Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 245 Chu Xuan Mode
Li Boda submitted the film "Chu Xuan" to the State Electric Power Bureau for review. After the review was approved, the release date of "Chu Xuan" was set for August 12.

The reason why the release date of the movie "Chu Xuan" was set for August 12th was entirely because Li Boda wanted the movie to be released as early as possible.

Sometimes people are like this: when they start doing something, nothing seems amiss, but as they approach the end, they become impatient and anxious, wishing they could finish it immediately.

In fact, Li Boda wished he could release the movie "Chu Xuan" right now, but movies always need promotion. The movie was completed in June, and then two months were spent on promotion before it was released in August. This was a reasonably proper procedure. Releasing "Chu Xuan" now would be somewhat inappropriate.

As for the movies released in China in August, Li Boda only glanced at them. Movies like "Tiny Times," "Unbeatable," and "A Romantic Affair" were not taken seriously by Li Boda. Even the 3D remake of "Jurassic Park" posed no threat to him.

As for why the movie "Chu Xuan" wasn't released during the Spring Festival—there's "Infinite Terror 3" coming up later.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Spring Festival film season will be dominated by "Infinite Terror 3," and Li Boda has absolutely no need to compete with "Chu Xuan" against it, because it's simply unnecessary.

After the release date of the movie "Chu Xuan" was set, the next two months were dedicated to promoting the film.

This time, however, the main person in charge of promoting the film was Li Boda.

In the previous "Infinite Terror" series of movies, although Li Boda was the director and played an important role, the series was ultimately an ensemble drama. Li Boda didn't participate much in the promotion, while others were always busy with the promotion.

But this one, [Chu Xuan], is different.

Although there are many other characters in this movie, most of them are supporting roles and are not particularly outstanding.

This movie is almost entirely a solo performance by the character Chu Xuan. The entire movie, including the plot and other characters, serves the purpose of Chu Xuan.

Therefore, when promoting the movie "Chu Xuan", Li Boda, who was both the director and the lead actor, became the main force in promoting the film.

Therefore, Li Boda participated in the recording of "Happy Camp".

Of course, as a top-tier celebrity and a top-tier director, the hosts of "Happy Camp" were incredibly enthusiastic towards Li Boda.

Especially that guy with the high-pitched clothes, he even knelt down and said that Li Boda was like a god in his heart.

This completely baffled Li Boda.

Li Boda was already embarrassed enough from recording "Happy Camp" and participating in all sorts of childish segments, but with Hai Tao's attitude, he was truly embarrassed to death.

After participating in "Happy Camp", Li Boda fled the place in a somewhat disheveled state.

Later on, there were interview programs such as "A Date with Bass" and "Yang Lan's Interview".

While I wouldn't say I'm extremely busy, my schedule is definitely quite tight.

After all, Li Boda wanted to participate in any program he wanted to promote his movie, and all the programs really welcomed him and hoped that he could participate.

So, during those three months, June, July, and August, Li Boda began to appear frequently on television, whether it was variety shows, talk shows, or whatever else.

Similarly, online discussions about the movie "Chu Xuan" are also extremely heated.

Chu Xuan's catchphrase, "The wisdom of mortals," has become one of the most popular and trending memes.

Li Boda's own fame and popularity, his own fan base, plus so many promotional programs, so when the movie [Chu Xuan] was about to be released, its promotional effect was almost at its maximum.

Finally, the day arrived at August 12th.

The premiere of the movie "Chu Xuan" is finally about to begin.

As before, Li Boda did not choose to hold the premiere in the evening.

While a high box office for the premiere could be a publicity highlight, it's unnecessary.

After all, the movie has already done all the necessary promotion. Whether the opening day box office is particularly high or not is not that important. People who are going to see a movie in theaters will not change their minds because of whether the opening day box office is particularly high.

People who weren't planning to go to the movies wouldn't go just because of high opening day box office numbers. Even if they did go in the end, it would only be because of the movie's reputation, not because of the opening day box office.

All I can say is that when a film's promotion is at its peak, and the director or lead actor is already top-tier, there's really no need to compete for opening day box office revenue.

Take Li Boda's "Chu Xuan" for example. Putting everything else aside, the box office performance in the first three days alone made it an object of fierce competition among countless movie fans, and many people couldn't even buy tickets.

