MTL - Dad, Please Try a Little Harder

  Chapter 136 The day our romance official announced that she was holding a balloon

   "You're going back to school a week early?"

  After lunch, Qian Quan took Ding Linlang to Wanghuai to watch a movie in his father's car, and told her about going back to school early.

   "Yes, there will be a game in March, and training will be held in advance."

  Ding Linlang thought for a while, and said, "I still want to stay at home for a few more days, to accompany my parents, grandparents."

   "Then you can come back when school starts, and I can still pick you up then."

"Um."

  The car soon arrived at Wanghuai, parked the car, and the two walked towards the cinema.

  A total of six films will be released during the Spring Festival this year, with themes including war, comedy, history and science fiction.

   Of course, there is also the big movie "Bear Infested", which is unshakable and praised by the industry as "the wall of masterpieces".

  The Spring Festival file has always been the most competitive time for various movies.

  Who can become the champion, who can become the dark horse, who has the highest score, and who has the best publicity. These are all hot topics during the Spring Festival, and naturally they have become a hot spot for fans.

  However, only the movie "Bear Infested" never took the initiative to participate in any controversy, and the announcement also seemed unpretentious.

  Selling tickets silently, preempting film schedules silently, box office exceeding 100 million silently, making money silently, earning money silently, becoming the top three at the Spring Festival box office silently...

  Yes, almost every year during the Spring Festival, there will be a blockbuster movie that everyone is looking forward to, with big directors, big producers, big movie stars, and big traffic.

   Then there will be a comedy that seems to be well-behaved during the promotion period, but suddenly becomes a dark horse, counterattacks all the way, and finally overtakes the blockbuster and becomes the box office champion.

   After these two phenomenal films, there is that animated film.

  Therefore, whether the box office of all the films in the Spring Festival every year can surpass "Bear Infested" has become a watershed to measure a movie.

   "How much box office do you think "The Bears" will make this year?" After entering the theater, Ding Linlang asked when he saw the promotional sign of The Bears.

   "1 billion+ is stable." Qian Quandao, "It can be said to be one of the most successful IPs in China, and those movies with double the box office may not be as profitable as it."

   "Cost issue?" Ding Linlang said.

   "Yes, although there is water in the statement, it is normal for Spring Festival movies to spend 100 to 200 million yuan in publicity and marketing, not to mention the production cost."

   "Is it mainly to rush to arrange movies?"

  Qian Quan nodded: "Unless a film of particularly high quality that happens to resonate with the audience's emotions can rely on word-of-mouth to counterattack, other films with similar quality will have to win or lose in terms of marketing and scheduling.

   "Only "Bear Infested" is a special case. His production plus publicity and distribution together may be less than 200 million. If calculated according to the factor of three times the box office investment, as long as it has 600 million box office, it can be profitable."

   "So, in addition to road shows and box office subsidies, what other aspects of publicity are more expensive?"

"Advertising film editing and promotion, water army soft articles, and local promotion of advertisements," Qian Quan said, pointing to the stand boards placed in the theater, "and those stand boards, these things seem simple, but once the amount is measured, they are all Real money."

   "Well, at least children don't need to buy soft text for cartoons."

   "The money for the celebrity road show is also saved, and the transportation expenses and five-star hotels are also a lot of money."

  The two talked and bought a large bucket of popcorn and two glasses of Coke.

   "This series of animated films also has a potential function of cultivating audiences for future movie theaters."

   "Yes, let these children like going to the cinema, and when they grow up, they will automatically choose the cinema to watch movies."

   They sat and chatted for a while, took a group photo, and their movie began to check tickets.

  The movie the two of them chose this time is a comedy starring Tian Wang. It tells the story of a former star who is full of jokes in the constant misplacement, loses himself, and finally finds himself through various stories.

  The movie is 130 minutes long, and the movie-watching experience is good. Little humor and jokes run through most of the movie, especially the perfect fit between the character played by the protagonist and the protagonist himself, which adds to the credibility and sense of humor of the movie.

  The movie itself still has a very classic three-stage structure:

  The life of the protagonist is out of balance, and there is a gap with the past, the driving force of the first act;

  The main character does everything possible to chase after desires and goals, the second act of chasing in the lost;

  The protagonist is touched by something and finds that sincerity/kindness/love is the true meaning of life, and the third act sublimates to the end.

   "How do you feel?" After leaving the theater, Qian Quan asked Ding Linlang.

   "7.5 points."

"Um."

