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During the roadshow, someone also asked Lin Xing what he thought about this sentence.

Pack up and get ready for coffee.

"I want to ask, now that I have finished cleaning up and upgraded my star status, can the box office double?"

Lin Xing looked at the many media reporters and asked with a smile.

This sentence stunned many media outlets.

Are you kidding me? ?
The box office of "Street Quest" is now close to 14 billion. Do you still want to double it at this time?
Besides, everyone knows that the so-called "pack up and prepare for a promotion" is just a polite remark.

What's more, this sentence is generally very suitable for publicity.

Many artists like to use this sentence to promote themselves and prove that their status is different.

But Lin Xing didn't like it.

Just as Lin Xing responded during his previous roadshow that he was the so-called action successor, in Lin Xing's opinion, the principle is actually the same.

What kind of status? ?

To put it bluntly, that kind of thing is an illusion. Today others may say that you have been promoted, but tomorrow they may say that you have fallen from the altar.

This is not just the case in the entertainment industry, it's basically the same in all walks of life.

As for the media, what they are most keen on is creating gods and then destroying them.

Let me put it this way, today's media thinks how awesome you, Lin Xing, are, that you have cheats, and that you have never failed. Then tomorrow, if you, Lin Xing, fail a little, the media will instantly put you down.

If you don't believe it, just look at Yang Tian. He was once praised by the media, but what happened to him after his successive failures?
If you still don't believe it, just look at An Yifeng. Before she took on the role in "Under Fire", she was already known as the return of Sister Wang. But after "Under Fire" flopped, how was she ridiculed?

The reason is the same.

Whether it's media publicity, online audience appeal, or even your own public opinion and reputation, you can work hard for it, but don't take it too seriously.

Therefore, Lin Xing once again said to the many reporters: "This is my last response. The success of a movie is inseparable from the team. I don't need to be promoted. I will always be myself, a literary and artistic worker. I hope everyone will pay more attention to the movie, the director, the screenwriter, and the front and back of "Hot Street"..."

After the roadshow, Lin Xing accepted an exclusive interview with Film Weekly.

He said that he is not as great or powerful as people say.

“Many times people only look at the results and not the process, or they infer the process from the results.”

"Just like the movie "Street Shooter", now because the box office is good, everything I did before is correct, but what if the box office is fake? Then I feel like I might become a joke."

"But in my opinion, the box office is a kind of recognition. Even if "Hot Street" really fails at the box office, I don't think I did anything wrong."

……

"Yes, you are right, just like "Death on Earth". By the way, this movie should be released during the National Day. In fact, I wanted to release it during the Spring Festival, but the bureau coordinated with us..."

"Yes, even though it's only May now, there are still a lot of blockbusters during this year's Spring Festival."

"I want to go during the Spring Festival, too. After all, I think my movie hasn't been released during the Spring Festival yet."

……

Lin Xing talked freely during the interview.

He is of course very satisfied with the box office performance of "Hot Street", and he believes that the success of this film comes from the script and the filming by director Wei Lu.

"You have to know that most of the time, actors just need to play their roles well, but such a good role is actually written by the screenwriter, and then the director needs to consider how to shoot it, that is, how to turn the text into pictures..."

Lin Xing smiled and said, "Not to mention the lighting, sound, editing, etc. If it weren't for everyone's cooperation, how could we have beautiful pictures, wonderful stories, and even the so-called famous scenes?"

There is still plenty of material for today's interview.

This issue of "Film Weekly" will be released directly in June, but by then "Hot Street" will probably have been taken off the shelves, so naturally there will be no way to promote it.

But it doesn’t matter, it’s a good opportunity to promote “Dead on Earth”.

This is basically how Lin Xing spent the entire month of May.

On the one hand, he needs to adjust the atmosphere throughout the roadshow. For most actors, it is no problem to ask them to do action scenes, but it is a bit awkward to communicate face to face with the media and the audience.

