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Chapter 182 The first round of box office battle(1/2)

At the entrance of the cinema.

A young couple was holding a movie ticket for "American Journey" in his hand and was about to enter the cinema, but the audiences who came out of it stunned the couple.

Because the audience's reactions were so strange, a few viewers had indifferent expressions on their faces, which is normal. Not all movies can touch people.

However, some of the audience who came out of the same screening room were very excited and discussed the plot with their companions while laughing back and forth, but some were depressed or their eyes were swollen, which obviously had cried.

This is very incomprehensible. The audience who came out of the same screening room naturally watched the same movie, but why do some people come out with a smile, while others come out with a cry?

"Hi, buddy, is "American Journey" so good?" The boy among the young couple asked a group of young people who were laughing and discussing the plot.

"Haha, of course it's good, it's so funny. I always laugh from beginning to end, and I can't stop for a minute! And the fighting scenes inside are so awesome, and American blockbusters are not that good!"

"Yes, yes, did you buy "American Journey" too? Come in and watch it! It's definitely worth the money! It's so good to watch!"

The young men said verbally.

"Hello, do you come out of the screening hall of "American Journey"? Is this movie good?" The girl among the young couple stopped several girls with red eyes and asked.

"Of course it looks good. The love between Supreme Treasure and Fairy Zixia is so touching!"

"I think the person whom the Supreme Treasure loves is actually Bai Jingjing. Think about it, the Supreme Treasure Chuanling Time and Space returned to five hundred years ago just to find Bai Jingjing. If the ku belt was not too tight on the cliff, they would have been together long ago!"

"But Supreme Treasure later said that he cooperated with Bai Jingjing because of being so impulsive! I think Supreme Treasure still loves Zixia the most. Didn't the confession he said when he put on the golden hoop? Didn't it already express his feelings?"

"Supreme Bao said that he missed a sincere love, but he didn't mention that person was Zixia. Maybe the person that Supreme Bao regrets missing was Bai Jingjing?"

The group of girls started chattering and completely threw the girl who had just asked them.

The girl returned to her boyfriend with a puzzled look. The two looked at each other. At this time, a couple came out from inside and asked, "Hello, are you afraid of just coming out of the screening hall of "American Journey"? Is this movie good? Is it a comedy or a tragedy?"

"comedy!"

"tragedy!"

The completely opposite answer made the boy stunned.

"You actually say such a funny movie is a tragedy?"

"Hmph, you didn't understand "A Chinese Odyssey" at all! You can only see superficial funny things like this, and you can't even experience the helplessness and sadness in the love between Supreme Treasure and Zixia!"

"I really didn't understand it, but when you read it, you still laugh from beginning to end?"

"This is called laughing with tears! What do you know?"

The boy saw the couple quarreling and walking further and further, shrugging at his girlfriend, saying, "Let's just go in and check it out by yourself! I'm a little curious about this movie now!"

After the movie ended, Li Xiaohu was still hesitating whether to send Lin Yue back to school, but when he saw Lin Yue waved to him, he actually walked out with Lin Xiaohua. The two girls were so intimate that they seemed to be a pair of sisters that Li Xiaohu was frightened, but secretly happy.

Naturally, he was shocked because he didn't know what happened to these two girls. On the other hand, Li Xiaohu was secretly happy and wondered whether these two girls were discussing who was the big wife and who was the mistress?

"Xiaohu, do you have time?" Li Xiaohu hadn't made sure he was chasing the two little ones.

When the girl went over, Li Yangzhong suddenly walked over, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "I just said that I'll ask you for help if you have something to do, find a place to talk about it?"

"Ah, good j" Li Xiaohu nodded quickly. Although Li Yangzhong asked him for help because he had something to do, it was a fact that he came to support him today. Naturally, he could not refuse him without saying a word.

At this time, the guests who attended the premiere all came to congratulate Li Xiaohu. Looking at the reactions of the audience at today's premiere, it seemed that it would be a matter of time before the celebration banquet was held.

After politely speaking to everyone who came to congratulate and congratulate, Li Xiaohu and Li Yangzhong found a bar with a quiet atmosphere nearby.

"The kung fu movie I am filming is about to be finished, and there is still a theme song. Director Gu has watched the works of several masters in succession, but he feels not satisfied, so he wants to ask Xiaohu, you to help me." Li Yangzhong said his purpose. "Director Gu originally said he would come to find Xiaohu in person, but he was worried and a little presumptuous. I happened to hear that "American Journey" is about to be released, so I volunteered to go on this trip on behalf of Director Gu! Xiaohu, can you make time recently, help Uncle Li?"

"Uncle Li is so polite," Li Xiaohu smiled and said, "You came to support the premiere of "American Journey" in person, and I haven't even thanked you yet! I naturally have no choice but to be obsessed with this little busyness! But I am just afraid that I am not talented and have little skills, and I can't come up with works that satisfy Uncle Li!"

