I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 789: A Response (13)

Shen Liang has arrived in Yunnan, preparing to shoot "Where the Wind Leads"...

In fact, he has been paying attention to the situation of the Spring Festival period in recent days - after all, the reputation of "The Wandering Earth 2" directly affects the next part.

To be honest, apart from the outrageous operation of "Man Jiang Hong", the box office of "The Wandering Earth 2" Part 7 is not bad, with a total box office of more than 26 billion in 1 days - the second place in the Spring Festival, about million less than "Man Jiang Hong"...

You have to know that the box office of "The Wandering Earth" during the 19 Spring Festival was only 7 billion in 25 days...

Shen Liang was quite satisfied with this result. According to this trend, even if The Wandering Earth 2 cannot break the box office record of The Wandering Earth, at least it will not be far behind...

What's more, hardcore science fiction movies have never been able to get high box office, even those from Hollywood.

In 2014, Interstellar scored 9.4 on Douban, and ranked only tenth in the annual box office, ahead of Maleficent.
"The Hobbit", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "The Hunger Games 2" and many other movies.

The global box office champion that year was "Transformers 6.7", which scored 4 on Douban, and it almost doubled "Interstellar"!
"2001: A Space Odyssey" is not on this list - it won the North American box office championship that year!
Capital is the most shrewd. Even Hollywood's high-quality hard-core science fiction films require huge investments but do not make much money, so Hollywood rarely shoots them now.

A comedy like "Man Jiang Hong" features talented actors like Zhang Yi, Lei Jiayin, and Yi Yang Qianxi...

With such a comprehensive lineup and a popular subject matter, it is hard not to be a box office success.

In fact, if "Man Jiang Hong" had not failed, it would not have achieved its current box office!

As long as "The Wandering Earth" can establish its own ecological niche, attract and maintain its own base, Chinese science fiction will be fine!
It’s normal that science fiction cannot beat family comedies!
But everyone is sad...

Because "The Wandering Earth 2" is a movie that is on par with or even surpasses Hollywood blockbusters. It is a Chinese science fiction film that has reached the top of the world. It is a milestone and a work that will go down in history!
"Man Jiang Hong"...meaningless.

Not to mention the history of Chinese-language films, even in the series of Zhang Yimou's works, "Man Jiang Hong" cannot be ranked.

So fans of The Wandering Earth will be angry...

In addition, there are too many tricks in "Man Jiang Hong"...

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Because many Internet celebrities criticized the movie, the movie announced that it would sue these people and issued a statement saying, "The Internet is not a lawless place, blah blah."

Then...they announced that they would not prosecute!

This operation is really confusing.

……

“I think everyone should stop comparing, these are not movies of the same level, okay?
Let's be honest, is there any comparison between that movie and Little Big Balls?
One is a scene with explosive special effects that is so large that even the solar system cannot contain it.

The other one was shot in a yard, and they wanted to use a green screen even for the main entrance...

I feel ashamed to compare these two movies!"

Shen Liang briefly talked about his views during the live broadcast: "Box office is box office, movies are movies, time is fair to everyone and every movie! Don't be fooled by the current hype. Wait for another half a year, less than half a year, and watch these two movies again in three months. Everyone will have a more fair and just judgment!"

"I just can't understand why the film company wants to sue the big V. This is a very bad start. In other words, who will dare to speak out in the future? This is more terrible than the "Don't talk about state affairs" posted on the wall of the old tavern. I watched the movie and raised questions. This is a normal operation. What's there to sue? I am convinced!"

“As for what the power of capital is… In fact, the producers and producers of The Wandering Earth 2 include China Film Group and Alibaba Pictures. Isn’t this capital big enough?”

"Yes, that movie gave rebates to theaters... so theaters are more willing to schedule it... because it has low costs, and theaters can also make money by giving rebates... There are a lot of things behind the Spring Festival schedule, I'm too lazy to mention them!" "But it doesn't matter. We just need to know that The Wandering Earth 2 will definitely be an epoch-making product in the history of Chinese cinema. It is not just a science fiction movie, but also a major step forward in the industrialization of Chinese films. It is a great revolution in China's film and television industry. It is entirely possible that it will be a pioneer in the transformation of China's IP industry from a small-scale to a systematic one."

“But this is just a movie!”

Shen Liang smiled and said, "I appreciate you speaking out. You must care about Chinese movies... at least Chinese science fiction movies... if you didn't care, you wouldn't be so angry... but there's no need. Movies are just movies. It's New Year's Day, don't get so angry that it harms your health!"

"I have nothing to do, so I watch "Kuang Bi" and the TV version of "The Three-Body Problem" and the latest "If the Weather is Good, I Will Go to You"..."

"If the Weather Is Good... I really like the original novel and originally planned to act in it myself, but later gave up..."

"Liu Yifei... I haven't communicated with her... I'm in Yunnan, filming "Where the Wind Goes", the heroine is Da Tiantian!"

"By the way, everyone should support director Su Lun's new film "Swap Life"... Her last film was my debut work "Time Travel Cohabitation"!"

“…Actually, this year’s Spring Festival movies are pretty good, including “Unknown”, “Deep Sea”, “Swap Life”, “Boonie Bears” and “Chinese Ping Pong”…Oh, “Chinese Ping Pong” has been withdrawn…”

"The worst movie during this year's Spring Festival is "Chinese Ping Pong". I heard that the cost of this movie alone was 3.5 million yuan. It is estimated that there is no chance of recovering the cost!"

“…Everyone, don’t worry about it…Happy New Year!”

"Sing...Okay, I'll sing the promotional song for The Wandering Earth, 'Human Is'!"

……

Shen Liang...is actually quite unhappy too!

If it was two years ago, I would have definitely started to criticize...

By the way, expose all the twists and turns in it!
The most typical IMAX theater has only one screening of "The Wandering Earth 2" at 9 a.m., and the rest of the time is "Man Jiang Hong"...

This one is a bit obvious...

"The Wandering Earth 2" is a science fiction movie with many big scenes...

"Man Jiang Hong" is a feature film, why does it occupy the IMAX theater?
In addition, it is not that "Ball 2" and "Man Jiang Hong" are in opposition, but that all the movies released at the same time are in competition.

The reason why it seems that the confrontation is serious this year is, firstly, because of the high attention and the first Spring Festival period after the opening, and secondly, because some of the tricks are too excessive.

Based on his previous temper, he would really put everything on the table!

But now...I don't think it's necessary.

Just like he said, 'Time will tell when it comes to movies!'

Moreover, think about other movies, they couldn’t even complain when they were cancelled, and even if they did, no one would pay attention…

Of course, he had no intention of trying to reconcile the two - this repressed emotion would help boost the commercial performance of "The Wandering Earth 2" (Part )!

(End of this chapter)