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Chapter 791: Big Hits Premiere
Ying Er and her husband arrived early, so there weren't many people when they first arrived at the cinema. It was not until the ticket check was almost done that more and more people came in.

It can be seen from the LED screens around the ticket hall that most of the cinema's screenings on this day are for the newly released "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

This is normal.

There were no other new films released in the past two days, and various movies that were released since last month also flopped.

The cinema chains are eager to allocate all their screenings to "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

At this time, besides the producers, the people who most hope that "Zhou Chu" will sell well are the owners of major cinemas.

After more than half a year of closure, money such as rent, utilities, and labor costs are flowing away like water every day. Those with a strong financial foundation can still hold on, but some theater owners who expanded rapidly when the film and television industry was booming are now heavily in debt.

Finally, the authorities allowed cinemas to open, but the cold market gave everyone a heavy blow.

After opening, there were only a few customers every day, and the money earned was not enough to cover the additional water, electricity and labor costs after reopening.

Therefore, cinemas most hope that Gu Wei's "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" can sell well. Making money is one aspect, but they also hope that his movie can heat up the currently cold film market and reawaken everyone's enthusiasm for watching movies.

The so-called "rescue work" is not just talk. The current film market really needs a blockbuster movie to boost morale.

"I didn't expect so many people would come to watch a movie in the morning?"

After checking her ticket and entering the theater, Ying Er found her seat and sat down. She took off her mask, took a sip of Coke, and said to her husband beside her.

"It's summer vacation now. Don't you see that these audience members don't look very old?"

Ying Er looked around and whispered, "It seems to be true."

After saying this, she sighed with feeling: "It's great to be young!"

Fu Xinbo touched her head with amusement: "You sound like you're so old~"

“I used to think of myself as a child, but now I am a mother of children.

I feel like I’m not in the same world as these young people.”

"Haha, you will always be a cute little girl in my heart"

“So corny~”

Ying Er said this, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.

When the two were dating, she was more famous than Fu Xinbo and had better film and television resources.

In the end, she was able to accept each other and soon got married and had children, which also showed that she recognized Fu Xinbo as a person.

You have to know that a female celebrity’s marriage and childbirth actually have an impact on her popularity, especially when she is in her rising period.

The most typical example is Liu Shishi. After getting married, her basic fan base was directly destroyed and her popularity declined all the way. After her comeback, she was reduced to acting with Liu Yuning, who was also an internet celebrity.

At present, it seems that Ying Er’s original decision was correct. Her husband treats her very well, and their family is warm, harmonious and very happy.

Soon after we sat down, the lights in the theater dimmed and a movie began playing on the big screen.

[Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils] The whole film is 134 minutes long, but the rhythm is very tight. It can be said that it has grabbed the audience's attention from the very beginning, making everyone's spirit follow the protagonist Chen Guilin to overcome all obstacles.

The film can be said to be full of interesting moments. During the more than two hours, there were few other sounds in the theater except for the occasional exclamation.

Everyone was really attracted by the plot of this movie and was completely immersed in the story.

In the last scene, Chen Guilin was lying on a mat and was executed. With a gunshot, the screen went black and the end credits began to roll.

The lights in the theater came on, and everyone slowly walked out of the world created by the movie.

Fu Xinbo and his wife stood up and walked out with the crowd. They could clearly hear other people's discussions.

They are probably "It's so cool!", "Gu Wei is so handsome!", "It's such a pity that Chen Guilin died after killing so many bad guys!" and so on.

Walking out of the cinema, Ying Er turned and looked at her husband beside her.

"The scale of this movie is too big. It's hard to imagine that the General Administration will allow it to be released." After all, they are insiders and know that compared with the wonderful plot, the most difficult thing for this movie to be released is to have a good screen time.

“We knew it wouldn’t be easy to pass the review, so the story was set in Taiwan.

This is just like Gu Wei's "Detective Chinatown" series. The same subject matter will definitely not work in China, but it will work if the location is changed abroad.

And I remember Gu Wei mentioned the screening during his live broadcast some time ago. Given the current market situation, the review process will be relatively relaxed."

Ying Er nodded.

"Gu Wei really broke through himself in this movie, playing such a role.

