Chapter 161 He had a disaster in the south

"Where have you been? The movie started a while ago."

After Bai Youlou returned to his seat in the first row, An Luning couldn't help but asked in a low voice.

"I have something to do. I have watched the movie many times, so I'm not afraid of missing anything." Bai Youlou explained briefly.

An Lu would rather disagree with this, as this movie means a lot to her.

Not only because it brought her to the Berlin Film Festival, but also because of the lines in the movie:
It was as if the time we spent together was ours alone, our own creation, like we were in each other's dreams.
So, no matter how many times she watches it, she never feels it is too much and is always full of anticipation.

But now, An Lu Ning suddenly moved closer, his little nose moving as if he smelled something.

this.
He was not flustered by her action, mainly because Bai Youlou felt that An Luning looked too much like a little Baka.

The dog also likes to smell him like this~
A few days ago, when Bai You was strolling downstairs, he touched a Samoyed that someone else had brought out. When he returned home, the little Baka smelled it and was actually angry with him.

A dog is jealous of him.
The look in his eyes at that time: You actually have another dog outside?!
Looks very much like An Luning.

It seems that pets really depend on their owners.

The one who follows here in Baiyoulou is the original owner.

The same goes for the kitten Wangcai that Jiang Yuanchu gave as a gift. When there are people around, it is always very aloof and doesn't want to be touched.

But if Bai Youlou is alone, this little cat will be very proactive, flirting in front of him and showing him her belly for him to touch.

I can't help but touch it, it keeps meowing.

Fortunately, An Luning didn’t have as sensitive a sense of smell as Xiao Baga, and he couldn’t smell anything after sniffing for a long time.

Bai Youlou pressed his head and pushed him back.

The main thing is that her movements are a bit indecent, what a shame.

At the same time, Liu Manli next to him also cast a glance over.

But the lights were turned off now, and in the darkness, Bai Youlou could not see her slightly scrutinizing and suspicious look.

Fortunately, Liu Manli's attention was still on the movie at this time. It was also her first time watching it.

Similarly, most people at the scene were watching "Before Sunrise" for the first time, after all, it was the premiere in China.

How to say~
It's easy to smile like an auntie while watching it.

Looking at Bai Youlou and An Luning in the record store, they carefully looked at each other's eyes but shyly avoided each other. This is the most beautiful form of love.

An unexpected encounter, accompanied by just the right music, fills the screen with a sweet feeling.

No drama, no quarrels, abortions, fighting, skipping classes
In fact, Bai Youlou had considered whether to shoot a sex scene.

It’s not to take advantage of An Lu Ning.

Most of the sex scenes don't really have any substantive content. Sometimes it's just the audience who thinks it's exciting, but in reality the male lead is probably suppressing the fucking photographer.
But later on I thought about it and felt it was unnecessary.

The hero and heroine of the story are not very old, almost the same age. At this age, holding hands and kissing are more exciting than going to bed.

It’s easy for people to think: In a movie like this, can the male and female protagonists really control themselves and not fall in love with each other?
In fact, someone asked me this question when I was in Berlin.

Today, I asked again.

Bai Youlou’s answer at that time was: I can’t control it.

Bai Youlou’s answer remains unchanged today.

If you are like a rainbow, you will know it when you encounter it.

But love makes girls brave and boys timid.

This is especially true for scumbag men.

So~
"But movies are movies after all. Just when I was ready to get lost, my assistant director, Gun Takeki, would always yell 'Cut'."

Wu Mu Group: 6
Can you pass the blame on to me?

However, he said that he had to take the blame, especially when he noticed several eyes cast at him, who knows, one of them might become his "housewife" in the future.

It’s my duty, Brother Lou!
Of course, if he takes this blame, he will eventually "offend" someone.

An Luning's little expression was very interesting. She pouted and glared at Wu Muqun.

At this time, everyone's attention was diverted, so no one noticed her appearance.

Bai Youlou: I saw it~
When An Luning withdrew his gaze from Xiao Wu, he bumped into him.

She quickly moved away subconsciously, but a silly smile appeared on her face, which was extremely cute.

