Chapter two hundred and ninety-four Chinese movies were hanged and beaten 10,000 times)
Director Wei..."
"Xiao Lu, what's wrong?"
"I probably won't be able to participate in "Assembly"."
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just feel a little tired recently and my condition is not good. At the same time, I think I may not be able to handle such a military theme... Lu Yihong is pretty good. I think he is quite suitable for the role of Gu Zidi in all aspects."
"Have you decided?"
"Well, yes, it's decided."
"Okay, I respect your choice. Lu Yihong's acting skills are not bad. He has settled down in recent years. He is somewhat similar to Gu Zidi. By the way, Xiao Lu, what about your "Groundhog Day"
When will it be released?”
"Probably, probably in the middle of the month?"
"Probably? How far is the filming now?"
"It's over soon."
"Not ready yet?"
"Well... not even close..."
"..."
"So I said mid-month..."
After calling Wang Jinxue, Lu Yuan considered calling Wei Changjun again and again.
He finally chose to reject "Assembly" again and recommended Lu Yihong to play this role.
In fact, apart from the suitability of the movie itself, the movie "Groundhog Day" made Lu Yuan feel very tired.
This kind of tiredness is not physical, but mental.
The fundamental reason why "Groundhog Day" exceeded expectations by so many days is that both Lu Yuan and Fatty Wei attach great importance to the film, especially in terms of details, both of whom were filming it bit by bit.
Slow work leads to careful work. If you want the quality of the video itself, you will naturally not be fast in terms of speed.
Because of this, Lu Yuan felt like he was hung up on this movie in the past two months, and he felt like he had lost his freedom.
He wants to take a rest.
He wanted to lie in bed until eight o'clock every day, then yawn, eat breakfast, and just deal with life until noon.
Then during lunch, I would mess around with the recipes...
After all, you have to know your shame and then be brave, right?
How can you make progress if you don't work hard?
If you don't work hard, how do you know you're not good?
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The Chinese film industry in April is really not a box-office battle, it can only be regarded as a fun in a small pond. No matter how powerful "This Man is from Earth" is, it is actually completely incomparable with these movies in May.
In other words, May is the real box office battle.
However, there is a strong sense of sadness hidden in this box office battle.
Hollywood's "King Kong: The Rise of King Kong", "Night of God of War", and "Army of Darkness" aggressively occupied the top three places with box office sales of 40 million, 33 million, and 27 million respectively...
Hollywood movies are naturally strong. No matter which Golden Week they are in, they are extremely strong in terms of box office. Except for the first place that was taken away by Zhang Chen's "Blood" the year before last, the rest are basically owned by Hollywood.
"Blood" did well at the box office and received good reviews, but after the movie became a hit, director Zhang Chen ambitiously shot "Blood 2". When he was about to reach the top again, he encountered a waterloo and was directly eliminated by the Hollywood movie "Blood".
"War of the Century" was crushed to pieces, and at the same time, it had a double success in terms of box office and reputation.
Not everyone can make a series of movies, and without a good framework it can easily collapse.
While everyone felt sorry for director Zhang Chen, they also lamented that it was really difficult for Chinese films to beat Hollywood films.
The box office results of the top three movies on May 1st were naturally extremely brilliant.
However, the fourth-placed "Age of Aliens" sadly only took in 10 million at the box office.
The box office result of 10 million on the first day really slapped Shen Lianjie in the face. Even he could not believe that his box office result would be this.
In fact, a box office of 10 million is really not considered bad. In fact, there is no problem in maintaining capital and making a small profit.
However, this box office performance completely exceeded his expectations.
Not to mention the box office comparison with Hollywood blockbusters of the same period, it can't even compare with April's "The Man from the Earth"...
This huge gap made Shen Lianjie very uncomfortable.
Also uncomfortable was screenwriter Sun Peng.
He sold his house and invested it in this movie, just wanting to slap Lu Yuan in the face!
But……
Not to mention it was a slap in the face, and even the box office performance of this investment on the first day was completely beaten by "The Man from Earth".
this……
What could he say?
This is an overwhelming feeling.
Of course, Shen Lianjie was only uncomfortable because of the huge gap. At least his movie should still make money, but the fourth place Zhang Tong's "Happy Journey" was a scam!
Zhang Tong pounced.
The opening box office of "Joyful Journey" was only 4 million...
4 million on the opening day, and it was also the most popular time during the May Day Golden Week...
This result was really hard for Zhang Tong to accept. After seeing the box office, Zhang Tong didn't even want to eat that day.
What about Zhang Dabao in sixth place?
He is a joke!
Just by looking at the name of the movie "Monster from Earth", you can tell that it follows the trend of "The Man from Earth".
I followed the trend of this movie with a solid record, but instead of following the trend, the results were a mess.
"Happy Journey" is at least a million-level movie, but as for him...
The box office is only 500,000 yuan...
Yes, you read that right, only half a million, not even one million!
Among the movies released this year, "Monsters from Earth" set a new limit. It was ordered to be withdrawn just after the first day of release.
According to rumors from netizens who have watched this movie, the movie is not only boring, but the editing is a mess. It took me ten minutes to get into the theater and I couldn't stand it before it came out. As for those who watched it until the end, they basically fell asleep. .
Almost everyone on the Internet is criticizing this movie, and even saying whether Zhang Dabao is out of his mind!
Can just making a movie about cats and dogs make it popular?
It was also a small investment, and it was also advertised as a science fiction film without special effects. Even the themes were similar, but one became a box office myth, and the other became a box office joke...
The box office results of No. 1 disappointed all netizens.
Especially those patriotic and somewhat angry movie fans have a feeling of indignant anger.
