Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore

Chapter 983: "Transcendental Standoff," a hardcore work or soft science?!

"Waaah, I never expected this either. I've never taken on such a lucrative business in my entire life."

Mr. Huang kept rambling on the other end of the phone, his voice choked with emotion.

"Xiao He, don't worry. This time, I'll put all my savings into buying a few more factories and make sure that the surrounding production keeps up with the film crew's sales pace."

“Starting today, I will not go home. I will eat and sleep at the factory. As long as I am at the factory, the machines will keep running!”

Xiao He: "..."

Actually, there's really no need for that.

If you really do that, I'm starting to get a little scared of you.

When that time comes, Mr. Huang will have to come looking for us.

"Ahem, it's alright, Mr. Huang. If it really comes down to it, we can outsource part of it. After all, we still have that overseas channel, and we certainly can't finish it all ourselves."

Xiao He coughed lightly, subtly reminding General Manager Huang.

If it's already this crazy in China, the overseas market is an even bigger blue ocean, and there are definitely even more people who like mecha modeling.

As soon as Xiao He finished speaking, the other end suddenly went silent.

Xiao He:?

Just as Xiao He was still wondering, a shrill scream suddenly came from the other side.

"Damn it, we were so focused on the domestic links, we've neglected the international links!"

Xiao He:?!

"What? Your overseas link is still up, it hasn't downloaded?"

An ominous premonition welled up in my heart.

Sure enough, a few minutes later Huang Junhao's tired voice came over: "Tomorrow, I'll go find other factories. If they let us do this, we can work until the year after next."

Xiao He:...OK, so the data from before was conservative. This is the real issue.

"Keep it up, Mr. Huang."

Xiao He said with great pity, then remembered that he had several live events to attend today and didn't have time to worry about the merchandise there, so he continued, "I have to rush to my next event announcement, let's talk later."

Well, at least Mr. Huang has a powerful investor backer. He should probably focus on his own business first.

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Merchandise sales for "Time Standoff" are in full swing, and after the audience members left the first official screening, some of their viewing experiences of "Time Standoff" also began to emerge.

Unlike the strong commercial value that "Time Standoff" has shown so far, the online reviews after watching the film are not entirely positive.

Compared to other movies that have points to criticize, the strengths and weaknesses of "Time Standoff" are quite obvious. Furthermore, there is much more to discuss regarding the film itself and the related events that have arisen outside of it.

As a result, this discussion almost filled the topics and trending searches on various platforms, and it wasn't just spam from paid trolls, but genuine audience feedback.

Some people like it, and some don't—that's perfectly normal.

If a film has high commercial value, it will attract others to follow suit and continue to create value and traffic. However, once there are many participants, it is impossible to please everyone, and many problems and controversies are inevitable.

But at least considering the promotional efforts of the Spring Festival films in recent years, "Time and Space Standoff" already shows signs of becoming a huge hit.

After Xiao He finished all the announcements for the activities on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it was already around 11 p.m.

At this point, the entire film crew hadn't even had time to eat.

Xiao He, who had been busy all day, was also a little tired, so he slumped in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.

"Let's all go home for now. We have flights to catch our schedules tomorrow, so let's just grab something to eat tonight."

As Liu Rulan closed the car door, she told Xiao He about the next steps.

"good."

Xiao He nodded, rubbed his face, and then, with renewed spirits, asked Xiao Chen.

"Xiao Chen, how's the feedback online?"

They spent the entire day at the cinema participating in live events and were so busy that they didn't have time to check online feedback.

However, the feedback from the audience and various media outlets was quite positive.

"Well, how should I put it? Overall, it's pretty good." Xiao Chen scratched his head. "The participation rate in the discussion is quite high."

"Is our work considered soft science or hard science? I see everyone is discussing this question. The building alone has several floors; the scale of it looks quite intimidating."

"What's there to discuss? Our popcorn blockbuster, which mainly sells mechs and special effects, is getting this kind of treatment?"

Xiao He sat up straight, then stroked his chin in thought.

"It seems that the discussion has indeed reached a high level."

Liu Rulan, standing to the side, was slightly speechless: "Why do I feel like this isn't a compliment?"

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I don't know when it started, but "Is this movie soft science or hard science fiction?" has become the most popular label for many people to use when criticizing this type of science fiction film. It seems that once it is labeled as soft science, it means that the science fiction subject matter itself is untenable and cannot convince the audience - which also means that the movie is hard to watch and has no logic at all.

When bloggers and film critics discuss whether a science fiction movie is good or not, they will definitely come up with the definition of this question.

Therefore, many science fiction movies now like to focus on "hardcore" aspects when promoting them.

In reality, those who know about movies know what the actual quality of the content is.

At least for now, there is still no clear conclusion on the distinction between hard science and soft science; it seems more like defining for the sake of defining and labeling for the sake of labeling.

Just like movies like "Time Wars," when posted on relevant discussion threads, the opposing sides can argue for days and nights without either side being able to convince the other.

Viewers who dislike this work have criticized "Time Standoff" from various angles for its many illogical scientific issues, criticizing the film as soft science and directly mocking the production team for simply selling mecha and male beauty without any hard logic, calling it utterly terrible.

The audience and fans who liked this part of the work didn't say much. They simply posted Xiao He's performance on the Spring Festival Gala stage, along with the news that Fusheng Technology's first-generation robotic arm was officially on sale. You might say that our movie is a completely illogical fantasy, detached from scientific reality, but the current direction of technological development does indeed have the futuristic shadow of "Time Confrontation".

Bro, what do you say about this?

...

The guys fell silent.

No, this is really getting out of hand. When we were filming "Time Standoff," no one expected that just over a year later, with the help of AI, humanity would be racing ahead in the direction of controlling intelligent and mechanical external devices.

This inexplicably makes "Time Standoff" seem to be reflecting the future in a certain way.

Knowing the future in advance, how can that not be considered hardcore?

Upon seeing this, Xiao He fell silent.

No, he didn't expect that these viewers would have such unusual and peculiar interests these days.

If it looks good, it looks good; if it doesn't look good, it doesn't look good. Why are you switching between soft science and hard science all the time? Can't I have both?

"Brother Xiao, you know what, I think some of what they said makes a lot of sense." Xiao Chen turned around from the passenger seat and started daydreaming. "Hey, do you guys think Director He might be someone who came back from the future?"

He looked very serious: "His mission was to make a film to warn future generations, so that many years later, when people watched the film again, they would discover that it had already revealed the truth of the future..."

Xiao He was speechless: "...Xiao Chen, I've noticed that you're becoming more and more like a marketing account. You could consider becoming a film and television blogger in the future."

Old Qi was very supportive: "That makes sense! A good idea. We {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} can ask Director He about it later."

Liu Rulan crossed her arms and asked, "So what are we having for dinner tonight?"