Chapter 700: Big Sales on the First Day
In the atmosphere of nationwide celebration, the New Year’s Eve of 2019 passed like this.
It’s the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing.
Downstairs of a high-end residential complex in the Second Ring Road, a bright red Porsche Cayenne was parked below.
Not long after, a slim figure came out of the building, wearing a light brown woolen coat and a round lady's hat. He walked elegantly to the red Cayenne and opened the door. Door on the car.
"You're already here, why don't you go upstairs and sit for a while?" the beautiful woman who got into the passenger seat asked while fastening her seat belt.
“It’s a bit embarrassing to call you out on this Chinese New Year, leaving your family alone to take care of the children.”
There is also a beautiful woman in the driver’s seat. It’s Da Tiantian who attended the Spring Festival Gala yesterday.
She bought a ticket for the movie "The Wandering Earth" on the afternoon of the first day of junior high school, and went out to watch it with her best friend Ying'er.
“What’s the matter? I have been a little depressed after staying at home for more than a year after giving birth.
Fu Xinbo hopes that I will go out more often."
Ying'er and Jingtian have known each other very early, and they have always been very good friends.
She is a graduate of the Department of Acting in Chinese Opera. , has been in the industry for nearly 10 years, but she is less famous than the "unpopular Jingtian", and she is only a third- and fourth-tier actress.
She can barely be a heroine in a low-cost film and television drama. Slightly larger investments can only be matched by others.
In August 2017, Yinger made her relationship public with her boyfriend Fu Xinbo, and gave birth to a beautiful daughter in February of the following year. It’s been exactly one year now.
"You're going to start working again after the New Year, right?" Jingtian started the car and drove to the movie theater he had booked.
“Yes, I wasn’t famous originally. Now that I haven’t had any work for more than a year and have not been exposed, I have almost lost sight of this person.
The agency picked me up. It’s a variety show. It will be recorded next month. Let’s show off our faces first.” Ying’er nodded.
“I didn’t expect you to get married and have children so soon. Lao Fu is a nice person.”
Jing Tian also knows Ying Er’s husband Fu Xinbo. She was filming [Legend of Ban Shu] ], the other party played the second male lead in it.
"I didn't expect it myself. I can only say that it was fate and destiny.
To be honest, I didn't think my husband was so good at first. I don't know what I thought at the beginning. I got married and had children in my prime years. ."
"You got an advantage and behaved well. Laofu was so kind to you."
"It's not bad, he didn't have anything. If he treats me badly again, he would have treated me badly in the first place."
" Why do you still want to marry him?" Ying'er said with a slightly arrogant smile.
“By the way, when will the TV series you mentioned before be released?”
"March 8~" Jingtian, who was driving, replied casually.
“Women’s Day
I feel that Tiantian you will definitely be popular this time.
That’s Gu Wei, known as the “domestic entertainment dad”, who cooperates with him There are no actresses who are not popular.
After your TV series is aired, your traffic will definitely increase and you will become famous!”
Jingtian told her about the filming of "Si Teng" very early on, and Ying'er has also been paying attention to the drama "Good Girlfriends".
“I don’t care so much about whether it’s popular or not. I just hope the audience likes my work.” Jingtian said lightly.
"You are getting the advantage and being good, you only said this knowing that you will be popular~"
"How can you~"
"To be honest, you and Gu How does it feel to work with Wei in filming?" Ying'er turned her head and looked at Da Tiantian with a gossipy look on her face.
"How do you feel?"
"You're pretending to be stupid, right? That's Gu Wei, the number one in domestic entertainment!
He's handsome, has a good figure, he's a big boss, and he's much younger Jin.
Many female stars in the industry want to work with him in filming.
Didn't you mention before that you two played a couple in "Si Teng"? We have been working together for more than two months. , don’t you feel anything at all?
I don’t believe it.”
“How does it feel? It’s just filming, it’s all work.
But we are indeed very good friends.
A few days ago I posted on Weibo to help promote his new movie, and I came to see you today to watch [The Wandering Earth]." Jingtian gave a very official explanation.
She really wants to call herself Gu Wei's girlfriend, but it's not appropriate given their current relationship
"A good friend?
If you have a chance to meet Gu Wei in this condition, there will be no shop like this after passing this village.
He perfectly meets all my criteria for choosing a mate, a true prince charming. !
If I could become Gu Wei's girlfriend, I would do anything." Ying'er held her chin in her hands and looked forward.
“Wake up, stop being such a nymphomaniac, your saliva is drooling.
