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Chapter 640 [66] Going to be popular again?
"Potentially the best Mission: Impossible movie yet!"

"Ethan looks like a superhero whose superpower is strength, but obviously has no kryptonite!"

"The most surprising thing is Chan, the omnipotent Chinese Kung Fu star!"

"..."

Chen Yu clicked on the Rotten Tomatoes page for "Mission Impossible 3" and read the media's reviews.

Before a movie is officially released, Rotten Tomatoes does not allow ordinary audiences to comment on it. Only media professionals can publish their opinions in advance and give it a score.

The Rotten Tomatoes scoring mechanism is actually very simple. The website will determine whether a movie is good or bad based on the reviews of film critics.

Well, in the scoring column, put a fresh tomato, red in color, which looks very rosy.

If it’s not good, then it can only be rotten tomatoes, which means rotten, marked by a green smashed tomato.

The website will also track the content of all reviews and the proportion of positive reviews.

If the positive reviews exceed 60%, the work will be considered fresh, which means the film is qualified.

At least, its freshness proves that it is not a bad movie.

On the contrary, if a work has less than 60% positive reviews, it will be marked as rotten.

If it's rotten, it's a certified bad movie.

As for freshness, the higher the percentage, the better the reputation of the film.

If your Rotten Tomatoes rating is above 80%, it can basically be considered a masterpiece.

For example, the several films starring Chen Yu before basically have a Rotten Tomatoes freshness rating of over 80%, such as "House of Flying Daggers" with 86%, "Kung Fu Hustle" with 84%, and "Legend of the Condor Heroes" with 89%... There are also movies with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, such as "Rear Window", "Toy Story 2", "Paddington Bear 2", etc.

So generally speaking, the freshness is over 90%, and the scores on Star Network are basically above 8.5 points.

Foreign imdb may be a little stricter, 7.8+!

Although "Mission Impossible 3" has only been rated by about 100 media people, its freshness has reached 87%!

At least it proves that this movie is not a bad one.

Of course, media people also have a job to do, so the rating will be inflated. Once the audience enters the theater, it may drop. Of course, there are times when it will rise, but the proportion is relatively much smaller.

Ten films, and it only occupies one.

“Paramount must have stuffed money!”

Chen Yu looked at the stream of positive reviews and his intuition told him that there must be something fishy going on.

But these certified media professionals are obviously not so easy to bribe, otherwise the credibility of Rotten Tomatoes will be questioned.

Over the years, the game between Rotten Tomatoes and the North American box office has been very dramatic.

Especially at the beginning of a movie's release, its freshness on Rotten Tomatoes and whether it is considered a bad movie or a good one will largely influence the audience's viewing preferences and affect the box office revenue of a movie.

North American audiences particularly believe in the reviews of media people on Rotten Tomatoes before the release of a movie, which can almost influence whether the audience will go to the cinema to watch the movie.

Although it wasn't that outrageous in 06, Paramount still took this rating seriously.

Some film companies, such as Disney, may not bother to do such a thing.

After all, it will cost a lot of money, but Rotten Tomatoes will teach him a lesson.

For example, a Hollywood blockbuster in the previous life - "Indiana Jones 5".

After the film's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, 13 reviews arrived in advance, and the Rotten Tomatoes rating was only 33%, which directly led to the film's poor box office performance after it returned to the United States.

The box office grossed over 2000 million on the first day.

But ironically, as the film was released in the United States, the number of film review articles increased, and the film's Rotten Tomatoes freshness rose to 69%.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

This also makes industry insiders believe that if Disney can realize that most of the participants in the Cannes Film Festival are media people who prefer art films, and if they take the initiative to invite more film critics to watch the premiere of the film from the beginning, perhaps it can change the unfavorable situation of opening with a freshness rating of 33%.

So, media people also have a lot of trouble.

Even if you spend money, it may not necessarily stop them from talking. For example, Chen Yu saw the comments in the New York Times.

"The action stunts in the movie are amazing, especially Chan's. Compared to this role, Tom Cruise is simply lame. He doesn't look in good shape. I even suspect that he doesn't know how to act at all!"

"It's a stereotyped person and story, and I can't see any personality in Ethan. Of course, this may be the screenwriter's fault."

Chen Yu just laughed when he saw it.

Compared to this seemingly authentic film review, the flood of positive reviews above are like clowns, or the water army of later generations.

