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Zheng Wen led several young people who looked both excited and nervous at the same time to greet every guest who came to attend the premiere.

The guests who came to attend the premiere of I Am a Passerby today, except for Oriental DreamWorks’ own artists and celebrities, the others were basically either Zheng Wen’s friends and confidants in the industry, or some highly respected celebrities in the industry.

After all, the cast of "I Am a Passerby" is too shabby. If it weren't for Zheng Wen's name and his status in Oriental DreamWorks, it is estimated that even his own company would not have a few star artists to produce this low-cost movie.

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However, even so, the guests who came were not just cats and dogs.

There may be a little less celebrity guests, but some celebrities with relatively well-known literary names in the film industry are basically invited to attend the premiere of Zheng Wen's film starring an ensemble cast whenever they have time.

Mr. Meng Su also came here today.

"Old Zheng, don't make a movie and then start doing your little art thing again, okay?"

"Haha, I didn't expect you, Lao Zheng, to turn around one day, haha."

"I hope I can see something different today."

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Every guest who came greeted Zheng Wen with a smile. Some of the actors who had never experienced such a scene were almost scared to the point of falling down when they heard these mercilessly polite words.

However, they soon realized that anyone who could say such things to Director Zheng with a smile was probably Director Zheng's good friend.

Although the cast of "I Am a Passerby" does not have much appeal to the outside world, Oriental DreamWorks' 30 million yuan in pre-publicity is not in vain. At least today, all the influential entertainment media in the industry have been invited.

, and basically all of them came over.

Even if they didn't come in person, arrangements were made for other reporters to come.

Oriental DreamWorks is now becoming more and more influential, and the media is very cooperative in this regard. After all, Oriental DreamWorks has always been very generous in public relations.

After all, the mouth for eating people is short, and the hands for taking people are short.

The premiere of I Am a Passerby was not as grand as other Oriental DreamWorks movies. If it weren't for Yang Ming's request, Zheng Wen wouldn't even want to hold this premiere and just release it directly.

The production cost is 10 million yuan and the publicity investment is 30 million yuan.

If this had been done in the past, Zheng Wen would never have been able to accept it.

Zheng Wen brought several key members of the crew to the stage. After briefly saying a few polite words, he quickly left the stage and the movie officially began to show.

"Old Zheng, don't be so nervous. The story is very well told. I believe the audience will buy it."

Jing Yongchang saw Zheng Wen coming off the stage and sitting down, breathing a little quickly, so he guessed that the person next to him, although he was nonchalant on the surface, was still quite nervous on the inside.

Everyone is a director, and no matter how small the production cost is, success is still very important.

Especially for a Golden Dragon Award-winning director like Zheng Wen, maybe even if this small-budget film fails, it won't shake Zheng Wen's foundation, but it will still have a certain impact on his reputation.

As a director, Jing Yongchang can also understand Zheng Wen's mood at this time.

When Zheng Wen heard Jing Yongchang's words, he turned his head and smiled bitterly. He patted Jing Yongchang's arm to express his gratitude, but said nothing.

As soon as the lights dimmed, the animation of the little girl from Oriental DreamWorks above the moon slowly appeared on the screen in the opening credits of the movie.

The theater suddenly became silent, and all the guests began to concentrate on watching the movie. They saw that a director who had just won the Golden Dragon Award did not choose to take advantage of the victory to make a big production, but chose to shoot a movie.

What kind of movie is a low-budget movie with a production cost of only about 10 million?

At this moment, countless movie theaters in the country are also showing the movie I Am a Passerby at the same time. One movie theater is located in a luxuriously decorated movie theater hall in a shopping mall in the city center.

A young couple, holding hands, were discussing which movie to watch tonight.

"Wenwen, it seems there are no good movies to watch now." The man walked around the movie theater and looked at the movies shown tonight, and said a little helplessly.

The girl took her mobile phone and looked at the movies released during this period in Maoyan Movies. She said a little disappointedly: "Yes, it's only June. It's estimated that there won't be any good blockbusters until the summer."

"Yang Da's Three Kingdoms movie won't be released for more than a month," the boy said, remembering something.

In June this year, not many blockbusters were released. Although there were some action movies and police movies, I either haven't seen them or the reviews were not good. The pictures were too bloody and not suitable for couples to watch.

If he wasn't really bored by shopping, the boy wouldn't suggest coming to the cinema to watch a movie.

Just when the girl was about to give up the idea of ​​watching a movie today, she undoubtedly turned her head and saw a huge display stand, and a movie promotional poster came into view.

"I am from Heilongjiang. I am 21 years old. I have studied traditional Chinese medicine. Now, I am pursuing my dream in Dongyang."

A plain sentence, but it reveals a kind of persistence and bitterness in pursuing dreams. For today's young people, this place is a place that no one knows. For young people who have dreams of becoming stars, Dongyang Film

The filming base is the holy place in their hearts.

