It was only at this moment that he awoke as if from a dream.
He suddenly realized that Su Yu was not only a talented musician but also an exceptionally skilled director, and even an ace screenwriter whose works had accumulated over ten billion chinese yuan at the box office!
This news was no longer a secret in the industry, but Tianxing Entertainment and Su Yu kept a low profile, not wanting to use this as a gimmick for publicity and profit, so not many outsiders knew about it.
Ma Da secretly regretted, thinking to himself that he had truly been stuck in a rut before.
Like everyone else, whenever Su Yu was mentioned, the first thing that came to mind was music, or perhaps poetry, calligraphy, and painting; he had completely forgotten Su Yu's important identity as a screenwriter.
If, while inviting Su Yu for songs this time, he had also sincerely invited him for a few scripts for language-based works, then tonight's viewership ratings might have reached new heights.
Unfortunately, realizing this now was clearly too late.
However, Ma Da also knew that if Su Yu personally directed the Spring Festival Gala, with his profound accomplishments in creating songs and language-based works, he would undoubtedly possess a unique and immense advantage, making it easy to surpass the achievements of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Of course, Ma Da did not know that if Su Yu were to direct the Spring Festival Gala, dance programs would also become a major highlight and strength.
Not to mention the countless splendid dance masterpieces from Earth that could be referenced, Su Yu's current master-level dance skills alone could create countless astonishing variations.
The premise was that Su Yu was willing to spend three months dedicating himself to the work of a Spring Festival Gala director.
At this moment, Su Yu had already returned home with Han Jiangxue.
The two went into their respective washrooms, while Su Yu took advantage of the interim to check the increase in entertainment prestige points brought by this Spring Festival Gala.
The growth momentum domestically was very rapid, increasing by almost 200 million prestige points, which was within expectations.
What pleasantly surprised him was that overseas prestige points also saw a significant increase, roughly just over 100 million.
Su Yu thought for a moment and then understood the reason; this was all due to the strong influence and radiation of Chinese culture on surrounding Asian countries.
Thinking of this, his lips curved slightly upward, revealing a relieved smile.
......
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after breakfast in the courtyard, Su Yu went to Tianxing Cinema Line's flagship store in Yanjing.
today, there were premiere ceremonies for two films from Tianxing Entertainment!
Because both were films produced by Tianxing Entertainment, the premieres of “the breakup guru” and “let the bullets fly” were arranged to be held together.
The media and reporters were already speechless about Tianxing Entertainment's operation.
However, even so, the media professionals and film critics who came to the premiere today still filled the largest screening hall.
There wasn't even a single ordinary audience member in the entire screening hall.
This showed how much importance they placed on these two films!
In fact, there was no other way, as Tianxing Entertainment's previous film had created a myth in domestic cinema.
They also had great expectations for this new film co-directed by Su Yu and Zhang Guoshi.
As for Deng Yue's film? It could only be considered an extra.
Because they were both films from Tianxing Entertainment, the initial screening schedules for the two films were truly worlds apart!
Although Tianxing Cinema Line did not show favoritism and gave both films similar screening times, other cinema lines would not think that way!
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, “let the bullets fly” had a screening rate of 31%, leading the films of the same period during the Spring Festival.
However, “the breakup guru” only had an initial screening rate of 8%, which was even less than half of Ma Da's new film, “high customization”!
But for Deng Yue, such a screening rate was already quite satisfactory.
If it weren't for the strong backing of Tianxing Entertainment, his film might not even have made it into the Spring Festival, let alone secured an 8% screening rate.
After the main creative personnel from the two major film crews took their seats, the interview session of the premiere began.
This time, the enthusiasm for “the breakup guru” was clearly not great; after a few perfunctory and routine questions, everyone's focus shifted to “let the bullets fly”!
“Director Su! What is your box office expectation for “let the bullets fly”? Do you have the confidence to surpass “the truman show”?”
A reporter asked the question everyone was most concerned about.
That was the box office!
The box office performance of “the truman show” was truly brutal, and they really wanted to know Su Yu's thoughts on this new film.
They also wanted to see if Su Yu still had the confidence to call out 1 billion, or even an answer that surpassed the previous work.
“This film is currently only released in mainland China, so naturally, its total box office cannot be compared to “the truman show,” which was released globally. However, I am very confident in this film, and I am also confident in the Spring Festival period. As for box office expectations, I'd say 1.5 billion!”
Su Yu was Su Yu; there was truly nothing he didn't dare to say.
When the 1.5 billion box office expectation was announced, all the media professionals and film critics present were speechless.
Should we call you humble? Or arrogant?
Su Five Hundred Million, Su One Billion, are those not enough to satisfy your appetite now?!
After all, although 1.5 billion in box office revenue is not as high as Truman's, it is a figure that can enter the top three on the domestic single-film box office list.
Su Yu really doesn't know how to be subtle at all!
And Director Zhang, who was next to Su Yu, was currently holding his forehead, looking as if he was afraid of being interviewed by reporters.
But how could the reporters grant his wish?
“Director Zhang! What is your box office expectation for “let the bullets fly”? Is it also a minimum of 1.5 billion chinese yuan?”
This reporter, in front of Su Yu, directly and brazenly began to misinterpret Su Yu's words.
An expectation of 1.5 billion and a minimum of 1.5 billion, can these be the same thing?
“That's right! My psychological expectation for the box office is also 1.5 billion chinese yuan! I am very confident in the film's plot and quality! I am confident in my directing level and my actors! And I am even more confident in the audience!”
Director Zhang stiffened his neck and said “confident” three times in a row.
What he didn't say was that the person he was most confident in was Su Yu!
He felt that Su Yu wasn't just making wild claims without any certainty.
Earlier, when reporters asked Su Yu about his box office expectations for “the breakup guru,” he didn't directly shout out a terrifying answer like 1.5 billion.
Instead, he “low-key” gave a box office expectation of 500 million.
This made Director Zhang feel that Su Yu was still reliable.
“Director Su, have you considered releasing the film globally? After all, you have always collaborated with Disney and MGM, so exporting it shouldn't be difficult, right?”
Another reporter looked at Su Yu, asking another question.
Film export was a dream that domestic films previously found unattainable.
After all, the number of films that could be exported each year was truly too, too small.
Moreover, the box office and achievements obtained after export were also unremarkable and shameful to mention.
But Su Yu's films were clearly an exception!
They were very happy to see Su Yu's films released globally once again and refresh the miracle created by Truman.