Chapter 898 894 Taobao?

Chapter 898 894. Taobao?

There was no such thing as a post-viewing meeting. After applause was given to everyone, along with the arrangements of the theater, everyone waved to the audience respectively, expressed their support and gratitude for the movie, and left the screening through the back door. hall.

"Jesse, what is the "level" of the audience's reaction in your experience?"

In the passage, Xu Xin asked Jasmine.

"What do you think?"

Jasmine was also looking happy at this moment.

"Xu, although there are many of your compatriots here today,... Italians are still very picky. If a movie is not good, they will applaud politely at most... but more often after the movie is over, they will not be happy to go on stage. The director and actors left without even looking at it. Not every movie deserves their applause!”

After receiving her explanation, Xu Xin nodded slightly, knowing it well.

But unfortunately, due to the premiere time, the first-day box office on the 3rd basically showed nothing.

If he could have a whole day, or even half a day's data, and collected the box office, he could intuitively feel how everyone evaluated the film.

But there is definitely no way out now.

The film received applause, but more intuitive box office results will have to wait until tomorrow, or even the day after tomorrow.

But, for everyone, "Perfect Strangers" can come to an end.

Of course, this is for Italy.

In a few days, we will all go to Tianchao together.

…

After saying goodbye to their friends, Xu Xin and Liu Yifei returned to the hotel together.

It was already three or four o'clock in the morning in China. If he wanted to share it with others, he would have to wait until he woke up tomorrow.

After sending Yang Mi a message that many domestic audiences came to the premiere of the movie and received a lot of applause, he took a shower and planned to go to bed.

And at this moment, he heard movement outside his window...

Someone spoke.

?

Xu Xin was stunned, wrapped her bathrobe tightly, walked to the balcony and took a look outside, and saw Liu Yifei, who hadn't even changed her clothes yet, holding up a phone.

After thinking for a while, he opened the balcony door and walked out.

"……What's the matter?"

…

"Hey, Mom, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Mom, wake up."

Liu Xiaoli's voice was full of relaxation.

"Mom is getting older, so she doesn't sleep so much anymore. Plus today is the premiere of your movie, so I came here because of the jet lag. I just woke up now...how is it? My precious daughter, is the movie a success?"

"Hey... for sure. When the movie ended, everyone stood up and applauded us. Even Jesse said that they would only applaud like this when everyone approved of the movie. So... it can be considered a success. "

As she spoke, she felt that the air was a bit stuffy, so she opened the door to the hotel balcony and walked out.

That's what's good about Rome.

Many hotels prefer historic old houses to modern buildings.

And this kind of room with a balcony is very comfortable to live in.

There's a sense of déjà vu... like stepping into an old era.

"Then you are going back to the hotel now? No need to hold a press conference?"

"We don't pay much attention to press conferences here. It's etiquette when we go on stage. After thanking the audience, everyone left the stage."

"Where's Xu Xin?"

"He? He's next door to me. He must be tired too..."

As Liu Yifei was talking, she heard the sound of the door next to her opening.

Turning around, she saw that Xu Xin, who had just finished taking a shower, was looking at her and asking:

"What's the matter?"

"It's okay, I'm on the phone with my mother. Are you still not sleeping?"

"I was about to go to bed... Did Aunt Liu stay up so late?"

"No, my mother has already woken up, um... do you two chat?"

Hearing this, Xu Xin waved his hand:

"Farewell, my image... If anyone looks up at me when passing by, I'm afraid they'll call me a gangster and call the police."

After rejecting the other party's invitation by pointing to his bathrobe, he smiled and said:

"Okay, then you two can talk, I'll watch the news and then go to bed."

"...News? Where are you watching the news in the middle of the night?"

"On Twitter, let's see what everyone thinks of our movie."

With that said, he returned to the house:

"good night."

"Ok, bye."

After Xu Xin left, Liu Xiaoli asked:

"Xu Xin lives next door to you?"

"Yeah, what?"

