Chapter 235: Word of mouth explodes, first day box office released

Cheng Cheng came back and reappeared at the church door.

A gunshot interrupted the singing.

The people in the church stood up and looked at him.

Cheng Cheng: "I'll give you one minute to choose who will stay—"

Cheng Cheng raised his chin towards the dead venerable: "The result will be the same as his."

Immediately, several churchgoers fled the church in their own clothes, while others remained indifferent.

The female lead singer played the guitar again:
"Holding your face gently,
I will wipe away your tears.
This heart belongs to you forever,

Tell me I'm not alone anymore~"

The others sang along.

Even Hao Jiao couldn't help but get angry:

Damn, aren't these crazy people too disrespectful to Chen Guilin? Didn't you see Chen Guilin holding a gun and killing people without blinking an eye? You are still here facing him and not running away? Do you really think you can't die?
Can you respect him?
Next-

Hunting time!

Cheng Cheng had a smile on his face and said:
"It's almost time~"

Hao Ziao laughed for a second: Damn, he's quite polite and even gave a reminder!
“10、9、8、7、6、5、4！”

Cheng Cheng loaded the bullets while counting down.

When he said "4", the voice suddenly increased, as if to scare them.

Some people left, but most chose to stay.

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

The smile on Cheng Cheng's face grew wider.

When the time came, he loaded the bullet.

He raised his hand and fired a shot, blood splattered, and a man fell to the ground.

Two more shots were fired, and the bullets entered the head, accompanied by the dull sound of the brain being crushed.

He fired another shot, but it suddenly jammed. Cheng Cheng shook the gun and motioned her to leave.

A female member of the sect fled in a panic.

Then two more shots followed.

boom!
boom!
Two more people fell to the ground.

Cheng Cheng calmly reloaded.

Another person was shot and killed.

The second time the situation got stuck, Cheng Cheng signaled the woman to leave as well.

But this woman remained indifferent.

Still swaying his body and singing.

Cheng Cheng smiled.

Fire another shot.

boom!
The woman fell to the ground!

Before she reached the bottom, the woman uttered a sound: "Ugh!"

More drama than others.

And then:
boom!
boom!
boom!
boom!
Every gunshot means a death!
This was accompanied by the sound of someone falling to the ground.

Like a felled tree.

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Grass!
Hao Jiao was trembling all over:
Damn it!
Isn't this kind of indiscriminate shooting so cool? ! ! !
Cheng Cheng knows what the audience likes to watch!

simple!
rough!

No extra plot!
There is no careful consideration at all!

Just a flick of the hand and the knife falls!
It's just one shot!

Just do it!
If I can't kill you with one shot, just run away!

If you don't run, I'll kill you with the second shot!
All beings are equal, there is no difference!
And the most important thing is that these people don't resist or run away, which arouses the violent hearts of the audience to the greatest extent. They won't run away, right? Okay, okay, I'm giving you a bad face!
Take a headshot from me!!!
Red, yellow, and white come out, aren't you going to die?

"We rejoice together,

We endure together.
We have the same expectations.
We share the same wind and rain,
We pursue together,
We cherish the same love~"

During the singing, Cheng Cheng rushed to the front of the female lead singer.

At this time, she was the only one singing.

Behind her was a photo of the Venerable and the dead believers lying in all directions, a picture of hell.

Cheng Cheng walked up to her, slowly raised his gun and looked at her.

The female lead singer paused for a moment and then continued:
"Whether you and I have known each other before,
Whether in front of you or in the horizon,

Sincerely wish you,
I wish you happiness and peace~"

After the song, Cheng Cheng's gun went off, the female lead singer fell to the ground, and the photo of the Venerable was splattered with blood.

The scene turns to Cheng Cheng's face.

He fired four more shots, hitting the photo of His Holiness.

On the ground, the bodies of the Venerable and the female lead singer were facing this side.

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A search for ships.

A girl is talking on the phone.

Cheng Cheng sat next to her and said in Taiwanese accent:
"Excuse me, I'm borrowing it from you~"

After answering the phone, he said, "I'm sorry I won't tell you about your friend yet."

