This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 510 Everyone go see Master Huang!

In the movie theater, the audience seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and had many feelings.

Logically, watching a kung fu movie full of fighting shouldn't evoke so many feelings, but after watching "Once Upon a Time in China," everyone's mind is filled with countless thoughts.

"Once Upon a Time in China" is not some obscure art film; ultimately, it is a commercial film.

It could even be described as a purely commercial film.

This movie is just a kung fu film wrapped in a layer of clothing.

The entire movie is easy to understand, and viewers will find it effortless to watch.

During filming and editing, Lu Ran also made minor adjustments to some details of the film, taking into account the current era.

This makes the whole movie much smoother to watch.

"To be a good man, you must strive for self-improvement every day."

The song "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant" still echoed in the theater.

Ma Fei looked down at his phone.

His memo contained a lot of notes.

However, he plans to watch it again to reinforce his memory, making it easier for him to make videos later.

Generally, watching a movie twice is only done if the movie is quite good.

If it's a bad movie, there's absolutely no need to watch it twice.

Actually, if it's a really bad movie, the video is relatively easy to make.

Just vent your emotions, and you've got a video.

Only movies like "Once Upon a Time in China" require a second viewing to check for any missed details.

Ma Fei immediately took out his phone and bought tickets for the next movie showing.

At this moment, the audience in the theater also got up and left.

At this moment, Ma Fei also saw a little boy striking the classic pose that Wong Fei-hung made after beating someone in the movies, with one hand in front and the other behind, standing sideways.

Lu Ran looks pretty cool when he does this move.

"This movie has the potential to be a hit."

Ma Fei mentally gave his assessment.

As Lu Ran's first theatrical film as both director and actor, this quality is quite good.

After watching the second video, he quickly went home, turned on his computer, and wrote the script for the video in one go, based on his feelings.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

Ma Fei looked down and opened his phone. He saw that the movie groups on QQ were in an uproar, with 999 messages in each group.

Ma Fei randomly clicked on one and took a look.

"What garbage is 'Red Lion Boy'? The characters are disgusting, and the plot is a complete mess. Where did the good reviews from the preview screenings come from? They must all be faked, right?"

"You actually went to see it? I didn't buy a ticket after seeing that image. I went to see 'Breakup Train,' which is supposed to be a romance movie, but after watching it, I realized it was just another one of those movies that stirs up conflict. There was a couple in the theater who started arguing right after watching it."

"Luckily, I had a quick idea and went to see the movie 'The Big Grizzly Bear,' which was pretty good."

"Why isn't anyone going to check on Master Huang?!"

"What's Master Huang?"

"Huang Feihong!"

When Ma Fei saw this, he immediately replied below: "I watched it, Wong Fei-hung is really good. As for the quality, I'll say after I watch the other movies."

Ma Fei is quite well-known in the group.

As soon as he appeared, a group of people immediately followed.

"What are you still looking at? There's no need to look anymore. There's no one who can compete with us at the same age."

"This movie is really rubbish. It's either all about confusing and confusing cinematography techniques, or the director showing off his 300-point college entrance exam score. There are also movies that insult Chinese people, incite conflict, have terrible acting, and are just relying on internet celebrities. Compared to all of these, Master Huang is the most normal one."

"Master Huang is indeed good-looking, with exciting action scenes, telling a good story in a relatable way, and the actors' performances are excellent, plus it's full of positive energy!"

Ma Fei looked at the bunch of complaints about other movies popping up in the group chat and wondered if he should watch something else.

The group chat consists of movie enthusiasts who frequently exchange ideas.

This group of people are the kind who have to check out every new movie release, even if it means eating shit. Just then, another comment popped up in the group chat.

"I feel like I used to be looking for shit to eat in my food, but now I'm looking for food to eat in shit."

I'm not afraid of having no one to compare myself to; I'm afraid of having comparisons.

Good movies have indeed become increasingly rare in recent years.

By the afternoon, word-of-mouth for "Once Upon a Time in China" began to spread rapidly online.

After a day of commotion, viewers who had seen the movie shared their opinions online.

"Master Huang reminds me of a quote from Lu Ran: 'The greatest heroes are those who serve their country and its people.' Master Huang is a true hero!"

"I knew it! You need a star like Lu Ran to tell the story. This movie has a really good story!"

"After watching it, I even wanted to punch him a couple of times."

"Aunt Thirteen is so fair-skinned, no, Aunt Thirteen is so beautiful."

"I've watched a bunch of movies, and only 'Once Upon a Time in China' and 'The Big Bad Wolf' tell a good story. You don't need to watch the other movies, just watch 'Once Upon a Time in China'."

On Weibo, without Lu Ran and his team needing to do any promotion, netizens spontaneously started talking about it.

At the cinema, a group of staff members stared wide-eyed after seeing the first day's data.

Although "Once Upon a Time in China" only grossed over 50 million yuan on its opening day, its occupancy rate was very high.

This means that if the number of screenings of "Once Upon a Time in China" is increased, even more tickets can be sold.

Other films released at the same time had an attendance rate of only 20% to 30%, and one art film even had an attendance rate of only single digits.

In situations like this, no matter how famous the director is or how great their acting skills are, the theaters will still make adjustments.

This information was quickly gathered from major cinemas to the top management of the theater chains.

At a previous movie press conference organized by the cinema chain, Lu Ran publicly disrespected Zhang He, the director of "Red Lion Boy," and even left the event midway through.

These cinema chains are also very unhappy.

You, Lu Ran, clearly don't take us seriously either.

They won't even give the cinemas any face?

In addition, given Lu Ran's status as a newcomer to the film industry, theaters didn't give "Huang Feihong" many screenings.

At this moment, Cui Cheng, the boss of Jinsheng Film Industry, looked at the data sent by his subordinates and pondered.

His subordinates continued to send him messages.

"Mr. Cui, the number of screenings for 'Once Upon a Time in China' on January 2nd is too small. Many netizens have already complained online. On Weibo and the official Douyin account, there are messages urging us to increase the number of screenings for 'Once Upon a Time in China' in the comments section."

Having been in the cinema business for so long, Cui Cheng knows the difficulties his own people face.

In recent years, the problem facing cinemas has not been the inability to make more money, but rather whether they can survive.

The decline of the film and television market exceeded their expectations.

However, the film industry is a complex place, and solving this problem will not be a quick fix.

There are connections between cinema chains and certain circles.

A single act of social interaction can render many tactics ineffective.

But to get things done, you need to have some guts.

After thinking for a while, Cui Cheng took a puff of his cigar, slowly exhaled the smoke, and made a phone call to his subordinate.

"Arrange for the cinemas below to cancel those movies that didn't sell many tickets for tomorrow and reschedule them to include Wong Fei-hung."

Some of these films are directed by famous directors, some are produced by powerful distribution companies, some are produced by powerful investment companies, and some of these companies even participate in some aspects of film production and distribution.

Cui Cheng's subordinates were also stunned by his decision.

If the already arranged event is cancelled, it will definitely become a trending topic, because those who bought tickets will definitely post about it online.

This kind of thing has almost never happened before.

"Mr. Cui, is this appropriate?"

Cui Cheng said calmly, "Let's survive first."

(End of this chapter)