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Chapter 403 There are also differences between the main characters.
The box office results are in.

The publicity in Shenzhen was even more enthusiastic.

However, many actresses who saw the report at this moment seemed somewhat silent.

Liu Yifei and the others could understand, but they didn't expect Shu Chang to also emerge as a dark horse. With two supporting roles, she not only gained a lot of recognition in the industry, but also achieved both box office and critical success.

At the Tangren Pavilion in Hengdian, the crew of "Chinese Paladin 3" is carrying out wrap-up publicity.

Yang Mi sat in the chair, her gaze falling on the overwhelming news about "Bad Genius" on her phone. Her expression darkened slightly, revealing a complex mix of emotions and resentment.

"what happened?"

Liu Shisi glanced at it, her eyes flickered slightly, then she looked away, her expression becoming much calmer.

“It’s nothing,” Yang Mi sighed, “I just think some people are really lucky.”

She never felt such a big difference when she filmed "The Return of the Condor Heroes" with Liu Yifei. Although Liu Yifei was the female lead and she was the supporting actress back then, now she is the lead actress and Liu Yifei is the lead actress.

However, there are differences between the main characters.

What worries her even more is that even Liu Yifei's best friend, Shu Chang, who played two supporting roles in a movie, easily became a household name in the industry and gained a lot of fame.

"Is President Cai planning to use her fame to promote 'Chinese Paladin 3'?" Yang Mi looked at Liu Shisi. She still cared about this friend.

Liu Shisi shook her head: "President Cai said forget it."

After saying that, Liu Shisi suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, how long does it take you to finish filming 'Dream of the Red Chamber'? I'm thinking of traveling to Egypt this year, do you want to come along?"

"How long will my supporting role take? Anyway, it's not much of a deal, let's do it together."

Yang Mi narrowed her eyes slightly.

She couldn't stay at that lousy Rongxinda anymore. She felt like she was dispensable there, and wondered when this would end. She would switch jobs when her contract expired next year.
The first-day performance of "Bad Genius" surprised many people.

Feng Xiaogang had lost his previous intense discontent, which surprised Xu Fan.

"Didn't you go to see a movie yesterday? How was it?"

“It’s OK.”

Feng Xiaogang muttered to himself.

He paid close attention to the plot and filming. The pace was fast and very engaging, which explains why it achieved such high box office numbers on the first day, even though the star power of Wu Chen, Ning Hao, and Liu Yifei contributed to the opening day's success.

Compared to Feng Xiaogang's complex emotions, Zhang Weiping of New Pictures was practically red-eyed at that moment.

"A budget of 30 million will yield at least 300 million in box office revenue, not even including Southeast Asian and global copyright fees."

Zhang Weiping kept muttering to himself, almost calculating the profit directly, and then he couldn't help but call Jiang Zhiqiang.

"President Jiang, hasn't the copyright for 'Blood Simple' been secured yet?"

Jiang Zhiqiang said helplessly on the other end of the phone: "Copyright agents are not easy to negotiate with. They raised their prices at the last minute, and it will most likely be up to two million US dollars."

"Two million US dollars?" Zhang Weiping immediately panicked upon hearing this. "Why don't they just rob us!"

Despite grumbling under his breath, he had no choice but to get things done quickly. In the end, he gritted his teeth and said to Jiang Zhiqiang, "Mr. Jiang, a higher price is fine, just help me finalize it as soon as possible."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Weiping couldn't help but quickly find Zhang Yimou, who was working with the scriptwriting team to polish the script.

"The copyright price has gone up to two million dollars!"

Zhang Yi nodded, not too surprised. The pricing of script adaptation rights is generally controlled by copyright agents, who already know who holds the value of the adaptation rights and set their own prices accordingly.

Zhang Weiping took a deep breath. "Yi Mou, your movie can't be too artistic. It needs to be comedic and commercial. We have to make back the money!"
In this way, when casting roles are being considered, I need to have the right to offer suggestions, and it's essential that people with commercial value are involved.

Zhang Weiping muttered a bunch of things, but he hadn't read the script at all.

During the New Year's Day holiday, the popularity of "Bad Genius" continued to rise, and its box office on the 2nd even exceeded 2500 million.
There are increasingly more comments from professional film critics, experts, and audiences.

Some people have delved into the ethical and moral issues behind the film.

Discussions such as "Is cheating itself a sin?", "How should we view Xiaolin's behavior?", and "Does the movie give young people the wrong value orientation?" have become increasingly popular, even attracting professional educators to participate in the debate.

However, the comments from ordinary viewers were clearly not so serious.

"It looks great, it's exciting, I want to try it."

"Wu Chen: Dude, you dare mess with my people after I cheated on the exam? My brother Chen is tough, doesn't mince words, throw him in the dump."

"Some of the cheating scenarios looked so familiar. Upon closer inspection, sure enough, I'd used them before, hahaha."

"That's interesting. It's a pity I don't have such amazing friends. I wish I could kick my classmate right now to give him a mental boost so he can cheat for me."

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Online opinion spread rapidly, and the film's box office continued its meteoric rise.

When Wu Chen, Ning Hao, and the others were promoting the event in various places, they made a point of emphasizing this.

"Director Wu specifically emphasized at the premiere that cheating doesn't change one's life, but rather the entire person; the protagonist's ending offers us a valuable lesson."

"We want to tell the audience that shortcuts may temporarily change one's circumstances, but what truly determines one's destiny is the choice of values."

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Although it hasn't caused much controversy at the moment, it's still necessary to be on the safe side.

Moreover, the box office is growing very fast, and the box office is still over 2500 million on the third day.

It raked in nearly 7400 million yuan at the box office in just three days, with unstoppable momentum. At this point, it's hard to guarantee that some people won't be envious.

At this moment, Lu Xun's eyes lit up when he saw discussion posts such as "Does the movie give young people the wrong value orientation?"

"Wrong, absolutely wrong, it's a shame there are so few discussion threads like this."

After Lu Xun went in and made his comments, he came out satisfied.

While he didn't hate "Bad Genius" as much as he hated Wu Chen's "The Martian," it was still a production of Star Cinema, and Wu Chen was directly involved in it.
Thinking of this, he immediately called Lu Tianming.

“Dad, I think we should criticize ‘Bad Genius’. The plot of that movie generally goes against values; it’s basically encouraging people to cheat.”

Lu Tianming paused for a moment, seemingly deep in thought, before slowly saying, "Your 'Nanjing! Nanjing!' was temporarily rescheduled to January?"

"No, after discussing the schedule with President Qin, we decided to keep it unchanged," Lu Xun said, puzzled.

"What conflict does 'Bad Genius' have with you? You don't even understand the principle of striking a snake at its vital spot? What's wrong with stirring up trouble in a completely unrelated movie?"

What you should be thinking about now is how to effectively promote "Nanjing! Nanjing!" and strive to become the new director in mainland China with a film grossing over 100 million yuan, while avoiding Wu Chen's excessive attention to you.

(End of this chapter)