Chapter 383 Impossible! (Subscribe to support!)
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Shen Hehe is very smart.
She knew that it would be impossible for her to always get the support of these domestic capital giants. The reason why these domestic capital giants were willing to fully support her this time was because they were waiting for her to fail and then get compensation from her master Xu Kai.
So, Shen Hehe thought secretly and decided to take advantage of this possibly only opportunity to make a big move.
How big is Shen Hehe going to go?
She is planning to make a domestic science fiction blockbuster, which will leave a significant mark in the history of Chinese cinema.
As we all know, China has never had any decent science fiction movies. It's like choosing a general from among short men. It's hard to pick one.
Shen Hehe and Xu Kai have filmed science fiction blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World" and "Inception" in Hollywood, and have experience in shooting science fiction blockbusters.
By the way, although Xu Kai has made science fiction blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World" and "Inception", strictly speaking, these can only be regarded as Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, not Chinese science fiction blockbusters.
Therefore, the market for science fiction blockbusters in China is still blank.
It has to be said that Shen Hehe found a very good breakthrough point. The selling point she found touched the hearts of domestic film moguls such as Wang Jun and Yu Dongdong.
In addition, Shen Hehe has indeed accompanied Xu Kai in filming science fiction blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World", and "Inception", so it is possible for her to film a good domestic science fiction blockbuster.
In addition, Shen Hehe also proposed the idea of taking commercial aspects into consideration. Specifically, she wanted to use the most popular and highest traffic actor Lu Xiaocao as the male lead.
The heroine Shen Hehe chose a domestic actress she liked very much, the big-mouthed goddess Lin Qi.
As for supporting roles, Shen Hehe chose the best of them all - if there were any she couldn't handle, she asked domestic film moguls such as Wang Jun and Yu Dongdong to handle them.
Furthermore, Shen Hehe is not too picky - although she is promoting the film as a domestic science fiction blockbuster, her special effects team is composed entirely of top Hollywood special effects teams, the same special effects team that has worked with Xu Kai on science fiction blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World" and "Inception".
All these made domestic film moguls such as Wang Jun and Yu Dongdong very satisfied. They even had the idea that "this Shen Hehe might really be able to take over Xu Kai's job."
Therefore, in terms of investment, all the companies jointly invested 1 billion yuan in Shen Hehe, and stated that if it was not enough, they would give Shen Hehe more.
It can be said that Shen Hehe has received the support that other directors dream of.
Moreover, Shen Hehe had just started planning for the filming, and Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others had already begun to vigorously promote the film.
No matter what, Shen Hehe is Xu Kai's favorite disciple. She followed Xu Kai in filming science fiction blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World", and "Inception", as well as award-winning films such as "Titanic", "Forrest Gump", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Truman Show", "The Pursuit of Happyness", "Schindler's List", "The Godfather", and "Life is Beautiful".
What else is there to say? Xu Kai personally praised Shen Hehe as a rare film talent in a century.
On the other hand, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others strongly advocated that "Fortress" directed by Shen Hehe will be the first hardcore science fiction film in China's history.
It is no exaggeration to say that all media outlets were filled with publicity about "Fortress" at one point, and it was overwhelming.
In addition, Lu Xiaocao and Lin Qi have strong traffic.
Add to that the gimmick of being China’s first hard-core science fiction film.
Add to that the gossip and rumors between master and disciple Xu Kai and Shen Hehe.
For a while, Shen Hehe, who was only 26 years old, and her "Fortress" were inevitably pushed to the forefront.
I have to say that Shen Hehe has a pretty good psychological quality. Facing the outside flattery, doubts and rumors, she turned a deaf ear to them all and focused on filming her "Fortress".
This is actually one of the reasons why Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others have always strongly supported Shen Hehe.
Let's put it this way, Shen Hehe is worthy of being a director who has studied hard with Xu Kai for many years and has seen many big scenes. At least her general direction is not wrong.
And because Shen Hehe used the team that Xu Kai appointed, and Shen Hehe, who admired Xu Kai very much, fully adopted Xu Kai's shooting techniques, Shen Hehe's "Fortress" was shot very quickly.
I won’t go into detail about the specific process.
