Huayu started as a lecturer at Beijing Film Academy

After the lights in the theater dimmed, Gu Zhongyu and Jing Tian quietly walked out of the side hall. All the main creative staff of "The Mermaid" sat in the first row. As the advertisement on the big screen stopped abruptly, the dragon logo appeared in the middle of the screen with a familiar melody.

The audience at the scene all fell silent at this moment.

In everyone's expectation, the movie began!

The movie "The Mermaid" is nearly an hour and a half long.

While other commercial movies have chosen to "increase the quantity without increasing the price", and the length is basically kept at about two hours, only comedies are willing to choose to shorten the length of the movie in order to make the rhythm compact and the laughs dense.

In the past, old Hong Kong movies basically ended within 90 minutes. Now many movies obviously don't have so much content, but they have to fill it with water!

The movie first pointed out the big theme of "The Mermaid" calling for environmental protection through the screening of a documentary.

At first glance, the audience was a little puzzled. Isn't this a comedy movie? Why did the style suddenly become serious?

However, Zhou Xingxing did not disappoint the audience. In less than five minutes, he told the story of a group of tourists visiting the "World Museum of Exotic Animals", which made the audience in the entire theater burst into laughter. At the same time, he introduced the concept of the existence of "mermaids", which officially kicked off the story that the movie was going to tell.

One of the highlights of Zhou Xingxing's movies is the various weird "supporting roles!"

Luo Zixiang, who has never acted in many movies in his life, can rely on the role of a kidney deficiency man to leave countless jokes on the Internet. The octopus he played this time also took on a lot of jokes. Bai Ke, Lu Zhengyu, and Zhang Mei'e, the flower-sprinkling aunt, were also invited to star in this movie again.

Many people previously questioned whether Da Tiantian could play a good star girl. Now, with the appearance of the mermaid Shanshan played by her, everyone's hanging hearts have finally been put down!

This sister has finally found the right acting path!

In the past, Da Tiantian mostly played the role of a domineering female president or a female general. Not to mention her acting skills, her face and temperament did not meet the requirements of the role at all.

This time it was different, because she played a silly cute girl in her true colors!

Starting from when Octopus sent Shanshan to the car to assassinate Liu Xuan, the nonsensical funny style began to be fully displayed, especially the movie scene where Shanshan assassinated Liu Xuan. Shen Teng, accompanied by the magical BGM, avoided assassinations again and again. The target of the assassination was not injured, but Shanshan, who was executing the assassination plan, shot herself in the foot...

Seeing that the always cold Da Tiantian finally came down to earth and began to perform funny and funny things, the audience also laughed from the bottom of their hearts!

"Look! I said that the audience would definitely buy it this time!"

Seeing the audience laughing and lying back, Da Tiantian also felt sweet in her heart.

Finally, for once, she was not sitting in the cinema listening to everyone complaining about her!

And if Jing Tian was a bright spot in everyone's eyes, then Shen Teng's existence was really a king bomb!

There is no need for exaggerated body movements and rich facial expressions like the original Deng Chao. Shen Teng does not need to do anything superfluous. He just needs to stand there, even if he does not say anything, and the effect of the self-contained comedy rhythm will come out.

Zhou Xingxing's comedy characters are typical young people from the bottom of society, working hard to live in a prosperous metropolis and guarding the dreams of ants. His sense of humor is mostly the rebound after encountering huge barriers of reality. Ordinary people are easily discouraged when they rebound, but he rebounds to make persistent efforts and is as stubborn as a fool, but everyone knows that he is not really stupid, he is persistent.

Ge Da Ye's sense of humor is mostly the chatter of Yan Jing Uncle. His comedy characters always have a tepid sense of reality, but he is not really real. In reality, he always thinks about fooling people and chatting with people seriously. Qin Fen in "If You Are the One" and the master in "Let the Bullets Fly" all have the energy of "fake reality, real shrewdness".

Another bald Xu Zheng, except for the early "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie", his sense of humor always carries a sense of urban elite. He wears glasses to play the embarrassment and hypocrisy of a gentleman, which is the most suitable.

Wang Baoxiang's temperament carries the natural honesty of a farmer brother, and uses a unique simplicity to set off the sense of humor.

