This star is going to the moon

Chapter 538 "The Film and Television Winter" is all self-inflicted by the industry itself, with Indians engaging in reverse colonization.
In late September, "The Battle at Lake Changjin," which had been postponed to the National Day holiday to avoid competing with "The Wandering Earth 2: The Ladder Crisis," was released.

Other films released in the same period include "The Long Way Home", "Ordinary Heroes", "Iron Will", "New Big Head Son and Little Head Dad 5: My Alien Friend" and "I Am a Tyrannosaurus Rex".

There was also supposed to be "The King of the Sky" starring Wang Yibo, but it was suddenly pulled from the schedule a couple of days ago.

Because netizens pointed out problems with the special effects, airplane models, and plot in the trailer.

In particular, the director is known as the "number one person in military propaganda films," having made many military propaganda films and documentaries, and has extensive work experience and connections in the aviation industry system.

After the movie "King of the Sky" entered its promotional period, the media would introduce him by saying, "He is not the person who understands aviation mechanics the most, but he should be the director who understands aviation mechanics the most."

As a result, a close-up shot in the movie trailer showed the missile mounted on the plane, but the missile's umbilical cable was not connected to the missile launcher. Instead, it was like a bent iron pipe, with one end connected to the missile and the other end connected to the air.

This added an abrupt, curved iron pipe to what should have been a streamlined missile, disrupting its smooth aerodynamic shape.

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Even the reason for its shape has been found by netizens: the 3D model of this missile was made based on the model displayed at the Zhuhai Airshow.

The missile model was displayed separately and not mounted on the aircraft, so the cables and wires were naturally not connected.

As a result, this movie, which claims to have a "professional air force guidance team" and a director who is "the first person to make military propaganda films," did not even realize the problem with such a basic thing. It directly put the missiles in the model display state on the missile racks of the fighter jets in the movie, and even put it in the trailer with close-up shots.

If even movie trailers, which are theoretically meant to attract audiences with exciting plots, have so many problems, then the quality of the movie itself is questionable.

The official reason given by the production company was to "present a better production effect" and to further polish the film's quality, hence the careful decision to postpone the release date.

But netizens aren't stupid. Many believe that the film's pre-sale box office had already exceeded 3000 million yuan before its withdrawal, placing it at the top of the pre-sale rankings for the National Day holiday. If calculated according to the normal pre-sale to box office ratio, the final box office would definitely not be bad.

But "King of the Skies" is not a normal movie.

The production company also knew that the 3000 million yuan in pre-sale box office was driven up by Wang Yibo's die-hard fans.

Given the numerous flaws pointed out by netizens in the trailer, they speculate that the production company may have decided to postpone the film due to a comprehensive consideration of its quality, audience reception, and professional reviews.

Lu Yun, who has returned to Yunnan to continue filming "Where the Wind Blows," is not surprised at all. Whether in his previous life or this life, his studies and work have been related to aerospace, so he looks down on "King of the Skies."

This thing is garbage!
In fact, this movie shows why the so-called "film and television winter" has occurred in China – it's something they brought upon themselves.

They clearly have such a superior status and reputation, they can easily obtain all kinds of filming resources, the country also provides strong support, and it's a subject matter that a large audience wants to see...

The result was that the best ingredients, after being "carefully cooked," turned out to be a lump of food.

They even complained that the diners refused to eat.

Then he publicly criticized the audience for not understanding food.

As a result, many viewers stopped going to the cinema, feeling that watching the movie was a waste of money and time and not worth it at all.

This is what industry insiders are calling a "film and television winter".

But no matter what they shout, there are still movies with high box office and high ratings every year, and even the box office of a single movie keeps breaking records.

Then... they shouted even louder.

Phrases like "damaging the market," "draining the audience's wallets," "meaningless vanity projects," and "a pauper's carnival" were used to describe the project.

There was also someone, I don't know if they were a staff member of a certain film or a shill, who directly said: "The reason why a certain film's box office is not ideal is because the audience's limited money is concentrated on one film. This kind of artificial idolization is disgusting and a tragedy for the film industry!"

Lu Yun scoffed at such remarks in his previous life, and he felt even more strongly about them in this one.

Because he was involved in all those record-breaking high-grossing movies in this life.

Audiences aren't going to the cinemas, no one's watching the movies, the box office is low, and the ratings are low too? I don't feel that way at all.
When it comes to cooking, just practice more!
It's pointless to blame the audience when you can't make a good movie yourself.

As October arrived, Lu Yun was still steadily filming a TV series.

The main reason is that the maiden flight of the Long March 10 heavy-lift rocket he was in charge of was too successful. There were no failures, no need to reset to zero, and he, as the chief designer, did not need to personally supervise the various small checks of the reusable modules and the manufacturing of new modules. He only needed to attend the summary meetings periodically.

So despite being a key chief designer for the manned lunar landing project, he actually had more free time after completing the maiden flight of the lunar rocket.

Now, Rowoon is not only filming TV dramas, but has also begun to get involved in the early-stage research and development of the 10.6-meter diameter "Starship" rocket.

This month, Elon Musk's 9-meter diameter "Super Falcon" rocket is scheduled for its maiden flight, so his Super Falcon rocket is also getting some work done.

Of course, during this period, Rowoon's main task was still filming TV dramas.

Or perhaps it's a combination of free relaxation and dating An Fangfei.

Unlike the ancient world view of the previous "Dream Record", "Go to the Windy Place" has a modern world view. Moreover, the rural area of ​​Yunnan where the drama was filmed is a scenic spot. The theme of the TV series is the romance between the male and female leads, and the plot is relatively light and everyday. So the crew just filmed the two of them falling in love every day.

It's just like when the two of them participated in "Back to Field".

Leisurely time always passes especially quickly. After Rowoon celebrated his birthday on set, turmoil was brewing internationally.

Because of all sorts of messy problems, the leaders of many major countries are changing frequently, especially in the UK, where a prime minister who has taken the "fast-track" route has emerged this time.

It's as if the only purpose of that "lettuce" female prime minister coming to power was to send off the old queen.

She was removed from office after just over a month in power.

Just a few days after Lu Yun's birthday, the government elected a new prime minister.

Well, the prime minister certainly had a good time.

It's just like the Dragon King's son-in-law devouring his master.

Third Brother's mouth twisted into a crooked shape.

"√"

Because the newly appointed prime minister is a descendant of an Indian.

Many old-fashioned, traditional people were stunned.

Who is colonizing whom here?
While the Taiwanese people are truly facing "reverse colonization," netizens in other countries are amused.

After all, this kind of fun is hard to come by.

Lu Yun had already enjoyed himself in his previous life, and barring any unforeseen circumstances...

There shouldn't be any surprises, because the international situation isn't so easy to change, so the international situation should be similar to the previous life, which means there will be even more fun to come.

Lu Yun, however, was more concerned with Elon Musk's maiden flight of the 9-meter diameter "Super Falcon" rocket.

In the previous life, this thing exploded into a giant firework in the air less than four minutes after its maiden flight. In this life, it will take off six months earlier than before. Lu Yun wants to see how Ma Yilong will handle this.

Was the postponement to next year announced at the last minute before takeoff?
Or will it explode into a giant firework in the air like in the previous life?

If it really explodes, will the timeline be earlier or later compared to the previous life?
It's something to look forward to.

(End of this chapter)