Being able to get 20% of the film schedule was already the result of careful consideration by the theaters after they discovered that Mei Zihan's recent exposure and popularity were beyond normal.
Compared with other movies, this number of films can definitely not be considered low, and it can even be considered high, but once compared with "The Billion Heist", this number of films is extremely low.
"What's the matter? The film schedule of "The Billion Heist" is almost double that of "The Shit Shoveler"!"
"In fact, it is not easy to have such a high schedule. After all, the production scale of the two films is completely incomparable."
"Pray for me, May, I'm so unlucky to run into this movie."
"Hahaha, Mei Zihan's brainless fans, can you see clearly the production level of "One Billion Robbery"? It's a mere low-budget urban comedy, and if you want to go head-to-head with it, isn't it just a matter of holding on to it? Is the egg against the rock?"
"Others change files obediently. Your Mei Zihan is inexplicably confident. Now it's time to taste the bitter fruit."
…
As soon as the film came out, Mei Zihan's fans and his blacks started a bloody struggle.
"Shit Shovel Officer" is Mei Zihan's first work released this year, and it is also the first time he has acted as the male protagonist in a movie. It is definitely of great significance to Mei Zihan. For sunspots, this is living material!
"I, Mei, was reborn, and "The Shit Shovel Officer" will explode into the sky."
"There are still people who take this kind of weird post seriously. Sure enough, your Mei fans are not ordinary mentally retarded fans."
"I'm waiting for the day when you all kneel down and admit your mistakes!"
"It's not the first time Mei Zihan slapped you guys in the face, get ready!"
…
On the eve before the premiere of "The Shit Shoveler", director Yang Xingge called Mei Zihan and talked about it for two hours.
He didn't expect this movie to become the box office champion or anything. As long as it could reach the expected goal of breaking 500.6 billion, he would be very happy.
Although this box office is not so easy to achieve.
"Tomorrow is the premiere, how many pre-sale box office are there?" Jiang Ying asked, holding Mei Zihan's hand. If it really doesn't work, let my cousin invite his employees to watch movies for free.
"It's almost 70 million." Mei Zihan said with a smile, "This is much better than I expected. I believe that these audiences who bought tickets will be able to attract many relatives as long as they go to the cinema to watch the movie tomorrow." Let's see it together, friends."
So box office pre-sales and premieres are not a problem at all. Mei Zihan has such high confidence in his films.
Those works that I just acted casually in the past can be sold well, but now this one is performed with such care, it will definitely be better.
Mei Zihan has this kind of enigmatic mentality, and always feels a source of self-confidence gushing out from the bottom of his heart.
Jiang Ying looked at him amusedly, "I will also bring my relatives and friends to watch together."
"Isn't this a matter of course?" Mei Zihan asked back, "Otherwise, what else do you want to do?"
"Nothing. I'm sure your movie won't lose."
The day of the premiere of "The Shit Shoveler".
Mei Zihan went to the premiere dressed handsomely, making the fans howl with excitement.
My Mei has reached a new level of handsomeness.
Representatives from Tianshan Entertainment and Qunyu Entertainment also attended the premiere. However, the only people who will have intimate conversations with Mei Zihan in the future are those from Tianshan Entertainment.
The reporters at the scene saw that the relationship between Mei Zihan and Qunyu Entertainment was so cold, and they had already drawn up various headlines in their minds. Just to put it bluntly, how could it be possible for a star to terminate the contract with the company without any grudges at all. Mei Zihan hasn't said a word to the representative of Qunyu Entertainment now.
Also present at the premiere were Mei Zihan's recently recognized good brothers and friends—Xu Ji'an and Qin Ling.
Xu Ji'an originally didn't want to come, but before the movie was released, all the reporters were asking him if he would come, even his good brother Hua Zhenbo was asking him this question.
As the lead singer of the movie "The Shit Shoveler", Hua Zhenbo will definitely attend the premiere this time. Even if it was for this good brother who was dragged into the water by him for no reason, Xu Ji'an had to grit his teeth and come over obediently and obediently took out his wallet to book the movie for Mei Zihan.
Qin Ling was much more generous and direct.
Almost all of his movies are about to be released, and he doesn't like "The Billion Robbery". Instead of letting this movie win the box office, it's better to look forward to Mei Zihan's "Shit Shovel Officer"!
Therefore, Qin Ling generously booked dozens of shows, invited his fans to watch for free, and attended the premiere unconditionally.
"Meimei, the movie is about to start broadcasting, do you feel nervous?" The reporter asked curiously.
