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October 1998.

"My Robot Girlfriend" has gone through almost 4 months since it was launched in June.

The total box office result was only 1.4 billion yen.

Yuehe Company's investment in this movie is only 1 billion yen, and after the box office is shared, it has lost some, which is not a lot of losses.

The main reason is that Yuehe is not only the producer but also the distributor, so it has a slight advantage in the sharing of funds.

Such a situation is basically expected by Qing Zhiyuan.

Neon live-action movies are not as popular as animated movies, if you think about it, the robot girlfriend's good special effects, coupled with a box office of 1.4 billion, are actually very good results among live-action movies.

But Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke" won more than 20 billion yen at the box office, a difference of more than 15 times.

That's the gap!

However, the filmmaking of "Robot Girlfriend" is not only as simple as making money for Yuehe, but also equivalent to a technical accumulation of the company.

Applying pokeni's 3D rendering technology to live-action films, the robot girlfriend is a very fresh and bold attempt.

At least accumulated valuable experience and technology for future filmmaking.

can get a box office result of 1.4 billion yen, Qing Zhiyuan is already satisfied.

Although "My Robot Girlfriend" lost money at the box office, because there are DVDs and videotapes, it is just that offline income is a long-term process that takes time to slowly ferment.

According to the statistics of relevant departments, if the online box office of Tsukikawa's "My Robot Girlfriend" is 1.4 billion yen, then it may be able to earn more than 1 billion yen through offline products such as videotapes, DVDs and peripheral products in the next two years.

If this is the case, from the perspective of the long term in the future, not only will it not lose money, but it will also make a certain profit.

Calculated in this way, Yuehe's first blockbuster in Neon also made money, but it wasn't a big profit.

……

But in fact, for Qing Zhiyuan, the symbolic meaning of this movie is far greater than the actual benefits.

As a live-action movie, being able to get a box office of 1.4 billion yen in Neon is a good result in itself, and in the process of this movie release, Neon audiences also recognized Tsukihe's ability in movie special effects.

At the same time, it also became popular with producer Fumie Ittotsubashi, as well as the director and a group of actors.

Masato Sakai, a young man, contributed very natural and excellent acting skills in the film, and performed a series of changes from a shy and introverted dead house to a robot girl.

The innocence of the character and the dedication to love have not changed in any way, and the inner spring goodness has been maintained by Sakai Masato until the end.

Even when they saw him go out of control because he didn't get a response from the robot girl because of his sincerity, the audience laughed and burst into tears, but they could actually empathize with and understand Masato Sakai's feelings.

So after this movie experience, Sakai Masato can be regarded as having a good start, from an obscure little transparent, to the audience's field of vision.

Many movie and TV series producers have seen Masato Sakai's superb acting skills, so after taking over the filming of "My Robot Girlfriend", Masato Sakai has also received different film appointments one after another, and finally got rid of the dilemma of hunger and cold, and no longer has to pick dandelions on the side of the road to supplement vitamins.

In "My Robot Girlfriend", the most outstanding is naturally Yukie Nakama, who plays the heroine of the robot girl.

She plays two roles in the film, interpreting Mu Ne's ignorant robot who is dedicated to her master, and a real human girl with robot memory.

Even in the micro-expressions, you can still feel the subtle differences between the two characters.

At the same time, the robot girl she played not only has a sweet smile but also a cold side, which is very popular with the audience.

The robot girl is regarded as the most ideal girlfriend by countless audiences, and Yukie Nakama also became famous and became the most popular young actress at the moment.

……

Moon River has added a short new ending to the movie.

In the game work,In the future, the girl inherited the memory of the robot and returned to the era where the male protagonist was.,Start the first encounter.,It's actually over.,It's done from beginning to end.。

But there will be some regrets for players.

But in the movie, the human girl went on a second time journey, this time she went directly back to the time when the robot girl was damaged in order to save Jiro, and was held in the arms of the male protagonist and cried bitterly.

This paragraph made the audience in the movie theater cry, but everyone was surprised to see the appearance of the human girl.

