Depressive Screenwriter

At seven o'clock in the morning, a large number of senior movie fans in Xia Country were basically unable to sleep.

Humans are such strange creatures.

They can't wake up every day when they go to work, but they feel guilty if they sleep ten minutes longer on vacation.

Isn't it a waste of life not to sleep in on weekdays?

But isn't it a waste of life to spend a good vacation sleeping?

On the forum, movie fans from all walks of life started discussing in the early morning.

"'Breaking the Formation' has a pre-sale of 180 million before its release, 'Rurouni Kenshin' has a pre-sale of 170 million, and 'The Counterfeit Detective' has a pre-sale of 150 million. Judging from the situation, the box office of these three movies may exceed 300 million on the first day!"

"The film scheduling is also 22%, 21%, and 20%. The three movies form an arithmetic progression, and the competition is a bit anxious."

"It still depends on the word-of-mouth on the first day. Whoever has the best word-of-mouth and the highest attendance rate on the first day will basically establish the victory."

"Online ratings and word-of-mouth are meaningless. These movies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in costs. Isn't it easy to spend a little money to bribe websites to create fake ratings? Let me tell you, if you don't want to be tricked into watching a crappy movie in the cinema, just go to the forums and Tieba to read the comments. Although there may be trolls and haters causing trouble, if ten people watch a movie and five of them say it's good, it's basically not bad."

"Five people? Isn't this praise rate too low?"

"Don't you understand the online trolls? Some people have to find fault with any work they watch. They scold the screenwriter, the director, and the actors. Which movie doesn't have any shortcomings? But as long as these people find a little shortcoming, they will directly ignore any other advantages of the work. If you include these people, it's good if a work can have this level of praise."

"I'm watching 'Rurouni Kenshin' at 10 am today. 'Breaking the Formation' at 12 pm. 'The Counterfeit Detective' at 3 pm, and I'll post a viewing analysis at 8 pm. Those who only have time to watch movies on the second day of the Lunar New Year and later can follow me. I'll be absolutely objective and truthful to avoid stepping on pitfalls."

"Me too, I'm very interested in that martial arts swordsman movie. I've seen the trailer video online before, and it's really cool."

"Don't be fooled by the trailer. Maybe only those few shots in the trailer are cool in this movie, and the actual movie doesn't have many big scenes! Just like that garbage movie called 'City of Light' during last year's Spring Festival, it wasted my 50 yuan, and I still feel bad about it."

"Don't mention 'City of Light'. That garbage movie had a box office of 1.8 billion. Really, Xia Country's movies are getting worse every year. Whoever's investor has money to buy film schedules and hot searches will have a high box office. The movie I liked during last year's Spring Festival was only shown once a day in the cinema, and the showtime was at 12:30 in the evening. Who would watch a movie at that ungodly hour?"

"There's no way, don't go to the Spring Festival档 if you don't have money. If you don't spend money on publicity during this period, and the movie has no reputation before its release, how can the theater give you a film schedule? You can't catch wolves without letting go of your children. These movie investors should learn from the old thief Su Yan. He started from scratch, and he dared to compete in the Spring Festival档 with his fourth movie. The publicity investment is not inferior to those big capitals in the film industry. That's how he won the 21% film schedule."

"Do you think everyone is Su Yan! The Xia Country TV drama industry is his blood bank. Not to mention that the movies he shoots have never flopped, even if they really do, he can just work hard for a few months to shoot two TV dramas and get his blood back and make money. Other movie investors have their life savings in one movie, how can they be as bold as the old thief."

"You're blowing Su Yan again. You Su Yan fans are really funny. Do you really think this 'Kenshin' movie can be popular during the Spring Festival档? The Spring Festival档 and the summer档 are completely different markets. I'm laughing at the scene where you Su Yan fans will be crying and shouting to find excuses for your master's box office failure after today."

"Even if it flops, 'Kenshin' has already pre-sold 170 million. I hope you haven't deleted this post when I come back to leave a message under this post tonight."

"A garbage TV series with a cost of one million yuan has been blown to the sky by you Su Yan fans. What Xia Country martial arts film and television ceiling? Have you never seen good works?"

"The hater above, I don't know if you are deliberately hating, you know that the total investment in the 'Kenshin' TV series is more than one million, you know so clearly, don't you want to spend one yuan to unlock the first episode of the TV series on Sakura website and take a look? If you have watched the first episode of the 'Rurouni Kenshin' TV series, you will know why we Kenshin fans are so looking forward to the movie version?"

