Entertainment Rebirth Rhapsody

Chapter 465: Breaking the Rule of Mountains and Rivers
On the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Sheep, "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", "Journey to the West: The Monkey King 2" and "Zhong Kui: The Demons Strike Back" were released together.

The box office on the first day just exceeded 100 million yuan, ranking second after "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" with 120 million yuan. This was the only time the film fell behind during the Spring Festival.

The ensuing word-of-mouth storm swept across China. On Douban, the film attracted more than 51.4 viewers to rate it in one day, with % of the reviews being five stars, and received a Douban score of .

In comparison, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has a Douban score of 4.5 and "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons" has a Douban score of 4.1. These two are complete money-making flops with extremely bad reputations!
In comparison, "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" was even more brilliant, with a box office of 150 million on the second day of the Lunar New Year and a breaking record on the third day, exceeding 200 million in a single day. The two bad movies were directly brought to the bottom!

The domestic media and the public were immediately shocked.
"The Chinese masterpiece "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" is released, and the killing mode is on!"

"The Colorful Prism lived up to expectations, and Nezha completely caught up with Hollywood animated films!"

"Who says that the Chinese public's aesthetic taste is low? Nezha has pushed two money-making bad movies into the abyss!"

...

Word of mouth and box office craze quickly caused domestic theaters to shift their screening schedules toward "Nezha". On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, just as Shanhe and his wife went to the United States to attend the Oscars, "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" broke the 250 million yuan mark in a single day, setting a domestic single-day box office record.

On the first four days of its first week, the box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" exceeded 700 million yuan, breaking the first-week box office record of Shanhe's "Youth of Yi". Maoyan.com's box office forecast is that the domestic box office is expected to exceed 3 billion yuan.

"Nezha" and the colorful light prisms once again set off the national media and the public, leaving the entire Chinese film and television industry dumbfounded. This is just an animated film, but it has become so outrageous. It's so unfair!
In the second week, "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" will be released in film markets around the world. The entire Chinese film and television industry is paying close attention to the film's performance overseas.

Can "Nezha" achieve such success abroad?

The Shanhe couple on the plane were also discussing this topic.

"My dear, the colorful prism is growing so fast. Nezha is no less good than any Disney animated film. Bernier is fascinated by it. He has watched it three times. Yesterday, he even pestered Mother Xie to wear a red bellyband, a sky-high braid, and hold a toy red tassel spear, so that he could turn himself into Nezha!"

“Haha…Tian Xiaopeng and Jiaozi did an outstanding job, which exceeded everyone’s imagination. However, the overseas box office of Nezha is probably not as optimistic as the media said!”

"Yeah, I think so too!"

As an American who grew up in the West, Hathaway's judgment is more intuitive than Shanhe's.

"Nezha will definitely not do well at the box office in Europe and the United States. The cultural differences are too great. I have lived in China for several years and speak Chinese just like the Chinese people, but there are many things in the film that I still don't understand. The English subtitles also have a hard time accurately conveying the original meaning of the film. For example, the English subtitles cannot express the meaning and artistic conception of the phrase 'Hurry up and obey the order'!"

"you're right!"

Shanhe responded with a smile:
"Chuhe Films and Qicai Guangling have anticipated this. Overseas box office revenue mainly depends on Asia. Japan and South Korea, plus the Chinese cultural circles in Southeast Asia, are the perfect market for Chinese-language films!"

"Honey, do you think Chinese-language movies can beat Hollywood?"

Shanhe looked at Hathaway and shook his head.
"It's not realistic in the short term. Chinese-language films are still in a period of wild growth. Chuhe Films is just a special case. Hollywood has accumulated too much experience. It's good enough for Chinese-language films to hold up at this stage!"

"But China is developing too fast!"

Hathaway leaned on her husband's shoulder and responded:

"I have been paying attention to your country since I started dating you. Over the past decade, China has undergone tremendous changes, especially in the past few years since we got married. Western media always say that China's economy will collapse, but I have lived in China for so long and have never felt this. In a few years, China will not be much worse than Country M. Qiu, I know the government of Country M too well. In order to maintain the existing order, they will do whatever it takes!"

Shanhe put his arm around his wife's shoulders, turned around and kissed her cheek.

"Annie, there are some things we cannot change. We can only wait and see. Besides, things are not as bad as you think. Believe me, I will not let you make a painful choice!"

"Well, dear, of course I believe you!"

Shanhe patted his wife on the back and changed the subject:

"Dear Wonder Woman, let's not think about world peace for now. Have you thought about your Oscar acceptance speech?"

