The diva and I cross each other

"A Ming, didn't you go to see "The Fortress"? Why are you back so soon?" Lin Shuwen, who was walking in the yard of the villa, asked curiously when she saw Luo Ming coming back.

Lin Shuwen is now almost six months pregnant. Her pregnancy is already obvious and she looks rounder.

Luo Ming experiences what it feels like to hold a ball once a week.

Basically every Sunday, Lin Shuwen would use administrator privileges to go out for a day of eating, drinking and having fun. She would ask Luo Ming this question because she was thinking about going to see "The Fortress" this Sunday.

Luo Ming also knew what Lin Shuwen was thinking, and quickly said, "What a crap "Fortress of the Magic City". For the sake of your and your child's physical and mental health, stop watching it."

"Ah? Is it so ugly?"

"I just watched the beginning and was very surprised how Hanhai Entertainment dared to market this movie as a science fiction film."

"Tsk, now that you mention it, I won't go this Sunday."

"Sister Wen, you must not go. This movie treats the audience as fools!" Chen Sichu's angry voice came from outside.

"Chu Chu, did you go to see it too?"

Chen Sichu nodded and said, "My sister asked me to watch this movie for her. I endured the nausea and watched it from the beginning. Just like what Mr. Luo said, this movie doesn't deserve to be called science fiction. Apart from other things, the special effects shots in the trailer account for 7-80% of the special effects shots in this movie.

What's even more outrageous is that halfway through I found it so eye-irritating that I wanted to take a break. But after I took off my 3D glasses I discovered that there was almost no difference in the picture quality even if I didn't wear them to watch this crappy movie!

I really got injured at work after watching this movie. My sister must compensate me for my mental damage!"

After listening to Chen Sichu's complaints, Luo Ming was so relieved that he didn't finish watching it, otherwise the psychological trauma would probably be quite large.

"It's OK that the movie is bad, but the leading actor's fans are crazy. They even started a fight in our cinema. Some boys bought tickets because of the sci-fi movie.

It turned out that the trailer for "Fortress of Devil City" was fraudulent, so they complained about it. It turned out that the girl in the couple sitting next to them was a fan of the male lead.

The two sides started to curse each other, and the girl's boyfriend was helplessly pulling his girlfriend away. I wanted to curse as well, but because of my girlfriend's position, I couldn't do anything. It was really pitiful."

Hearing this, Lin Shuwen's eyes lit up. What Chen Sichu said was so funny.

It’s a pity that she didn’t get to see this great show. I wonder if someone will make a Tik Tok video of it or something.

After listening to Chen Sichu's words, Luo Ming smiled and said, "Chuchu, don't be so angry. People like him are also the target group of capital.

The majority of fans of these young idols are women, and many young women who are crazy about their idols are not nuns in real life and want to fall in love. The boyfriends of these fans often have no choice but to follow their girlfriends into the cinema to contribute to the box office. "

Chen Sichu has been in the entertainment industry for more than four years, so he naturally understood what Luo Ming said.

To put it bluntly, Huayue Entertainment had wanted to do this before, and the fan economy does make money.

The company spends money and resources to package some young and handsome actors. These young and handsome actors don’t need to be able to act, or even have any special skills. They just need to be packaged the way the fans want them to be.

This leads to the situation that, although he did not make his debut through acting at the beginning and is clearly an idol, he is still favored by capital and participates in some large-scale film and television projects.

Capital believes that these idols have so many fans, and as long as some of them come to watch the movies, the return on investment is a foregone conclusion.

Moreover, these people will definitely work hard to promote the movie, so there is no need to hire internet trolls, thus saving millions of dollars in publicity costs.

But in recent years, some film and television works have actually made money. Although the reputation is very bad, it doesn’t matter. They are not the ones being criticized. They have the young and handsome actors and their fans to support them.

When this young hunk is no longer popular, just replace him with another one. Capital is profit-seeking and will not stop for any reason.

It is precisely because of this that there are fewer and fewer good dramas and movies, and even fewer good songs!

"Fortunately, our company, whether it is Huayue Entertainment or Zhuoguang Entertainment, has not resorted to this kind of thing. They are still working hard on the projects." Chen Sichu sighed.

Luo Ming and Lin Shuwen looked at each other and smiled.

Tonight is a restless night.

