Chapter 87 Cheng Cheng: I’ll tell you a number, twenty-five billion!

December 12st, the day before the release.

The entry #Li Yang booked a theater to invite fans to watch "A Little Thing Called First Love"# became a hot search, and Meng Cai, Qi Hao and others followed closely and posted on Weibo, also expressing their desire to invite their fans to watch "A Little Thing Called First Love".

Some netizens previously speculated that Cheng Cheng did not invite Li Yang and others to film "First Love" and suspected that there was a disagreement. Now, all doubts have been dispelled.

At the same time, "Lost Signal" also released a new trailer and invited domestic first-line singers to sing the ending song, which became a hot search.

At noon, the official account of Piaoyouyou, the largest ticket purchasing platform in China, posted two Weibo posts in a row:
"A Little Thing Called First Love" and "Lost Signal" both exceeded 100 million yuan in pre-sale box office.

Which of "A Little Thing Called First Love" and "Lost Signal" will become the box office champion during the New Year's Day period, and whether Sung Cheng can once again surpass one of the top three directors has become a hot topic.

Some people even started a vote, with 52% of netizens voting that "Lost Signal" would win the box office, 30% believed that "A Little Thing Called First Love" would win the box office championship, and the remaining 18% voted for others.

The comments section is full of debate:
"Cheng Cheng's foundation is not stable right now. His last movie was a crime film, and this one is a youth film. The gap is too big. I am not optimistic about it!"

"I think Cheng Cheng should be proud of himself. This is only his second movie, but the pre-sale box office has exceeded 100 million. He shouldn't be too ambitious and always want to surpass Master Gong. He should learn more while he is still young."

"That's right, the quality of Master Gong's movies is guaranteed. Anyway, I have already bought a ticket for "Lost Signal" and I am looking forward to it."

"Haha, I went there purely to see handsome men and beautiful women. I voted for A Little Thing Called First Love. Cheng Cheng and Yan Gou'er are pretty good-looking. The trailers and posters released are amazing."

“The songs ‘Mercury’ and ‘One is Like Summer, the Other is Like Autumn’ are so beautiful. I have listened to them on repeat countless times. Just for these two songs, I will go to the cinema to support them!”

"A good song doesn't mean the movie is good! As we all know, bad movies often produce great songs, so don't expect too much!"

"I haven't been to the cinema to watch a romance movie for a long time. It's not that I don't want to support it, but domestic romance movies are really bad!"

"Actually, I think the other three movies are also worth watching, but the publicity is not in place. Voting cannot fully represent the final result. It still depends on the actual choice and word of mouth of the audience."

"You're right. Movies are ultimately about whether the audience buys them. Whether it's Cheng Cheng or Master Gong, as long as they make good movies, there will naturally be audiences willing to pay for them."

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"Ah~"

Li Yinong, the director of "Sanshui Marriage", was scrolling through his phone with a bitter look on his face.

Now, the whole network is discussing "A Little Thing Called First Love" and "Lost Signal", as if these two movies are the only ones released on New Year's Day, but who would have thought that his ancestors were also wealthy! They also directed several films that grossed over 500 million!

But in this box office battle, his movie doesn’t even deserve a name, and when voting, it can only be placed in the “other” option.

What's even more outrageous is that Cheng Cheng, a new director who has only made two movies, has already earned over 100 million yuan in pre-sale box office, while this work, which he has put all his effort into, has a pre-sale result of less than 20 million yuan. He really feels that he has been making movies for nothing for half his life.

But despite this, he still firmly believes that his movie can impress the audience!

He was able to make a comeback thanks to his good reputation!

Before the release, you guys were right and I ignored you, but after the release, I told you guys you are out of my league!

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The next day, January 1st, was New Year's Day.

Dijing.

The premiere of "A Little Thing Called First Love".

Sung Cheng and the creative team of "A Little Thing Called First Love" attended the event together.

Including Beret, Yan Gouer, the Confused Girls Group, Jiang Jun, Lin Yin, Wen Lian, the actress who played the English teacher in the film, the actor who played the physical education teacher, the heroine's mother, the hero's father and mother, and more than ten other people.

As a minor character who only appeared once or twice on screen, Wang Hong was naturally not eligible for the premiere.

Li Yang, Qi Hao and Meng Cai, who were invited, sat below and would stand up and speak when called upon.

At the same time, major media, newspapers, and TV stations also sent reporters. Douyin also organized a crush event and invited several internet celebrities with tens of millions of dollars in revenue. They will have some interactions with Cheng Cheng and others, and may even have to cooperate with them to create program effects.

Of course, if it is too awkward, Cheng Cheng will choose to refuse.

In addition, some seats were reserved for ordinary audiences. Some of them won the tickets through lottery, and some were Cheng Cheng’s loyal fans who came to Dijing specially to attend the premiere.

On the stage, Cheng Cheng and others were already standing, Cheng Cheng was standing in the middle, with Yan Gou'er on the left and Wen Lian on the right.

After a brief opening, the session began for media questions.

"Director Cheng, how much do you hope the box office of the movie "First Love" will reach?"

Cheng Cheng said calmly, "About 25 billion."

"what?"

Ah, are you hungry?
Including the reporters, Wen Lian, Yan Gou'er and others, everyone was stunned! As if they had heard some Arabian Nights fairy tale!
Twenty-five billion?!

