Chapter 308 Sure
The box office exceeded 100 million in two days!

Although everyone had expected this after the first day box office of "The Martian" came out, when the result really appeared before our eyes, it still felt unreal.

In the past, not to mention the past, even now, a movie box office exceeding 100 million is a remarkable achievement.

In the past two years, although a few blockbusters easily made over 200 million or 300 million yuan at the box office.

But there are only one or two films like this every year.

For ordinary movies, a million on the first day is called a big hit, and more than two million on the first day is called a big hit.

There will be 600,000 or 700,000 on the first day. If we can maintain that figure, we can have a grand celebration party.

This is the real situation of most movies in mainland China at present. Movies with box office exceeding 100 million yuan are really rare.

Currently in mainland China, only five people have achieved this achievement: Zhang Yimou, Liu Zhou, Chen Shishi, Feng Kuzi, Feng Xiaoning and Ning Hao.

Even if we include Hong Kong directors, there are only three, Stephen Chow, Xu Ke and Chen Kexin, and Xu Ke achieved this goal only after joining Golden Harvest.

But now, "The Martian" has grossed over 100 million yuan in just two days.

This is really incredible for filmmakers who came from the 1990s.

However, the media and the audience don’t have so much to say. "The Martian" grossed over 100 million yuan in two days and broke records, so they just started praising it.

Moreover, they also feel that "The Martian", as the first domestic science fiction blockbuster and with excellent film quality, deserves this achievement and honor.

At the same time, when the movie "The Martian" broke the 100 million yuan mark, some important official media also began to comment on the movie.

"As the first science fiction blockbuster in China, The Martian has set a good example for everyone. Not only is the film of excellent quality, but it also has profound meaning.

In fact, whether on Mars or Earth, human survival has always been full of hardships and loneliness, and we may encounter unbearable storms at any time.

But a true warrior dares to face the bleakness of life and the bloodshed. Only by conquering the fear in one’s heart can one overcome all external hardships.”
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"Guangming Daily"

"The Martian can be regarded as the Chinese version of Robinson Crusoe, and the 500-day journey to Mars is even more fantastic.

Even when on the verge of despair, they still grasped the glimmer of hope with an optimistic attitude. Isolated and helpless on Mars, the astronauts fully exerted their fine style of self-reliance and hard work, and finally created an amazing miracle of survival on Mars. "
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"People's Daily"

“Knowledge is power. As a hardcore science fiction movie, The Martian tells us that when you are in a desperate situation, what can save you may be the little knowledge we learn in our daily life.”
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"China Youth Daily"

"As the first space science fiction film in mainland China, The Martian, brought by the great director Liu Zhou, has brought the audience an ultimate audio-visual and fantasy feast. In the vast outer space, the miraculous rescue was completed, giving the audience an experience they have never had before!"
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Yangcheng Daily

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The print media is a little more serious and talks more about general principles.

However, the fact that these major official media outlets have commented on a movie is also the greatest affirmation of "The Martian".

Look at how many movies have these major official media reviewed since the new century?

In addition to the very first "Hero", "Red Cliff" which broke the box office record of "Titanic", and "Assembly", "The Martian" is now only the fourth one.

Moreover, "The Martian" was praised by not just one or two media outlets, but many other media outlets.

However, Liu Zhou no longer has much time to pay attention to various comments online or in offline media.

After visiting Beijing and Shanghai successively, Liu Zhou brought the main creative team to Hangzhou for a roadshow.

Backstage, Liu Zhou took some time to read the comments online to get a general idea of ​​what issues people were interested in, so that he would have a general idea of ​​what to answer the audience's questions during the roadshow.

"Haozi, look, there are people on the Internet saying that you are handsome." Liu Zhou said with a smile, pointing to a comment on the laptop.

"What do you mean? Am I not handsome? The main reason I was able to enter the Central Academy of Drama was because I was handsome, right?"

"Really? I don't believe it!"

"I think Qin Hao is really handsome and manly."

"Look, Ziyi still has good taste."

"Ziyi, please don't speak against your conscience, okay?"

"go away!"

"Hahaha…"

Zhang Ziyi couldn't help but feel a little envious when she saw Liu Zhou and Qin Hao joking and playing like this.

As the male lead of "The Martian", and the absolute protagonist, Qin Hao's popularity and industry status will definitely reach new heights.

He used to be just a nerd in school, but now, after "The Martian", Qin Hao should be the most accomplished one in the 96 acting class.

As for Liu Zhou, needless to say, he may be the most outstanding student of the Central Academy of Drama so far.

Originally, he could have joked with them like he does now, but after entering the society after graduation, he had too smooth early stage, which led to a lot of estrangement between him and his classmates.

However, now that he no longer has New Picture and Zhang Yimou as his backing, his development in Hollywood has not been smooth.

