Chapter 278 Waterloo

Ma Yun did not feel much emotional when she left the Shangri-La Hotel.

In his opinion, Li Chen's idea is good, but the cruel reality will make him see how naive he is.

Without relying on the Internet, Rongchen Pictures will be just a strong sheep in the entertainment industry in the future.

Li Chen didn't give Jack Ma any room to perform and directly rejected him.

He doesn't want to invite a wolf into the house and end up following Youku's fate.

The phone rang, Li Chen picked it up and saw it was Miss Liu.

"You landed?"

"Well, I'm already in the car. I'm exhausted. I have to fly to the United States tomorrow. I don't know what the result will be on Friday."

"Brother, she is just worrying over nothing. You should not spoil her." Shu Chang at the side interjected, causing Liu Yifei to press her hand on the face and push him away.

"Godmother, Xixi bullied me again," Shu Chang said coquettishly while hiding in Liu Xiaoli's arms.

The voice coming from the phone really confirmed the saying: three women make a drama.

"Don't worry, I heard from Tim that there were two small-scale screenings and the response was good. Keep a positive attitude, Miss Liu."

"Don't act in "The Forbidden Kingdom" and think you are one of those two."

"Didn't you say you were the young boxing champion?" Miss Liu argued unconvinced.

"Are you taking this as a joke? Miss Golden Swallow."

Miss Liu smiled and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Me? I just exchanged moves with a real martial arts master."

"Martial arts master? Who?"

"Wind is clear"

"Are you still alive?" Miss Liu said with a smile.

She thought he was joking again, but Li Chen was really not joking this time.

"I didn't even give him a chance to draw his sword."

"You're smart. By the way, next time my play and your play should be scheduled farther apart."

"why?"

"Why? Do you want to not see me for ten days or half a month?"

Shu Chang, who was standing by, smiled secretly and came closer to listen to their whisper. Liu Yifei couldn't drive him away.

"Why does it sound like some people want to see me?" Li Chen joked with a smile.

"Brother, you are too smart. She just says one thing and means another. She obviously misses you in her heart, but she still can't let go of her fairy sister's airs."

Liu Xiaoli watched her two daughters fighting, smiled and shook her head.

"Okay, for the sake of Sister Fairy, I agree."

"Who misses you? You're just being sentimental." Miss Liu hung up the phone before she finished her words.

"Changchang, whose side are you on?" Liu Yifei tickled Shu Chang viciously.

Shu Chang wanted to struggle a bit more, but he was not as strong as Liu Yifei and soon became obedient.

On September 3, "The Mummy " was released in mainland China as scheduled, amid controversy and in stark contrast to the box office performance of "Dad, Go!".

Since the afternoon, the comments online have been flooded with negative reviews. "I experienced the feeling of an Egyptian watching The Mummy. Compared with Shang-Chi, this one looks pretty. There are two good fighters, Li Lianjie and Yang Ziqiong, and the fighting scenes can be edited to look like they can't fight. They are talented!"

"Bad movies can be made, but they can't be made too often. Generally, sequels of popular movies always give people the feeling of adding a tail to a big one, but after watching "The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor", I feel that it is even worse than a tail to a big one."

"Why did Yang Ziqiong speak English when awakening those ancient righteous warriors? Are you sure they can understand?"

"Any normal Chinese person would not make this movie. Qin Shi Huang was indeed a tyrant, but he was also an emperor of all ages. He was not some three-headed dragon, a Western monster."

"Among the three of them, Li Lianjie, Yang Ziqiong, and Liang Luoshi, only Li Lianjie went to primary school for a few years. However, there were no history classes in primary school, so how could we expect three illiterate people to have a correct view of history?"

Han Sanping looked at the comments online and felt a little embarrassed for his old friend and rival Ren Zhonglun.

This is only the first day, and we don’t know how many bad reviews are waiting for "The Mummy 3". Generally speaking, this kind of situation will definitely affect the producers in the end.

Sure enough, before the next day, starting from the evening, everyone from the major supporting actor Li Lianjie to Yang Ziqiong, Huang Qiu Sheng and others were scolded like dogs.

"There is no limit to making money, but that's not how money is made."

“He is no longer Chinese”

"He himself said that this is just an entertaining movie, don't take it too seriously, just watch it and forget about it. The problem is that I want to watch a hilarious movie, why don't I watch Zhou Xingchi to see you?"

"I might as well watch 'Draw the Bow, Dad' three times!"

"Isn't it split personality? On the one hand, he makes money happily, and on the other hand, he rushes to build a fund."

Ren Zhonglun looked at the comments online, held his forehead with his hand as his head ached, and sighed deeply.

That was how it was on the first day, and he didn’t dare to think about what would happen next.

He can even conclude now that Li Lianjie's reputation will begin to plummet starting with "The Mummy 3".

"It's so terrible how uneducated I am." Ren Zhonglun consoled himself.

Li Lianjie didn't expect that "The Mummy 3" would be so horrible. This was the worst criticism he had received since his debut.

Beijing Times

"The Mummy 3, which was released on Tuesday, grossed 1150 million yuan nationwide on its first day, but compared with the currently popular Draw the Bow, Dad, the word of mouth is polarized."

"Many industry insiders predict that the final box office of The Mummy 3 may not exceed 8000 million."

*****Global Online News
"The Mummy 3 was supposed to follow suit, and emulate the success of the film, Draw Your Bow, Dad, which made a lot of money at the box office by riding on the Olympic momentum."

"But the weakness of the script was a fatal flaw. Even the special effects of the Terracotta Warriors firing thousands of arrows were completely plagiarized from Zhang Yimou's Hero."

"It seems normal that such a patchwork and incoherent film has a lower reputation than the first two films."

When Li Chen and his team were promoting "The Sound of Wind" in the ancient city of Xi'an, Zhou Xun suggested that they go see "The Mummy 3" together, but Li Chen retorted with one sentence.

"Why do bad movies have high box office? It's because there are so many people like you who are curious."

"If you want to see it, go by yourselves. I will neither go nor comment." Li Chen said with a smile.

Many netizens and movie fans left messages on his blog, hoping that he could comment on "The Mummy 3". How could he comment on it? That would only create hype for "The Mummy 3".

When Zhou Xun heard what Li Chen said, he gave up the idea.

Chen Baoguo, Wang Zhiwen and Zhang Manyu were even less interested.

They are tired of watching Li Lianjie's martial arts movies, and they still want to watch your magic movies, that's the real magic
In the evening, Zhou Xun sent a QQ message to Li Chen: "Director Li, why do I feel like you seem to hate that Kung Fu Emperor?"

Li Chen was really puzzled. Why were these women's intuitions so accurate?

Li Chen did not reply to Zhou Xun, and Zhou Xun became more certain.
(End of this chapter)