Because Chen Kaige did enough marketing and publicity before the release, and carried out all-round and dead-end publicity through newspapers, magazines, the Internet, TV and other ways, almost everyone across the country knew about the movie "Wuji", and on the day of the screening, the national box office was as high as 8 million, directly breaking the record of 2.1 million for "Hero".

The premiere box office of "Wu Ji" on the 25th was as high as 21.15 million, breaking the premiere box office record of 19 million for "Myth".

2 days later, the single-day box office of "Wuji" hit 25 million, breaking the single-day box office record of 22 million for "Kung Fu".

According to reports, a media reporter conducted a questionnaire survey of 100 viewers in the cinema and found that 56% of the audience did not like it, 32% of the audience felt that it was very average, and only 12% of the audience liked it.

On the 28th, an unknown freelancer, under the overwhelming advertising of "Wuji", finally failed to resist the temptation and walked into the cinema to see the style of domestic blockbusters.

Two hours later, Hugo walked out of the cinema, and at this point he had a feeling that he was not good.

After returning home, a strong impulse suddenly surged into his heart, and he wanted to change this "Oriental Fantasy Epic" blockbuster with an investment of more than 300 million by himself.

So, he spent two days writing the script and then working at full speed to make the video.

Hu Ge first used "Today's Statement" as a template to introduce the plot, and then began to have frequent golden sentences, such as "Ring Set Ring Entertainment City", "Captain Sanada Squad", "Three orders and five declarations are not allowed to default on the wages of migrant workers", ...... These lines are funnier than the last, and the lines are more creative than the last.

At the same time, he also used RAP, Tanmei, advertising and other elements to spoof and deconstruct "Wu Ji" in an all-round way.

In the end, he completed it on the first day of 2006, because the video was made just for fun, so he deliberately added an FBI WARNING, which is only for personal enjoyment, and it is strictly forbidden to disseminate.

But because the video was so funny, my friend ignored the opening credits and secretly posted the video online.

Then, "A Bloody Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" became popular, and the number of searches and broadcasts climbed sharply.

A few days later, the video, which was less than 20 minutes long, went viral and almost everyone was talking about it, and the search rankings climbed dramatically, even surpassing "Wu Ji".

Subsequently, the audience's dissatisfaction and criticism became more and more numerous.

[Tomato Killer]: Whether it is in the realism or freehand of the camera, the audience in front of the screen is at a loss, just like the abrupt steamed bun that appears from time to time in the film.

[Time is the antidote]: I just want to ask, does anyone understand?

[Rain Curtain in the Diffuse Shadow]: The core of film quality will not be improved because of the director's seniority and speaking skills, even if it is another ten years and more experience, I will still say that "Wuji" is not a good film.

[The Wind on the Mountain]: Meaningless romance, meaningless battles, meaningless frivolity, full of vulgar stupidity and special effects that no longer have anything special.

[A Fairy Meat]: The exaggerated performance can be forgiven, but the incoherence of the plot is unforgivable.

[Pink Forest]: The art costume design and photography are remarkable, and some bold ideas and creativity have been made, but the execution is too poor.

……

At this time, Chen Kaige, who was preparing for the Berlin International Film Festival in February, said in the face of questions from media reporters: "We have already sued him, we must prosecute, and we must solve this problem to the end." Then he said a very lethal sentence: "People can't be shameless to such a degree!" ”

In the face of Chen Kaige's reaction, netizens were stupid, no one expected that a spoof video would directly break the defense of the fifth-generation director.

"This ......" Lu Bu looked at the newspaper report, not knowing what to say.

"Director Chen is afraid that he is going to encounter the biggest Waterloo in his directorial career." Yu Feihong sighed.

Although "Wuji" got a box office of 150 million in half a month, under the bad reputation, the box office is very likely to be less than 200 million, and it will properly hit the street to grandma's house.

"It's true that the shooting was not satisfactory." Lu Bu commented euphemistically.

The film is originally an interaction between the director and the audience through the screen, and in this interactive process, the director and the audience are prepared.

However, for "Wuji", there is a big difference between the preparation of the two sides.

Chen Kaige hopes to show the audience a different "self" and a different movie, and the audience is also looking forward to it, but the presentation form of "Wuji" is really too abrupt.

