Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 319 What's so good about this rotten Big Wild Goose Pagoda

The box office performance of "Wolf Warrior 2" obviously exceeded everyone's expectations.

No one expected that this movie would have such a huge viewing potential.

The programmer in charge of the box office prediction big data at Maoyan Movies probably has his CPU burning out during this period.

The box office forecast was raised from 15 billion to 18 billion, and then from 18 billion to 25 billion, but it could not keep up with the actual box office growth rate.
In the end, he simply stepped on the accelerator and raised the forecast figure to 45 billion in one breath.

For a domestic film, this is already an outrageous number.

With the huge box office success of "Wolf Warrior 2", the number of reviews and debates about the movie online has gradually increased.

【Burning! This is a real Chinese action blockbuster. 】

【People who truly love their country have the courage to say no to "Wolf Warrior 2."】

[How many "American cents" trolls were exposed in the movie "Wolf Warrior 2". ]

[Success or failure is determined only by box office? Can Chinese films not withstand a little criticism?]

[After watching Wolf Warriors 2, let’s criticize it calmly and objectively. ]

【…】

Wolf Warrior 2 has supported half of the country’s self-media. No matter if it is “praising” or “criticizing”, as long as it is related to the movie, the number of readers is definitely over 10.

In the past decade of the Chinese-language film market, no film has ever sparked such a large-scale debate.

Not only the audience, but almost everyone in the industry from top to bottom has been discussing "why this movie was successful" during this period.

Although it has the foundation of the previous work, the first one only had a box office of 600 to 700 million yuan, and basically did not cultivate much of a fan base.

Looking at the cast, except for Wu Jing, none of them have much appeal. Even Wu Jing himself was not considered a top star before this.

In terms of publicity and promotion efforts, they are all just conventional routines, nothing new.

In terms of quality, it's at the level of a standard popcorn movie, and there are plenty of Hollywood blockbusters out there.

But unfortunately, the performance of this movie was a hit.

The film and television industry is like this. People always hope to extract the "elements of success" from successful works so that they can follow suit and imitate them.

Since the IP, cast, and promotion have no highlights, the only thing left is the subject matter.

Action movies are an outdated genre, military action movies are newer but there are also many similar works.

So what's left?
Many "smart people" gradually found the core - the patriotic element.

Isn’t “Wolf Warrior 2” just reaping the benefits of “patriotism”?

Many film and television practitioners began to realize belatedly that the audience's preferences seemed to have changed.

Although foreign blockbusters are still selling well, domestic films are also slowly gaining ground.

So, perhaps "main theme + patriotism" will be the next trend?

"If that's the case, then we are riding the wave of opportunity, right?" Guo Fan asked.

Although "The Wandering Earth" is a science fiction film, the style it presents is completely different from Hollywood's traditional "elite salvation" values.

"No matter whether it's a popular trend or not, it's already come to this point, so just shoot according to our ideas." Meng Bai said nonchalantly.

Guo Fan thought about it and felt that it was right.

"Successful elements" and the like are just a boost. Making a good movie is more important than anything else.

It is just like the so-called "main theme of patriotism" summarized by my peers.

He didn't pay any attention to "The Founding of an Army", a film of the same type and with a bigger cast that just opened next to it.

This movie is amazing. In order to ensure the performance, a special time slot was set aside, and the first-day screening volume was directly increased to more than 30%. But even so, the first-day box office was only 4000 million, and then it continued to decline. The final total score is estimated to be more than million, which is considered good.

As for the movies released later, such as "Legend of the Mermaid Pearl", "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets", "Manchester by the Sea", etc., they all pose no threat to "Wolf Warrior 2".

Especially the previously highly hyped "Eternal Love", where the audience voted for the leading actors, big data generated the plot, and the TV series was also supported by its huge number of fans.

Not only did the ratings collapse in the end, but the box office is also expected to be a loss.

It can be said that there is no rival to "Wolf Warrior 2" throughout the entire summer season.

Everyone could only watch as the box office figures exceeded 40 billion and then headed towards the 50 billion mark.

The plan that Wu Jing made with Guo Fan at the beginning was to come back after the half-month promotional period was over.

But now that he is setting new records every day, he still has some time to be busy, so the "space line" that he has not finished shooting will have to be put aside for the time being.

As a result, the filming of "Ground Line" progressed rapidly.

During this period, several leading actors including Zhao Jinmai finished filming one after another, and Guo Fan could only shoot some supplementary shots or empty shots of scenes.

By the way, the post-production and special effects rendering of the film have also begun.

The crew contacted three domestic visual effects companies and two foreign teams. After determining unified parameter standards and style, each company completed a part of the work.

There are more than 3000 post-production personnel involved alone.

Now, on-site staff have begun to leave in large numbers, and the entire crew has gradually shrunk from eight studios and two to three thousand people at its peak to seven to eight hundred people.

But even so, it is still much larger than the average crew.

For example, "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" has only about a hundred people.

Seeing that all the scenes were filmed in a set of less than 300 square meters, think back to the huge scale of the "underground city".

Although he knew that the quality of a story had nothing to do with the size of the scene, Meng Bai couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Fortunately, before I could express my feelings for long, my mood was interrupted by a phone call.

Tong Liya is here.

"Sister."

Meng Bai looked at Tong Liya who had just gotten off the car and greeted her with a smile: "Thank you for coming to help with the guest appearance."

"It just so happens that I have nothing to do recently, so it would be nice to come to Blue Island for a stroll." Tong Liya took off her sunglasses with a gentle smile on her face.

Because it is summer, she wore a light blue sleeveless tight-fitting top and loose wide-leg pants today, which made her look very casual.

Meng Bai subconsciously took a look at her and found that this sister seemed to have lost a lot of weight compared to the last time they met.

It seems that those things did not have no impact on her at all.

"Blue Island is actually quite nice if you want to travel." Meng Bai said, "Sister, if you are interested, I can recommend you a few good places to visit if you have nothing to do these days."

"Just recommending?" Tong Liya said with a smile: "I thought you, a local, could be a tour guide."

"In fact, it's not possible to find a local tour guide. For us, these things are really nothing to see."

There is a classic description of traveling: "From a place you are tired of staying to a place others are tired of staying."

It’s just like that “famous scene”—what’s so good about this lousy Big Wild Goose Pagoda?

So many times, when outsiders ask their local friends to recommend attractions or features, the recommendations may not be as comprehensive as those on the Internet.

"But..." Meng Bai raised his eyebrows: "Senior sister, if you don't mind the prejudice of a local like me, you can still visit some of the lesser-known attractions."

"Okay." Tong Liya smiled brightly, "Then I'll take care of you for the next few days."

(End of this chapter)