Buried is the first movie released in September.
After the premiere, the person in charge of Tianhe Cinemas counted the attendance rate that night. Basically, the attendance rate of every city theater was 100%. Perhaps this was due to the efforts of An Xiao and others, but this was also a real attendance rate without any trace of PS.
Regarding this, both Wang Yaohua and Fatty Wei were quite satisfied.
As for Lu Yuan...
Well, this guy has been satisfied since the beginning when he got the one million investment. Now he is not so excited to see the 100% attendance rate...
Anyway, no matter what, I'm making money!
It’s just a matter of how much you earn, right?
After the premiere, he went back to the company to sleep, read, and think about the script. In his free time, he wandered the streets looking for a suitable place to open a fast food restaurant, as if the attendance rate, the final box office results, and the share of the profits had nothing to do with him.
Buddhist?
Yes, it is indeed very Buddhist.
Of course, the attendance rate of the premiere is not representative. After all, even the smallest budget movies have good attendance rates when they first come out. Although "Buried" has made a good start, it is not a big deal. The key still lies in the follow-up.
Three o'clock in the morning on September 1st.
China's surrounding entertainment newspaper specially published a film feature, focusing on the analysis of "Buried".
Zhou Shuaihuo does not have a very good reputation in the entertainment industry. He is one of the paparazzi that celebrities want to kill the most. His reputation on the Internet is even worse. Not only does he expose the privacy of other celebrities every other day, but he also criticizes many previously released high-grossing movies. You can't even find any movie that he thinks is good enough to give a passing score in several pages of film reviews.
Besides being a lousy paparazzi, he’s also a lousy troll!
However, today he was praising Buried, from the actors to the filming techniques, from the atmosphere to the creativity, he praised everything...
The hype has caused netizens to start to doubt their lives.
"Buried is a good movie. Its narrative techniques, detail handling, and shooting angles are all remarkable..."
"This "Buried Alive" is indeed the best movie I have seen as a reporter so far. I will not accept any rebuttal. Of course, I am only targeting the movie, not the two directors who made this movie. After all, in my opinion, whether it is Lu Ergouzi or Wei Pangzi, I cannot agree with the quality of these two people. They are barbaric, unreasonable, and most importantly, shameless and rubbish. I have never seen such a new director... Especially Lu Manzi, he is simply an old literary hooligan. I am not criticizing him here, I am stating a fact. Lu Yuan, from the first time I saw him..."
In addition to praising the movie, Zhou Shuai also showed his usual character of being a troll. At first, he trolled both Lu Yuan and Fatty Wei, but in the end, he felt a little unhappy and just trolled Lu Yuan, calling him a miser, a mean-spirited person, a shameless person, and a cultural hooligan...
In short, the netizens were so excited that they were going crazy, which was in stark contrast to the previous praises of "Buried".
Originally, netizens thought that Zhou Shuai had changed his personality, but after seeing this barrage of criticism, they realized that Zhou Shuai is still the same Zhou Shuai.
Still the familiar recipe, original taste!
Of course, no matter how badly Zhou Shuai criticized Lu Yuan, it did not affect the online reputation of "Buried". At around six o'clock in the morning, the positive reviews of "Buried" on Tomato Movie had risen to 9.5 points. Except for some troublemakers, the rest were all positive reviews. At the same time, there were gradually more posts about "Buried" on major movie forums. At a glance, all of them were positive reviews and likes. The movie ranking also rose from 45th to 20th, and the popularity was rising all the time...
"Low-budget, high-volume production, Lu Yihong's Buried Alive may be the pinnacle of his acting since his debut!"
"Yesterday, I watched it with tears in my eyes and couldn't sleep all night. This movie is poisonous!"
"I heard that the screenwriter is Lu Yuan... Lu Yuan... Hey... I'm not familiar with this person, so it's hard for me to comment on him, but the movie is still good!"
"With an investment of one million, they actually made such a fine film. It's really amazing, really amazing..."
"Not bad! This movie is very comfortable. The only drawback is that it is a bit depressing and cannot be released. Perhaps, this is a niche movie."
"This kind of art film can't possibly do very well at the box office, so I'm going to watch it a second time!"
