This star is going to the moon

Chapter 83 Wanhu Rocket First Stage Static Point

It was only after his agent reminded him that Wu Fan realized he had made a mistake.

Excluding pre-sale box office, the first-day box office of "Time Raiders" far exceeded the first-day box office of "Europe Raiders".

"How did that happen?"

Wu Fanqian began to doubt his life.

"Europe Raiders" was not a movie he took on casually, but one he had carefully considered.

The box office and reputation of the low-budget movies he played the leading role in before were... average.

Later, he changed his strategy and stopped starring in low-budget films himself. Instead, he would only star in blockbusters, big directors, big movie stars, or a combination of all three.

Even if it's just a cameo, it's better than starring in a low-budget movie that fails.

"Europe Raiders" is a three-in-one "three major" movie, and in his opinion it is definitely capable of competing for the top three in the annual box office.

As a result, the box office on the first day did not even reach two-thirds of the target.

but……

"still have a chance!"

Wu Fanqian suddenly looked up. "Mobilize the fans, have them continue to push for the pre-sale box office in the next few days, and then even more vigorously encourage passers-by to watch Europe Raiders. Build up momentum, and maybe…"

In fact, the "data workers" signed by Wu Fan have been working hard.

They took pictures of "No. 1 in pre-sales" and "No. 1 in domestic films on the daily box office list" and distributed them everywhere, hoping to attract ordinary audiences to watch "Europe Raiders" with this false prosperity.

It’s just that their crazy behavior has long angered ordinary netizens, so whenever they appear, ordinary netizens will come out to slap them in the face.

[First-day box office excluding pre-sales: Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom approximately 9000 million, Time Travelers approximately 6500 million, Europe Raiders approximately 4000 million, Animal World approximately 3000 million...]

【Haha, it's clear at a glance now.】

"What do you mean? Isn't pre-sale box office also box office? How can you calculate it like that? It's because of you smearing my brother that people won't go to the movie! You're destroying the film market! You are historical criminals! !"

[Yohoo, you're so anxious! You're really good at putting things on people's shoulders! How could I possibly destroy the film market? Your brother's movies are what destroy the film market!]

[That's right, "Europe Raiders" is terrible. You fans are manipulating the comments section. Why don't you improve the quality of the movies your brother starred in?]

[The movie rating ban has been lifted: "Jurassic World 2" scored 6.6 points, "Time Raiders" scored 7.5 points, "Europe Raiders" scored 3.7 points, and "Animal World" scored 7.2 points!]

I thought "Europe Raiders" only had 3 points, but I didn't expect it to have a few extra points.

[I recommend watching "Time Raiders". As a man, I was completely hooked on it and even wanted to ship An Fangfei and Lu Yun as a couple...]

………………

Lu Yun didn't pay much attention to the box office of "Time Raiders", it was basically An Fangfei who cared about it.

Although it was Lu Yun who recommended An Fangfei to play the role in this movie.

The reason why An Fangfei cares is that she believes in Lu Yun.

Secondly... this movie seems to be the first work that has achieved both great success in both word-of-mouth and box office since she moved to the big screen.

Now that word of mouth has spread, the box office revenue may exceed 10 billion!
This made An Fangfei very happy.

Although she is not very ambitious, who doesn't want to achieve better results?
In fact, she also doesn't like to hear people say things like "An Fangfei can only act in bad movies."

The reason why Lu Yun didn't care was, on the one hand, that he knew the results would definitely not be bad, and on the other hand, he was simply busy.

The day before the movie was released, the Queqiao relay satellite entered the Halo mission orbit around the Earth-Moon Lagrange L6.5 point, about 2 kilometers away from the moon.

This makes it the world's first satellite to operate in the Halo orbit at the L2 point between the Earth and the Moon.

On the moon, the Chang'e-5 lander area once again welcomed lunar day, but the "Golden Toad" lunar rover still did not respond to any commands.

This time it can be confirmed that the "Golden Toad" lunar rover is dead, and it is indeed time to plan a new mission for the Chang'e 5 orbiter.

