Chapter 157: Tear-jerking masterpiece, ignites the summer!

When returning to Jingcheng, the time had already reached early July.

As soon as Wu Yuchen returned, he was dragged by Li Xiaoran to watch "Titanic" again, and naturally, there was no shortage of "You jump, I jump" scenes that night.

"Handsome Siblings" has already finished filming, but "The Grand Mansion Gate" is still in the middle of filming; it has already been over four months. To tell the truth, if it weren't for Guo Baochang's face being big enough that big stars came to make guest appearances without asking for a salary, and even Jiang Wenli only charged him half price, the 20 million in filming funds wouldn't have been enough.

However, Zeng Li's scenes have already ended. When Wu Yuchen returned to Beijing to see her, he felt that she was still a bit dazed, immersed in the role of Yang Jiuhong and unable to extricate herself. Naturally, he took the initiative to take her to watch "Titanic" again, jump a few more times to pull her out of the role, and after cherishing her for a few days, he sent her off on the train home.

As for Gao Yuanyuan, she had already jumped with him, and now she is following the "Not One Less" crew to the mountains of Xiangnan for filming.

Two days later, Wu Yuchen drove to the airport to pick up someone. The one who could have this treatment was naturally Jiang Qinqin.

At the airport, Jiang Qinqin was wearing a floral mask, large toad sunglasses covering half of her face, dressed fashionably, head held high, pulling a small suitcase, and walking out of the arrival gate with high heels clicking.

Jiang Qinqin's beautiful image naturally attracted the attention of many passersby, but they saw another young man wearing a mask and a baseball cap go over and grab the beauty's waist, and then the two walked away talking and laughing intimately, making many men envious and jealous.

"Heh, went to Wanwan and started acting up with me!" Wu Yuchen smiled and patted Jiang Qinqin's butt.

"That's right, you don't know how popular I am in Wanwan! When I walk on the streets of Wanwan, it gets crowded, causing traffic jams!"

Jiang Qinqin raised her little chin proudly, saying that this mental state was a world of difference from when she wasn't selected as the female lead for "Mr. Donkey" a few months ago.

At the end of April, Jiang Qinqin, Zhao Wei, and Zhou Jie were invited to Wanwan to promote "My Fair Princess." They stayed there for about a week, and there was no particularly big reaction. "My Fair Princess" had only just aired a few episodes when they returned.

But a month later, it was a different story. "My Fair Princess" exploded in Wanwan and became popular all over the island. In Wanwan at this time, a TV series could open champagne if its ratings broke 2%, while the average ratings for "My Fair Princess" reached 12%, and the highest ratings reached 17%, causing a huge sensation. Therefore, the TV station and Qiongyao's company both invited them to rush over again.

After Jiang Qinqin finished her defense in early June, she followed Ouyang Changlin, the deputy director of Mango TV who led the team personally, and went to Taiwan again. This time was different from the first time. The fans who picked up the plane directly increased to nearly a thousand, surrounding the arrival gate.

After all, Jiang Qinqin's Ziwei, Zhao Wei's Little Swallow, and Zhou Jie's Er Kang were the most popular protagonists among the audience. Especially Zhao Wei and Jiang Qinqin, the actors of the true and false princesses, were the most popular. From three-year-old little sisters to eighty-year-old grandmothers, there were cheers and pursuits wherever they went.

After more than half a month, Jiang Qinqin really enjoyed the glory and treatment of a big star in Wanwan. Naturally, her confidence came back now, and her whole spirit was up.

"Yo yo yo, big star, then this promotion for 'Classic Again' will all depend on you~"

Jiang Qinqin was just about to pat her chest and say no problem, but when she thought that "My Fair Princess" hadn't been released in the mainland yet, she became dejected again.

Wu Yuchen smiled when he saw her like this, and didn't tease her anymore, holding her little hand and pinching it:

"Don't worry, I will promote with you this time, and I guarantee that you will become a big star in all of Huaxia in two months!"

Now that Liu Ye, the male lead, has joined the crew to film "Not One Less," and he himself is a newcomer with no appeal, the heavy responsibility of promotion naturally falls on Wu Yuchen, the big director. This time, he has already discussed it with Han Sanping and Zhongying. After the release, he will take Jiang Qinqin to run through the major box office strongholds across the country to contribute to the promotion, and at the same time, it will count as taking Jiang Qinqin out for a tour.

In the summer vacation of her freshman year, after Li Lingling returned from university, she couldn't wait to get together with her good classmates and sisters in high school, exchanging their campus lives.

"Hey hey, have you all gone to see 'Titanic'?"

"Of course I watched it, such a popular movie!"

"I've watched it three times, Jack and Rose's love is so touching!"

"Me too, I cried like a mess after watching it twice. Jack is really handsome and touching!"

