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Chapter 265 Chinatown Detective Online

As the movie "Detective Chinatown" began to be promoted and preheated, the movie was widely discussed online because one of the male leads and one of the screenwriters was Jiang Yu.

However, whether it is online discussions or discussions among people in the industry, no one is optimistic about Director Chen's new movie.

Nothing else, just because Jiang Yu is one of the screenwriters of this movie.

They didn't doubt Jiang Yu's songwriting talent or acting skills, and even felt that even if Jiang Yu played the leading male role, he wouldn't be able to carry the box office, given the presence of big-name actors like Wang Qiang. However, the fact that Jiang Yu was one of the screenwriters completely dampened everyone's expectations for the film's plot.

With Jiang Yu as the screenwriter, can the plot of this movie be good?

Chu Shaoyang laughed when he saw that Jiang Yu was one of the screenwriters of Director Chen's new movie.

"It seems that there are not many rivals in this May Day period."

Their crime drama "Crime Squad" had originally chosen to release during the May Day holiday to avoid the intensely competitive summer season. After seeing the films scheduled for the May Day holiday, Chu Shaoyang was a little worried that Director Chen's new film would affect the box office performance of their company's investment film, "Crime Squad."

But now it seems that Chu Shaoyang no longer feels afraid of him.

If Jiang Yu was the only male lead, Chu Shaoyang would be a little worried, but since he was one of the screenwriters, he had nothing to worry about.

It's not just him. At this moment, in Jiang Yu's former agency, Mr. Liu's office is also in Fengtian Entertainment.

When Mr. Liu saw the news online, he smiled while sitting in his office chair.

"This guy really thinks he can do anything."

Mr. Liu couldn't help but shake his head. "I don't know what Chen Tian was thinking. He actually dared to let Jiang Yu be the screenwriter. Did he really think he had the ability? Or rather, did he really believe that he had the ability to write a good script on his first try?"

Anyway, Mr. Liu doesn't quite believe that Jiang Yu has this ability.

Even if he could write a script, how good could it be, considering it was his first time writing a screenplay for a big screen movie? Just barely passable?
Regardless, he felt that this "Detective Chinatown" wouldn't be as good as Chen Tian's previous films. Not only would its performance not match his previous films, but its reputation would also surely collapse.

If Chen Tian did this just because of Jiang Yu's traffic and popularity, or for other benefits, then Mr. Liu felt that Chen Tian must have made a loss-making deal.

He wanted to see Jiang Yu's popularity and traffic, attract more people, and even cooperate with Jiang Yu in the future. But now he has to sacrifice the performance of his new movie and the reputation he has accumulated over the years. The consequences are obviously huge.

Mr. Liu slowly put down his phone, leaned back in his office chair, hummed a song, and felt particularly relaxed.

If Jiang Yu's film flopped, it would mean his dream of becoming an actor and breaking into the entertainment and film industries would be shattered. Your first film was a male lead, and it flopped. Who in the industry would dare to cast you in the future?

And with Jiang Yu as the screenwriter, if this movie fails, he will definitely be criticized badly.

When Mr. Liu thought about Jiang Yu's previous desire to create original animation, he found it ridiculous.

He had previously thought that if Jiang Yu's original animation progressed at a similar pace as his own, they might actually collide. Their first season of the anime, about twenty episodes in total, was nearly complete. There was only some finishing touches left, and they were aiming for a July or August summer release, which would coincide with the students' holidays and make the animation more successful.

Now, Mr. Liu is not worried at all that Jiang Yu will run into him and affect him.

……

At the moment, on the Internet, movies scheduled for the May Day holiday are all being promoted and preheated. A few days before the May Day holiday, major movies have started pre-sales.

Among them, the pre-sale box office of the film "Crime Squad" produced by Warner Bros. ranked first. Warner Bros. has promoted this film very vigorously, and with a lineup of top stars, veteran actors and award-winning actors, it has attracted a lot of attention among the films in this May Day movie season.