My impression of him is still the "Fan Xian" in the previous "Joy of Life". He suddenly changed from a handsome gentleman to a wanted criminal who killed many people. I am still a little uncomfortable with it."

Fu Xinbo smiled slightly: "But he acted very well, didn't he?
In the movie just now, it is obvious that Gu Wei is deliberately making himself ugly, including his skin color, head shape, and oversized suit.

The character "Chen Guilin" is portrayed vividly, with no trace of the characters in his previous works.

I don’t know how much box office “Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils” can earn, but I think Gu Wei will definitely win a lot of awards for his performance in this movie.”

After hearing what Fu Xinbo said, Ying'er nodded in agreement.

The two were walking in the mall when Ying Er's phone suddenly rang.

She glanced at her phone screen and then picked up the call.

"Hey, Tiantian~"

After chatting for a while, he hung up the phone.

Fu Xinbo listened to her phone call from the side and roughly understood the content of their conversation.

"We just finished watching a movie and you want to watch it again with Jingtian?"

"It doesn't matter. Since Tiantian asked me to, I'll just treat it as accompanying her. Besides, there were some parts I didn't quite understand just now. I'll read the reviews and then watch it again later."

Fu Xinbo shook his head: "Then I'll go home. I'm not too confident that the nanny can take care of the child alone."

Ying Er smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, husband. You can go back now. I will wait for Tiantian here."

[Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils] was undoubtedly a box office hit after its release!

On the first day of its release, the film took in 64 million RMB at the box office with 2.46% of the national screenings, accounting for 89% of the national total box office that day.

This data is a very good result even during the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival period.

Many filmmakers breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this result, and felt that the mainland film market was on the verge of recovery.

In addition to the box office revenue of over 200 million on the first day, "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" also has very good reputation.

Douban scored 8.5 and Maoyan scored 9.7, which is definitely a rare high score among domestic films.

The Internet is full of news about "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", some reporting on the box office, some interpreting the plot, and the media and film critics also highly praised this movie.

Not to mention netizens, even some viewers who are more strict with scoring domestic films think that "Zhou Chu" is a rare good film.

[Sure enough, if you want to watch a movie, you have to watch Gu Wei. He never disappoints anyone!

I went to the cinema with the idea of ​​supporting domestic films, but I didn't expect to be surprised by "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

It's hard to imagine that this film was shot in China. From the plot to the photography to the actors' performances, it's all so amazing.

Although the cinema has just opened, I think this movie is the best movie this year, no doubt about it! 】【One word: "Awesome!"!
From the murder at the funeral, to the hunting down of the "Hong Kong boy", to the killing spree in the ashram and the killing of the "Venerable", the whole movie is done in one go and is very enjoyable!

The fact that a film of this scale can be shown in China should be praised by the censorship department, it is really an improvement! 】

[The film is just as its name suggests, it is really "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", it is both "crazy" and "exciting", it can be said that it perfectly combines commerciality and artistry together.

Gu Wei's performance is so brilliant that it is hard to imagine that he would have the courage to try a role like "Chen Guilin".

The performances of other actors are not inferior at all, such as Wu Zhenyu's "Hong Kong Boy" and Zhang Songwen's "The Venerable", it is a pleasure to watch them play against the protagonists! 】

[I usually cover my eyes and jump away when seeing violent scenes. It hurts so much!
What gave me goosebumps was the scene where believers were shot. It might be the only one of its kind in any movie released in China!
Who would have thought that Gu Wei has such an evil and crazy temperament? I love him so much! 】

[Sure enough, there is a saying that makes a lot of sense: "Guilin has the best killers in the world!" ]

[They are so crazy, but I like them so much! ]

[Zhou Chu was not forgiven by the folks even though he killed tigers and dragons; Chen Guilin could not escape the punishment of the law even though he killed the most wanted criminal.

A prodigal son may return, but the human heart is unpredictable; the words good and evil are easy to write, but good and evil are hard to judge.

【The Crowd】 crew.

".Please thank Ying Er and her husband for me and have dinner together when you have time.

My crew will probably wrap up filming by the end of this month, and I’ll see you next month when [Joy of Life 2] starts filming.”

After chatting for a few more sentences, Gu Wei hung up the phone with a smile. Reba beside him blinked her big eyes curiously.

"Kageta?"

Gu Wei nodded.

