China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 636: Teach the Devil's Fortress a Lesson

"It turns out that Director Li is the real prophet. He saw at a glance that "Fortress of Devil City" would suffer a tragic fate of losing hundreds of millions of yuan. Looking back now, I can only say that he was so accurate."

"Director Bi's film reviews are still not sharp enough. We still need to read Director Li's sharp reviews."

"No wonder this video was suppressed for so many days before being released. If it had been released earlier, the box office of "Fortress of Devil City" would have been even worse."

"What do you mean the box office will be worse? It's obvious that fewer people are wasting their money, okay? If this video had been released earlier, would I have spent that money to buy a ticket? Wouldn't it be nice to have a pork knuckle rice with that money?"

Afterwards, videos of industry insiders praising the product and Guo Fan’s comments were released.

"Director Guo: It's obviously a bad movie, but we can't just say it's a bad movie, so we have to change the subject and talk about the special effects shots."

"Director Guo is so good at dealing with people. It makes no difference whether he says something or not. I envy his emotional intelligence. After all, if you tell the truth, you offend people, but if you say something against your will, you will be laughed at."

"Do those so-called industry insiders really not know how to write "blush"? They can hype up such a bad movie as the new peak of domestic science fiction. If the new peak of domestic science fiction is this, then domestic science fiction is already ruined."

Li Yu stood up at this time and once again advertised for Kong Dashan's "Space Exploration Editorial Department".

Director Fuji and Huayi kept comparing "Fortress of Devil City" with "Ready Player One" when promoting it.

Isn't it reasonable for Li Yu to use the popularity of "The Fortress" to promote the movie he invested in?

"Many people say this is the tragedy of the Chinese film industry. The door to science fiction that was finally opened a crack has been closed again and locked.

I don't think there's any need to be so pessimistic. There are plenty of really good movies.

For example, the upcoming "Space Exploration Editorial Department". I am not bragging about this movie just because I participated in the investment of this movie.

There are many things worth saying about this movie. With only 10 million yuan in production cost, director Kong Dashan made an excellent light science fiction comedy, which is in sharp contrast to some people who spent hundreds of millions to make a joke. "

Li Yu’s publicity was very effective, and many people noticed the low-budget science fiction film "Space Exploration Editorial Department".

Netizens joked in the comment section.

"It would be hilarious if the 10 million-dollar film "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" really crushed "The Fortress of the Magic City" to the ground."

"Honestly, it's hard to be worse than "Fortress of Devil City". Director Fuji has created a masterpiece of domestic science fiction films."

“Looking forward to the Space Exploration Editorial Department.”

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Kong Dashan felt a little embarrassed seeing how supportive Li Yu was.

Li Yu not only invested a large sum of money in this new director, but also personally promoted his debut film. That was really thoughtful of him.

No one else would support him so much.

It is risky to support a new director's debut film.

If he fails, those who support him will become a joke.

But this time his opponent is "Magic Fortress", and he is very confident in himself.

If his opponent can fail even with "The Fortress", then he might as well quit the industry, which shows that he is not suitable to be a director at all.

"You're bullying me too much." Director Fuji felt offended.

He thinks there is no problem if Li Yu uses a movie with a cost of several hundred million yuan to ride on his popularity.

He also took advantage of the popularity of Ready Player One.

But Li Yu used a low-budget movie with a cost of 10 million to take advantage of his popularity, and the director was still a newcomer. This was too much of an underestimation. Isn't this just pointing at his nose and scolding him? Isn't it enough to use a rookie to deal with him?
Director Teng was very angry, but he didn't dare to criticize Li Yu.

Because the most important thing for him now is not to criticize Li Yu, but to find a way to increase the box office.

He couldn't let the investors lose hundreds of millions of dollars for a movie with a 3.6 million yuan investment.

He cheated the investors like this. No investor would dare to give him money to make a big production in the future. He can only go back to the TV industry.

The fact is, he actually returned to the television industry later.

Director Fuji immediately arranged for some media to record an exclusive interview with the director to convey a message to the outside world that the movie is not that bad and is worth watching.

Unfortunately, no one bought his account, and the rating dropped from around 3.something at the beginning of the film to 2.9.

It is only 0.7 points away from Director Bi’s “Chasing Dreams in Show Business Circle”.

It must be said that when it comes to making bad movies, Director Bi is still one step ahead.

It's a skill to make a bad movie as soon as you debut that no one in the Chinese film industry can surpass in the next ten years.

Because only by stepping into all the possible pitfalls can you achieve this unprecedented effect.

It is really difficult for ordinary people to do this.

Eight days later, director Fuji's "Fortress of Devil City" was declared dead after failed rescue efforts. The number of screenings dropped from more than thirty to less than one, and was finally taken off the screen.

The day when "Fortress of Demon City" died happened to be the day when "Space Exploration Editorial Department" was officially released.

The movie "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" is like many low-budget, high-selling movies. Because it was too poor, the early publicity was not enough, resulting in poor early box office results, but good word of mouth.

Through word of mouth from the audience, theaters eventually scheduled more screenings, and more passers-by came to the film, which led to a period of rapid box office growth.

With Li Yu's endorsement, Li Yu's help in promotion, and the help of a heavyweight rival "Magic City Fortress", the popularity of "Space Exploration Editorial Department" is too high.

On the first day of its release, "Space Exploration Editorial Department" earned a box office revenue of 14 million.

You know, it took a week for this movie to achieve this result in the previous life.

Although this result is nothing compared to many blockbusters, there are movies in China that earn 200 million or 300 million on the first day.

But considering that the investment cost of "Space Exploration Editorial Department" is very low and the number of screenings given by theaters is also very low, it is already a great success to get 14 million a day.

What was even more successful was the word of mouth of this movie. It opened with a score of around 8 points, giving "The Fortress" a good lesson.

"The pace is very steady, in a pseudo-documentary style, absurd but logical. The expectations of philosophy and the universe in watching this movie deeply attracted me and kept me watching until the end."

"They are all directors, but some can make a high-quality low-budget science fiction film with 10 million yuan, while others can make a joke with hundreds of millions. The director who made the joke should stand up and be beaten."

"It has some flaws, but overall it's good. If the hundreds of millions of dollars of investment were given to Kong Dashan, I believe he could have made a better "Space Exploration Editorial Department"

People who have seen this movie gave it relatively good reviews.

In just one week, the movie’s box office exceeded 60 million. Not only did the movie break even, it also made money.

The success of "Space Exploration Editorial Department" makes Director Fuji's "Fortress of the Magic City" even more ridiculous. It also tells people that it's not that Chinese science fiction films are not good, but that the science fiction films shot by Director Fuji personally are not good.

From this point of view, it is very meaningful for the "Space Exploration Editorial Department" to appear at this point in time.

(End of this chapter)