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Chapter 410 You don’t blame me for not living up to expectations
After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei was in a very beautiful mood.

She raised her head and looked around. Gu Wei hadn't come back yet, and the crew were all fiddling with their phones.

Everyone was smiling, and Nazha, who was sitting next to her, was even more amused.

"Who are you talking to, so happy?"

Liu Yifei asked curiously.

"Ah? Sister Yifei~"

Nazha looked away from the phone and turned to look at Liu Yifei beside her.

"I have a good best friend with me, hehe, let's show off our film scores with her!"

"Are you also an actor in our circle?"

"Yes, you come from the same place as me, a frontier person~"

"Oh? You're still from my hometown. What's your name?"

"Dilraba, she previously acted in a TV series called "Carat Lovers", and she became quite popular for a while~"

Liu Yifei thought for a while.

"I haven't watched the TV series you mentioned, but the name does have some impression on me."

She is usually busy with work and seldom watches TV series except reading books in her free time.

"I will introduce her to Sister Yifei later when I have time. She is a very nice person and she is also a great beauty."

Not long after, Gu Wei communicated with the staff outside and walked into the room. He clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Everyone, our activities for today are over. We will go back to the hotel and have a rest early. We will leave for the next city early tomorrow morning."

After speaking, Liu Yifei and others packed up their things and got up to leave.

It's also a new movie being released. Some people are happy and some are sad.

The box office of "Tang Detective 2" exceeded 11 billion in its first week. "Legend of the Gods", which was released on Friday at the same time, did not have such good luck.

It was released one day later than "Tang Detective 2", and the box office on the first day was only 7792 million.

Although this single-day box office result was second only to "Tang Detective 2" on Friday, it ranked No. 2 in the country's single-day box office and was higher than No. 3 "Escape" with 4017 million.

But you must know that this is the first-day box office of the 5 million-invested blockbuster "Legend of the Gods". If this result is no surprise, it basically means that the movie will definitely lose money.

Sure enough, on the following two days, Saturday and Sunday, the box office of "Legend of the Gods" dropped all the way in the first weekend due to the poor reputation after its release. It received 6454 million and 5551 million respectively in the two days.

You know, for movies that are released normally, except for those that happen to be released during holidays such as Spring Festival and National Day, the highest box office is usually in the first weekend.

Just like "Tang Detective 2", the box office revenue was more than 2 million in the first two days of the first week, and it immediately hit more than [-] million by the weekend.

After its release, there are really not many movies that even saw box office declines during their first weekend. It can only be said that the movie's reputation has been bad to a certain extent.

[Legend of the Gods] was released for three days and grossed a total of 2.01 million at the box office on the first week, and its reputation completely collapsed.

Nearly 3 people on Douban posted a score of 2.8, and the Internet was filled with criticism.

[The mythical masterpiece with King Wu's defeat of Zhou as the background has once again opened up mankind's understanding of the bottom line of movies. In this movie called "Legend of the Gods", the gathering of domestic first-line stars is like a chaotic dance of demons. The masterpiece of film history has left its own "brilliant" acting skills, and the plot, costumes, and special effects are unparalleled in ancient and modern times, making "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" eclipse. This is a true masterpiece! 】

[Li Lianlian stopped by the studio on his way to the toilet to cheer up, and he had the nerve to put his name first to defraud the box office! 】

[This "Legend of Xiangzuo" tells the story of shooting into the fountain of life with a sword of light]

[Within three years, there won’t be a worse movie than this one. If there is one, it will definitely be its sequel! 】

[Lei Zhenzi said to the baby: "I'm going to fly with my clothes and my clothes." The baby responded affectionately: "You're so kind, Lei." Hahahahahaha, in short, it's very funny and imaginative. I can't imagine what will happen in the next second. What has become, hahahaha! ! 】

[I have to guess that this was Xiang Huaqiang who put a knife on the necks of all the stars and threatened to film it. Except for his son, the enigmatic aesthetic, the plot that went off the rails throughout, the death is shocking, and his own style. I admire him, Fuchun Mountain Residence I admire the picture too! 】

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With a box office of 2.8 million in the first week, a rating of [-], and a reputation that was criticized by the entire Internet, everyone can know that "Legend of the Gods" is a complete failure this time.

The 5-million-dollar production, which has been promoted for several months, stars international superstar Li Lian, and is joined by top domestic entertainment stars. Now it seems like a joke.

As netizens commented, Li Lianjie was obviously a jobber, but he was placed in the leading role. Xiang Zuo, who was last on the cast list, was actually the real leading actor.

How can the audience who go to the cinema not be angry with this kind of naked deception.

And it is obviously adapted from the story of "Fengshen Interpretation", but in the end it became "Lei Zhenzi", an orphan of the Yi clan played by Xiang Zuo, who embarked on the road to find the Sword of Light in order to save the Spirit clan.

What kind of thunderous plot is this, and what does it have to do with [Fengshen]?
It’s no wonder that the audience was so excited after watching the movie. I can only say that "Legend of the Gods" had bad intentions from the beginning.

The producer and distributor clearly knew that the film was not good, but for their own benefit, they used this deceptive method to promote it, and it was only natural that such a huge backlash was generated in the end.

Bona Films.

The atmosphere in the office is rather depressing.

Xiang Huaqiang finished smoking a cigarette, took one last puff, and put out the cigarette butt.

"Dr. Yu, can't we think of more ideas for our movie?
With this result now, we have lost too much.”