It seems to be in line with the line in the movie: I like the way you look at me when I look away.

"It's just like the movie itself. I'm so reluctant to let go, and my hormones are out of control, but I still have to control it because I have to say goodbye."

Bai Youlou said this with extreme seriousness, but, he was not just speaking to An Luning alone.

The time you spend on your rose is what makes your rose so important.

But if you only grow one flower, you will of course be sad if it dies. But when you grow a pot of flowers, you don’t even know which one has died.

Before, Bai Youlou was only honest with straight-shooters like An Luning, exposing his scumbag and playboy nature in various ways, hoping that she would not take it too seriously.
Now, this is a rare opportunity.

Basically all the girls I know and am familiar with are present.

Show your attitude strongly!
The feelings are real, the affections are real, but he will never indulge in them.
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Valentine's Day officially begins at twelve o'clock that night after the premiere.

It also represents the official release of "Before Sunrise".

Most of the time, there is no point in watching the midnight show. After all, if you go to the movies at midnight, it will be almost two o'clock, and most people's biological clocks do not support this.

But~
Valentine's Day is a special day, a bit like New Year's Eve.

Many people like to celebrate New Year’s Eve by playing until after midnight, from this year to next year, as if it has some special meaning.

Or, how many people like to send birthday wishes at the exact time.

They mean the same thing.

"Before Sunrise" focuses on the full twenty-four hours of Valentine's Day.

The golden period for other movies to be released is the first week or the first ten days. "Before Sunrise" is more special. It is not a traditional commercial film, so we only bet on the first two days.

Most of the box office revenue must be collected in two days, and the rest will be left to fate.

The promotional slogan of Huaxing is "Take your beloved to see the most romantic movie on Valentine's Day."

In layman's terms, it's "her economy."

How many guys go to the movies with girls on Valentine's Day really for the sake of the movie?

The coaches actually don’t care what they see.

If given a choice, these guys might prefer to watch giant robots or giant monsters fighting each other.

fighting! Cool!

But on a day like Valentine's Day, it's another kind of "Fight! Cool!"

Although there are actually several love movies targeting the Valentine's Day period, there is no doubt that this one, with the power of the Berlin Film Festival and the two top-tier movies by Bai Youlou and An Luning, is the most competitive, without a doubt.

How can you celebrate Valentine's Day without choosing a romantic movie with a stylish and artistic atmosphere and actors with good looks to liven up the mood~
The theater chains are also very knowledgeable and have scheduled enough screenings!
After the statistics came out, many media were surprised to find that the average attendance rate of "Before Sunrise" had reached an outrageous over 60 percent.

This is a late night show!
"Hopeless romantic!"

"Before watching this movie, I thought Bai Youlou was a director who loved satire. Just like his last movie, it seemed full of blood and passion! But in fact, it was not an inspirational movie at all. This time I thought he would do the same thing, but in the end, he didn't seem to want to satirize love."

"The 100 minutes of dialogues will not make you feel bored at all, but will also make you think a lot."

"The one-day time limit and the long-distance relationship allowed the two to fully appreciate each other's strengths and ignore each other's weaknesses. This is how a fresh, fully committed romantic story came about."

"In a sense, all their romance was consumed overnight, and they will never be able to feel that way again."

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Bai Youlou said that he only reads positive reviews, but there are actually quite a few negative reviews.

It's nothing more than "It's so boring to talk all the time", "You have to be good-looking to have this kind of 'one-night stand'", "The story is too simple and not expanded", etc.

However, after taking a look at the ratings and finding that the film had remained above nine points after one day of release, Bai Youlou was basically relieved.

Although Huaxing has strong public relations and review control, the fact that it has been able to maintain such a high score shows that this movie really hits the chords of those literary and artistic young people, who are the main force in giving ratings and writing reviews.

Who of the audiences who are just looking for fun to relieve boredom would bother to write a film review?

If you watch a movie and find it bad, you are considered an extrovert if you post a comment on your Moments to complain about it.

Most people are at best a bit bored, and it's a bit of a loss to buy this ticket.

But it's okay, the kiss feels good.

