Chapter 553 "See You Again" is a hit, Christmas communication with Sissi!

December 13th is Friday.

The movie "The End of Time" directed by Han Han and starring Cao Jun had strong momentum on its first day of release, with 41.86% of the film schedules, 36,062 screenings nationwide, ranking first, and ultimately received a box office of 80.5 million yuan.

Although this result is not as good as the 110 million yuan box office of "Tiny Times 3" on the first day, but if viewed from the perspective of literary and artistic films, it is 2 times higher than the first-day box office record of domestic literary and artistic films set by Zhang Yimou's "Return" of 30 million yuan on the first day.

twice as much.

It's not surprising that "Tiny Times 3" lost to "Tiny Times 3" at the box office on its first day. After all, "Tiny Times 3"'s first-day screenings reached 44.31%, while "Tiny Times" only had 41.86%.

The film's box office at odd hours was approximately 4 million, ranking fourth among domestic films after "Tiny Times 1", "Tiny Times 3" and "Painted Skin".

Moreover, Chinese-language films that had a box office of over 70 million on their opening day had a minimum final total box office of 480 million.

In addition, unlike "Tiny Times 3" which is mostly targeted at school students on summer vacation, "We Will See You Again" is mostly targeted at office workers. The fact that it was released on a non-working day and had such a high box office has attracted many people in the industry.

I was pleasantly surprised and had high expectations for the film's opening weekend box office.

According to Cao Yong, the person in charge of UME Cinemas, the biggest difference between the sales of "We Will Never Die" and other movies is that more than half of the tickets are purchased online.

This is something that has not been seen in other movies in the past. In addition, he also revealed that many corporate executives want to book the movie. He feels that the age range of the audience watching this movie is wider and the overall quality is higher.

One day after the release of "We Will Never Die", its online reputation was better than when "Tiny Times" was released last year, and there was no big discussion about the level of values.

Actor Yao Chen immediately commented on "See You Again": "He has a strong personal style, very Han Han. It is more like an essay, smart and elegant. It is my first time directing, unconventional and sincere, which is enough."

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Not only the producer Yu Dong and the director Han Han were excited about the impressive first-day box office performance of "See You Again", but even Cao Jun was surprised.

Because before this, none of the consecutively released movies had a first-day box office of over 80 million, as was the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", which only had a first-day box office of just over 70 million.

However, Cao Jun considered that the box office of Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times 3" on the first day was as high as 110 million, and it was not surprising that "We Will See You Again" had a box office of 80 million on the first day.

In addition, in terms of word-of-mouth, "We Will See You Again" received ratings of 7.6, 7.5 and 7.9 respectively on Douban, Time.com and Guevara. It can be said to be among the best among Chinese films this year, which shows that the box office has steadily increased, and its reputation has been greatly improved.

The continuous advancement of the two is mutually reinforcing.

The song "Daughter's Love" appeared in the film's interlude, and many viewers couldn't help but interpret "We Will Never See You Again" as "Han Han's modern version of 'Journey to the West':

"Like Ma Haohan leading Jiang He, Alu Xitian learns the scriptures and understands the true meaning of life!"

"Jiang He is Tang Monk, Ma Haohan is Wukong, and the white dragon horse is changed into a chariot. They have joy and sorrow all the way, and finally reach the Western Heaven and obtain the true scripture..."

"This is Ma Haohan and Jiang He's 'Journey to the West'. They are enlightened while walking, humorous and resonant again and again."

"A journey to the west that belongs to a young man from Dongji Island. Along the way, he sees people picking on others and humiliating them, and is in various situations. There are laughter and tears, darkness and warmth. In the end, the great man becomes a mystery, and Jiang He obtains the true scripture..."

In short, the journey of the film is just like "Journey to the West", and every encounter and accident is worthy of various understandings and thoughts.

As for another plot that caused the audience to interpret it several times, the perspective at the beginning of the film was led by Hu Sheng, but later it changed to Ma Haohan and Jiang He.

In this regard, many people can't help but wonder: Where did Hu Sheng go? What is his ending? Faced with this mystery, the audience's imagination naturally opened up. Some people think that Hu Sheng actually "symbolizes the innocence and persistence of us when we were young.

"He was lost while walking." Some people even think that Hu Sheng "is Han Han's old 'me'. Hu Sheng's disappearance reveals Han Han's inferiority."

Hu Sheng was imprisoned and dwarfed by the small island world. In the fierce urbanization movement since the new century, he quickly fell into a humble "hometown man".

The name "Hu Sheng" shows Han Han's helplessness about his origin, but he has no intention or ability to trace the source of his helplessness.

Some people even speculated that the entire story of "The End of Time" was actually just a fantasy created by Hu Sheng. He had been staying on Dongji Island, but in his heart he always wanted to see the outside world, so he "fantasized" the two characters Ma Haohan and Jiang He.

The character "represents" him and travels all over the country. In the process, he also changes his original self, so he is "thrown away".

Regarding the various interpretations and speculations from netizens, Cao Jun, who is the leading actor and one of the investors in "The Movie", believes that they are overthinking and just eating too much.

