Chapter 84: Aiming at the Lunar New Year Box Office! (First Order)

On November 11, "A Little Thing Called First Love" was officially completed with a "cut" from Beret...

This shoot only took 9 days, which was three days less than "All or Nothing", and Cheng Cheng's reputation as a quick shooter was once again established.

After the filming was completed, the crew held a wrap-up party on the same day.

The next day, Cheng Cheng and others returned to Dijing. Cheng Cheng and Beret went into the editing room again, but what surprised Beret was that, unlike last time, Cheng Cheng did not hire an editor this time, but did the editing himself.

Seeing Cheng Cheng's smooth editing skills, Beret felt that his brain was not enough.

"Director Cheng, when will you learn how to edit again?"

He is simply incredible. He can do makeup, write poetry, sing, film, direct, and write scripts. Is there anything that a successful director can't do?
Moreover, it’s only been two or three months. When Director Cheng was doing post-production on “All or Nothing” last time, he clearly didn’t know how to edit, right?
Where did he find the time to learn? !

Seeing him asking the question, Cheng Cheng stopped the editing work in his hands, slowly stood up, then covered his mouth with his hands and performed a B-box on the spot.

Beret was stunned: It's very handsome, but what does it mean?

Then Cheng Cheng performed Tai Chi for a while.

Beret was confused.

Then, Cheng Cheng performed another Taekwondo routine.

Beret: Huh?
After the performance, Cheng Cheng sat down, picked up the mouse, looked at the screen, and said calmly:

"In fact, there is nothing I don't know. Human talent and potential are endless. If you give me ready-made tools and wood, I can make a stretcher for you on the spot."

Beret: But, what use would a stretcher be to me?
Five days later, the final editing of "A Little Thing Called First Love" was completed, and all that remained was the soundtrack.

In the original version of "A Little Thing Called First Love", there are a total of five songs, namely "A Little Thing Called Love", "One Day", "Year, Month, Day", "One Day I'll Be Good Enough" and "Because of the Heart".

Among them, the more popular ones are "A Little Thing Called Love", "One Day" and "Because of the Heart".

But the original five songs were all in Thai. After changing them into Chinese, Cheng Cheng couldn't guarantee that they would still be popular, so he decided to add three more songs: "Mercury Notes", "First Love" and "One is Like Summer, One is Like Autumn".

There is no need to say much about "Mercury". It was very popular in the previous life, and it is also a divine song of secret love. It is definitely a tear-jerking bomb when it is played when the heroine is sad and heartbroken. The audience can't help but cry.

Abuse! Abuse as much as you can!

There is no need to say much about "First Love", it is a Cantonese golden song in the past. It has been sung by Hui Chundan, Karen Mok, and Jimmy Lin. It is also the theme song of Stephen Chow's movie "The God of Cookery". It is an unforgettable memory for many people and it has lasted for a long time.

"One is Like Summer, the Other is Like Autumn" is also very suitable for this movie, because the song is about the friendship between best friends, and some of the lyrics are like this.

"You carried me away in a snowstorm of love,
I carried you on my back to escape from a broken dream.

Meet someone and your life changes.
It turns out that this isn't just a romance plot.

If it weren't for you, I wouldn't believe that friends are more loyal than lovers."

These lyrics are a true portrayal of the heroine Xiaoshui and her three ugly girlfriends.

In fact, adding these three songs to "A Little Thing Called First Love" is undoubtedly a very extravagant act. It is like drawing a hand of cards. Most people will play the cards tentatively, first the small ones, then the big ones, and finally, when they can't stand it anymore, they will throw a bomb.

Keep trying, keep thinking of a way out.

But Cheng Cheng doesn’t!

He started with a small bomb! Then a middle bomb! And finally a king bomb!

Don't ask him why he did this, and don't ask him why he didn't think about a way out or why he didn't save the good things for later.

He just wants to fill it up! He just wants to confuse people first!
Because he has an ambition, that is, no matter ten years later, twenty years later, or even fifty years later, whenever someone mentions movies about first love and secret love, they will have to mention "A Little Thing Called First Love" starring him and Yan Gou'er.

To this end, he was determined to achieve his goal in one fell swoop.

A phone call called Yan Gou'er and the Mengbi Girls Group, and Cheng Cheng assigned them the task of recording songs.

There are eight songs in total, five of which were adapted into Chinese. Mengbi Girls and Yan Gouer sang two of them: "Year, Month, Day" and "One Day I Will Be Good Enough".

Cheng Cheng sang the remaining three songs: "A Little Thing Called Love", "One Day", and "Because of the Heart".

There were three additional songs, two of which Cheng Cheng sang: "Mercury" and "First Love".

The Mengbi Girls Group and Yan Gouer sang the remaining song: "One is like summer, the other is like autumn".

In other words, Cheng Cheng sang five songs alone, and Mengbi Girls Group and Yan Gouer sang three songs together.

To be honest, the singing skills of Mengbi Girls Group are really bad, and the sound editor is cursing them; Yan Gou'er is actually okay, because she has a good voice, and under Cheng Cheng's careful training, she soon started to sing well, but there is still a certain gap between her and professional singers.

Fortunately, Cheng Cheng picked out the five most popular songs, otherwise it would have been a waste of talent to let the four of them sing them.

