Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 513 Plan (24)

Last year, "Tai Chi Zero" performed poorly at the box office. Huang Zhonglei's reason was that "Looper" suddenly entered the National Day holiday season, catching everyone off guard!

Yes, he didn't even mention that it was because "The Big Shot" was too powerful...

This year was no different; instead of mentioning "Goodbye Mr. Loser," he publicly complained about "The Lone Ranger"...

In a sense, "The Lone Ranger" did take up screenings of "Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon," since both are 3D movies!

However, The Lone Ranger's box office was not high. It grossed 17 million on the first day, 15 million on the second day, and on October 7, the daily box office dropped to less than 10 million.

After all, this is a universally acknowledged terrible movie…

"The Lone Ranger," produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Justin Heather (writer of "Revolutionary Road"), and starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, cost $2.25 million to make...

This is Disney's biggest loss-making film this year!
Jerry Bruckheimer is a top Hollywood producer who has produced films such as Top Gun, Bad Boys, The Rock, Con Air, Arnaud, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, the National Treasure series, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

He discovered Michael Bay, Simon West, and Gore Verbinski...

Before Pirates of the Caribbean, Gore Verbinski's best achievement was directing The Ring (US version)!

Unfortunately, the "Lone Ranger" project suffered huge losses.

Rich Ross, who was in charge of this film, has resigned, and there's no one to take the blame—Rich Ross has greenlit films like *John Carter* and *The Lone Ranger*…

Jerry Bruckheimer ended his 20-year partnership with Disney due to the film's failure.

Oh, and The Lone Ranger didn't do well at the box office in mainland China either, with total box office revenue not even reaching 100 million!
It's true that the box office wasn't high, but it did account for a significant portion of the screenings—over 18% for three consecutive days, with more than 15,000 screenings.

Furthermore, the huge losses of this film also put Johnny Depp's film career on hold, with virtually no more blockbuster commercial films. Even with the success of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales"—which suffered both box office and critical failure, grossing only $7.95 million worldwide, the lowest in the series.

But Depp will not be returning to the Pirates of the Caribbean series—he stated in front of the world during his domestic violence trial that he would not work with Disney again, even if Disney offered him "$3 million and 100 million alpacas"!
By the way, as of October 7th, "Goodbye Mr. Loser" had been in theaters for 10 days, accumulating a box office of 10.07 billion yuan...

This trend has already surpassed that of "American Dreams in China".

Shen Yan posted on Weibo, "Congratulations to 'Goodbye Mr. Loser' for surpassing 1 billion yuan at the box office. Actually, my favorite part is the 'Jay Chou living in Xia Luo's shadow' meme... Some fans commented, 'Does Xia Luo love Qiu Ya or Dong Mei more?'"

I think he doesn't love anyone, he only loves himself! The real Xia Luo is a complete failure. As Dongmei would say, he lies at home all day until his limbs atrophy. Then he uses his wife's hard-earned money to show off and cause trouble at Qiu Ya's wedding. And then... he doesn't even understand Qiu Ya… Qiu Ya has never paid him any attention. It was all pure wishful thinking on his part!

"The way he said those sarcastic and vulgar things was so despicable, as if Qiuya had wronged him so much and he was here to take revenge. He's really sick."

"Qiuya is a good girl. Xia Luo and Dong Meifu ruined her wedding, but she didn't say anything. Her husband is just like her—tolerant, generous, kind, and gentle. Even after things got so messy, did anyone say anything? The key is that her husband didn't say anything either. The couple is broad-minded; they even tried to persuade and comfort each other..."

"Xia Luo is definitely not good enough for Qiu Ya, nor for Dong Mei... Even if a normal man doesn't love Ma Dong Mei, after being reborn and becoming rich, he would still provide her with financial assistance, but Xia Luo didn't do any of that!" "Furthermore, I've always loved 'Love Transfer.' After Xu Zheng dialed all the numbers and figured things out, he went to find his ex-wife, only to discover she had remarried. Her new husband insisted Xu Zheng stay for dinner, praising his wife's fried noodles, saying, 'Try my wife's noodles with soybean paste, they're amazing!' This is the same principle as Xia Luo trying Dong Mei's fennel noodles... Moreover, the ending of 'Love Transfer' is actually more sophisticated than 'Xia Luo': Xu Zheng bumps into a former female classmate at Eason Chan's concert, and after chatting for a few minutes, the classmate secretly throws away the love phone from her bag that's exactly the same as Xu Zheng's before... 'Xia Luo' is a bit more clichéd and thinner, but at least Xia Luo has a chance to win her back..."

"By the way, the producer of 'Love Transfer' is Mr. Sun Jianjun, who is also the director of 'Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains'..."

……

Unlike the original timeline, no idiots jumped out to accuse "Goodbye Mr. Loser" of plagiarism...

The reason is simple: self-media is not yet well-developed…

Most people who create self-media content at this stage have a certain level of skill and have watched a lot of videos!
Regarding the plot of "Charlotte": A middle-aged man, disillusioned with life, dreams of returning to high school to start a new, awesome life for a while, only to find that reality is happier...

There are too many movies like this!

Hollywood has a large number of…

"Back to 17", "Click", "The Stay-at-Home Man"...

They say it plagiarized an obscure movie called "Peggy's Getting Married".
The problem is, this "Peggy's Getting Married" movie isn't funny at all!

To make people laugh uncontrollably in such a clichéd plot requires a bit of skill.

Furthermore, if you insist on calling it plagiarism… then you should say it plagiarized "The Dream of Yellow Millet" from *The Pillow Book*: Lu Sheng stayed at an inn in Handan and, after falling asleep, had a wonderful dream of enjoying a lifetime of wealth and glory. When he woke up, the millet rice wasn't cooked yet, and thus he had a profound realization: three lifetimes of pagodas…

No, Zhuangzi's "Zhuang Zhou Dreaming of a Butterfly" comes earlier...

……

"Comedy films have always been a box office powerhouse... Director Wong Jing once said, 'Whoever can make a popular comedy controls the market!' I think that's quite true!"

In Xiangshan, on the set of "The Martian," Shen Yan accepted an exclusive interview with Sohu Entertainment—since the other person had moved from Beijing to Xiangshan, Shen Yan couldn't very well refuse!
"In addition, there are action films... Comedy and action are two genres that will never go out of style. I've seen director Chu Yuan's 'Starry Night,' where he wrote, 'I know two film genres that will never decline: one is comedy, and the other is action films.' Action films are almost an international language; the loyal fight the wicked, and the audience can understand them without dialogue. Plus, they're exciting. Honestly, if two people are fighting on the street, there will definitely be people watching. But if someone is giving a lecture about national affairs or principles of life, there might not be an audience.'"

"Therefore, we will definitely be making comedies. After 'Goodbye Mr. Loser,' we will continue to collaborate with Yan Fei and Peng Damo..."

"What about action movies?"

"The sequel to 'The Big Shot,' 'Northeast Police Story,' and I myself will also be starring in several action films..."

"So...you're planning to revitalize Chinese-language action films?"

(End of this chapter)