Even though the cinemas gave the movie "Chu Xuan" a particularly high number of screenings, directly allocating 45% of the screenings to it.

The premiere of Chu Xuan's movie was particularly lively.

In addition to the cast of "Chu Xuan", actors from the "Infinite Terror" series and director Tsui Hark also came to the scene.

【Infinite Terror 2】holds a very high status in the hearts of movie fans as the highest-grossing film in China.

Therefore, their appearance immediately attracted the attention of many reporters.

Even though it was daytime, the flash of the cameras almost completely blocked out half of the sunlight.

Similarly, countless celebrities in the entertainment industry adopted the same red carpet style, each dressed in various haute couture suits and gowns, making themselves look glamorous, all in an effort to gain attention at this film premiere.

What should have been a movie premiere was turned into a red carpet show by these celebrities.

Li Boda remained calm in the face of this lineup, clearly having grown accustomed to such situations.

The premiere of the movie "Chu Xuan" went very smoothly without any unexpected events.

Once the process was completed, the movie "Chu Xuan" was released simultaneously in major cinemas across the country.

The audience, sitting in the movie theater, were filled with anticipation when they saw the white laboratory space at the beginning, with all sorts of incomprehensible but incredibly impressive and high-end equipment.

Various seemingly extraordinary data and graphics, or special genetic code, culminate in a baby appearing on the big screen.

Everyone knows that this baby is Chu Xuan.

Rong Zishan, a six or seven-year-old boy, wearing glasses, listened calmly to the various questions raised by the professors, and then calmly, or rather, like a robot, gave all sorts of answers without making a single mistake.

Even though the story hasn't officially started yet, the image of Chu Xuan as a character with extremely high intelligence and super strength has already begun to take root in the minds of the audience.

Then, the six- or seven-year-old boy began to solve all sorts of problems that others couldn't solve. Problems that others racked their brains to solve were easily rejected by this little boy.

Various technologies are constantly being broken through.

The scene shifts, and a handsome man in military uniform appears on the screen.

It was Li Boda, also wearing glasses, with a calm expression and quiet eyes. Coupled with his close-fitting military uniform, he exuded an aura of asceticism, which made countless female viewers and movie fans in the cinema unable to help but have their eyes light up. Some even started to get aroused.

Following that, Li Boda's character, Chu Xuan, embarked on an extraordinary life—or rather, a life that seemed to be on a winning streak.

Various problems were easily solved, and various criminal opponents were easily rejected.

In the movie, a character appears who seems incredibly powerful and awesome, and then Chu Xuan easily and effortlessly defeats him.

They had portrayed that person as so awesome and powerful, but in Chu Xuan's hands, he was like a child, completely manipulated.

At this moment, the eyes of the male audience members in the movie theater lit up.

It's so beautiful, so amazing!

Chu Xuan's intellect and wisdom have inspired countless male viewers to fantasize about what they would do if they had Chu Xuan's abilities.

Countless female viewers fantasized about how wonderful it would be to have a boyfriend as awesome as Chu Xuan. They would have everything they wanted, and could practically control everything.

Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to truly live?

[yes or no]

The movie ended the moment those words appeared on Chu Xuan's computer screen, and Chu Xuan moved the mouse and clicked "yes".

As the big screen went black and the end credits lit up, countless men and women in the movie theater couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. The movie was over so quickly?
Clearly, Chu Xuan's amazing life could continue.

However, most of the people who came to see the movie had seen the first and second movies of the "Infinite Terror" series. They knew that after Chu Xuan clicked "yes," he entered the "God Space" and knew that Chu Xuan would next enter the "Alien" world and then die in the "Ju-on" world.

However, many people still couldn't help but feel melancholy.

Some readers who hadn't read the original novel couldn't help but question at this point: 'Such an awesome character as Chu Xuan, just died like that in the world of Ju-on? That's just too much, too unacceptable! He was such a powerful character…'

Then someone next to her explained: 'Although Chu Xuan died in [Ju-on], he was later resurrected. Not only was he resurrected, but he also regained his sense of taste and smell, and even his emotions.'

After the movie "Chu Xuan" was released, the number of subscriptions for the novel "Infinite Terror" began to grow rapidly again.

