Xu Siming was also browsing the online comments. Compared with An Jingzhi's smile, his face looked very ugly.
"Tnnd, these keyboard warriors are really outspoken!"
"What's wrong with not being famous? Can't you make good movies without being famous? Don't those famous people still feed them shit?!"
"At least he watched the movie and criticized me, so I can accept that. But he didn't watch anything and just looked at the cast and cursed me like that!"
"No, I'm just too angry." He clattered on the keyboard and cursed at the person on the other side of the network cable.
An Jingzhi stopped browsing and put down the mouse. "Why are you so anxious? Isn't the movie's popularity rising?"
Xu Siming frowned and started a quarrel, then turned around and said, "Why are you so calm?"
He pointed at the extremely offensive post and said, "Didn't you see it? It just said we're a bunch of shit."
"I saw it." An Jingzhi said indifferently: "Whatever he said is what it is."
"You need to think differently. Our film originally had nothing to offer except Hu Chengming."
"Now it's good. So many more people are paying attention to it, which proves that our movie has gained some popularity."
"No matter whether he is good or bad, at least it is better than no one paying attention to him, right?"
"At least the movie's name will be familiar to passersby."
"Once those who went to see the movie because of Hu Chengming's reputation have finished watching it, they will definitely leave comments online. Then, won't the box office slowly increase?"
The tension in Xu Siming's heart slowly dissipated. "You do have a point," he paused, then added, "You're quite confident. Aren't you afraid that people will criticize you even more fiercely after watching the movie?"
"I shoot and edit my own movies, and I know what I'm doing."
He did not write this movie script randomly. He first based it on the original owner's memory and the situation of the film market, and then polished it out.
He wasn't sure whether it would be a huge hit, but he was sure that he could make money.
Seeing An Jingzhi's calm and composed appearance, Xu Siming admired him and said, "I was completely stunned by their scolding, and you still think so much."
"If you want to make money, you have to consider the pros and cons of things. Instead of yelling back every time someone yells at you, it's meaningless. Think about it this way: the more they yell at you, the more money they make. Wouldn't that make you feel better?"
After a few days, the heat gradually subsided. An Jingzhi asked Xu Siming to pick out a few replies with more likes and make a few comments, and the heat picked up again.
It went on and on like this until half a month later when the heat finally subsided.
People in the village don’t use the Internet much and are not aware of the situation outside, but young people who have left the village, especially those who are in school, have more or less learned about it.
Uncle An Liu's adopted daughter also learned about the situation in Xiaoan Village from her classmates.
Originally, she had no idea that a movie was being made in the village. After hearing about it from her classmates, she immediately called back to ask.
Although she was not very optimistic about the filming in the village, it was a matter between the villagers, and it was irritating to see outsiders cursing at them.
Borrowing the school's computer room, Anyachun also joined the battlefield.
Xu Siming, who had been paying attention to the situation on the Internet, saw that there was a netizen who defended them very much and responded to almost every bad comment from the other party.
"Wow, we actually have a die-hard fan. They must be fans of Hu Chengming, right?"
Later, he found that there were more and more fans defending them on the Internet. He clicked on their webpage and found that they were not following Hu Chengming either.
“It might be the young people from our village.”
"I was saying, we haven't even seen the movie, so we probably don't have much running water."
With the arrival of winter vacation, the Spring Festival is just around the corner.
An Jingzhi was not very satisfied when he learned that the film had only about 10% of the screening time, and that the 10% was obtained with the help of Hu Chengming. The small number of screenings was not the main point, the main point was that these movies were all scheduled in the evening or morning, which was an unfavorable time period.
Even if the movie is good, people won’t choose these time periods.
After much deliberation, he went to the local government in person. The film was always promoted in the name of poverty alleviation, and all the money earned was used for the construction of Xiaoan Village.
Xiaoan Village's ability to escape poverty is also a political achievement for the local government. After An Jingzhi's efforts, he received local support.
Although the film did not receive a large-scale screening schedule, it is still better than those that are squeezed into the corner and gathered dust.
The local governments in other places have no control over it, but in their city, although the number of movie screenings has not increased, they have obtained a lot of good time slots.
As the film was about to be released, Hu Chengming also spontaneously helped promote the film without An Jingzhi's reminder.
This was thanks to Hu Chengming's fame and a war of words a few months ago.
The movie had good performance on the first day.
The moviegoers included fans of Hu Chengming as well as those who argued with them, and wanted to curse them from beginning to end after watching the movie.
Some people entered the film industry with the idea of helping local areas get out of poverty.
On the first day of the movie release, those popular movies made over 100 million yuan at the box office.
Although An Jingzhi's film "Nineteen Seventy-Eight" has also gained some popularity, compared with these films, it is really nothing.
The box office on the first day was 10 million.
After learning the result, Xu Siming was immediately ecstatic.
He didn't dare to compare himself with those big movie directors, and achieving this result was already unexpected.
As the first batch of movie viewings ended, the movie's reputation gradually grew.
"I admit I spoke a little loudly earlier. It's a good movie."
"To be honest, I originally went to see this movie just for Hu Chengming. My girlfriend is a fan of his. I didn't expect the movie to be so exciting. There were no boring moments throughout!"
"Hahahaha! This movie is full of laughter and tears, and the way the old man and the old woman in this village curse is so vivid! It's exactly like my grandparents in my hometown!"
"Honestly, after watching this movie, I can only say two words: moved! The scoundrel old man in the movie usually curses and grumbles, even caring about a needle or a vegetable, but when faced with a crisis like a flood, he is willing to give others a chance to survive."
"I originally thought it was a film that was trying to morally blackmail people under the guise of poverty alleviation. I had even written a review of it, and now I have to write a new review."
"What a rubbish movie, full of gossip and forced emotional escalation."
Overall, there are both good and bad reviews of the film, but the majority are supportive.
After the first round of screenings, the number of viewers who went to see the film gradually increased, and three days later the daily box office had risen to 14 million.
Although it is not as good as the top movies, it is at least better than the best.
The money they invested has long been earned back.
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