Chapter 174 The Last Youth Film
On the 23rd, "The Warring States" was released first.

On the 24th, "To Youth" followed closely.

The directors of the two films are relatively unknown in mainland China.

But the producers of the two films are two of the best in the industry in mainland China.

One is the old aristocrat Huayi, and the other is the crowned new king Rongchen Pictures.

Not only that, the relationship between the people involved in the two films is even more complicated.

Liu Dehua is not only the leading actor of "The Warring States", but also the investor and producer of "So Young".

One of the two directors came from Unlimited, the same company as Liu Dehua, and the other is a newcomer from Taiwan supported by his Rising Star Director Program.

The head-on battle between the two films has become a hot topic and has ignited the war for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

On the 24th, the first day box office results of "The Warring States" were released.

The box office in mainland China was 400 million, and the box office in Hong Kong was 80.

The general manager's office of Huayi.

Wang Zhonglei’s face was as black as Bao Gong’s.

I cursed Li Chen in my heart, this bastard, who the hell said Andy Lau is not box office poison!

Isn't this poisonous?

Looking at the situation, it’s doubtful whether it can even exceed 50 million, let alone hundreds of millions.

"So Young" was also released today. He didn't need to watch it to know that "The Warring States" was a complete failure.

Wang Zhonglei angrily swept the office supplies all over the floor.

Deputy Xu Li stood aside and didn't dare to breathe.

"The Banquet" lost a lot of money, and "The Warring States" may be even worse.

This big production cost 1.5 million yuan, but with just this little box office on the first day, it's no wonder that Wang Zhonglei was so furious.

"Immediately send out a few more press releases and have Zhang Zhiliang and the crew continue to promote the show. We can't stop! Go! Go now!"

Wang Zhonglei roared loudly, and Xu Li quickly slipped away.

Spring City Evening News

"The epic war masterpiece "The Warring States" will be screened at Xinjian Film World, Dianchi Film Plaza and People's Cinema from the 23rd."

"The film has been extremely popular at the box office since its release, with the national box office exceeding 400 million on the first day."

Sina Entertainment News

"The Warring States took in 400 million yuan on its first day, and the audience was moved by Fan Qiaoqiao's performance!"

Looking at the numerous press releases and headlines on the Internet, Yang Siwei laughed uncontrollably.

"Boss, is Huayi crazy? Isn't it embarrassing to deceive yourself like this?"

Li Chen leaned back on the sofa, feeling relieved and said with a smile: "They are not crazy, so what if they are deceiving themselves."

"At least few ordinary audiences would care about the cost of The Warring States and what the first-day box office represents."

Yang Siwei thought about it and realized that if she were an ordinary person, she might also go to the cinema after seeing these.

"Brother Hua may be labeled a box office poison again."

Li Chen laughed out loud: "If you want to blame someone, blame Brother Hua for his poor ability to review scripts."

The next day, the first day box office of "So Young" was released, which made both the big and small Wang of Huayi feel embarrassed.

The box office in mainland China was 985 million, and the box office in Hong Kong was 235.

Which one is higher and which one is lower, the judgment will be made.

Sina Entertainment News

"The box office of So Young on its first day was nearly 1200 million yuan. According to managers of several theater chains in Beijing, most of the moviegoers were college students. It is expected that the box office of So Young will exceed million yuan in the next two days."

Southern Weekly
"The 1.5 million-yuan "War of War" lost to the small- and medium-budget youth drama "So Young". Huayi's two blockbusters suffered a box office slump. Under the whitewashing, it was just a farce that was talking to itself."

Over the next two days, things turned out just as the media had expected.

The box office of So Young broke 3500 million in its first weekend. The box office of The Warring States was 2000 million in its first week, but The Warring States was released one day earlier than So Young.

Netizens’ comments were sharp and merciless, not only for “The Warring States” but also for “So Young”.

Netizen A

"When Liu Dehua's character Ge Li came out of the yellow sand alone and wanted to save the city, I started to get nervous."

"How can one man save a city? How can four thousand people plus one man fight against one hundred thousand people?"

Netizen B

"I watched a movie that I regretted watching: The Battle of Witches."

"It seems that it should be called Mozi Raiders. Maybe they think the name sounds a bit like a second-rate movie from Hong Kong Island, like Tokyo Raiders or Seoul Raiders."

"So we took an abbreviation and called it Mo Gong. Why not Zi Gong?"

"The film is very unimaginative. It is said that the screenwriter took ten years to write it. Oh my god!"

"What does ten years mean? Ten years ago, I didn't know you and you didn't belong to me."

"If it were me, I would definitely not want to write a script after spending ten years on it."

"This already proves that it's not a good script. Good scripts are all sudden inspirations, and good movies don't even have scripts."

"Classics are all jokes of genius, and masterpieces are all nonsense of wise men."

"It's not something that a fool can come up with by just holding it in. A movie script actually contains a Wen Ge..."

Netizen C

"What's even more interesting is that Fan Qiaoqiao arrived 'just in time', hugged Dong Bo who was already very happy after being poked, and asked him a few questions."

"The first sentence is "What's wrong with you?" The second sentence is "Are you okay?"

"If arson was not illegal, I would have burned down the movie theater!"

"If I could get on the screen, I would go up and slap Fan Qiaoqiao twice!"

"It's already like that, how can it be okay? If I could get my money back, if I could not come, I would regret it so much!"

"This movie was definitely a good story in its original form, how come the screenwriter messed it up like this?"

"When you cook shark fin, bird's nest, abalone, steak and salmon together, it becomes a pot of swill."

"I really want to ask the crew, what happened to you? Are you-okay?"

Netizen Ding

"So Young is nothing more than playing the card of 'national memories', which seems to be a bit of a self-proclaimed treasure. With 'Those Years' in the lead, 'So Young' seems bland."

"What I want to ask is, why was this film made, and what is its significance? Is it the hazy confusion of growing up, or is it reminiscing about the good old days with a disillusioned mentality in the future?"

"In a word, "The Warring States" is incomprehensible and "Youth" is cliché. Leo should not indulge in complacency and self-admiration."

Although the reputation of both dramas is not good, it does not prevent the box office of "So Young" from continuing to rise.

Liu Dehua's fans indeed overwhelmed Hu Ge and other leading actors of "So Young".

But its box office appeal is not as attractive as that of fans of the original novel "So Young" and new generation popular actors such as Hu Ge.

Liu Dehua doesn't care about this. He got a lot of pay for "The Warring States" and it seems that he can also make a lot of money from "So Young".

I just feel a little sorry for the Wang Zhonglei brothers.

Many netizens left messages under Li Chen’s blog asking Li Chen to reflect on himself and stop filming these youth dramas!
Li Chen readily accepted the advice and left a line of words under the blog.

“It started with Those Years and ended with So Young.”

"In the future, Rongchen Pictures will no longer produce youth campus romance films, nor will it invest in such films."

"I humbly accept the opinions of netizens and resolutely make corrections."

Liu Yifei also left a message under Li Chen's blog.

"Leo has a positive attitude, so please forgive him for once."

(End of this chapter)