Chapter 540: Box Office Drops
In the mainland, more than 20 films released during the May Day period began a fierce competition.

Domestic films are led by "So Young" and "Special Identity".

The newly released Hong Kong movie "Disappeared" and the movie "Baccarat Overlord" directed by Wong Jing.

The movie "The Love of Big Bad Wolf and Little Lamb" directed by Taiwanese director Hou Jiran and starring Ke Zhendong, and the domestic movie "Millionaire Detective of the Stone Age".

In addition, imported blockbusters such as "Iron Man 3" and "Provence" were released simultaneously around May Day, and the market became lively for a while.

"The youth-themed film "So Young" known by Zhao Yanzi has successfully exceeded 200 million yuan at the box office. According to this form, the film is likely to break the domestic box office record for youth-themed films."

Sina Entertainment reported the incident as soon as possible.

"Director Zhao Yanzi said frankly that 'So Young' is not afraid of competing with imported films."

Souhu Entertainment reports.

By the 30th, after five days of release, the box office of "So Young" successfully exceeded million.

Zhao Yanzi suddenly felt that she was successful again, and she made a high-profile post on Weibo, saying that "So Young" will dominate this year's May Day period, and she also belittled a wave of movies in the same period, including the two imported films.

So, what is rare for people is not success, but staying sober at all times after success.

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at the same time.

On the Canadian crew side, Liu Yifei saw the invitation from Disney, and with the encouragement of Gu Wei.

"Xixi, a little princess from the mainland is dubbing a Disney princess, and it's her own project, so what are you hesitating about?"

As a result, the young lady was fooled by Gu Wei.

She happily accepted the surprise given to her by Gu Wei, and then directly replied to the email from Disney.

Just like that, a piece of Hollywood information that traveled across the ocean was transmitted back to the mainland film and television circles, and instantly became extremely prominent on the Internet.

"According to the latest news released by Disney, the animated film Frozen 2 has confirmed that Liu Yifei will be one of the heroines and will voice Princess Elsa."

"It is reported that this animated film has received two additional investments, and the current cost has exceeded 1.5 million US dollars..."

"Disney said that Ms. Liu Yifei will dub both the English and Chinese versions of Frozen 2."

There was no need for large-scale media coverage, many actors in the circle immediately paid attention to this news.

Although there have been mainland actors who dubbed Hollywood animated films in the past, this is the first time that the cooperation partner is Disney and the film is of such a large investment in the mainland.

Unintentionally, Liu Yifei made history again.

As expected, in less than half a day, the news of Liu Yifei's collaboration with Disney topped the hot search list.

The young lady from the Canadian crew also confirmed the news on Weibo as soon as possible.

He also posted a Weibo, saying that he would go to Hollywood in the near future to participate in dubbing work.

In an instant, netizens' comments on Liu Yifei's Weibo were diverse.

"Congratulations Yifei!"

"Husband and wife team, tsk tsk!"

"Other big stars have to use all means to get into Hollywood blockbusters, but Yifei can do it easily..."

In addition to netizens, friends in the circle are also congratulating and asking questions.

Huang Xiaoming: "Congratulations to Yifei, when are you going over?"

Liu Yifei: "It is tentatively scheduled for the end of May, and the specific time depends on Disney's arrangements."

Su Chang: "Congratulations, Princess Sissi, smiling face!!"

Liu Yifei: “Hehe, smiling face!!”

"........."

When other female stars saw this, they felt envious but also a little jealous.

But what's the point of being sour? Speaking of which, Liu Yifei's cooperation with Disney this time is, from another perspective, still participating in her own project!
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At the same time, Wuershan, along with Zhao Wenzhuo, Zou Zhaolong, Jing Tian, ​​Yu Bo, Yang Junyi, and Zhang Jin, kept appearing in cinemas in major cities for roadshows.

Netizens suddenly discovered that Wu Jing, who was filming "Wolf Warrior 2" in Thailand, suddenly appeared in the roadshow team.

Magic City, New Film Association Cinema.

As soon as the film on the big screen finished, Wuershan and others were discovered by the audience in the theater.

"Wow!"

Various mobile phones and flash lights flashed, and after taking photos and signing autographs, a few people stepped onto the makeshift stage.

"Director Wu, some people say that the era of action movies in the mainland market is over. What do you want to say about this?"

The reporter from Sohu Entertainment asked the first question. The arrival of the main creators of "Special Identity" instantly filled the cinema, and the staff also filled the huge theater.

After taking the microphone, Wuershan suddenly missed Lu Yang. After all, among the directors in the company, he was the only one who had done the most in-depth research on action movies.

"In my opinion, action movies will never be outdated. It's just that the audience has gone through the "golden age" of action kung fu movies and then experienced a period of "bad kung fu movies", which has led to the fact that today's audiences are not as interested in movies of this theme as before..."

Wu Ershan, holding the microphone, spoke eloquently and expressed his thoughts clearly...

Jing Tian and others nearby kept nodding, and many audience members also echoed him.

Afterwards, Jing Tian, ​​Wu Jing, Zou Zhaolong and others answered questions from the audience.

