On the morning of April 5, Li Qi and Lu Yihong secretly came to Tianhe Cinema and found a VIP seat in the corner.
Li Qi was very nervous.
Although this movie has a low investment and the cast is not very strong, he is very much looking forward to it.
A good script plus good actors make a good movie.
He thinks that although the investment cost of this film is very low, it is definitely a good movie.
He put in a lot of effort and hard work just to prove himself when this movie is released, and to prove that he really has the ability to make science fiction movies.
Lu Yihong was also a little nervous. After "Buried" became popular, he gained a lot of fans, which made him happy and felt that he had succeeded.
He originally thought that he would have smooth sailing in Lu Yuan's company, and would be offered numerous films, and his reputation and acting skills would both explode, and he would finally win the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor and be recognized by people in the industry...
But I didn't expect to live in Lu Yuan's shadow all the time...
No matter what Lu Yihong does, he will be labeled as Lu Yuan to some extent. No matter how he expresses himself, others still think that he has little value in "remote" entertainment.
Others even thought that he was a supporting role, just Lu Yuan's background.
Every time he went to other crews for auditions, the director would ask Lu Yuan if he was interested in this movie.
The feeling of living in Lu Yuan's shadow is really depressing.
Lu Yihong is also an extremely proud person in his heart. The more you think he is not good enough, the more he wants to prove that he can do it. Zhao Gao in "The Qin Empire" may be a proof point, but unfortunately, "The Qin Empire" is still being filmed and it is estimated that it will not be broadcast until early next year. Therefore, the only way for Lu Yihong to prove himself to everyone is the movie "This Man From Earth".
This movie must be successful, and he must tell everyone that "Remote" not only has awesome people like Lu Yuan, but also him, Lu Yihong.
"Remote" is a team, not a world supported by Lu Yuan alone!
He's not bad either.
At 8:30 in the morning, Li Qi and Lu Yihong silently watched the audience coming in one after another.
"The movie is finally released. This idiot is really good at dragging it out."
"Yeah, good things come to those who wait..."
"By the way, are your movie tickets half price?"
"Yeah, aren't everything half price today?"
"It seems that Er Gouzi is not shameless enough to break his promise again. Haha, it feels good..."
"There are so many people watching online, how dare Er Gouzi break his promise? Even if he has no bottom line, he can't be so bottomless, otherwise who would watch his movies in the future..."
“That makes sense.”
"Speaking of Er Gouzi, I think..."
Li Qi listened to two college students next to him talking incessantly about Lu Yuan.
He listened carefully to other places and found that the audiences in other places were also discussing similar topics...
He stood up, pushed his hat slightly, and walked around the entire screening room casually, and then he came to a very unconvincing conclusion.
These people were all talking about Lu Yuan, Er Gouzi, cheating, autographs and other topics.
Few people are really discussing movies.
This made Li Qi unable to describe his feelings for a moment. He felt that these people came here not to watch the movie but to participate in a symposium called criticizing "Lu Yuan".
Li Qi didn't know how to describe his mood.
Anyway…
He felt a chill run down his spine.
However, in a sense, this shows that Mr. Lu's advertising ability has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, to an incredible degree. Although Mr. Lu was dragged out by these people to be criticized, at least they all came to the cinema honestly and bought tickets to watch the movie honestly...
Li Qi felt a little relieved when he saw that the cinema was full.
Judging from the situation, there won't be any problem with the box office on the first day. Although it can't compare to Hollywood's "You and Your Future", at least it will be no problem compared to "Stray Pigs".
Apart from the sudden box office dark horse "Alien", Li Qi feels that among domestic films, their "This Man From Earth" can still rank second.
When thinking of this, Li Qi felt more and more comfortable.
…
Young Master Chen Cong got up very early today and happily called a few friends to his Wantong Cinema to watch "This Man From Earth". He reserved a top VIP viewing seat.
Do you support domestic science fiction films? Do you support Lu Yuan? Or do you enjoy the fruits of victory and criticize Lu Yuan like other netizens?
This is all nonsense to Mr. Chen.
He simply wanted to see what kind of weird stuff could be produced in a movie with an investment of less than 200,000 yuan, and he even wanted to know how bad this so-called science fiction movie could be.
Anyway, he is already ready to start rant on Weibo.
He is just that kind of person. No matter what your status is in the entertainment industry, he will criticize you if he is unhappy with you.
As for his several rich second-generation friends, they have almost the same mentality. They also want to see what the bottom line of domestic science fiction films is...
At 8:30, as the entire theater went dark, ads for "Newbuck" and "Remote" Entertainment appeared on the big screen...
