Chapter 432
With Xia Cunyi's help, the movie Half-Demon passed the review and got the Dragon Mark, and will be released soon.
The promotion for the release was not focused on the Half-Demon movie itself or the director Tan Xiao, but on the first holographic movie and the world's first holographic screening room, which attracted the attention of many movie lovers.
Who is Tan Xiao? What is a half-demon? None of this is important. What is important is that the holographic projection hall has finally been renovated and they can go to the cinema to watch holographic movies. As soon as the theater opened pre-sales, the tickets for the holographic projection hall were snapped up in a few seconds, making many people waiting for tickets beat their chests and stamp their feet, wondering why they were so slow.
Forget it. If I can’t get it in the first game, I’ll try the second and third games. I have to be quick because what’s being tested at this time is hand speed.
Those who got one were naturally happy, but those who didn’t ransacked the Internet to cry out that there were too few seats in the holographic screening room and that it could not meet the needs of consumers at all.
At this time, Xia Cunyi said that the first screening room was just a test, and if successful, other screening rooms would be renovated one after another. This gave some comfort to those technology enthusiasts.
Tan Xiao cut a few promotional videos and posted them online. Yuan Jing opened a back door for him and put several promotional clips into the holographic game. Of course, people playing the game were not forced to watch them. They could choose whether to watch them or not. Once they started watching, they couldn't stop.
"Okay, the special effects are good. I'm a little interested in this holographic movie."
"It's not possible that all the essence is in this promotional clip, and the rest is just 50-cent special effects, just to trick us into going to the cinema."
"That's right. Don't you see what a terrible movie Tan Xiao made in his first film? Why would President Wen be so careless as to invest in such a director?"
"Oh, didn't you see President Wen buying things for Director Tan? It's just investing in a movie, which is nothing. As long as you have a good face like Tan Xiao, you can also buy things and buy things."
"Get lost upstairs! Our Brother Wen is not that superficial. Do you think anyone can create a hologram? I'm going to buy a ticket right now to support our Brother Wen."
"The one upstairs, take me with you, let's go."
Xia Cunyi was delighted to see these comments on the Internet. He didn't expect that in the end, it would be up to President Wen to sell out his charm to attract people into the cinema. If these fans knew that President Wen had a cameo appearance in the movie, they would be even crazier.
But it would be meaningless if it was revealed too early.
Everyone is waiting for the reviews of the holographic movie, but they are not so concerned about the quality of the movie itself. Although the promotional video looks good and the actors' acting skills are up to standard, it's because director Tan Xiao has such a bad reputation.
The two-hour movie ended quickly.
Many of the first wave of moviegoers grabbed their phones and screamed “Ahhhhh” on the Internet.
Netizens waiting to read the film review: …
What does this mean? Is it that the movie is so bad that they don't even want to review it?
After the first wave of concerns had subsided, people began to post comments online one after another.
"It's so good. I came here to watch the hologram, but I didn't expect to be attracted by Director Tan's movie story. I want to give Director Tan 100 thumbs up, and I also want to give Wen's holographic technology 100 thumbs up. Let me tell you, there is a surprise easter egg at the end of the movie. I will definitely buy this movie again. Whoever regrets it can come to me to settle the score. I'm leaving this to you."
This netizen logged into Weibo using a large account, which means he is not afraid of being retaliated against because he is too confident in this movie.
Is this true? But these words also gave people who entered the cinema a little more confidence.
After the people in other screening rooms came out, they also praised the director and President Wen. This puzzled netizens again. Why did the people in the ordinary screening rooms praise President Wen? Is it because the investor is President Wen?
Some people say that those who posted comments are all water army. Isn't Tan Xiao's level obvious to all? Could it be possible that he could be raised to another level in such a short time?
But some people were still attracted into the cinema by these comments, and gave high praise after coming out.
The first day's box office results are out, a total of 21.08 million, which ranks only fourth among all the movies. The top three are all movies that have been screened for a week or longer. With this result, many people think that it is thanks to the holographic screening hall, otherwise it is not known whether it can exceed tens of millions.
However, as the positive reviews increased, many netizens were able to tell whether the posts were from a scam or not, so these movie lovers decided to give it a try.
The next day was Saturday, and the box office results immediately doubled to 62.3 million. However, the tickets for the holographic screening hall were in short supply and all the pre-sale tickets were sold out. If you wanted to enter the theater again, you had to buy scalper tickets. Many people on the Internet offered to buy them at high prices, but unfortunately, there were almost no people who wanted to resell them.
On the third day, the box office exploded, reaching 123 million, doubling the amount on Saturday. This really shocked many onlookers. What does this show? It shows that the quality of the movie is really up to par, otherwise it would never have such a tremendous growth.
In just three days, many netizens praised Director Tan online, and Director Tan became famous overnight.