At the end of the movie, the human girl travels back in time, has the memories of a robot, and lives happily with Jiro until the end of his life.

It can be regarded as the dream of countless players.

So the rating of the movie is quite high.

At the same time, Moon River contributed a super special effects experience in this movie.

The robot girl's shape, ability, and the super shocking scene of the final earthquake suddenly raised the image of the [cheap] sci-fi movie by several notches and turned it into a veritable sci-fi movie.

Although it is based on the theme of love, "My Robot Girlfriend" solidly allows players to experience what it is like to make a movie in the last 20 minutes.

The catastrophic effect of the sky falling apart, coupled with the heroine's realistic robot special effects, and the metal features crawling on the ground after being torn apart......

All of this feasted the audience's eyes, shouting that they used the price of a regular movie ticket, but saw a very amazing sci-fi blockbuster.

And in their opinion, although the main live-action market and special effects films are basically provided by the United States, such as the Titanic, however, Yuehe's sci-fi romance movies have shown extraordinary special effects strength, making countless neon people feel that this company may have different potential.

"Wow, the special effects of "My Robot Girlfriend" are fantastic, right? The performance of the big earthquake in the back is like watching a blockbuster.

And it's a world-class disaster blockbuster.

Although you can clearly tell that it is a computer-generated effect, it will be super shocking. ”

"Yes, yes, I saw that too. Originally, I went to watch a live-action movie for the game, because the robot girl in the game is really amazing, exactly what I want my girlfriend to look like.

After seeing Nakama Yukie starring, it was quite in line with my expectations.

As a result, I didn't expect to be not only attracted by the successful live-action movie, but also witnessed an amazing special effects movie. ”

"Seriously, it's a shame that Yuehe Company's technology is so powerful that it is used to shoot love movies.

If this is a disaster movie directly, I'm afraid the box office will be ten times higher than now! ”

"What do these guys know? The investment in making disaster movies will be ten times higher than now, Titanic burned 200 million US dollars in a movie, where did Yuehe Company get so much money to burn?

If you really want to make a disaster movie of that level, I'm afraid you will lose all your money a long time ago. ”

"Yes, yes, to achieve that level of disaster film, you generally have to sell it in Beimi, otherwise you really can't recover the cost.

In my opinion, Yuehe Company is actually quite flattering to do this, making a low-cost, but also show-off love sci-fi movie, which not only meets the needs of special effects and likes sci-fi audiences, but also easily entertains, so that more audiences of different levels can enter the theater to watch the movie.

It is truly appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar, and the film is perfect both in terms of production and actors' performance, and it truly contributes to a terrific high-quality soft sci-fi romance movie.

I love it. ”

"The level of special effects of Yuehe Company should be considered first-class, right? The earthquake really scared me in the theater. ”

Other countries may not know very well, but for neon people, earthquakes are almost a lifetime companion, so they can empathize with the disasters caused by earthquakes, and as long as they shoot it, it can immediately resonate with the audience.

It can also completely release the fear engraved in the DNA.

This is similar to the fear that Cthulhu brings to the Omi, because many Westerners have faith, and Cthulhu's main focus is a collapse of faith and insanity, so it will make the fear of Westerners deeper into the bone marrow.

The same Cthulhu, players in the East do not have such a strong sense of fear and substitution, which is also related to faith.

For countries that are born in an earthquake zone and are prone to earthquakes, earthquakes are similar to Cthulhu, an innate fear of neon people.

So in Neon there are many myths, stories and legends about earthquakes and so on.

The special effects sci-fi blockbuster shot by Moon River shows a real and frightening side, which also shows that Moon River's technology is quite good.

Otherwise, it would not have been able to resonate so strongly with the audience.

However, Qing Zhiyuan said that this is where it goes, and "Robot Girlfriend" is just an appetizer.

The number of neon moviegoers, the box office or something, it is impossible to compare with Beimi's side.

When "The Matrix" is released, you will be able to experience what is called a real sci-fi blockbuster and what is called the real strength of Moon River!

