Chapter 514: Retribution Is a Boomerang

The appearance of Cai Yuanzhong has put the ancient martial arts circle on hold.

The attendance rate of "Kung Fu" has also started to rise along with the discussion in the past two days.

After the first week of release, the box office statistics of "Kung Fu" and "Ancient Martial Arts Master" have also come out.

The box office of "Ancient Martial Arts Master" has crossed the 1 billion threshold in one week, reaching 1.2 billion. The box office on the first day was the highest, and it fell slightly in the following days.

"Kung Fu" is still 50 million away from 1 billion. In seven days, the box office has fluctuated with the hot searches.

But the box office on the last day of the week exceeded the box office on the first day, reaching 180 million.

Anyone in the industry can see the subtle state between the two.

The group of people who were optimistic about "Ancient Martial Arts Master" breaking 3 billion within a month and becoming the first movie to break 3 billion box office, now some of them have begun to put this title on "Kung Fu".

The reason for this phenomenon is the reputation of the movie.

In fact, no matter how much publicity is done, it can only affect the initial performance of a movie. The later the time, the final performance of a movie is no longer affected by publicity.

Feng Yue was able to gain a foothold in Zhongzhou because of his unique understanding of publicity, but in addition, his films can also reach first-class quality.

In this way, the role of publicity will be best played.

This time, although Feng Yue has a slight advantage in publicity and has achieved initial results, the direction of the film will depend on word-of-mouth feedback.

In this regard, "Kung Fu" obviously has better feedback than "Ancient Martial Arts Master".

…

Yongzhou, the independent courtyard where Feng Yue lives.

In front of Feng Yue are the box office data of the first week of the two films. At this time, he has already felt uneasy.

Just now, Gao Nanhua called him and congratulated him on his movie breaking the 1 billion box office.

But Feng Yue didn't know what Gao Nanhua meant?

When Feng Yue was already in a bad mood, his assistant suddenly brought another piece of news.

"Director Feng, there is a little problem with Gao Shaojun."

"Speak."

Feng Yue didn't even turn his head.

"For the past half month, we have been promoting Gao Shaojun, but recently, many fans or netizens who have not seen the movie have begun to dislike Gao Shaojun."

The assistant glanced at Feng Yue and continued:

"It is said on the Internet that losing weight for the movie is what an actor should do, and it is not worth promoting. Some examples are given, among which there is a supporting role in "Kung Fu."

Feng Yue finally reacted after hearing the word "Kung Fu".

"What about "Kung Fu"?"

"There is a supporting role in "Kung Fu" called the landlady, whose real name is Mo Xiaoxian. She had previously filmed another play of Sun Yat-sen, "The God of Cookery". In that play, Mo Xiaoxian was a beautiful woman weighing about 100 pounds, but in "Kung Fu", she became a fat man weighing about 150 pounds..."

Feng Yue frowned and turned to look at the assistant.

"I remember you didn't tell me this information before."

The assistant was sweating when Feng Yue saw it.

"Director Feng, it's not that I didn't say it, but the "Kung Fu" crew didn't promote this point of the actors at all."

Feng Yue was stunned.

"No publicity?"

"Yes! It was only when netizens were discussing Gao Shaojun that someone broke the news, and the crew of "Kung Fu" released some changes of Mo Xiaoxian. In this comparison, Gao Shaojun became the one who was sensational in the mouths of netizens."

Feng Yue seemed to understand something, and exclaimed:

"Did that kid predict that using actors to promote movies would have negative effects?"

Feng Yue had actually anticipated the matter of Gao Shaojun.

Everything has its pros and cons.

A group of people watched the movie because of Gao Shaojun's weight loss, and there will also be a group of people who will hate Gao Shaojun because of excessive publicity.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Feng Yue felt that it was worthwhile to exchange Gao Shaojun's reputation for the success of his movie.

So he didn't take this matter to heart.

But now the problem is, if there is no comparison, only Gao Shaojun's reputation will be damaged, and it will not have much impact on "Ancient Martial Arts Master".

Unfortunately, there are also such actors in "Kung Fu", but they made a completely opposite choice.

The crew of "Kung Fu" chose to protect the actors and sacrifice the interests of the film.

This is something Feng Yue did not expect, and he would not do it.

But now that things have come to this, Feng Yue will not regret what he has done.

"So Gao Shaojun is not satisfied with us?"

"Yes, Gao Shaojun originally participated in a program and was a regular guest for two seasons, but after this incident, Gao Shaojun was not invited to the latest season of the program.

In addition, some endorsements that were originally accepted because of Gao Shaojun's body shape could not be renewed, and Gao Shaojun could not get new types of endorsements, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with us and did not want to participate in the subsequent promotions."