On the other hand, many interviewers specifically want to interview Lin Xing, or at least Xue Li. After all, "Hot Street" is a show where two heroes compete, and these two are the only big names.

Apart from this, the other actors are just supporting roles.

Moreover, on May 5th of the roadshow, Xue Li went back to film as his new movie was about to start shooting. As for the other leading actors, they also left one after another.

In this way, by May 5, Lin Xing and Wei Lu were the only ones left to run the roadshow.

And today is actually the last roadshow.

Actors such as Xue Li, Zhang Yang, Yang Ming, and Lu Fei were also present.

The last roadshow can be regarded as a conclusion, and also as a celebration of success.

Although "Burst Night" has not yet broken 20 billion, its box office of 18 billion is still the most popular movie since the Spring Festival.

"The film market is really not doing well. If it were in the past, wouldn't such a high-quality film easily make over 20 billion?"

"Short plays and short videos have changed the viewing habits of too many people. Who can still concentrate on watching a movie now?"

"That's right, so I think the film market will be difficult in 2028, but it will probably be even more difficult next year."

……

Many people are saying that the movie is really a failure.

Because before it was released, "Street 4" was such a powerful movie, and the script was also good, and the villains were typical thugs in suits. In addition, the movie's score on Douban was not low.

That’s it. As a result, except for the May Day period, the box office did not increase any further.

Faced with what everyone said, Lao Zhong didn't think so.

She wrote directly on Weibo: "I don't think it's because movies are dead, nor is it because of the impact of so-called short videos or short dramas. In fact, I think it's because moviegoers no longer have time to watch movies.

That's right.

Movies have become a luxury nowadays.

First of all, movie tickets are too expensive now. The ticket prices in first- and second-tier cities are over 100 yuan, and those in third- and fourth-tier cities are around 30 or 40 yuan.

I just want to ask, if the movie is really good, then it is worth spending a hundred or eighty dollars.

But does your movie match up?

Secondly, a movie usually lasts about 2 hours, and if you include the time spent in the cinema, it will be at least 3 hours. Let’s say that the audience who likes this wave of movies have already gone to work, working 996 every day, so how can they have time to go to the cinema? ?

Again, I think the couple movie has collapsed. Some people say that this is because the dog-licking market has collapsed. I think it is because young people nowadays no longer want to fall in love, let alone get married and have children. They don’t even want to fall in love. Then couples don’t go to the movies anymore. Will this movie have to wait for the next wave? ?
Anyway, this is the real reason. As for short plays and short videos, I think they are just trivial matters. Of course, if you want to ask me whether movies will die?
I don't think so, it will just be a process of destruction and then reconstruction. As for how it will happen, I can't say for sure, so let's continue to wait and see. But I believe that as long as there are filmmakers like Lin Xing, there will always be hope for movies.

……

No one expected that Lao Zhong would post another long Weibo post at the end of the "Hot Street" roadshow.

Of course, it is normal for Lao Zhong to post a long Weibo post. She has already posted quite a few Weibo posts for "Hot Street".

However, what Lao Zhong posted this time caused a lot of discussion.

Because there has been quite a lot of discussion recently about why audiences are unwilling to go to the movies.

Many marketing accounts are saying that this is because the dog-licking economy has collapsed.

You have to know that bootlickers are the least picky about movies. For them, as long as they can watch it with their goddesses, it's fine.

Therefore, the prosperity of the film market is often accompanied by bootlickers.

But if you look at the movies nowadays, are they friendly to lick dogs? ?
Or is it couple friendly?

They always say that men are not good enough and that they kill their wives and girlfriends.

They always tell men to reflect on themselves and women to be beautiful on their own.

How many couples watch a movie and end up becoming exes?
Who the hell would dare to ask their partner to watch this?

For this reason, some people believe that the collapse of movie theaters is due to the collapse of the dog-licking economy.

But Lao Zhong doesn't think so. She believes that children and young people nowadays don't like to go to the cinema. As for the middle-aged people who like to watch movies, they don't have the time.

