Chapter 34 034 A Sneaky Fall
Chapter Thirty-Four
Yan Li and her friend bought tickets for a later showing that day. By the time they came out of the cinema, the day's box office figures had stopped updating.
On May Day, "The Immortal" took the top spot at the box office with a total box office of 270 million yuan.
"That's incredible! No wonder he's Xie Yu!!"
"It's finally out! Someone has finally seen Xie Yu's efforts."
"Ahhhh, who's feeling the most awesome right now? It's me!"
"270 million! 1 billion is not a dream!"
"The person upstairs is too conservative. May Day is a full five days long!"
The opening day box office results for "The Immortal" are in, and Xie Yu no longer needs to keep a low profile. Unable to contain his excitement, he published a long article—
"Encountering 'The Immortal' is something I'm grateful for this past year... I'm very grateful to have met the character Li Yunsheng, and I'm also grateful to every audience member who went to the cinema to support 'The Immortal'."
"Like Li Yunsheng, no matter how much injustice or torment I suffer, I will persevere."
"Go, little fish!!"
"Only fish that know how to be grateful can go further!"
"Hahaha, I also took a look at the box office of 'Thousand Mountains'. I'm so glad Xie Yu didn't act in it. 'Thousand Mountains' has only grossed a little over 40 million so far. Don't you think that's embarrassing?"
"A six-fold difference, I won't say who's uglier."
"As expected of Xie Yu, her box office appeal is just too strong!!"
...
After returning home, Yan Li and her friends were scrolling through Weibo. She wasn't a fan of "Fan Nu" at all, and she got angry after seeing comments related to "Shang Xian".
Those fans only say that Xie Yu has strong box office appeal, ignoring the fact that "The Immortal" has the support of fans of the original novel.
Even if some book fans couldn't stand it and pointed this out, Xie Yu's fans would just casually say, "That's a minority."
"If it weren't for the good box office performance of 'The Immortal,' who would remember 'The Peerless Mortal'?"
Yan Li was absolutely furious.
What kind of nonsense is this?
That's a bit too quick to discard someone after they've crossed the river!
Besides, "The Immortal" is clearly not good at all!!
After listening to her friends complain for a long time, Yan Li couldn't help but complain herself. In the end, Yan Li decided to spread the word that "The Immortal" was terrible.
Although her power was small, she couldn't stand by and watch others be deceived like she was.
"I'll go tell my book fans too," my friend said.
After a while, the friend returned: "...So everyone already knew."
"?"
"Someone in the group has already seen it. I haven't checked the group all afternoon."
Yan Li: "...blame me."
She checked the box office charts and found that "The Immortal" was doing quite well, so she dragged her friends to see it.
...
"The Immortal" grossed 270 million yuan on its opening day. Xie Yu's fans believe that the total box office is expected to exceed 400 million yuan on the second day. The box office on the first day, after deducting the pre-sale, was 170 million yuan. Based on the box office trend during the May Day holiday, "The Immortal" should be able to earn more than 100 million yuan.
Since the release of "The Immortal", fans have been keeping a close eye on the real-time box office figures. Every time "The Immortal" gains 1 million in box office revenue, fans will report it.
The box office results on the first day did not disappoint them; the 1 million came so easily, just by swiping the coin.
As for the second day... I suppose the joy of the first day can be repeated.
Xie Yu's fans waited quietly.
They just felt that today's million seemed to come much slower than expected.
"It's normal in the morning. It's too early, not many people go out to see a movie. It will be better in the afternoon."
"That's true."
Today, the number of screenings for "The Immortal" is about the same as yesterday, which makes fans a little dissatisfied. Logically speaking, "The Immortal" has already surpassed "The Poison Gun" at the box office, so why does "The Poison Gun" still occupy more screenings?
"Anyway, 'The Immortal' will eventually make a comeback."
Fans waited and waited, from noon until the afternoon—generally, movie theaters are not too crowded on holiday afternoons, but the box office performance of "The Immortal" seems to be much slower.
They don't even need to pay attention to the real-time figures of the movie "The Immortal"; just looking at today's daily box office chart is enough.
Yesterday, "The Immortal" remained at the top of the charts without moving, and this morning it was still in second place, but by the afternoon, it suddenly plummeted to fourth.
Moreover, the anticipated breakthrough of 100 million did not occur at all.
By noon, "The Immortal" had gained a total of 12 million yuan in box office revenue.
As a result, by 3 p.m., the box office had only reached 15 million.
The number one film, "The Poison Gun," has grossed over 90 million at the box office.
And the second place—surprisingly, was "A Thousand Mountains".
"Thousand Mountains" only had a total of over 40 million views yesterday, but it has already surpassed 40 million views today.
Moreover, it's quite obvious that, with the box office figures updated every ten minutes, "Thousand Mountains" is growing much faster than "The Immortal".
"???"
What exactly is going on?
"It rose so fast yesterday, it shouldn't be like this today."
Regardless of what the fans think, whether it's right or wrong, the box office of "The Immortal" is indeed struggling. Although it is currently in fourth place, it may not be able to hold onto that position by the end of this day.
Fans had hoped that the total box office of "The Immortal" would surpass 400 million yuan on this day, but in reality, the total box office of "The Immortal" did not even exceed 300 million yuan by the end of the day's box office statistics.
