Chapter 129 A story triggered by a Weibo post
The plot of "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" is very simple, it is the story of the young monk Tang and Sun Wukong joining forces to fight against the demon king.

In particular, by eliminating the magical power setting of the Monkey King in the original work, the awakening and growth of the "ordinary person" Sun Wukong is shown, and finally the setting of punishing evil and the return of the hero is established.

Although the plot of the movie is simple, the characters are portrayed vividly, coupled with the oriental martial arts design.

Especially when Sun Wukong "transformed and returned" at the end, it was really exciting. Lin Feng couldn't help but feel a little excited after watching it, and couldn't help but post a dynamic on Weibo,
"It's a rare opportunity to relax, so I recommend a good movie to everyone, "Journey to the West: Hero is Back"! There is a Monkey King in everyone's heart! Chinese animation is on the rise!"

Finally, Lin Feng picked up a movie ticket for July 7th, and then he went back to sleep because he had to fly to Greece tomorrow morning!
"A butterfly flapping its wings in South America could cause a tornado in Texas, USA!"

Lin Feng didn’t think much of this Weibo post, but he couldn’t have imagined the influence it would have. The “butterfly effect” was too obvious, especially for a top star like him.

Less than an hour after Lin Feng posted his Weibo post, it became a hot search topic.
There were two hot searches in a row: "Lin Feng watching movies" and "Lin Feng recommends the movie "Journey to the West: Hero is Back""

At this time, there were already more than 100,000 comments from fans under Lin Feng's Weibo.
"I caught a Fengfeng. I was so excited. I was the first one! The first one!"

"Fengfeng has two schedules today. He has to go abroad tomorrow. How can he still have time to watch a movie?"

"I have to drag my sisters to watch the movies my husband recommends to me. What kind of movies can my husband recommend to me?"

"I've seen the movie 'The Monkey King: Hero is Back' and it's really good. I didn't expect my idol to like it so much too. It's really fate!"

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Guided by Lin Feng's Weibo post, many fans went to the cinema because of his recommendation.
I watched the movie "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" and after watching it, I thought it was good and recommended it to other friends.
Especially the cinema where Lin Feng watched a movie before, it has almost become a check-in spot for fans. Everyone wants to get close to their idol, which makes the cinema manager very happy.

Even many fans followed Lin Feng's example and attached their movie ticket stubs after leaving comments on his Weibo, gradually forming a phenomenon of "showing off movie ticket stubs".

"A single spark can start a prairie fire!"

Driven by many fans, the movie "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" has gradually become familiar to everyone, and even became a hot search on Weibo.

When film director Tian Xiaopeng learned the news, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep because he was under too much pressure.

Since 1995, when director Tian Xiaopeng was a junior in college, a friend copied a 3D production software to him, and he began to study 3D animation production wholeheartedly.

In 1997, he participated in the production of some episodes of CCTV's domestic animated series "Journey to the West". It was at that time that he developed a passion for the Monkey King and had a bold idea: to produce a series of D animations of "Journey to the West".

However, Tian Xiaopeng did not expect how many difficulties he would have to go through and how much effort he would have to put in for this film, "The Monkey King: Hero is Back".

The whole film took 8 years to prepare and 3 years to produce. These technical things are nothing.
The key point is that during the 8-year production process of the film, due to the extreme shortage of funds, director Tian Xiaopeng even had to borrow money from his wife, parents and even his father-in-law and mother-in-law to raise funds for the filming.

Tian Xiaopeng once thought about giving up, but as the production of the film progressed, the film received support from other companies and was finally completed.

The total investment of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" is 6760 million yuan, and the box office must be at least million yuan to recover the cost.

Tian Xiaopeng's requirements are not high. As long as the movie does not lose money and he can continue to support the next movie, it will be enough. However, it is not easy to achieve this.

Even before "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" was officially released, the film had experienced small-scale previews and received good results and reputation.

But when the movie was officially released on July 7, the screening rate of "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" was the lowest among the three new movies.

The screening rate of "Tiny Times 4: The Soul's End" is 38.5%, and the screening rate of "Gardenia Blossoms" is 31.7%.

The screening rate of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" is only a pitiful 9.2%, and this is the result of a lot of work done behind the scenes by Tian Xiaopeng and producer Liu Zhijiang.

There is no way. At this time, domestic animated films are not welcomed at all. Domestic animated films are at their lowest point.

