"Director Wei..."

"Xiao Lu, what's wrong?"

“I probably won’t be able to act in Assembly.”

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm just a little tired recently and not in good shape. At the same time, I think I may not be able to handle such a military theme... Lu Yihong is not bad. I think he is quite suitable for the role of Gu Zidi in all aspects."

"Have you decided?"

"Well, yes, it's decided."

"Okay, I respect your choice. Lu Yihong's acting is pretty good, and he has improved a lot in recent years. He is somewhat similar to Gu Zidi. By the way, Xiao Lu, when will your Groundhog Day be released?"

"Probably, maybe in the middle of the month?"

"About? How far have you filmed it now?"

“It’s almost over.”

"Not well yet?"

"Hmm...almost..."

“…”

"So I said mid-month..."

After finishing his phone call with Wang Jinxue, Lu Yuan considered it over and called Wei Changjun again.

He finally chose to reject "Assembly" again, and recommended Lu Yihong to play the role.

In fact, apart from the reason whether the movie itself is suitable or not, the movie "Groundhog Day" made Lu Yuan feel very tired.

This kind of tiredness is not physical, but mental.

The fundamental reason why "Groundhog Day" exceeded the expected time by so many days is that Lu Yuan and Fatty Wei both attached great importance to this movie, especially the details, both of them were very serious in shooting it bit by bit.

Slow work produces fine results. If you want the quality of the film itself, you naturally won’t be fast.

Because of this, Lu Yuan felt like he was hanging on this movie and lost his freedom in the past two months.

He wants to take a break.

He wanted to lie in bed until eight o'clock every day, then yawn and eat breakfast, and then it would be noon.

Then at lunch time, I fiddled with the recipe by myself...

After all, we should know shame and then be brave, right?

How can you make progress if you don’t work hard?

If you don’t work hard, how do you know you can’t do it?

…

The Chinese film industry in April can't really be considered a box office battle, it can only be considered playing in a small pond. Even if "This Man From Earth" is so powerful, it is actually completely incomparable with these movies in May.

In other words, May is the real box office battle.

However, hidden in this box office battle is a strong feeling of sadness.

Hollywood's "The Rise of King Kong", "Night of the Dragon", and "Army of Darkness" took the top three spots with 40 million, 33 million, and 27 million box office respectively on the day...

Hollywood movies are naturally powerful. No matter which Golden Week it is, the box office is very strong. Except for "Blood Police" directed by Zhang Chen two years ago, the first place is basically from Hollywood.

"Blood Police" was indeed well made with both box office and reputation soaring, but director Zhang Chen ambitiously filmed "Blood Police 2" after the movie became a big hit. When he was ready to reach the peak again, he encountered Waterloo and was directly crushed into ashes by the Hollywood movie "War of the Century", and both the box office and reputation failed.

Not everyone can make a series of movies, and without a good framework it can easily fall apart.

While everyone felt sorry for director Zhang Chen, they also lamented that it was really hard for Chinese films to beat Hollywood films.

The box office performance of the three movies before May 1st was naturally exceptionally brilliant.

But sadly, the fourth-placed "Alien Era" only took 10 million at the box office.

The first-day box office revenue of 10 million really slapped Shen Lianjie in the face. Even he could hardly believe that his box office revenue would be this high.

In fact, a box office of 10 million is really not bad. In fact, there is no problem in breaking even and making a small profit.

However, the box office performance was completely beyond his expectations.

This box office is not comparable to Hollywood blockbusters of the same period, and it can't even compare to "The Man From Earth" in April...

This huge sense of gap made Shen Lianjie very uncomfortable.

Screenwriter Sun Peng also felt uncomfortable.

He even sold his house and invested in this movie, wanting to give Lu Yuan a slap in the face!

But……

Not only did it not get a slap in the face, but even the first-day box office performance of this investment was completely beaten by "The Man From Earth".

this……

What can he say?

This is an extremely frustrating feeling.

Of course, Shen Lianjie was just feeling uncomfortable because of the huge sense of gap. At least his movie should still make money, but the fifth place Zhang Tong's "Happy All the Way" was a bummer!

Zhang Tong pounced.

The opening box office of "Happy Journey" was only 4 million...

Four million viewers on the premiere day, and it was during the hottest Labor Day Golden Week when the popularity was the highest...

This result was really hard for Zhang Tong to accept. After seeing the box office, Zhang Tong even didn't want to eat that day.

What about Zhang Dabao who ranked sixth?

He is a joke!

Just by looking at the name of the movie "Monsters from Earth", you can tell that it follows the trend of "The Man from Earth".

I followed the trend of this movie with a great performance, but instead of following the trend, the performance was terrible.

"Happy All the Way" is at least a million-dollar hit, but as for him...

Only 500,000 box office revenue...

Yes, you read that right, only 500,000, not even one million!

Among the movies released this year, "Monsters from Earth" set a new low. It was ordered to be taken off the screen just after the first day of its release.

According to rumors from netizens who have watched this movie, it is not only boring but also has a terrible editing experience. People walked out of the cinema after ten minutes of watching it. As for those who stayed until the end, most of them fell asleep.

Almost everyone on the Internet is scolding this movie, and some are even asking if Zhang Dabao has lost his mind!

Can you become popular by just making a random movie about anyone?

Both were made with small investments, and both were advertised as science fiction films without special effects. Even the subject matter was similar, but one became a box office legend while the other became a box office joke...

The box office performance of No. 1 disappointed all netizens.

Especially those patriotic and somewhat angry movie fans all feel angry at the lack of resistance.

