling, as if he had some gaffes.
"It's only been four days since it was released and you gave up?"
"But... I, do I still have a chance? I said, my movie can reach 700 million, but now... I may have become the biggest joke... It seems that everyone is laughing at me, I... I...
...I have embarrassed you and the association..."
"I don't want to give up on this old face anymore. This afternoon, I will accompany you on the road show to canvass votes!" Cao Bangguo looked out the window and said suddenly.
"Uncle Cao, I, I..." Jiang Ge's voice was broken and he was shaking so badly that he couldn't hold back a word for a long time. He seemed very shocked.
"Failure is not terrible, but the terrible thing is the loss of confidence. In this world, there are too many people who are unable to recover after being hit. I hope you will not become one of them... Face the enemy squarely, and face yourself squarely. Throughout the ages,
Master, who is not a rough person?"
Cao Bangguo sighed.
There is also some disappointment in Django.
But you can't blame him for "Night Walker". He is indeed hardworking enough, attentive enough, and talented enough.
pity……
I happened to bump into a weirdo.
………………………
In the same era as Zhou Yang, it was probably the misfortune of these people.
Some people were shocked.
But for the big boss Zhang Genshui, he was not shocked. Instead, he got used to it and thought it should be like this.
He once asked a magic stick to tell Zhou Yang's fate. The magic stick was shocked when he saw Zhou Yang and said something like "this boy is extraordinary".
Zhang Genshui naturally did not doubt that the fortune teller was just flattering, and even mistook Zhou Yang's birth date as Zhang Genshui's son.
He is such a person.
"Xiao Zhou, I listened to you and recruited such a group of talents. Some talents were poached from Mao Ziguo, as well as Europe and the United States... Anyway, I don't understand what talents are, what high technology is, how expensive they are...
"
"These people stayed here and played on the computer for a month. They played during the day and at night. The keyboards were crackling. Sometimes I wonder, is this crappy computer so fun?"
Zhang Genshui, wearing a suit and tie, still staggeringly paunchy, took Zhou Yang to visit the new company's R&D room.
In the R&D room.
A group of foreigners were playing on the computer with their heads down. They didn't even notice when they walked over. They were obviously fascinated.
Zhang Genshui actually had no idea about the "mobile phone system". He just thought that Zhou Yang had asked him to do it before, so he did it.
no way……
The fortune teller asked him to follow Zhou Yang for the rest of his life. He would do whatever Zhou Yang said, and along the way, he also proved that the fortune teller was not wrong.
He now has a big business and a respected social status, and it seems that he has gradually become separated from the "coal boss" and "nouveau riche" he once was.
Zhou Yang nodded.
I just feel like everything is shining with gold.
"Xiao Zhou... this is the passage between our two companies, but don't worry, except for me, no one else is qualified to use this passage, and it will not affect the operation of your company..."
After Zhang Genshui took Zhou Yang to visit his "Technical Department", "Logistics Department" and "R&D Department", he took Zhou Yang near his office.
There is a bridge built between Zhang Genshui's office and Zhou Yang's company, and this bridge is equipped with a special password card.
The fortune teller was disgusting and said that he and Zhou Yang would be "connected even if they were separated" and gave some advice on the Feng Shui pattern, so Zhang Genshui did it.
"Oh, it's okay."
Zhou Yang nodded, followed Zhang Genshui across the bridge, and then came to his new company.
At the end of the bridge, stood a middle-aged man with disheveled hair and glasses.
The middle-aged man's eyes are wandering.
"Master Li, is this time okay?"
"OK"
"Oh, that's good. Is your body okay?"
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way... I can still dance the last part..."
Zhou Yang looked at this "Master Li" and nodded towards Master Li, feeling a sense of familiarity in his mind.
[This is a fortune teller in the village. Because his wife ran away with someone, he talks about it all day long. Everyone calls him Crazy Li...]
[But in fact, his fortune telling is very inaccurate, and he talks nonsense...]
[But Mr. Zhang believes in him...]
[Every time I open a mine, I ask him to predict the good or bad luck in the mine...]
[And since the filming of the movie, Mr. Zhang seems to trust him even more...]
[However, the fortune teller is also a poor person. His wife ran away, his legs were broken, and now he has mental problems. Even if he took the money, he was robbed several times...]
What Chen Shuangbao said to him at the celebration banquet of "Under the Mine" came to Zhou Yang's mind.
Later, I watched this crazy "Master Li" with blurred eyes, singing and dancing at the intersection.
He is still exactly the same as before, but it seems that his legs are lame now and his body is thinner than before. He is out of breath with every movement, as if his skeleton is covered with a layer of skin.
"After I left there, Master Li fell and injured his other leg... It seemed that he had revealed too many secrets and was punished by God... I hope he can survive the operation tonight."
"What surgery?"
"cancer……"
Zhang Genshui's originally very high mood became inexplicably emotional after seeing "Master Li" dancing, and his voice began to slowly become quieter.
"It's done!"
"Let the people below come in..."
"However, there is still one more thing to dance to. It will be almost done."
After stumbling for a while, Master Li said these words out of breath, and then smiled brightly, with wrinkles on his sunken face, and his eyes were particularly bright, as if they were full of life.
He was helped up and his nose was touched...
Nosebleeds came from between the noses.
Then the medical staff who were prepared outside rushed over and hurriedly carried him onto a stretcher.
But "Master Li" seemed unwilling to leave. He clung to the handle of the stretcher and looked at Zhang Genshui and Zhou Yang breathlessly.