This man knows how to hype

Chapter 490 A bolt from the blue
#WALL-E: The Robot has been released for three days, and the total overseas box office has exceeded 2 million US dollars#
#RobotWall-E's total domestic box office exceeds 15 billion#
On the third day of its release, the total global box office of "WALL-E", including previews, has exceeded 4 million US dollars, making it a blockbuster.

This achievement is naturally due to the increase in the domestic box office market.

On Earth, China's total film box office in 2023 exceeded 500 billion, which is a total of nearly 71 billion US dollars, ranking second in the world, second only to North America's 90 billion.

There are slightly fewer on Blue Star, but the overall trend is also increasing.

Fortunately, all of Xu Xiyu's films have benefited from this growth. However, in the eyes of relevant departments and some people doing industry research, Xu Xiyu's films have also become one of the "contributors" to the growth of the box office market.

That’s right, it’s not Hua Qing’s movie, it’s Xu Xiyu’s movie.

Over the past few years, with deliberate publicity, the term and concept of "Xu's works" have already been adopted in the domestic entertainment industry, as well as in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This work includes movies, TV, music and other interactive dramas similar to "The Truman Show".

However, "Xu's works" is a serious term, and netizens use a variety of names for "Xu's works".

For example, things like [Xiyu's Series: New Works Released] look like they were originally from Japan, which is really disrespectful!!

Even a simple, honest and kind person like Xu Xiyu almost blushed.

Of course, no matter how netizens play with the memes, one thing is certain, that is, good works can drive the development of the market; and the development of the market can provide a better environment for more creators.

Therefore, the huge box office success of "Wall-E" is a shot in the arm for practitioners in the "domestic animation film industry."

First of all, this movie has established a concept for many viewers, that is, domestic animated films are not all aimed at children.

Secondly, animated films are not mobile games or social platform apps that need to seize users’ time.

An animated film only takes one or two hours to watch. If people are still interested after watching it, they will naturally go back to look for similar works, which will be beneficial to the development of "excellent animated films".

In fact, it’s not just animated films, it’s the same for all films. When there are more good films, people will be more willing to go to the cinema.

Apart from anything else, if there is no strong movie to attract customers during a period (for example, the summer period), the box office of the entire period will be ruined. Therefore, there is the idea of ​​arranging attractive movies to save the market.

Therefore, when the official account of "Wall-E" released the box office results poster.

Domestic art film studios, private film and television animation production companies, ACG big Vs and other groups are all forwarding, congratulating, and giving all kinds of compliments, without asking for any money.

Including major official media, a new round of "praise" has begun.

These actions aroused even greater enthusiasm among netizens who were already discussing the issue.

[Oh my goodness, if it hadn’t been told that this was a domestic movie, I would have thought it was from Hollywood]

[Have domestic animated films developed to this point? ]

[The technology has been there for a long time, but no one has done it before]

[Wow~~ I never thought that one day I would be moved by the love between two robots (tears)]

[Me too, highly recommended, really warm and touching]

[For those who haven’t seen it, let me share some information. The heroine Eva in “WALL-E” is played by Xu Xiyu herself]

【ah? ? ? 】

【What do you mean? 】

[After Eva turned off her phone, her appearance was like an egg]

[Fuck, hahahahahahaha @Water over rotten teeth @Midnight Lanz @Wake up and slack off @Warrior of love Oscar Wilde @Zhu Ximan…]

[Wow, you clicked on the family tree in the comment section again? ]

It should be said that netizens’ ability to have fun is endless.

The entry #徐希羽扮Eva# directly became the number one hot search because of this wonderful comment.

Looking at this hot search, not only netizens were laughing like crazy.

The people on Xu Xiyu's side were almost laughing crazy.

To be honest, no one had ever thought about this before, but now that netizens have reminded us of this, everyone instantly realized that this is indeed the case.

After Eva is turned off, isn’t she just an egg?
With this clue and looking at Wall-E's big eyes, the people of Huaqing were fine and didn't make too many associations.

However, the staff of [Parallel Heavy Color] and [Binary Phantom], whose offices are in the same building, inexplicably remembered "Hu Ningwei" who had stayed with them for a period of time.

There's no way, I have to think about it. Everyone knows that Xu Xiyu is good at picking up girls.

The designs of Wall-E and Eva were originally drawn by Xu Xiyu himself. Who knows if he had any relevant ideas or inspirations when he was drawing them?
Otherwise, why are Wall-E's eyes so big?

Why does Eva look like an egg when it's turned off?

My goodness, once you accept certain settings, some "rumors" can't be stopped.

It didn't take long for this rumor to spread in [Parallel Colors] and [Binary Shadows], and also reached the ears of Hu Ningwei and Xu Xiyu.

"Damn, this is possible? I really didn't expect this trick!"

When Xu Xiyu heard the news, he was dumbfounded and kept muttering in his heart, "Everyone's wisdom is really endless."

