Chapter 302 Disappointment, Putting Fire in Someone Else’s Hand (Ch 302)

The four of them arrived at the cinema and saw that the theater was filled with promotional posters for the movie “The Best of Us”.

Qi Jia checked and found that the screening rate and attendance rate of this movie were alarmingly high. It was estimated that Director Shi also put in a lot of effort for his son.

The ticket purchasing software showed that all five halls for the 8 o’clock show were sold out, so everyone had no choice but to buy tickets for the nearest 9:55 show.

Seeing that it was still early, the four of them decided to go shopping in the mall.

When going downstairs, I met a group of high school-aged girls holding various support materials with Arthur’s name or portrait printed on them. About 20 to 30 people passed by.

“Brother, the other party is making a big show. Should we also let the fans book a few shows?”

The assistant looked at him worriedly and asked,

Qi Jia wasn’t too worried, so he shook his head at the assistant’s suggestion. After all, fans could book one or two shows, but could they book unlimited shows?

Under the PR of Boss Yang, the filming rate of “I’m waiting for you at the end of time” is not much worse than the best of us.

We didn’t lose too much at the starting line, so in the end it all depends on the audience’s word of mouth.

When the four of them came back tired from shopping and having enough food and drink, the ticket checking for the show they bought tickets for had already started for a while.

The four of them bought tickets for the giant screen theater. After checking their tickets and entering the theater, Zhuang Dafei couldn’t help but say a Chinese quintessence.

“Fuck! There are so many people!”

The huge screening room was filled with densely packed audiences, almost all seats were occupied, and the attendance rate was close to 100%!

You know, this is not a holiday like National Day or Spring Festival, it’s not even a weekend.

It would be a lie to say I’m not surprised that the theater can still achieve such an attendance rate.

Although Qi Jia had already seen the attendance rate on the ticket purchasing software, he was still a little shocked when he saw such a scene with his own eyes.

After sitting down, the three girls started taking selfies and editing their photos.

Qi Jia listened carefully to the discussions of the audience around him. He found that the audience had high expectations for this movie.

Most people are fans of the books and the drama, not fans of the leading actors. They come to buy tickets purely because they like the story of Geng Geng and Yu Huai.

As the lights in the theater dimmed, the final advertisement began to play on the big screen.

After the commercial ended, a piece of background music played and an old green train passed by on the big screen. The movie officially began.

“Hey, the picture is very comfortable to watch, I didn’t make any mistakes this time.”

“Yeah, I came here for the TV series. I was worried that the movie version would ruin the TV series, but I didn’t expect it to be so good.”

“It’s great, just like the TV series, it’s great.”

There were all kinds of pleasant discussions around Qi Jia. The opening scene gave all the expectant audiences a satisfying response.

“Brother, don’t listen to them. I think our movie is definitely not as good as theirs.”

The assistant also heard it. In fact, she also felt that the beginning of the paragraph was quite good, but she still said in a low voice,

Qi Jia was amused by her, shook his head and said,

“Don’t be so stubborn, the opening scene is really good, even I am looking forward to it.”

The discussions around gradually stopped, and the audience, whose expectations were satisfied in the early stage, began to watch with greater expectations.

After a paper-cut animation cutscene, Zhenhua starts school, and the heroine Geng Geng and her friends come to register at school.

This is a little different from the TV version. In the TV version, Geng Geng went to report alone, and perhaps because of the preconceived filter,

Qi Jia is more accustomed to Geng Geng played by Tan Songyun, which is also one of the challenges of adapting a classic TV series into a movie.

Because apart from your fans, no matter how well you act, everyone will think that you are not as good as the TV version.

However, the story’s graphics and narrative are still good, and everyone can accept the minor changes.

And putting aside the filter of the drama version, Qi Jia felt that He Landou’s acting was still good.

However, the next scene instantly broke the defense of many audience members in the theater.

In the drama version, Geng Geng and Yu Huai’s first meeting was arranged in an interesting way. Geng Geng’s head was stuck in the iron gate, and Yu Huai helped her out.

