On the morning of April 5, Li Qi and Lu Yihong secretly came to Tianhe Cinema and found a VIP seat in the corner.
Li Qi was very nervous.
Although the investment for this movie is very low and the cast is not very strong, he is looking forward to it.
A good script, a good script, and good actors make a good movie.
He feels that although the investment cost of this movie is very low, it is definitely a good movie.
He put in a lot of effort and effort just to prove himself when this movie is released and prove that he really has the ability to make science fiction movies.
Lu Yihong was also a little nervous. After "Buried Alive" became popular, he gained a lot of fans, which made him a little happy and felt that he had succeeded.
He originally thought that he would have a smooth journey in Lu Yuan's company, then he would be weak when accepting films, then his reputation for acting would explode, and finally he would win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor and let everyone in the industry recognize him...
But I didn't expect to live in Lu Yuan's shadow all this time...
No matter what Lu Yihong does, he will more or less be labeled as Lu Yuan. No matter how he expresses himself, others still think that he has little value in "remote" entertainment.
Others even think that he is a supporting role and Lu Yuan's background.
Every time he went to audition with other crews, the director would ask Lu Yuan if he was interested in the movie again.
The feeling of living in Lu Yuan's shadow is really frustrating.
Lu Yihong is also an extremely arrogant person at heart. The more you think he is not good, the more he has to prove that he can. Zhao Gao in "The Qin Emperor's Kingdom" may be a proof point, but it is a pity that "The Qin Emperor's Kingdom" is still being filmed.
Among them, it is estimated that it will not be broadcast until early next year, so the only way Lu Yihong can prove himself to everyone is the movie "This Man is from Earth".
This movie must be successful, and he must tell everyone that "Remote" not only has awesome people like Lu Yuan, but also him, Lu Yihong.
"Remote" is a team, not a world built by Lu Yuan alone!
He's not bad either.
At 8:30 in the morning, Li Qi and Lu Yihong watched silently as the audience came in one after another.
"This movie is finally released, and these two idiots are really good at dragging it out."
"Yes, good things come in hard times..."
"By the way, are your movie tickets half-price?"
"Yeah, isn't everything half-price today?"
"It seems Ergouzi is not shameless enough to break his promise again, haha, feel comfortable..."
"With so many people watching online, how dare Ergouzi break his promise? Although he has no bottom line, he can't be so bottomless, otherwise no one will watch his movies in the future..."
"It makes sense."
"Speaking of Ergouzi, I think..."
Li Qi listened to the two college students next to him talking non-stop about Lu Yuan.
He listened a little more carefully to other places and found that audiences in other places were also discussing similar topics...
He stood up and pushed his hat slightly, pretending to be casual and walked around the entire screening room, and then he came to a very deceptive conclusion.
All these people were talking about Lu Yuan, Er Gouzi, cheating, autographs and other topics.
Not many people are really discussing movies.
This made Li Qi unable to describe his feelings for a while. He had the feeling that these people were not here to watch the movie but to participate in a symposium titled Criticizing "Lu Yuan".
Li Qi didn't know how to describe his mood.
Anyway...
He was a little heartbroken.
However, in a sense, it can be seen that Mr. Lu’s advertising ability has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, reaching a very incredible point. Although Mr. Lu was pulled out and criticized by these people, at least they all came to the cinema honestly.
Honestly buy a ticket to watch a movie...
Seeing that the cinema was full, Li Qi felt a little more comfortable.
Judging from this situation, the opening box office is not a big problem. Although it is not as good as the Hollywood movie "Future You", at least it is not a problem compared to the "Stray Pig".
Except for the sudden box office dark horse "Alien", Li Qi feels that among domestic movies, their "This Man from Earth" can still rank second.
When thinking of this, Li Qi felt more and more comfortable.
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Chen Cong and Mr. Chen got up very early today and invited a few friends to come to his Wantong Cinema to watch the movie "This Man is from the Earth". He reserved a top VIP exclusive viewing seat.
Are you saying you support domestic science fiction films? Support Lu Yuan? Or enjoy the victory results like other netizens and criticize Lu Yuan?
These are all nonsense to Mr. Chen.
He simply wanted to see what a movie with an investment of less than 200,000 yuan could produce. He even wanted to know how "bad" this so-called science fiction movie could be.
Anyway, he was already ready to vent on Weibo.
He just has such a temperament, no matter what status you have in the entertainment industry, he will always complain if you don't like it.
As for several of his rich second-generation friends, they also have the same mentality. They also want to see what the lower limit is for domestically produced science fiction films...
