Chapter 789: 《The Wandering Earth Fortress》

Huo Yuan's film review naturally caused a sensation across the entire internet.

As one of the very few people at the absolute pinnacle of the Huaxia literary scene, it would be difficult for him not to attract attention.

Overall, this film review did not contain much in the way of spoilers regarding the plot.

But it "spoiled" the core of the film, and "spoiled" the scale of the film.

Or rather, this isn't called a spoiler, but a clarification!

Many audience members who hadn't yet gone to the cinema to watch the film were a bit stunned after reading the review.

"Is the scale really that grand?"

"When I saw the words 【People Long Live】 at the very end, I don't know why, but I got goosebumps!"

"I feel like this film is very special!"

Yes, in the past, when everyone read film reviews for Science Fiction films, the main content was mostly about whether the special effects were done well, whether the scenes were grand enough, and whether it conformed to scientific principles, etc.

Everyone had never seen a Science Fiction film review that actually touched upon these aspects.

This was just absurd!

Before reading the review, everyone had originally thought that this happy little old man would say some very funny things.

For example, being scared by the 3D special effects, or "torturing" Cao Tong who was sitting next to him in the cinema.

It could be seen that Huo Yuan was truly deeply moved after watching the film.

Moreover, he also indicated in the comments section that after the film finished its theatrical run, he would write another film review related to the plot; he wasn't writing it now for fear of causing unnecessary spoilers.

As for some audience members who had already watched The Wandering Earth, they were deeply moved after reading Huo Yuan's review.

"There were some places I hadn't noticed, but after Teacher Huo put it that way, I suddenly understood!"

"This film is truly realistic!"

"There were some plot points I originally felt were a pity and didn't quite understand, but after reading Teacher Huo's review, I understand why it was designed that way."

Honestly, Luo Mo was very happy after seeing Huo Yuan's review.

The reason was simple; he was very clear about what kind of negative remarks would appear after The Wandering Earth was released.

"A few Huaxia brats who don't know anything inexplicably become saviors."

"Laughable, it's still that Hollywood routine; Hollywood is a few Meiguo people saving the world, we just copy it directly and it becomes a few Huaxia people saving the world."

"It feels so easy; the protagonists are all so ordinary and plain, and they can save the world? Truly laughable!"

This film clearly isn't content like that, but so what?

Plenty of people will still shout and curse like that online.

On Earth, Luo Mo had seen too much of this kind of abuse.

It was clear that this film wasn't about a few little Huaxia protagonists saving the world, yet they insisted on saying so.

What's even more magical is that they can accept Meiguo people saving the world in Meiguo blockbusters...

Of course, for similar insults, Wolf Warrior 2 bore the brunt of it, to the point that Wu Jing later publicly said that famous line: "Isn't it cheap?"

With Huo Yuan's review, things were much better.

It was like having a class representative for literature.

No, he was even the kind of figure who provides the standard answer.

With Huo Yuan taking the lead, many Film Critics immediately followed suit.

Some film reviews would certainly involve spoilers, while others learned from Huo Yuan and only discussed the internal essence.

"Huaxia's Science Fiction has its own scale and tolerance; this is my biggest takeaway after watching this film."

"I recalled the Hollywood blockbusters I watched in the past; the whole world speaks English, everyone communicates in English in the films, to the point that when a few lines of Chinese suddenly appeared, Huaxia audiences would have a very magical feeling—that they were being pandered to!"

"But in reality? Would Huaxia people in Huaxia only communicate in English?"

"In Hollywood films, the cultures and elements of other countries are very likely just—embellishments!"

"This is a form of cultural Output, a very powerful mode of Output."

"But Huaxia has always been a very tolerant country, and it respects the diversity of culture."

"In this The Wandering Earth, every country speaks its own native language, and they rely on simultaneous interpretation; I think that is particularly great!"

"At the same time, I really like the Saturated Rescue in the film, and I also really like the prominent spirit of collectivism!"

"There are no gods!"

"There is no God!"

"There are no super-powered heroes!"

"There is only humanity saving humanity!"

Many audience members only walked into the cinema after reading some film reviews.

Then, in the process of watching, they gradually understood what the film reviews were talking about.

They saw Gangzi sacrifice his life to save Han Zi'ang, and then Han Zi'ang actually died immediately after.

They saw that the Hangzhou Underground City was not saved.

They saw that the Israeli scientist thought of the idea 7 hours earlier than the protagonist.

Without the help of rescue teams from other countries, the Sulawesi Engine could not have been ignited.

They also saw that after the Sulawesi Engine was ignited by the protagonist group, there were actually two other engines being ignited by others, negating the uniqueness of the protagonist group!

