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Friday, August 9th.

After picking up his girlfriend from get off work, Zhang Chenguang drove to the nearby Wanda Plaza.

After the two of them finished eating, their girlfriend wanted to go shopping, and Zhang Chenguang suggested going to the movies.

"Are there any good new movies released recently?"

"[Shanghai Fortress] premieres today. It is said to be the domestic science fiction masterpiece that succeeds [The Wandering Earth]!"

Seeing that his girlfriend Xiaoli was not interested, Zhang Chenguang said quickly: "Lu Han starred in it. Didn't you like him before?"

"I liked him for a while, but I lost my fandom after he officially announced their relationship."

After hesitating for a moment and seeing her boyfriend's eager expression, Xiaoli nodded.

"Well, since you want to see it, then go ahead!"

"Honey, you are the best!" Zhang Chenguang looked happy.

He is a science fiction fan and likes to watch science fiction movies the most.

But it turns out that if you want to watch science fiction movies, you can only watch Hollywood ones, like "The Matrix", "Interstellar", and "Avatar".

Hollywood's science fiction movies are indeed good, and there are many excellent ones. However, as a Chinese, Zhang Chenguang still has certain expectations for his country's science fiction movies.

But over the years, this expectation has been exhausted by the continuous domestic bad science fiction movies, until the release of "The Wandering Earth" this year.

If you are not a true science fiction fan and don't like movies, you really can't understand the shock that "The Wandering Earth" had to Chinese science fiction movie audiences after its release.

The quality of this film is actually only average in terms of Hollywood, but it was made by the Chinese. In horizontal comparison, it has raised the level of domestic science fiction films by more than one level.

[The Wandering Earth] is truly something that movie fans can be proud of, and everyone has full confidence in domestic science fiction movies from now on.

"Opening the door to Chinese science fiction movies" is not just a saying, most people think so.

Now, after half a year, "Shanghai Fortress" is released, and many science fiction movie fans are eager to watch. Everyone is extremely looking forward to this another domestic science fiction masterpiece that is said to be the successor to "The Wandering Earth".

Zhang Chenguang is one of the huge number of fans of science fiction movies.

Pleased with his girlfriend's understanding, Zhang Chenguang quickly took his girlfriend to the Wanda Cinema on the top floor.

It's Friday night and there are many people watching the movie.

He stood in line and bought movie tickets, drinks and popcorn.

Not long after, the two of them followed the crowd into the cinema.

"Today is the first day this movie is released, right? There aren't many people there. I remember that when you took me to see [The Wandering Earth], the theater was full."

After sitting down, Xiaoli looked around.

"The attendance rate of almost half is not bad, but Lu Han's appeal is still incomparable to Gu Wei's.

As long as the quality of the movie is excellent, there will be no shortage of people watching the movie later.”

The two sat down for about 5 minutes, then the lights in the theater dimmed and the movie started.

[Shanghai Fortress] lasted less than two hours. Zhang Chenguang was very much looking forward to it at first. However, at the beginning of the movie, when the leading actors appeared, Lu Han’s thick bangs and the plastic-like special effects made him disappointed, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

…

"Honey, wake up, the movie is over!"

"Huh? Is it over? Let's go then." The lights in the theater were all on, and subtitles were rolling on the big screen. Zhang Chenguang, who was half asleep, also opened his eyes.

His girlfriend Xiaoli looked at him funny.

"Obviously you asked me to come over to watch a movie, and you chose the movie, but you ended up sleeping here."

Zhang Chenguang wiped his lips to make sure he didn't drool when he fell asleep, and said with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect this movie to be so boring, it was so bad!

What happened in the end? The aliens were wiped out, right? "

"Destroyed, the heroine played by Shu Qi died, Lu Han shouted "shoot at me", and then the giant cannon fired and destroyed the alien warship."

Xiaoli briefly summarized the second half of the plot.

"Lu Han shouted to fire at me? That's what he did!"

Xiaoli thought about it and became happy. The heroine died, and the hero turned grief into strength to save the world. It was originally a very passionate and exciting scene, but it was always a bit funny in the movie.

Zhang Chenguang shook his head, got up and walked out with his girlfriend. The two of them could still hear other people talking about the movie, and most of the audience left the theater cursing.

Zhang Chenguang was also angry. After sending his girlfriend home, he returned home and turned on the computer first.

Not to mention everything, the Internet is full of people criticizing [Shanghai Fortress].

["The Wandering Earth" showed us the hope of Chinese science fiction films, and "Shanghai Fortress" showed us the desire to make money! 】

[As for science fiction films, it basically collects all the mistakes that Chinese science fiction can make; as for romance films, it has the self-awareness that even the Chinese Valentine's Day film dares not to show up]

[People who came out of the theater advised everyone not to come here. They thought it was a waste of time to watch pirated movies. I felt relieved when I saw so many people scolding me! 】

[If The Wandering Earth is the pathfinder of Chinese science fiction movies, then Shanghai Fortress is just a hot speculator, a looter next to the truck.]