  The two discussed the movie while picking up the car and going home.

  In the evening, Ding Linlang made a rare post on Moments:

   "On New Year's Day, watch a movie."

   There are two photos, one is a photo of her and Qian Quan holding a movie ticket, and the other is a photo of her and Qian Quan.

  Qian Quan immediately stole the picture and posted it on Moments:

   "On New Year's Day, watch a movie."

  …

  In the second day of junior high school, Qian Wenlin and his parents went to visit relatives at his grandmother's house.

   This is also an old tradition in their family.

  When I was young, my cousin would come to pick me up specially, but when I grew up, I went by myself.

  Going to visit relatives at grandma's house is no different to Qian Quan.

  But for Qian Wenlin and Yang Yuhua, there was a subtle change in their minds.

  In the past few months, their son has achieved great fame, and now he has become a big internet celebrity with millions of fans.

  Bringing such a son to visit relatives, it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel complacent at all.

   Sure enough, when the family of three arrived at grandma's house, they immediately became the focus of relatives' eyes.

  Grandpa and grandma are okay, I am very relieved.

   Uncles, aunts, aunts, and cousins ​​will inevitably gather around to praise and praise, and take photos together.

   "When Shitou was young, I said that he would be promising when he grows up. Look, he is talking." Aunt said.

   "When I watched the video of the stone beating the Japanese, I broke out in a cold sweat. I fought with him when I was a child, and I was afraid that he would make trouble for me." said the cousin.

   "Many students in our school are fans of Brother Shitou, both boys and girls. My best friend knows that Brother Shitou is my cousin, so she begged me to get her autograph." The cousin said.

  Qian Quan smiled and listened to everyone's narration the whole time, and occasionally answered a few sentences without losing the opportunity, which often made everyone laugh.

  When you are particularly good, the comparison between relatives and neighbors will automatically disappear.

  Qian Wenlin also experienced the feeling of being elated in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law. When eating at noon, the voice of chatting was more confident and calm than before.

  My family has a son who has just grown up.

  …

   Songzhuang.

  Song Xi was wearing a bridesmaid outfit and was hiding her shoes.

   Today her cousin got married and asked her to be a bridesmaid.

   Now, the bride has dressed up and is sitting in the room waiting for the groom's team to pick her up.

  As the bridesmaid, she is responsible for the next task of embarrassing the groom and the groomsmen.

everything's ready.

   Wait for the groom to come to the door.

   "When they come to knock on the door, you can block it symbolically, lest they rush the door too hard and someone gets hurt."

  The cousin explained.

   "Well, let them put 10 red envelopes and open the door."

"Um."

  Song Xi familiarized herself with the flow of the game for the last time.

  In fact, the games are quite simple, and the most difficult one is to let the groom and the best man group pass the balloon with their necks.

  Song Xi held a red balloon in his hand, sat on a chair, looked at his phone and waited.

   Then she saw someone in the high school class group post screenshots of Qian Quan and Ding Linlang's circle of friends.

   is the circle of friends where they watched movies together.

   "So, is this the official announcement of Qian Quan and Ding Linlang?" A classmate asked, and also Aite Qian Quan and Ding Linlang.

  Qian Quan is okay, after a year, he will still post to a few circles of friends.

  Ding Linlang did not post on Moments all year round, but now he suddenly posted a photo with Qian Quan and movie tickets, the intention is self-evident.

   After a while, Qian Quan replied with an expression of sunglasses, which was an admission.

  Song Xi quit WeChat, and her mood fell to the bottom instantly.

  There is no possibility for her and Qian Quan.

  She didn't regret what she said to Qian Quan on the Bund, and she was even working hard for it.

  However, the situation has changed drastically, beyond her imagination.

  One is that Qian Quan suddenly became popular, so popular that even if her plan was completed, she couldn't bear his weight.

   She promised to give the right to money in a few years, but now she can get it herself!

  The second is that Qian Quan and Ding Linlang are together.

  Ding Linlang was the biggest enemy in her mind. She thought that they had been best friends for so many years, and since they hadn't been together, it would be difficult for them to be together in the future.

   Unexpectedly, when the two went to a different place, their relationship... turned sour.

  Song Xi turned her head and looked out the window, recalling the scene of her official announcement with Sun Shaokang that day in her mind.

  She later had many dreams, and the seat of Sun Shaokang in the dream was Qian Quan.

But.

  The balloon that day had already drifted too far.

   She will never have again.

  (end of this chapter)