Huang Bo's comedy roles are more diverse. He can show the humbleness and simplicity of a small person at the bottom, and can also show shrewdness and cleverness.

And Shen Teng, he is especially like the uncle or cousin who has not accomplished many big things but always feels capable...

The difference between his version of Mr. Liu and Deng Chao is obvious. He has a natural comedy temperament, rather than the sense of forced humor. One action, one expression, the baggage is always unexpected, enough to make you laugh.

The key is that Shen Teng's appearance is also very good. No matter how funny he is, he will not make people feel like a clown. This is also an important point that he can lead other comedians later!

Zhou Xingxing, with gray hair, watched Shen Teng's performance on the screen and couldn't help but think of himself back then...

This young man is very talented, with a good appearance and temperament. Although his performance still has a strong sketch style, as long as he calms down and focuses on learning, he may become a new generation of comedy king in the future!

The movie shows the time when General Manager Liu goes to the police station to report the case. This part is also reflected in the trailer, but no one has seen the most essential part.

When General Manager Liu felt that he was being treated as a fool and left the police station with his suit thrown away, the exaggerated laughter of two policemen came from the back!

The audience in the audience also laughed!

Even if Gu Zhongyu had watched this scene countless times in his previous life, he would still laugh. It is the funniest scene in "The Mermaid"!

At this point, the character Liu played by Shen Teng is changing as he grows up. The theme of the movie gradually sublimates as the plot progresses, and the love between the male and female protagonists gradually becomes clearer...

One thing that is commendable about Zhou Xingxing's movies is that he likes to satirize everything, but he will not satirize the efforts and love of ordinary people!

At the end of the movie, Shen Teng risked his life to save Shanshan and returned to the sea. After putting Da Tiantian back to the sea, the whole person seemed to be relieved, looking at the direction of the sea, and fell backwards.

The ending of the original movie is that Wu Moufan came to interview Liu Zong, and then Shanshan, as his wife, appeared, indicating that the two had a happy ending.

Gu Zhongyu changed it slightly.

Many years later, Liu Zong, who has become an expert in marine environmental protection, took a group of children to visit the beach. When they saw the graffiti about mermaids on the stones, the children asked if there were mermaids in the world.

Then Liu Zong smiled knowingly and said that it was just a legend.

Then he looked out to the sea in the distance, where a vague figure was waving at him...

The movie ended here!

It wasn't until the ending song sounded and the relevant list of the film crew appeared on the big screen that the audience realized that the movie was over.

The theater was immediately filled with warm applause and cheers!

"Not bad, the Spring Festival box office champion can be booked!"

"Master Xing is still Master Xing, it's worth bringing my family to see it!"

"Da Tiantian performed well this time, hey, I didn't pay attention to that Hao Jian before, he can also act in a movie?"

"What Hao Jian, he has a real name, called Shen Teng..."

The main creative staff walked onto the stage one after another, the reporters surrounded them again, and fans began to present flowers one after another.

The giant screen hall was filled with thunderous applause, and the praise was generous. The sound was so loud that it almost overturned the ceiling of the theater. Even the audience outside the theater could feel the enthusiasm inside.

If "The Mermaid" is a very ordinary movie, or even a bad movie, no matter how much people love Stephen Chow, the response will not be so enthusiastic at this moment.

From the long-lasting applause and the heartfelt laughter of the audience during the movie screening, it can be seen that "The Mermaid" is definitely a success as a comedy, but the movie is only 93 minutes long, and it is inevitable that there are some shortcomings in the portrayal of the character's growth.

But all this can no longer affect the final outcome of the Spring Festival

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When Gu Zhongyu and Da Tiantian returned to the hotel, it was already early in the morning of the next day.

Since leaving the cinema at night, Da Tiantian has been holding her mobile phone and refreshing it at any time to see everyone's comments on the movie and herself, as well as the most important-box office data!

"How can it be that fast? You should at least wait until tomorrow afternoon to watch it!"

"I can't wait!"

It was almost three o'clock, and Da Tiantian was still too excited to sleep. "You are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. I have never been so happy as today! Especially when those audiences said that my acting skills have improved, it is even more exciting than winning thirteen rounds in a row in mahjong!"

"Gambling is not recommended. Stay away from it in the future!"

