567: Chapter 567 Killing someone by destroying their spirit

# la la land is good #

Not sure why, but this trending topic made many people think of Director Deng Yu's the play, that notoriously terrible romance movie that forced the entire entertainment industry to hype it up.

Time flies. It's already been a year. Back then, Lin Chuyan had a shallow foundation in the industry, yet he dared to go against the grain, pointing out directly that the play was "not good," much like the boy pointing out the "Emperor's New Clothes."

While this was satisfying for people, it also drew a lot of criticism. For example, the fans of the play's male lead, Young Actor Qi Ye, retorted: "Who do you think you are, Lin Chuyan? What qualifications do you have to judge a great director's work?"

Now, Lin Chuyan's fans could finally retort with pride: "Didn't you want to talk about qualifications? Well, here they are!"

At 7:00 PM on the first day of the Lunar New Year, la la land opened on Douban with a score of 8.4.

[It's also a romance movie, come on, let's compare the ratings. Damn, I'm dying of laughter, the rating is almost three times that of the play.]

[I remember Wawa's interpretation of double blades. My brother really did use both "courage" and "Work" at the same time.]

[the play is just bad, la la land is just good. Seeking truth from facts, is that so hard?]

[Why aren't you yelling now? Why aren't Young Actor Qi Ye's fans yelling anymore?]

[Awesome! It's f*cking awesome! Watching la la land while cursing Director Deng Yu and Young Actor Qi Ye, brothers, this is the ultimate enjoyment.]

That's right, the success of la la land has a significance that transcends the work itself—the boy slaying the dragon happens today.

Lin Chuyan went to the cinema to watch Director Qi Kai and Ouyang Xi's the dragon lantern chronicle.

The reason is simple: among the many competitors, this film is one of the few that has received quite a bit of praise.

As for 《Fox Immortal Inn》, the first-day box office looks okay, but the limitations of fan economy are there, and it can't stir up too many waves. After so many years, many so-called domestic blockbusters still haven't learned their lesson. Not to mention the distant ones, just take the recent one, Lin Chuyan's hunting blue star is a typical example...

Lin Chuyan has his own judgment: "300 million, a top-tier celebrity is worth at most 300 million in box office, no more than that."

Wu Yue nodded in agreement: "Now the concept of the domestic film and television industry is slowly changing, and traffic stars are used less than before. You see people like Feng Liqian, they basically can't get jobs now. The Spring Festival Movie Season still needs good word-of-mouth to support the box office. This 《Fox Immortal Inn》 has bad reviews all over the internet; I estimate that within three days at most, the box office will plummet."

Lin Chuyan mentioned another movie: "I finished watching the dragon lantern chronicle. No wonder Director Qi Kai is full of confidence; this film is indeed enough for the Spring Festival Movie Season. He abandoned the grand narrative he is not good at and focused on small characters and small stories in the torrent of history. Doing so actually allows the audience to resonate. However, this story can't stand careful scrutiny; the setting is a bit strange, you can't watch it with your brain. By the way, the ending is also quite outrageous."

Wu Yue also went to see the movie and deeply agreed with Lin Chuyan's point of view: "But the type of this film is very different from ours. History + Suspense, it should be able to take away a lot of the box office."

Lin Chuyan didn't care much: "It doesn't matter. Let's work together to eat up the other films first. Besides, we are number one in the box office, just hold on."

A staff member on the side reported the data to him: "Boss, we have 300 million today."

Wu Yue saw it clearly: "The box office trend in the next few days is the key. If it can reverse the trend, it will basically be stable."

Lin Chuyan shrugged: "I've already done enough before the release. If I can't get good results like this, I have no choice."

This is true.

la la land now has countless gimmicks and promotional points.

The 3.5 billion retirement bet with Director Deng Yu, the on-screen couple act of real lovers, Lin Chuyan's first feature film as director and lead, Ruan Xingyu's big-screen debut, the blessing of being a Venice Best Actress, the honor of 14 Oscar nominations, the proposal footage at the end that countless people have taken photos of, plus the "gift money" mentioned today... it's too much. Plus the film quality is hard enough and the word-of-mouth is good enough. If he still can't win the box office championship like this, Lin Chuyan has nothing to say.

The theater chains had already figured it out. The Spring Festival Movie Season is the most profitable time of the year for theaters. Movie tickets, popcorn, drinks, all rely on these few days to boost performance. Currently, la la land has the highest attendance rate. Who would go against money?

So, the next day, the screen share of la la land increased again, officially breaking through 40%. The box office was only a few hundred dollars less than the first day, and it still led the Spring Festival Movie Season with a single-day box office of 300 million!

On the third day, the box office reached 350 million, starting to reverse the trend.

On the fourth day, the box office stood at 400 million, continuing to reverse the trend.

Wu Yue's old face smiled brightly: "It already broke even on the third day, and now it has broken 1.3 billion!"

"You're wrong, Brother Yue, it broke even on the second day." Lin Chuyan smiled happily, "You didn't calculate the overseas box office."

"Take off! Xiao Yan, taking off directly!" Wu Yue rubbed his hands excitedly, "By the way, it's not far from 3.5 billion."

"It's impossible to have such high box office every day... but if you count overseas, it's indeed fast."

"I don't know if Director Deng Yu is panicking now, haha."

"Oh, you reminded me, I'll post on Weibo." Yanzi took out his phone and started working.

The Weibo was edited quickly.

[Good news, good news, la la land has topped the global box office for four consecutive days, and it is getting closer and closer to the 3.5 billion box office mark. It seems that I don't have to retire from the circle?]

Since Lin Chuyan doesn't have to retire, who should retire, it goes without saying, right?

[Brother, I knew you could win, but I didn't expect you to win so easily.]

Reply: [It's not easy. The period from project approval to wrap-up was the most difficult. Also, I was blacklisted for a long time before the release, you know.]

[Yanzi, do you want me to help you @ someone?]

Reply: [Forget it, everyone is a decent person, so it won't go as far as reneging. Besides, I might agree, but the netizens won't.]

That's true. If someone is not decent, the netizens will help him be decent.

However, Director Deng Yu was obviously unable to sit still.

Lin Chuyan was still interacting with netizens when Producer Zhang Man's call came in.

"Director Lin, that... there's something I have to tell you, hahahaha."

"Sister Man, go ahead."

"Director Deng Yu came to me, saying he wants to meet with you."

"Hmm? Didn't he ask once before?"

"This time he came to ask personally, and even said the conditions are up to you, just asking you to post a Weibo. Will you see him?"

Lin Chuyan didn't even think about it and refused flatly: "No! Sister Man, it's not that I don't give you face, it's just that even if we meet, I won't agree to anything he asks."

"Got it."

"Hmm, can you help me pass a message to him?"

"Go ahead."

"the play is really very bad."

"Hahahaha! You are really striking where it hurts!" Producer Zhang Man laughed loudly on the other end of the phone.

He even said the conditions are up to me; Lin Chuyan didn't even want to listen. He is very busy and doesn't want to waste time on such people. Moreover, meeting such a person who crazily smeared him for no reason, what if Director Deng Yu sets him up again? It's better to be safe and cautious.

He still has to rush to the next schedule.

"Brother Yue, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony is about to start, I have to rush over, please keep an eye on things here."

"Okay, The Oscars are coming up soon, right?"

"Yes, The Oscars are right after the Golden Globe Awards, with only a few days in between. I'll come back after these two events are over."

Regarding these two awards ceremonies, Lionsgate indicated that it is basically a sure thing for la la land to win awards.

Very good, Lin Chuyan's acceptance speech is also ready.