Chapter 403 Situation

Capital International Airport.

The plane taxied to the ground and rushed forward for a while before slowly stopping.

The passengers packed their luggage. Shen Xudong also took off his headphones and stood up to pack his luggage, which included a backpack and a small suitcase.

Following Zhu Awen and Lu Fangsheng, we queued up to get off the plane, yawning all the way.

I don’t know what happened, but he didn’t fall asleep all the way!

"Will there be reporters later?"

"...There should be..."

"Then tidy it up..."

Zhu Awen and Lu Fangsheng whispered, and Shen Xudong couldn't help but remind him: "There will be reporters, but they are mainly planning to arrest Zhou Shen and Liu Lu... We are just foils!"

"...You are not a foil!"

"hehe…"

Shen Xudong yawned and continued walking forward. At the exit...there were indeed some media waiting, but not many...

Mainly, the crew of "The Aviator" moved to Toronto - to cooperate with the promotion!

The director and the two leading actors followed.

Zhu Awen and Lu Fangsheng were still newcomers, so the reporters naturally did not waste time. They asked them a few perfunctory questions and then let them leave. They mainly interviewed Shen Xudong...

"Xudong, congratulations on winning the award, can you tell me your feelings?"

"Xudong, how many copies have been prepared for the mainland release of "The Aviator"? Is it going to be released on a large scale?"

"Xudong, can you give us more details about the overseas distribution of "The Aviator"?"

"Xudong, Director Wu Yusen said that you rejected the invitation to be the screenwriter of "Red Cliff". Is it true?"

Shen Xudong has always respected the media and reporters, and... "The Aviator" will be released tomorrow, and it will be up to them to promote it!

So, he stopped and answered seriously...

Several reporters also noticed that he was quite tired, but they still asked: "What do you think of Huang Shengyi's incident?"

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion: "...This has nothing to do with me, right?"

"Didn't you work together on "The World's Best" before? Moreover, Huang Shengyi is also a mainland actor..."

After thinking for a while, Shen Xudong said: "I'm not familiar with Huang Shengyi... I didn't even talk to her in "The World's No. 1". She was a star girl at the time and only talked to investors... I'm just a fan of this matter... "

"Melon-eating masses?"

Okay, another noun explanation!

After all, the word "eating melon" was recognized by everyone in 2016...

Shen Xudong explained: "It has nothing to do with one's own business, and it is a state of not expressing opinions but just watching...Have you ever browsed the forum? Often someone speaks to discuss some issues, and then a bunch of people watch and talk nonsense. At this time, it will form a building, and the screen will be blocked." Their speeches were similar to "melon seeds are sold in the front row", "melon seeds are eaten in the front row", "melon seeds are eaten in the front row", "melon-eating masses" and "melon-eating masses who don't know the truth", etc. I call this state of melon-eating!"

Having said this, Shen Xudong raised his wrist to check the time, and then said: "Last question..."

"...Can you predict the box office of "The Aviator"?"

"We have prepared 150 copies, and the target is 20 million... because "The Aviator" is not a bitter literary film, it is very romantic, and it is a man's dream of flying..."

…

I must emphasize that this is not an art film!

When promoting a movie, it is particularly important to set the tone of the film.

To set the tone...means to determine the type...

Like a horror movie, fans of horror movies will be interested in it, but viewers who don’t like horror movies will not be interested once they hear about horror movies;

If a movie promotes itself as a literary and artistic film, it will give the impression that it is a dull and boring film. Except for literary and artistic film lovers, most ordinary audiences will not be interested.

After September, in addition to "War of the Worlds", many movies were released, including "Waiting Alone", "My Days in France"...

By the way, the domestic translation of Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" is called "War of the Worlds"...

A large production costing US$250 million!

It is a propositional work. The first half is still a commercial entertainment film, but later on it tries to go on a family-friendly literary and artistic route, but the result is not pleasing to the eye.

In fact, I will follow the path of "Independence Day", "Collision", "Armageddon"...

Many people say that the plot has no surprises...

Nonsense, the plot is about a handsome guy saving the earth. It was adapted from an 1898 novel. How can you expect that a science fiction novel written more than 100 years ago can still bring huge surprises to people today?

It’s not Asimov…

And...the aliens in the movie are self-defeating - all the aliens died because of being infected with the virus.

There is no passion at all.

With such a story and such a schedule, even if it wins the box office championship for two consecutive weeks, it will only be 44 million...

It failed to surpass "Star Wars Episode III" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith".

According to the media's evaluation: The extremely ambitious "War of the Worlds" failed to achieve even one-third of the expected results. It seems that even the words of master figures cannot be believed these days...

Then…

"The Aviator" will be released nationwide on September 13, with 150 copies, mainly concentrated in first-tier cities.

…

At the company, Chen Xi, Gao Fenfen, Huang Bin and several others were meeting to discuss the announcement of "The Aviator".

It has been decided that it will feature an adaptation of Shen Xudong’s original work, and will also promote the award-winning film in Venice.

The reason is simple... the moment the audience hears about the Venice award-winning film, they immediately lose interest!

""Blue Red" only had a box office of 3 million, and "Peacock" was so popular, the box office was only 14 million!"

At that time, watching "Peacock" had become a trend.

Especially in the BJ area - before winning the award, Bona insisted on only showing two shows a day for three weeks, which led to many people being proud to have seen "Peacock". After winning the award, Bona expanded the screening...

Later, Shen Xudong's "Mountain Village Fox Wife" also had a fight with it...

Even after reaching this point, the national box office of "Peacock" still stopped at 14 million!

""Waiting Alone" has a good reputation..."

""Waiting Alone" does not have a star cast...it is difficult to rely on publicity and hype, plus there are only 60 copies..."

"... Xudong has a saying that is right. Now is not the era of word-of-mouth. Your movie must be widely publicized, and then theaters will support it and the audience will be interested..."

"..."The Aviator", we will focus on the adaptation of Xudong's original work..."

Chen Xi interjected: "By the way, he rejected Tian Zhuangzhuang because he didn't want it to become a purely artistic film!"

"...Is there still this matter?"

"Yeah," Chen Xi nodded: "I heard Xudong talk about this, and he didn't approve of Teacher Tian's idea of ​​adapting it..."

Gao Fenfen was about to speak when her phone rang. She took it out and saw... Gao Jun from the New Film Alliance!

"It's Gao Jun... don't talk for now, I'll take the answer!"

"...Premiere press conference...but...the creators all went to Toronto...it will take about three days before they come back!"

"Xudong alone is enough...then I'll ask him..."

After hanging up the phone, Gao Fenfen said: "The New Film Alliance wants us to hold a premiere press conference..."

"...They want to promote "The Aviator"?"

"Um…"

"Let me ask Xudong..."

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