The Chinese film industry in early May was shrouded in a strange sense of sadness.

Three Hollywood movies, "Deep Sea 2", "The World's End" and "Global Disaster", dominated the charts, and earned an astonishing box office of 50 million, 30 million and 25 million respectively on the day of their premiere!

Among them, Andorra's "Deep Sea Shark 2" broke the amazing record of the highest premiere box office in the history of Chinese films.

The popularity built on the first film, coupled with the various suspense and twists and turns in the film itself, led to a sensation in the popularity of this film. Even after the premiere, stills and news from all sides bombarded the entire film industry.

Andorra was a huge success!

His success is not only at the box office. Even when he came to China to promote his movie, most of China's first-line stars went to support Andorra under the arrangement of the company. Countless reporters crowded around the entrance of the Yanjing Grand Theater. It was so crowded and lively that Andorra's promotion in China even indirectly became one of the most watched hot topics in May for the entire Chinese media.

When Andorra saw so many Chinese artists sitting in the audience supporting him, he couldn't help but smile. He looked quite proud, but at the same time, he had an inexplicable feeling of disdain deep in his heart.

Of course, he would not show such disdain. Instead, he took photos with these stars one by one, smiled and chatted with them about the arrangements of some new movies and his expectations for the final box office of the movie.

Most of the artists were still able to remain rational, and maintained a relatively equal attitude when chatting. However, some young actors and hosts were extremely excited. They wanted to talk about their ancestors, and their flattery was getting louder and louder, hoping to make Andorra more familiar to them.

When Andor faced them, he was smiling, smiling happily.

However, the happier he laughed, the more disdain he felt in his heart, and the more he felt a sense of sarcasm that he couldn't even express.

In May, most of China belongs to Andorra.

After the promotion ended, countless young actors posted photos with Andorra on Weibo, and added a message that they seemed to have the opportunity to work with Andorra's director. The words "Andorra comes to China" became the hot search topic on Weibo within a day...

For a time, he was the talk of the town.

As for the two films "The End of the World" and "Global Disaster", they continue to advance triumphantly. Although they are not as popular as "Deep Sea Shark 2", they are also very popular. After the two directors came to China, they received welcome and cooperation invitations from countless Chinese entertainment companies. In the end, they returned with a full load and were very happy...

In the entertainment industry, there seems to be a trend of worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners.

And this wave of wind blew for several days before it slowly subsided.

Of course, this is understandable.

Basically, most Chinese artists will not miss any opportunity to meet Hollywood directors and become international artists. Most of them want to have their own appearance in international blockbusters, even if it is just a small role and speaking a few words of semi-English.

At least……

The style is completely different.

At least international stars and Chinese stars, in terms of their hype and value, cannot be described in one sentence.

Many things have two sides.

The Hollywood movies in May were incredibly popular in China, and the Hollywood directors in May were incredibly popular in China.

But there is an inexplicable sense of sadness in Chinese films in May.

Zhang Tong's "Money Making Life" grossed seven million on its premiere day.

This data cannot be called a flop, but it definitely cannot be called a huge explosion either. It can only be said that the performance is average, steady and profitable.

It ranked fourth among all the movie premieres in May.

Fourth place, compared to the box office of third place...

It's indescribable.

Such a movie looks extremely embarrassing in the box office battle in May, as if it was crushed beyond belief.

However, Zhang Tong’s “Money Making Life” turned out to be the last Chinese film to hit the shelves in May.

Most of the other movies basically flopped...

Li You's film "I'm a Bull" was lucky enough to get an embarrassing single-day box office of 500,000...

Five hundred thousand?

Yes!

You read that right. The total investment for this nationwide movie was seven million, but it only made five hundred thousand on the premiere day, when it should have been the most popular.

this……

It's just like a joke.

Of course, the movie has a very good reputation. Anyone who can see it in the cinema is basically a die-hard fan of Li You. The reviews of this movie on Tomato Movie.com are even more positive...

After all, fans who can spend money to watch a cow eat grass have unique artistic concepts, so it’s natural for them to receive positive reviews, and they can also show off their superiority.

That's good.

However, in a sense, it also shows that Chinese films have once again fallen into an embarrassing situation.

Of course, these completely different contrasts actually make many directors feel very uncomfortable.

Among them is Fatty Wei, who is currently filming "You Are the Apple of My Eye" in Taiwan, and Xu Qifeng, the new director of "The Alien".

…

The afternoon of May 3rd.

"Ayuan is in Hollywood, compared to Andorra in China... it suddenly feels quite ironic." Fatty Wei silently finished smoking a cigarette and squatted by the small river in front of the school gate, silently watching the river flowing in the distance.

"Well, yes, it's a pity that we are not good enough! We have good scripts and good directors, but we rarely make movies with good reputation. In fact, our Chinese films are not bad." Xu Qifeng took the cigarette handed over by Fatty Wei and slowly started smoking.

