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In the guest seats, Chen Kun, wearing a neat suit, had a solemn expression. He stared at the big screen intently, looking a little nervous.

After all, "The Three-Body Problem 2" has attracted too much attention and has such a huge influence. If the role of Luo Ji played by him is not recognized, the damage to his career will be avalanche-like.

Because not long ago, he had experienced the pain of not being recognized.

The movie is "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons", produced by Monkey King International Media. The producer is An Xiaofen, who is well-known in the industry and an old friend of director Zhang Yimou. She used to be the financial director of Xinhua Noodle Company. After changing jobs, she participated in the production of films such as "Ip Man", "The King's Guards", and "Tiny Times". She is also a very capable figure in the circle.

But not everyone can pull off a special effects blockbuster, especially when the budget is "limited" and the creative team has a more "Western" aesthetic.

The total investment of "Zhong Kui Fu Mo" is 2.5 million yuan, of which more than million yuan is for publicity and promotion. Compared with the special effects blockbusters of other companies, this investment amount is still reasonable.

But compared with the works of iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, this amount of funds is really not enough.

The problem with "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons" is that the characters in the film are rather Western in style, especially when the devil leads all the creatures from the demon world to attack humans, the audience who like to play online games instantly smell a "DOTA style".

The image of the male protagonist after transformation is also quite different from the traditional concept of Zhong Kui, but rather resembles Wolverine.

This movie was originally scheduled to be released during the 2015 Spring Festival. However, in order to avoid the competition from "The Three-Body Problem 2", the producers scheduled the film to be released during the year-end Lunar New Year period, and it has already been released.

The result was a collapse in word of mouth, with a Douban score of only 4.7 and low box office revenue, not even exceeding million yuan in a single day.

As the male lead, Chen Kun naturally received a lot of criticism.

Now, we can only hope to make a comeback with "The Three-Body Problem 2".

Fortunately, judging from the current performance, it is still good.

After all, he is handsome and has a natural melancholy temperament, so it is very easy for him to play a cynical young scholar.

On the big screen, Luo Ji, played by Chen Kun, after learning that the other three wall-facing men were recruiting troops and forming a general staff, all he did was to find Galnin, the rotating chairman of the Planetary Defense Council, and ask for a secluded place where he could live an aristocratic life.

There must be snow-capped mountains, lakes, forests and manors, and it is claimed that this is part of the "Wallwall Project", a very important part.

Galnin agreed without hesitation, because Luo Ji's requirement was the least expensive among the four wall-facers.

It has to be said that the Planetary Defense Council is very efficient, and Luo Ji soon lived the life he had always dreamed of.

Galnin really found him a dream manor so that he could live like an old European aristocrat.

There were butlers, chefs, drivers, grooms and others serving him in the manor, and there was also a yacht parked by the lake. Luo Ji instantly became the most leisurely and enjoyable person in the world.

Strolling by the lake, collecting in the mountains, reading some rare books, playing golf, horseback riding, and climbing snow-capped mountains, I really enjoyed my life.

He was so bored that he saw a news report on TV about the salvage of a 17th century shipwreck and learned that there was a well-sealed barrel of wine on the ship.

Because experts say that the wine is still drinkable, and after three hundred years of being "stored" in the sea, it may taste very good.

Luo Ji immediately called his assistant and claimed that wine was also part of his plan to face the wall.

The assistant spent hundreds of thousands of euros to buy the barrel of wine. After Luo Ji took a sip, he vomited and had diarrhea and almost lost his life.

At the same time, the other three Wall-Facers were carrying out plans and actions that seemed very grand.

Frederick Taylor set out to build a space force independent of Earth's main fleet, using ball lightning and macro-nuclear fusion as its main weapons and equipment.

Manuel Diaz proposed to build a stellar hydrogen bomb, which would also be very expensive. Bill Hines lived in Tokyo, thinking about his plan all day long.

As for Luo Ji, he was fully recovered after a few days of intravenous drip.

He walked out of the room, opened his arms, and shouted in the direction of the lake and the snow-capped mountains: "Compared with our life now, what will the world be like four hundred years from now? Damn the Wall-Facing Project!"

Most of the audience laughed when they saw this scene.

Because this is the real reaction of ordinary people when encountering such things!
The Three-Body Fleet will not arrive on Earth until four hundred years later. What does it have to do with us today?

Who knows how the Trisolarans will enslave their descendants when they come? What if they are like Megatron, requiring the people on Earth to work a full eight hours a day, only providing three meals and snacks a day, and only one hour for lunch break...

Luo Ji was extremely bored and began to wish for a woman.

He asked his assistant to find Shi Qiang and asked him to find a girl according to his dream preferences, in her early twenties, with unknown name, age, nationality and address...

Shi Qiang said it was not a big problem. Luo Ji looked a little confused because this was his dream girl.

Shi Qiang smiled and said something very philosophical: What is perfect in your mind may not be perfect in the eyes of others.

Not long after, Zhuang Yan, played by Zhang Ruolan, appeared on the stage.

Jiang Heng shot this scene very beautifully. A girl in her early twenties, wearing a white dress with long flowing hair, was walking by the lake where she could see snow-capped mountains.

That sweet look and youthful breath instantly struck the heart of Luo Ji, a veteran in the world of flowers.

In the venue, many male audiences were also amazed by Zhang Ruolan's performance.

"She looks so beautiful, even more beautiful than in 'The Richest Man in Xihong City'!" exclaimed an audience member who attended two premieres.

"Yeah, the character she played, Xia Zhu, seemed like just a pretty little girl. This Zhuang Yan looks prettier than Xiao Long Nu and Wang Yu Yan!"

"It feels a bit like a fairy sister!"

"I feel more beautiful than a fairy!"

“It’s almost there!”

The audience couldn't help but discuss in a low voice, while Luo Ji on the big screen used his power to let Zhuang Yan live a happy and romantic life.

At the same time, the other three wall-facing people encountered "wall breaking" one after another.

And because Luo Ji's role is a bit bland and the scene is not shocking enough, the film's scenes with the other three wall-facing men are as shocking as possible.

For example, when the two wallfacers, Taylor and Diaz, had their true intentions revealed by the "wallbreaker", their thoughts were also presented in grand special effects scenes.

Such as destroying the Earth's space force and turning it into a quantum ghost fleet, as well as detonating a large number of hydrogen bombs buried in the strata of Mercury, turning the solar system into a hell-like existence...

As for Luo Ji, he did not encounter the "wall breaker", but he encountered something even worse: his wife and children were missing.

Zhuang Yan left a note saying "We'll wait for you at the end of the world" and left with the child.

As a result, Luo Ji had to consider what to do if the Trisolarans really came four hundred years later. (End of this chapter)