Chapter 89：

"Time Lobbyist" was set abruptly, but it was the best choice for the producers after weighing the pros and cons.

Because it is an ordinary digital movie, the post-editing process only took less than four months. According to common sense, in fact, it should be released this summer.

However, this year's summer vacation file of domestic movie chaos, and the National Day holiday there are several sequels of foreign movies that have exploded, and it is impossible to come and go.

A niche theme such as "Time Lobbyist" can easily become a "victim" in the holiday archive, so the producer has been dragging it out.

But a movie has a ‘year limit’. If it’s not online for too long, it is easy for the audience to lose interest in the movie, and even more serious, it will directly lose the qualification for theatrical screening.

If it becomes a major online movie, it will basically suffer.

As a result, the producer struggled a bit, and decided to bite the bullet and set it online during the New Year's Day holiday.

"Currently there are not many new films expected to be released on New Year's Day. There is only one of us in the youth category. There are no competitors in similar themes. We should be able to get a little advantage."

In the office of Super Film Company, Yu Fuya handed over the list of the latest "confirmed release" movies.

As the male No. 3, Ji Li is actually not directly related to the box office, but this script and role were only obtained after he had struggled with reason.

He still hopes that the film can deliver satisfactory results to the greatest extent.

Ji Li scanned the list and asked, "Which are the favorites to win the championship on New Year's Day?"

"The favorite to win the championship is "The Flower Demon of Killing God" directed by Xu Cheng."

Bao Zi was on the side to help analyze, "Director Xu Cheng's The Killing of Gods series is now the third, and the materials are all Chinese mythical figures, and the box office of the first two films is very stable."

This time, "The Flower Demon" only spent a year in the later stage. From the end of the second part of "Death of the Gods", a conceptual easter egg was given, and many fans of the drama began to look forward to it early.

"Director Xu also said in an interview some time ago that this "Flower Monster" will definitely surpass the results of the previous two."

Upon hearing this, Ji Li nodded calmly.

A series of movies like this has the audience base laid by the first two, and the reputation of the great director is there, and it is the passerby.

As long as the plot and special effects of the movie do not collapse, the box office will basically not ‘crash’ wherever it goes.

"anything else?"

Yu Fuya went on to say, "Song Yonghui's "Lost Wealth in the World" was originally aimed at the Lunar New Year file, but now it is scheduled for New Year's Day."

Ji Li is also familiar with this light comedy movie.

Before encountering the film script of "Special Actions", the producer and director Song Yonghui of this "Great Lost in the World" also sent Ji Li an invitation to lead the hero.

Baozi obviously remembered this, "After I heard that this movie was rejected by Brother Ji, he appointed comedian Teacher Chen Ming."

Song Yonghui and Chen Ming are veteran partners, and they should also have an audience basis. As for whether they can make a big hit, it depends on the audience's word-of-mouth feedback after the release.

Suddenly, a staff member came in and said, "Brother Ji, the hot milk tea delivered by the takeaway is for you."

"For me?"

Yu Fuya caught a glimpse of the'Mr. Qi' on the order, and immediately understood, "It should be early in the morning in the U.S.? Someone is raising a child. If you don't worry, they will give you some milk tea?"

At this point, Qin Li asked the domestic Qi An to help take out the milk tea.

Ji Li's eyes suddenly brightened, and under Yu Fuya's ‘mother’ gaze, he took two mouthfuls, "You go on, I’ll listen."

Seeing his triumphant little expression, Yu Fuya shook her head helplessly.

She reached out and clicked on another movie on the list, "There is also this movie, and the voice is also very loud."

"Detective Night Walk?" Ji Li read the movie's name.

"Adapted from the popular suspense novel of the same name, the most important thing is that his starring role is..."

Yu Fuya met his eyes and reported a familiar name, "Cai Yishu."

Steamed bun snorted angrily, "No way, Yuanjia is on a narrow road."

At the time, Cai Yishu served as the male number one in "Time Lobbyist", and brought the unprofessional writer Wang Yongwei into the group. The two men made changes to the original script and had a dispute with Ji Li on the crew.