"Uh... no. It's nothing. Where is Mimi?"

"Mimi has returned to China."

"Didn't you say that your two movies just happen to coincide with each other?"

"She has to go back to stay with Nuannuan and Yangyang."

"Oh...where's Qiqi?"

"I guess you're asleep too?...You're a little strange, what's wrong?"

"No, there's nothing strange about me... When do you plan to return to China?"

"It's coming soon, probably in two or three days."

"Well, that's alright... then get some rest quickly. Don't stay up late, it's not good for your skin. Don't run around, you know?"

"Where can I go? It depends on what you say."

Liu Yifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but she still responded:

"Then I'll rest."

"Yeah. Go to bed quickly. Don't stay up late, and don't even think about going out to celebrate or anything. There is chaos abroad and there is no domestic security. Don't dare to mess around, you know?"

"I know~~~~"

After hanging up the phone, the expression on Liu Yifei's face was not as relaxed as her tone suggested.

On the contrary, I was a little speechless.

She could understand what her mother meant.

But the strange thing was... she had never talked to her mother about this before.

How did she guess?

And... it was a little late.

Your daughter... had long since jumped out of the Three Realms.

She put away her phone and went back to the house.

But she was not in a hurry to rest.

She showered and removed her makeup step by step.

Then, she opened her laptop and logged into WeChat.

Xu Xin just said that he wanted to see what everyone thought of the movie. Coincidentally, she wanted to see it too.

But...

He probably couldn't understand Italian, right?

She opened the web version of Twitter, searched for news about "Perfect Strangers", and began to browse.

She just skimmed through the English.

She only looked at Italian when she saw it.

After reading a few posts, she logged into WeChat directly with her computer, found Xu Xin's chat box, looked at the text on a tweet, and sent a message to Xu Xin:

"Perfect rhythm, perfect composition, perfect story. The name of this movie is worthy of the word "perfect". The whole story is very exciting, Xu knows Italian culture too well. Even the scenes of eating and gathering with friends are exactly the same as those of Italians. And this story... is really wonderful. It deserves 10 points! I recommend everyone to watch it! PS: And Liu, mother, she is really beautiful."

Enter, send.

A few seconds later:

"? What does it mean?"

Looking at the reply in the chat box, Liu Yifei directly screenshotted this tweet:

"Italian evaluation. Haha!"

"Hahaha, take off!"

Looking at these five words, Liu Yifei did not continue to reply, but browsed again.

Soon, another message came:

"The texture is like an oil painting. Xu's lens beauty is unquestionable, and this movie... to be honest, it is an authentic Italian movie. Everything started with a party, and everything ended with a lunar eclipse. Thank God, Xu finally wrapped up all the dark sides with a romantic ending. Everything is a dream. This ending is great! "Perfect Stranger", I was right in my expectations."

She was like a tireless translator, translating all the messages that she understood and the other party didn't understand into her own words and sent them to Xu Xin.

After sending several good comments in a row, she said:

"I'll go to Rotten Tomatoes to check it out."

"Do you have the website of IMDB? Send it to me."

"Okay."

IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes are two very important weather vanes for European and American movies, and basically monopolize the criteria for judging movies.

Unlike IMDB, which Xu Xin habitually uses, Rotten Tomatoes is more "harsh".

Xu Xin doesn't really feel anything about Rotten Tomatoes... It's mainly because of its review mechanism, which uses two sets of reviews.

Rotten Tomatoes Index, Popcorn Index

Among them, the Rotten Tomatoes Index is evaluated by professional film critics who have passed the website's review and are qualified to review. The "freshness" is used as the measurement standard. The higher the freshness, the more the reviewers recognize the movie.

The Popcorn Index is entirely the audience's choice. The higher the audience thinks the movie is good, the higher the rating, and the higher the Popcorn Index.

This is why he likes IMDB but not Rotten Tomatoes.

There is no specific score, only freshness, so he, who is used to Douban, can't get a specific measurement standard.

