"What? The Lotus Lantern sold 30 billion yen in Fusang?!" When it was 2001, Boss Jia casually asked about the sales of the latest theatrical version of Pokemon, he received the news that the Lotus Lantern's box office had exploded in Fusang.
Boss Jia was a little confused. He remembered that when the Lotus Lantern was taken off the screen, the box office of the entire Fusang market was less than 100 million yen. How did it become 30 billion after it was taken off the screen?
This made Boss Jia, who always had foresight, confused.
"Because it was released again later!" Jon Landau said with emotion.
"Did you push it?" Boss Jia asked.
"No, the Fusangpeople did it on their own initiative!" Jon Landau said.
"…" Boss Jia licked his lips. Jon Landau saw this and began to explain.
It turned out that when almost everyone in the animation circle in Fusang spoke up for the Lotus Lantern, the Lotus Lantern received more and more attention.
Then, the anime magazine published a report. It was a novel-like story published by the author who first said that the Treasured Lotus Lantern was a super masterpiece.
The author said that he went back to his hometown to recuperate, then came across a deserted cinema in his hometown. He happened to see the Lotus Lantern that was still showing, so he was lucky enough to see the animation of the Lotus Lantern that had been taken off the screen. He watched it five or six times, but still felt that it was not enough.
The article described in detail the many differences and shocking aspects of the Lotus Lantern between the movie version and the DVD version. In the end, it also said that the movie version of the Lotus Lantern had Easter Eggs that the DVD version did not have. Watching the Lotus Lantern again would definitely give you a new understanding of the movie.
The animation magazine published this article to cater to the recent popularity of the Lotus Lantern.
Unexpectedly, on the second day of the magazine's release, an unprecedented flow of people flooded into this remote town. Everyone squeezed into this small cinema, wanting to buy a ticket for the Lotus Lantern.
In less than ten minutes, the two daily Lotus Lantern movies were sold out. However, there were still customers who wanted to line up outside to buy tickets.
Well, because Fusang was very small, and Fusang was very rich, every small town in Fusang was connected by a railway system, and the speed was very fast. From Tokyo to any city in the island, 15 hours was enough.
Hence, the players who had read the report swarmed in quickly. Within a day, the entire town was filled with players.
Then, under Tanaka Keiichi's suggestion, the cinema quickly changed to only play the movie "Lotus Lantern" in all the theaters. In any case, they managed to set up a scale of 18 shows a day, but it still couldn't satisfy the audiences who came from afar.
Therefore, some audience members chose to buy movie tickets for the next day or even the day after. Then, they stayed in the town.
As a result, the town that had fallen into decline quickly ushered in an unprecedented prosperity. All the merchants in the town were surprised to find that their shops were full of customers, especially those restaurants. For the first time, they experienced the magical experience of having all the rice in the shop sold out.
There were only a few hotels in the small town, so naturally, there was an explosion of customer flow. The entire town was dumbfounded and had no idea what was going on. It wasn't until they realized that everyone was talking about a movie that they vaguely understood what was going on.
This situation lasted for about a week. It was not that there were no more audiences after a week, but after a week, even the dumbest cinemas came to their senses and put the Treasured Lotus Lantern back on the shelves.
Anyway, the movie copies in Fusang's cinemas were generally limited to a year. Although the movie was taken down, as long as the right to use the copy was still there, it could be re-released at any time.
However, although it was only a week, the town made a lot of money. Then, everyone came to thank Tanaka Keiichi. Tanaka Keiichi was so touched that he decided to stay and help the town develop. He didn't want to go to some big city to continue working as an editor.
The town's mayor happened to be Tanaka Keiichi's father, so the father immediately appointed Tanaka Keiichi as the town's development consultant. Under Tanaka Keiichi's leadership, the town began to build a large number of services and attractions with the Lotus Lantern as the core.
Keiichi Tanaka even created a tour of the Treasured Lotus Lantern's Holy Land. Although he didn't know how the entire story happened in China and how it ended up in the Holy Land of Fusang, the town suddenly became prosperous. The entire town became the famous Treasured Lotus Lantern Town.
Later on, on Erlang Shen's birthday every year, a large-scale Lotus Lantern Festival would be held. The whole town's residents carried the Lotus Lantern and worshipped Erlang Shen. There was also an election for the Howling Celestial Dog. Almost all the dogs in Fusang would come to compete for the honor of the Howling Celestial Dog. In the end, many dog lovers abroad and even dogs from Hua Xia came to participate in the election.
In the end, the whole town became very prosperous because of the Lotus Lantern. Tanaka Keiichi also became the town's leader. Until his death, he was the town's pride.
Ahem, ahem, I seemed to have gone too far.
Anyway, after Tanaka Keiichi's actions, all the cinemas knew that the Lotus Lantern movie was profitable. Then, they began to release it on a large scale.
This time, it was no longer a situation where no one cared about it. Many cinemas were full. All the Fusang filmmakers were stunned when they saw this scene.
It was already very unusual for a movie to be released again after being removed from screening. In the end, it was released on a larger scale than before, and the box office was even higher. In the end, it even surpassed last year's champion, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Yellow Turban Rebellion." It firmly stood at the top of the Fusang box office rankings. This made the filmmakers even more incredulous.
The most amazing thing was that this movie actually reached the level of zero negative reviews in Fusang. At the same time, hundreds of articles about various interpretations of the movie were published every day. The popularity of the Lotus Lantern did not stop for more than two months. It attracted new audiences to watch it every day.
And the 30 billion box office was not the end of the Lotus Lantern. Now, the industry was discussing whether the Lotus Lantern could achieve an unprecedented 40 billion yen box office.
"This is too amazing!" After hearing about the Lotus Lantern's counterattack in Fusang, Boss Jia couldn't help but lick his lips. This matter was completely out of Boss Jia's control. After the Lotus Lantern was removed from screening, the Daqian government did not do any large-scale promotion for the Lotus Lantern. This movie could be said to have risen completely on its own. In the end, it stood at the pinnacle of Fusang movies.
"Sensei … You're awesome!" Boss Jia exclaimed in the end.
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