Because the positive reviews are too perfunctory and seem too formulaic, they can be seen as fake at first glance.

One bad review can outweigh a hundred good reviews. This is why many good reviews seem to be panaceas, while no bad review has the power to hurt others.

The Los Angeles Times, which is at home, did not give Tom Cruise and Paramount any face: "The film may have good box office revenue, but it will not bring glory to Tom Cruise personally."

“He plays a character that’s hard to humanize, but the stunts make it very impressive.”

"He crossed the bridge just before the explosion and jumped from the 80-foot building. Such physical actions are valuable; but the way he looked at them was as stupid as those high-tech machines..."

On the contrary, Chen Yu and Hoffman, who just won the Oscar for Best Actor, both received high praise.

And it looks very real.

Even though it was a negative review, it praised the performance of the two.

"A big highlight of this movie is Chen Long, who starred in the previous film "The Force Awakens". His movements and acting skills left a very refreshing movie-watching experience!"

"I think this kind of fight is worth going to the cinema and watching on the big screen!"

"Chen Long, I saw that Chen Long again. His moves have been greatly improved compared to the previous movie!"

"He can really do everything in the movie, flying planes, driving vehicles, and using cool weapons and flying knives. I think I've fallen in love with this actor!"

"..."

Chen Yu grinned when he saw this. Everyone likes to hear compliments.

Chen Yu was a vulgar man, and of course was no exception.

In fact, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times may have told a truth about "Mission Impossible 3".

Tom Cruise's acting in the film is really bad. Apart from the super stunt of jumping off the building that he performed with his own body, it is hard to make people remember any other parts of the plot.

The screenwriter does have some credit for this.

On the contrary, Chen Yu's Chen Long and Hoffman's villain both performed very well.

The character design is brilliant, and the villain is played very intelligently.

Chen Yu read through more than a hundred comments in one breath. Not a single one scolded him, most of them were praises and exclamations.

On the other hand, Tom Cruise has at least 5 reviews, and despite having a fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating, people are still talking about his problems; as for the media that gave his films a rotten tomato rating, they criticized him even more harshly.

"More than 20 good reviews about me, a little more than Hoffman!"

"This role should be established!"

"Brother Cruise...Mission Impossible 4 is going to be difficult!"

Chen Yu's involvement in Mission: Impossible 4 will definitely have an impact on his role and the series.

In his previous life, it took him five years to continue Ethan's story. Even the poor box office performance of Mission: Impossible 3 led to his disgust for the agents. Everything originated from film reviews and external abuse.

He was criticized quite harshly for this movie.

In this life, Chen Yu certainly hopes that the box office will be better than in his previous life. As for what Tom Cruise will face, he actually doesn't want to know.

Because of the good box office, it means that "Mission Impossible 4" will definitely be released soon.

Meanwhile, Tom Cruise will be criticized even more severely. "He has become the scapegoat!"

Chen Yu stood up. Liu Yifei had already prepared breakfast and was calling him downstairs.

"How's that, the Rotten Tomatoes rating?"

Liu Yifei is of course very concerned about the reputation of Chen Yu's new film, although she felt that there was nothing wrong with the movie after watching it, it was a very standard popcorn commercial movie.

But word of mouth is something that is really difficult to satisfy everyone.

"Most of the media gave positive reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 87%, and most of them criticized Tom Cruise. The role I played should be okay!"

Chen Yu was eating steak while sitting face to face with Liu Yifei.

This is a girlfriend's loving breakfast.

"Indeed, I felt it when I watched it. His performance was greatly influenced by you and Hoffman!"

"If there were no comparison, it might be just like that, but you two had quite a few scenes with him..."

"I don't know, will it affect... the box office?"

Liu Yifei stuffed a piece of steak into her mouth. Chen Yu smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I can't stop this kind of thing. Pre-sales will start in North America today. The pre-sale box office should give us some idea of ​​the first day's box office situation!"

"Can you go back home alone?"

Chen Yu will be traveling around the world for premieres next, and Liu Yifei should also return to China to start her filming journey.

The crew of "Better Days" has already completed the filming and started shooting. Except for the scenes of Chen Yu and Liu Yifei, the other characters have already started shooting.

"Sure, don't we have Mazan?"

“She put me on the plane!”

"Okay, be careful!"

