Liangliang's meaning is very simple, it is nothing more than wanting to use the box office failure of "Blue Fortress" to cause Cultural and Creative Entertainment to fall into economic crisis.
After all, the investment cost of 300 million is a bit high. Once the "Blue Fortress" movie fails to be released, combined with the current situation of cultural and creative entertainment, the result will be obvious.
The method is a good one, at least it can allow Jiangbei to escape and avoid getting involved in the game between father and daughter Sui Xi and Chen Muhua.
But there are still problems.
"Although I am not optimistic about "The Blue Fortress", the movie has not been released yet. What if it is really a box office hit?"
Jiangbei's doubts are not unreasonable. This is the Blue Star, and it is always a little different from the previous life.
Moreover, the director and creative team of the movie itself are all different. In this case, he doesn't know what kind of changes will happen to the movie itself.
It would be fine if it was as bad as ever, but wouldn't it be terrible if it was filmed well?
Liangliang didn't care about this, and analyzed: "I don't know much about movies, but as far as I know, Ji Yingzi had never had a movie released before meeting you, my brother. Based on this alone, I am not very optimistic about losing my brother."
She was helped by the script.”
"Secondly, last year's "The Wandering Blue" was able to earn 5 billion in box office. There were too many objective factors, which made movie fans very tolerant of the movie. And since then, the reputation and box office of science fiction movies are still not ideal, because with "Blue Blue"
"The success of "The Movie" has undoubtedly improved the appreciation level of movie fans."
"So unless this "Blue Fortress" is of extremely high quality, it will be difficult to succeed."
After an analysis, the words reveal that they are not optimistic about "Blue Fortress".
"I'll try to find a way first to see if I can watch the video content in advance."
Jiang Bei didn't come to a conclusion so quickly. After thinking about it, he decided to see the finished movie in person.
It's just that this time he is not an investor or a member of the creative team, so it is quite difficult to see the finished film.
"How easy is this? Didn't Sui Xi ask us to cooperate in the distribution of her "Blue Fortress"? As a publisher, is it okay to take a look at the finished film in advance?" Liangliang pouted, and she came up with a perfect reason.
It has to be said that Zhuge Liang's IQ is indeed very high. Except for gambling, nothing in the world seems to be difficult for her.
She is more intelligent than Zhuge Wuhou and more powerful than Liu Guan and Zhang Fei. It can be said that she is a woman who combines wisdom and force.
"If this matter succeeds, I will give you a bonus of one thousand yuan." Jiang Bei patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder and promised a heavy reward.
Zhuge Liang was happy when he heard this: "Hey..."
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According to Zhuge Liang, Jiangbei quickly found Sui Xi and responded, saying that Erjing Cinemas could become the distributor of "Blue Fortress", but the prerequisite was that the film would be watched.
This requirement is not excessive. As the distributor is the last step in handling the screening of the film, they are indeed qualified to watch the finished film in advance.
In fact, the reason why many movies leak resources during their release is mostly caused by the distributors, because the right to screen the movie is in their hands.
Sui Xi also agreed to Jiangbei's proposal without any doubts, clearing out all unsuspecting people from the venue and accompanying him to watch the movie, knowing full well that he could not be exposed.
Of course, there is Fatty Hai.
"Brother Jiang! Long time no see, I feel so fat!"
Seeing Jiang Bei's first reaction, Big Fatty Hai came swinging over with his weight of more than two hundred kilograms, which scared the former's brows and almost made him step back.
Fortunately, Big Fatty Hai knew the rules and there was no physical collision between them. They stopped two steps away with a flattering look on their faces.
There must be something wrong with being too enthusiastic. Jiang Bei became wary. He replied politely and sat down to watch the movie.
"I heard that the movie produced by Big Fat Classmate in the first half of this year has hit the market again." Liangliang reminded him with a teasing tone sitting next to him.
Hearing this, Jiang Bei suddenly realized and glanced at Fatty Hai calmly, his eyes full of curiosity.
Sometimes he also wonders whether Hai Dapang, who is determined to be a director, is like the gambling king, extremely lacking in a certain ability, which leads to always getting what he wants.
Liangliang's voice was not deliberately lowered, so Big Fatty Hai heard the joke. However, he did not blush at all. Instead, he rubbed his hands and explained: "Well...actually...
The quality is still good, maybe it’s just that the domestic market can’t accept that style for the time being.”
"What style did you shoot in?" Jiang Bei asked.
In the first half of the year, he had been constantly torn between his father-in-law and his wife. He paid very little attention to news in the entertainment industry and was not aware of Hai Da Pang's new movie.
"Crime suspense film."
"What's your name?"
"The Whistleblower"
Whistleblower?
Never heard of it.
