Chapter 430 The Real-Life Impact of "Better Days"
The second season of "Music Festival" has not had ideal clicks. It has bought several hot searches, but it has not been very popular.
It was not until Su Zhe came to participate that old fans suddenly emerged, and they realized that it was not that the audience had no feelings, but that their feelings were on Su Zhe.
The combination of Su Zhe and "Music Festival" made old audiences cry.
# Su Zhe is back! #
# The King of Folk Songs Returns to the Music Festival Stage #
If these two hot searches are just about feelings, then # "Under the Sea" sang the audience away # and dominated the top of the list, which shows that the essence of a music program is not hype, not feelings, but songs that go viral.
"Under the Sea" quickly topped the list, and almost all music platforms wrote the best promotional position - Su Zhe's new folk song is coming!
"Better Days" immediately launched a promotional video with "Under the Sea" as the promotional song, which continued to increase the popularity.
With the song becoming popular, countless viewers knew that Su Zhe and Gong Man were working together again, and decided to watch this movie that reflects school violence.
This saved a lot of resources, so much so that the publicity department joked that the boss should be paid 10 million yuan in song copyright fees.
Su Zhe thought it was okay, so he paid himself 10 million yuan, breaking the highest fee for singers to sing movie promotional songs.
Other singers: ...
Paying yourself money is cheating!
In "Better Days", a female student committed suicide at the beginning, which was the fuse for the conflict between the heroine and the bully.
The original film used jumping from a building, jumping from the teaching building.
This is the most common way for students to commit suicide, so that some schools with high-pressure management want to close the corridors.
But in order to match the song, Su Zhe changed the female supporting role to jumping into the sea.
Anyway, it was just the fuse at the beginning, which had no impact on the main line, and it could be fully utilized and fed back to "Under the Sea", so why not?
As he expected, after "Better Days" was released, the popularity of "Under the Sea" also rose rapidly.
This folk song was not considered a classic in Su Zhe's folk song album, but with the movie scenes as a match, it was even more touching.
After watching "Better Days", appreciating "Under the Sea" is even more tearful.
Some people even joked:
[It seems that "Under the Sea" is the promotional song of "Better Days", but in fact, "Under the Sea" is a super long MV shot for "Under the Sea". ]
[In the summer season, "Under the Sea" is more suitable for the movie. ]
This made "Under the Sea" dominate the music playlist for a month, and even when Su Zhe was invited to a commercial performance, he was specifically asked to sing "Under the Sea".
Some bosses were puzzled. Su Zhe's net worth is higher than theirs, so why did he accept commercial performances? As bosses, they have no psychological advantage in facing celebrities.
Some bosses even invited Su Zhe to come over and took the opportunity to promote their own projects to him, intending to let him invest, commonly known as begging for alms.
For this kind of problem, Mary Su's official statement is that Su Zhe wants to give back to fans. He doesn't have time to hold a concert, so he meets more fans through commercial performances.
In fact, think about it, the appearance fee of the former US president is 100,000 to 200,000 US dollars, which is not as high as Su Zhe's. Why not accept it?
If you have too much money and it doesn't bite your hand, do billionaires not care about a few million? Do you really think that Bill Gates doesn't pick up the money he drops because he makes money faster than picking it up?
Su Zhe doesn't know whether Gai Ge will pick it up or not, but he will definitely pick it up.
In addition to "Under the Sea", "Better Days" has also caused a craze.
The plot of the movie is no longer described in detail. In short, after the bully Wei Lai forced her classmates to death, she was worried that the heroine Chen Nian would expose her, so she targeted her.
Chen Nian has no father, and her mother can't go home because of debt, so she lacks family protection.
These led to no legal force to help Chen Nian when she was bullied, making this obedient girl lose the power to resist.
At this time, she met the gangster Xiao Bei.
Xiao Bei should be a debt collector of the loan shark group. When he was collecting debts from Chen Nian's mother, he not only did not force Chen Nian, but took the initiative to help her because of Chen Nian's kindness.
(Due to the censorship, Xiaobei's occupation was not directly written, but it is estimated to be like this)
The two broken souls warmed each other. Xiaobei began to protect Chen Nian silently, escorting her to and from school from a distance behind her, allowing her to survive the darkness before the college entrance examination and rush to the dawn.
