Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter Four.

0:00 AM.

The vice president of Fan Qi Media, Lu Xiaoping, arrived at the cinema near the company on time with the person in charge of the distribution of "Battleship of the Furious Sea".

This theater is also considered a large theater even in the capital, Lu Xiaoping specially bought two tickets to the IMAX theater this time, the entire theater is two stories high, huge screen and panoramic sound, to ensure that you can experience the best audio-visual effect.

"Lu, popcorn."

The head of the "Battleship of the Furious Sea" proclamation held two large buckets of popcorn and handed one of them to Lu Xiaoping.

On the surface with a smile on his face, but in his heart he was MMP.

The person in charge is also quite unjust, it would have been enjoyable to see a zero field movie, but that also depends on who it's with.

Watching a movie with your own top boss, what feels wrong all the time.

What's more, he had come from work today after working overtime until midnight.

Having already worked four or five hours overtime, this movie should technically be considered business, so the person in charge was very unhappy and wasn't in much of a movie-watching mood, just wanted to get home quickly and get a good night's sleep.

But there was nothing he could do, he was just a senior social animal, he usually had no problem making a fool of himself when facing his subordinates, but when he met Lu Xiaoping, he could only be a grandson.

It's a long story as to why that is.

After hearing that "Mission and Choice" had been brought up, Lu Xiaoping felt that it was a wimp from Tengda's side, further deducing that the quality of the film should not be very good, so he deliberately hired some navy to touch the porcelain.

Originally everything went quite smoothly, Tengda side did not have the first time to hit back, which made Lu Xiaoping feel that he had pinched a soft persimmon, this porcelain touch too comfortable, and even a little bit unable to stop.

But two days before the movie was due to be released, things suddenly changed!

Online posts about Mission and Choices have suddenly focused on erupting, and netizens are discussing it like they're possessed, and it's hard to get a high level of attention when it's clearly not even a basic pronouncement!

And GOG has updated with a new version, with a new hero, Lark, whose appearance and backstory strongly hint at Mission and Choice, sparking another wave of discussion!

It has to be said that GOG has a huge presence in the country, and this new hero is literally adding fuel to the fire and making the early heat of Mission & Choice burn instantly!

Of course, it's a relative term, hotter than the average movie and still not comparable to a blockbuster with a huge amount of promotional money invested.

But even that was enough to sell out the first day of Mission & Choices.

The fact that Mission & Choice didn't have a great turnout is a testament to the audience's enthusiasm.

The previous series of events had made Lu Xiaoping become quite inflated, but now he was panicking a bit.

So, Lu Xiaoping ordered the head of distribution for "Battleship of the Furious Sea" to work late with him until the wee hours of the morning, and then come watch the zero hour scene of "Mission and Choice".

It's to finally determine how this movie is going to be and if it's really going to pose a serious threat to Battleship of the Furious.

Although Lu Xiaoping inwardly felt that this possibility was very small, after all, the schedule had been staggered, but everything is not afraid of the one thing, just in case, he did not dare to take it lightly, and definitely had to take a look.

For the average person, the tickets might be tougher to get, but for Lu Xiaoping, it's definitely not a problem.

Lu Xiaoping's expression was serious as he waited for the movie to start.

He's seen discussions online about how some people are saying that Mission & Choice's gearing up isn't about fear of Battleship of the Furious at all, but has to do with the Fantasy War Reset.

While Lupin himself does not agree with this statement, he has to admit that it is indeed a possibility.

He became vaguely aware of the fact that it seemed as if Tunda's side was not giving up the resistance, but was instead brewing something terrible ......

As for the person in charge of declaring "Battleship of the Furious Sea", he had just worked overtime all night, and his entire body was yawning, and now he was completely unable to lift his spirits and just wanted to go home and sleep.

Why didn't Lu Xiaoping sleep?

Because as the vice president of the company, he goes out with a car to pick him up, and there is a special lounge in the office, and he can sleep at any time.

A lot of bosses blow their own say more than a dozen hours a day, only four or five hours of sleep, in order to give the staff to play chicken, pancake, trying to prove their own because of hard work to become the boss, you also work hard to become the boss, that is pure bullshit, who believes who is a pen.

Anyway, the two men each fell silent for different reasons, occasionally eating a couple of bites of popcorn and watching the warm-up commercials playing on the big screen.

The audience was already in, too, and the IMAX room was packed.

There was no premiere scheduled for Mission & Choice, no VOD screening scheduled, and Tengda's secrecy was so good again that so far no news of the drama had come out online.

The audiences in the cinema were whispering, and Lu Xiaoping didn't deliberately listen, but he was still able to determine roughly where these people were coming from from the conversations of the audience around him.

Some of them were hardcore fans of Lu Zhiyao, who had come specifically for Lu Zhiyao.

Some are die-hard fans of Tengda games, but also a loyal supporter of domestic games, because the "Mission and Choice" is "national travel shame", so specially over to see how Tengda in the end shot.

