This top guy is crazy!

Cheng Cheng looked excited, as if he had been given an injection of chicken blood.

Li Zhuo couldn't understand: "Why do you have to go?"

"What I mean is," she looked at Cheng Cheng seriously, "you now have hundreds of millions of fans around the world, they all admire you and worship you; the company has thousands of employees, all serving you alone; the company has more than a hundred big and small stars, all following your lead; the company's account has tens of billions of RMB, and your personal account has more than 10 billion RMB, plus the copyright fees for songs, movies, and novels, even if you do nothing in the future, your assets are constantly appreciating; and there are leaders in the Radio, Film, CCTV, and Cultural Bureau who admire you; Spencer of Cyprus is your friend; and you now have a child.

Why would you do something so dangerous?"

She hugged Cheng Cheng and begged:
"All the grudges in this world have nothing to do with you. Please don't go to Gaza, okay?"

Cheng Cheng pushed her away, shook his head, walked to the "window" with a vague look.

Li Zhuo reminded: "That's not a window."

Cheng Cheng walked to the other side again.

Li Zhuo then reminded: "That's not a window either."

Li Zhuo shook his head:

"Give it up. There are no windows in this office."

"Have you forgotten? You said this window always smiled at you, so you had it sealed up."

Cheng Cheng looked a little embarrassed:

"Sister Zhuo, you have changed."

Li Zhuo nodded: "I know."

Under normal circumstances, no matter how crazy Cheng Cheng was, she would quickly understand and cooperate, but in this situation, she didn't want to cooperate anymore.

She said, "I don't want you to go there. It's too dangerous."

"No," Cheng Cheng said, "I must go."

Li Zhuo: “Why?”

Cheng Cheng: "Because the people there need me, that's the first reason. Because I want to create the greatest concert in the world and invite stars from all over the world to join me, that's the second reason. Because I can guarantee my own safety, that's the third reason."

"Don't worry." Cheng Cheng said to Li Zhuo, "I won't risk my life. You know, I can jump down from the third floor."

Li Zhuo still looked a little hesitant.

Cheng Cheng continued to strike while the iron was hot and said:

"And the reason I bring this up again is because the conditions are much more mature now than they were then. First, we have the global release channels for Friends, Resident Evil, and The Wandering Earth, and we can broadcast live around the world. This is the only way for me to become a global superstar. Second, the relationships we have built in Serbia can provide a foundation for this to be realized."

Li Zhuo was a little shaken, but still didn't give in.

Cheng Cheng held her shoulders and said, "Sister Zhuo, I can't do this without you. I need your help."

Cheng Cheng used his "Sincere Eyes" and Li Zhuo was defeated:

"Then you keep yourself safe. I don't want my son to be without a father."

Cheng Cheng: “I promise.”

That night, Li Zhuo seemed to be venting his anger and made Cheng Cheng, a man who only cared about his career and ignored his family, pay a heavy price.

The next day, Li Zhuo called the relevant leaders and asked whether they had approved the concert in Gaza that had been proposed before.

In the office, the leaders looked at each other.

After a while, a leader asked with a wry smile:

"Didn't you say Cheng Cheng does whatever he wants? Why are you asking about the progress now?"

Another leader said: "I don't know. Isn't this unreasonable?"

"What should we do? Continue to fool him?"

"Can this still be fooled?"

Several leaders sighed.

Now, with the popularity of "The Wandering Earth", Cheng Cheng almost represents political correctness. No matter what unreasonable things he proposes, at least we should have a correct attitude towards him, instead of trying to fool him.

Besides, it’s not certain that we can fool people now.

"How about I go up there and ask?"

"Ask, this is no longer something we can decide."

-

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the box office gap between several Spring Festival movies has widened.

"The Wandering Earth" took the lead, with a domestic box office of 6.7 million yuan on the first day and 6.9 million yuan on the second day. The final box office for the third day has not yet been released. As of 5 pm, the single-day box office had exceeded million.

The total box office for three days was 18.6 billion.

Combined with the overseas box office of 20 billion, the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" in three days has exceeded 39 billion.

Then in second place is "Cool Fuxia 2", with a total box office of 6.4 million in three days.

And the third place is "The Desert Storm" with 4.3 million.

Ranked fourth is "Awakening: The New Era" with 3.1 million.