"Haha, I didn't have much confidence in you, but after watching "A Chinese Odyssey", I don't doubt your musical talent at all." Li Yangzhong let out a cheerful long smile and said, "I just read the subtitles carefully. All the soundtracks and theme songs in "A Chinese Odyssey" are written by you, Xiaohu, right? What I didn't say is definitely a master level, especially the theme song, which seems to be called "A Lifetime Love"? It's so classic! It's perfect for this movie! And the music from Sun Wukong's final appearance is so exciting!"

Li Xiaohu smiled modestly. If the song "Love in Life" is taken out separately and played as a pop song, it may be difficult to become popular, but in the movie "A Chinese Odyssey", this song is an indisputable classic.

As for Sun Wukong's appearance music "The Overture of the Little Knife", it is also an absolute classic in setting off the atmosphere. This music has appeared in many Hong Kong films in his previous life, and not one or two people who like it.

Li Xiaohu himself knew that Li Yang's praise was not for him, but for the many main creators of "A Chinese Odyssey" in his previous life, so he did not pretend to be polite and humble, and was calmly defeated.

"What is the theme of Uncle Li's movie? What is the general content? Are there any requirements for the theme song?" Li Xiaohu was worried about Lin Yue and Lin Xiao's paintings. At this time, he didn't go around in circles and flatter each other, and went straight to the point.

"Well, the movie is called "Men Should Strengthen Self-Effort". The protagonist is Huang Feihong, a famous martial arts master in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. The story is roughly the weak country. Huang Feihong, a master of the generation, fought hard to defeat Western warriors in order to promote our country's power. In short, it is a very passionate patriotic story." Li Yangzhong said: "Director Gu means that he hopes that there will be a theme song that will make people excited and full of masculinity after listening to it."

""Men should strengthen themselves"?" Li Xiaohu's face was strange and he repeated subconsciously.

"Well, this is the title, what's wrong?" Li Yangzhong was a little surprised by Li Xiaohu's reaction.

"Nothing." Li Xiaohu coughed dryly, waved to the waiter, and said, "Please ask, do you have paper and pen?"

Although Li Xiaohu's request was a bit strange, the waiter quickly brought him paper and pen.

Li Xiaohu buried his head in copying for a while, and soon the song "Men Should Strengthen Self-Enhancing" was released.

"Jun Li, can this song meet your needs?" Li Xiao

Hu pushed the copied song in front of Li Yangzhong.

"No way? I wrote a song so quickly?" Li Yang's chin almost dropped on the table, and he said incredible.

Although Li Yangzhong is not a musician and has not had much contact with this aspect, even a 100% layman knows that music creation is a technical job and cannot be completed in just one moment.

If writing songs is really that simple, he doesn't have to come to Li Xiaohu specifically today. There are more than Li Xiaohu who can write songs.

"Haha, the inspiration is here. Uncle Li first see how this song is?" Li Xiaohu said modestly.

"Yes" Li Yangzhong picked up the page in front of him, but his face was a little embarrassed. He looked at it for a while and coughed dryly: "The lyrics are indeed full of masculinity, which is very good, but I don't know much about the rhythm. I really don't understand these notes very well."

Li Xiaohu laughed in silence and said, "It's a pity that there are no musical instruments here and the environment is not very suitable. Otherwise, you can play it live for Uncle Li. This way, Uncle Li faxes this song to Director Gu first. If you think it doesn't work, I'll just recreate it!" That's right, Li Xiaohu actually doesn't think that "Men Should Be Self-Strength" will be spinning.

"Okay!" Li Yangzhong carefully put the paper away, as if he was relieved, and smiled: "It's better to meet than to be famous. To be honest, I thought the media had exaggerated your musical talent in the past. After all, no matter how talented a person is, it is limited. When I saw it with my own eyes, I realized that the media not only did not exaggerate, but could also write more exaggeratedly!" He gave Li Xiaohu a thumbs up and exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "Awesome! "Where is it! Uncle Li has been awarded!" Li Xiaohu had to pretend to be polite.

"Okay, after the main business, I should say goodbye. I guess you are not in the mood to chat and spank with me, a middle-aged man, tonight." Li Yangzhong stood up, stretched out his hand to Li Xiaohu, and said with a smile: "In short, this time, Uncle Li owes you a favor. If you have any use of Uncle Li in the future, just open it up."

"Haha, then I'll take Uncle Li's words seriously." Li Xiaohu also got up, grabbed it back, and smiled: "If I make a movie in the future, I will ask Uncle Li to be the protagonist, don't refuse!"

Li Xiaohu's words are not in vain. Recently, he is planning to use Chinese blockbusters to counterattack the North American film market after filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Li Yangzhong is a very popular kung fu superstar in North America. If he joins the movie, he will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort to open up the American market.

"Sister Xiaohua, thank you for sending me back to school and abide by our gentleman agreement!" Lin Yue smiled and waved to Lin Xiaohua, then turned around and walked into the campus gate. Before she could walk far, the smile on her face slowly turned into melancholy.

Lin Xiaohua stared at Lin Yue's back as she was gone, and her heart was filled with all kinds of flavors! She felt ashamed and secretly happy, and all kinds of emotions were surging in her mind. She still recalled the promise Lin Yue had with her just now.

