Chapter 781: The Release of

The effect Luo Mo wanted was undoubtedly achieved.

After watching the live video of "We Will Rock You," the Main Vocalist of Pan Shi Yue Dui instantly felt that the new song he was preparing, by comparison, was simply trash!

One must know that this masterpiece by Huang Hou Yue Dui is a globally renowned song, hailed as one of the most classic songs in the world.

At the same time, it was also the theme song for a certain World Cup.

It is precisely because of this that the song is also used by many sports events or sports videos.

And for such a classic work that many people still listen to today, in what year was it released?

It was released on Earth in... 1977!

It is hard to imagine that if you listen to a song from 1977 today, you wouldn't feel it is outdated in the slightest!

In that era, when many Singers and bands performed, the audience's interaction was not very strong.

But Huang Hou Yue Dui were the renowned "Kings of Live Performance"; when they participated in a certain performance in 1977, the audience was hyped the entire time.

The band's guitarist, Bu Lai En Mei, gained inspiration from this performance and wanted to create a song that everyone could participate in.

Just like that, this divine song appeared.

It must be said that this Doctor of Astrophysics, renowned astronomer, and honorary chancellor of a certain university, Bu Lai En Mei, was also extremely pioneering in terms of musical creation!

To this day, it remains one of the songs with the strongest interactivity.

The rhythmic clapping and the slogan-like chorus are so effective at stirring up the atmosphere of the entire venue.

It is precisely because of this that many amazing choruses appear in many sports events.

How could a song of this caliber be something that Pan Shi Yue Dui is qualified to contend with?

One must know that there are so many World Cup theme songs, and many of them are very excellent, but this "We Will Rock You" remains one of the songs that leaves the deepest impression on many people!

If nothing unexpected happens, this song will long remain a nightmare in the hearts of Pan Shi Yue Dui!

As for Jie Dao of "Doomsday Apostle," he must be even more speechless now.

A terrifying thought even sprouted in Jie Dao's mind.

"Actually... could it be that Luo Mo is the person most suited to write the theme song for our movie?"

His songs are full of a sense of power!

It is as if even when in a desperate situation, one can still turn the tables and launch a counterattack!

So what if it is the end of the world?

——A man must fight!

Once Jie Dao reached this thought, he immediately shook his head frantically.

He felt that he must be crazy to think this way!

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Time pushed forward another ten days, and Luo Mo embarked on the journey back to his country.

His overseas tour had come to a temporary end; whether to add subsequent stops would require further arrangements.

In the time to come, he would conscientiously participate in the promotional activities for "The Wandering Earth."

As for Hua Jiaqun, he had already completed the initial preparatory work for "Infernal Affairs."

The casting for several main characters still required Luo Mo's final approval.

For this movie, Luo Mo was definitely going to direct and star in it himself.

But he was actually still struggling—who should I play?

Throughout the entire "Infernal Affairs" series, there are too many classic characters.

So much so that even with priority to choose, he was having a hard time deciding.

With the success of "Peerless," it was naturally much easier for Luo Mo to find Hong Kong stars to film for him.

It can be said that as soon as Hua Jiaqun released the news that he was preparing a new movie, a large number of big-name Hong Kong stars came to him to inquire on the side.

Besides this, Luo Mo's return to the country this time could be said to be a return laden with reputation.

He had already run back, but his songs were still hanging on the charts in Europe and America!

Unlike those traffic stars who go abroad to inflate data and gild themselves, Luo Mo's songs were truly popular.

Many foreign Singers even publicly declared themselves to be Luo Mo's fans and expressed a desire to collaborate with him.

Once a creator demonstrates their ability in creation, they will naturally receive proactive overtures from many people, so that they can come to him to request songs later.

Every English song Luo Mo had produced so far was a hit, so they naturally felt an itch in their hearts.

If a Huaxia person can sing English songs to this extent, wouldn't it be even more popular if we sang them ourselves?

In fact, many European and American Singers had already proactively contacted Luo Mo Studio.

Among them, there was no lack of First-line Singers.

Luo Mo did not have the energy to spare for the time being, nor did he have any plans in this regard for now.

He had just returned to Shanghai, and the next day he had to go on a variety show to promote "The Wandering Earth."

The day after that was an interview-style program.

The day after that was an online live broadcast link-up with the cast to interact.