It was released on Valentine's Day, and a considerable number of the audience were couples, which was really the best release date for "Before Sunrise".

Anyway, when Bai Youlou saw a lot of people coming to "fulfill their vows" under his Weibo, he felt that the composition of his fans was becoming more and more complicated.

"Brother Lou is awesome. I took my girl to see this movie. She was hooked after we left the theater. Remember to make more movies like this!"

"I've fulfilled my wish~ I got it! I have to eat it~ hehehe!"

"You and Whiplash are two completely different extremes. One is so irritable, the other is so calm. You are really something, Brother Lou. It's ok to write kaleidoscope songs, but you also do this when making movies?"

"It's definitely not a commercial film that will go for the box office. I was wondering why there didn't seem to be much publicity for it. I personally quite enjoyed watching it."

"The only correct way to watch this movie is to go with a man and a woman, preferably in the evening. You don't have to go home after watching it."

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Damn it, Bai Youlou thought to himself, he was just making a love movie, but how come this bunch of hooligans made it feel like a "funny movie"?

However, those viewers who decided not to go home at night after watching his movies and wanted to imitate the male and female protagonists in the movies and wander around the city, are they really imitating the movies to be artistic, or are they just taking out their ID cards while wandering around and turning into a hotel to have sex?
Damn, what a pity. I should have asked Dudu or Gang Gang to do some product placement and ask these rubber product companies for a big sponsorship.

In short, the composition of his fans is becoming more and more weird. Never mind, the biggest advantage of this group of people is that they don't cause much trouble.

Fans like this are actually quite good. They just want to have some fun and don't want to cause any big trouble for the main character.

Although Bai Youlou’s main identity now is a director, he can’t escape the attribute of being a fan.

After all, it's impossible for him to disfigure himself just to be a good director.

Moreover, in the new era, everything can be fan-circled. Those who write novels do this. Some ACG people can even create fan circles, attacking each other online for paper figures.
In this situation, it is impossible for Bai Youlou to make himself special.

Therefore, it is better to let the voices of Leziren fans suppress the voices of those extreme fans.

It looks like his fans are having a lot of fun.

Otherwise, his fans would probably be fighting with An Luning’s fans right now.

#The nation’s first love’s first screen kiss#
#Eighteen Years of Movie Appointment#
There is no doubt that these two keywords became hot searches on the first day of the movie’s release.

Although there was news in Berlin before, there is a saying that goes "No picture, no truth".

Just like some Feiyangyang will not give up until they see Meiyangyang foaming at the mouth.

Before actually seeing Bai Youlou and An Luning kissing, fans would try to cover up the truth by pretending it was hype or using a stand-in.

Then when the high-definition, uncensored picture was shown to her face, there was no way she could deceive anyone. A small number of her fans broke down immediately and became extremely crazy.

This picture was not posted by someone else, but by the official account of the movie. An Luning even liked it.

This type of people mainly blame An Lu Ning, thinking that she should use a substitute like before.

At the same time, he had to rush towards Bai Youlou, as if he had become Yin Zhiping who had defiled Xiao Longnu.

Then, he was once again broken down by a comment from a person who has been involved in team building in the comment section: "They are a perfect match made in heaven, why do you monsters have the right to oppose them?"

In fact, such extreme fans exist in every company, and they may be everywhere.

Summary: Just watch it for fun, don't pay any attention.

What’s interesting is that the fans who actually spent money to watch the movie didn’t react too strongly to this.

Instead, they were all quite moved, saying things like "Lu Bao is at his best age, he should really leave behind this beautiful moment of love" and so on.

After all, it's just a movie, not something that the paparazzi could capture these two people hugging and kissing.

It's better to feel the sweet love in the movie than to be pushed by a big pig's hoof in real life.
However, Bai Youlou doubted whether this argument, which was very popular among An Luning's fans, was directed by Sister Hong.

This usually low-key gold medal agent always acts like an old nanny taking care of a child, making fun and coaxing An Luning every day.

But to have achieved such a high status in society, he must have more than just the ability to coax children.

