Chapter 624

December 12, 2012.

This is a very ordinary day for most Chinese people, not even a weekend.

Even online shopping platforms do not have the concept of the Double 12 Shopping Festival.

Most Chinese people are busy spending this ordinary working day.

But for Wu Yuan, today is not an ordinary day.

If "The Legend of Shushan" had not appeared, the first Chinese-language film in China with a box office of over 1 billion would have been released today.

Yes, "Lost in Thailand" is here.

This comedy starring Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo was released nationwide today.

Huang Bo also asked for leave from the crew to promote "Lost in Thailand".

This is unavoidable. When signing the contract, Wu Yuan promised Huang Bo that he would give him half a month of promotional leave to promote the movie "Lost in Thailand".

Who told him to take a fancy to Huang Bo and have to use him?

Fortunately, Huang Bo's role in this movie is not very big, and the main force of the promotion of "Lost in Thailand" is still Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang.

Yesterday, Huang Bo asked for leave from the crew and returned to the crew of "Lost in Thailand" to run roadshow activities.

Since the male lead was gone, Wu Yuan simply gave the crew a day off and invited everyone in the crew to go to the cinema to support Huang Bo's new movie.

Well, of course Wu Yuan treated everyone, and Huang Bo paid for the private screening.

In the cinema, Wu Yuan also watched this nonsensical comedy very seriously.

It's interesting to say that Wu Yuan had watched "Lost in Thailand" many times in his dream memory, but he really didn't watch this movie in the cinema in his two lives.

In the dream, he was busy working as an executive director in a crew at the time. He was so busy every day that he really didn't have time to go to the cinema even if he heard about the box office miracle of "Lost in Thailand".

It was only after he was busy with this period that he found resources on the Internet and watched the whole movie.

It's really funny!

It's really interesting!

He can understand why the first Chinese-language film to break 1 billion box office in China is a comedy.

The audience of comedy is really too high, it is suitable for all ages!

It was the appearance of "Lost in Thailand" that made the industry insiders at that time realize that everyone was misled by the success of "Avatar"!

"Avatar" is the first movie in the Chinese film market to break 1 billion box office.

And what kind of movie is this?

It's a special effects blockbuster!

The success of "Avatar" made the industry insiders mistakenly believe that only such blockbusters and special effects blockbusters that are willing to spend a lot of money can exchange for the same high box office!

This is the life that Wu Yuan experienced in his dream. After "Avatar", various film production companies are trying to make 3D special effects blockbusters.

The good ones include "Dragon Gate Flying Dagger" and "Shendu Dragon King", and the bad ones also include "Legend of the White Snake" and "Havoc in Heaven".

Even for non-special effects blockbusters, there are movies such as "The Great Earthquake" and "The Flowers of War".

The industry seems to have tacitly accepted that only such high-investment blockbusters can achieve high box office!

High investment leads to high returns, which is reasonable.

And in this world, there are more people in the industry who have this idea.

Because it's not just "Avatar", this world also has Wu Yuan's "Gravity" to add fuel to the fire!

When "The Legend of Shushan Xianxia" in the era of light and shadow became the first Chinese-language film in the mainland to break the 1 billion box office, this was burned to the extreme.

Countless people in the industry, whether they are production companies or actors, directors, and screenwriters, believe that only high-investment blockbusters, especially special effects blockbusters, can achieve high box office.

And this idea is actually wrong.

The movies that are really easy to sell in the Chinese market are actually comedies

Because only comedies can make every family go to the cinema to watch movies.

And this "perception barrier" will only be broken by the appearance of "Lost in Thailand"!

In fact, before Lost in Thailand was released, no one, including the creators of Lost in Thailand, thought that this movie would create a box office miracle. They just regarded this movie as a low-cost comedy similar to the previous one.

Let alone breaking 1 billion at the box office, breaking 100 million at the box office was a surprise to the creative team.

So, when Wu Yuan brought the crew of Dear to the Light and Shadow Times Cinema in Beijing, when the crew members saw that many audiences came to see Lost in Thailand, they were surprised!

"It seems that Mr. Huang Bo's new movie is very popular!"

"Just now, there must be at least one or two hundred people checking in for Lost in Thailand in Hall 2?"

"This is only the first day of the release. Are there so many people coming to see this movie?"

Many crew members were whispering.

Wu Yuan turned around and said with a smile, "There are no movies suitable for the whole family to watch recently, and there are no comedies."

"Have you forgotten the box office miracle created by Stephen Chow's comedy?"

"Have you also forgotten the miracle of Feng Xiaogang's Lunar New Year film?"

"It's the Lunar New Year season now!"

December is undoubtedly the Lunar New Year season.

But this year's Lunar New Year season, except for "Lost in Thailand", there are no other comedies.

This is a very strange phenomenon.

You know, the Lunar New Year season was born because of Feng's comedy movies!

As a result, more than ten years have passed, and now the Lunar New Year season is full of historical costume blockbusters, and there are always killings!

How can young people who are going to take their parents and children to watch a movie take their whole family to watch such a costume blockbuster?

Given the choice, "Lost in Thailand", a movie that is full of humor just by looking at the poster, naturally attracted the attention of most moviegoers who entered the cinema.

"Just wait and see, this movie will create a box office miracle." Wu Yuan sighed and said, "I don't know if Huang Bo can return to the crew on time."

Although the crew is missing the male lead Huang Bo, it does not mean that it will be completely stopped.

As long as the director does not take leave, even if the leading actor takes leave, the crew can continue filming, but just concentrate on some scenes that do not involve the male lead to shoot first.

But if the male lead takes leave for half a month or even a month, the impact on the crew will be great.

"Will this movie be a hit?!"

Hearing Wu Yuan's sigh, many members of the "Dear" crew thought for a while and felt that Wu Yuan's guess was likely to be correct.

They were laughing and talking all the time while watching the movie. They were completely attracted by the plot of the movie. They laughed very happily and felt relaxed after watching it.

There is no doubt that this is a very funny and good movie.

Maybe it is a little cliché and a little too much spoof, but it is very suitable for the people who have worked hard for a year to relax and have fun during the Lunar New Year holiday.

However, even the most optimistic people did not expect that the box office of this movie would break 1 billion. At most, they only thought that the box office would be 200 to 300 million, which would be a miracle.

Until the news that the box office of "Lost in Thailand" broke 450 million in the first week of its release was flooded on the Internet!

"This is crazy!"

The entire "Dear" crew, from ordinary staff to several leading actors, were stunned.

Huang Bo's mobile phone was directly blown up.

A low-cost comedy movie "Lost in Thailand" successfully ignited the whole country of China! (End of this chapter)