my movie years

Chapter 231 Lu Xiaohan: The Gatekeeper of Domestic Science Fiction Movies

Zhang Hao is in the United States, but he also pays close attention to the domestic Spring Festival box office situation.

During the Spring Festival this year, there are quite a lot of movies released together.Including "Macao Fengyun 2" directed by Wang Jing, starring Fa Ge, and various stars.

Brother Cheng Long's new film "Lion from Heaven", "Zhong Kui: The Snow Demon Spirit" starring Chen Kun and Li Binbing, "Wolf Totem" directed by French director Jean-Jacques Arnault, starring Feng Shaofeng and Dou Xiao.

There are also TV series such as "Rushing to the Sky", "Where Are We Going Dad 2", "Dad's Holiday" and so on.

Among them, "Where Are We Going, Dad 2" is worth mentioning.The previous work "Where Are We Going, Dad", as the first so-called variety show movie, won 6.96 million box office in the previous year.

The market and movie fans never imagined that one day they could see this special type of movie in the cinema.

No, it's not a movie at all, and the producers are treating fans like idiots.

Therefore, not surprisingly, while the film made a lot of money, it also attracted criticism from fans and the media.But the producers don't care about this, they only know that this kind of variety show movie has something to do.

Therefore, this year, strike while the iron is hot, and launched the big movie "Where Are We Going, Dad 2".

I was fooled once last year, and most of the audience will definitely not be fooled, and the box office clearly proves this point.

After exhausting the fans' enthusiasm for raising babies through the variety show, "Where Are We Going, Dad 2" was quickly abandoned by the theater market, and it was dropped even before the Spring Festival.

The film only got 2.22 million box office, which is a lot less than the previous 6.96 million.

At this point, the "Where Are We Going, Dad" series of big variety movies has ended its mission and earned enough money for the producer to retire.

However, such a simple way to make money must be noticed by other producers. In the foreseeable future, it is estimated that popular variety shows will plan to release big variety movies to make money.

As long as it continues to generate revenue, someone will do it.

But what Zhang Hao cares about is not this, but the so-called second big-budget domestic sci-fi movie "My Alien Boyfriend", starring Lu Xiaohan and a certain Shuangzi, also hit theaters during the Spring Festival.

The meaning of this film is very important, because this film has never appeared in the previous life, and it can be regarded as the film brought about by the butterfly effect caused by Zhang Hao's success.

If this film can be commercially successful, maybe the era of big-budget domestic sci-fi films will come earlier.

If the film fails to be commercially successful, it will also pour a lot of cold water on the heads of production companies that are gearing up to enter the field of science fiction films.

At this time, the quality of the film has become irrelevant.

Even the optimistic media predicted before the film's release, and the expectations for the film are only seven-point pass expectations.

After all, not everyone is a genius director Zhang Hao. Since his debut, no film has scored less than eight points.

This is a rare phenomenon among mainstream commercial film directors.Not to mention the mainland, even Hollywood has few such directors.

In the cognition of inherent concepts, it seems that the conflict between business and film art is difficult to balance, and Zhang Hao balances this well.

So he has become a new generation of directors, and even a leading figure in Chinese-language film directors.

Speaking of "My Alien Boyfriend", this film claims to have an investment of 3 million yuan. As for the actual investment, it is a matter of opinion.

The movie features Lu Xiaohan, the most popular of the four returnees, and the current popular Xiaohua, a certain Shuangzi, starring in it. It can be said that the traffic is full.

The producer is full of confidence in this, and shouted the slogan of a box office target of one billion.

But unfortunately, things did not go as expected by the producer. The producer overestimated the appeal of Lu Xiaohan's cool son, and also overestimated the audience's trust in domestic science fiction films.

To put it simply, audiences will feel distrust of sci-fi film projects not directed by Zhang Hao or supervised by Zhang Hao.

The box office of "Source Code" directed by Guo Fan can exceed one billion because it was written and supervised by Zhang Hao. The plot is solid and the plot is wonderful.

What do you mean by "My Alien Boyfriend"?Falling in love in the name of a sci-fi movie?
So after the release of No.19 in February, the film won 8760 million box office in a single day because of the support of fans and some audiences who had expectations for domestic sci-fi films.

On the second day, the box office fell by a terrifying 70.00%, and only 2628 million was received in a single day. The decline continued on the third day, and the box office was only 87 in a single day.

Such a terrifying drop in the box office shocked the industry.

They have never seen such an outrageous box office curve for so many years.

Lu Xiaohan, who was busy promoting "My Alien Boyfriend", was so anxious that she shed tears at the road show, begging fans and fans to go to the cinema for support.

Fans feel sorry for their brother, so of course they want to go to the cinema to support him.

Most of Lu Xiaohan's fans are middle school and high school students who went to school, and this part of the audience does not have the spending power of adult film fans with financial strength.

Therefore, there is only so much support these little fans can give to their brother, and no more can be squeezed out.

But fans don't need to worry, because just three days after the film was released, the producer announced the cancellation of all roadshows promoting the film.

