A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 289: Making Dumplings for a Dish of Vinegar

Although Wu Jing was angry, he still wanted to seize this free opportunity to promote the movie. He sent out the celebratory posters he had prepared in advance overnight.

However, before it was released, the poster material was changed. The original photo of Chen Jinnian standing on the tank was replaced with a screenshot. In order to select this picture, the editing team and Wu Jing worked overtime all night, and successfully captured the clearest one from the shooting material frame by frame.

At the same time, the caption on the poster reads, "Wolf Warrior 2" celebrates "Hello Teacher" for breaking the million yuan box office.

Thanks to this poster, many people know that Wu Jing is filming a military film, which has a warm-up effect, but everyone's focus is still on Wu Jing's emoticons.

It was truly a viral sensation on the entire Internet, with enthusiastic netizens creating countless versions based on Chen Jinnian's original work.

In addition, there were careful viewers who took the emoticon package sent by Chen Jinnian to the cinema for comparison, and finally came to a surprising conclusion, that is, the picture was not taken by Chen Jinnian from the film, he had other materials.

They are harboring evil intentions and have been planning this for a long time. The melon has already been planned before the movie is even released.

Now the other onlookers couldn't sit still either. There were many directors who buried Easter eggs in their movies, but this was the first time they saw someone deliberately bury emoticons in a movie.

Many people went to the cinema, wanting to be there firsthand to watch the action, so much so that a famous scene was created in the cinema. When Wu Jing appeared, all the audience turned on their mobile phones, stared at the phone screen and the movie screen, and compared them carefully.

Affected by this, the film's daily box office rebounded from 2100 million on Tuesday to 3000 million on Wednesday and Thursday, and remained strong until Saturday when it fell below 2000 million.

As of Sunday, August 8, the film had grossed over 21 million yuan nine days after its release, with a cumulative box office of 2 million yuan, surpassing the initial box office forecast ahead of schedule.

However, this time Chen Jinnian did not release a celebratory poster. Instead, the official Weibo of "Hello Teacher" updated two movie posters at the same time, one to celebrate breaking 1 million, and the other to celebrate breaking 2 million. The poster materials are all quite standard, and are basically consistent in style with the promotional materials released in the early stage.

Many netizens who were watching the incident felt that they had grasped the truth of the matter. They believed that Chen Jinnian made dumplings just for the sake of vinegar. They thought that the real purpose would be revealed, but they never expected that the map of Yan State's Du Kang was so long. It seemed that everyone had become a part of his play.

But there are still a few rational netizens who disagree with this statement. How could there be any investor who is stupid enough to play this game with Chen Jinnian? It is simply a waste of money.

Later, deeper inside stories were uncovered, and numerous sources proved that the film was fully funded by Chen Jinnian himself, and the relevant producers and investors only entered the market after seeing the finished film.

After the relevant news was made public, it became completely inexplicable. Only Chen Jinnian himself knew the real motive for the filming.

However, practitioners in the industry have to admit that Chen Jinnian’s ability to promote people is really strong. Just look at how popular Wu Jing is now.

No one cared about the fighting scenes for ten years, but the whole world knew about it.

The number of fans increased by over one million in just one week is simply outrageous. Originally, everyone was just rediscovering Yu Qian's acting skills, but now, they have also rediscovered Wu Jing.

Because of the good publicity effect, the crew ended the unified roadshow early and returned to Beijing.

"Uncle, we will help you apply to all major domestic film festivals. As for whether you can win an award, we can't guarantee it. After all, our crew hasn't prepared any funds for the activities." Chen Jinnian said as he walked after getting off the plane.

"Look at what you said. I'm quite content with my current achievements. As for that, it all depends on fate. If they are willing to praise me, then I will accept the award. If they are not willing to give it to me, then I can't say anything."

Yu Qian said happily that if smoking wasn't prohibited at the airport, he would have had a couple of puffs.

"And Dalin and Xiaoqi, you two will also be applying for the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards, but the chances of being nominated are slim, so be prepared."

"Thank you, Director Chen." Deng Xiaoqi agreed coquettishly. She still felt like she was dreaming. She participated in a movie during the winter vacation, and the box office was a big hit during the summer vacation. According to the current trend, it is foreseeable that the total box office will exceed 300 million.

But Dalin was a little puzzled. "Why sign me up for the supporting actor role? You act much better than me. Signing me up would be a waste of time."

There is a quota limit for the crew's application. In principle, one actor is required to play the leading role, and the limit for supporting roles can be relaxed, but it is best not to exceed two.

Chen Jinnian smiled and said, "I don't plan to apply."

Everyone nodded. He really didn't need to apply for the Best Supporting Actor award. Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Screenplay were the more important awards.

However, everyone obviously misunderstood what he meant. When Chen Jinnian said that he did not plan to submit the award, he actually meant that he would not submit the award for any of the awards.

He still hadn't forgotten the criticism of the fairness of last year's Magnolia Awards. The nomination for "Hey, Old Man!" was indeed very problematic, and there was no way to justify it.

He felt that even with Teacher Li Xuejian's qualifications, he was being played around by the "juniors", and it would be better for a "younger generation" like him to get involved.

The water inside was too deep and he couldn't control it.

After coming out of the airport, everyone went their separate ways. After traveling around the country for more than a week, they were already exhausted and all they wanted to do was go back and rest.

Those who want to go home go home, and those who want to go back to school go back to school.

After sending everyone to the car, he and Wang Yidi went back with Ji Yangyang who came to pick them up at the airport. The vehicle engineering major he applied for at Beijing University of Science and Technology of Information and Communications Technology had not started yet.

Chen Jinnian sat in the passenger seat and turned on the massage function of the seat. "The seat you added is really comfortable. By the way, how is everyone doing lately?"

"Many classmates have gone to school. Lei'er and Taozi have been in military training for several days. Lei'er is still at the main campus of Tsinghua University, so it's okay, but Taozi went to the student military training base in Huairou. There has been no news for a long time." Ji Yangyang said worriedly.

"Don't worry, nothing can happen during military training. What about Yingzi? Has she started school yet?"

"It should be soon. I remember she reported on the 26th."

Hearing this, Chen Jinnian turned around and asked, "Yidi, when do we report?"

"You're amazing! You didn't even know when school started." Wang Yidi rolled his eyes and then began, "We'll report on September 9nd and go to the student military training base in Shunyi on the morning of the 2th. It'll last until the 4th, but the conditions there are pretty tough. We can't even get enough food."

"Well, how did you know?" he asked with some confusion. He didn't remember Wang Yidi having any friends at Communication University of China.

"Oh my god, you don't even know this? It was on the trending search last month." Ji Yangyang next to him interrupted.

Chen Jinnian was stunned, completely confused as to what was going on. He looked at Ji Yangyang who was driving, "Ah, no, you knew about this too. That's not right. How come it was trending last month? Can anyone tell me what's going on?"