"What about the cost and box office?" Jiangbei asked again.
This time Big Fatty Hai was embarrassed to answer. He rubbed his hands with an embarrassed smile and replied: "It's not bad, I didn't lose much."
Jiang Bei was a little surprised when he heard this, and said in surprise: "It's improved!"
"Pfft!" Zhang Jiuliang couldn't help laughing from behind and said: "That's indeed progress. In the past, money-losing investors just blocked the door of the house, but now they are blocking it directly on the curb. It's almost a fight.
.”
"Well, don't mention these disappointing things, watch a movie, watch a movie." Hai Dapang hurriedly winked at Sui Xi and asked her to quickly show the movie, trying to hide this embarrassing incident.
Jiang Bei didn't say much, but secretly thought about searching the box office of this movie online when he went back.
The chatting time was over, and at Suixi's signal, the lights of the small movie screening room were dimmed, and "The Blue Fortress", which had just been completed, officially appeared on the big screen.
Several people present, including Sui Xi, became serious and stared at the screen carefully to watch this yet-to-be-released movie.
Time passed little by little, Jiang Bei watched it very carefully, and from time to time he would compare the differences between the same movie in his past and present lives in his mind.
The shooting techniques are more proficient.
The narrative plot is smoother.
There are some differences in the core of the story. It has changed from the male protagonist's secret love to a triangular secret love relationship like "she likes him and he likes her", which makes the emotional line more complicated, but this line still becomes the core plot throughout the entire movie.
As for the main plot, it is very simple. Every time a relationship between a man and a woman is told, it will be accompanied by an alien invasion. As the aliens invade several times, the relationship line of the secret love triangle becomes more and more clear.
Until the last climactic battle, the heroine who had a crush on the hero chose to sacrifice for love, handed her plane to the hero, and died with the aliens with a grenade.
The hero and heroine also had a life-and-death farewell in the final collaboration, and only sent a confession text message on the saved mobile phone.
In addition, what is different from the original work is that Teacher Ji is ingenious here and gives a very obvious hint, that is, the person the supporting actress chooses to send the text message is the male protagonist, and the content inside is also a confession.
very good.
A more perfect secret love triangle than the original work.
Even Fat Fatty Hai, who was sitting next to him, was so moved by the love line in the movie that he secretly wiped away tears. The gambling king warmly handed him a tissue.
Until the end of the 107-minute movie, everyone sat quietly in their seats without moving. Only Sui Xi was the first to react and proactively asked: "Mr. Jiang, Mr. He, what do you think?"
Before Jiang Bei had time to speak, Hai Dapang, who was crying like a man in tears, yelled: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...The movie is so sad. Jiang Xiaoyang and Lu Yiyi couldn't stand until they died."
Confess your love to the person you like in front of the other person."
"Uh..." Sui Xi looked at Fatty Hai who was crying loudly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
"The movie is quite good, especially the emotional lines in it are very touching. I think many movie fans will like it."
Compared with Hai Dapang's emotional out-of-control, Jiang Bei behaved relatively calmly and gave a very 'fair' evaluation.
Mr. Mu Xia thinks it's okay, and the screenwriter of "Wandering Blue" thinks it's okay, so this movie will most likely be okay.
As a woman who knew the inside story of Jiangbei, Sui Xi blindly believed in his words.
At least history proves everything.
"Then our cooperation..."
If the quality of the film passes the standard, then naturally the next thing to discuss is cooperation.
"That's no problem. You can contact Erjing Film and Television directly." Jiang Bei nodded and directly agreed to cooperate.
"Although I don't run Dafu Cinema, my dad won't refuse if you can make money, so it should be no problem." Hai Dapang eased his mood and agreed.
In this way, the two theater chains currently occupying the top ten film market shares in the country have verbally promised to become the distributors of "Blue Fortress".
Of course, there were no surprises later.
In the next few days, the public leaders of Erjing Film and Television and Dafu Cinema signed cooperation treaties with Cultural and Creative Entertainment, temporarily solving the current dilemma of cultural and creative entertainment having no business cooperation.
"Brother, did you really agree? I think the movie looks okay! It's not a bad movie, right?"
Zhuge Liang expressed doubts and confusion about his brother's behavior and asked in private.
Hearing this, Jiang Bei said earnestly: "Many times, the success or failure of a movie is not only determined by the quality of the film, but many objective factors will also lead to the ending of the film."
"Ah?" Liangliang obviously didn't understand her brother's incomprehensible words and looked at a loss.
Jiang Bei shook his head and quietly whispered a few words in Du Wang's ear.
"Is this okay..."
"Just follow my instructions, and surprises will come naturally."
"What about Chen Muhua?"
