It turns out that I want to return my hometown in fine clothes.
Rich or not, go home and celebrate the New Year.
There is always a New Year's Eve dinner at home.
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In a movie theater in Magic City, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the road show of "On the Road" is still going on.
As one of the largest cities in China, there are 4 million migrant workers in Magic City. A quarter of the people in Magic City are people from all over the country who are struggling for life.
Even during the Chinese New Year, these four million viewers are still a large number of viewers who stayed in the Magic City for various reasons and had no way to go home.
On the stage, Wang Baoqiang sang the song "Go Home for the New Year" sung by a group of returnees on the bus in the movie, which made some audience members who had not gone home for the New Year feel an inexplicable feeling and couldn't help but follow along.
Singing together.
This song is not unfamiliar, and it was originally sung by Wang Baoqiang, who also released a mini album.
A familiar song can easily resonate with the audience, especially if the time is right, the place is right, and the people are right. Soon there was a chorus in the cinema.
It's a good comedy, I watched it happily, but now I feel a little sad.
Xu Zheng sang along with him affectionately on the stage, but he felt differently in his heart, almost bursting with joy.
He himself is from Modu, and he is going home now.
Moreover, the box office of 43.5 million in three days is 200% over 100 million. It’s not like we can’t look forward to 200 million.
What is the concept of being a director for the first time and making his debut film over 100 million yuan?
You're awesome, okay?
Even if they have to go all over the country to promote it during the Chinese New Year, it can't dampen Xu Zheng's inner joy.
As for the original worry that Li Qian would reach the goal of 200 million, now Xu Zheng no longer has any burden. No matter which media asks, he can feel confident.
Holding back the excitement in my heart, I put on an affectionate look on my face and finished singing the song with the audience.
After interacting with the audience for about ten minutes, Wang Baoqiang and Wang Baoqiang rushed to the next performance.
Running around during the Chinese New Year did not make them even the slightest bit impatient.
"Baoqiang, when will my brother and sister leave? I'm sorry that I didn't reunite you two during the Chinese New Year."
Wang Baoqiang's wife is pregnant, but has not announced it to the public. She plans to send her to the United States after the New Year to give birth there.
These days, it is normal for the rich, famous, and powerful to go to the United States to give birth to their children.
All children born in the United States, except for children born in the United States by embassy staff of other countries, can automatically obtain American nationality, and when they reach adulthood, they can choose between their home country and the United States.
There are definitely a lot of benefits to giving birth in the United States, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many people going to the United States to give birth, and there would also be a lot of intermediary agencies.
After the Chinese New Year, my wife will have to go to the other side of the ocean, and she will have to stay for a while after the baby is born, and she won’t be able to see her for almost a year. If she doesn’t want to be with her, that’s definitely impossible.
But it has been six years since he came to this point from the grassroots and entered the entertainment industry. Wang Baoqiang also knows the importance of opportunities. "A Man on the Road" was a hit, which meant much more to him than "A World Without Thieves".
No less than "Soldier Assault".
"Brother Zheng, you arrived at the door of the house and didn't even go back. What do I have to say? My parents are taking care of her. I can rest assured."
Wang Baoqiang's dark face smiled brightly, revealing two rows of neat, white teeth.
No matter how many difficulties and reluctances he has now, Wang Baoqiang feels that he is the happiest man in the world at this moment.
I have a virtuous and beautiful wife who is about to give birth to a fat boy. My career has also made new progress and I have opened up new acting opportunities on the big screen.
I have a family and a career.
For a poor boy from the countryside, life is like this, what more can he ask for.
"That's right, work hard and give your child a better future. When the child is one year old, he will come back. You have to call me then. I want to give my little nephew a big red envelope."
Xu Zheng laughed and was also happy for Wang Baoqiang.
Although it is the first time for the two of them to work together, no one dislikes such a simple and honest Wang Baoqiang. He has struggled from a poor boy in the countryside to this point, with a good harvest in his family and career. Except for a few people who are jealous, everyone who knows him feels sorry for him.
Happy.
The two of them live in the house without entering the house, and the wife cannot be with them when she is giving birth. They are actually the same as so many ordinary people across the country who cannot go home. They are also similar to the characters they played in the movie.
But even so, keep a positive and optimistic attitude and do everything you do at the moment.
The movie's huge sales diluted other sad things, and the two days of promotion were spent with a smile.
However, on the evening of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, "On the Road", which was originally well received, suddenly received a large number of negative comments.
