China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 752: Full Release and First Day Box Office

Beijing, Chaoyang District.

"Mom and Dad, how about this? This is our family activity today. I'll take you two to the movies."

Zhang Li stood in front of the Starry Sky International Flagship Store, looking at the huge poster of "Gravity" erected at the door, and glanced at his cute daughter who was standing next to him with an excited look on her face, holding up her mobile phone with the ticket information code as if to take credit.

An imperceptible bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

As a veteran film critic, he is very familiar with watching movies.

For people in their line of work, New Year holidays generally do not exist.

Because big stars and big-budget movies are often released on holidays when ordinary moviegoers are resting.

As film critics, they have to work overtime on holidays in order to get first-hand movie information.

Zhang Li is even better, because he has rich film knowledge and professional skills, and can interpret movies from multiple angles from a professional perspective. At the same time, he has excellent observation skills and is very delicate and sensitive to makeup, props, scenery, lighting and even the actors' body movements and micro-expressions.

In addition, his comments are often sharp and pertinent, and he provides a down-to-earth interpretation of film art.

Therefore, many movie fans like him very much, which results in the company always assigning him the first task every time a major film is released.

Of course, he loves this job.

Some time ago, because the release date of "Gravity" was suddenly advanced, he was caught by the company and asked to attend the premiere ceremony of "Gravity".

Originally he was going to go, but this year is the first National Day after his daughter's college entrance examination, and he had already promised to take time out to accompany his daughter and have a family holiday.

The time happened to be on the 3rd.

Zhang Li did not hesitate between work and family. He had owed her a lot in the past. Now that his daughter was in college, if he did not get involved, she would run away with someone else in the future.

So he decisively chose family.

The family of three spent the whole day hiking and having a picnic. In the evening, the daughter took the old couple to the cinema to watch "Gravity".

After going around in circles, I'm back again.

"Dad, did you postpone the premiere of Gravity just to come out with me and mom?"

Zhang Li nodded helplessly.

The daughter, who is little but smart, had obviously foreseen this situation early on. In order to allow her father to take a vacation and work at the same time, she bought movie tickets for "Gravity" online long in advance.

You know, in the past six months, "Gravity" has been maintaining its popularity in the film and television industry.

Since September, it has reached another level.

On average, a trailer is released every half a month, fueling the expectations of moviegoers across the country.

On the first day of the movie's pre-sale, all tickets for the IMAX theater in Beijing for the first day of screening were sold out.

It took a lot of thought for Xiao Zhang to be able to grab three tickets.

Zhang Li was very pleased with his daughter's thoughtfulness. He touched his daughter's head and laughed out loud.

"Then let's go to the movies together today so that we can have both family and work together."

“Hehehe·~~~·~~~~”

The IMAX giant screen hall was crowded with people, each looking for their own seats.

Zhang Li's family sat in the front of the middle row. Although it was closer, the overall impact was not significant.

As a famous film critic, he usually gets the best viewing seat. Although he doesn't have this treatment today, his mood is different, isn't it?
"Dad, have you met Liu Yifei and Sun Yi?"

Before the movie started, Xiao Zhang curiously asked his father about gossip.

When I was young, I focused on studying and never paid attention to the film and television industry. Now that I am in college and have plenty of time, I have started to catch up with stars.

"Well, we've met and talked, so what's the matter?"

Xiao Zhan blinked his eyes, bit his lip and asked, "Is the Fairy Sister really that beautiful?"

"Well, it depends on personal taste. In your father's eyes, Liu Yifei is not as pretty as your mother and you."

Hearing this, the beautiful middle-aged woman sitting on the other side visibly curled her eyes.

"What nonsense! How can I compare myself with a famous star when I am old and ugly?"

"That's not right. In my eyes, this is comparable." Zhang Li's face was full of desire to survive and sincerity.

"Mom, this is called beauty in the eyes of the beholder~"

"Go aside."

Student Zhang made a joke about his mother, but he didn't expect to get himself into trouble. He pouted and turned back to Zhang Li, asking a little embarrassedly:

"Dad, next time you have a premiere of Liu Yifei and Sun Yi's movie, can you take me with you?"

"Hey, weren't you interested in this before?"

“It’s different now.”

Looking at his daughter's expectant face, Zhang Li couldn't bear to refuse.

As a film critic, he had the advantage in this regard, and it was easy for him to ask the organizer for a few premiere tickets.

It’s just that in order to ensure the fairness of my film reviews and not be affected by any factors, I have never spoken out.

If it were a movie directed by another director, he might still be a little hesitant.

Although the tickets for the premiere movie were not a big deal, it was still an uncomfortable thing for someone like him who was strict with himself.

After all, that person is short-speaking.

Although this thing is not worth taking.

But he has his own scale in his heart.