In short, Shen Hehe completed the filming of a science fiction blockbuster that would have taken one or two years to make in just less than five months.
Seeing that Shen Hehe's movie-shooting speed was not much slower than that of the famous quickshooter Xu Kai, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others felt that Shen Hehe might really have something.
Therefore, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others increased the publicity and promotion of "Fortress" and gave the best New Year's Day schedule to Shen Hehe.
in short.
At the end of November, "Fortress" landed on the Lunar New Year holiday on time with an extremely high screening rate of 68.4%.
But the result was that the first-day box office of "Fortress" did not even exceed 70 million.
Such box office results made many people exclaim: "Impossible!"
These people couldn't understand why "Fortress", which was expected to be the box office champion this year, had such a poor first day box office performance. Was it a mistake?
actually--
There is no mistake.
In fact, those who feel that the box office performance of "The Fortress" is wrong are all people who don't pay much attention to "The Fortress" or don't pay much attention to it.
Anyone who has really paid close attention to "Fortress" knows why its first-day box office was so dismal.
To put it simply, the reason is two words - word of mouth.
In other words, the reputation of "Fortress" is too bad.
Some people are puzzled. Didn’t Fortress just come out? Why is the word of mouth not so good?
This actually has a lot to do with the fact that Shen Hehe and "Fortress" have received so much attention.
To be more specific, because Shen Hehe and "The Fortress" received so much attention, as soon as the midnight box office of "The Fortress" passed, the first wave of reviews about "The Fortress" came out quickly.
Moreover, these comments also made it to the hot search list.
If the reviews of "The Fortress" are good, it will undoubtedly be a huge boost to the box office of "The Fortress".
But the problem is that all these reviews are negative.
"The pure love in the context of apocalyptic science fiction may be a fresh and interesting exploration for science fiction movies, but for "Fortress", which has been kidnapped by traffic, it has become a disaster that makes people feel uncomfortable. Just like countless pure love movies and TV dramas that are filled with shoddy and have no history, the flawed plot and the indescribable acting have completely ruined the special effects production of the movie, which is not bad to begin with."
"What do fans of Lu Xiaocao want to see? Naturally, beautiful pure love and the looks of the stars. What is the gimmick of "Fortress"? A war science fiction film. For director Shen Hehe, who has no independent directing experience, this is a very difficult task to balance, because in addition to focusing on the secret love relationship between Lu Xiaocao and Lin Qi, the film also has to take care of Lu Xiaocao's idol burden, portray the friendship between the protagonist and the team members, and show an alien landing in the end of the world. As a result, the whole movie has become a mess. From beginning to end, the most intuitive feeling the movie gave me was that it was unable to concentrate on doing any of the above well."
"In this movie, we see that the vague emotions between Lu Xiaocao and Lin Qi as the male and female protagonists are pale and powerless, and the friendship between the male protagonist and his teammates is almost zero. As a post-apocalyptic science fiction film, the movie not only lacks the perspective of civilians, but also uses immature game special effects to cover up many war scenes. Even many sudden love and battle scenes make people feel inexplicable. In the end, even the sacrifice of teammates does not generate even a trace of emotional resonance. The whole movie is like a music video for celebrities to show off, and it does not seem like a decisive battle for the survival of mankind."
"The technical flaws are not difficult to make up for, but the upside-down film attitude has become an insurmountable barrier for "Fortress". Such an attitude will never build a science fiction fortress."
“The only saving grace of “Fortress” is the special effects. With a bunch of celebrities who bring their own traffic and are asking for sky-high prices, the film can still reach a certain level of reality and show some war scenes. It is not too horrible to watch. It is already a breakthrough for domestic science fiction war films. If the film did not have a bland and clichéd love scene, then “Fortress” might not be so bad.”
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Despite the unanimous negative reviews, "Fortress" was able to achieve a first-day box office of tens of millions. It can really be said that capital is still powerful, and it can also be said that Lu Xiaocao really has a certain number of fans.
But then, negative news about the fortress began to emerge frequently.