On the day the movie was released, the first stage of the Wan Hu rocket was placed on a static test bench, with the bottom firmly fixed on the test bench, and then several steel cables were pulled down from the top to fix it on the test bench.

"Quiet point" is an important test link before the rocket launch. It aims to simulate the entire countdown process before the rocket launch, including the ignition of all engines, but not reaching the takeoff thrust. The engine will be quickly shut down a few seconds after ignition.

This test helps engineers check the integrity of the rocket system, ensure that all components are working properly, and identify potential problems. Lu Yun led the engineers to check everything for a day, and only after confirming that there were no problems did they begin the countdown to clearing the site.

Although it is a static ignition and only lasts for a few seconds, it does not mean safety.

Not to mention the ones that exploded from a stationary point, there were even ones that took off from a stationary point!
Those extra cables are backup fixtures to prevent the first stage of the Wanhu rocket from taking off.

Before leaving, Lu Yun looked at the first stage of the Wanhu rocket standing on the static point test bench. Although it was not as tall as the 60-meter model rocket he saw at the Dongfeng launch site more than a month ago, it was still about 40 meters tall!

And this is the real thing!

"It's up to you today, don't embarrass me."

After the area was cleared, everyone gathered in the command room, which was far away and protected by a large mound. Lu Yun checked the data one last time and nodded, "Let's begin."

负责按钮的工作人员立刻开始倒数：“5、4、3、2、1，点火！”

“Whoosh—boom—”

On the static point test bench, the seven "Fangfei-70" engines of the first stage of the Wanhu rocket ignited immediately, and the hot flames sprayed violently into the guide chute.

With a "boom", the water in the diversion trough was directly exploded into steam and spread out with a "whoosh".

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Soon, just a few seconds later, the seven engines of the Wanhu rocket's first stage were shut down at the same time. The world fell silent, with only the "whirring" sound of water vapor spreading.

A few seconds later, applause and cheers broke out in the command room.

"Haha, it's done!"

"We made it!"

"It's so fast! It's only been over a year. It's simply a miracle!"

"Mr. Lu's theory is amazing. I never thought it would be possible to develop a new rocket so quickly, and it's reusable..."

Everyone shouted excitedly for a while and then gradually quieted down, and then looked at Lu Yun.

Lu Yun looked at everyone and said with a smile, "Let's do one last check, and then we'll take our rocket to the Dongfeng launch site!"

"Wan Hu, who has dreamed of flying for over six hundred years, is now ready to take off!"

Everyone burst into cheers upon hearing this!

“ohhhhh!!”

This warm atmosphere seemed to have infected "Time Raiders", and on the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival, it surpassed "Jurassic Park 2" to take first place in the daily box office, earning 1.6 million!
As for "Europe Raiders", it flopped on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

Because when other movies took advantage of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday to reverse the decline and increase their box office, only this movie plummeted from 9000 million on the day before the Dragon Boat Festival to 2400 million on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

By the second day of the Dragon Boat Festival, only 1400 million were left.

At this point, Europe Raiders is basically...

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However, its vitality has been continued in another way.

That is, after the screening schedule it spit out was eaten up by the other three movies, their box office revenues began to reverse the decline and grow.

Especially "Time Raiders", after the Dragon Boat Festival, its box office reached 5.6 million in four days!
Almost everyone thinks it is only a matter of time before it exceeds 10 billion, and the final box office may have already gone towards another romance film "Us and Them" which was released at the end of April.

That was Rene Liu’s directorial debut, with a box office of 13.6 billion!
Wu Fan was also numb when signing.

He asked his agent, "Do we still have a chance?"

The agent gritted his teeth and said, "There's a chance. We still have the international film market."

"Besides, you'll be attending Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week next month. We can then do some news about your international influence. Whether it's you promoting a movie or attending an event, it'll be of an international level."

"We don't even have to win in movies this year. You can go to Paris next month to gain some fame for your fashion clothes, and then go to the German Fashion Jewelry Exhibition in October. That way, your private fashion brand will be established, and we can use this to increase your influence this year!"

"Have confidence, we haven't lost yet!"

Wu Fan nodded: "Okay!"

(End of this chapter)