At half past eight, as the entire theater went dark, advertisements for "Newbuck" and "Remote" entertainment appeared on the big screen...
Chen Cong shook his head.
The content at the beginning of the prologue is exactly the same as "Wanderer", and there is no difference. Even if the starring and director had not changed the subtitles, Chen Cong would have thought that Lu Yuan, the bastard, had copied and pasted "Wanderer" directly to save money.
Chen Cong shook his head. The tone at the beginning made him almost rate the movie as a bad movie.
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Zhou Shuai, the top spy chief of "Remote" Entertainment, sat in the last row with two other film critics.
There weren't many film critics for "The Man from Earth", and it couldn't compare to "Alien," which suddenly exploded at the box office next door.
This is normal.
From an investment point of view, this movie is like a kid playing house. No matter how shameless you, Lu Yuan, are in your advertising, they don’t think you can make a good movie after spending more than 100,000 yuan.
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The point is, it’s a science fiction movie!
right!
What impression do science fiction movies give people?
Cool special effects, incredible imagination, powerful battles, alien invasion...
What do these require?
They all need money!
Whether it’s China or abroad, when it comes to science fiction movies, everyone’s impression is that they start with tens of millions...
You have more than 100,000...
What can I do with more than 100,000 yuan?
Moreover, the director Li Qi also made many people in the industry shake their heads.
He spent tens of millions but couldn't make a science fiction film. How can you make it work if you pay less than 200,000?
Are you kidding me?
To sum up, although the theater was full of people, film critics and journalists were not optimistic about this movie at all.
They only regard this movie as a huge prank, and it may even become a strange flower in the history of Chinese movies, an insurmountable bad movie...
This is the outcome they could have imagined.
However, there are always surprises in this world.
After the prologue, the movie finally got to the point...
This is a quiet and peaceful town, or a place with pretty good scenery.
The male protagonist, a university professor played by Lu Yihong, resigned from his job and was preparing to leave here for an unknown distant place. Many companions came to see him off...
The protagonist's seemingly simple house is decorated with Van Gogh's paintings, medieval bows and arrows, and prehistoric stone axes. Everything gives people a strange sense of suspense.
Film critics couldn't help but be slightly attracted by this sense of suspense.
The beginning of this movie seems to be different from other domestic bad movies. At least the production and shooting are unprecedentedly sophisticated.
There seemed to be hidden meanings in the characters. Among the people seeing him off were historians, religious scientists, biologists, psychologists and many other knowledgeable people.
The instinctive sense of smell told the film critics that this script seemed quite interesting. Although the dialogue continued and trivial stories were chatted in a very peaceful tone as if they were homely, a sense of progression gradually appeared in the whole plot.
Lu Yihong's acting skills are very good, and he vividly portrays a person with a secret. At the same time, the cooperation of other people is also very good, asking Lu Yihong's various reasons in a decrypted way.
Things like Van Gogh's paintings, medieval bows and arrows also began to turn into strange hints. As the plot gradually developed, this hint became stronger and stronger...
This doesn't seem like a bad movie!
At least it's different from other domestic bad movies.
The film reviewers looked a bit stunned.
As for Zhou Shuai, he wrote a lot of nonsense movie reviews and uploaded it to Tomato without saying a word.
Don't ask!
The reason for asking is to capture the hot comments and popularity as early as possible!
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The noisy audience fell silent.
The film successfully captured their attention with its gimmicks.
In the movie, several people were sitting on chairs chatting awkwardly, with stories about moving in and out, and the sky was getting dark.
The stove is burning.
It seems to have a different light.
The hero stood by the fire and announced an amazing story.
He comes from a prehistoric world.
Other audience members were stunned, and the audience in the theater was also stunned.
The tone of the main plot seems to be developing in suspense...
The person who asked was scratching his head and seemed to want to refute the actor, but the actor was very calm and didn't even have any panic expression...
"No matter how long a person lives, he cannot transcend the era in which he lives. He cannot know more than the best people in this ethnic group..."
"Although I have lived for 14,000 years, it does not mean that I am a genius. All I have is time..."
"I always get tired of people repeating stupid mistakes."
The male protagonist sometimes sighs and sighs, sometimes shakes his head and sighs. Faced with these people's questions and doubts, he slowly responded in an understatement.
The plot gradually begins to become depressing and tense. No one knows how far this plot will go. The seemingly absurd direction is so irrefutable and desperate...
The audience seemed to be able to hear their own heartbeats.
They have been completely attracted by the hero's words and such a ridiculous story.
However, all this is just the beginning...
What the male protagonist said next made everyone feel a sense of complete subversion.