This director is vindictive.

Chapter 449 Thirteen years have passed; before we forget, we meet again.

Although Chen Mo didn't care much about the box office of the wedding promotional video, sometimes it was a bit pretentious, because high box office meant more people watched it, and good word-of-mouth meant the film was well made.

Therefore, he naturally hoped for a better outcome.

But that's not possible right now.

It could be released in September, but September is a less popular time slot, and the 814 Welfare Festival in August is too intense.

Therefore, the entire market subsequently began to weaken.

According to the media, the revelry was followed by desolation.

Chen Mo lay on a beach chair in the Maldives, his fingertips lightly tapping on his tablet, the screen displaying the post-production progress schedule for "Ocean Wedding." He frowned, casting his gaze towards the shimmering sea in the distance. The quiet September release window was indeed not the best choice—audiences had just experienced the AI ​​frenzy of the 814 Welfare Festival, and now, like overfed gluttons, they had no interest in any entertainment content.

"How about we just postpone it to the Christmas season?" Zhang Yuqi handed over a glass of chilled coconut juice.

"Anyway, our wedding brand has no shortage of popularity."

Zhang Yuqi's words are correct. In fact, because Chen Mo's Huayun Wedding Dress series has achieved good results in the previous installments, and is now in its fourth season, it has become a unique super IP!

"Isn't the Christmas season a bit too far off? Besides, we still have to film 'The Great Tang Dynasty in the Northern Desert' afterwards!" Chen Mo shook his head.

Chen Mo had already put the film adaptation of "The Last Transfer in the Northern Desert of the Tang Dynasty" on the agenda long ago.

Next, we will spend about two to three months completing the filming.

The release date was set long ago and will be scheduled for next year's Qingming Festival.

As for the Spring Festival season? Chen Mo hadn't even considered it. What a joke! At this moment, no one knew the power of "Ne Zha 2" better than him.

That film, which can be called the best Chinese-language film in history, may have had various controversies, such as saying that it did not deserve such box office revenue, but the box office revenue speaks for itself!
"How about we strike while the iron is hot and use AI for promotion?" As the leading lady of the film, Zhang Yuqi was naturally more concerned about the success of "Ocean Wedding" than anyone else.

Chen Mo shook his head and said, "AI has been a hot topic lately. As the saying goes, too much of a good thing can be bad. These days, people are always looking for something new and easily bored. The old adage 'one trick is enough' no longer applicable."

Chen Mo glanced at the schedule and suddenly smiled.

He tapped the calendar on his tablet: "Let's do Singles' Day! Let's give everyone a dose of nostalgia!"

Zhang Yuqi rolled her eyes immediately: "Didn't you just say that people are always fickle and that the old tricks that work all the time are no longer effective? You've used the nostalgia factor so many times!"

Chen Mo reached out and pulled the person into his arms, laughing as he said, "Hehe, that's different. When I said 'being fickle,' I meant that using the same old tricks for a short period of time is indeed not appealing. But sentimentality is different."

陈默的手指在平板电脑上划出一道弧线，调出十三年前的票房数据图表。2011年11月11日那个被红圈标记的日期格外醒目，《失恋33天》首周1.88亿的柱状图依然倔强地矗立在记忆里。

Chen Mo himself couldn't help but immerse himself in his memories.

"Love is Not Blind" was his first film in the true sense of the word in his directing career.

Back then, he was ridiculed by the entire internet for raising three fingers, but in the end, he successfully made his boast come true.

Although things have changed drastically since then, it doesn't stop Chen Mo from rekindling this sentiment.

"See that?" He poked at the still of Wang Xiaojian on the screen: "Back when we used the 'Singles' Day of the Century' gimmick to beat Hollywood blockbusters, the theater managers stared at us with wide eyes."

The more Chen Mo thought about it, the better he felt that this idea was.

Theoretically, it's quite simple: use a romantic loop spanning 13 years—from the "Singles' Day" comeback of "Love is Not Blind" in 2011 to the "Double Eleven" sentimental hit of "Ocean Wedding" in 2024—to connect the emotional memories of a generation through this journey through time.

Nostalgia never goes out of style, and besides, Chen Mo was quite confident in himself.

Moreover, "Love is Not Blind" is about heartbreak, and "Ocean Wedding" is about a wedding, so the two can be combined.

Thinking of this, Chen Mo immediately convened a promotional video conference for "Ocean Wedding". In the holographic projection, the expressions of the crowd gradually changed from confusion to amazement.

Chen Mo pulled up two data panels: the left one was the box office curve of "Love is Not Blind" in 2011, and the right one was the dissemination path of AI Love Letter this year.

"Do you remember how I used 'Singles' Day' to create hype back then?" Chen Mo swiped his finger, and a screenshot of classic comments from netizens from that year popped up on the left panel. "This group of viewers is now in the golden age of marriage and dating."

The right panel immediately displays data from a dating platform: among users aged 30-35, 68% said they had watched the movie "Love is Not Blind".

Of course, those who have seen it here may not necessarily have bought tickets to see it back then; some may have watched it online later.

But none of that matters. In fact, the target audience of "Ocean Wedding" doesn't have a specific demographic, but you have to admit that this group of netizens is the audience with the most spending power and the most willingness to spend.

at the same time.

Domestically, Chen Mo has almost disappeared since the 814 Welfare Festival celebration.

