Chapter 503: Good movies may not have good box office
Xu Zhaokun still did not give up.
Instead, he said: "One hundred million is not enough, you can use two hundred million! Director Li, you can use this money at your will and use it to help more people, so why keep an eye on the dog?"
Li Yi couldn't help but feel happy.
"Yes, this money can help more people, but why doesn't Mr. Xu use this money to atone for your son's sins? If you still have some conscience, you shouldn't even come here to beg me."
"Staring at your son? Haha, Mr. Xu thinks too highly of himself and looks down on me, Mr. Li. I don't even know who you are or who your son is, but now that I know, I
Do you know how accomplished I feel that my movie can influence the judgment of a criminal who is worse than a beast?"
"You..." Xu Zhaokun's whole body felt bad. "You" didn't say anything for a long time.
"Please do it! Don't worry, "Su Yuan" will be released as scheduled. Mr. Xu has great powers. You can try to see if you can do whatever you want if you have money!" Li Yi's voice became cold.
It's not that Li Yi is very upright, but that at least he still has the bottom line as a human being.
Xu Zhaokun walked away with a puff of his sleeves.
The scene here naturally fell into the eyes of those attending the meeting.
Everyone's expressions are different.
Li Yi didn't know Xu Zhaokun, but many people here recognized Xu Zhaokun. Even if they didn't recognize him at the first time, they at least found out who Xu Zhaokun was very quickly.
And Xu Zhaokun left angrily, obviously not reaching an agreement.
This made some of the people here show admiration and admire Li Yi's principles, while others were puzzled. Isn't it just for fame and fortune when making movies? Xu Zhaokun even came forward in person, so the price offered would be absolutely unacceptable.
It would be low, but Li Yi didn't agree?
How much money can a movie make? And it's just postponed, so you can just find any excuse.
For Li Yi, it was just a piece of cake. He could easily earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. How could he not be tempted at all?
Is he really that noble and honorable?
After Xu Zhaokun was frustrated by Li Yi, he also began to do remedial work, began to scatter money everywhere, and donated money to children's charities, children's rights organizations, etc.
It makes sense to spend money to buy conscience.
Li Yi refused to comment on this. What were you doing?
He would rather spend money to settle himself than repent early and let his son plead guilty and face the law. Don't you think it's too late to do this now?
For some things, spending money is indeed useful, but sometimes, the more he does it, the easier it is to arouse the public's rebellious psychology.
After all, the vast majority of people are ordinary people, so why can you do whatever you want if you have money?
Do you think spending money can settle everything?
Doesn't that mean it's a step back in time?
"Sowon" is released as scheduled.
Xu Zhaokun did not continue to obstruct him. He probably knew that doing so would be counterproductive. Especially after investigating Li Yi's information, Xu Zhaokun gave up such thoughts.
What Xiang Wenbin said at the beginning was absolutely correct. If he were to forcibly obstruct the situation, it might even detonate the public opinion of the entire Hong Kong Island in the end.
"Su Yuan" was released, and major film critics and media also desperately advocated that it was a work of conscience.
The publicity resources provided by Fanhai Film and Television are also top-notch, and this is another award-winning film overseas.
But the box office can only be said to be average.
It can be said that it is only about the same box office as Li Yi's earlier "The Gift of Room No. 7".
However, the film's rating on the popular film review website remains high, exceeding 9 points.
Fans also gave the answer to the reason why it did not do well at the box office.
""Su Yuan" is indeed a good movie, there is no doubt about it, but the viewing experience of this movie is really not very good. After watching it, I couldn't calm down for a long time, and I was depressed all the time!"
"It's a good movie, but maybe it's because I can't see children getting hurt. I don't particularly like it, because although the ending is good, some details can easily make people think in a bad direction. It's too
Desperate."
"It is worthy of being the winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It is very realistic, very real, very meaningful, but also very desperate!"
"Those who have been hurt always smile the happiest, because they don't want the people around them to suffer the same pain. Tears, uncomfortable!"
Finally, the first-day box office is released.
22 million first-day box office.
Judging from the schedule of this movie, it is actually a bit unexpected for a movie with this theme to have such a box office.
This first-day box office, if the movie's box office trend is healthy, may exceed 100 million, or even exceed 200 million, which is a great hope.
But this is obviously impossible.
Why?
Because this kind of box office has already been achieved due to the addition of Li Yi and Palme d'Or.
In fact, for most viewers, this movie seems too cruel.
After all, the essence of movies is to entertain many people.
Obviously, a movie like "Sowon" naturally lacks entertainment elements.
Even with such figures, it can be said that Li Yi's film has the lowest box office on the first day except for the first "The Gift of Room No. 7". Domestic media and film critics are still shouting "the spring of literary films".
coming."
Because "The Truman Show" proved that literary films can also be big hits, and "Suwon" made 22 million on the first day, this kind of box office can actually be said to be a big hit.
During the first three days of the weekend, the box office of "Sowon" was pretty strong, with little fluctuation, all around 20 million.
The box office received more than 60 million yuan in three days. To be honest, this result was somewhat beyond Li Yi's expectations.
This movie, this kind of subject matter, just like what the film critics said about this movie, no matter how tender psychological help is, it can't withstand the cruelty of reality!
It is precisely because of the cruel reality that many people feel a little depressed after reading it.
However, on the fourth day, a working day, the box office of "Sowon" was probably due to the early consumption potential of die-hard movie fans and those who were extremely curious about the movie being exhausted.
The box office dropped sharply, with only over 4 million left!
However, although the box office is not strong, and it can even be said that it may create a new box office low for Li Yi's movie, it has caused waves of topics and discussions.
"Although this movie is destined to not get a high box office, it does not prevent it from becoming one of the best Chinese movies in the past ten years!"
"Reality is still so disgusting. Family and fairy tales keep us alive. If the soul cannot be comforted, no matter how fair the sentence is, it will still be a tragedy."
"I don't dare to watch this type of movie anymore. The death penalty for the prisoner is not enough!"
"After the little girl entered the hospital, I couldn't stand it any longer. It was too cruel and made me panic, so I didn't finish watching the movie, but I gave this movie full marks without any hesitation!"
"After watching the movie, I felt that it was really ironic that many of the verdicts stated that the suspect had a good attitude in pleading guilty!"