Feng Yue laughed after hearing this.

When he spent a lot of money to promote Gao Shaojun before, he did not see Gao Shaojun's dissatisfaction.

Now that the negative effects have just appeared, he regrets it?

"You've lived this long, but you still don't know that there's no such thing as a free lunch?"

Feng Yue sneered and said to his assistant:

"Send him all the photos of Gao Shaojun acting like a big shot, insulting the staff, and being late for the shoot."

"If he still doesn't know what to do, send him the photos of him and his female partner entering and leaving the hotel."

The assistant responded and went out to do his job.

Feng Yue, on the other hand, opened the information on Sun Wen and Chen Shuren that his assistant had sorted out.

After glancing at Sun Wen, he set his sights on Chen Shuren's information.

He spent an entire afternoon reading this.

After reading it all, Feng Yue couldn't help but sigh.

"Such a person would also cause quite a stir in Zhongzhou."

After closing the information, Feng Yue thought for a long time.

"I can get in touch with him..."

...

Time passed in a flash.

In the blink of an eye, another week had passed.

In the second week, the box office of "Kung Fu" was on par with "The Ancient Martial Arts Master", and both exceeded 2 billion.

But anyone could see that "Kung Fu" would definitely surpass "The Ancient Martial Arts Master" in the third week.

This discovery made many media and film critics set their sights on "Kung Fu".

More and more posts analyzing and commenting on Kung Fu appeared.

And the unknown things in Kung Fu were also dug out.

For example, the half-minute-long extra in a certain shot turned out to be an auntie who delivered food to the set. One day, the director pulled her in and gave her 2,000 yuan to finish the filming.

Another example is the arrogant gang dance of the Axe Gang, which was choreographed by the director himself.

Another example is the younger brother standing next to the Axe Gang boss, who is Tuo Lei in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

There are also such things as the mute female protagonist is the piano goddess, the fat man is the last in the school's professional performance, and the man with gold-rimmed glasses abandoned the male protagonist to play a supporting role, etc.

Among them, the most discussed is Mo Xiaoxian.

The Turkey Sister in "The God of Cookery" and the landlady in "Kung Fu".

Everyone thought that Mo Xiaoxian was a girl with a hot temper.

But when someone broke the news that Mo Xiaoxian had played a pure female supporting role before, they were surprised to find that this girl was a performing genius!

What shocked them the most was that when Mo Xiaoxian was photographed again, her figure had returned to its original state.

And this time, it was only one month!

It was much faster than Gao Shaojun.

This directly made the group of people who were originally attracted by Gao Shaojun's motivational weight loss turn around and throw themselves into Mo Xiaoxian's arms.

With such popularity, Mo Xiaoxian went from an unknown little actor to a third-tier artist.

If these are the aspects that all the audience can see, then a piece of news far away in Zhongzhou has become another fire that ignites the popularity of "Kung Fu".

The special effects team in Zhongzhou, which was originally recognized as the first in the industry for "Ancient Martial Arts Master", suddenly became the second two weeks after the release of "Ancient Martial Arts Master".

And the first became the special effects team of "Kung Fu".

Originally, this matter was nothing, and ordinary people would not pay attention to these.

But someone forwarded a message sent by this first special effects team.

"Special effects are endless. It was not until a month ago that I realized that there are always better people than you!

Thanks to Director Chen and Teacher Chen of "Kung Fu", we will continue to explore the road of special effects, chasing you and surpassing you!"

This news shocked netizens directly.

"Fuck, if I understand correctly, this first special effects team means that the director of "Kung Fu" is more skilled than them?"

"Are they talking about Brother Shu? No way?"

"Awesome, the concept of genius is becoming clearer in my mind."

"I should say that when I watched "Kung Fu", I felt that the special effects of the movie were very comfortable. Although the movie was exaggerated and absurd, it made me feel more comfortable than the relatively realistic "The Ancient Martial Arts Master."

"Fuck, guess what I found? The special effects of "The God of Cookery" were also made by Brother Shu!"

"Fuck, it's true, let me take a look at the previous ones..."

Netizens seemed to have discovered something extraordinary and began to check Chen Shuren's history one by one.

Then, something that shocked them appeared.

As long as it is directed by Sun Wen or Chen Shuren participates, Chen Shuren's shadow can be seen in the production staff.

Or editor, or special effects team, some also have lighting and photography.

So, someone came up with a concept.

"When Brother Shu can split himself, it means that he can make a movie by himself, including director, screenwriter, photography, special effects, actors, dubbing, soundtrack, etc."