"Nervousness must be a little nervous, but the filming is over, and it's too late to be nervous now." Mei Zihan said with a smile, "I may be even more nervous when I listen to everyone's comments after the film is over. Show mercy."
After answering quite a few reporters' questions, Mei Zihan finally found peace, and was able to sit in an excellent viewing position and start watching the final edited version of "The Shit Shoveler".
Countless well-known marketing accounts and film critics were also invited to attend the premiere.
They had already attended the premiere of "The Billion Heist" yesterday. In all fairness, "One Billion Robbery" is a movie with above-average standards in all aspects, and it is even more qualified as a commercial movie. After watching the movie, critics praised it unceremoniously. At least it avoids the boring plot of most commercial films, and it is remarkable in terms of narrative techniques and rhythm.
If they are the audience, they would be happy to watch such a movie.
After the premiere, some ordinary viewers of "One Billion Robbery" also expressed their high opinion of the film.
With so many praises, "Shit Shovel Officer" has become more and more precarious.
Suddenly the lights went out and the movie started.
"Damn humans, don't you know if a cat is male or female?"
Alice, produced by CG technology, looks very real and lovely on the screen. If her eyes are not too agile, and her posture also shows some human characteristics, everyone almost thinks she is a real cat.
"This special effect is not cheap!" A film critic straightened his body, "The opening scene is also quite interesting. I haven't seen this kind of theme much."
"Mei Zihan's performance seems to be much improved than before, his potential is really scary."
"This is almost the best performance that Mei Zihan has contributed since his career!"
…
"I told you I'm not Xie Yun, I'm Elizabeth." The man on the screen looked arrogant and enchanting, he jumped up to the high place lightly, and his tone of voice was a bit weird, "If you come here again, I'll eat you meow !"
…
There were bursts of laughter from the arena from time to time. Although the movie theater was almost dimly lit at the moment, as long as the audience looked around a little, they would find that everyone had comfortable smiles on their faces.
This is really a work that makes it easy to let go of your mood and have fun with the protagonist.
The movie has two lines.
One is the story of Elizabeth, who became Xie Yun, using Xie Yun's body to make a big killing in the entertainment industry. The other is that Xie Yun used the body of a female cat to encounter a big male cat's chasing and molesting and "seeking to mate", which almost contracted more than half of the movie's jokes.
Although it is difficult to show some pornographic jokes in movies because of the review system of movies, the use of cats as creatures is not as strict as that of humans. Everyone just smiles when they see these paragraphs.
Halfway through the movie, Elizabeth used Xie Yun's body to pass the movie audition that Xie Yun couldn't pass before.
On the movie screen, Elizabeth wore costumes and sang operas. In just two minutes, almost everyone's eyes were on him.
At this moment, almost everyone believes that the person on the screen is really a person possessed by a female cat.
"This, this is Mei Zihan?" A few film critics asked in a low voice, "Based on the contrast and interpretation of this part of the characters, it can almost be included as one of the best performances of the year."
"Mei Zihan's plasticity is really frightening, and his line skills have also increased significantly."
"At first I thought it was a comedy, but now it seems that there are many points that can be explored."
Hua Zhenbo was excited while watching.
This version of the edit was better than the one he had seen before.
The advice he gave to Mei Zihan finally worked, and the discovery of this made him happier than when he heard the song he sang in the movie.
The hearts of Qin Ling and Xu Ji'an suddenly became heavy.
Mei Zihan's acting skills had improved again, much better than what they had seen before.
Especially Qin Ling.
He was actually not so convinced that Mei Zihan had overwhelmed him to become the No. 1 student. After all, he had some film awards, but Mei Zihan had nothing in this respect.
But now he knows that once "Shit Shovel Officer" comes out, all his advantages over Mei Zihan will be wiped out.
He has made many movies, but none of them can compare with Mei Zihan in this movie.
The realization of this made Qin Ling extremely frustrated.
He finally understood why Mei Zihan had such confidence in his film, because an actor actually knew the quality of the film he acted in.
Qin Ling could give his "Three Days of Love" a seven, but he could give "The Shit Shoveler" a nine. The one point deducted came from his own petty jealousy.
Even if he works hard for two years, he may not be able to make the same movie as Mei Zihan.
The eyes of the media are discerning.
The movie lasted for almost two hours, and the audience was still a little overwhelmed by the end of the movie.
Does time go by so fast? This is the end
"There was no peeing during the whole process."
"One after the other."
"At first I thought it was just an ordinary comedy, but when Elizabeth and Xie Yun faced each other, I thought it was actually a tragedy."
"Amazing, the best urban movie I've seen this year."