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"True love is never constrained by time, region, space, or life and death. It has nothing to do with gender. Until a long time after the movie ended, I closed my eyes, and I still clearly remember the dazzling golden wheat field, the peaceful and quiet small Town, a small hotel with few guests but warm everywhere, even a cup and a bowl carry countless memories. Old Tom and Jenny in a wheelchair lean on each other, walking in the sunset, or the tender figure in the wheat field.

In the same blue sky, white clouds, golden day, and dazzling scenery, our hero Tang and Jason walked slowly side by side.The picture seemed to be the most carefully drawn oil painting by the artist.Visible memories.It's a pity that in the end, only Jason was left, repeating the encounter back then day after day.Their acquaintance began in the passionate midsummer, and their love continued in the bright and splendid autumn until the end of their lives... Thanks to "A Wonderful Journey", I saw true love. "

This is the comment of the famous film critic Ms. Jane Paula on "Film Weekly".As a female film critic, Jan Bolla's comments have always been famous for her full of emotion and delicate brushstrokes.She is best at dissecting the whole movie from the details, highlighting the main line of the whole movie from the side details.And in this piece of report, Jane Bora is full of praise for "Wonderful Journey".It even gave "Wonderful Journey" a full score of [-] and a five-star recommendation.

However, Jian Bo La's commentary style has always been the extreme of this kind of desire for life and death for evil.Therefore, except for some particularly emotional female fans, as well as diehard fans of certain movies or actors, her comments will be regarded as standard.Most of the professional media and film critics will not use Jane Bora's attitude as a reference.

In contrast, the comments in the "Los Angeles Daily" are full of praise.However, from the point of view and depth of comments, it is relatively positive and objective.

"...Although the producer has branded the movie as 'homosexual' before it was even released. However, after watching the film, our focus is not on the two male protagonists, nor on the 'homosexuality' 'This gimmick, but the whole perspective falls on the emotion itself.

There are three couples in the film.The first pair is undoubtedly our two leading men, Tang and Jason.As described in all literary and artistic romance films, their love is hot, pure, and single-minded. It is the kind of vigorous emotion that everyone desires most and is most worthy of being praised.But this kind of love is, in essence, hard work, even hopeless.Because love is too devoted, there is no time to take care of things other than love, including gender, including life and death.At the end of the film, Jason's love for Tang has become an obsession.

The second couple is the newlyweds starring Lucas and Catherine, the most famous on-screen couple in bad fun.In the film, they have gone through a seven-year long-distance love race and finally got married with their son.They were happy and sweet at the wedding, and their union is the most perfect end to their relationship, so they are also full of expectations for their future married life.

However, this kind of new couples who have not experienced the hardships in life are also relatively fragile.Because it's hard for us to imagine that when this young couple who are used to the wind and snow is troubled by all kinds of trivial matters in life, such as mortgages, car loans, and milk powder money, will there be such sweetness on their faces? smile, will you be full of longing and expectation for the realistic future?

But the ones I am most optimistic about and feel the most emotional are the old Tom and his wife played by the Al couple.As we all know, Al Robert and Jennifer Holt, the well-known "Loving Couple in Bad Funwood", were also the most famous "screen couple" in Bad Funwood 35 years ago. "Wonderful Journey" chooses these two screen couples to play two supporting roles. The metaphor may imply that the experience of the old Tom and his wife when they first met is likely to be experienced by the newlyweds in the film.Passionate, crazy, desperate love.However, after experiencing the ups and downs and tribulations of life, he is finally willing to be ordinary and willing to guard.

When I saw this scene, I believe that many audiences in the cinema, like me, remembered the real experience of the Al couple who played the old Tom and his wife.Aside from those sensational descriptions and stereotyped praises, I just want to say that Al Robert is not only an excellent actor, but also a real man and a real husband.It is precisely because of his no regrets and dedication that we can see Jennifer Holt's return to the screen today.In my opinion, their love is even more worthy of praise than any movie on the big screen in Bad Fun.Because they interpreted the true meaning of love with their lives - not so hot that it can melt the enthusiasm of the world at the beginning, but when facing the suffering and torture of reality, they can still stick to the plainness of mutual dependence. "Wonderful Journey" chose the Al couple to play the roles of the old Tom and his wife, which can be called the most classic stroke of genius.