Later, they were driven out of the crew by the investor, Qin Li, and this ridiculous farce came to an end.

After Cai Yishu retired from the crew, he did stop for a while, and later received this movie script adapted from the original novel.

Yu Fuya pulled out the film materials collected early in the morning and curled her lips meaningfully, "I took a look. There is also Wang Yongwei on the list of screenwriters."

Ji Li stared at the protagonist Cai Yishu on the movie poster and the word "Wang Yongwei" in the co-writer column below, and guessed the quality of the script in his heart.

What do you say?

The country is easy to change, and its nature is hard to change, which is commonly known as'dogs can't change eating shit'.

Baozi was a little worried, "They won't even make a moth, right?"

"What are you afraid of? Didn't we still keep a hand?" Ji Li sneered, and the sharp aura suddenly appeared on his body.

When the words were over, he bowed his head and drank the milk tea with enjoyment.

The big wild leopard was still aggressive in the first second, and then it turned back to the sweet little milk leopard in the next second. The contrast made people laugh and cry.

Yu Fuya agreed with nodding, "Where can a movie written by Wang Yongwei be so good? If Cai Yishu really dare to make small movements behind his back, we Chaoying prepared the previous chat and slapped back happily. "

In the movies released during the same period, there was already a competitive relationship.

If Cai Yishu dared to provoke them, they would just be able to unite with the producer of "Time Lobbyist" against the generals.

"In addition, there are two science fiction films imported from foreign countries, which won't win the box office championship, but may cause box office diversion."

To put it bluntly, "Time Lobbyist" is actually not the first choice for movie fans on the basis of audience or subject matter selection.

However, their advantages are also outstanding. There are some and only one of the youth movies on the New Year's Day holiday. And the protagonists are all handsome men and beauties, relying on their outstanding appearance should be able to absorb a wave of audiences who enter the theater.

Baozi sighed, "Hey, I'm afraid that it will become a pure fan movie and will be laughed a lot."

Pure fan movies, as the name suggests, are movies supported only by actor fans who purchase movie tickets. If this is the case, after the movie's box office hits the street, the actors are likely to suffer a lot of ridicule.

After all, actors in the mixed movie circle always have box office strength above popularity.

Although Ji Li is only the male number three in this movie, Bao Zi still hopes that the other party will gain something from the movie.

It is said that the actors who rely on TV dramas to absorb the role fans only have a three-month favorite period.

It's been almost a year since the TV series "The Big Swordsman" was broadcast. If Ji Li doesn't have new characters to attract fans, then the next resources may be difficult to handle.

"Don't worry, I believe this movie will not be bad." Ji Li said, a strong confidence flashed in his eyes. So far, the film and television script he fancy has not been overturned.

Besides, this movie was invested by Qin Li personally. To a certain extent, it has been regarded as a double guarantee for the box office.

Yu Fuya has always believed in Ji Li's vision for the script, "That's it, we have to attend the premiere on the night of the 30th."

"it is good."

...

Three days later, the New Year's Day archives will be pre-sold collectively.

"Time Lobbyist" has no advantage at all under the impact of the prevailing movies in the same period, and the amount of advance receipts tends to be the bottom. The existing box office pre-sales are almost all supported by fans.

On Weibo, some film critics have already ridiculed the ‘loan’--

["Time Lobbyist" at first glance is a film that serves fans to lick the face. Qin Li Investment, Director Wang Zhang, and Chief Screenwriter Ji Mingyue seem to be well-known, but it is completely a publicity stunt.

A group of five starring actors, except for Ji Li who had a big hit in the first half of the year, the other starring actors are still hovering in the second and third lines. Just such a movie, want to break the siege in the New Year's Day movie file? The probability is zero percent!

Advise passers-by and netizens not to waste money and watch other movies. 】

Another film and television marketing account took the opportunity to comment-

[Does anyone remember that after the shooting of "Time Lobbyist", the male protagonist Cai Yishu was temporarily replaced? Now it seems that the producer has dug a hole for himself.