Compared with the other three movies, "The Wandering Earth" has almost a crushing lead. Even if the overseas box office is not counted, just the domestic box office, the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" is more than the total box office of "Corfuxia 2", "The Desert Storm", and "Awakening".

By now, fans of "The Desert Storm" are completely speechless.

Previously, they complained that "The Desert Storm" was treated unfairly and that the theater chain had maliciously reduced its screening schedule. However, on the third day, the box office of "The Desert Storm" showed an inverted phenomenon.

The so-called box office inversion refers to the phenomenon that the box office revenue of a movie is lower than its screening share.

In other words, the screening space obtained by the film failed to win corresponding market share.

This proves that the theater's previous judgment was completely correct. This is a fan-oriented movie. No matter how you calculate the data in the early stage, no matter how explosive the daily box office is on the first day of its release, it does not represent the subsequent trend.

Truly good movies and good works all have a long-tail effect.

What's even more ridiculous is that the current total box office of "The Desert Storm" is 4.3 million, but the predicted total box office is only 7.4 million.

This is an extremely paradoxical phenomenon.

How could a movie’s total box office be less than twice the total box office of the previous three days?

This shows that "The Desert Storm" has completely exhausted its potential. For a time, people in and outside the industry were laughing at the joke. On the one hand, Xu Laoguai's reputation has been ruined. It would have been better if he retired earlier. He had to come out at such an old age to embarrass himself. On the other hand, they laughed at Liu Zhixuan, who was really a hopeless case. Everyone looked down on you, but you were the least motivated.

And the funniest thing is, it’s hard to imagine that even if there is a powerful weapon like Liu Zhixuan in a movie, he is not even the shortest board in the movie.

It is hard to tell whether it is Xu Laoguai’s fault or Liu Zhixuan’s fault.

However, the capital has obviously not given up on this movie and is still trying to struggle. Fans are still trying to save it, so the film company has started to engage in "feminist" marketing, saying that the heroine in the movie embodies the glory of "feminism" and is particularly anti-male cohesion, trying to attract some female audiences into the cinema.

Liu Zhixuan's fans even started attacking the audience.

Under a video titled "13 details in "The Desert Storm" that you may not have noticed", Liu Zhixuan's fans started a group.

“So, is it possible that those who say the desert is not beautiful just don’t understand it? [Covering face]”

"I bought tickets for the 19:10 last night. My whole family watched the movie together in order to see the IMAX theater. We knew about the bad reviews before watching the movie. After watching the movie, my 60-year-old mother asked: Who said it was not good? What does it take to be good? It has everything you want and covers every aspect. How can it not be good?"

"Let him take the photo himself?"

"I spent three advance tickets to watch it, and I can only say that the money was well spent. Also, don't drink water when you watch it! The plot is so tight that I couldn't bear to go to the toilet. Another drawback is that more than two hours is not enough to watch it, and it's not enough!"

"My father, who is over 70 years old and has been a martial arts fan for 50 years, was reluctant to leave after watching the whole movie. He knew every detail in the movie like the back of his hand. He kept saying it was great and wanted to watch the next one. I don't understand why so many people are criticizing it [cry]"

"I've watched New Year's films for so many years, but this is the first time so many elderly people are watching a movie. Maybe this is their sentiment towards the world of martial arts!"

"Yes, there were many grandparents and children sitting next to us yesterday. It was the first time I watched a movie with grandparents, children, and us young people. I didn't even want to go to the bathroom, for fear of missing every scene."

This wave of whitewashing made passers-by laugh. Well, it's 2025, and you're still playing the "you think it's ugly because you don't understand it" trick?

Also, why did they bring up their grandparents, parents, and grandparents? Did they want to prove that this movie is not just for the fans? So they brought in the older generation to endorse it?

But the problem is, damn it, do you know what it means for a 70-year-old man to go to the cinema?

The original work of "Desert Storm" is less than fifty years old!
"That's enough. I wanted to laugh while cleaning the floor, but after laughing I still felt angry. It's really sad that clowns have entered the mainstream and there are so many people following them."

"It was shit from beginning to end. I don't want to think about the two hours of my life that were wasted."

“Why doesn’t Douban have a zero score?”

"Liu Zhixuan's fan base accurately displays the diversity of species?"

"Can fans of Liu Zhixuan please check the box office? Stop making statistics. Does 4.3 million in three days look good?"

