Chapter 574

In fact, those most concerned about this PK between sci-fi and Wu Xia were not ordinary audience members, but insiders in the Chinese entertainment industry.

Stars were paying attention, and capital within the industry was also paying attention.

They knew more than ordinary people; they knew that Xu Mingyue and Tian Guang Entertainment had always been at odds, and they also knew that both sides were secretly competing.

Of course.

Whether domestic Wu Xia films could wrestle with foreign sci-fi films was also a focus of everyone's attention.

One was Xu Mingyue's masterpiece of Wu Xia, the other was a foreign director's sci-fi blockbuster; the box office battle between the two seemed particularly interesting.

"According to common sense, there is actually no comparability here. Different genres, different investments, different director status. It's only because the director of *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate* is Xu Mingyue that this box office competition has a slight possibility of winning."

"Yeah, if any other director in our country besides them went to fight, they'd probably be dead!"

"However, I still feel that Xu Mingyue doesn't have much hope. After all, this is Wu Xia compared to sci-fi; it's too difficult. If Xu Mingyue switched to a sci-fi film, there might be some hope."

"Indeed, what kind of level is this? A Wu Xia movie with an investment of less than 50 million going to compare with someone else's sci-fi movie with an investment of 500 million?"

"What hope? Also dead! Hollywood sci-fi is unsolvable! Not to mention that our China is a sci-fi desert; China has no sci-fi! The door to sci-fi movies hasn't even been pushed open by anyone yet."

"That door is thousands of pounds heavy! I don't know if I can see a director stand up in this lifetime and push open the door to our Chinese sci-fi movies!"

"..."

Of course, many foreign insiders were also paying attention.

One reason was that Xu Mingyue's popularity on a global scale was increasing rapidly due to her achievements in the music industry, so she naturally received much more attention.

The second was that China, as the world's second-largest box office market, had always been highly regarded. Everyone wanted to see how much money *Lost on Mars* could actually rake in in China.

In fact.

Even the director of *Lost on Mars*, Max, was extremely concerned.

He was very confident about the box office in the United States; whether white or black, he had them dead to rights, precisely designing the movie plot to hit their G-spots.

But he was a bit worried about the box office in China.

If a movie wanted to impact global film history rankings, the Chinese market was very important. Its importance was only a little bit worse than the North American region, or one could even say it was on par.

The market in that country in the distant East was simply outrageously large, and people's enthusiasm for watching movies was shockingly high.

Therefore, it was extremely important!

In fact, in the past, he had also had movies enter China and achieve very good results.

At that time, there was absolutely no need to worry.

Chinese people flocked to Hollywood sci-fi movies; without much promotion, the movies would sell well in China.

So much so that a saying had been circulating in the industry: "China, people are stupid, money is plenty, come quickly!"

But now it was different.

Max felt that he had encountered a strong opponent—Xu Mingyue!

In the past, he would have smiled contemptuously: "What kind of level is this? Can a Wu Xia movie come to compete with my sci-fi blockbuster for the box office?" But now, the news coming back from China continuously told him that the level seemed to be the same!

That Chinese Wu Xia movie by Xu Mingyue could really compete with *Lost on Mars* for the box office.

It was just outrageous.

"The first-day box office must exceed it!" Max was scrolling through his phone.

The first-day box office was very important. Once the first-day box office of *Lost on Mars* exceeded *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate*, at least in future promotions, *Lost on Mars* could firmly suppress *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate*.

Sometimes, a small advantage could accumulate into the key to victory.

Imperial Capital.

Xu Youyue and Xu Mingyue got up early, combed each other's hair and applied makeup early, and in the villa, happily enjoyed the breakfast made by their pretty assistant Xia Yan.

The two sisters ate breakfast while looking at a room door in the villa respectively.

Zhu Zhu Xudan lived in one, and Sister Reba lived in the other.

After a night of tossing and turning, the two big star beauties in the industry stayed in the villa.

The villa, the beautiful women, sleeping in the same bed—the life they didn't dare to imagine in their previous lives was now truly being lived, making the young girls feel a bit dreamy, and at the same time, very busy, with sore waists and aching backs.

"Luxurious life makes people decadent," the young girls sighed to themselves.

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The reason they got up so early today was because they had to rush to the Central Station for the rehearsal of this year's program.

There was no way around it; their teacher Ye Ye Rongyu had personally named them, so they had to go.

The program was the same as previously considered—*Divine Maiden Cleaving the Pass*!

It would be broadcast in the middle of the program.

Regarding this, the young girls felt no pressure.

It was just singing opera; they had long since upgraded their opera skills to the god level.

Moreover, doing this was also good for them; they could borrow the popularity of the Spring Festival Gala in advance to do a promotion for *Genshin Impact*.

As a big gold mine, the young girls held high importance and expectations for this game.

Whether they could become a global gaming giant and have their assets quickly exceed 100 billion depended entirely on this game.

As for their box office for *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate*, em... at this moment, they were probably in a very indifferent attitude.

It would be good if the first-day box office and final box office could win against *Lost on Mars*, but it didn't matter if they couldn't.

Anyway, the quality of the movie was there, and the box office results shouldn't be bad.

Speaking of which, these days, movie box office was not only related to the number of viewers but also had a lot to do with ticket prices.

For example, the ticket price for a 3D movie was definitely higher than a 2D one.

Therefore, some people in the industry would forcibly turn movies that were not suitable for 3D into 3D, and then rake in money.

After all, 3D sounded high-class, and at the same time, it would give the audience a feeling that this movie had spent a lot of money on special effects.

But when they went to the movie, the result was completely different.

Many 3D movies actually didn't have much 3D effect; they were just for selling higher ticket prices.

The young girls didn't want to engage in such small tricks, nor did they disdain to do so.

And this became another disadvantage in the box office competition between *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate* and *Lost on Mars*, which was that the ticket price had to be lower.

"However, even so, the first-day box office definitely won't be low," the sisters thought to themselves as they held hands and went to the underground garage.

After all, *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate* had the popularity bonus from *Legend of Lady Jiang Lady Jiang Yuyan* and *The World's Number One*, which *Lost on Mars* didn't have.

Another day passed, and by early morning, the first-day box office statistics for each movie in the New Year's slot were out.