Chapter 391: with translation of chapter title

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the results came out.

One Person Under grossed 1.53 billion yuan on its opening day, although it did not reach Little Soldier Legend's 1.79 billion yuan, it surpassed White Snake: Origin.

Besides, the film market in 2011 was different from that in 2024.

At that time, audiences were tired of 3D, and Hollywood's superhero films had little appeal to them, and they were even more resentful of excessive marketing……

In short, it was no longer easy to get audiences to spend money foolishly.

The domestic film market in 2011, however, was already in a stage of explosive growth.

Audiences' demand for moviegoing far exceeded that of the previous few years.

That is, One Person Under did not release a 3D version; otherwise, breaking 2 billion yuan on opening day would have been possible.

And the next day, a large crowd of viewers still flocked to theaters, and the IMAX version remained hard to get tickets for.

If there is any difference from the past, it is the polarized reputation.

One Person Under scored 7.8 on Douban, which can barely be considered a high score.

But many accounts gave low scores, basically all complaining about the loose story, feeling the film lacked a gripping complete story, had no overarching major villain, and all the fight scenes and conflicts were merely superficial.

As an international top director, Jiang Heng fell far below his usual standard on this film.

As for those who gave high scores, the reasons are too many.

Some thought the casting was good, some thought the special effects remained as shocking as ever.

Especially the scene where Zhang Chulan fights Zhang Lingyu, using mortal flesh to wield thunder techniques, like a god descending, it's incredibly handsome.

But what audiences talked about the most was still Bao'er Jie.

Jiang Heng's version of One Person Under's greatest success lies in creating a Feng Baobao who is both beautiful and adorably naive, with extraordinarily high combat power.

Some netizens posted that the film's strength lies in its loose story structure, with Director Jiang seemingly slowly unfolding a scroll, gradually letting audiences accept the setting of 'people with abilities'.

Even more successful is that those seemingly loose story segments each reveal some aspect of Bao'er Jie's traits.

For example, in the scene where Zhang Xilin's bones are stolen, Bao'er Jie digs a grave and buries someone, which echoes her later plot of burying someone on Longhu Shan.

The school subdues Zhang Chulan, showing her domineering side.

In battles against the Quanxing's Xia He, Lu Liang and others, she easily blocks Zhang Lingyu's killing move, storms the Tianxia Association alone, showing Bao'er Jie's astonishing combat power.

When facing Zhang Lingyu, she backs up Zhang Chulan, embodying her 'protecting the calf' aspect.

And on the way back, she has Zhang Chulan use the 'Golden Light Spell' to light her way, revealing Bao'er Jie's humorous nature.

But what moved me most was that, to keep her promise of 'punishment standing,' she did not dodge Jia Dashi's sneak attack, but bore three flying awls head-on, simply because she had promised Zhang Chulan.

To be honest, I cried at that scene; Bao'er Jie is truly great, and Director Jiang did a great job! If I had to point out a flaw in this film, I think it shouldn't be called One Person Under; it should just be named after Bao'er Jie, Feng Baobao, because she is the undeniable protagonist!

Such a film review actually received acclaim from countless viewers, who flooded the comments below in support of Feng Baobao.

Across forums and tiebas, many posts are discussions about Feng Baobao.

As for Zhang Ruoyun's portrayal of Zhang Chulan, he also has some popularity, but he is far inferior to Feng Baobao.

Inside a cinema on Chunxi Road in Chengdu.

Liu Yifei had just finished a promotional event, then was escorted by bodyguards and her assistant team onto the nanny van, appearing very exhausted. To achieve better box office results for the film, she launched promotional activities on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Because her mother had told her that one must learn to seize opportunities in life.

The Spring Festival comes every year, but the chance to play a super-popular role like Feng Baobao does not come every year.

One could even say that several years might pass without such a role appearing!

Taking advantage of the film's release, with the Feng Baobao role now popular nationwide, we must persist in promotion.

Liu Yifei is naturally hardworking and especially obedient to her mother, so she led a team out to promote on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The result was exactly as expected beforehand: the on-site fans were wildly enthusiastic, each waving their hands and shouting excitedly, 'Feng Baobao!'

Had the on-site security not been relatively sufficient, an accident might have occurred.

Inside the nanny van, Liu Yifei recalled the scene just now, feeling both proud and relieved, yet also with some lingering fear.

"Audiences, you are truly too enthusiastic, your enthusiasm is a bit frightening!"

Liu Xiaoli said: "This shows you acted well; everyone really likes you! After this wave of promotion, you will be the one and only Feng Baobao in everyone's mind. Even if someone does a drama version, there's nothing to fear!"

"Drama version?"

Liu Yifei froze for a moment; although it's common for a literary or comic work to have both film and drama adaptations, the issue is that the film of One Person Under has just been released, so soon a drama version?

Liu Xiaoli gave a cold chuckle: "Silly child, it's not about worrying over that; do I really have to accompany you around during the New Year, running all over for promotion?"

"But...!"

Liu Yifei originally wanted to say, "Even if someone else played it, what's the big deal?"

After all, there's the saying 'first impression counts'; moreover, Jiang Heng won't go shoot TV dramas, so if someone else directs, can they compare to Jiang Heng? Liu Xiaoli sighed, "The problem is, all these years you've only had this one standout role! Unlike that girl, who lands hit roles one after another! If it were just that, it would be fine, but she now wants to play Feng Baobao!"

"Ah!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei was startled; she really didn't know about this.

Jing Tian wants to play Feng Baobao; is she in such a hurry?

"You don't need to think too much; just cooperate with the film's release, do more promotion, let everyone recognize you! If possible, also invite Jiang Heng; in such occasions, he always has to praise good performances!"

"Oh, actually it's not that I acted well; it's that he directed well!"

"Ah, don't worry about those details; anyway, you've succeeded! If you later get another two or three roles like this...!"

Liu Yifei heard this and gave a wry smile; two or three? Even just this one is a rare opportunity! In the following days, Liu Yifei, with her assistant team, continued nationwide promotional activities.

Wherever she went, she attracted large numbers of fans, and the local box office for One Person Under would also see a slight increase.

It's not that Liu Yifei's promotional effect is poor; rather, the film is still in its hot run, with little room for growth.

Jiang Heng took time to attend a few promotional events, and the question fans asked him most was whether the sequel had been filmed well and when it would be released.

Jiang Heng's answer was that it was still in post-production.

The actual situation is that it has already been filmed, but during post‑editing they felt that if they forced it into a single film, much of the content would be skimmed over and Feng Baobao's personality could not be fully shown, so they decided to split it into two parts for release.

Considering the recent public opinion incident, One Person Under Part 2 naturally cannot be placed in a popular slot, nor can it be too close to Part 1; it is expected to be in May-June! (End of chapter)