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Chapter 1218 Congratulations to Chinese science fiction movies! Congratulations to "The Wandering Earth"!

“Produced by Feiyue Films, produced by Chen Fei, directed by Guo Fan, starring Wu Jing, Huang Jingyu, Li Guangjie, Wu Mengda, Zhao Jinmai and others.

The most powerful sci-fi blockbuster in Chinese film history, "The Wandering Earth", was officially released at 12:68.6 am last night, and the first day's comprehensive screening in theaters was %! "

"The Hollywood blockbuster Spider-Man: Far From Home was officially taken off the screen last night, with a total box office of 15.3 billion yuan - Maoyan app."

"After eight days of release, the box office of Galaxy Tutorial has exceeded 8 million yuan."

“Marvel releases the latest promotional highlights, warmly congratulating ‘Avengers 4’ for topping the global box office charts!”

"As of now, the domestic movie pre-sale box office record has been broken again, The Wandering Earth - 8.78 million!"

……

On the 26th, the long-awaited "The Wandering Earth" was finally released.

Guo Fan called Chen Fei early in the morning and excitedly informed him: "Director Chen, you will never guess how much the box office was for the midnight show last night!"

"5000 million?" Fade Chen tried to say a number.

"No! No!"

"Less? That means 7000 million?"

"Not yet!" Guo Fan's heavy breathing could be clearly heard over the phone, "It's 9615 million, almost breaking million!"

"Good guy."

Chen Fei was shocked.

Don't these people sleep at night?

How did they make over 9000 million at the box office in the middle of the night?

"I contacted the cinema chains, and found out that many theaters were showing movies and scheduling screenings almost all night. Some of them were our die-hard fans, while others simply went to the theaters to enjoy the air conditioning and watch a movie because it was too hot at home."

"Haha." Chen Fei laughed immediately, "They are all young audiences, right?"

“Yes, most of them are college students.”

"That's normal."

When we were young, who wasn’t passionate?
It happens to be summer vacation again, and everyone is bored at home. Why not go to the movies or eat some barbecue? Wouldn’t that be a great way to live a happy life?

"I wonder how much the box office will be on the first day?" Guo Fan muttered expectantly.

"Won't we know tomorrow?"

As Chen Fei spoke, he went to the gym and started exercising.

Guo Fan was really excited. He talked for two hours before hanging up the phone.

Of course, the main reason is that the rating mechanisms of major rating websites have been lifted. He has to go and see the ratings, otherwise the phone calls will never stop.

After breakfast, Fade Chen went into the study and took a look at the promotional highlights released by Marvel.

In fact, it is just a half-hour long video that extracts the most exciting and brilliant shots from all the films from "Iron Man" in 08 to "Avengers 4" and then combines them into a video.

This was clearly Kevin Feige's idea.

Because most of the highlight shots in the film were taken by Chen Fei.

Who says foreigners don’t understand the ways of the world?

They are aristocratic people, true upper-class people. When it comes to etiquette and social skills, they are in no way inferior to the netizens from the provinces with a lot of civil service exams.

For example, Chen Fei enjoyed watching this video very much.

Kevin Feige's flattery was just right.

Of course, while flattering, it also brought in a very high number of likes.

On websites such as TikTok, Twitter, Netflix, Hulu, and Google, the popularity of this video has apparently reached an extremely high level!
After looking away, Chen Fei focused his attention on the major domestic websites.

He mainly focuses on the ratings of "The Wandering Earth" and the reviews from fans. As for "Kurosawa Shizuka" and so on, he is not interested in those.

Just a stupid woman who married a Japanese and gave up her career. What's there to pay attention to?
No matter what the reason is, she will have to pay for her actions sooner or later!

~

"This is the first movie I watched during the summer vacation. I feel it is very good. It is worthy of being produced by Feiyue Films! I feel that Chinese science fiction movies have really entered a new era. The various slow-motion shots and details of the movie are very well done. It even gave me a sense of déjà vu of a disaster movie. All in all, it is highly praised! I strongly recommend it!"

