Facts proved that when Shao Yichen thought a film would lose money, it might not necessarily lose money;
But when Shao Yichen felt a film might be about to make money, it would definitely make money.
As soon as the second day's box office figures erged that evening, Shao Yichen personally experienced this truth.
Despite a slight decrease in screening ratio, "The Web's" second-day box office didn't decline but instead rose under Cat Mint and the magazine's one-two punch, charting a strong upward curve and successfully breaking the ten-million yuan threshold!
Moreover, the online rating that had been hovering around 7 points suddenly shot up after this wave, climbing to 7.8! And by all appearances, it continued to rise, showing every sign of not resting until it broke through 8 points.
"The Web" already had plenty of supporters, but previously, due to the lack of an authoritative interpretation of the film, they had been attacking each other internally, arguing and each believing their own view was correct. When Cat Mint's article erged, it instantly claid the intellectual high ground. Online viewers went back to the film searching for clues and truly found traces supporting this perspective. Although so viewers still insisted this was just Cat Mint's far-fetched attention-seeking, believers in the interpretation that "the film is actually from Yuan You's perspective" had beco the mainstream.
This undoubtedly raised the film's significance by another level.
You thought it was a simple detective film, but it actually concealed school violence;
You thought what you saw was the truth, but it might just be misunderstanding;
You thought this story was completely hopeless, but it actually still hid a glimr of light...
Regardless of whether the film actually had narrative flaws, once this interpretation erged, most viewers couldn't help but marvel that at least the film had made bold attempts in storytelling and content, and the significant reaction to the film's content was well-deserved.
For a ti, whether viewers were interested in mysteries or not, they could find content related to this film in their social dia feeds, friends' circles, and social accounts, making it a sumr blockbuster. The s born from this film also spread among young people as the film's popularity increased.
Particularly that shot from the confrontation scene between Li Xingyu and Fang Yuan, where Li Xingyu expressionlessly took out a recorder, which was captioned with "I've already recorded this" and frequently used as an emoji. In that late August, whether people had seen "The Web" or not, whenever friends wanted to playfully express a threatening aning, they would pull out this eerie recording emoji, which had extrely widespread uses.
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When "The Web" was enjoying such high popularity and success, there were so who weren't particularly happy about it.
Fu Lianghui and his agent walked out of the managent company and silently entered his private car, their expressions quite unpleasant. If they hadn't feared soone might take candid photos, they might have started cursing right on the street.
As expected, once inside the car, Fu Lianghui slamd the door shut and swore, "Damn it!"
His agent beside him was clearly in an equally awful mood but remained silent due to Fu Lianghui's temperant. After holding back for a while, he still felt he needed to vent and couldn't help saying to Fu Lianghui: "Just because I wasn't in the rest area watching you, how could you offend a director on the spot?!"
And after offending her, that director's film beca a hit!
It was truly bizarre!
Moreover, during the company eting just now, the agent had heard that his managent company was interested in signing this director for long-term cooperation!
He naturally didn't dare directly state that Fu Lianghui had already offended her, and signing her wouldn't end well. He could only put on an act of analyzing for the company, using reasons like "this director has previously made mystery, horror, and suspense films, which don't align with the company's film direction" to temporarily suppress the idea.
But he was still worried—what if the company ultimately decided to sign her? What if Shao Yichen agreed? Once the contract was signed, the lead in her next film would definitely be soone from the company, but not Fu Lianghui, which would leave only Lu Jueming, who had been gaining montum recently.
Both her films had made money without promotion, so for her next film, with the company's marketing, the possibility of it becoming successful was enormous! This way, male lead Lu Jueming would definitely overtake Fu Lianghui and beco the company's top male star!
If Lu Jueming rose to prominence, the company certainly wouldn't simultaneously support two male stars with similar styles, so both he and Fu Lianghui would be sidelined!
The more the agent thought about it, the heavier his mood beca, and he no longer looked favorably upon Fu Lianghui.
