The star is legit but sick.

Chapter 726: "A Chinese Odyssey" has a great reputation

After watching the movie, Zhou Kevin and his family left the theater.

When leaving, Kevin Zhou heard some audience members discussing the movie.

This movie is really long. At the beginning, everyone was still wondering what it was about, but later on, everyone was so immersed in the plot that no one cared anymore.

At today's premiere, most of the people who came to watch "A Chinese Odyssey" were fans of Xu Ye, or passers-by who like to watch Xu Ye's movies.

But even so, some viewers still felt that the movie was not exciting enough.

Indeed, compared with the three movies that Xu Ye starred in before, "A Chinese Odyssey" can be said to be a complete tragedy.

After going through many tests, Tang Bohu finally married Qiuxiang. Bao Longxing finally helped Qi Qinshi clear her grievances and became successful himself. Xingzai finally defeated the Fire Cloud Evil God and became a martial arts master.

But in the end, Zhizunbao put on the golden hoop and became Sun Wukong, and was not able to be with Fairy Zixia.

Even if in another timeline, Sun Wukong possessed the body of the Sunset Warrior and allowed the man and woman to hug each other, the ending was still very regrettable.

"I felt so upset after watching it."

"Zhizunbao is so pitiful. In the end, he still became Sun Wukong."

"Can't you resist?"

In traditional stories, Sun Wukong represents rebellion.

But in "A Chinese Odyssey", his resistance failed.

After an absurd farce, Sun Wukong finally embarked on the journey to the west.

It is called "A Chinese Odyssey", but in the end, after "A Chinese Odyssey", it still embarks on the same journey as "Journey to the West".

It seemed as if everything before was just a dream.

Zhou Kevin listened to some of the audience's discussions and found them quite interesting.

The movie "A Chinese Odyssey" is very profound, and different people can see different things in the movie.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. Didn’t Zhizunbao also not understand at the beginning that the person he liked was Zixia?

How can you empathize if you haven't experienced it?

In his opinion, Xu Ye did take some risks this time. This movie is somewhat different from his previous ones, and it is very likely that it will not have particularly good box office results in the beginning.

If word of mouth fails to build, the movie might even fail at the box office.

Zhou Kevin suddenly thought of a line from "Let the Bullets Fly".

"Let the bullets fly for a while."

After returning home, Zhou Kevin downloaded the Weibo app again.

He rarely used Weibo and finally uninstalled it.

However, he is going to post a Weibo post today to promote "A Chinese Odyssey".

When he logged into his Weibo account, the latest post he made was three years ago.

Although he doesn't use this account, it still has more than four million followers, and the number is increasing a little bit every day.

Under his Weibo, there are still many fans urging him to revive quickly.

Zhou Kevin quickly typed a message on his phone and sent it out. After that, he uninstalled Weibo to prevent the notification sound from disturbing his vacation.

The content of Weibo is also very simple.

"A Chinese Odyssey is a movie about growth and loss. Three hours is quite long, but I suggest that all interested viewers go and watch it. I think that among all the adaptations of Journey to the West, A Chinese Odyssey definitely has a place. Xu Ye is a damn genius!"

There are many stories adapted from Journey to the West, but not many of them leave a deep impression on the audience.

These stories that are recognized by the audience are undoubtedly classics today.

To outsiders, Zhou Kevin's words clearly sound like flattery.

However, Kevin Chow doesn't care. He thinks that as long as "Let the Bullets Fly" is filmed, it will definitely be a classic.

After Zhou Kevin posted this Weibo, his fans were shocked.

"Teacher Zhou is dead?"

"Finally I remembered my Weibo password."

"You came here to promote Westward Journey. Did you get paid?"

Soon, marketing accounts also paid attention to Zhou Kevin’s Weibo post, so they decided to use Zhou Kevin’s name to gain some popularity.

There are more and more discussions about "A Chinese Odyssey" on the Internet.

Some viewers said it was good, while others said it was not good.

This leaves many netizens who are waiting and watching a little confused.

Is this movie so polarizing?

Moreover, these comments are all real, and they are not posted by Xu Ye’s black fans.

In the evening, in the chat group of the Logistics Department of Huohua Academy.

A group of Xu Ye’s old fans are chatting about "A Chinese Odyssey".

Someone in the group went to the cinema to watch a movie today.

"This movie is so uncomfortable to watch, I can't describe it. You'd better go to the cinema to watch it." said Doctor Yang from Huohua Hospital.

"A movie that made me laugh and cry." said the chief electrophysiologist in the electroshock room of Huohua Hospital.

Han Ran, the captain of the Huohuayuan security team, hadn't gone to see the movie yet. After hearing what her group friends said, she didn't dare to go.

"Is it that scary?" Han Ran asked.

"It's not that scary. Just a quick note, do you want to know why the dean's concert is called "Love You for Ten Thousand Years"? Go watch the movie. The answer is in the movie." Ning Yan replied.

"It's not just 'Love You for Ten Thousand Years'. I don't know if you heard it, but the background music at the end of the movie also appeared in the episode 'I Never Expected That's the Kingdom of Women'." The director of the Huohua Hospital Rehabilitation Center said.

Everyone in the group chat was talking at once, which made Han Ran feel itchy.

She had wanted to go to the movies on the first day, but because of her sister Han Wenjing, she couldn't go at all.

She can sit in the cinema for three hours, but Han Wen can't even sit still for three minutes.

Han Wenjing can only go and see it when someone takes her out to play.

The next day, the first day box office results of "A Chinese Odyssey" were released.

The single-day box office was 2.9 million.

For Xu Ye today, it is normal for a movie to have such a high box office on the first day of release.

Xu Ye has just won the Best Actor award and is currently at the peak of his popularity. Many people want to be the first to see his new movie.