"Hehe... All I can think of now is you and the kids!"

...

The overseas box office performance of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" did show a two-tier differentiation.

The film set off a wave of craze in various Asian countries. In Japan, it grossed over 800 million yen in the first three days of its opening weekend, and topped Japan's weekly box office rankings. It received excellent word of mouth, and many Japanese animators were exclaiming that China is no longer a big market for Japanese animation to roam freely. The story and production level of "Nezha" have caught up with Japanese animation, and it will be the biggest competitor of Japanese animation in the future.

The film also attracted nearly 150,000 viewers in South Korea in its first week, and the heated discussion it sparked in the country was no less than that in Japan.

Not to mention the Southeast Asian countries, Nezha easily conquered the Chinese everywhere. During this Spring Festival holiday, Chinese families brought their children to the movie theaters.

However, in Europe and the United States, "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" was coldly received. In comparison, not only was the scale of its release very small, but the box office was also very meager.

The film was released in 300 theaters in North America and grossed $4 million in its first week. It was even less in European countries, with the cumulative box office in all countries less than $2.5 million over the first three days.

The word-of-mouth is severely polarized. Asian audiences have praised the film highly, but other races feel it is empty and boring. They cannot understand Nezha's fate, nor can they understand Nezha's persistence!

However, the Chinese public was crazy about Nezha's subversion and belief in the film. In the second week of its release, the domestic box office showed no sign of decline. During the Spring Festival holiday, it still swept the Chinese film market with a daily box office of more than 200 million yuan.

Breaking 700 million in four days, breaking 1 billion in six days!
This opening chapter of the Fengshen animation universe has broken all Chinese film box office records in an unstoppable manner. Even Shanhe's works are no exception. It really shocked all Chinese filmmakers speechless!

The colorful light prism is simply the Nezha of the film industry. It's going to be a miracle. How many characters in The Investiture of the Gods can be brought to the big screen? According to this calculation, one colorful light prism can sweep all Chinese film companies!

This is definitely the real-life version of “Devil Boy”!
At this moment, all the employees in Qicai Guangling Company were extremely excited. They had expected that "Nezha" would be a hit, but no one expected it to be this big!
Before, the most optimistic person was Director Tian Xiaopeng. The slogan he proposed within the company was to break through 2 billion. Others had lower goals. Reaching more than 1.5 billion would be considered a great success. After all, this was just the beginning of the entire universe.

But it is so magical that it can be realized. At this rate, "Ne Zha" will become the first Chinese movie to break 3 billion RMB, and even the box office record of their boss Shanhe will be left far behind.

You know, Shanhe’s records are described by the media as “unbreakable records”, “only Shanhe itself can break the records”, and “Shanhe will dominate China’s box office rankings for a long time”!
Now their animated film is actually going to overthrow the boss's rule, which is incredible! "It's a pity that the boss went to Hollywood. I really want to see the boss's expression now, it will probably be very interesting!"

"Haha... the boss is walking the Oscar red carpet right now, he should have guessed it a long time ago! He even advised Ning Hao and Lao Yu to move up the release date of "Lost in Thailand"!"

"The boss is too perverted. Once Operation Mekong is released, the record of Nezha will probably be wiped out!"

"I want to go see the faces of those people in the production center. They used to be so arrogant in front of us!"

"That's easy. Let's start with the intranet. It's time for us to show off our skills!"

"Haha... everyone together!"

...

Shanhe had indeed just walked across the Oscars red carpet holding his wife's hand amid thunderous cheers.

CCTV6's host naturally wouldn't miss the couple that the Chinese audience was waiting for. After asking a few commonplace Oscar-related questions, hostess Guo Wei actually directed the question to Nezha.
"Shanhe, Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World has triggered a phenomenal viewing craze in China. The media have predicted that the film's box office will break your record. What do you think?"

Shanhe laughed and joked,
"I will happily sit on a little bench and watch!"

"hehe…"

"No kidding, I am really happy to see that domestic animated films can have such explosive box office performance. I watched the finished film of Nezha two months ago. As soon as I watched it, I knew it would be a phenomenal animated film. I was very excited at the time. Seven Color Prism has been established for ten years. Originally, I imagined that ten years was just a cultivation period. However, with the dedication and hard work of Chinese animators, Seven Color Prism has produced amazing results. I am very grateful to them and proud of them!"

"What do you think the final box office of Nezha will be?"

"Domestic sales exceeded 3 billion, and global sales exceeded 600 million US dollars!"

