Chapter 499: I am a professional in being high-profile (asking for monthly votes)
"Lost in Thailand" was officially withdrawn from theaters 45 days after its release, and its final box office revenue stopped at 900 million yuan. In the end, some new films from Hollywood and Bollywood squeezed out some of the market space.
But even so, this movie still set a new record for road movies.
That's what you call a failure? ?
Pull your grandma's leg.
Many people are already quite envious and jealous about the box office of "Lost in Thailand". After all, such a box office is also a small investment with a big return. It is indeed not very good compared to Yu Xiaoshu's several movies.
The movie "Lost in Thailand" has set a new record for Yu Xiaoshu's lowest box office.
Well, just as many people have mocked Yu Xiaoshu before, perhaps "Lost in Thailand" will be the beginning of Yu Xiaoshu's failure.
How to say it???
Just like what many people have said before, sometimes failure happens in a moment, and sometimes failure is a gradual process.
A movie may be a minor flop, or even not a major flop, but its box office is a little bit lower than the previous movie. Then, another one comes out, which is a little bit lower again. Then, all three movies are back to square one.
This is normal.
Because it is normal, more people are looking forward to seeing what Yu Xiaoshu's upcoming "Detective Chinatown" movie will be like? ?
Some people think that "Detective Chinatown 3" will not disappoint because you can always trust Yu Xiaoshu.
Some people think that the box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" will still fall.
Some people have even started listing them online.
Yu Xiaoshu’s failure started with “Lost in Thailand”.
The film stopped at 1 billion.
Then the next one is "Detective Chinatown", and the box office of this movie will definitely stop at 700 million.
This is not the point, the point is the movie "The Wandering Earth".
That's basically the situation.
Not to mention that "The Wandering Earth" is a science fiction blockbuster. The investment in this movie is not small. Up to now, it seems that the investment in "The Wandering Earth" has not been announced to the public. Only Yu Xiaoshu said in an interview that there is no upper limit.
This means that "The Wandering Earth" may break the investment record.
It’s a blockbuster after all.
Since "Lost in Thailand" is a low-budget road comedy movie, such a box office result is quite good.
But what if "The Wandering Earth" is invested with hundreds of millions? ?
By that time, The Wandering Earth might not even make back its investment with a box office of 1 billion yuan.
In this case, isn't this a complete failure? ?
Come to think of it, some of the haters are quite excited.
The black fans have not restrained themselves at all in recent times. On the contrary, many people have begun to conduct various analyses. They all think that "Detective Chinatown 3" is a movie that is bound to fail.
In response to this, fans who have always liked Yu Xiaoshu said, "How the hell is this a must-fail?"
Many people have begun to count some of Yu Xiaoshu's actions from TV series to movies.
For example, the main cast has not been announced yet, and it has remained a mystery even when the show is about to start.
At that time, many people said that the work was rubbish, and Yu Xiaoshu didn't even dare to announce it.
What’s the result???
As a result, all of those works became huge hits.
It is precisely because all of his works are huge hits that Yu Xiaoshu has achieved such a high status.
Remember to eat, not to be beaten.
Regarding "Detective Chinatown", many people think that this movie must be a bad movie because they dare not officially announce it. But these people don’t think about it. This is not the first time that Yu Xiaoshu has played this way? ?
This is obviously a propaganda trick.
You just think that "Detective Chinatown" is a bad movie, why don't you think about it, what if it is a good movie? ?
What if Yu Xiaoshu wants to launch another satellite? ?
It’s not like Yu Xiaoshu hasn’t played like this before???
The competition during the National Day holiday is still quite fierce.
There were two movies that were originally scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year period, but because this Lunar New Year period has been designated as the strongest Lunar New Year period, these two movies were ultimately moved up to the National Day period.
After all, everyone feels that the pressure of the National Day period is relatively small.
In addition to these two movies, there are several other good movies during the National Day holiday.
In short, whether it is a blockbuster or a low-budget film, a total of 7 movies will be released during this National Day holiday, including "Detective Chinatown".