For example, two movies in the same period have a Rotten Tomatoes Index of 80% and a Popcorn Index of 80%. At this time, it is difficult to tell which one is higher and which one is lower. Instead, it is not as intuitive as the IMDB rating standard.

But Liu Yifei likes to use it.

After opening the Italian version of Rotten Tomatoes, she directly saw the name of "Perfect Stranger" on the list of today's releases.

After clicking in, she scrolled down to see the results.

Rotten Tomatoes Index: 65%

Popcorn Index: 71%

Her eyes instantly lit up and she sent the screenshot to Xu Xin.

As a newly released movie, it can achieve such results in the early stage, which means that most people recognize the performance of this movie.

"Perfect Stranger"...success!

Looking at the tomato and popcorn logos and numbers lined up side by side, she sent a message to Xu Xin:

"You succeeded!"

And Xu Xin replied quickly:

"No, we succeeded."

...

"FULLSHOT said..."

"FULLSHOT is a magazine, right? I remember?"

"Yes, it's a youth film magazine. It says: "Perfect Stranger" is an impressive movie. Xu is worthy of being Zhang's disciple, and his lens style is impressive. Every frame looks like a perfect combination of oriental poetry and Italian temperament! Our oriental friends have presented us with a movie that is worth watching in the first week of the new year."

After reading the tweets on her phone, Liu Yifei smiled and said:

"Oh, really, most of them are good reviews!"

"Yeah."

Xu Xin put down the coffee cup in his hand, responded, and handed over his phone:

"I'm almost as good as Julius Caesar."

Liu Yifei, who was across the table, saw that it was a domestic Weibo.

# Xu Xin's new work "Perfect Stranger" shocked Italy! #

# The new favorite of the Italian film industry! Xu Xin conquers Rome! #

# How perfect is "Perfect Strangers"? Let's take a look at the reviews from Italians. #

This is the news from China early in the morning.

Because of the time difference, when we woke up at 8 o'clock in the morning in Italy, it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon in China.

The super high reviews of "Perfect Strangers" on the night of its premiere were also reported back to China.

Although the first day box office has not yet been released, but... no matter how it performs in Italy, in China, it has really become "VENI VIDI VICI" in the media's mouth.

It can't be said to be flattery or something else.

Anyway, the topic is definitely not small.

It even made a small hot search, and is currently hanging at the 14th hot search.

The name is: # Xu Xin's new movie shines in Italy #

It's... quite outrageous.

It's so outrageous that he, who is drinking Espresso at this moment, feels that the coffee is not so bitter.

"Hehe~"

Listening to his words and looking at the discussion content in these topics, Liu Yifei couldn't help laughing out loud.

Although these topics are mostly flattering, but...

The media reviews here in Italy are always true, and the reputation and response of the movie "Perfect Strangers" are indeed very good.

Thinking of this, she refreshed her phone.

The Rotten Tomatoes index has risen to 75%, officially entering the category of "excellent film".

And the popcorn index has reached 88%!

A movie that can be recognized by professional film critics and audiences, this result is simply not fake.

So...

"Next, let's look at the box office, right?... By the way, what was the highest box office of a movie in Italy last year?"

"Italian local movie "What a Beautiful Day", it seems to be... 59 million US dollars in box office."

Xu Xin gave the answer without thinking much.

But he immediately realized that something was wrong:

"No, you are talking about 2012?"

"Uh..."

Hearing this, Liu Yifei also reacted for a while before remembering... Oh, yes, it's already 2013.

So he nodded:

"Yes, 2012."

"Who else could it be? Besides that ship, who else could hold the top spot?"

Xu Xin said with some sigh:

"I have to say... it's really amazing. A movie was changed into a 3D version, and it made a lot of money all over the world."

Liu Yifei knew that he was talking about "Titanic".

It was obviously a movie from 1997, but just by changing to a 3D version, the box office occupied the top five in the world last year, fighting back and forth with "The Avengers" and "Harry Potter"...

