Chapter 695: Discussion at the Fan Meeting

Although *Counterattack* relied on the 2nd trailer from the passerby's perspective to attract the audience's attention.

But being able to make the whole internet pay attention and reach the level of going viral across the internet was thanks to Gu Cheng's trailer.

That trailer was full of romance, which also led to many netizens looking forward to it while also being very worried.

Could it be that *Counterattack* is mainly about the love of young boys and girls?

Love is not their youth. If it is really about talking about love all the way, then they have no interest in watching it.

Until the first wave of ratings and reviews came out on the internet, those netizens who were worried that the drama was all about love finally felt relieved.

According to the film reviews on the internet, this drama actually doesn't have many love plots; on the contrary, it is more based on inspirational struggle.

Some netizens even evaluated the male lead Gu Zimo's scenes, saying they were not as many as one of the heroine's friends, that is, not as many as the supporting roles, just occupying the name of the male lead.

And the feeling that it was about to talk about love only came to the end of the movie.

The male lead Gu Zimo left a sentence for the heroine Jin Xiaoli, and then went directly to university.

Yes, the male lead Gu Zimo is very smart. His competition results were excellent, and he could have been directly admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University, but because he didn't want to study the major provided by Tsinghua and Peking University, he decided to return to the college entrance examination track.

But a person's excellence can shine even without relying on competition results.

Gu Zimo is not only excellent in competition results, but his ordinary subject grades are also outstanding, and he successfully obtained the school's recommendation quota.

Because the recommended major was what he liked, he went directly to Tsinghua and Peking University without the college entrance examination.

The sentence Gu Zimo said to the heroine was: "I'll wait for you at Tsinghua and Peking University."

The male lead's scenes here are actually all over.

Even if there is a plot of the heroine getting into Tsinghua and Peking University later, walking on the campus of Tsinghua and Peking University, the male lead did not appear.

The only thing that appeared was his voice.

He shouted: "Jin Xiaoli! Welcome to Tsinghua and Peking University!"

These voices appeared in the form of a voice-over, and the lens focused on Jin Xiaoli's incomparably surprised expression after hearing this sentence.

The light in those eyes was like a meteor streaking across the sky, bursting out with brilliant light at a certain moment.

Jin Xiaoli immediately flew and sprinted forward.

It was as if she was flying into Gu Zimo's arms, and as if she was flying into a brand new life.

Netizens couldn't help but sigh, as expected of a youth campus film, it was filmed beautifully.

Reiterate, it has a very youthful feeling.

Every director's expression of youth is different. Director Xu has filmed several youth films and has developed his own unique aesthetics.

And his aesthetics have been recognized by many netizens when filming youth films.

Otherwise, investors wouldn't come to him to film youth campus themes.

In this regard, his reputation is obvious to all.

Coupled with Jin Li's immersive performance, it adds a lot to this movie.

Clearly, this movie is adapted from her true experience, but in this movie, what everyone sees is Jin Xiaoli, and there is no shadow of Jin Li.

This is actually very rare.

It is said that actors need to break through themselves to not be limited by the type of acting, but how difficult this is.

Some actors' appearance is naturally biased towards a weak style. Letting her play a ruthless role always gives people a strange feeling.

As if trembling while saying the cruelest words.

For example, some characters have an evil spirit, but if he is asked to play an incomparably upright role, netizens will also feel it is strange.

Whenever this character speaks, netizens will always imagine him becoming a villain at any time.

This is both the restriction brought by the actor's own characteristics and related to the acting habits formed by the actor over time.

Only by forgetting one's own characteristics, forgetting the image one has given oneself, and forgetting everything can one reshape new character roles.

The script is adapted from Jin Li's deeds, so "Jin Xiaoli" looks like she appeared as her shadow.

But she performed the shadow's second life.

Jin Xiaoli's experience is both derived from her own experience, but also different.

This character is more biased towards what the public recognizes.

She is a high school student, studying in school like thousands of students in the world.

So this character will be more representative.

And her inspirational struggle experience can inspire everyone even more.

Jin Li also felt this when she took on this drama, and finally agreed to take it.

She didn't want the audience to watch a movie entirely based on her experience; this is just replicating her path.

And her path has long been written by countless media, without the need for the movie's embellishment again.

But Jin Xiaoli's life experience is completely different from Jin Li's life as a star.

When Jin Li was filming, she felt that this drama made up for her regret of not entering high school campus to study.

She had a feeling when filming this drama. Until now, she can still recall every minute and second of the filming period, and the bits and pieces of getting along with everyone.