During the whole process, the girl was confused and uncertain.

Then, Cheng Cheng called Jingcha, played by Li Yang:
"Hey, Chen Hui!"

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The ship docked.

Outside, Jingcha was fully armed.

A grand welcome.

Cheng Cheng pointed a gun at the girl and walked out.

He called Chen Hui.

He wants to surrender himself to Chen Hui specifically.

With a smile on his face, he stretched out his hands willingly.

Chen Hui took his hand, handcuffed him, and put him in the car.

Outside, the media was in an uproar.

Before getting on the bus, Cheng Cheng shouted to the media:
"My name is Chen Guilin!"

"Chen Guilin!!!"

Li Yang pressed his head:
"Go in."

"Okay, go in."

-

In a village full of Taiwan style.

Cheng Xiaomei, played by Wang Hong, saw the report.

".In addition to shooting Yingdao Zai, Chen Guilin committed another crime today. The crime took place at."

-

In the detention center, Cheng Cheng met doctor Zhang Guiqing.

Her head was shaved.

"How did you become like this?"

"You are in the news every day now. You must be very happy."

"I came in and had a physical exam, and the doctors here told me that I had never had lung cancer."

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Hao Jiao was shocked. He had guessed it when Zhang Guiqing came in, but he never thought it would be true. Zhang Guiqing had lied to him!!! She had planned this!
Hao Jiaozuo suddenly remembered the story of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" that Cheng Cheng had published before.

The original text reads: Some say that the tigers and dragons are killed, but in fact I hope that only one of the three will remain.

What this means is that someone persuaded Zhou Chu to kill the tiger and the dragon, in fact, hoping that after the three evils fought each other, only one of them would be left.

As for who stays, it doesn’t matter!

Now that Chen Guilin is in prison, all three have been removed.

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Cheng Cheng: "So the X-ray wasn't mine at the beginning?"

Zhang Guiqing: "Those lungs are mine."

Cheng Cheng: "Why?"

Zhang Guiqing: "The day I went to the hospital to get the report, my college classmate said to me, 'Guiqing, you are also a doctor.' I suddenly felt so ashamed. What have I been doing all these years? I was picking out bullets and stitching up knife wounds for my fellow criminals. Was I saving people or harming them? I was just trying to accumulate some merit by tricking you into turning yourself in. I never thought things would turn out like this. But then I thought, this is killing three birds with one stone, right? I accumulated merit, you became a big shot, and society has three fewer criminals. Isn't that great?"

Cheng Cheng has become calm:

"Luckily I fell for your trick."

Zhang Guiqing: "This may be the most valuable lie in the world."

Both of them were laughing.

-

Before he died, Chen Guilin met Cheng Xiaomei again.

Cheng Xiaomei shaved off the beard that Chen Guilin had not shaved last time.

Lying on the chair, Chen Guilin burst into tears, and Cheng Xiaomei wiped away his tears.

Finish shaving.

Cheng Xiaomei: Goodbye.

Chen Guilin: Goodbye.

Chen Hui handed an envelope to Cheng Xiaomei and said, "Chen Guilin asked me to give this to you."

In prison, Chen Guilin also received the things that Cheng Xiaomei gave him.

Open each one:

Cheng Xiaomei received a pink pig watch from Chen Guilin.

Chen Guilin received the suit that Cheng Xiaomei had sewn for him. There was a piece of paper pasted on it, also with a pink pig printed on it.

--rain.

Black suit.

The day of Chen Guilin's execution.

His hands and feet were shackled and he was escorted by a group of people.

Arriving at the place of execution, Chen Guilin signed his name, finished his last meal, smoked his last cigarette, and lay on the mat. A doctor came forward and drew a circle on his back at the position of his heart. Another doctor came forward with a pistol in hand and drew a white circle on him.

In the last shot, Cheng Cheng raised his head and glanced at the audience.

Then a gunshot rang out.

The screen went black.

The whole film is finished.

-

Coming out of the cinema, Hao Jiao was still excited!
This movie is so damn good!
He hasn't seen this kind of film in the cinema for a long time!
It lives up to the labels of "art film", "large scale" and "crime" in its publicity!

