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Chapter 387 The biggest dark horse of the Lunar New Year is this
Feng Xiaogang's announcement that a new film would be released during the Lunar New Year holiday sparked widespread discussion.

"Li Yu, Feng Xiaogang must be determined to go against you.

Our "The Great Wall" will be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, and his "1942" will also be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

It seems that the lesson you gave him last time still bothers him."

Da Tiantian seems to be quite lively and does not mind getting involved.

Looking at her eagerness to watch the show, she seems to be hoping that Li Yu and Feng Xiaogang will fight.

Li Yu looked at Feng Xiaogang's latest Weibo post displayed on the laptop screen, and he really couldn't help laughing out loud.

Da Tiantian looked at Li Yu with curiosity and asked puzzledly: "Li Yu, what are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of something happy."

Li Yu continued to laugh.

Can he say that Feng Xiaogang's decision is no different from sending someone to die?

To release a movie with a theme like "1942" during the Lunar New Year holiday, this kind of courage to ignore market rules and go against the audience is something that even he admires, because he himself would not dare to do such a thing.

In the original time and space, Feng Xiaogang's "3.6" only earned million yuan at the box office, which was a complete loss for a movie with an investment of million yuan.

"Tiantian, let's not talk about Feng Xiaogang anymore. He is not my opponent, nor is he worthy of being my opponent.

In fact, what really matters to me in this year's Lunar New Year movie is Lost in Thailand."

Li Yu analyzed very seriously.

"Lost in Thailand" was the biggest dark horse of the 2012 Lunar New Year box office, taking in 12.67 billion yuan at the box office and shocking everyone.

"Lost in Thailand?"

Da Tiantian looked puzzled.

Is Lost in Thailand great? Li Yu actually paid more attention to this, which Da Tiantian did not expect.

She tried hard to search her brain for any clues about Lost in Thailand, but found nothing because she had never heard of a movie called Lost in Thailand.

Da Tiantian searched the Internet, and the almighty Baidu finally told her the answer.

But after seeing this answer, she became even more confused.

The investment was less than 30 million, there was no superstar to support the film, and the director Xu Zheng was an actor who switched jobs to become a director.

"Lost in Thailand" is also Xu Zheng's debut work that he wrote, directed and starred in.

Such a configuration has nothing to do with box office success, so why is it worthy of Li Yu's attention?
Anyway, Da Tiantian really can’t understand it.

“Li Yu, I just searched the movie Lost in Thailand you mentioned. The director and screenwriter are both Xu Zheng, and the investment is not big. It doesn’t seem reliable at all.

Are you sure it deserves more attention than Feng Xiaogang's 1942? "

If Li Yu was not well-known for his sharp vision in the circle, Da Tiantian would have suspected that Li Yu was confused.

"Tiantian, a hero doesn't care about his background. Just because they look like a makeshift team, you can't really treat them as a makeshift team.

Lost in Thailand has a predecessor. You can search for the reputation of its predecessor. "

Li Yu said calmly.

Da Tiantian opened her Baidu browser skeptically and searched for keywords. She found a movie called "Lost on Journey".

The box office of the first part of "Lost on Journey" was not very impressive, because the worst-grossing movie of Da Tiantian was higher than it.

In fact, considering that "Lost on Journey" is a low-cost comedy movie, the box office of more than 37 million was already a dark horse of the year.

Moreover, "Lost on Journey" encountered the same problem as "Knife of Swords", the crew was too poor and the publicity and exposure was almost zero.

The cinemas did not take this low-budget movie seriously and scheduled it for very low screenings.

After Lost on Journey was taken off the screen, the Internet made the movie popular and accumulated a large number of fans.

This can still be referred to as "The Blade of the Assassin". The first part of "The Blade of the Assassin" was not well promoted, but it gained a lot of popularity through the Internet in the later period. The second part "Shura Battlefield" performed much better than the first one.

The same goes for "Lost in Thailand". With "Lost on Journey" laying a solid foundation, "Lost in Thailand" already has the conditions to take off.

Most importantly, Lost in Thailand is a comedy of very good quality.

Combining a comedy film with the Lunar New Year period or a comedy film with the Spring Festival period means a huge box office as long as the quality is good enough.

Because the advantages of comedy films in these two periods are really too great.

If you meet an opponent who can complement you during the same period, your results will be amazing.

This was the case in the original time and space. Feng Xiaogang's "1942" was too sad, and the audience didn't want to cry in the cinema during the New Year's Day holiday.

As a result, a large number of audiences went to watch "Lost in Thailand", making the film a huge success.

Feng Xiaogang's name must be on the credit list of "Lost in Thailand", and it is not excessive to give Feng Xiaogang the first credit when it comes to rewarding people.

This time, the Lunar New Year movie season not only has Feng Xiaogang, but also Li Yu's "The Great Wall". Xu Zheng won't be so lucky.

Perhaps "Lost in Thailand" will still be a hit, but it is destined to be difficult to reach the heights of the original time and space.

Feng Xiaogang, who is in high spirits, will give away his life, but Li Yu will not give away his life intentionally.

Da Tiantian was browsing the information about Lost on Journey carefully. She muttered, "Lost on Journey has a very good reputation and is very popular on the Internet. Many people feel sorry for its box office performance.

Many people say that if the publicity can keep up and the film is screened more, the box office will definitely be more than 37 million.”

"So, Lost in Thailand already has the potential to be a big hit. It is our biggest competitor during the Lunar New Year holiday."

Li Yu said.

Da Tiantian agreed with it and thought Li Yu’s analysis was correct.

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Fiber Optic Media.

Xu Zheng was overwhelmed, and Mr. Wang, the CEO of Guangxian who was sitting opposite him, was in the same situation.

There were more than a dozen cigarette butts in the ashtray in front of the two men, some of which were still smoking.

Fiber Optic was established very early, but its road to the big screen was truly bumpy.

In 06, Guangguang entered the film industry with "City of Pain", but the results were not ideal.

Later, many of the films that Fiber Optic personally participated in investing in and producing were not very ideal.

Fortunately, their film "Painted Skin" last year earned more than 200 million yuan at the box office, which was a great relief.

But this one success did not give Fiber Optic and Mr. Wang much confidence.

After all, there were too many failures before this success.

Xu Zheng’s “Lost in Thailand” is a movie invested by Fiber Optic.

Everything had been arranged and it was planned to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

As a result, Li Yu and Feng Xiaogang had a fight during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, making Xu Zheng, a newcomer in the film industry, tremble in fear.

Just now he and Mr. Wang scolded Li Yu and Feng Xiaogang.

These two big Buddhas were fighting and didn't care about the feelings of these little shrimps at all.

"1942" and "The Great Wall", two blockbusters with investments of hundreds of millions of yuan, were released at the same time. How can a low-budget movie like "Lost in Thailand" compete?
After cursing, Xu Zheng and Mr. Wang started smoking in silence, because they both knew that cursing would not solve practical problems.

After an unknown amount of time, Mr. Wang finally spoke up: "Old Xu, hide. If you can't afford to offend us, can you not hide? You must not run into Li Yu and Feng Xiaogang. If you get caught between them, you will be wiped out."

When the boss and the second in command fight, it is always the case that a lot of younger brothers around them die before the boss and the second in command get hurt. Mr. Wang doesn't want "Lost in Thailand" to become a victim.

Even Li Yu would never have thought that the dark horse he valued most would actually have the idea of ​​retreating without a fight.

(End of this chapter)