"I was so embarrassed when I watched "On the Road" that the plots along the way were too blunt. The conductors of many cars would search the world for the owner of a wallet on New Year's Eve? Have I lost my wallet several times?
Why haven’t I met him once?”
"This is no longer "A Man on the Road". The conductor and the liar female teacher are so fake. It's like "I Met the Ten People Who Moved China on the Way Home"."
"Top one, I've wanted to say it for a long time. I just saw so many people bragging without thinking, and they were afraid of being criticized for telling the truth. What kind of thing is this!"
"This movie is completely ruining our outlook. A businessman like Xu Zheng, who is only interested in profit, cheats again, but in the end there will be good results. Is this a way to whitewash rich people?"
"There is also the character Wang Baoqiang. I used to really like the naive Baoqiang, but the character Niu Geng really disgusted me. He was stupid and dumb, but he was so self-righteous that when I saw the photo in someone's wallet on the boat, I
I rushed over to take a look and took out the photos, but I was stunned and refused to give them.
Also, after winning the prize, he insisted on driving and would not drive blindly. When something happened, Xu Zheng refused to let go but still drove. Then he blamed Xu Zheng for saying, "I won't let you talk but you have to talk." He insisted that he didn't fall asleep.
, I was so upset when I saw it that I really wanted to slap someone like this in the face."
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Xu Zheng, who was on the road show, was a little surprised by the large number of negative comments that suddenly appeared.
As an actor, he has encountered many unexpected situations, but as a director, this was his first time.
During the road show, there were many audience members who asked about these topics, and Xu Zheng could only explain in a serious manner why these plots were designed in such a way, as well as the issue of character image.
His originally good mood suddenly became less good, especially the media and various programs, which made it difficult for him to cope with it.
The box office for the fourth and fifth days of the Lunar New Year was also affected to a certain extent, with only 29.6 million earned in two days.
Although it has not dropped, at this time, it is not the last two days of holidays, so if the box office does not increase, it will be a failure.
Li Qian, who was far away in Hongzhou, also received a call from Xu Zheng. After some warnings, he could not help but shake his head secretly.
After all, he has no experience. In the face of this obviously organized smear campaign, reasoning is of no use.
Being reasonable is sometimes the most useless thing to say.
I called Du Yang again. They had also relaxed their promotion these two days. It was the New Year itself, and the movie had a good reputation, so they didn't get nervous.
However, Li Qian was not in a hurry. He was having a gathering with Deng Chao and the others. Deng Chao and Sun Li received their certificates the year before last and had not yet held a wedding. They all had a meal together to celebrate.
After the banquet was over, Li Qian returned home and turned on the computer.
There are still a lot of negative comments. After all, Guangxian, Bernard, and Huayang are all participating in the competition for the Spring Festival market this year.
But it's not too serious, after all, the movie itself has a very good reputation.
I took a quick look and found that they were basically focused on the supporting characters in the plot of the movie who were too fake.
There are also attacks on the two characters Li Chenggong and Niu Geng, which seems quite reasonable at first glance.
Li Chenggong is a person who has achieved redemption through this embarrassing journey. He is not a good bird in himself.
As for the burdock, actually he has many behaviors. From Li Chenggong’s point of view, this person is really annoying.
If we look at the facts and make sense, we can say that Li Chenggong is not that bad. Wang Baoqiang initially asked for directions and pointed him in the right direction. He also waited for 2B to mock him after Wang Baoqiang left, and this 2B was normal.
Everyone will find it funny.
After discovering that his ticket was a fake on the train, he also took the initiative to give up his seat to Niu Geng.
As a wage earner, Niu Geng has never seen the world. His way of thinking is different from that of people in the city. He is very casual, so he is so willful.
Wang Baoqiang himself is likable, which weakens this willfulness, and is a good contrast to the brother-in-law in "囧" that Li Qian remembers.
But there is no point in saying this. Just say it once.
I took another look and found a movie review by a well-known film critic on Weibo that I heard was quite popular.
"A science fiction story that seems to take place in China, performed by a group of Chinese actors."
What is a science fiction story that seems to take place in China?
Comedy is also related to science fiction.
Take a look at the content.
"The whole movie is like a science fiction story. A series of incredible things happened in a place that looks like China. In this story, the mistress does not make trouble, the wife does not mind her husband's infidelity, and the teacher is willing to go to school for the students.
A beggar on the street, a conductor can go to all hotels looking for the owner of a wallet, a farmer doesn't want money after being hit...
