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

Chapter 931 Official Announcement! (34)

"I think Maoyan's prediction for 'Operation Red Sea' is too low. At most, by the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, 'Operation Red Sea' will be able to overtake 'Detective Chinatown 2' and take the daily box office crown!"

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Yan started a live stream from his study, chatting with viewers about the Spring Festival movies...

Oh, yesterday "Detective Chinatown Prequel" overtook "Monster Hunt 2" to take the top spot at the daily box office—despite having 6 fewer screenings and nearly 20,000 fewer showings than the latter…

"Monster Hunt 2" grossed 3.47 million yuan on its second day, while "Detective Chinatown 2" grossed 3.49 million yuan...

Operation Red Sea ranked third with 2.27 million...

In the original timeline, it wasn't until the seventh day of its release that "Operation Red Sea" finally surpassed "Detective Chinatown"...

This time it's different.

The word-of-mouth for "Operation Red Sea" is rave across the internet...

However, Maoyan predicts that "Operation Red Sea" will gross a total of 29.65 billion yuan...

Shen Yan felt something was off: "I thought 'Operation Red Sea' had a chance to gross over 35 billion yuan, so I put it in the Spring Festival slot!"

"Box office predictions need to be calculated based on the genre and release date. 'Operation Red Sea' and 'Wolf Warrior 2' are both military/war films, so based on the genre, the box office ceiling is very high..."

"The film release schedule is like playing mahjong; how much you win depends not only on your skill but also on which table you're at. This year's Spring Festival film season, the top films are bound to break 30 billion! 'Detective Chinatown Prequel' is definitely going to surpass 30 billion! And then 'Operation Red Sea'..."

"I am very optimistic about the box office performance during the Spring Festival. It is definitely possible for two different types of films to gross more than 3 billion yuan!"

"Back then, 'Detective Chinatown' and 'The Mermaid' together grossed over 60 billion yuan!"

"The Monkey King: Kingdom of Women...this movie is a guaranteed flop! Who the hell goes to the theater to watch Journey to the West to see Tang Sanzang fall in love with a woman? Everyone's here to see Monkey King!"

"To put it simply, the reason why the Journey to the West IP has endured for so long is mainly because of the Monkey King... Wearing a phoenix-winged purple-gold crown, a golden chainmail armor, lotus-silk cloud-walking shoes, and holding the Ruyi Jingu Bang, this is the beginning of the Chinese hero complex."

"You made a 'Journey to the West' movie, spent a fortune on special effects and costumes, and then the main characters became Tang Sanzang and the Queen of the Women's Kingdom? Are you out of your mind!"

"Didn't you see that 'A Chinese Odyssey' is all about Sun Wukong falling in love? Even in 'The Legend of Wukong,' Xuanzang's words, 'I want this sky to no longer obscure my vision; I want this earth to no longer bury my heart; I want all living beings to understand my will; I want all Buddhas to vanish into thin air,' if they were adapted into a movie, they would have to be spoken by the monkey!"

"Everyone knows that the main character of Journey to the West must be the Monkey King!"

"...Defeat is inevitable!"

Even if it had an 8.0 rating on Douban, I wouldn't watch it... let alone one with only a 5...

"By the way, I have to say, there weren't that many rivals stirring up trouble; the problem lies purely with the film itself..."

"By the way, if Star Shine Pictures still wants to make a Journey to the West series, I'd like to remind you, 'The focus of Journey to the West is Sun Wukong!' Last December, I was chatting with a few directors about the Journey to the West theme. If we were to make a Journey to the West themed movie... we would directly assume that Sun Wukong was expelled from the pilgrimage team and became one of the eighty-one tribulations, with the wild Sun Wukong battling against Mount Ling!"

"...we could even bring the whole group from Lingtai Fangcun Mountain..."

"It also fulfills a dream I once had, which was a bold idea I had when I watched 'Journey to the West': Sun Wukong was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years, witnessing the vicissitudes of human life and the joys and sorrows of love and hate."

How wonderful it would be if the Bodhi Patriarch could descend from heaven! He would have led the monkey to conquer Mount Ling!

"Later, after reading 'Investiture of the Gods,' I roughly understood that this was a time when Buddhism was flourishing... Later, I read 'Buddha is the Way,' and then I read a lot of similar prehistoric fantasy novels... 'Buddha is the Way'... It's a novel written by Meng Ru Shen Ji. Back when I wrote 'A World Worthy,' the monthly ticket rankings were dominated by Meng Ru Shen Ji's 'Yang Shen'..."

"The Buddha's Book is the first to systematically integrate and organize previously unrelated and disorganized ancient myths and legends, while maintaining logical consistency and self-consistency..."

"Journey to the West, Investiture of the Gods, and The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain are all mixed together..." "Let's not talk about these things... I'm currently in Sanya, my family and Shishi are here for the Spring Festival!"

And then there's Shi Shi... The moment those four words appeared, the comment section exploded...

Is this an official announcement?
"Shishi and I have been together for a while, but we haven't announced it publicly, mainly because we're both idols... if we officially announced our relationship, our fans wouldn't accept it..."

"However, I'm already 30 this year, and it's time for me to enter the next stage of my life... Besides, Shishi has been waiting for several years, and I should give her an explanation!"

"I'm saying this in this live stream, and I'm making this official announcement today, not because it's romantic or special, but because I feel that, based on my life experience and my beliefs, one thing has come to me: in this world, there are no inherently good people, only civilized people who are constrained..."

“I am willing to be supervised by the public, and I am willing to become that ‘restrained civilized person’ for Shishi’s sake.”

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll post another Weibo post, and then this will be considered public!"

……

Shen Yan officially announces his relationship...

Fans immediately sent their blessings: 'Ahhh, brother, you're so brave! Wishing you happiness!', 'May you be happy forever!', and 'Have you two not gone public yet?'

It went very smoothly; there was no large-scale loss of fans or backlash...

In fact, this "perfect" outcome was not entirely due to luck.

The main point is that the label of Shen Yan and Shi Shi being a couple has long been deeply ingrained in people's minds!

Shen Yan's debut film, "Architecture 101", and his first film as a producer and executive producer, "Our Times", both starred Shi Shi!
Including the television bureau.

They collaborated on "The Weaver Girl" and "The Vigilantes in Masks," but had relatively few scenes together. However, they later co-starred in "Love Through a Millennium" and "Legend of Fei."

The Shiyan couple has been active for a long time!
In addition, there's the inherent strength of Shen Yan and Liu Shishi.

Shen Yan is the number one person in the Chinese entertainment industry. He is not only the number one actor and director, but he is even the number one singer!

His professional skills are the foundation of his success in the entertainment industry.

Shi Shi is gradually transitioning to behind-the-scenes work, and her reputation is very good...

So, most of them are blessings!

Yes, they successfully grabbed a spot on the trending topics for Spring Festival movies...

—The original top trending topic was, "The Monkey King 3 is terrible!"

Uh…it must have been done by competitors, after all, the competition for screen time during the Spring Festival is fierce. Yesterday's trending topic was #MonsterCatching2Awkward#…

Shen Yan and Liu Shishi are both top celebrities, so it's normal for their official announcement of their relationship to cause a stir...

But... it just couldn't crash Weibo!

Still can't compare to Lu Han—Lu Han's announcement of his relationship last year caused Weibo to crash!

(End of this chapter)