At the beginning of May, the Chinese film industry was shrouded in a strange smell of sadness.

"Deep Sea Shark 2", "The End of the World", and "Global Disaster", the three Hollywood movies directly dominated the list, and on the day of their premiere, they all dropped an amazing box office of 50 million, 30 million, and 25 million!

Among them, Andorra's "Deep Sea Shark 2" broke the amazing record of the highest box office in the history of Chinese films.

The popularity of the first movie, coupled with the fact that there are various suspenses and climaxes in the movie itself, led to the popularity of the film, and even after the premiere, all kinds of stills and news bombarded the entire film circle.

Andorra is a great success!

His success is not only at the box office, but even when he came to China to promote the movie, most of the first-line stars in China were arranged by the company to go to the Andorra field, countless reporters crowded, gathered at the door of the entire Yanjing Grand Theater, this glance was actually crowded, very lively, and even indirect, Andorra came to China to promote one of the most popular hot spots in May in the entire Chinese media.

After Andorra saw so many Chinese artists sitting in the audience to support him, he couldn't help but smile on his face, looking quite arrogant, and at the same time, there was an inexplicable sense of disdain in his heart.

Of course, he didn't show this disdain, but took photos with the stars one by one, smiling and talking about the arrangements for some new movies and the expectations for the final box office of the film.

Most artists are still able to keep their senses, and when they talk, they still retain everyone's relatively equal attitude, but some of the few little fresh meat and hosts are very excited, they can't wait to explain their ancestors for eighteen generations, and the sound of sycophants is even higher from wave to wave, hoping to make Andorra more familiar.

Andorra was smiling and smiling happily when he faced them.

However, the more he laughed, the more disdain he felt in his heart, and the more he felt a sense of ridicule that he couldn't even say.

Most of China's time in May belongs to Andorra.

After the end of the publicity, countless little fresh meat posted photos with Andorra on Weibo, and they were accompanied by a plausible cooperation that seemed to have cooperation opportunities with Andorran directors, and the words "Andorra came to China" became the hot search point of the entire Weibo within one day......

For a while, the limelight was unparalleled.

As for the two films "The End of the World" and "Global Disaster", they continue to make great progress, although they are not as good as "Deep Sea Shark 2", but they are also the existence of an explosion of popularity......

In the entertainment industry, I don't know when it seems to be blowing a gust of wind that worships foreign countries.

And this wave of wind blew for several days before it slowly subsided.

Of course, this is understandable.

Basically, most of the Chinese artists do not let go of any opportunity to meet Hollywood directors and become international artists, and most of them want to have their own figure in international blockbusters, even if it is a trick to show their faces, it is enough to say two sentences of half-foreign English.

At least......

It's completely different in terms of force.

At least international stars and Chinese stars, in essence, gimmicks and worth are not at all describable in one sentence.

A lot of things have two sides.

Hollywood movies in May are not good in China, and Hollywood directors in May are not good in China.

But the Chinese movies in May inexplicably have a sad taste.

Zhang Tong's "Brushing Money Life" had a box office of 7 million on the opening day.

This data can't be said to hit the street, but it must not be said to be explosive, it can only be said that it is decent, stable and profitable.

It ranked fourth at the box office for the film's premiere in May.

Fourth place, compared to the box office of third place......

Indescribable.

Such a movie looked extremely embarrassing in the box office battle in May, and it was simply crushed like words.

But Zhang Tong's "Life of Brushing Money" turned out to be the last card in the Chinese movie in May.

Other movies basically hit the streets......

Literary director Li You's movie "I Am a Cow" was lucky to get the embarrassing data of 500,000 at the single-day box office......

Half a million?

Yes!

You read that right, this movie released nationwide has a total investment of 7 million, and only 500,000 on the premiere day, when it should have exploded.

This......

It's like a joke.

Of course, the reputation of the movie is very good, as long as you can watch it in theaters, you are basically a die-hard fan of Li You, and the reviews of this movie on the Tomato Movie Network are even more praised......

After all, fans who can spend money to see a cow grazing are themselves artistic concepts, and praise is naturally not a problem, but also can show a wave of superiority.

That's good.

However, in a sense, it also shows that Chinese films have fallen into an embarrassing situation again.

Of course, these completely different comparisons actually make many directors very uncomfortable.

Among them are Wei Fatzi, who is filming "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" on Taiwan Island, and Xu Qifeng, a cutting-edge director who once "Explosive Aliens".

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On the afternoon of May 3.

"Ah Yuan is in Hollywood, compared to Andorra in China...... It suddenly felt ironic. Wei Fatzi silently finished smoking a cigarette and squatted by the small river at the entrance of the school, silently looking at the river flowing in the distance.

"Well, yes, it's a pity, it's because we don't fight ourselves! There are good scripts and good directors, but they are rarely good movies with word of mouth, in fact, our Chinese movies are not bad. Xu Qifeng took the cigarette handed over by Wei Fatzi and slowly smoked it.