When it was Zhao Wenzhuo's turn, a boy suddenly shouted, "We want to see real kung fu!"

Zhao Wenzhuo heard this, thought for a moment and said with a laugh: "Okay, then show us your skills!"

Fortunately, he doesn't like to be restrained by nature. Even when he came to attend the meeting, he didn't wear a suit and tie, but dressed very casually.

"Well, let's do a triple kick in the air." After saying this, Zhao Wenzhuo handed the microphone to the staff member beside him.

The triple mid-air kick action occasionally appeared in classic Hong Kong films in the past. Firstly, not many people could do it, and secondly, in order to make the kick look good, wires were basically used during the actual live shooting.

For example, in Police Story 2, Li Qiangquan played a little mute who almost crippled Cheng Long with a three-kick in the air. Li Qiangquan is one of the few people who can perform a three-kick in the air, but in that scene, wirework was still used.

If Zhao Wenzhuo could just kick it out casually on the spot and make it look good, it would be amazing.

Zhao Wenzhuo stretched his body a little, asked the people around him to make room for him on the stage, took two light steps, stood up, and then performed three consecutive kicks in the air.

"Clap clap clap!"

"Awesome!"

"Real Kung Fu. I thought actors were hanging on wires and doing routines when filming fighting scenes..."

After Zhao Wenzhuo landed, the audience burst into thunderous applause, and several female fans rushed to the stage like crazy. If the security guards hadn't stopped him quickly, Zhao Wenzhuo would have been "taken advantage of" by the crazy female fans.
Afterwards, Wu Jing and Zou Zhaolong also performed two sets of boxing on the spot.

The roadshow is still going on...

On the Internet, the video of Zhao Wenzhuo's "three consecutive mid-air kicks" and the kung fu videos of Wu Jing and Zou Zhaolong were also filmed and uploaded to the Internet, instantly triggering a huge amount of discussion among netizens.

In this age of flourishing film themes and popular special effects and stunts, the word Kung Fu has gradually faded from the public eye and is no longer the focus of mainstream attention.

No matter how beautiful the average person's footwork is, the most he can do is shout "Double Click 666" on the live streaming platform in the future, which will not attract much traffic at all.

But it is different for Zhao Wenzhuo today, because he has been paid attention to by the public and the media because of the previous "Zhao Zhen dispute".

Now that they have discovered that his leg skills are so good, a group of Kung Fu movie fans admire him while lamenting the decline of action movies.

"Zhao Wenzhuo's three consecutive mid-air kicks" topped the hot search list, triggering nostalgia among many netizens, who lamented the glory of Hong Kong action movies in the past.

The daily box office of "Special Identity" also successfully exceeded 40 million on the same day, almost catching up with Zhao Yanzi's "So Young".

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On the other hand, after five days of exceeding 100 million, the box office of "So Young" was suddenly cut in half. On the sixth day of its release, the daily box office dropped to less than 30 million.

Before the media could make a big report, Big Wang could no longer sit still.

He directly asked Li Wu, the head of Guangguang's publicity department, "Is someone deliberately discrediting our movie? Otherwise, how can we explain the box office?"

Big Wang is no pushover. Suddenly there are so many negative reviews at this time, including a sudden drop in box office. It doesn't seem normal no matter how you look at it.

Li Wu was also quite experienced, and after thinking for a moment he said directly: "This incident started with Ruan Jingtian, then involved Zhao Youting, and became a conflict between Taiwanese and mainland actors, which became more and more widespread.

Coupled with the sudden outburst of a large number of negative reviews online, it is clear that someone is behind this, and it may be more than one company.”

Hearing this, Wang Changtian fell into deep thought. This kind of inexplicable thing was the most troublesome.

Now that it has been confirmed that someone has mobilized the internet troll army, who is the biggest suspect?
The producer of "Iron Man 3" and "Provence"?

The other party is an imported blockbuster, which naturally has its own aura, so it seems that it doesn't need it.

Besides, can foreign films have such a great influence in mainland China?

Can you directly compete with light and use dirty tricks?
So in his opinion, Huayi Company should be the biggest suspect. After all, the conflict between the two parties is not small, and it has only been a few days since Guangguang supported Zhou Xingchi!
"Mr. Wang, I think Xingchen Film and Television Company is also a big suspect. After all, our movie is the biggest competition with them." Li Wu expressed his doubts.

"Gu Wei?"

After hearing what his subordinates said, Wang Changtian became unsure. Was it necessary for Gu Wei to target a movie?
Not to mention that the two parties have always maintained a good cooperative relationship. Even when the movie promotion was at its most intense, Gu Wei didn't seem to have any special reaction.

And the most important point is that Gu Wei doesn't seem to care much about the box office of "Special Circumstances".

Big Wang still had no doubt that Gu Wei would target him specifically, and then he discussed countermeasures with his subordinates.

"Continue to increase the publicity efforts, let Zhao Yanzi maintain a strong publicity force while keeping a low profile, and don't always say that it will surpass other movies and dominate the May Day schedule."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away..."

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(End of this chapter)