At this point, the average daily subscription for "Infinite Terror" had reached one million. Keep in mind that in those days, no online novel had even surpassed one hundred thousand average daily subscriptions before, yet "Infinite Terror" had already exceeded one million. The novel's popularity was undeniable.

Shanda Literature, on the other hand, was both happy and frustrated.

What's gratifying is that the serialization rights for the novel "Infinite Terror" are with Shanda Literature, and Shanda Literature is the beneficiary of the million average subscriptions for "Infinite Terror".

The author of "Infinite Terror," Zhang Heng, is frustrated. He has moved to Mofang Literature and is even writing a sequel to the novel. Although it's not officially called a sequel, it is a sequel, as everyone knows.

The profits from the novel "Infinite Terror" later went to Mofang Literature, while Shanda Literature could only get a small share, with Mofang Literature taking all the lion's share.

……

After the movie "Chu Xuan" was released, Li Boda's golden finger was triggered that very night, and he entered the life of the character Chu Xuan.

Li Boda seemed to have personally experienced everything from Chu Xuan's birth to his subsequent experiences.

When Li Boda woke up from his dream, his first reaction was not joy, but fear.

When the "Infinite Terror" movie series was released, Li Boda experienced the story of Chu Xuan, but because Chu Xuan was only a supporting character, Li Boda could not fully immerse himself in Chu Xuan's experiences.

But this time it's different.

This time, Li Boda almost completely immersed himself in the role of Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan had blocked out all his senses, even his sense of taste and smell, and he seemed to have become a robot without any emotions.

That feeling was truly enough to drive a person crazy.

Chu Xuan's experiences over the past twenty years were like locking Li Boda in a dark room for over twenty years.

Fortunately, after waking up from the dream, the feeling of being locked in a dark room subsided, and he returned to normal. However, he still felt lingering fear when he thought about the experience in the dream.

After calming down for a while, without even having time to check what feedback the cheat code had given him, he directly ordered the hotel to send him all kinds of delicacies and then began to eat like crazy.

Various kinds of delicious food are constantly being eaten, and the tongue is constantly tasting all kinds of flavors.

Only after he had finished eating the whole table of delicious food by himself did he finally break free from the role of Chu Xuan.

Even so, Li Boda still developed bulimia this time, and had a crazy urge to eat.

It's fortunate that Li Boda has an exceptionally strong physique. No matter how much he eats, he won't feel full, it won't harm his body, and he won't gain weight. Otherwise, it would have been a real problem.

After finishing a table full of delicious food, Li Boda finally had the energy to start checking the feedback that his cheat code had brought him.

Then Li Boda discovered that this time, he really had become awesome!

He actually gained 80% of the abilities of the character Chu Xuan.

Although it's only 80%, it's still incredibly impressive.

However, perhaps because the character of Chu Xuan has significant flaws, the cheat system, while granting Chu Xuan 80% of the ability, also made this ability an actively triggered ability.

Once Chu Xuan's ability is triggered, Li Boda will enter Chu Xuan mode, gaining not only Chu Xuan's wisdom but also Chu Xuan's loss of taste, smell, and emotion.

So much so that after Li Boda realized this situation, he instinctively, even felt a little fear, making him reluctant to enter 'Chu Xuan Mode'.

After all, the situation, which felt like being locked in a dark room, was truly terrifying and left a deep impression on Li Boda.

However, the 'Chu Xuan mode' is indeed very powerful.

So Li Boda still tried to activate Chu Xuan mode. Then, when he thought about the structure of the 'Magic Cube 5th Generation' phone, a lot of inspiration flashed through his mind. In a very short time, he actually came up with many different phone configurations and upgrade plans.

Consequently, the 'Silly Girl System' also received an updated solution.

However, almost immediately, Li Boda exited the 'Chu Xuan mode'. It was too damn terrifying. Li Boda simply did not want to continue maintaining that emotionless mode.

Li Boda decided that unless it was truly necessary, such as researching a new generation of mobile phones, or researching a new generation of technology, or wanting to update special effects technology, he would not actively activate the 'Chu Xuan' mode. Otherwise, he would never activate the Chu Xuan mode, as that mode was too torturous.

(The main problem is that the author's IQ isn't high enough to write a protagonist with Chu Xuan's intelligence. Please forgive me, everyone.)
However, thanks to the 'Chu Xuan model,' Li Boda now has a movie he wants to make again.