Chen Yu stood up and kissed Liu Yifei, and the doorbell rang again.

"Chan, you really shined last night. The headlines of news media all over the world were all about your participation in the world premiere of Mission: Impossible 3!"

"Volkswagen headquarters has a new marketing plan!"

Andre, the CEO of Volkswagen's American branch, appeared outside the door on time, along with the driver.

"Is it?"

"I haven't had time to see it yet!"

Chen Yu smiled and took them into the garage. Of course, the Bugatti Veyron would not be given to Chen Yu. They had to drive it to the next event.

However, Chen Yu has asked Larson to contact Volkswagen to order one as a birthday present for Liu Yifei this year.

100 million Euros, in a few years it will probably start at 400 million Euros.

The euro depreciated and the car appreciated in value, and I made a profit of 300 million euros.

No wonder after a few years of rapid development in China, people could make a fortune by supporting a mistress and giving her a house. This is really a cool move.

If Chen Yu wasn't a public figure now and couldn't afford to be a scumbag, he would have made a profit in the end by relying on the information he gained after his rebirth and playing with several people.

After watching the car drive out of the garage, Chen Yu went home to change his clothes and prepared to go to Beverly Airport.

Paramount director Bakish's private Gulfstream G550 business jet was parked there, and the "Mission Impossible 3" crew had to go to New York to attend the premiere in Manhattan in the evening!
Two cars had already stopped outside Chen Yu's villa.

Mazen was responsible for sending Liu Yifei to the airport, while Larson took Chen Yu to the airport.

“I’m going back home next week too!”

"Message me when you get to the airport and keep me informed of your location!"

"I'm not checking up on you. I'm just a little worried about you being alone. Next time I'll have to ask your assistant to come along as well..."

Chen Yu was taking care of me tirelessly.

"Ok!"

Liu Yifei hugged him tightly, with only the word "hmm" coming from her lips. She really enjoyed the feeling of being cared for.

The two of them stayed there for more than ten minutes before reluctantly parting.

"Boss, how long have you known Crystal?"

After getting in the car, Larson asked curiously.

"Four years, right?"

Chen Yu opened his phone and read the news.

"Four years? Why do I always feel like you two just met?"

"Because we Chinese are more reserved in expressing our love!"

Chen Yu was obviously joking, but Larson burst into laughter: "Hahaha, maybe, looking at you makes me feel younger?"

“The taste of youth is so nostalgic!”

Chen Yu and Liu Yifei's love is what Larson feels is the purest pairing.

The two of them don't look like celebrities. Sometimes, they look like a relationship between a girl next door and a sunny boy, which makes them envious.

Chen Yu just smiled. In fact, he enjoyed this feeling.

Apart from the quarrels they would have when living together, the rest of the time, he and Liu Yifei were more concerned with youth, school life, first love and beauty.

That was the life he longed for before he was reborn.

Of course, all of this is also the result of Chen Yu’s own hard work and struggle.

He shook his head, but his eyes turned to the news.

"Mission Impossible 3 World Premiere!"

"Tom Cruise makes his first appearance with his newlywed wife Katie after giving birth, as well as their newly born daughter Suri!"

"Heal Chan, the star of Mission: Impossible 3, arrives at the Kodak Theater in a mysterious supercar!"

"Will Smith and Bruce Willis support their friend Tom Cruise's new film!"

……

This is the headline of the American media. The news that Tom Cruise is carrying Katy is indeed a big deal.

Chen Yu's Bugatti can only be ranked below his.

However, in the Asian sector, especially in the Chinese media, the front page, apart from the premiere of Mission: Impossible 3, was filled with photos and highlights of him, Liu Yifei, and the Bugatti supercar.

Volkswagen's marketing this time was indeed successful, and almost all global media reported on this car.

For a while, there were a lot of searches about Bugatti Veyron.

No wonder Volkswagen asked him to continue driving to cooperate with the premiere. This time, Bugatti will accompany Chen Yu to attend premieres all over the world!
"By the way, Chan, can you fly a plane?"

Larson suddenly turned around and asked Chen Yu.

Chen Yu, who was reading the news, couldn't help but look up: "No, what's wrong?"

"Just asking, the way you and Tom Cruise appeared at the Manhattan premiere this time was quite special!"

Larson suddenly handed over his cell phone.

"Just received a notice from Paramount's marketing department!"

(End of this chapter)