Here, maybe you can become famous overnight, realize your childhood dream, be sought after by countless media, and become the protagonist with countless auras on the screen.

Every young man has a dream of becoming a star, no matter whether he is a boy or a girl, there is no exception.

The girl who saw this huge poster is no exception. In junior high school, high school, and college, it can be said that her life experience is a process of constantly worshiping idols.

Moreover, she also has a hidden dream of becoming a star in her heart.

The girl held the boy's hand, walked to the poster, looked at the poster, and said softly: "I am a passerby."

The boy saw that the girl was suddenly interested in the movie poster and said: "I know this movie. Although the director is a great director and the script was written by Yang Da, but I read the media introduction and found that none of the actors in the movie are celebrities.

And they are all chosen from walk-ins, so it’s not interesting.”

For male compatriots, when watching movies, 9 out of 10 guys like to watch action movies, the kind that make you dazzled and explode.

The bigger the scene becomes, the more male compatriots like to watch it.

Even if it is a romance movie, if it is not needed by the girlfriend, it will basically not be considered by the male compatriots.

The boy also knew about the movie "I Am a Passerby", but when he saw the introduction of the movie in the media, he completely lost interest. The production cost was only about 10 million, and the actors were not only not big-name actors, but also came from small roles.

It was filmed by inferior actors as advertised in it.

Therefore, even if he knew that the director of this movie was a Golden Dragon Award-winning director and that the script was written by Yang Ming, whom he admired very much, this movie was not among his first considerations.

"Director: Zheng Wen, winner of the Golden Dragon Award for Best Director; screenwriter: Yang Ming, winner of the Golden Dragon Award for Best Original Screenplay."

When the girl saw the message on the poster, she really didn't expect that the screenwriter of this movie was actually written by Yang Ming, whom she admired.

Suddenly she made a decision in her mind to watch this movie.

There don't seem to be any other good movies to watch today anyway.

After hearing the girl's decision, the boy felt a little helpless, but he quickly bought two movie tickets with Maoyan Movies. For him, the important thing was not which movie to watch, but who to watch the movie with.

Similar things are happening in movie theaters across the country.

The cast of I Am Passerby is not attractive at all, and the production cost is only around 10 million. To be honest, for movie fans, it is definitely not among their first choices for watching movies.

Even, if it weren’t for the fact that the film was supported by the names of Zheng Wen and Yang Ming, and Oriental DreamWorks spared no expense in promoting it.

It is estimated that not many movie fans will choose to watch this movie.

The attendance rate at the premiere of I Am a Passerby was not very high. Li Dongyang also received the news immediately that the attendance rate at the premiere of I Am a Passerby was not very high.

Donghai Cinema Line and Oriental DreamWorks are both properties owned by Yang Ming, and Donghai Cinema Line has naturally become Oriental DreamWorks’ royal cinema chain.

As long as the movie is shot and screened by Oriental DreamWorks, it will receive strong support from Donghai Cinemas.

Whether it is film arrangement efforts or resource support, Donghai Cinemas will be tilted towards it.

Fortunately, most of the movies produced by Oriental DreamWorks in the past two to three years were hits, so the Donghai Cinema Line did not attract too much gossip.

But I Am a Passerby had just premiered, and the attendance rate was not even half, which surprised Li Dongyang.

The attendance rate for the premiere did not reach half. Li Dongyang knew very well what this meant.

This is definitely the rhythm to pounce on.

But it will be very miserable.

Even if the Donghai Cinema Chain is the official theater chain of Oriental DreamWorks, we can't just watch the theater chain lose money. A movie without attendance is a loss of money for the theater chain.

This was the first time Li Dongyang encountered this situation.

In the past, all the films produced by Oriental DreamWorks, whether produced by Yang Ming or other directors, basically had no losses and were all hits.

He really didn't expect that the premiere of the movie I Am a Passerby would be so dismal.

You know, every movie theater under the Donghai Cinema chain has promotional posters and strong support for this movie. After so much effort, the premiere attendance rate is not more than half. This is a bit big.

Li Dongyang was walking back and forth in his office with a solemn expression, wondering how to solve this problem.

He checked his watch, it was 7pm here in China, and he calculated in his mind that it was only afternoon in London.

Thinking of this, he immediately called Yang Ming.

However, after a moment, he received Yang Ming's answer. After he put down the phone, he looked a little undecided and a little suspicious.

“Let’s see in two days”

Obviously, Yang Ming will wait two days to see if the attendance rate is still so dismal before making a decision.

Li Dongyang knew that Yang Ming was very busy, so he didn't say much. He was afraid of disturbing the other party, so he hung up the phone.

"Is it possible that this movie can be brought back to life?" he murmured to himself, stroking his chin.
To be continued...