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"Happy New Year." Zhang Yang smiled and greeted Liu's mother. Soon Liu Yifei also came downstairs. After the family finished breakfast, Zhang Hongyi was ready to go out and play.

"Don't go out today, just play at home."

"What's wrong?" Liu Yifei was surprised that her mother didn't let her son go out on New Year's Day.

"You'll know when you go out and take a look."

Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei walked out of the villa. Well, God gave everyone a fairyland on the first day of the New Year.

"This kind of weather is not very friendly to movies." Liu Yifei looked at the fairyland and began to worry about "The Wandering Earth".

"The impact is not significant. It should be gone by ten o'clock."

As they talked, they returned to the villa to be with their son.

They spent the first day of the Lunar New Year accompanying their children and visiting relatives and friends.

The next morning, the sky in the capital was as dark as lead and looked like a gloomy face. Soon, sporadic snowflakes began to fall.
But they were too scattered, and against the shadows, it looked like there were only two or three pieces flying.

It seemed to dissipate into the air in the blink of an eye, like a moment of melancholy or a remnant of a dream in the early morning.

At Zhang Yang's villa, Mother Liu looked at Zhang Hongyi seriously: "Are you not going to Jiangcheng with me?"

Zhang Hongyi shook his head. He wanted to be with his parents.

"Your parents are going abroad in a few days, and you will be alone at home then." Mother Liu threatened the little one with a serious expression.

"Grandma, you won't abandon me." Zhang Hongyi looked at Mother Liu with an innocent smile. His grandmother would definitely not want to let him be alone at home.

Mother Liu sighed secretly. A grandson is a grandson after all. Even if she raised him, he would still be close to his parents in the end.

"I'm leaving." Mother Liu simply said three words to Liu Yifei and walked out of the villa.

"Why don't you go and see your grandma off?" Zhang Yang pushed his son.

Zhang Hongyi ran out quickly, shouting, "Grandma, wait for me."

"You only know how to make me happy." In the yard, Mother Liu looked at her grandson who followed her out and smiled. She could really argue with a child. She should blame her daughter and son-in-law.

This year, Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei were going to Berlin to prepare for "Decision to Break Up", so Liu's mother returned to Jiangcheng alone.

After seeing off his grandmother, Zhang Hongyi returned to the villa. Liu Yifei took his hand, brushed off the snowflakes on his body, and then took the little guy to the amusement park.

Zhang Yang went to the studio and started working on the second day of the Chinese New Year.

Arriving at the studio lobby, the assistant immediately came to greet me.

"Happy New Year, boss."

"Happy New Year, Li Xiaoran, what do you say?"

"No problem." Who wouldn't want to go to Berlin with Zhang Yang?

"The copyright of the movie will be given to you to sell when the time comes. Is that ok?"

"No problem." The assistant was full of confidence. He was very familiar with these matters.

The popularity of "Oppenheimer" has not completely passed yet, so selling the copyright of "Decision to Part" is a piece of cake.

Zhang Yang talked to him about some trivial matters and then asked about the situation of "The Wandering Earth".

"Yesterday was just the first day, and The Wandering Earth was tied with Crazy Alien," the assistant said carefully.

"What do you mean by considered?" Zhang Yang was dissatisfied with the assistant's choice of words.

The assistant talked to Zhang Yang in detail.

On the first day of its release, "The Wandering Earth" had a 20.8% screening share and earned RMB 3.8 million at the box office.

"Crazy Alien" took 20.4% of the screenings and earned 4.1 million yuan at the box office.

Judging from the box office alone, "Crazy Alien" is slightly better.

But the reputations of the two movies are just the opposite. The reputation of "The Wandering Earth" exploded, while the reputation of "Crazy Alien" was a bit ruined.

In fact, "Crazy Alien" is not too bad, but this movie is starring Haozi + Huang Bo + Shen Teng, and everyone has too high expectations for it.

