"Uncle, I'm leaving."

"Why are you leaving so soon? Stay for dinner."

"No, the company has a lot of things to do recently, I have to go back first."

"Oh, all right then."

Shen Lianjie is gone.

After hanging up the phone, he still had a stiff smile on his face, and he still walked like a gentleman, and still so naturally.

only……

His hands were clenched into fists, with traces of sweat on his palms. Even the Newbuck suit that he was so proud of before coming here looked so ugly, so uncoordinated, and so unwearable in his eyes.

From childhood to adulthood, he has always been proud, always standing high on the top and looking down at the people below.

But now…

He found himself falling from his high perch and landing on the ground sinking into the mud covered with cow dung.

So disgusting.

This was an unprecedented feeling of powerlessness, as if the whole world was against him at this moment.

Lu Yuan looked at the direction Shen Lianjie left and shook his head.

He wasn't actually very happy, and felt like he was asking for trouble.

People often have to change, and Lu Yuan is also trying hard to change, trying to become the ideal person he wants to be.

So, his expression and voice were sincere, and he tried his best to use his acting skills to make himself an ideal sincere person when he greeted Shen Lianjie and invited Shen Lianjie to have dinner together again. He was extremely enthusiastic.

However, after Shen Lianjie shook his head to refuse, he turned around and left without saying a word, looking as if he didn't want to see her anymore.

Lu Yuan felt that he had been hit.

Ideals are very full, but reality is very skinny.

Lu Yuan closed his eyes.

At this moment he felt frustrated.

Then……

He probably doesn't hate me, but there really is something wrong.

Lu Yuan comforted himself.

And do I look like a nasty person?

…

The heat of the Spring Festival box office battle gradually dissipated after ten days.

After the eleventh day, the box office of each movie began to decline to varying degrees.

This is an unavoidable fact.

People can go against the will of heaven, but they cannot go against the will of heaven forever.

Of course, even if the box office declined, "Wanderer" still earned 39 million in a single day.

As for "King Kong", it dropped to 27 million, a box office gap of another 12 million. The box office decline is already very obvious. "Alien" tragically became the first movie in recent years to be withdrawn early due to poor word of mouth and sluggish box office.

Of course, this is also a face-giving to Hollywood movies.

Didn’t you see that the unlucky Shen Lianjie’s movie “Butterfly Lovers” ended its journey in the box office war within just ten days?

Compared to "Between Summer and Midsummer", isn't "Alien Killer" lucky?

At least I've made it through ten days, which is a huge honor.

As for other movies, the single-day box office of "Bloody Age" dropped to 7 million...

The box office of "Battle Blood" dropped to six million, which officially became the new unit of measurement.

This is a cruel fact.

Both Li Mingrui and Zhang Tong felt very uncomfortable about this matter.

They don't even dare to read the online comments about this box office battle.

As long as you click on it, you will always see a bunch of netizens voting for which movie, "Blood War" or "The Age of Blood", will become the unit of measurement for the difference between "King Kong 1: Origin" and "Nomadland"...

They watched so much that they almost vomited blood.

Now they don’t expect the box office to be so strong or to make a comeback. They just hope that their box office can be a little better, at least not become the unit of measurement for the gap between them and others, right?

How embarrassing is this?

Do we still want to maintain our reputation as a talented director?

Although the netizens did it unintentionally and just wanted to have fun, it was an insult to them.

Even if the two movies did not fail, and even if they still made a small profit at the box office, everything would be different when compared with "The Wanderer", which is also a Chinese movie.

And this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that "Wanderer" is completely low-cost, and the total cost is less than 10 million!

This is undoubtedly the most embarrassing.

So can the low-cost, high-revenue success of "The Wanderer" be replicated?

Both Zhang Tong and Li Mingrui have considered this issue.

They have analyzed "The Wanderer" and even filmed the film as their own directors...

Then they came to a very speechless conclusion.

That's not possible!

First of all, the low-investment industry will be stuck.

Why is the investment in "Wanderer" so low?

It was very simple, because Lu Yuan was acting out of his own pocket, and Wei Wuji, Qian Zhong, a director and a screenwriter were all very unknown, which greatly reduced the cost by at least two million. At the same time, the guest star Lu Yihong also received no pay...

How much is Lu Yihong's performance worth now?

After the great success of "Buried", Lu Yihong's net worth has skyrocketed, and it is impossible to hire him without three million.

Of course, Lu Yihong’s role is easy to solve. Even if Lu Yihong’s performance is included, the investment in the film would be just over 10 million at most.

More than 10 million is actually not a lot for a movie.

So, what about the leading actor Lu Yuan?

Even if Lu Yuan has no acting skills, even if he is a rookie, even if he is very low-key...

But his traffic and fame are there!

If you don't have 10 million, how can you ask for it? Will he pay any attention to you?

Now he is almost as good as first-tier stars. The starting salary of first-tier stars is tens of millions and it is a friendship price. So if you calculate it this way, the investment in "Wanderer" is 20 million...

Okay, even if all this is done, what about publicity?

Has there been any publicity for The Wanderer?

The promotion of the movie "Vagabond" was all done by Lu Yuan alone...

Suppose Lu Yuan had not invested in and filmed "The Wanderer" himself, would he have been so dedicated?

Of course not, he is not a fool to do these unprofitable things.

So it still takes a lot of money to promote...

If the promotion is done in the same way as "Bloody Age" and "War Blood", with various activities, the total investment of "Wanderer" will reach 30 million.