"Rumor has it that the strongest point of gold medal agent Sister Hong is not her connections or ability to attract resources." Old Zhou said mysteriously.

"what is that?"

“PR and marketing!”

“I didn’t feel it.”

“The best crisis PR is when you don’t even feel like something has happened.”

Old Zhou swore with great confidence, as if if the matter with Bai Youlou had been handed over to Sister Hong to handle the public relations, it could have been covered up for him.

It sounded very mysterious, but Bai Youlou was only half-believing and half-doubting. Could Sister Hong be so amazing?

However, considering An Luning's status as a beautiful and wealthy woman, her need for Sister Hong's connections and resources is not that great.

Bai Youlou soon saw it.

Roadshow.

Although I'm not planning to invest too much energy in promoting "Before Sunrise", I still have to do a roadshow in the first two days to show my appreciation.

I didn't go to many places, just Yanjing and Shanghai.

Originally these two locations were chosen, and later one more was added.

Guangdong Province.

Bai Youlou wanted to refuse at first because he had other things to do later, but Lin Juntao actually called to lobby him personally.

It means that that is An Luning's fan base, and that Huaxing has the most resources there.

It was a strange reason, but Bai Youlou didn’t think too much about it. He just went for it. It would only cost him one more day.

At the same time, after the roadshow began, An Luning got the chance. She used the excuse of promoting the movie and held Bai Youlou's hand tightly and refused to let go.

In fact, no one was planning to hype up any scandal between the two of them.

On the one hand, it is easy to cause bad consequences and affect passers-by's popularity.

Not only An Luning, Bai Youlou will also be affected.

Originally everyone thought that this guy was arrogant and dissolute. Such a good personality label cannot be ruined just because of his relationship with An Luning, the nation's first love.

A good ruin cannot be rebuilt.

Of course, An Luning was in that state. She herself didn't think this was hype, she was serious about it.

How serious are you?

A reporter interviewed her and asked her a question that was similar to the one she asked Bai Youlou before.

“When you’re filming a movie, do you have feelings for the leading actor?”

In fact, Bai Youlou had already given her the standard answer, which was how she should answer so that it could both promote the movie plot and avoid sticking to the pan.

He believed that Sister Hong and others in her team must have also explained how to answer similar questions.

As a result, An Luning blushed and said very sincerely: "I don't know, my mind is very confused, I just feel..."

After saying this, she glanced at Bai Youlou shyly.

Bai Youlou: ???

To be honest, with just this one answer, he is likely to be "hunted down and attacked" by An Luning's fans!
If nothing unexpected happens, the national white moonlight will probably be him, Bai.
Those reporters simply "exploded" on the spot, with excitement on their faces, as if they had seen a stunning beauty taking off all her clothes, they were so excited.

"Can you explain it in more detail?"

Bai Youlou: Why don’t you ask her if she stuck out her tongue when she kissed her?
Just when he was about to step forward and interrupt An Luning's "continuous madness", Sister Hong appeared in front of the two of them at some point.

With a smile on his face, he greeted the media at the scene
Bai Youlou wasn't too clear about what happened afterwards, because someone came and "forced" them to have sex.

The strange thing is that An Lu Ning's unclear and extremely ambiguous answer did not cause any waves on the Internet.

Even if some of the live audience were exposed, without the media's promotion and high-definition, uncensored live video, there would naturally not be much follow-up.

Bai Youlou also got a glimpse of Sister Hong's abilities.

Similarly, he is really the master in hype.

An Luning was so openly and stubbornly trying to hold Bai Youlou's hand, but the public opinion on the internet turned into: Such intimacy in public must be fake!

Wow~ So many “smart people”!

Cow breaking!

What else can Bai Youlou say? In addition to being good at "coaxing children", Sister Hong's ability to "wipe butts" is her real special skill!
The key point is that this little fool An Luning doesn’t feel anything.

After being "forced" to leave the "crime scene", she was still able to smile at Bai Youlou with a silly look on her face.

Seeing his "helpless" expression, the girl's first reaction was to touch her newly cut hair and said carefully: "Do you like girls with long hair? My hair grows very quickly."

Honestly, it's hard to blame her.