The entire schedule was packed.

Luo Mo took a look at which competitors were among the movies released in the July Shuji Dang this year.

After looking around, everyone had different types of films.

In addition to "The Wandering Earth," the Science Fiction film with the largest investment in Huaxia film history, there was also a Comedy, a Suspense, and an action film in the same period.

Then, there were two major Animation films, one aimed at children and one aimed at adults.

Because "The Wandering Earth" currently had high heat and was receiving much attention, the cinema chains gave it a large amount of screen allocation, and the screening rate was very high, reaching 37.9%!

During the Shuji Dang, being able to secure such a screening rate on the premiere day is truly terrifying.

This is also conducive to The Wandering Earth setting more records on its first day!

Over these past few days, The Wandering Earth has consistently remained on the Hot Search lists of major platforms.

Every lead actor always manages to contribute some Hot Search content that leaves people laughing and crying at the same time.

Previously, Zhou Tong topped the Hot Search with "feces and urine," making the silly netizens amused for several days.

"Now, the whole country knows that Zhou Tong's farts are very smelly!"

"Is there any diaper brand looking for Zhou Tong to be their spokesperson? He can try them on himself!"

Who would have thought that Luo Chun, who plays Han Zi'ang in the movie, would follow right behind and also reach number one on the Hot Search in a very funny way.

The reason is simple: the cast of the film crew was doing a Live Broadcast joint stream on Doule.

But who would have thought that the person most familiar with Doule would actually be Luo Chun.

He knows a great many of the dances and famous memes on Doule.

This made the silly netizens suspect for a time whether this old man with gray hair would spend all day huddled under his covers, scrolling through Doule on his phone and giggling.

After seeing the questions in the bullet comments, Luo Chun answered generously.

"Because before filming and during the filming process, I did indeed keep scrolling through videos and learning about what young people like to watch nowadays."

"Do you know why this is?" Luo Chun said with a smile.

When he said this, the lead actors, including Luo Mo, all laughed.

The reason is simple: Han Zi'ang, played by Luo Chun, although an old man in the movie, is a genuine—post-90s generation!

And he's even a '99er, damn it!

After all, the movie's story is set in a future world.

Did you think that when you watched The Wandering Earth and saw Han Zi'ang watching the "Seaweed Dance," it was just a funny joke? Or that it was an advertisement for Douyin?

Well, that certainly is part of it!

But in fact, this is also a very detailed point!

After people moved into the Underground City, many still maintained some habits from the era they belonged to.

Or, one could say, it is also a form of spiritual solace on some level.

The silly netizens hadn't thought that much yet.

They were just thinking: "Old Master Luo Chun is going to play me!?"

Since Han Zi'ang was born in '99, doesn't that mean that when we watch the movie, if our age is older than '99, we have to look for those even older people in the movie, as they are the ones who are our peers?

"Holy crap! Then I might already be dead of old age!"

"So it turns out I'm watching my grandchildren's generation save the world?"

"Laughing to death, won't I have already kicked the bucket by then?"

Up until now, the many trailers for The Wandering Earth have not revealed too much content, so everyone is still not very clear about what this movie is actually about, and they aren't even sure what year the story takes place in.

But that doesn't matter; fortunately, in a few more days, it will lift its mysterious veil!

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As previously introduced, the release date of Doomsday Apostle 2 is two days earlier than The Wandering Earth.

And today is the day Doomsday Apostle 2 is released simultaneously in many countries around the world.

Well, it is also the day for Huaxia netizens to strike again and start roasting.

"Pure trash talk, the ultimate enjoyment."

The Doomsday Apostle series, according to current plans, will be three films long.

The first installment of the series was the 19th highest-grossing film in North America that year.

Although it didn't make it into the top 100 of the Global Movie Box Office list, it still made quite a bit of money.

Jie Dao is personally more confident about the second installment.

First, two big-name movie stars have joined the cast.

Second, the production cost has also increased by an additional 20 million USD.

July is considered a golden period for the film industry in many countries.

Therefore, the competition is still quite fierce.

However, Jie Dao is very confident and feels that Doomsday Apostle 2 can break through the siege!

During this time, because of the battle of the same-named "natural" and Luo Mo's songs becoming increasingly popular, he has been feeling very stifled.

The battle of the songs is a bit like a warm-up match before the head-on collision of the movies.

