Chapter 573: Chapter 547: What Should I Do
In the evening, various media outlets began reporting on the box office of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” overseas.
When the box office hit 38 million M Yuan, the entire Hua Country was astounded.
Movies from Hua Country have never found success in overseas markets.
They were basically doomed to failure and ranked at the bottom.
However, this record not only broke Hua Country’s overseas box office record but also entered the top ten of the world film box office on the first day.
For a moment, the entire Hua Country was stirred up.
Although everyone enjoyed watching the movie, they did not expect it to achieve such tremendous success.
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon becomes the first-day box office champion in M Country.”
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon takes off overseas.”
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon creates a box office miracle for Hua Country overseas.”
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Various entertainment sections were frantically reporting on this movie.
The experts who once doubted the “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” film were decisively proven wrong.
The next day, the first-day box office statistics for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” were completed, totaling 120 million.
This film has created a new high in Chinese-language film box office in recent years, acting as a strong shot in the arm in the cold winter of the film market.
This movie even dazzled the eyes of many film industry professionals.
They also made films in the martial arts genre, but none of them succeeded, ending in failure.
Zhou Fa leapt from being a background actor to becoming a star with excellent acting skills thanks to this movie.
Tong Xiaoya regained her popularity through this film.
And Liu Hua, with his outstanding performance in the movie, further cemented his position in the film industry.
Zhou Fa, Tong Xiaoya, and Liu Hua have all made progress on the star leaderboard compared to before.
As Tong Xiaoya and Liu Hua soared in popularity at Star Entertainment Company, some stars at the Celestial Song Group became restless.
Due to several movie losses, Celestial Song had to lower salaries.
This triggered dissatisfaction among many stars at the company.
Stars were constantly looking to leave.
And their target was Star Company.
Originally, Celestial Song Group was already in a downturn.
As a result, most of the stars left, leading to a stock price plunge.
Wu Ge never dreamed that he would be defeated by a fledgling Star Entertainment Company.
With the first-day sales of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” word-of-mouth effect formed online, and almost every screening of the movie was full.
Many theaters even added screenings specifically for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”
These days, Ye Chen’s Weibo has almost exploded.
Some people praised Ye Chen’s talent, giving him likes and saying his movie was good.
But more people were asking why Yu Jiaolong jumped off the cliff.
These days, Ye Chen received tens of thousands of private messages daily asking this question.
Ye Chen just gave a mysterious collective reply: “Once you truly understand the film, you’ll realize it.”
Originally unaware of the reason, many people began to watch it a second or third time.
The entire North American box office was released at this time, and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” made 280 million.
Other countries added up to 120 million.
Simply from overseas, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” has achieved a box office of 1.8 billion RMB.
No one expected that the much underestimated “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” would sell so well.
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Inside the Star University mechanical laboratory.
At this time, a huge mecha stood in the lab.
The entire mecha has undergone major changes from before.
Especially inspired, the team replaced the mecha with a new mechanical arm.
This arm is more flexible than before and more powerful.
Now the mecha has entered the final public relations phase.
Everyone is working around the clock.
Every part must ensure there are no deviations.
Recently, Wang Meng and Lü Gang frequently visited Principal Ye’s office.
Whenever they encountered unclear areas or completed projects, they would ask Ye Chen for guidance to ensure quality.
After the upgrade, the current mecha is vastly different from before.
The mecha cockpit, after upgrading, is more comfortable than before.
Previously, Lü Gang, in the operating room, almost fainted from the heat and tension.
Now the operating room has air conditioning, making the temperature suitable.
Most importantly, the entire control system is different from before, no longer hand-controlled, now entirely intelligent voice controlled.
The entire operating system is the most advanced AI operating system.
The current mecha has completely achieved near-synchronous human-machine operation.
Ye Chen looked at the mecha in the lab and nodded approvingly.
This mecha now is the one Ye Chen is satisfied with.
What Ye Chen is most satisfied with is the attitude of these students.
Although Ye Chen provided technical support for the entire mecha’s production, most of it was achieved by these students through persistent efforts.
These students already possess excellent qualities.
With these students’ abilities, even if they leave Star University, they will become pillars in various fields of Hua Country, contributing to Hua Country’s rise.
This is also the original intention behind Ye Chen founding Star University.
Ye Chen’s purpose in founding Star University is to give every student’s dream wings.
Initially, Ye Chen also had some apprehension.
Because this model was unprecedented.
However, looking at it now, Ye Chen’s model succeeded.
He believes that as long as Star University continues at this pace, it will become the cradle of Hua Country’s talents.
“Principal Ye, you’ve come.”
Lü Gang ran up to Ye Chen, interrupting his thoughts.
Ye Chen smiled and nodded.
Now, Ye Chen and these students have developed a very close relationship.
Ye Chen is not only their principal but also their older brother and friend.
Interaction is no longer as constrained as it was at the beginning.
Ye Chen asked, “How is the mecha completion?”
From the appearance, Ye Chen can see the entire mecha progress is fast.
But ultimately, he cannot discern the entire mecha’s progress from its appearance.
“Right now, the overall design is 80% complete, and we are still doing the final assembly and design.”
Lü Gang said: “Oh, this big guy is so tough that assembling every part takes effort, and our whole team is nearly tormented to death by this big guy.”
Though his mouth said tormented to death, Ye Chen could see from Lü Gang’s eyes a gleam of excitement.
Outside, a sound of thunder boomed, followed by torrential rain.
“There’s been quite a bit of rain this year,” Ye Chen looked outside.
“Yes, I heard it’s been raining for over a month where I’m from.”
“I guess this heavy rain must have caused trouble somewhere,” Ye Chen sighed.
Disaster relief every year is a difficult task.
Especially in some severely affected areas, there are casualties every year during disaster relief.
Ye Chen took a deep breath, realizing he must do something.
Then, Ye Chen dove into the lab.
After a night, Ye Chen walked out of the lab, holding a device.
This device could be worn on the feet.
Ye Chen put on the device and went to the school’s artificial lake.
At that time, many students saw Ye Chen wearing the strange device and were very curious about what Principal Ye was going to do.