Chapter 649 Zhang Sheng Sells Tickets

The tone of the [Southern California International Film Awards] was already set when Avery Tashi was invited.

Zhang Sheng once promised Avery Tashi that the award would not bow to any capital or politics, but would only uphold the essence of the film.

The voting system is also very strict.

The judges from both the East and the West unanimously agree, and then combined with public voting, the film awards are finally determined based on factors such as film reputation, box office, and influence.

Even the founder Zhang Sheng is not allowed to do any secret operations except for special reasons.

This is a movie palace that Avery Tashi has built for himself, and it is also a relatively fair and just utopia.

October 30th.

Many years later, Avery Tashi remembered that night clearly.

This night was the most confusing and regrettable night for Avery Tashi.

He met "Hundred Birds".

A simple movie, but one that touched his heart deeply.

In this movie…

He saw the changes of the times in China, the perseverance of generations of craftsmen, and the things that were once brilliant, eventually died away under the erosion of time, and he also saw the vivid characters gradually getting older. …

This is a eloquent movie, and when he saw the last moment, he felt a sense of spiritual shock.

The more you calm down, the more you can feel the weight of this movie.

So, he called Mr. Wu Guanli from China and also called McCaskey...

After watching the movie, silent thoughts filled everyone.

"Birds" is more artistic than "Flying," which won the highest award at the Southern California International Film Awards.

However, the shortlisted list has already been announced.

If the rules that were once established are suddenly broken because of the inclusion of a movie, then what will happen to the authority of the award?

So if we don't give this movie an award...

As the most sincere filmmakers, how should they deal with it? How sad is this?

After the silence, there was the most intense discussion...

Some people say, why not break the rules for this movie...

Some people still hope to stick to the rules...

At the end of the discussion, it turned into a quarrel. These internationally renowned filmmakers once fought over their own ideas.

finally……

Everyone looked at Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng said a few words.

“The authority of the [Southern California International Film Awards] must be maintained and can never be changed from its inception to the present.”

"Otherwise, fairness and impartiality will be destroyed!"

"It is impossible for a pearl to be covered in dust. As long as everyone agrees that it is a masterpiece, then that is enough for me."

"..."

…………………………

November 1st.

The weather in China is getting colder and colder.

Yanjing, Wanda Cinema.

The domestic theme film "Flying" took advantage of the National Day momentum and conscientious production to become a huge success at the box office, approaching 500 million.

This is the only movie in the history of Chinese films to exceed 500 million.

Filmmakers are excited!

However, many people feel a sense of despair.

It is not the protagonist of October. Not only is it not the protagonist, it can only be ranked third.

Since the two Hollywood movies "Breaking Dawn" and "Wolf Man" were released on October 7, "Breaking Dawn" has exceeded 1 billion yuan, and "Wolf Man" has exceeded 1.1 billion yuan.

In places like Yanjing Wanda Cinema, these two movies are still hard to get a ticket for.

In chats on the streets, in online comments, in occasional gatherings...

Special effects, plot, fight scenes, heroism, love, epic...

You can always see young people talking excitedly about these two movies, and talking about them with great interest, as if you are behind the times if you haven't watched these two movies.

As for "Flying", a well-produced and conscientious movie, there is little discussion among young people.

"Withdraw! We have done our utmost to our tour guides!"

"We also need to eat. We can't keep a screening room empty all the time and show that "Hundred Birds", right?"

"..."

The person in charge of Yanjing Wangda Cinema Line is named Chen Xiaodong

He is a very emotional filmmaker.

At this moment, he silently watched the nagging of the film arrangement department.

Chen Xiaodong did not respond, but fell into silence for a long time.

He has watched "Hundred Birds", which is a pure art film that was well shot. Moreover, You Tianming is also an old artist he respects very much.

Therefore, when he saw You Tianming coming in person, he agreed to give "Hundred Birds" a chance.

But the market feedback for "Hundred Birds" was really bad!

He made a good place for this movie, but young people can rarely sit down and watch such a movie.

Especially at a time when hormone-stimulating Hollywood blockbusters like "Breaking Dawn" and "Wolf Man" are coming, even officially encouraged theme movies like "Up" can't make a splash, let alone a movie as unpopular as "A Hundred Birds." Deep down, no one pays attention to the classification.