Some couples originally wanted to pick a random movie to see by the way to spend the night out, but today this time slot is rubbish, there are no good movies, I heard that this movie is "a better tomorrow" the original cast filming, quality should be guaranteed, so I decided to book tickets to see ......

In short, the audience comes from a variety of sources.

Lu felt a little bad because this situation meant that the audience for Mission and Choice was more diverse.

If the audience group was relatively homogeneous, for example, the vast majority of them were Lu Zhiyao fans, then the movie's backing might be lacking; after all, there were only so many hardcore fans, and if they all saw it and couldn't break the circle, then the subsequent box office would definitely plummet.

And a diverse audience group means that the film will have a greater chance of breaking the circle!

Of course, the key would depend on the quality of the film itself.

Soon, the lights in the screening room dimmed.

On the big screen, after a whole bunch of logos, the movie officially started and the cinema quickly quieted down.

The movie opened with a scene of Qin Yi waking up in the hibernation silo, talking to AEEIS and becoming the new commander.

For those who have played the Sea Fortress DLC, this beginning is actually very understandable, as it's tied to the DLC.

And for those who haven't played it, it doesn't really matter, as the opening scene is interspersed with fragments of Qin Yi's memories, mainly images of previous decapitations carried out in the worm nest and teammates dying in action.

While these images are fragmented and brief, they're enough to give the audience a taste of what's to come and not be blindsided by the pre-credits scene.

Moreover, as the movie progresses, at some key points, such as the "realistic training" in the mission, will be interspersed with some memories of the "decapitation", although not for long, but enough to ensure the integrity of the entire story.

As Qin Yi takes over the console and familiarizes himself with the operation, the audience is also shown a simulation of the first encounter of the United Fleet with the Zerg, and learns the background of the story through AEEIS's explanation.

......

Lu Xiaoping stuffed a handful of popcorn into his mouth, the light from the big screen shining on his face, the light and dark changing rapidly, reflecting his slightly stunned expression.

He was stunned by the coolness of the movie!

Past Chinese sci-fi films were often perfunctory and unrefined in every way. For example, the costumes of the characters, the furnishings inside the space capsule, the electronic equipment and so on, it will be very obvious to see very cheap and patchwork traces, very unintentional.

This is partly due to funding, partly due to ability, but more importantly, it's a matter of attitude.

They just want a "science fiction feel" of the set and that's it, they focus on other aspects, for example, how to change the script according to the requirements of the employer.

It's impossible to get these details right without attitude.

But "Mission & Choice" is a different story.

The differences in these details are obvious without even looking closely, with a little glance!

The IMAX screen brings all sorts of details to life in no uncertain terms, including the space suit Qin Yi is wearing, the hibernation bunker he slept in, the commander's console, and more, and it does look like futuristic technology with a strong sense of realism!

Of course, a very important reason for this level of success was that this was the only live action movie.

With just this much to use back and forth, Zhu could naturally drop huge sums of money, revise and design it over and over again, and perfect it to the best of his ability.

But the players didn't know this, they saw a space capsule scene with a realism that spiked all other domestic sci-fi movies right at the beginning of the movie, and everything in it was impressive, a shock that could not be matched by any other movie on the subject, and could get the audience into the mood quickly!

What was even cooler was the image displayed on the surrounding bulkhead when Qin Yi was using the console.

According to the plot setting, the moment Qin Yi sat down, the surrounding bulkheads would be covered by holographic image technology, it was like he was in an endless starry sky, looking over from any direction up, down, left, and right, it was as if he was seeing the real scene in the universe.

Moreover, Qin Yi could also use the console to constantly change his perspective, whether it was moving, zooming or jumping, the scene around him would change in real time.

In traditional movies, the actual footage of the commander and the battlefield are separate and can only be shown through cutscenes, which can be slightly disconnected.

In Mission and Choice, however, the actions of the commander and the actual footage of the battlefield are fused together, with Qin Yi moving through the endless starry sky and directing battles like a ghost, which not only makes the whole picture more fluid and coherent, but also more visually impactful.

In fact, during the filming, all around the green screen, those intense battles in space were all made by special effects.

But after all, a huge amount of money was invested in special effects, and compared to using special effects to make humans, using special effects to make spaceships will appear more realistic, so the special effects and exquisite sets perfectly combined together, making the audience feel as if they were really there!

For science fiction movies, the worst word to describe them is "fake".

Once the scenes or details make the audience feel fake, then even if there is a good story, the audience will not be able to watch it.

The Mission and Choice, however, has achieved the ultimate in realism, both in terms of location and special effects, so that it has a preemptive effect right from the start, shocking the entire audience.

Lu Xiaoping realized that the situation was a bit bad, and his originally indifferent expression had become stiff.

Instead, the person in charge of Battleship of the Furious Sea, who had been drowsy, was instantly awake when he saw this beginning!