As for director Chen's movie "Detective Chinatown", although it has been controversial online and in the circle, and even because Jiang Yu is the screenwriter, people are not optimistic about this movie.

However, among the ten or so movies released during the May Day holiday, its pre-sale box office was still relatively high, ranking second.

However, this is still a far cry from the pre-sale box office of the first-place film, "Crime Squad." In the past, if Director Chen's new film hadn't released a particularly strong film at the same time, it would have generally taken first place. And that was a cliff-like lead. This time, although it took second place in pre-sale box office, it's still a long way from the top spot. Jiang Yu's screenwriting role did have some influence on the film.

However, in the eyes of many people, Director Chen, a popular director in the past two years, has released several critically acclaimed and commercially successful films. In this situation where the competition is not that fierce and other films are not that strong, the pre-sale box office did not take first place, and even lagged behind the first place by a large margin.

The pre-sale box office of the first place is now 80 million, but the pre-sale box office of director Chen’s new movie "Detective Chinatown" is only about 50 million, a difference of more than 30 million, which is quite a big gap.

Many netizens saw the pre-sale box office situation and were also discussing it.

"It seems like the movie 'Crime Squad' is going to be the box office champion during the May Day holiday. The pre-sale box office is so high, it's so far ahead of the second place."

"That shouldn't be the case. Director Chen's new movie should have directly hit number one in pre-sales during the May Day holiday. But now it's so far behind Serious Crime Unit. It seems Jiang Yu's role as screenwriter has had a significant impact on the film."

"Yeah, I didn't book a ticket because I saw Jiang Yu was one of the screenwriters. If he was just one of the male leads, I would definitely go see it for Director Chen's ability. But since Jiang Yu is the screenwriter, I really doubt his ability. I certainly don't doubt his ability to write songs, but I'm really not optimistic about his ability to write movie scripts."

"Me too. I was quite looking forward to seeing Director Chen's new movie coming out. I can accept Jiang Yu being the male lead, but since he's the screenwriter, I'm really skeptical about the plot. Is it worth watching?"

"Right, right. My girlfriend and I were planning to go see it, but when I saw Jiang Yu was the screenwriter, I hesitated. Should I get a refund?"

……

There is only one day left until the May Day holiday. Tomorrow is the May Day holiday. At 12 o'clock tonight, the May Day movies will be online.

At the moment, everyone is looking at the pre-sale box office rankings for the May Day movies online, and they are not very optimistic about Director Chen's new film "Detective Chinatown." Although it seems to be ranked second in the pre-sale box office, it is still quite far behind the first place "Crime Squad."

Moreover, this is Director Chen’s new movie. Based on past experience, the pre-sale situation would definitely not be like this.

I can only say that Jiang Yu really held back the film, and many people are still waiting and watching.

Many people in the industry couldn't help but feel sorry for Director Chen when they saw this. Everyone can understand why you chose Jiang Yu to play the leading male role. After all, he's handsome, has a high traffic, and his acting skills were pretty good in his previous guest appearances.

But letting Jiang Yu be the screenwriter is like gambling with the entire movie, it's just a joke.

Now, everyone has lost confidence in Jiang Yu's screenwriting ability, and the pre-sale box office has fallen so far behind. It may seem like second place is impressive, but in reality, everyone knows that this is really far behind the pre-sale box office of Director Chen's previous films.

However, Director Chen also saw the news on the Internet recently and saw everyone's suspicion of Jiang Yu.

Today, less than half a day before the movie was released, Director Chen directly posted on his Weibo to support Jiang Yu.

"I've seen everyone's opinions and suggestions about Detective Chinatown lately. Don't worry, please trust Xiao Jiang. He's the most talented screenwriter and actor I've ever met. I even think that in the future, Xiao Jiang will definitely become an outstanding director and screenwriter, and even an excellent actor. As for the script for this movie, we initially planned to ask Xiao Jiang to star in it. However, during the filming process, Xiao Jiang offered many good suggestions and ideas, and the script was revised as we went along. I think with Xiao Jiang's suggestions, the script is much better than the original..."