"Having watched so many superhero movies, I just want to say that perfection is not enough to describe the excellence of The Wandering Earth! I was really moved and watched it with my fists clenched throughout!
The narrative is not dragged out, and there is no personal heroism in American disaster films. It is grand! All kinds of grand! The whole film is full of various imaginations! The special effects are not inferior to Hollywood imported blockbusters, and in some places they are even better! "

"I strongly suggest that the production team buy the copyright of The Three-Body Problem as soon as possible. I am willing to wait for three, five, or even ten years! We must make sure that The Three-Body Problem is filmed!"

"It was worth my while to watch it late at night last night. This movie is really great. I didn't expect that such a grand science fiction movie could be made in China. The special effects have made a qualitative leap, the subject matter is novel, the plot arrangement is very compact, there are many twists and turns, the characterization and acting are good, it is much better than many American popcorn blockbusters!"

“This summer vacation is full of surprises!”

Maoyan's ticket purchase score is 9.6, Douban's score is 8.9, Tao Piaopiao's ticket purchase score is 8.8, and Mtime's score is 9.4...

This is the result of "The Wandering Earth" on its first day of release!

It may not be considered "unprecedented and unrivaled", but in the field of Chinese science fiction films, it can definitely be called the current No. 1 level.

"During the Spring Festival, there was "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", during the May Day holiday, there was "Avengers 4", and now during the summer vacation, there is "The Wandering Earth". Damn! Are all the prime schedules taken up?!"

Behind the scenes of the "The Bravest" roadshow, Yu Dong was furious when he saw all the positive reviews about "The Wandering Earth" online.

At this moment, a strong thought of "Since there is Yu, why is there Liang?" filled his mind, making him feel really uncomfortable.

"Boss Yu, our pre-sale will officially start tomorrow. Should we send out all the prepared press releases?"

The secretary asked.

Yu Dong glared at him, "Are you stupid? The first day box office of The Wandering Earth will be announced tomorrow, maybe it will even exceed 5 million. Can you steal the popularity from it?"

The secretary shrank his head and dared not say a word when being scolded, but he had already started to resent in his heart!

What the hell is this?
This is the original plan, so I have to confirm it with you?
You even cursed me! What the hell! You deserve your ex-wife to come over and scratch your face!

"Ahei! Ahei! Ahei!"

After sneezing several times, Yu Dong stood up cursing, lifted his collar to cover the nail marks on his neck, and walked straight out.

Maybe the air conditioner was too cold and he caught a cold.

At this time, when Yudong was worrying about how to market the pre-sale of "Heroes of Fire", the pre-sale of "Shanghai Fortress" had already started.

But, he pooped a big pile!
As we all know, when a movie starts pre-sale, it usually has to do some publicity and marketing.

Either send out posters or send out promotional videos.

And Teng Huatao chose the latter.

His idea was to take advantage of the popularity of "The Wandering Earth" to increase the pre-sale box office of "Shanghai Fortress".

But he never expected that this newly released promotional trailer video would expose a huge problem with the film!
The theme of this trailer video is "Missed".

The main content is: Jiang Yang, played by Lu Han, followed Commander Lin Lan, played by Shu Qi, to join the Shanghai Fortress War Zone. He liked her cautiously all the way, but never revealed his feelings.

His personal idea is that he hopes to add a bit of tragic color to the war against alien civilization through "regret".

Shu Qi's words "The Magic City is about to sink" reveal the crisis faced by human civilization.

Lu Han's words, "I don't know if she can receive this text message, but I know this is the last chance," put a question mark on this secret love under the doomsday crisis, full of unknowns...

If it is a romantic/art film, then once this trailer is released, it will definitely attract a large number of people to like and support it, and at the same time greatly increase the pre-sale box office.

But the key issue is, this is a science fiction movie!

The Earth is about to be destroyed by aliens, and the Magic City is about to sink, and you are actually engaging in a secret love scene here.