There seems to be some contradiction in the hot searches on major social media. On the one hand, there is the box office success of "The Fortress", and on the other hand, there are various complaints from netizens.

"Shanghai Fortress" performed very well on the first day, just like its predecessor "Shanghai Fortress". Combined with the pre-sale box office, the first-day box office reached 1.85 million.

You know, it’s the May 5.1st period now! It’s not a big period, but to have a box office of 1.85 million on the first day is already very strong.

This first-day box office made some media that were unaware of the quality of "The Fortress" start to hype it up, saying that it was the second science fiction film in Chinese film history to have a first-day box office of over 100 million yuan, and that it was the successor to "The Wandering Earth."

Without exception, these media outlets were criticized by netizens.

Of course, the netizens' scolding did not have much impact on them. Some investors even felt that Chinese science fiction movies were indeed easy to make money. Chinese audiences are now very enthusiastic about domestic science fiction movies. The first-day box office of "Fortress of the Magic City" undoubtedly proved this.

The market demand for domestic science fiction is so huge that when a young actor plays the male lead, many passers-by will go to the cinema to watch the so-called science fiction blockbuster with the mentality of trying out poison.

Of course, the current situation is that if you try it, you will die. Those who go to the cinema with this idea in mind have all died from the poison.

More and more netizens who feel cheated gathered on the official Weibo of "Magic City Fortress":
"What a crappy movie! Is it worthy of us? Damn it, give me back my money!"

"It's not that this trailer and the movie don't match at all! Is this considered false advertising? Can I report them?"

"It's a terrible movie. It's a really terrible movie. Don't watch it!"

"Alas! My girlfriend dragged me to watch it. If I had known it was so ugly, I would rather take my idiot roommate's son to get points."

"I watched the trailer and thought the special effects would be good, but it turned out to be a really bad movie with no special effects at all!"

"I regret it so much. I didn't want to go at first, but my girlfriend is a fan of this young hunk. She pestered me and even made me an offer I couldn't refuse. She even bought the uniform in advance. If I had known it would be so ugly, I would never have gone. This deal is too bad. I might as well go and play with it myself tonight."

As public opinion fermented, a new meme appeared on the Internet the next day, called "closed disciple".

"The Wandering Earth" is a pioneering work in the field of domestic science fiction blockbusters and a master in opening the door to domestic science fiction.

On the other hand, "Fortress of the Magic City" produced by Hanhai Entertainment is the closing work of domestic science fiction. Hey, you kicked open the door of science fiction, right? Look at me, with a beautiful roundhouse kick, I will close it back for you!
The netizens’ complaints did not affect the good mood of Zhang Yin, CEO of Hanhai Entertainment.

Especially since the box office was so high on the first day, Zhang Yin was so happy. He was not panicked when he saw the comments online.

Hanhai Entertainment has been packaging young and handsome actors for a whole year. Anyone who knows the company knows that young and handsome actors have many crazy fans and many black fans. Even if he makes a masterpiece, there will definitely be a lot of people scolding him.

Not to mention the quality of this movie, it's just a love movie that is just barely passing. It would be strange if it wasn't criticized!

When netizens get tired of scolding, no one will say anything anymore.

But by the next day, Hanhai Entertainment's publicity department felt a strong sense of crisis and discovered that something was wrong with the development of the situation and it was beginning to get out of control.

Netizens’ boycott has reached the point where it has affected pre-sale box office.

The ratings on Douban have not been released yet, but if you look at the ratings, you will see that they are all one-star. Even if the fans of the young idol try hard to control the ratings and give five stars, the results are still one-sided.

The ratings on major ticket purchasing platforms have always been relatively tolerant. Many people don't rate a movie at all after watching it, so these viewers will automatically give it a 10-point thumbs-up.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the ratings of most movies on ticket purchasing platforms are higher than 8. If the score falls below 8, it means that the movie is really terrible.

Just like in the past life, when you open a website like Tao Piaopiao, you will find that a movie that you thought was terrible actually has a score of 8 points. The famous "Dreaming of Show Business Circle", which was a blockbuster at the time, has a score of 6.8 on many ticket purchasing platforms!
But what is the current score of "Magic City Fortress"?

It has dropped to 8.1 points. If there were no fans controlling the score, it would definitely have fallen below 8 points.

This is only the second day of its release, and I'm afraid the rating will drop further. If the score drops below 8, many people will choose not to watch the movie when they see this score when buying tickets on the ticket purchasing platform.