Among them, "Detective Chinatown" ranks third, with 15 screenings.
Obviously, this schedule is moderate.
As for the first-ranked film, it is the spy film "No Return" by the famous director Xia Bing. The cast of this film is extremely strong, and every actor is a veteran actor.
Xia Bing said in an interview: "I won't use popular artists who can't even speak their lines properly. In this movie, we used all original voices and used the ones that were meant to be heard on the spot, because only in this way can the effect be good."
Of course, some reporters asked Xia Bing whether this would place higher demands on the actors.
In response, Xia Bing laughed and said, "If an actor can't even say his lines properly, then what kind of actor is he?"
In the past, for an actor to speak lines well was considered a basic skill.
What is the result now? ?
Even the actors' lines can be praised by a lot of people.
You say, this isn't nonsense, what is it???
As a director of the older generation, Xia Bing really has no intention of pampering these people.
In his opinion, these so-called traffic artists are not actors at all, and the dramas they act in are not works at all.
Just garbage.
Under such a situation, in recent years, it is not only Yu Xiaoshu who has persisted, but people like Xia Bing have also persisted.
Craftsman.
Xia Bing has always believed that there is no difference between directors and people from other walks of life.
We are all craftsmen.
As a director, what you have to do is to be responsible for your own work. Of course, we all know that if a work can be successful, it is not just because of the director. In many cases, the screenwriter and editor are equally important.
Sometimes even the director himself cannot guarantee whether a good script will be successful in the end.
But all Xia Bing can do is to be herself.
The same is true for "No Return".
Ten years later, Xia Bing re-employed the four young actors of that year for the movie "No Return". The four young actors of that year have now become top actors, and only Xia Bing has the ability to bring them all together.
What’s more important is that the investment in this movie is quite high, and every actor is a great actor.
Originally, "No Return" was meant to be released during the Spring Festival, but the competition during the Spring Festival is one thing, and it would be great if there was real competition, but the more important reason is that theaters have started to raise prices since last year's Spring Festival.
And it’s not as simple as a ticket price increase of a few dollars. On the contrary, the price has increased wildly.
The average ticket price for a movie across the country is 60 yuan, and in some areas the price of a movie ticket exceeds 100 yuan.
Just think about it, if your family is celebrating the New Year, and there are five or six of you watching a movie, plus you buy some popcorn and so on, the final cost of the movie is seven or eight hundred yuan.
If it is an IMAX movie, it may be more expensive, about two thousand yuan.
What family?
Wouldn't it be good to spend this money eating, drinking and having fun with your family???
It would be better to spend the money in a sauna with your family.
Movies are not a necessity.
In the past, people watched movies during the Spring Festival because it was the New Year and families had to reunite, but more importantly, movie tickets were cheap.
However, due to the uncontrolled and crazy price increases during the Spring Festival period, the loss of audience during last year's Spring Festival period was extremely serious. Under such a serious situation of loss of audience, the theaters did not think about lowering prices, but on the contrary further raising prices.
Sometimes, it really is.
Once the audience is scared away, it will be very difficult to invite them back.
For this reason, Xia Bing was actually somewhat worried about this year's Spring Festival schedule. And because of this, he made a direct decision, which was to advance the schedule.
What else can we expect when such a heavyweight blockbuster is brought forward? ? ?
Of course, the cinemas are scheduling screenings like crazy.
Forty-five percent.
The cinema directly gave almost half of the film to "No Return".
At the same time, the film has entered an intensive promotion phase since early September.
Obviously, with a movie like this and the publicity from the actors, it is almost always on the hot searches.
Compared to Yu Xiaoshu's "Detective Chinatown", "No Return" is the real blockbuster and is really popular.
What is the most important thing?
There is really a lot of publicity for this movie, and more and more people are starting to feel nostalgic.
I miss the days when beauties were all beautiful in their own unique way.
I miss the handsome guys of the past, they were all handsome in their own unique way.
I miss the days when the fighting scenes in movies and TV shows were all so unique and special.
Where is it like now??
Now it's all kind of boring.
It is extremely serious to smooth out all the film and television dramas.
