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Chapter 367 Director, the sky has fallen! (Seeking double monthly votes)
Even Chen Kaige laughed.

He laughed out loud at home, in front of his wife and children.

"Dad, what are you laughing at?"

The younger son isn't as bright and doesn't get what his dad is looking for.

"I'm not laughing at anyone else, I'm only laughing at Jiang Wen's arrogance and Qi Hao's brainlessness. I tried before, and the promotional copy for 'epic masterpiece' shouldn't be used, but he insisted on following my lead. What can I do?"

He is, after all, a poet.

Although his son wasn't very bright, he had been forced to read a lot of books and often listened to his father spouting literary nonsense, so he just laughed along.

Chen Hong looked at her talented husband and well-behaved son with a happy expression.

The family finally emerged from the shadow of the movie's box office failure.

However, their happiness was short-lived.

Like the calm before the storm, Chen Kaige received a phone call before he had even finished his lunch.

After the first screening of "Let the Bullets Fly" ended, especially the premiere, a large number of positive reviews appeared online.

Those who work in marketing understand marketing best.

They can tell at a glance which accounts are paid trolls and which so-called film critics are just people who get paid to do their jobs.

The positive reviews for "The Orphan of Zhao" are mostly of this kind.

However, the positive reviews for "Let the Bullets Fly" are not like this. These overwhelming numbers of ordinary accounts could not have been created without spending hundreds of millions of dollars to operate.

The production and marketing costs for "Let the Bullets Fly" were only 100 million yuan.

Where did they get the money to hire so many online trolls to spread across the entire internet in such a short time?

Moreover, if it were truly a large-scale marketing campaign, the marketing community wouldn't be in such a state of turmoil.

Even some members of the marketing team for "Sacrifice" went to see the movie.

After returning, he kept praising Jiang Wen as awesome.

They are all true movie fans.

Tap water!
They had to tell Chen Kaige about this.

Director, wake up!

The sky is falling!
Riding dreams like horses, the more you ride, the sillier you become. Poetry and distant places, the farther you go, the dirtier they get.

Chen Kaige didn't know if he was imagining things.

He listened to the urgent calls from the other end, the voices fading into the distance, his mind buzzing...

Seeing that her husband looked unwell, Chen Hong quickly helped him up and called out:

"Brother Ge, Brother Ge, it's just a movie. We've lost money before, and as long as we're alive, we can always make a comeback..."

Please don't get a brain hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, cerebral infarction, stroke, or cerebral apoplexy...!
What are we supposed to do if we're left behind, mother and child?

"Thank you, Honghong!"

Chen Kaige breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, I have plenty of experience with box office flops and being scolded by movie fans after every movie is released. What else is there to be upset about?

"You're welcome!"

You're welcome, it's my duty.

Although he had recovered, Chen Kaige was still deeply troubled and resentful.

"How did Jiang Wen manage to make movies that everyone can understand?"

I fear two things: life will be full of hardship, and my brothers will have too many opportunities.

"I know, Uncle Jiang Wen said that you have to earn money while standing tall!"

The little kid had a sudden flash of inspiration.

"Arthur, shut up!"

Chen Hong wants to beat this brat to death. You wish your father were dead, don't you?

Which pot does not open which pot.

Your mother is already over forty, and I'm no longer capable of finding you a good father.

"Heh, he earned money standing up. If Qi Hao hadn't given him 50 million, could he have made any money? He's just working for Qi Hao, and all the money he earns belongs to Qi Hao. What does it have to do with Jiang Wen? He still says he earned money standing up, making everyone else look like they're kneeling. Jiang Wen is just out of his mind."

Chen Kaige and Jiang Wen have always had a good relationship.

There aren't many people in the industry he finds appealing, but everyone needs friends, and if he doesn't have any, wouldn't he seem unpopular?

Jiang Wen was one of the few people he could approve of.

However, the "humiliation" he suffered today was simply too much; he even suspected that this "brother" had stabbed him in the back.

"He's just a petty tyrant who's gotten his way. Arthur, where are you going? Sit down!"

When Chen Hong saw that her son was about to leave, she quickly called out to stop him.

You silly son, your father is feeling down right now, why don't you comfort him?

"I...I want to go see 'Let the Bullets Fly' with my brother..."

Little Arthur was full of curiosity.

Uh……

No one cared whether Chen Kaige was in pain or not; even Jiang Wen didn't think of him at this moment.

Since the movie was released, Jiang Wen has received a lot of congratulations from his colleagues, and there are compliments everywhere.

Even Qi Hao posted a congratulatory message on Weibo. Qi Hao V: A masterpiece has been born! I'm honored to have participated. From now on, my representative work will be "Let the Bullets Fly"!
An Feng followed suit and forwarded the post, proudly stating, "My husband acted in 'Let the Bullets Fly'."

The entertainment industry immediately followed suit.

Especially those female celebrities who had been rumored to be dating Qi Hao, seeing that others were posting, they also copied and pasted.

