Chapter 1041: Contrary to Common Sense

By evening, the film reviews for several movies during the Spring Festival period had already begun to ferment online.

First is "The Wandering Earth 2." Bilibili, Zhihu, Weibo, and even Douban, which is nitpicky about domestic movies, all gave it unanimous praise.

More than one person wrote in their review that this is currently the most awesome domestic sci-fi movie, and it is not inferior to Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters at all.

If you need to find a work to represent the rise of domestic movie work, then there is no other choice besides "The Wandering Earth 2"!

Such high praise, such neat praise, even Miss Luo Quan hasn't enjoyed it.

Of course, this also has to do with the fact that the movies she filmed generally don't have particularly high investments, and there are relatively few domestic movies filmed.

If these film critics aren't internet trolls hired by "The Wandering Earth 2," then this movie might really be a masterpiece.

Looking at "Empty River Blue" directed by the National Master, the film reviews seem a bit mixed.

Those who think it looks good gave the movie 9 points, saying that the movie's plot is wonderful, full of suspense, has many reversals, and the acting of every character is top-notch, with no bathroom breaks throughout.

And the final recitation of Yue Wumu's "Man Jiang Hong" by the whole army is the biggest tear-jerker and ignition point, and the whole movie is full of crying sounds.

Most of the praise is basically the above points, old wine in a new bottle.

And the types of negative reviews are relatively many, and they are multi-faceted.

First is the male lead. His reputation wasn't good before, so this time appearing naturally made netizens use a magnifying glass to find faults.

And he indeed lived up to expectations, finishing the whole movie with his usual paralyzed acting, forming a sharp contrast with several other powerful actors.

Then there is the movie plot. Netizens feel that the movie is nonsense from beginning to end, and the so-called recitation by the whole army at the end is even more of a "reply," for the sake of sentimentality.

In addition, although the movie was promoted as a comedy and family-friendly, after actually watching it, it was found that it was not suitable for children to watch at all.

Blood, violence, and insulting women basically occupied everything, and it can't be called a comedy just by inviting a few comedians or crosstalk actors to perform.

The above are the three biggest problems, and there are many other small problems. Miss Luo Quan didn't finish reading them one by one.

Based on the evaluation and the first day's box office situation, Miss Luo Quan felt that there should be no suspense for the box office championship of this Spring Festival period, it must be "The Wandering Earth 2."

Good reputation, high quality, fans of the previous work, and the lead actor also has box office appeal. In the game, that's equivalent to a flying dragon riding on the face; how can this lose?

However, this time, her judgment made a mistake.

On the second day of the Spring Festival period, "The Wandering Earth 2," despite having a higher attendance rate, had its screening rate reduced by the cinema.

And the reduced part was all added to "Empty River Blue."

Understanding it means that a cinema can only show movies ten times a day.

Previously, it was five times for each of these two movies, but now it has become six times for "Empty River Blue" and four times for "The Wandering Earth 2."

The change in screening rate will intuitively affect the box office, so although "The Wandering Earth 2" looked like it had better results, the number of screenings was less than "Empty River Blue."

This is a very abnormal situation, but because "The Wandering Earth 2" was still the box office champion on the second day, not many people mentioned this point.

It wasn't until the third day's single-day box office was surpassed by "Empty River Blue" that it finally caused a huge uproar.

Everyone originally thought that the Spring Festival box office championship had no suspense, but it turned out that a reversal occurred on the third day, which was something all movie fans and onlookers didn't expect.

Except for the national football team's shameful defeat, there was no explosive news this Spring Festival.

Miss Luo Quan's fans had nothing to do, and every day in the livestream room, they asked her to come and chat with everyone.

However, Miss Luo Quan had been busy with Bilibili's business these two days, returning to Shanghai on the night of the first day and only finishing on the third day.

On the evening of the third day, Miss Luo Quan took a shower, sat in front of the computer with ease, and opened the livestream.

"You still know how to start a broadcast?"

"Tell me, where did you go to slack off these few days?"

"I thought you were going to slack off through the Spring Festival holiday like this."

"It's hard to get a holiday, broadcast a few more days."

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As soon as she started the broadcast, the resentful fans began to question her.

Miss Luo Quan also sighed helplessly: "I don't want to either, but Bilibili's business is so busy, everyone is waiting for me to make decisions, where is there time to do a livestream? Fortunately, the work at hand is finished, and I will definitely livestream every day from now on."

