This top guy is crazy!

The following day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, "The Wandering Earth 2" was officially released.

Three years later, "The Wandering Earth" was released again, and the viewing frenzy it sparked naturally exceeded everyone's expectations. This can no longer be described as a phenomenon, but rather a grand event in which the whole nation participated!

IMAX tickets were sold out starting at 10 p.m. last night!

It's not just one province, one city, or one cinema that's sold out of IMAX tickets!
Instead, tickets for IMAX and core special effects theaters in all provinces, cities, and cinemas across the country were sold out!

Even in the cinemas of small counties, the tickets for the better seats are sold out. Now there are only one or two rows in the front, one or two rows in the back, and seats in the corners.

The reason for this is twofold: firstly, the pent-up enthusiasm for watching movies has been completely released!

The film market is filled with bad movies, which makes audiences unwilling to go to the cinema. Now that a truly top-notch production has appeared, the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies has been released all at once.

In addition, people have free time during the Chinese New Year, and watching a movie is cheap and affordable, so they are naturally willing to go to the cinema to enjoy it.

Secondly, because the little broken ball has kept people waiting for too long!

The release of "The Wandering Earth 2" three years later has not only prevented audiences from forgetting it, but the streaming release of "The Wandering Earth 1" has led to more viewers becoming fans of the little broken ball, making "The Wandering Earth" increasingly well-known and creating a long-tail effect.

Thirdly, it was due to Cheng Cheng's personal influence.

To summarize in one sentence:

The people are willing to spend money on Cheng Cheng!
The general public is sometimes simple-minded and discerning. They know who is working seriously and who is fooling the audience. They are willing to vote in this way, hoping to tell the market that they want more works like "The Wandering Earth 2" instead of those shoddy productions.

In a sense, this can be seen as a way to change the domestic entertainment industry and the world through consumption.

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I think there are several reasons.

Inside the Vance Cinema in Imperial City, a couple is being interviewed with their son.

Father smiled and said:

"Firstly, I wanted him to experience that our country can also make such great science fiction films, to build a sense of cultural confidence. Secondly, I think the themes of courage, responsibility, and family in the film are very educational."

Qian Yue smiled and said:

"Okay, thank you for the interview. I hope you have a pleasant movie-watching experience."

Qian Yue is a reporter for the Imperial Daily. This family is the sixth group she has interviewed. She has also interviewed different groups, such as those who came with friends, those who came alone, those who came with their partners, and those who came in groups.

She truly felt the vast audience reach of "The Wandering Earth 2".

Qian Yue then saw several boys coming together and asked:
"Hello, I'm a reporter from the Imperial Daily. May I interview you?"

"Of course," the boys readily agreed.

"Thank you," Qian Yue asked. "Why are you all so enthusiastic about this movie?"

A boy said:

"First, I trust Brother Frog; second, I'm a fan of Sister Wenlian!!! This is a double surprise!"

Qian Yue then asked, "Did you buy IMAX tickets?"

“Of course!” another boy said. “Tickets are so hard to get; we had to stake out the area to get them.”

Qian Yue: "Why do you have to watch IMAX? Tickets for regular theaters seem to be easier to buy and are much cheaper."

The natural course of action for men:

"For a sci-fi blockbuster of this caliber, not watching it in IMAX is like not watching it at all! The audiovisual experience is completely different." His words revealed his disdain for regular tickets, as if watching "The Wandering Earth 2" in a regular theater would be a desecration.

Next, Qian Yue interviewed a few more audience members, and then the first session began. Qian Yue asked the last question: "Make a prediction. Do you think that after three years, 'The Wandering Earth 2' will disappoint everyone's expectations? What will the rating be?"

A boy wearing glasses said:

"I don't think so. Judging from the current word-of-mouth and the quality of the trailers, it will only be more shocking than the first one, and the narrative may be more grand. The Douban score will be at least 8.2!"

Soon, the audience began to enter the theater, and the movie started.

The Wandering Earth 2 is a prequel to The Wandering Earth.

In 2044, scientists discovered that the sun is rapidly aging and expanding, and will engulf the entire solar system, including Earth, within a few hundred years.

As the apocalypse arrived, a united government was established, and humanity proposed hundreds of self-rescue plans. Among them, four plans stood out and entered the feasibility study stage:
These are Tianxia's Mountain Moving Plan, the Sai Kingdom's Ark Plan (to establish the "Ark Space Station" in geosynchronous orbit and use the space station to lead humanity to escape the solar system, i.e., the "spaceship faction"), and Eros's Lunar Chasing Plan (to transform the moon into a natural escape pod and lead humanity away from their home).

And, the Digital Life Initiative.

Faced with natural disasters that may be completely insurmountable and increasingly difficult daily life, many people believe that it would be better to move into the digital world, where as long as the physical medium remains, humanity can live forever.

Among them, the Mountain Moving Project, which advocates for migration to outer space, and the Digital Life Project, which advocates for the digitization of human consciousness, are the main schools of thought, and this is also the background of the story.

Zhou Zhezhi of the Mountain Moving School believed that all mankind must be united, but the project was too difficult, and countries were arguing, with the country of Serbia even considering withdrawing.

The Digital Life Faction wreaks havoc everywhere, blowing up space elevators and attacking bases.

Against this backdrop, there are three storylines.

First, Zhou Zhezhi's view on great power rivalry.

The second storyline is that of Liu Peiqiang, an astronaut who is deeply involved in the Mountain Moving Project and encounters an attack by digital life terrorists with Han Duoduo, played by Wen Lian, in the space elevator.

Ultimately, the space station and space elevator were destroyed.

Later, Liu Peiqiang and Han Duoduo got married and had a child. However, Han Duoduo contracted radiation sickness and was dying. In order to secure a spot in the underground city for his son, Liu Peiqiang had no choice but to go to the moon to carry out a dangerous mission.

Thirdly, there's the line about Tu Hengyu.

He is a scientist whose daughter, Ya Ya, died in a car accident. He secretly saved her consciousness on his computer, hoping to revive her.

These three lines intertwine and run parallel.

In Zhou Zhezhi's line of work, he overruled objections and promised to verify the feasibility of the plan within seven months, sending mechanical expert Ma Zhao with the quantum computer 550C to the moon to build an engine.

Although the space elevator was destroyed in Liu Peiqiang and Han Duoduo's storyline, the two planetary engines on the moon and Earth were still successfully tested.

Ultimately, the feasibility of the Mountain Moving Project was verified, the Digital Life Project was completely banned, and humanity temporarily reached a consensus.

In Tu Hengyu's storyline, Tu Hengyu took the 550A to the moon to build an engine.

As the lunar engine was about to be ignited after its construction was completed, Ma Zhao brought the new generation quantum computer 550C to the moon, hoping to use the powerful computing capabilities of the 550C to ensure the success rate of the ignition experiment.

After witnessing the powerful computing capabilities of the 550C, Tu Hengyu conceived the idea of ​​uploading his daughter's consciousness into the 550C.

However, due to unknown reasons, the solar wind warning system malfunctioned and failed to predict the arrival time of the solar wind, resulting in the 550C being burned out during the evacuation. The success or failure of the experiment is related to whether the Mountain Moving Project can become a mainstream project, which in turn affects Zhou Zhezhi's line of work.

There was no other way; they had to use the 550A brought by Tu Hengyu during his lunar landing for ignition.

Tu Hengyu demanded participation in the subsequent open development of quantum computers after the experiment's success; his purpose was self-evident. Ma Zhao had no choice but to agree for the sake of the experiment, which ultimately succeeded, making Project Moving Mountains humanity's only option. (End of Chapter)