But who would have thought that Luo Mo would pin him to the pillar of shame for so long in one go.

Jie Dao endured and endured, finally making it to the day of the movie's release!

He now only hopes that the first-day box office of Doomsday Apostle 2 can achieve a good result.

A good result that will make The Wandering Earth feel fearful upon seeing this number, even before it has been released!

Honestly, Jie Dao didn't even think about bullying others by using the global box office of Doomsday Apostle 2 to compare with Luo Mo's The Wandering Earth.

After all, Doomsday Apostle 2 is being released simultaneously in over twenty countries around the world.

There are still some countries and regions that will delay the release and not show the film during the same period.

Wouldn't you say that's bullying?

Jie Dao feels that even if he won like that, it would be an unearned victory.

He is thinking that it would be best if the North American box office could surpass The Wandering Earth; that way, he would win beautifully and comfortably.

As for the word-of-mouth of the movie, Jie Dao isn't worried at all.

He had specifically gone to learn about Huaxia's major films.

"The higher the investment, the more focused they are on special effects, and the greater the probability of it being a bad film—this is Huaxia cinema!"

In Huaxia, once a film keeps harping on about special effects, the probability of it being a bad film is extremely high!

At the same time, he was also very clear about some of the characteristics deep in the bones of Huaxia people.

The people of this country actually have their own backbone deep in their bones.

Therefore, they love to compare their own country's things with the most top-tier things from abroad.

Once it cannot compare, a large group of people will absolutely jump out to curse.

Besides this, there are also many people who take pride in watching European and American films and feel ashamed to praise local films.

What's more... I just look down on Huaxia's Science Fiction films!

Although I am filming a pure commercial Science Fiction film, wearing a layer of Science Fiction skin while still playing that same old game of individual heroism, I just look down on you.

On the first day of the release of Doomsday Apostle 2, many audiences around the world walked into cinemas to watch the film.

The world background of this film tells of an alien spaceship crashing onto Earth, and then some strange creatures inside escape, crazily growing and multiplying on Earth, causing the world to fall into crisis.

The end of the first film destroyed the mother body, and then a young black man successfully boarded the wreckage of this spaceship.

It's just that, in the post-credits scene, one can see that there is actually another mother body that was not destroyed, and it looks even more powerful!

Based on the train of thought from the first film, the content of the second film will definitely be different from the first.

First, humans successfully boarded the spaceship wreckage and might have gained something.

Second, one can discover in the first film's post-credits scene that there is a type of eerie creature that can actually control people!

To be honest, it doesn't count as any new trick; it's even a bit cliché.

But it doesn't matter; as long as the special effects are good enough, the Drama is exciting enough, and the scenes are cool enough, audiences in many countries around the world will buy it and will be willing to pay the ticket price.

Besides this, Jie Dao also has a relatively impressive point, which is that he is very good at filming women.

He can film women to be very sexy.

This kind of doomsday theme, the collapse of human nature, plus some sexy hotties—those who know, know.

One day passed very quickly.

The global cumulative first-day box office for Doomsday Apostle 2 reached 47 million US dollars.

Among them, the North American box office accounted for more than half.

In fact, from this, it can be seen that the Doomsday Apostle series cannot be counted as a global major IP.

After all, looking at the data, the more globally famous a major IP is, the more likely the North American box office will account for a smaller share of the final box office.

Like many Marvel films on Earth, some only have a 20% to 30% share of the North American box office.

Of course, data is only a reference; overall, one must also look at the film's content.

Some films with specific content also have very exaggerated North American box office shares; for example, Black Panther had a higher North American box office share than many Marvel films, and it was much higher!

According to the Blue Star US dollar exchange rate, the first-day global box office of Doomsday Apostle 2 is roughly equivalent to over 300 million Huaxia currency.

As everyone knows, the golden period of July and August wins on stable box office!

This box office result is already considered quite good.

What's more, there are 7 countries and regions that will not be released simultaneously with Meiguo and will be released one after another in the following days.

"In Huaxia, up until now, there hasn't been a local Science Fiction film with a box office that can break 1 billion Huaxia currency," Jie Dao said in his heart.

Even if Luo Mo's personal influence is heaven-defying, as long as the film isn't shot well enough, don't even think about breaking 2 billion!

(End of this chapter)