Hearing Miss Luo Quan's difficulties, the fans calmed down, and then said: "Luo Bao, Luo Bao, chat about the national football team losing 1:5 to Vietnam."

"What's there to chat about? There's no cure, wait for death, please ask someone else." Miss Luo Quan waved her hand, directly using a "Bian Que three-part" set.

Regarding the national football team, it had already been talked to death these few days.

Most people's point of view is this; the cruel status quo makes it hard for people to retain any hope.

The radical words didn't cause much skepticism, because most people thought so.

Subsequently, someone talked about the box office problem of the Spring Festival period, about the online rumors of "Empty River Blue" stealing the box office. How does Miss Luo Quan see it, or more directly, how does she view the movie "Empty River Blue"?

"First of all, the premise of my sharp review is that there is no right to speak without investigation."

Miss Luo Quan said, taking out a movie ticket from her pocket: "I guessed that everyone would ask me to comment, so I took the time to go to the cinema to watch this very controversial movie."

Seeing the movie ticket, the fans were unhappy:

"I understand the truth, but why do you have time to watch a movie? Isn't the company business too busy to get away?"

"I almost didn't react, are you lying to your brothers here?"

"Good job, Auntie Luo, not very honest."

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The questioning in the barrage made Miss Luo Quan's old face blush: "Oh, it's just that I happened to have time today, so I went to watch it. I was really working the past two days. Also, the one who called me Auntie Luo, I'll ban you for one minute directly. I'm clearly only twenty-three years old, don't call me Auntie no matter what."

After becoming the boss, Miss Luo Quan's words on Bilibili were truly followed; if she said she would ban you, she would ban you, and wouldn't wait until the next day.

Realizing that there were countless "Auntie" lackeys staring in the livestream room, the fans' wording became much more cautious.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Miss Luo Quan said sternly: "Back to the topic just now, for the movie 'Empty River Blue,' if it's a 10-point scale, I can give it seven points."

"An objective evaluation is that this is a plot movie with a tight rhythm, something to watch, but also with many flaws."

"Buying a ticket for fifty yuan to have fun is definitely not a loss, but saying it's a masterpiece is complete nonsense, just a work above the passing line."

And the ending of the movie, in my opinion, is indeed not good, a bit too let go, completely unreasonable.

Actually, Miss Luo Quan had one more thing she didn't say, which is: National Master, you are at this age, and you still film this kind of non-nutritious movie; you really have no artistic pursuit at all.

But making money, it's not shameful.

If the National Master's pursuit is to make money, then it's understandable.

But considering that he is an old senior in the industry after all, Miss Luo Quan still saved some face and didn't spray it open.

But even so, the fans felt her negation of "Empty River Blue" from Miss Luo Quan, but the tone was relatively tactful.

"To be reasonable, I think Luo Bao has already been merciful."

"After all, it's the National Master director, five hundred million investment, don't look at the monk's face, look at the Buddha's face."

"Currently, it seems that Luo Bao is the only authoritative person whose point of view is different from theirs."

"Authoritative person? Who can be more authoritative than an Oscar Best Director?"

"With this sentence from Luo Bao, I know which movie to watch during the Spring Festival."

"It must be 'The Wandering Earth 2'."

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The fans were discussing it, and Miss Luo Quan saw the barrage of "five hundred million investment" floating by, and then immediately widened her eyes: "What did you say, this movie has a five hundred million investment?!"

"Yes, you don't know?" The barrage asked back in unison.

"To be reasonable, with a five hundred million investment, I can at least film three such movies."

Miss Luo Quan laughed: "It's too outrageous, this zero-special-effects movie also needs to invest five hundred million? And I didn't see many extras."

"Maybe most of it was used for promotion."

"Is this something that can be said?"

"The above are all the streamer's remarks, not related to the fans."

"That's right, my Luo Bao is responsible for this upcoming rhythm."

"Haha, you guys just give Luo Bao trouble, be careful of really attracting a lawsuit."

"The 'Empty River Blue' crew shouldn't be so stingy, and the costumes and props of this movie really don't look like they invested five hundred million."

"Talk, we will accompany you to the end; sue, I will be the first to run."

"This is probably the legendary fan causing trouble, and the main person taking the blame."

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Facts have proved that sometimes saying the wrong word can easily cause a big storm.

And the self-media that had been waiting for several days finally waited for big news.