But when Xiaobei was away, Wei Lai found Chen Nian again. Because of being too arrogant, he was pushed down the stairs by Chen Nian and fell to death.
Chen Nian collapsed. She didn't expect that when she was about to get rid of the darkness on the eve of the college entrance examination, she lost all hope and light because of Wei Lai.
Xiaobei decided to take the blame for her because of love and forged evidence that he was the murderer.
So, Xiaobei was arrested, and Chen Nian took the college entrance examination and was admitted to university.
The story here is simply a replica of Xuehui and Ryoji in "White Night Walk".
But "Better Days" is not so dark. The police guessed the truth and persuaded Chen Nian that if she surrendered, it would only be manslaughter and she would be released in a few years; if Xiaobei took the blame, it would become intentional homicide and she would be shot.
So in the end, Chen Nian surrendered herself, and the two spent several years in prison. After they were released from prison, they lived happily together, getting rid of the shadow of their youth.
From the perspective of the love line, this is a romantic story of a good girl falling in love with a gangster, which is too cliché.
Even Su Zhe wanted to remind fans that it is only a small probability event for a gangster to turn over a new leaf, and it is highly likely that he will not have a good ending after falling in love.
But because of the anti-bullying shell, this story has a realistic sense of heaviness, and love is no longer the focus.
This makes the movie have a good score of 8.2 points. Although it is not as good as the horror scores of "Infernal Affairs" and "The Silent Truth" that exceed 9 points, it is also very outstanding.
This once again proves Su Zhe's screenwriting skills. Whether it is the fantasy themes he wrote before or the three recent consecutive reality themes, he is at ease and can be called the most comprehensive screenwriter in the circle.
But what is more admirable is the acting skills of the two leading actors.
Gong Man's outstanding performance directly booked the next film queen, which makes people very helpless:
The main awards were decided half a year in advance, and this Golden Dragon is too suspenseful!
And Su Zhe's acting skills have been praised for half a summer vacation. In the eyes of many people, he has already won the best actor and TV actor.
The role of Xiaobei is definitely not as good as Chen Yongren, but Su Zhe actually gave himself the second role, the male supporting role.
In the circle, only Su Zhe himself never talks about the leading actor, and writes his own ranking according to the actual role.
In "Mr. Tumor" and "Youth of Youth", the female lead is the first and the male lead is the second, and he wrote it in a realistic way.
Even if Liang Zhiruo and Gong Man are lower than him, he still wrote his name after them.
Anyway, the biggest font is always - [Su Zhe's work] (screenwriter), and there is no need to force the ranking among the actors.
Originally, the fans were a little unwilling to accept this, complaining that Su Zhe was too shameless, and in fact, ranking him equal was considered to give face to the female lead.
But now, they are excitedly discussing:
[Can my brother win the Golden Dragon Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor? ]
[Winning the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the same time, my brother is the first person in the Golden Dragon, right? ]
[Hahaha, Best Actor, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, my brother's awards are also complete, who dares to say that he has no award recognition? ]
[Except for those who won the three major European awards, who in the circle dares to say that they can beat my brother in awards? ]
The sugar canes have already begun to lend Su Zhe future awards to compare historical status.
In fact, Su Zhe really doesn't care about domestic awards. No matter how many awards he wins, it's impossible to increase his salary.
After all, it's already 100 million, how can it increase? There's no room!
Foreign awards are still useful, they can help him enter the foreign market.
Anyway, he will apply for Tokyo, Seoul and the three major European film festivals, just in case he wins?
But he didn't discredit the domestic market, so it's a bit difficult to win an award.
Let's try it. Other stars apply for these awards, maybe to gild and then sell them domestically, but he really wants to export to the overseas market.
Because of its good reputation, "Better Days" took over "Infernal Affairs" and once again became the single-day box office champion of the summer season, rapidly increasing the box office.
It's another big hit movie!
Everyone in the circle is desperate, Su Zhe really never misses.
Even the art film that reflects school bullying, which sounds like a flop, he can make it more popular than commercial films.
But compared to the box office, perhaps more eye-catching is the social effect-
Because of this movie, many cases of school bullying have been dug up and put in the spotlight.
Many things are like this. If you don't weigh four ounces, you won't be able to weigh a thousand pounds.
If no one pays attention to school bullying, the school can just say "it's just a fight between children" to fool around. Even if someone dies, just like in the movie, the suicide will be questioned for "poor psychological quality".