However, its scale is different. In terms of bloodiness, it is not as good as the military films released in the same period; in terms of spectacle, it is not as good as Cheng Cheng's previous "All or Nothing"; and in terms of the core, it does not break the convention. The end point of eliminating evil with evil is that the bad guys who have turned over a new leaf are punished.

Its large scale lies in the sense of reality!

Different from the micro-scale that only stimulates the senses, what makes Hao proud and moved the most is the real scale that shocks the viewing experience.

On the one hand, it comes from real social topics connected to life, such as the complete brainwashing process presented in the movie.

On the other hand, it is a real visual experience. At the end of the film, there is a real reproduction of the execution process. Its curiosity and shocking feeling are combined into the "scale", and Cheng Cheng's wonderful performance further enhances it!
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Audiences from theaters across the country were so excited that they couldn't help themselves! They were filled with a strong desire to share and express their ideas to others!

"Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", great to watch!

Come on!

This movie! The concept, texture, camera, rhythm, plot, casting, acting, subject matter! Everything is impeccable!

A black guy posted a message in the group:

"My family, "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is a masterpiece, I love it to death! The whole movie is so cool, the best thing is Brother Frog's acting, this movie is simply a reward for Brother Frog's acting skills!!! This is a work that will impact the best actor!"

"I've watched it too! From the photography to the music to the visual effects to the editing, everything is super high-end and first-rate. This is a Tianxia movie that is new from head to toe! I give it the first five-star rating this year!"

“It’s so damn beautiful!”

"It's so beautiful!!!! I really love it!!!"

"Hold your face gently~"

"The scene of purging the evil cult was like one devil saving all living things. It was awesome!"

"I get the beauty of Wang Hong!"

"Is it really that good? If it's good, I'll buy a ticket to see it!"

“You must see it!”

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The movie was released for half a day, and the reputation of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" exploded!

On Weibo, Tik Tok, and Bilibili, everyone is spontaneously promoting it.

One topic after another became a hot search, one point hidden in the movie after another was unearthed, one metaphor after another in the movie was interpreted in various ways, and one meme after another was created.

This made netizens who haven't watched the movie wonder:

Can a movie really be this good?!
After returning home, Hao Jiao quickly made a video:
"Genius Cheng Cheng's first attempt at an art film! Mature, sincere, vivid, unique, and profound! "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is simply amazing!"

"One shot to one cultist, why didn't the cultists resist? Why didn't they pull out their guns after being beaten with fists for a long time? One knife to the kidneys and nailed them in the coffin? Why did they still get up from the coffin?

This woman's name is Xiaomei. This time she is really called Xiaomei. What is the use of Xiaomei?

This woman (the lead singer) looks down upon all living things, but what is her use?

Also, why is the hero's health bar so long? Is it possible that AD is tanky?

If you have the above thoughts after reading "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", then congratulations, you didn't understand it.

Hello everyone! This is Hao Jiaojiao! "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is definitely the best gift that Cheng Cheng has given to domestic cinemas and movie fans. It is definitely a must-see in theaters!

As soon as I came out of the cinema, I made a video without stopping. With excitement, I will talk about Cheng Cheng’s new work "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils":
Why is this movie so good?

What's so good about it?

And why Cheng Cheng said it was an art film.

Serious spoilers ahead, if you've seen them, feel free to continue reading.

If you haven’t watched it yet and are still waiting, then I advise you to save the video first, and then come back and click on this video after watching the movie. This movie is definitely worth going to the cinema to watch.”

Other UP hosts also posted videos, like team building:
"Behind Zhou Chu's Elimination of Three Evils: How outrageous and perverted is the real shoe religion?"

"Headshots at funeral hall, brainwashing with shoes! A cool and exciting film! "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils"!"

"Every shot is a headshot, and Zhuansha is a brain-dead man! "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is so cool!"

"【Premiere Film Review】Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils: Broken! Did he find the "pass code"? What kind of signal did he send?"