Is this a joke?

For a moment, those hard science fiction movie fans who were originally full of expectations for "Shanghai Fortress" suddenly sounded the alarm in their hearts!

"Guys, wait a minute, something's not right, let's not buy tickets yet, I feel like there's something wrong with this movie."

"That's right! Everyone, listen to my advice! There is suspected romance material in a science fiction movie? This is not a good sign. I suggest you wait and see."

"What's more thrilling than war is the feeling of secret love? I love you... It's hard to say, do you need qualifications? Can this word appear in a science fiction movie? What the hell? I was stunned!"

"Unrequited love is more thrilling than war? Who wrote this lyrics?" "The world is about to end, what's the point of having a secret crush? I'm just going to force myself on you!"

For those pure hard science fiction fans, this trailer is obviously a bit "weird".

As for Lu Han’s fans, this is simply a way to seduce them!
They can accept their brothers going to the battlefield because it is a symbol of masculinity and also a form of positive marketing.

Falling in love and creating couple relationships in the drama is barely acceptable but still acceptable.

For example, he previously collaborated with Guli Nazha in "Fighter of the Destiny", and with Dilraba Dilmurat in "Running Man". This kind of CP feels quite sweet, and everyone can choose to ship it.

As for Guan Xiaotong, many people still don't consider her as their sister-in-law.

One of Lu Han’s big fans would post on Weibo every day: Have Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong broken up?
As of now, this fan has been posting for nearly two years, and has always felt that the two of them are not a good match and that they will get together sooner or later.

But now, under Teng Huatao's hype, Lu Han and Shu Qi actually started to be a couple.

How could the "reeds" tolerate this?

"I really want to support Lu Han with a movie ticket, but I really can't accept that he would have a crush on that old woman Shu Qi!"

"Fuck! I just checked and found out that Shu Qi is 15 years older than my brother. He is one generation older! How can we say this?"

"Refuse to hype up CPs! Refuse to be tied together! Refuse to buy pre-sale tickets to support!"

"Compared to Shu Qi, I think Guan Xiaotong is not bad either."

"Indeed, Guan Xiaotong is a much better sister-in-law than Shu Qi."

Guan Xiaotong: Thank you!

~

By the end of the morning, the real-time box office of "The Wandering Earth" had reached 3 million (including the midnight show).

At this time, Teng Huatao was depressed to find that "Shanghai Fortress" had only sold 1386 million in pre-sale box office in the morning.

This is a bit fucked up!

The first-day pre-sale box office of "The Wandering Earth" broke the record, earning more than 8 million!
Why is my own movie so little?
"Director Fuji, I feel like the public opinion on the Internet seems to be a little off. It seems like someone is buying press releases and deliberately directing our movie in a very strange direction..."

While reporting, the assistant summarized the information he had collected and showed it to Teng Huatao.

The more he looked, the tighter Teng Huatao frowned!
Having been in the industry for so many years, he is not a fool, otherwise he would not have been able to get investment from China Film and CTS to make this movie "Shanghai Fortress".

After just reading a few marketing accounts' copy, he had already made his judgment.

Someone is definitely messing with him and Shanghai Fortress!
"Who is it? Check it out for me! Who did it? Let the PR department do some emergency marketing."

Teng Huatao suppressed his anger, but at the same time he felt a bit of fear in his heart!
He actually already has an answer...

If nothing unexpected happens, it must be "The Wandering Earth" that took action. After all, he has been bundled with them for marketing for so long, how could they let him get the traffic for free?

This is not!

The counterattack is coming now!
Just when he started pre-sales and released a trailer, a bunch of marketing accounts popped up. It was obvious that they were trying to target him!
The other party withdrew his hand, but he happened to enter the most critical promotion period...

"grass!"

Teng Huatao cursed inwardly and felt very regretful.

But things have developed to this point, and he can only find a way to withstand this wave of impact.