I have some fame now, but the better resources I can access are very limited.

The reason why she was willing to play a supporting role to Qin Hao and play the heroine with few roles in "The Martian" was not only because of Liu Zhou's fame and influence, but also because "The Martian" might be the best resource she could get at the time.

However, Zhang Ziyi was also very grateful at this time that she did not turn down the role because it had too few lines.

Now "The Martian" has grossed over 100 million in two days, which is an amazing achievement. It is obviously going to break the box office record. Moreover, the popularity of the movie is also terrifyingly high. Even though she has a small role in the movie, the increase in her popularity and other aspects is not inferior to that of the heroine of a big production.

At least it had a much greater impact on her than "The Banquet".

So now Zhang Ziyi is very active about roadshows. In fact, not only she is active, but others are also very active.

Although Zhu Yawen, Zhang Yi and Yang Mi only played minor roles in the movie, their popularity increased a lot through this movie.

This is the influence of a phenomenal movie.

No matter whether you are the protagonist, supporting role, or even a minor role, the audience will remember you. Even if they don’t remember your name, they will remember what you look like.

Liu Zhou naturally didn't know what Zhang Ziyi was thinking, but her reaction just now did surprise Liu Zhou.

When did she become so close to Qin Hao?

I have never seen Zhang Ziyi praise Qin Hao before, not even when they were in school.

But after thinking about it, Liu Zhou roughly understood that when a person becomes famous, he will have more friends, and ordinary friends will become good friends, and he will have the attribute of being a magnet.

Liu Zhou checked the time, stopped joking, and said:

"Okay, get ready. Don't keep the audience waiting."

After a while, people from the cinema came to inform us that we could enter. Liu Zhou led a few people into the screening room and started the first roadshow of "The Martian" in Hangzhou.

As soon as we entered, the audience who had just finished watching a movie immediately applauded and welcomed us excitedly.

The roadshow time is limited, so it’s just for interaction, signing autographs, taking photos, etc.

I then answered some questions from the audience, who were also vying to ask questions.

Liu Zhou randomly pointed to a young man wearing glasses in the front row. He immediately stood up excitedly, took the microphone and said excitedly:

“Director Liu, I’m a fan of yours. I’ve watched every movie you’ve made. This movie, The Martian, is also very good, but there’s one part that I think is not rigorous.

"The part about using a stapler to sew the needles seems to be deliberately eye-catching. Don't they even have the tools to sew external wounds in the Mars base?"

In fact, when Liu Zhou browsed the comments on the Internet about this issue, he found that many people had doubts about it.

Liu Zhou smiled and said:

"Why do you think it's a stapler? Is it just because it looks like a stapler?"

"Well, isn't it?"

"Of course not, it's not a stapler, it's a suture machine."

Seeing that other people in the theater were also confused, Liu Zhou continued to explain:
"In fact, this kind of medical stapler has been around for a long time, but it has not been widely used. If you search online, you should be able to find it.

But even if we don't have one now, when we land on Mars, it would be reasonable to design a stitching machine like this, right?"

In fact, this is also because information dissemination is inconvenient. If someone asks this question ten years later, someone will reply to you in minutes.

"Director Liu, why did you announce the hero's death so quickly at the beginning of the movie when his body wasn't even found?

In our country, such a big thing, and one that has attracted global attention, shouldn't be announced so easily, right?"

This is indeed a good question.

What he said is not wrong. In our country, major events are usually announced only after preparations have been made.

After all, not only are many countries keeping an eye on us, we also have many dogs within our ranks who are always looking for trouble.

Look at the senior management of domestic branches of environmental protection, animal protection, and various charitable and foundation organizations.

If you check their identities again, your composition will be clear at a glance.

They just eat dog food shipped in by sea and air and do the work of lackeys, the most typical of which is in the field of environmental protection.

In the first decade of the new century, have we often read many articles about what we did that led to environmental damage and ocean pollution?
It makes us seem as if we have committed a great sin against the earth.

Much of this kind of news is custom-written according to certain people's wishes.

We had no choice but to sacrifice part of the environment for the sake of development, but we realized the problem of pollution very early on.

The slogan of "having both mountains of gold and silver and green mountains and clear waters" was put forward very early.

Sustainable development was also proposed very early.

However, usually no one pays attention to these propaganda slogans, but the country is starting to control pollution from top to bottom.

Look at it now, the world-famous Seine River and Thames River are still full of feces and urine and stink terribly. And we have managed the deserts even more, let alone the rivers!

But now these lackeys are still very active, and there are also many stupid idiots who have lost their brains and have been fooled.

Therefore, when something big happens, there will definitely be chaos.

However, if we really have something big, the public won’t feel anything and won’t even know it happened.

(End of this chapter)