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Chapter 582: Praise from Everyone

"Brother, I see this movie, it might explode!"

Since Song Ge announced that "The Wandering Earth" will be released on National Day, Huayi has tacitly given up this year's National Day. At this moment, Wang Zhonglei said in a relaxed tone.

Wang Zhongjun was somewhat shocked by the movie, but he was not too depressed. After all, the overall market has become bigger now, and no matter how popular "The Wandering Earth" is, it will not leave room for other films to survive.

Just like this year's summer season, the mainland market can fully support the simultaneous release of several blockbusters. Besides, the National Day season is not favored by major film and television companies now. The subsequent New Year and Spring Festival seasons are the key.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhongjun looked much more relaxed, and he praised it, saying, "Well, it has the potential to be a big hit, especially the special effects, which look better than many Hollywood blockbusters."

"I can only say that the money was not wasted. After all, it's an investment of 100 or 200 million US dollars. If it were a movie with such a large investment, the result would not be bad." Wang Zhonglei said with a sour tone.

Wang Zhongjun, who was standing next to him, just smiled and said nothing when he heard this. Oh, does a big investment mean a high box office?
According to this logic, there would be no bad movies produced in Hollywood!

My own younger brother is a typical sour grape. Wang Zhongjun shook his head and continued to stare at the big screen.

Not far away, Wang Changtian, Yu Dong, Zhang Zhao and others also expressed their feelings casually, but their attention was still focused on the movie.

On the screen, Li assigned tasks one by one and the rescue teams split up. Han Duoduo, played by Yang Zi, went to the communications office to contact reinforcements.

Han Duoduo broadcast the message to the outside world, but none of the rescue teams from various countries who received the message paid any attention.

"Why are there still people carrying out the mission?"

"It's all a waste of effort, just forget it!"

It was the Indian rescue team that said this.

"I really want to have a bowl of white rice. It would be even better if there was miso soup!" A member of the island country's rescue team committed suicide by shooting himself.

The domestic audiences were both proud and sad when watching these scenes. But the next scene made the whole audience laugh.

One team member said, "We'll have to push it by hand next. The program he wrote doesn't include the firing pin!"

Wang Lei, played by Huang Xiaoming, turned around, looked at the huge firing device, and asked, "You call this a needle?"

Many guests in the venue burst into laughter immediately, and someone said: "This needle is a bit thick!"

"Even the Dinghai Shenzhen is not that thick!"

"This needle is a bit too big!"

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Wang Lei and others pushed the "firing pin", while Liu Qi and the "Sino-Australian joint venture" guy went to change the flint. Each group's task was very difficult, and various accidental injuries continued.

Seeing the female team member Zhou Qian's arm pierced by a steel bar, Han Duoduo, played by Yang Zi, cried and kept shouting: "Help, who can help us, who can help us?"

At this time, he accidentally picked up the dropped communication code card and contacted Liu Peiqiang on the "Navigator Space Station" and told him their plan.

But "Moss" on the space station said that the Israeli team had said seven hours ago that the chance of success was zero! This made the audience's heart hang in the balance again.

Liu Peiqiang requested the coalition government to order the rescue teams near Sulawesi to support Wang Lei's team, but the coalition government disagreed. However, at Liu's repeated request, the coalition government decided to broadcast the event globally, and it was up to the individual to decide.

Han Duoduo, played by Yang Zi, said "hope" with a choked voice, which made many filmmakers present who were devoted to the film anxious.

"A classic Chinese speech, haha." Jiang Wen said happily.

"The typical sensational scenes in Chinese-language films may seem okay to mainland audiences, but can foreigners accept them?" Feng Xiaogang suddenly said, and Brother Chen Kai next to him nodded in approval.

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After the global broadcast, members of the Korean rescue team:
"I want to go home and see my mother!"

"The Earth is destroyed and none of us will be able to see it!"

"Let's go back!" The driver, played by Kim Soo-hyun, said this and turned the car sharply.

Many viewers were stunned by this scene, "It was the Korean rescue team that came back first!"

"We can't go home in seven days!"

"Then why should we go back?"

But it was a conversation between the Russian rescue team.

On the vast land covered with snow and wind, hundreds of rescue vehicles turned around almost at the same time, looking at the audience with tears in their eyes.

Later, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon also made guest appearances as rescue team members. Although it was only a short minute, the effect was good, which is at least a must for a blockbuster movie.

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Just like the original author Liu Cixin once said about his writing experience, science fiction writers do not predict, but arrange. Arrange the various possibilities of the future world, not write the most likely one, but the most shocking one.

The biggest advantage of "The Wandering Earth" is that many of the plots and shots are very shocking, such as the rescue teams from various countries that have just arrived.

"Corporal Sato Ryuichi of the Island Rescue Team reporting in!"

"Russian rescue team, Private First Class Ivan reporting!"

"British Rescue Team, Private Brian reporting in!"

……

Seeing rescue team members from various countries rushing over to help Wang Lei and others "push the needle", many filmmakers at the scene were excited.

Perhaps this is what makes a good movie, the ability to tell a good story.

After all the hardships and casualties, the engine of Sulawesi was finally re-ignited! Unfortunately, it was 5,000 kilometers away and still could not reach the detonation point.
Liu Peiqiang on the navigator space station was silent for a few seconds and said, "There is another way...!" He was going to use the space station to ignite Jupiter, but as the execution procedure of the "Spark Project", "Moss" cut off the communication.

