Chapter 187: Savage Invasion

There is no wall that doesn't leak in the world. The news that Wu Yu's new film producer share ratio was raised to 40% soon spread in the circle.

Jiang Wen, who had just finished filming the *Devils on the Doorstep* crew, saw the producer Dong Ping's high-spirited appearance and couldn't help asking: "Old Dong, what's so happy?"

"Good thing! Wu Yu raised the sharing ratio by 3 points again!" Dong Ping laughed.

Don't blame him for being happy. Now it's three happy events. First, *Devils on the Doorstep* was finished; second, this time shooting *Devils on the Doorstep*, Jiang Wen only exceeded the budget by 6 million, which made the investors and Dong Ping breathe a sigh of relief, sighing that Jiang Wen was really mature!

This met Wu Yu raising the sharing ratio, so wouldn't it be reasonable for *Devils on the Doorstep* to not give 40% when it is released next year?

Jiang Wen was also happy when he heard it: "Tsk tsk, this international big director has style!"

Afterward, he said to Dong Ping: "Old Dong, you earn more, then the investment for the next movie must be raised again."

Dong Ping was stunned when he heard it, coughed: "Director Jiang, let's talk about the next investment when the time comes. We should focus on the present. You should cut *Devils on the Doorstep* first!"

*China Film News* also specifically reported on this matter. After all, it rose from 35% to 40% this year, which is a significant step for the ongoing Chinese film reform.

They also specifically interviewed many industry insiders about this, basically all of them were cheering, for example, Feng Xiaogang stood up to cheer for Wu Yu:

"If you ask me, Wu Dao's movie, let alone 40%, even 50% or 60% is not too much! Our filming risk is very high, and if we are not careful, we will lose miserably. And the cinema is lying down to make money. Now Wu Dao can raise the share by 5 points. This may be a small step for him personally, but it is a big step for Chinese film creators!"

Lao Mouzi also didn't spare praise: "Wu Yu has won benefits for all Chinese filmmakers."

Chen Kaizi? Kaizi is at home healing!

He walked onto the red carpet at Cannes in May, full of hope, with "The Emperor and the Assassin," but ended up bringing back only a technical award, which went to the art director Tu Juhua anyway. He, Director Chen, returned empty-handed, which was a huge disappointment to everyone. Especially when compared to Wu Yuchen, who had brought home the Golden Bear and the Best Actress award from Berlin back in February—there was simply no comparison!

In this case, Kaizi naturally closed the door to thank guests, silently licking his wounds...

However, although this matter had a great influence in the circle, it was just incidentally paid attention to by some readers. After all, most people outside the circle didn't care how you producers and theater chains share the money. In contrast, most of their attention was placed on Wu Yu's upcoming new film *My Sassy Girl*.

*My Sassy Girl* not only had Wu Yu, a director with a rising reputation, but also big star Wang Zuxian, plus the joint promotion of China Film and Shanghai Film. This time it was much easier to push than previous movies. Some newspapers didn't even need public relations, and had spontaneously started mentioning *My Sassy Girl*. No way, who let this be the biggest hot spot in the film circle next?

However, Wu Yu wouldn't be stupid enough to do nothing. He gave enough promotion fees, newspapers, TV, and cinemas all-round momentum. And this time the producer also put out a promotional slogan:

"Watch *My Sassy Girl*, heal the regrets of *Christmas Rose*!"

Last year, Wu Yu's *Christmas Rose* made movie fans cry, and everyone was abused. Movie fans remembered it and definitely had a deep impression, and they were unwilling in their hearts.

You have to know that in China, those who go to the cinema to buy tickets are still a minority, and those who watch pirated versions account for the vast majority. They are potential excavation objects. And this time, it was to hook as many people who had watched *Christmas Rose* as possible.

June 25, Friday, Magic City.

When Wu Yu and Wang Zuxian appeared in the cinema, they attracted many movie fans to cheer. This time the premiere of *My Sassy Girl* was chosen in Magic City. After all, the whole movie was shot in the Magic City. This time the citizens of Magic City were very enthusiastic about *My Sassy Girl*!

