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Shen Hehe is very smart.

She knew that it was impossible for her to get the support of these domestic capital tycoons all the time, and the reason why these domestic capital tycoons were willing to fully support her this time was because they were waiting for them to smash up, and then get compensation from their master Xu Kai.

Therefore, Shen Hehe secretly thought about it, and was ready to take advantage of this may be the only opportunity to play a big game.

How big is Shen Hehe ready to play?

She is ready to make a domestic sci-fi blockbuster and leave a strong mark in the history of Chinese cinema.

As we all know, Huaguo has never had any decent science fiction movies, even if you choose a general, you can't choose one.

Shen Hehe and Xu Kai have filmed sci-fi blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World", and "Inception" in Hollywood, and have experience in shooting sci-fi blockbusters.

By the way, although Xu Kai has made sci-fi blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World", and "Inception", strictly speaking, these can only be regarded as Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters, not Chinese sci-fi blockbusters.

Therefore, the Chinese sci-fi blockbuster market is still blank.

I have to say that Shen Hehe found a very good breakthrough point, and the selling point she found hit the hearts of domestic film bigwigs such as Wang Jun and Yu Dongdong.

In addition, Shen Hehe has indeed accompanied Xu Kai to shoot sci-fi blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World", and "Inception", and it is possible to make a good domestic sci-fi blockbuster.

In addition, Shen Hehe also put forward the idea of taking into account commerciality, specifically she wants to use Xiaoshenglu Xiaocao, the most popular and highest-traffic at present, to serve as the leading actor.

The heroine Shen Hehe chose a domestic actress she likes very much, that is, the big-mouthed goddess Lin Qi.

As for the supporting roles, Shen Hehe chose the best - if she couldn't handle it, she let Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and other domestic film bigwigs handle it.

Moreover, Shen Hehe does not drill the horns - although she is under the banner of domestic sci-fi blockbusters, her special effects team is all Hollywood's top special effects team, and she is also the special effects team that has cooperated with Xu Kai in sci-fi blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World", and "Inception".

These are very satisfying to domestic film bigwigs such as Wang Jun and Yu Dongdong, and they even came up with the idea that "this Shen Hehe may really be able to take Xu Kai's class".

Therefore, in terms of investment, each company jointly invested one billion yuan in Shen Hehe, and stated that if it was not enough, it would be added to Shen Hehe.

It can be said that Shen Hehe has received the support that other directors dream of.

Moreover, Shen Hehe has just started to prepare for the filming, and Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others over there have begun to vigorously promote and build momentum.

What to say, Shen Hehe is Xu Kai's beloved apprentice, and followed Xu Kai to make sci-fi blockbusters such as "Avatar", "Jurassic World", "Inception", "Titanic", "Forrest Gump", "The Shawshank Redemption", "Truman's World", "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", "Schindler's List", "The Godfather", "Beautiful Life" and other award-winning movies.

What else to say, Xu Kai personally praised Shen Hehe as a once-in-a-century movie genius girl.

On the other hand, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others vigorously advocated that "Fortress" directed by Shen Hehe would be the first hardcore sci-fi movie in Huaguo's history.

It is no exaggeration to say that all the media were all about "Fortress" for a while, and it was overwhelming.

In addition, Lu Xiaocao and Lin Qi have strong traffic.

In addition, the gimmick of Huaguo's first hardcore sci-fi movie.

In addition, the scandal and gossip between Xu Kai and Shen Hehe's master and apprentice.

Suddenly, Shen Hehe, who was only twenty-six years old, and her "Fortress" were inevitably pushed to the forefront.

I have to say that Shen Hehe's psychological quality is not bad, in the face of outside touting, questioning and rumors, she turned a deaf ear, and filmed her "Fortress" wholeheartedly.

This is actually one of the reasons why Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others have been vigorously supporting Shen Hehe.

Let's put it this way, Shen Hehe is also worthy of being a director who has studied hard with Xu Kai for many years and has seen many big scenes, at least her general direction is not wrong.

And because Shen Hehe used Xu Kai's royal team, and Shen Hehe, who admired Xu Kai, fully used Xu Kai's shooting techniques, so that Shen Hehe's "Fortress" was filmed very quickly.

I won't go into detail about the specific process.