"Don't pay attention to these people, it is estimated that the competitors have hired trolls to play the opposite role. If you pay attention to him and hype up the topic, he will make money."

Early in the morning, Qin Yishan was fascinated by the quarrels of fans on various websites and forums.

She is a loyal fan of Ying Rui, the male lead actor of the movie "Breaking the Formation" for many years.

However, in the cinema near her home, the largest and most luxurious hall for the movie "Breaking the Formation" only has showtimes at 12:00 noon. For the best viewing experience, she chose to watch "Rurouni Kenshin" first before watching "Breaking the Formation" at 12:00 noon.

After all, the fans of both sides have been arguing fiercely on the Internet these days.

Although she supports Breaking the Formation because she likes the actor Ying Rui, she will not deliberately hate on the Internet.

To put it bluntly, her consistent view is not to evaluate things she doesn't understand.

If she wants to argue with Su Yan fans on the Internet and forums, and evaluate the good points of Breaking the Formation compared to Rurouni Kenshin, she has to watch both movies to have the right to speak.

After washing up, she ate breakfast first, and then jogged to the cinema near her home. At this time, it was only 9:35.

But the inside of the cinema was already crowded.

In the center of the cinema lobby, three-dimensional posters of the three Spring Festival blockbusters, Breaking the Formation, Rurouni Kenshin, and The Counterfeit Detective, were placed.

After picking up the ticket at the ticket office, Qin Yishan also received a Rurouni Kenshin commemorative item distributed by the Rurouni Kenshin production team at the cooperative cinema.

This is a peripheral item that is only available for the premiere showtimes in certain cinema lines.

A collection of photos of the characters in Rurouni Kenshin.

The manual will briefly outline the background of the characters in one or two sentences without involving spoilers.

While waiting for the movie premiere time, Qin Yishan leaned against the wall in the cinema lobby and flipped through the manual because there were no seats.

The first page is a handsome man with long flowing hair, holding a reverse blade sword, and a cross scar on his left cheek. His calm eyes made her feel a little scared.

But she, who surfs the Internet every day, even if she hasn't watched the Rurouni Kenshin TV series, also knows from the online speeches of Su Yan fans that the story of Kenshin in the TV series seems to be very tragic.

"It seems okay."

Qin Yishan doesn't usually watch TV series.

But a large number of her girlfriends around her like Su Yan very much. She used to sneer at it, but when she saw his ancient costume appearance, she was really attracted by his handsomeness.

Continue to flip down.

Pictures and makeup photos of important characters such as Kaoru Kamiya, Tomoe Yukishiro, Sanosuke Sagara, and Hajime Saito appeared one by one.

"Just looking at the styling, it really seems to fit my aesthetics!"

Qin Yishan said truthfully, she is a "face dog", and she will deduct a lot of points for works with actors who don't look good.

Slightly aroused her interest, she also wanted to use her mobile phone to search online for the general plot of the Rurouni Kenshin TV series.

However, at this time, the sound of the theater broadcast rang, reminding the audience watching Rurouni Kenshin at 10 o'clock to line up to enter the venue, so she put away this thought.

If the movie version is good, she will go to see the TV series version after leaving the theater.

"If it's not good..." Qin Yishan sneered.

She is also a small and well-known blogger on the Internet, and she will post an article to spray hard at that time.

With many emotions, Qin Yishan entered the theater.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the attendance rate in the theater was extremely high. On weekdays, only dozens of people enter a theater show.

But today, it was full.

Many people who entered the venue were dressed strangely.

Some people were wearing Japanese kimonos with swords and had crosses painted directly on their faces.

Qin Yishan knew who he was cosplaying at a glance.

Some people were wearing bright yellow tops with explosive hairstyles.

Some people had their hair dyed blue.

Some people were wearing embarrassingly pink skirts

Although Qin Yishan had never watched Su Yan's TV series, she probably understood these people... They should be cosplaying the characters in Su Yan's previous works.

"His fans are not at all socially awkward!"

Qin Yishan, who was sitting in the middle of the theater alone, surrounded by a group of strangely dressed people, felt a little embarrassed.

After all, among a group of abnormal cosplayers, she, a normal person, was the outlier.

However, at this time, the lights in the theater went dark and the movie screen lit up.

Qin Yishan breathed a sigh of relief, the movie, began to play.