(Observer Network News) On the 16th, Makoto Shinkai, a well-known Japanese animation director, came to China with his new work "Lingya Journey" to carry out publicity work. On his first day in Beijing, he posted on his personal Twitter the seafood hot pot he ate that night; At the same time, the distribution team in South Korea sent him a "bubble noodle map"...
China team VS Korean team
Japanese animation director Makoto Shinkai's new work "Suzuya Journey" has been finalized in Chinese mainland and will be released on March 24. On the 16th, the pre-sale of the film began, and the cumulative box office exceeded 11.72 million in 24 hours, breaking a new record for the pre-sale box office in the history of animated films.
The movie tells the story of the young girl "Suzuya" who adventures to close the door of disaster in order to save the world and the boy she likes, and completes the growth story of self-healing and redemption on the journey.
The film achieved a double box office reputation, with a freshness of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and after the legendary Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away", Japanese animated films were shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin International Film Festival (73rd) after 21 years.
In terms of box office, "Journey to the Bell Bud" was previously released in Japan on November 11, 2022, with a box office of more than 1.88 billion yen (about 97.008 million yuan) in the first weekend of its release, and the number of moviegoers exceeded 1.33 million, surpassing the performance of "Your Name" (576 million yuan) and "Weather Child" (288 million yuan), becoming the first box office film in the first week of Shinkai Makoto's directorial works.
Shinkai Makoto said in an interview that his predecessor "Weather Child" gave him the opportunity to face Chinese audiences, and at that time he promised to meet Chinese audiences again with a new film three years later.
Now the director arrived in Beijing with the "yellow chair" in the film as promised to start his Chinese propaganda tour, and held the first premiere at Peking University today (17th).
As soon as he arrived in Beijing, the dinner posted by Xinhai Cheng attracted the attention of many netizens - a local family with a seafood beef hot pot of 800 yuan per person, "The first day of work in Beijing is over." This dinner was too luxurious and shocking... Laugh. The round table will also turn on its own. ”
Arctic shellfish, eastern star spot, top wagyu bull's eye meat... It's mouthwatering to watch.
"On the other side, the Korean distribution company sent me this photo." Two minutes later, Makoto Shinkai posted another picture, "Laugh, instant noodles are also delicious, it's so good." ”
Hearing a joy that does not care about the life and death of Korean colleagues, the Korean distribution company is like: hate some directors who have no sense of boundaries...
After eating and drinking enough to get ready for bed, Shinkai Makoto posted another picture, "Do I really want to sleep alone in this kind of luxurious big bed like the one that appeared in the "Last Emperor" movie... Laugh. ”
A good day is again awakened by spicy chicken.
The interviewed mouth was not idle, "A lot of small cakes were sent." ”
Looking back at last week, when Shinhae Makoto was doing movie promotion in South Korea...
"Receiving bread at Lotte Cinema Korea as a gift in return"
Japanese netizens in the comment area also came to a wave of joyful speeches: "Instant noodles are delicious, but I choose hot pot", "This instant noodles are not nutritious", "It's a Mariana trench missing", "Sorry director, my eyes have been on the cake", "I am so envious to see you eat delicious Chinese food"...
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