Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 255 Celebration Party

The first-day performance of "The Beauty Inside" was pretty good. It was released on Friday and earned more than 1300 million yuan. The average daily revenue during the Qingming Festival holiday reached 1500 million yuan, and the revenue in four days was 5800 million yuan.

But Li Qiutang told Liu Yifei and Xue Xiaolu in advance that "The Beauty Inside" can basically be regarded as a movie for Liu Yifei's fans.

Romance films certainly have a huge audience among passers-by, but the April schedule is too cold. Movies like "The Beauty Inside" and Liu Yifei, who has not yet gained appeal, are not enough to attract passers-by.

It was a pleasant surprise to earn 5800 million on the first day including the holiday. We made a profit in just four days. What's wrong with that?

It can also be considered that the popularity of "In Time" is still there, and the audience is looking forward to Liu Yifei's new film and is willing to buy tickets.

Fan-oriented movie is a neutral term. Superhero movies are fan-oriented movies. If a fan-oriented movie is well-made and worthy of the fans and passers-by, it will still sell well.

"The Beauty Inside" is a good fan-oriented movie. Although it was criticized by netizens for "showing Liu Yifei's beauty in all aspects and having her fall in love with various handsome guys to satisfy her fantasy", the movie is still very well made.

Whether fans or ordinary passers-by, they all think this movie is good. Douban, which is so harsh on Liu Yifei, gave this movie a score of 7.5.

"This movie doesn't have much substance, and Liu Yifei doesn't show very great acting skills in it, but she's too beautiful and too suitable for romance films." Samsung.

"I bought the ticket just to watch this kind of romantic movie, with handsome guys and beautiful girls in love, and Liu Yifei didn't let me get distracted." Samsung

"If it's Liu Yifei, I can understand why so many handsome guys are dating her." Four stars.

"The Beauty Inside" also encountered the problems that all fan-favorite movies face. After the initial stage, the box office fell sharply.

After the holiday, the number of new users of "The Beauty Inside" dropped by 2/3. On the first working day after the holiday, the revenue of "The Beauty Inside" was only over 400 million.

But this result has already satisfied the producers Qiu Tian and Guang Xian.

The filming cost of "The Beauty Inside" was 1500 million yuan, with a total cost of just over 2000 million yuan. It paid back its investment in less than a week after its release. What else do you want?
But in the eyes of some black fans, Liu Yifei has failed.

The previous film made over 6 million, but the new film barely made 6000 million. How could this not be a flop?
"The market has proven that Liu Yifei can't carry the box office. The Beauty Inside is the main character of Liu Yifei, but the box office is only over 6000 million, and it's difficult to even break million."

"Qiu Tian and Guang Xian brought in so many handsome guys to play with her, even Wu Yanzu was invited. This result doesn't live up to this lineup. Liu Yifei wants to take advantage of the popularity of In Time to reach a higher level, but I'm afraid it's wishful thinking."

But investors in the industry are a group of very realistic people. The investment return rate of "The Beauty Inside" is right in front of them, and they are not blind to it.

In the eyes of investors, this is the kind of actor that should be invested in!
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Let’s take a look back to when “In Time” was first released.

"In Time" is easier to understand than "Let the Bullets Fly". "Let the Bullets Fly" requires the audience to guess a lot, while all the expressions of "In Time" are on the surface.

In the first week of the movie's release, some fans posted long articles analyzing the ideological expression of "In Time", and some even played the film to explain Li Qiutang's ingenuity in audio-visual language.

It talks about how Li Qiutang uses upper and lower spaces to narrate stories, how Li Qiutang uses lines to divide the picture to express the differences between characters, and how Li Qiutang uses lighting to express the characters' states.

"Please note that when Liu Ye and Zhang Guoli were sitting opposite each other for negotiation, there was a long line on the table that separated the two of them spatially. Except when they entered the meeting room, the director gave them a medium shot of the two of them in the same frame. During the entire negotiation process, the director did not let the two of them appear in the same frame. This was Li Qiutang's way of showing that the two of them were clearly divided into different classes and could not reach an agreement on the matter."

This kind of film interpretation has a certain threshold, and the audience prefers the interpretation of the story itself.

"The good thing about this film is that it's direct. Yang Peng works in a factory and goes to his manager because his salary is too low. The manager played by Wang Xun says: 'That's all I have. The thing that is most in demand in this world is people. If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will.' This is so realistic. I've heard the exact same thing before."

"Both Jiang Wen and Li Qiutang made their protagonists resemble great men. They were surprisingly obscure in this regard. I believe that those who have watched Let the Bullets Fly and In Time know what I am talking about. The two directors also handled the ending in a consistent way. Zhang Mazi's brothers left him, and he left alone on a horse. In his old age, Yang Peng stood in a trance in front of the graves of his former comrades and relatives, and finally turned around and went down the mountain alone. This is very similar to his experience. His comrades and relatives also left him one by one, and he was left alone in the end.

"Zhang Mazi rode his horse to chase the train, and he would continue to fight; in his later years, Yang Peng went down the mountain alone, and he returned to the people." Both directors left a mystery, is Huang Silang dead? Is Lan Xin dead? "

There are many more interpretations like this.

But like Jiang Wen, Li Qiutang has not made any judgment on these interpretations from the time the film was released to now when it is almost off the shelves.

Li Qiutang is paranoid and believes that no matter whether it is a director, an actor or a writer, they cannot provide additional explanations for their work.

You can't tell the audience that the way I shot it here expresses something, or the way I wrote it here is to reflect something.

This should not be explained by the creators.

To put it another way, allowing the audience to interpret the work is also conducive to the dissemination of the work.

But these problems broke out at today's celebration party for "In Time".

After a postponement, "In Time" was released for 63 days and closed with a box office of 6.78 million yuan.

Autumn Pictures held a celebratory reception for the crew at the Kerry Hotel, inviting many distinguished guests, as well as several major global distributors of the film.

Companies such as Focus Features of North America, Canal+ of France, Toei of Japan, and CJ of South Korea all sent representatives and accompanying reporters to attend.

It was a grand occasion.

The film has not been released in Japan and South Korea so far. Reporters from both countries asked Li Qiutang for her opinion. Li Qiutang said: "I don't know why it can't be released. Our distributor said that it encountered government obstruction. I don't quite understand why the government would prevent me from releasing a film. I'm sorry that I can't meet fans in Japan and South Korea."

As for the smear campaign against In Time by the Hong Kong media during its release in Hong Kong, Li Qiutang said: "I don't know what they are afraid of, or whether what I filmed just hit their soft spot.

"They can even do things like chasing cars and digging through trash cans. It's normal for them not to like me."

There were so many stops for the promotion of "In Time", Li Qiutang even went to the Berlin Film Festival, but she didn't go to Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong media accused him of being a big shot.

As for the metaphors and ideologies in the film, Li Qiutang still does not explain them personally.

But he didn't say it, until someone mentioned it to him.

After the celebration party, a long article appeared on the movie box office bar, further analyzing the connotation of "In Time".

"… All science fiction is reality. Yang Peng is old, and the hero is no longer a hero."

“I think Li Qiutang was also confused after filming.

"Just like Zhang Mazi overthrew Huang Silang, but Goose City still has four major families. ..."

The article is very long and professional, and you can tell it was written by a professional.

The article basically expresses everything Li Qiutang wants to express.

If Li Qiutang reads this, she will definitely call herself the author's confidant.

(End of this chapter)