"Lives up to the reputation!"
"After watching 'Hachiko', I got a bit of a shadow over Xianyu the Old Thief's movies, thank goodness Little Spider gave me plenty of joy. Although there were some torturous parts in the movie, they all fell within my tolerance level."
"A different kind of superhero!"
"I want to try the upside-down kiss!"
"Compared to Little Spider, the neighboring 'Legend of the Dragonman' seems lackluster. While Long Yang's skill level is high, the cliched story of hardship and revenge to save the world is really tiring. There's nothing eye-catching about it!"
"Fish Papa finally made a commercial film!"
"Fish Papa's movies in the past had good reputations, but I found them pretty average. Instead, his early work 'Flirting Scholar' hit the spot for me. This film has further proved this, he's really more suited to commercial films!"
"Spiderman was so goddamn cool!"
"Other superhero movies should learn from Spiderman. What it means to be cool, and grow up. Saving the world is just the result, we want to see the interesting process!"
There are more audience members!
Positive reviews increased!
The influence is continuously fermenting!
Xianyu's Tribe's comment section has straight up turned into a bragging party mode.
And in everyone's discussions, Long Yang's 'Legend of the Dragonman' was inevitably mentioned.
Being a film about a superhero as well as being released at the same time as 'Spiderman', 'Legend of the Dragonman' was overshadowed by the former's novelty and humor, so much so that its mediocrity became a flaw in the eyes of the audience.
No one was saying that Long Yang made a bad film.
But since the plot failed to break out of the stereotypical mold and met a superhero like Spiderman who doesn't play by the conventional rules, it was inevitable that this film by Long Yang would be eclipsed in the box office.
This contrast became even clearer when the first week's box office came out!
One had over 500 million in the first week!
Another just topped 400 million in the first week!
The first week's 500 million, of course, belongs to 'Spiderman'.
If you simply look at the numbers, Xianyu and Long Yang are tied, with little apparent difference between them.
The production cost of Long Yang's movie is three times that of Xian Yu's!
The three hundred million-dollar effects certainly look great, coupled with Longyang's good reputation. His box office didn't crumble under the pressure of 'Spiderman'.
When transitioning to the second week, the gap between the two films gradually grew. 'Spiderman' box office even increased!
Seven hundred million!
Long Yang's 'Legend of the Dragonman' fell below four hundred million.
In this contrast, the superiority of the two films, both of which tell the stories of superheroes, became clear!
At this point, 'Spiderman' was completely on fire!
In the following days, 'Spiderman' continues to heat up, even some entertainment shows started to frequently mention this superhero film...
Starlight finally gave out the rights to develop merchandise.
It's worth mentioning that...
Lin Yuan is the rights holder of Spiderman.
The company is just Lin Yuan's authorized agent.
Because merchandise development is an income stream many people hadn't anticipated, it wasn't mentioned in the contract beforehand. As a result, Lin Yuan received the majority of the merchandise profits.
There's no way Starlight would be foolish enough to cause a conflict with Xianyu over this.
The value of Xianyu is worth countless merchandise items!
For the next few days...
When Spiderman merchandise came out, many video bloggers posted videos of themselves wearing Spiderman battle suits...
And some were simply cosplaying.
The appearance of these videos garnered a great response, a wave of Spiderman imitations quickly swept across!
It was expected that the movie would be a hit, but the emergence of the merchandise trend and the Spiderman imitation craze wasn't anticipated by Lin Yuan.
His thinking was too simplistic.
What happened later made Lin Yuan realize:
He really didn't have much of a business mind!
Even though he had a deeper understanding of Spiderman, he never conceived of how to fully develop Spiderman merchandise.
Here's what happened...
When the Spiderman imitation craze began to sweep across, Gu Dong suddenly asked Lin Yuan, "The merchandise developers want to make a female Spiderman battle suit. They need your authorization, will you accept?"
This is what Lin Yuan had overlooked.
Marvel has a Spiderman Universe!
And in the Spiderman Universe, there were a number of different Spiders.
They have Spiderman in different colours for both men and women, and even animal Spiderman...
Who would have thought that Lin Yuan, someone with such a forward-thinking mind, forgot to consider developing merchandise for the female Spiderman? Instead, the merchandising company suggested it!
The merchandising company didn't even know about the Spiderman universe...
Isn't it said that businessmen are supposed to be flexible-minded?
It looks like Lin Yuan should take some time to learn about business thinking from Senior Yao Huo!
Of course, Lin Yuan wouldn't reject it.
He would never turn down money-making opportunities that don't involve selling his body or soul. In fact, he even voluntarily offered to take part in the design of the female Spiderman's battle suit.
And so, the merchandising company started working enthusiastically on this project.
When this news was announced, Spiderman's fans weren't pleased!
What kind of joke is this?
What on earth is a woman doing in a Spiderman battle suit?
Absolutely outrageous!
Female Spiderman, is that still Spiderman?
The gender has been completely changed!
The loudest protests came from the male fans!
Because of the movies, male fans are convinced that Spiderman is male, they can't accept a female version!
There was none in the movies!
Peter Parker is a pure man!
The merchandising company reluctantly tried to explain: "Teacher Admirable Fish agreed..."
The male fans were outraged.
Teacher Admirable Fish has fallen!
He sold out Spiderman's image for money!
He's just a scriptwriter, what does he know about Spiderman!
The fans' resistance wouldn't stop the merchandising company from carrying out their project.
The female Spiderman battle suit design was completed. The sales rate was pretty good, showing that women could accept it. It was just some male fans who were making a fuss.
A not very famous cosplayer bought the new red, black and pink female Spiderman suits and uploaded some pictures of herself wearing them online.
At this time, the male fans were still protesting.
But soon, these pictures of the cosplayer in the female Spiderman suits went viral!
It was crazy, everyone was re-sharing!
Looking at these pictures, the male fans were dumbfounded. The same Spiderman suit, while worn by men looked cool, but on women...
It would be something (picture supposed to be here):
Her exquisite figure, framed by the Spiderman suit.
That enticing waist...
Some were wearing a mask, mysterious and charming.
Some were not wearing a mask, with their long hair flowing down.
The soft and supple female body, fitting perfectly in the Spiderman suit -
Provocative, attractive, compelling!
So big, so round, so good looking... Many male fans silently swallowed their saliva.
After some thoughtful consideration...
No need to think anymore...
Quietly saving the picture.
A male fan silently typed out a sentence:
"Teacher Admirable Fish really understands Spiderman."
No more voices of resistance were heard. The female Spiderman suits were selling even better than the male suits!
The black one, in particular...
A post appeared on a forum: "My husband started forcing me to wear the female Spiderman suit after he put on his own Spiderman suit... It feels so weird..."
ps: That's all for now.