If you say this, you won't be afraid that your family will be jealous, since they are all mothers.
Don’t forget that when you go out to play, they are still at home looking after your daughter,” Da Tiantian reminded helplessly.
“I think about it, it’s not okay. You can be a mother too. There are idols. Song Dandan said that Zhao Zhongxiang is her idol. It is not normal for me to like Gu Wei.
In the past two years, I have watched a lot of his TV series while giving birth at home.
I am following [Do You Know] which is currently on the air every day.
Originally, I thought Minglan and Gu Tingye were a perfect match, but you are my best friend. After [Si Teng] is aired, I will change your relationship with Gu Wei! ”
“I thank you.”
The two of them walked and chatted, and soon they arrived at their destination.
Jingtian parked the car in the underground garage, and the two of them took it. I took out the mask and waited for the elevator to go upstairs.
"Actually, I don't think I need to wear a mask now. No one will be able to recognize me," Yinger said with some melancholy.
"Stop being sentimental. You are such a beautiful woman. If you don't wear a mask, you won't attract everyone's attention." You are famous and have this face." Ying'er was like a child, her mood changed from time to time, and she became happy again after Da Tiantian said a word.
The two of them took the elevator to the cinema on the top floor. As soon as they stepped out, they saw that the lobby of the cinema was packed with people.
“Wow, there are so many people coming to watch the movie today!”
“It’s the Spring Festival. In the past two years, everyone has developed the habit of watching movies during the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival holiday, There will be no shortage of people.”
In the lobby of the cinema, posters of several popular movies are displayed, with "The Wandering Earth" in the center.
Gu Wei is wearing a red protective suit and is in the middle of the poster. On the left and right are Zhao Jinmai, who is wearing the same outfit, and Wu Jing, who is wearing a white spacesuit. Wu Mengda, Li Guangjie, Meng Ziyi and others are behind the three. .
"I feel like your relationship with Gu Wei must be unusual. Otherwise, why would you come here on the first day of the new year to support his movie?" Ying'er stood in front of the huge poster of "The Wandering Earth" and looked at it. "But having said that, Gu Wei is really stylish. Even though he has shaved his head, he is still so eye-catching wearing such an ugly protective suit."
"Stop sighing, I'll get the tickets, and so will you. Don’t be idle, go buy some water and snacks”
“Oh, okay.”
In a bustling movie theater, two big stars wearing masks to redeem tickets and buy things did not attract anyone's attention.
Not long after, Jingtian and Ying'er lined up to enter the theater and sat at the back of the auditorium.
"What are you going to do after watching the movie later?" After sitting down, Ying'er took off her coat and put it on her lap.
“How about strolling around the mall and then having a meal?”
“Then it’s settled”
The theater was full of spectators, including adults, old people, and children of all ages.
Why there are so many comedies during the Spring Festival is because during this seven-day holiday, many viewers come to watch movies as families.
Comedies are suitable for all ages and are suitable for the whole family to watch.
The lights in the theater went out, and the big screen moved from far to near, from the earth in the starry sky to a beach by the sea.
"Grandpa, what is hydrogen?"
"Hydrogen is the fuel that daddy drives big rockets."
In front of a campfire, Wu Jing held his child and Wu Mengda sat on a portable picnic bench, followed by a tent and an off-road vehicle.
"Liu Qi, when one day you can see Jupiter without a telescope, dad will come back."
"Where are you going?"
< br>"Dad has a mission, the most important mission in the world!"
The child fell asleep, and Wu Jing and Wu Mengda continued to explain.
"After I leave, you will be Liu Qi's only guardian. You can directly obtain the qualification to enter the dungeon life without drawing lots. This is the only way to keep both you and Liu Qi alive."
After the two of them finished speaking, the camera transitioned and the narration sounded: At first, no one cared about this disaster. It was just a wildfire, a drought, the extinction of a species, and the disappearance of a city
Nearly 4 minutes of narration and video allow everyone to understand the background of the story of "The Wandering Earth".
The sun is rapidly expanding and aging, and will engulf the entire earth in one hundred years. In three hundred years, the solar system will no longer exist.
In response to this catastrophe, mankind has shown unprecedented unity. The coalition government decided to build 10,000 planetary engines to propel the earth out of the solar system and fly to a new home 4.2 light-years away.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the voyage, the coalition government gathered global forces and spent 30 years building the "Navigator" international space station. Facing the increasingly bad surface environment, everyone in the world draws lots to enter the underground city equipped with the planetary engine, and is qualified to survive...
