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Chapter 827 Crazy pre-sale, "Shanghai Fortress".
"Liu Qi, I'm warning you, if you steal my grandpa's driver's license and drive the car out without permission again, I will send you to a juvenile detention center and let the government discipline you!"

"The dried earthworms in the juvenile detention center are all original flavor!"

Because Liu Qi came to the surface without permission, Han Ziang, played by Ng Man-tat, had to return to the surface to find his grandchildren.

At this time, Wu Mengda was driving the car while cursing with an irritable expression.

The camera turned slightly behind his head, revealing Liu Qi and Han Duoduo sitting listlessly in the back seat.

"Surface temperature: minus 70 degrees."

"Driver Han Ziang, welcome back."

While cursing, Han Ziang also drove the transport vehicle, passed the facial recognition device of the dungeon, passed through the dungeon gate constructed of three layers of heavy metal doors, and entered a huge elevator.

And the truly huge plot begins from here.

This version of "The Wandering Earth" is much more shocking than the original. After all, with sufficient funding, both the completeness of the plot and the special effects have been improved by several levels.

However, Li Mu did not hold back at all when it came to the tear-jerking moments of the movie, and he showed no mercy when he stabbed the audience.

The elevator shaft is never a good place, and the appearance of such a scene generally means that a tense and negative plot is about to happen.

The audience also held their breath and felt nervous.

Sure enough, Han Ziang really fell down, fortunately Gangzi from the rescue team caught him.

However, death is always around the corner. The falling elevator is getting closer and closer. Gangzi throws Han out of the elevator shaft with all his strength, but he himself sacrifices himself.

Just when the audience was still feeling sad for the rescue team members, the scene changed and they saw that Han Ziang had less than 10% oxygen left.

Trapped alone in the building, dozens of floors away from everyone else, all the audience knew that he was beyond help.

At the last moment of his life, Han Ziang took off his mask and allowed the extremely low temperature to turn him into an ice sculpture, using his last bit of strength to look towards his former home.

His last shot is a look looking back home.

This scene really made the audience feel very uncomfortable, and at one point they couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Li Mu, you are really good at filming. The last one, 'Dying to Survive', made me feel uncomfortable for a few days, and it's happening again this time."

"Woo, woo, woo, can't you let the old man live?"

"Uncle Tat's acting is amazing. I cried my eyes out."

Many people in the theater took out tissues and gently wiped away their tears.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang were watching this scene together and couldn't help themselves.

Liu Yifei tore half of the tissue and handed it to Shu Chang, "Here."

"Your Li Mu is really good at taking pictures like this. One shot made me cry." Shu Chang couldn't help but mutter.

"This character is well established." Ning Hao was watching this scene at this moment. His tears did not shed, but he was seriously deconstructing the character of Han Ziang.

"Indeed, this glance, and another glance, completes the creation of the character." Ge You silently responded to Ning Hao's words.

But when Han Duoduo said those words on the radio, the final option was still a road to death, and yet people from different nationalities and races still chose to believe in hope, and chose to use this insignificant hope to gamble on a tomorrow where they could live with their families, and resolutely walked towards death.

This scene once again made the audience shed tears in the theater.

However, what made everyone in the theater cry was the plot at the beginning, which echoed the ending.

"Dad is going to carry out his last mission, which is also the most important one. Son, look up and you will definitely see Dad. Come on, three, two, one, look up!"

"Damn it, Liu Peiqiang has to die too."

"why is it like this?"

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Just quietly, the movie slowly ended, and the lights slowly turned on, illuminating the entire theater.

Liu Yifei and Li Mu did not sit in the same row because the main creators were sitting in the first row, but Liu Yifei's seat was right behind Li Mu.

At this time, Liu Yifei patted Li Mu's shoulder in dissatisfaction.

Li Mu turned around and saw that Liu Yifei's eyes were red and she was pouting. It was obvious that she was not satisfied with Li Mu for not giving her a perfect plot.

Seeing this scene, Li Mu couldn't help but laugh.

“What a great shot!”

"Lao Li, this is amazing! This movie is going to be a hit!"

"Director Li."

Li Mu stood up and prepared to go to the stage. Ning Hao, Zhang Yi and others also gave their comments.

"It's okay, I hope I didn't disappoint everyone." Li Mu asked on the stage holding the microphone.

"nice!"

"That's great."

"I have to watch it again. It's completely different from the sci-fi movies I've watched before."

Although almost all the audience cried, they were very satisfied with the movie and shouted loudly in the audience.

"That's fine, you can look forward to the second part. Let me make it clear to everyone that there will be one. The project has already been launched." Li Mu took the opportunity to make an advertisement.

The premiere ended with Li Mu’s final thanks.