……

In the afternoon, "The Wandering Earth" continued to be a hit.

More and more official media have stepped forward to help with marketing.

You know, science fiction movies represent the country's hard power!
What is shown in "The Wandering Earth" is the glory of China. How could the country not support it?
"Find someone to coordinate with us. The bureau will provide certain publicity resources."

When Han Sanping called, Chen Fei didn't take it too seriously at first.

What publicity channels does the bureau have?
Is it possible to do better than Feiyue Film and Television’s Internet marketing?

It was not until seven o'clock in the evening, when he saw the news about "The Wandering Earth" on the News Broadcast, that the corners of his mouth began to twitch.

"Great! This publicity channel is awesome!"

Having been in the group for so long and having produced so many mainstream commercial blockbusters himself, how could Chen Fei not understand the value of the news reports?
This means that in the next period of time, many units across the country will organize movie viewings!
If a few more keys are extended until after school starts, perhaps the school will organize students to watch the movies.

This will be a substantial boost to the growth of movie box office!

……

After a night, it was November 7th.

At exactly seven o'clock in the morning, Chen Fei was woken up by a phone call!
"6.88 million! The first day's box office was 6.88 million!"

When he rubbed his eyes and walked out of the bedroom in a daze, he was stunned after looking at the caller ID.

Ok!

It’s Xiying calling!
"Mr. Wang? Why are you here so early? You didn't stay up all night just to wait for the first day box office of The Wandering Earth, did you?"

Chen Fei could understand Wang Yong's feelings.

For the filming of "The Wandering Earth", the old factory director not only helped Chen Fei to angrily confront La Peikang several times, but also went to the office of the general administration leader and slammed the table several times.

In the end, in order to be able to participate in the investment, he even mortgaged the land of the film studio.

That would mean selling everything you have to follow suit!

Now that the movie is finally released, it’s no wonder he is so excited.

"Haha, how could I not have slept all night? I just got up a little early."

Wang Yong laughed so vigorously on the phone, and it was obvious that he was in a very good mood.

Chen Fei wanted to take a nap, but the other party refused to hang up the phone and kept talking about all sorts of things...

He was so smart that he guessed the reason immediately.

"Mr. Wang, don't worry. The investors of the second part of The Wandering Earth will definitely not forget you. Don't you know who I am? If someone treats me well, I will definitely treat them with sincerity."

Hearing this, Wang Yong breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay! Haha, when I have time to go to the capital again, we must come out and have a couple of drinks."

"Okay, no problem." Chen Fei naturally agreed on the spot.

Even though Feiyue Film and Television is developing very well now, it must not lose its ally Xiying.

The endorsement of state-owned enterprises is still very important in the film and television industry.

Especially when a film or TV series is being reviewed, if a state-owned enterprise is involved, it is a completely different concept from going it alone.

For example, the movie "Better Days".

It has already spread in the circle now.

If it weren't for Huaying's participation, the film would not be released in October this year, and I'm afraid it might not even be released in theaters until next year!

And this is the benefit of cooperating with state-owned enterprises.

After hanging up the phone, Fade Chen was about to go wash up when his phone suddenly vibrated again.

Looking down at the caller ID, he immediately gave a wry smile.

Got it!

There will definitely be no peace this morning!

While he was answering "good news" calls from all directions, there was already a related press release on the Internet.

“Warm congratulations! The Wandering Earth grossed 6.88 million yuan on its first day of release! It has successfully created a new peak in the Chinese-language film box office charts!”

"Major cinema chains have increased the screening schedule for The Wandering Earth. As of now, the film's overall screening schedule has increased to 70%."

"Good news from Hollywood: The Wandering Earth has exclusively landed in 75 IMAX 3D theaters in North America yesterday. The film has earned a total box office of 1133 million US dollars in North American IMAX theaters, and has successfully set a new IMAX box office record for Chinese films in the North American theater market!"

“Congratulations to Chinese sci-fi movies! Congratulations to The Wandering Earth!”

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