Cai Yishu's "Night Walker" pre-sale box office has more than doubled than "Time Lobbyist"! Absolute face-slap-slapped **** male protagonist! 】

[In recent years, turning popularity into box office is the hard power. No one among the current main creators of "Time Lobbyist" has this qualification! Ji Li hasn't appeared in front of the public for half a year, and the fans accumulated by Xie Yan are almost gone.

Last year's New Year's Day, he was named the "Dark Horse Newcomer in the Film Circle" for his "Song Zhao". Now, it seems that he actually borrowed the light of the two male protagonists of "Qin Li + Yuan already Fei".

Hey, this movie is destined to hit, and even the three big names Qin Li + Wang Zhang + Ji Mingyue will follow suit. 】

Comments of this kind appeared one after another, and the Weibo IDs that liked them were mostly Cai Yishu’s fan groups.

At the beginning, Cai Yishu dumbly lost the position of the hero of the movie, and the Cai fans were suffocating a big belly of anger.

Now that the two films are on the same starting line again, Cai fans took the opportunity to blacken the movie "Time Lobbyist".

Under this disgusting operation, apart from fans of the protagonists, few netizens took the initiative to buy pre-sale movie tickets for "Time Lobbyist".

——Let me watch a few other movies first, after all, there are only so few days during the New Year’s Day holiday.

——Actually, the protagonists are all pretty good-looking, but I'd better wait for the word-of-mouth after the release to decide.

——The name "Time Lobbyist" makes people have no desire to watch.

——Jili’s false popularity is vividly expressed at this moment, tusk.

——Fan movies, just cut the fan wallet, how can normal people cheat?

Passers-by were led to a biased point of view, and there were black fans of the creators and opponents who fished in troubled waters on the Internet.

Except for the concentrated purchase effect of fans in the first three days, the pre-sale amount of "Time Lobbyist" increased very little in the next four days, and it remained stuck at 26 million.

…

Jincheng Pictures.

Cai Yishu saw the real-time update of the movie pre-sale value rankings, and finally showed a satisfied face.

Although "The Detective Night" starring him is no better than "The Flower Demon" directed by Xu Cheng, it has already won the second place in the box office pre-sale on New Year's Day, with gratifying results.

"Look at the movie "Time Lobbyist". The pre-sales are almost at the bottom of the box office. It's not as shameful as a movie that has already been screened overseas for one round."

When You Meng approached, he also showed a cheerful look.

The shame they suffered in the "Time Lobbyist" crew, today they finally slapped their faces back with their actual results.

"Jili and Feng Cheng? What kind of junk stuff, now I don't deserve to carry my shoes."

"How do you say something? How can you say that if you don't know how to be a blessing?"

If it were not for the temporary withdrawal from the crew of "Time Lobbyist", Cai Yishu would not be lucky enough to miss the script.

The final trailer of the movie has been released, and fans of the original book have expressed their satisfaction. With the overwhelming marketing, the pre-sale amount of the movie has been rising steadily.

As long as we maintain the momentum of the Lord, it is undoubtedly an impressive achievement for young actors like Cai Yishu to say that there will be less than 2 billion in the box office before the film goes offline.

"Big Brother Jincheng" Zhu Xusheng suffered a severe blow to his reputation and career after the car shook the door, and he has not come back yet.

If Cai Yishu can rely on this movie to seize the opportunity, Jin Chengyi's surrender may have to be replaced.

Cai Yishu was a little erratic, and suddenly he thought about targeting, "Sister You, I think the crew of "Time Lobbyist" is not enough."

You Meng asked, "What do you mean?"

Cai Yishu raised his chin, with a somewhat defiant taste, "You help me do something secretly."

He wants to completely ruin the reputation of the movie "Time Lobbyist", not only to make Ji Li and other starring actors silent, but also to make Qin Li not even earn the money he invested!

...

Time flies to the end of the month, Haishi International Studios.

The premiere of the movie "Time Lobbyist" will be arranged in a theater with a hundred people. This scale can only be considered quite satisfactory. You know, several other movies that were released at the same time have been promoted for several rounds.