He met Fatty Wei by chance during an event in Taiwan. At first, the two of them just politely complimented each other. At the same time, Xu Qifeng couldn't help feeling a little nervous. After all, Fatty Wei was the best director, and he had no title at all, so he was invisibly inferior to Fatty Wei. But when they talked in depth, Xu Qifeng suddenly felt that Fatty Wei was very enthusiastic towards him and didn't put on airs at the same time.

So whenever they were free, they would meet up to smoke and talk about movies together...

Xu Qifeng is a rather angry person. Sometimes he would curse loudly, and sometimes he would curse the management system of Tianyu Company. In fact, he is not very satisfied with the senior management of Tianyu Company.

After seeing this scene, Fatty Wei had an idea in his mind and couldn't help but instill some benefits of "remote control" into Xu Qifeng.

Anyway…

Xu Qifeng knew that Fatty Wei was trying to poach him, but it was impossible for him to change jobs for a while.

after all……

He still has three years of contract with Tianyu!

"It's useless to just talk about it. This is a very realistic world... It's also an era of commercial movies. If your movie does well at the box office, you're awesome no matter how bad it is. If your movie doesn't do well at the box office, you're still bad no matter how good your reputation is. It's very realistic." Fatty Wei laughed.

"I think the future will be better... I'm preparing to attract investment for my new movie. This time, I plan to compete with Hollywood movies to bring glory to China."

“How much investment?”

"Two hundred million!"

"Where's the script?"

"I'm currently writing a script. It's a movie about aliens invading the Earth and the Earthlings resisting."

"A remake of City Fortress?"

"No...By the way, Director Wei, what do you think of "City Fortress"?"

"I don't know. The special effects look pretty good from the trailer. As for the rest... I'm not a god, so I really can't predict it..." Fatty Wei shook his head.

"I thought it would flop. I even thought it would become a joke."

"Why?"

"I don't know, that's just how I feel." Xu Qifeng finished smoking and stood up. "Director Wei, I have to go. There's a press conference at the Tianyu branch and I have to show up."

"Well, okay, by the way...what do you think about what I told you before?" Fatty Wei suddenly looked at Xu Qifeng.

"I...Director Wei, I'm sorry, I still have a three-year contract with Tianyu."

"Contracts are dead, but people are alive. How much liquidated damages do you need?"

"I……"

"We are all people with dreams. I know you have a dream too. Rules and regulations will only restrict you and ruin you. Besides, how many great directors are there in Tianyu? Even if your movie has some success, will they take you seriously?"

"Director Wei, stop talking..."

"Director Xu, although Chinese films have shown signs of gradual recovery in the past two years, they are still in a bleak situation being ravaged by Hollywood films... In the future, I have a hunch that a new era is about to be born. Don't you want to do something in this era?"

"I..." Xu Qifeng was stunned.

"Director Xu, I've said everything I need to say. I think the future of Chinese films is ultimately in the hands of young people like us. Although the older generation has rich experience, they are stuck in conventions and can't keep up with the coming era. This era is the era of us young people. We don't lack anything now. The only thing we lack is a platform for ourselves to display our talents. You are a smart person, and smart people naturally make their own choices... Liquidated damages are not a problem."

"I'll consider it." After a long silence, Xu Qifeng nodded.

"Do you know why Ayuan went to Hollywood?"

"Why?"

"He is paving the way for our future, and I can tell you that this road will be exceptionally bright in the future."

"What if he fails?"

Xu Qifeng turned his head and looked away.

Fatty Wei's voice is very powerful.

seem……

It touched the deepest part of his soul.

A bright road?

…

Lu Yuan didn't know some of the situations in China.

At this moment, he is staying in the crew to film the plot of "The Legend of 1900" step by step. At the same time, whenever he has free time, Lu Yuan will lock himself in the piano room and practice the piano very hard.

There is a very crazy piano-playing duel scene in "The Legend of 1900". Although Lu Yuan knows that he may not be able to control it even if he spends three months, his mind is still filled with that thought.

May 5th.

Just after Lu Yuan finished practicing the piano, his phone rang.

He took out his cell phone silently.

Then...

It was an unfamiliar number.

Lu Yuan felt a little strange.

"Hello? How are you?"

"Hello... Hello, is this... Mr. Lu Yuan?" A timid voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Um, hello, who are you..." Lu Yuan was very surprised.

"My...my name is Liu Wanqing."

"Um?"

"I... I'm a cartoonist. You gave me this number at the book signing event... You said I could find you if I had any trouble. I... I tried to call..."

"You are Sunny Pig?" Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then was stunned.

"Yeah...right."

"Are you okay? Why do you sound a little tearful?"

"I...I...I...I don't know what to do...I feel so bad..."

"ah?"