Or rather, he now possesses the ability he desires: the ability of a chef, or more precisely, the ability of a god of food.

What Li Boda wants to make most right now is a movie similar to Stephen Chow's "The God of Cookery".

Those exaggeratedly delicious foods.

The main reason was Li Boda, who wanted to make that extraordinary food so he could have a good, hearty meal.

The main reason was that the 'Chu Xuan Mode' was too terrifying, so Li Boda thought that if he could eat that kind of super delicious food every time he activated the 'Chu Xuan Mode', it would definitely have a healing effect on his soul, so he wouldn't be so averse to activating the 'Chu Xuan Mode'.

However, movies like "The God of Cookery" are not easy to make. Or rather, it's not easy to make this kind of subject matter well.

After all, if someone is just an ordinary chef, or even a chef who is filmed at the level of a state banquet, in Li Boda's opinion, they are actually just so-so.

The culinary skills Li Boda wanted were the exaggerated skills seen in "The God of Cookery," or the kind of dishes that could glow in "Cooking Master Boy."

But how do you write a story with such exaggerated culinary skills? How do you create the characters?

The God of Food from heaven descends to earth to be reincarnated and undergo tribulations, then becomes the God of Food again? That story seems too cliché.

Or it could be a world like "Cooking Master Boy," where various gourmets compete against each other.

Of course, the idea of ​​making a food-themed or food-themed movie is just a thought in Li Boda's mind; the specifics will have to wait and see.

Because right now, the most important thing is still the movie [Chu Xuan].

The movie was just released yesterday, and for a long time to come, Li Boda will have to focus on working on it, whether it's promotion, roadshows, or anything else.

Moreover, in addition to its domestic release, Li Boda also needs to consider its international release.

After all, the movie "Chu Xuan" is, in essence, a spin-off of the "Infinite Terror" series. If it were shown abroad, the character of Chu Xuan would still be able to gain some recognition.

However, it's clearly impossible for the movie "Chu Xuan" to be as popular as the first and second installments of "Infinite Terror".

After all, almost all the main actors in this movie are of Asian descent; there are no white or black people. If it were to be released in North America or Europe without these two skin tones, it would be difficult to achieve high box office returns.

Just like with "Infinite Terror 2", because Ju-on is a Japanese version, the movie did not perform very well at the box office in North America, Europe and other regions.

However, since Li Boda had already filmed [Chu Xuan] in this way, he was already mentally prepared.

So, whether the movie "Chu Xuan" is released overseas or not, whether it does well or poorly at the box office, he can accept it. Even if it does poorly or is not shown in some places, he can accept it.

In China, however, the film "Chu Xuan" has received a relatively good, or rather, quite good, response.

After all, as a feel-good movie in the style of a wish-fulfillment novel, "Chu Xuan" is indeed a very enjoyable film to watch.

So even though the premiere of "Chu Xuan" was ten hours shorter, with only 45% of the screen time, the film still grossed 70 million yuan on its opening day. This year, it was only slightly less successful than Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

However, the next day, the box office of "Chu Xuan" broke 100 million yuan in a single day.

On the third day, the box office of the movie "Chu Xuan" still exceeded 100 million yuan in a single day.

Then, the original 45% of screenings were increased to 60%.

After all, it's August now, which is a relatively slow time for movies. There aren't many good movies to speak of, and at least in terms of box office, no movie can compare to "Chu Xuan".

Therefore, theaters are willing to allocate more screenings to [Chu Xuan].

In fact, if it weren't for the release of the 3D version of "Jurassic Park," the film "Chu Xuan" would have had even more screenings.

The movie "Chu Xuan" grossed over 500 million yuan at the box office after only one week of release.

This figure is remarkable, especially considering the film "Chu Xuan" is not a special effects blockbuster, given its release during such a quiet period.

Now, Li Boda will truly be viewed in a different light by many people.

After all, when Li Boda directed the first and second installments of "Infinite Terror," which achieved such high box office results, the outside world could find an excuse to say that the reason why these two films achieved such high box office results was entirely because Li Boda seized the opportunity and made 3D special effects films. Audiences went for the 3D special effects. Otherwise, no one would have watched the films made by Li Boda.

Now, the movie "Chu Xuan" is not a 3D film and has no special effects, yet its box office performance is still so high, so some people can only shut up.

(End of this chapter)