Liu Peiqiang, played by Hu Jun, stood up and took out a bottle of vodka from his space suit on the ground, and asked, "Do you know why it was not allowed to bring alcohol into space during Gagarin's time?"

Looking at the wine in his hand, Hu Jun suddenly said, "Happy New Year!" and then threw the bottle at "Moss", and a fire broke out in the control room instantly.

Hu Jun, who gained control of the space station, turned towards Jupiter. After communicating with the United Government, the latter chose hope and approved Liu Peiqiang's action.

After separating from the hibernation chamber, Hu Jun drove the space station towards Jupiter.

"China CN-11 rescue team, this is the space station, I'm Liu Peiqiang. The space station has tons of fuel, and the diameter of the explosion can reach kilometers. Ignite the space station, and you can ignite Jupiter!"

"Liu Peiqiang, what are you doing? Wang Lei, let go!"

"Captain Wang Lei, don't let go!"

"Liu Peiqiang, shut up!"

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"Liu Qi!"

"Shut down the engine!"

"Liu Qi!"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!"

"son!"

The stubborn Liu Qi, after hearing the word "son", bent down and half squatted, and said "shut up" in a choked voice, without any of his previous toughness and determination.

Most of the guests in the venue had tears in their eyes after hearing Liu Peiqiang, played by Hu Jun, call him "son".

It is tragic that a person chooses to sacrifice himself to save countless lives. And before he dies, he can still talk to his last relative calmly. This scene is simply a "tear gas bomb".

In the venue, some female guests who had a low tear point had tears in their eyes.

"You said that you would come back when I could see Jupiter!" Liu Qi choked up. Although he had repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction and resentment towards his father as an adult, deep down in his heart, he was always looking forward to reuniting with him.

But today, he had to watch his father sacrifice himself to save everyone, but he was powerless to do anything. That kind of sadness is not something that most people can understand.

The space station exploded, becoming the brightest star in the night sky. The explosion shock wave will reach the ground in seven minutes, and the rescue team will flee to the underground city again.

Wang Lei sacrificed himself to save Duoduo, and Liu Qi was injured to save Duoduo. Although Jupiter was ignited, it was still very difficult to avoid the harm of the shock wave to the people stranded on the surface. Fortunately, the hurdle of Jupiter was passed.

Then, the scene changed again.

Three years later, Liu Qi took Han Duoduo and Li Yiyi to carry out the mission together.

Before starting the car, the reminder from the Beijing Third District Transportation Committee sounded again: "There are thousands of roads, but safety comes first. If you drive irregularly, your loved ones will cry... Three points will be deducted for driving irregularly!"

It made everyone, who were originally feeling sad, suddenly laugh.

The movie ended, the lights came on, and the audience burst into applause as the guests applauded for seeing such a wonderful science fiction movie.

Many bigwigs present laughed bitterly. The movies released by Xingchen Film and Television Company this year were more brutal than the last, leaving no room for others to survive.

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After the movie, hundreds of directors, filmmakers, and film and television company CEOs walked out of the screening room one after another.

The reporters who had been waiting outside the venue for nearly three hours gathered around again in an instant.

As for the subsequent director seminar, there is nothing much to say. After watching the finished film of "The Wandering Earth", everyone had a unanimous opinion - a Chinese 3D special effects science fiction blockbuster was born! !

Whether it is Hollywood directors such as Spielberg and Nolan, or mainland directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Jiang Wen, everyone has basically the same opinion, that is, this movie is not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters, and even surpasses most Hollywood special effects movies.

To borrow a phrase from Spielberg, the emergence of this film proves that the Chinese market has the ability to produce shocking 3D movies, and that the Chinese film market has the ability to compete head-on with the Hollywood film market.

Of course, Spielberg's words are just polite. After all, a movie like "The Wandering Earth" is not enough to make up for the gap between mainland and European and American films.

But reporters don't care about that. They just like to hear praise for their own movies, especially when it comes from Spielberg.

That afternoon, reports from major entertainment media came out, and they were almost all positive.

Mtime.com: "This morning, Star Films, China Film Group, Wanda, Bona Film Group, Enlight Entertainment, and Emperor Entertainment Group jointly produced the domestic science fiction blockbuster "The Wandering Earth" directed by Gu Wei and held a screening at the China Film Grand Hall... At the end of the film, the audience applauded loudly and received unanimous praise from the audience."

Penguin Entertainment: "Nolan: Whether as an ordinary audience or a director, the first feeling after watching The Wandering Earth is four words - blood boiling.

The most direct thing is the blood-boiling movie-watching experience. The epic feeling and excitement at the end of the movie fill your whole body, making you want to applaud.

The Wandering Earth is closer to a disaster film in terms of genre, like a "space version of 2012" - when the end of the world comes, humans have to build an ark, but this time, the earth itself is the ark..."

Sohu Entertainment: "Jiang Wen: The Wandering Earth actually tells the story of the Chinese people's love for their homeland. In the near future, the Earth is facing destruction, and humans build planetary engines to rush out of the solar system to find their homeland, embarking on a 2500-year drifting journey, just like the stories of Kuafu chasing the sun and Yugong moving mountains that we are all familiar with..."

IQIYI Entertainment: "Spielberg: The emergence of "The Wandering Earth" proves that Chinese people have the ability to make good science fiction blockbusters..."

As film reviews from major directors and filmmakers appeared online, audiences' anticipation for the release of "The Wandering Earth" reached an unprecedented high.

Countless netizens have left messages on major forum platforms, looking forward to the movie being released on time.

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(End of this chapter)