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"First day box office champion - 1.5 million!"

"Don't Talk to Strangers" became the highest-grossing first-day record movie in 2002!"

"Don't Talk to Strangers" earns 1.5 million yuan a day, and the box office exceeds 10 million yuan is just around the corner!"

"Lin Zhimo's debut work became a big money-maker, and he earned 1.5 million on the first day of the screening!"

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The next day, countless media focused on Lin Zhimo and his "Don't Talk to Strangers". After all, the box office of 1.5 million yuan on the first day can be said to have broken a series of records. Except for those first-line directors, no one dared to say that the movie he made would definitely be able to do this on the first day.

Compared with the hot reports on paper media, online media have responded to this in a variety of ways, some supportive, some oppose, some don’t care about their own affairs, and some take advantage of the situation.

"The boss is mighty! We will strive to exceed 10 million as soon as possible!" Netizen "Happy Snowflakes" posted a post in the entertainment section of Tianya Forum, and wrote.

"Haha, those opponents have seen it now? Do you know what genius is? We bosses are first-class no matter what they do! Acting is an international actor, singing is a sales champion, and directors are also the top-notch!" Netizen "The River Flows North" said proudly.

"On the top floor, the boss is now slapping the face constantly, and every new box office data comes out, those people's faces will be swollen once." Netizen "Peter" is also a gloating person.

"The two people above are right. I'll look for it now. I'll dig out all the newspapers that the original people criticized the boss, and let everyone take a look online!"

"Yes, take it out, we want to whip the corpse!"

"I like the word "whip corpse". I will also take out the newspapers I collected before!"

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Netizens are very fast. In less than half an hour, they took photos of all the newspapers from the media when Lin Zhimo started filming.

It doesn't matter if this post is out, everyone is so upset by these reporters.

I saw a media report this when he first discovered that Lin Zhimo was going to shoot a movie: "What's wrong with Lin Zhimo's mind? Otherwise, how could he make the decision to make a movie? He thought that making a movie was as fun as playing house. Without professional knowledge and a lot of practice, how could he make a good movie?"

Later, I felt that this was not enough, so I posted another report: "Everyone admitted that Lin Zhimo is indeed talented. Whether it is singing and acting, he is a top entertainment person, but making movies is completely different from these two professions. How many people around the world dare to pick up cameras when they are over 20 years old?"

Even when Lin Zhimo led the crowd to Berlin to attend the film festival, the media kept scolding Lin Zhimo: "We advise Lin Zhimo in terms of honesty. It is dangerous abroad. Berlin is very cold. Be mentally prepared!"

As a result, a few days later, the news that Lin Zhimo won the Best Actress Award for the film was sent back to China. The media criticized Lin Zhimo and disappeared. Their reports had a 180-degree turn: "Lin Zhimo is worthy of being the leader of the sixth generation of directors in my country. His debut work put Gong Li, who had participated for many years but had not won the award, as a throne of the best actress. This proves Lin Zhimo's excellent directorial ability! The cold Berlin is as warm as spring for Lin Zhimo."

After the first day of "Don't Talk to Strangers" came out yesterday, the newspaper praised Lin Zhimo as a director who was rare in the sky and never on the earth: "Lin Zhimo, with his reputation as the first day's box office champion, can erect a monument of his own in the history of Chinese films. We have every reason to expect Lin Zhimo to achieve another success on this basis and climb a higher mountain. Let us bless him!"

When some netizens put some reports of this newspaper together, everyone was amused and laughed. Although with the increasing development of technology, people no longer believed what the so-called "King Uncrowned" said, reports like this media that follow the crowd still made people not know what to say.

Everyone has underestimated the lower limits of those media as much as possible, but unexpectedly, they have overestimated a lot in the end. Faced with such a strange media, everyone has no other way except to retreat.

Lin Zhimo also saw this report and took it as a joke and wrote it on his blog. So fans who had been following Lin Zhimo's blog updates immediately knew about it. After that, no one wrote a couplet for this newspaper - "As soon as you enter the newspaper, you will be as deep as the sea, and since then you will be a passerby in integrity."

So this media became completely famous. It was originally just a gossip newspaper in a small city, but after the Internet fermented, it became a nationally renowned newspaper. However, this kind of fame is probably not what they hoped.

Time passed, and soon the box office of "Don't Talk to Strangers" came out the next day, and the box office dropped slightly, 1.45 million!

1.3 million on the third day!

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A week later, the total box office of "Don't Talk to Strangers" has reached 8 million, and it is absolutely no problem to exceed 10 million. It depends on whether the goal of 20 million can be achieved in the future.

Eleven days after its release, the total box office of "Don't Talk to Strangers" officially exceeded 10 million yuan.

Lin Zhimo also took the opportunity to hold a small celebration. After all, it has created a miracle that can exceed 10 million in the type of art film. As the unconventional media said, whether Lin Zhimo will still shoot movies in the future or not, Lin Zhimo's name will definitely be remembered by future generations in the history of Chinese films.

Next, when Lin Zhimo was about to send the video to the Yanjing University Student Film Festival, he received a call from Huo Xiwen.

"What, are you talking about the call from the Ganzhou Municipal Government?" Lin Zhimo asked in surprise.

"Yes, your hometown, provincial capital, intends to invite you to be the city image ambassador of your hometown." As Huo Xiwen stayed in the mainland longer and longer, her understanding of the officialdom in mainland China became deeper and deeper. She was also incredible about Ganzhou City's invitation to Lin Zhimo as the image ambassador.