……

On October 9, 1998, the Matrix was officially released.

Because the publicity of Yuehe Company was very good before, and the picture really gave people a sense of shock and gimmicks, it gave people a lot of attraction.

However, in terms of influence, the Matrix went from the production company to the production team to the cast...... They are not famous, and naturally they don't have much influence, so the number of people seated is not as many as Qing Zhiyuan imagined.

At least judging from the performance effect on the first day, it is definitely not as good as expected, not as good as the original company Warner Bros., and not as good as the Titanic, which was released at the end of last year.

In the eyes of many people, this movie is nothing more than a commercial film dominated by neon people who invest a lot of money and have a lot of money.

It's even a question whether they have enough ability to tell sci-fi commercial films well.

Most people enter the cinema with the mentality of trying it out, or [the trailer looks like the special effects are good].

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Chris Evans is also one of them.

Chris, who is only 17 years old and still a student at the School of Drama, looks white and clean, and has a unique appeal when he laughs.

Whenever he laughs, the sunshine of warmth and joy seems to be able to be transmitted to everyone, making friends feel the kindness and sincerity in his heart.

His smile seems to be a healing power, able to dispel the gloom in people's hearts and bring endless joy and hope.

The standard sunny big boy, handsome appearance, Chris has never lacked girlfriends.

He has loved acting since he was a child, and he also likes the film and television industry, and he came to New York alone before graduating from high school, wanting to find a dream of his own.

So he is very sensitive to the movies on the market, and Chris Evans noticed this sci-fi movie before "The Matrix" was released.

If you put aside the names of the production team and production company, just looking at the trailer clip, you will think that this is definitely an amazing sci-fi blockbuster.

However, after communicating with others, the expectations of my friends around me are not very high.

After the movie was released, Chris Evans walked into the cinema with his new girlfriend to see if the movie was the flashy bad movie everyone expected.

……

Not long after I sat down, the movie opened.

The big screen suddenly went black, and a pair of little boys and girls sat on top of wooden stakes and looked up at the sky.

The picture rises into the sky, and it is a big moon.

In the distance, a wide river flows.

After the picture is zoomed out, the entire moon and river freeze frame into a 2D shape, and after simplification, it forms a unique but warm LOGO with a touch of fairy tale fun inside:

MOON & RIVER

Yuehe International Group.

It is also known to many as MNR companies.

In addition to Yuehe Group, the names of many sponsors and partners have appeared one after another.

This process lasted about a minute, and the film officially began.

The screen suddenly went black, and some green symbols danced on it.

It looks like mysterious computer symbols, forming a whole bunch of digital information streams, but no one knows what they mean.

As the suspenseful and tense music sounds, the symbols in the picture gradually disappear and converge together, becoming:

【The Matrix】

English should mean matrix, but in Chinese and neon Chinese characters written [The Matrix]

That is the name of the movie.

……

Drip Drip......

The screen is still a large black screen, and the upper left corner is the computer's input interface, with the first line of square characters and input symbols.

At the same time, the phone rang.

After connecting, a woman's voice came from inside:

"Is everything ready?"

The boy on the line asked suspiciously, "Why is it you who will take over today?" ”

"I know, but I just want to take it."

"You like him, don't you? You like to look at him. ”

"Stop." The girl said.

"He's going to die. You know that, right? ”

"Morpheus thinks he's the savior."

"What about you? Do you think so too? ”

"It doesn't matter what I think."

"You don't think so, do you?"

"Did you hear that?" At this moment, the girl's voice became visibly nervous, as if something strange had happened, so she interrupted the topic just now.

"Hear what?"

"Are you sure this route is safe?"

"Of course."

"I have to go."

As the call between the two ended, the row of green numbers on the screen kept jumping, and finally turned into a big 0.

And then this 0 is like a door to another world, not only unfolding.

As the camera passes through it, the inside of 0 is gradually revealed, looking like Doraemon's time machine, except that the patterns on both sides become data streams from countless computers......