“When do you think our domestic film market and film production level will catch up with Hollywood?”

"The domestic film market should grow very fast, but the improvement of production level cannot be achieved overnight. China still lacks talents and technology. Hollywood has accumulated nearly a hundred years of experience. It will probably take several generations for us to catch up with it!"

...

More than an hour later, the 87th Academy Awards ceremony opened under the hosting of Hollywood actor Neil Harris.

No matter how many times he has attended the Oscars, Shanhe still can't blend into the atmosphere. For Hollywood actors and filmmakers, the Oscars are a grand holiday party.

The nominated winners won awards from Vanity Fair, and the guests socialized and enjoyed their own festival.

But Shanhe, the most dazzling figure on the scene, has never been able to find a sense of belonging. He does not belong to Hollywood, and he is not even a guest. He is more like a bystander!
He calmly watched the host sing, calmly responded to the camera's attention, calmly smiled in the face of the guests' teasing and praise, and even calmly went on stage to receive the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, calmly said a simple word of thanks, and calmly walked off the stage amid applause and cheers.

In addition to the Best Adapted Screenplay award won by Shanhe, "Room" also reaped considerable rewards in the first half of the Oscars ceremony, winning Best Editing and Best Art Direction, and Helen Mirren also won the Best Supporting Actress. Before several major awards were announced, "Room" had already become the biggest winner of the Oscars.

When last year's Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor walked onto the stage, Shanhe turned his attention entirely to the awards ceremony. The result for Best Actress was about to be announced, which was also the biggest reason why the Shanhe couple participated in the Oscars.

Previously, almost all media and filmmakers believed that the most unsurprising award at this year's Oscars was the Best Actress, and Hathaway's chances of winning were over 90%.

Despite this, Hathaway, as the person involved, still nervously held Shanhe's hand. Winning an Oscar for Best Actress has always been Hathaway's wish and obsession. This is her best chance to win an award, and perhaps it will only come once in a lifetime!
Shanhe patted the back of his wife's hand and comforted her:

"Annie, relax, the trophy will be yours!"

There was no surprise. The black actor Chiwetel said Hathaway's name. Amid the cheers of the audience, Hathaway hugged her husband and shed tears of excitement. She had no regrets in her fifteen-year acting career.
"Annie, everyone is waiting for you!"

Hathaway raised her head from her husband's arms, wiped her eyes, smiled brightly at Shanhe, and then walked onto the stage.

After receiving the trophy from Chiwetel, Hathaway raised the trophy towards Shanhe.
"My dear, this is the promise you made to me, and you kept it!"

Shanhe in the audience smiled and gave a thumbs up to his wife on the stage.

Hathaway's speech continued.

"I am the luckiest woman in the world. Since I was born, I have a perfect family, with loving parents, a loving brother, and a naughty brother. When I was a child, my dream was to be a nun, but my family changed me. They let me step onto the community stage, and then I became an actor. Since I was fifteen, the Oscar statuette has been my dream, and it was my husband and my children who made my dream come true. There is no luckier than this in the world. The people I love most have made my dream come true together. This feeling is wonderful!
Thank you for the recognition from the Academy, thank you for the support from the audience, thank you to everyone in the crew, and thank you to my family on the other side of the Pacific Ocean!"

Hathaway suddenly switched to Chinese.

"Grandpa, grandma, master, grandma, thank you, mom, dad, Bernier, Diana, I won the award, honey, you will always be my hero!"

At this time, the Qiu family, all of them far away in Beijing, were watching the live broadcast on TV. After watching Hathaway's award and speech, the whole family began to applaud and talk about it happily.
"My mom won a prize!"

"Haha...it's still interesting to see Nini win the award. It's festive enough. Look at Xiaohe. She won an award, but the smile on her face is so fake. She doesn't look festive at all!"

"Dad, Xiaohe's award is not a big prize. He has won too many. Unlike Nini, the Best Actress award is a big prize, and it's her first time to win it!"

"I don't think it has much to do with how many times he wins the award. Xiaohe just doesn't care that much!"

"Nini is such a thoughtful kid. She even thanked us in Chinese on TV!"

"Master's wife is right. I am really satisfied with Nini as my daughter-in-law. She waited for Xiaohe for many years across thousands of miles. After getting married, she didn't act pretentiously and gave birth to our baby Xiong'er and Huihui. Fortunately, Xiaohe didn't look for those female celebrities in China. Look at their styles, they are really not as good as Nini!"

"Of course not, my grandson is blessed!"

(End of this chapter)