Chapter 389 Box Office Myth (Subscribe to support!)
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Ye Sui developed acne a little later than most people—she didn’t get it until she was eleven years old.
Getting acne is actually very common.
So, at first, Ye Sui’s grandmother didn’t take it too seriously and just took Ye Sui to see a dermatologist.
Seeing that Ye Sui had obvious symptoms of acne, the doctor treated him as a normal acne.
Who would have thought that after taking the medicine, not only did Ye Sui's acne not get better, but his whole body started to swell up, with his head swollen as big as a bucket.
The previous doctor didn't dare to treat him anymore, so Ye Sui's grandmother took Ye Sui to seek medical treatment everywhere.
Some doctors treated Ye Sui as if it were a swelling, but it had no effect; some doctors still treated Ye Sui as if it were a acne, but it still had no effect;
Some doctors took a different approach and did not allow Ye Sui to eat; Ye Sui's grandmother was so anxious that she even asked an "expert" to use magic to treat the patient with talismans and water.
As a result, none of them worked.
Ye Sui suffered a lot during this process.
The key point is that a girl who loves beauty suddenly becomes like a monster. As long as she shows her face, she will be pointed at by people, and some uncultured people will even bluntly say that she is ugly.
This was the biggest blow to Ye Sui.
After seeking medical treatment and medicine everywhere without success, Ye Sui decided not to go anywhere. He hid at home and waited quietly for death.
It was not until Xu Kai was released from prison that he came to Lao Gui's house to visit Lao Gui's wife and Ye Sui.
After meeting Ye Sui, Xu Kai first asked about Ye Sui's condition in detail, then checked the previous doctor's treatment method, and then took Ye Sui's pulse.
After taking Ye Sui's pulse, Xu Kai found that all six pulses were normal, just slightly weak.
This made Xu Kai also feel troubled - at that time, Xu Kai didn't know why his whole body became so swollen after the acne broke out?
Xu Kaiping had a habit when treating patients. Before he could find the cause of the disease, he would observe and ponder the patient repeatedly. Sometimes when he encountered a difficult disease, he would diagnose and examine the patient in this way for several days until he found out the cause before he would treat the patient.
That time, Xu Kai, like usual, sat in front of the bed, carefully observing Ye Sui's condition and thinking hard.
Not long after, someone shouted outside Ye Sui's house, "Selling Lianggao, Dagao and Ludagun."
Xu Kai saw that after Ye Sui heard the voice, he used his hands to pull open his swollen eyelids and looked out the window.
Xu Kai hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to eat too?"
Ye Sui replied weakly, "I really want to eat. But a doctor told me to stop eating for a few days, but there's nothing I can do!"
Xu Kai said to himself: "What does this disease have to do with eating?!"
So Xu Kai went out and bought some donkey rolls for Ye Sui and fed them to Ye Sui himself.
At that time, Ye Sui had been hungry for several days, so he ate with relish, and did not look like a seriously ill person at all.
Xu Kai read all the medical books he had read from beginning to end, but could not find anything that matched this strange disease.
At night, seeing that Xu Kai still hadn't figured out a way to cure Ye Sui, Ye Sui's grandmother sent Ye Sui back to her room to rest.
Xu Kai then accompanied Ye Sui's grandmother to send Ye Sui back to her room.
As soon as he entered Ye Sui's room, Xu Kai smelled a faint smell of formaldehyde.
moment!
Xu Kai then understood how Ye Sui became ill.
It turned out that Ye Sui's grandmother saw that Ye Sui had grown up and was no longer suitable to live in the same room with her, so she arranged a new room for Ye Sui.
During this process, Ye Sui's grandmother bought several new pieces of furniture for Ye Sui.
And those so-called new furniture that have been stored for a long time and are no longer harmful are actually still emitting formaldehyde.
As luck would have it, the leaves were breaking out with pox.
The formaldehyde toxicity plus the acne combined to cause Ye Sui's entire body to become covered in rashes.
Xu Kai quickly asked Ye Sui to leave her room and asked Ye Sui's grandmother to buy a few pounds of crabs.
After Xu Kai mashed the few pounds of crabs, he asked Ye Sui's grandmother to apply it all over Ye Sui's body.
But Ye Sui's grandmother was worried that she couldn't do it well, so she asked Xu Kailai to do it, and said that Ye Sui was just a child and it didn't matter.
Xu Kai thought so too, so he applied the crab paste to Ye Sui himself.
As Xu Kai expected, the swelling on Ye Sui began to subside in just one day.
Two days later, Ye Sui recovered and turned back into the pretty girl she was.
It was from that time that Ye Sui, who was too precocious, set her sights on Xu Kai.