Shan Xinbao next to him didn't know what he was thinking, so he just asked with a gossipy look on his face: "Boss, was this what you were thinking at the time?"

"Don't talk nonsense, especially don't say it in front of your sisters Xinying, Qinyao, and Xueqing." Xu Xiyu cursed with a smile.

"Boss, are you telling me the names of the dishes?" Shan Xinbao couldn't help himself and started giggling.

As she was laughing, she said slyly, "So, I can say this in front of President Wei?"

"Tsk...are you free today?"

"Busy, boss. I heard that President Wei likes ACG. There is a full-scale Wall-E model at the factory. Should I send it to President Wei? Just say it's a gift from you." Shan Xinbao's expression became even more cunning.

When Xu Xiyu heard this, he patted her head and said, "Look at you, what a mess you have learned."

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I will go to work now." Shan Xinbao covered his head and was about to slip away.

But before he could even lift his leg, he heard Xu Xiyu say, "If you want to give something away, you should give the egg-shaped model of Eve, not the big-eyed Wall-E.
When she asks about it, just tell her that the full-scale model of Wall-E with big eyes numbered V1 is in my office and that I should look at it every day, understand?"

After hearing these words, Shan Xinbao was startled at first, then he slowly stood up, looked at Xu Xiyu with admiration and said: "Boss, you are better than me. I have learned something, and I have learned something too!"

"What's the point of learning this? Are you going to pick up girls?" Xu Xiyu said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Yup!"

"Don't do it." Xu Xiyu didn't believe it at all.

"real!"

“???” It was the first time that Xu Xiyu talked to Shan Xinbao about her sexual orientation.

"I've been with you every day, and every guy I see is not as good as you, so I decided to pick up a girl to give it a try." Shan Xinbao said seriously.

"Ah? No, Xinbao, you...are you serious?!" Xu Xiyu was shocked. Niu Tong was actually by my side? "I was kidding you. I'm just preparing for a rainy day!"

"Prepare for a rainy day? Prepare for what?"

"Have you forgotten D&I (Diverse Organizations)? You've been thinking about getting into Huaqing every day. When the time comes, we'll take the initiative. We have female executives, lesbian executives, and we're so diverse that we're impeccable." Shan Xinbao said seriously.

"Don't fall into their narrative system. If you are really a lesbian, I won't care about you. If you are not, there is no need to label yourself with this label. Don't follow this trend." Xu Xiyu said and patted her head again.

Then he urged, "Go ahead, contact them immediately, and personally send Eva to Ning Wei."

"Okay." Shan Xinbao jumped and ran out.

Watching her back disappearing at the door, Xu Xiyu fell into deep thought. Shan Xinbao should not be a lesbian, but why did she suddenly have this idea? Is someone teaching her behind her back?
After having this thought, a figure emerged in Xu Xiyu's mind.

The man was called Zhu Anyu, the secretary of Du Chenshuang, the former vice president of Donghai Media. After being abused by Du Chenshuang for a long time, he took the initiative to contact Xu Xiyu, and then cooperated with Xu Xiyu to send Du Chenshuang to jail.

It was also at that time that Zhu Anyu met Shan Xinbao, and for various psychological reasons, she developed a strange feeling towards Shan Xinbao. This strange feeling can be summed up in one sentence: "I wish I could live like you."

From then on, this feeling turned into "love" or even "infatuation".

However, Zhu Anyu didn't have any thoughts of going further, because she was not a lesbian and would not have any physical impulses towards Shan Xinbao; also, she felt that she was "dirty".

But, she couldn't resist the urge to stay with Shan Xinbao.

So, she started working for Shan Xinbao.

That’s right, Shan Xinbao has a media company under her, which is mainly responsible for “public opinion” business, that is, the self-media matrix, which was asked by Xu Xiyu.

The actual business manager of this "media company" is now Zhu Anyu.

"Could it be that she taught me?" Xu Xiyu murmured.

On the other hand, Shan Xinbao naturally had no idea what her boss was thinking. She had already arranged the gift-giving.

About two hours later, she arrived at Hu Ningwei's home in a commercial vehicle with a driver and a security guard. The 1:1 model of Eva was placed in the back seat of the folded chair.

"Boss Wei!" As soon as Shan Xinbao got out of the car, she waved to Hu Ningwei who was standing at the door to greet them. A smile just appeared on her face, but it froze the next second.

Because she saw Hu Ningtian also coming out of the gate.

As Xu Xiyu's assistant, although she didn't know the whole story between Hu Ningtian and Xu Xiyu, she definitely knew much more than others.

Therefore, she would not regard Hu Ningtian as an "enemy".

But, for some reason, she always felt an inexplicable sense of nervousness when facing Hu Ningtian.

"Hey, Xinbao is here?" Hu Ningtian was easy-going. He quite liked Dan Xinbao, who had a chubby baby face and a slightly plump figure that was far from fat. He looked very cute, like a Fuwa.