So what this film ultimately describes is not a 'homosexual' story, but a love story. "

In the end, the "Los Angeles Daily" gave it a rating of [-] points and recommended it with five stars.

Compared with the several weekly magazines that pay more attention to the film itself, the "Wall Street Journal", which pays more attention to the economic aspect, focuses more on the promotion of the film in the early stage when commenting on the film.I think that "Although "Wonderful Journey" is also called an independent film, in terms of promotion and distribution, it is actually closer to a commercial film with large production and large investment. And from the current effect, it is obvious that "" The means of the promotional team of "A Wonderful Journey" are endless and fruitful. From the casting, to shooting, to post-production, the crew launched one publicity method and one gimmick one after another at a speed that makes people have no time to react, and even caused The film became popular before it was released. And this method of publicity can be widely used for reference. Behind these publicity methods, we have to focus on another young Chinese boy—— That is, Lu Hengzhi, the partner of Wonder Boy Tang, and his publicity team. Compared with Wonder Boy Tang's acting talent, it is obvious that his partner's talent in business is also amazing."

When the "Rolling Stone Magazine", which is more inclined to music in terms of the theme of the newspaper, commented on this film, it obviously mentioned the film created by the actor Tang himself and sung by the "glamourous gentleman" Al Robert The theme song "Small Town Hotel" did not hesitate to praise the theme song, which is full of the 60s country rock style of the Stars and Stripes, and sealed it with a classic evaluation of five stars.I think "this song perfectly presents the theme of this movie and plays a finishing touch".

The "San Francisco Daily" focused on the performance of the film's other leading actor, Leon White.And said with great praise: "12 years ago, Leon White's "Psychic Eye" surprised the whole Bad Fun, and won the title of Best Actor in the Golden Circle Award in one fell swoop. 12 years later, I have been sinking for a long time. Leon White made a comeback and once again amazed the whole bad fun with a classic love story and superb acting skills. Let us have to cheer with open arms-the return of the king."

"Gourmet Weekly" commented that ""Wonderful Journey" let the citizens of the entire Stars and Stripes know that there is a custom of eating dumplings on the [-]th night of the Lunar New Year in Huaguo, which represents the custom of family reunion. This is for the cultural exchanges between East and West. It’s an extremely important promotion.”

"Washington Daily" said, "Amazing oriental boys, astonishing oriental skills-dividing tea, the miraculous Chinese tea ceremony."

"National Travel News" simply quoted a line from the film as the headline text "Let's take a walk-and-go trip!"

Even the well-known film critic Lalmeyer, while criticizing the film for using "homosexuality" as a gimmick, couldn't help saying in his comments that "except for these gimmicks that make people frown, the whole film The plot and lens processing are generally very classic and full of humanistic atmosphere. A film that combines Eastern and Western cultures, and a film that describes love. "Wonderful Journey" can be called the most romantic film released this year. A classic."

All of a sudden, all the media comments that could be seen were full of praise.And due to the good publicity of the film before its release, and the very good reputation after its release, as well as the praise of the magical oriental skills by most film critics, including movie fans, on the Internet, more audiences are more interested in this film. Movies generate interest.

Therefore, on the third day of the premiere, the attendance rate of the 33 on-point theaters across the Stars and Stripes had reached 100%, and the box office on the first day after the official release of "Wonderful Journey" on Friday even reached 1008. The super high box office of 3000 US dollars.Although such a result is not worth mentioning for the 500 million box office of the first-day box office of the bad fun Hollywood blockbuster "Treasure Hunting Expedition", which was released at the same time.But we have to consider that the investment cost of "Treasure Hunting Expedition" is 2338 million US dollars, and the number of theaters nationwide on the premiere day has reached 200.And "Wonderful Journey", with an investment of less than 998 million US dollars, had only [-] theaters on the premiere day--half of "Treasure Hunting Expedition", which is less than half.

