Chapter 195 People Can’t Be so Shameless!

"That Summer".

All filming has been completed, and post-production is in the process of emergency production.

During the filming, Ke Zhanyi was only excited.

My mind was filled with all kinds of plots, and I vented my talents, emotions, and recklessness that I had been holding back for a long time in this movie.

Even if I stay up late for several days, I don't feel tired, as if I have endless energy in my body.

But when the movie is finished...

Ke Zhanyi's whole body started to feel strange.

After returning to Yanjing, he began to feel lethargic and had a loss of appetite. He was inexplicably worried about gains and losses, and occasionally talked to himself in front of the wall.

Sometimes it’s about encouraging yourself…

Sometimes I feel a little bit discouraged.

His girlfriend Jiang Xiaoyou felt that he had signs of schizophrenia and forced him to see a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist prescribed a bottle of anti-anxiety medicine for him without even looking at it, and sent him back after finishing the prescription...

anxiety……

Jiang Xiaoyou very seriously wanted to talk to Ke Zhanyi and talk about what was going on with him.

But Ke Zhanyi always had a charming smile on his face, and kept saying that he was fine. He only said that he suddenly stopped filming movies, and he inevitably felt empty in his heart. He just said that he could just lie down for a few days, and there was no need to eat all these messy antibiotics. Anxiety medicine.

Being with Ke Zhanyi for so many years...

Jiang Xiaoyou had never seen Ke Zhanyi in such a mental state.

She became even more worried.

But I also knew that if I forced myself to ask, I would definitely not be able to find out anything.

Ke Zhanyi is paranoid in some aspects, and paranoia is something engraved in his bones.

Wait until December 17th.

Jiang Xiaoyou vaguely noticed something.

The main theme movie "1949" project was officially launched today...

Ke Zhanyi, who was supposed to be a director, did not wear a suit to attend the casting event as he said a few months ago.

Instead, he stayed in bed and slept until 12 noon, but he still didn't get up.

Jiang Xiaoyou asked several times for fear of wasting time, but vaguely heard Ke Zhanyi saying something vaguely.

In the afternoon, she secretly turned on the movie channel on the TV.

The movie channel is showing the casting call for "1949".

The seat where Ke Zhanyi was supposed to sit was taken by a younger director named Xu Shaohua.

perhaps……

[Starlight Future] lost in this competition to dominate the directing power.

Then……

Ke Zhanyi became the victim of embarrassment!

In the evening...

Only when Ke spread his wings did he wake up.

After waking up, I went to the company.

When he came back, there was a bit more light in his depressed eyes.

But when I moved the small table and ran to the balcony to drink, I started sighing again.

Jiang Xiaoyou saw it in his eyes.

But there was nothing she could do.

Apart from helping to cook three meals a day and taking care of Ke Zhanyi's diet and accompanying her, she seemed to have no role.

He didn't want to say anything to her.

In this state, wait until ten o'clock in the evening, when there is a knock on the door...

Only then did things change.

Zhang Sheng is here.

…………………………

"Anyway, I'm just a youth-themed director who can't get on stage..."

Outside the balcony.

Ke Zhanyi was drunk.

He looked at Zhang Sheng.

Squinting his eyes red.

When he finished filming "That Summer", he was full of confidence.

He fantasized about making the movie a hit, dreaming about joining the ranks of first-class directors, thinking about getting a foothold on the list, and making persistent efforts to make the next main theme movie "1949" to become the focus of everyone's attention.

Main theme movies are not commercial movies. Basically, they are all about making a profit and making money, which is good.

But some movies cannot be measured commercially.

Being shortlisted for the directing team and participating in directing will indirectly acquiesce to your status in this circle, and it will also allow you to be seen by the superiors...

Ke Zhanyi's expectations for "1949" were extremely high. After filming "That Summer", he devoted himself wholeheartedly to this movie.

but……

When he returned to the company, Xu Shengnan regretfully told him that [Starlight Future] had tried to fight for it, but failed in the end.

Film-related leaders held a meeting.

At the meeting, Ke Zhanyi was controversial and was removed from the final list.

Xu Shengnan did not tell Ke Zhanyi what the controversy was, but Ke Zhanyi learned about the final review stage through some gossip. Some people think that Ke Zhanyi started his career in youth movies...

"1949" is a major movie with an extremely serious theme. If a youth-themed director is shortlisted for the directing team...

That……

In what manner?

Youth movie!

Is this thing worthy of the stage?

All the shortlisted directors had strong opinions. After consideration, the relevant departments finally changed Ke Zhanyi's identity to director Xu Shaohua.

Xu Shaohua...

Ke Zhanyi checked the director's information, and the more he checked, the more silent he became.

Apart from his graduation work and a literary novel, this director does not have any works at all. It is obvious that he is a related party.

It's easy for people to fall in love with each other.

Especially when he saw that he was about to take off, and then he was suddenly taken down by a sap.

This feeling is really uncomfortable.

