Chapter 312

But the battle record of this 1st day was not considered astonishing.

When the Kiwi platform launched *And Then There Were None*, it was Thursday. When it came to Friday, a large number of students went home for the holidays and also joined the recharge army, allowing the platform to add another 5 million members.

Behind it was the entire weekend, and the results obtained on the weekend were also gratifying; the platform maintained a relatively high growth rate of new members.

And when *And Then There Were None* was a big hit on the online platform, it also fed back some popularity to Seeing Jin Li's *Dream Builder*, which was currently in theaters.

【Specifically went to watch *And Then There Were None*, heard netizens say Seeing Jin Li's performance in *Dream Builder* is not bad, specifically came over to watch, and it turns out it's really okay!】

【I was turned into a fan by Seeing Jin Li's performance in *And Then There Were None*. Wanting to support her, I bought the movie *Dream Builder*. I didn't like this kind of subject matter very much originally, thinking it was too fake, but after watching it, I was moved to tears...】

【Coming from *And Then There Were None*, when this was launched in theaters, I complained that it advertised too frequently, and half of the good reviews must have been blown out of proportion.

But when it launched on the video platform, I opened a membership to watch it, and only then did I feel that the high scores and good reviews were very reasonable.

The movie ticket for *And Then There Were None* can't be made up, but the movie ticket for *Dream Builder* can still be made up. Specifically came over to see, and found that this is also a good work!】

【Have to say, Seeing Jin Li's vision is still good, knowing how to pick movies!】

【Feel Seeing Jin Li's acting skills are amazing, I won't be distracted at all!】

Director Zhong specifically called Seeing Jin Li over during lunch break, showed Seeing Jin Li the recent movie reviews for *Dream Builder*, and sighed:

"My success this time seems to be basking in the light of *And Then There Were None*, but in the end, it's basking in your light. Your reputation in the hearts of the audience is very good, and the public favorability is high.

The fans who came over from *And Then There Were None* basically all gave good reviews to *Dream Builder*, and consequently, the rating of *Dream Builder* on the movie website also went up!"

Seeing Jin Li smiled slightly and was not humble.

Sister Fang had already called her yesterday to tell her that many people chose to watch *Dream Builder* after watching *And Then There Were None*.

Sister Fang specifically told her: "Fortunately, these two films were launched one after another in the summer slot, not bunched together, otherwise the movie fans would fight, and it would be hard for you to carry out promotions."

And now, August is already half over. Those netizens who were not optimistic about *Dream Builder* at the beginning are being slapped in the face by the box office of *Dream Builder* every day.

From the first day of launch, this film dominated the daily box office champion list, and it has never come down since.

Every day, it is the champion!

Originally, the box office of *Dream Builder* had fallen back to more than 30 million, but benefiting from the traffic brought by *And Then There Were None*, yesterday's daily box office record actually returned to the peak period of 60 million!

Among the films released in the summer slot in August, not one could beat *Dream Builder*. As for films that were on par with it, there wasn't even one!

It can be said that *Dream Builder* occupied the entire August summer slot alone.

But Seeing Jin Li wouldn't think that the warming of *Dream Builder*'s box office was entirely because of her own reasons.

The reason why the audience liked her was because she acted well and picked a good script.

If the director of *And Then There Were None* didn't film well, the script wasn't good, and the production team wasn't capable, she wouldn't have received so much support from netizens.

An actor's greatest charm, which is influence, cannot reach a high height just by relying on oneself alone.

A good team, a good script, good supporting roles, good production... Only when every link is done excellently can an actor's peak be created.

So even if Seeing Jin Li knew that *Dream Builder*'s daily box office was the daily champion, she still had a balanced mentality and didn't feel like she was floating at all.

She didn't rely on herself to achieve this drama, but the drama and her achieved each other, which is why there is the current explosion.

Seeing Jin Li looked at Director Zhong and said: "It's not just the willingness brought by *And Then There Were None*. We have carried out 'stage play roadshow promotions' these past few days, and netizens have high acceptance and high popularity on the internet, which must have also driven the box office of *Dream Builder*."

Director Zhong shook his head: "How many people can we face in one stage play roadshow? It can't stir up such influence on the internet. You are definitely a great contributor to driving the box office; this is undeniable."

Without waiting for Seeing Jin Li to speak, he continued to smile and said: "When the box office of *Dream Builder* reaches 1.5 billion, I will hold a celebration banquet and will definitely pack a big red envelope for you!"