According to the sharing agreement signed between Sugar Juice Studio and the theaters, Sugar Juice Studio can get 90% of the total box office in the first three weeks.In other words, on the day "A Wonderful Journey" was released, all the production costs were recovered and the return was far more than four times the investment.This kind of profit effect is undoubtedly faster than stealing money.The major producers of Bad Quwu are enthused, and the media commentary is another frenzy.

The next two days are big weekends. Most citizens don’t need to go to work or go to class, and there are so many comments about "A Wonderful Journey". Many curious movie fans immediately bought movie tickets and went to the cinema to watch it .Then I was conquered by the plot of the whole movie and various ingenious arrangements, which once again confirmed the increasingly positive reputation.More and more positive reviews have also affected more and more audiences.

In the end, "Wonderful Journey" won a box office of 1888 million on Saturday and 2132 million on Sunday.

It won a box office of more than 5000 million US dollars in three days on the weekend. Such a result not only shocked all the media and colleagues in Huaiquwu, even Tang Shi himself was shocked.

As a niche film with an investment of less than 200 million US dollars, the strong box office purchasing power shown by "Wonderful Journey" is really jaw-dropping.And according to this form of development, I believe that after the film is over, it will be able to get more than [-] million US dollars in the box office in the Stars and Stripes.

Such a change surprised Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi as investors and main creators.But besides being pleasantly surprised, Tang Shi was also extremely worried.Because he couldn't figure it out, the same movie just had some deliberation and textual research on cultural details, just added some sensational plots to the plot, just changed a male lead, and just moved ahead of time. Can it really happen so many changes after five years of release?

Tang Shisi couldn't figure it out even after thinking about it.I feel that there must be something that I have overlooked.However, Tang Shi felt very relieved when he saw the reports with perfect and beautiful data, and the major newspapers and periodicals full of praise.

He even secretly discussed with Lu Hengzhi how to organize the celebration party after the film screening.

Even though there were some things Tang Shi still couldn't figure out.However, Tang Shi felt that he had figured out one thing - five years, in fact, could change a lot of things.

For example, Al Robert and Jennifer Holt five years later, it has been too long since the last time they appeared on the big screen, so their fans are gradually "changing their families" and "casting for another".Although Evan still invited these two Buddhas at that time, apart from the aura of the past, Albert at that time had already lost a lot in terms of popularity and box office appeal.

Just like some old-fashioned actors in China, they have acting skills and qualifications, but if they compete for popularity or box office appeal, they may not be as popular as starlets who have only debuted for two or three years.

And now Al Robert, only three years away from his last film that won the Oleick Award.Three years is not too short in a circle like Bad Funwood, where low-level actors are replaced very frequently.But for top superstars like Al Robert, who have won awards and are weak, have already stood at the top of the entertainment industry, pay more attention to word-of-mouth and cherish their feathers, the speed of making a movie in three years is also within the range of fans' recognition.It is not uncommon to know how many major productions span two to three years from the preparatory period to the official release.

What's more, there is also the legendary Ms. Jennifer joining in this film. Under Tang Shi's changes, the plot is more delicate, and the lines and plots that can better reflect the sincere feelings of the two also make all ages grow older. fans once again recalled the ups and downs when chasing stars.

So from this aspect, the "gold content" and "appeal" of the Al couple is definitely far beyond five years later.

The other leading actor in the film, Leon White, made his debut as a child actor. His acting skills back then amazed countless people and at the same time won a group of diehard fans.These are the folks who would love to see Leon White return, and certainly won't begrudge the cash to get into theaters.

Not to mention the publicity turmoil caused by Lu Hengzhi and Pique's team under Tang Shi's suggestion.

So it's really no accident that the film achieved such impressive results in its first week of release.

However, Tang Shi's worries were not groundless.Because on the Saturday of the second week of the film's release, conservatives and religious groups in the Stars and Stripes Kingdom, who had shown unusual rejection and resistance to this "gay" film during the promotional release stage, finally took action.