Finally, at most, a few railings will be added to the corridors of the school to make the school more depressing.
Because the school certainly doesn't want to cause trouble, it is instinctive to let the victims keep quiet, don't make a big fuss, and don't leave a criminal record.
In fact, there have always been relevant proposals, not only because of the movie, but it is indeed because of the movie that more people pay attention to it.
For things like proposals, the more people pay attention, the more consensus can be formed, and naturally the easier it is to pass.
So the media simply used Su Zhe's character name and called it the "Xiaobei Proposal".
This wonderful development, from a virtual story to its impact on reality, shocked Su Zhe when he saw it.
Realistic themes are like this, closer to real life, not commercial enough, and not easy to get high box office.
But once it has a greater influence, perhaps the impact on society is extremely profound.
For example, South Korea introduced the Sowon Act because of "Hope".
Su Zhe had to admit:
This gives people a greater sense of achievement than simply making money. There is a sense of achievement in changing the world and making it a better place.
Of course, for colleagues, the most important thing is money - box office!
Due to the influence of the "Xiaobei Proposal", the total box office of "Better Days" reached 2.8 billion. It is estimated that it will try to reach 3 billion before it is released, and the box office potential will be exhausted.
And the "Infernal Affairs" that has been released has a total box office of 2.7 billion. It is a pity that it did not exceed 3 billion.
However, after logging into the video website, the on-demand volume is very high. Perhaps this kind of art film is most suitable for one person to appreciate quietly at home, rather than going to the cinema again and again.
In short, throughout the summer, "Better Days" and "Infernal Affairs" monopolized the top two box office, occupying nearly half of the market share.
This summer, for other film companies, it is extremely cool -
The heart is chilled!
But when they think about the fact that these two movies together made more than 5 billion, which is just one "Tang Detective", and they will have to face "Tang Detective 2" in the Spring Festival half a year later, they are even more disheartened.
Why is there such a bug in the circle that never fails, every movie is a big hit, and is also a quick shooter?
If there is a GM in Earth Online, they really want to report:
Su Zhe is definitely open!
You are talented and a genius. Go study science and benefit mankind! Go to break through the lithography machine and revitalize China!
Why are you using your IQ of 200 to bully us, a bunch of stinky moviemakers?
Su Zhe is also helpless. If the system rewards him with the technology of breaking through the lithography machine, he will be too lazy to mix in the entertainment industry.
If he can make a lithography machine, the country will beg him to give him money to expand production, okay?
There is no need to worry about being hacked. Whoever dares to scold him in the future will be directly treated as treason.
But the system is not powerful. It seems that I still have to brush up my personality more. What if I get it one time?
Before he got the prize, the entertainment industry had to endure this entertainment giant, which took in more than 5 billion yuan in box office revenue in one summer vacation, and his share was 2.5 billion yuan.
After deducting the cost, Su Zhe's net worth was +2 billion... billion.
At the same time, as a sophomore, he filled in the following content in his summer practice:
Released two movies, made a small profit of 2 billion yuan, promoted the amendment of the bill, and had the opportunity to win three trophies.
This is probably the most domineering summer practice homework in history.
Anyway, the instructor kept it quietly, intending to use it as a topic for bragging in the future.
And in this rolling tide, the public opinion that Su Zhe had planted in advance finally began to explode.
Countless people looked for the real case of "Infernal Affairs", but they didn't find it.
Later, when analyzing Su Zhe's words, I realized that maybe he was talking about other works.
In addition, "Better Days" was popular, "Under the Sea" was a hit, and "Xiao Bei's Proposal" attracted attention, and the melon-eating crowd was sure that "Better Days" and "Under the Sea" were the stories that Su Zhe said, which were based on reality.
At this time, someone happened to find out that when Su Zhe and An Ling'er were teaching, they called the police to arrest a school bully - Zhong Hongjiao!
The media were so excited that they hurried to dig up Zhong Hongjiao's story.
"The real Wei Lai - Zhong Hongjiao"
"It turns out that she is the prototype! The school bullying that Su Zhe encountered when he was teaching"
Su Zhe knew very well that according to the usual nature of the media, they would probably start to explore her tragic childhood as a bully.
"Keep digging, a big news is waiting for you."
He didn't know if the media dared to continue reporting, but by then, even the Cui family would not be able to stop everyone's attention.
"Shanjia Group... hehe."