Those big watery eyes make everyone confused.

I could only reach out and touch the girl's head, and casually made up an excuse, "I was just wondering, didn't you say you stole your father's cigarettes for me?"

"I left it at my home in Yanjing! I'll give it to you later!" An Luning said excitedly.

".Why not give it back to your father?"

"He won't find out! He has so many!" An Lu Ning quickly expressed his opinion.

You really won’t notice?
At this moment, in a big villa far away in Chaoshan, An Luning's father looked at his small warehouse that was turned into a mess, and could only sigh that his little darling was really straightforward.

Just take it. Why are you being so picky? Is that brat so picky?

"Honey, what are you doing?" A beautiful middle-aged woman who looked 50% similar to An Luning seemed to have just returned from outside and saw her husband sighing here, so she asked curiously.

"It's hard to guard against thieves in your own home. Honey, didn't you go to the movies? Was it good?"

"Not bad, the girl performed very well. Why didn't you go with me? We have reserved the theater to support her anyway."

Father An waved his hand and said, "No, no, I don't want to see my daughter being intimate with that brat outside. I will definitely be angry if I see that."

"You are so stingy. I asked someone to check and found that the boy is indeed an orphan."

"An orphan is studying art?" Father An questioned subconsciously.

This sounds unreasonable, studying art is very expensive.

"He is just an orphan, not a poor orphan."

"Oh, he has an inheritance, right? That's not bad. He can study whatever he wants without his parents to supervise him. But I think this guy is a bit of a playboy. I checked online before and found that there is a beautiful girl next to him."

Mother An didn't seem to care much about this. "He hasn't said he likes your daughter yet. I asked him, but he rejected our daughter. You think too much."

Refused?
Father An's expression suddenly brightened. After thinking for a long time, he finally said, "Wife, that boy might be a gay! You've been thinking about marrying a man into your family every day. Don't hurt your precious girl."

"what?!"

As expected of a father, he said Bai Youlou was a playboy one second and said he was gay the next.

Oh yes, when I saw the news about Bai Youlou riding a motorcycle before, I also said that he was a ghost-fire yellow-haired bad boy.

Those unscrupulous media outlets are not as good as An Lu Ning’s father in spreading rumors.

Mother An smiled and said, "They're coming the day after tomorrow anyway, so just ask them directly. Be nice to them."

Father An nodded and smiled.

It seemed like he agreed, but there was something sinister in that smile!
Bai Youlou always felt that his neck was a little cold these two days. He didn’t know why his neck felt even colder when he looked south.

It was as if a disaster was waiting for him over there.

Men's sixth sense is sometimes quite accurate.
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Nearly 40 million box office in a single day, this is the answer given by "Before Sunrise".

This is an extremely outrageous result. How can I put it? It's extremely exaggerated!

If it is a normal commercial movie, with a box office of 40 million on the first day, as long as the subsequent box office curve does not collapse, the box office of 300 to 500 million will basically be stable.

So the question is, is it possible for "Before Sunrise" to reach 300 or 500 million?

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible.

There is a ceiling for art films, especially domestic art films.

One hundred million box office.

For a long time, art films have been strongly associated with "critical but not commercially successful" and "self-expression of the creators."

Even with the support of big-name actors and awards, conventional marketing methods have failed to successfully trigger the spread of groundbreaking topics.

The box office of these movies remains within 5000 million, which is also the largest box office that the domestic audience of art films can achieve.

Some art films that can create event marketing and stimulate the emotions of a wider audience group are unlikely to reach the 100 million yuan ceiling.

Only those films that use film marketing to create universal emotions and hit the national movie-watching group, or benefit from the sense of ritual at the node, or fall on national sentiment and public sympathy, can break through the box office among a number of commercial films and cross the 1 million threshold.

The vast majority of art films that enter theaters have box office revenues below 1500 million.

Why did "Whiplash" get so much box office revenue?
On the one hand, it is not that "literary" and the pace is still very fast, which makes the emotions a little too depressing.

At the same time, before the movie was released, all the big things that Bai Youlou had done really played a big role.