There hasn't been a movie with a box office of 25 billion in the entire history of global cinema, right? !
Several reporters stood up and asked in unison:

"Director Cheng, are you serious about the 2010 billion you mentioned? The current global box office champion was created by Director Malekov in 29.6, which triggered a global movie-watching craze among moviegoers and was introduced to more than 201 countries. However, the box office was only 250 billion Serbian dollars, which is equivalent to RMB billion. It is far from the billion you mentioned. Do you have the confidence that First Love will be introduced to more than countries?"

"Director Cheng, I have a question too. As far as I know, there isn't even a single pure youth romance movie in the top 20 domestic movie box office charts? There isn't even one movie that grossed over billion. How dare you say that? Why do you think you can create a new global box office record?"

"Director Cheng, where does your confidence come from? If you fail to do it, will you feel ashamed?"

"Director Cheng, are you responsible for what you said?" Cheng Cheng looked at them with a crazy expression:

"Look, you guys are in a hurry again! You're as serious as the people putting up film under the overpass."

"Why do you think I'm serious? You asked how much I hope to achieve. Of course I hope the more the better. Can't I be bolder in my dreams?"

"If half of the people in the country go to see my movie, it will be 250 billion. Don't even mention 250 billion, I dare say 1000 billion. Isn't it just that every person in the country watches it twice?"

The reporters at the scene looked as uncomfortable as if they had eaten shit.

This logic seems to be correct!

Yan Gou'er, Wen Lian and others burst out laughing, and there were also low chuckles from the audience below the stage!

Hahahaha, they just love Cheng Cheng's illness too much, especially when they see these reporters being fooled. Finally, someone can deal with these guys who are eager to create chaos in the world.

A reporter put away the awkward expression on his face and continued to ask:

"Director Cheng, judging from the plot that has been revealed so far, it seems that the character you play has a relationship with the characters played by Yan Gou'er and Wen Lian. Teacher Yan Gou'er and Teacher Wen Lian are two completely different beauties. If you were a character in the movie, who would you choose?"

Yan Gou'er and Wen Lian both turned their gazes to Cheng Cheng at the same time, one with misty eyes and the other with expectation.

The audiences below the stage also turned their eyes to Cheng Cheng, wanting to see what answer he would give.

Cheng Cheng answered without hesitation:

"I would flick my snot on my hands because it was slippery and fun."

?

are you crazy!

I don’t know how many people are cursing this sentence in their hearts at this moment!

Even Yan Gou'er and Wen Lian were shaken and felt unhappy but dared not to say anything.

When someone asks you who to choose between Yan Gou'er and Wen Lian, you choose playing with snot?
Okay, okay, snot>Yan Gou'er+Wen Lian, right?

Offstage, Meng Cai was communicating with Li Yang and Qi Hao, saying, "Director Cheng is still the same as always!"

Qi Hao: "Yeah, it really makes me miss it."

Li Yang stared at Jiang Jun on the stage, with a lot on his mind, muttering:

"He's really tall and handsome!"

Afterwards, the reporters at the scene asked Wen Lian, Yan Gou'er and Jiang Jun a few more questions. Wen Lian and Yan Gou'er's answers were flawless, with their eloquence and emotional intelligence at full strength, which was even more rare, especially in comparison with Cheng Cheng, and won applause from the audience.

On the contrary, Jiang Jun would touch his head and laugh three times for no apparent reason every time someone asked him a question, making people wonder if he had a problem with his brain.

The questioning was over and time was almost up, so Cheng Cheng and others stepped down from the stage and sat in the first row.

Yan Gou'er beside him was a little nervous, her little chest heaving, her palms full of sweat.

Jiang Jun also swallowed his saliva.

On the contrary, Wen Lian has fewer roles and is not under that much pressure.

Cheng Cheng turned towards Yan Gou'er and asked, "Are you nervous?"

Yan Gou'er nodded and whispered, "I am a little nervous."

"Don't worry." Cheng Cheng looked at the stage and said leisurely:

"Now there are many people who hope we fall, many people who hope we lose everything, and many people who are waiting in the dark corners for us to show our weakness and give us a fatal blow, but we will not stop here! The performance of this movie will be very good, better than anyone expected! It will shatter all the fantasies of the enemy and make any plan against us fail in the womb! They can only watch us ascend to the altar with despair, resentment, powerlessness and reverence!"

Yan Gou'er looked up at Cheng Cheng, her clear eyes sparkling with light, as if she couldn't believe that such passionate words actually came from Director Cheng's mouth.

In her impression, although Director Cheng is serious about his work, he always looks and acts in a way that ordinary people cannot understand.

But at this moment she understood that Director Cheng understood everything, everything, but he had never taken it to heart and never cared.

Yan Gou'er's heart was pounding, but she was not nervous. She just felt a strong drive born in her thin body, and she just wanted to follow her director Cheng and face all challenges!
"Director Cheng, I——"

She opened her mouth and was about to express her feelings when she suddenly saw Cheng Cheng pick up a cup of milk tea from the ground.

He held the milk tea upside down, with the bottom facing up and the sealed side facing down, and then the straw snapped into the bottom of the milk tea cup in a short and powerful motion.

Cheng Cheng took two sips of his food contentedly and asked, "What do you want to say?"

The light in Yan Gou'er's eyes suddenly went out. She shook her head and looked towards the stage:

"No, it's nothing!"

At this time, the lights in the theater had gone dark, the movie screen lit up, and the movie opening was playing.

Yan Gou'er thought:

Just watch the movie honestly~
(End of this chapter)