China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 475 Dominate the Spring Festival period

The beginning of "Now Now 2" is still fast-paced. The first two minutes briefly introduce the movements of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

After the last operation, the four knights dispersed and began to take their own vacations.

The magician played by Lu Yuan traveled to Hong Kong. On this day, there happened to be a magic show at Hong Kong Disneyland.

Milk Tea Lun appears.

In full view of everyone, Milk Tea Lun made the Disney Castle disappear.

The scene was filled with exclamations, including the CEO of a technology company and his family.

Snapped!
With a snap of the fingers, Disney Castle returns to the world.

No one noticed that the technology company CEO and his family of three suddenly disappeared.

It wasn't until days later that news of the Phoenix family's disappearance made the news.

Dylan, the superior of the Four Horsemen, was exposed on the spot and was caught at the speed of light.

Under [Morgan]'s narration, the history and current situation of the [Sky Eye] organization gradually surfaced and was displayed in front of the audience.

Facing the 'betrayal', the remaining three knights were shocked, but anyway, they ran away first.

Although the police found no substantial evidence, Lu Yuan had a criminal record in America before, so he became the number one suspect.

A thrilling racing scene was staged, and the four knights narrowly escaped pursuit.

In short, the [Sky Eye] organization has deteriorated.

Seeing that there is no way to escape, another Merritt appears.

As the police investigate, more and more clues point to Lu Yuan.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse compete with Milk Tea Lun, and Milk Tea Lun parachutes into the Tokyo Arena for a magic tour.

The Four Horsemen stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice.

Afterwards, they learned that Merritt had a twin brother who was also proficient in hypnosis.

Under his introduction, the Four Knights later learned the identity of Milk Tea Lun.

When Dylan was arrested, the Four Horsemen not only lost the support of the organization, but also faced a wanted order, making it difficult to even leave Liben.

Obviously, this was a premeditated kidnapping (framing)!
Next, the knights gathered again.

However, the hypnotist 'Merritt' participated in the Four Horsemen's 'revelation' plan throughout the whole process, and all the escape channels reserved were blocked.

Just when everyone was thinking about how to escape, [Morgan Freeman] who was imprisoned in the first film appeared.

Some magicians are no longer just magicians. The members of the organization that have gone bad have extended their tentacles to all walks of life by using deception, hypnosis and other means.

By coincidence, the Phoenix family lived in the same hotel as Lu Yuan, and they lived next door to him.

The other party is also a member of [Celestial Eye] and is older than them.

At the critical moment of revealing the secret, the hypnotist 'Merritt' suddenly rebelled.

now.

The kidnapped Phoenix was a chemist who accidentally discovered a 'new drug' while researching drugs to treat diabetes.

Semaglutide developed by Phoenix is ​​a long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1, also known as GLP-1 analog.

Semaglutide was originally intended to treat type 2 diabetes, but it has a side effect.

GLP-1 inhibits glucagon secretion, delays gastric motility and increases satiety, and suppresses appetite by inhibiting the hypothalamic feeding center.

In medicine, this is indeed a side effect.

But just like the birth of Viagra.

This drug is very likely to become a 'miracle drug for weight loss'.

There are hundreds of millions of people around the world suffering from obesity. This is a market worth hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars.

So, Phoenix was caught.

It has been a week since Phoenix was caught, and it is likely that Milkcha Lun and the people behind him have obtained ownership of GLP-1. After decryption, the plot revolves around this [miraculous weight loss drug].

After several confrontations, the ending was no surprise. The protagonist group won a great victory. Not only did they save the Phoenix family of three, but also kept the [miraculous weight loss medicine], and also sent Milk Tea Lun to prison.

(PS: Although semaglutide has only been launched recently, it completed mouse experiments as early as around 2000, was first reported in 05, and was approved for marketing in 17)
On the second day after being imprisoned, Milk Cha Lun suddenly fell ill and died in prison.

The strange thing is that at the moment of death, Milk Cha Lun showed a relieved smile.

This is the end.

The movie ends.

After the audience left, many people were discussing the plot of the play.

"Is Jie Lun really dead? What's going on with that smile?"

"I don't know. Logically speaking, he should be dead. After all, magic is all fake and requires preparation in advance. Jie Lun will definitely not have so many props when he is imprisoned."

"Not necessarily. The Sky Eye organization is so awesome. Bribing the prison guards and cooperating inside and outside shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"That's right. Maybe he faked his death and escaped. No, this is probably an open ending. Whether Jie Lun dies or not depends on market feedback and the screenwriter of the next film."

On the other side, a couple was also discussing the plot, but the focus of their discussion was the weight-loss drug.

"Honey, do you think the drug in the movie really exists?"

"It must be fake. There is no real weight loss pill in the world. If there were, it would have been sold out. Besides, baby, you are already very beautiful, so you don't need to lose weight."

"Really? I feel like I've gained weight recently."

"No, I'm not getting fat."

"I'm worried about eating too much during the Chinese New Year."

"Hey, let's do some exercise together."

"Go to hell!"

……

Similar discussions are taking place in theaters across the country.

On New Year's Day, theaters welcomed waves of moviegoers.

These people include fans of Lu Yuan, fans of Damimi, Milk Tea Lun, and Mina. In addition to personal fans, there are also fans of dramas and casual fans.

Previously, although "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" performed well, the box office of the movies both exceeded 700 million.

But neither movie focuses on visual effects.

In comparison, "Now You See Me 2" is a qualified popcorn movie.

Looking at the Spring Festival schedule, "Now You See Me 2" has almost no rivals. The only one that can compete with it is probably "Mission: Impossible 4", which was released on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

Others such as "Eight Stars Announcement", "New Year's Eve", "A New Couple", "Crazy Dinner Party", "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Happy Journey into the Year of the Dragon" are either comedies or cartoons.

The investment from both parties is not at the same level at all.

Big Year.

The first-day box office of "Now You See Me 2" is released.

The single-day box office was 7280 million!
A single film’s box office accounted for 80% of the market!

Sweeping the Spring Festival stalls with sweeping momentum!
Unfortunately, it is still far away from the record of 3 million on the first day of "Transformers 9120", and it failed to break the first-day box office record again.

Although it failed to break the record, "Now You See Me 2" still has no one-in-one enemy.

New releases and a dozen previously released films share 20% of the box office.

"The Magician", which was released on January 1 and also has a magic theme, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhou Xun, Yan Ni, and Wu Gang, was squeezed to only 12 million at the box office in a single day.

If "Now You See Me 2" can continue to be as strong as the follow-up, "The Illusionist" will have a hard time breaking over million at the box office.

(End of this chapter)