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Chapter 263 Jealous Director Chen!

Applause roared in the large screening room, and the audience applauded enthusiastically.

Although The Bourne Supremacy did not blow up planes or fly fighter jets, the exciting and exciting fights made people excited.

This is the first time for domestic audiences to see such an action film.

It's not a turn-based system where you punch me and I kick you, it's also a set of moves that doesn't involve a hard horse or a hard bridge, it's not a flexible and unrestrained dazzling, it's short, flat, fast and extremely real and sharp!

There is no sloppiness, no back and forth, every attack is fatal.

Such fighting movements look exciting and feel more real.

The same is true when the protagonist shoots in the movie. There will be no bullets that cannot be fired, and no one will die after being fired.

The sense of reality created by the movie makes the audience feel particularly strong.

This is a different kind of action movie!
It is difficult for the audience to describe this feeling. It is not Li Lianjie's handsome fighting style, nor is it Cheng Long's funny antics.

It’s a brand new style that I’ve never seen before!

Amid the warm applause of the audience, Xu Ke and the others came on stage again.

Chen Shiping on the second floor looked at Yu Hua and said, "Let's go home and eat dumplings."

Yu Hua smiled deliberately and said, "Don't wait for that one."

Chen Shiping rolled his eyes at him and said, "I have nothing to say."

Cheng Hong also patted Yu Hua to stop him from talking nonsense.

The three of them came out of the cinema, got into Chen Shiping's car and left.

At this time in Xiangjiang, the first Moonlight Box of Westward Journey has also been released.

The audience laughed many times from the beginning, but they were a little giddy by the end.

Why the hell was I laughing just now?

What kind of movie did I watch?

Why is the whole process so nonsensical and I don’t even understand the plot!
Zhou Xingxing and Liu Zhenwei were still very happy at this time, because the audience laughed happily.

That means the movie is not bad!
Liu Zhenwei said with a smile: "Perhaps we are too worried this time. The people at Xiying Film Studio are too harsh in their evaluation, but the audience still likes to watch it."

Zhou Xingxing nodded and said confidently: "Maybe the local box office can surpass The Bourne Supremacy!"

"Haha, let's go celebrate!" After Liu Zhenwei finished speaking, he paused and added: "I'm treating you!"

Zhou Xingxing smiled even happier!
The night passed quickly, and yesterday’s box office statistics were out.

The Bourne Supremacy's first-day box office in Asia exceeded US$10 million, ranking first in many countries during the same period.

However, it is not so strong in Xiangjiang.

The Bourne Supremacy's box office performance was far inferior to Westward Journey.

The Bourne Supremacy had a box office of RMB 3.82 million on its first day in Hong Kong, and Westward Journey had a box office of RMB 4.1 million on its first day!

After Zhou Xingxing and Liu Zhenwei saw the box office results on the first day, they laughed even more happily, and all their previous worries were swept away.

But soon reality slapped them in the face.

The reviews of the two films in newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong were completely opposite.

Westward Journey's reputation collapsed and was ridiculed by many film critics.

The Bourne Supremacy is just the opposite. I praise Xu Ke for his new style of filming. The plot, rhythm and fighting are all very masterful!

Zhou Xingxing and Liu Zhenwei couldn't laugh after watching it.

Both began to contact the media and film critics to help restore their respect.

Xu Ke, who was far away in the capital, also received the news at this time.

He is still very satisfied with the box office results of The Bourne Supremacy.

The only unhappy thing is that I still haven’t beaten Zhou Xingxing in Xiangjiang!

Why can't he beat Zhou Xingxing!

Xu Ke was really helpless, or the entire Xiangjiang film industry was helpless.

In Xiangjiang, I really can’t beat Zhou Xingxing!
However, when Xu Ke heard Shi Nansheng talk about the two-level reversal in word-of-mouth, he suddenly burst into laughter.

This time I might have a chance to win Zhou Xingxing!
Chen Shiping also heard the news and was not surprised at all.

The first box office performance was good because of the reputation Zhou Xingxing accumulated.

After the first two days pass, Westward Journey's box office will completely collapse.

The collapse of Westward Journey also means that Zhou Xingxing’s era is over.

The strong cannot fail. After one failure, your appeal and credibility will be damaged.

Reality is not a passionate story. The protagonist will not always be successful, nor will there be followers who will always tolerate him.

If you want to succeed, you must always succeed!

Chen Shiping has always understood this truth!

It costs money to watch a movie, but everyone is happy to do it if it doesn’t cost money to support.

When it comes to spending money, you have to hesitate.

Another day later, the next-day box office results for the two movies were available.