Director Chen said a lot, basically expressing his support and trust in Jiang Yu.

After that, Jiang Yu also appeared in the comment section and interacted with Director Chen.

"Thank you Director Chen for your support and guidance during the filming!"

After this, Teacher Wang Qiang and others also posted articles to support Jiang Yu.

All of a sudden, the director and the cast all posted articles in support of Jiang Yu. Director Chen and Wang Qiang are both well-known for their personalities. If Jiang Yu wasn't truly talented, they definitely wouldn't have praised an artist like this.

This moment made netizens a little confused.

Is this movie really worth watching? Is Jiang Yu's screenwriting ability really that good?

"Huh? Director Chen and the cast have all posted articles in support. Could it be that Jiang Yu can really write scripts? Is he really as talented as Director Chen said?"

"I'm not sure, but seeing what Director Chen and Teacher Wang Qiang said, I think it's possible."

"What do you know? This movie is about to be released. They are all our own people, the main creative team of this movie. They must speak up for their own people."

"That's right, I think so too. They're just trying to trick everyone into watching this movie. I'd better wait and see."

"I'm also waiting and watching. After all, there are five days of May Day holiday. I'll wait a day to see how the word of mouth is after the release. If it's okay, I'll go see it later."

……

When everyone saw Director Chen and others posting messages in support of Jiang Yu, they felt a little confused and shaken.

Can you really see it?

However, many people are still in a wait-and-see phase. Even Director Chen and Wang Qiang, the main cast, have posted articles in support. However, everyone feels that Jiang Yu has no relevant experience or works, and some even think that the crew is just promoting Jiang Yu for the sake of film marketing.

And everyone thinks that since the movies will be released at 12 o'clock tonight anyway, let's wait and see what the audience feedback is like for each movie after it is released and whether the reputation is good or not.

That night, there were not many people watching movies late at night. It was not until the next day, when the May Day holiday officially began, that more people started watching movies.

At the Zhonghai Film Academy.

Liu Yufei didn't go home this holiday. Her home is far away, so she stayed at school. Today, she had lunch with her roommate and went out to see a movie. Because she likes Jiang Yu and his songs very much, she bought tickets for "Detective Chinatown" during the pre-sale.

During this period, she saw many people questioning Jiang Yu online, thinking that the movie was not good and that since Jiang Yu was the screenwriter, the plot must be a mess.

Originally, Liu Yufei thought that she had to support the first movie starring her idol and as the screenwriter.

But recently I saw the news online, and my roommates were also talking about it.

"Yufei, you bought tickets for Detective Chinatown, right? I saw online that Jiang Yu isn't very good as a screenwriter and the plot is bound to be a mess. Why don't we cancel and go watch something else?"

This made Liu Yufei wonder if this movie was really that bad.

Later, seeing Director Chen and the others posting articles in support of Jiang Yu, Liu Yufei became curious: Is this movie really bad? Or is the script and plot really that good, as Director Chen and the others said?

Besides, they were students at the film academy, and they thought that since they had already bought the tickets, even if the movie wasn't good, it would be a good idea to watch a movie and learn something.

So, after lunch today, Liu Yufei went to the cinema with her roommate to watch "Detective Chinatown".

It just came out today, and it's the May Day holiday, so what do people who watched it say? It's just average. Even Liu Yufei checked online and found that "Crime Squad" was basically full, while the theater for "Detective Chinatown" was only half full.

Sitting in the middle seat, Liu Yufei's roommate saw that the seat was not full and whispered to Liu Yufei.

"Yufei, I see the seats aren't full yet, so it probably won't look good."

Liu Yufei also had this premonition in her heart at this moment. Will it really look ugly?

But now that I'm here, I've already checked in and spent the money, so I have to finish watching it no matter what.

"It's okay. We can just treat it as a movie and study. We'll stay in the dorm after we get home. We can go have dinner after the movie."

At this moment, as the lights in the cinema dimmed, the movie's iconic golden dragon appeared on the big screen, and the movie officially began...

(End of this chapter)