Although "Hero" does not follow history, there is a historical background, and the audience is very familiar with this history, which makes it easier for the audience to enter the story content set by the director.

"Wu Ji" does not have a historical background that the audience is familiar with, but through a series of subtitles at the beginning of the film, the background of the next story is explained to the audience, and the background of this story is very pale and weak, with neither myths and legends, nor historical basis, which causes the audience to not resonate in the director's creation.

"It's good you didn't act." Yu Feihong said very happily.

"No way, I saw the script at the time, and I wasn't very interested." Lu Bu spread his hands and said.

So far, the competition for the box office champion of mainland films in 2005 has basically settled, and "Myth" has won 235 million.

The good news doesn't stop there.

After the third Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, Lu Bu and Zhou Jilun's programs, as well as Tong Yaya's programs, are sure to be on board.

This is what the chief director Lang Kun said.

At the same time, Project Baby released the ultimate trailer and poster.

As the first blockbuster released in 2006, it naturally attracted widespread attention and discussion.

"Judging from the trailer, there are a lot of laughs.

"This is Lu Bu's first time playing a funny role, I'm looking forward to it."

"But Lu Bu doesn't fight, and the highlights are less than half."

"Did the axe in "Kung Fu" help Brother Chen? However, there are not many highlights. ”

"The cast is no worse than "Myth", can it create a box office myth again?"

"Which is so easy to explode, let's break 100 million first."

……

On the afternoon of January 24, Chen Musheng and the main creators of "Baby Project" came to Yanjing to promote the film.

Cheng Cage, Xu Guanwen, Gao Yuanyuan, Ah Sa and other leading actors were all present, but Lu Bu was missing.

However, at the premiere held the next day, Lu Bu rushed over from Hengdian.

The appeal of the cage, coupled with Lu Bu's connections, stars from all walks of life have come to cheer, and the artists of the Mengjiang studio will naturally not be absent, as well as Han Hong, who has not been seen for a long time, Zhao Wenzhuo and his girlfriend Zhang Danlu, Zhao Benshan, Chen Ming, Lin Yilun, Cao Ying, etc.

From "Kung Fu" to "Mythology", and then to "Baby Project", Lu Bu successfully completed his transformation in three years and gained a foothold in the film industry, and he also said that he would continue to bring different surprises to fans, but this does not conflict with his TV series.

Cheng Cage also revealed a blockbuster news, that is, his next plan is to put him, Lu Bu and Li Lianjie together in a movie, as for whether it is the previously reported film version of "Journey to the West", it will be kept secret for the time being, but the cooperation between the three of them is undoubtedly exciting.

At the afternoon viewing meeting, dozens of media reporters who participated in the film generally spoke highly of the film, believing that "Baby Plan" is a very suitable film for the whole family to watch.

This news fell into Chen Kaige's ears, and it was not so pleasant.

Today happens to be the day when "Wu Ji" will be released, and after January, the box office is fixed at 175 million.

Although it has broken a number of box office records in a row, such as the box office record of the screening, the box office record of the first day, the box office record of the single day and the box office record of the first weekend, etc., but the word of mouth is pulled to the end, and the score on Douban is only 5.4, and it is a loss, at least 200 million.

This also made Chen Kaige say negatively: "No one can understand "Wuji" within five years! ”

At this time, Lu Bu and Tong Yaya ended the last Spring Festival Gala rehearsal and returned to the small courtyard.

"Is five years enough?" Xia Yu said with a smile.

"Be careful with what you say and do!" Yuan Yang glared at him, even if they were all his own people here, he couldn't talk nonsense.

"It's not impossible to do this, isn't Xing Ye's "Journey to the West" also scolded when it was released that year, but now the word of mouth has reversed and has been named a god." Hu Jing analyzed.

"The two can't be compared, although the plot of "Journey to the West" is whimsical, and the relationship between the characters is confused and exaggerated, but behind this seemingly frivolous and vulgar thing, there are actually many philosophies of life, which "Wuji" does not have." Gao Yuanyuan followed.

"It's hard for me to see." Xu Wei shook his head and said.

"Director Chen's last stubbornness." Zhang Liangying said with a smile.