She also had a campus time of her own, although that time was not long.

But she cherishes it very much.

*Counterattack* took the first place in the daily box office on the first day of release, with a result of 230 million!

With the feedback from the first wave of netizens, other netizens who were watching also stopped hesitating and bought tickets to watch.

On the second day, it still took the first place in the daily box office, and the result was even better than the first day, directly taking 300 million!

The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...

*Counterattack*'s box office dominated for a full week before it left the absolute dominant position. The gap between the second place and it is narrowing, but it is still dominating the list.

Many media outlets saw *Counterattack*'s box office reach 2 billion in August and couldn't help but praise it as a feast of youth carnival.

[*Counterattack* tells us with absolute results that niche tracks can also kill a world. No matter how old you are, everyone is always a youth!]

[*Counterattack*'s legend continues!

The box office, which had originally declined, exerted force as major schools added this film to the must-watch list for the summer vacation, calling on students and parents to watch it in various groups, and it exerted a long-tail effect again. The box office changed its previous decline and increased against the trend.

Undoubtedly, it led the entire summer season and is absolutely at the dominant level. The strength of the results is difficult to appear in previous summer seasons.

A youth campus film with an investment of less than 200 million defeated a crowd of special effects blockbusters with investments of billions and tens of billions with moving stories, beautiful scenes, and performances that didn't perfunctory the audience!

Telling a good story is the key to a film's success.

Let us look forward to whether *Counterattack* can enter the top 10 in domestic film history!]

Once emotions are hyped up, counterattack seems to have become a force, a torrential torrent.

Everyone is looking forward to it breaking the record and boarding the top ten in domestic film history!

Boarding the top ten in film history as a youth campus film has great significance.

This represents that film themes have come to diversification; as long as you tell a story with heart, the audience will pay for you with money.

So when *Counterattack* came to August, there was no need to invest any additional promotion.

Major people are spontaneously promoting it, and the thoughts it expresses and the will it conveys have hit everyone's emotions.

What is the main theme?

This is the main theme!

The main theme does not represent a film with a specific theme, but should represent a spirit.

The heroine of *Counterattack* went from a poor student to working hard and counterattacking to be admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University. Isn't this spirit of struggle and inspiration also the main theme?

Youthful, it is the prime of life!

In Dawn Entertainment.

Outside, the heat of *Counterattack* continues.

And Jin Li didn't indulge in the glory of the box office results. Although she was looking forward to hitting the top ten in film history, she wouldn't put all her attention on this.

Because the trend of *Counterattack* is no longer something that promotion can control.

Whether it can board the top ten in film history depends on whether the audience buys it.

Taking advantage of the summer vacation, Jin Li had time, and Sister Fang called her to Dawn Entertainment to discuss the fan meeting with her.

The two were discussing the time of the fan meeting.

Sui Lingfang felt that setting it on Jin Li's birthday was safer, because many stars in the industry hold fan meetings on the star's birthday.

But this proposal was quickly rejected by Jin Li.

"This is my birthday, not the fans' birthday. I want to spend it alone.

Mainly because I feel my birthday has no meaning to fans. I am not a savior, they don't need to celebrate my birthday; this kind of emotion is too big."

She learned before that stars hold fan meetings and need to prepare many programs, singing and dancing.

These are high-intensity exercises, and Jin Li was a bit worried about whether her body could bear it.

In addition, she also noticed that fans would do various promotions to celebrate the star on the star's birthday, and would spend money to place advertisements.

This made Jin Li feel it wouldn't work.

Labor and money wasting.

What's wrong with having this money?

Her popularity doesn't need fans to do this.

She is enjoying life happily, and she also hopes that fans can happily enjoy their own lives.

Sui Lingfang originally wanted to explain that other stars in the industry do this.

But just as her words were about to come out, she suddenly thought that Jin Li was no longer an idol traffic star.

The dramas she filmed could be popular, not just relying on her popularity, but more on her acting skills.

So there is no need to follow the idol set.

As a powerful actor, she doesn't want to hold a fan meeting on her birthday, what's the problem?

No problem at all!

Many actors have their work and private life completely cut off.

They need to maintain mystery to make their character image deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Frequent excessive variety show exposure is not conducive to character shaping.

Even if a drama has passed for a long time, but that drama is very classic, classic enough to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, netizens seeing the star show a completely different appearance from the drama character will give the audience a feeling of being out of the drama.

Old-school actors cherish their works and characters very much and will naturally maintain them.

The more impetuous the society is, the more precious a certain quality is.

So Sui Lingfang took back her words and asked back: "Then when do you want to hold the meeting?"

