I don't know where, Li Mo heard such a sentence: "It is better to be controversial than to be obscure." ”

For most ordinary people, it may not be appropriate, but for people who mess around in a place like the entertainment industry, this sentence will basically be regarded as a golden rule by more than 90% of people.

Otherwise, there will not be so many unknown eighteenth-tier stars who will take the initiative to break the news every year and have various inextricable relationships with a well-known star.

For the movie "Happy Death Day" and Molong Media, it doesn't matter whether this online film critic named 'Little White Dragon in the Waves' is instructed by others, the key is because this guy's thousand-word long comment gave Molong and Li Mo an excellent opportunity to speak.

As the saying goes, "It is better to be controversial than to be obscure," although there is no controversy, it does not mean that you cannot fight back when you are criticized......

Having said that, this online film critic with the pseudonym 'Little White Dragon in the Waves' can be called the god assist of "Happy Death Day".

Although in a sense, it is indeed a very dishonorable thing for Li Motang, the boss of a media company, to directly tear up with an online film critic, but what can he do?

Although Gu Limina and Zhang Tianai will be filming "Langya Bang" in Hengcheng, the crew is not a vacuum.

Most outsiders only see that the box office of "Happy Death Day" is only 80 million in a single week, but they selectively ignore the fact that the film has recouped its investment.

Since the performance of the film is 'not good', then someone must come out and take the blame, right?

Director Li Mo?

Just kidding, Noon Sunshine, the investment company of "Langya Bang", was founded by Mo Long and Hou Hongliang's team strictly speaking, and strictly speaking, Li Mo is still one of the bosses of the crew of "Langya Bang".

That's not how you scold the boss? That's not how you look for death, right?

In addition to Li Mo, the biggest actors in "Happy Death Day" are naturally Deng Chao and his wife, who played the doctor and his wife, and Wang Xiaoming, the actor of the perverted murderer.

But people were just cameos, and they said that a few cameos would collapse the movie, does anyone believe this kind of stupidity?

Putting aside all the big names and those who can't be provoked, the most appearing ones are naturally Gu Limina, the actor of the heroine Xiaocui, and Zhang Tianai, the actor of the anti-No. 1 Lori.

So what else is there to say?

These two girls have no qualifications, and they have no achievements in the past, whether they plan to find a talking point or plan to save the country and exonerate Li Mo, these two are the best targets......

For a while, although the crew of "Langya Bang" still maintained calm on the surface, many guys who were able to play important roles naturally pointed the finger at them for gossiping.

In this case, if Li Mo doesn't come forward to say a few words to show the company's attitude, with the psychological quality of these two, it is a question of whether they can stick to their roles until the day when the crew of "Langya Bang" is completed.

So, Li Mo personally sat in front of the computer and typed out an article called: "Happy Death Day", can it really be regarded as a failure?' to reply.

"First of all, as my friend 'Little White Dragon in the Waves' said, from the very beginning of the movie "Happy Death Day", I didn't plan to make it into a work that can be clearly classified at a glance.

In my opinion, there are not too many film genres in the Celestial Empire, but too few.

The reason why the art form of film has been able to radiate vitality from the beginning and develop for a hundred years is that it has continuously absorbed excellent materials and advantages from other art forms......

Of course, what are the advantages and what are the disadvantages are really different opinions, and everyone is different.

But judging from the current audience feedback of "Happy Death Day", at least most viewers still recognize this story.

Let's give you a few examples.

On the day of the release of "Happy Death Day", six movies were released, including "Flowers", "Time Lovers", "Counterattack", "Super Agent", "Ancient Town Fierce Spirits and Witches", plus "Elysium", which was released the day before, there were seven movies released in one weekend.

If you count the many movies that were released last weekend, there will be more than 15 movies that audiences can choose from this weekend.

"Happy Death" had a first-day shooting rate of only 12%, ranking fifth out of all seven films, but its box office figures were able to rank second among films in the same weekend, behind "Super Agent".

Although the number of films scheduled on Saturday and Sunday has not increased significantly, the single-day box office is still showing an upward curve.

If this is not the audience's recognition of this movie, may I ask, what kind of results are counted?

I believe that no one is a fool among the bosses of so many theaters across the country, as the operators of theaters, they need to pay a cost to run a theater every day, and no one is willing to do the thing of releasing movies at a loss, since they are willing to schedule "Happy Death Day", and the audience is also willing to go into the cinema to pay for this movie, then ......

If this is not considered the recognition of this movie by the theater chain, may I ask, what kind of results are counted?

If both the audience and the theater chain are willing to accept the movie, then can it still be considered an underperforming movie?

It is true that the two heroines of this movie, Gu Limina and Zhang Tianai, can only be regarded as newcomers, Meina has appeared twice as a supporting role in my film, and Tianai is the first time to appear on the big screen, so I also know that their performance in the movie will inevitably have all kinds of problems......

However, this does not mean that they are responsible for the problems in the movie......

A film, the screenwriter writes the script, the director directs, the service is assisted, and the editing is finally formed, in this whole process, the actor is the director's auxiliary means to achieve the goal most of the time.

In the movie "Happy Death Day", the screenwriter is me, the director is me, I am the one who finalized the draft, and I am the one who finally completed the editing!

What's the problem, come at me!"

To be honest, the writing of Li Mo's article may not be as good as that of the people in charge of public relations and publicity in Molong Company, but the basic meaning is still very obvious.

Whether the movie is good or not, the critics said that it doesn't count at all, the audience hasn't opened up the bad reviews, and the theater schedule is slowly rising, which is enough to show that at least at the two crucial nodes, "Happy Death Day" has not been abandoned.

Maybe this remake of the film from the other side of the Pacific may not be as popular as the local movie, but at least Li Mo can be sure that there is still a part of the audience that is slowly accepting this 'down-to-earth' adaptation model......

Looking at the real-time box office data faxed from the computer, Li Mo sent a short message to Gu Limena and Zhang Tianai, who were still in the crew, asking them to stay in the crew with peace of mind and film well......

With the launch of "Happy Death Day", another important node after the establishment of Molong Media is slowly approaching with the passage of time.

That is the upcoming 29th Celestial Empire Film Golden Rooster Awards!

Until then, there was something that had been delayed for months and needed to be clarified first.

PS: Some people think that the opening is too old-fashioned and has no new ideas.

But just imagine, if a character I wrote dozens of chapters, and then everyone found out that she was a passerby, then it would probably be time to leave a message to scold me for being brain-dead, right?

There is a saying that is very true, instead of being unconventional and testing other people's bottom line and acceptance of new things, it is better to work steadily and use the existing methods, although the effect may not be so vigorous, but at least, it will not collapse.

Thank you all for your comments!