However, if it were Sun Yi's movie, he would have no scruples at all.

From the several exchanges between the two, it can be felt that the young director Sun Yi is still very humble, not proud, not pretentious, and able to accept different opinions.

Zhang Li even felt that if he could find fault with Sun Yi, Sun Yi would be very happy.

"Okay, Dad has agreed to this. Next time there's a movie with Sun Yi and Liu Yifei, I'll definitely bring you along."

"Oh yeah, thanks dad~"

"Hehehehe~"

"Okay, okay, the movie is about to start, you two, please be quiet for a while."

"Oh~" "Eh~"

Just as Zhang Li and his family of three were preparing to watch the movie, the premiere of "Gravity" in the Great Hall of the People had just ended.

No matter whether the guests who came and went were the bosses of film and television companies, big stars, or directors behind the scenes, no one would say a bad word about him, even if his butt was crooked.

Everyone was shocked by this movie "Gravity".

The smile on Han Sanping's face never stopped since the movie started.

During his tenure, China was able to produce such a film, which really satisfied him.

Li Ming from Galloping Pony was so excited that he held Sun Yi's hand tightly as soon as the movie ended.

"Brother Sun, this is awesome. It's really awesome. Although I, Li Ming, also run a film and television company, I never thought in my life that China could make a movie like this."

"Awesome, so awesome."

Even though Sun Yi had a thick face, he was still embarrassed by Big Dog's behavior and quickly replied:

"Brother Gou, it's not that serious. It's just a movie. Anyone can make it as long as they put their heart into it."

"Brother, you are just fooling me. The level of your Gravity is not something that any random person can produce with their heart and soul."

Sun Yi pursed his lips and smiled.

How should he respond to this?

He couldn't say that Starry Sky was the only company in China that had this level of production.

Although this is true, it is a bit too crazy.

"Brother Gou, if you have any projects in the future, you can go for it boldly. In terms of technology and special effects, Starry Sky can support you to the best of its ability."

Upon hearing what Sun Yi said, Li Ming immediately smiled.

This is the promise he wants.

"Okay, okay, brother, I will take your words seriously. When the critical moment comes, you can't just stand by and watch."

"Brother Gou, don't worry, I won't do that."

In the entire Chinese film and television industry, at present, Pony.com and Starry Sky are the closest.

Although Bona has a good relationship with Star, there is still China Film Group between them.

Sun Yi now realized that if he wanted to have more say in the circle, he couldn't just fight alone. Didn't the teacher say that he had to make as many friends as possible?

Star Sky now has the ability to make money in overseas markets, so it can get an appropriate share of the profits from the domestic market.

Besides, the investment and production of movies is a two-pronged approach.

At the premiere, Sun Yi received a number of guests who came to congratulate him, and then answered a variety of questions from reporters, and the premiere lasted until after 8 o'clock in the evening.

At this time, the first screening is almost over.

Usually, the premiere schedule of a movie is arranged in advance, and the public screening is after 12 o'clock on the night of the premiere, which is the next day.

In some cases, the film will be released to the public a few days after the premiere.

Starry Sky’s habit has always been to start the full release after 12 o’clock on the night of the premiere.

But this time "Gravity" is an exception.

Because the movie was temporarily moved up in time, the release date was not so convenient.

The premiere started two days after the National Day holiday.

If we follow the usual way of Starry Sky, we will still waste a night and wait until 4:0 on the th to officially start.

This will invisibly shorten the National Day holiday by half a day.

It would be better if the release was on the same day as the premiere, just two hours later.

Although doing so may not look good on the first day box office data, because after all, the movie is only shown for one night, not the whole day.

But in terms of actual box office revenue, the extra half-day National Day holiday was actually the reason.

When it comes to the question of face and substance, Sun Yi always chooses substance.

Now let’s see what the results of the first round of screenings tonight will be.

Back to Zhang Li's family, their movie had already reached the second half.

Student Xiao Zhang wore a pair of 3D glasses that made him look a little big on his nose. He raised his neck and stared at the big screen intently.

Seeing Liu Yifei finally reach the space station of the Russian Federation after going through so much trouble, and almost losing the hatch handle and floating into space, I couldn't help but exclaim.

My heart was also beating as nervously as Liu Yifei on the screen.

You must catch it, you must catch it~
Fortunately, there are surprises and no dangers.

Liu Yifei successfully entered the space station, but she was dumbfounded by the Russian language written on the equipment vendor's website.

After a thrilling moment, there must always be some time for the audience to calm down.

This scene of Liu Yifei in the Russian Space Station is a funny moment with some comic elements.

"Russian! I, I don't know this~"

"Yes, operating manual. Operating manual, is there a Chinese-Russian translation?"

The answer, of course, is no.