In short, a sci-fi blockbuster that originally took a year or two to make, Shen Hehe completed it all in less than five months.

Seeing that Shen Hehe's speed at making movies was not much worse than that of the famous fast gunner Xu Kai, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others felt that Shen Hehe might really have something.

As a result, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others increased the publicity and distribution of "Fortress", and poured out the best schedule for the Chinese New Year to Shen Hehe.

In a nutshell.

At the end of November, "Fortress" landed on time for the Chinese New Year with an ultra-high film scheduling rate of 68.4%.

But the result was that the box office of "Fortress" on the first day did not even exceed 70 million.

Such a box office result made many people shout: "Impossible!" ”

These people can't figure it out, looking at "Fortress", which has become the box office champion this year, how could it achieve such a poor first-day box office result? Could it be a mistake?

Actually-

And there's no mistake about it.

In fact, the people who feel that the box office performance of "Fortress" is wrong are all people who don't pay much attention to "Fortress" or don't pay close attention to it.

Those who really follow Fortress closely know why Fortress's first-day box office was so dismal.

To put it simply, the reason is just two words - word of mouth.

In other words, the reputation of "Fortress" is too poor.

Some people are puzzled, isn't "Fortress" just released? Why is word-of-mouth not working?

This actually has a lot to do with the fact that Shen Hehe and "Fortress" have too much attention.

To be specific, because the attention of Shen Hehe and "Fortress" is too high, so that as soon as the zero box office of "Fortress" passed, the first wave of evaluations about "Fortress" was quickly released.

Moreover, these evaluations have also rushed to the hot search list.

If the evaluation of "Fortress" is good, this will undoubtedly be a great boost to the box office of "Fortress".

The problem is that these reviews are all negative.

"The next show of pure love in the apocalyptic science fiction may not be a fresh and interesting exploration of science fiction movies, but for "Fortress", which was kidnapped by traffic, this has become a disaster like pins and needles, just like countless pure love film and television dramas that have been overturned in history, the plot full of holes and the indescribable acting skills have completely ruined the special effects production of the movie, which is not bad."

"What do Lu Xiaocao fans want to see? Naturally, it is beautiful pure love and the appearance of a star, what is the gimmick of "Fortress"? War sci-fi. For director Shen Hehe, who does not have any independent directing experience, this is a difficult task to juggle, because this movie not only focuses on the secret love relationship between Lu Xiaocao and Lin Qi, but also takes care of Lu Xiaocao's idol baggage, but also portrays the friendship between the protagonist and the team members, and also shows the end of mankind when an alien comes, so the whole movie is a mess, and the most intuitive feeling that the movie gives me from beginning to end is that it is unable to concentrate on any of the above points. ”

"What we see in this movie is that Lu Xiaocao and Lin Qi are vague and powerless as the male and female protagonists, and the friendship between the male protagonist and his teammates is about zero, and as a post-apocalyptic science fiction film, the movie not only has no elements from the perspective of civilians, but many war scenes also use immature game special effects to cover their ears and steal bells, and even many sudden love and battlefield scenes make people feel inexplicable, and in the end, even the sacrifice of teammates can not produce even a trace of emotional resonance, and the whole movie is like a MV for stars to play handsome, And it doesn't feel like a decisive battle for the survival of mankind at all. ”

"The technical shortcomings are not difficult to make up, but the film attitude of putting the cart before the horse has become an insurmountable barrier for "Fortress", and such an attitude will never create a sci-fi fortress."

"The only merit of "Fortress" lies in the special effects production of the movie, under the situation of a group of stars with their own traffic asking for a sky-high price, the movie can still reach a certain level of truth, can reflect some war pictures, and does not reach the bottom line of dismal, it is already a breakthrough of domestic sci-fi war films from scratch, if the movie is not a bland and vulgar love scene, then "Fortress" may not become so bad."

“……”

Under this unanimous bad review, "Fortress" can still achieve tens of millions of first-day box office, it can really be said that the capital still has power, and it can also be said that Lu Xiaocao really has a certain number of fans.

But then, negative news about the fortress began to pop up frequently.

