I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

"OK."

As Cheng Sheng spoke, he stylishly picked up Zeng Li, who had just gotten out of bed, and carried her in a princess carry.

This caught Zeng Li off guard, and she exclaimed, her face pale, "Husband, what are you doing?"

Cheng Sheng didn't answer. He carried her to the vanity mirror and then took out a fox-girl maid outfit from the wardrobe.

"Put on."

After hearing Cheng Sheng's words, Zeng Li rolled her eyes and said, "I don't know where you got this hobby from, but you seem to be getting worse and worse."

Despite saying that, Zeng Li obediently changed into a maid outfit.

When she finished dressing, Cheng Sheng was truly amazed.

She had a curvaceous figure and straight legs clad in white stockings. The only flaw was that her miniskirt was a bit long, and her fox ears drooped, making her look somewhat unreal.

"How's it going? Not bad, right?"

Zeng Li walked confidently up to Cheng Sheng and asked, her large, alluring eyes sparkling.

When Zeng Li first put on this outfit, she felt a little uncomfortable, but now that she was wearing it and had shown it to Cheng Sheng, she felt no longer embarrassed.

"Yes, it's beautiful." Cheng Sheng nodded with a smile.

"Hehe!" Zeng Li smiled smugly.

She just loved seeing the look of amazement in Cheng Sheng's eyes.

……

The next morning.

Cheng Sheng didn't go to the company today, while Zeng Li went to the company early, since the company had arranged work for her today.

After waking up, Cheng Sheng ate the breakfast Zeng Li had made and then continued writing the script.

Christmas arrived quickly.

This day also marked the premiere of "Three Kingdoms Part II".

Fans have been eagerly anticipating "Three Kingdoms Part II".

Tickets for three days in advance began selling two weeks before the film's release.

All tickets for the three-day advance sale have been sold out.

This shows just how popular the movie is.

A total of 5 million yuan worth of tickets were sold during the three-day pre-sale period.

This shocked the entire entertainment industry.

Although I knew that the pre-sale tickets for "Three Kingdoms Part II" would be very popular, I did not expect the box office to be so explosive in three days.

However, considering that "Three Kingdoms Part 1" grossed over 13 billion yuan at the domestic box office, it's easy to understand why "Three Kingdoms Part 2" sold so well in advance.

Domestic film and television companies were green with envy at this sight.

It's worth noting that when "Three Kingdoms Part 1" became a box office hit, many domestic film and television companies started to follow suit.

Within a few months, at least a hundred film and television projects related to "Three Kingdoms" were approved.

Although the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television intercepted about half of the scripts, preventing them from passing the review.

But if you count them, at least fifty film and television adaptations of "Three Kingdoms" have passed censorship.

Since filming began, more than a dozen Three Kingdoms films have been released.

Although these films made some money thanks to the success of "Three Kingdoms Part 1", none of them grossed more than 100 million.

After all, these copycat movies basically make quick money.

Not only was the film poorly made, but the plot was also drastically altered.

It's more accurate to call it a fantasy film than a historical film.

For example, "Lu Bu".

Judging from the title, you can tell that this movie is related to Lü Bu.

In the movie, Lü Bu is practically a demon god, and the director even gave him the setting of a celestial demon god descending to earth.

Then, during the Battle of Hulao Pass, he transformed into a demon god, utterly defeating the eighteen warlords. The special effects were cheap, the plot drastically altered, leaving the audience speechless.

The plot has been changed way too much.

Let's leave the demon god setting aside, it's a movie after all! Adding a little bit of setting is fine.

But we must also respect history!

In history, Lü Bu was indeed powerful, but he didn't completely defeat the eighteen warlords!

This movie practically idolizes Lü Bu.

Not only is the plot terrible, but the setting is also ridiculous, making viewers almost depressed.

On Douban, this movie received the lowest possible score and was rated as the worst movie ever.

This movie was heavily criticized online, but one thing about it was shocking.

The movie was terrible, but it still grossed a lot at the box office.

The film, which cost over a million yuan to produce, grossed over 30 million yuan at the box office in just one month.

The production company made a fortune.

This also indirectly encouraged many films to follow suit.

If such a terrible movie can achieve high box office returns, then their movies must be just as good! After all, their movies are much better than this "Lu Bu".

With these ideas in mind, movies about the Three Kingdoms period were released one after another.

Unfortunately, this disappointed these film and television companies.

At the same time, three movies related to "Three Kingdoms" were released in theaters, and the box office flopped so badly that the producers were devastated.

The highest box office was only a little over one million, while the lowest was only tens of thousands.

Everyone was stunned when they saw this.

If a movie like "Lu Bu" can gross over 30 million yuan at the box office, why do movies that are better than "Lu Bu" flop?
Everyone felt they couldn't understand it.

Does a more fantastical storyline necessarily lead to higher box office returns?

In fact, this is not difficult to understand.

The high box office success of "Lu Bu" was mainly due to its deceptive nature.

After all, the popularity of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Part 1" is still going strong, and the production company is taking advantage of this momentum to promote the two movies, "Lu Bu" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Part 1".

After "Lu Bu" was released, unsuspecting viewers were also tricked into going to the theater.

The first batch of moviegoers who saw this pile of shit were definitely not in a good mood.

But thinking about how I paid money to see a pile of crap, I still feel resentful!
They've been fooled themselves, and they'll definitely make sure no one else gets away with it.

Therefore, the first batch of viewers who finished watching "Lu Bu" did not criticize the movie from the beginning.

Rather, it means the movie is very good.

Deceived by the first group of visitors, the second group went in.

Then, realizing they had been tricked, the second group of viewers also developed a desire for revenge.

After leaving the theater, I also said online that the movie was good.

Although a few people online said the movie was a piece of crap, their numbers were far too small compared to those who wanted revenge, and those comments quickly disappeared.

One after another, these tactics tricked many viewers into going to the cinema.

By the time the truth was revealed, the movie had already grossed over 20 million.

Now that everyone knows the truth, they thought the movie's box office would plummet and no one would fall for it anymore.

But the producers pulled off a series of stunts that propelled the film's box office to over 30 million.

What kind of stunt caused the box office to increase by ten million?
The production company launched an online poll to determine the worst movie of all time.

This bizarre move left everyone baffled.

But it is precisely this that has piqued the curiosity of many people who are unaware of the truth about the film "Lu Bu." (End of Chapter)