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Chapter 80 80. It doesn’t matter who runs first, it still depends on who goes further

"When will you turn it on?"

Liu Tianxian replied with a smile: "The filming will start at the Chedun Film and Television Base in Shanghai on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, which is February 3 next year. It is expected to be filmed until early June."

"So are you stable in your role?"

Liu Tianxian thought for a while and said: "It should be considered stable! After all, before I came back from the Magic City, I had already held a press conference there, and then Director Gao also represented the crew to make the official announcement that Xiao Ming and I would I’m going to play the leading role.”

Although the crew held a press conference to announce to foreign officials that there might not be any replacements later, it is true that such situations are relatively rare.

After all, if this happens often, it won't always make headlines and be talked about for years.

Since she had already signed the contract and got the role, Wei Wu simply made amends and reissued the task.

[Ding, congratulations on triggering a new mission, successfully starring in "New Shanghai Beach" and making director Gao Xixi basically satisfied with your performance. The mission difficulty is 2 stars. After completing the mission, you will receive a C-level attribute point treasure chest reward]

The corners of Liu Tianxian's mouth rose slightly. Yes, a new mission was triggered.

Judging from her interactions during this period, Director Gao Xixi seems to be much kinder than Wei Wu. It shouldn't be as hard as Wei Wu to basically satisfy him!

This can also be seen from the difficulty of the tasks. Wei Wu usually starts with a three-star difficulty, but Director Gao Xixi's difficulty is only two stars.

After completing so many tasks, Liu Tianxian now has some experience.

Basically, the difficulty level is one or two stars, so as long as you are a little more serious, you can easily complete it, which is almost considered as a bonus!

"By the way, my mother told me that you are going to release our movie "The Journey" during the Lunar New Year this year, right?"

Wei Wu nodded: "Yes, if the review goes well, it should be released on December 29th if nothing else happens."

Because before the movie was released, Liu Tianxian, as the most powerful member of the crew, would definitely come to help with the roadshow promotion, so Wei Wu told Liu Xiaoli about this in advance.

Liu Tianxian couldn't help but muttered: "But wasn't "Those Years" filmed first? Why was "The Journey" released first?"

The reason why she complained was not entirely because she wanted her movie to be released as soon as possible, but because if "The Journey" was released first, then "Those Years" would naturally no longer be Wei Wu's debut film.

Liu Tianxian originally thought that this movie, which was of special significance to her, would become Wei Wu's debut film, but in the blink of an eye, "Unfortunately" would come second.

Although she may have participated in "The Journey", her role and importance are completely incomparable to those in "Those Years", and it is naturally much worse!

Wei Wu explained: "There is no way, the schedule depends on the audience, and the main audience of "Those Years" is students.

“Because they are also in adolescence, it is easier for them to relate to and resonate with them, so the summer season is the best choice.

"On the other hand, "Unfortunately" is originally about the Spring Festival travel season, and every year during the Chinese New Year, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival travel season is strongest, the discussion is the highest, and it is most likely to resonate, so it is of course the most appropriate time to release it."

Wei Wu is a very rational person. He has also considered whether to release "Those Years" earlier. In this case, "Those Years" will still be his debut film.

But if you think about it carefully, it’s really unnecessary. It’s a lose-lose situation. Maybe the box office of both movies will be affected to a certain extent. It’s totally not worth the gain!

What's more, even though "Those Years" is his debut film, it is not Liu Tianxian's film debut, so it doesn't seem to be that significant. So it's not worth the expense to change course.

Liu Tianxian looked a little disappointed, so Wei Wu touched her head and said with a smile:

"Actually, if you think about it on the bright side, it might be a good thing if "Those Years" is released later!"

Liu Tianxian tilted his head slightly and said, "How?"

Wei Wu said confidently: "Because "The Journey" will be released first, if it can become popular, then I will have a certain reputation. If "Those Years" is released again by then, the box office may be higher.

“In fact, there are many big directors whose debut films were of good quality, but the box office was not satisfactory.