Many netizens, especially fans of Han Han, as well as a large number of literary and artistic youths, were attracted to the cinema due to their various over-interpretations and speculations about "The Movie".

However, compared with Guo Xiaosi's "Tiny Times 3" which was called a bad movie, Han Han's "The End of Time" is at least a qualified movie and has a pretty good reputation.

This can be seen from the box office trends of the two movies.

"Tiny Times 3" had a box office of 110 million on the first day, 73 million on the second day, 50 million on the third day, 30 million on the fourth day, and 23 million on the fifth day...

As a fan film, "Tiny Times 3" has a box office trend after its release. Because of the poor reputation of the film, it is like a roller coaster, falling directly from the peak to the trough...

On the first day of release, "We Will See You Again" grossed 80.5 million at the box office, 83 million at the second day, 72 million at the third day, 54 million at the fourth day, and 55 million at the fifth day...

It can also be seen from the box office trend of "The Movie" that the quality and reputation of this movie are very healthy, at least it is not a bad movie.

In just five days, the total box office of "See You Again" exceeded 340 million.

Many people in the industry estimate that the final box office of "We Will Never See You Again" will successfully exceed the 700 million mark, like movies such as "Partners in China".

For Cao Jun, as long as the movie "The End of Time" can make money, how much money he can make in the end is not within the scope of his consideration.

December 18, evening.

The movie "Private Customization" directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Ge You and Bai Baihe held a grand premiere in Beijing.

"Private Customization" also held a grand red carpet ceremony. In addition to the main creative lineup, stars in the industry such as Cao Jun, Tsui Hark, Zhang Guoli and his wife, Liang Tian, ​​Li Yong, Yao Chen, Yu Quan, Yao Beina, Chen Chusheng, etc. also attended.

What’s interesting is that every star appeared holding Spring Festival couplets. On the Spring Festival couplets were written various "three-character scriptures" and "four-character formulas", such as "tall, not short of money, crazy cool, full of energy", etc., as

Blessings for "Private Customization".

It is worth mentioning that Feng Xiaogang will serve as the general director of the Spring Festival Gala this year.

Feng Xiaogang took advantage of this opportunity and extended an olive branch to Cao Jun.

The difference from before is that Feng Xiaogang now no longer behaves like an elder to a junior in front of Cao Jun, but rather treats him as an equal, even a little respectful.

In fact, it is normal for the relationship between the two to change like this. The leading role is still Cao Jun. He has grown up too fast and is too awesome. Now Cao Jun is not only the King of Chinese National Songs, but also a movie box office superstar. He is also a star of Century Film and Television and Orange Video.

chairman of the board.

"Director Cao, I will be the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala, and the first person I want to invite is you..."

Facing Feng Xiaogang's invitation, Cao Jun sighed helplessly: "Director Feng, I'm really sorry. I won't be participating in this year's Spring Festival Gala..."

Hearing Cao Jun's words, Feng Xiaogang's face turned green. He thought to himself, you have been on the Spring Festival Gala for 10 consecutive years. Why should you quit the Spring Festival Gala stage when I become the director of the Spring Festival Gala? You are not such a bully, are you?

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Cao Jun also saw through Feng Xiaogang's thoughts, and then said: "Director Feng, please don't think that I am targeting you and have an opinion against you. If I had an opinion against you, I would not come today."

"I feel really tired and have no creative inspiration. I want to take some time off during the New Year. Moreover, not only will I not attend the Spring Festival Gala this year, I will not attend the Spring Festival Gala again in the future."

Now that Cao Jun has talked about this, Feng Xiaogang has nothing to say, but he still feels quite depressed and feels particularly shameless.

Because the Chinese audience has become accustomed to seeing Cao Jun singing new songs on the stage every Spring Festival Gala.

Now that Cao Jun suddenly stopped coming and no longer participated in the Spring Festival Gala, not only did Feng Xiaogang feel that something was missing, but the audience would also feel regretful.

December 25th, evening.

Cao Jun and Liu Qianqian spent Christmas in the villa of Fortune Mansion.

Different from her bright and colorful outfits in peacetime, Liu Qianqian dresses very casually and simply when she is at home.

Speaking of which, Cao Jun and Liu Qianqian haven't seen each other for a long time. Mainly because Cao Jun is busy and Liu Qianqian is relatively free.

This time, Cao Jun also just finished promoting the movie "The End of Time" and rushed back to the capital from Shanghai.

"Brother, hold me tight, really tight..." Liu Qianqian leaned into Cao Jun's arms and acted like a baby.

Cao Jun smiled and hugged Sissi even tighter lovingly.

"Brother, do you miss me?"

Cao Jun lowered his head and looked at his naturally beautiful girlfriend in front of him, who was still so fair and delicate. He couldn't help but sigh: "Of course, I think about it often."

Liu Qianqian pouted dissatisfiedly: "I just think about it often, don't I think about it every day?"

Cao Jun nodded and said calmly: "I am so busy every day, how can I think about it every day?"

Perhaps because they have been together for a long time, when Cao Jun and Qian Qian communicated, they spoke more casually and rudely than before.

Because today is Christmas in the West, Cao Jun also plans to give Liu Qianqian a gift worth 200 million.

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