The reason Ye Sui gave herself was that Xu Kai looked at her whole body and touched her all over, so he should be responsible for her.
Of course, this was just an excuse Ye Sui made for herself.
In fact, it was Xu Kai who pulled Ye Sui back from a state worse than death when Ye Sui was most sad, which made Ye Sui feel that she had no way to repay him but to repay him with her body.
But Xu Kai can play with any other woman, but he can't do anything to Lao Gui's granddaughter.
Moreover, Xu Kaizhen has always treated Ye Sui as a child. Even judging from her figure, Ye Sui no longer looks like a child at all.
After Ye Sui replaced Si Peizhi as Xu Kai's personal assistant, she not only perfectly took over Si Peizhi's job, but also helped Xu Kai deal with Xu Kai's business matters.
In other words, Ye Sui can not only do the work of a personal assistant, but also the work of a personal secretary.
To be honest, Xu Kai really wanted to recruit Ye Sui, a high-end talent with ability, good looks and good figure.
But this time, Xu Kai really couldn't.
Therefore, although Xu Kai and Ye Sui went out together every day during the time when Ye Sui worked as Xu Kai's assistant, and Ye Sui also created opportunities for Xu Kai from time to time, Xu Kai never did anything to Ye Sui.
The key point is that in order to prevent Ye Sui from taking advantage of the situation, during this period of time, Xu Kai would always keep a few women around him at all times to prevent himself from losing control.
Under Xu Kai's strict defense, even though Ye Sui was as shrewd as a fox, she was still unable to follow Xu Kai in taking this extraordinary step.
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As soon as "Time Raiders" was released during the Lunar New Year holiday, it gained very good reputation.
"'Time Travel' is not a movie based on a rigorous scientific framework, but this does not prevent it from being an excellent romantic comedy. It attempts to use a time-space setting to pull time into a plane to explore "fate", "possibility" and "life choices". These originally abstract concepts become more vivid. And apart from the time and space setting, the beautiful chemistry between the male and female protagonists alone is enough to make me fall in love with this movie. The characterization of the characters is delicate and vivid, and the narrative is clever. The seemingly "three wrong views" done by the protagonist, but in fact "real and appropriate" things are all presented to the audience in the softest way. Every time I see the heroine making trouble, I still can't hate her at the first time, but understand and sympathize with her at the first time. This is enough to make me applaud the director's ability to shape characters and narratives. I have to say that Yu Qingyun is Yu Qingyun after all. If Shen Hehe can learn one-tenth of Yu Qingyun's skills, he won't make "Fortress" look like that."
"Many people think that Time Travel is a Yu-style comedy, but I see something different in it. In the adult world, I will not allow anyone to ruin the career I have worked so hard to build because of a fleeting relationship. If it weren't for the filth and sin in his rise to fame, how could we accept a rewritten life? Yu Qingyun's skills seem to have deepened. I'm so glad that there is still a Yu Qingyun in the entertainment industry who can always give us different surprises."
"The plot of this movie is really good. Anyway, the audience in the cinema can understand what story it is telling. At least its theme is to teach people to be positive, and its ending is relatively satisfactory. I don't know which big shot I heard said that to see how good the director of a work is, you have to see what the characters are doing when they are talking. This movie was mainly shot indoors, but whether it is Yu Qingyun or Delia's room, they are very lifelike, with obvious signs of human life, messy, and very different sense of time, but even so, the director made it very harmonious, warm and healing. Yu Qingyun is really worthy of being the world's number one director!"
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With good word-of-mouth support, Xu Kai's strong box office appeal, and the full support of the country's top film producers, the box office of "Time Raiders" was a hit as expected.
Its first-day box office was as high as 300 million, its first-week box office was as high as 1.8 billion, and its total box office was 4.9 billion, which crushed the Hollywood blockbuster "Avengers 2".
With a production cost of only tens of millions, this movie grossed nearly 5 billion yuan at the box office. Xu Kai once again proved his unparalleled strength to the world.
Some people said, hey, this is not right. Wasn’t “Time Raiders” directed by Shen Hehe?
Yes, "Super Time Cohabitation" was directed by Shen Hehe, and Xu Kai only served as screenwriter and producer.
But in the eyes of the audience, "Time Raiders" is definitely directed by Xu Kai. Shen Hehe, who made a 3-point movie like "Fortress", definitely cannot direct a movie like "Time Raiders".
And Shen Hehe never stood up to refute other people's speculation, which further confirmed people's speculation.
Instead, Xu Kai has been pushing Shen Hehe, exaggerating Shen Hehe's contribution to "Time Raiders", trying to help Shen Hehe wash away the stigma she had caused by filming "Fortress".
It can be said that many people have noticed Xu Kai's protective feelings towards Shen Hehe, and Shen Hehe certainly noticed it too.