Some netizens couldn't help but reveal the final surprise easter egg, which was that Director Tan himself and President Wen of the Wen family actually made a cameo appearance in a small role in the later part, which immediately brought the Half-Demon movie to a small climax.
"I am just praising Director Tan. I will never praise him enough. Director Tan is too talented, and his looks are better than many popular stars. He is definitely good enough. Praise him to the hilt!"
"Haha, I didn't expect Director Tan to have a cameo appearance as a monk in his own movie. This monk is so interesting. Director Tan's looks are really good. He can even pull off the appearance of a monk. I declare that from today on, I am a fan of Director Tan and President Wen."
"Yes, I used to be a fan of President Wen's career. Damn, I regretted it after watching the movie. I want to be a fan of President Wen's looks and praise his looks."
Many people spontaneously became fans of the movie Half-Demon. Various data show that the topic of Half-Demon has been rising in popularity, far surpassing other movies of the same period and even being on par with the first holographic movie.
At the end of the first week, the cumulative box office of "Half-Demon" exceeded 1 billion, and the upward momentum has not weakened at all. Many people believe that the films shot by director Tan are truly authentic Chinese supernatural films, and the special effects are beyond everyone's expectations.
Tan Xiao’s Weibo followers increased by millions in just one week, and he quickly became famous throughout China at an incredible speed.
In the second week, the box office data of Half-Demon remained strong, which brought a wave of popularity to all the actors and actresses who participated in the film. From being unknown to being popular now, their popularity is constantly rising and they have been receiving various invitations. This is a treatment they have never enjoyed before. All the actors were very excited and expressed their gratitude to Director Tan, who gave them this opportunity.
Those artists who refused to act in Tan Xiao's movie are now regretting their decision. If they had known that Tan Xiao's movie would be such a big hit, they would have acted in it even without any pay. Unfortunately, they thought that such a director who made bad movies would bring bad luck to them.
Now they are pinning their hopes on Tan Xiao's next movie. With the huge sales of "Half-Demon", no one will think that Tan Xiao's level of directorial ability is not good enough anymore.
A month later, the movie Half-Demon was finally taken off the screen, with a cumulative box office of 420,000. This final data shocked many people. Although this is not the highest box office record in China, many directors are still envious and jealous. You know, the ending of this movie is not a family-friendly one, so how could it attract wave after wave of audiences willing to spend money to go to the cinema?
There is one place where Half-Demon is still being shown, and that is the holographic screening room owned by Xia Cunyi. And every show is still packed, and tickets need to be purchased online in advance, otherwise forget about watching it as a movie. Before other movie technology is developed, it is impossible to enter this holographic screening room for screening.
Audiences who have watched the holographic Half-Demon movie have gone to Tan Xiao's Weibo to give suggestions. They said that the special effects made by Tan Xiao are great, but the movie Half-Demon is not known for its special effects, so it cannot achieve the effect that will make them explode. So they hope that Tan Xiao can make a special effects blockbuster. After entering the holographic screening room, the holographic viewing experience will be even better.
This suggestion was recognized by many people. Tan Xiao took the time to log on to Weibo and left a message: Okay, that's as you wish. The next one will be a special effects blockbuster, so stay tuned.
Netizens cheered, but there were also some voices pouring cold water on the idea, saying that Tan Xiao had just made one successful movie and was already flattered by netizens, without considering that the success of his movie was influenced by many factors, the most important of which was that "Half-Demon" was the first holographic movie, otherwise he would not have achieved his current results.
Tan Xiao has his own fans now. There is no need for Tan Xiao to step out, his fans will rush over and fight with those who think they are rational.
Tan Xiao left the Weibo account after posting this message and no longer paid attention to the online activities. It is easy to imagine that those who want to smear him will not be able to stop their determination to smear him no matter how hard they try, and they can do so in a very refreshing way.
He is now taking the crew members to attend a celebration banquet, which is jointly organized by the crew and Wen's and Xia Shao's theaters. As soon as the news of the celebration banquet got out, many people took the initiative to find ways to get invitations to attend, and reporters from various media also rushed to enter.
Since the release of Half-Demon until now, they wanted to interview the director Tan Xiao, but failed to do so. The crew members were invited to participate in several programs and were also on interview programs, but the director Tan Xiao was missing. An actor in the crew jokingly said that Director Tan had gone into seclusion again to prepare for his next work.
At the celebration banquet, Tan Xiao appeared with Yuan Jing. After the Half-Demon movie ended, there were many Taoist and monk CP fans on the Internet, and it even extended to reality, and they became fans of the CP combination of Director Tan and President Wen. This has been exposed. Didn't you see how doting President Wen's eyes were when he was buying things for Director Tan in the video? This is clearly a gentle and doting top x a proud, beautiful and strong bottom.
The director himself said: What the hell is this?
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