In the early morning of February 11, Wang Xiaobai attended the premiere of "Hong Kong" with a group of celebrities from the sea of stars, and it was also the first roadshow of "Hong Kong".

After attending this, the roadshow across the country can only be handed over to the creators of "Hong Kong".

"Hong Kong" is said to be the ultimate work of the "Embarrassment" series, but in fact, except for the main creators, it has nothing to do with the first two in terms of plot.

The success of "Thai Embarrassment" has greatly increased Lao Mu's confidence, so "Hong Kong Embarrassment" is based on the script given by Wang Xiaobai, and the secondary creation has added many Lao Mu's personal thoughts to it.

As for whether the audience recognizes it, it will not be seen until after the premiere.

However, judging from the continuous laughter in the cinema, "Hong Kong" is half the success.

Lao Mu was satisfied, and a hanging heart finally let go.

At the end of the movie, Wang Xiaobai took the stage with a group of big names.

"Smack!"

Applause rang out.

This is the largest cinema hall in the entire theater and one of the largest cinemas in Jiangcheng, which can accommodate 1,500 people at the same time.

The news of the roadshow was released very early, so the tickets for this show are not only expensive, but also difficult to buy.

The 1,500-person theater was almost full except for the guests.

So you can imagine what a spectacular scene it was when more than 1,000 people applauded at the same time.

Wang Xiaobai took the microphone and said to everyone: "I'm a little entangled now, because I don't know whether to say good morning or good evening to everyone." If you want to say good evening, but now it's two o'clock in the morning, and in another 22 hours, the traditional Chinese New Year will come. But I want to say good morning, it's not dawn tomorrow yet. ”

"Haha!"

"As long as you're happy, you can say anything. ”

“……”

The audience shouted loudly.

Wang Xiaobai also smiled and said, "There are a lot of people here today, and I thank you very much, I heard that the premiere tickets are quite expensive by scalpers, right?"

"No, it cost me more than five hundred to get ......."

"I'm Seven Hundred ......"

"I'm a thousand ......"

The audience followed the blind coaxing, Wang Xiaobai said in surprise: "My God, spend so much money to watch this movie, are you crazy?"

Murong Yanliang was particularly speechless, what do you mean by this, is it worthless to co-authorize this premiere?

"Refund!"

At this time, a spectator shouted.

"What did you say?" Wang Xiaobai looked serious and turned his ear over.

"Refund. ”

The audience continued to shout.

Wang Xiaobai said very seriously: "Do you want to refund the ticket?" Okay, the ticket office is in Jiangcheng, and the refund office is in Ethiopia, go ahead." ”

"Hahaha!"

"Phew!"

There was booing at the scene, but there was no malice.

The artists on the stage of the sea of stars are quite helpless, big brother, this is the premiere, and your old man has opened a special personal cross talk.

Wang Xiaobai also smiled, and then became a little serious, and said: "Thank you very much for being able to enter the cinema and support our films, here, on behalf of all the artists in the sea of stars, I would like to express my gratitude to you!"

As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

Seeing this, everyone on the stage also hurriedly bowed.

Bang Bang Bang!

The applause at the scene was thunderous, and Wang Xiaobai's selling has achieved good results.

Wang Xiaobai continued: "Actually, I should do a self-examination with everyone, because I am lazy and slack this year. Last year, I only made two movies in a row after just over half a year of debut, but this year, I only made one. Although compared with the first two films, I have improved a lot in script writing, my acting skills have improved a lot, and I am more than one level handsome......"

"Phew!"

Listening to his stinky and shameless boasting, there was a lot of boos.

Wang Xiaobai's face was not red, but he smiled and said, "Just a little joke with you, but here, I promise you that in the new year, I will work harder to create more and better movies to repay your love and support for me!"

As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

Bang Bang Bang!

There was another round of enthusiastic applause, which lasted for a long time.

When the applause gradually subsided, Wang Xiaobai smiled and said: "I think you should not just want to listen to me talking here alone, then I won't talk nonsense, and give more precious time to the creators of "Hong Kong......"

……

Under the transfer of Wang Xiaobai, the premiere of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" will be very successful.

The movie ended for an hour, and the premiere was completely over, and a group of people left unsatisfied.

……

"Hong Kong Embarrassment" has attracted much media attention from the early days of filming.

When the premiere of "Hong Kong" just ended, after the media across the country watched the movie, the major media also expressed their views on "Hong Kong" in the newspapers of the day.

But as Wang Xiaobai expected, although the original characters did not move, the reputation of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" was also polarized.