But Fu Lianghui showed no awareness of his own troublemaking, and even felt wronged.
This ti, his film "Warmth for You" hadn't flopped like "Seeking the Path to Immortality," but had achieved average results. Judging by the box office, it would definitely make money, which gave him a small recovery and provided his fans with a boost—See, my brother's film performance and acting skills are still presentable! The previous poor box office was purely an accident!
Only Fu Lianghui knew that if he hadn't taken leave to film "Seeking the Path to Immortality," his role in this film would have been much larger and the character image much better! But now his character had been reduced to an unremarkable second male lead, which was sowhat satisfying for fans to watch but insufficient for attracting new fans.
If not for the dark horse "The Web," "Warmth for You" would have been the highest-grossing film in its release period, which Fu Lianghui could have reluctantly accepted. But after "The Web" erged out of nowhere, stealing the spotlight for the entire sumr season and making "Warmth for You's" performance seem worthless by comparison, Fu Lianghui's ntal balance was destroyed.
Why? Why could a film with chaotic logic, disconnected clues, and unknown lead actors beco the dark horse of August?
Why did this Shao Yichen always choose to compete with him when his films were released?
Fu Lianghui's train of thought had even diverged to "Shao Yichen must be my anti-fan to do this," and after reviewing Shao Yichen's actions, he beca increasingly convinced, completely forgetting the fact that "Seeking the Path to Immortality" had been unanimously favored before its release, when no one was paying attention to "The Last Wish."
Just then, he recalled his conversation with Li Qiaoqiao after leaving the rest area that day.
"Director, how do you know that person?"
"She... she was my undergraduate classmate. Because she skipped grades, she was younger than the typical college student, and as her roommate, I once took care of her," Li Qiaoqiao's gaze was inexplicably evasive. "But during her senior year, sothing happened, and after I graduated, I never kept up with her news..."
Now recalling this conversation, Fu Lianghui felt sothing was off.
According to previous online information, wasn't Shao Yichen still a graduate student? A master's program lasts at most three years, yet she was Li Qiaoqiao's undergraduate classmate from four years ago. Did she work for a year in between? Or was there another reason?
Whatever the reason, Fu Lianghui felt Shao Yichen must be hiding sothing! Even if it was simply poor academic performance, this could beco a point of criticism!
Thinking of this, he suddenly turned to his agent: "Hasn't Shao Yichen still not been signed by any company?"
The agent didn't understand why he suddenly asked this, but still answered: "That's right."
"Then she definitely doesn't have a PR team!" Fu Lianghui seed to realize sothing. "Take advantage now to dig up dirt on her, we might find plenty of inside information!"
"Even if she doesn't have any major issues, hasn't she ever cursed at soone online? Package it up, set the trend, and her reputation can easily be ruined!"
The agent initially felt that Shao Yichen had no conflict of interest with them, so there was no need to sling mud, and if discovered, it might even backfire on their own team. But then he thought, if they didn't resolve the Shao Yichen problem, once she was signed, neither he nor Fu Lianghui would benefit.
Better to nip this unstable factor in the bud!
The agent finally nodded slowly: "All right, I'll have the marketing team investigate."
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Since "The Web" had already achieved such high popularity, it naturally couldn't be without corresponding box office results.
Starting from the second day, this film seed to copy "The Last Wish's" box office trajectory, with the box office curve rising continuously. Its highest screening ratio reached 25%, and the highest single-day box office reached fifty million yuan. Just this one day's box office directly shattered Shao Yichen's dream of losing money, turning her into profit.
After achieving the fifty-million-yuan box office, although the film's growth gradually slowed, revenue remained strong. By two weeks later, just before it left theaters, the cumulative box office had reached 290 million yuan. Adding the box office from the final day, breaking three hundred million yuan was absolutely certain!
Of course, this information didn't co from Shao Yichen's analysis—since the film had shown signs of profitability again, she wished she could be an ostrich, burying her head in the sand, hypnotizing herself with "if I don't see it, I'm not making money," and had no interest in checking the film's box office.