"Miss Luo Quan's sharp review of 'Empty River Blue'" reached the top of the trending list, and the popularity was even higher than "Empty River Blue" becoming the box office champion on the third day of the Lunar New Year, which is quite funny to say.

In the past, Miss Luo Quan was passively taking the battle, but this time it was her actively provoking others. Although she didn't say anything excessive, it did sound very uncomfortable to the official "Empty River Blue."

Especially after being added fuel and vinegar by a bunch of self-media marketing accounts.

Originally, there were no dirty words in her evaluation, but the self-media "intimately" helped her fill them in:

"Old Mouzi is at this age and still filming this kind of movie, is there any pursuit?"

"Five hundred million to film this kind of thing? For the same price, I can film three!"

"I can give this movie seven points, but the full score is one hundred."

"Miss Luo Quan's evaluation of 'Empty River Blue' is just for fun."

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Taking things out of context is a compulsory course for new media people in the internet age.

Most of the above remarks were said by Miss Luo Quan.

But after being taken out of context and added fuel and vinegar, the meaning expressed was completely different.

Originally, Miss Luo Quan's meaning was objective and gentle, but after being messed up by these people, it seemed as if she had directly opened fire on the National Master.

There was no grudge between the two sides, even if it was a bad movie, she didn't need to do this at all.

Moreover, although "Empty River Blue" has many flaws, it really can't be called a bad movie.

At least it is much better than most movies last year.

It can only be said that these self-media on Weibo are really too unscrupulous, fearing that the world will not be chaotic for the sake of popularity.

Under the carnival-like reports of these people, Miss Luo Quan helplessly became the target of public criticism.

Of course, she is not innocent either; if she hadn't made this sharp review, there wouldn't be these things.

But she doesn't regret it either, because she just expressed her feelings, and she will resort to the law if she is taken out of context.

As for these netizens misled by media people, Miss Luo Quan also responded for the first time:

"I am responsible for my remarks in the livestream, but specifically what I said, I will attach specific clips under the article. Those title parties that take things out of context are basically fake, please distinguish carefully."

If the people on the internet were rational and friendly, this statement could naturally resolve all misunderstandings.

But on the contrary, netizens are blind and easily incited.

After seeing those fake titles, the fans of various actors in the movie began to attack Miss Luo Quan.

Some said she didn't respect her seniors and was arrogant.

Some said she was talking nonsense and bragging without drafting.

In short, it was extremely angry.

And Miss Luo Quan's fans were naturally not to be outdone and launched a counterattack.

Because their idol's works were solid enough and they had won enough awards, the fans had enough confidence to refute.

Originally, it seemed to be the losing side, but gradually occupied the upper hand.

But soon, trolls grabbed this sentence of Miss Luo Quan to attack:

"Five hundred million to film three 'Empty River Blue,' if this isn't talking nonsense, what is it?"

In current movies, investing hundreds of millions is a very common thing.

It is normal to invest five hundred million in one movie, and it is also normal to film three movies, but to ensure quality, it is very difficult.

These people simply don't believe Miss Luo Quan can do what she said.

And facing the skepticism of so many people, Miss Luo Quan's mouth was still very hard: "It is indeed possible to film three."

"I don't believe it, unless you film one for us to see, if you can't film it, then apologize!"

"If you really film it, we will apologize to you."

"That's right, since you said you can film it, then film it and slap our faces!"

"Who can't brag?"

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Originally it was a duel between Miss Luo Quan and the trolls, but Miss Luo Quan suddenly discovered that there were quite a few familiar nicknames among these comments helping the trolls to wave the flag.

These are her own fans!

Miss Luo Quan was a bit confused, how did it become like this?

However, she had already been put on the rack by public opinion. If she didn't agree, she would probably be labeled as a big talker who speaks without thinking.

So Miss Luo Quan posted another dynamic: "Okay then, I'll film it for you to see. The movie will meet everyone soon. Suspense, plot, no special effects, okay?"

Now, it was the trolls' turn to be surprised.

Originally they wanted to force Miss Luo Quan to bow her head and admit her mistake, but they didn't expect her to be serious. But the problem is, can five hundred million really film three movies above the standard? ===== CHAPTER 1042 =====

Now, it was the turn of the haters to be surprised.

Originally, they wanted to force Miss Luo Quan to bow her head and admit her mistake, but they didn't expect her to actually be serious. But the problem is, can one really make three above-average movies with 500 million?