What does this mean?

What is the Second World more than just a name?

Is this Spielberg's pretense to attract people to watch the movie again and again, or is there really a lot in the movie waiting for people to discover?

Some people went to the cinema to watch the movie many times out of curiosity, and eventually discovered many things that they didn't discover the first time they watched it.

Basically, every picture has a small idea. In the movie, whether it is a mobile phone or a computer, there is a complete set of logic when displaying the operation screen.

The icons on each mobile phone are carefully thought out. The same icon, when clicked, has the same function, and there is no difference in operation. This means that the production team has designed a unique icon for each mobile phone and each software.

A complete set of operating actions.

Every QR code that appears in the movie is different.

The costumes of everyone who appears in the movie are different from those of modern times.

There is not a single car on the road that is a current model.

Even the music is completely original, including the popular chart songs that students listen to, all of which are new songs produced by someone else.

Previously, Universal Studios announced that the production cost of this movie was US$80 million, but some people still didn't believe it. When someone uncovered these things, those who had doubted it immediately shut up.

However, this movie is actually much cheaper than Jurassic Park, because many of the costs have been shared by advertisers, and the actual investment by himself is not very much. It is also because of this that Spielberg dares to spend money like this.

And the movie's box office did not live up to its cost investment.

The first weekend box office came out quickly. "The Second World" successfully surpassed "The Lion King" released in the summer with an opening box office of 42 million, becoming the first weekend box office champion this year, behind "Jurassic Park" and "Batman"

"Return" later became the third highest-grossing film in North American film history.

You know, this result was achieved in October. People can completely believe that if it had been earlier, it would have probably broken the opening record of "Jurassic Park".

But that doesn't matter anymore, because "Second World" has performed strongly and has caused a whirlwind in the United States. What people are looking forward to now is how far it can go and whether it can become another movie that stands at the top of the box office in film history.

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Next, it will first surpass this year's "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump" to become this year's box office champion, and then launch an attack on "E.T.", which is at the top of the North American box office.

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"The Second World grossed $42 million in its opening weekend."

In the office of Wu Mengcheng, general manager of China Film Company, his assistant excitedly reported to him the box office performance of "The Second World" in North America.

The total U.S. box office of "The Fugitive" they originally planned to introduce was only 180 million US dollars, which will basically be surpassed by "The Second World".

Since then, their choice of "Second World" this time is definitely a wise choice.

Wu Mengcheng said with a smile, "What's so strange about this? Now in the United States, the name Spielberg represents the box office. If "The Second World" performs well in the follow-up, maybe it will be among the top three in the U.S. box office list.

Spielberg will take care of it all by himself."

"There are also the top three in the global box office list." The assistant added with a smile.

Wu Mengcheng shook his head and said, "According to my observation, the global box office of "The Lion King" is very likely to exceed that of "E.T.". Let's ignore their charts. From this year onwards, our domestic charts will be

It’s about to be opened.”

He leaned back and sighed: "I don't know when our domestic movie box office list will be hundreds of millions of dollars."

The assistant was speechless, Mr. Wu really dared to think.

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One week after "The Second World" was released in the United States, "The Butterfly Effect" was also released in China.

"The Butterfly Effect" took in 9.8 million at the box office in its first week.

This result is certainly not good enough compared to "The Second World", but "The Butterfly Effect", as the first domestically split movie in the true sense, has performed very well at the box office.

In other words, every additional dollar of tickets it sells now creates a new record.

It was not easy for "The Butterfly Effect" to be split. It took a long time to review the film, and it passed through several hands, and finally it was transferred to China Film Company.

Regarding the split of "The Butterfly Effect", China Film Company did not publicize it at all, and it was carried out quietly.

After getting the first week's box office data, Feng Xiaoning called Yu Dong immediately and told him the good news.

Yu Dong was also very happy after hearing the news. Although the box office is not high, it is very meaningful. And if it performs well, the total box office in the future should exceed 30 million.

This kind of box office, even if it is not the first one, is not bad.

The cost of "The Butterfly Effect" was only 1.8 million, which means that the cost has now been earned back.

Let’s talk about China Film Company. It is said that they spent 3.5 million to buy this movie. Even so, they got their money back and then just focus on making money.

"Congratulations, Director Feng, you are now the most popular director in the country." Yu Dong congratulated with a smile.

Feng Xiaoning also laughed, "Don't make fun of me. Compared to your other movies, I can't watch this one at all. I'm afraid I'm at the bottom."

