novelraw Chapter 923 - 921: Success Is Not Inevitable!
Chapter 923 - 921: Success Is Not Inevitable!
Just like the Ji Family’s own evaluation of Nuonuo, as the movie was screened during the daytime, the voice affirming Si Han’s acting skills grew increasingly strong online. Besides positive reviews from fans and bystanders, many influential bloggers and insiders also forwarded Director Sun’s post, stating that they initially watched the film for Director Sun, Fang Kai, and several seasoned directors, but in the end, they were amazed by newcomer Si Han.By the afternoon, even two or three well-known film critics predicted that if Director Sun submitted "Spring" to next month’s film festival, the Best Newcomer Award would undoubtedly go to Si Han.
This voice from professional film critics was on a completely different level from that of the audience and fans. Undoubtedly, this voice was more professional and naturally more convincing.
Thus, on the night of the premiere, a hot topic emerged online, called "Did you watch it today?"
Here, "watch" referred to whether you watched the movie "Spring" or not.
And this was not even the biggest surprise.
What surprised the producers and Director Sun was that by eleven o’clock on the night of the 26th, according to statistics from major online ticket companies, the first-day box office of "Spring" had successfully surpassed one hundred million, becoming the undisputed champion of the first-day box office in December and the single-day box office champion for December.
Nuonuo, who was watching TV with her family, also learned about this immediately. This was because Ji Rui, as one of the investors, received a congratulatory call from the producer right away.
After Ji Rui hung up the producer’s call, the first thing he said was, "It seems that besides successful businessmen, our family will soon produce a Best Actress!"
Because of the record first-day box office, Ji Rui bought a car worth over a million as a reward for Nuonuo the next day. After all, with such a box office hit, the person who profited the most was him as an investor.
At this point, the Ji Family realized that this girl Nuonuo hadn’t even gotten her driver’s license yet.
"I’m not in a rush. Anyway, with Brother and Sister Fang around, it doesn’t matter whether I get one or not!"
She said this, but in the afternoon, Da Bao had already arranged for someone to sign her up for a driving school. The reason was, "You’ve had personal driver service for so many years, it’s only fair that I get to enjoy such a privilege too!"
With Da Bao saying this, Nuonuo had no reason to refuse.
When everyone thought that the 110 million box office on the first day was the peak for the movie "Spring," as typically, not many films see a higher box office on the second day than on the first. Usually, those that do had a poor first-day performance but high praise, achieving a turnaround the next day. For a film like "Spring" with high first-day ticket sales, usually, the box office would gradually decline.
But the second-day box office of "Spring" broke many industry insiders’ expectations again, with a high earning of 130 million, not only breaking its own December single-day box office record but also setting a new single-day box office high for all films directed by Director Sun.
Tian Fang’s phone rang even more frequently, but the girl Nuonuo, apart from being excited on the first day, was unaffected afterward and continued attending her classes.
However, when she wanted to attend classes peacefully, things didn’t go as she wished.
During breaks, it almost became her personal fan signing meeting.
The film’s frequent high box office, along with rave reviews, made the name of newcomer Si Han repeatedly mentioned alongside big names like Director Sun and Fang Kai within a few days.
If this had happened a month ago, audiences would have surely thought that the newcomer Si Han was using the fame of Director Sun and Fang Kai for promotional exposure.
But happening to the female lead of a high-quality film that maintained a billion-dollar daily box office a week after release, no one found it strange anymore.
Nobody said Si Han was riding on the success of Director Sun and Fang Kai. More people commented on Director Sun’s foresight and his ability to discover talent.
Then, Si Han’s previously trending online performance videos and fashion show videos, along with numerous stills, were reposted online. Labels such as talented girl, fashion icon, and acting talent were repeatedly attached to Si Han by netizens.
This time, the name Si Han occupied the top few positions on trending name lists for nearly a week. She and Fang Kai almost took over the top spots on major trending lists.
Si Han, truly became popular!
This time, it was in the real sense of being popular!
Needless to say, Da Bao and Tian Fang were highly visionary. The three-step plan they made for Si Han was executed beautifully and very successfully.
And from Si Han’s current level of popularity, her achievements surpassed even Da Bao and Tian Fang’s expectations!
Unlike the previous two times, Si Han’s current fame wasn’t just stirred up by a certain topic, but by works, acting skills, and the resulting acclaim.
Regarding how famous Si Han is now, appearance fees best illustrate this.
When Tian Fang initially received variety show or commercial performance invitations, the offers for Si Han were in the tens of thousands.
Now, Si Han’s commercial performance fees have risen to between five hundred thousand and eight hundred thousand, approaching the level of top stars.
But even with such high prices, no media or business has successfully invited Si Han.
As Si Han’s manager, Tian Fang’s reason for rejecting these media and business invitations was entirely that Si Han was still in school, with heavy academic commitments, and temporarily had no time for any commercial performances or interviews.
Media and businesses receiving this response inevitably complained, privately feeling that Si Han was putting on airs after suddenly becoming popular. So, some rumors began to emerge secretly, saying Si Han was putting on airs after a sudden rise to stardom.
These rumors didn’t last more than a few days before a highly influential entertainment magazine exposed Si Han’s daily schedule in the headlines with a paparazzi-style perspective.
The public could clearly see from her schedule that this newly popular star, every morning, still rushed to class like an ordinary college student. In her spare time, she didn’t play and have fun like her peers but hurried between various courses such as yoga, etiquette, acting, violin, etc., for study. It wasn’t until nearly eight in the evening that she headed home...
The title of this report was quite ordinary, [We only see her fame, but not the efforts she put in behind the scenes!]
At the end of this report, the journalist concluded with this paragraph.
[I followed her for a day, and now, my heart is left with nothing but exclamations!
She’s prettier than me, but she works harder!
She’s more talented than me, but she works harder!
She’s wealthier than me, but she works harder!
Success is not inevitable, but is built from countless efforts!]