He met Wei Fatzi by chance in a job on Taiwan Island, and at first the two complimented each other politely, and Xu Qifeng was inevitably a little nervous, after all, Wei Fatzi is the best director, and he has no name now, and he is invisibly shorter than Wei Fatzi, but when the conversation was deep, Xu Qifeng suddenly felt that Wei Fatzi was very enthusiastic about himself and had no fight.

So as soon as the two were free, they made an appointment to smoke together and talk about movies together......

Xu Qifeng is a more angry person, sometimes he will scold, and sometimes he will scold the management system of Tianyu Company, he is actually a little dissatisfied with the senior management of Tianyu.

After Wei Fatzi saw this scene, he had a bottom in his heart, and he inevitably instilled some "remote" benefits in Xu Qifeng.

In a word......

Xu Qifeng knew that Wei Fatzi was trying to find a way to dig himself, but it would be impossible for him to change jobs for a while.

After all......

He still has a three-year contract with Tianyu!

"It's useless to just say it, it's a very real world...... At the same time, it is an era of commercial films, your movie box office is good, no matter how garbage you are, you are awesome, your movie box office is not good, no matter how good your reputation is, it is garbage, very realistic. Wei Fatzi laughed.

"I think the future will be better...... My new film is preparing to attract investment, and this time, I plan to work with Hollywood movies to add glory to China. ”

"How much investment?"

"Two hundred million!"

"Where's the script?"

"I'm working on the screenplay, which is a big movie about aliens invading the earth and the earthlings resisting. ”

"A remake of City Fortress?"

"No...... By the way, Director Wei, what do you think of "City Fortress"?"

"I don't know, but from the trailer it looks like the special effects are pretty good, as for the rest...... I'm not an immortal, I really can't predict it......" Wei Fatzi shook his head.

"I think it's going to flutter, and I even think it's going to turn into a joke. ”

"Why?"

"I don't know, that's how it feels. Xu Qifeng stood up after smoking, "Director Wei, I have to go, there is still a press conference here in the Tianyu branch, and I have to show my face." ”

"Well, okay, right...... What do you think about what I told you before?" Wei Fatzi suddenly looked at Xu Qifeng.

"I ...... Director Wei, I'm sorry, I still have a three-year contract with Tianyu. ”

"The contract is dead, the person is alive, how much liquidated damages do you need?"

"I ......"

"We are all a group of people with dreams, I know that you also have a dream, and the rules and regulations will only bind you and ruin you, and besides, how many big directors are there in Tianyu? Even if your movies have some achievements, will they pay attention to you?"

"Director Wei, don't talk about it......"

"Director Xu, although in the past two years, there have been signs of gradual recovery of Chinese films, but they are still in a bleak situation of being ravaged by Hollywood movies...... In the future, I have a premonition that an era is about to be born, don't you want to do something in this era?"

"I ......" Xu Qifeng was stunned.

"Director Xu, I've said everything I should have said, I think the future movies of China are in the hands of our young people after all, although the older generation has rich experience, but they stick to the rules, after all, some can't keep up with this upcoming big era, this era is the era of our young people, we don't lack anything now, what we lack is only a platform that can make a difference, you are a smart person, smart people naturally have their own choices...... Liquidated damages are not a problem. ”

"I'll think about it. After being silent for a long time, Xu Qifeng nodded.

"Do you know why Ah Yuan went to Hollywood?"

"Why?"

"He's paving the way for our future, and I can tell you that the future is going to be extraordinarily bright. ”

"What about his failure?"

Xu Qifeng turned his head to look away.

Wei Fatzi's voice was very seductive.

Seem......

Touched the deepest part of his soul.

Bright road?

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Lu Yuan didn't know some of the situation in Huaxia.

At this moment, he is staying in the crew step-by-step filming the plot of "The Pianist at Sea", and at the same time, as long as he is free, Lu Yuan locks himself in the piano room and practices the piano very hard.

"The Pianist at Sea" has a very crazy piano fighting plot, although Lu Yuan knows that he may not be able to control it even if it takes three months, but his heart is still full of that thought.

May 5th.

Just after Lu Yuan finished practicing, his phone rang.

He silently took out his phone.

Subsequently......

I saw that it was an unfamiliar number.

Lu Yuan was a little strange.

"Hello?"

"Hey...... Hello, yes...... Mr. Lu Yuan?"

"Eh, hello, may I ask if you are ......" Lu Yuan was very strange.

"I ...... My name is Liu Wanqing. ”

"Huh?"

"I ...... I'm a cartoonist and this number was left to me at the book signing...... You say, if I'm having trouble, I can come to you, I, I've tried to hit ......"

"Are you a sunny little pig?" Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then was stunned.

"Hmm...... Right. ”

"Are you okay? Why is your voice a little crying?"

"I ...... I...... I...... I don't know what I should do...... I'm so uncomfortable......"

"Huh?"