Resemble:

According to a ticketing software, "Fortress" has started selling tickets in advance in major cinemas, including the screenings attended by Lu Xiaocao, and the ticket prices are particularly eye-catching. Some cinemas adopt a "zonal ticketing" model similar to a concert, starting from a minimum of more than 200 yuan, and the "golden seat" in the center of the theater and the front position is even more expensive, with a price of up to 904 yuan, which can be said to have created a new record for movie ticket prices. The number of performances in which other stars participate is 39 yuan, and the ticket price for normal screenings is as low as about 19.9 yuan, who is this Lu Xiaocao, can he compare with Yu Qingyun, why does his movie dare to sell at such a high price? ”

"According to reliable sources, the reason why Shen Hehe was able to mobilize such a huge amount of resources was because she slept with Yu Qingyun for four years and had many abortions for Yu Qingyun, so Yu Qingyun gave her this compensation, I don't want her to be really angry, she has no resources, but she didn't even learn one thousandth of Yu Qingyun's ability, and wasted four years of her youth and the breakup fee that Yu Qingyun gave her, which is sad and lamentable!"

“……”

As a result, the audience's disgust for "Fortress" is getting stronger and stronger.

The end result was that "Fortress" was released for only five days, and it was fully drawn, and finally only achieved a box office of more than 120 million.

All the filmmakers involved in "Fortress" have lost a lot.

As soon as these people got in touch with each other, they came to visit Xu Kai en masse.

When they arrived at Xu Kai's house, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others didn't speak, just sighed there.

Xu Kai saw it and took the initiative to say: "Okay, okay, can't I open a movie myself?" ”

Hearing Xu Kai's words, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others were immediately overjoyed!

Wang Jun asked with a smile: "Qingyun, what movie are you going to make?" ”

Xu Kai glanced at Shen Hehe, who was like a child who had made a mistake next to him, and said: "My apprentice folded on domestic science fiction, then I will shoot domestic science fiction." ”

"Uh......"

As soon as Xu Kai said this, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others were all stunned!

To be honest, Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others used to think that the selling point of domestic science fiction was good, but Shen Hehe had just fallen so much on domestic science fiction that domestic science fiction had become a joke, and the key was that domestic science fiction had aroused the disgust of the audience.

Xu Kai saw the expressions of Wang Jun, Yu Dongdong and others, and asked knowingly: "Why, I can't shoot domestic sci-fi?" ”

Wang Jun just wanted to persuade Xu Kai to shoot something else, Yu Dongdong smiled and said: "Qingyun, of course we can trust your golden signboard, if you want to shoot domestic science fiction, let's shoot domestic science fiction." ”

Xu Kai nodded and said, "That's okay, since you trust me, then I won't talk nonsense, invest half of the happy wheat, you will give half, as for how to divide your half, you can discuss it yourself." ”

After speaking, Xu Kai was about to serve tea and send off the guests.

Seeing this, Yu Dongdong hurriedly said: "Qingyun, there must be no problem if you want to make domestic science fiction, but even if you come to shoot domestic science fiction, you definitely can't make a domestic movie in a short time, right?" ”

Xu Kai thought for a while and said, "Well, it takes at least three months, mainly because modeling is too time-consuming." ”

When Yu Dongdong heard this, he gave a thumbs up and complimented: "Qingyun, don't say anything else, your speed of making movies is really unparalleled, no wonder you only went to Hollywood for three or four years, and you have achieved brilliant achievements that others can't achieve in your life." ”

Xu Xingxing said: "I can skip all the detours and go straight to the point, and I can also save others time for thinking and trial and error, of course, much faster than others." ”

Yu Dongdong's tone changed, and he said: "But three months later, this year's Lunar New Year stalls are over, and the Spring Festival stalls are also over." ”

Xing Xuanming, president of the Kyushu Distribution Alliance, said: "Yes, Master Qing, we have set aside the best schedule for "Fortress", and we were going to let it cross the two prime periods of the Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival to save the market, but "Fortress" was only released for five days, and it was just about to enter December. ”

Wang Jue, president of Sihai Film Distribution Co., Ltd., said: "The key is that it is not easy for us to let the audience go into the cinema to watch the movie. ”

“……”

Xu Kai patiently listened to what everyone said, and said: "That's good, I will personally serve as the producer, and let Hehe be the director again, and we will make a movie before the 20th to fill the ...... of these two prime days."

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