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Chapter 99 Guan Yu vs. Aliens!

Chapter 99 Guan Yu vs. Aliens! (First Update)
"King of the Monsters" is a special effects blockbuster produced by the Hollywood company DT.

Its prototype was originally based on the giant monster in the 1959 Japanese film "Yamata no Okami" and subsequent derivative works.

Its appearance resembles a large, upright-walking lizard, similar to the famous monster Godzilla from the original world, but it has nine snake-like heads, each of which can spew out various kinds of special effects lightning.

I heard that the inspiration comes from the Japanese mythology of Yamata no Orochi and the Japanese nuclear war. It is an ancient giant mythical monster that evolved due to nuclear radiation mutation and is named [Glass].

After its release, the film became a hit among Japanese teenagers, and over the next 40 years, it was adapted into approximately 35 different media, including videos, games, novels, comics, TV dramas, anime, and stage plays!
It has been adapted into a movie five times, and except for 1987 when it was surpassed by the Asian phenomenon "Superman", each time it was adapted into a movie, it was almost guaranteed to be the box office champion, making it the undisputed king of the monster genre!

In the year 2000, Hollywood's [DT] company acquired the production company of the Japanese film "King of the Monsters," along with the film's rights.

Immediately after the acquisition, they spent $1.3 million and nearly two years creating an American version of "King of the Monsters," utilizing Hollywood's industrial special effects...

……

Smoke billowed over the broken overpass, and neon lights sparked tiny sparks as they struck the scales of [Glass].

Countless people clutched their cracked phones and fled frantically!

In the shot, a 300-meter-tall behemoth is crushing port cranes, and the gray-blue dorsal fin of the [Glass] cuts through the thick clouds, releasing an ionized blue light...

The asphalt road surface suddenly arched and cracked—the tail of [Glass] swept across the cross-sea bridge, and the shrill sound of twisting steel bars pierced the eardrums.

……

in the office.

Silently watching this set of trailers for "King of the Monsters".

Shen Long's eyes widened.

"Superman 2" was said to have an investment of 1.8 million yuan. When Shen Long walked into the movie theater, even after watching the whole movie, he was not amazed by the special effects of 1.8 million yuan.

However, the $1.3 million "King of the Monsters" was absolutely stunning!

In the special effects, whether it's a container tumbling into the bay like Lego bricks, a soldier's rifle slipping from his palm, his pupils reflecting the raised foot of a giant beast, or an entire twin tower turning into a rain of glass under crushing weight, with burning car wrecks being lifted into the air by the blast wave...

Everything, even when viewed through a computer screen, is so realistic it sends chills down your spine!
What's more...

To see such a breathtaking scene in the movie theater!
Shen Long couldn't even imagine the impact this movie would have on moviegoers!
"We...make these kinds of movies?"

After watching it, his throat trembled slightly, and he looked absently at Zhou Yang, who was staring at the screen and deep in thought.

He swallowed hard, a ridiculous thought popping into his head.

"How much budget would it take to make a movie like this?" Zhou Yang asked Shen Long.

Shen Long swallowed again, then looked at the simple office and trembled slightly: "If I remember correctly, the special effects technology used in this movie is the latest in Hollywood, and it's a T1-level comprehensive special effects that has never been truly shown to the public before. These big scenes alone would cost at least $5000 million to do, and they have to be done by a Hollywood special effects company..."

Special effects are divided into 6 production levels.

Tier 1: Biological (Soft) and Synthetic

Level 2: Hardware Bionic Motion and Synthesis

T3 level: Ions (gas, smoke, fire, explosion, light)
Level T4: Integrated Environment (Environmental Synthesis)
Grade T5: Water, Liquids
T6 level: Solid state environment.

These levels of special effects are only theoretically defined.

In actual movies, various levels of special effects are combined to create the greatest visual impact!

This film, "King of the Monsters," takes it a step further. Judging from just one trailer, it not only integrates all these special effects but also combines them into an extremely complex process to create spatial effects, giant object effects, and sound effects. The production cost of each frame is astronomical...

To put it even more dramatically, every few seconds in this movie could be used to make a film similar to "Human Reboot"!
Are domestically produced special effects no good?

"..."

Zhou Yang asked this question.

When Shen Long heard this, his shocked gaze turned into deep despair: "To give you an analogy, the current gap between domestic special effects and Hollywood special effects is like Shen Jiaming fighting against Tiger, the world heavyweight boxing champion. Who is Shen Jiaming? He's a toddler from my hometown, about two years old, just learning to walk..."

After listening, Zhou Yang nodded without saying a word.

Shen Long, meanwhile, was staring at the trailer for "King of the Monsters" on his computer.

His eyes conveyed a range of emotions, including shock, longing, despair, and an indescribable sense of suffocation.

