Reborn in 2009, earn 500 million first

This Thursday, April 2023, 4, the movie version of "Slam Dunk" will be available to everyone!

I imagine that many friends, like me, have already purchased movie tickets and are waiting to see Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi, right?

Slam Dunk is a cartoon that influenced the generations born in the 80s and 90s. Looking at it now, its plot is simple and the picture quality is very poor. It was once ridiculed as a ppt-style work. But in those days, as long as the TV series was Episode updates, whether it is the first broadcast or rerun, whether it is the Cantonese version, the Japanese version or the Mandarin version, we will be waiting in front of the TV on time!

As of the date of publication, the pre-sale box office of Slam Dunk has exceeded 5500 million. According to the current momentum, the final result may exceed 7000 million, which is a figure only available for blockbuster movies!

Generally speaking, if the pre-sale box office of a movie exceeds 5000 million, the total box office will not be less than 20 billion (you can refer to Happy Twist works)!

What’s interesting is that professional media such as Poisonous Milk Film, Top Information, Film Information Office, and Film Winter predicted the total box office of “Slam Dunk” to be between 6 million and 8 million, with the best result being 8 million!

So the question arises, why is the total box office of Slam Dunk, which has extremely high pre-sales figures, not favored by the media?

The reason is simple: the number of repeat viewings of this movie will not be too high!

As mentioned above, watching the movie version of "Slam Dunk" is a small wish of the two generations born in the 80s and 90s, and it is also a farewell to their youth. Among the purchasers, 90% of the people purchased it on April 4 day, which is the movie premiere day!

The movie version of "Slam Dunk" is about the national competition that was not filmed in the animated version. Although the plot is new and what netizens have been waiting for for decades, the character modeling, dubbing, and shooting methods in the play are not the same as those in the cartoon. Not much difference!

The implication is: after watching the movie version of "Slam Dunk" once, the two generations born in the 80s and 90s may not go into the cinema again!

On the other hand, those live-action movies such as "Walking on the Moon", "Wolf Warrior 2", and "Hello Li Huanying" that received high box office have a wide audience, not limited to those born in the 80s and 90s, and there are no gender concerns!

In addition, Slam Dunk is, after all, a foreign language film, and it is unlikely that domestic theaters will arrange high film schedules for it in the long term. With few screenings, the subsequent box office cannot be guaranteed!

Of course, as far as a cartoon is concerned, it is already a very good figure to get 8 million box office in China. As for the final result, we will wait and see!

Influenced by martial arts novels and films, I believe every Chinese has a martial arts dream. Seeing those elegant Wudang swordsmanship, the sturdy Eighteen Bronze Man Formation, the invulnerable Golden Bell Iron Cloth Shirt, the flexible Wing Chun... Everyone will imagine when they are young, if one day, they will How great would it be to learn a martial art and become a martial arts master!

However, there is always a big gap between dreams and reality. In today's world, most of the world-class fighting masters are foreigners. The seemingly mysterious Chinese martial arts are often vulnerable to modern fighting. They are different from the imagined Chinese martial arts that are the best in the world. One is far away. This also made many viewers disappointed with Chinese martial arts.

Could it be that Chinese martial arts really only exist in fictional martial arts novels and are completely useless in actual combat? But in 2009, a little-known young man appeared on the Chinese fighting program "Martial Arts Style". Using fighting skills combined with traditional martial arts, he defeated Chinese and foreign opponents one after another, making everyone's eyes shine. He was the warrior monk. dragon.

Grassroots teenager pursues martial arts dream

Monk Yilong is the name he used when he debuted in the fighting circle. His original name was Liu Xingjun and he was born in a poor family. Although the young Liu Xingjun came from a poor family, he lived a happy life because his father created a martial arts world for him and his sister since they were young.

His father is a fan of martial arts novels. Ever since Liu Xingjun was sensible, he has heard his father tell him various martial arts stories. In the world of martial arts, heroes are highly skilled in martial arts and perform heroic acts of justice, which fascinates Liu Xingjun. He also imagined that one day he could be like the heroes in the book, learn martial arts, become a master of martial arts, and travel freely in the world.

Seeing him immersed in the world of martial arts, his father also promised that when he grew up, he would take him to learn martial arts from an expert. This planted the seeds of martial arts in Liu Xingjun's heart. In addition, his sister was a judo player in the sports school and would "try out moves" with him every day when he came home.

Although she was always thrown to the ground by her sister, Liu Xingjun did not feel pain, but her eyes were bright. I didn't expect that "kung fu" really existed in real life. As soon as my sister made a move, she was thrown to the ground. This strengthened his determination to learn martial arts.

When he was in elementary school, Liu Xingjun's academic performance was very good. If it weren't for his family being too poor to send two children to school at the same time, he would have continued to go to school. The heavy academic work might have left him no time to take care of his martial arts dream.

However, there are no ifs in life, but countless possibilities. Fate closed Liu Xingjun's conventional life path, but opened up a martial arts path of his own for him.

Liu Xingjun dropped out of school at the age of 13 and started working. Although he had no money in his pocket, he had a dream, and the martial arts dream still took root in his heart. In order to realize his dream, he scrimped on food and clothing while working. In addition to sending half of the money home, he saved the rest. When he saved enough for tuition, he went to learn martial arts from a master.

In this way, the young Liu Xingjun began his journey of working as a teacher across the country. On the way, he met a fortune teller who renamed him Yilong based on his birth date. No one thought that this name would become famous in the martial arts world more than ten years later and become a household name in the fighting circle.