This plot is very gentle, but it is Indispensable to the entire film, some shots at the beginning also set the tone for the visual effects of the entire film.
“I’ll go, it’s majestic and majestic. I’ve never seen this kind of special effects in previous domestic films.
The sun, the earth, planetary engines, the International Space Station, and digital underground cities.
As long as subsequent movies maintain this level of special effects, this movie will become a god! "
In the theater, watching the various grand and magnificent shots on the big screen, some audience members were talking quietly.
"Gu Wei hasn't appeared yet, but Wu Jing has shown his face first. Look at the poster. , that child Liu Qi was Gu Wei when he was a child.
There is nothing wrong with watching these two people’s movies”
After the background is explained and the four characters "Wandering Earth" appear, the main film officially begins.
Time flies, seventeen years later, Liu Qi has grown up, and Gu Wei has officially made his debut.
Liu Qi lost his mother when he was young and his father was far away. Liu Qi, who was raised by his grandfather, could not help but feel resentment towards his father whom he had not seen for seventeen years. With a longing for the world on earth, he took his sister with him Han Duoduo secretly left the dungeon and successfully came to the surface of the earth.
"Han Zi'ang, senior driver, the Beijing Third Transportation Commission reminds you that there are thousands of roads, safety is the first priority, driving is not standardized, and relatives will shed tears."
The ground is covered with ice and snow. In the covered world, Gu Wei took Zhao Jinmai to open his grandfather's delivery vehicle, and a beep sounded on the console.
"Haha~ This sentence will definitely become one of the golden lines of this movie," Yinger whispered while holding the popcorn bucket and eating.
King Tian beside him also nodded, always feeling that this line was a bit brainwashing.
The camera changed as the protagonist duo moved forward, the world of ice and snow, various futuristic things The audience in the theater was stunned by the heavy machinery and the huge planetary engine that sprayed flames, completely shocked by the special effects shots in the film.
In fact, the special effects of "The Wandering Earth" are not better than those of Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, and are even relatively rough in many aspects.
However, because it is a domestic science fiction movie, the audience's expectations are actually very low. In the end, they were naturally surprised when they saw the big scene that exceeded their expectations.
The two little guys were caught sneaking out of a delivery truck and were imprisoned in a detention center.
Grandpa Wu Mengda went to redeem someone, but failed to bribe and was imprisoned.
On the Navigator Space Station, Wu Jing is about to retire. As a result, the space station issues an alarm. The Earth's flight trajectory is affected by Jupiter's gravity, the probability of collision increases, and global planetary engines fail one after another.
On the ground, during the earthquake, the three protagonists escaped from the detention center. They originally wanted to go back to the underground city, but they met the rescue team led by Li Guangjie, who took Liu Qi and his party to the Hangzhou underground city to restart the planet. engine.
The group made a difficult journey. The grandfather played by Wu Mengda died due to an accident in the elevator shaft. From the character's inner monologue, the audience learned that Han Duoduo was his adopted child.
Gu Wei and Zhao Jinwei screamed hoarse and were heartbroken, and many moviegoers also had red eyes.
There is nothing "old stuff" in this revised plot. Although Liu Qi, played by Gu Wei, is rebellious, he has always respected his grandfather who raised him.
Wu Mengda's performance is undoubtedly outstanding. He vividly interprets the image of an elder who devotes himself wholeheartedly to his grandchildren. The part about sacrifice naturally earned many tears from the audience.
At this point, the movie has entered the second half.
After a short period of repair, everyone learned that the earth was about to fall into Jupiter, and in seven days, the entire earth would be destroyed.
The time left for humans may be less than a day, because as the distance from Jupiter shrinks, the atmosphere will soon be drained, and everyone will die.
When everyone was in despair, after communicating with Wu Jing who was far away in the space station, Liu Qi thought of a way to save the earth.
Go to the Sulawesi III engine to ignite the planetary engine, thereby igniting Jupiter and using the shock wave to push the earth away from Jupiter's gravity.
"Wang Lei, the shock wave of Jupiter's explosion can push the earth away from Jupiter.
Come on, let's light Jupiter!" In the wind and snow, Gu Wei, wearing a red protective suit, looked at the already distant place. shouted the captain of the rescue team who gave up.
".I'll go, it's on fire!"
"There will always be someone to stand up, why not me"
"Oh no, this is on fire!"
"Special effects In addition to the plot, I give this movie full marks. I really can’t believe that this is a science fiction film produced by Chinese people.”