It’s just that the reviews on the Internet are still a bit polarized.

This also gave Xu Ye's opponents an opportunity. Xu Ye's previous film reviews were not like this.

Mr. Song, the president of Bluebird Entertainment, which was already on the verge of death, quickly spent money to hire a group of internet trolls to add fuel to the fire.

"I'm not just bashing you for no reason. Some people have already said your movie is not good, and I'm just following their lead."

A day later, the second day's box office results for "A Chinese Odyssey" were released.

The single-day box office was 2.3 million yuan, a decline compared to the first day.

This is actually a normal phenomenon, but it is not normal for Xu Ye.

Because his movies usually have higher box office on the second day than on the first day.

With the addition of the internet troll army, there are more critical voices online.

"The movie is so ridiculous that all the women fall in love with Sun Wukong."

"Sun Wukong is quite handsome, but his behavior is different from the Sun Wukong I remember. It's very inconsistent."

"The timeline is too confusing. I am completely confused. It is not Xu Ye's level."

On the other hand, there were also many people praising it.

“This is a truly unique film!”

"Anyone who says that all women like Sun Wukong has never watched the movie. The one that Zhizunbao likes is Bai Jingjing, Bai Jingjing likes Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong likes Fairy Zixia, and Fairy Zixia likes Zhizunbao! There have never been many women who all like Sun Wukong!"

"Nonsense? Not at all. I didn't expect Xu Ye to prepare such an art film for everyone. After watching it to the end, I only had one feeling: we were all Zhizunbao, and in the end, we all wore the golden hoop and became Sun Wukong."

People on the Internet also have different opinions.

Han Ran also collected everyone's reviews on the Internet. She is a viewer who is not afraid of spoilers and has formed a preliminary impression of "A Chinese Odyssey".

On May 3rd, after Han Wenjing was taken out by her parents, she finally had time to go to the cinema to watch a movie.

Han Ran went to the bathroom early, took a bottle of mineral water and sat on the chair.

When she saw Zhizunbao say the three words "ten thousand years", she immediately thought of Xu Ye's concert.

In the movie, it is Zhizunbao's affectionate confession to Zixia.

So in reality, could it be Xu Ye's affectionate confession to Xiao Xu?
Thinking of this, Han Ran suddenly became extremely excited.

By the time she saw the end and listened to the song "Love of My Life", tears were already streaming down her face.

She understood.

Han Ran is going to graduate from university this year. She often thinks of when she first arrived at university. She was so high-spirited and felt that the sky was high for birds to fly and the sea was wide for fish to leap.

At that time, she was playing around everywhere, had little communication with her parents, and her academic performance was average.

But at this stage in her life, faced with the choice of employment or further study, she made up her mind on her own without anyone saying anything.

She was like Zhizunbao who put on the golden hoop on his own initiative, and finally returned to the right path in life.

Life is not just about life and death, the process in between is called life.

Only when you have experienced it will you understand.

"The dean went too far. He actually made me cry."

Han Ran really didn't expect that she would cry while watching a comedy movie starring Xu Ye.

When she came out of the cinema, she saw the message from her mother.

"Xiao Ran, your sister and I are home. Please send me a message after you finish watching the movie. Tell mom what you want to eat. Be careful on the road and stay safe."

Han Ran's mother said these words countless times during his growth journey.

Be careful and stay safe.

Han Ran used to think these words were nagging and annoying, but now she only feels warm when she sees these words.

There are still people who care about her.

At this time, Han Ran thought of the time when Sun Wukong returned to the Water Curtain Cave with the help of the Moon Box and heard Tang Seng talking.

Tang Seng spoke crisply and clearly, and compared to his previous verbosity, it seemed like they were two different people.

Sun Wukong asked in confusion, "Why does Master speak like that?"

Zhu Bajie replied, "Master always speaks clearly and concisely. Let's go now."

Sun Wukong looked at the changes in the crowd with a puzzled look on his face, and then nodded.

"In fact, Tang Seng has never changed. It is Sun Wukong who has changed. Master has always spoken like this."

Han Ran looked at her phone. Her mother always spoke like this, but now she didn't find it annoying anymore.

She replied to her mother: "Anything is fine, I'll be back soon!"

On the Internet, the discussion about "A Chinese Odyssey" has never stopped, but as time goes by, more and more viewers feel what this movie conveys.

When Green Bean Network started to rate the film, the score of "A Chinese Odyssey" reached 9.2 points.

Among Xu Ye’s many movies, this rating is definitely very high.

Many netizens began to promote "A Chinese Odyssey" spontaneously.

This is also the reason why Xu Ye did not carry out commercial promotion at the beginning.

"A Chinese Odyssey" is, after all, somewhat of an art film in nature. If it were promoted in the same way as a commercial film, it would be a thankless task in the end.

After word of mouth spread online, this big studio posted a Weibo post.

"The ending song of "A Chinese Odyssey" "Love of One Life" has been released on major music platforms. Everyone is welcome to listen to it. This song also appeared in the episode "Never Expected to See the Kingdom of Daughters Again."

As soon as this song was released, netizens rushed to the music platform to listen to it.

Many netizens felt the same way when listening to this song and their eyes turned red from crying.

Maybe some people thought of his Zixia, or her Zhizunbao.

After everyone has played the song over and over again, they want to go to the comment section of the song to give their evaluation and express their feelings.

A group of Internet Depression Patients clicked into the comment section and found a comment pinned to the top of the song's comment section.

The poster of this comment is named Xu Ye, and it is certified that it is Xu Ye himself.

Xu Ye left a message.

"Let me see who opened the comment section crying like a dog."

This group of netizens who were just about to express their emotions were so angry that they ended up laughing.

"No buddy, you're still fucking squatting in the comments section in advance!"

(End of this chapter)