Liu Yilong traveled to more than a dozen provinces in China in 8 years, working and studying with more than a dozen masters, and learned traditional martial arts such as Wing Chun, Shaolin, Tai Chi, Mantis Boxing, and Dacheng Boxing, and then Sanda. , Muay Thai, wrestling, boxing and other modern martial arts.

While others were still acting coquettishly in their parents' arms and asking for money from their parents, Liu Yilong had matured early and sent money back to help support the family. At such a young age, he was forced to give up his carefree childhood and youth and entered the society early. Entering society and experiencing bitterness and hardship.

Liu Yilong worked hard to save money. When he was hungry, he ate a steamed bun. When he was sleepy, he went to an Internet cafe or slept on the roadside. He lived a life at the lowest level. He still had to find time to learn from his teachers. You can imagine the hard work involved. .

But his efforts were not in vain. The sweat and tears he shed turned into a solid foundation of martial arts, paving the way for his future achievements.

In 8 years, he gathered the culmination of many talents and gradually grew from a grassroots boy with a dream of martial arts to a martial arts master. After countless hard work and sweat, Liu Yilong's martial arts dream finally came true. He has become a true martial arts master!

Now that Xueman has made his debut, it is time for Liu Yilong to enter the martial arts world and start a new journey in the world.

Emerging talent failed miserably

After learning martial arts, Liu Yilong was also curious about the level of his current martial arts. So, in 2008, at the age of 21, he participated in the Guangdong Foshan International Wing Chun Sticky Hands Tournament.

It was nothing but a blockbuster. The fledgling Liu Yilong won the championship in the ring competition in one fell swoop, and he began to make a name for himself in the martial arts world.

In July 2009, Liu Yilong made his debut on Henan Satellite TV's "Martial Arts". This is a large-scale fighting program in China. The program team will invite fighting masters from all over the country and even the world to compete on the same stage. Since he once studied martial arts in Shaolin and was a lay disciple of Shaolin, he officially debuted under the name of Monk Yilong.

Monk Yilong's first battle is with Wang Zhiliang, a regular on "Martial Arts Style". A new actor appeared on the scene, unknown to the public, and the audience was not optimistic about him. He thought he would be defeated soon, but he didn't expect that he won the first battle and defeated his opponent who was much larger than himself.

With solid Chinese Kung Fu skills, the warrior monk Yilong became an instant star on the show and became famous. He has become a rising star in the Chinese fighting world, shining a light that no one can ignore.

Immediately afterwards, he defeated many amateur fighting masters one after another, and his popularity continued to rise. At the end of 2009, Monk Yilong made another breakthrough. He once again won beautifully against a professional master from Russia.

You must know that although he has learned from many martial arts experts, as an amateur fighter, Monk Yilong has not received professional and systematic fighting training. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is slightly inferior to professional fighters. But he actually succeeded in leapfrogging the challenge and defeated professional players, which was simply a new milestone in his martial arts career.

This may be attributed to his multi-faceted martial arts training at a young age. Monk Yilong practices many martial arts, each with its own characteristics. He does not mechanically copy martial arts routines. Instead, based on his own understanding, he integrates the techniques of various martial arts to form his own school. Combined with modern fighting techniques, he creates Have a personal style of fighting.

His greatest characteristics are his versatility, flexibility and agility. His ingenious combination of traditional martial arts and modern fighting has surprised many professional players. After that, he successively defeated major players from the United States, Thailand, and China, and all of them knocked down his opponents in a very short period of time.

The warrior monk Yilong can be said to be very proud of himself at this time and is in the limelight. Unexpectedly, he was about to face the first major test in his fighting career.

On November 2010, 11, the monk Yilong ushered in the Waterloo of his life. In the competition in Las Vegas, Chinese and foreign fighters fought fiercely, and the Chinese side finally won the competition. However, the invincible warrior monk Yilong did not win for China in this competition. Instead, he lost to an American player who was a policeman.

In the second round of the game, he was knocked down by a swinging punch from the American fighter, ending the game. The ever-victorious general in the ring suffered his first defeat in his fighting career.

This failure pushed the monk Yilong to the forefront, and he became the focus of everyone's doubts. He has been winning easily in China, but why was he defeated miserably once he arrived in the United States? You had won against professional players before, so why did you fail against amateur players this time?

For a time, all unfavorable public opinions rushed towards him. Many viewers even questioned him for fake punches, and many people also questioned his previous match-fixing. The monk Yilong, who was originally promoted to the top, suddenly became the target of many people and was stepped on to the bottom.

This is also the bad nature of human beings. When a person wins, people give him countless flowers and applause. But once he fails, he will be mercilessly criticized, and even all the previous achievements of this person will be wiped out. Not only Monk Yilong, many athletes have had this painful experience.

In fact, victory or defeat is a common occurrence in the military, especially in the arena, where there are so many masters, and it is normal for you to lose the game if you make the slightest mistake. You are working hard, and your opponents are also improving. There is no sure-win game. The right time, place, and people are all missing in the game.

The monk Yilong, who was under tremendous pressure, disappeared from the arena.

Start again to welcome the highlight moment

Monk Yilong disappeared for more than five months. Just when the audience thought that he would never recover after this battle and quit the competition in despair, he reappeared in front of everyone.

It turns out that the "disappearance" in the past few months was not due to the monk Yilong escaping from failure and hiding in a corner to lick his wounds. He was not idle at all. He spent more than five months studying and learning boxing techniques from various countries.

Failure made him realize that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world. If you want to defeat your opponent, you must first understand your opponent. Monk Yilong summed up the lessons learned this time, conducted in-depth research on the fighting skills of foreign players, and then improved his own fighting skills. Five months later, everything was ready, and he was ready to fight again.