Even many young people who like to watch movies also don’t have time. How can they have time when they work 996 hours a day? ?
People are getting more and more complacent, and they find that the more they compliment, the less salary they get, and the less time they have, and they have no time to spend at all.

In short, more people think that what Lao Zhong said is pertinent.

At today's roadshow, now that it has come to an end, everyone is in a pretty good mood.

Or maybe it's precisely because it's coming to an end that everyone is speaking more freely.

"I am actually very satisfied with the box office. This box office is a reflection of the audience's trust in us. I believe that the film will get better and better. I also believe that as long as we work hard, the audience will gradually return to the cinema."

Xue Li was quite calm when he was interviewed.

Think about it, a movie that was thought to be doomed to fail, a movie that everyone thought would flop after resuming filming, but now it has a box office of nearly 20 billion, what else can you be dissatisfied with? ?

Lin Xing also said in an interview: "I think the final box office may be 19 billion. Why are we dissatisfied with this box office?"

Regarding the online movie controversy, Lin Xing said: "In fact, I think as long as we make a good movie, the audience will come back sooner or later."

For Lin Xing, he did not take part in the various quarrels on the Internet.

no need.

Especially when it comes to such conflicting topics as men and women, it's basically something that no one can convince anyone about, so he just has to stay out of it.

What’s more important is that Lin Xing would never think of taking shortcuts when making a movie, let alone chasing popularity.

This is actually very similar to the current Spring Festival Gala.

In the past, the Spring Festival Gala was always full of memes. All kinds of popular words were said through the Gala and then became popular all over the country.

But what about the current Spring Festival Gala? ?

It's not just the Spring Festival Gala. It should be said that most evening parties nowadays are actually all singing and dancing programs. The singing and dancing ones are pretty good, but as for the crosstalk and sketches, they are really all family fun.

You know he wants to make dumplings, and he knows you know he wants to make dumplings, but he still makes dumplings.

People used to complain about various evening parties and the Spring Festival Gala, but later on, when they realized that it had become like this, it seemed a waste to complain about it.

Fortunately, the movie is not like that.

If one day people stop discussing movies, then you can rest assured that that day movies will be truly dead.

This is basically what Lin Xing said in the interview.

A movie has made nearly 19 billion, how can this movie be considered dead? ?

The main creators of "Hot Street" ate dumplings together when the interview ended. No, they ate rice dumplings together.

After all, today is Dragon Boat Festival.

After today, I don’t know when we will get together again.

After all, everyone will be busy next. Xue Li will continue shooting his own action movie, and actors such as Zhang Yang, Yang Ming, and Lu Fei also have movies to shoot.

As for Wei Lu, she should take a break for a while.

After all, at this age, the filming of "Hot Street" was quite tiring for Wei Lu.

This kind of tiredness is not only physical, but also mentally exhausting after the fight with Yuan Yu.

In an interview today, Wei Lu said that I said at the beginning that time will prove who is right, so I believe that the audience's eyes are sharp, and this time the box office of "Hot Street" determines everything.

Wei Lu is like this, she repays kindness with kindness and takes revenge with revenge.

She had never tolerated it when she was young, and she would never tolerate it at this age.

You, Yuan Yu, said you would overturn the table, and then you said you would make peace, how is that possible???
Of course, Wei Lu is not unaware of her mistake. She said from the beginning that she should not change the script and the characters. In the future, she will finalize the script before preparing for filming.

But that may be three or four years later.

Next, Wei Lu prepared to have a good rest.

Just like that, the main creators of "Hot Street" made their last appearance, and then everyone took a group photo together, and the main creators also posted on Weibo.

"See you next time."

That's what most people say.

This is also just a form of publicity.

After all, the current box office of "Hot Street" is still around 2-3 million, which can be slowly whittled down, right? ?

Others were indeed impressed by "Hot Street", but Yuan Yu was even more upset after it ended.

Wei Lu, can't you be more generous at your age? ?
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...(End of chapter)