Thinking of this, she said:

"But... now looking at it, last year's movies were really a battle of gods. "The Avengers", "The Amazing Spider-Man", "Twilight", "Skyfall" and "The Hunger Games" that were just released two days ago... they are all Hollywood movies."

The more she spoke, the more she sighed.

She muttered unconsciously:

"Tsk... Hollywood."

The tone was full of strange taste.

Seeing this, Xu Xin asked:

"What? It's not like you haven't filmed before. Although it's a terrible movie..."

"..."

Sister Shenxian's face turned green instantly.

It could even be called shame and anger:

"Hey! Can we still chat and play happily? Is it my fault that the movie is terrible? I'm not the director, nor the screenwriter..."

"By the way, you also offended Huayi..."

"Hey!!!!"

"Hahaha~"

Looking at her angry and angry behavior, Xu Xin laughed out loud again.

And Liu Yifei also knew that he was joking.

She was not the kind of person who couldn't take a joke.

So, looking at Xu Xin who was laughing, inexplicably, she also laughed.

"Hehehe..."

"Still not giving up? Still want to make a living in Hollywood?"

"You should ask which actor doesn't want to, even Mimi is not immune to it."

"That's right..."

Almost all actors have a Hollywood dream, this is undeniable.

But... to be honest, it's too difficult for Chinese people with yellow skin and black hair to make a living in Hollywood...

Being a director is fine, but being an actor is even more difficult.

But this is not what I want to say now, and there is no need to say it. His answer to his friend's wish is also very simple:

"I hope our movie can send you to Hollywood."

And the fairy sister also joked after hearing this:

"What? You want to send me off in person?"

"..."

Xu Xin was speechless for a while.

Naughty child.

Why say something unlucky on New Year's Day?

And his expression was exchanged for Liu Yifei's bright little gums.

...

January 5th.

It was a little after 9 am Italian time.

Xu Xin finally got the first and second day box office of "Perfect Stranger".

And I don't know where the Italians' mysterious thoughtfulness came from. When Xu Xin saw that the unit in front of the number was not the "" of the euro, but "$", he realized that the Italians had converted the data into US dollars.

They really...

"Perfect Stranger" first day box office: 370,000 US dollars.

Considering that there were only 4 hours, this result is completely acceptable.

What was really surprising was the box office on the next day: 3.42 million US dollars.

Although the Italian film market is rated as "A-level" internationally, its actual annual volume is only 400 million to 500 million euros, which is about 600 million U.S. dollars.

Not too high.

And the movies that win the box office championship in Italy every year are actually more than 50 million... usually around 60 million is about the same.

This is the surprise Xu Xin said.

4 hours on the first day, plus the whole day on the second day. "Perfect Strangers" took in a total of $3.79 million!

What does this mean?

It shows that it actually has the qualifications to win the first place!

The most intuitive comparison is that last year's Italian box office champion "Titanic" had a box office of US$3.15 million on its first day!

But it premieres at 0 o'clock, all day long.

If converted into hours, the results of "Perfect Strangers" are actually almost the same!

When this result was given to Xu Xin by people from the distribution company Medusa Distribuzione, the excitement on the other side of the phone was already palpable:

"Xu! This result is great! Based on the movie's current reputation, the box office estimate in two months is at least 55 million US dollars! It's unbelievable..."

As a director and investor representative, Xu Xin only had one feeling after seeing this result.

good.

In 2012...at least I gave a satisfying assignment to the audience who had been waiting for me.

Although it's a little late, but... I finally caught up.

…

#"PerfectStrangers" is a box office hit! The Italian native praises constantly! #

[How good is "Perfect Strangers", a movie hailed as a "New Year's gift" by the European media? 】

#The box office showdown between "Perfect Strangers" and "The Grandmaster" is worth watching#

[IMDB score 8.1, Rotten Tomatoes 79%, Xu Xin’s new work shines in Europe]

When the box office of "Perfect Strangers" returned to China, with the help of Xiying Studio, major media began to work hard to warm up for the domestic release on the 15th.