Yan Gou'er was a little embarrassed: "Director Cheng, I'm sorry, my singing is so bad, I will practice singing well when I go back~ and won't hold you back~"

Cheng Cheng nodded and said, "Indeed, it won't be a bad idea for you to go back and practice. Maybe you can even sing on the Spring Festival Gala in the future." Yan Gou'er stuck out her tongue.

It took two days to record all eight songs.

Cheng Cheng signed a contract with Yan Gou'er and the Mengbi Girls Group.

The contract with Yan Gou'er naturally did not have so many twists and turns. For the three songs she participated in, Cheng Cheng directly gave her 5% of the share; as for the Mengbi Girls Group, each person was given 10,000 yuan to settle the matter.

They were happy about this, because they haven't had a proper song since their debut. Cheng Cheng's asking them to record a song this time was like pie in the sky, as they now have a representative work.

Moreover, the subsequent profits are more than 10,000 yuan.

If Mengbi Girls are invited to an event in the future, they can sing these three songs on stage as long as they get Cheng Cheng's consent.

Of course, we have to give Cheng Cheng some money.

However, the most important thing is fame!
As long as these three songs are popular, they will be famous.

"It's a good deal! It's really a good deal!" Luna couldn't help but sigh. Maybe their fate has really changed! Thinking of this, she was even more grateful to her two besties.

Of course, the person I am most grateful to is Cheng Cheng.

It took only five days to complete the editing and music composition, and then Cheng Cheng brought the film to Vance Films.

After the internal film review meeting, Jiang Wang couldn't help but sigh: It's good, it's great, but it would be even better if Nan Nan played the role.

But what surprised him most was his nephew Jiang Jun's performance in the movie.

He asked Cheng Cheng in disbelief: "How did you do it? Xiaojun's performance in the film was actually the same."

Of course it’s a one-time magical acting post!

After using the one-time magic acting patch, Cheng Cheng finished filming all of Jiang Jun's scenes within six hours of the patch taking effect. Otherwise, with Jiang Jun's acting skills, he would be criticized to death after the filming.

But he certainly couldn't tell the truth, Cheng Cheng spoke nonsense in a serious tone:
"Maybe Xiaojun is more picky. Some actors choose scripts, some actors choose roles, and some actors choose status, but Xiaojun is different. He chooses directors."

Jiang Wang heard it for the first time: "Is it possible?"

Cheng Cheng said: "Of course you can do that, but you can also understand that I am a good director. I can lead actors that other directors cannot lead well. This is what a good director does. If you don't believe me, you can let him take on other people's plays and try again."

Cheng Cheng has given Jiang Wang too many surprises. The last time "All or Nothing" was released, Quanzhou Pictures suffered a loss and was slightly caught up by Vance Pictures. However, he had no idea what to do next, how to surpass Quanzhou Pictures, and how to become the number one cinema chain in the country.

But now, he saw this hope in Cheng Cheng.

Looking around the entertainment industry, who else can train actors, guarantee the quality of films, and have a short shooting cycle?
There is only one!

The most important thing is that Cheng Cheng is a natural ally of Vans Pictures! Putting aside the future development of his relationship with Jiang Nan, from the perspective of interests alone, they also have a common enemy.

Moreover, Cheng Cheng's decision to keep Jiang Jun represented his close attitude towards Vans Pictures and the Jiang family.

Jiang Wang asked, "What date do you plan to schedule this time?"

Unconsciously, his attitude towards Cheng Cheng had changed to that of an equal.

Cheng Cheng said: "New Year's Day."

Jiang Wang was surprised: "New Year's Day? Master Gong's new movie seems to be on New Year's Day too! You have already surpassed one of the top three directors, do you still have the confidence to surpass another one?"

Cheng Cheng looked at him strangely and said:

"Is it possible that I want to schedule the release date on New Year's Day just because it is the closest and best time? As for who will be released, it is not even within my consideration range?"

Jiang Wang's breathing stagnated as he was mesmerized by the young man's strong self-confidence.

Immediately, he burst out laughing and said, "Okay, okay, it's a good thing to have confidence! Then let's schedule it for New Year's Day!"

The film was submitted for review that day.

On December 12st, before the review results came out, the promotion of "A Little Thing Called First Love" had already started.

At Tianxia, ​​films can be promoted and released in advance even if they have not passed the review. Some films have even been scheduled before shooting has even started. The hardest hit are those released during the National Day and Spring Festival periods.

This also leads to a problem, which is the serious withdrawal of films.

Many unlucky ones promoted their films in advance and scheduled their release dates, but failed to get the licenses at the last minute and had to withdraw their release dates helplessly.

This is also the reason why Cheng Cheng’s previous film was not scheduled and promoted in advance. The market was not optimistic about it, the audience was not optimistic about it, Vance Films was not optimistic about it, almost everyone was not optimistic about it. It was completely useless to schedule and promote it in advance. What if the censorship department blocked the review because of the public opinion about the main creators?
These are all force majeure factors, no one can say for sure whether they will happen, so we can only proceed step by step.

But "A Little Thing Called First Love" is different. Cheng Cheng proved himself, and a group of main creators also became popular again. This gave Cheng Cheng the confidence to promote the movie in advance before it passed the review, aiming for the Lunar New Year holiday!
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