To be honest, if "Fortress of Devil" was not a science fiction film, people would also be resentful, but not necessarily to this extent.

Because as a love story, this movie really passes the test. After all, the name of the movie was originally called "Love in the Magic City", and it is just a simple love story of a four-cornered love triangle.

Hanhai Entertainment initially thought that it would release the film on Valentine's Day, February 2, with the hope of making a small profit at the box office of 14 to 3 million yuan.

As a result, Zhang Yin's actions directly raised "Magic City Fortress" to a height that did not belong to him.

On the second day after the movie was released, Zhang Yin initially thought that the movie would continue to make over 8100 million yuan, but it was cut in half to only million yuan.

On the third day, the box office was cut in half again, leaving only over 1900 million.

On the fourth day, there were only more than 200 million box office revenue left.

Hanhai Entertainment’s stock price also hit the limit down because of this movie, which scared Zhang Yin, and he immediately removed "The Fortress of Devil City" from the shelves.

In the end, the Douban score of "The Fortress of Devil City" was fixed at 2.3 points, and the final box office was 2.87 million.

The filming cost of "The Fortress of Devil City" was not high, only more than 2000 million, but the subsequent publicity cost more than 7000 million, which adds up to 1 million. This box office data is not enough to even make back the investment.

Hanhai Entertainment was even criticized by its superiors, and it lost all its face and reputation.

While netizens were condemning "Magic City Fortress", a Weibo post from Zhanguang Game attracted the attention of many game enthusiasts.

The content of Zhuoguang Game’s Weibo post was very simple, just one sentence, saying that China’s first 3A masterpiece “Fengshen” will be officially launched on June 6st, and pre-sales will begin on May 1th, and then attached an 5-minute actual machine demonstration video.

Nezha, Lei Zhenzi, Yang Jian... all the familiar characters in Chinese mythology appeared in the actual demonstration.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck! Blazing Light Games has quietly made something big! Is this how the first 3A masterpiece made in China was made?"

"After waiting for so many years, the first domestic 3A masterpiece finally comes out. No matter what, I must pay to support it."

"It looks like Investiture of the Gods is based on the background of Investiture of the Gods. I wonder how shocking the battle between the saints will be."

"I am more looking forward to Kong Xuan's appearance. It will be so cool if he can shine the five-colored divine light on everything."

“I wonder if there’s a scene where Yang Jian splits the mountain to save his mother.”

“The strength of Zhanguang is still trustworthy. I look forward to the final product of the game.”

Luo Ming put down his phone, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes. It can be seen that netizens are still very much looking forward to "Fengshen", a domestic 3A masterpiece.

"Boss, how much is our game priced at?" Li Yan, who has never paid attention to games, asked curiously.

Hearing this, Luo Ming turned around and looked at her and said, "Why? You want to buy it and try it too?"

Li Yan shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, no, boss, you misunderstood, I don't play this kind of game, I get 3D dizzy very badly, let alone playing, I probably will feel dizzy and want to vomit just by watching it.

My younger brother likes this kind of game, and he is taking the college entrance examination this year. After the exam is over, I plan to give him a deluxe version."

"Is that so? The regular version of Investiture of the Gods is priced at 238 on the Shining Light game site, and the deluxe version is priced at 298."

"Ah? So cheap?" Li Yan asked in shock.

She spent money in the otome game to buy clothes for her husband, with one order costing 648 yuan. It was normal for her to spend 3 or 4 times in one version.

She thought that such a game that the company had invested a lot of effort and money in would be sold at a high price! But in the end, it was less than the price she paid for one order.

Luo Ming smiled and said, "Compared to the mobile games on the market now, 3A games do save money and it is more difficult to make money. For example, our game, even if we sell 500 million copies, is only over 10 billion, which is not even as much as the monthly revenue of some popular mobile games.

But the manpower and resources required to develop a 3A masterpiece are far more than those required to develop a mobile game. To put it bluntly, the investment and income are not proportional. "

"Then, boss, what is your expected sales volume for our game?" Li Yan asked curiously.

"If we can sell 500 million copies, it will be considered a success!" Luo Ming thought about it and gave a bold answer.

Yes, 500 million copies!

Luo Ming's expectation for this game is to sell 500 million copies. If the sales volume in the first week can reach 200 million copies, it will be considered a success. (End of this chapter)