"Go talk to him and tell him that this matter will be taken care of by us. This will ensure that "Blue Fortress" will lose all its money and put Cultural and Creative Entertainment into a bankruptcy crisis."
"Okay."
"In addition, if this matter is really successful, I will secretly prepare 300 million yuan to compensate Suixi."
"Brother, you are a married man."
"I know, but I have to bear the main responsibility for this matter, and Sui Xi was accidentally injured by me, so I have the right to compensate her."
"Brother, do you know that you have actually hurt me by mistake?"
"roll."
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In fact, Jiangbei's plan is very simple. He just remembered the failure of "Shanghai Fortress" in his previous life and wanted to copy it again and use it in "Blue Fortress".
In fact, a large part of the responsibility for the failure of "Shanghai Fortress" lies in the issue of publicity and distribution.
Before the movie was released, they were crazy about "The Wandering Earth" and said that "Shanghai Fortress" was the second film to carry the banner of Chinese science fiction movies after "The Wandering Earth", which caused a strong impact on movie fans.
A sense of expectation. As a result, after the film was released, fans found that its quality was far different from "The Wandering Earth". The contrast caused gave fans a sense of psychological deception, so naturally there would be no good reviews.
Also, at that time, "Shanghai Fortress" was always advertised as a science fiction film, but the core of the story was about apocalyptic love under an alien attack, which was a serious digression, causing viewers who wanted to watch a science fiction film to see a romance film instead of a romance film.
were dissuaded by the subject matter.
The combination of some other factors led to the final failure of "Shanghai Fortress".
In this regard, "Shanghai Fortress" and "Love Apartment Movie" are similar in that they both forcefully changed the theme and concept with the idea of wanting to gain popularity, which aroused the rebellious psychology of movie fans.
Although the film quality of this generation's "Blue Fortress" has been significantly improved under the direction of Ji Yingzi, and the rhythm is not bad, due to Ji Yingzi's strengthening of the emotional line, the film is more inclined to a romance film.
Therefore, if Cultural and Creative Entertainment chooses to position the film as a science fiction film when it is announced and announces that it will be another Chinese science fiction film after "The Wandering Blue", the effect will inevitably be greatly reduced.
The plan is such a plan, whether it can be implemented successfully or not depends on whether Suixi and Ji Yingzi are on the right track.
What Jiangbei can do is let Liangliang secretly set the pace on the Internet, and bring up the topic of "Blue Fortress" is another Chinese science fiction film after "The Wandering Blue", hinting at the end of the year and the end of the year.
Yingzi.
But in fact, his thoughts were a bit worrying. On the third day after watching the movie, Ji Yingzi suddenly sent him a message: [Mr. Jiang, my production of "Blue Fortress" has been completed, and I will prove it to you.
, it is no worse than "The Wandering Blue", it is also a science fiction masterpiece of high quality!]
Seeing this news, Jiang Bei couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly: That's it.
In early July, the production of "Blue Fortress" was completed and entered the review stage. Cultural and Creative Entertainment began to release relevant information about "Blue Fortress" to the outside world, attracting public attention.
On July 6, Liangliang successfully reached a cooperation agreement with Chen Muhua, delegating power and retreating behind the scenes, leaving everything to Erjing Film and Television.
On July 10th, "Blue Fortress" passed review and was announced to be released on July 25th.
On July 11, the promotional video for "Blue Fortress" was released.
On July 12, the director and creative team of "Blue Fortress" participated in recording a variety show to promote the movie. Ji Yingzi, who is not an ordinary person, was interviewed by the host about her expectations for the movie's box office and said that she could break the record of "The Wandering Blue".
Create greater glory for science fiction movies.
The video of the interview was quickly filmed by the audience and posted to major website forums and short videos, causing crazy discussions.
In addition, because Jiang Bei secretly contributed to the flames, the expectations for this movie on the Internet have gradually increased. Even when most media news articles about "Wandering Blue" were titled "Science Fiction Film Master Ji Yingzi Success"
After "Wandering Blue" comes "Blue Fortress".'
With Ji Yingzi's words confident of breaking her own record, it is undoubtedly the title of "Wandering Blue" that is completely confirmed as a science fiction film.
With the title well-deserved, the next thing to look at is how fans feel about the movie after it is released.
On July 15, Li Youqing forwarded the second promotional video to promote "Blue Fortress". On the same day, the video's click rate exceeded 20 million.
On July 20, "Blue Fortress" attracted anxious inquiries from Chen Muhua because the preheating effect was too perfect. The gambling king in Anseong still left with an uneasy feeling.
On July 24, the eve of the release of "Blue Fortress", online pre-order ticket sales exceeded 50 million, a remarkable achievement.
On July 25, "Blue Fortress", which received 37% of the film schedule nationwide, was officially released.