Chapter 24 "The Mermaid" is here
"Why are you so ignorant? If the country has a task assigned to you, you should complete it well!"
Chen's father looked so angry that he was unable to make a strong decision. In his opinion, this was a good opportunity for Chen Lin to transform from a director to a political field.
"Give other directors some chance, let's talk about it, I'm always so obedient, it's time for the media to say about me!"
"What can they say about you? It's a mediocre person who doesn't attract jealousy! Do you want to be a director for the rest of your life?"
"Why not?"
Chen Lin looked at his father with a little curiousness. He didn't quite understand what Chen's father meant.
The director's profession is more considering experience, so age is not a problem. Many directors only make better and better after they are over fifty years old. For example, Woody Allen, after "Deconstruction of Harry", his works have become more and more peaceful, more and more acceptable, and more master-like. Woody Allen, who filmed "Midnight Paris", is already 72 years old.
Chen’s father looked at Chen Lin and wanted to speak but stopped. Chen Lin understood instantly!
Chen’s father is a very traditional old Beijing. In his opinion, it is wrong. It should be said that in the eyes of most old-school Chinese, actors are actors, belonging to tile houses and underclassmen. How noble can the director and actors be mixed together?
"...Dad, why do you have such prejudice? Your daughter-in-law is also an actress, so you have never looked down on her?"
"How can I see Liying? I and your mother like you? We have already found out that the little girl is innocent and clean..."
Chen's father glared at Chen Lin with dissatisfaction.
"…You really became aware that you actually investigated someone behind my back!"
"Nonsense, I'm the only son like you. What if I'm cheated?"
The father and son were having a good chat. Zhao's father took off from the mahjong table. When he saw Chen's father, he directly challenged: "Brother, come two games of chess?"
"OK!"
Chen Lin ran to the study with a wink, and took out the chess board. The two old men instantly set up the two armies.
"Dad, I'll go out for a walk..."
"Go!"
Chen Lin smiled, put on a coat, pushed the door and walked out.
In the alley, there are little friends running around everywhere, holding long fireworks poles in their hands, and some are naughty and throwing firecrackers. The prank is successful and the smug laughs...
For children, New Year’s Day may be what they expect most. There is nothing else, there is New Year’s money!
I looked up at the very dazzling night sky decorated with fireworks. Although it was still a little gray, I could see the fireworks. Chen Lin's depressed mood instantly improved a lot.
Since the ban on smoking in Beijing was lifted, the New Year atmosphere has indeed become much stronger.
I don’t know what Chen’s father thought, but during the Chinese New Year, he mentioned Tong Liya, and the question he asked was the “truth” that Chen Lin had always been very concerned about.
A bag of Zhongnanhai was taken from the small market at the entrance of the alley. After igniting it, I took a deep breath, and the smoke circled around my lungs and vomited it out.
He took out his cell phone, flipped into Tong Liya's contact interface, and Chen Lin Yiyan, and deleted the number directly!
I feel a little regretful, but this is also the best way to deal with it, at least in his opinion.
Withdrawing his cell phone, Chen Lin stood there, smoking while staring at the fireworks that were constantly blooming in the distance.
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded from behind: "I never knew that the night sky in the capital could be so beautiful!"
Chen Lin smiled slightly and continued, "Do you like this?"
I don’t have to look back and know that I am my wife.
"Fortunately, I like all beautiful things anyway."
Liying approached Chen Lin carefully and put her face on his back.
"Then I will buy a 15-minute fireworks show tomorrow, and it will be specially displayed for you to watch alone!"
"…Do you think I'm a fool? How much does it cost to spend fifteen minutes?"
"Haha, actually, I used to think that life should be like fireworks. Even if it is only a second of brilliantness, it is enough..."
Chen Lin took off his coat and covered Ying Bao's shoulders.
Ying Bao followed the trend into Chen Lin's arms, raised his head and asked him, "What about now?"
"Now, what I care more about is the gloomy after a moment. Although it is ordinary, it is the real life!"
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‘No one is concerned about the poor in the downtown area, but rich in the deep mountains have distant relatives!’
This sentence is truth.
Every Chinese New Year, there are always a bunch of relatives whom Chen Lin has never seen before coming home. Some are simply interpersonal relationships, some want to ask Chen’s father to do things, and more want to use the name of relatives to let their sons or daughters enter the entertainment industry.
Nowadays, we all know that artists are easy to make money!
Therefore, Chen Lin is very wise and generally he will never go home casually five days before the Chinese New Year.
I'm really scared.
However, this Spring Festival, he was not idle, and there was nothing else. "Mermaid" was officially launched on the first day of the Lunar New Year!
Everyone knows that the Spring Festival is already a must-fight for major film and television companies.
Even though I know that I am very likely to become cannon fodder, there are still "The Battle of the New Year" and "The Steamed Ocean" that are still rushing to be released, hoping to get a share of the pie.
On February 8, 2o16, "The Mermaid" was released, grabbing 277 million yuan in box office with a screening of 33.7%, directly setting a daily box office record for domestic movies. That's not counting. Then it set some box office records with its unstoppable momentum.
What is the fastest way to break the box office of 200 million, 300 million, 500 million, and the cumulative box office of the week has reached 1.8 billion!
As of February 16, the movie "Mermaid" that was released for nine days continued its magical journey, with a single-day box office of over 100 million yuan for nine consecutive days, and a magical performance of over 200 million yuan for seven consecutive days. In addition, the cumulative box office of "Mermaid" has reached 2.1 billion!
Major box office forecasting agencies have raised their box office forecasts about "Mermaid", pushing the original 2.5 billion to 3.5 billion!
There were various uproars outside the world. I originally thought that the box office of "Monster Hunt" had already reached the bottom line of Chinese-language movies. Unexpectedly, less than half a year later, "The Mermaid" once again pushed the box office to the ceiling in a record-breaking manner.
The entire mainland film industry is like a chicken blood. The Spring Festival is so hot that it is hot, with a box office of 3.6 billion in 7 days, which is about 540 million US dollars, directly creating the world's highest single-week box office.
The original single-week box office record holder was when "Star Wars: The Force Awakening" was released last year. North America exploded with crazy movie-watching enthusiasm, setting a box office of US$529.6 million in a single week. In just one month, the record was broken by the mainland film industry.
Huayu movies have ushered in their golden age!
In addition to paying attention to the box office of "Mermaid", they are more concerned about how much Zhou Xingchi has made from it. Then the news came that Zhou Xingchi had sold "Mermaid" at a guaranteed price of 1.8 billion before "Mermaid" was released. That is to say, in terms of contract, no matter how "Mermaid" jumped, it would not be possible to give Stephen Chow more profits.
Chapter completed!