Although it is already a new year abroad, for China, this is the end of 2012.

And this January... it's a bit like a fight between gods.

Needless to say, "囧囧", its box office has begun to hit the billion mark, and without the need for Cloud Atlas application, all theaters began to actively negotiate to change the original 47 days of "囧囧" to 67 days.

Go straight to the top! It won’t be released until the Spring Festival!

When "囧囧" gained momentum, Hollywood movies including "007" did not give in too much.

On January 8th, "The Grandmaster", in which Wang Jiawei spent ten years sharpening his sword and Xu Xin's daughter-in-law, Yang Mi, who can be called the number one young Huadan, plays the protagonist, was released.

On the 15th, "Perfect Strangers", which has received rave reviews in Italy, premiered in China...

In addition, "League of Thieves" dominated Korea at the end of the year...

This January...is a bit interesting!

And just when China was excited about the upcoming movies in January, on January 7, "Perfect Strangers" achieved a good result of 4.91 million at the Italian box office on its third day.

This brought the film's total box office to $8.6 million.

More and more people are starting to discuss this movie, and more and more film critics are recommending this movie.

Its Rotten Tomatoes index has soared to 88%, only 2% shy of being ranked as an absolutely excellent production. The audience’s popcorn index has exceeded the 90% mark!

The name Xu Xin has changed from the name of a director who "loves Italian culture" to a symbol of some kind.

According to netizens, it is really hard to imagine that this is an authentic Italian film made by a foreign director. Whether it is the topicality, the small details that only Italians would understand, or even the various slang terms and some customary traditions, there is nothing wrong with it.

Not to mention how exciting the story is.

Some film critics even commented on the film: "It has a textbook Italian aesthetic style."

The fact that conservative Italians can give such an evaluation shows how popular this movie is in Italy.

Naturally, the media will not let go of this kind of news that brings glory to the country.

The official news is relatively reserved, but the self-media on the Internet have simply grasped this golden key and mastered the traffic password.

The news that can be seen everywhere these days is the "translation of external comments on "Perfect Strangers"".

As long as there is this title, people will click in to see what the outside world says about this movie.

And the more they watch, the more itchy the hearts of the Chinese audience become.

no……

What's going on?

What on earth did Xu Xin take? Are these foreigners so "shocked"?

Could it be that...you really went to make porn films?

Although it's a joke, but...it doesn't even require Xiying Studio to go to public relations. After these self-media in order to capture traffic hold the golden key to the traffic code, the popularity of "Perfect Strangers" begins to be visible to the naked eye. speed increase.

It even once overshadowed "The Grandmaster" who was also busy.

But fortunately, whether it is "The Grandmaster" or "Perfect Strangers", the two movies are good for the couple and the audience, in fact, they are like the palm of the hand.

Anyone is fine.

it's the same.

In this way, the two movies officially started promotion on different tracks.

On the evening of January 7, Xu Xin was invited to attend the media premiere of "The Grandmaster". However, this time he did not go with Yang Mi, but came as a guest of the "Perfect" crew.

Not only him, but also Liu Yifei.

Actually, Xu Xin did not want to come. After all, the two movies were released only one week apart. If the box office feedback of "The Grandmaster" was average, it would be fine. But if the feedback was particularly good, then the release of "Perfect Stranger" would inevitably affect the film's screening rate.

It was somewhat like "one family fighting one family".

But the factory insisted on arranging him to come.

Okay, then go.

For "The Grandmaster", Wang Jiawei prepared four versions: domestic version, 3D version, North American version, and European version, which were used for premieres in various regions, including the Berlin Film Festival.

It can be said that he spent all his efforts.

On the day of the premiere, he and Liu Yifei came hand in hand. Not only did the reporters not distinguish that he was not Yang Mi's husband today, but he came as the director of the "Perfect" crew. Instead, it aroused the gossip of this group of people.

