Chapter 119: Taking advantage of the popularity


    There is no way to calculate the box office of this era, they are all rough estimates.


    For example, "Shaolin Temple" has been rumored for a long time to have a box office of over 100 million. This is officially released, but there is no conclusive data. The most real thing is the number of copies. Sell ??100 copies, breakeven; 200 copies, a small hit; 300 copies, a big hit; 400 copies, famous in history.


    Half a month after "Lushan Love" was released, the heat wave continued to rise, and copies were printed overtime and shipped to all parts of the country.


    The audience was just watching the fun, and as the influence of "Romance in Lushan Mountain" grew, voices from the film industry, literature industry, and critics began to emerge. The praisers praised it extremely, and the critics criticized it to death.


    "The combination of big love and small love is very good. It always combines the strong patriotism with the sweet love of the hero and heroine. It plays the strongest voice of emotional pursuit and the times. It should be celebrated!"


    ""Lushan Love" obviously only has two people, but it also has a carnival flavor. This is the carnival feeling brought by the times. People who have just emerged from the darkness feel that the world is bright and beautiful. Every scene of flowers blooming in the film, every scene The careful composition and every movement of the characters convey a sense of joy.”


    "A man and a woman alone, traveling around mountains and rivers, falling in love, and promoting hedonism are a completely bourgeois lifestyle!"


    "There are still so many people in the country who don''t have enough to eat, but you are talking about love. It is completely inconsistent with China''s national conditions!"


    “Capitalism is corrupting us!”


    As a screenwriter, Chen Qi has also received a lot of attention. The attendance of "Romance in Lushan Mountain" was full, which attracted the whispers of the evil gods in the literary and art circles: "Young screenwriters do not understand life, are divorced from reality, and have a pale understanding of reality. They rely purely on imagination." This is not possible when writing a work.”


    This is considered relatively polite. If you are not polite, you can directly scold:


    "Art is trash and caters to the low-level tastes of ordinary people. We must follow the mass line, but we must abandon low-level aesthetics and not be the tail of the masses!"


    "When I saw the ending, I suddenly realized that the struggle between the two parties was a historical misunderstanding, and the **** four-year liberation war was also a misunderstanding. What a big misunderstanding!"


    Chen Qi has written several novels in "Story Club", but they have not attracted mainstream attention. Now he has only written one script and was instantly pushed to a high platform. Because movies are the mainstream within the mainstream, the focus within the focus.


    One of the fame bonuses of "Lushan Love" was given to Gong Xue, and the other was given to him, like Wang Haowei, Tang Guoqiang, and Zhang Jinling, who had already become famous.


    As a screenwriter himself, he appeared in the newspapers again, several times more than that time in the China Youth Daily.


    …


    Ji County is located in the north of the Yellow River and at the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains. There are many mountains and rivers in the territory.


    The crew of "Tai Chi" moved from Xinxiang to Ji County, which is not very wealthy. Well, it should be said that there are not many wealthy places these days. Everyone lived in an old guest house, went to Xiaodianhe Village to film during the day, and came back at night.


    The food and accommodation are very poor, but everyone lives this kind of life every day, so there is nothing unusual about it.


    It''s cloudy today and the lighting is not up to standard, so Li Wenhua gave everyone a day off. Gong Xue stayed in the room, using a brick to prop the feet of the table, reading letters at the desk, and giggling from time to time.


    The heat wave of "Lushan Love" was rolling, but they were not affected too much. No one recognized Gong Xue when he went out, because the county-level cinema had not yet opened.


    But she knew she was popular. Beijing Film Studio sent several audience letters, all written by **** men. Each one was full of emotions and sincere, expressing a love as vast as the ocean.


    "Hey! Sister Xue, this letter is really disgusting. I''ll read it to you."


    Huang Qiuyan happily helped read the letter and said: "I am addicted, I am crazy, I drank a bowl of wine called Zhou Yun... I have never seen such a beautiful woman like you, I am like a man possessed every day after get off work. I went to see "Lushan Love", and your every smile was deeply imprinted in my heart!"