Li Lingling couldn't help but ask curiously after hearing this:

"Have you all watched it? Isn't it said that only those who are dating go to watch this movie? Are you all dating?"

As soon as these words came out, the girls around focused their eyes on her.

"Lingling, are you stupid? Can't you go watch it with your roommate?"

Li Lingling shook her head: "My roommates all went to watch it with their boyfriends. I'm embarrassed to ask them to go together."

"Then you find one too, find a boy to watch it with, and you'll have a boyfriend!" Another girl said, causing the girls around to laugh.

Then a girl said: "But Lingling, you should go watch it, it's really good. I've never seen such a good romance movie."

"Yes, yes, yes, after I finished watching 'Titanic,' I wanted to find other romance films, but it turns out we don't have any at all in China. I even had to rent foreign films like 'Ghost'." Another girl also complained along with her.

At this time, a girl interjected: "Hey, that's not necessarily true. I just saw a report yesterday saying that the great director Wu Yuchen is going to release a romance film next week, and it's said to be no worse than 'Titanic'!"

"Really or fake?"

"Can it compare to 'Titanic'?"

"Maybe, Wu Yuchen is a great director who conquered America. Don't you know that Leonardo, who played Jack, is his designated actor in America?"

"Yes, yes, it's written on the poster. Now that Wu Dao has made a romance movie, it must be good!"

"Then let's go watch it together next week. I really want to watch a romance movie now!"

A group of girls were chattering, and soon they agreed to go watch "Classic Again" together next week.

On the other side, several boys also gathered together. One of the boys held a movie weekly and pointed to the cover:

"Hey hey hey, Wu Yuchen made a new movie, and it's a romance movie!"

A few boys on the side looked at the cover, and saw it written: "Wu Yuchen's romance blockbuster is coming, 'Classic Again'!"

Below the title was a photo of Liu Ye and Jiang Qinqin looking at each other affectionately.

"This female lead is so beautiful!" A boy exclaimed looking at Jiang Qinqin's pure and beautiful face.

Actually, a few years ago, Jiang Qinqin had also filmed "Comet in the Night," but for one thing, the promotion for that film wasn't strong enough, and for another, her style in that film was more about shaping a capable and independent temperament rather than highlighting her beauty.

But "Classic Again" is different. This time, it really was filmed as beautifully as possible; it was definitely the time she was filmed at her most beautiful. Therefore, the promotional photos released immediately attracted the boys' attention.

"Hey, do you think she has that kind of scene in this movie?" Another boy couldn't help but laugh.

As soon as these words came out, a few boys looked at each other and understood at the same time, because they had also watched "Titanic," and in "Titanic," the female lead Rose had a full-frontal nude scene!

"This, no way?"

"Why wouldn't it? 'Titanic' is also a romance film, and they were able to show it, so maybe our romance film can be shown too!"

"It's an American movie, it's different!"

"Are American movies superior? Didn't Wu Yuchen still run to America and conquer them?"

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, are we going to watch it together next week?"

One of the boys laughed: "I won't go with you guys, I'll take my girlfriend."

Another boy also echoed: "That's right, who watches romance movies with men!"

"Damn, if it weren't for the holiday and my girlfriend not being around, I wouldn't call you guys!" The boy who first proposed to watch together scolded, and then turned his head and asked:

"Li Qian, are you going?"

Li Qian looked at them. He was studying locally. If he went with them, wouldn't he admit that he couldn't find a girl to watch it with?

Li Qian pretended to be disdainful and waved his hand: "I won't go with you, I'll take a girl to watch it!"

"Qian'er, when did you get a girlfriend? I haven't heard you mention it?"

"Do I have to report to you when I get a girlfriend?" Li Qian retorted with his neck stuck.

"Damn, a few dogs who value sex over friends, whoever hasn't watched it is a dog!" The boy who first proposed to watch together scolded.

Li Qian's heart skipped a beat. In order not to be a dog, it seems that he has to go to the cinema alone this time.

"'Classic Again,' a journey of love through time!"

"Wu Yuchen's self-produced romance masterpiece, comparable to 'Titanic'!"

"'Classic Again': A lingering love spanning two generations, Wu Yuchen composes the most beautiful chapter of love."

Major newspapers such as "China Film News," "Film Weekly," "Yangcheng Evening News," "Xinmin Evening News," and "Huaxi City Daily" all began to report the news about the upcoming release of "Classic Again" at once.

This time, with the appeal of Zhongying, plus Wu Yuchen's own reputation, which is also very loud now, major newspapers naturally gave face and gave the headline of the entertainment section.

Of course, this continuous reporting this time naturally couldn't just rely on human feelings. Qiji Film and Television directly took out 5 million in promotion fees, and could add more if it wasn't enough.

