Chapter 860: Mixed Praise and Criticism

At 9:30 in the morning, everyone walked into the cinema.

Xu Dong sat in the first row, with his eldest daughter Coco on the left, Director Fang and other leaders of the Cultural Bureau on the right, and all the crew members in the back row.

"Coco, how long is this movie?"

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"Dad, it's two hours in total."

Coco replied.

Xu Dong nodded, and then cast his eyes on the big screen. After a familiar opening, the movie quickly entered the official plot.

The first shot was a two-minute aerial shot of the city.

Coco whispered to the side: "Dad, this is Los Angeles, the former angel city of the United States."

"How did you shoot it?"

Xu Dong was very curious.

First of all, the city of Los Angeles no longer exists, and even with computer special effects, it is impossible to be so real.

Besides, computer special effects are not cheap.

Just this two-minute shot would cost at least a million yuan, and there will probably be many similar shots later, so the cost of 30 million yuan is not enough.

Secondly, it is now a polar night environment, and it is probably not an easy task to shoot the effect of daytime, and the larger the scene, the more troublesome it is.

"Dad, we are also taking shortcuts." Keke sighed, "In fact, this video was not shot by us, it is an old video from 20 years ago. We tried to contact the original author of the video, but unfortunately there has been no news. I guess the person is no longer here!"

"This is a good idea."

Xu Dong is not a pedantic person.

Keke continued to explain: "The first thirty minutes of the movie took place on land. We directly 'quoted' a video of about ten minutes, and the rest of the scenes were completed in the studio.

The following plot mainly focuses on the passenger ship returning to China. The reason for this design is to save shooting costs, which is also an important reason for choosing this movie in the first place."

"Can this movie recover its investment?"

Lele spread his hands: "The current ticket price is too low. At least 30 million viewers are needed to barely recover the cost. If the scheduling rate can be maintained at about 30%, there is still hope."

"Two yuan a ticket is indeed not easy."

Xu Dong agreed.

"Whether the cost can be recovered depends on the domestic market. Fortunately, the temperature is generally low this summer, and there is no flood in the country. For us, this is a great benefit."

"In my opinion, the film industry will not see any signs of recovery in the short term. It is estimated that it will be difficult to make money. Let me ask you one last question. Do you really want to dive in?"

Xu Dong said earnestly.

Keke nodded solemnly: "Dad, we have you as a towering tree in our family, so I don't need to make money to support the family. Just like you said just now, I want to do something I like.

"Just now Director Ji told me that you also want to be a director?"

"I do have this idea." Keke blushed slightly, "But I have not received systematic education, so I can only take it step by step. Maybe in five or six years, I will shoot my first movie."

"Well, career is important, but love is also important. Don't just focus on work, but also pay attention to your lifelong event." Xu Dong casually reminded.

"I know. "

Coco's voice was quieter than a mosquito.

Xu Dong didn't want to push too hard, so he focused on the movie again.

At this time, the movie just reached its first climax.

Under the cover of the sandstorm, the entire Los Angeles city fell into chaos. The male protagonist Bai Bin made a prompt decision and took his family and seven compatriots to the port.

During the evacuation process, the group encountered several dangers, some took advantage of the fire to rob, and some gathered to make trouble. In the end, the team lost half of its members, including the male protagonist's parents and younger brother.

After arriving at the port, the danger was not lifted. Fortunately, the protagonist and others relied on their Xia Qiao status and finally boarded a passenger ship with the help of the consulate staff.

The following plot is more clichéd.

The male protagonist met the female protagonist on the passenger ship. The two people with the same experience got closer and closer by chance and eventually became lovers.

But unfortunately, this beautiful time soon ended.

After the passenger ship had been sailing for more than a week, it suddenly broke down and the speed was only a quarter of the original. Then a food crisis broke out.

As early as when boarding the ship, everyone was forced to hand in their rations at the request of the captain. Later, everyone received food per person.

Although they were not full, they were not starving to death.

After the crisis, the passengers instantly split into two factions. One faction was the dignitaries headed by the captain, who had the final right to distribute food;

The other faction was the ordinary passengers at the bottom.

As for the protagonist and the heroine, the captain and others may have been afraid and did not deliberately reduce the rations of the Daxia people. After all, they still had to go to the other side to make a living, and no one wanted to get into trouble.

After a week, more and more people starved to death on the ship, including many children.

Faced with such a tragic situation, at the initiative of the heroine, everyone stood up without hesitation and led the ordinary passengers to fight against the dignitaries.

As an art film, the result is naturally tragic.

Because the force was too disparate, the struggle undoubtedly failed, and the hero paid a heavy price for it, and finally died in his girlfriend's arms.

After losing her boyfriend, the heroine did not feel sorry for herself. Instead, she relied on her professional knowledge and the help of everyone to secretly repair a radio equipment, and finally waited for the Daxia fleet to come to the rescue.

The camera turned to ten months later.

The heroine gave birth to a baby girl in the hospital, named Bai Sibin, and soon afterwards joined the Daxia Navy and became a glorious communications soldier.

At this point, the movie ends.

There were bursts of warm applause.

…

After returning from the cinema, Xu Dong found that all the female relatives had red eyes, including his mother and mother-in-law.

On the contrary, the gay men did not feel any sadness at all. A group of children such as Little Lion even yawned and stopped watching the movie seriously.

Dabao couldn't help but said:

"Dad, I think Sister is going to lose money on this movie. There is obviously something wrong with this movie."

"What's wrong?"

"The heroine is such a virgin. If she hadn't insisted on having her own way, Bai Bin wouldn't have received the lunch box."

Xu Dong waved his hand: "Don't jump to conclusions easily. Your sister is making a literary film, and that's the tone of a literary film. And if you don't like it, it doesn't mean that others don't like it either. If you don't believe me, just ask Niuniu and the others."

Dabao immediately looked at his girlfriend.

The three brothers had just been responsible for picking up a bunch of old friends from grandma, and they had no time to exchange their opinions about the movie with their girlfriends.

Before Niuniu could speak, Duan Xinyue rushed to answer: "I think this movie is very good-looking. The heroine is beautiful and sassy. She almost saved everyone by herself. She is so handsome."

"But she killed the hero?"

"How do you call it harm? It was obviously an accident."

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