    "Stop reading it, it''s so embarrassing!"


    Gong Xue rubbed his arms, goosebumps rose. Huang Qiuyan shook her head and said: "Don''t worry, there is another important point. Listen: I am very lucky to be in the same city as you. Forgive my presumption, but my emotions I can no longer tell.


    I decided to wait for you next Sunday at the entrance of Beijing Film Studio. If you take pity on me and are willing to come out and take a look at me, I will die without regrets! "


    “…”


    After Huang Qiuyan finished reading, she looked at Gong Xue. Is this person sick?


    "I''m not even in the capital, why is he still in front of the Beijing Film Studio? Oh my God!"


    Gong Xue held her head, totally baffled. At this moment, there was a knock on the door. She raised her head and said, "Don''t open the door!"


    "Why don''t you open the door?"


    "How bad it is to be seen!"


    "Oh, they came to me, not to you, but you happened to be there, so they came to see you." Huang Qiuyan opened the door like a tongue twister, and it turned out to be Chen Qi outside.


    "Brother Chen, are you here to chat with me again?"


    "Yeah, yeah, are you free?"


    “I’ll be free if you bring delicious food!”


    Chen Qi shook the lunch box in his hand and said with a smile: "I just saw someone setting up a stall selling vegetable dumplings downstairs, so I bought some to try."


    "Hehe, then I''m welcome!"


    Huang Qiuyan grabbed it, squatted in the corner consciously, and bit into it. Fortunately, she is a martial arts practitioner and exercises a lot every day during filming, otherwise Chen Qi would have turned her into a fat person.


    "Go on, don''t worry about me, I can''t hear anything!"


    “…”


    Gong Xue rolled her eyes at her and said in a low voice: "Don''t come to me all the time. It''s too bad for others to see you."


    "We have nothing to do but chat? Hey, what is this?"


    "Letter forwarded to me by Beijing Film Studio."


    "From "Lushan Love"?"


    Chen Qi picked up the letter, glanced at it, and said with a smile: "The people love you very much. They regard you as a spiritual light, an emotional muse, a goddess in dreams, and the goal of life... Huh?"


    If he pauses, then am I not Zhao Youting?


    "Here''s another letter. I think it''s a bit excessive..."


    Gong Xue remembered what he said, don''t hold it back and tell him something, so she handed over the letter.


    Chen Qi took a look and thought, wow, there were illegitimate meals in the 1980s? Reading between the lines there is a hint of mental illness.


    "You really need to be careful. I don''t know what this kind of person can do. But we are not in the capital, so there is no point in thinking about it."


    Usually the time for the two of them to chat is based on when Huang Qiuyan has finished eating. Today, the dumplings may not be delicious, so she nibbled two and then sent Chen Qi away. As soon as he went out, he met Li Wenhua, who grabbed him and said:


    "Xiao Chen, just in time, hurry up and gather everyone, the county magistrate is here!"


    “What’s the county magistrate doing here?”


    "We became famous just because of your "Lushan Love". I heard that you and Gong Xue were both here, so they rushed over immediately!"


    "Oh, then I''ll call everyone."


    He quickly summoned everyone and arrived at the first floor of the guest house. An older man with an easy-going face had been waiting there for a long time and hurriedly said: "Director Li, if you can help introduce me, please introduce me."


    "This is the screenwriter of "Love in Lushan", Comrade Chen Qi!"


    "What a talented man! I just happened to go to the provincial capital and heard that this movie was a huge hit. After asking again, I found out that the main character is in Ji County. Please forgive me!"


    "This is the heroine of "Romance on Lushan Mountain", Comrade Gong Xue!"


    "Nice to meet you!"


    Having just gone through a torrent, officials these days don’t have much authority and are generally very down-to-earth. When the film crew goes to any place, the local government will actively cooperate with it. The county magistrate knew that "Tai Chi" was here, but he didn''t expect that there were two gods in it.


    "Lushan Love" is so popular, so of course I have to watch it.


    (No more...)


    (End of chapter)