In addition, the comparison with "The Wandering Earth", which was also adapted from Liu Cixin's novel, magnified everyone's dissatisfaction.

"It seems that the next competitive hype cannot be carried out?" "Crazy Alien" has such a bad reputation that continuing the competitive hype will be ridiculed.

"It can continue."

"Is Haozi so brave?" He is just filming a crazy series of movies, he is not crazy yet.

"Boss, we should be afraid of comparison in everything. With Zhou Xingxing to compare with, Haozi has escaped a disaster."

Among the eight movies released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, four have similar screening schedules.

"Crazy Alien", "The Wandering Earth", "Flying Life" and "The New King of Comedy".

Their screening schedules are 20.4%, 20.8%, 18.6% and 18.2% respectively.

The final box office results were 4.1 million, 3.8 million, 3.2 million and 2.7 million.

Among the four films, The New King of Comedy ranks last. It is already showing signs of collapse, and no one can save it.

"Has anyone asked Zhou Xingxing to refund his ticket?" Zhang Yang joked after hearing this.

Last time, the movie "The Mermaid" was hyped up so much that we owed Stephen Chow a movie ticket. Now this time, it's a bad movie, so should we refund the ticket?

The assistant quickly shook his head, the audience was not that crazy yet.

"Let's go to Hengdian World Studios." Zhang Yang stood up and walked out, preparing to walk to Wangfujing to see the audience's reaction.

The assistant nodded and followed immediately, and bodyguard Xiao Zhao was naturally there too.

The three of them walked for about 20 minutes and arrived at Hengdian Film and Television City, where they found a corner and sat down.

Zhang Yang sat there for a while and felt a little silly just sitting there. He looked at his assistant and said, "Go get some snacks."

The assistant immediately got up to do it, and at the same time felt it was a bit strange because people buy snacks in the cinema to kill time while watching a movie.

Instead, they buy snacks to eat melons?
After a while, the assistant came back with a big box of popcorn and three cups of Coke.

Zhang Yang was eating popcorn and drinking Coke, preparing to eat melon.

"You guys eat too." Zhang Yang called to his assistant and bodyguard. They both only drank Coke and didn't eat popcorn. How could he finish all of it by himself?

The assistant didn't refuse and started eating directly. The bodyguard Xiao Zhao nodded, but he didn't move his hands. He didn't even drink the Coke that the assistant bought.

Soon a group of people walked out of the screening room.

"Brother, are you short of money? Why are you showing us this kind of thing during the New Year?"

"I guess we don't lack money, but we lack scolding."

"It's because his son is not good enough that his father has to come out at such an old age."

"This is Pu Songling, the playful blue moon!"...

A group of people walked out of the cinema cursing.

"Boss, no one said it was good." The assistant summarized to Zhang Yang after listening to everyone's complaints. "Detective Pu Songling" is out.

Soon, the audiences of "Integrity", "Peppa Pig" and "Boonie Bears" came out one after another.

I never expected that the movie that received the most positive reviews was Boonie Bears, even though most of the viewers were children. Don't underestimate this point, a movie that can capture the hearts of children can also make money.

"Playing with old jokes, talking about sentimentality, rehashing old stuff, Stephen Chow has fallen."

"His title of King of Comedy should be given to Shen Teng."

"We shouldn't praise him, otherwise he will never be able to make a good movie." This is the evaluation of "The New King of Comedy".

……

“I don’t think this movie can be saved.”

"Look at that person." Zhang Yang did not agree with the assistant's words, but pointed to a corner of the theater.

A person who had just watched "The New King of Comedy" was squatting there crying. He was a boy, and this movie still captured the emotions of some people.

"The first half is quite funny. Shen Teng is good at comedy."

“I feel like the second half of the race is the most interesting. Hanhan is a professional in this area.”

"Hanhan is still showing off his cleverness, topical actor + old song + witty remarks.

If he continues like this, he won’t get far in the film industry.”