Yu Dong, who was sitting opposite, smiled bitterly and said:

"Mr. Xiang, it's not that I am too old to do my best. You have also seen the current situation of online public opinion.

The reputation of "Legend of the Gods" is really bad. Its current box office results are due to its early promotion.

After word of mouth spreads, whatever you do will be in vain." Xiang Huaqiang was still a little unwilling.

"I know the filming of [Legend of the Gods] is not very good, but the comments from netizens are a bit too much. Is it really useless?

Yu Dong, do you think someone is deliberately buying a navy to hack us? "

Yu Dong looked at Xiang Huaqiang sitting across from him and felt funny in his heart.

Is it necessary for your movie to be criticized by others? If you don’t watch anything else, the main character of the movie is your son. No matter how you look at it, you can’t clean it up.

"Um~ Mr. Xiang, Bona has been in the industry for so many years. We are still confident that we are not ranked first in domestic entertainment in terms of publicity and distribution, but also in the top five or even the top three.

We have dedicated personnel to monitor all major media platforms on the Internet, including professional self-media influencers and trolls.

Is it true that no one is trying to criticize us this time? It is purely a spontaneous publicity by the audience who have watched the movie. "

After a pause, Yu Dong said again.

"Furthermore, you can see that there are only two movies at the same time as our movie. The box office momentum of "Escape" released last Thursday has dropped, with only 4000 to [-] million in a single day. We can't do anything to improve its box office. Effect.

"Tang Detective 2", which was released on the same day as "Legend of the Gods" this Thursday morning, is honestly not on the same level as us.

The box office is [-]-[-] million yuan a day.

I guess Mr. Gu from [Wei Ming Xia] paid attention to the box office of [Fengshen] on the first day, and stopped paying attention to it after seeing that it was only over 7000 million.

So your worries are completely unnecessary."

In fact, Xiang Huaqiang didn't know what Yu Dong was talking about, he just couldn't help it.

Judging from the current situation, he suffered a big loss from this movie.

Although [Legend of the Gods] is not as large as the 5 million advertised investment, the production and publicity investment is over 2 million.

The special effects of the movie were indeed made by a Hollywood team, and various stars also paid money to join the movie. Of course, most of them were friendly prices.

Including the publicity fees paid to Bona, the total investment exceeds 2.5 million.

Now it looks like he will lose at least [-] million. Such a huge loss makes Xiang Huaqiang extremely heartbroken.

He originally wanted to rely on his own connections to recruit big stars such as Li Lianjie to join him. Coupled with the strong special effects, he wanted to compete with Zhou Yunfa and Aaron Kwok's "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" the year before last. Why not get a ten Billion box office.

When the time comes, I will make money and support my son, killing two birds with one stone.

Who would have thought that people like Li Lianlian, Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Gu Tianle, and Liang Jiaqi have no box office appeal at all, and the movie actually made the audience complain like this.

Not to mention losing money, my son failed in his first step on the road to stardom. It was like losing his wife and losing his army.

Thinking this, Xiang Huaqiang frowned and took out another cigarette.

Yu Dong, who was opposite, saw this and quickly picked up a lighter to help light it.

"Mr. Xiang, I would like to give you a suggestion. You might as well contact foreign film producers now to see if you can sell the copyrights of some other countries.

With Li Lianjie's brand name, and the special effects of the film having certain merits, selling some foreign copyrights can also reduce some losses.

I feel like the domestic film market is not going to work anymore, so it’s best not to have any hope.”

Xiang Huaqiang blew out smoke and nodded slowly listening to Yu Dong's words.

The two chatted for a while, Xiang Huaqiang left Bona, and the office became quiet again.

Yu Dong sat in his office chair, clasped his hands and thought for a while.

A large part of the promotional expenses for "Legend of the Gods" has been paid before the movie is released, and the remaining small amount will not be paid until the movie is released according to the contract.

Although the producer [China Star Films] lost money, [Bona Films] as the promoter did not delay making money at all.

"Mr. Yu, did you call me?"

The assistant knocked on the door and came in.

"Ask the managers of the marketing department, planning department, and publicity department to come to the large conference room for a meeting in 10 minutes."

"Understood, Mr. Yu."

According to Yu Dong's experience, [Legend of the Gods] has reached this level, and any publicity means are useless, and the rest can just let nature take its course.

He is not prepared to invest more resources into this fruitless movie.

There are still two months until the National Day holiday, and the movie "Operation Mekong" controlled by "Bona Films" will be released. He plans to take advantage of the popularity of Gu Wei's "Tang Detective 2" to start promoting and warming up his own movie.

"Mr. Xiang, don't blame me for not helping you. The movie "Legend of the Gods" is really disappointing.

The promotion fee paid by [China Star], Bona has done enough before the movie is released, and now I can only abandon you."

With this in mind, Yu Dong picked up his cell phone and dialed Gu Wei's number. After a few beeps, the call was connected.

"Hello? Mr. Gu, congratulations on the box office success!
Hahaha, I knew Mr. Gu’s movie would be a success.

It’s nothing, Operation Mekong will be released in two months, and I’m going to ask the company to start putting out advertisements and trailers.

It won’t waste Mr. Gu’s time. Just cooperate with me online in the early stage. We will start the road show when it is released soon.

I'll be the host later and call director Lin Chaoxian, and Mr. Gu will definitely come over to show his respect."

Yu Dong is a pure businessman. For him, whoever can help him make money and bring benefits to Bona is his closest partner.
(End of this chapter)