Whether it is the way the male and female protagonists appear, or the subsequent warming of their relationship, it is handled very appropriately, making people smile knowingly.

But the movie is different. It skips the stage where the male and female protagonists meet in the drama version, and goes directly to the scene where the two accidentally bump into each other while looking at the list.

Although, according to the original novel, this is how the hero and heroine really met, the audience didn’t buy it.

“What kind of Kunba is this? It just ruined the TV series.”

“This is too sudden, the love line just came about like this?”

“I take back what I just said. This is just a video of a defense. The key is that I spent money to buy it. It’s totally unfair.”

“…”

As Qi Jia expected, as soon as this segment was played, the audience immediately began to voice their discontent.

Qi Jia even saw a few people in front of him who had already taken out their phones to write their reviews.

Amid the discussion among the audience, the plot came to the stage of seating distribution.

When the audience saw the drama version’s head teacher, Mr. Zhang Ping, appear, their dissatisfaction was slightly reduced.

But the good times didn’t last long. Just a few minutes later, when Yu Huai, played by Arthur, stood up and expressed his desire to sit with Geng Geng, and Geng Geng, played by He Landou, agreed directly, a heartbreaking sound was heard in the theater.

“What the hell, what the hell is this photo of, just sitting together like this?”

“No way, he just met her one second and asked to sit with her the next second, this version of Yu Huai is too oily.”

“Give me back Tan Songyun’s Geng Geng, and Liu Haoran’s Yu Huai!”

“I’m just a passerby. I want to say that although Arthur is handsome, he also played Yu Huai too badly. If you don’t know, you might think he took Lu Xinghe’s script.”

Hearing the last comment, Qi Jia couldn’t help but look towards the voice.

He also thinks so. If you say Arthur is not handsome, you must be blind, but his Yu Huai is really awkward.

Whether in the original novel or the TV series, Yu Huai is a top student with many ideas, kind and humorous.

Arthur directly played Yu Huai as a ruffian, standing there with his hands in his pockets, looking so cool, he almost had the word “school bully” carved on his forehead.

I saw him complaining to his friends while writing something in a notebook.

Qi Jia guessed that the other party should be a movie blogger who came here to collect materials and then go back to write reviews.

It was already past eleven o’clock when we came out of the cinema.

The whole movie, except for the little surprise at the beginning, was almost scolded the whole time.

After leaving the screening room, I could still hear many couples complaining, feeling that their good mood for the day was ruined after watching the movie.

Qi Jia and Zhuang Dafei had to get up early to film tomorrow, and the four of them were tired.

So, they went straight back to the hotel, took a shower and went to bed.

They slept soundly, but some people couldn’t sleep.

Let me talk about two things.

In the meeting room of Beijing Shengshi Interactive Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd.,

Arthur, the agent, and the heads of several departments are holding an emergency meeting.

As Arthur’s agency, Shengshi Interactive Entertainment has been paying close attention to online reviews and public opinion after the release of his first big-screen movie.

After all, before the release, many of the hot searches on the Internet about the two movies competing with each other were actually created by people they hired.

The purpose is to let Arthur step on Qi Jia to get to the top.

When the first batch of audience reviews came out during the day, Arthur was quite happy to see that they were almost all positive, but everyone else knew that most of the first batch of viewers were fans.

So it is normal to receive good reviews, but the key still lies in this wave in the evening.

Sure enough, when a large number of negative reviews appeared in the evening, Arthur lost his temper and sat there with a gloomy face without saying a word.

His brokerage team was also professional, and after a brief meeting and discussion, they immediately came up with a solution.

“First, immediately contact Doujia and the ticket purchase app to lock the ratings. Second, mobilize all major fan groups and ask fans to watch the video twice or three times. Third, use public relations to buy hot searches across the entire network and have the internet’s online troll army report the bloggers who gave bad reviews and remove their videos…”

After the agent finished speaking, he started asking questions, asking if anyone had anything to add.

At this time, the head of the Propaganda Department raised his hand and said,

“I think it’s better to open it up than to block it. Maybe we can divert the blame to Qi Jia’s movie as well.”