Compared with the thriving prosperity of the Chinese-language film market, Hollywood movies in the North American market are really old and bad.

On the other hand, the 2017 North American summer season is known as the "worst in the decade". The number of moviegoers in the summer season fell by 17.2% compared to 2016, the worst performance since 1992 (424 million), and 200 million fewer than the record of moviegoers set in the summer of 2002 (634 million).

The main reason for this is the lack of innovation and aesthetic fatigue. In 1994, there were 51% original films in Hollywood, but in 2014, less than 25% remained, and in 2017, only about 10%.

Original films are slightly riskier, and the audience is not easy to position. IP series films are easy to promote, the box office is rising year by year, and they can also develop peripherals.

The victory of the IP series is the result of the choice of the market. But for the audience, the series of blockbusters with no sincerity and old routines is really becoming more and more unattractive.

Especially in the summer of 2017, it is simply a cold winter for a series of movies. "Transformers 5", "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", "Alien: Covenant", "The New Mummy", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 3", several films have good or bad reputations, but the box office is unsatisfactory, which makes the filmmakers very chilling.

However, this situation could not be better for Longlin Pictures. First, North American audiences have a tradition of watching special effects blockbusters, and secondly, the Flood Wilderness series with oriental colors is very fresh for North American audiences at the moment, so the media will shout "The wolf is coming" sourly.

The next morning, at the TCL China Theatre in Hollywood, the North American premiere of "The Lich War", thousands of audiences gathered here, as well as countless media reporters.

In addition to Warner, the other five of Hollywood's Big Six had high-level attendance. After all, on June 30th, in addition to "Lich War", Universal's "Despicable Me 3" and Sony's "Auto Theft" were released on the same day.

In addition, Lionsgate and Weinstein also had people present, especially the latter, who came Harvey Weinstein, who looked like a big man, standing in a slightly remote position in the venue, chatting with a beautiful female reporter. didn't know that just a few months later, he would be disgraced by the scandal of the New York Times.

There are not many celebrities, firstly, the schedule is tight, time is money, and secondly, there is not much contact with Lu Lin. In the past, artists from all over the world wanted to go to Hollywood to develop. But there are no Hollywood artists who plan to come to China to mingle.

Therefore, the Hollywood artists who attended "Lich War" basically cooperated with Lu Lin in "The Three-Body Problem". For example, Gai Erjiaduo was by Jing Yan's side, looking like a good sister, and chatted with Lu Lin from time to time.

"How much is the total box office? Over 700 million, right?" But Jing Yan was curious and inquired about "Wonder Woman".

Gai Erjia smiled politely and said, "I don't know, anyway, the first two heard that it was over 600 million!"

The young lady was a little envious and said: "It's so good, the starring film is a big hit all over the world, when will I get to this level!"

Gai Erjia said with a smile: "It's really an honor to be praised by Director Lu!"

"We're old friends, don't be so polite!"

Gai Yijia nodded, "Yes, then when I go to China again, I will have to disturb the two of you!"

Jing Yan said enthusiastically: "Friend, what's not to disturb!"

After the ceremony began, it was still the same interview session, and the same words have been said too much recently, but there is nothing to mention. And when the film began, the picture on the screen really shocked many filmmakers.

The main reason is that there are too many people in the industry on the scene, and many people know how to shoot "special effects blockbusters" and how difficult it is, so they feel more and more shocked.

It's like ordinary people watching "Zootopia", but they just think the picture is exquisite and the story is quite interesting.

However, in the eyes of professionals, you will find that the size and proportions of the animals in the film strictly adhere to the rules of the real world, and the hair special effects are handled to the extreme, and how much work is required.

Of course, most of the people watching the movie in the venue are still ordinary audiences. Although it is not as much as the industry insiders, it represents the real viewing experience of the audience.

"That girl is so pretty! If only I could find a girlfriend like that!" said a white man.

The buddy next to him said, "Hey, don't think about it, she's virtual, fake!"

"What do you mean, you say she's not real?"

"Of course, you don't know!"

……

"This scene is so spectacular, it has the feeling of 'The Hobbit'!"

"No, I think it's grander and more spectacular than the Hobbit!"

"Of course, the mountains and the earth are cracking, and the continent is collapsing!"

"The moon actually split off from the Flood Desolate Continent, it's too imaginative!"

"The Chinese really dare to think too much!"

"There are seven continents in this world, why are there only four in the movie?"

"I heard that a monkey named Sun made a fuss later, and he made a fuss about four pieces into seven pieces!" a black guy spouted nonsense to his girlfriend!

……

At the end of the movie, there was thunderous applause as usual, and the audience was full of praise. Although most of these people grew up watching special effects blockbusters, they have to admit that the scenes of "Lich War" are so spectacular and grand that they are afraid to surpass all Hollywood special effects blockbusters today.

Gai Erjiaduo is this idea, although she has cooperated with Lu Lin and has seen many movies of Longlin Pictures, she still didn't expect that the scene of "Lich War" was so shocking.

"Great, I believe that no matter how demanding the film critics are, they can't find fault with the special effects scenes in this movie, it's rare that the plot is so good!" Yan Yan gently wiped the corners of his eyes with a tissue, but he was moved by the love between Chang'e and Hou Yi.

For most female audiences, what special effects are and how grand the scene is, they are not as attractive as the sadistic love between the hero and heroine. However, "The Lich War" depicts the cruel war between the two lich clans, and appropriately tells the love story of Chang'e and Hou Yi's sacrifice to each other, which really made many female viewers cry.

"Thank you!" Lu Lin didn't say much, just politely. Glancing to both sides, I found that most of Warner's top executives were smiling. And the remaining representatives of the six Hollywood majors are not very good-looking.

Especially Universal and Sony, because of the several blockbusters in this summer's file, except for "Wonder Woman", the box office is still good, and the rest are far below market expectations, which puts these two companies under performance pressure. It's just that it was released on the same day as the River Raptor-"Lich War", which is simply a bad year!

"Of the films that will be released on June 30th, which do you think will win the title? "Despicable Me 3", "Auto Theft" or "Lich War"?"

But it was the reporters present who asked questions one by one by the representatives and presidents of large companies!