Rant Show: I Angrily Criticized a Million Parents

Chapter 451 Zhou Yang's Terrifying Ambition!
Zhou Yang smiled and, along with the other main cast members, bowed deeply to the audience to express their gratitude for their support of the film.

Zhou Yang picked up the microphone and said, "On this Chinese Lunar New Year, thank you all for taking the time to watch 'A Chinese Odyssey.' Are you satisfied with the movie? Do you think it was worth it?"

"Very satisfied!"

"It was totally worth it! It was fantastic!"

"Absolutely brilliant! I give it the highest rating!"

"Brother Yang is amazing! This is the best movie I've ever seen!"

"..."

"Hehe, thank you all for your support!" Zhou Yang bowed deeply to the audience again to express his gratitude.

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At the same time, the Douban rating for the movie "A Chinese Odyssey" was also announced!
9.4 points!
"A Chinese Odyssey" has a high rating of 9.4 on Douban, which has overturned the Douban Chinese film rating record and refreshed the audience's understanding of film.

No one could have predicted this achievement before the film's release.

The celebrities and well-known film critics who attended the premiere praised it highly on social media.

"# Lao Hu: I expected it to be a comedy, but I unexpectedly discovered that it contained tragedy. It's truly amazing! Zhou Yang @Actor Zhou Yang, you are incredible, you are simply a genius!#"

"#Xu Shanzheng: Without the golden headband, how can I save you? With the golden headband on, how can I love you? Presenting the relationship between great love and small love, growth and faith in an absurd and humorous way, it's practically a textbook example in the film industry! Zhou Yang is amazing!#"

"#YiXi: I was both amused and amazed while watching it, it was absolutely brilliant! It brought me back to reality from the pride I felt after watching 'Better Days,' and I immediately became more humble! I'll continue to learn and improve! #GoForIt#"

"#Dilraba: So amazing! I want to watch it again!"

"#SparrowShiHang: Classic! It's truly a classic! Both the lines and the implied meanings are perfectly conveyed to the audience. I give it full marks!"

"..."

However, there will always be a group of people who insist on holding different opinions from the general public.

Some well-known figures and film critics have publicly expressed opinions that differ from the majority on Weibo.

"#CuteLuWhoLikesBlackPa: Wow, male chauvinism is really unpleasant! They actually accused Princess Iron Fan of being cuckolded by the Bull Demon King in 'A Chinese Odyssey,' when in fact she was pursuing true love and demonstrating her independence, which deserves our encouragement!#"

"#PG One: Sister-in-law @CuteLuWhoLikesBlackPa is absolutely right! The negative portrayal of women in 'A Chinese Odyssey' is too obvious! The jokes in the film are also too vulgar! It should be boycotted!"

"#Lulu's Brightness: My wife and brother are right. A man should be loyal, work hard to earn money, and give his wife unconditional trust and care. A philandering man like Supreme Treasure is simply scum!"

"#Film critic Rodden: What a terrible movie! The first half is full of forced humor, and the second half is just a poorly cobbled-together mess! I can only give it zero points!#"

After seeing these comments, their fans and some netizens who had long been dissatisfied with Zhou Yang and Stephen Chow immediately expressed their support.

"Finally, there are a few celebrities and critics who dare to express their true opinions. Seeing all the praise online, I almost thought it was a masterpiece."

"To be honest, this isn't the first time Stephen Chow has played the nostalgia card. This time, he's even collaborating with Zhou Yang. Does he really think the audience is stupid?"

"That's right, you even invited Ng Man-tat. Do you think you're still the golden duo from the last era? You're so outdated! I only watch high-quality foreign comedy movies!"

"Fortunately, there are a group of celebrities and critics with outstanding conscience, otherwise we would really be fooled!"

"Zhou Yang has lost his creative inspiration; now all he does is exploit nostalgia to make money!" "..."

Loss of creative inspiration?

Seeing so many people hyping up these four words, Zhou Yang smiled faintly, which really embarrassed the haters, leaving them with no reason to criticize him.

However, Zhou Yang also understood that most people act only for money.

His rapid progress over the past two years has eroded the market share of many competitors.

For example, the box office revenue of the three major domestic film and television giants, namely Huayi Pictures, Lightning Media, and Wanda Pictures, has plummeted.

Due to market limitations, the Chinese film market is only about 600 billion yuan annually.

In the past, the three major film and television groups could share about half of the market share, and each company had a market value of tens or hundreds of billions of RMB.

However, Zhou Yang's company now holds about 30% of the market share, while the market share of the other three major groups has all declined to one-tenth of its original level.

Market value plummeted!
Summer Film & Television Group is gradually emerging, but its market share continues to decline!
As the saying goes, cutting off someone's source of income is like taking their life!

The loss of hundreds of millions is unbearable; Zhou Yang seems to have struck a knife straight into someone else's family!
So people have no choice but to try to deal with you?

"Seriously, they're all confined to the domestic market, fighting amongst themselves. Is that really meaningful?" Zhou Yang thought to himself, speechless.

To be honest, Zhou Yang was quite disappointed with this situation, yet he chose to defend rather than attack. What does the Chinese market really matter? Why not broaden his horizons to the global market?
Zhou Yang has completely surpassed the vision of several major domestic companies; his only remaining rivals are Disney and Warner Bros.!
"Let's set a small goal: within three years, defeat Disney and Warner Bros.! Become the world's number one film and television group!" Zhou Yang's eyes gleamed with ambition.

What about the domestic film and television groups?
Sorry, Zhou Yang has never considered them as rivals!

Meanwhile, fueled by online hype, the box office of "A Chinese Odyssey" skyrocketed like a rocket!

Breaking 30 million in three hours!

A staggering 95 million in eight hours!

A surge of 230 million in 16 hours!
The number of new records reached 350 million in 24 hours!

Ultimately, the opening day box office for "A Chinese Odyssey" was 350 million!

This has broken the record for the highest opening day box office for a Chinese film!

Upon learning the news, Zhou Yang's friends sent him congratulatory text messages.

"Old Hu: Zhou Yang has broken records again! The box office reached 3.5 million on the first day, which is simply amazing!"

Xu Shanzheng: My God! 3.5 million! Zhou Yang, you're putting a lot of pressure on us filmmakers! But congratulations anyway, brother, you're amazing!

"Dilraba: Wow! Zhou Yang, you're amazing! The box office has broken records again. You must invite me to act in your new film next time, so I can share some of your good luck!"

"Brother Fa: Zhou Yang, congratulations! A great start to the new year, you're sure to make a fortune this year! Make a fortune! Make a fortune!"

Online, major platforms have begun to enthusiastically discuss "A Chinese Odyssey":
"Once it's terrible, twice I laugh, three times I cry, Brother Xia, you break my heart!"

"This movie is amazing! It starts with the kidnapping of Tang Sanzang, who is so talkative that Sun Wukong fools the Bull Demon King. I have to apologize to Teacher Liu for this, haha!"

(End of this chapter)