The reputation of "Buried" continued to ferment on the Internet, and even occupied the praise list of major film review websites. In less than a day, it rushed to the top of the list, and the praise of the three movies "My Deskmate", "Subway Station" and "War Night" was not much different...

People in the industry know at a glance that "Buried" may surpass these three movies in terms of word of mouth, and there is a high probability that it will become the new film that tops the praise list.

Major forums and media outlets began to take notice of this low-budget movie. Some media outlets took a minute or so to give an objective review of Buried. These reviews satisfied netizens. For the first time, they felt that the media was not blindly praising those so-called blockbusters, and for the first time, they were on the side of fairness...

Of course, there are also people who criticize Buried Alive...

"What? You said the quality of this movie is good? Are you kidding me? Did you see those big words Lu Yuan at the beginning? What is he trying to do? Is he trying to take over the entire screen?"

"And this ad, oh my god, can you make your ad better? Is it so lame?"

"What kind of editing is this? This is bullshit!"

"I won't comment on the plot, but the editing and those ugly big words on the director's name made me vomit!"

"Dude, that's not how you save money. Can you spend a little more money to make it better?"

"Exposure! The original investment in Buried Alive was one million, but director Lu Yuan personally withheld eight hundred thousand, causing the initial promotion and the prologue production to be a complete mess!"

"I don't deny that this movie is a good movie worth watching, but... oh... it's disgusting!"

"Yeah, I'm disgusted too... Lu Yuan... Can you take the photo more seriously? Let's not save this little money, okay? At worst, I'll pay for it!"

"This is not important. What's more important is that due to the lack of publicity, other theaters simply don't care about this movie. Only Tianhe Theaters is willing to show this movie. I think director Lu Yuan should bear the brunt of the blame!"

"Yeah, Lu Yuan, are you going to ruin our Chinese movie?"

"Garbage Lu Yuan, go eat S!"

"So talented, yet so stingy, Lu Yuan! Trash!"

"Lu Yuan, can you please stop doing these fancy moves and focus on making the movie?"

"This is truly the most speechless director I have ever seen. I think there is only one like him in the whole of China..."

…

"Ayuan, you're famous again..."

"What?"

"Take a look at what people say about you online."

"oh."

"How about it?"

“…”

Fatty Wei turned the computer monitor to Lu Yuan's side with a complicated look.

Lu Yuan looked at the webpage...

Buried Alive was, of course, well received, but behind the good reviews, everyone was cursing Lu Yuan, with all kinds of ugly words flying around, as if Lu Yuan was a scum of the new century, a disgrace to the director world, and an object of scorn and disdain by everyone...

The deeper the love, the more severe the criticism. The more fans like "Buried", the more they think that director Lu Yuan is rubbish. In addition, when someone leaked the investment situation, these fans became even more angry.

They think "Buried" is an above-average movie, provided that the prologue is not so bad!

Look?

What is this prologue to?

What level of font introduction is this?

What is this ad?

What kind of garbage is this?

It's even worse than domestic blockbusters.

When Lu Yuan saw the whole crowd of cursing, he was suddenly speechless.

I even feel like I've been criticized for being autistic...

Withholding eight hundred thousand?

Damn it, they clearly deducted 200,000...

To be specific, it’s only 210,000!

"What's wrong with these people..." Lu Yuan closed his eyes.

"Ayuan...you'd better wear a mask when you go out now..."

"Why?"

"I'm afraid you'll be beaten by unknown fans..."

“…”

Fatty Wei was gloating when he said this.

He suddenly felt very happy.

The movie was a big hit, so he was naturally excited. At the same time, seeing Lu Yuan being criticized like this on the Internet, he felt inexplicably a little comforted.

Who asked Lu Yuan to be so stingy?

"Wait, you revealed this real investment?"

"Bullshit! Of course not!"

"Who is that..."

"Brother, the investment amount of the film is no secret, right? How much was spent over there is on record in the financial department of the crew..."

“……” Lu Yuan looked at Fatty Wei.

For a moment he didn't know how to refute.

Well said...

Seems to make some sense?

etc!

Do I really need to wear a mask when going out?

…

Lu Yuan was indeed the first one to be criticized badly.

The second ones to be criticized were Tianqin and Wanjia cinema chains...

After all, this "Buried" can't be seen in these two cinemas!

How can we not watch a movie with such a good reputation?

If the leader of this theater is not blind, then what is he?

So shouldn’t these two first-tier cinema chains be criticized?

Spray, spray hard!

Although you can go to Tianhe to see it, but...

As word of mouth spreads online, the pre-sale tickets were sold out as soon as they were released. What the hell!

Even if Tianhe adjusted the schedule and made Buried the most important movie, it would still be useless...

After all, Tianhe is only a second-tier cinema chain, not widely distributed and with not many offline theaters. Even if it is packed for a whole day, there are only so many seats.

You mean standing tickets?

You're taking the bus!

Aren’t you tired of being surrounded by so many people?

Why don't you say the ticket is hung?

Wouldn't it be better to just hang it and watch it?

So the 4 million box office is already completely saturated to the extreme...

People who can't buy tickets and can't wait to watch pirated copies naturally have a lot of resentment to vent.

Those who have seen the movie can vent their resentment towards Lu Yuan, but what about those who haven’t seen it?

The venting of resentment started to feel wrong...

In short, just two words: spray!

They criticized these two theaters for being blind and even pushed the blame for the bad movies onto the two theaters, letting them bear the brunt...

So, on the afternoon of the second day after the premiere, Liu Hong, the general manager of Tianqin Cinemas, could no longer sit still. On the one hand, he was being criticized, but on the other hand, Liu Hong was a businessman after all. As the popularity of "Buried" grew day by day, he saw huge amounts of money from "Buried"!

After severely reprimanding the publicity and marketing departments the next evening, he called Wang Yaohua and admitted that he had been blind and that he had indeed made a mistake. In short, he had only one goal, which was to copy the film to Tianqin for broadcast...

Wang Yaohua just smiled faintly at this.

There is a kind of pleasure of slapping someone in the face.

But then he shook his head and refused.

"Lu Yuan signed with Tianhe, so our Buried Alive is our exclusive property. But whether or not to share the profits is up to Lu Yuan and my daughter. After all, one is the director and screenwriter, and the other is the investor..."

"Old Wang, don't keep us in suspense. Just tell me, how much do you want to share?"

"Haha, I don't have the final say..."

"Lao Wang, if the movie is a big hit, it will benefit both you and me and we will all make money, isn't that good? Besides, your cinema chain is so small, and you can't separate the scale in the short term, so why do you have to be so obsessed with these things? Don't be so rigid, Lao Wang, this is the era of cooperation!"

"Haha, this is not a question of money, this is a question of respect. I'm just the owner of a theater chain, and I'm old, so it's not easy for me to grab the initiative from the younger generation."

"So what do you mean?"

"You can discuss it with them. If they think it's okay, then it's okay with me. Actually... ah, let's not talk about it..."

"Actually what? Why do you only speak half a sentence?"

"In fact, they first approached you, hoping to cooperate with you... If you don't cherish it, there's nothing I can do!"

“…”

…

"Lao Wang? I'm Wanjia's Lao Li..."

"What? You don't agree? We don't have a relationship?"

"You're not interesting anymore..."

"Wouldn't it be nice for us to make money together?"

"What? Is this true? The movie ran away from under my nose?"

"Oh my god, what kind of assholes are my subordinates, really... I told them to keep their eyes open... but they just wouldn't listen!"

"Damn it! What a loss!"