“I believe that Gu Wei is not wrong. It is the best movie I have seen this year! ”
Judging from the plot, this part is actually a bit of a joke. A method that so many scientists and scholars around the world have not thought of came up with, Liu Qi, a maintenance worker.
However, the audience who has already entered the emotion will not care about this, and the subsequent plot of the movie also explains this bug.
Liu Qi’s idea is correct, but it is not enough to ignite Jupiter because the distance of the planetary engine to ignite is not enough.
So his plan doesn't actually save the Earth.
At the critical moment, Wu Jing, who was far away from the "Navigator" space station, decided to sacrifice himself, separated from the dormant cabin, and drove the space station to hit the planetary engine flames.
The space station has 300,000 tons of fuel, and the deflagration diameter can reach 5,000 kilometers. If the space station is ignited, Jupiter can be ignited!
"Son, I'm sorry, dad has to go on a mission again. This is the most important person in dad's life."
In the cockpit, Wu Jing looked at the photo of a family of three in his hand. Photos, eyes gradually moisten.
"You said that when I can see Jupiter, you will come back, you lied." On the ground, Gu Wei, wearing protective clothing, looked into the sky under the red sky, his voice trembling.
The estrangement and bad feelings between father and son have long since disappeared, and the deep affection affects every audience who watches the movie.
"Ever since I gave birth to a child, I found that my tear level is a little low." Ying'er looked at Wu Jing who was swallowed up by the flames on the big screen, and Gu Wei who screamed silently, and took out a tissue to wipe her tears.
Da Tiantian also blew her nose.
Not to mention everything in the theater, more than half of the audience were quietly wiping away tears, with the majority of them being elderly people and girls.
Jupiter was ignited and the Earth was saved.
Three years later, the brand-new Gu Wei took Zhao Jinmai to the surface and started his grandfather's transport vehicle again, but now he has become an official driver.
"Liu Qi, junior driver, the Third District Transportation Committee of Beijing reminds you that there are thousands of roads, safety is the first priority, driving is not standardized, and your loved ones will shed tears."
".This plan will continue. One hundred generations.
Although we don’t know what kind of home the new sun 4.2 light years away will bring.
But from today on, humankind’s courage and perseverance will be engraved forever. Under the starry sky.
This long journey into the universe that lasts for 2,500 years coexists with despair and hope, and is known in history as the "Wandering Earth Project"
The majestic narration ends and the subtitles roll on the big screen.
The lights in the theater also turned on, and all the audience felt like they were in another world.
After a while, someone got up and walked out.
Following the flow of people and walking outside the cinema, Ying'er held Jingtian's arm.
“.This movie is so cool. I haven’t seen such a shocking movie in a long time.
What are you doing? "
Da Tiantian took a photo of the movie ticket with her mobile phone.
"I'll post it on Weibo"
"Please, don't use such careful promotion, If you don’t know, you’d think you’re the heroine? "
" Just tell me whether it looks good or not? ”
"It looks good."
"That's great, what do you want to eat later?"
"I'm still breastfeeding, let's eat something light."
"Okay, You have the final say.”
For an excellent science fiction film, special effects are very important, but the plot cannot hold back.
The simple special effects are Transformers with exploding shells, only "Peng Peng Bang Bang" fighting and various spaceships and big robots.
If according to Hollywood standards, "The Wandering Earth" can only be regarded as a qualified science fiction film.
But in terms of the current status of domestic science fiction films, "The Wandering Earth" is a groundbreaking work and a landmark film in Chinese science fiction films.
The special effects, plot, actors' acting skills, etc. have all reached a level that was difficult to reach in previous domestic science fiction films.
The most important thing is that with "The Wandering Earth", there will be a benchmark for future domestic science fiction movies.
Just compare it with it if it works.
The first day of the Lunar New Year in 2019 is known as the first day of the "most tragic Spring Festival in history".
[The Wandering Earth] relied on the fame of Gu Wei and Wu Jing to get a box office of 354 million, far exceeding the original 200 million on the first day, ranking second in the movie box office that day.
[Crazy Alien], with its high film schedule and high publicity, has achieved a box office of 378 million, ranking first.
[Flying Life] ranked third with 285 million, and [New King of Comedy] ranked fourth with 274 million.
The remaining films such as "Integrity", "Detective Pu Songling", "Bear Bears: Primitive Era", and "Peppa Pig Celebrating the New Year" did not have a box office of over 100 million on the first day, and they were basically around 50 or 60 million.
According to Maoyan data, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the total box office of the mainland film market exceeded 1.5 billion, setting a new domestic single-day box office record!
(End of this chapter)