In addition to newspapers, naturally, TV stations are indispensable.

On CCTV's movie channel, Wu Yuchen personally took Jiang Qinqin on the program for a special interview. Half of it was about discussing Wu Yuchen's past film career and the various films he had shot, and the other half of the program content naturally had to be focused on "Classic Again," just for promotion.

"The original intention of filming this movie was to hear some stories of my father's comrades-in-arms, and then it inspired some inspiration and created it."

"Another point is that I have always felt that there are too few romance films in our country. We in Huaxia have always been ashamed to talk about love and shy to talk about love, which has led to very few films of related subjects in the country. Love itself is pure and beautiful, and the attitude towards love in film and television is now a bit too conservative."

"Compared to 'Titanic'? It's different. 'Titanic' shows Western-style romantic love, while 'Classic Again' is our Eastern-style beautiful love. Of course, the love in my film is just as moving as the love in 'Titanic'."

The Sixth Princess is a channel popularized nationwide. This is a super big promotion. If it were in America, it would cost at least 7 or 8 million US dollars in promotion fees to get on this level of channel promotion, but Wu Yuchen's time this time was completely free. The Sixth Princess even had to thank Wu Yuchen for the high ratings brought by this special program!

After the sixth channel, there were other stations like Beijing TV, which had cooperated with Miracle Film and Television, that would mention reports on "Classic Again" in their entertainment news.

Therefore, for a time, news about "Classic Again" naturally came flooding in. Although there were no big stars like Wang Zuxian, with the blessing of Wu Yuchen's name, plus the full cooperation of Zhongying and the Beiying studio, this promotion was taken to a new level.

July 10th, Friday.

Li Lingling and several good sisters who had agreed to go together walked into the cinema.

"Fortunately, we bought tickets in advance this time. When we came in just now, the ticket window said that today's tickets were sold out!"

"Not just today, I just heard the ticket seller say that tomorrow afternoon's tickets were also sold out. If you want to watch tomorrow, you can only buy morning tickets. I didn't expect it to be so popular!"

"That's right, you don't look at who filmed this! By the way, this is the first time I saw Wu Dao in person on the show. He is really handsome! Good-looking and talented!" A little fan of Wu Yuchen exclaimed.

At the same time, Li Qian was also alone, holding the movie ticket and sitting in his seat. He looked around, and it was all couples in front, behind, left, and right. He couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, but in order not to be a dog, he endured it!

A moment later, the cinema lights went out, the dragon mark jumped out, and the movie started.

At the beginning of the movie, Jiang Qinqin, dressed in a fresh outfit, appeared, making Li Qian's eyes light up, and his bad mood was dispelled by more than half. He thought to himself that watching beautiful women really helps longevity!

"When the sun shines on the sea, I miss you;

When the hazy moonlight sprinkles on the spring, I miss you."

As Jiang Qinqin found her mother's diary and letters, uncovering a love story sealed for 20 years, time returned to 20 years ago.

The yellowed black-and-white photo in Jiang Qinqin's hand turned into a colorful reality: the breeze blew, Liu Ye in a white shirt leaned against the windowsill, looming behind the white curtains. The clean eyes of the handsome youth made Li Lingling's heart tremble.

In this movie, Wu Yuchen focused on one point: it must be romantic and beautiful enough. Combined with the prosperous beauty of the male and female leads, almost every frame can be used as wallpaper, leaving a deep enough impression on the audience, making them have endless aftertastes.

The silly boy Liu Ye met his goddess Jiang Qinqin in the countryside. Their first meeting, breaking into a haunted house, hiding from the rain, etc., were all so beautiful and touching in the beautiful scenery of the countryside and the fireflies flying all over the sky.

Even Li Qian was completely immersed in the movie plot, showing a motherly smile.

But as the movie plot unfolded, everyone found that there was a huge gap in family background between Liu Ye and Jiang Qinqin, and there was also a good friend of the male lead who had a baby engagement with the female lead. These heavy obstacles made the two have to carefully and bitterly maintain this beautiful first love in their hearts, which also made Li Qian worry for them, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

Sure enough, as Liu Ye's friend committed suicide and was saved, the pressure of family background, the condemnation of conscience, and the guilt towards his friend made Liu Ye leave the necklace Jiang Qinqin gave him and sign up for the army to leave the campus.

The movie uses flashback and double-line progress. In modern times, 20 years later, Jiang Qinqin and Wu Yanzu share a piece of clothing in a heavy rain, and the romantic bridge of harvesting love in the rain with music made the audience breathe a sigh of relief from the heavy and sad atmosphere before, feeling sweet for this pair of lovers who came together.