On the fourth day, "My Alien Boyfriend" was urgently released.

After returning to work after the year, the big scissors will issue documents, so I won’t go into too much detail about the specific content. The general meaning is that you can’t shoot, don’t shoot, don’t shoot this type, let those who can shoot come!
Who can make sci-fi films in China, Guo Fan counts as half of them, and Zhang Hao is the only one left.

And the trend caused by "My Alien Boyfriend" has not yet ended, and the box office of the film did not even exceed [-] million.

According to the [-] million investment advertised by the producer, the box office would have to reach [-] million to pay back, and the film would lose money.

In addition, various film and television bloggers and film critics started to criticize the film from various angles, and netizens also followed the carnival, criticizing this unprecedented bad film together.

But my brother's fans were not happy anymore. They were young and ignorant and rushed out to defend my brother on Weibo, Tieba, forums, and even the comment areas of major video platforms.

His extreme maintenance behavior and his brainless remarks completely angered netizens.

The two sides launched a battle between the first generation of traffic fans and passers-by on the Internet, and in the end the netizens were slightly better with their numbers.

So much so that Lu Xiaohan's fans yelled out the classic saying: "Without my Pigeon, the entertainment industry would have gone back five years at least."

Netizens were overjoyed: "There is such a good thing? Zhang Hao just came out five years ago, and I just happened to be his fan."

He couldn't protect his brother, but the angry fans had no choice but to go to Lu Xiaohan's Weibo to seek comfort.

Brother, we have shed blood and been wounded for you, you should comfort us.

Right now, Lu Xiaohan was put on the fire. After this incident, he completely understood that he relied on the support of his fans, and he was nothing without fans.

But to stand up for fans, he will completely offend the majority of passers-by and netizens, and he can only rely on fans more and more from then on.

This time, it can be described as a dilemma.

More importantly, because the movie he starred in was considered by the majority of Zhang Hao fans to have destroyed the foundation of domestic sci-fi movies laid by Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao fans are also eyeing him.

The reason why he didn't take any action and came to attack Lu Xiaohan was purely because the movie was not only bad, but also the box office smash didn't affect Zhang Hao.

Also, for this so-called traffic star, Zhang Hao fans have a sense of superiority, and it seems that they are depreciating against him.

Anyway, the failure of "My Alien Boyfriend" poured cold water on the capital and the public.The tide of traffic from the "Tiny Times" movie has calmed down a little.

What's more, this failure also woke up other production companies that intend to produce domestic sci-fi films, and understand that not everyone can play sci-fi films.

Zhang Hao also did not expect that the task of closing the door would still be done by Lu Xiaohan, who was born to close the door of domestic sci-fi movies.

With this in mind, Zhang Hao also feels that things cannot be allowed to go on like this, so that ordinary movie fans completely lose confidence in domestic science fiction movies.

Therefore, he communicated with Cai Runping and released the 2015 production list on the official website of Tianmi Film and Television Production Company.

Among them, "The Martian", a sci-fi plot adventure, written and directed by Zhang Hao, is particularly eye-catching.

This film list completely diverted the public's attention away from "My Alien Boyfriend" and focused on "The Martian".

At the same time, after an arrangement, an expert from a space agency accidentally 'revealed' a piece of news while participating in a TV popular science program.

"Our space agency is cooperating with Director Zhang Hao on a sci-fi movie project."

The host asked curiously: "What is the specific content?"

"I can't reveal it yet, I can only tell you that it is a sci-fi movie project about Mars, director Zhang Hao gave us the script last year.

We have set up a special interest group to demonstrate the scientific nature of the script and provide theoretical support. "Experts from the space agency did not say clearly.

But viewers who have seen the film list know that it is the "Martian" project.

The host asked again: "Will this delay the normal work of the space agency?"

The space agency expert shook his head and said: "No, we also have a related Mars exploration plan, and it has been put on the agenda.

This movie gives us a chance to demonstrate the experiment. From this aspect, it is a win-win choice to cooperate with director Zhang Hao. "

After the program was broadcast, various slices of the experts were widely circulated on major video platforms.

Many netizens and movie fans expressed their excitement. On the one hand, they are happy for the progress of their own aerospace development. On the other hand, Zhang Hao finally made a move to save domestic science fiction movies.

"It turns out that Zhang Hao has to come."

"Both the space agency and Zhang Hao are awesome, and they have a strong cooperation."

"Isn't it embarrassing not to invite one or two experts to make science fiction movies in the future?"

"It's necessary, science fiction, science fiction, you have to have a scientific foundation to fantasize, I'm already looking forward to it."

"Unfortunately, I don't know when I can see this movie. I regret not going to the cinema to watch "Gravity". I will definitely go this time."

"Director Zhang is still working on "The Dark Knight" in the United States, probably next year."

"Hurry up, bring it up quickly, I can't wait."

This wave of timely publicity has successfully whetted the appetite of movie fans and made them look forward to it.

At this time, Zhang Hao, who was busy with the post-production of "The Dark Knight", met a physicist named Kip Thorne under the introduction of Charles Rowan.

(End of this chapter)