The Bourne Supremacy box office continues to rise, with box office sales in all Asian regions not declining, and even growing in some regions.

The same is true for the Xiangjiang area, but The Bourne Supremacy still did not reach the top spot in Xiangjiang.

Westward Journey is still the single-day box office champion in the Xiangjiang region.

However, the box office also dropped to 3.98 million, which is only 40,000 Hong Kong dollars higher than the Bourne Supremacy!
Although Westward Journey's box office has not collapsed yet, its reputation has completely collapsed.

It was a completely nonsensical farce that many viewers couldn't understand.

I felt that Zhou Xingxing and Liu Zhenwei went crazy at the same time and created an inexplicable script.

Xu Ke is so happy now, this feeling is so good!
It is released simultaneously throughout Asia, and we can see box office increases of tens of millions every day!
After two days, the box office converted into RMB has exceeded 100 million!

Such results can already be compared with some Hollywood movies.

However, it is still far behind compared to those movies that truly dominate the global box office.

The global box office of hundreds of millions of dollars is really scary!

If converted into RMB, it would be over 3 billion!

The current highest-grossing Chinese-language film is True Lies, with the global box office barely reaching 200 million US dollars.

No Hollywood blockbuster has made as much domestic box office revenue.

Even if converted into RMB, it would only be over a billion.

This still takes advantage of the high exchange rate.

Sometimes we are so helpless. The gap in the market is linked to the economy.

Only when the economy is good and the environment is stable will there be room for cultural and entertainment development.

Otherwise it’s all nonsense!
Soon the box office data for the third day will be released.

In the Xiangjiang region, The Bourne Supremacy has completely topped the box office, while Westward Journey has fallen out of the top ten!

The box office on the third day was cut in half!

Zhou Xingxing and Liu Zhenwei have absolutely no choice but to allow the box office to continue to collapse.

Now the only hope of recovering costs lies in the mainland.

But the problem is that the reputation and evaluation of Westward Journey have also spread back to the mainland.

Almost no one is optimistic about Westward Journey.

Zhou Xingxing and Liu Zhenwei can only pray that Chen Shiping can find a way to save Westward Journey.

Even if you can't reverse the reputation, you can still help with the film schedule.

If you just give a 40% film schedule, even if the movie is as bad as Reply, the cost can be easily recovered.

The two came directly to the capital to seek help from Chen Shiping on the fourth day after the movie was released.

Chen Shiping is on vacation now, so he doesn't have time to see them.

Comrade Chen Xiulin peed again!
Chen Shiping clumsily changed a diaper, with a serious expression as if he was building an atomic bomb instead of changing a diaper.

Seeing Chen Shiping like this, Tao's mother wanted to help, but she was afraid of dampening his enthusiasm as a father. In a mid-range hotel in Beijing, Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingxing were thinking about how to break the situation.

Chen Shiping didn't have time to see them now, and they had no other choice but to sit here and think wildly.

Liu Zhenwei thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the two films were not shown together, so the audience couldn't understand it."

"There must be this reason, but it is not the main problem." Zhou Xingxing crossed his hands and stared at Liu Zhenwei and said:
"I've been thinking about it these past few days. The main reason is that our setting is too subversive, and time travel is too out of place in Journey to the West."

Liu Zhenwei sighed, but it was all taken now.

What else can we do!

"Let's wait and see if Director Chen can help us."

Zhou Xingxing said not very hopeful: "Now the reputation has completely collapsed, and he can't save it."

"Just wait and see, maybe there is a way."

Liu Zhenwei didn't know whether he was comforting Zhou Xingxing or himself.

I even wanted to die in my heart.

Why have I been so unlucky in the past two years? First, I met the unreliable Wang Jiawei, and almost killed him in Ashes of Time.

I turned around and looked for box office elixirs like Zhou Xingxing, and gave myself another shot.

This is simply pressing him to the ground and torturing him!
Life is so unfair to him!
Liu Zhenwei felt that there might be something wrong with his Feng Shui luck.

We obviously found very good people, but in the end they all failed.

This time I can only see if Chen Shiping will be defeated by him.

One day later, Chen Shiping invited them out to meet.

You can't leave it hanging all the time, that's not polite.

In a teahouse in the capital, Chen Shiping looked at Liu Zhenwei and asked, "Have you finished editing both films?"

Liu Zhenwei nodded and said, "It's all edited. I originally planned to release the second part next month, but now I don't know if it will be released."

"Don't worry, just bring over the two films and I'll help you market them later."

Chen Shiping took a sip of tea and turned to Zhou Xingxing and said, "Save the schedule from April to June."