My ex-boyfriend acted in "Let the Bullets Fly".

If only one person posted it, it would feel like a provocation against An Feng, his official girlfriend. But now that the law doesn't punish everyone, and everyone is following suit, it becomes just a meme and something to do.

What's outrageous is that some female celebrities who have never had any scandals with Qi Hao also posted about it for fun, and even tagged Qi Hao and An Feng in their posts.

Is there anything even more outrageous?
Yes, it's one thing for female celebrities to post them, but male celebrities are posting them too.

This made it very difficult for Qi Hao to stay calm.

Fortunately, this nationwide celebration does indeed boost movie box office revenue.

As the largest producer of "Let the Bullets Fly", Qi Hao had no choice but to accept it reluctantly.

Later, he gave up and started interacting with people on Weibo, reminiscing about the past, saying things like, "Oh, we were the ones who filmed this and that and had that scandal."

Actually, it's good to be able to say it so frankly.

This proves that there was nothing fishy about Qi Hao and the other party, and there was no emotional entanglement between them.

The popularity of "Let the Bullets Fly" has attracted many people to join in the fun.

For example, Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan, who had been imprisoned twice and was released, whose reputation was already ruined, congratulated Jiang Wen on Weibo, saying that Jiang Wen was his teacher.

It's really speechless.

Lu Chuan has not stopped making a fuss despite his tarnished reputation.

His financial situation is extremely urgent.

The money was used to prepare for "The Last Supper," which cost a lot of money, all of which was advanced by the production company.

This project is definitely not going to work.

Those who paid for it wouldn't sit idly by; they would make Lu Chuan give back what he had taken.

After all, the responsibility for the project's failure lies with Lu Sang.

Who the hell told you to act so arrogantly?

You have such a beautiful girlfriend and you don't want to pursue her, but instead you spend money on playing PUBG. You're just plain crazy.

Some people say that Lu Sang was sold by a chicken last time.

He felt his pride was hurt and couldn't reciprocate his girlfriend's feelings, so he went to play PUBG.

Only being with chickens can bring good fortune.

This is why he was so easily targeted.

But no matter what, Lu Sang has gone mad.

He saw the buzz and jumped on it, hoping that allies would lend him a hand.

Qi Hao's film "The Man from Nowhere" had its screenings cut by at least half due to the release of "Let the Bullets Fly".

Fortunately, these two movies are from the same company.

The situation is a bit dire for "The Orphan of Zhao". Their screenings were already being reduced, and now it's even worse.

In addition, other movies are being shown.

These later "pursuers" are not to be underestimated. Zhao Benshan and Xiao Shenyang also brought "The Laughing Swordsman" into the New Year's film season. Although "The Laughing Swordsman" does not pose much of a threat to "Let the Bullets Fly", and is even no match for "If You Are the One 2" which was released on the 22nd, Zhao Benshan is still one of the top comedians in China. With the help of his apprentices, it is no problem to further compress the survival space of "The Orphan of Zhao".

The TV series "Magic Chronicles," starring Guo Fucheng and Zhang Ziyi, is just cannon fodder.

On the contrary, Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster" has received a lot of attention.

After all, it has been dragging on for far too long.

Even later films like "Ip Man" have already released their second installment, and Donnie Yen has completely capitalized on the popularity of the Ip Man role.

Unfortunately, it wasn't very resilient to begin with, and now it's been hit by "Let the Bullets Fly".

The films released at the same time were far inferior to "Let the Bullets Fly" and "If You Are the One 2".

Even "If You Are the One 2" found it a headache.

There are no absolute winners in this kind of Lunar New Year film season. With such a wide range of choices for the audience, no single film can guarantee to dominate the box office.

Last year's hit movie "If You Are the One" grossed 3.5 million yuan at the box office, but its sequel is unlikely to break the 3 million yuan mark this year, especially given the competition from "Let the Bullets Fly". Industry insiders predict its box office will be 2.6 million yuan.

The harsh reality is that it was released around the same time as "Let the Bullets Fly".

While filming, Qi Hao was also keeping track of how far the masterpiece "Let the Bullets Fly" could go when he discovered an embarrassing fact.

That's because he released too many movies this year.

The schedule is so packed that we won't be able to produce anything decent next year.

However, Zhonghao Entertainment's film investment department was also helpless.

They looked at it over and over again, but still couldn't find a suitable investment project.

The Warring States period game with an investment of 1.5 million yuan?
The film "Guan Yu" with an investment of 1.5 million yuan?
The Legend of the White Snake, with an investment of 1.8 million yuan?
"A Chinese Ghost Story" is said to have a production cost of up to 2 million yuan.
Or is it "Wuxia" with a budget of around 1.8 million yuan?
It's not that no one was willing to accept Zhonghao Entertainment's investment; even Zhang Yimou's "The Flowers of War" extended an olive branch.

However, when I heard that the movie would cost 6 million, I was shocked.

Zhonghao just wants to say:
Get the hell out of here!
(End of this chapter)