So, do you think the success of "Wanderers" is something they can replicate?

After Zhang Tong and Li Mingrui's analysis, they came to a conclusion that was quite realistic and also quite desperate.

There's no way to copy this.

Then, Zhang Tong and Li Mingrui suddenly realized a shocking fact...

Rather than saying that the success of "The Wanderer" cannot be replicated, it is better to say that Lu Yuan's success cannot be replicated.

Half a year!

It’s only been half a year.

What did this monster do when he suddenly appeared?

Singer, director, editor, creator, composer...

The densely packed titles instantly make people's scalps tingle and they shout "monster".

How the hell do I copy this?

you tell me.

science?

fart!

This person himself is unscientific!

…

Andor, the director of "King Kong 1: Origin", put down his cigar silently.

Although the box office of "King Kong: Beginning" was not much different from Andorra's budget and it also made a lot of money in China, Andorra's mood was not very good.

He hadn't thought of comparing it with Planet Age.

Because he knew that "Planet Age" was a science fiction masterpiece, and its own hard power, including investment, was very strong.

It's normal that his own "King Kong 1: Origin" can't compare to it.

However, he never thought that he would lose to a Chinese film whose total investment was less than 10 million RMB.

This left him speechless.

In fact, he never thought that Chinese films would be a rival to their Hollywood films. He even felt that a bad movie like "Alien" was enough to crush other Chinese films in this year's box office rankings.

But it turns out that everything is not what it seems.

This made Andorra feel a little bit unhappy.

He looked up the director's name...

The director was completely unfamiliar.

Then he flipped through the names of the leading actors.

He was slightly stunned, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

Lu Yuan...

Lu Yuan?

etc!

Is he the Chinese who won four awards at the Goya Awards ceremony in Spain?

When he thought of this, Andalusian narrowed his eyes.

It seems that the Chinese people need to be vigilant.

Andorra has never been an arrogant person. He will not deny failure, nor will he hate his opponents.

On the contrary he likes studying very much.

He believes that everyone makes progress through learning, and if one does not learn, sooner or later one will be surpassed by others.

So Andor specially found the movie "The Wanderer" and watched it. After watching it, he felt amazed.

From his professional director's perspective, although Lu Yuan's acting skills cannot be considered to be at the top of Hollywood, he has a deep grasp of details and is very good at rendering emotions.

This actor is pretty good.

After he saw Lu Yuan, Wang Jiaming's character, he inexplicably thought of another role in his next movie.

He suddenly felt that Lu Yuan was unexpectedly suitable.

Do you want to get in touch with this Lu Yuan?

…

Fatty Wei became famous overnight.

Although he became famous under Lu Yuan's glory, Fatty Wei clearly felt that no matter where he went now, everyone called him Director Wei, Director Wei respectfully. At the same time, many single young stars in the circle often flirted with him, and their watery eyes seemed to hint at something to him.

Fatty Wei has never been a decent person.

After the sudden huge success and all the hype and praise on the Internet, Fatty Wei felt that he was extremely awesome.

This was the first time in the past six months that he called the old man and told him that he was very successful now and not far from becoming a big director.

On the phone, he said he had proved that he was better than the old man!

At least the box office is already amazing.

In the future, it will not be difficult for me to bomb Hollywood and carry the banner of Chinese films!

On the other end of the phone, Wei Wuji's old man Wei Changjun was silent.

He clearly felt that his son was beginning to swell.

It's a feeling of being pushed to the limit.

He hung up the phone before listening to Fatty Wei's bragging.

His mood seemed complicated.

Everyone has moments of inflated feelings. Fatty Wei is not a saint, he is just an ordinary person.

He will naturally expand.

The success of "Buried Alive" made Fatty Wei full of confidence, but he did not feel inflated, after all, the director of "Buried Alive" was Lu Yuan.

The huge success of "The Wanderer" made Fatty Wei suddenly feel like he was the best in the world.

He feels that he is very talented.

Although he does not look down on other directors, he feels that he is already one of the Chinese directors.

So, in the next few days, Lu Yuan would see Fatty Wei coming back to the company drunk and laughing foolishly every day.

One day, he came to Lu Yuan's office without saying anything and talked to Lu Yuan about his ambitions, his past, and his blind ex-girlfriend...

He said that he deliberately created an encounter with his ex-girlfriend and drove a luxury car past the company where his ex-girlfriend was working, and then saw his ex-girlfriend's frustrated, helpless, and pitiful look.

He said his ex-girlfriend wanted to come back with him, but Shen Lianjie treated her badly.

He made some sarcastic remarks to his ex-girlfriend and then walked away.

He felt very happy.

You say he is a villain who has succeeded?

He doesn't care at all if villains succeed!

He just wants to show off and slap people in the face!

He just wants to have fun!

He told Lu Yuan a lot of things.

In his heart, he always regarded Lu Yuan as his closest brother, or even a benefactor.

No matter how arrogant he becomes, or how awesome he thinks he is, in his heart Lu Yuan is still more awesome than him.

Lu Yuan looked at Fatty Wei silently.

He was actually happy for Fatty Wei's success, and felt that Fatty Wei should indeed be more confident.

But……

He felt that Fatty Wei seemed to be beginning to lose recognition of himself.

It seems that he has become ambitious and has already started planning how to compete for the Chinese film box office champion in May.

This is a bad phenomenon.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yuan received an invitation call.

The owner of the phone is Wei Changjun.

Wei Changjun is Fatty Wei's father...