He also lamented that the times would bury some masterpieces, but people will always bow to the times.

Niche art can only be appreciated by a small number of people after all.

"Mr. Chen, the higher-ups are dissatisfied now. The management thinks you are exercising privileges, and some even report that you are taking bribes..."

He saw the director of the scheduling department speak again.

"Play it for one last day...Take it off tomorrow and replace it with "Wolf Warrior" or "Dawn Breaking."

After a long silence, Chen Xiaodong nodded.

Wanda Cinema in Yanjing was the last cinema to take "The Hundred Birds" off...

After making the decision, he took the initiative to call You Tianming to express his regret.

But this time, You Tianming did not answer the phone.

He also called Ke Zhanchi, but Ke Zhanchi did not answer either.

He simply stopped calling.

For the whole day, Chen Xiaodong was busy sorting out various box office reports...

He witnessed the rise and fall of the Chinese film industry in Hong Kong Island, and then the gradual rise of mainland films, but was ruthlessly crushed by Hollywood again and again.

Sometimes he also wondered when Chinese local films would be able to produce a film that could compete with Hollywood.

Not to mention suppressing Hollywood movies, let alone having a fighting force, but at least, the gap should not be so big, but in essence...

Thinking about the many-sided gap between Chinese movies and Hollywood movies, Chen Xiaodong sighed again.

Why think so much?

I am just an ordinary businessman. Businessmen only care about making money. They can't do anything themselves.

In the evening of November 1st.

When "A Hundred Birds" was shown for the last time, Chen Xiaodong walked in.

He found that there were more people in the screening room of "A Hundred Birds", which should have been empty, and these people were no longer middle-aged or elderly people, but a group of young people.

These young people left one after another after watching half of the movie, just like before, but there were still a group of young people who stayed.

At first, Chen Xiaodong didn't care much, thinking that it was just a last gasp.

But by the time of the 7 o'clock show in the evening, nearly half of the tickets for "A Hundred Birds" were sold.

In the screening room, more and more young people came in like a swarm of bees.

There were still some young people who left the theater halfway through, but more young people watched the whole movie from beginning to end, and then couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

The last two shows at 9 p.m....

Daniel Chen found that the screening room of "A Hundred Birds" was full of people for the first time.

His first feeling was that Director You Tianming realized that the movie might be taken off the screen, and in order to make the box office of the movie not too bad, he invited a group of people to watch it.

But then, he realized that something was wrong!

He observed these young people and found that they were really watching the movie seriously, and some of them were even students from Yanying Academy...

After watching the movie, they sighed and felt that this was an unpopular masterpiece that was almost missed...

Daniel Chen walked out of the screening room, and then saw a group of media reporters coming over, asking what kind of movie "A Hundred Birds" was.

Among the media, there were official reporters from [Huaxia Film Network] and reporters from [Film Weekly]...

The staff were a little confused about this.

They had never seen it, so they had no idea what kind of movie it was...

The sudden bustle made Chen Xiaodong a little unbelievable, but he immediately walked forward and interpreted the movie seriously from the perspective of a filmmaker.

After the interview...

Chen Xiaodong found that more and more young people were pouring into the lobby of Wanda Cinema.

They didn't buy "Wolf Man" or "Dawn", they came to buy tickets for "The Hundred Birds"!

When they learned that "The Hundred Birds" was the last show today, these young people expressed regret, but did not leave. Instead, they turned to the young people who had just walked out of the screening room and had just finished watching "The Hundred Birds". What was this movie like...

Chen Xiaodong looked at the scene and was a little confused.

Just at this time, his phone rang.

He answered the phone and found that the call was actually from the leadership of [Wanda Cinema].

"The Hundred Birds will continue to be scheduled until the end of the contract period!"

When he received this sentence, he felt incredible for a while.

In the morning, the management scolded him and even suspected that he was taking bribes, but in the evening...

Their attitude suddenly changed completely.

And judging from their tone, they attached great importance to "A Hundred Birds".

After answering the phone, Chen Xiaodong saw more and more young people coming into the cinema to inquire about the movie, and saw more media coming in, even official media reporters such as [Huaxia Film Channel] came over.

He was at a loss...

What is going on?

Is this movie popular?

(There will be updates later,)