Thinking of all the experiences and difficulties over the years, after struggling for more than half a year, he was still at the starting point...

Finally, his thinking went wrong.

Thinking that no matter how well "That Summer" was filmed, it was still a low-level work in the eyes of those people...

No matter how great the box office was, could it break 100 million?

"That Summer"...

The treatment in all aspects was even worse than his Virgo "Youth in the Prime of Life".

The premiere of this movie is scheduled for January 20th.

Five days before New Year's Eve.

Before the Spring Festival, it was the starting point of the dragon-tiger fight!

[Shengshi Entertainment] introduced overseas movies "White Shark" and "Lost in Space", and local movies include "Wing Chun" directed by Cui Hao...

[Starlight Future] Although it suffered a heavy blow, it also has a basic base. Among the contracted movies introduced, there are "Gods Descend to Earth" and "Robots", and local movies include "Racing" to compete with Cui Hao.

As for other film and television companies...

All of them are crowded here. There were three movies released before the New Year with "That Summer"!

In such a situation

"That Summer" is almost uncompetitive!

More than 4 million investment?

Only a few hundred thousand publicity expenses were allocated to "That Summer".

In addition to the original group of book fans of "That Summer", what else is there?

The distribution of theaters is also very pitfalls!

There are a total of 730 mainstream theaters in the country, and they only managed to get 120 for "That Summer"...

It's a situation of too many monks and too little porridge!

How do they make money?

It's not that [Starlight Future] doesn't care about this movie, but [Shengshi Entertainment] is taking advantage of [Starlight Future]'s weakness and is stepping up to grab various publicity positions. [Starlight Future] can only passively defend and can only protect the interests of those blockbusters first...

"That Summer"...

It can only be said to be left to fend for itself.

During this period, the more Ke Zhanchi thought about it, the more depressed he became, and the more anxious he felt.

Indistinctly, it seemed that this time the filming of the movie was in the stage of failure again.

"One hundred and twenty! We have only managed to get one hundred and twenty cinemas. Even if all the theaters in these theaters are full, the box office for each show is only 300,000 yuan, and the maximum for a day is 1.2 million yuan... But, is it possible to fill all the seats?"

After watching Zhang Sheng in silence, Ke Zhanchi sighed and did some calculations with Zhang Sheng.

The more he calculated, the more depressed he became...

After listening to Zhang Sheng, his expression became serious: "Let me correct you. We have 128 regions around the world, not 120 cinemas!"

After listening to Zhang Sheng's self-deceiving words, Ke Zhanchi suddenly felt like laughing.

During this period...

Zhang Sheng has been deceiving himself.

What about the global release, what about the 128 regions around the world!

This kind of thing is okay to joke around with friends, but it is really ridiculous to come out and talk nonsense openly.

Ke Zhanchi's mouth stiffened for a moment...

Finally he smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang, this joke is not funny at all."

"Director Ke, I thought you could have a bigger vision, but I didn't expect that your vision is still so small...To be honest, I am very disappointed!"

After Zhang Sheng finished speaking, he sighed faintly.

"Cheating fans is a big vision?"

"When did we cheat fans?"

"Your global release, global, isn't it China...Also, there are a total of 120 cinemas, you said 128 regions, this number doesn't make sense, where do those eight regions come from?"

"You forgot that we also have Brazil premiering, "That Summer" Brazil, there are eight regions!"

"Which eight? Don't tell me, you also counted the premieres in several counties in Brazil? In my impression, we didn't expand..." Ke Zhanchi took a deep breath.

His face became more and more bitter, and he felt that Zhang Sheng was like a liar who was going to lead him into a trap!

Could it be!

Is he...

really that stupid?

"Director Ke, so, I feel that your vision is getting smaller and smaller. You need to expand your vision. Our movie premiered in Rio de Janeiro, the largest region in Brazil!"

"Rocinia slum?" Ke Zhanchi almost cried when he heard this.

"Rocinia, not Rocinia slum..." Zhang Sheng corrected again: "We have eight districts of open-top cinemas in the city of Rocinia! Eight open-top cinemas, plus 120 districts, isn't this 128 districts in the world? If you want international, there are international, if you want regional, there are regional, how can you say we are lying to them?"

"..."

Ke Zhanchi was shocked after hearing this.

He thought that "That Summer" expanded to eight counties in Brazil, but he didn't expect...

That was actually eight open-top cinemas.

Damn!

To put it nicely, it's an open-top cinema.

To put it bluntly, isn't this an open-air cinema?

"Mr. Zhang, people can't, at least not like this..." Ke Zhanchi felt his face was distorted.

"Boss Ke, it's time to cheer up. You should go with me to promote the movie tomorrow! You need to expand your vision. Don't be depressed all the time. Go make money. Where do you have time to be depressed?"

"I..."

"Okay, Xiaoyou, help Director Ke organize his clothes. From tomorrow until the movie is released, I will help Director Ke expand his vision..."