Backstage in the theater, Ji Li met the other leading actors for a long time. Although there are new works released, the mood of Feng Cheng, Wei Lai and others is not very high.

After all, this movie has not been officially released yet, and it has been ridiculed by netizens. The competition in the same period is also a hot movie. Their "Time Lobbyist" looks like a small shrimp that survives in the cracks and is easy to destroy.

Wang Zhang sat in his position calmly and raised his voice, "Relax and face it. We have done our best for this movie. It's not that we didn't make it well. What are we afraid of?"

Can't compare with big investment in movies, so what? In recent years, are there few examples of large investments in movies that have rushed to the streets and lost money? Anyway, Quercus had invested nearly 50 million yuan, this time it was definitely no problem.

The first step for all filmmakers is to defeat themselves.

Ji Li draws her lips and agrees with Director Wang Zhang's point of view.

"Director Wang Zhang is right. The film competition has not yet begun. Today is the premiere. All the fans are here for us. At least they must behave not to disappoint them."

Compared with Feng Cheng, who was the first male lead in a movie, and the second male Wei Lai, who has been unable to make waves, he seems much calmer than the male third.

Feng Cheng reluctantly smiled.

Since he ‘robbed’ Cai Yishu’s lead role, the two fans of Feng and Cai seemed to have been feuded, and they had to be forced online every few hours.

Now that the pre-sale results came out, Cai Fen felt that she had the upper hand. These days, Yin and Yang said a lot of ugly things.

Feng Cheng felt sorry for his fans and also for the boss Qin Li who valued him at the time.

"Feng Cheng, you have to believe in yourself and Qin..." Ji Li paused for two seconds and changed his words, "I also believe in Brother Li's vision. Our movies are really not bad."

The most important thing about a movie is its reputation after it is released.

How many movies with a strong initial momentum ended up in a ‘crash’ because of a bad reputation. How many movies with a bleak initial box office have become dark horses due to the good fermentation of word-of-mouth?

In this rapidly changing movie market, anything is possible.

The audience is not a fool, and if a movie is presented with heart, there will always be people watching it.

Feng Cheng nodded, the burden in his heart finally lightened.

Yes, this is a movie invested by Qin Li, who has the title of "Golden Hand" in the film and television industry. What is there to be afraid of as an employee? You should trust your boss!

Wang Zhang continued to encourage "Okay, everyone cheers up. This battle has just begun."

"Don't forget, you are the first to agree with this story. We take the bottom of the score and prepare to promote it. If we can win more points, we will count as one point!"

The last sentence obviously aroused the protagonists' initial feelings for the script, and the response was particularly loud.

"Okay, director!"

...

The premiere process of the movie "Time Lobbyist" is first to show the movie, and then to ask questions from the media and fans.

After Ji Li waited for the creator to take the stage, he immediately caused fans to scream--

"Jili Zizai! Ma Ma loves you!"

"Feng Cheng, come on! Looking forward to your Chengyu!"

"Weilai! Weilai!"

Although it was only a small screening hall, the pomp and fullness of seats gave Feng Cheng and the others a lot of confidence.

The host took the stage and conducted a simple interview in accordance with the process.

Fang Yue, who had already become a big fan of Yue Jifu's CP, was sitting in the audience, so excited that her whole heart was about to explode-after four and a half months, she finally saw the fresh real man again!

In order to match the image of Xiang Sui'an in the play, Ji Li wore a white sweater and black trousers today, a very simple set, which seemed soft and awkwardly clean.

Fang Yue immediately picked up his mobile phone to take pictures, and brought a ‘frontline’ report to the star-chaser sisters in the CP group——

"Sisters, Brother Li doesn't seem to be here today! But Ji Li is really beautiful! So tender and tender!"

Just after typing this line, the host interviewed Ji Li, "I heard Ji Li fans yelling, hasn't everyone seen him appear in public for a long time?"

"——Yes!" The fans answered in a rush.

Compared to the "Bang Guo Tian Xia" film screening ceremony, the only Ji Li fan holding his hand, after a year, now at least one-third of the fan audience is here for him.

