There was a moment of complete silence in the movie theater.

No one spoke to discuss the plot, and no one lowered their head to play with their phones.

They were all staring at the movie screen watching the film "The Wanderer".

This movie "The Wanderer" seems to have a strange magic that touches everyone's heart.

It's obviously very depressing, so depressing that it makes people feel a little sad, and it's obviously a feeling that one can't bear to watch it, but for some reason the audience still continues to stare at the screen and watch.

seem……

Like a virus.

The advertisement for "The Wanderer" was horrifying during the Spring Festival Gala, but there was little mention of the plot. Even on Fanqie.com, there was only a name and a photo, as well as a few vague plot introductions.

Anything else?

Well, that's all.

At the same time, the film’s packaging on the Internet before its release was very poor, even worse than most domestic bad films, and its ranking on Tomato.com was also very poor, falling out of the top 30.

At first, movie fans thought this was definitely another domestic, high-promotion, low-cost, bad movie.

After all, your packaging is really unacceptable.

However, after watching the movie in the cinema, the audience found that it was indeed a well-made movie with many conscientious parts...

The plot is still progressing slowly.

The twenty-minute plot was depressing to the extreme, and Lu Yuan's acting skills also made the portrayal of a hopeless drug addict so sad that it made people clench their fists.

How could a person fall to such a level...

Without self-esteem and self-confidence, he lives like a dog.

Just when all the audience were about to be unable to bear the feeling of oppression, a timid stray dog ​​appeared in front of the protagonist Wang Jiaming on a rainy day.

It seemed like a ray of light in the extreme darkness.

After looking at the stray dog, Wang Jiaming subconsciously waved at it.

The plot, which had been depressing for a long time, seemed to gradually begin to relax, teasing the audience's mood.

They saw Wang Jiaming smile again, but this smile was not a sarcastic smile, but a real smile that came from the heart.

The dog is as pathetic as he is, as homeless as he is, and as pathetic as he is…

Unfortunately, he knew he couldn't keep the dog alive.

He had no choice.

So he could only turn around and leave.

However, when Lu Yuan left, the big yellow dog kept following him.

Wherever he goes, there it goes.

"I can't even support myself... let alone you... Don't follow me, you will die if you follow me..."

When the audience saw this scene, their hearts were almost in knots. They were afraid that Wang Jiaming would abandon the dog and continue to sink into the endless dark world, and then suddenly leave this world one morning like those homeless people under the overpass.

Although the following plot is still very depressing, there is a hint of warmth in this depression.

The man and the dog interacted many times, and the audience found that this inconspicuous big yellow dog was very healing.

Their hearts were melted by the big yellow dog.

At the same time, they saw the changes in Wang Jiaming.

The plot also slowly emerged from the darkness.

In order to feed the dog, Wang Jiaming picked up the guitar, which he hadn't played for a long time, and went to the street to sing.

Gradually, more and more people started to listen to his singing.

Everything is warm.

Even Wang Jiaming felt the joy of being respected for the first time and thought about quitting drugs for the first time.

However, the warmth did not last long, and the movie began to take a turn...

Wang Jiaming was entangled by those drug addicts and was beaten severely...

This scene was very dramatic and the audience suddenly remembered the video that had appeared on the Internet before.

That video was about this scene. When they saw Wang Jiaming being beaten to a bloody pulp and twitching on the ground, several weak girls started crying on the spot, crying very sadly...

The other men looked at these drug addicts with hatred, hating them more than ever before.

"If I were there, I would have killed them!"

"Yeah, me too!"

“…”

There was a quiet discussion in the cinema...

Wang Jiaming sunk into depravity and misery, and all the money he had worked so hard to earn was snatched away by these drug dealers.

The music slowly began to turn sad.

As the music played, everyone's tears were once again brought to their eyes by Lu Yuan's performance. This was the third time.

“Is this a tragic satire?”

"this……"

"If that's the case, I'm never going to watch it again."

"Me too……"

Just when all the audience began to feel bad and speechless, the plot progressed further...

Everything began to take a turn again.

Lu Yuan on the screen seemed like a messenger walking between darkness and light, freely displaying his acting skills.

It always makes people despair, but also gives people hope.

Everyone was conquered by Lu Yuan's acting skills.

This is neither academic nor theoretical.

but……

It's enough that they are immersed in this acting.

…

The lights in the theater came on.

"The Wanderer" finally ended with smiles and tears.

The applause rang out like thunder.

When "The Wanderer" was over, Lu Yuan had just taken a nap and was in a daze. He shuddered subconsciously when he heard the applause, and then he began to applaud just to fill in the numbers.

The whole person looked like he was just going through the motions, and the smile on his face looked fake.

Wang Jinxue was speechless when she saw Lu Yuan's expression. She didn't know how to describe her feelings at the moment.

This person...

It seems there is no hope.

"Lu Yuan, I saw you fell asleep just now. Are you not confident in your movie or what?"

"Yes, Lu Yuan, this is obviously a good movie!"

"Excuse me, did the actors really fight when you were filming this movie?"

"Are you in pain? I see you're injured. It must be very painful."