It's really unbearable to watch.
As a result, the publicity for Xia Bing's film was so vigorous and the number of screenings in theaters was so high that it almost broke a record.
If you want a blockbuster, you have to watch Xia Bing’s.
This is what many viewers feel.
Under such circumstances, many people in Baiqian Media also wanted to report to Yu Xiaoshu.
It's a life-or-death situation, should we keep a low profile at this time???
Yu Xiaoshu laughed: "Of course we can't keep a low profile at this time."
really.
If Yu Xiaoshu still keeps a low profile at this time, then "Detective Chinatown" will really be doomed.
What era is it now? ?
An era where everything depends on blowing.
If you have nothing to brag about, then you must try your best to find some ways to brag about it.
No one knows these better than Yu Xiaoshu.
All he has to do now is focus everything on publicity.
Let’s make an official announcement first.
In addition to Ding Ge and Bao Nan, the remaining two leading actors were also officially announced.
The actor who plays Qin Feng is none other than Yan Ming, who once played Yan Liang in "The Hidden Corner".
Yan Ming has not become popular since "The Bad Kids", but his development has been steady and steady. Some of the roles he has taken on are leading roles, and some are supporting roles.
He has a good mentality and his agent also gives him enough options, so his acting skills have been pretty good in recent years.
As for Yu Xiaoshu, who played Sinuo in "Detective Chinatown", the role was given to Zou Feng, who played Pupu in "The Bad Kids".
After a few years, Pupu has grown up a little.
She is quite good in playing Sinuo.
This is the first time the two people are working together again after several years.
Isn't it all nostalgic?
So good.
Let’s reminisce a bit.
This is what Yu Xiaoshu is going to do.
Just like that, after today’s official announcement, it can be said that the discussion online is quite high.
"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, they are actually the two little actors from The Bad Kids."
"Yes, actually, at first I thought the actor I liked the most in The Bad Kids was not someone else but Cao Rui, but who could have thought of that."
"That's true. It's a pity for Cao Rui."
"I think so too. The character of Zhu Chaoyang really makes people feel mixed emotions. He was not really evil at the beginning, but later he became so evil that it made people's backs cold."
"Alas, Cao Rui was originally the one with the best development, but..."
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People also started discussing it online.
Since becoming famous for his role as Zhu Chaoyang in "The Bad Kids", Cao Rui's value has certainly risen, and more importantly, Cao Rui's acting skills were the best among the three at the time.
He has the greatest room for development.
But unfortunately Cao Rui has a despicable mother.
As a result, Cao Rui was increasingly exploited, which caused Cao Rui to hurt Zhongyong a little.
You know, there is nothing missing in the entertainment industry.
There are so many child stars.
Cao Rui's mother is a typical person with a strong desire for control. She also thinks that she will make as much money as possible. She is not professional herself and directly cheated Cao Rui.
In the past two years, Cao Rui has had no more films to shoot.
This can only be described as a pity.
But there are many parents in the entertainment industry who cheat their sons, but Yu Xiaoshu didn't say anything.
After seeing the character of Cao Rui's mother, he had no intention of cooperating with her again.
If the two people have been working together, then of course, it would be better for Cao Rui to play the role of Qin Feng.
But now Cao Rui is just like everyone else, and on the other hand, he is no longer suitable.
It was still handed over to Yan Ming.
For Yu Xiaoshu, Yan Ming is pretty good.
After the two young actors were officially announced, the rest of the cast of "Detective Chinatown" were also officially announced one after another.
Then everyone was surprised to find out how the actors here spoke? ?
It’s really quite varied.
Some are singers, some are comedians, and some are crosstalk performers.
My goodness, this is a huge mess.
Yu Xiaoshu had no intention of not holding the premiere of "Detective Chinatown".
On the contrary, when everyone thought that "Detective Chinatown 3" would remain low-key and mysterious, "Detective Chinatown 3" had already begun promotion in late September.
And this time the publicity is not ordinary publicity, it is like a bombardment.
I'm more high-profile. I've changed my career.
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(End of this chapter)
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