The lens of 0 becomes a large point of light.

The lens advances again, forming the frontal shape of a flashlight.

A policeman armed with a pistol and a flashlight in his hand, crossed over his chest and on full alert, ready to shoot.

The group broke into the building and found a woman in a black leather jacket inside.

Angelina's graceful posture, coupled with a strong outfit, made many men in the theater swallow their saliva.

"Hands up. Put it in the back of your head. ”

The woman in black turned around and started a fight.

She soared into the air like a vigorous and ferocious eagle, her hands open at her sides, and her knees raised.

The whole scene froze for two seconds and spun.

It's as if time is fixed.

The woman in black kicked out violently, and the policeman in front of her immediately flew upside down.

At the same time, she lifted the chair next to her, spun it in a circle in the air, and quickly threw it at the other policeman at the door.

Bang!

The pistol was knocked to the ground, and the woman in black stepped forward and kicked him against the wall.

At the same time, another policeman saw this and opened fire.

But the woman in black kicked against the wall of the room like a monster, and walked along the wall, avoiding all the bullets that came at her.

Wow, this action scene is simply handsome.

Chris thought to himself.

And this woman in black is so cool!

Angelina Jolie's movements are smooth, and with that pair of shaking, particularly eye-catching headlights, it is simply breathtaking.

This was followed by several agents in suits wearing sunglasses, all of whom had the same goal, to capture the woman named Trinity in a black leather suit.

After a spectacular chase and a difficult action sequence, Angelina Jolie jumped high, jumped over a building almost 10 meters apart, and then jumped into the window of another building.

At the same time, the phone in the public phone booth downstairs was ringing.

Angelina Jolie behaved coldly and chicly, and without saying a word, she ran down the road to the phone booth.

But at this moment, the moment she picked up the phone, a large truck crashed straight into the phone booth.

Whoa......

There was a crisp sound.

Everyone in the cinema had their hearts in their throats.

Chris is no exception, staring at the big screen with big eyes.

The headlights were shining, and three men in suits and sunglasses came down from above, but what was puzzling was that these guys looked exactly the same, like triplets.

They looked at each other, and one of them was expressionless and muttered, "It's a pity to let her run away." ”

As soon as the camera turned, the phone booth was empty except for the hanging down telephone microphone that had been knocked out of shape by the truck.

"It doesn't matter, our informants are quite reliable, and this time we already know their next target."

"Neo." The one in the middle says the name Neo.

Seeing this, Chris's brain was a mess.

There is a heavy sense of suspense in my heart, but I can't figure out what it is for a while.

……

The screen switches again and becomes a computer screen.

And on the computer, a line of characters is being typed:

"Neo, wake up."

Young man crawling in front of a computer desk with long eyelashes, long face, pale beard, clean cheeks.

A pair of eyes opened, and [Neo] sat up from his chair.

Keanu Reeves' neat short hair, coupled with those charming eyes, smooth face shape and three-dimensional facial features, really amazed everyone.

Many spectators at the scene have already chanted:

"Wow, that's handsome."

"This guy is too good-looking, isn't he?"

"Maybe Yuehe Company is not a powerful company, but I have to say that they are still quite in place in terms of casting aesthetics for actors."

So far, an Angelina Jolie and a Keanu Reeves have completely grown up in the audience's aesthetics, which makes them can't help but be excited.

Nolan's camera movement is also very good-looking, and the series of smooth fight scenes in front of him are addictive.

The fight is tense and exciting, and the final phone booth scene directly fills the sense of suspense, and the transition is also very beautiful, from the name Neo to Neo's computer screen, there is no procrastination and disobedience at all.

You don't even feel the passage of time.

In fact, by the time the whole film is here, 10 minutes have passed.

But it always gives people the feeling that only 10 seconds have passed.

……

Neo is a programmer ape in a software company who lives a 9-to-5 life every day, working as an ordinary and ordinary employee.

However, he has another identity, and that is a hacker.

He often uses his hacking skills to help customers get some electronic products that are not so legitimate, and sell it to different people.