If the effects and traffic of those works were really converted into advertising costs, it would probably be an astronomical figure. Moreover, it is not something that can be achieved by just spending money, and no one can do it.

A special product for special circumstances.

Many people in the field who study market cases have summarized it this way, saying that there is basically no possibility of replication.

What kind of marketing method can be replicated?

Just like the "weird idea" that Bai Youlou and Lao Zhou came up with at the beginning: "kneel down and kowtow to beg for screening."

This outrageous trick can really attract enough attention.

But even the art film that used this trick only had a box office of more than 80 million.
Therefore, a box office of 1 million yuan can definitely be regarded as the ultimate ceiling of the Chinese art film market. Once this window paper is broken, it will leave a significant mark in the history of Chinese art films.

Almost without exception, art films that can reach this ceiling have made art films more universal and attracted the general public who would not otherwise go to the cinema.

"Whiplash" did it by virtue of the right time, place and people, and "Before Sunrise" will probably be able to take advantage of a wave of traffic dividends, plus the bonus brought by An Lu Ning, it should have no problem breaking the 100 million mark.

But without the hype about Bai Youlou and An Luning's relationship, this movie would probably only be able to reap the benefits of the Berlin Film Festival, apart from the gimmick of Valentine's Day. The bonus this thing brought to the box office might not be as good as the Golden Broom Incident.

So, even a piece of toilet paper can have its use.

Of course, it would be enough if the movie box office could exceed 100 million.

Bai Youlou was not prepared to invest too much energy in the box office of this movie.

Even Huaxing is preparing to start the publicity plan for "Daydreamer". Whether the subsequent box office of "Before Sunrise" will be high or low is just a matter of fate.

He still has a lot to do this year.

For example, the upcoming Golden Melody Awards and the early preparations for "Dying to Survive".

Liu Manli was already busy, taking several versions of Bai Youlou's script and trying to find a way to get them approved.

The guy who sold the medicine was also released, and Lao Zhou successfully obtained his authorization.
The "Dying to Survive" project will most likely be launched this year, and it depends on whether it goes smoothly. After all, the early script review is only the first step, and there are still many hurdles to overcome.

In Liu Manli's words, Bai Youlou's status as a director now only lacks two blockbuster movies.

It's a real box office hit!

Once he has it, combined with the awards he won for his first two films, he will instantly become one of the top directors.

At the same time, you might even win a wave of domestic awards.

It doesn’t matter if “Dying to Survive” can’t be filmed, but as long as it can be filmed and released, it will win numerous domestic awards!
In addition, I also have to help Jiang Yuanchu make an album.

This girl has been waiting for news from Bai Youlou, and it needs to be as soon as possible and can't be delayed any longer.

After all, Jiang Yuanchu is so popular, wasting too much time on this, so many announcements have to be postponed.
Besides, Bai Youlou himself is looking forward to the upcoming song recording.

The place where Jiang Yuanchu recorded his songs was his company, and even the shooting of the MV was fully entrusted to Bai Youlou.

Of course, the song MV does not need Bai Youlou to be the director himself. My younger brother Wu Mu Gun is just the right person to do this.

Most graduates from directing departments are not able to make movies or TV series. Many of them start from MVs and commercials.

For some, it may be more than ten or twenty years before they have the chance to make a proper movie.

Although Wu Mugun has been investigated by Bai Youlou and is indeed quite capable and is more than qualified to shoot a MV, it is a bit unfair to him.

But he doesn't dare to let Bai Youlou do this?

He can help "train the actors".

After all, Jiang Yuanchu coming to his place to record songs is equivalent to the RV driving directly into his company.

Such a legitimate reason is rare.

But before doing these serious things, Bai Youlou still has one last roadshow stop to go.

The capital of Guangdong Province, Yangcheng.

Bai Youlou didn't think much about it at first. Even though Yangcheng was very close to An Luning's hometown, it was still several hundred kilometers away.

Besides, he was only there for one day and flew back the next morning. There was nothing to worry about.

Even though his sixth sense told him that there was a disaster in the south.

But as a young man, how can I be feudal and superstitious?

Believe in science.
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