“It’s still watchable as a commercial film.”

"Can't he make a commercial film like 'Gone Girl'?"

"Don't be ridiculous. Can a hundred Han Hans put together compare to Zhang Yang?"

……

Zhang Yang was drinking Coke and nearly choked when he heard people praising him.

The movie "Speeding Life" has received mostly positive reviews.

"It seems that this movie will achieve high box office."

After listening to Zhang Yang's words, the assistant nodded in agreement.

"What is Haozi doing? Are you making fun of the Americans and aliens?"

"Maybe he felt that he had no hope of winning an Oscar, so he let himself go."

"This is somewhat disrespectful. Even if Americans and aliens don't deserve respect, is it necessary to abuse animals?"

“I think the first half is okay!”

“It’s definitely watchable, but when I compare it to The Wandering Earth, I always feel that it’s a bit of a waste to turn a science fiction work into a silly comedy.”

……

Zhang Yang shook his head and said that with "The Wandering Earth" as a comparison, "Crazy Alien" might not have as good a reputation as "Speeding Life".

"You know what the biggest fireworks I saw during the Spring Festival were? Wu Jing lit up Jupiter for the Earth. That was so cool."

"This movie is indeed worthy of the Dragon Mark No. 2019 in 001."

"Its greatest contribution is that it really opened the door to Chinese science fiction films."

"What the Beijing Transportation Commission said is hilarious."

"It is indeed a good genre film, but the story still has some flaws. Just keep watching it. As long as Guo Fan continues to improve, it will be just around the corner to surpass Hollywood."

"Damn, why doesn't Zhang Yang make a science fiction film? He just tells stories all day long. He must be obsessed with them!"

"Indeed, now everyone knows that he is the best storyteller in the world, and there is no need to pursue new things."

……

After the group of people left, Zhang Yang stood up and said, "Let's go."

The assistant and bodyguard Xiao Zhao both held back their laughter and walked out of the cinema with him.

After leaving the cinema, Zhang Yang returned to the studio and asked his assistant about the overseas release of "The Wandering Earth".

There is currently no blockbuster movie in the United States. "The Wandering Earth" earned nearly 700 million at the box office on the first day of its release, and the US box office estimate is around 7000 million US dollars.

"Why is it so low?" In the United States, if the screening schedule is not drastically cut, a first-day box office of 700 million should normally have a box office of around million US dollars.

“The Lego Movie 8 will be released in the United States on the 2th.”

Any movie that can get a second part means it is very profitable.

"I remember the first film only grossed $2 million. Is it really that powerful?"

With Zhang Yang's current appeal, he is not afraid of "The Wandering Earth" competing head-on with "Lego".

"The key is that there is another movie called "Alita Battle Angel" on the 14th, which is a movie by James Cameron." The assistant said helplessly.

This is speechless. James Cameron is one of the few directors on the planet who can compete with Zhang Yang at the box office.

If "The Wandering Earth" is directed by Zhang Yang and starred by Liu Yifei, the market will definitely be full of confidence.

But Zhang Yang is only the film producer. This statement may be able to deceive ordinary American audiences, but American industry insiders are well aware of the situation.

But they didn't care. If there was any problem, it would damage Zhang Yang's reputation.

Zhang Yang hissed. There was no answer to this question.

"Where else?"

"Europe is OK, with nearly $600 million on the first day, but other places are not so good."

After understanding the situation, Zhang Yang did not hesitate and went home directly.

After returning home, Liu Yifei was still concerned about the movie box office while having lunch.

"What? You're starting to care about money too?" Zhang Yang looked at her with a smile when he heard Liu Yifei's question.

"I invested in it, so of course I have to pay more attention to it." Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows. She paid 1.8 million yuan in real money.

Zhang Yang explained the situation to her in detail, and she became very excited.

"Tell me, how much money did I make you earn from Wolf Warrior 2, Dying to Survive, and The Wandering Earth?"

(End of this chapter)