Chapter 26 'Mobile Phone' and 'Sniper Phone Booth'?
May 16th, Shanghai.
His girlfriend was filming the live-action special drama "Warrior in Golden Armor" out of town. Lei Jiayin got up very early during this period and came to the Shanghai Drama Center early in the morning to rehearse the new play.
Half a month has passed since the filming of "Sniper Phone Booth" was completed, and he was selected to participate in the drama "Wulin Gaiden".
Of course, the male lead was indisputably taken by the real genius among the younger generation of the drama center, namely his brother, Guo Jingfei.
However, Lei Jiayin is not unhappy at all. In terms of talent and performance, he is not as good as Guo Jingfei.
Moreover, Guo Jingfei and his girlfriend are still living in his brother-in-law's house. At least he and his girlfriend have their own little nest. There is always someone better than him.
After waiting for a while, I memorized the words and walked around the stage alone. Soon other actors came to the drama center.
"Leiko!"
Guo Jingfei, the male lead, also came. He shouted as soon as he entered the door, rushed over quickly, and punched Lei Jiayin's murderer.
"You kid is fine, but you won't tell me if you make a movie!"???
Lei Jiayin looked confused. Could it be that he knew about the big deal about making internet movies?
Lei Jiayin and his girlfriend didn't tell anyone about going to Donghua to film "Sniper Phone Booth". After all, they had just graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy and were so depressed that they went to study at the Internet University. It would be too embarrassing to spread the news.
In the first two days after it went online, Lei Jiayin was a little worried about whether he would be discovered by his colleagues in the theater. Fortunately, they looked down on the Internet University at all and didn't care about it.
At this time, other actors also came over, looking curious.
"What's wrong, Lei Zi is filming a movie?"
"Which director's film did you accept? Is it the protagonist? How much investment? What type?"
"What a bastard, you received the movie quietly and kept it a secret from us!"
"Lao Guo, please tell me quickly and stop showing off!"
Drama actors may have a higher B rating than film and television actors, but most drama actors, especially young actors, don’t want to appear on TV or the big screen.
In the actor industry, there are still a small number of people who don't want to be famous. In addition, the salary of drama actors is too low. In order to make a living, they also yearn to make movies and TV series.
Guo Jingfei wouldn't make such a fuss about an ordinary small character who was not much better than Yoyo. It seemed that he was a character with a lot of roles, so he asked questions one after another.
Guo Jingfei took out his mobile phone, clicked on Galaxy Video, pointed the phone at them, and said with a smile, "If I hadn't seen this poster on the homepage of Galaxy Video last night, I wouldn't have known it now, Lei Zi, you made a movie
I won’t tell my brother either!”
After being discovered, Lei Jiayin quickly explained, "Actually, it's just an Internet TV show. I didn't tell everyone. It's not a big deal."
Internet big?
Of course they knew what the Internet University was, but they didn't expect Lei Jiayin to be reduced to the point where he wanted to take over the Internet University.
But after thinking about it, it is not difficult to understand given his current economic situation.
“What’s wrong with the Internet University!”
Guo Jingfei, who was also in trouble, said, "Network University is also a movie, and the movie is very good. Lei Zi's acting skills are not to mention, and he can support a movie by himself."
"I downloaded the movie. Do you want to watch it together? The director probably won't be here that early."
Just like that, a group of actors sat together, gathered around a mobile phone, and watched the movie.
"This reputation is quite strange."
"Is this little follower a killer?"
"I don't think it looks like it. It's a takeout delivery, but the plot is a bit thin."
"Leizi acted very well."
"Holy crap, a big twist at the end!"
"This is Teacher Lu!"
"It's true, Teacher Lu also made a guest appearance."
Seeing his colleagues watching his movie seriously, Lei Jiayin was a little moved.
Whether it’s movies, TV series, or dramas, after all, there are two circles with Internet University. If you get in touch with another circle, you will still be looked down upon by those in the original circle. It is easy to be alienated by the original circle.
Just like in the music industry, if you play classical music or pop music, you will most likely be rejected and looked down upon by the classical music circle.