Like: "According to a certain ticket purchasing software, "Fortress" has started selling tickets in advance in major cinemas, and the ticket prices for the shows with Lu Xiaocao are particularly eye-catching. Some cinemas adopt a "zoned ticketing" model similar to concerts, with the lowest starting at more than 200 yuan. The "golden seats" in the center and front of the theater are even more expensive, with a price of up to 904 yuan, which can be said to have set a new record for movie ticket prices. The tickets for shows with other stars are 39 yuan, and the tickets for normal screenings are as low as 19.9 yuan. Who is this Lu Xiaocao? Can he be compared with Yu Qingyun? Why do his movies dare to sell at such a high price?"
"According to reliable sources, the reason why Shen Hehe was able to mobilize such a huge amount of resources is because she slept with Yu Qingyun for four years and had multiple abortions for him, so Yu Qingyun gave her this compensation. But she herself was really disappointing. She had all the resources but didn't learn even one thousandth of Yu Qingyun's abilities. She wasted four years of her youth and the breakup fee Yu Qingyun gave her. How sad!"
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This has led to the audience's growing disgust with "The Fortress".
The end result was that "Fortress" was only released for five days before it was completely withdrawn from theaters, and ultimately only earned more than 120 million at the box office.
All the film companies associated with "Fortress" suffered heavy losses.
After these people had some contact, they came to visit Xu Kai as a group.
When they arrived at Xu Kai's house, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others didn't say anything, just sighed.
Seeing this, Xu Kai took the initiative to say, "Okay, okay, can't I open a movie myself?"
Hearing Xu Kai's words, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others were immediately delighted! Wang Jun smiled and asked, "Qing Yun, what kind of movie are you going to make?"
Xu Kai glanced at Shen Hehe, who looked like a child who had made a mistake, and said, "My apprentice failed in domestic science fiction, so I will shoot domestic science fiction."
"Well……"
When Xu Kai said this, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others were all stunned! To be honest, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others used to think that domestic science fiction was a good selling point, but Shen Hehe had just suffered such a big setback in domestic science fiction that domestic science fiction had become a joke. The key point was that domestic science fiction had aroused the disgust of the audience. In this case, it was not a good idea to shoot domestic science fiction again.
Xu Kai saw the expressions of Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others, and asked knowingly: "Why, I can't shoot domestic science fiction?"
Wang Jun was about to persuade Xu Kai to shoot something else, but Yu Dongdong smiled and said, "Qingyun, we certainly trust your reputation. If you want to shoot a domestic science fiction, then we will shoot a domestic science fiction."
Xu Kai nodded and said, "Okay then. Since you trust me, I won't waste any more words. I will invest half of Happy Wheat and you will invest the other half. As for how to divide your half, you can discuss it among yourselves."
After saying that, Xu Kai was about to serve tea to see the guest off.
Seeing this, Yu Dongdong quickly said, "Qingyun, there is definitely no problem if you want to shoot a domestic science fiction, but even if you come to shoot a domestic science fiction, you certainly can't make a domestic movie in a short time, right?"
Xu Kai thought for a moment and said, "Well, it will take at least three months, mainly because modeling and other things take too much time."
Yu Dongdong gave a thumbs up and complimented, "Qingyun, apart from anything else, your speed in making movies is unmatched. No wonder you have only been in Hollywood for three or four years and have achieved brilliant achievements that others cannot achieve in their entire lives."
Xu Kaixin said: "I can skip all the detours and get straight to the point, which can also save others the time of thinking and trial and error. Of course, I am much faster than others."
Yu Dongdong changed his tone and continued, "But three months later, this year's Lunar New Year holiday is over, and the Spring Festival holiday is also over."
Xing Xuanming, president of Jiuzhou Distribution Alliance, said, "Yes, Mr. Qing, we reserved the best time slot for "Fortress". We had planned to have it span the two golden time slots of Lunar New Year and Spring Festival to save the market, but "Fortress" was taken down after only five days of release. It's only December now, and it would be a waste if we don't use the two golden time slots."
Wang Jue, president of Sihai Film Distribution Co., Ltd., said: "The key is that we have worked so hard to get audiences to go to the cinema to watch movies. If we destroy the two golden periods of Lunar New Year and Spring Festival, I don't know how long it will take to restore this market."
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Xu Kai listened patiently to what everyone said and said, "Then how about this, I will personally serve as the producer and let He He be the director again. We will shoot a movie before the 20th to fill these two golden periods..."
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(End of this chapter)
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