Today, the cinemas in Magic City were basically full of *My Sassy Girl*. Other movies all gave way to it, and even the movie tickets were sold out. Therefore, scalpers were born, and a ticket dared to sell for 100 yuan!

The two dealt with the media and movie fans, and then sat in the front row chatting:

"Sister Xiaoxian, I thought you were going to sit in Taiwan~"

Wang Zuxian waved her hand and said confidently: "Taiwan is fine, I have already run variety shows, and they will definitely enter the cinema, and there is President Cai sitting in town~"

The President Cai that Wang Zuxian said was Taiwan's big film merchant Cai Songlin, who founded Scholar Film, held two major theater chains in Taiwan, and was a person who was black and white. This time the Taiwan copyright of *My Sassy Girl* was sold to him, 20 million Hong Kong dollars for the full copyright of Taiwan.

In fact, the film market in Taiwan had almost been occupied by Hollywood blockbusters, and that group of people in Hong Kong couldn't fight anymore. But last year, *Christmas Rose* achieved very good results in Taiwan, resisting Western films without falling behind, which made Cai Songlin moved.

Therefore, this time he was also extra attentive to *My Sassy Girl* joined by Wu Yu and Wang Zuxian. After watching the finished film, he decisively bought it. With Wang Zuxian's appeal in Taiwan and the film quality placed here, the box office alone could earn it back, and the disc was pure profit.

Thanks to Wu Yu's reputation and the good results achieved by *Christmas Rose* last year, many Asian film merchants came to buy *My Sassy Girl* after it came out. Therefore, Wu Yu saw that the price was reasonable, so he sold the copyright of various places in advance. Among them, Neon 6 million US dollars, Korea 3 million US dollars, Singapore 1.5 million, Hong Kong had its own company, simply released directly to walk the box office share.

Just this overseas Asian copyright had already earned more than 10 million US dollars, which made the participating Beijing Film Studio and Shanghai Film laugh happily. Therefore, now no matter what they did, they supported Wu Yu.

The reason why Wu Yu did this was to play a full Asian simultaneous release. He and Wang Xianxian joined forces, and in Asia, they could fully support simultaneous release.

"Sister Xiaoxian, then the subsequent Korea and Taiwan, I have to trouble you to run a trip~" Wu Yu arched his hands and smiled.

Wang Zuxian rolled her beautiful eyes: "Can't compare to you, a big busy man, a Hollywood big director!"

"I don't want to either, but Hollywood is urging me, I'm going to fly to America tomorrow."

America is also urging Wu Yu to go over, because *The Sixth Sense* is also set for the summer vacation file, released in July. Disney has already started the promotion of the film, but calling Wu Yu, a newly promoted first-line director, to go on shows and so on.

Therefore, this time Korea and Neon have to rely on Wang Zuxian to carry the banner of publicity. She was not low in popularity in both places, and in Korea, she was even more popular than the local ones and was regarded as the most popular female star. However, Wang Zuxian didn't want to run the publicity in Hong Kong, obviously still holding a grudge against the Hong Kong media and paparazzi in the past.

Wu Yu wasn't worried about this. Wang Zuxian didn't want to go to Hong Kong, but didn't F4 have it? Let F4 mobilize the fans to enter the cinema, and by the way, let Cai Yinong get some water army to bring rhythm to the Internet. The young people who can go online now are all the main potential audience groups for *My Sassy Girl*. The netizens now are still very pure, and they can't see or even think that there is a water army group. A little agitation can enter the cinema.

Xu Zheng, who was also sitting in the first row, was both excited and nervous at this time. After all, this was his first commercial big movie and his first time attending a film premiere. Don't look at the fact that he had won awards like the White Magnolia of Drama before, but now he has really entered the film circle. Of course, he understands how important this movie is to him, and he is inevitably nervous when things come to his head.

Although this movie is unlikely to lose money, he is afraid of any accident. Wu Yu and Wang Zuxian both have deep foundations. It doesn't matter if they fail once, but he, a newcomer, is hard to turn over!