Zhou Xingxing immediately nodded in agreement, showing no signs of resistance like last year.

Before Westward Journey was released, he was proud and arrogant, but after it was released, he felt like crying without tears.

If he didn't seize the opportunity, he would really have to lose all his pants.

"Okay, let's do that. Get the film as soon as possible and leave the rest alone."

Chen Shiping ended the conversation directly, leaving Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingxing confused.

What were you talking about just now?
How do you increase the box office? You should tell us!

So anxious!

The two people, who had no confidence at all, had no choice but to choose to believe Chen Shiping.

Otherwise, what else could happen?

Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse.

One day later, people from Xiying Film Studio helped deliver the first and second parts of Westward Journey.

Chen Shiping also received a call from Xiying’s director Li.

"Xiao Chen, you are wrong this time. You are really not good at talking about Journey to the West."

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "I'm here to help your factory solve problems. It's not good to hit me like this."

"I'm not trying to hit you, but I'm trying to save you some effort and avoid the thankless task in the end."

"I'm still a little bit sure, so I'll give it a try."

"Okay, then I wish you success. If it succeeds, I will treat you to dinner next time I go to the capital."

"Haha, then you have to be prepared to bleed profusely!"

Chen Shiping chatted with him for a few words and then hung up.

It's better not to think highly of him, otherwise he won't have any fun in doing things.

"Do you want to eat the oranges?" Tao Huimin walked into the study room with a few oranges and placed them in front of Chen Shiping.

Chen Shiping opened his mouth and waited for feeding.

Tao Huimin gave him a small flap, leaned over to the desk and looked at it curiously, then asked, "Why are you writing a movie review? Didn't you say that Journey to the West was poorly shot?"

Chen Shiping said with a smile: "Many people don't understand it, but there are actually many shining points in it."

Tao Huimin said curiously: "It can't be that everyone doesn't understand, right?"

"Absolutely. The audience has not seen similar movies and does not understand some of the special designs."

Tao Huimin said in disbelief: "I don't believe it, I want to see it! Maybe I can understand it!"

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "Okay, let's take a look together."

Chen Shiping got up and turned on the TV and VCD in the study room.

Two minutes later, the two of them sat on the recliner and started watching a movie.

Tao Huimin laughed while watching, but sometimes when Chen Shiping laughed, she stopped laughing.

I don't understand what Chen Shiping is laughing about.

Did I really not understand?
Tao Huimin didn't believe it and became serious.

More than an hour later, Tao Huimin felt a little dizzy after watching the end credits. He turned to look at Chen Shiping and said, "Play the second part! You must have not watched the second part to understand it!"

Chen Shiping nodded with a smile and started playing the second part.

After more than an hour passed, Tao Huimin stared at the TV with his chin propped up.

She felt like there was something hidden in the movie, but she couldn't put it into words.

But after watching the two movies, she couldn't laugh anymore.

Why do I feel so sad after watching such a nonsensical movie?

Tao Huimin turned to look at Chen Shiping and asked, "Husband, please read it again."

Chen Shiping laughed and said, "Watch it for yourself, I'm going to write a movie review!"

"No! You must watch with me!" Tao Huimin hugged Chen Shiping and refused to let him get up.

Chen Shiping couldn't resist her, so he had to watch it again with her.

After reading it again, I heard Zixia look at Sun Wukong and say that he looks like a dog.

Tao Huimin was suddenly touched. She couldn't help but hold Chen Shiping's hand and said excitedly: "I understand!"

"Tell me."

Tao Huimin suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He looked at Chen Shiping and said flatteringly, "Then don't be angry."

Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows slightly, scratched her nose and said, "Say it, I'm not angry."

Tao Huimin said excitedly: "Sun Wukong is an adult! The Supreme Treasure is a child! Zixia loves the boy who shined when he was young.

She thought that this boy would become a great hero and marry her, but when he grew up, he became a miserable man struggling for life. He lost his high spirits and self-confidence, only numbness and helplessness! "

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "That's right, but why am I angry?"

Tao Huimin said sheepishly: "The last time I went back to my hometown, I saw my senior brother on the street. He had changed a lot. He seemed to be living a very unhappy life."

"and then?"

"Then I went to buy tea. Didn't you say you like to drink the black tea over there?"

Chen Shiping let go of the armrest of the recliner and said with a smile, "Then what should I be angry about?"

"Yeah, I just heard the chair creaking."

"You heard wrong!"

"No! You're nervous!"

Chen Shiping snorted, hugged Tao Huimin and began to implement the family law.

"The chair creaks, doesn't it? Isn't it like that!"

(End of this chapter)