This star is going to the moon

Chapter 511: Chang'e VI Launch, Third Mass-Produced Space Shuttle Rolls Off the Assembly Line, UAE Oil Country Prepares for Takeoff

Although there have been predictions for the box office of "The Wandering Earth 2: The Ladder Crisis" for a long time, it still shocked many people when it actually grossed more than 120 billion yuan in China.

Especially those who previously cried out about a "film and television winter," "audiences having no money," and "audiences not watching movies."

They looked puzzled. Why was no one watching their movie?

It can't be that their movies are bad, right?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
It must be because their movies are too artistic and sophisticated, and those low-class viewers don't know how to appreciate them!

Yes, that must be the case!

But netizens don't care about this or that. If the rating is low and the box office is low, then it's garbage!

The fact that "The Wandering Earth 2: The Ladder Crisis" received high ratings and had explosive box office results is truly amazing!
And that's not all, because this isn't the final box office figure for "The Ladder 2". It only means that the domestic release has ended, while it's still showing in overseas markets, and in some markets it hasn't even started showing yet.

Most movies are difficult to release simultaneously worldwide; they are usually released in certain regions first, and then gradually released in other places.

[The overseas box office for "The Ladder 2" has now officially surpassed $3 million, which is equivalent to 19 billion RMB!]

Wow, that's over 140 billion yuan domestically and internationally combined!

[To be precise, it's 141.8 billion, just surpassing "Spider-Man: No Way Home" at 141.6 billion, directly placing it sixth on the all-time global box office chart!]

[Unbelievable! A single domestically produced film can gross 140 billion yuan at the box office?]

[This is incredible! They've broken into the top ten globally!]

The overseas box office performance this time is indeed somewhat unbelievable. Chinese films rarely receive such strong support from Hollywood; previously, a few tens of millions of RMB was the absolute maximum, and breaking 100 million RMB was considered a stroke of luck.

Indeed, if things continued as they were before, domestic box office revenue would practically equal the total box office revenue.

Haha, although I don't know what's gotten into the Americans, I have to thank them for this.

[I'm still 7 million RMB short of making it into the top five globally, and I don't know if we can ultimately break into that group.]

[It's probably not going to work out. Current predictions for overseas box office revenue have increased slightly from before, reaching around $370 million, which is only about 400-500 million RMB more, but won't reach 700 million.]

[What a pity, I wonder if the Americans will act up again next time.]

Anyway, I'm already satisfied. I can't wait to see the next part of "The Ball 2". I hope someone knocks me out right now so I can sleep until next Chinese New Year to watch the next part of "The Ball 2"! Hehehe~

[Oh, aren't you going to watch Chang'e 6 in three days? That'll be the first time humans have dug soil on the far side of the moon.]

[Yes, yes, after that came the launch of the first space hotel and the maiden flight of our country's manned lunar rocket.]

Okay, okay, I'm not going to sleep...

Labor Day is a five-day holiday.

The launch of Chang'e 6 was on May 3, which was during the May Day holiday.

Therefore, the city of Binhai also has the number "five" attached to it.

There were so many people!

When the rocket carrying Chang'e VI stood on the launch pad, the viewing beach on the opposite shore was packed with people, and the local police had to send out a large number of personnel to maintain order.

They even temporarily contacted people from the military.

"Haha, I told you to come early, otherwise there's nowhere to see anything!" "You're absolutely right, there's nowhere to even put your feet if you come late."

"Our country's space development is really amazing. We're even going to collect things from the far side of the moon. This is something that only humans have, something that neither the old bears nor the Americans have had before."

"When the manned moon landing happens in the future, I absolutely have to come and see it in person..."

The weather is fantastic today; it's a perfect day to watch a rocket launch.

However, Lu Yun didn't attend any events this time because the third mass-produced Muyuan-class space shuttle was about to roll off the production line, and a very high-level team from the UAE was coming, so he had to receive them.

I don't know if it's because he didn't participate in the event, or because Chang'e 6 was launched two years ahead of schedule. The last time it was launched, there was a storm. The Long March 5 rocket fully demonstrated its power, taking off directly in the storm!
Of course, being handsome is one thing, but it comes at the cost of a low-quality product.

Simply put, it has a large body size, but a relatively small load capacity.

The reduced payload capacity was used to replace structural weight, significantly improving the Long March 5 rocket's resistance to natural disasters.

However, the Long March 10 in this generation is not so good. Although its dry matter ratio data is very good, its resistance to natural disasters is much lower. It cannot take off if the wind and rain are slightly strong.

A clear, sunny day with a gentle breeze is the perfect day for its launch.

The Chang'e 6 probe was a backup of the Chang'e 5 probe. They were developed together and have the same system composition and structure.

(Exploded view of Chang'e 5 and 6)

However, after the success of Chang'e 5, it was officially designated as a mission. But in order to maximize its use, some of its scientific payloads were replaced with international payloads, making it an international cooperation project, demonstrating Laos and China's determination to "peacefully utilize space".

Through the collection and selection of proposals for two batches of international payloads, four international payloads were finally selected: the European Space Agency's Lunar Negative Ion Analyzer, the French Lunar Radon Detector, the Italian Laser Corner Reflector, and the Pakistani CubeSat.

Among them, the European Space Agency's Lunar Surface Negative Ion Analyzer will detect negative ions on the lunar surface and study the interaction mechanism between plasma and the lunar surface.

The French lunar radon detector aims to conduct in-situ detection of radon isotopes on the lunar surface and study the transport and diffusion mechanisms of volatiles in the lunar environment.

The Italian Laser Corner Reflector program will utilize its location on the far side of the moon to conduct joint ranging and positioning studies with other lunar exploration missions.

The Pakistani CubeSat will conduct on-orbit imaging missions to verify nanosatellite lunar orbit exploration technology.

Of course, the "Golden Toad 2" lunar rover, also weighing 5 kilograms, is also present.

However, this time it's not Lu Yun who's in charge, since he's at a certain level now and doesn't have time to get involved in such small projects.

This project is being undertaken by a startup commercial space company. They have developed an advanced version of the mini lunar rover using the basic technology from LuYun Open Source, aiming to redefine the "time of a cheap lunar probe that does not use isotope heat sources to spend the lunar night".

It must be at least three years!
Now, amidst great anticipation, the Long March 10 rocket carrying Chang'e 6 has taken off!

"Rumble--"

Wow, that's amazing!

"Success! Success! We must succeed!"

"We must bring back the first sample of lunar soil from the far side of the moon!"

"Haha, do you think those conspiracy theorists might suspect that Chang'e 6 went to the far side of the moon to retrieve some so-called 'alien technology'?"

"Hey, that's actually quite possible..."

(End of this chapter)