Hollywood movies dominate the market, wreaking havoc on China's box office like three ferocious beasts.

Chinese films fought back, but then no one was able to fight back, and they were even completely wiped out.

How can this feeling not be sad?

In this situation, everyone remembered another movie that stood them up and another person who stood them up.

"Groundhog Day" and Lu Yuan.

People can't help but wonder, if this movie hadn't let them down and Lu Yuan hadn't disappeared halfway, would there have been a turning point in the box office battle in May?

After all, since Lu Yuan made his debut, every movie he starred in has received great reviews and achieved great box office success. Whether it was "Buried", "The Wanderer" or "This Man From Earth", they all created their own box office miracles.

So, what about this Groundhog Day?

People can't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

It seems that this movie has become the last hope for the box office battle in May.

Although, everyone knows that this movie missed the May Day Golden Week.

but……

Didn’t “The Man from Earth” also miss April 1st?

Didn’t it take off again in the end? Did it come from behind and beat “Your Future Self”?

Now, all the fans hope that this "Groundhog Day" can be released one day earlier...

However, netizens were very disappointed.

They found that there was no news about this movie on Tomato.com, cinemas, or even other major media websites.

Not only was there no news about this movie, even news about Lu Yuan seemed to have disappeared.

From May 1st to May 7th, the headlines of all major film and television sections were all about the box office performance of these three Hollywood movies. Occasionally, there would be reports of negative news about Chinese films, such as Zhang Tong's "Happy Journey" being withdrawn from theaters early and "Alien Era" experiencing a shrinking box office.

News on Groundhog Day?

have!

But basically, they are all like "Shocking, Groundhog Day actually...", "Lu Yuan is so amazing, he actually...", "The premiere date of Groundhog Day is revealed!" and other such popular content, which are false advertising messages that do not match the title.

This made netizens extremely angry but they were helpless.

At this moment they suddenly began to miss the days when Lu Yuan was dominating the headlines with advertisements.

Of course, various versions of speculation followed...

Some people say that Lu Yuan has become autistic because of the trolls and is ready to quit the circle and receive psychological treatment.

Some people say that Lu Yuan has gone to Hollywood to make a movie.

Some people also said that the filming of "Groundhog Day" encountered many problems and was temporarily stopped...

In short, there are all kinds of speculations...

…

Of course, Lu Yuan couldn't be accused of being autistic.

Even if the entire entertainment industry is autistic, he can't be autistic.

This guy has a very strong psychological quality.

"Groundhog Day" was completed and submitted for review on May 5th. It is expected that after some editing and revisions, it will be released around May 16th.

Of course, this is also expected. It is normal to be one or two days late or one or two days early.

Anyway, Lu Yuan couldn't predict it.

So Lu Yuan felt that there was no need for him to advertise at this critical moment.

Wouldn't it be nonsense if we put up an advertisement and then let these fans down again?

It’s better to be speculated about by others than to be scolded, right?

Isn't it nice to be a salted fish now?

No one disturbed me, it was quite quiet...

It's very comfortable.

Lu Yuan feels that he is very Buddhist.

He finally managed to get up at eight o'clock every day, then just mess around until noon, and then began to live a simple life of studying dishes.

Although he is very thin, he now has the urge to become a fat boy.

Isn’t it nice to eat and sleep, sleep and eat without any worries every day?

As for the pile of documents in the company, it will not affect the operation of the company for the time being...

I'm not a robot. I need a rest too, right?

And after Wang Jinxue comes back, will these tasks be a problem?

No problem at all!

They are professionals, much better than a non-professional like me, okay?

Lu Yuan successfully found two excuses to be a lazy person and lived a happy life.

Of course, this happiness only lasted less than a week.

On May 7th, Wang Jinxue officially returned from Hangzhou, bringing with her two property certificates with Lu Yuan's name on them, which also broke Lu Yuan's lazy life.

After returning, Wang Jinxue seemed to have become a different person. She resumed her habit of waking Lu Yuan up at 7 o'clock every morning...

Although Wang Jinxue agreed to take on all this pile of work, Lu Yuan found that he could no longer be a stay-at-home.

Because Wang Jinxue told Lu Yuan something.

That means the celebrity fitness class is about to start.

Lu Yuan had no interest at first, after all, he didn't think there was anything wrong with exercising. But when Wang Jinxue looked at Lu Yuan and told him that this fitness class cost 100,000 yuan, Lu Yuan's eyes widened instantly.

He suddenly felt distressed.

"Is this the class you signed me up for at the beginning of the year?"

"yes……"

"One hundred thousand?"

"yes……"

"Can you retreat?"

"It's been almost half a year, what do you think?"

"I... go to the gym? Is that okay?"

"I think that's reasonable. After all, I think you're not as strong as a woman."

"How is that possible!"

"Then why don't you and Wu Tingting have a wrist wrestle?"

“…”

…

May 9th.

Hollywood movies are still beating Chinese movies.

Netizens no longer have any hope.

This should have been a normal day.

But……

After being silent for more than ten days, Lu Yuan once again made the headlines...

Netizens widened their eyes, and they thought it was fake news at the first moment!

After all, the headlines made all netizens feel ridiculous...

"Zhejiang Province News: A dumbbell broke the glass and fell from the sky, hitting a normal-driving car. Fortunately, no serious car accident occurred... But the instigator of this accident turned out to be a popular star... Lu Yuan!"

"Lu Yuan?"

"???"

"Hit the car while playing with dumbbells?"

"???"

"What the hell are you doing with dumbbells at this critical time in May?"

"???"