The heads of the major cinema chains looked at each other and obviously had plans for the next screening in mind.

Because "The Wandering Earth" has not been screened in the media or theaters, it has always been kept extremely mysterious. This is also the first time that the scheduling managers of major theaters have seen the movie.

"We shouldn't be scolded this time like we were when we were arranging for Avengers 4, right?"

"It's hard to say. You have to know that there are other domestic films in the schedule. But based on the data of Director Li's film, if it is scheduled a little longer, others will have no problem."

"Who cares? We have to eat, so let's go back."

As the scheduling managers of these theater chains left, they couldn't help but discuss the next scheduling plans.

The major film critics looked at the reviews filled with notes in their hands and hurried back to prepare for the next film review.

The premiere was over and there were still three days before the film’s large-scale release, but that evening a craze for “The Wandering Earth” swept the Internet.

Netizens who did not attend the premiere asked questions one after another.

"I can only say it's great, very great. It's worthy of being Li Mu's film, it must be a masterpiece."

"In Li Mu's words, this is a romantic science fiction film that is unique to China!"

"We'll carry the Earth and run away. You tell me if it looks good or not."

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Those who watched the premiere were very excited and communicated with netizens, feeling a sense of pride. After all, in such a big country like China, they were the only ones who had watched it first.

At this time, film reviews from major film critics have also appeared on the Internet.

“The movie The Wandering Earth does not show us personal heroism from beginning to end. This is different from the epic science fiction movies we have watched since childhood, such as The Terminator, Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Avengers.
These Hollywood blockbusters show us how powerful one person or one organization can be, and even how they can save the world.

These movies all have a common routine: humanity faces a disaster, the government disappears, people lose confidence, and just when the world is about to be destroyed, the protagonist, who has not been very powerful before, suddenly stands up and wants to save the world, and after some effort they succeed.

But The Wandering Earth is not about personal heroism, it has a soul and a sense of family and country."

"Li Mu was right when he said at the premiere, The Wandering Earth, a romantic aesthetic unique to China, a sci-fi blockbuster with a romantic sentiment"

“Saving the Earth is not a matter for one person, but for all of humanity. The driving force behind history is not individual heroes, but the people, the great people. There are no heroes in the movie The Wandering Earth, because everyone on Earth can be a hero.”

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"Everyone is praising the movie. Give them a thumbs up." Liu Yifei was in the passenger seat, scrolling through various comments and film reviews.

"How abominable! This person actually said that you bought all these movie reviews."

When Liu Yifei saw these negative comments, she immediately became unhappy and almost wanted to go online to argue with the person.

"If we allow positive reviews, we naturally have to allow negative reviews as well. Only in this way can a movie be good. If there are only positive reviews, then these reviews must not be true." Li Mu said with a faint smile.

"Ok."

Amid the frenzied discussions across the entire network, the pre-sale results hit a new high the next day, exceeding 7.5 million yuan, and it seemed that there was no sign of stopping.

"This pre-sale result is too exaggerated."

"If it was released during the Spring Festival, wouldn't it have to break 1 billion on the first day?"

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The industry was stunned by the pre-sale results. Despite this, pre-sales of "The Wandering Earth" continued to move forward.

"Setting a new record, the large-scale science fiction film "The Wandering Earth" directed by Li Mu set a new pre-sale record, exceeding 8 million."

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The 8 million mark was broken on the second night after the premiere, and it is obvious that it is expected to reach billion, a figure that is extremely envied by the industry.

After all, this means that the movie can secure a billion-dollar box office before it's even released.

For many directors, one billion is probably their lifelong goal, but for Li Mu, it is only the pre-sale result.

"Let's keep up with the trend and spread the word."

At this moment, Chen Jicheng, the chairman of CTS, felt that God was helping him. With the support of "The Wandering Earth", "Robotech" would surely sell well, so he quickly instructed the publicity director.

At this time, Teng Huatao was also there, and couldn't help but dissuade him:
“Mr. Chen, I haven’t seen The Wandering Earth yet, but my friends told me that this movie has a strong sense of hard science fiction, and our movie is too weak in this aspect. If we force a comparison with them, it might backfire after it’s released. We have to change direction.”

"That's true." After hearing what Teng Huatao said, Chen Jicheng naturally understood, but it was a pity to give up such a big piece of publicity cake, which was a lot of money.

"Mr. Chen, Director Teng, I have a suggestion. Since we can't compare to The Wandering Earth in terms of sci-fi visuals, we can promote the love story in the movie, the love story under the apocalypse. Plus, there are Lu Han's fans here, so they will buy into this."

"Apocalyptic love?" Chen Jicheng muttered. He certainly knew the weakness of "Robotech" in science fiction, but if it promoted apocalyptic love, it would indeed be a gimmick.
(End of this chapter)