After a long silence, he lit a cigarette, gazing out the window with a slightly bitter expression.

"I wonder if we'll be able to make a movie like this twenty years from now..."

Sci-fi movie!
Especially Chinese science fiction films!

Since the 90s, people have been making films about this, and some have used it as a pretext for publicity, with investments often reaching hundreds of millions.

The result was that everything they filmed was fucking rubbish.

"No need for twenty years! Twenty days will suffice! I have two ideas here, can you give me your advice..."

"Ok?"

Shen Long looked at Zhou Yang as if he had seen a ghost.

Zhou Yang smiled, lowered his head slightly, and casually wrote down two titles on a piece of paper in his office.

Shen Long leaned closer for a look!
Next!

His pupils constricted sharply!

What did he see?
The first title is "Wu Song vs. the Beast King"!
The second title is "Guan Yu vs. Aliens!"
Upon seeing such a sensational headline, Shen Longhu trembled violently and stared at Zhou Yang as if he had seen a ghost!

But then Zhou Yang glanced slightly toward the window beside him, narrowed his eyes, and muttered to himself.

"I wonder how much 'The Haunted Village' will ultimately gross at the box office..."

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"My grass!"

"What's the total box office?" "The total box office has surpassed 1000 million!"

"My god, it's only been 5 days and it's already surpassed 1000 million! This movie is going to be a smash hit!"

"It might really explode!"

"..."

[Movie House]

Countless movie fans flocked to the horror film genre, staring blankly at the latest data for "The Haunted Village" released by [Movie House]!
Horror movie!

It is a subcategory within all movie categories.

How much box office revenue can a low-budget Chinese horror film actually generate?

100?
200?
300?
In the year 2000, a Hong Kong film company produced a movie called "The Ghost Baby," which imitated the Japanese horror film "The Doll of Horror" and had its world premiere.

The film grossed over 230 million yuan at the Chinese box office on its opening day, and after a month of release, its total box office exceeded 1800 million yuan!

An investment of 100 million yuan yielded an 18-fold return, causing a sensation at the time. Within just one year, over a hundred similar horror films emerged, including many classic horror films with exciting plots and suspenseful twists...

However, no matter how high the box office was, it was only around 600 million RMB. No other film has ever had the influence and box office of "The Ghost Baby," let alone surpassed it.

Everyone thinks that horror movies...

It should just be a small branch!

but……

June!

Countless filmmakers in China never dreamed of this!
A movie disguised as "Lin Daiyu vs. Lu Zhishen" but actually called "The Haunted Village" suddenly appeared out of nowhere!
On September 12th, 18 million RMB!

On September 13th, 1.3 million RMB.

On September 14th, 1.3 million RMB.

December 9th...

After Huaying Group no longer enjoyed the priority screening rights, almost all cinemas across the country obtained the screening rights, and the box office data directly increased by nearly 3 times, raking in nearly 390 million RMB!

On September 16th, unlike some other films that started to decline, the box office data actually reached 4 million RMB!
Judging from the box office alone, in just 5 days, the total box office has already exceeded an astonishing 1100 million RMB!
To know!
Even the Chinese horror film "The Ghost Baby" from the year 2000 took more than 20 days to break 10 million views!

And this movie was only released 5 days ago!
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9 Month 19 Day!
[Tianyu]

In the conference room.

An invisible pressure enveloped the entire conference room.

On the screen not far away.

《英雄本色》从9月15日到9月18日的四天票房，750、500、400、380……

The data is so glaring!

From its premiere on September 9th to the early morning of September 19th, exactly nineteen days later, the daily box office dropped from a peak of 18 million RMB to 3.8 million RMB!

A downward curve seems to indicate that the box office revenue of the movie "A Better Tomorrow" has almost been exhausted!

With a total box office of 8100 million, it's not a problem for the total box office to reach 1 million after the movie leaves theaters. However, without using special measures, it's impossible to increase this figure any further!
in the office.

Director Li Yiqiang looked rather disheveled.

Although this movie won't necessarily lose money, it's still a failure compared to the resources and promotion it received!
In an era when "Water Margin" was so popular, it was the familiar story of Lin Chong being forced to join the Liangshan bandits...

They only made this much at the box office!
Everyone knows that the biggest problem lies with the director and screenwriter...

But at this moment, it's too late to say anything!
"Let the actors encourage moviegoers to come to the cinema to watch the movie!"

In the oppressive office.

Zeng Qiang looked around at the creative team behind "A Better Tomorrow".

The expected scolding did not occur; Zeng Qiang simply suppressed his emotions and said those words.

"I need three days for this movie to gross over 3 million!"

"besides……"

"..."

"By the time 'King of the Monsters' premieres in October, we'll have no chance!"

"..."

Zeng Qiang didn't say much.

After leaving those words, he walked out of the conference room.