"Yeah, me too!"
"Together!"
"good!"
"Wait, why are the tickets only available for September 3rd?"
“Sold out?”
“Is it such a bestseller?”
“Is this true or false?”
"???"
"Damn it, could it be that the investors have reserved the entire theater and bought some tickets? After all, this kind of art film can't possibly be so popular, right?"
"Yeah, I think it must be a ghost ticket, damn it!"
"It's hype. It's impossible for an art film to sell so many tickets. The investors are definitely afraid that the box office will not be good, so they booked it for two days to make it look good!"
"yes!"
"Stupid investors!"
"Grass!"
"Forget it, the third day is the third day. Hey... this stupid investor's operation is really touching!"
“…”
Just as the word of mouth spread to noon on September 1st, when a group of people were ready to go for a second time, they found that the movie tickets had to be queued for the third night...
This left them speechless, and fans on the Internet suddenly started to criticize the fictitious investors...
"Are you sick? For a movie with a million investment, is it necessary for the investors to rent out the entire theater? It's not like they have too much money to spend..."
"Yeah, new directors, art films, hidden actors, do they really need to put so much effort into it?"
"Wait, that seems to be true!"
"Then...if..."
“Maybe these movie tickets are real?”
"Fuck, I was so busy chatting with you guys that all the tickets for the third day were snatched up too?"
"Advance tickets for the fourth day are out!"
"I went to grab it first, wait, why is it gone again! Damn, why doesn't this theater schedule more shows? There are only four shows a day in total. Are they crazy? Why are they just sitting there and not making money?"
"Stupid cinema! Damn! The point is that other cinemas don't have this movie, fuck it..."
Afterwards, netizens started to criticize everyone from the investors to Tianhe Cinemas, and started to criticize them harshly.
…
Late summer and early autumn.
The slightly falling leaves dispel the late summer heat and bring a refreshing coolness.
September is a dull month generally speaking, and it passes slowly without any waves. If we really want to talk about something, it would be that students carry their school bags to school, which are days that students hate.
However, several major companies are currently eyeing the September box office.
"Subway Station" directed by Tianyu director Zhang Tong, "The Capital" directed by Huajin director Shen Lianjie, "War Night" by well-known director Xu Xiaoming, and "My Deskmate" a youth-themed film with many stars...
September is bound to be a fierce showdown, and the atmosphere may even be as great as the National Day showdown on October 1st.
All the bigwigs in the industry thought that the box office champion in September would be one of these movies, and no one cared about "Buried".
As long as an art film like Buried is well-made, its reputation won't be too bad, and it might even make some money, but you can't expect it to compete with these movies with tens of millions of dollars in investment at the box office...
Are you kidding me?
They are not the kind of stupid young people, so why would they dream of a loser's counterattack?
It's enough to just have some good reputation, what else do you want to do?
"Remote" entertainment headquarters.
"Fatty Wei, why are you being so showy today!"
"Today is the release day of Capital City. I have to go see it."
"Don't you have a grudge against Shen Lianjie? Why are you still going to support the box office?"
"No, I'm certainly not there to support it."
"Then what are you going to do?"
“I brought this…”
"Old Li's small camera?"
"yes!"
"Who are you……"
"I'm going to make a pirated version and post it online!"
"Aren't you the one who advocates for genuine products, and says that those who make pirated products are a bunch of rubbish?"
"Is it not okay for me to hit myself in the face?"
“…”
"I'm just trash, isn't that okay?"
“…”
"If you don't agree, ask Shen Lianjie to come and beat me up. I just want to beat him up. I just don't like him!"
“…”
Lu Yuan put down the script and looked at Fatty Wei, wearing sunglasses and pulling Qian Zhong out of the door in a very showy manner. He looked so arrogant.
Lu Yuan suddenly felt helpless.
You've already said you're trash, how else can I answer you?
But how could this person be so bad?
Who taught you this?
Pooh!
Why do I feel like being with this kind of person has lowered my status?
Forget it, forget it. I want to stay clean and not be influenced by such low-quality people.
Lu Yuan shook his head, examined himself, and continued to read the script and think about the characters.