They couldn't bear the fact that the entire Stars and Stripes was caught in a discussion about "love has nothing to do with gender" because of the movie's release.So on Saturday morning, they mobilized nearly 6 people to boycott the film's release.They were divided into teams of a hundred people, holding banners, gathered together, and sat down to demonstrate at the entrances of movie theaters in various states and counties across the Stars and Stripes, preventing fans from entering the theater to watch "A Wonderful Journey".

They even got into a physical altercation with Fantastic Journey fans.

Because of the theater's slow response to the unexpected situation and the poor dissemination of information, it was already Saturday afternoon when Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi learned the news.As soon as he got the news, Lu Hengzhi called Mr. Pique, the third largest shareholder of Sugar Juice Studio.

Here we have to explain that in any political activity, any conflict involving religious consciousness, including the troubles of mass demonstrations, is always the most difficult to solve.A little carelessness may lead to very serious consequences.And Mr. Pick's supporter, Mr. a certain congressman, has already taken his family to the sea on a yacht on Friday night, and he will not be able to return until Sunday night.Mr. Pick had no way of contacting him for a while.

However, even if the congressman comes back, considering his political image, it is estimated that it will be difficult for the congressman to take any action in favor of the "Wonderful Journey" crew in public.Even in order to avoid being taken advantage of by political opponents, the congressman is not good at expressing his position on this matter in private.After all, no matter which country's official image must be rigorous and serious.And the topic of "homosexuality", no matter from any angle, can't be linked with the two words "rigorous and serious".

So in the end, Mr. Peake can only solve this problem privately through his business influence and contacts.Then the speed of resolution cannot be said to be fast.

During this period, some media newspapers also had negative comments about the film "Wonderful Journey".Similar to "sensationalism", "disgusting", "what was filmed, I can't understand it at all", "the descriptions of oriental skills in the film are all deceptive, it is impossible to have such a magical skill", "garbage film, Rubbish actor", "The Fall of Leon White", "Al Robert's Biggest Mistake in Film Selection" and other negative public opinions are full of them, which makes people feel impetuous and at the same time, they can't help but have some doubts about the movie "Wonderful Journey". Kind of cold and disgusted.

Faced with such a situation, Tang Shi, Lu Hengzhi and Evan, including the Al couple and Leon White, were not discouraged, and were doing their best to solve this problem.They tried their best to contact the major trade unions in Bad Fun, and even mobilized the power of the media to actively publicize.

At the same time, Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi also deeply realized how necessary it is to have a reliable agent in Huaquwu.Because in the response to the whole matter, the public relations activities the two of them can do are really limited.On the contrary, the Al couple and Lucas' agent helped a lot in these aspects.Even Leon White's agent has shown the strength of his network.

This also made Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi eager to recruit managers for Tangjue Studio.And after handing over the public relations work to other people in the crew and Mr. Pique to the studio's publicity team, Tang and Lu Hengzhi began to think of a way from the film itself.They found Evan back, and then turned over the original shots of the film, and began to pick and choose to make some extras.

Fortunately, after a week and a half after the film was broadcast, the good word-of-mouth created by the film won the strong support of fans.There are also "gay groups" from all states and counties in the Stars and Stripes who have also stood up, saying, "The Stars and Stripes is a free and open country. If you protect religious freedom, you should also protect the freedom of love and sex discrimination." Protest to the authorities for various reasons.

In the end, the tumultuous turmoil ended a week later.Unfortunately, because of the protests of these conservatives and religious groups, the box office of "Amazing Journey" only reached 860 million US dollars in the second week.Such box office results are simply ironic for the phenomenon that the box office of the second week is higher than that of the first week after the film is broadcast.

Fortunately, with the full support of most movie fans, the box office barely rose in the third week of the film's release, reaching more than 400 million, while the box office in the fourth week fell rapidly, even falling below the 1000 million mark, only 910. Thousands of dollars.

Just when Tang Shi, Lu Hengzhi, and other staff members of "Wonderful Journey" thought that the box office results were just like this, the list of nominations for the Bad Funwood Olek Awards came out.

