"Mr. Steven … Mr. Steven, good news … good news," Yu Wenhui shouted in surprise as she rushed into Steven's office.
Steven frowned. He wasn't in a good state of mind. He hadn't slept at all last night.
This morning, he saw a few pieces of news criticizing him.
Not only was he in a bad state, but he was also in a bad mood.
"What is it?" Steven sounded a little angry.
"The rating on Rotten Tomatoes is up. It's 8.1 now."
"Huh? Why is it so high? "Steven asked in surprise.
Impossible. He estimated that it would only be 6.0 at most.
He wasn't shooting an indie film. How could it be 8.1?
Did Rotten Tomatoes make a mistake?
Or was Yu Wenhui bullshitting him?
Based on yesterday's reviews, the score would only go down in a straight line, not up.
"It's true. Take a look yourself if you don't believe me."
Steven opened Rotten Tomatoes and clicked on his movie's page.
It was even higher than what Yu Wenhui had said.
What was going on?
Did someone give him a good review?
Steven scrolled down the comments. They were all the same. "Director Steven, please accept my apology."
Steven continued flipping through the pages and finally found a serious comment.
Then, he clicked on the comment. Then, he was dumbfounded by what he saw.
Was this commenter thinking too much?
Were there so many elements in his movie?
Were there so many dark lines, bright lines, and hidden plots?
Just then, Steven received a call from Rasfa.
"Steven, you're amazing. You're amazing. How did you do it?"
"What? Rasfa, what are you talking about? "
"I'm talking about your movie. It's amazing, really amazing," Rasfa said excitedly. Rasfa said excitedly, "I've watched it six times, but it's still not enough. There are too many things hidden in this movie. Tell me, how many things are hidden in it?"
"Uh … guess …"
"It's boring if you say that."
"It's even more boring if I say it. If you want to know, watch and think for yourself."
"Okay, okay. I'll keep watching," Rasfa said helplessly. Rasfa said helplessly, "Oh, by the way, according to the data from the cinemas, the box office on Saturday has already reached $65 million as of 7 pm."
"Huh? So high? For the entire day yesterday, including the foreplay, he only earned a little more than 10 million USD, right? The box office had reached 65 million USD by 7 pm today? You're not lying to me, right? "
"That's because yesterday's people didn't understand it. Tomorrow, I'll contact a few cinemas and see if we can add more cinemas."
After hanging up the phone, Steven sat down on the chair.
His mind was in a state of complete emptiness.
How could this be?
Why did the evaluation of him change so drastically overnight?
How did a lousy movie become a masterpiece overnight?
The box office had skyrocketed several times. Could it be that he had accidentally filmed it and then edited it in?
That was impossible. It might be possible if there were one or two.
However, the entire movie was more than a hundred minutes long. How could he arrange so much content?
On Saturday, Yu Wenhui rushed into Steven's office again.
"Mr. Steven, today's box office is out. It's $86 million in 24 hours."
Steven felt suffocated. Eighty-six million dollars?!
Even if it was a Beyond Grade A production, the box office on Friday would probably be around this level.
Of course, some movies might be able to break 100 million USD.
However, Sea Patrol was only a low-budget movie, yet it had reached the box office level of a Beyond Grade A production.
On the third day, Sunday, the box office broke 100 million USD, reaching 101 million USD.
The three-day box office on the weekend accumulated to 198.5 million USD.
It ranked fifth in the history of the three-day box office on the first weekend.
The top four were all Beyond Grade A productions without exception. The filming cost alone was more than 200 million USD, and the other promotional costs added up to a monster-level investment of 300 to 400 million USD.
But now, "Angry Sea Sheriff" had created its own miracle with 50 million US dollars.
The direction of the media had also completely changed. The media that had previously criticized Steven all changed their tone and began to praise him.
After three days of excitement, Steven's box office on Monday was out.
Ninety-nine million USD. This was a real world record.
The first-day box office record was ninety-nine million USD.
While "Sea Cop" had a good box office and reputation, the other films were in trouble.
Who would have thought that Sea Patrol, which was supposed to be a flop, would reveal its sharp fangs without any warning?
Like a monster, it began to rampage through the box office.
It was completely out of the norm. Usually, the box office would be halved after the first day.
However, Sea Patrol did not follow the norm at all.
Everyone seemed to have foreseen the birth of a box office miracle.
But now, Steven suddenly calmed down.
While the outside world was full of praises for him, Steven was extremely calm.
He knew what he had done.
He also did not think that his movie could really take on so many praises.
Steven kept playing with the gold coin in his hand.
It was the lucky coin that Chen Zhao had given him.
He had been thinking about this question.
Everything seemed to have started from this gold coin.
Maybe he had guessed wrong, or maybe it was just a beautiful coincidence?
"Mr. Steven, it's late …" Yu Wenhui knocked on Steven's office door.
"You can go back first." Steven waved his hand.
"Then … I'll go first." Yu Wenhui closed the door.
She knew that Steven had slept very little these days. The first night was because of the box office failure.
The next few days were because of the explosion of the box office.
He was so excited that he could not sleep.
Steven sat in his office for more than an hour.
He did not do anything.
Finally, he picked up his phone.
"Hey, Chen …"
"F * ck, do you know what time it is?"
"Err … Sorry."
"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."
"No, Chen … I used the coin."
"Oh, you only used it on Saturday?"
Steven was even more certain that it was really the coin's effect.
"Chen, can you tell me what happened?"
"You're very strong," Chen Zhao answered, confused.
"What?"
"I'm going to sleep."
"F * ck … If you hang up, I'll go to your house right now."
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