"Not necessarily. The ticket sales of "The Butterfly Effect" should be higher than that of "Soft Knife."

"If you don't take into account the box office of "Soft Knife," it won't be comparable. Your other two movies, the lowest one is "Groundhog Day," which also grossed US$100 million. "The Butterfly Effect" will probably become one of the movie adaptations of your novels.

The first one to gross less than $100 million."

When it came to "less than 100 million U.S. dollars," Feng Xiaoning couldn't help but laugh harder. "The Butterfly Effect" didn't mean that its box office was less than 100 million U.S. dollars. It was still far away from 100 million U.S. dollars.

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In the editorial department of "Flower City".

"Lu Mengping, your letter."

"Well, just put it here."

Lu Mengping looked at the pile of letters on the table, and then moved her eyes to the "Reference News" in her hand.

Recently, "Reference News" has almost become a private report of Yu Dong, and there is news about him every now and then.

The box office of "The Second World" exceeded US$42 million in its first week. Reports say it is already the third highest-grossing film in American film history, which is quite impressive.

Lu Mengping recalled the scene when she went to see Yu Dong. She was quite surprised when she saw Yu Dong. She didn't expect that Yu Dong turned out to be such a handsome young man.

At that time, Yu Dong had just become famous, and her fame was not as good as it is now. She tried to get an appointment for a manuscript, but she didn't get it.

Later, she wrote several letters to Yu Dong, but they all disappeared and there was no news.

"I couldn't get a date before, and I can't even get a date now."

Lu Mengping sighed, picked up the letter on the corner of the table, and prepared to start the day's work.

The first letter began with a self-recommendation from a newcomer, spending a lot of space expressing his admiration for himself, and then began to introduce his works and publishing resume.

To be honest, after seeing the self-recommendation letter, Lu Mengping lost interest in his manuscript. If the self-recommendation letter is written like this, how can the work be any better?

However, Lu Mengping still read the manuscript seriously and responsibly, and finally found that her hunch was right, and the other party's novel was nonsense.

The second letter, without a self-recommendation letter, was a short story. The writing technique was very immature, and although the handwriting was ugly, it was quite neat. Lu Mengping patiently replied to the other party, gave some verbal encouragement, and declined the other party's offer.

Manuscript.

The third letter was a manuscript that was rejected last time. The other party revised it, but the revision made it worse.

The fourth letter was a medium-length article. It was well written. If it was polished and polished, it might be possible to publish it, but not in "Flower City". Lu Mengping recommended several magazines to the other party.

The fifth letter...

"Lu Mengping, let's go eat."

When a colleague came to call Lu Mengping to eat, Lu Mengping was about to read the sixth letter. The letter was already in her hand and had been opened. She felt the thickness and found that it was okay, so she just read it before going to eat.

As soon as she opened the letter, Lu Mengping's eyelids jumped because she saw the word "Yu Dong" at the bottom.

She then turned around and looked at the address on the envelope. It turned out to be Jinling Art Institute. She had read too many manuscripts just now and didn't bother to read this.

Did Teacher Yu Dong write a manuscript for me?

"Hello, Teacher Lu Mengping, I have been very busy before and I didn't bother to reply to you. I hope you can forgive me..."

Yu Dong apologized for not replying to the letter, and then briefly said that the manuscript he sent was a 20,000-word novella called "Tree Cave".

Lu Mengping couldn't wait to open "Tree Hole". As soon as she saw the manuscript, she felt a sense of happiness in her heart.

Not only because this is Yu Dong's manuscript, but also because of this word.

Look, he is already such a famous writer, and the manuscripts he writes are still so meticulous and neat. On the other hand, the previous few people either have ugly handwriting, or they just rely on their good calligraphy and are so prosperous that it is difficult to recognize them anyway.

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After reading that kind of manuscript all morning, my eyes suddenly became clearer when I saw Yu Dong's manuscript.

"Yao Xiang raised his head, and a drop of rain fell from the sky and hit the tip of his nose... This heavy rain reminded him of the night two days ago..."

It's still a flashback, the story goes back to two days ago.

There was a big tree in the village, and there were various legends about it. Yao didn't believe it, so he came to check it out two nights ago, and he got stuck in the hole of the tree.

Seeing this, Lu Mengping laughed out loud.

It turns out that from the perspective at the beginning of the story, Yao Xiang is already stuck in the tree hole.

The flashback was over and the story moved on. Yao Xiang had no strength left. His perspective was that there was a tree hole left, and a bird in the middle flew to the hole and looked at him for a while.
To be continued...