Chapter 384: I Can Do It Too

Two days later, "Manchester by the Sea" held a grand wrap-up banquet.

A wrap-up banquet is a celebration held to celebrate the completion of a TV series or movie, usually inviting crew members, actors, producers, directors, photographers, etc., all relevant personnel to participate.

Many movies or TV series, in order to facilitate publicity, will specifically invite media reporters to participate, allowing them to report or film.

But in this way, if the media is present to film, the wrap-up banquet will lose its flavor, everyone will not be able to let go when eating and drinking, and it will also affect the crew staff's chatting and bragging to each other.

The wrap-up banquets Cao Yang held before didn't invite the media, just to let everyone eat and drink to their heart's content.

But this time the situation was a bit special.

After half a month of screening, the box office of "Pieta" just broke 20 million.

Although the word-of-mouth of this movie is good, if you bring it into the perspective of the male lead, this perverted man, it is different from traditional art films, the movie is actually not depressing.

However, Old Tian is not Cao Yang after all.

His box office appeal cannot be compared with Cao Yang, the movie has no big stars, and the version released in the country has deleted many "very gimmicky" shots.

Being able to achieve the current box office, many people saw the name Cao Yang written in the screenwriter column, so they walked into the theater.

As for the influence of the Golden Lion... there is still some, but when there is a choice in the market, many people don't like to watch art films now.

Look at Jia Jia Zhangke's "Still Life" and you will know.

When "Still Life" was released last year, it was probably a deviation in the understanding of the market, or maybe it was felt that Cao Yang's art films could sell well in the country, why couldn't his Golden Lion movie?

Thus, Jia Jia Zhangke was stubborn for a while, letting "Still Life" be released on the same day as Zhang Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower," both chosen on December 14th.

For this reason, Old Jia also took a different path. He felt that contemporary college students, especially students at key universities, must be "literary youth," and must look at Golden Lion movies with different eyes.

He chose to give speeches and create momentum in universities in nine major cities across the country.

At Jingcheng University, he played the misery card on one hand, saying that the market didn't leave space for "Good People," saying that he and Zhang Zhang Yimou's "Curse of the Golden Flower" were competing on the same stage, which was martyrdom for the box office.

On the other hand, he said that his "Good People" was to meet people with feelings, he just wanted to see, in such an era of worshiping "gold," what people were still caring about "good people."

Hmm, Zhang Zhang Yimou's movie is called "Curse of the Golden Flower," his movie is called "Still Life," the implication in his words is already very obvious.

Even if Old Jia had already personally entered the field and bound "Still Life" with "Curse of the Golden Flower," he still overestimated his influence and appeal.

Facing "Curse of the Golden Flower" released on the same day, "Still Life" wasn't that it had no power to fight back, but was completely ignored by the market, not even a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

"Still Life" until it was taken off the screen, the total box office was 300,000 RMB.

The first day box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" exceeded 15 million.

The two are not comparable.

Although Old Tian was still satisfied with the current box office of "Pieta," in order to steadily break through 30 million when the movie was taken off the screen, he discussed with Cao Yang and planned to use the wrap-up banquet of Cao Yang's new movie to promote "Pieta."

The method is to hold a larger wrap-up banquet, invite media reporters, let some reporters "see" Old Tian at the wrap-up banquet, and interview him.

Moreover, let more people know that "Pieta," this Golden Lion movie, is produced and written by Cao Yang, hoping to attract more people's attention.

Cao Yang had no objection.

The copyright of this movie is his, and his producer and script fees, etc., were converted into shares, accounting for 34% of the shares.

A higher box office is also good for him.

With Cao Yang's current status, even if media reporters are invited to the wrap-up banquet, they will likely not report randomly and grab some "things" that attract eyeballs. They will only film and "interview" within the permitted scope, and they will communicate with Cao Yang before reporting this information.

"Cao Dao, I toast you, thank you for giving me such a good opportunity, I am very sure that this will be the most important turning point in my acting career."

Cheng Long stood up, and when he said this, his face seemed to want to squeeze out a smile, but the smile came out, but it gave people a sense of "bitterness," a kind of melancholy hidden in the bones.

With his current state, with his attitude of not caring about anything, being able to remember to toast Cao Yang is already a remarkable thing.

This is actually because the movie is wrapped up, the influence of the role-entering experience is gradually decreasing, making him "better" a little bit.

However, under the influence of the double role-entering experience, it is estimated that it will take more than half a year for Cheng Long to completely recover to his previous state.

Cao Yang touched his wine glass with Cheng Long, wanting to say something, but looking at Cheng Long's current appearance, he still felt a little guilty for a moment.

"Since I chose you, it's because I think you are suitable... come, it's all in the wine."

Cheng Long started, and next, as long as they were qualified, such as the heads of various departments in the crew, and the main actors, they all came to toast Cao Yang.

"Cao Dao, should I also..."

Gu Gu Changwei held his wine glass and asked with a smile.

"Roll, roll, roll!"

Cao Yang was chewing food in his mouth and said to Old Gu: "What are you joining in the fun for."

Old Gu smiled, touched the wine glass Cao Yang put on the table with his wine glass, sipped it, and sighed: "Cao Yang, you know, the person I am most grateful for in my heart is you, it was you who... when I was in the most difficult time..."

"Hey, why say these, it's all in the wine."

Cao Yang picked up the wine glass and also sipped it.

As long as men drink some wine, they will become emotional, such as Old Gu, such as Old Tian.

Old Tian patted Old Gu on the shoulder and said: "Old Gu, saying these is being an outsider. Look, Cao Yang helped me get the Golden Lion, and I haven't been as mother-in-law as you."

Although he said so, Old Tian moved his chair and got closer to Cao Yang.

"Cao Yang, you kid have today's achievements, which is something neither I nor the teacher absolutely expected. Hey, don't look at Old Situ acting upright in front of you, I tell you..."

"Cough."

Cao Yang coughed and said hypocritically: "You are wrong to say this. In my heart, the teacher has always been a very upright and serious person, don't talk nonsense."

Old Gu next to him quietly moved his chair here. He felt that next time he could "inadvertently" pass Old Tian's next words to Teacher Situ.

"Forget it, do you know him or do I know him?"

Old Tian directly refuted: "He is stinky, often in front of a few old buddies, nothing to say that this life's teaching achievements are not good, the mantle of documentary has no one to inherit, the few rebellious disciples taught, actually none of them follow him.

Chen Chen Kaige doesn't do documentaries with him, but runs to film story movies, and even wins that Cannes Golden Palm, really annoying.

And in his later years, he wanted to teach a disciple who does documentaries well, but the Cao Yang kid he chose, doesn't learn the good, but learns Chen Chen Kaige, and also started story movies.

Also only takes some awards that are useless for documentaries, what Golden Lion, Golden Palm, Oscar Best Film and Best Director...

Take some broken awards, take them, actually also learned from commercial films, took nearly 2 billion US dollars in global box office, simply too annoying, what's the use of these box office..."

"Pfft..."

"Pfft..."

The first one to laugh out loud was Old Gu. He didn't expect Old Tian to arrange Old Situ like this, and also learned it vividly, really a big harvest. ===== CHAPTER 385 =====

The first one to laugh out loud was Old Gu; he hadn't expected Old Tian to make up such things about Old Situ, and to mimic him so vividly—it was truly a great harvest.