The box office of "Detective of the Republic of China" on the first day was 4.4 million!

It doesn't look good, after all, the box office of "Strange Tales of Yin Yang Town" is close to 7 million on the first day, and the box office of "Fengtian Baishipu" is also 6.8 million on the first day...

But it can't be compared.

Shen Xudong's folk horror film has become a brand benefit, even if it has changed to a new actor - the leading actors have been replaced by Yuan Hong, Zhu Yanwen, Lu Fangsheng, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan and a group of people...

In addition to these two horror genre films, the entire first half of the year was simply miserable!

So far, the number one is "Fight to the End" with 2 million, and then "Looks Beautiful" with 1.57 million.

Note that this refers to the total box office.

The box office performance of "Detective of the Republic of China" on the first day of release directly ranked third...

In fact, even if it is a Hong Kong co-production, except for "Huo Yuanjia" and "Detective of the Republic of China", everything else has been trampled under its feet...

In the first half of the year, so far there is only one "Natural Couple" with a total box office close to 8 million...

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After the release of any movie, the things that the media is most concerned about, including the main creative team, have also changed from the vivid color of the movie to cold and direct data.

This is especially true for commercial films.

"Detective of the Republic of China" is definitely a commercial film...

The box office on the first day was 4.4 million, which is considered big news, of course, you have to buy a press release.

It must be matched with word-of-mouth publicity...

Word of mouth, of course it's good!

"It's obviously Shen Xudong's style, suspenseful reasoning + folklore + historical interpretation, the story is told without hurry or impatience, and the degree of completion is very high..."

"The story of the Republic of China + suspenseful reasoning, the atmosphere is very good, there are a few places that are really scary, and the helplessness of current affairs at the end sublimates the theme, which is worth watching;"

"I originally thought that the picture of TV and movies would be very bad, but it turned out that this is not the case, the color tone, the picture, including the art, are all at the level of the big screen..."

It's not overwhelming, though—it's not a big blockbuster after all.

The focus of publicity has become, low-cost genre films, and the story wins...

A bunch of media outlets have even crowned the benchmark for low- and medium-budget films.

"Detective of the Republic of China" was 4.4 million on the first day, and the word of mouth was overwhelming, and we are very happy to see such a movie, which can stand out in the market pattern of domestic films dominated by blockbusters, which is really a rare dark horse..."

'"Detective of the Republic of China", another miracle led by Shen Xudong, in the mainland film market where blockbusters are prevalent, investors hope to get a quick return, and they are more willing to trust those big directors with box office appeal, Shen Xudong does not believe in evil, but takes a low-cost path...'

"There is a phenomenon in the country's film industry, the larger the investment in the film, hundreds of millions, or one or two million, less than three million, some people dare to vote, no one dares to vote in the middle part, "Detective of the Republic of China" happens to be the middle part..."

In addition to boasting about Shen Xudong, of course, we also have to boast about Chen Hao and Huang Bo...

The news of Chen Hao's free appearance continues to hype - if a movie wants to go to the market effect, stars are indispensable, Chen Hao joined for free, which solved the biggest problem of the crew: there are no stars familiar to the audience;

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Huang Bo...

"The Aviator", "Detective of the Republic of China", and later "Crazy Stone", he has been successfully promoted to a second-tier film actor.

As the first actor to join the company, he must buy a few press releases to blow a wave.

"Huang Bo, an underrated good actor..."

"Take stock of the dramas that Huang Bo starred in..."

"Huang Bo you don't know..."

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The main plot of "Detective of the Republic of China" is very simple, the sea river drifts corpses!

Song Yanqing, played by Chen Hao, is the daughter of the Tianjin Weihua police chief, who studied intelligence from abroad, and wanted to be a policeman after returning to China, and then was opposed by her father, just in time to catch up with the floating corpse in the river, she wanted to prove herself, so she secretly checked the eucalyptus, and met Guo Deyou (played by Huang Bo) halfway, known as Master Guo, who specializes in salvaging corpses in the river...

The process of investigating the eucalyptus was obstructed by gangs, including the police department, and even the TJ City National Government issued a decree strictly prohibiting major media from publishing articles about the floating corpses of the Haihe River...

At the end of the chapter, of course, find out - what the Japanese did was done.

The Japanese army stationed in Tianjin forcibly recruited Chinese workers to build the Hedong East Bureau Barracks.

These Chinese laborers were all from poor people in Hebei and Shandong, and were forced to work for the Japanese Ben people in order to make a living. During the construction of the fortifications, a large number of Chinese laborers were overwhelmed and died of illness or starvation, and in order to hide the truth, the Japanese hired local gangs to throw the dead laborers into the Haihe River...

The corpses that were thrown away during the night had flowed into the Bohai Sea by the early morning of the second day, and when they threw too much, they floated ...

They wanted the police station to be shut up, but Song's father directly locked up Guo Deyou, and at the same time explained why he wanted to stop it: "From the beginning, I knew that it was related to the Japanese Benese, but even if you find out, what can you do?" Lushun killed 20,000 people, and Nanjing killed 300,000... International condemnation? And then what? This is a fucked era, the country is weak and the people are poor... Forget it! ”

At the end of the movie, Song Yanqing found her uncle, that is, Song Zheyuan, and begged him to release Guo Deyou, the northern chief official of the Nationalist Government at that time.

Song Zheyuan had no choice but to order the TJ city government to build some cheap guest houses, arrange for the poor people who went to the city to work, strictly prohibit them from entering the Japanese concession, and organize them to work...

It's kind of saved a lot of people...

At the end of the movie, Song Yanqing was very confused: "... But I don't know what I can do. ”

Guo Deyou saw it very openly: "In troubled times, what can we do? It's good to be able to protect yourself, live well..."

"How do you live well? There are no eggs under the nest, how can the situation of troubled times be left alone? ”

"Don't tell me this, I have a master to raise... By the way, is there a eucalyptus that you are interested in? ”

"Eucalyptus?"

"After cracking, thirty pieces of ocean!"

“… What eucalyptus? ”

"This is it!" Guo Deyou pointed to the newspaper, and there were four big characters on it: Ghost City Head!

Well, it's kind of a promotion for the next one...

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After the box office hit on the first day, the main creative team was even busier.

It is probably divided into two groups, Shen Xudong and Chen Hao, and the other group is director You Dazhi and starring Huang Bo and Zhu Yanwen...

In the next three days, that is, the first weekend, the two groups of people will run through the seven cities of Chongqing, Chengdu, Changsha, Wuhan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

In a frenzy!

is to run a roadshow, and when you arrive in a city, you have to run two or three theaters non-stop to communicate with the audience, and then accept media interviews.

Newspapers, television stations, weekly magazines, and web portals are all those who can get exposure.

Chen Hao is so tired, busy with the trip, there is almost no time to rest, he can only make up for sleep in the car on the plane or when he is in transition...

Shen Xudong felt okay at first...

There is no need for artistic communication, it is simply physical fatigue, and he can bear this thing!

Well, actually, there are only a limited number of artistic exchanges...

No matter how busy you are, there are free times, for example, on the plane, call him directly to the bathroom or something...

Chen Hao is very excited - the publicity point and selling point of "Detective of the Republic of China" is her, and now the box office and word-of-mouth are win-win, and in terms of commercial results, she is no longer inferior to the so-called Sidan Shuangbing!

Emotions run high, excitement overwhelms physical exertion...

Commercial films, the first weekend is very important, the first weekend is a big hit, and there will be no problems with the follow-up theatrical schedule...

On the third day, Shen Xudong was obviously a little stunned - he woke up and was dizzy for a long time before he figured out where he was.