"Hello, Li Huanying" made the film starring Shen Teng more than 20 billion yuan at the box office, and Shen Teng also became the first 20 billion box office actor in the history of Chinese film. But he "specially starred" in another movie" "The Sun Never Sets" is not so lucky, as of March 23, red star news reporters published, the film Douban score is only 3 points, the box office is less than 20 million yuan. Many viewers angrily scolded the film party for "false propaganda" and "fraudulent marketing", complaining that Shen Teng was just a paper person who "can't speak people's words" in the film, and more netizens asked the film party to refund money. In the early morning of March 21, Liu Junmeng, one of the directors and screenwriters, apologized in a post on Weibo, but then he deleted the apology Weibo.
The propaganda poster has the words "Special Appearance Shen Teng" printed on it
Shen Teng plays the humanoid standing card
Caused netizens to complain
"The Sun Never Sets" was originally scheduled to be released on the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2019, and after undergoing many file changes, it was finally released on March 19 this year. Directed by Feng Yiping, Liu Junmeng and Hao Xinyue, starring Huang Cailun and Zhang Huiwen, the film tells an absurd story that takes place in a hotel: Shi Yue (Huang Cailun), who lives step by step, starts a special trip with his wife Tangerine (Zhang Huiwen) because of her job promotion, but due to various accidents, she falls into a nightmare cycle.
In the poster released by the film, Shen Teng is a "special appearance", but in the movie, Shen Teng is an alien who "can't speak human words", and some viewers said that in fact, Shen Teng played a humanoid standing card, all the shots together are at most 2 minutes, there is no line, and the real person has not appeared. After watching the film, some viewers said that the plot of the film was illogical and the laughter was also embarrassing. "The male protagonist met aliens in the hotel, why are there aliens in the hotel? The setting of the aliens in the film makes people feel illogical. ”
As of the deadline of the Red Star News reporter on March 23, the box office of "The Sun Never Sets" was less than 20 million yuan, the Douban score was only 3 points, and the Douban netizen "JerryStone" said: "The first time I saw such a serious person who made a bad film, the story was told in a mess, there was no bottom line to take Shen Teng's publicity, and the Shen Teng people in the movie did not come out, just a few photos." There are also audiences who angrily scold the film side for "false propaganda" and "fraudulent marketing".
Shen Teng's single poster released on the official Weibo of the movie
The director apologized and deleted it
"Shen Teng's family cameo, very little drama"
The Red Star News reporter saw through the official Weibo of the movie "The Sun Never Sets on the Hotel" that there were indeed a lot of promotional content about Shen Teng in the Weibo, and even released Shen Teng's single propaganda poster. Many netizens joked that "Shen Teng redefined the special appearance", and the topic once rushed to the hot search.
Director Liu Junmeng once posted an apology letter on Weibo (according to the network)
On March 21, Liu Junmeng, one of the film's directors, posted an apology letter on Weibo, saying that the film had nothing to do with "Happy Twist" from the perspective of production, and that "Happy Twist" was not the producer of the film. Although there are signed artists of "Happy Twist" in the film, the cooperation between the two sides is limited to the level of film and television agency, and has nothing to do with the comedy style and level of "Happy Twist".
Regarding Shen Teng's "special appearance" in the film, Liu Junmeng said: "Shen Teng's teacher's family cameo is based on our friendship for many years, originally wanted to show in the form of Easter eggs, the role is very small, and it is not misleading in the publicity that belongs to the starring category. ”
Director Liu Junmeng apologized to netizens in a Weibo message
At the end of the apology letter, Liu Junmeng said, "I hope that the audience who has already watched "The Sun Never Sets" will not attack the 'happy twist' again, sorry! I hope that the audience who has not yet seen "The Sun Never Sets" will remove the impression of "Happy Twist" and "Starring Shen Teng" in the announcement! ”
The Red Star News reporter found that Liu Junmeng has deleted the apology letter at present, but in his interaction with the netizens' messages, it can still be seen that he did publish an apology letter.
Red Star News reporter Zhang Shihao
Edited by Li Jie
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