[The plot is boring, not driven by story details and logic, relying heavily on narration and rough and awkward lines, and the special effects and soundtrack are of very low taste!

No matter how bad the film is, it’s still a waste of money to cast Lu Han as the male lead in this kind of subject. Shu Qi is completely unsuitable for the role. There is no sense of passion and tension. It feels like filming a MV]

[Shu Qi and Lu Han don’t have any CP feeling at all, they are like a female teacher and a child, there is no spark between men and women, and their love seems a bit immoral.]

[If I hadn’t watched “The Wandering Earth” first, I could give this drama 3 points, but after watching it, I can only give this movie 1 point. The difference is not just a little bit, the contrast is too strong! ]

[.]

“Damn, I should have checked the comments online before deciding whether to watch it. I was careless. Who would have thought that such a good promotion would be filmed like this.”

Zhang Chenguang complained, then logged into his account and gave a one-star plus a bad review. Although he didn’t finish watching the movie, he still had a lot to say.

[Shanghai Fortress] was a complete failure.

This domestic science fiction masterpiece, which was promoted enthusiastically before its release, only broke the box office of 100 million after 3 days of release, and then it was followed by overwhelming negative reviews on the Internet.

After Douban opened the score, it only scored 3.8 points.

However, this is not the end. One week after the movie was released, the score dropped to 2.9, which is the same level as the epic bad movie [Pure Heart Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry] (2.2).

The total box office of the movie barely broke 100 million yuan in three days. Faced with such a pitiful box office and negative reviews online, on August 11, director Teng Huatao apologized on Weibo, "I made investors lose money. As a director, I have an unshirkable responsibility."

On the 12th, screenwriter Jiang Nan also apologized on Weibo, saying: "I apologize to those friends who don't like movies. I failed your wait."

However, it was useless. In the following week, the total box office of [Shanghai Fortress] closed at 112 million yuan. The nearly 63% box office drop on Monday means that the box office of this newly released movie is about to come to an end.

On the 15th, director Teng Huatao said in an interview with the media, "I used Lu Han wrongly, in a genre that doesn't suit him."

This remark once again put Lu Han, who has been controversial recently because of his movies, on the high ground of public opinion.

Lu Han, who had already been criticized, felt that he was being criticized by thousands of people. It seemed that the filming of "Shanghai Fortress" was completely Lu Han's fault.

"Don't you want to respond?"

In a basketball hall in Beijing, Deng Chao, Chen He, Gu Wei, Lu Han and others played basketball for a while and sat on the chairs beside to rest.

Gu Wei had been promoting "Eastern Palace" with Meng Ziyi these days. As soon as he returned to Beijing, he received a call from Deng Chao asking him to play basketball.

"What is there to respond to? I really didn't act well.

As the leading actor, I can get money and honors if the movie sells well. Now that it's a flop, I have to take the blame." Lu Han was sweating profusely. After drinking a sip of water, he poured the water on his head, then shook his head. There was no expression on his face. Obviously, he was not as open-minded as he said.

Gu Wei nodded, "Xiaolu, you have one biggest advantage over other young male stars!"

"What?"

"You are more self-aware than them."

After Gu Wei finished speaking, he saw Lu Han looking at him with a face full of resentment, and Deng Chao and Chen He sprayed out the water they had just drunk and laughed.

"I'll take it as a compliment."

"Haha, of course I'm complimenting you.

I watched [Shanghai Fortress], and your acting was really not that good.

But the failure of the movie is mainly the director's fault. It's not up to the director to decide how you, as an actor, act and what effect you will produce.

The director has given a shot, what else can the actor do?

I remember when filming [The Great Wall], director Zhang Yimou said in an interview: There are no actors who can't act, only incompetent directors.

In comparison, Teng Huatao is too petty.

When filming the movie, he thought about borrowing your traffic, and he himself They messed up the movie and then put the blame on you.

Now those media outside are fanning the flames and pointing the spearhead of public opinion at you. In fact, people who know the industry know what's going on.

I remember that Teng Huatao was originally a TV director and later switched to film. Now he messed up such a big project. It will be difficult for him to direct a movie in the future."

"Gu Wei is right. Teng Huatao messed up a big production of more than 300 million yuan. He himself is not a well-known director like Director Zhang. It will be difficult for him to direct a movie in the future. Investors will not believe him."

Deng Chao wiped his sweat and joined the topic.

He is also a director. The box office of "Galaxy Tutorial" last month was more than 800 million yuan. Although it was not a big hit, it also made money.

"But if you take this blame, Xiaolu, you may not have the opportunity to make a movie in the future."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'm not a professional. If I don't make a movie, I can still sing and record variety shows with Brother Chao. Being a star is just a job. If I don't do it well, I can just give up." Lu Han was open-minded at this time.