"To put it bluntly, it's because the audience is being deceived. If they have never heard of this director and have never made a movie before, then they will inevitably have concerns when spending money to buy tickets."

Liu Tianxian was doubtful: "Is it true?"

"Is this still false?" Wei Wu began to give her detailed examples and analysis:

"Listen, let me give you an example. For example, director Feng Xiaogang. Everyone knows that his famous film was "Party A and Party B" for the Lunar New Year in 1997. Then the following year he released another Lunar New Year film "Missing". "Not scattered".

"I wonder if you have seen these two movies? Then let me ask you, which one do you think is of higher quality? Which one is more famous?"

Liu Tianxian said without hesitation: "I have actually watched both of these two movies, but not in the cinema, but on the DVD. Of course, Party A and Party B were better filmed."

Wei Wu took advantage of the situation and asked: "Of those two movies, do you know which one has the higher box office?"

Liu Tianxian shook his head: "I haven't paid much attention to this. They seem to be pretty good. It should be the high point of "Party A and Party B"!"

Wei Wu stretched out his index finger with his right hand and shook it, saying: "Wrong, it's "See You Tomorrow"!

"The final box office of "Party A and Party B" was 36 million, while "See You Tomorrow" was 43 million. The difference is a full 7 million! ”

Ten or twenty years later, this amount of box office is not much different. But in the late 1990s, the box office of mainland movies was generally not high, so this is basically a very large number!

What does 7 million box office mean?

Let’s put it this way. In 1997, if a mainland movie had a box office of 7 million, it could steadily enter the top 30 of the year, and it might even enter the top 20 of the year.

The Douban score of "Party A and Party B" is as high as 8.4, which is the highest-rated movie directed by Feng Xiaogang, while "See You Tomorrow" has a score of 7.9 and is not even ranked.

Both movies were released during the Lunar New Year, and there was only a year difference between them.

The period of 1997 and 1998 was not the year when the mainland film market flourished. It can be said that the changes in the overall film market in that year can be basically ignored.

Then "Party A and Party B", which obviously has a better reputation, The box office of "The Lost Journey" is lower, isn't it because Feng Xiaogang became more famous in the year between the release of "See You Tomorrow"!

In fact, it's not just Feng Xiaogang, but also Ning Hao.

He also had a higher reputation for "Crazy Stone", but the final box office was only 25.34 million; and "Crazy Racing" Douban score was 0.2 lower than the previous work, but the box office was as high as 110 million.

Ning Hao also became the fourth director in the mainland with a box office of over 100 million with this movie, second only to the three major directors in the mainland, Zhang Feng and Chen.

If he released "Crazy Racing" first and then "Crazy Stone", it is very likely that the box office of these two movies would be reversed!

After hearing Wei Wu's words, Liu Tianxian's cloudy mood suddenly turned sunny, so Wei Wu made a closing statement:

"So, releasing "Lost on Journey" first is equivalent to sacrificing this movie.

"If this movie can make me famous, then the box office of Those Years will naturally increase greatly on the original basis.

"As a movie with you as the core heroine, you must hope that the box office of this movie is as high as possible, right?

"So it doesn't matter who runs first, it mainly depends on who goes further in the end!"

Liu Tianxian nodded with a smile in her eyes: "Yeah, I understand completely, I understand your good intentions now!"

Although Wei Wu's words are a bit of a lie, he actually made some choices here. Because this does involve the question of who should be sacrificed.

After Wei Wu's repeated considerations, he finally decided to let Lost on Journey take the lead as a pioneer.

Because Lost on Journey was released more recently, as a road comedy, it is more in line with the current audience's taste for watching movies, and the possibility of becoming a hit is higher.

On the other hand, as a youth film, the subject matter of "Those Years" is relatively too novel, which may be very fresh and particularly liked by some audiences.

But for other relatively traditional audiences, they may not be very interested.

So relatively speaking, "Lost on Journey" is more family-friendly and more in line with the public's taste.

So it is safer to let it be released first. After all, if "Those Years" is released first and fails to open the situation as expected, it may also affect the later release of "Lost on Journey".

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