"Mr. Hu." Shan Xinbao greeted him nervously, and complained in his heart: Didn't you say you wouldn't be at home?
Seeing her like this, Hu Ningtian suddenly wanted to tease her, and deliberately said with a stern face: "Xinbao, why did your CEO Xu ask you to come here?"

"Uh... sending... sending gifts, it was not arranged by our President Xu, but sent by the Binary Phantom team. As you know, although President Wei did not invest in Binary Phantom.

But when I was doing the intangible cultural heritage collection at Parallel Chongcai before, I also went there to help our General Manager Xu a lot. Now the box office of "Wall-E" is good.

Binary Shadow asked me to give Ms. Wei a model of Eva as a token of my appreciation." Shan Xinbao began to lie, and glanced at Hu Ningwei after he finished.

"Really?" Hu Ningtian didn't believe it at all. What a bullshit binary shadow gift. It must have been given by Xu Xiyu, but why was it given to Eva?

My sister was just chatting with me, saying that it is now rumored that "Wall-E" is based on her, so if I am going to give a gift, I should give her a Wall-E, right?

While Hu Ningtian was thinking about this, Hu Ningwei rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, what are you gossiping about? Go and do your own thing."

"No hurry, let me see what this model looks like." Hu Ningwei likes ACG, and Hu Ningtian likes it too. Hu Ningwei was exposed to electronic games when she was a child, and it was Hu Ningtian who took her to play because he was afraid that she would be bored.

But then I grew up and didn't have time anymore.

Otherwise, Hu Ningtian would not have been able to ask Xu Xiyu for the small “Wall-E figure” in Xu Xiyu’s office last time.

Thinking of this, Hu Ningtian urged: "Xinbao, take it down and have a look."

Shan Xinbao's mouth twitched when he heard this. It's more than 90 kilograms, how can I lift it?

She just signaled to the driver and security guard, and they lifted the model off the car and put it on a small cart.

More than ten minutes later, when the model was plugged in and placed in the living room, Hu Ningtian and Hu Ningwei's eyes lit up at the same time.

Beautiful, really beautiful.

So, Hu Ningtian thought of Wall-E again: "Why doesn't your CEO Xu send Wall-E over here?"

As soon as this question came out, Dan Xinbao immediately said: "Our President Xu said that the scale model of Wall-E with big eyes numbered V1 is collected in his office, and he wants to look at it every day..."

At this point, Shan Xinbao paused.

Oh my god, the secret is out!
I just said that this model was given by Binary Phantom, how come I forgot about this?
When Hu Ningtian on the other side heard this, his brows instantly stood up.

I thought: Good fellow, this bastard! I was wondering why you didn't send Walli, but he's waiting here. I've learned something new. I'll try it over at Yunqing's place some other day.

As he thought about it, his eyes instinctively turned to his sister. It would have been fine if he hadn't looked at her, but as soon as he looked at her, he instantly felt a surge of helplessness in his heart.

Because at this moment, Hu Ningwei's face was filled with smiles.

"It was given by Binary Phantom, not by our President Xu~~" Shan Xinbao's weak voice made amends.

"Pfft~ Hehehe..." Hu Ningwei couldn't hold it anymore.

Hu Ningtian, who had been complaining in his heart, was also amused by Shan Xinbao's "silly look". He said while laughing: "Xinbao, this model has no other functions?"

"Yes, it has Huawei's smart module built in. Mr. Hu, you may not know yet, but Huawei is cooperating with us to develop a smart speaker co-branded with Eva." Shan Xinbao hurriedly introduced.

"Really?" Hu Ningtian was stunned, then nodded and said, "It seems that the derivative nature of animation IP is indeed good, and Eva's look is also suitable."

"Xinbao..." Hu Ningwei was about to ask something when she heard it, but she saw a middle-aged man with a serious expression hurriedly walk in from outside the door.

This person is Hu Ningtian’s first assistant, his father’s old friend Li Jianbang.

After Li Jianbang came in, he first glanced at Shan Xinbao, then pulled Hu Ningtian aside and whispered, "Something serious has happened. Wu was taken to the designated place for questioning. The deputy monitor of the discipline department took the initiative."

As soon as these words came out, Hu Ningtian's eyes suddenly widened, followed by a feeling of dizziness, and he almost lost his balance.

Li Jianbang saw this and hurriedly supported him, saying, "Ning Tian, ​​calm down, it's not necessarily the case, it's not necessarily the case!"

When Hu Ningtian heard this, he tightly grasped Li Jianbang's arm and took a few deep breaths. Then he seemed to remember something and said to Shan Xinbao, "Xinbao, come here."

"what happened?"

"Go back and tell your CEO Xu right away that the worst-case scenario I mentioned might come true. Go quickly. He will understand."

When Hu Ningwei, who was standing next to her, heard this, her face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)