How can a spacecraft, a country's most advanced technological equipment, be translated into a foreign language?

Liu Yifei on the screen suddenly felt annoyed.

After going through untold hardships, she finally arrived at the Russian Federation's space station, where there happened to be a Soyuz spacecraft left that allowed her to escape and return to Earth.

But she didn't know how to operate it because she didn't know how to speak Russian.

The hope of life was extinguished as soon as it appeared.

Liu Yifei was not only upset, she even began to get angry, angry at her own uselessness.

She even wondered whether Captain Marvin's sacrifice was worth it, as it only brought her an opportunity like this.

If it were Captain Marvin, he would definitely be able to use the spaceship in front of him to return to Earth.

Liu Yifei sat in the spaceship, her eyes red and water flowing silently. She wanted to give up, but she was unwilling to do so. She had passed one level after another, and was only one step away from success.

"Oh shit!"

At this moment, she somewhat lost her mind and angrily pounded the operating table with her fists.

Unexpectedly, the screen on the console lit up unexpectedly, and from the graphics, it seemed that the spacecraft was actually being started.

Liu Yifei's eyes widened and she looked at her hands.

I didn’t expect that Russian spacecraft could be used in this way!
Seeing this scene, the fans in the audience all smiled knowingly.

For Russia's Zhuanbei, this scene is also an enduring meme.

Of course, this alone is not enough to fly the spacecraft back.

It’s okay to play with memes, but the logic must be sound.

Sun Yi was stuck on this problem for several days, until he chatted with an expert from the space agency and finally figured out how to make this scene logically coherent.

To be honest, China's early spacecraft were all imitations of the Soviet Union. Even the first few generations of Shenzhou spacecraft were basically carved out of the same mold as the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

We have to admit that our aerospace technology at that time was indeed quite poor, and we could only cross the river by feeling the stones of our big brother.

This means that even though the text on the spacecraft is all in Russian, the operations are actually similar.

Liu Yifei looked at the indicator graphics on the spacecraft screen and reacted.

"It seems to be similar to Shenzhou."

I began to think back to the intensive training I received before going into space, which included emergency driving of the spacecraft.

"This is the parachute, and this... this is the kick starter. Ahaha, I'm such a genius~"

After Liu Yifei's operation, the lights inside the spacecraft began to brighten, and all the instrument screens started to work normally.

"Undocking, where is the undocking?"

At this time, the camera of the movie switched to the exterior scene. The entire Russian Federation Space Station was constantly falling, getting closer and closer to the earth. Some flying parts had already come into contact with the atmosphere and began to burn violently.

Liu Yifei's lips trembled slightly. Even though she recalled the general operation method of the Soyuz, she couldn't guarantee that it was correct.

Until she pressed a button, a countdown appeared on the operating screen.

"Yes, that's it, that's it."

Liu Yifei put on her safety belt while breathing heavily.

"Beijing, Beijing, this is payload specialist Liu Rui sending a message from the Russian Federation Space Station, Soyuz. Beijing, Beijing"

Liu Yifei didn't know if anyone could receive her contact, but she still regarded all this as her last words.

"I have a bad feeling this time. A story suddenly came to my mind. Oh, no, no, no."

The spacecraft broke away with a bang and was hit by unknown parts in the process. Liu Yifei quickly shut her mouth.

The spacecraft was falling rapidly and had reached the atmosphere. Looking from the outside, the entire spacecraft was engulfed in flames.

Equipment in the cabin beeped with various alarms.

Liu Yifei clenched her fists, closed her glasses tightly, and left everything to fate.

"In my opinion, there are only two outcomes."

"Either I return to Earth safely with a legendary story, or I turn into ashes in 10 minutes."

"Haha. No matter what the result is, I have no regrets."

"Now, I'm ready!!!"

Amid the audience's eager anticipation, the spacecraft successfully landed and plunged into a lake. Liu Yifei took off her spacesuit, struggled to swim out from the bottom of the water, and crawled to the shore little by little.

The blue sky, white clouds, and the birds singing around her made her happy.

“Ha~~~ha~~~Thank you, thank you.”

Liu Yifei cried with joy, grabbed a handful of dirt from beneath her body with tears in her eyes, and stood up staggeringly.

At this moment, the movie gave a low shot, starting from her legs and shooting upwards. She was obviously a weak woman, but at this moment, she looked tall, even comparable to the mountains in the distance.

From water to land, from crawling to standing, this reflects the origin of human beings.

With the magnificent and shocking background music, the movie shots are clear.

The credits start rolling out.

It was then that fans realized the movie was over.

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap~~~~
"Looks great!" "Great!" "Awesome!"

There was continuous applause at the scene.

At the same time, across the country, the same scene was seen at almost all the first round screenings of "Gravity".

(End of this chapter)