Shen Peng is a sophomore student at Magic City University. In fact, his final exam is over, but he hasn't left, just to watch *My Sassy Girl* with the girl he loves, Lin Hui. Thanks to Wu Yu, this time wasn't set for July, otherwise how could they watch it together after both returned to their hometowns?

His relationship with the other party was almost in place, just short of a confession. Therefore, he planned to take the opportunity of watching this love movie to let the relationship between each other warm up and advance to a new stage. In this day and age, men and women are still relatively pure. A girl is willing to come out to watch a movie with you, then basically she is interested in you.

Wearing handsome clothes, combed into the most popular Guo Fucheng style middle-part hair, Shen Peng held his head high and brought Lin Hui into the cinema. Looking at those queuing up to buy popcorn at the counter, Shen Peng resolutely pulled Lin Hui over to show himself.

Lin Hui looked at the pit-father price of 15 yuan, pulled Shen Peng's clothes and persuaded: "Why don't you buy it? Last year I watched Wu Yu's *Christmas Rose* and cried, no mood to eat."

Shen Peng waved his hand and said heroically: "It doesn't matter, I heard the promotion say this is a comedy movie, it doesn't affect it!"

After walking into the cinema, it was almost full. Everyone was chatting:

"I've been looking forward to this movie for a long time last year, and I finally waited for it!"

"To say that now only Wu Yu's movies can be watched in China, what are other movies, not interesting at all!"

"That's not it, Wu Yu is a big director famous in Europe and America, the grade is different!"

"I don't know how this *My Sassy Girl* compares to last year's *Christmas Rose*?"

"There is Wang Zuxian joining, definitely no need to say!"

After sitting down, Shen Peng looked at the circle around him holding a bucket of popcorn, only feeling a faint sense of superiority in his heart. And he had heard from his roommate that bringing a girl to watch a movie and eat popcorn, the hands touched together while eating, and then they could hold on and not let go. Thinking of this, Shen Peng was full of anticipation.

A moment later, the lights in the cinema went out.

Shen Peng looked at Xu Zheng on the screen while grabbing popcorn and stuffing it into his mouth from time to time, expecting to grab Lin Hui's little hand.

However, soon, he couldn't eat it anymore...

Because the plot came up as the male and female leads met, that classic vomiting plot.

The drunk Wang Zuxian physically persuaded the young man to give up his seat, the old man who was vomited on and angry, the male lead who was mistaken for a boyfriend, this classic misunderstanding setting made the scene laugh out loud.

At the same time, everyone instantly understood the meaning of the film title *My Sassy Girl*, which was simple and straightforward!

It was funny, but Shen Peng looked at Guo Da who was vomited on, and then looked at the popcorn in his hand, and couldn't swallow it anymore.

The male lead Qian Niu played by Xu Zheng was undoubtedly a bit stuffy but actually honest and honest. After meeting Wang Zuxian, who was strong to the point of being domineering, he encountered a series of unlucky and funny things.

Although it wasn't that he hadn't seen domineering women in film and television before, unlike that kind of shrew-like or little sister-like unreasonable, annoying, and spicy, Wang Zuxian's "savage" didn't cause the audience's disgust, and made people feel quite cute. This cute feeling was naturally inseparable from the support of appearance, gathering elegance, knowledge, playfulness, cuteness, and domineering queen in one.

And Wang Zuxian's tall stature from a basketball family also directly supported this impression of strong woman and weak man.

Next, the male lead carried the drunk female lead to the small hotel twice, the female lead pretended to be pregnant to help the male lead skip class, birthday encounter with fugitives, subway bet to flick the brain, male and female leads exchanged shoes and a series of events followed one after another.

The rhythm of the movie was light and fast. While the audience laughed, they felt interesting. This kind of very life-like laughter in love didn't make people feel embarrassed at all, which could be called no urine point throughout the process.

And the images of the male and female leads were becoming more and more full. The female lead was smart, pure, and beautiful, but had a "savage" side different from her appearance, completely different from the traditional women in Asia, which was refreshing.

The male lead was a silly ordinary boy, but his heart was very soft and kind, willing to tolerate everything about the female lead.