Hollywood movies dominate the list, ravaging China's movie box office like a three-headed beast.
Huaxia Film fought hard, but then there was no one left who could fight, and the whole army was even annihilated.
Can this feeling not be sad?
In this case, everyone thought of another movie that let them go and the person who let them go.
"Groundhog Day" and Lu Yuan.
People can't help but think that if they hadn't given up on this movie and Lu Yuan hadn't disappeared halfway through, would there have been any improvement in the box office battle in May?
After all, since Lu Yuan's debut, no matter which movie he makes, his reputation and box office are both high. Whether it is "Buried Alive", "Wanderer" or "This Man is from Earth", he has created his own box office miracle.
So, what about this "Groundhog Day"?
People couldn't help but feel a sense of expectation.
It seems that this movie has become the last hope for the box office battle in May.
Although, everyone knows that this movie missed the May Day Golden Week.
but……
Didn't "This Man Came From Earth" also miss April 1st?
Didn't it take off again in the end? A direct latecomer to the game and smashed "Future You"?
Now, all movie fans hope that "Groundhog Day" can be released one day early...
However, netizens were disappointed.
They found that there was no news about the movie on Tomato.com, theaters, or even other major media websites.
Not only is there no news about this movie, but even news about Lu Yuan seems to have disappeared.
For seven days from May 1st to May 7th, the headlines on all major film and television pages were the box office results of these three Hollywood movies. Occasionally, there would be reports about Zhang Tong's "Happy Journey" being released ahead of schedule and "The Age of Alien".
》Box office shrinkage and other negative news about Chinese movies.
News about Groundhog Day?
have!
But basically they are similar to "Shocked, Groundhog Day actually..." "Lu Yuan's skills are so good, he actually..." "Grandhog Day premiere date revealed!" The popular content is related to
False advertising messages that do not match the title.
This made netizens so angry that they were helpless.
At this moment, they suddenly began to miss the days when Lu Yuan was wreaking havoc on headlines and advertising.
Of course, various versions of speculation also followed one after another...
Some people say that Lu Yuan is autistic after being trolled by trolls, and is ready to withdraw from the circle and receive psychological treatment.
Some people say that Lu Yuan has gone to Hollywood to make movies.
Some people also said that the filming of "Groundhog Day" encountered many problems and was temporarily stopped...
In short, there are random speculations one after another...
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Of course, Lu Yuan cannot be criticized for being autistic.
Even if the entire entertainment industry is autistic, he can't be autistic.
This guy has a very strong psychological quality.
"Groundhog Day" was already filmed and submitted for review on May 5th, and it is expected that the editing and rectification will go through a wave of editing until it is released around May 16th.
Of course, this is also expected. It is normal to be one or two days late or one or two days early.
Anyway, Lu Yuan could not predict it.
Therefore, Lu Yuan felt that there was no need for him to advertise in this turbulent time.
Wouldn't it be nonsense if advertising was used to dissuade these movie fans again?
Now it's better to be speculated than to be scolded, right?
It’s good to be a salty fish now, isn’t it?
No one disturbs, it's quiet...
It's very comfortable.
Lu Yuan feels that he is very Buddhist.
He finally managed to get up at eight o'clock every day, and then played around until noon, and then began to study the simple life of dishes.
Although he is very thin, he now has the desire to be a fat boy.
It’s good to eat and sleep every day, and eat without worries after sleeping, isn’t it?
As for the company's pile of documents, it will not affect the company's operation for the time being...
I'm not a robot, I need to rest too, right?
And when Wang Jinxue comes back, will these tasks be a problem?
No problem!
He is a professional, so he is much better than a non-professional like me, okay?
Lu Yuan successfully found two excuses to be a salty fish and lived happily as a salty fish.
Of course, this happiness only lasted less than a week.
On May 7th, Wang Jinxue officially returned from Hangzhou, bringing two real estate certificates with Lu Yuan's name on them, which also broke Lu Yuan's salty life.
After coming back, Wang Jinxue seemed to be a changed person, and she resumed the habit of waking up Lu Yuan on time at seven o'clock every morning...
Although Wang Jinxue accepted all these piles of work, Lu Yuan found that he seemed unable to be a homebody anymore.
Because Wang Jinxue told Lu Yuan something.
That means celebrity fitness classes are about to start.
Lu Yuan wasn't interested at first, after all, he didn't think he could keep fit. But when Wang Jinxue saw Lu Yuan tell Lu Yuan that this fitness class cost 100,000 yuan, Lu Yuan's eyes widened instantly.
He suddenly felt distressed.
"Is this the class I signed up for at the beginning of the year?"
"yes……"
"One hundred thousand dollars?"
"yes……"
"Can you withdraw?"
"It's been almost half a year, what do you think?"
"I...go to the gym? Is this ridiculous?"
"I think it makes sense. After all, I think you are not as strong as women."
"How is that possible!"
"Then you and Wu Tingting have a fight?"
"..."
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May 9th.
Hollywood movies are still beating Chinese movies.
Netizens no longer have any hope.
This should have been a normal day.
But……
Lu Yuan, who had been silent for more than ten days, once again made the headlines...
Netizens' eyes widened. They immediately thought this was fake news!
After all, the headlines made all netizens laugh...
"Zhejiang Province News: The dumbbell broke the glass and fell from the sky, hitting a normal car. Fortunately, there was no serious car accident...but the instigator of this accident turned out to be a popular star...Lu Yuan!"
"Lu Yuan?"
"???"
"Playing with dumbbells and hitting the car?"
"???"
"What the hell are you doing with dumbbells at this critical time in May?"