After seeing this concept, even those who have only heard of Chen Shuren's name are curious and start to understand this person.

...

Chen Shuren, who has returned to Qingzhou, received a call from Sun Wen.

"Brother Shu, awesome!"

Sun Wen said this from the heart.

He wanted to promote Mo Xiaoxian before, but Chen Shuren didn't let him.

At that time, he didn't think Chen Shuren was right, but just habitually agreed with Chen Shuren.

But now, half of the good reviews about "Kung Fu" on the Internet are caused by Mo Xiaoxian's weight loss.

If he didn't listen to Chen Shuren at that time, Gao Shaojun and "Ancient Martial Arts Master" would be the end of "Kung Fu".

After Sun Wen expressed his admiration, Chen Shuren told him some bad news.

"I won't make a movie this year. If you have any ideas, you can find someone else to cooperate with."

"Ah?"

Sun Wen was stunned, and then asked eagerly: "Why! If my two swords are combined, won't we be able to kill through the thirteen states of Daxia?"

"Because I'm busy."

"..."

Sun Wen was embarrassed, and then sighed deeply:

"Can't you just stop filming that variety show? The income is average, and even in terms of fame, it doesn't benefit you much now, right?"

"Okay, why are you talking so much, hang up."

Chen Shuren put down his phone and muttered.

"You talk as if I want to film it."

...

In the third week of its release, the box office of "Kung Fu" exceeded "The Ancient Martial Arts Master", becoming the first to reach 3 billion box office.

"The Ancient Martial Arts Master" not only did not reach 3 billion in one fell swoop, but even dropped by half compared to last week's box office, reaching only 2.5 billion at this time.

Based on this, major theaters adjusted the resources of the two.

In the fourth week, when the two movies were released for a month.

"Kung Fu" broke through 3.8 billion, and "The Ancient Martial Arts Master" reached 2.8 billion.

Then, a dramatic scene came.

Also reaching the one-month release deadline, major theaters removed "The Ancient Martial Arts Master" from the shelves, and the box office was frozen.

But they extended "Kung Fu" by one week.

The statement to the outside world was that they wanted to see the birth of the first 4 billion box office movie.

At this point, even though Feng Yue had already admitted that he lost to "Kung Fu", he couldn't help cursing.

So you only want to see the first 4 billion, and my second 3 billion box office is not important?

But at this point, Feng Yue couldn't force it, so he had to admit it.

But what Feng Yue didn't expect was that he admitted it, but Mingxiu Entertainment didn't.

I don't know what kind of relationship Mingxiu Entertainment used to force a theater chain to extend the release time of "Ancient Martial Arts Master" for one week.

After Feng Yue found out, not only was he not happy, he also called and cursed, asking Mingxiu to withdraw the decision quickly.

Unfortunately, Mingxiu Entertainment wanted the title of "the second 3 billion box office movie" and ignored Feng Yue.

This made Feng Yue so angry that he smashed another ashtray.

"Director Feng, isn't it a good thing to extend the release?"

Feng Yue's assistant asked puzzledly.

"Good thing?"

Feng Yue laughed angrily.

"What a fart!"

"If I stop now, then at most I will have a bad start after returning from Zhongzhou. After all, a box office of 2.8 billion is not bad!"

"But now Mingxiu is doing this, just putting me on the fire. Others will think that I am unwilling to give up and want to go for 3 billion!"

"If it goes up, it's fine, I will benefit, but now there is only one theater chain, and it is at a time when word of mouth is reversed, how can it go to 3 billion?"

"So there is only one result in the end, I, Feng Yue, have become a person who can't afford to lose, and a joke in the circle!"

Feng Yue became more and more angry, and he wanted to throw something.

But the ashtray had already broken.

The assistant watched from the side, and he didn't believe it.

In one week, the box office is only 200 million, how can it not be achieved?

But a week later, the assistant was dumbfounded.

In seven days, the total box office of "Kung Fu" is 4.2 billion!

The total box office of "Ancient Martial Arts Master" is 2.92 billion!

"Only 80 million short!"

This is the voice of the assistant.

It is also the voice of Mingxiu Entertainment.

Then, Mingxiu Entertainment spent another week to extend the release date.

But what was ridiculous was that although Kung Fu was taken off the screen, Zhang Guofeng, who had made a cameo appearance in Kung Fu, released his new movie, Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue.

So, a week later,

The total box office of Ancient Martial Arts Master was 2.97 billion!

Feng Yue became a joke in the director circle.

He tasted what Gao Shaojun had tasted.

Retribution, like a boomerang, hit the back of Feng Yue's head, who was stunned.

... (End of this chapter)