"...Sister Xiaohua, when I went to find you just now, I decided to treat you with what kind of attitude you have. If you are a mean person, I will definitely not even give you a chance to compete. But Sister Xiaohua, your jealousy is too weak and a girl jealousy is weak, and most of them will suffer a lot in the future. I can't bear to slander you, but I am not generous enough to give up my boyfriend to help others! So, let's make a gentleman agreement!"

"Let us compete fairly! You and I will pursue our own happiness by relying on our abilities. Boys can pursue the girls they like, and we girls naturally have the right to pursue happiness!"

"Don't think I'm very generous. In fact, I have already confirmed the relationship between Li Xiaohu and my boyfriend, but I know that I just met Li Xiaohu before you and took the lead! Li Xiaohu is probably like he just returned to the Supreme Treasure five hundred years ago. He didn't know who he liked at all! I feel this very clearly! He was confused..."

"You may not know that although my parents already have two children with my elder brother and me, they are still strangers to this day. I don't want my life to follow my parents' footsteps. My love must be 100% pure!"

"You still have a chance, and I also have a chance. Let's compete fairly, and then wait for Li Xiaohu to make his final choice from the bottom of his heart! Whoever loses and wins will have nothing to say!"

"So... from today on, we will be our rivals!"

"But the love rival can also be friends! Sister Xiaohua. I like your xing style very much!

I am very happy and relieved to be friends with you!”

Lin Xiaohua recalled Lin Yue's words just now and felt very ashamed because she felt that she seemed to be the third party who destroyed other people's feelings. But love has no reason at all. Although she was ashamed, she could not help herself to like Li Xiaohu. She felt very sorry for Lin Yue's generousness, and at the same time she was very ashamed. She did not refuse to reject Lin Yue's proposal in person, but thought to herself, I will never take my senior brother away from you!

Li Xiaohu didn't know that Lin Yue and Lin Xiaohua had already shown up, and made a gentleman agreement, and treated him as a spoil.

He was nervous for a night, called Lin Yue, and whispered for a while, but didn't ask anything, so he called Lin Xiaohua, but it was also fruitless, making him nervous, and he didn't know if the two girls had tied up.

When I woke up early the next morning, a bad news that was expected made Li Xiaohu lose the mood of love for his children.

"Bronze Bones", which has far superior theaters and screenings, had a box office of nearly 20 million on the first day, while "American Journey" had only 12 million on the first day, and the gap was so big that it was almost not of the same level.

There is no way to do this. The ticket price of "A Chinese Odyssey" is relatively high, with a screening time of up to three hours, which is equivalent to two movies. When signing a screening contract with theaters, it naturally has a disadvantage.

Although the attendance rate of "A Chinese Odyssey" on the first day of the screening was more than 10% higher than that of "Bronze and Iron Bone", when the number of theaters and screenings were far less than that of the other party, the box office would naturally be overwhelmed by the other party.

This was expected bad news. Li Xiaohu and the Li brothers were mentally prepared for this. However, when they actually saw the reports in newspapers and magazines, and the guy Luo Tian was making a name for himself, Li Xiaohu still felt very depressed.

"The first game of the summer box office battle, "Bronze and Iron Bone" beat "American Journey"!"

"One hundred million loses to eighty million, "American Journey" was beaten down by "Bronze and Iron Bone"!"

"The hot-blooded kung fu blockbuster still dominates the box office list!"

"Li Xiaohu broke his sword and sank the sand, and the genius young director finally ended his talent?"

Obviously, many media have never even watched "A Chinese Odyssey". This series of eye-catching titles only analyze the outcomes of the two blockbusters from the box office.

"I said earlier that "Bronze and Iron Bone" will teach Li Xiaohu a good lesson and tell him how the movie was filmed!" Luo Tian proudly provoked Li Xiaohu again through the media.

Li Xiaohu ignored Luo Tian's provocation and changed to a professional film review newspaper to see what film critics think about "American Journey". The box office on the first day was not as good as "Bronze and Iron Bones", which was expected, but if the reputation was lost to the other party, then "American Journey" would have no room for a turnaround.

"The American Journey" is a tragic comedy that makes people laugh and cry. People who can't understand can make people laugh, but those who can't understand can feel the deep helplessness and sadness behind the laughter."

“This is a heart-wrenching comedy!”

"A Chinese Odyssey actually tells a sad story. A man falls in love with a woman, but is separated. In order to get his woman back, he uses another woman. After achieving his goal, he realizes that he has fallen in love with this one. But it was too late, and everyone split up their way and set off in disgrace!"

“The question raised by The Westward Journey is that we don’t know what we really want.

Why is this happening!?”

"The Big American Journey" is a comedy. Watching the Big American Journey is a process of laughing wildly and covering your stomach.

But at the end, I feel very sad and sad! In fact, those who truly understand the big talk of the West will know that it is actually a tragedy, a tragedy that has been shelled with a comedy!"
To be continued...
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