Chen Cong shook his head.
The content of the opening prologue is exactly the same as "The Wanderer" with no difference at all. If it weren't for the change of the leading actor and director and the subtitles, Chen Cong would have thought that the bastard Lu Yuan had directly copied and pasted "The Wanderer" to save money.
Chen Cong shook his head. The tone at the beginning had almost made him rate the movie as a bad one.
…
Zhou Shuai, the top spy chief of "Remote" Entertainment, sat in the last row with two other film critics.
There are not many film critics for "The Man From Earth", which is completely inferior to "The Alien" which suddenly exploded at the box office next door.
This is normal.
From the investment point of view, this movie is nothing more than a child's play. No matter how shameless your advertising is, they don't think you can make a good movie by spending more than 100,000 yuan.
The point is, it’s a science fiction movie!
right!
What impression do science fiction films give us?
Cool special effects, incredible ideas, powerful battles, alien invasions...
What does all of this require?
They all need money!
Whether in China or abroad, when it comes to science fiction films, everyone's impression is that the box office starts at tens of millions...
You have more than 100,000...
What can you do with these hundreds of thousands?
Moreover, the director Li Qi also made many people in the industry shake their heads.
He spent tens of millions and still couldn't make a good science fiction film. How can you do it with less than 200,000 yuan?
Are you kidding me?
To sum up, although the cinema was full, film critics were not optimistic about the movie at all.
They only see this movie as a prank with a huge gimmick, and it is even very likely to become a strange flower in the history of Chinese movies, a bad movie that cannot be surpassed...
This was the ending they could imagine.
However, this world is often full of surprises.
After the prologue, the movie finally got to the point...
This is a quiet and peaceful town, or rather a place with pretty good scenery.
The hero, a university professor played by Lu Yihong, quits his job and prepares to leave for an unknown place. Many of his companions come to see him off...
The protagonist's seemingly simple house is decorated with Van Gogh's paintings, medieval bows and arrows, and prehistoric stone axes, and each of them gives people a very strange sense of suspense.
The film critics couldn't help but be slightly attracted by this sense of suspense.
The beginning of this movie seems to be different from other bad domestic movies. At least the production and shooting are unprecedentedly sophisticated.
The characters also seemed to have a deep meaning. Among those who saw him off were historians, religious scholars, biologists, psychologists and other knowledgeable people.
The film critics' instinct told them that the script seemed quite interesting. Although there were constant conversations and the story was told in a very peaceful tone, like a casual conversation about trivial matters, a sense of progression slowly emerged in the plot.
Lu Yihong's acting is very good. He portrayed a man with secrets vividly. At the same time, the cooperation of others is also very good, asking Lu Yihong various reasons in a way of decrypting the secret.
Things like Van Gogh's paintings and medieval bows and arrows also began to become strange hints. As the plot gradually developed, these hints became stronger and stronger...
This doesn’t seem to be a bad movie!
At least it's different from other bad domestic movies.
The film critics looked somewhat stunned.
As for Zhou Shuai, he quickly wrote a long and exaggerated film review and uploaded it to Fanqie.com without saying anything.
Don’t ask!
The reason I ask is that I want to occupy the hot comments and get the attention as soon as possible!
…
The noisy audience quieted down.
The movie successfully captured their attention with its gimmicks.
In the movie, a few people were sitting on chairs chatting awkwardly, with stories about moving interspersed in between, as the sky gradually darkened.
The stove is burning.
It seems to carry a different light.
The hero stood by the fire and announced an amazing story.
He comes from the prehistoric world.
The other listeners were stunned, and so were the audience in the theater.
The tone of the main plot seems to have begun to develop in a suspenseful way...
The person asking the question was trying to dispel the male protagonist's argument, but the male protagonist was very calm, not even showing any panic...
"No matter how long a person lives, he cannot transcend his time. He cannot know more than the best people in this group..."
"Although I have lived for 14,000 years, this does not mean that I am a genius. All I have is time..."
"I always get fed up with people repeating stupid mistakes."
The male protagonist sometimes sighed with emotion, and sometimes shook his head and sighed. Facing these people's questions and doubts, he responded slowly with an understatement.
The plot gradually began to become depressing and tense. No one knew how far the plot would go. The seemingly absurd trend was irrefutable and desperate...
The audience seemed to be able to hear their own heartbeats.
They were completely attracted by the protagonist's words and such an absurd story.
But, all this is just the beginning...
What the male protagonist said next made everyone feel completely subverted.
Yes, subversive feeling!
The plot gradually began to move towards **...