"Wonderful Journey" won the No. 80 Olek Golden Image Award in Bad Funwood because of the talent of the director, the exquisite script, the superb acting skills of the actors, and the wide acclaim it has received since the film was released, as well as its impact on society. Nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography .

As soon as the news came out, the whole Huaquwu went crazy.And the box office, which has been declining day by day, has also picked up.

"Fantastic Journey" opened in its fifth week, and the box office rose to $250 million.In the sixth week of its release, that is, the second week after the nomination list for the Olek Awards was announced, the box office of "A Wonderful Journey" reached 700 million in a blowout.

Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi, who had always had a sense of hype and were always waiting for the right time, took advantage of the announcement of the nomination list for the Olek Awards, and once again launched a fiery promotion and marketing on the Internet and major media.Tang Shi indicated that Evan distributed the previously edited footage to theaters in all states and counties of the Stars and Stripes through exquisite post-production, and indicated that they would show it after the film was broadcast.

And in the media, "Do you want to know what happened to the mysterious Huaguo tea ceremony-the performance of tea sharing? Do you want to know how to blow out beautiful music with leaves? Want to know how the actors of "Wonderful Journey" filmed Do you want to know the difference between the actors outside the camera and the actors on the big screen? Come and watch "Wonderful Journey" and reveal the stories behind the stars for you." slogan.

I have to admit that Tang Shi, who came from later generations and knows the essence of hype, once again captured the curiosity of the audience.So under the "seduction" of these slogans, a large number of movie fans walked into the cinema again.

And under such hype, the box office of "Wonderful Journey" reached 100 million in the seventh week, and in the eighth week... that is, the last week of its release, it reached 420 million to [-] million. box office.

In the end, "Wonderful Journey" grossed a total of $670 million at the box office for eight weeks in the Stars and Stripes.

It is truly a double harvest at the box office and word of mouth, and it can be called a miracle of literary and artistic romance films back then.

And with the announcement of the nomination list for the Bad Funwood Oleick Awards, the whole world knows about this independent film with a small investment and a small production, but it has made a lot of money and has also aroused widespread influence in the entire Stars and Stripes——"Wonderful" journey".

The news quickly spread to China. When many media saw the list of "Wonderful Journey"'s main creators, including the main cast, their eyes dropped in disbelief.

And the molasses who stayed in the country and were looking forward to it fell into madness.

Time soon entered February, and Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi, who had been staying in the Stars and Stripes, did not have enough time to return to China for the New Year because of their work.So the two could only call their parents who were far away in the country. This year's Spring Festival, the Tang family and the Lu family decided to spend it at the other end of the world - the Stars and Stripes.

And in late February, Yun Xiaoting and his agent Wei Feng, who had been busy filming in China, also received a call from Lu Hengzhi informing them that they would come to Stars and Stripes to participate in this year's Olympic Games as crew members. The Lakers Awards Gala.

Tang Shi even had a whim, discussed with Lu Hengzhi, held a random lottery event on the Internet, and planned to select [-] die-hard fans of sugar juice in the country, and come to the Stars and Stripes to accompany them to participate in the Oleks Awards ceremony.Of course, as an interactive activity for idols to give back to fans, the trip will naturally be covered by Sugar Juice Studio for air tickets, board and lodging.

In order to do this matter better, Tang Shi and Lu Hengzhi finally decided to hand over this matter to the domestic Yi Shang Feng Heng Star Peripheral Magazine to take full responsibility.As one of the shareholders of Shishang Fengheng Magazine, Li Mei naturally took the opportunity to hand over the promotion and follow-up report of this event to Apple Channel for exclusive coverage.

So the sugar juice combination is still thousands of miles away, and it easily stirred up the water in the domestic entertainment industry.Let countless fans cheer and celebrate.For a while, it once again occupied the headlines of major domestic newspapers, which can be called "Brother is not in the Jianghu, but the legend of Brother is still circulating in the Jianghu".

The domestic movie fans who heard the news fell into madness again.