China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 67 Director Assistant at the Premiere of "Stone"

Ning Hao left to cooperate with Guangguang in promoting "Stone". After all, he is the director of this movie.

At the same time, it also made Chen Dong realize that his crew structure was not complete, and he still lacked at least one executive deputy director.

Chen Dong's first choice was Lu Yang. The reason is very simple. This "Xiu Chun Knife" was created by him.

What was this guy doing in 05?

But he remembered that the other person also graduated from Nortel.

Moreover, it is also the Nortel directing class with a well-established foundation.

I just don’t know if I have enrolled in school...

Chen Dong made a phone call and went out.

"Lu Yang? There is a classmate named Lu Yang in the sophomore directing class, but Chen Dong, why are you looking for him?"

"Director Yu, the students won't hide it from you. I heard that this person is quite talented. It just so happens that my crew is missing one... um, assistant director, so I asked you about this person."

Lu Yang’s talent is pretty good?
  What a ghost. It’s not like Director Yu doesn’t know Lu Yang’s background.

I graduated from an engineering major and worked hard in the society for a year. Last year, I relied on my parents' relationship as an older student to get admitted into their directing class at Nortel. I heard that my grades this year were neither good nor bad. The key is I haven't made a single film so far, so it won't be related to the words "not bad talent".

What's more, it came from Chen Dong's mouth.

It can only be said that the word 'heard' is very intriguing.

Of course, there are some things that everyone knows well and there is no need to declare them verbally.

"Well, this Lu Yang is indeed very good in all aspects, and the teachers at the school are also very fond of him... I believe that Lu Yang will not refuse this rare opportunity provided by you, Chen Dong, so I agreed for him first, and then turned around We will notify you as soon as possible and ask him to contact you immediately."

"Okay, Director Yu, please excuse me."

Director Yu implemented what she said 'as soon as possible' and 'immediately'. In less than five minutes, a strange call came to Chen Dong's mobile phone.

"Is this Senior Brother Chen? I'm Lu Yang..."

This year, Lu Yang is already 26, while Chen Dong is only 21. However, this call of Senior Brother Chen is not wrong. After all, Chen Dong is a junior and Lu Yang is a sophomore.

That night, Lu Yang joined the team as Chen Dong's assistant director, but he did the same job as Ning Hao's former assistant director.

Of course, he is not as skilled as Ning Hao, but he is still more enthusiastic and hard-working, and with Chen Dong backing him up, he will not make any big mistakes.

On June 6, the movie "Initial D" starring Jay Chou was released simultaneously in many countries in Southeast Asia.

On the crew of "Xiu Chun Knife", everyone was eating box lunches at noon, and they sat together in small groups to discuss the topic of Jay Chou's movie.

"How much does Director Chen think the first-day box office of "Initial D" will be?"

"It won't be low."

Regardless of the quality of the movie, if Jay Chou's fans are all on the Internet now to build momentum for the movie, the box office on the first day will not be too low.

But fan movies also have a drawback.

That is, it is very strong in the early stage and lacks stamina.

Of course, if the quality of the movie is guaranteed, that's another matter.

But "Initial D" has two words: Haha.

The next day, "Initial D"'s first-day box office in mainland China was released, with over 700 million.

Except for the fact that the film critics' reviews were overwhelmingly negative for the movie, almost everyone online applauded it!
  Jay Chou's fans even disliked many domestic movies, even Chen Dong's "The Tuner" was not taken seriously by 'them'.

On the second day, it stabilized at 700 million.

On the third day, it hit 800 million.

The weekly box office hit 5000 million.

Industry review: So scary!
  But no matter how many fans Jay Chou has, they can't suppress the negative comments that continue to appear online.

It was not until the eighth day that the film finally experienced a backlash. The single-day box office was cut in half from yesterday's 600, to a mere 150 million.

On the ninth day, it was over a million.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this fan film has exhausted its potential.

In July, summer vacation is coming.

On July 7, the action film "Hancheng Strategy" directed by director Ma Chuchen and starring Tony Leung Chaowei, Yan Xianqi and Su Qi was released in the mainland. The box office on the first day was 5 million.

In fact, the most lively online discussion in July was "Super Girl" held on Shonan Channel.

Chen Dong heard many big men on the set discussing who they supported, and they used their mobile phones to call each other for the Supergirl they supported.

……

"Pass!"

With Chen Dong's words, the filming progress of "Xiu Chun Knife" has only been reduced to one-fifth, and it is considered to be coming to an end.

“I’d like to inform you that the crew will have a day off tomorrow!”

Chen Dong stood up from the director's chair with a loudspeaker and announced loudly.

Tomorrow is July 7th, and the premiere of "Stone" will be held. As the investor and first screenwriter, he has to go and support Ning Hao and his wife.

I originally wanted to take Liu Yifei with me, but her mother intervened and said that she would take her to shoot an endorsement advertisement.

Chen Dong could only settle for the next best thing and bring his old classmate Zhu Yawen with him.

"Still wondering who to follow?"

"No, I've already thought about it."

"Oh? Tell me."

"Follow Sister Hua."

"why?"

"Brother, be sentimental for a moment, Sister Hua is a good person!"

"..." Chen Dong: I really want to thank you for Wang Jinhua~
  "Wang Jinhua doesn't have many resources at her disposal. She may not be able to 'support' you group of celebrities."

"Haha, don't be afraid. If I really can't find a movie, I'll come to you."

"Then I will definitely give you one word - get out!"

"No, my brother is in trouble, how can you just ignore him?"

The next day!

The premiere of "The Stone".

Chen Dong arrived late with Zhu Yawen.

"Director Chen, as an investor, you came so late. Director Ning has been talking about you several times, haha."

"Director Wang, isn't this a traffic jam on the road?"

Wang Changtian said hello to Zhu Yawen who was next to Chen Dong, and the three of them walked into the premiere venue together.

However, if anyone pays attention, they will find that Zhu Yawen consciously took half a step back.

When Chen Dong entered the venue, he immediately became the focus of everyone's attention, and the media consciously pointed their cameras at him.

Ning Hao came over and complained, and then dragged him and the creative staff of "Stone" to the front stage.

"Stop dragging me, can't I just go on my own... But you're not afraid that I will steal your limelight."

"Let's just grab it. To use their Xiangjiang saying, I am a 'street-fighting' director. Why do I care about the limelight?"

Ning Hao said so, what else could Chen Dong say.

"Director Chen, why did you invest in "The Stone" in the first place? What are your expectations for the box office of "The Stone"?"

Chen Dong did not rush to answer the reporter's words, but looked at Ning Hao with a "provocative look", as if to say: "Look, if you insist on dragging me up, all the limelight of your director will be taken away now." I grabbed it. '
  "Thanks to this reporter for asking the question, I can answer your first question, why did I invest in this "Stone" in the first place? That day Huang Bo asked me to have dinner at his house...BalaBala~"

When Chen Dong told the birth story of "Stone", everyone knew why he invested. "As for the second question, let the real director of this movie answer it."

Ning Hao was pushed out by Chen Dong, but he did not give in. He picked up the microphone and said: "As for the expectations for the movie's box office, I actually 'helped' you ask Director Chen before, and he said that "Stone" will not be less than 50 million. .”

"What about Director Ning's box office expectations for "The Stone"?"

"As for me, I'll borrow the good words from Director Chen, hahaha..."

(End of this chapter)