However, just after relaxing, the situation turned sharply 20 years ago. Not long after Liu Ye entered the army, he ushered in the counter-attack against Vietnam. At the train station about to go to the battlefield, Jiang Qinqin and Liu Ye looked at each other and shed tears across the glass.

Watching Jiang Qinqin chase the train that had already started, and hand the necklace in her hand to Liu Ye again, the heartbreaking parting made Li Qian unable to hold it anymore, and tears flowed down.

However, this is not the most abusive.

Liu Ye, who retreated from the battlefield, was dressed neatly, his hair combed into an adult look, and his bright smile and cheerful tone told that he was already married, making people unable to see the harm the war brought to him at all. Until the fact of blindness was poked by Jiang Qinqin, Liu Ye's calm disguise that could no longer be maintained, panicked, wanted to escape but was tripped to the ground like a dog, made all the audience's hearts break, and they burst into tears one after another.

When watching Liu Ye force a smile again and say "I thought everything was perfect, I practiced here for a long time last night...", Li Lingling could no longer control herself and cried loudly. But no one blamed her at this time, because the people in the cinema were staring at the big screen and wiping tears, and some even followed her and amplified the crying.

After the movie ended, Li Lingling didn't recover until the staff started urging them to leave the venue quickly.

After walking out of the cinema, Li Lingling rubbed her red and swollen eyes and said sadly: "Why is it like this? Wu Dao is too cruel!"

"Yes, they clearly loved each other so much..."

Another girl comforted her: "I think the ending is already better than 'Titanic.' At least their two children ended up together in the end, which really lived up to the film's name, 'Classic Again'!"

"It's so moving, it's not a bit worse than 'Titanic,' and the songs are also super good!"

After listening, Li Lingling immediately emphasized: "It's definitely better to watch than 'Titanic'!"

Although she hadn't watched "Titanic" yet, after watching "Classic Again," she firmly believed that this was the best film she had ever seen, absolutely better than some "Titanic"!

At this time, Wu Yuchen stood in the middle, Jiang Qinqin on the left, and Wu Yanzu on the right, waving goodbye to the audience together.

After stepping down, Wu Yanzu also breathed a sigh of relief and then said: "Wu Dao, I really didn't expect it to be so popular."

Wu Yanzu had traveled around China for half a year before, and then ran back to Hong Kong Island to see his sister. This time, he was called over to help with the promotion, and it was also his first time seeing the finished film of "Classic Again."

Wu Yuchen patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Azu, you have to be careful when you go to the street in the future, be careful of being surrounded by fans and unable to leave~"

Wu Yanzu smiled: "It shouldn't be, Liu Ye and Sister Qinqin are the protagonists, I feel I am at most a big supporting role."

"Absolutely, just because I filmed you so handsome, you will definitely become famous!" Wu Yuchen laughed.

In major newspapers, reviews about "Classic Again" also began to come out:

"'Classic Again' ignites the summer, cinemas are packed!"

"'Classic Again' receives rave reviews, Wu Yuchen creates another romance tear-jerker masterpiece!"

"Destined, the cycle of love!

If love is still there, the love will not be extinguished."

"'Classic Again': All the beauty and sadness of love you can think of are in this film!"

"Chinese-style love, 'Classic Again' is shaking 'Titanic'!"

If the media and public opinion promotion before the release still needed Qiji Film and Television to pay for public relations, then there is no need now, because once the word-of-mouth and box office of the movie explode, many media that want heat will spontaneously follow up with reports.

Now, the viewing craze triggered by "Classic Again" is like a snowball, making its momentum continue to grow.

And many viewers who had watched "My Brothers and Sisters" last year, seeing or hearing that Wu Yuchen had released another "Classic Again" that was better, more exciting, and more tear-jerking than last year's, all had the idea of going into the cinema to take a look. But these people had the experience from last year, and this time they had learned their lesson; they were all prepared with enough tissues when they went into the cinema, to avoid coming out and embarrassing themselves with a nose full of snot and tears.

The first stop of Wu Yuchen taking Jiang Qinqin and Wu Yanzu to run promotion was Jingcheng. In 3 days, they ran through major cinemas in the Jingcheng area, and also accepted interviews from many reporters who took the initiative to come up. During the promotion period, they basically didn't refuse anyone.

To be honest, even if the itinerary was not so rushed, it was quite tiring to run the promotion. When Wu Yuchen let the two rest for a day on Monday, he also received a call from Han Sanping.

As soon as it was connected, Han Sanping's excited voice came: "Brother Wu, the box office exploded!"

Without waiting for Wu Yuchen to ask, Han Sanping reported the number: "25 million! 25 million in 3 days!"

The new game regulations yesterday made me, Ma Huateng, Ding Sanshi, and others stunned. The stocks were green, and my head was dizzy until now... ===== CHAPTER 158 =====