"Director Xu, you came with Miss Liu Yifei, is it a sign of power to Yang Mi?"

"Director Xu, does Miss Yang Mi know that you are in such a row? Aren't you afraid that she will be unhappy?"

"Miss Liu Yifei, which movie do you think will have a higher box office, "The Grandmaster" or "Perfect Stranger"?"

The first two questions were answered by the two in a very relaxed tone outside the premiere.

The third question was the direct reason for ending the interview.

We are obviously a family, why do we have to instigate this?

When Xu Xin entered the media premiere hall, he looked around and saw many familiar faces.

But he didn't see where his wife and others were.

They should be resting in the lounge now, right?

He sat in the second row, holding the 3D glasses in his hand, and sent a message to his wife:

"We're here."

"OK, sit down. Has anyone blocked you two for an interview?"

"Yes, someone asked me if I was afraid of kneeling on the washboard when I got home, and said I came to intimidate you."

"Haha~"

Three laughs represented his wife's joy.

Then, he heard Liu Yifei ask:

"What are you talking about?"

"About the interview just now. Don't be late for tomorrow's show~"

"I know."

The fairy sister responded, looked around, and said:

"There are a lot of media people...Are we doing this?"

"No."

Xu Xin shook his head calmly:

"It's not a big movie. Ours is a small production. The total is less than 30 million. It doesn't cost money to hold a premiere?"

Hearing this, Liu Yifei's mouth twitched...

Okay.

Small production...

The small production you mentioned has already grossed more than 25 million US dollars in Italy.

It is known as the biggest dark horse of Italian low-budget movies in recent years.

But from your mouth, it's as if this bean bun is not your dry food.

She shook her head speechlessly.

At this moment, someone came from the aisle on the other side of the empty seat next to the two of them.

A total of three people sat next to Liu Yifei.

Today's premiere must have been invited by the crew or Yuntu, all of whom are "in the circle", so let alone Xu Xin, Liu Yifei herself is not worried that the person next to her is a fanatical fan who doesn't care about manners. After noticing that someone sat down, she turned her head and saw that it was three middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes. She smiled politely and nodded.

"Ms. Liu Yifei, hello."

Sitting next to her, a short-haired man with glasses, who looked to be in his thirties or forties, greeted Liu Yifei politely.

"Hello."

Although I don't know who this person is, those who can sit in the second row must not be simple guests.

So her answer was also very thoughtful.

Then there was no intention to greet the other party, everything seemed to be just right.

Xu Xin was chatting with Yang Mi over there, temporarily ignoring the situation here.

But Liu Yifei saw the man who greeted her and reached out to the side from the corner of her eye.

They came together as a group of three. When the man reached out, the third, slightly younger man quickly handed over something through the middle man...

Liu Yifei didn't see clearly what it was.

But soon, the answer was revealed:

"Director Xu, Miss Liu Yifei, this is my business card."

"Hmm?"

Xu Xin, who was discussing with his wife where to go for a barbecue with Lao Wang, heard someone calling him and subconsciously looked up.

Looking at the business card handed over by the other party, he nodded and took it in a polite manner:

"Hey, hello."

The light in the theater was just right at this moment.

After taking the business card, he was suddenly stunned when he saw the other party's name and title...

"General Manager of the Digital Entertainment Division of Alibaba Group--Li Jie"

Alibaba Group?

Taobao?

Everyone let me adjust. I went to the Chinese medicine hospital with the medical examination form today. I can't take a lot of Chinese medicine because the test results show that my liver function is damaged. I don't know the specific situation yet. I need to rest + lose weight + exercise + try for a period of time and then recheck. It's not a big problem, but the intensity of work has to be reduced recently. It just so happens that I have to go to Luyuan to study. I will slow down the update during this period. When I come back from Luyuan, I will go to the hospital to check my liver function and see how the various indicators of my body have adjusted after taking medicine during this period. Then I will talk about the update. Recently, I will spend 6,700 to 8,000 yuan a day. Forgive me~