Neo himself was shocked when he saw the strange text on the computer.

Could it be that it has been hacked by other hackers?

That night, Neo goes to a bar with a group of thugs who have come to buy [goods], where he meets Trinity, who tells him that there must be a question in his mind right now:

What is a matrix.

And there have been similar wonderful illusions that I don't know if I'm asleep, dreaming, or really waking up.

And all this will be told to you by a man named Morpheus in the future.

At this point in the movie, the sense of suspense is aggravated again, and Chris's brain is really a mess.

When Neo went to work the next day, he received a mysterious phone call, just like Trinity said, the man on the other end of the phone called himself Morpheus, and he had been looking for Neo for a long time.

Now that the agent is on his way, he needs to listen to Morpheus's instructions to escape.

Neo stood up and looked at it, almost scared to pee, but sure enough, several agents in suits wearing sunglasses appeared at the elevator entrance.

His work as a hacker would be at risk of jail if exposed, so he followed Morpheus's instructions and began to escape.

However, when he finally tried to climb through the window and go up to the roof through the construction basket outside, Neo gave up due to fear of heights.

Eventually, he was captured by the agents.

Agents interrogate Neo and tell him that he must cooperate with them in capturing the terrorist named Morpheus.

To do this, they also pressed Neo to the table, and one of the agents held a detector with a semaphore in his hand, and with a slight shake, the diode-like thing immediately deformed and wriggled into a metal bug.

It has long tentacles and slender and sharp limbs, which makes it look particularly terrifying.

Then it went down Neo's navel.

Chris couldn't help but cover his mouth.

This creepy feeling, he is already about to yue.

But I have to say that the special effects of Moon River are really good.

This metal bug is simply so powerful that it looks like it is a realistic thing that actually exists in the world.

By the time he came to his senses, Neo had sat up from his bed.

It turned out that the terrible things that had happened before were just dreams he had.

……

But all the changes that happened next greatly exceeded the audience's expectations.

The animatronic bug was too fantastical for anyone to believe it was real, but Trinity found Neo and took the bug out of his body.

Neo was surprised to find out that the worm implanted at that time was actually real.

Later, Trinity takes Neo to a secret building to further dispel his suspicions.

Inside the building, Neo meets the legendary character [Morpheus] on the other end of the phone

Morpheus tells him that you are now like Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and you don't know if you are dreaming or waking up.

But he has a way.

Morpheus handed him two pills, one red, "Eat it, and you'll wake up." ”

One is blue, "Eat the blue, and you can continue to roam Wonderland." I'll show you how deep the rabbit hole is. ”

Under Morpheus's manipulation, Neo was able to connect some electronic components to his body.

The self in the mirror also began to shake, as if a magical change had occurred.

When Neo touched the mirror with his fingers, a ripple rippled on the mirror, like the surface of a lake.

Immediately after, metal began to spread from the mirror onto Neo's body.

The signal is on......

Neo sat up with a shout as his whole body turned to metal.

It's just—

He sat up from an oval-shaped tank filled with red culture.

The camera pulls up, and the top of this metal mountain is densely packed with [water tanks] or dormant bins like Neo.

Neo's body was covered in various metal tubes, and his hair was shaved, and it looked like there was nothing in his body, just soaked in it.

At the same time, a flying machine flew slowly in front of Neo.

With the sound of crackling electricity, a passage suddenly opened under Neo's quilt, and his whole body was flushed down the pipe like poop in the toilet......

After a string of pipes slid down, Neo fell into the pool below.

A robotic arm appeared above him, scooping Neo out of the water.

A white light appears above the camera, as if it were a gate to a new world, and Neo is slowly sent into the gate.

When he woke up again, he was already dressed cleanly.

And a broad human face appeared in front of him, and this was Morpheus.

"Welcome to the real world." Morpheus said to him.

Although Chris felt that something was not quite right at first, when he saw this, his whole body was shocked and his scalp was numb.

"What does this mean?!"

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There's one more chapter tonight

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