novelraw Chapter 377 : Overnight Fame
Chapter 377 : Overnight Fame
Chapter 377: Overnight Fame
On May 1st, Labor Day.
A film called 《Hero》 was released in major theaters across the country.
In fact, before the film's release, the production company had already spent a lot of money promoting it on television and online media.
Everyone knew this was a big-star, big-budget production, and currently the most expensive film made domestically.
In addition, the released film clips looked very spectacular, shocking netizens.
Could domestic films really produce Hollywood-level effects?
As a result of multiple factors, on the first day of release, theaters were packed with audiences coming to watch.
Chen Fan couldn't leave the school gates, so he couldn't go to the cinema to support it.
However, he knew that this film's box office was actually quite good.
But the word-of-mouth was somewhat polarized.
Sure enough, a few days after the film's release, more and more discussions began to appear online.
Some said this was a pioneering work in domestic blockbusters, writing a thick chapter in the history of domestic film industry development.
Others said 《Hero》 imitated Akira Kurosawa's 《Rashomon》 in structure, and Old Zhang made the film very poetic with Chinese style characteristics.
Old Zhang made the film's visuals quite perfect through the use of a large number of different colors.
Of course, these were all positive reviews.
There were naturally many negative reviews as well, such as saying the plot lacked realism close to life, character personalities developed too abruptly, losing authenticity, and the protagonists were not fleshed out enough.
The plot was fragmented, Old Zhang only cared about rendering colors and visuals, completely failing to tell a good story.
Whether film critics or audiences, the two camps argued fiercely online.
But none of this hindered the film's box office from climbing steadily, with more and more audiences entering theaters to watch.
At the same time, several characters in the film also began to be heatedly discussed by people.
For example, how handsome Jet Li's Nameless was, how tragic the ending was, how sad the love between Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung was, the tyranny of the King of Qin...
Of course, among the discussions about these big stars, what male audiences talked about most was actually the maid called Ruyue in the film.
As the maid of Broken Sword played by Tony Leung, Ruyue didn't have a lot of screen time, but left a deep impression.
Especially in the end when she wore red and fought under a sky full of red leaves.
It really shattered the hearts of countless viewers.
People were frantically digging for information about this new actress.
"The actress's name seems to be Wen Wan, a very nice name, but why haven't we seen her works before?"
"Could she be a newcomer? Which agency is she from?"
"Although she's new, her acting is amazing. And she's really too beautiful, I declare I'm already her loyal fan..."
There were many such comments.
Everything happened just as Chen Fan had predicted earlier, as soon as the film was released, Wen Wan instantly became famous.
Her discussion volume has even surpassed those lead actors now.
This scene also shocked Wen Wan's agency.
Originally, the company planned to take this opportunity to promote Wen Wan well, and then use two to three films to build her into a second-tier star.
But now, the company didn't need to do anything.
Because Wen Wan's popularity had already completely approached that of first-tier stars.
This was true overnight fame.
The boss of Wen Wan's agency was simply ecstatic.
He directly promised Wen Wan that the company would create a dedicated team studio for her in the future. They would do their utmost to escort her struggle in the entertainment circle.
Moreover, the boss personally promised that Wen Wan would have great autonomy in choosing future film roles.
Wen Wan agreed, after all, she had signed a contract with them, and the company had helped her when she was in her most difficult time.
Of course, she was most grateful to Chen Fan.
It could be said that Chen Fan had completely changed her fate against all odds.
She really wanted to meet Chen Fan and thank him in person.
But the school was locked down, and Chen Fan couldn't come out at all.
And just as Chen Fan had said before, she had really become a big star now, and the chances of them meeting in the future would only become fewer and fewer.
The company made a series of publicity plans for Wen Wan, wanting to take advantage of the film's heat to formally introduce Wen Wan into people's view.
If it were before, Wen Wan would definitely not like such arrangements.
But now, she very calmly accepted it.
Because when they were drinking last time, Chen Fan had said something to her, which she remembered clearly.
"Don't worry about whether the entertainment circle is good or bad, the main thing is what kind of person you want to be."
"If you don't like it, then earn a lot of money, become a super big star, and then control your own destiny..."
Wen Wan kept these words in her heart.
She needed to become famous, needed to earn a lot of money.
Then she could control her own destiny as Chen Fan said.
Chen Fan saw the overwhelming reports and discussions about Wen Wan online, and understood that his previous predictions had all come true.
Wen Wan had now become a big star.
Perhaps in the future, the two of them would become people of two different worlds.
Unable to leave the school gates and unable to congratulate her in person, Chen Fan only sent Wen Wan a text message.
"Big star, congratulations."
Soon Wen Wan replied with a message.
"Thank you. Another round of film promotion is about to start, I'm so tired, but I'll persist."
"Keep it up. Next time we meet, I'll treat you to a meal."
Chen Fan sent a smiley face emoji with a grin.
Chen Fan originally thought that he probably wouldn't see Wen Wan for a long time after this.
Because the school probably wouldn't lift the lockdown until the second half of the year.
But unexpectedly, just three days later, Chen Fan encountered something that forced him to leave the school gates.
That night, Chen Fan had just lain down in his apartment when he received a call from Feng Pojun.
"Miss Ding was beaten up."
Feng Pojun got straight to the point without any small talk, reporting the situation to Chen Fan.
Hearing this, Chen Fan instantly lost all sleepiness, sitting up from the bed with a whoosh.
"What happened?"
On the other end of the phone, Feng Pojun seemed to be driving, and harsh honking could still be heard through the phone.
"I'm not clear on the specific situation, I got a call from the hospital."
"Tonight Miss Ding had a meeting with us at the company, she left alone to go home. Half an hour later I received a call from the hospital, saying she's in the emergency room."
Hearing emergency room, Chen Fan's face turned pale.
"How could it be so serious..."
"According to the hospital, besides being beaten, she seems to have been stabbed once, the injury is very serious..."
Chen Fan could no longer sit still, directly grabbing clothes from the side and quickly walking towards the door.
"You go there immediately now, stay at the hospital and don't leave, let them find the best doctors."
"Keep the phone open, tell me immediately if there's any news."
"I'm coming over right now."