Seeing Jin Li raised her eyebrows and said heartily: "Then I will accept it without being polite!"

While Seeing Jin Li and Director Zhong were chatting, the young actors finished their lunch break and came to the rehearsal room.

The stage play roadshow arranged by Director Zhong was not heavy, with only two performances a day.

One in the afternoon, one in the evening.

But because of venue limitations, plus the fact that there were many staff members watching, it was not convenient for them to go to the scene for rehearsals, so every warm-up rehearsal was conducted in the dance studio that came with the hotel.

It was also because of this that the film crew didn't frequently change places for the "stage play roadshow" promotion, unlike the flash-mob promotion, running in different cities every day.

Instead, they specifically fixed themselves in one city, and even the location basically didn't change.

At the beginning, with two stage play performances a day, some actors felt great pressure and sometimes collapsed and cried.

But as they gradually adapted, the actors felt that this intensity was okay.

After all, the duration of the stage play wasn't very long!

It's just that they had to perform every day, and some actors had floating thoughts, thinking about resting, going out to play, or taking other appearances.

The latter was the most important.

An actor looked up and saw that Seeing Jin Li, the heroine, hadn't come, so she started discussing in a low voice with other actors.

"How about it, did you get leave?"

Other actors shook their heads, "No, I don't dare to tell Director Zhong, for fear that he will directly tell me not to come."

The actor who started the topic also sighed: "I don't dare to tell Director Zhong either, but my agent keeps urging me, and I don't know what to do."

It was also because *Dream Builder*'s box office exploded, and consequently, the value of all the actors who filmed this film rose with the tide.

A large pile of appearance invitations were sent to the company where the actors were, and the company wanted to make money, wishing to take all the appearances.

But actors are ultimately people, not machines, and the number of appearances they can run in a day is limited.

The company could only carefully select and take the appearances with good quality and high unit prices.

However, just when the company had almost signed the appearances for them, they encountered a very big problem, which was that Director Zhong refused to let people go to run the appearances.

Because they had to participate in roadshow promotions every day, they couldn't squeeze out time to run a complete appearance. If they wanted to run, they had to ask for leave.

But if one person is missing from a stage play performance, it might lose a bit of integrity.

And the roles they played couldn't be replaced by other actors, which became a vicious cycle.

This led to the fact that the higher the box office of *Dream Builder*, the more popular they were, and the less they ate the dividends of the film.

If this continues, it's not a way. When the film is pulled from the cinema, their popularity will probably have cooled down!

"No, I'm going to tell Director Zhong. My agent keeps urging me. I said the director won't let people go, she doesn't believe it and is about to have an opinion on me!

I can't offend my agent because of Director Zhong. I also need to live. If I can only be popular for this film in my life, this period is when I make the most money, I can't miss it!"

An actress gritted her teeth and said.

Other actors looked at her, looking thoughtful.

Only Xu Wenwen heard this and said sarcastically: "Don't make it sound like Director Zhong is forcing you to sacrifice your interests and forcing you.

When running the flash-mob promotion, Director Zhong asked you if you could continue to run the stage play roadshow. If there were difficulties, just say it.

It was you who were dizzy with the high box office at the time, and agreed without a word to continue participating in promotional activities.

It was you who promised to persist, and now it's you who want to go back on your word. You've taken all the benefits!"

A young actor said: "Sister Wen, times have changed.

At that time, we told the company the news, and the company was also very happy, letting us continue to follow the crew to run promotions, but now it's also the company that wants us to go out to make money, and we don't want to either."

"Yeah, it's rare that the film is so popular, but we as actors can't go out to run appearances. The filming is finished, why is it managed more strictly than when filming?"

Xu Wenwen said coldly: "Your appearances are important, but my appearances aren't important, and Seeing Jin Li's aren't important?

She is more popular than everyone present, but because she already promised Director Zhong, she also pushed away many appearances. Don't blame everything on the company. If you are really scared, let the agent come to talk to Director Zhong.

Clearly, you also want to run appearances yourself, so don't push it to other reasons, it looks pretentious and devalued!"

"But Sister Wen, not everyone is a company like you and Seeing Jin Li. Our company simply didn't give us a choice. This is the only opportunity we can grasp!"

Suddenly at this moment, the door was pushed open, and Seeing Jin Li walked in with a cold expression, not knowing how long she had been listening outside.

