May 1st, Tuesday …
In Pei Qian's impression, the 2012 May 1st holiday should have been on the 29th, 30th, and 1st. However, it had actually become a continuous holiday from the 28th to the 2nd. Obviously, there had been some slight changes in the development of this world.
However, this was of course a good thing for Pei Qian. He was very unhappy with the behavior of "taking two days off to make up for three days of leave". Many times, he had to use two Saturdays to make up for three days of leave. It was said to be three days of leave, but in fact, it was only one day?
It was much more reasonable to arrange the holidays like this.
What's more, it was a good thing for Pei Qian to have more holidays and less work for his employees.
Today was a rest day, but Otto Technologies' news conference was very rushed. Thus, Jiang Yuan applied to work overtime for two hours today to discuss the details of the news conference with Boss Pei.
Pei Qian thought for a moment and gave Jiang Yuan five times his daily salary today. Then, he agreed to his request.
It was a pity that Pei Qian could not get a salary from the company. Otherwise, Pei Qian might work overtime until his employees doubted their lives according to this overtime salary standard.
All in all, he would go watch a movie first.
Pei Qian put on his mask and strolled to a small cinema near his residence.
On one hand, it was because it was close and convenient to walk there in a few minutes. On the other hand, the popular movies in several large cinemas were all full. It was not easy to buy tickets.
In fact, Pei Qian was very happy to see Greyhound's explosive popularity. This meant that Vinci Media's efforts had not been in vain!
They had spent money on publicity, hired fake reviewers to build momentum, and rode on the popularity of Mission and Choice. After putting in so much effort, it would not make sense if the box office on the first day did not explode.
Even Boss Pei found it difficult to withstand it, not to mention themselves.
There were still a few minutes before he entered the cinema after collecting the tickets. Pei Qian strolled around casually and saw many promotional materials about Greyhound in the hall.
The most eye-catching one was a poster. In the middle, the words' Greyhound ', which were filled with a metallic feel, separated the poster into two parts.
The upper half was made up of two men and a woman in military uniforms. The wreckage of the alien spaceship dragged a long tail of flames down in the sky. In the distance was the setting sun. The lower half was a battleship floating alone on the vast sea. In the distance was the huge shadow of the alien spaceship, and the battleship was completely enveloped.
He had to admit that the poster was pretty good.
However, when Pei Qian saw the three main leads, he felt that the handsome guy in the middle looked familiar. He seemed to have seen him somewhere before.
It was just that she had long hair before, but now she had short hair.
"Lead actor: John Stanton?"
"Why does this name sound so familiar?"
Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss. He quickly took out his cell phone and opened the Gou Yan application. He clicked on the details page of the Greyhound and clicked into the main lead's personal space.
As expected, John Stanton's last movie before "Greyhound" was "Flying Star Journey"!
"Why is it you again!"
Pei Qian nearly fainted on the spot.
He still remembered the movie introduction of "Flying Star Journey". It said that in order to play the role of the former officer, Tim, the lead actor, John Stanton, worked very hard to complete rigorous physical training during the filming. He completed the filming while enduring the pain and torture of his injuries. He also lost a full 25 pounds. He could be said to be a model of professionalism.
Before "Flying Star Journey" was released, the director, Darryl, and the lead actor, John Stanton, were almost praised to the sky. Pei Qian thought that the movie would at least earn a billion US dollars at the box office once it was released, right? In the end, it only earned less than 300 million yuan in the domestic box office. The global box office was even worse.
Why was this person acting in "Greyhound" again?
Could the director be …
Pei Qian looked at the cast list of "Greyhound" again and realized that the director was no longer the same Darryl. He could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, fortunately.
He had thought that he had gone against this group of people!
It was not bad news that they had gone against each other. The key was that the team from "Flying Star Journey" was too weak. It was hard for Boss Pei to trust them.
This director's resume was not bad. He had also filmed a few more famous movies.
Pei Qian could not help but like the lead actor, John Stanton.
It looked like this brother was quite wise. He knew very well that he could not hang himself on one tree. He had to try a few more trees. The failure of "Flying Star Journey" the last time was obviously the director's fault. This time, it should not be a big problem with a different director.
Pei Qian entered the cinema expectantly.
…
Two hours later, Pei Qian walked out with a confused expression.
What am I looking at?
Logically speaking, the special effects of this movie were really good, especially when the battleship was drifting on the sea and the cannons were fired at the same time. The intense artillery fire rose and the shockwave caused layers of ripples on the surface of the sea. The visual effect of this scene was very shocking.
The alien armor and battleship in the movie looked quite good and very technological.
There was also a disaster scene where the alien spaceship crashed into the Earth's satellite and fell above the city. It was also a standard disaster movie scene with outstanding effects.
However … apart from these special effects that were more memorable, what about the other parts?
The key was that the logic of the plot of this movie did not seem to make sense.
Pei Qian took out his cell phone and searched for movie reviews of "Greyhound" online.
