Chapter 23 It is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself
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The next day, Lin Chengxun went to Xu Suzhi's company early in the morning. After chatting with the management, he went straight to the recording studio. After listening to Xu Suzhi's demo, he felt that Xu Suzhi was worthy of being called Liu Liangge.
Wang, whose voice and singing skills are beyond praise, immediately signed the agreement.
It then took three days to record Xu Suzhi's voice. At this point, the movie "The Crucible" was completely completed and was just waiting for its release. The brothers were so excited that they stayed up all night after the production was completed. They joined them to fight Counter-Strike all night long.
Toilet diagram.
However, when they were still thinking about how to receive praise from others, a basin of cold water poured down from their heads. Their hearts were soaring on the first night, but they were directly replaced by a chill in their hearts the next day.
"Sorry, there is no schedule."
"The movie is wonderful, but there is nothing I can do..."
"Go back and wait patiently for news. We will contact your company when there is a schedule."
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After running around all day, they either had no schedule or were waiting for contact. Finally, the three of them returned to the Ping An Restaurant. Lin Chengxun was lying on the chair, biting his lower lip with his upper teeth and not talking. The eldest and the third child had not spoken for a few nights.
As if their heads were dazed by sleep, the three brothers finally sat in the restaurant and looked at each other.
"Boy, what should I do? I can't find a theater chain that's willing to show it." Xu Shuaili scratched his head angrily, his whole body moved back and forth restlessly, and his buttocks twisted on the chair, making a "crunching" noise.
Jin Huicheng glared at him, but seeing that it had no effect, he glanced at Lin Chengxun and quietly kicked Xu Shuaili, telling him not to provoke Lin Chengxun anymore. If the movie "The Crucible" cannot be found in theaters, it must be Lin Chengxun who is most anxious.
Lin Chengxun who put in a lot of effort for it.
Lin Chengxun remained silent. Seeing the two of them looking at him with concern, he chuckled and waved his hands to indicate that he was fine.
Xu Shuaili and Jin Huicheng were really frightened now, and they silently communicated with each other with their eyes.
"Boss, what should I do? The second brother seems to be crazy."
"Bah, bah, bah, you brat, what are you talking about?"
"Look, the movie won't be released and I'll lose everything, but I'm still laughing. I'm insane. What should I do?"
"The second child's psychological defense is not so weak, right?"
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"I'm really fine, so you guys should stop showing off here. Your whole face is twitching. I thought you were acting in a ghost movie when I saw it." Lin Chengxun took a sip of tea. He really had nothing to do.
He had expected difficulties in the release and distribution of the movie. Success never comes overnight. Furthermore, Bong Joon-ho had given him a vaccination from the beginning.
Sometimes this person, if you offend them, if you live a bad life, that's it, they may be kind-hearted and forgive you; but if you live a good life, then you know what it means there are always unscrupulous people who want to harm me.
"How come there are no schedules in the off-season after the Spring Festival?" Jin Huicheng asked puzzledly. Some time ago, he had a lot of knowledge about the Peninsula film industry. He knew about various popular schedules and off-season schedules.
"The reason you are thinking of may take up part of the reason, but it is not the main reason. At most, the theater chain is pushing it to sell well to some people in the Screenwriters Association. Those screenwriters will not sacrifice too much of their own interests to deal with themselves.
"Lin Chengxun shook his head.
The theater company is not a subsidiary of the Writers Guild. It will act as a sword for the Writers Guild without any reason. It is just normal to reject Lin Chengxun's movies. Peninsula has so many successful movies every year, but only a few of them can be released in the end. Otherwise, Peninsula would not be able to do so.
There will be a screen quota system.
Therefore, Lin Chengxun's rejection is just a daily routine for thousands of small-time directors. It can only be said that Lin Chengxun's reputation is too small to allow theater companies to see the existence of benefits. In other words, even if there are benefits, others will dislike them.
The mosquito meat is too small and it wastes the effort to open the mouth.
"I'll just run around and see. The boss doesn't have to go. He can guard the base camp in the restaurant and let the fourth drive for me every day."
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Ping An Restaurant, late at night.
"Second brother, the situation..."
When Jin Huicheng heard the sound of pushing the door open, he stood up immediately. He looked at the two people who pushed in and wanted to ask about the situation. However, he knew the result when he looked at Xu Shuaili's frustrated face. His lips trembled a few times, but he stopped talking.
Words of comfort.
In the past half month, in order to get the movie "The Crucible" released, Lin Chengxun and Xu Shuali traveled to various theater companies in the peninsula. They went back and forth many times. From the beginning, they were sent out by the doorman with a gift, and finally they even entered the theater.
Unable to get in, I had to wait in the parking lot for people to get off work; I kept giving in to my demands for the number of movie screenings and the number of films to be scheduled; as for treating guests to meals and giving gifts, I had to do it many times.
"Go back and wait for the news." These six words have made Lin Chengxun's ears tingle after listening to them for half a month. The food he gave as gifts was like going into Pi Xiu's belly. He could only get in but not get out. Those greedy people
Xu Shuaili had to puncture their tires several times.
They paid a lot, but the cooperation agreement in their pockets was not even taken out several times. In the cold weather a few years ago, every time Lin Chengxun came back, the inner lining of his clothes was stained with sweat. His body was tired and hot, but his inner clothes were wet.
Like chewing ice in the cold winter, the cold freezes the heart.
"Why don't you ask Teacher Feng Junhao for help? It's not an option if this continues." Jin Huicheng said worriedly.
Lin Chengxun pursed his lips in thought, nodded slowly and hesitantly, then said: "That is the last resort, don't worry, I will try it again."
"Second brother, no, why are you so stubborn? Why did you ask your teacher for help? It's been half a month and you're still not in a hurry. Why don't you give it a try? You're used to having those bastards spitting on your face every day, right?"
Xu Shuali was dissatisfied and shouted, he was also puzzled that Teacher Feng Junhao didn't use such a big flag, but he had to work blindly every day. This is not the age of children playing house. There is no saying that if the mover shows up, he is a coward and he will lose.
It's bullshit in front of graduates like them. Who wouldn't rush to get someone to hold on to? It's really rare to see people like Lin Chengxun.
"Can you use your brain?" Lin Chengxun scolded angrily: "I asked Mr. Bong Joon-ho to help me with a movie. What about the future? Now I am looking for a theater by myself while I am making my first movie. Only I and the theater can contact me.
The principle of long-term development lies in superior talent.”
"Isn't there nothing we can do about it? In the future, when we become famous, we won't have to look for theaters ourselves, they will come to us themselves."
"So looking for Mr. Bong Joon-ho is the last resort, and I didn't say to give up this approach completely." Lin Chengxun frowned. There was something he didn't say, that is, the "Han River Monster" in Bong Joon-ho's hands at this time was not good enough in the eyes of many theater companies.
Good thing, now for the favor he owes to the theater company, Bong Joon-ho will have to give up a lot of profits when "Monster on the Han River" is released in July this year.
"But time is running out now. You said yourself that you can't go head-to-head with your teacher Bong Joon-ho's "Han River Monster". If you can't find a theater to release it within half a month, you won't be able to compete with the theater until half a month later.
The film company has signed an agreement, and when the film is released, it will coincide with "The Monster of the Han River". Once the "Melting Pot" movie hits the rocks, are you going to come back and take charge?"
Ta da da...
Lin Chengxun was silent, clasping his fingers lightly on the table. He was also very confused.
"Wait a moment, the third child will come over later to see how he goes."