She walked in front of everyone and pondered: "Those who want to run appearances, all come here to sign your names. I will represent you to communicate with Director Zhong to see if we can reduce the frequency of the stage play and spare some time for you to run appearances."

Everyone looked at Seeing Jin Li in shock, not expecting that Seeing Jin Li would actually be willing to communicate for them.

They thought that such a big star only needed to take care of herself and wouldn't care about the life or death of small actors.

And in the end, they ultimately breached the contract, but... there was really no way, this was highly likely the only opportunity in their lives!

Everyone lowered their heads in shame, regretting that they had spoken ill of Seeing Jin Li before!

Xu Wenwen's lips parted slightly, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Seeing Jin Li with her eyes.

Seeing Jin Li shook her head gently at her.

Almost all the actors came to sign, only two very young actors stayed behind; these two actors played nurses in the crew.

Seeing Jin Li asked them: "Your agency won't let you run appearances?"

Those two small actors said embarrassedly: "We haven't signed with a company, no one wants us. After *Dream Builder* became popular, some third- or fourth-tier small companies contacted us, but we all felt it wasn't very good, so we didn't sign."

One of them said: "Based on my performance in *Dream Builder*, I applied to a big company, but they said that I could find this drama, it was more because of good luck, not good acting skills, so I still didn't pass."

Seeing Jin Li thought for a while and said: "It's okay, you can run the following stage play roadshows with me. I'll see if I can let the director adjust your roles and also strive to let you get paid."

An actor gathered the courage to ask: "Sister Seeing Jin Li, you want to follow the whole process, not go to run appearances? Will this have an impact on you?"

Seeing Jin Li smiled slightly: "No, don't worry about me, rest assured."

After Seeing Jin Li walked out of the door, Xu Wenwen also followed and left, and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Didn't expect Seeing Jin Li to be such a good person. I thought she was the kind of cold one who was afraid of small actors getting involved with her!"

"Yeah, but thinking about it carefully, it's us who imagined her as too much of a big star. We've been promoting together for so long, and Seeing Jin Li has never had the airs of a big star."

"I think Xu Wenwen's temper is bigger than hers!"

In the corridor outside, Xu Wenwen chased after Seeing Jin Li and called her.

Seeing Jin Li stopped, and Xu Wenwen frowned and ran over, asking: "Are you really going to communicate with Director Zhong? You shouldn't have taken this on! It was clearly them who did wrong, it was them who went back on their word!"

Seeing Jin Li asked her back: "Do you know how many people study acting every year? And how many of them can enter the entertainment industry?

After entering the entertainment industry, how many people can film movies? After filming movies, how many people's movies can reach the box office like *Dream Builder*?"

Xu Wenwen's expression was heavy.

Seeing Jin Li said: "They are right, they can obtain such an opportunity, it is indeed one in ten thousand.

I saw a piece of data before, just last year, the performing arts workers of actors, singers, internet celebrities, and directors in the Huaguo entertainment industry added up to nearly 2.4 million.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of newcomers are put into the entertainment industry, but how many new faces can appear in front of the public and stay?"

Seeing Jin Li sighed: "Sister Wen, I won't let my experience lead me to think that everyone can be like me. Even if the Pink Girls of that year could rise, it was largely due to luck. They are not easy either."

She patted Xu Wenwen on the shoulder, "You are not easy either, don't be too harsh on yourself, be more tolerant to yourself."

Not knowing what she thought of, Seeing Jin Li smiled: "And I think, even without you, I can support this stage play.

Don't netizens say that I am the soul of the stage play? As long as I don't leave, the stage play performance can be maintained, and netizens will also recognize it."

Xu Wenwen's voice was a bit difficult: "But you are sacrificing your own interests to fulfill us, why don't you just stop performing—"

Seeing Jin Li interrupted: "No, I'm fine."

She said easily and casually: "I didn't plan to run appearances during this period anyway, but wanted to devote myself to promotion, so I didn't sacrifice, I just did a fulfillment, don't make me sound so great."

Seeing Jin Li turned her back to Xu Wenwen and walked towards Director Zhong's room.

In Xu Wenwen's eyes, her figure was incomparably great.

She thought, she probably wouldn't be able to do what Seeing Jin Li did in her whole life.

Some people's kindness is on the surface, all talk and no action.

And some people never advertise their kindness, but every single thing they do shows concern and support for performing arts practitioners.