Gu Zhongyu unbuttoned his suit and lay down on the boat, saying nonchalantly: "Don't be happy too early. This time the role is highly compatible with you, and there is nothing wrong with it. When you need to perform with depth, next time if you force yourself to play a character that doesn't fit you, someone will still criticize you!"

"Ah?"

Da Tiantian came to Gu Zhongyu with her face in her hands in disappointment: "Then help me analyze it, what is Lao Mouzi's "The Great Wall" like? Such a big production, and Matt Dameng as the male lead, it should be... okay, right?"

She has been preparing for the start of "The Great Wall" during this period, and is full of confidence to impact Hollywood. If this movie fails, she may not receive invitations for big movies in the future, and her family will not support it.

"There is no hope. Sino-US co-production + magical epic is equal to a pile of shit! I guess Lao Mouzi will soon notice something is wrong, but he can only bite the bullet and finish it!"

Even Wang Jin knows it. He said that when a director like Lao Mouzi was shooting "The Great Wall", he didn't have to finish it. He must have felt cold in his heart halfway through, and knew that the play was over. A director with the ability to examine can of course see that what he shot is very bad. It's just that you have to be responsible for the investors and the crew members, and you have to go ahead with the filming.

"Ah! It's all for nothing, ah~"

Da Tiantian's good mood because of "The Mermaid" was gone in an instant. Now she admires Gu Zhongyu's judgment ability and has assumed that his predictions are all correct.

"The probability of a movie failing is already very high. I think you have made a lot of movies, how come you don't have any experience at all?"

Gu Zhongyu touched Jing Tian's head and comforted her: "Don't worry! Everyone's expectations of you are not high. When the movie is really released, the one who will be scolded the most will be Lao Mouzi. Anyway, there is already a black history of Sanqiang, and he doesn't need this one!"

Of course, there may be another "Man Jiang Hong" later, which really nailed Lao Mouzi to the historical pillar of shame!

But the irony is that this movie actually became the highest-grossing movie in Lao Mouzi's directorial career...

"Only filming movies is a wrong path. Look at Liu Yufei. Isn't she doing both movies and TV series? If you want to be a good actor with works and popularity, you still have to film something that the people like and take on some TV series!"

"TV series? Are there any good scripts?"

Da Tiantian's interest was aroused. In fact, she didn't look down on TV series, but there were too few good scripts, and the movies she received in recent years were not enough to film, so how could she have time to film TV series?

"Oh, I'm so sleepy! It's early morning, I want to take a nap!"

Gu Zhongyu stretched and started to keep the secret.

"No sleep! Talk to me first! I'm too excited now and can't sleep at all!"

"You can talk, but... if you just talk like this, it's easy to get dry mouth and tongue!"

"Dry mouth and tongue?"

Da Tiantian pondered the word for a while, and soon understood it. She looked at Gu Zhongyu with a blushing face. Seeing that he was lazy and unwilling to get up, she knew what he wanted her to do!

After mumbling a few words, she took the hair tie and put her hair up, then slowly crawled under the edge of the boat and knelt on the ground...

The first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle!

This sentence is now applied to the movie "The Mermaid", which is a perfect description!

Although the Spring Festival period has just started for one day, the ending is already obvious.

As early as 8 hours before the release of the film, the first-day pre-sale box office of "The Mermaid" exceeded 100 million, setting a new record for pre-sales of Chinese-language films and becoming the fastest Chinese-language film to break 100 million; it finally officially opened with a pre-sale of 118 million (excluding midnight shows).

After the official release on the first day of the new year, as of 15:00 on February 20, the first-day box office of "The Mermaid" had exceeded 200 million, becoming the fastest Chinese-language film to exceed 200 million in history.

Throughout the day on the first day of the new year, "The Mermaid" finally contributed 42% of the box office with a 34% screening rate and a 65% attendance rate, and earned more than 300 million in a single day!

It became the highest-grossing Chinese film on the first day of history, and also the highest-grossing Chinese film in a single day in history.

In addition, "The Mermaid" also set the highest number of moviegoers in a single day, the highest box office record for a single film in a single day during the Spring Festival, and helped the market break through 600 million on that day, the highest in the history of the mainland market.

Behind every record-breaking number of "The Mermaid" is the strong protection of the audience's good reputation.