Shen Hehe was very moved, and at one point she thought of "giving herself to Xu Kai first and then deciding whether to be with Xu Kai or not."
It’s a pity that during this period, in order to prevent himself from being pushed back by Ye Sui, Xu Kai kept a large number of women around him all the time, and did not give Shen Hehe any chance to take this step.
The following summer season.
"The Wandering Earth" is released, starring Xu Kai (playing Liu Peiqiang), popular young actor Zhang Xian (playing Liu Qi) and Xu Mai (playing Han Duoduo), and with a large group of first-class acting and famous stars making guest appearances.
The film received unanimous praise upon its release.
Even the official website gave such a high evaluation: "The Wandering Earth embodies China's sense of family, heroic spirit, dedication, homeland complex and international cooperation. The movie is no longer about superheroes saving the world, but about human beings working together to change their own destiny. This concept is a breakthrough in the narrative routine of Hollywood science fiction movies. Integrating China's unique ideas and values into the imagination and discussion of the future of mankind has expanded mankind's vision of a better future."
As for other websites and film critics, they were generous in praising Xu Kai and Xu Kai's "The Wandering Earth".
"From a spiritual perspective, the film's grand story setting, sky-breaking imagination and soul-stirring narrative allow the audience to see the Chinese people's worldview, way of thinking and behavioral logic. Whether it is giving up personal interests for the sake of the overall situation, or the persistent family ties and the courage to live in the face of death; whether it is the attachment and cherishment of homeland, the persistence of Yugong moving mountains, or the alienated father-son relationship in the film due to lack of communication, there are many projections in reality.
From a material perspective, the design inspiration for some prop details comes from traditional Chinese culture. When Chinese audiences see them, they will feel extremely familiar and achieve a great aesthetic fit.
For a long time, many Chinese films have used IP and storylines with Chinese characteristics to reflect non-local values, which makes the whole film look out of place. "The Wandering Earth" handles this very cleverly, allowing the audience to see pure Chinese people in the sci-fi scenes and experience the Chinese people's principles and moral standards. "
"The various anti-routine settings in the plot of The Wandering Earth are a more scientific and reasonable conception of a community with a shared future for mankind in the face of the apocalyptic crisis, and they have Chinese characteristics. Mountains that block the road are moved away, seas that cause disasters are filled up, and broken skies are mended. Yugong moves mountains, Jingwei fills the sea, and Nuwa mends the sky. These heroic spirits of fighting against heaven and earth that are in the blood of the Chinese people are extremely consistent with the theme of the film of fighting for life and hope in the face of the apocalypse. The film highlights the saturated rescue of the collectivist spirit that is not afraid of sacrifice. First of all, it hits the pain points of the audience and becomes an important symbol of Chinese science fiction films climbing to the world's advanced level, satisfying the expectations of Chinese audiences for domestic science fiction blockbusters for many years. More importantly, the film has Chinese characteristics and is a unique innovation with Chinese temperament."
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With extremely high praise, the full support of domestic capital, and Xu Kai's unparalleled fame, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" finally exceeded 9 billion and reached nearly 10 billion.
To be fair, there are many factors that contributed to The Wandering Earth's box office success, which is almost better than its predecessor.
Director Xu Kai is much more famous than Director Guo Fan. Xu Kai's fame and popularity are much greater than Wu Jing's. Xu Kai's film "The Wandering Earth" was well-funded and did not need to save money on special effects. Xu Kai and a group of domestic film tycoons were able to find more and better actors to guest star, and so on...
However, the most important thing is that the capital was invested in the right place this time.
A group of domestic film moguls discussed with Xu Kai for a long time, and finally agreed with Xu Kai to raise the ticket price of "The Wandering Earth" to a very high level.
——Specifically, the ticket price for "The Wandering Earth" in ordinary Mandarin 2D theaters starts at 64.9 yuan, the ticket price in CINITY 4K 120-frame theaters starts at 88.9 yuan, the ticket price in VIP theaters starts at 198.9 yuan, and the highest ticket price is 258.9 yuan.
This is what created the box office myth of "The Wandering Earth" of nearly 10 billion.
However, it must be said that this has also brought Xu Kai some bad reputations such as greed and black heart, even though those film producers took the initiative to step forward and take the blame and said that the ticket prices of "The Wandering Earth" were set by them, the distributors, and had nothing to do with Xu Kai, the producer.
It was not until later that Happy Wheat announced the sky-high production cost of The Wandering Earth, and especially when the audience saw that The Wandering Earth spent a lot more on special effects than most Hollywood blockbusters, that the abuse and slander against Xu Kai decreased a little...
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(End of this chapter)
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