Jin Li blurted out: "The 15th of the first lunar month, the 15th of the seventh lunar month, the 15th of the tenth lunar month."

Sister Fang was not sensitive to dates, only feeling that the last digit of the three days was 15. Is there any connection between them?

So she asked.

Jin Li said: "This is the Three Yuan Festival, the Heaven, Earth, and Water Officials bestow blessings, pardon sins, and resolve disasters."

Sui Lingfang: ?

Jin Li explained: "I specially went to the Taoist temple to worship and pray for blessings on the Zhongyuan Festival when I was filming in the crew. You should have an impression that the prayer ceremonies of the Three Yuan Festival are relatively large."

Sui Lingfang vaguely remembered, "You were... you seemed to go on the Ghost Festival."

Jin Li: "Yes."

Sui Lingfang was confused again.

"This is your fan meeting, why do you specifically pick the Three Yuan Festival?"

Jin Li was serious: "Pray for blessings for fans, every festival of the Three Yuan Festival is very meaningful.

Since fans come to attend my meeting, I always have to give fans something. I want to bring my blessings to them."

Sui Lingfang: ...

It was really simple enough that she couldn't think of a reason to refute.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she refused: "Forget it, don't choose to hold a fan meeting on a special festival, lest fans think you are holding some cult ceremony."

Now it was Jin Li's turn to be confused.

"The Three Yuan Festival is a good day for bestowing blessings, pardoning sins, and resolving disasters. How is it related to a cult? If I dare to do evil arts on these festivals, I will be struck by lightning."

Sui Lingfang hesitated.

But she thought of the public opinion storm caused by a certain star holding a concert recently, and decided to let Jin Li change the festival.

"You don't know that netizens are very sensitive to this aspect recently. If some bad elements appear in the concert, it will trigger bad associations.

At that time, it is very likely that the venue is built, but it cannot be held, and the loss is too great."

"The Three Yuan Festival you mentioned is too representative. The audience will immediately think of metaphysics, and may feel that you are absorbing their luck.

Even if your idea is very good, these festivals are also very good, but netizens may not know about these festivals. He just thinks you are going to make trouble on a special festival?"

Sui Lingfang took a sip of water and continued:

"For example, the Zhongyuan Festival, the 15th of the seventh lunar month, is called the Ghost Festival by the people.

If you set it on this day, they will only think you don't sympathize with fans. Who would let fans travel on the Ghost Festival?

Even if this festival has a good meaning, is it like the pardon you said?"

Jin Li: "The Zhongyuan Festival, the 15th of the seventh lunar month, is the birthday of the Earth Official Qingxu Great Emperor, mainly pardoning sins; the official examines sins, and it is appropriate to repent and eliminate disasters. If you participate in the memorial on this day, you might be able to eliminate disasters."

Sui Lingfang persuaded earnestly: "Change one."

Jin Li thought for a moment: "Then choose the Three Meetings Day, the Three Officials examine human merits and demerits."

Before she could ask, Jin Li took the initiative to explain: "The 7th day of the first lunar month: Celebration Meeting, Heaven Official bestows blessings

The 7th day of the seventh lunar month: Birthday Middle Meeting, Earth Official pardons sins.

The 5th day of the tenth lunar month: Construction Birthday Meeting, Water Official resolves disasters.

On these three days, the Three Officials Great Emperors descend to examine merits and demerits, and it is most appropriate to practice fasting and pray for blessings."

Sui Lingfang felt a headache when she heard the Three Officials and the Great Emperor.

"Can you change to one that is not so special?"

Jin Li thought for a moment. Actually, she felt that the Three Meetings Day was not common, and netizens didn't know it was a special day when she said it.

But if she wanted to change, there were alternatives.

"Then the Five Laba Days, the meaning of these five days is also very good, the meaning is good."

??Five Laba Days: The Five Emperors examine and determine human blessings and longevity

?The 1st day of the first lunar month, Heaven Laba, the Five Emperors examine and determine human spirit time limits, appropriate to sacrifice to ancestors and prolong life.

?The 5th day of the fifth lunar month, Earth Laba, examine and determine official titles, flesh and blood decline and prosperity.

?The 7th day of the seventh lunar month, Moral Laba, the Five Emperors examine and determine bone body decline and prosperity, academic merit and fame, appropriate to repent and seek blessings

?The 1st day of the tenth lunar month, People's Age Laba, examine and determine salary and official titles

?The 8th day of the twelfth lunar month, King and Marquis Laba, examine and determine the salary received by people in their places