The box office competition in October was quite fierce.

Hollywood movies may have been a storm in September, but after they were released in October, they became a tornado, directly destroying the confidence of several Chinese movies that had invested tens of millions of yuan...

In the first three days of its release, Andorra's "Deep Sea Shark" directly raked in nearly 100 million yuan at the box office, and although Jackson Jr.'s "Hard Boiled 2" was not as crazy as "Deep Sea Shark", it also raked in nearly 75 million yuan at the box office. The midnight horror film "October 33rd" also had a box office boom in China. Although it only earned 13 million yuan at the box office, it was a very unpopular horror film, and the investment was only about 2 million US dollars.

This has broken the box office record for horror films in the past two years.

Hollywood movies are always crazy in China.

Even if many people say they don’t support Hollywood and want to support domestic films, every time a movie is released, the theaters are always full and there are always countless likes afterwards.

There is absolutely nothing we can do about it.

Why?

After all, their special effects, details, and many other aspects are better than those of Chinese movies. What can you do?

Under such circumstances, the situation of Chinese films is very embarrassing.

The Chinese films released at the same time all failed in both word of mouth and box office after their premieres. Two films even had the same number of screenings as "October No. 33" three days after their release...

What can you do about this?

Perhaps, the only Chinese movie that can compete with Hollywood movies in October is "Blood War 2".

"Blood War 2" did not disappoint everyone. The word of mouth for this movie is very good on Tomato.com, with a score of 8.8. At the same time, the total box office in three days was also quite brilliant, reaching 80 million!

80 million?

Yes, 80 million!

It even surpassed "Hard Boiled 2" by five million.

This is already a remarkable achievement.

After seeing this result, almost all Chinese movie fans were excited!

"Blood War 2" has become a fighter, competing against Hollywood movies in the name of Chinese movies. Although it has no hope of winning the box office championship in October, it is basically the most brilliant achievement in Li Mingrui's directorial career.

All major headlines were vying to report the news about "Blood War 2". Some media even praised "Blood War 2" as the foundation of the Chinese film's counterattack, and Li Mingrui was even regarded as a heroic figure.

Li Mingrui was naturally very happy. After surpassing "Hard-Bored Family 2", Li Mingrui got drunk that night and was overjoyed!

"War Blood 2" is a hit!

Yes!

Much more popular than "Battle Blood"!

…

In the office of the relevant department.

Liu Zhenghao watched "Paranormal Activity" silently.

In fact, he thought the movie was quite interesting.

This movie is not full of screaming scenes like "October 33rd", nor does it have much blood and gore.

It seems that there is a sense of self-suggestion and a very strange sense of mystery from beginning to end.

Yes!

This is different from ordinary horror movies. It is basically full of suspense and makes people feel very panicked.

After watching this movie, even the battle-hardened Liu Zhenghao felt a chill for some unknown reason.

"Old Li, what do you think?"

"A Hollywood horror movie?"

"Well, it's a low-budget horror movie. Xiao Lu's company wants to be the agent for screening in China..."

"The tone of this movie is okay. There's no bloody murder or pornographic elements in it. I don't think it will be a big problem if it's released during the midnight slot in China. It's just that there are some hints of ghosts and gods in this movie... This doesn't conform to the current Chinese standards..."

"Yeah, that's right. Xiao Lu also understood this, so he asked Hollywood to prepare a second ending."

"Is there a second ending? I'll go check it out..."

"Well, let's go check out the second ending."

"good."

The two old men opened the second ending.

The second ending is the same in every other way, except that the subtitles that appear later show that the heroine is missing.

As for where she went, there was no news and it was not filmed. There was only a line of text stating that the heroine was missing.

After seeing this ending, the two old men looked at each other and nodded to each other.

Compared to the slightly bloody ending before, at least this ending is more in line with the tone of China. It also does not affect the sense of tension that the whole movie wants to present. It still makes people feel chilly after watching it.

I have to say that Lu Yuan really has a good vision. He actually chose such a movie to be his agent.

"What do you think?"

"Although there are ghost stories in this movie, there aren't many discordant issues. Why not give it a proper green light? Compared to that Hollywood movie October 33, Paranormal Activity is actually much better. In addition, Xiao Lu has contributed several films to our Chinese film industry this year, which has made China proud. I don't think we should discourage his enthusiasm."

"Yeah, I think so too. After all, this is his first Hollywood film as an agent, so it's okay to relax a little."

"right."

The two elderly men, both in their seventies, looked at each other and felt a hint of approval in each other's eyes.

Then the two of them nodded at the same time and gave the film "Paranormal Activity" a stamp of approval and permission to be screened...

"call!"

"By the way, how is the box office performance of "Blood War 2"? "

"It's pretty good. If nothing unexpected happens, it won't be a problem for the box office to rank second in October."

"Well, that's good. I'm old enough to finally see a glimmer of hope for Chinese films. By the way, is Assembly almost ready?"

"Maybe another month or two."

"One or two months..."

Liu Zhenghao nodded thoughtfully, then looked into the distance.