Although the world will keep turning even if someone is missing, those stock market investors who benefited from AI concept stocks during the 814 Welfare Festival really miss Chen Mo.

Therefore, the most frequent comments under Chen Mo's Weibo posts were actually from a group of stock market investors.

"Stock market guru Mo, do you know how I've been these past month? Since the 814 bonus day, all the money I made from AI concept stocks has been wiped out! Please, give me another wave! Attached: Profit and loss screenshot.JPG"

"As clever as I am, after taking advantage of that wave of benefits, I promptly deleted Tonghuashun. However, Moshen hasn't shown up for over a month, and I'm starving for him!"

"No problem. As long as Chen Mo stirs up trouble, we'll have a target. Just charge in without thinking! Chen Mo's stocks are the real deal!"

Chen Mo suddenly updated his Weibo!

[A 13-Year Promise: From "Love is Not Blind" to "Ocean Wedding"]

On November 11, 2011, many of you cried and laughed in the cinema for Huang Xiaoxian and Wang Xiaojian.

That year, our boast of "300 million" came true. That year, you posted your ticket stubs on Weibo saying, "I no longer believe in love."

On November 11, 2024, I want to find you all from back then—

1. If you still have your ticket stub for "Love is Not Blind" or can prove that you were one of the 360,000 audience members on the opening day, please send a private message to @HuayunXifuOfficialWeibo.

On November 11, 2011, you shed tears for a broken heart.
Please accept this belated wedding invitation on November 11, 2024.
36 double tickets to "Ocean Wedding" (including exclusive ticket stub replicas) are ready!

2. Do you remember who you watched "Love is Not Blind" with back then?

Thirteen years have passed, are you and your partner still together?
Thirteen years have passed. Has your story with your partner come to an end?
Thirteen years have passed. If you and your significant other are still single, perhaps you could arrange to see another movie together!
3.13 years ago, we turned heartbreak into a celebration;
Thirteen years later, I want to see if those tears have turned into wedding candy.

Share this post and show off your ticket stub/movie memories from back then, and we'll randomly select 10 people to receive a Maldives wedding experience voucher.

When Chen Mo posted the Weibo post, the internet was instantly overwhelmed by a wave of collective reminiscence.

In just three hours, #LoveIsNotBroken33DaysThirteenYearsPromise# topped the trending topics list, with related topics garnering over 20 billion views. Countless netizens dug out their old, yellowed movie ticket stubs, and the faded lettering in the photos they shared seemed to bear the wrinkles of time.

"Holy crap! I skipped class in 2011 to take my first love to see 'Love is Not Blind,' and now my kid is in elementary school! I've long lost the ticket stub, but my old, non-mainstream movie review on QQ Space is still killing me with nostalgia! #FromSchoolUniformToWeddingDress# (with screenshot from my 2011 QQ Space)"

Someone quickly replied: Same feeling! The person I watched movies with back then is now my husband, but my mom sold the ticket stub as waste paper and I'm crying my eyes out!

"In 2011, I secretly bought a seat next to mine and pretended to bump into my crush, a senior from my senior class. Today she's in the kitchen making me a hangover soup. I've kept the ticket stub hidden in the title page of 'The Little Prince' for thirteen years."

The post quickly garnered many likes and comments: "I used this trick back then, and now my ex-husband's evidence of infidelity includes movie ticket purchase records!"

"On November 11, 2011, I also secretly bought two adjacent tickets, but pretended to bump into my crush, a senior from high school. Today, I found this yellowed ticket stub and discovered that he was posting photos of his second child's one-month celebration on his WeChat Moments. It turns out that it wasn't a chance encounter back then; his girlfriend stood him up at the last minute. #13YearPromise#Should I ask for my movie ticket money back?"

"Haha, sister, you're really pitiful!"

"Back then, my first love and I squeezed into the last row to watch Huang Xiaoxian and cried our eyes out. After the show, he wiped my tears and said, 'We won't end up like that.' Last month, I was a bridesmaid at his wedding, and the tissues the bride handed me were the same brand as the ones from back then. @HuayunWeddingClothing, pick me! I'm taking my husband to the Maldives for revenge!"

—Image: Comparison of a 2011 ticket stub and a 2024 wedding invitation

More heartbreaking stories flow across the topic page—

A netizen uploaded a photo of a ticket stub carefully pieced together with transparent tape: "It was torn up when we broke up. I found my mother had secretly glued it back together when I was sorting through her belongings last year. She said, 'You always have to keep something to remember you by,' but when she passed away from lung cancer, she burned all her medical records."

An editor from a publishing house posted a copy of the novel he wrote after watching the movie: "Later, the book sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but the girl who said she would be my first reader posted her divorce certificate on her WeChat Moments last year."

"I lost the ticket stub a long time ago, but I'll always remember that night when the theater was so warm that she folded my down jacket into a pillow and put it behind her head. The jacket is still at the bottom of my closet, but no one complains about it shedding anymore. Actually, it's not just the ticket stub that's been lost!"

"I remember comforting a stranger who had cried her makeup off outside the movie theater restroom that year; now she's my wife. I just showed her this Weibo post, and she immediately booked our divorce registration for November 11th. #ChenMoIsInTheAtmosphere"

—Popular comment: "I suggest bringing your divorce certificate to the movie; show your new ticket stub for a chance to win a trip to the Maldives to remarry!"

(End of this chapter)