"The viewing experience is explosive, the best of the year! A three-minute spoiler-free review of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils""

Netizens who haven't watched the movie found out:

Wow, so many UPs praising it, can a movie really be this good? !

Comment area:
"I just watched it, the cult scene was so well shot!!!"

"I studied in Taiwan at university. When I first entered school, my roommate told me that there was a lecture and wanted to find someone to go with me. I went without thinking too much, and the result was like this. The rhetoric is like this. If you believe it, you don't need to go to the hospital and serious illnesses will heal on their own. I was wondering why there were so many followers at the time. This movie also gave me a little inside information.

I'm wrong. Anyway, it's really beautiful! "

"I saw it this morning.
Thank you, His Holiness

Now my mind is full of:
Gently holding your face~
Wipe your tears~"

"I think you should have your head shot too."

"Very good music makes my Glock spin~"

"Me too, I've been brainwashed, my head is full of this melody

"

"I'm really impressed. If this song wasn't used here, it would definitely be a very warm and nice song to listen to alone. But now it sounds really cult!"

“I only listened to the first 50 seconds of “Let the World Be Filled with Love” because I would start running away with the remaining 10 seconds.”

"It's almost time~"

"Now all I can think of is click! bang! click! click! bang! bang! bang bang bang bang!
Being able to dodge three attacks is a very lucky person!"

"It's so funny, the gun was pointed at the Venerable, and after it jammed twice, the Venerable's mouth corners were harder to suppress than an AK."

"I laughed out loud in the cinema when I saw His Holiness being shot by the third person!"

"In fact, the design here is quite clever. Chen Guilin cast a divination to Guandijun nine times. He told Lin Luhe at the beginning that he had asked Guandijun for nine holy grails. The first shot he shot was a dud, the second shot hit his shoulder, the next two shots were duds, and then one shot hit his head. At the end, the cultist fired four shots at the portrait and it didn't dud. There were nine shots in total. Chen Guilin felt like it was fate or God's will."

"It almost fooled the audience, what a brilliant design!"

"In fact, my favorite composition in this movie is Guilin and Xiaomei sitting on a pile of sand, with two excavator shovels framing them."

"This movie gives me a clean and concise feeling. It focuses on telling a good story. The clues buried in the movie are not deliberately hidden. For example, why do you have to queue up when you turn yourself in to the police station? Because the TV reported earlier that the money transport vehicle had a car accident. Nowadays, many movies want to express too much content and lose sight of the big picture. They can't even tell the basic story clearly. They are keen on laying clues, lighting arrangement to show people's inner changes, background music to mobilize the audience's emotions, etc., but they don't spend time thinking about how to tell the story clearly. This movie tells the story very clearly. Cheng Cheng is really awesome!"

There are also problems on Zhihu:
"How do you evaluate Cheng Cheng's new work "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils"? "

Hot answer says:
[The movie begins with a gangster boss’ funeral, and the younger brother complains that the appearance fee for participating in the event is too low. The person in charge of the funeral says that there are many people, which is very prestigious.

From that moment on, I knew this was not an ordinary crime movie.

When seeing the killing of Niutou in the spiritual hall, the believers continued to sing, and Chen Guilin walked back and shot the unrepentant cultists one by one. This movie has been sublimated and has become an art film.

This movie proves one thing, Cheng Cheng is truly a genius, and his talent is about to overflow from the screen!
He definitely has the potential to be on par with, or even surpass, the top three domestic directors in the future! ! ! ]
"Who knows? It's a rare movie that I watched carefully and didn't have any boring moments throughout!"

"That's right. In terms of achievements, Cheng Cheng is already on par with the top three directors. But in terms of talent, Cheng Cheng has given me hope of surpassing the top three directors for the first time. He is even better than Lu Zhuofeng in his youth!"

"When Xiaomei and Guilin were sitting on the beach, I was sure that this was an art film."

"Cheng Cheng is really amazing! I didn't agree with him no matter how much he praised me before. No matter how good a commercial film is, it can't compare to an art film. But now I am convinced. I admit that I spoke too loudly. Cheng Cheng is awesome!"

"Compared to this, all other works in the New Year's Eve season look like elementary school students' homework."