"You are so dedicated. I thought the video online showed you not feeling any pain because of the plasma, but now it seems to be true!"

"Excuse me, is the big yellow dog still there?"

“…”

The movie is over.

All the audience members excitedly gathered around Lu Yuan. Some of them wanted to take photos with Lu Yuan and ask for his autograph, but tragically they were stopped by the security guards in time. After Lu Yuan patiently answered a few questions, he and Wang Jinxue left the cinema under the dedicated escort of the security guards.

After getting in the car, Wang Jinxue suddenly looked at Lu Yuan.

"Now that you've seen the audience's reaction, how much do you think we'll get in the first-day box office this time?"

"Eight million, how about you?"

"Can you be a little more serious? Now is not the time to be pretentious."

"Khan, okay, maybe it will break 10 million?"

"Ten million? More than that. I think this movie might be a hit. The miracle of Buried Alive might happen again."

"Yeah?"

"How about making a bet?" Wang Jinxue looked at Lu Yuan with a smile.

"No gambling... I don't have any money to lose." Lu Yuan refused without saying a word.

“…”

Wang Jinxue suddenly felt that Lu Yuan might be alone for the rest of his life.

Others are straight men of steel...

He is a straight man.

…

At eight o'clock, the two movies "Bloody Age" and "War Blood" had already been played.

Tomato's reputation and ranking on the Internet began to change.

"How is the reputation of "Bloody Age"? " Shen Lianjie looked up and saw his assistant Xiao Zhang walking in with the latest report, with a look of anticipation on his face.

"The reputation, well, 8.7 points, is a pretty good high score."

"What about Li Changrui's "Blood of War"?"

“8.5 points, second only to “The Bloody Age”.”

“Oh, what about our reputation?”

"Our score of 8.7 currently has the same reputation as Blood Age."

"What about popularity?"

"Our popularity ranks third among the three Chinese films, but the gap with the top two is not far. It can be inferred that the final box office performance of our film "Blossoming Midsummer" will not be too bad."

"Oh, that's good."

"What about 'The Wanderer'?"

"'The Wanderer' hasn't been released yet, but considering the performance of our three films, 'The Wanderer' will probably be ranked last. After all, there is always a movie at the bottom every year. Obviously, this last-place movie can't be us. After all, how can a movie with a score of 8.7 be ranked last?"

"Um."

Shen Lianjie nodded and a smile appeared on his face.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

He felt himself emerging from the shadows.

The failure of "Capital City" was indeed a failure, but fortunately, "Half Summer" is not bad in terms of word of mouth or popularity.

This undoubtedly made Shen Lianjie feel like he had recovered a breath of blood.

As for The Wanderer.

Well, he was just asking casually...

He really didn't regard "The Wanderer" as his opponent!

After all, in the current situation, it is difficult for "Wanderer" to stand out.

Your rating may be high, but your popularity...

How can you possibly compare to us?

Half past ten...

Half an hour after the screening of "The Wanderer", the assistant suddenly rushed in with data in disbelief.

"Oh no! Oh no!"

"What's wrong? Speak slower!"

"The Wanderer, this The Wanderer is a blast!"

"What exploded?"

When Shen Lianjie took the data report and looked at the data of "Wanderer", his eyes widened instantly...

"Fuck, this is a joke!"

…

Before the movie was released, the ranking of "Vagabond" on Tomato.com was not high, it could even be said to be very low.

But after the movie was released, the score of this movie instantly jumped to 9.5 points, even surpassing last year's high-scoring movie "Buried". As for the ranking, it instantly jumped from the 30s to the top ten of new films, and then quickly jumped from the top ten to eighth place.

The only films ahead of him are "Blood Age", "War Blood", "Butterfly Lovers" and three Hollywood blockbusters.

Half an hour later, the ranking of "Wanderer" started to go crazy again, and it jumped from eighth to fifth, even leaving Shen Lianjie's "Half Summer" far behind...

Instantly, tens of thousands of comments appeared below. Except for a few online trolls, all of them were positive comments. The positive rate even reached over 95%.

At the same time, the popularity of this movie on Tomato.com also rushed to the first place on the rising popularity list and the third place on the potential list in just a few hours. This movie was on almost every list that Tomato.com could put it on...

This operation undoubtedly shocked many people in the industry.

They previously thought that the reputation of "Wanderer" would not be too bad, but they never expected that the reputation of "Wanderer" would be so good. In addition, reputation is one aspect, and the other aspect is the popularity of this movie!

You know, this movie is not a comedy, nor an action movie, it is a genuine art film!

What is the concept of art film?

They are generally niche, with good reviews but poor sales. Except for a few individual films, the others generally live at the bottom of the popularity charts, relying on secondary consumption by die-hard fans to make a living at the box office.

Although their box office revenue is not starving, there has never been any big hit.

But "The Wanderer" breaks this almost iron rule.

wrong!

Not only "The Wanderer", but also last year's "Buried" broke this rule, unreasonably gaining a large number of die-hard fans and incredible box office revenue...

Is "The Wanderer" going to replicate this miracle?