The group was kicked out, and low presence means they are bad?

Just as Shen Bowen and his team were discussing whether "Dying to Survive" could become a phenomenal work that swept the world like "Squid Game".

In Bai Xingjian's office at Phoenix Pictures, Mei Jie also asked Bai Xingjian the same question.

However, in response to this question, Bai Xingjian shook his head with great certainty and said:

"Dying to Survive may become a phenomenal movie in China, but in the global film market, it still has a long way to go."

After all, "Dying to Survive" is ultimately about the sufferings of the human world in China. Even if this movie is exported overseas, the main market will probably only be concentrated in Asia, such as Southeast Asia.

The reason is that there are many Chinese people in these areas. Bai Xingjian’s signboard and the content of the movie "Dying to Survive" will naturally have a strong appeal to them.

However, for non-Chinese speaking overseas audiences, the film's narrative style, China's unique social background and some dialect dialogues can easily create cultural barriers.

For example, Cheng Yong's transformation from a peddler selling aphrodisiacs to a hero who saves lives, the understanding of this process will rely on the logic of the Chinese society based on human relationships, which may be difficult for European and American audiences to fully resonate with.

Moreover, the negative portrayal of pharmaceutical company patents in the movie "Dying to Survive" is likely to cause controversy among Western audiences.

There may be some Western audiences who say that "Dying to Survive" is maliciously smearing the pharmaceutical companies in their country.

Therefore, the content of the movie "Dying to Survive" has already hit some landmines in the international film market.

Therefore, it can be said that it is a very good thing that this movie is not disliked by overseas audiences. Wanting this movie to become popular all over the world like "Squidward Fate" is indeed a bit whimsical.

Bai Xingjian told Mei Jie about his considerations.

Although Mei Jie was a little disappointed after hearing this, she couldn't help but said with shining eyes:
"As expected of Brother Xing Jian, you actually see this issue so clearly."

"There is no such thing as thorough or not thorough. It's just my personal one-sided understanding."

Bai Xingjian smiled and continued, "How the actual situation will develop is still unknown. What if overseas audiences really fall for the tricks in "Dying to Survive"? Then our movie might really become popular overseas for a while, but the possibility of this is a bit low."

Mei Jie nodded thoughtfully, as if she had thought of something. She asked Bai Xingjian expectantly:
"Brother Xingjian, since you know a lot about the overseas film market, have you ever thought about making a movie that can attract both domestic and overseas audiences? If our Phoenix Pictures can make such a movie, I think if we take our Phoenix Pictures to the international market, we can compete with other film and television companies."

Hearing what Mei Jie said, Bai Xingjian couldn't help but smile a little.

He had no intention of hiding anything about this deployment, so he said directly:
"Of course there are plans in this regard, and some actors have already been confirmed, but the specific details will need to be discussed in detail after some time."

As soon as these words came out, Mei Jie's eyes widened.

She just asked casually about this issue, but Bai Xingjian actually had plans in this regard.

From this perspective, it is only a matter of time before Phoenix Pictures produces a movie that becomes a global hit!
Just thinking about this, Mei Jie felt herself getting excited.

……

"Dapeng rises with the same wind in one day and soars up to miles."

On the balcony of a large flat somewhere in Beijing, Xu Zheng was on the fifteenth floor, overlooking the scenery below, feeling as if he was floating in the air.

Yang Shan, Xu Zheng's wife, who was lying on a recliner nearby, was browsing Weibo on a small tablet with her mouth almost grinning from ear to ear.

Naturally, they were both happy about the same thing, and that thing was naturally the explosive popularity of the movie "Dying to Survive" on the Internet.

"Dying to Survive is leading the trending search list on Weibo, and so many netizens are complaining about how hard it is to get tickets for this movie. Judging from this situation, the first-day box office of Dying to Survive will be very good!"

Yang Shan said this with a happy face.

The leading actor of the movie "Dying to Survive" is Xu Zheng, who is her husband.

The movie starring her husband is about to achieve great success on the first day box office. As a wife, Yang Shan, who herself has some vanity, is naturally extremely excited about such a grand occasion.

If Xu Zheng had not allowed it, Yang Shan would have posted dozens of Weibo posts on topics related to "Dying to Survive".

"That's for sure."

Xu Zheng put his hands on the balcony railing, a half-smoked cigarette dangling from his lips, and said with a rather emotional expression:

"In all my years in the industry, I've seen it hard to get movie tickets on the first day of a movie's release, and I've seen theaters packed with people, but I've never seen a movie increase the number of customers in theaters across the country."

Xu Zheng raised his hand to take the cigarette out of his mouth, exhaled a puff of smoke, and continued: "The movie "Dying to Survive" really set a precedent in this regard. I think from today onwards, every May Day holiday, everyone should remember the lively scene when "Dying to Survive" was released."

Yang Shan couldn't help but sigh, "Dying to Survive has really set a precedent. Many domestic scenic spots have released news that the number of visitors during the May Day holiday seems to have decreased. They speculated that the movie Dying to Survive attracted many viewers to the cinema, and as a result, no one came to see the natural scenery. Hahaha, this kind of scene is really rare! Don't exaggerate."

"Huh? There is such a thing?" It was the first time that Xu Zheng heard this topic, and he couldn't help but turn around and ask his wife.

"That's right!"

Yang Shan smiled from ear to ear, "Many scenic spot operating accounts have posted videos on Xinghuo Video to complain about it, and many netizens are discussing it in the comment section. It's really unique!"

Xu Zheng was immediately attracted by his curiosity, and quickly walked over to Yang Shan from the railing and said:

"Let me check out the videos and see what this is all about."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yang Shan found a related video on Xinghuo Video and started playing it.