This information was told to her by Li Xingyu in a phone call before the film left theaters.
Li Xingyu sensed the emotional depression Shao Yichen felt after hearing this information. But after so thought, he naturally attributed her low mood to having excessively high standards for herself and not being satisfied with these results.
So he began comforting her: "Although this box office might seem disproportionate to its popularity, it's actually very high. The dostic audience for detective films is inherently limited, and among previous films of the sa genre, the highest box office was only four hundred million. Moreover, 'The Web's' investnt was far less than these similar films, with practically zero marketing costs..."
Shao Yichen: ...Please stop talking.
This is killing , absolutely killing !
Don't tell any more facts about making money!
Fortunately, although Li Xingyu didn't know what Shao Yichen was thinking, he sensed her lack of interest in this topic and tactfully changed the subject.
"Director Shao, I plan to temporarily suspend filming for a while and take a break," Li Xingyu suddenly said after a mont of silence.
Shao Yichen almost blurted out: That's great, I was just worried about how to kick you out of the crew without arousing your suspicion... but she managed to control herself in ti.
Pretending to be very regretful, she asked: "Why this sudden thought? Of course, I'll definitely support your decision."
"Previously, Teacher Fang Yuan pointed out to that my consecutive roles have had similarities in characterization, which might lead to my performances becoming typecast too early," Li Xingyu said calmly. "So I want to take a break to improve myself... and I also have so personal matters to handle during this ti."
"But it will be at most half a year before I return to the film industry," Li Xingyu smiled. "By then, I should be close to graduation and believe I can bring you even more surprising performances."
"I'm looking forward to it," Shao Yichen replied instinctively.
After saying this, she startled herself.
Looking forward? Looking forward to what? She was rely a director who only wanted to lose money, so why was she presumptuously telling a talented perforr, with a senior's attitude, that she was very much looking forward to his work?
She recalled the bouquet of roses from that day and felt she must have lost her mind.
Thankfully, the phone couldn't project her expression, so Li Xingyu hadn't yet noticed Shao Yichen's abnormality. But perhaps he also sensed the atmosphere had grown heavy, so he changed the subject again: "Speaking of which, have any entertainnt companies approached Director Shao about signing? I've received quite a few contacts on my end, almost using up my phone bill."
"Signing... I think there was sothing like that, but I have no such plans," Shao Yichen hit her forehead, recalling various companies that had indirectly contacted her through Zhao Kang. "It's quite nice being able to film whatever I want now."
"Indeed," Li Xingyu agreed on the other end of the line. "But I have been considering signing recently—I've been receiving more and more variety show invitations lately, and I'd like soone to help select them, as organizing them myself takes too much ti."
"Variety shows?" As Shao Yichen was processing the aning of Li Xingyu's words, a familiar ring suddenly sounded in her ear.
She instantly realized it was the system's notification sound.
—"The Web's" final screening had completed, and the system was automatically starting to settle accounts!
[.....Task completed, please check the specific data yourself.]
[Releasing new cycle task.]
[Host must film a cody within six months while owning her own dia and film production company and signing at least one actor.]
Cody? Production company? Signing?
As if possessed, Shao Yichen spoke into the phone.
"—Since you're considering signing, would you be interested in signing with my film production company?"
Author's Note: Shao Yichen: I must have had my brain clouded by sothing to make such a choice.
Li Xingyu: Like love?
The film production company is just preparation for distribution, not intending to write about business warfare. After all, following this film, Director Shao will basically say goodbye to the twins, so continuing to use their distribution company isn't very feasible~
The main content will still be filmmaking, making cody films.
Regarding the female lead's attitude, she ultimately needs to stay in this world, so her mindset naturally needs to change, but it requires a process and turning points. After the turning point is complete, it will basically be the end of this book, hahaha~ As for what the turning point is, I can only say that even the existence of antagonists has its reasons o(｀ω?*)o
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