Some film media first began to question the true situation of "Shatian 1: Beidou", and an article commented: "The quality of the trailer of "Shatian 1: Beidou" is undoubtedly great, but in terms of the urine of domestic special effects films, it may be that the budget of the entire movie is used for the trailer. ”

There are still many supporters of this point of view, because many viewers have been hurt by the false propaganda of some films, so this time in the face of the publicity of the Shatian crew, they began to wait and see anyway.

At home, Meng Xiaobai's family is watching a TV show on the Mercury smart screen, which is an interview with the movie channel.

On the screen, the hostess introduced the interview guests: "Our interview guest in this issue is the famous director, Mr. Cao Changge. Presumably everyone is very familiar with director Cao Changge, and his films have won many domestic and foreign film awards. ”

"Hello everyone, I'm Cao Changge!" greeted a director in his sixties.

"Today's interview with Director Cao, our topic is to talk about this year's Spring Festival movies. Director Cao is also a winning general in the Spring Festival stalls, the previous "Happy Detective 1" won a billion box office, and "Happy Detective 2" won a box office of 2 billion. In this year's "Happy Detective 3", does Director Cao think it can break through again at the box office?" the host asked.

"Of course you can!" Cao Changge was not a little modest, and said: "It stands to reason that I should be humble." But our actors and screenwriters are so good. As we all know, our two leading actors are both comedy actors, and there are mysterious guests joining this year, and they are also comedy celebrities who have won the honor of actor award!"

And comedy has always been the most popular genre in Spring Festival movies. has the reputation of the previous two "Happy Detectives", and this one will definitely reach a new high!"

"It seems that Director Cao is very confident, I believe that many friends, like me, are very much looking forward to "Happy Detective 3" on the first day of the Lunar New Year......" The host said with a smile, she asked a few more questions, and talked until the play "Covering the Sky 1: Beidou".

"Director Cao, the movie with the highest investment during this year's Spring Festival is this "Covering the Sky 1: Beidou", which claims to create an epic blockbuster, what do you think?" asked the host.

Cao Changge's expression was restrained and became serious: "Say something that is not afraid of offending people, I don't like this drama well." ”

Cao Changge is a famous director in the industry, and Mo Ziyi, the director of "Covering the Sky 1: Beidou", is just a young director, Cao Changge is indeed not afraid of offending him.

"Why do you say that?" the moderator continued.

Cao Changge commented: "The domestic film industry is developing rapidly, and many producers want to imitate Hollywood and create their own blockbusters, or cinematic universes. But so far, none of them have succeeded!"

"The most important reason is that we don't have good technology. Whether it is the level of special effects production or post-processing, the comparison is not one or two points worse. The special effects that are often made are very embarrassing. ”

And the filmmakers are not very happy to invest in this area. Moreover, we also lack good screenwriters, as far as I know, "Covering the Sky" is an IP, and it is also a fantasy. This kind of adaptation of a movie without nutrition and depth? This kind of adaptation of a work is not unprecedented, and without exception, it has hit the streets. ”

"So I don't think 'Covering the Sky 1: Beidou' is worth looking forward to. ”

After Cao Changge finished speaking, Tang Biyun immediately looked angry and said: "This Cao Changge, I used to think he was good, why did he slander your movie so much?"

"It's an investment. Meng Xiaobai emphasized.

"It's all the same. Tang Biyun said.

"It's all about the trend of interest. Meng Lei looked at Tang Biyun, "You can't let him praise other people's movies, okay." ”

"Then you can't say that others are bad without watching it!" Tang Biyun retorted, "I won't watch his movies this year!"

"Mom, I booked a ticket, and when the time comes, let's go to see "Covering the Sky 1: Beidou" together. Meng Xiaobai said, "But I want to explain in advance that this is a special effects movie, and it is a fantasy theme, you may not understand it." ”

"Why don't you understand, isn't it just some kind of cultivation, becoming an immortal, and gods, ghosts, or something. Tang Biyun said.

"Mom, do you know this?" Meng Xiaobai was slightly surprised.

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Tang Biyun looked at him with disdain, "Your parents are not old yet! What online game TV series, Xianxia TV series, crossing, rebirth, why haven't we watched it? What network did your father reward 10,000 yuan last month!"

Meng Xiaobai: "......"

Wanying Group, the company's distribution is arranging the film scheduling plan for this year's Spring Festival.

It is worth mentioning that Wanying Group owns more than 30% of the country's cinemas and cooperates with many brands of cinemas.

"There must be more films scheduled for "Happy Detective 3", which is the highlight of our group's Spring Festival file. A vice president emphasized.

"Happy Detective 3" is a movie invested by Wanying Group.

"Mr. Bai, I see if the schedule of this "Covering the Sky 1: Beidou" will be reduced by 10%. One person proposed, he is an executive of the distribution department of Wanying Group, Tu Da.

It was also the partner who cooperated with Deep Space Film and Television before and was responsible for the distribution of "Covering the Sky 1: Beidou", but was later driven away by Meng Xiaobai because of thinking about unspoken rules.

"Tu Da. The white president frowned slightly and said, "I know you have some contradictions with their crew, but everything is in the interests of the company when the theater is arranged." Don't mix personal vendettas!"

"I know, it's not my personal thoughts. Rather, it was suggested by our data department after a pre-market survey. Tu Da hurriedly said, "In our forecast data, the current income of "Covering the Sky 1: Beidou" is not cost-effective, so it is better to give part of the film schedule to our own films." ”

"If it does perform well in the market, it's not too late for us to move it up. ”

Mr. Bai thought for a while and said, "Okay, then reduce the proportion of films scheduled in the first three days, and adjust it at any time depending on the box office." ”

Wanying Group, as the original benchmark, saw that they lowered the film schedule of "Shatian 1: Beidou", and other theaters also decreased slightly, which led to the film scheduling rate of "Shatian 1: Beidou" only ranked seventh among the Spring Festival movies, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable to the box office competition.

"Although you are very rich, I, Tu Da, are not so easy to bully. Tu Da still has a grudge against Meng Xiaobai for driving him away, because of that incident, many people in the industry laughed at him, and some people at the top of the group questioned him.

"Invest 800 million, I hope you lose all your money!"

Before the movie was released, the battle between the open and the dark had already begun, and these people were waiting for the box office war to come.