Fortunately, his colleagues and brothers don't think of him that way
As Galaxy Video maximized its promotion of "Sniper Phone Booth", the effective clicks on the sixth day continued to hit a new high, reaching 182,000. The single-day box office reached a high of 910,000, and the total box office in six days also reached 2.14 million.
On the seventh day, Saturday, the effective clicks reached 246,000, and the single-day box office exceeded the one million mark for the first time, reaching 1.23 million, with a total box office of 3.37 million.
Seven days after it was launched, the single-day ticket sales exceeded one million, and "Sniper Phone Booth" has begun to explode.
On the Internet, you can occasionally see voices discussing this movie in various high-traffic forums.
In QQ groups and QQ spaces, you can often see netizens recommending things to colleagues and friends.
On the eighth day, Sunday, the box office continued to rise during the rest day, with effective clicks reaching 262,000, and the daily box office reaching 1.31 million, setting a new daily box office record, with a total box office of 4.68 million.
But after all, it is an Internet giant, and Galaxy Video’s VIP users are limited after all.
Even though the non-member conversion rate of "Sniper Phone Booth" is much higher than that of other major websites, there are still only a few people who are willing to spend money, and most of them borrow accounts from friends and colleagues.
On the ninth day of the launch, including Monday, the number of effective clicks began to decline, only 186,000, and the box office also fell below the one million mark, with only 930,000.
On the tenth day, there were 168,000 effective clicks, and the single-day box office dropped to 840,000.
The total box office in ten days was 6.45 million. Looking at this trend, it is very likely to break through the 10 million mark and set a new box office record for online movies.
Although the box office is slowly declining, the number of viewers who have watched this movie is increasing day by day, and it has become popular online.
Zhang Yang is a reporter, a reporter from entertainment media. He pays attention to all the big and small events in the entertainment industry all day long.
But he was very unhappy today. The manuscript he had worked so hard to write was ruthlessly rejected by the editor.
Two days ago, he saw someone on a forum praising an Internet movie. As a self-proclaimed person in the film and television industry, he mocked him mercilessly.
What good movies can come out of this kind of garbage from Internet University?
What he didn't expect was that there were actually several people talking to him about how good the plot was, how great the actors were, and how surprising the twists were.
I really can’t say anything about them without watching the movie. After all, I don’t have any practical information, so it’s wrong to rush to criticize them. Does the Internet University still need to criticize them?
That's not all a sting!
However, an hour later.
It's really pretty.
However, as a professional reporter, all he has to do is to stir up trouble and confuse right and wrong with his pen. No matter whether the movie is good or not, it will be worthless in his own mouth.
After having a good time scolding the netizens, he followed the internet giant for a few more days.
It wasn't until I found out from a friend at Galaxy Video that the box office had exceeded 6 million, and was very likely to break the 10 million mark, that I wrote an article on a whim about the prospects of Internet big business and its impact on theater movies.
Of course, it's all nonsense. No matter how powerful the Internet University is, it doesn't pose the slightest threat to theatrical movies. It's just a gimmick.
However, I was called back by the editor in chief and was even scolded. Frankly speaking, I really had nothing to write about, so just editing two scandals about popular celebrities would be better than writing these useless things.
"Oh, forget it."
Zhang Yang shook his head and was about to close the webpage and go out to take some pictures.
However, when I saw a movie review on my computer, I stopped what I was doing.
"A very good suspense thriller. The male protagonist showed mature acting skills in a limited space. I suddenly felt that the screenwriter had borrowed ideas from Ma Xiaogang's "Mobile Phone".
As a suspense film, it touches on the grand theme of distrust and suspicion between people in modern social media.
The cunning male protagonist, like Yan Shouyi in "Cell Phone", knows how to hide his privacy through the phone, and the difficulties they face all come from the phone."
After reading this comment carefully, Zhang Yang's eyes lit up.
"Phone Booth" and "Cell Phone"?
Ma Xiaogang?
With Ma Xiaogang's explosive temper, if he compares his movie to an Internet university, he will definitely turn into Ma Dapao immediately!
Huayang Media is going to hold a press conference for "Assembly Number" this afternoon!
Thinking of this, Zhang Yang set off immediately, packed his things and left the company quickly.