He let out a slight breath.

A smile appeared.

The screenwriter of "Assembly" is Xiao Lu, right?

good!

This young man is really good!

…

October 5th.

The box office battle in October is still in full swing.

Lu Yuan felt very happy.

"Paranormal Activity" was handed over to the relevant departments yesterday and the results came out this morning.

The result was that the film was released. At the same time, staff from the relevant department secretly told Lu Yuan that the two leaders of the department had a very good impression of him.

Lu Yuan was very happy.

Although horror movies have never had a very good box office in China, it’s considered impressive if they can just break even and make a small profit, but a small amount of money is still meat, right?

Moreover, the total investment of this "Paranormal Activity" is less than 100,000 US dollars. Even if China loses more, how much can it lose?

As long as you sell more tickets you will make money.

Similarly, what made Lu Yuan even happier was that the second half of "A Chinese Odyssey" officially started filming today.

In fact, it is not an official start of filming. The entire plot of "A Chinese Odyssey" is actually one whole. But Lu Yuan is very pleased in his heart. After all, many things are different after completing the first part.

Even though it's the same movie, many things are slightly different.

In the first half of "A Chinese Odyssey", An Xiao is the protagonist, but in the second half, An Xiao is not the protagonist.

She is only a supporting character and has only a few scenes.

It was impossible for An Xiao to wait until "A Chinese Odyssey" was filming her scenes before coming back. After all, she didn't know if she would be free by that time, so she chose to shoot the scenes she needed to shoot in advance and then edit them in after the whole movie was finished.

Shooting a few scenes was not a difficult task for the entire crew and An Xiao, and they were all completed in two days.

evening……

There was no sunset or sunset glow in the distant sky.

An Xiao looked at the sky, then knocked on Lu Yuan's office door.

"Lu Yuan..."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm leaving now."

"Um...when are we leaving?"

"The flight is at eight o'clock tonight."

"Leaving tonight? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I can't help it. There is a company event tomorrow morning. It's October, so it's quite busy."

"Oh, in that case I won't keep you here. Where's your luggage?" Lu Yuan subconsciously looked beside An Xiao.

"My agent and bodyguard helped me get into the car. I'm not like you. I don't even have a bodyguard around me. I have to carry my luggage by myself..." When An Xiao said this, he suddenly smiled as if he was reminiscing. "Lu Yuan, do you remember the scene when we first met?"

"Remember……"

"I remember it too. What happened then is as vivid as if it were yesterday. You actually dragged me to your company to work as a receptionist for no reason...haha." An Xiao suddenly laughed brightly.

"Oh... I don't know you. If I knew you, I would have asked someone else." Lu Yuan felt a little embarrassed.

"Haha, if one day, I really become your receptionist, will you be surprised?" An Xiao was still smiling while looking at Lu Yuan's embarrassed look.

"Not a surprise... instead I'll be so scared that I'll have a heart attack." Lu Yuan shook his head and suddenly became very serious.

"Why?"

"You are now worth a lot of money in the entertainment industry. We can't hire you now, and we will be even less likely to hire you in the future...Spending tens of millions to hire a receptionist...My family is really poor..." Lu Yuan looked at An Xiao and shook his head repeatedly.

"You really have no sense of humor." An Xiao found Lu Yuan quite irritating.

"No, An Xiao, in other situations I have a lot of sense of humor. A Chinese Odyssey has proved me. But on certain issues of principle, it is impossible for me to be humorous." Lu Yuan laughed.

"What particular principle?"

"It involves contracts, money, copyright and other principles." Lu Yuan was still smiling. "I will take these very seriously."

"Can you please be a little polite and make a joke?"

"Yeah, what if I'm joking and some idiot suddenly takes it seriously? Don't you think so... a lot of trouble comes from the mouth."

An Xiao looked at Lu Yuan deeply again, then shook his head.

"Lu Yuan, I'm leaving."

"Well, have a good trip... By the way..."

When An Xiao walked to the door, Lu Yuan suddenly thought of something and called An Xiao.

"What?"

"There is a song...I would like to collaborate with you..."

"What song?"

“The theme song of the movie.”

"Have you finished writing?"

"Yes, it's finished."

"show me."

"No, now is not the time...and if we continue talking you will be late for your flight."

"May I know the name of this song?"

"'Love of My Life'."

“…”

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay... I'm leaving."

"Okay, now I wish you a safe journey."

"Um."

Lu Yuan did not go to see An Xiao off.

Instead, he silently watched An Xiao leave the house.

Lu Yuan felt that An Xiao was weird. From a psychological point of view, this girl might be a little too into the role.

Lu Yuan analyzed the situation and felt that he could not go.

This is best.

but……

About ten minutes later, An Xiao knocked on Lu Yuan's door again.

Lu Yuan felt strange when he saw An Xiao coming back.

"I want to listen to this song. I'll leave after I finish listening to it." An Xiao suddenly laughed. "It's easy to drive people with obsessive compulsive disorder crazy by saying half a sentence!"

"ah?"