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137: Word of Mouth Spreads

Having satisfied his sharing spirit, Sun Mingyang decided to go to sleep. However, Li Qi, who had also returned home, was tossing and turning and could not fall asleep.

Not just expectations

He was more anxious

On the one hand, he has confidence in”Crazy Stone”, and the laughter of the audience in the theater tonight is real; on the other hand, he can’t help but think of the pitiful attendance rate, and there are too many empty seats around!

This is different from what Li Qi imagined.

It seems that movie promotion is not something that can be achieved by just shouting a few times on Weibo or doing a few interviews. Li Qi, who didn’t understand this kind of thing before, now has some understanding. No wonder the cost of promoting some movies is higher than the cost of filming the movie. In most cases, the effect of publicity is achieved by spending real money.

The next morning

Li Qi slept in

He was a little sleepless last night because he was worried about the failure of”Crazy Stone”. He didn’t know how long it took him to fall asleep. When he woke up this morning, it was already ten o’clock.

I haven’t felt this anxious for a long time.

But after finishing breakfast, maybe because he had adjusted himself well, or maybe because the sunlight shining through the window made him feel warm, anyway, Li Qi’s anxiety had mostly disappeared. Anyway, the first-day box office of 363 for”Crazy Stone” would not be known until tomorrow, so it was useless to worry about it today.

Li Qi smiled

Arriving at the company and walking in the corridor leading to the office, the company’s employees all made way for Li Qi when they saw him, and then greeted him one by one:

“Hello, Brother Qi”

“Hello, Master”

“Mr. Li Zao”

Li Qi responded with a smile and entered the lounge. A few minutes later, Shen Ao appeared at the door:”Brother Qi, the production of”Legend of the New White Snake” has been completed.……”

“Let me take a look first.”

Li Qi said:”Thank you for your hard work!”

“This is my job”

What comforted Li Qi was

After he opened Weibo, he found that there were some fans in the comment section praising”Crazy Stone”. Obviously, there were not many fans, but their evaluation of the movie was quite good.——

“The movie is really great!”

“I didn’t expect that a domestic comedy could be made to this level. The actors in it are more interesting than each other. Qi Ge’s performance especially amazed me. It’s his first time acting in a movie, and now Qi Ge can even be a comedian?”

“Crazy Stone! Wonderful!”

“I just finished watching”Crazy Stone”. I watched this movie even though I was not interested in it because of Erye, but I was stunned after watching it. It’s so good. Without further ado, I’m crazy about this movie!”

“Black comedy movie, awesome!”

“After watching”Crazy Stone”, I know that our Erye did not disappoint us. You can bring endless surprises to fans as always. Although the attendance rate of this movie is not high, it does not prevent this movie from making me like Erye even more!”

“……”

Li Qi looked at the forum again

As expected, all the posts in my celebrity forum are praising Crazy Stone.》：”This movie is really great. It’s Erye’s first big-screen work and is full of sincerity. I heard that Erye himself invested in this movie. I wish it a big box office success!”

“Better than”Three Guns””

“It’s also better than”刺陵””

“Haha, I think so too. The quality of the movie is definitely beyond reproach, but the style of”Crazy Stone” reminds me of the foreign director Guy Ritchie, and it has the shadow of”Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”.”

“……”

These posts are full of enthusiasm

The rest of the fans may have also been infected and couldn’t help asking in the comment section:”Is Crazy Stone really that good? I haven’t had time to watch it these days.””

“Me too”

“No time to watch”

“Seeing how interesting their discussion is, I am a little itchy. I am going to drive to the cinema tonight to watch”Crazy Stone”. After all, Erye is my favorite actor!” (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

“I want to go see it too”

“Already at the cinema”

“A classmate of mine went to the premiere last night and has been telling me how good this movie is all day. He even dragged me to the cinema to watch it again. I just bought two tickets. I will tell you about my feelings after I watch it.”

“……”

Is word of mouth spreading?[]

After browsing some movie forums and seeing some posts about”Crazy Stone”, Li Qi vaguely saw such a trend, but good word of mouth alone is useless. It seems that not many fans have actually watched the movie.

Li Qi frowned

Although his fans are quite loyal, he still needs to work harder to get them to walk into the cinema without any doubt or even willingly because of his presence. This makes him worry about the first-day box office of”Crazy Stone” again.

Facts prove

Li Qi’s worries were not unfounded. The low attendance at the premiere of Crazy Stone had foreshadowed everything. The next morning, Li Qi saw the first-day box office of the film.

8.2 million

This data is in line with the characteristics of a small-cast movie with an investment of 4-5 million. Fortunately, no media reported that Li Qi’s comeback film had failed.

Because from beginning to end……

The media never paid attention to Li Qi……

The focus of this Lunar New Year holiday belongs to”October Besieged City”, Hong Kong’s Chen Kexing, and the film’s first-week box office achievement of over 74.8 million. Naturally, the background board of this film cannot be a small cast like”Crazy Stone”!

“Chen Kexing’s new movie is a big hit!”

“Chen Kexing’s new film wins both box office and reputation”

“Zhang Yimou’s film”Three Guns” is disappointing”

“Another comparison between the mainland and Hong Kong film scenes: the reason behind the defeat of”Three Guns” to”The Siege of October” in terms of box office and reputation is the overwhelming commercial advantage of Hong Kong films over mainland films!”

“……”

Behind all the news and reports, mainland filmmakers sighed helplessly again.”Three Guns” was ultimately no match for Chen Kexing’s ambitious commercial blockbuster”October Besieged City”. Even though it was expected, the huge gap still made many people sigh.

Obviously,”Three Guns” is a failure

Li Qi was also slightly hit

Although he had a feeling that the first-day box office of Crazy Stone might not be very good, after all, the investment in this movie was small and the publicity was far inferior to the other two movies, the first-day box office of only 8.2 million still made him speechless.

What Li Qi didn’t know was……

Just this evening, a storm about word of mouth has begun to brew