Even on the space station side, it wasn't just Liu Peiqiang putting up a fight; when he and Lao Ma went out of the cabin, Lao Ma said it seemed like there were others resisting the hibernation.

Besides that, Liu Peiqiang didn't display god-like powers as if using a cheat; the battle-hardened Lao Ma helped him far, far too much.

I really love this feeling; in the face of disaster, it is not one country leading everything, but—the great unity of the people of the world!

With the hit screening of The Wandering Earth, many old news stories were also dug up again.

That was how everyone launched rescue efforts when Huaxia encountered natural disasters in the past.

Someone recalled the mountain fires from a while back.

In the dark of night, on one side were the raging, Burning flames.

On the other side were the lights from the rescuers.

The light of the mountain fire converged into a long line, like a fire snake in the night.

The rescuers' lights also converged into a long line, as if using our flesh and blood to form a Changcheng to resist the mountain fire!

Everyone saw in the video that someone was recruiting volunteers, and now almost everyone raised their hands.

In the video, someone shouted in the Sichuan dialect: "I am a Party member!"

"I have served in the military!"

"I have participated in disaster relief!"

What to do if vehicles cannot go up the mountain to deliver supplies?

A large number of people rode motorcycles, going up the mountain multiple times to transport supplies!

The mountain roads were rugged, and many places were still very steep.

In the video, someone's motorcycle fell over directly, and then they climbed up and continued up the mountain.

Surrounding cities came to support at the first opportunity.

This is a country with terrifying mobilization capabilities.

It is precisely because of this that we can naturally film the plot of "Saturated Rescue" in movies.

Simply because we have the basis for it.

Every natural disaster is powerful proof!

This is the true source of confidence for "The Wandering Earth".

In our reality, there is plenty of stuff that you might not even dare to film in your movies!

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No one expected that "The Wandering Earth" would explode in popularity so quickly.

And it was a massive explosion in every aspect!

For a Science Fiction movie, a first-day box office of 276 million is already terrifying, but it actually kept rising on the second day, and it was a surge!

After midnight, the single-day box office data for the second day of release was freshly released, reaching as high as 347 million!

That is to say, a domestic Science Fiction movie actually broke 600 million in cumulative box office in just two days!

As for "Star Warrior 6", which Jeffrey had high hopes for, the single-day box office did not rise but fell, with only over 90 million on the second day.

Looking at the box office data, the national box office of "The Wandering Earth" on the second day was already higher than the global box office of "Doomsday Apostle 2" on its second day of release!

This is a very scary number.

A number that everyone previously dared not even imagine.

Before "The Wandering Earth" appeared, no one thought that Huaxia's Science Fiction movies could achieve such a terrifying box office!

Upon seeing this box office data, Jeffrey was a bit dazed.

This is crazy, this is absolutely crazy!

Luo Mo once again created a box office miracle.

From the current situation, it is definitely not difficult for the final box office of this movie to break 5 billion.

This is a number that "Doomsday Apostle 2" cannot reach.

As commercial Science Fiction films, if one is crushed by the other in box office, then saying anything more is useless.

Jeffrey could already foresee how the media would report it tomorrow.

The most infuriating thing is that he knows very well that if it weren't for the previous dispute over the name "natural", there wouldn't have been the subsequent series of events.

Luo Mo came to Meiguo to hold a concert and openly fired at the "Doomsday Apostle" series, bringing the conflict into the open.

If not for his maneuver, the Meiguo media certainly would not have reported with great fanfare that the "Doomsday Apostle" series contained sensitive content and was being boycotted by Huaxia.

And no one would have paid attention to the box office results of these two movies to conduct a remote showdown.

Of course, it is also because Jie Dao himself couldn't hold back, repeatedly emphasizing that Huaxia cannot make blockbuster Science Fiction films and that the Huaxia people themselves do not watch their own Science Fiction films.

Now it's fine; Luo Mo, far away in Huaxia, crossed mountains and seas to give you a big slap in the face remotely.

So what if you have a global release?

My domestic release alone is enough!

As time passed, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" appeared very stable.

From the third to the seventh day of release, the box office was also over 300 million each day.

By the eighth day of release, the box office finally fell to 290 million.

Wow, the drop is quite obvious!

By the time this movie had been released for ten full days, the cumulative total box office had already reached a staggering 3.2 billion!

Never mind breaking the box office record for domestic Science Fiction films; it was only 400 million away from the box office record for imported Science Fiction films.

That is to say, in two more days, on the Huaxia movie box office chart, the top of the Science Fiction category would no longer be a Hollywood blockbuster.

It would be our own domestic Science Fiction blockbuster—"The Wandering Earth"!