"In order to support [Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils], she went to the cinema to watch the movie, called me to congratulate me on the box office success, and praised the film for being well made."

In the past two days, Gu Wei has received many calls from friends, congratulating him on the success of his new film.

"I also read a lot of news and reviews about the movie online. Everyone said that this movie is a rare masterpiece in recent years, and that its release is an improvement in the radio and television censorship system.

I'm really curious about what the movie will be like. "

Gu Wei smiled and said, "That's not easy. There's no night show tonight. I can just take you to watch it after the show."

"Really? That's great!" Reba looked happy after hearing Gu Wei's words.

As the two were chatting, Gu Wei's phone rang again.

He took a look and picked up the phone.

"Hello~"

"Gu Wei, congratulations on the movie's huge success!"

Liu Yifei's slightly cheerful voice of congratulations came from the other end of the microphone.

“Haha, thank you, thank you Xixi for posting on Weibo to help me promote it.

You also contributed to the movie's success." Gu Wei said with a smile.

"Hehe, then how do you thank me?" Liu Yifei seemed to be in a good mood and joked.

"I'll treat you to a meal when I get back to the capital someday!"

"That's settled, but we'll have to wait a little longer. I have to go to the United States in a few days."

"Is there any activity over there?"

"I guess so. I went there to help promote [Mulan]"

“Is the movie coming out?”

He had discussed this topic with Liu Yifei before. The release date of "Mulan" had been scheduled and postponed several times, which whetted the audience's appetite.

"I guess so. It will be released in China next month. Disney in North America plans to release it on demand through streaming media. I don't know how it will turn out."

"No matter what, with Disney's global promotion capabilities and the worldwide influence of the IP of Mulan, your popularity will definitely improve after the movie is released."

Gu Wei did not mention the movie box office. He knew that the future box office performance of "Mulan" would not be good.

However, even though the global box office was not ideal, this movie still brought Liu Yifei a lot of positive feedback.

Just as he said, after the broadcast of "Mulan", Liu Yifei's global popularity has increased significantly. She has won various luxury brand endorsements one after another and has also become the city spokesperson for Abu Dhabi.

Before her, Abu Dhabi's last spokesperson was O'Neal.

“I hope so.

By the way, I went to the cinema to watch "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", and it was really well filmed.

No wonder it achieved such good box office results.

How did you come up with the idea of ​​playing such a crazy and insane character? "

"I just want to try different types of movies and roles. I like new things and challenges the most."

"very nice."

After the show in the evening, Gu Wei took Reba to a nearby cinema as promised to watch "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

Reba couldn't recover for a long time after coming out of the cinema.

"It's OK to shoot like this. I didn't feel much after watching the news and netizens' comments before. Now I understand why so many people say that the release of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is an improvement in the domestic censorship system."

Gu Wei smiled and said, "I set the story in Taiwan, so you may be able to accept it as a Taiwanese film."

Reba turned to look at Gu Wei: "The story of this movie seems simple and absurd, a wanted criminal has to eliminate two wanted criminals to prove that he is the strongest!
But it is full of logic and profound meaning. I feel that the expressions in many places have deeper meanings, but I just can’t think it through at the moment.”

Gu Wei smiled and hugged her: "If you can't figure it out, forget it and go back to read the film reviews.

Today’s audiences can analyze movies better than the directors, just like when we were learning reading comprehension in Chinese textbooks as children.

It’s all clear from what they said.”

Reba slapped him in annoyance.

"Your movie also asked me to read the film review~"

Gu Wei hugged Reba and said with a smile: "Okay, if you have any questions, I will tell you slowly when we get back."

After the first day, as it entered the weekend, the box office of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" not only did not decrease but increased slightly, earning 2.73 million and 2.65 million yuan respectively in the two days of the weekend.

The total box office for the first three days was 7.83 million RMB.

There was a decline after entering the second week of work, but the daily box office was still over 100 million.

On August 8, the fifth day of the release of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", the total box office officially exceeded 14 billion yuan, becoming the first domestic film released in 10 to break the 2020 billion box office.

Driven by "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", the box office of other movies released in the same period has increased slightly.

In the eyes of people in the industry, this movie has truly reignited the enthusiasm for the film market and is truly worthy of the title of "market-saving work."

(End of this chapter)