Box office slumps are not uncommon, but compared to the previous day, the box office of "The Immortal" dropped by about 80%.
What exactly happened?
That doesn't make sense. Didn't the pre-sales exceed 100 million?
When fans finally stopped paying attention to the real-time box office figures and started looking into the reasons, a hashtag called #ImmortalStealsPeople# was rapidly climbing the trending topics list.
"Does anyone remember that the original novel was called 'Peerless Female Warrior'?"
"No one is against adapting 'The Immortal,' but at least show some respect for the female lead, Wei Wushuang, right?"
"The novel 'The Immortal' stole the female protagonist's character design, her morals, Wei Wushuang's life, and the enthusiasm of us fans of the original novel. Can't you please stop doing this?"
"And the filming was so bad! I was totally scammed when I bought the ticket."
"When the movie was called 'The Immortal,' I didn't think much of it. It's normal for a movie to have a catchy and pleasant-sounding name. Didn't we have several movies called 'Immortal X' and 'X Immortal' a few years ago? But I really didn't expect that 'The Immortal' would completely abandon Wei Wushuang."
"...Here, I, a fan of this book, want to say something for Li Yunsheng. Li Yunsheng in the original novel is not like this in the drama. He is a good person. The emotional entanglement between him and the female lead is very exciting. As an immortal, he and the female lead had a gap in status at the beginning, so he struggled and hesitated. But in the end, emotion overcame reason. He was even prepared to die. If hell is ahead, then he will go to hell."
+1.
"To be honest, Li Yunsheng in 'The Peerless Warrior' is quite popular, but Li Yunsheng is popular because his character is a projection of the author's own emotions. He is the ideal male character that the author has drawn from the perspective of a female. 'The Immortal' is obviously not from this perspective."
"Ughhhh, I hate it! What garbage! It ruined my beloved character! It's horribly ugly!!!"
Below this entry, there are almost all complaints and criticisms from viewers.
The producers of "The Immortal" and DA Entertainment initially thought it was a smear campaign bought by a competitor, but later realized that even if it was started by a competitor, the sheer volume of online criticism indicated that it was definitely a real person.
Is it necessary to create so many personas?
"They ruined the female lead and then the male lead. Can the production team please stop stealing?"
"And the actor who plays Li Yunsheng, I just want to ask, is he really suitable for Li Yunsheng? Even if you've read a little bit of the original novel, you'll know that Li Yunsheng is not the kind of person who is aloof and expressionless throughout the whole story. Why is the immortal so attractive? Because he fell from heaven to earth, because he couldn't resist the seven emotions and six desires. So tell me, who would like an ice block?"
"Forget it, is he playing an ice block? Some people like the aloof type, but I think he's just a block of wood."
"He was just being pretentious, putting on an aloof and ethereal air the whole time. In fact, apart from the scene where he coughed up blood at the end of the movie, I couldn't see any feelings he had for the female lead at all."
"Ahhhhh +1, I was tricked into watching this movie by the trailer. Actually, the only watchable part of the whole movie is the edited trailer."
The criticism of "The Immortal" was extremely fierce, and on this day, the criticism was not limited to Weibo, but spread to long-form and short-form video platforms.
One blogger summarized the movie in one minute: "You can tell that the male lead wanted to create a persona where the whole world loves him. Grasshoppers in heaven, kangaroos on earth, penguins in the Arctic all love him... I think this is a product of CP syndrome, forming a path dependency - it's not that I want to create a CP, everyone wants to be paired with me."
This video was taken down after being reported by DA Entertainment.
The blogger was furious and her complaints became increasingly fierce.
Netizens have a rebellious streak.
You changed "Ordinary Woman" into that awful mess, and you're keeping quiet about it?
"The production team of 'The Immortal' should refund my money!"
"If I stay in the movie theater for 10 more minutes, I feel like the production team should give me an extra million dollars."
In short, jokes about "The Immortal" are flying everywhere now, and everyone knows that "The Immortal" is a super bad movie.
Word-of-mouth quickly translates into box office revenue—the day before, "The Immortal" grossed over 20 million yuan, but by the third day of its release, it had already lost half of that.
But the audience was still not satisfied.
Because they successfully swindled 300 million yuan from the "Immortal" production team, although some of that came from Xie Yu's fans.
"...So besides 'The Immortal,' are there any other movies to watch during this period?"
"The later films were all of good quality overall. 'The Poison Gun' is a typical commercial film. I personally prefer 'Thousand Mountains'. The actor who played Gu Yilou was amazing."
"Didn't they say there were problems with the casting of Gu Yilou?"
"!! Gu Yilou is amazing! She's such a great actress!!"
The production team of "Thousand Mountains" also released a new trailer, the Gu Yilou pure version.
From the frail nobleman at his first appearance to the hollow and sinister madman, Gu Yilou's face gradually changes amidst the drumbeats and the interlude of the guqin, until the ghost in his heart emerges.
The atmosphere gradually shifted from bright to gloomy, yet Gu Yilou in the shot possessed an inexplicable allure.
Anyone who sees him at a glance knows he has a lot of stories to tell.
He is a character with an empty heart, but the actor's portrayal of him is not empty at all, which is the opposite of the Li Yunsheng portrayed by Xie Yu.
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Author's Note: [Kiss][Kiss][Kiss][Let me see] That's all!
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