Li Youzhi didn't even need to use his toenails to figure out exactly who those passive-aggressive people in his live stream were. They were definitely hired trolls mixed with the "worship-the-West" dogs from Dou-Shou, stirring up trouble! And where would such trolls come from? Naturally, they were hired by business rivals!
This is exactly why science fiction films are so difficult to pull off. They either require massive production budgets or long development cycles, and sometimes both. For any film company, losing money on five standard drama films isn't a fatal blow, but losing money on a single sci-fi film is enough to break their bones and tear their sinews.
Take *The Wandering Earth*, for example, with a production cost of nearly 400 million. Even Li Youzhi, who usually hates dealing with marketing after finishing a film, had to set aside 100 million in advance for promotion this time, entrusting Xinhai Culture with the entire campaign.
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