The video shows a young lady who is responsible for feeding ostriches in a zoo.

The young lady fed the ostrich with vegetables while saying, "Isn't today the May Day holiday? Why do I feel like there are so few visitors to the zoo? May 1st is a holiday so there shouldn't be a holiday adjustment, right? But what about the visitors? This time last year, our zoo was packed with people. Why do I feel like there are more than half as many people this year? Is there a new rule for adjusting holidays?"

The young lady in the video was very confused. She didn't know that the reason the zoo was diverted was because the release of the movie "Dying to Survive" led to a surge in traffic to the cinema, which indirectly affected the traffic to the zoo.

However, in the comments section of this video, many netizens pointed out this reason directly. [Silly girl, everyone has gone to see the new movie "Dying to Survive", and you are the only one who is still standing here guarding your ostrich.]

[No seats! There are so few people in your zoo today because everyone was attracted to the movie "Dying to Survive" and went to the cinema.]

[What's so good about the zoo? The movie "Dying to Survive" is the real good movie. 】

However, the girl who posted the video did not believe what these netizens said at first.

She replied in the comment section: "No, it's just a movie. How can it affect the number of visitors to my zoo? Is the marketing of movies so powerful now? Has it brainwashed the fans?"

At the end of this comment, the young lady added three questioning expressions, obviously she was very confused.

Such a questioning reply actually received quite a few responses from netizens.

[That's right, can a movie have such a big impact? It also directly affects the number of tourists in the scenic area. I think you idol fans are more boastful than each other.]

[Does the movie affect the tourist flow of the scenic spot? They are all Chinese characters, but why can't I understand them when they are combined? Is it because the times are progressing and I have been forgotten? ]

[Just listen to these brainless fans. A movie that can affect the flow of tourists to scenic spots during the holiday period, I guess even if this movie is made by a superstar, it won’t have any impact at all.]

[I can only say that those who believe this statement have it in this life. 】

Our era is a huge information cocoon, so even though the movie "Dying to Survive" is very popular, there are still some netizens who don't know about the existence of this movie.

Of course, apart from the movie "Dying to Survive", some netizens don't even know the existence of Bai Xingjian and Phoenix Pictures.

This is actually normal. After all, there are so many people in this world and so much information every day.

Therefore, after filtering through various information, some netizens may have never heard of Bai Xingjian, or even heard of any news about Fenghuang Yufei or Phoenix Pictures.

But not everyone can understand this truth.

Some of Bai Xingjian's fans became excited instantly after seeing these questioning comments.

[Hey guys, don’t you guys check Weibo? The movie “Dying to Survive” has been making a lot of noise lately, don’t you understand anything about it?]

[I think they are just some white-skinned scoundrels, pretending to be ignorant and deliberately misleading this young lady who feeds the ostrich.]

[These people are so bad, so bad! 】

[What is "Dying to Survive"? Who is Bai Xingjian? Why haven't I heard of him? ]

[No, is this true? You don't even know Bai Xingjian? Dude, did your family just connect to the Internet? Why do you feel like a primitive man? ]

[This is so fake, so fake. Recently, Xinghuo Video has pushed the movie "Dying to Survive" to the sky. How come there are still people who haven't heard of "Dying to Survive"? Haven't heard of Bai Xingjian? Netizen, you didn't just travel from another planet, did you? With Bai Xingjian's current fame, even foreigners must have heard of him, right? ]

[This guy is obviously pretending, so please stop wasting your time talking to him.]

When Xu Zheng saw these comments, he also felt his eyes were opened.

However, what surprised him was that the netizen in the comment section who didn’t know Bai Xingjian and the movie "Dying to Survive" actually told the truth.

This netizen really doesn’t know who Bai Xingjian is or what kind of movie "Dying to Survive" is.

"There are so many things in this world, and we just take many things for granted."

Xu Zheng was holding his wife's tablet and apologized to the netizen in his heart while speaking.

However, Xu Zheng quickly forgot about this little episode. What he really cared about was the fact that the tourist flow of the scenic spot was actually affected by the movie "Dying to Survive".

"I've really broadened my horizons. It seems that the influence of the movie 'Dying to Survive' is really huge!"

Xu Zheng said with great emotion.

"It's only the first day of its release. I feel that this is not the influence of the movie "Dying to Survive", but more of the personal influence of Bai Xingjian."

Yang Shan took the tablet back and continued watching videos on Xinghuo Video.

According to the current big data, Yang Shan only stayed on a few short videos of "Dying to Survive" for a while, and Xinghuo Video started to recommend related videos of "Dying to Survive" to her.

Basically, for every three videos you watch, one will be related to "Dying to Survive".

Instead of making Yang Shan feel bored, this made her very happy.

She continued, "But as the release date goes by, I feel that the influence of 'Dying to Survive' will grow. After all, the quality of this movie is indeed guaranteed. Coupled with Bai Xingjian's influence, I feel that the box office of this movie may really exceed 10 billion!"

When this topic was mentioned, Yang Shan's eyes suddenly sparkled.

She looked at Xu Zheng with shining eyes and said excitedly, "Husband, then you will be the first male lead in our country to have a single movie box office exceeding 10 billion! You can be said to be a pioneering actor."

Xu Zheng was also quite moved by Yang Shan's statement. After all, as an actor, which one would complain about having too many titles?

Moreover, the leading actor whose single movie box office exceeds 10 billion yuan is extremely valuable.

“Let’s hope so. I hope the box office of ‘Dying to Survive’ can exceed 10 billion.”

Xu Zheng said with a trembling voice. (End of this chapter)