There is no real movie-watching group, and there is no hope at all. It is also labeled as "childish" and "rough".

So on the first day of its release, the box office performance of "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" was only a pitiful 1700 million.
The second and third day screening rates were also around 10%. Although there was an increase, the increase was not significant.
If this pattern continues, the final box office performance of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" will have trouble exceeding 100 million yuan, let alone 200 million yuan.

Just when Tian Xiaopeng was completely desperate, Lin Feng's Weibo post was like a stream of traffic across the night sky, completely illuminating his world.

When producer Liu Zhijiang saw it, he was so excited that he hugged Tian Xiaopeng and said, "Look at Lin Feng's Weibo post, and then look at the comments below. There are almost a million comments. This is such a strong publicity! We are saved now. Many people are actively promoting it. Journey to the West: Hero is Back is alive! It's even on the hot search list!"

As expected by producer Liu Zhijiang, on the fourth day, the screening rate of "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" suddenly increased to 14.6%.

On the fifth day, the screening rate reached 20.3%, and on the sixth day, it was 24.1%. The box office performance of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" also rose against the trend.

It has risen from 1700 million per day at the beginning to 6570 million per day, and the cumulative total box office has exceeded 2.5 million yuan.

Moreover, more and more people are actively promoting the movie "Journey to the West: Hero is Back", and even set off a crazy "tap water" effect on the Internet.
"Thanks to Lin Feng's recommendation, otherwise I would have missed this great movie. I plan to drag my boyfriend to watch it again!"

"The rise of Chinese animation is no longer just a slogan. Let me recommend a movie to you: The Monkey King: Hero is Back! It's really good!"

"This is definitely the best Chinese animated film I have ever seen. Chinese animated films are really on the rise!"

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Everyone is "recommending" this domestic animated film, and the box office of "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" is like a "snowball".
3亿、5亿、7亿、9亿、10亿，最后《西游记之大圣归来》票房成绩是11.54亿元，

It broke the box office record of "Kung Fu Panda 2" for animated films in the mainland, and also created a new Chinese animated film box office record, which was created by a domestic animated film.

This result was definitely something that Tian Xiaopeng had never dared to think about. He knew who was the biggest promoter and sent a Weibo post to Lin Feng to express his gratitude.

“Thank you Mr. Lin Feng for the recommendation, thank you all for your love, and I hope that domestic animated films will get better and better!”

In fact, even without Lin Feng, "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" would have been successful because of the "tap water effect".

It was only because of Lin Feng's Weibo post that the enthusiasm was ignited in advance, causing the box office performance of "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" to explode.

But for the audience and film and television practitioners, they don’t know all this. They are more directly feeling the huge influence and box office appeal brought by super traffic stars like Lin Feng!

However, the total box office of the previous "Journey to the West: Hero is Back" was 9.54 million yuan, and the current total box office is 11.54 billion yuan, a full million yuan more.

It seems that he really played a role in this, and Lin Feng gladly accepted the thanks.

If "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" is the biggest beneficiary of Lin Feng's Weibo post, then the direct victims are "Tiny Times 4: The Soul" and "Gardenia Blossoms".

The final box office of "Gardenia Blossoms" was only 3.2 million yuan, 0.5 million yuan less than the previous life, which made He Ling completely give up his dream of becoming a director.

However, what He Ling regrets most now is that she did not try hard to invite Lin Feng to perform in the movie. Otherwise, if the box office exceeded 1 billion yuan, it might have been hers.

The final box office of "Tiny Times 4: The Soul's End" was 3.84 million yuan, 1 million yuan less than the previous life. Guo Xiaosi would not say anything, nor did he dare to say anything.
But Yang Mi was unhappy. She called Lin Feng and scolded him, "You have no conscience. It's fine that you don't help promote my movie, but you also destroy my background. What do you think I should do?"

"Tiny Times is not your movie, why are you panicking? Then what do you mean?" Lin Feng asked directly.

"My new movie "I Am a Witness" will be released in a while. Our studio has invested in it, so you must promote it well for me." Yang Mi revealed his true colors.

"I thought it was something else. This is easy to explain."

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The story of Lin Feng's Weibo post has not yet ended. Now more and more people are slowly interpreting it to have other meanings.
"Why is Lin Feng watching a movie alone?"

"Lin Feng is watching a movie alone. Is he really watching a movie alone?"

"Are there any other people watching the movie with Lin Feng?"

“Would you watch a movie alone?”

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(End of this chapter)