"Southern Metropolis Daily" said: ""Hong Kong" is no longer a simple comedy, the genre and content have been comprehensively upgraded, not only Yu Shan, Wang Baobao's hilarious embarrassment, but also the heart-piercing emotional drama of the male and female leads, the middle-aged man's nostalgia for youth and reflection on life in the film are even more meaningful, not only laughing, but also moving and thinking......

"Good Morning Jingcheng Daily" said: "Although there are not so many laughs in the film, it is not squeaky, and it tries to create a comedic situation by controlling the rhythm, rather than using exaggerated comedy performances and vulgar language jokes......"

"Hu Kan Movie" published a quick comment of hundreds of words on the official blog of Tuibo: "In terms of the creation itself, after summarizing the lessons and lessons of acting and directing such as "People in Embarrassment" and "Thai Embarrassment", Murong Yanliang has gradually understood and mastered the essence of comedy. Another point of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" is a breakthrough for Chinese film creation, that is, its fragmentation, reorganization and upgrading of the film genre across the board. ”

……

This is optimistic and there are not.

"The two threads of emotion and action in "Hong Kong" are not balanced, which has become the film's shortcoming, especially the emotional line as the internal driving force is not so powerful. The movie wants to show people's life perceptions in middle age, but there is not enough space for emotional development, whether it is Xu Lai and his wife or his first love, the development of their relationship and the solution of the final problem, I always feel that something is missing, so the final climax scene cannot be completed between the protagonists, and an external force needs to be added......"

Although there are voices of criticism, when relative to criticism, praise is more.

After all, money is not spent in vain.

For these evaluations, Wang Xiaobai was not surprised.

A "God of Medicine" made Lao Mu anxious, he wanted to learn from Wang Xiaobai too much, so he played with connotations and tricks in commercial films.

It's a pity that the "Embarrassment" series itself is a fast-moving consumer product, and the rigid play connotation will only make the previous audience not buy it.

Wang Xiaobai himself also knew what the shortcomings of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" were, so after reading the script, Lao Mu argued with him and insisted on adding his own things, but Wang Xiaobai didn't care about it after knowing that he couldn't dissuade him.

Anyway, it's the last one, so just scold.

In 2021, on February 12, the box office of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" came out.

With the help of major media to wave the flag, the box office of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" was still full of surprises - 113 million, breaking 100 million on the first day.

According to this trend, this will inevitably be another movie with a total box office of more than 2 billion.

The release of "Hong Kong Embarrassment" had an inevitable impact on "The Great Sage".

Before the release of "Hong Kong", the single-day box office of "The Great Sage" had reached 85 million, but on February 12, the box office of "The Great Sage" suddenly shrank to 66 million, evaporating nearly 20 million.

This made Wang Xiaobai a little helpless, and also made him learn a lesson, the next time a movie is released, the film of the same company must be staggered for a month. It really doesn't work, it has to be controlled after 21 days.

If a movie is released for three weeks, even if there is no other film impact, it is inevitable that the box office will fall.

However, the excellence of "The Great Sage" also exceeded everyone's expectations.

After the weekly box office of 330 million in the first week, the box office in the second week did not decrease but increased, and today is only the fourth day, and it is already close to 300 million box office. (February 12 is Friday, but the box office is counted the day before, so it is said to be four days of release.) ）

If it weren't for "Hong Kong Embarrassment", the single-day box office of "The Great Sage" would be at least 90 million, even if it was less than 100 million.

Of course, you can't blame "Hong Kong", because on February 11, there were three Chinese New Year films released.

As for February 12, there are two more big-budget Chinese New Year films released.

On February 13, the box office of "The Great Sage" fell again, only 53 million, and it is about to fall below 50 million.

"Hong Kong Embarrassment" has only been released for the second day, and the box office potential has not been fully stimulated, and in the extremely cruel competition for the Chinese New Year, it has steadily improved, with a total single-day box office of 143 million, keeping the title of single-day box office champion.

On February 14, "The Great Sage" continued to fall, but it still stuck to the bottom line of 50 million, and even the box office of "Hong Kong" also fell, ranking fourth in the single-day box office with a box office of 110 million.

On February 15, the bottoms of "The Great Sage" couldn't be saved, and it plummeted by nearly 15 million, with a single-day box office of only 36 million, and "Hong Kong" also fell below the 100 million yuan mark, with a box office of 97 million, proving its sense of existence.

Now, the industry is starting to see the excitement.

In the extremely competitive Lunar New Year file, the sea of stars showed a state of strength for the first time.

Just when everyone thought that "Hong Kong Embarrassment" was going to continue to fall, who knew that it was actually very coquettish and had a bottoming out, soaring by 30 million on February 16, and "The Great Sage" also rose wildly.

And this upward trend has not stopped.

This made Wang Xiaobai have to sigh, it's not that I'm too good, it's all up to my peers.

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