"The country has actually produced authentic gangs, crimes, religion, and vicious people. Cheng Cheng has created a new era with one shot!"

“It’s an interweaving of absurdity and reality, criticism and humor, and it’s both watchable and profound, interesting and sad, fierce and tender, cult and serious, commercial and literary… It’s so good, show it to me!”

[People who often kill people know that killing people this way is really fun!]
"

The biggest advantage of killing someone in public is that you don't have to worry about disposing of the body.
"

"Besides, these people are very cooperative and don't try to hide. There's no need to worry about being outlined."

"I kill without hesitation. If I run out of bullets, I will load them immediately. If the shell jams, I will dump it and act realistically. If you don't run away when I'm given a chance, I'll kill you."

[In fact, this film is far from that simple.

At the beginning of the movie, the most important foreshadowing is hidden in the English title.

"The Pig, the Snake, and the Pigeon" can be translated as pig, snake and pigeon.

The intentional adjustment of the order of "greed, anger and ignorance" in "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" also has another profound meaning, because these three represent different characters, and are arranged in order of their appearance.

Chen Guilin is a pig (stupid). After learning that he was ill and would not live long, he decided to do something big and leave a name in everyone's heart. He was obsessed with leaving a name, and at the beginning of the show, he specifically corrected himself to be called "Chen Guilin" instead of "Guilinzi".

Cheng Cheng was actually very afraid that everyone would ignore the stupid attribute, so he made many shots and details to highlight the image of "pig".

If the pink watch with a pig pattern that grandma bought at the beginning was just a hint, then Xiaomei's putting a "pig" pattern patch on Chen Guilin's clothes at the end was a clear indication.

Once the pig watch was just an external possession, but later this attribute was completely "sewn" into his life.

Thus, this character and the stupidity of the "pig" form a closed loop. The beginning and the end echo each other, and this is the best part.

The story of "idiocy" is the core plot of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", and the remaining two, "greed" and "anger", are completed as auxiliary plots. Aberdeen represents anger (hatred), and the animal is a snake, and there is also a tattoo of this animal on his arm.

The Venerable represents "greed" and the animal is a pigeon. You can find this trait on the cover of the book "New Spiritual She", the logo on the back cover, and the tattoo on Lin Luhe's back.

In the film, Chen Guilin, played by Cheng Cheng, ostensibly follows Zhou Chu's example in getting rid of the "three evils", but in fact the whole movie is about getting rid of the "three poisons".

Abandon greed, anger, and ignorance, and become a new person in the next life.

"Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is not just a large-scale, bizarre and eye-catching crime action film, but also a metaphorical connotation that is worth savoring! So far, it is not an exaggeration to say that this movie is Cheng Cheng's best movie! ]
"wonderful!"

"Fuck, there is such an angle?"

“This is a truly great film!”

“What an awesome analysis!”

"The ceiling of commercial films! If you want to think deeply, you can also watch it as a brainless film!"

"I agree with the interpretation of Zhang Guiqing. Many people say that Zhang Guiqing is Zhou Chu. It's hilarious that she eliminated the three evils. Zhou Chu's elimination of the three evils tells the story of awakening and returning to one's true self. If Chen Guilin is not Zhou Chu, then his final awakening would be meaningless. Eliminating the tiger in the mountains, capturing the dragon in the water, and defeating the thief in the heart, this is the story of Zhou Chu eliminating the three evils that Cheng Cheng wants to tell."

Many respondents praised it highly, but some also expressed concerns:
"I liked it very much and was pleasantly surprised after watching it. The premiere also received great reviews, but I am not sure about the subsequent box office. After all, this style is quite picky. Some people can enjoy the same style, while others will criticize it for being tedious, dull, and boring. After all, this is an art film disguised as a cool film, so it is quite picky about the audience."

But in the early morning:

First day box office release:

NO1: "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", 3.1 million!

The respondent only discovered it at this time!
He considered the film's attributes, audience, market, etc., but he forgot about Cheng Cheng!

As the top of the top, Cheng Cheng’s name alone is worth three hundred million!

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