"There is no money, but the words need to be typed."

"Liu Zhixuan's fans are so poor and stupid/laughing and crying"

“I can’t imagine how The Desert Storm dared to challenge The Wandering Earth on the first day of its release. Can you restore your arrogant attitude back then?”

"The Wandering Earth is silent, it just keeps breaking records."

"This year's Spring Festival will create two miracles: one is the box office miracle of The Wandering Earth, and the other is the comedy miracle of Desert Storm."

At present, the scores of the Spring Festival movies have basically been released. "The Wandering Earth" scored 8.6 points and "Cool Forza 2" scored 6.7 points. But to be fair, the score of "Cool Forza 2" should be around 7.2 points. Douban seems to be too harsh on "Cool Forza 2".

"Awakening" has a score of 7.1, which is barely worth going to the cinema to see.

As for "The Desert Storm", I dare not give a score yet.

Judging from the angry comments all over the internet, it is very likely that the score will be less than 6 points.

In the office, Xu Laoguai's face turned pale. He asked:

"Is this the purchasing power of Liu Zhixuan's fans? The predicted total box office is less than 8 million, and they still dare to boast that they can make billion! Where can I put my face?"

His assistant remained silent and said cautiously:
"Xu Dao, actually box office predictions may not be accurate..."

"you shut up!"

Old Monster Xu felt that he had been cheated. He had not been involved in the domestic entertainment industry for many years. In fact, how could he understand these stars in the domestic entertainment industry?

Liu Zhixuan was chosen entirely by the investors after evaluation, and he believed the data at the time, so he nodded in agreement.

But now he came to his senses, his eyes were red with anger:

"With my name and the IP of Desert Storm, if I choose two actors who fit the roles and release it during the Spring Festival, how could it be possible that it can't even make 1 billion at the box office?
If his fans can't help me get a billion box office, and so many people avoid him, why would I choose him? Am I stupid?"

The assistant trembled: "Director Xu, this matter has nothing to do with me."

"It doesn't matter?", Old Monster Xu slammed the table angrily, "Don't think I don't know how much effort you put into this, don't think I don't know that you are his fan, don't think I don't know that he climbed into your bed."

Hearing this, the assistant's face turned extremely pale in an instant.

Xu Laoguai continued:
"Anyway, go tell Liu Zhixuan that no matter what, I want a billion box office. If there is no billion box office, you can see what will happen to you and him.

Why don't you go now?!"

"Okay, okay, okay!" The female assistant was met with the murderous gaze of Old Monster Xu, and thought of the rumors about Old Monster Xu. She was almost scared to tears, and ran away quickly to call Liu Zhixuan.

Old Monster Xu looked at her back with a gloomy expression.

Thinking that "The Wandering Earth" had broken the 10 billion box office in less than two days, while it was so difficult for "The Desert Storm" to reach a box office of billion, he even hated Cheng Cheng.

If Cheng Cheng's "The Wandering Earth" was not released during the Spring Festival, how could his "The Desert Storm" be so miserable?

On the other side, Liu Zhixuan also looked resentful after receiving a call from the female assistant. He yelled:

"Can you blame me for this? Do you know how people criticize this movie online? Go and have a look. Are there more people criticizing the plot or my acting?"

"Damn it! Damn it! Does he think it's so easy to make a billion at the box office? Where can I find the gap of three hundred million?"

He felt desperate when he thought that with the disastrous failure of "The Desert Storm", his commercial value would be further reduced, or even completely abandoned by capital.

It is very likely that this is his last chance to return to the mainstream.

Of course he also hates his fans, hates that his fans can't make money, but he hates Xu Laoguai even more.

Why was it that Cheng Cheng, with a bunch of unknown actors, was able to make "All or Nothing" and turn the tide, while Xu Laoguai, with all the advantages, still made such a bad movie? Isn't it because he is not a good director?

"What should we do?" the female assistant asked anxiously, "Director Xu's requirements are absolute. No matter what, you must reach 1 billion, otherwise you and I will both--"

But before she could say anything, Liu Zhixuan hung up the phone.

From now on, she was of no use to him.

Although he will try hard to encourage his fans and make a lot of noise, it is definitely not under her pressure, but to prove his own worth and make one last desperate struggle.

(End of this chapter)