The better its box office performance, the more swollen Jeffrey's face became from being slapped.

Yet, there was no one willing to speak up for him.

Filmmakers in Hollywood, seeing "The Wandering Earth" being so fierce, fell into deep thought one after another.

They once again realized just how terrifying the Huaxia film market really is!

This market is too vast.

The box office it can provide is simply terrifying.

Some people are already considering how to change their tactics to suck up to the Huaxia film market and suck up to the Huaxia film audience.

Whether your films are released in Huaxia or not, and whether that is a loss for the Huaxia audience, is really hard to say.

However, if your films are not released in Huaxia, it is definitely your loss.

So, weigh it for yourselves.

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Time pushed forward another five days, and the box office for The Wandering Earth remained above 200 million per day.

Media outlets of all special natures have one after another stepped in to praise it and promote it.

This is a milestone Science Fiction film.

Its significance actually goes beyond the film itself.

It can play a positive role in the future development of the entire industry.

Of course, this also depends on whether the peers... are up to the task.

In Shencheng, President Wang of Pineapple, Wang Shisong, is in a stage of being full of drive.

It is laughable to say, but this man who once thought about banning Luo Mo has now gradually turned into—a follower of Luo Mo.

Today's Pineapple is far from as glorious as it was a few years ago.

The music market has been encroached upon, and in terms of web dramas, they have also been beaten down by Luo Mo; a lot of money was invested, only to end up losing it all.

Wang Shisong now really needs a project to take off; otherwise, Pineapple, which is already at the end of its rope, might really just go cold.

Fortunately, the explosive popularity of The Wandering Earth allowed President Wang to see hope.

"Does that film we shot, Shanghai Fortress, also have a chance?" he thought to himself.

These past few days, it could be said that there have been all kinds of meetings inside Pineapple.

The content of the meetings was just one thing: putting The Wandering Earth and Shanghai Fortress together for comparison, and analyzing everyone's strengths and weaknesses.

Looking at the special effects, The Wandering Earth is truly Ox!

But our Shanghai Fortress—is not bad!

Looking at the Actors, The Wandering Earth has traffic where it needs traffic, and acting skills where it needs acting skills.

But our Shanghai Fortress has traffic where it needs traffic, and traffic where it needs acting skills!

Occupying half, not bad!

Looking at the Drama, looking at the character emotions, we also each have our own advantages.

The Wandering Earth has family affection.

But our Shanghai Fortress has emotional scenes, we have romance!

Hehe, it's a tie!

You have responsibility where you need responsibility, collectivism where you need collectivism, vision where you need vision, and...

But it doesn't matter.

We have romance where we need responsibility, romance where we need collectivism, romance where we need vision, and...

Having romance is enough; this is the wealth code!

At the very beginning, Pineapple's investment in this Shanghai Fortress was actually just putting a Science Fiction skin on the film.

Doing Science Fiction has no future; Romance is eternal and will always have a market.

The Love Films on the market are all the same; we must be brave enough to innovate, change the story background, and turn it from the real world into something with a bit of Science Fiction color!

We must give people a kind of eye-catching romance!

What a luxurious romance; other people's films just set off some fireworks or something when kissing, but we are making out amidst grand special effects.

Too charming!

Initially, the promotional plan set by Pineapple didn't intend to lean toward Science Fiction at all; it was purely promoted with Romance as the theme.

However, their thinking has changed now.

Good heavens, it turns out that the people of this country love watching big Science Fiction films so much now!

It seems it is time!

It is time to carve out a bloody path for Science Fiction Love Films!

These days, in the entire entertainment industry, too many people are following behind Luo Mo's butt to drink soup.

He eats meat, you drink soup, and you are still drinking it happily.

I, Wang Shisong, am irreconcilable with Luo Mo!

I firmly refuse to drink the soup he leaves behind.

I want to brew my own! I want to add ingredients to it!

President Wang has already prepared himself mentally to eat until he is stuffed; he feels that in the current market environment, Shanghai Fortress, which has incorporated elements of Romance, will definitely not have a bad box office.

This film will definitely be able to bring this company, which is no longer wealthy, back to life!

Spend! Spend the promotion budget for me! Add another 50 million in promotional funds!

You bunch of good-for-nothings just go ahead and follow the trend; watch my Science Fiction Love Film rise strongly and give everyone a textbook version of doomsday romance!

Shanghai Fortress, scheduled for August, taking the baton from The Wandering Earth!

What? Everyone says you, Luo Mo, opened the door to Huaxia Science Fiction?

Fine, then I will enter the door and open a window named Romance!

—To let the sour stench of love blow in.

(End of this chapter)