"Hahaha, Xiaolu, if you think like that, you'll be invincible. Once you think of playing badly, you'll feel the world is wide.

The popularity you've accumulated before may be enough for you to live on for the rest of your life." Gu Wei smiled and patted his shoulder.

"I can't help it. If I were like you, I'd want to keep acting if I could make a hit movie after a movie. "Lu Han shrugged.

"Come on, I'll treat you after we play basketball. Let's drink to comfort your wounded heart!" Gu Wei took the responsibility.

"That's great. I like it most when someone treats me!" Chen He laughed on the side.

"Don't you need to report it to your family first?"

"Why should I report it? You don't know my position in the family!" Chen He raised his thumbs up as if he was the boss.

"Ahem~ I have to make a call about that. Don't you know that your sister Li has given me a lot of traditional Chinese medicine recently, saying it is good for my health, but I don't know if I can drink alcohol?" Deng Chao heard Gu Wei say that it was very good to treat guests to drinks. I was excited, but thinking about the person at home, I still couldn't agree immediately.

Chen He looked at Deng Chao with a wicked smile and said in a feminine voice: "Dalang, take your medicine!"

"Fuck you!" Deng Chao smiled and pushed him.

"Hahaha"

On August 20, Gu Wei flew to Hengdian to start filming [Celebrating More Than Years].

He was not alone. Tian Xiwei was also on the plane.

"How are you preparing?

"Celebrating More Than Years" is our company's key TV drama project this year. Although "Fan Ruoruo" played by you, Oda, is a female supporting role, her role is no less than that of the female protagonist.

Moreover, the character design is better. If you perform well, you will become an instant hit, and it will be no problem if you look familiar in front of the audience."

"I read the original work twice and read the script three times. I have some ideas of my own about the characters."

Tian Xiwei sat opposite Gu Wei, wearing a sky blue knee-length skirt and a pair of white shoes. Under her airy bangs were a pair of big moist eyes. She looked very cute.

"Oh? Tell me about it"

When [Qing Yu Nian] started casting, Gu Wei also considered whether to cast the original Song Yi to play Fan Ruoruo, but he felt that Tian Xiwei's image was also suitable.

Although Oda is still not famous at all in the 18th line, Gu Wei's script does not require other people's fame. If there is a suitable opportunity, of course he will come with his own family.

Oda held the script in his hand and leaned forward.

"Fan Ruoruo is a character full of contradictions.

In the eyes of people in the capital, she is the most talented woman in the capital. She is smart and highly praised.

However, in front of Fan Xian, she turned into a cute and cute sister who seemed to have completely lost her IQ.

Whenever and wherever Fan Xian needs it, she will transform into a "Super Brick" without hesitation, dedicating everything to him, and never flinching even in the face of powerful opponents.

I feel like this is where the charm of this character comes from.

Outside she is a cold and talented girl, but around Fan Xian she is a little fangirl who admires her brother. As long as she can play this contrasting state well, she should be able to capture the essence of the character."

Tian Xiwei knew that the company attached great importance to "Qing Yu Nian", and she also knew how hard-won every opportunity to work with Gu Wei in filming was, so she put a lot of effort into the script and characters.

[Wei Ming Xia] These young female artists who signed contracts in the later stage all know each other.

Tian Xiwei has a good relationship with Jiang Peiyao, and Meng Ziyi has a good relationship with Zhou Xi. Now [East Palace] is very popular and Meng Ziyi has become popular.

As far as Tian Xiwei knows, Zhou Ming has also co-produced a movie with his boss, which will be released in the second half of the year.

Everyone is about the same age, and she is a female artist in the same company. She is also anxious and wants to make progress!

Gu Wei nodded in agreement after hearing Tian Xiwei's analysis of the characters.

"The analysis is good. Your understanding of the character is fine, it just depends on how you perform during filming.

Being able to think clearly is important, but acting out what you think is the ability! "

"Boss, don't worry, I will perform well!"

Tian Xi patted her chest slightly and assured Gu Wei.

"Um

By the way, are you about to graduate? "

"I will be a senior after this summer vacation, and I will graduate next year!" Tian Xiwei is a student majoring in drama and performance at Shanghai University. She was only a freshman when she signed a contract with Wei Tianxia.

"You will have plenty of time after graduation. You have also played many supporting roles in the past two years. When [Qing Yu Nian] is finished filming, I will ask the company to arrange a female lead for you!"

It’s better to follow the route Meng Ziyi followed before. When he was in school, he played supporting roles to polish his acting skills and became familiar with them, and then he arranged the starring role in the drama when he was about to graduate.

"Thank you, thank you boss!"

Tian Xiwei smiled brightly. If he hadn't been on the plane, he would have jumped up and cheered.