"That's pretty much it." Yu Feihong believes that this topic should not be discussed further.

It was a small gathering at the Mengjiang studio a few years ago, but only some people came.

Jiang Wen, Zeng Wei, Zhang Guirong, Wang Baoqiang and Hu Jiao's crew will not have a holiday during the Spring Festival, and they will not be able to come.

Lu Bu is a special case, and he has to go to the Spring Festival Gala.

Eating, drinking, chatting, everyone let go of the so-called star status, it is rare to be so relaxed.

"Brother Xu, is there a new album this year? I can't sleep without your songs. Xia Yu opened a new topic.

"Are you talking about Brother Xu's song hypnosis?" Hu Jing teased.

"That's not what I meant." Xia Yu hurriedly denied it.

"I understand." Xu Wei smiled, and then said: "I have the idea of releasing a new album this year, but I have only written a few songs until now, and I can't make up an album." ”

"Didn't you go to collect songs or find someone to write songs?" Lu Bu asked Yu Feihong.

"It's not about Feihong, it's because I insist on using my own songs." Xu Wei explained.

For an original singer like him who has all his own lyrics, songs, and arrangements, it is more difficult to release an album.

"Then take your time, a good album is not afraid of being late." Lu Bu didn't think there was any need to rush this matter.

"I have an immature idea, you can help me to see if I can do it." Xu Wei scratched his head and said.

"No problem, you say." Lu Bu looked at him and said.

"That's right, I came up with a cover album......" Xu Wei slowly said his thoughts.

It turned out that after his debut, he already had the idea of making a cover album, but he has been suffering from no suitable opportunity.

It just so happened that the creation hit a bottleneck, and there were not enough original songs, so there was a chance to implement the idea.

When he was studying music in the early days, he often listened to Liu Wenzheng's songs, and was inspired by Wang Jingwen's cover of Deng Lijun's songs, so he planned to sing Liu Wenzheng's songs along with it.

"Brother Xu, the idea is a good idea, it's just a cover of Liu Wenzheng's song, this is up for discussion." Yu Feihong said.

"Who is Liu Wen?" Lu Bu asked the question that most of the people in the room wanted to ask.

"Liu Wen is a singer, actor and host in Baodao Province, he was very popular in the 70s and 80s, and quit the entertainment industry in 91, it's normal that you don't know him, but you may have heard his songs, the most representative one is "Little Rain in March". Xu Wei introduced.

"Is it 'the light rain in March, and the rain is dripping, and the rain is dripping'?" Lu Bu suddenly realized that it was him.

"His covers of "Orchid Grass", "Walking on the Country Road" and "Grandma's Penghu Bay" are also classics." Zhang Liangying added.

"I only hear his songs, but I don't know them." Tong Yaya stuck out her tongue.

"So what Sister Yu means is that many listeners in the mainland don't know much about Liu Wenzheng and his works, and if they cover his songs, it will be detrimental to the sales of the album?" Gao Yuanyuan asked.

"This is just one of the reasons, at the end of last year, I asked the marketing department to do a market research, everyone wants to see what kind of works you have, Brother Xu's words, most people want to hear Brother Xu sing his original works." Yu Feihong explained.

"It's that I didn't think it through." Xu Wei sighed.

"Brother Xu, since everyone wants to hear you sing your own original work, you can cover the song you wrote yourself." Lu Bu suggested.

“？”

The crowd didn't understand, and what he said was a little twisted.

Cover a song you wrote? Isn't it equivalent to a "collection"?

Many singers have done this, and this one doesn't even need to sing, just use the previous master.

Seeing their confused faces, Lu Bu explained: "I mean, cover the songs you wrote to others, such as "Persistence" written to Sister Tian, "Once You" and "Free Like the Wind" written to me. ”

Yu Feihong's eyes lit up and said, "This is a good idea." ”

Xu Wei suddenly had a feeling that the willows were dark and the flowers were bright and the village was bright, and he immediately said: "It's still the second brother." ”

Lu Bu laughed and said, "It's average." ”

Next, it only took a little time to set the songs of Xu Wei's original cover album, a total of twelve songs, including Tian Zhen's "Persistence", Lu Bu's "Once You", "Free as the Wind", Lao Wolf's "Sunny", Ye Bei's "Rainbow", Wang Jingwen's "You", ...... Wait a minute.