Ji Li looked around and raised his face with a smile.

The applause and encouragement of fans will always be their greatest motivation on the way forward.

"I heard that Ji Li has been on vacation abroad for the past four months? Can you share it with us?"

"Actually, it's not entirely on vacation." Ji Li took the microphone from Wei Lai's hand and revealed a little, "I have finished making a movie, and I believe I will meet with you in the near future."

The filming of "Long Island Iced Tea" has been completed, and Ji Li has obtained Cameron's permission in advance for such a small disclosure.

When the fans heard this, the cheers of surprise almost broke through the ceiling of the cinema hall.

what?

They thought Ji Li had been on vacation, but the other party secretly shot a whole movie without telling their fans?

Sure enough, he is still that very ambitious cub!

Thank you, I have received a New Year's Eve gift!

Seeing the surprise that fans couldn't help but bowed deeply.

"However, I hope everyone will focus on this movie first. I assure you that this movie is worth your time to watch."

"Okay." The answer from the fans and audience was still loud.

Wang Peng is one of the film critics invited to come today, and he has more than 300,000 fans on Weibo. He looked at Ji Li, who was talking on stage, with an indifferent smile.

He came here today not to know how good this movie is and how worth it is to watch.

On the contrary, Wang Peng was bought by Cai Yishu's team, deliberately wearing colored glasses to find fault.

If you want to ruin the reputation of a movie, you can't just make it blindly, but you must combine the actual content to get rid of it. Half-true and half-fake editing materials are the easiest to increase public credibility.

In addition to Wang Peng, there should be other film critics who have the same sinister purpose.

When the premiere is over, film critics hired by them will publish ‘depreciating’ remarks on the Internet as soon as possible, causing a total collapse of word-of-mouth.

This is very likely to be a fatal blow to a newly launched movie.

Wang Peng admitted that it is immoral to do so, but who makes the opponent give more money?

Only one out of a hundred films with youth themes may be a hit. As for this one in front of him, it didn't show up at first glance, it might as well be used as a tool for him to make money.

...

After a brief introduction, everyone was led to the guest seats in the first row by the staff.

Soon, the lights in the auditorium dimmed, and the auditorium also became quiet.

In the darkness, someone walked in quickly through the side door and sat down accurately on the empty seat beside Ji Li.

Feeling the movement around him, Ji Li subconsciously cast an inquiring gaze, and caught a familiar, deep eye unexpectedly.

The lover who had obviously coaxed him to miss the premiere of the movie on WeChat suddenly appeared in front of him.

Qin Li wore a mask and a peaked cap to hide his handsome face, but the love in his eyes was still enough to make people feel blushing and heartbeat.

Ji Li was overjoyed, and the lingering name almost blurted out.

Qin Li made a quiet gesture and drew close to his ear in the darkness before the opening, "Baby, I miss you very much."

As a matter of fact, Qin Li is an investor and Feng Cheng is an employee of Lixing. It is totally reasonable that he will attend the premiere ceremony. But Ji Li just inexplicably surged a sense of tension at the connection of an ‘underground romance’, and even his ears became hot.

The lights on the big screen came on.

In order not to be noticed by others, Ji Li had to stand upright and restrained from retracting his gaze to the front.

Seeing the cautious look of his lover, Qin Li had a small smile in his eyes, as long as he turned his attention back to the screen.

If the two hadn't agreed on the ‘rules of communication’ at the beginning, Qin Li would have liked to hug him and kiss him in public.

The pre-sale amount of this movie is not satisfactory, and some colleagues in the film and television industry secretly manipulated public opinion to ‘ridicule’ it.

Qin Li knew all this well, but did not rush to solve it.

In his opinion, if a movie wants to be truly successful, it is bound to rely on a stable plot and word-of-mouth fermentation after it is released. As for those bugs, they will capsize in their own sewers sooner or later.

This premiere ceremony will be the beginning of the counterattack of the movie "Time Lobbyist".

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#叽里: The face-slapped counterattack of the male third movie is about to begin! (Brother Li: I'm the one who cooperates with the play assistant~)