I believe that every incident here is possible in China, but it was brought together by Xu Zhengsheng. As a movie, I suggest that the name of this movie can be changed to "Moving China 2010 Highlights Collection".
China's current public opinion policy is very strange and makes people completely confused. TV news can report part of the dark side of society and ugly phenomena, newspapers can write about it, and bookstores can buy books, but movies cannot be made.
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Chinese movies must be positive, there must be good people in the movie, and the ending must be the good guys defeat the bad guys. Even if there are ugly phenomena in the movie, it must be resolved in the end... Why should I spend dozens of dollars?
Listen to your shit for an hour and a half?"
After all, it comes back to the government.
But it works quite well. Anyone who criticizes the bad habits of the government can attract a large group of people to applaud, as if such people have a conscience and are not afraid of power.
It is another article that seems reasonable but makes no sense. However, there are some people who follow it and follow it to criticize the country, the government, optoelectronics, the film industry, and give advice.
After clicking on his Weibo, Li Qian went to wash his face first. He drank some wine at the party just now and was a little dizzy after being blown away by the cold front.
I pinched my fingers and started typing on the keyboard.
"The most annoying thing is that some people are pretentious, like they are pretending to be here, and they are cynics who are worried about the country and the people. Go do something practical, stop looking for mistresses to go whore, help people in need, pick up other people's wallets and return them to them,
Spend the New Year with your parents.
It is much better than talking nonsense on the Internet. The people who laugh when watching this movie will not have a deeper understanding of society than you do, and the people who promote positive things about this society will not be less kind than you.
In a word, you are all sick.
Only people with dirty and dark thoughts will always want to see the dark side, but these people don't have eyes. In "People on the Road", they can't see the negative side of society, but where is it?
Self-indulgent and lustful.
Bright can also see the hidden darkness of society, such as the bankruptcy of farm companies due to the problematic milk incident, workers asking for wages, insufficient innovation in the animation industry, Spring Festival transportation issues, education issues at the bottom, family ethics issues for migratory birds, and even the crisis of integrity in society, etc.
wait.
These are all shown in "People on the Road" and are the chronic diseases of our society today, but why can't some people see them?
We all live in this society, and our understanding of the darkness of this society is no less than those who only know how to type on the keyboard and flip through books. However, there is still hope in the darkness. The darkness without hope is so painful that it makes people miserable.
Do you know why everyone laughs? Do you know why so many people like this movie?
It’s not because of child care, which doesn’t have such great energy, but because of life, many details are everyone’s life, and no matter how dark it is, life will always go on.
No matter how dark it is, you should always go home to see your parents during the Chinese New Year and be a human being!
Maybe some people are knowledgeable or have a better life. Your views on this society may be gained through words rather than experience.
This world has many dark sides, but it is equally beautiful. Let us remember this beauty, be grateful for this beauty, and pass the beauty to more people to make our society better.
If you have any objections, I suggest you bring two knives and go to the photoelectric gate to make a fuss. It is much better than creating garbage online.
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The freshly baked Weibo post was posted like this.
During the Chinese New Year, do you all stay at home and have nothing to do? As soon as it was posted on Weibo, it was immediately discovered by many netizens.
Although I didn't defend the movie, I could tell at a glance that I was supporting "The Road to Misfortune".
"Haha, the last sentence made me laugh to death. I have so many opinions to express to Optoelectronics. Why bother with movies?"
"Li Qian said it well, let's just watch a movie. There are always some people who live in the miserable reality. It's really deserved to come online in such a miserable situation."
"You really have shit in your head and see everything as shit. You are shit yourself, and others are shit. Seeing the true love in Xiaozhong gives people hope. This is the mission of art. If a movie can only tell you about society
The ugliness of the film makes you think that committing evil is innocent. What will you think? Will you scold the director for promoting violence?"
"Why am I getting more and more awkward? Co-writing a Hollywood blockbuster doesn't mean justice triumphs over evil? Why is it that every time there is a good domestic movie, there are always people who are critical? Such people must be very unhappy in life, and they don't want others to be happy!"
"As long as the movie is good, that's it. Don't think about reality when watching the movie, and don't think about the story in the movie in reality. As long as "On the Road" is funny, that's it. Don't be tired of it."
"Except for the exaggeration of looking for the owner all night, everything else is pretty good. If you hit someone, you don't have to pay compensation. That's because Wang Baoqiang saved someone's life. He knows how to be grateful. Is there anything strange about begging for students?"