At this time, Xia Yu, the "topic king", said again: "Abu, what about you, can't you release an album this year?" ”

Mentioning this, Yu Feihong was the most excited, she liked to listen to Lu Bu sing the most, and she was more interested in Lu Bu's movies and TV series, and she was staring at Lu Bu at the moment.

The others also looked at Lu Bu in unison, all looking forward to it.

However, Lu Bu didn't have this idea, and said, "Let's take a rest first, and we'll discuss this matter later." ”

Hearing this, everyone was a little disappointed, but there was nothing they could do.

As soon as Xia Yu stopped, Ren Yang continued, turned to Zhang Liangying, and said, "Liangying, I like you singing so much, when will you release an album?" I was the first to buy. ”

Zhang Liangying has only joined the Mengjiang studio not long ago, and she has not been familiar with them, so she seems to be more restrained, and in the face of this problem, she only said: "I work hard." ”

Yu Feihong immediately said: "Liangying's first music album is already in preparation and is expected to be released in the second half of the year. ”

Lu Bu followed: "During the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, I chatted with Ji Lun and JJ, and if there is a suitable song, I will give you one or two songs." ”

Zhang Liangying was stunned.

Zhou Jilun's song!

Lin Junji's song!

It was something she couldn't have imagined.

"Thank you, Brother Lu, thank you, Sister Yu."

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On Chinese New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys of Yanjing are lit up, and the festive atmosphere is very strong.

Yu Feihong returned to Hangzhou, Hu Jing returned to Chuxiong, and Gao Yuanyuan returned home...... Anyway, each went back to his own house and looked for his own mother.

On the day of the reunion, Lu Bu was alone again.

After the Spring Festival Gala, he went back to Hengdian directly to film.

Get used to it, it's okay to be alone.

"Xiao Lu, the more I look at your word, the more I like it, one day when you have time, write me a subword." Uncle Wang couldn't put down the couplets written by Lu Bu.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Lu Bu smiled lightly.

"Don't fire at night, come to the house for dinner, I'll ask my wife to cook you an authentic Yanjing Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." Uncle Wang saw that he was alone, so he issued a sincere invitation.

"Thank you for your kindness, I have a show in the evening." Lu Bu declined.

"What show? Don't eat Chinese New Year's Eve? Uncle Wang asked.

"CCTV Spring Festival Gala." Lu Bu replied.

"Ahh Uncle Wang was stunned, and then said happily: "Yes, in fact, you should have been on the stage a long time ago, when will I be on stage, I will watch it with my wife." ”

"About half past ten." Lu Bu replied.

The old and the young chatted for a while, Uncle Wang left happily with the couplet, and Lu Bu also took his backpack and went to the CCTV building.

Today, there are a lot more people backstage in the studio than during rehearsals.

Because the rehearsal is in batches, and after the rehearsal, they leave.

Now all the people who participated in the Spring Festival Gala are crowded here.

Old and young, men and women, the voices of the people are loud.

There is a queue for makeup, and there is also a queue for toileting.

Not to mention a place to sit, it's good to have a place to stand.

"Brother Lu is good!"

"Second brother is good!"

"Brother Xiaoyao is good!"

Although Lu Bu is on the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, his popularity and popularity are high, and he has become the object of everyone's star-chasing.

This year's Spring Festival Gala, compared with previous years, there are a lot more singers of the younger generation, such as Lu Bu , Zhou Jilun , Lin Junjie , Xie Tingfeng , Gillian Ah Sa, Shui Mu Nianhua , and the older generation of singers include Yu Chengqing , Dai Yuqiang , Song Guying , Wu Rina , Cai Guiqing , Yan Weiwen .

As for the comedians , they are basically old faces, Zhao Benshan, Song Dandan, Huang Hong, Gong Hanlin, Lin Yongjian, Niu Qun, Guo Donglin, Feng Gong, Cai Ming, Guo Da, etc.

The overall quality of the star is neither high nor low.

After stringing through the doors of several big names, Lu Bu looked for Zhou Jilun and Lin Junji, and found a place to sit and rest in the background.

After a while, Tong Yaya ran over.

(End of chapter)