Target: Fifty Billion!
The afternoon sun shone through the half-drawn curtains onto the bed, where dust motes could be seen floating in the air. From afar came the sound of a child practicing the piano, their technique clumsy and disjointed, but at least their notes were accurate. Given time, they would surely be able to play beautiful melodies.
Downstairs, you can hear the neighborhood's information exchange center, where the elderly folks chat while listening to the radio and basking in the sun.
The quiet and peaceful world felt unreal to Lu Ban.
It felt like I had suddenly returned from the front lines of war to my peaceful hometown.
However, at least a hundred years after the point in time he traveled to, the Night Country still existed.
While feeling relieved, Lu Ban suddenly became curious again.
If one can travel from the present world to the past Night Country, how can one guarantee that the present Night Country is the "present"?
If the present-day Night Country is actually the "past," and the future Night Country has already been destroyed...
"Never mind, it's pointless."
The alien realm's current form of existence is like a cat in a box to Lu Ban; without opening it, he cannot confirm whether it has been destroyed.
But now Lu Ban is becoming more and more certain that Du Danping himself may still exist in some alien realm at some point in time, and he may have a chance to meet him again in the future.
At the same time, these tasks in the Silent Land were not arranged on a whim by some great beings, or perhaps not entirely on a whim; they may also be using the Chosen of the Gods' actions in other realms to try to accomplish something.
But if they can manipulate time and throw people into timelines at will, why do they still need to rely on the power of mortals?
Could it be that these deities themselves are also sealed away?
Lu Ban became curious.
He went to the computer and turned on the power supply.
The hard drive, which was almost full, contained log files for "The Pocket War".
Lu Ban opened the folder, glanced at the table of contents first, and only after confirming that there were no titles related to "Above the Moon" did he feel at ease to check it.
"Ninety percent exploration, the missing part refers to the other two Demon Tide ' rulers?"
Lu Ban pondered.
The objective of this mission is simply to survive until the end of the Demon Tide. If you're lucky, you can hide somewhere and survive. After all, according to Xiya's history, this Demon Tide did not cause any devastating damage to humanity. You might be able to survive by deserting or by being born in a town on a lower difficulty.
However, such exploration levels are at best mediocre. To achieve higher exploration levels, one must directly experience the Demon Tide, and to achieve 100% perfection, one must solve the source of the Demon Tide.
"So, is strategic whitewashing really feasible?"
Lu Ban glanced at the radio beside him.
The effect of this [Minor Disaster Generator] was unexpected, and once activated, it operates almost perpetually.
Scorching sun, Thunder, tornadoes—all kinds of powerful natural disasters are present.
Why only need to sell 80,000+ Silence Points?
Lu Ban was completely baffled.
If [Silence Department Store] had a positive review system, he would definitely give it a good review.
After changing his clothes and checking his wounds, which were almost healed, Lu Ban began to review the video footage.
Perhaps because the Demon Tide is a large-scale event, there are many scenes, including the resistance of nearby fortresses, etc. The only regret may be that it is not scary enough.
Or rather, only someone like Lu Ban, who experienced it firsthand, could feel the despair that followed the arrival of the Demon Tide. Of course, viewers should also be able to feel something similar through the recorded footage, but overall, Lu Ban believes that this story is more suitable for a high-octane special effects blockbuster than a thriller.
A dark worldview, a tide of desperate monsters surging in, an oppressive monster overlord that blots out the sun, and knights wielding longswords fighting to the last moment—all of these elements are exhilarating.
Lu Ban also saw the scene of Jonah and the others riding to rescue him after he dealt with Frost. If this were slightly modified to show the knights arriving as reinforcements in a desperate situation and defeating the monsters, it would definitely be the climax of a blockbuster.
"Could this time break the previous box office record?"
The audience for these commercial blockbusters is completely different from that of horror and thriller films. If the upper limit for horror and thriller films is only three or four billion, then these commercial films could very well reach more than five billion, and that's just the box office in mainland China.
If it were released overseas, it might be able to repeatedly rake in profits and make a fortune.
Of course, for Lu Ban, making money is secondary; what's truly important is spreading knowledge from other lands through movies.
"In addition, we need to improve the previous actors' manual so that everyone can get involved in the creative process!"
Lu Ban increasingly felt the importance of broadening everyone's horizons.
If those winter wolves, plagues, and shadows were to appear directly in front of the people of this world, their sanity would probably be immediately tormented, causing them to act abnormally. But the Rangers of the Night Country have no need to worry about these things at all, which must be the result of undergoing certain training.
Lu Ban turned his attention back to the system and opened the Career Development Task.
[Career Development Task]
[Strike while the iron is hot and show the world that your limits are not limited. Bring them a revolutionary experience with an unprecedented and most stunning cinematic experience.]
[Task Requirements: Release works within the cinematic universe and earn 5 billion in revenue]
[Works that have launched cinematic universes: 0/1]
Earnings: 0/5000000000
"Making money is nothing to be ashamed of."
"Fifty billion"
When Lu Ban saw this number, he felt more of an "I knew it" attitude than surprise.
The current domestic box office champion has a box office of 5.6 billion yuan, but this is only the box office figure.
After the box office revenue is split between theaters and distributors, only about 40% ultimately reaches the production company. That means that out of the 5 billion yuan in box office revenue, only about 2 billion yuan actually goes to the production company. After deducting taxes, even less is received.
For Lu Ban to earn 5 billion in revenue, the box office needs to be at least 10 billion.
His previous films, "The Cry" and "The Mouth of the Madman," although they had already set domestic box office records for thrillers, did not even reach 10 billion yuan in total.
It seems unrealistic to expect a single film to generate this much revenue now, relying solely on box office numbers.
Lu Ban checked and found that the current global box office champion in this world is $2.7 billion, which translates to more than 15 billion in box office revenue, thus meeting the requirement of 5 billion in revenue.
The fifth-ranked company barely reached $2 billion in revenue, which is just the bottom line of $5 billion.
The subsequent films, with box office revenues of over a billion US dollars, no longer met the standards for the mission.
"Huh? This is asking me to make a movie that's among the top five highest-grossing films in history?"
Lu Ban realized this too late.
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