, I think I’ve seen it on the news too.”
"In any case, our family was very happy and moved when we went to watch "The Journey"."
"I transferred trains all the way and drove around until I got home in the third grade of junior high school. The movie I watched in the afternoon was so touching. This is a true portrayal of us wage earners."
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It's not that easy to discredit a movie with a high reputation.
After Li Qian posted a long article, Xu Zheng gradually calmed down and calmly dealt with one problem after another.
Then Deng Chao shared some interesting stories on his way home during the Chinese New Year on Weibo. Then Huang Bo, Lei Jiayin and some of the actors they had worked with, and those who had Weibo posted their air tickets or high-speed trains on Weibo.
The ticket tells the story of what he saw along the way and the joy of returning home to reunite.
Although they are not short of money, have not encountered various emergencies, and are not as tired as ordinary people from traveling, various things will always happen during the journey.
And some actors also came to join in the fun, whether they knew Li Qian or not.
Within two days, a campaign to share the Spring Festival travel journey was launched on Weibo, and netizens happily shared their interesting experiences with everyone.
Negative comments disappear immediately.
On the sixth and seventh days of the Lunar New Year, it still took in 27 million box office.
Although it is nearly 2 million lower than the previous two days, the holiday is over and people are about to return to work, so some of the main moviegoers are missing.
During the entire seven-day long holiday, "Unfortunately" took in a box office of 99.3 million yuan, becoming the biggest winner during the Spring Festival.
Although the box office is not as good as "Avatar" which has been released for more than a month, no one compares "Avatar" with other movies. The comparison should be with other domestic movies.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the first working day, theoretically the box office will drop sharply after the long holiday, but "Unfortunately" actually maintained a 50% drop.
The people going to work have left, but the students are still there.
It received 6.4 million in a single day, which is second only to "Avatar" in the single-day box office.
The total box office in eight days was 105.7 million, officially exceeding 100 million.
Eight days, the first day of the new year happened to be Sunday, so two weeks had passed.
Other movies in the same period, "Little Soldiers", after 11 million on the first day, also received a high box office of 71 million in the week from the second to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, for a total of 82 million in eight days.
Cheng Long's failure in "The Agent Next Door" proved that he is still the top star in the industry.
Two comedy movies led the Spring Festival market.
"The Golden Guard" earned 27 million in its third week, and its box office reached 110 million in three weeks of release.
"Love in the City", which sold 10 million on New Year's Day, also received 45 million at the box office last week, with a total box office of 80 million in the eleventh day after its release.
"Happy Events in the Flower Field" grossed 23 million last week, and its total box office in eleven days reached 40 million.
"Su Qier" was released for 13 days, and the total box office was close to 30 million. It turned out to be the worst box office among the movies during the Spring Festival. This was something no one could have imagined before it was released.
This February, even these few domestic movies have supported the entire Spring Festival market, which is not much worse than the popular ones.
In the new week, "Unfortunately" relied on its good reputation to continue to reap box office revenue, earning 50.8 million in a single week.
It was released for 15 days, with a total box office of 156.5 million.
In the third week, 26 million in a single week.
13 million in the fourth week.
6 million in the fifth week, a drop of more than 50%.
The entire seven-day Spring Festival holiday has already overdrawn the box office, and the subsequent trend will be very average.
However, even so, five weeks and 36 days after its release, the total box office of "Awkward" has exceeded the 200 million mark.
201.5 million, a movie with a production cost of only 8 million, delivered a perfect answer in this new year.
The box office of "Little Soldier" also stopped at 150 million.
"Jinyiwei" has 140 million, which is slightly lower.
A small-budget romantic comedy like "Love in the City" has already exceeded 100 million yuan. The box office of 130 million yuan was a complete surprise to Hua Yang.
The 60 million box office of "Happy Event in the Flower Field" also gave Guangxian a good start in 2010.
It can be said that except for "Su Qier" which only received 45 million, all companies are happy this New Year.
However, the biggest winner is still Li Qian. Starting from November, three movies spanned the entire Lunar New Year period for a full four months.
If it hadn't been for the sudden release of "Avatar", the film market in the past four months would have been dominated by Li Qian alone.
Three movies with a box office of 800 million, and how terrifying it is!
Companies in the industry are becoming more and more aware of the crisis, but before they can react, Li Qian has started casting a wide range of actors in the industry for his own new film and the two films he has produced.