Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 248: One-sided Massacre
Just because you win the award doesn't mean everyone has to listen to you.

"In Time" added a lot of promotional activities on a temporary basis, but the negotiations between the crew and the actors were not smooth. They also had a lot of activities to participate in at the end of the year, and it doesn't mean that others have to cooperate with you just because you join in.

Although they tried to adjust the schedule as much as possible, in the end, only Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei were running.

Li Qiutang must be there, and Liu Yifei must unconditionally cooperate with her boyfriend in publicity.

When the two were most tired, they traveled to three cities and 3 cinemas in one day.

Fortunately, they can rest on the 30th and the first day of the new year. Li Qiutang wanted to take Liu Yifei back to Fengtian, but Liu Yifei was embarrassed to go and insisted on going back to Yanjing to spend the New Year with her mother.

The two agreed to meet in Suzhou on the third day of the Lunar New Year to continue the promotion.

After returning home, Li Qiutang wanted to know what his parents talked about with Liu Xiaoli and An Shaokang in Yanjing.

"Nothing to say, just about you two."

"I know it's about us, what did you guys say?"

"Just talk about getting married and having children. What can parents talk about when they sit together?"

"What do Yifei's parents say?"

"What else can her parents say? They said they have no objection and Yifei's opinion is what matters."

"That doesn't mean nothing was said."

"So, you have to tell Yifei as soon as possible."

"We are both in our twenties, why are we in such a hurry to get married?"

"You don't have to get married yet." The parents knew that their son was only 27 years old, and Liu Yifei was only 24. They were both busy with work, and they were still teenagers who hadn't had enough fun. How could they think about getting married? So they didn't urge them. "Get engaged first and give her a status. Otherwise, she will follow you without knowing it."

At the same time, Liu Yifei was also talking about this with her mother in Yanjing.

The woman was not in a hurry. Liu Xiaoli certainly liked Li Qiutang very much, but when faced with the Li family's suggestion to get engaged first, she did not agree for the time being. She just said that the two children should talk first. They were both still young, so there was no need to rush for one or two years.

When Liu Yifei heard the words "engagement" and "marriage" from her mother, she felt a little at a loss.

I am only 24 years old, still young, do I have to face these things?
We are in a free love relationship, and he hasn't proposed to me yet, so I won't get engaged to him.

Liu Yifei told her mother that Li Qiutang wanted to take her back to Fengtian to celebrate the New Year this year, but she did not agree.

Liu Xiaoli also disagreed with Liu Yifei going to his house right now: "Things haven't been settled yet, it's not good to go over so early."

He also told his daughter: "You have to make your own decision. After all, it's your own business."

But what ideas could Liu Yifei have on this matter?

But she really hasn't thought about getting engaged or married yet, and wants to wait two years before deciding.

Liu Yifei was fine spending the New Year at home. This year she was in Yanjing with her mother, and not many relatives or friends came to visit.

Li Qiutang is in trouble. He is like the moon surrounded by stars at home.

Since he was only at home for two days, many people invited him to dinner.

Several uncles said with certainty: "My nephew has not eaten a single meal from me all year round, so he must eat one this year."

But it didn't make sense to go to my uncle's house for dinner on the first day of the lunar New Year. After much persuasion, I convinced him that I would return home to live permanently after I was done with my busy schedule and we could visit each other one by one then.

Father Li came to his son's rescue: "Get the wine ready. There will be plenty of opportunities for a family dinner."

This year, the Li family celebrated the New Year in their newly renovated house. Mother Li complained to her son: "You promised me double happiness at the end of the year, but you didn't even bring me the happiness."

Li Qiutang smiled and said, "It's just two years later. The person is right there. She is our family, where can she go?" Li Qiutang was very disappointed with Liu Yifei.

It was not until the 30th that the crew of "In Time" suddenly released a character silhouette poster called "The Mysterious Visitor" and said on the poster: "Don't leave after watching it." Of course, the crew knew that it was talking about Jackie Chan, but the audience did not know.

Jackie Chan did not attend the premiere due to his busy work schedule.

During the Chinese New Year, Li Qiutang took a photo of her new room and sent it to Liu Yifei, saying, "I have slept on a hard bed for more than 20 years. They replaced it with a Simmons mattress just because you were coming. But you didn't come, and my mom wanted to remove my mattress, saying it was prepared for you and I was not worthy of sleeping on it."

Liu Yifei was very happy to be coaxed, but was too shy to respond.

On the morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year, Li Qiutang flew to Suzhou.

While waiting for the flight, Li Qiutang got the statistics of the first-day box office of "In Time" from China Film Corporation.

"In Time" was released in major theaters across the country at midnight on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and grossed 3370 million on the first day.

The East China and North China regions generated the most box office revenue.

"In Time" became a movie-watching sensation on the first day of the Lunar New Year!
Some cinemas even have all their theaters showing "In Time".

Watching movies during the Spring Festival has not become a habit before, but with the success of "In Time" on the first day, the Spring Festival period may be opened up as a new period.

In fact, there are other films such as "How Women Want to Be", "The Magic Couple" and "The Wedding Planner" being shown during the Spring Festival, but when the news reported the Spring Festival movie-watching craze, they only picked out the audience of "In Time" for interviews.

"I took my family to watch In Time because it was the first Golden Globe Award in my country and I was very curious."

"It's very good and exciting. This kind of lively blockbuster should be watched during the Chinese New Year."

Most viewers on the first day gave positive reviews to In Time.

After watching the news for a while, the plane took off.

After taking in 3370 million on the first day, "In Time" continued to make progress, earning a good result of 5000 million on the second day, and the film's box office also increased from 31.4% on the first day to 42.6%.

Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei went from Suzhou to Jinling, then went south to Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, and then to Hubei Province.

Wherever they went, they responded warmly to the fans' welcome and actively met and interacted with them.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, "In Time" hit a new high in revenue, reaching 7200 million, setting a new single-day box office record for Chinese-language films.

Douban.com has been slow to give a score.

However, there are not many good comments in the short reviews under the entry for "In Time".

A highly praised review criticized Li Qiutang for "singing praises almost in a flattering manner."

"Naked expression is not enough to cover up the director's inner emptiness. With such a grand setting, he only made an extreme action movie like Mission Impossible."

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, "In Time" earned another 8000 million, breaking its own record.

So far, the total box office of "In Time" in the first four days of the weekend has reached 4 million yuan!

Everyone realized that what Zhang Zhao boasted at the premiere that the film would surpass "Avatar" might come true.

Liu Ye returned to the crew on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year and met up with Li Qiutang and Liu Yifei in the mountain city. The box office revenue for that day fell back to 7600 million.

"In Time" has overwhelmed all the movies in the same period. No movie can survive a single day under the control of "In Time".

The crew of "The Happy Celebration" even complained that the cinema was unfair, not scheduling screenings for them, and even if they did, they were not in good times, after 10 p.m. and before 9 a.m.

“Almost all the prime time was given to In Time.”

There's no point in complaining. "In Time" has sold the most tickets. If the cinema doesn't schedule it, who else will it schedule?
On the same day, "In Time" scored 8.8 points on Douban, ranking first in reputation during the Spring Festival.

(End of this chapter)