"A typical American-style patriotic education film. There are a lot of special effects, but they still can't hide the retarded plot. There's really nothing else to talk about other than the special effects."
"Aliens, can't you bring some high-IQ soldiers and high-level weapons when you're invading? Is being broken by a sniper rifle something a human would do? "
"There are too many things to complain about, but it's reasonable. After all, this movie is to promote the navy. Most military fans only want to see the battleship drift and the 16-inch cannon fire on the big screen. It doesn't matter who it hits."
"Those who complain about the plot don't understand the movie! The aliens obviously came to Earth with friendly intentions. They are all passively retaliating … "
"I think if most people don't understand the plot of a movie, it should be the director's problem. At least half an hour ago, they were filming all sorts of messy content that has nothing to do with the main storyline. Wouldn't it be better to take some time to introduce the basic settings? "
"Why do so many military fans say that this movie is good? The label of this movie is clearly 'sci-fi'! I also watched it because of the sci-fi theme, but this is the result? An alien spaceship that can travel through the stars was actually sunk by a battleship that has already been retired by humans. Are you really not kidding me? "
"To be honest, I didn't think that the plot of 'Mission and Choice' was that good before. At that time, I also thought that movies like 'Mission and Choice' could just watch special effects. It didn't matter if the plot was a little stiff. In the end, after watching 'Greyhound', I realized that this is what 'nothing but special effects' is like … The plot of 'Mission and Choice' is much stronger than it … "
"There's also the acting skills of the actors. I thought that John Stanton is also a veteran Hollywood superstar, but he acted like this? This protagonist ordered his subordinates to attack the alien battleship as if he had a screw loose in the movie, causing the death of a whole ship of people. He even had to rely on his subordinates to strangle his neck and shout at him to wake him up. Is this the professionalism of a soldier? I don't know if it's a problem with the script or the actors. Compared to Captain Qin Yi, this is an insult to soldiers … "
"So, is the movie leading the actors down, or is the actor making the movie down? John Stanton had 'Flying Star Journey' before and 'Greyhound' after. Both of them were heavyweight blockbusters, but both of them failed in the box office. The box office of 'Greyhound' looks better than 'Flying Star Journey', but it will most likely lose everything. I'm afraid the lead actor, John Stanton, will not be able to handle it … "
"I have to mention Lu Zhiyao, who is also known as the 'poison in the box office'. Look at his previous movies, he failed one after another. It looks like no one can bring him along. However, once Boss Pei makes a move, wouldn't he? That's why I think the director's fault is bigger. "
"Indeed, 'Mission and Choice' is really crushing it in all aspects! I didn't expect domestically-produced sci-fi movies to crush foreign blockbusters. Let's not talk about it anymore. I'll bring my friends to watch 'Mission and Choice' again during the holidays! "
"The key is that 'Greyhound's' publicity in the country previously tried to scam 'Mission and Choice'. They said that 'Mission and Choice' was afraid that they would change their release date. That's hilarious!"
"That's right, how can Boss Pei admit defeat with the performance of 'Greyhound'? Are you kidding me? Boss Pei went to 'Fantasy Battle Remake' half a month in advance. What does that have to do with your 'Greyhound'? "
Pei Qian was speechless as he read the audience's comments on the movie.
Who would have thought that 'Greyhound', which Boss Pei had high hopes for, would fail like 'Flying Star Journey'!
Up until now, 'Greyhound' on several film review websites was hovering around 6 to 7 points. Many military fans might have given this movie a good score, but it could not save its reputation that was on the verge of collapse.
Gou Yan app estimated that the domestic box office was less than 300 million yuan. This movie might not have been released in the Northern American Region, but the Northern American Region would definitely not be any better if the domestic box office was about to fail based on the current situation.
The investment in this movie was probably going to be wasted.
What was worse was that this movie seemed to be like 'Flying Star Journey' back then, making a wedding dress for 'Mission and Choice'!
Previously, 'Greyhound' had spent a lot of resources on publicity in the country. What's more, they had even secretly tied the two movies together in order to scam 'Mission and Choice'. However, now that it was May 1st and Greyhound's performance was so poor, the audience could only choose to watch 'Mission and Choice' without any other strong competitors!
'Mission and Choice' might have been released for half a month, but it was the May 1st holiday after all. Many people who usually did not have time to watch movies would also walk into the cinema. The group of people watching the movie had increased greatly. Many passers-by who did not pay attention before were also attracted.
In other words, Mission and Choice would definitely rise against the trend like Tomorrow is Beautiful during the May 1st period, pushing Gou Yan app's estimated box office even higher!
Pei Qian felt a little hopeless.
"I finally understand. You're not reinforcements at all. You're here to mess with me on purpose, right?!"
"This lead actor, John Stanton, will be blacklisted forever! I'll be a puppy if I clash with your movie! "
"You didn't hesitate to ruin your acting career to mess with me. What a huge grudge!"
Pei Qian angrily threw the ticket stub into the trash can.
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