This star is going to the moon

Chapter 215 The entertainment industry is all business; Ma Yilong's difficult choice to gamble his future.
"I wonder which celebrities I'll see at the Bazaar Charity Night. I heard that some celebrities who don't usually make an appearance will be there. I'm really looking forward to it."

"I heard Zhang Liangying will be there. I wonder if An Fangfei, who is good friends with her, will be going?"

"She probably won't go. She rarely participates in this event; she usually just donates directly, just like Lu Yun."

"An Fangfei and Lu Yun are becoming more and more like a perfect couple, they don't show up in public much anymore."

"It's a pity that Lu Yun isn't going either. I participated in his 'Take a Photo with the Earth' event before. The children in those mountain schools were really cute."

"Oh well, we didn't get tickets to the charity gala, so we'll just have to watch the live stream. Let's see what songs Jane Zhang will sing."

"The Legend of 1900 is about to start. It's really not easy for the 4K restored version to be shown in China this time. I've only seen it on my computer before, and it's so moving..."

"Indeed, this movie was released in 1998, but it's only being shown in the country now..."

In a Beijing cinema, many people went into the theater showing "The Legend of 1900," while the theater showing "Charlie's Angels," which was also released yesterday, was not very crowded.

After all, a day has passed, and the film's reputation has already emerged.

This "Charlie's Angels" film is a sequel to the original two-part series. The basic character relationships remain unchanged, but the world-building has been expanded.

However, unlike the "Three Angels" in the old version, this film completely innovates the character traits of the main characters.

In line with the booming "awakening culture" and "political correctness" elements in foreign countries, this new version of "Charlie's Angels" has basically abandoned the previous "all-sexy" setting.

Even the behind-the-scenes boss Charlie has become a "male voice" controlled by women, and male dominance is no longer the norm.

It can be said that this film was made specifically for female audiences, rather than trying to please male audiences.

As a result, the movie flopped.

It has a score of 6 on Douban in China and 3.9 on IMDb in other countries.

The film opened with $840 million in North America, a sharp drop of 80% compared to the $4012 million opening of the original sequel.

The total box office revenue for the film after one month of release in mainland China is estimated to be less than 1 million RMB.

However, whether foreign films flop or not is obviously not on the minds of domestic celebrity fans; they are all waiting for the Bazaar Charity Night that evening.

By the afternoon, a large number of fans had gathered around the Workers' Stadium in the capital, and staff and media reporters were also on high alert.

Oh, and the auntie selling grilled cold noodles on Gongti West Road started work especially early today because she received the news in advance and came here specially to "send warmth" to her hungry fans.

After the fans finished eating, their shouts grew even louder, as they wanted their "brother" to hear them.

"Ahhh, Xiao Zhan!"

"Brother Qianxi, look at me! Ahhh!"

"Ouhao, I love you!!"

"Holy crap, isn't that Arthur? Arthur, please have a seat!"

"Liu Yuning, you're so handsome!!"

Well, although there were many female celebrities present, the male fans were too embarrassed to shout like that, so the rest of the event was filled with screams from female fans.

Even if male fans shout, their screams are drowned out by the screams of female fans.

Overall, the charity gala was a great success. In addition to the auction of celebrity merchandise and the direct announcement of donations, many celebrities also sang songs, and the money from some fans who bought tickets to see the concert was also considered as donations.

They raised approximately 2500 million yuan.

They will use the resources to renovate classrooms, equipment, and introduce art education courses, all to let children see a more beautiful world and give them the opportunity to become the person they want to be.

Although it's unclear how effective the donations will be, and how much of the money will actually reach the intended recipients—after all, there have been cases of celebrities promising to donate a certain amount but ultimately failing to do so, amounting to fraudulent donations—it's still uncertain.

However, it's better for someone to do charity, even if they do it with ulterior motives or even turn it into a business. That's still better than no one doing charity at all.

In the following days, a large number of media outlets promoted the charity gala, and the more than 70 celebrities who participated in the gala made an appearance, gaining considerable exposure.

On World Children's Day, the 20th, Wang Yuan, who was unable to participate in the charity gala due to scheduling conflicts, still made a splash.

At the United Nations General Assembly, Wang Yuan, as a UNICEF ambassador, spoke, calling on people to pay attention to the fact that every child should have the right to education.

Regardless of whether he himself is excited or not, his fans are already ecstatic.

Despite being in a group with Yang Qianxi and Wang Junkai, their fans don't get along at all and are constantly fighting and bickering.

After they went their separate ways, the online battles between their fans became even more intense.

Previously, when Yang Qianxi showed up at the charity gala while the other two didn't, their fans were very indignant and could only watch as Yang Qianxi's fans raged online.

Wang Junkai's fans, in particular, were furious, especially since he had just launched a "top student" and "science" campaign at the beginning of the month that had everyone on edge.

Now...

Oh, Wang Junkai's fans are the most hurt, they can only watch Yang Qianxi and Wang Yuan's fans have a good time online.

Then Wang Junkai's fans decided to continue criticizing Wang Junkai's studio.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, Elon Musk was also criticizing NASA.

"Shit, NASA is a pile of dog shit, its existence is an obstacle to the development of aerospace technology!"

"Even though my rocket retro-rockets technology is already very mature, they just won't accept my change of the Crew Dragon spacecraft's landing mode to land-based retro-rockets landing, insisting on a sea-based parachute landing!"

Even after realizing that the progress of the Wooden Kite was accelerating, Ma Yilong refused to admit defeat.

On the one hand, it accelerated the design and construction of the 9-meter diameter "Super Falcon" rocket, aiming to surpass Lu Yun's still unseen "Starship".

According to his observation, Lu Yun probably doesn't have time to manage "Starship" now, or like his American rival Blue Origin's Bald Bay, he has chosen a "slow and steady wins the race" approach.

Ma Yilong doesn't believe in the idea that "slow is fast"; he only believes that "slow is slow."

He firmly believes that his "Super Falcon" will definitely be the fastest super rocket to make its maiden flight in the new era!

On the other hand, he wanted to make the manned dragon more futuristic and cooler to cope with the pressure on the wooden kite.

Unfortunately, NASA controls the manned spacecraft's manned capability, and they only recognize the extremely conservative parachute landing method.

In fact, Elon Musk understood NASA's meaning: Yun Loo's "Wooden Kite" would naturally be handled by the restarted "X-33" single-stage-to-orbit space shuttle.

Even if the "Wooden Kite" was the "half-step peak" of the Space Shuttle, the "X-33" was also roughly the "half-step peak" of the Space Shuttle.

They were all single-unit investments in the space shuttle, so they were pretty much the same.

As for the Crew Dragon spacecraft...

You're not even a space shuttle, let alone a single-stage-to-orbit spacecraft. You're going to discard the second stage of the rocket, the unpressurized service section of the spacecraft, and the unpressurized cargo bay. What are you doing here?
You should just focus on building your manned spacecraft and restoring America's manned spaceflight capabilities, which it lost many years ago.

Moreover, your opponent is not Lu Yun Lanxing Aerospace's "Wooden Kite," but Boeing's "Starliner" manned spacecraft.

“NASA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, they’re all crap. The ‘old space’ power they represent is too great. I need to have political partners.”

"But which side should I choose, the donkey or the elephant? The elephant side is more conservative, and I don't really like that blond businessman. He's messed everything up and I doubt he'll be re-elected."

"The donkeys are more liberal, but now they're pushing for minority rights and want to promote transgenderism. Is that right for me?"

(End of this chapter)