There were not only Chinese city image ambassadors before, but generally speaking, it was not decided by the municipal government itself, but it was chosen as a local cultural celebrity, such as writers, painters, calligraphers, etc. There was never any celebrity in the entertainment industry who became the city image ambassadors, even in small cities in second- and third-tier cities!

The reason is very simple. Until now, the celebrities in the entertainment industry are naturally good for the general public. However, since ancient times, Chinese people often call people in the entertainment industry "actors", and their contempt is self-evident. There is an old Chinese saying that also "a bitch is ruthless, and an actor is unrighteous". Now this is the same; and another reason is that these celebrities in the entertainment industry have too many troubles. Who knows whether a scandal will break out on one day? This will affect the city he endorses.

In summary, when a city chooses a spokesperson, it is better to choose a painter and writer who is unfamiliar to the general public than to choose these entertainment stars who are familiar to the public.

This is also why Lin Zhimo and Huo Xiwen were surprised by this. However, this incident was beneficial to Lin Zhimo, not to mention endorsing his hometown, so Lin Zhimo thought for a while and agreed to the invitation from Ganzhou City.

Of course, what Lin Zhimo didn't know was that the reason why Ganzhou City made this decision was for Zeng Mengquan. The mayor of Ganzhou City belonged to the Zeng family and naturally knew very well about the changes in the Zeng family. He had not made up his mind whether to invite Lin Zhimo. After all, Lin Zhimo is too famous now, and the so-called popularity has many troubles. Who knows if there will be any scandals about Lin Zhimo after a while?

But later after the broadcast craze of "Don't Talk to Strangers", the mayor felt that this matter could not be tried. The reason was very simple, just because Lin Zhimo was Zeng Mengquan's nephew.

The mayor was worried before that if there were negative news in Lin Zhimo in the future, it would affect his mayor who proposed that Lin Zhimo be an ambassador, which would arouse his boss' dissatisfaction. But later he thought about it. As an official of his level, he must have a backer, and his backer is undoubtedly the Zeng family.

The choice of Lin Zhimo as the city image ambassador is naturally a way to please the Zeng family. Regardless of whether Lin Zhimo's reputation is good or bad, the Zeng family must remember this intention. Moreover, the mayor also felt that with the identity of Zeng Mengquan as the deputy director of the Propaganda Department, he would probably never let the negative news about Lin Zhimo spread too widely, and he could be said to be invincible.

In addition, the central government is now vigorously promoting the slogan of emancipating the mind and liberating vitality, and its current behavior can be regarded as liberation in a sense.

On the contrary, if Lin Zhimo, a person with a good reputation in the entertainment industry, does not continue to develop according to the current momentum, it will be impossible for him to become an international star in the future. Then, as the mayor, he will be both famous and profitable. This kind of business that is both victorious and undefeated will not be done in vain.

Lin Zhimo naturally didn't know the origin of his image ambassador. He just felt that this was a supreme honor for him.

The Three Character Classic says it well, "make a name for your reputation and show your parents; it is bright in front and wealth behind."

For every Chinese, I am afraid that he wants to do a career that will bring honor to his ancestors. Now, Lin Zhimo has become the spokesperson for his hometown, which is undoubtedly a glorious thing worthy of a big book.

When Lin Zhimo told his family about this, as Lin Zhimo expected, everyone was very excited about this matter, and even the grandfather who came down on the battlefield was very pleased with it.

A week later, Lin Zhimo returned to Ganzhou accompanied by his family, and then formally held a media press conference with the municipal government the next day, where it was announced that Lin Zhimo became the image ambassador of Ganzhou, the provincial capital of the northwest province!

shock!

All the reporters attending the press conference were extremely surprised and puzzled by Ganzhou City's behavior.

This is the image spokesperson of a city. Even if Lin Zhimo is famous now, it is worth Ganzhou City to value him so much. Aren’t they afraid that Lin Zhimo will be plagued by scandals in the future?

But no matter what they think, things are already a foregone conclusion and they can’t change them.

Of course, Ganzhou City also set aside a backup plan for this, that is, Lin Zhimo, the image ambassador, has a deadline. If Lin Zhimo has no negative news in two years, then this image ambassador will naturally be him. But if Lin Zhimo is plagued by negative news in two years, then Ganzhou City has the right to choose another person as the spokesperson.

Lin Zhimo naturally knew about Ganzhou City's concerns, so he had no objection to it. Moreover, he felt that he might not have been able to become the image spokesperson in two years. After all, the Chinese officialdom often changes its leadership. Who knows whether the next leader of Ganzhou City will continue to let him serve as this ambassador? Perhaps the next leader dislikes the stars in the entertainment industry?

Anyway, all the initiative is in the hands of Ganzhou City, and all Lin Zhimo can do is shoot his own city promotional video.

But despite this, Lin Zhimo still felt a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

"Sister Wen, is there much money in our company's account now?" Lin Zhimo called Huo Xiwen.

"There are more than 20 million left, is there anything wrong?"

"I want to do something for my hometown." Lin Zhimo did not hide it and directly expressed his thoughts.

"Do charity?" Huo Xiwen pondered for a moment and asked, "Do I need to greet a few media?"

"No, no, no, I don't plan to make a fuss about this matter." Lin Zhimo quickly refused. He had just become an image ambassador and immediately did charity. This was misunderstood as a show. This was not a good thing for Ganzhou City and Lin Zhimo.
Chapter completed!