At this time, Shen Peng's attention had been completely attracted by the movie. It was really interesting, and this funny, warm, and sweet love segment was indeed worthy of the healing slogan said in the promotion!

Of course, the female lead wouldn't be so "savage" all the time, and the plot wouldn't be so purely funny all the time.

With the development of the male and female leads' feelings, unconsciously, the film began to turn from the funny first half to moving and tragic.

In the classic piano Canon sound, the male lead walked down the steps slowly, hat and mask were removed one by one. In front of all the teachers and students in the school, he presented roses in public. The cheers below the stage, and they only had each other in their eyes on the stage.

This scene of romantic atmosphere was simply pulled to the extreme. Many girls in the cinema were "wow" screaming and making aunt smiles, even Shen Peng, a big man, had his mouth crooked.

And just at this time, he suddenly felt his arm being hugged. Seeing Lin Hui leaning on his shoulder with her head tilted, she said movedly: "So romantic!"

Shen Peng turned his head, looking at Lin Hui's big eyes at this moment, looking at her beautiful face close at hand. Under the influence of this atmosphere, an impulse came to his mind, lowered his head and kissed her.

Lin Hui didn't struggle either, and the lips of the two were printed together. Afterward, the two learned the appearance of the usual film and television dramas, opened their lips, and wanted to contact further. However, the next moment, Lin Hui only felt that the tongue extended by the other party was full of popcorn dregs, and the affection was gone in an instant. She pushed Shen Peng away, took out a tissue and hurriedly wiped her mouth.

Shen Peng also knew what was going on at this time, wishing he could slap himself twice. I am really a fool, why did I bring a girl to watch a movie and eat popcorn? Which animal gave him this suggestion? He must break up when he goes back!

Lin Hui didn't pay attention to Shen Peng, who was crying without tears, but watched the movie with heart. She was a loyal movie fan of Wu Yu, and this movie was really to her taste.

Then when the female lead went on a blind date, the "10 rules of love" of the male lead were even more touching. With the background music *I Believe* sung by Li Jian, many of the audience who were laughing out loud were silent, and many girls were already crying. Just like Lin Hui, her nose was sour at this time, and her eyes were misty.

Next was the two burying the breakup letter under the tree, promising and blessing each other. And in this process, the female lead's monologue also made the audience feel the injured and fragile heart hidden under her savage appearance.

Seeing the moment the female lead ran into the train after hesitation, the male lead jumped off the train and could only lie on the ground watching the female lead move away with the train. This scene of missing each other made Lin Hui feel uneasy.

This won't indicate the ending of the two, right?!

No way? Could it be that Wu Yu is going to arrange a tragic ending again? Is it not healing but depressing?!

At this time, the audience's hearts were tightly pulled. Sure enough, on the day of the appointment two years later, only the male lead Qian Niu came under the tree. Especially when seeing the person sitting under the tree become an old man wearing the same clothes as Qian Niu and carrying the same bag, Lin Hui felt cold in her heart, fearing that the words "50 years later" would jump out on the screen at this time. After seeing the young Wang Zuxian walk under the tree again, she was greatly relieved.

When she saw Qian Niu appear in the end, held by the aunt played by Zhao Yazhi, the memory of the male lead receiving his mother's call at the very beginning and not going to the blind date arranged by the aunt flashed in her mind. This echo, the foreshadowing is simply amazing!

In the piano sound of Canon, seeing the unexpected reunion of the male and female leads, the look at each other with only you and me, the hands that had been tightly held together under the table and would never be separated, Lin Hui covered her mouth and shed moving tears, her heart was almost overflowing with honey, revealing a big aunt smile!

At this time, at least half of the audience like her were crying and laughing. Until the movie ended and the theme song fell, Lin Hui turned her head to look at her side, only to see Shen Peng crying more fiercely than her, both big eye circles were red, and she couldn't help but be shocked, asking cautiously: "You, are you okay?"

Shen Peng shook his head sadly: "Too moving! Woo woo woo..." ===== CHAPTER 188 =====