China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Zero o'clock on the 17th.

Zeng Li entered the Planet Cinema No. 2 store and started watching movies.

Zeng Li usually doesn't watch movies, but today is different. Today is the day when "House of Flying Daggers" is released.

As Lu Pingan's opponent, Lu Pingan was unable to watch the movie immediately in London, so Zeng Li received this sweet task.

She will watch the movie on Lu Pingan's behalf and relay the story to Lu Pingan on the phone after it's over.

Of course, she still has a second mission on the surface, which is to watch it with her best friend Zhang Tong.

Zhang Tong likes to watch movies, but he is very busy these days and finally has some free time, so naturally he wants to have a good time.

There are many movies to watch these days.

Lu Ping'an's two movies are said to have very good reputations.

"House of Flying Daggers" is also a must-see. After all, the hype is so fierce that anyone who can afford it will be greedy.

Of course, "Wonderful Night" is definitely a must-see, because it stars best friend Zeng Li.

But it’s still early for “Wonderful Night”, so I’ll quench my thirst with “House of Flying Daggers” today and continue watching other movies tomorrow.

“The environment here is really nice.”

Entering the cinema, Zhang Tong sighed again.

The two of them entered the VIP hall, which was arranged by Lu Ping'an.

Although Lu Ping'an didn't say that he would give this theater to Zeng Li, this display of boyfriend power really warmed Zeng Li's heart.

Zeng Li also knew that this theater belonged to Lu Ping An, so he was very happy when he heard Zhang Tong's praise.

"Yeah, it cost a lot of money."

"Hey, a woman who has a boyfriend is so happy!"

Zhang Tong looked envious, then turned into a gossipy face, "How are you two doing?"

"That's it, he's very busy."

"Then you have to catch him carefully. There are a lot of people watching him."

"I know, let's watch the movie!"

Zeng Li grabbed a piece of popcorn and stuffed it into Zhang Tong's mouth, and the screen in front of him lit up in time.

The two took off their shoes and automatically settled on the sofa, ready to watch a movie comfortably.

In fact, both of them knew that there was a deeper story to "House of Flying Daggers".

That is their classmates' international chapter.

Back then, Zeng Li almost became her.

Shaking his head, Zeng Li stopped thinking about it and the movie started.

More than two hours later, when the movie ended, Zhang Tong asked: "Was it good?"

"Ziyi is beautiful." Zeng Li thought for a while and said.

"I mean the movie."

"It's okay, but it doesn't feel as good as advertised."

"Looks like you're going to win!"

Zhang Tong was very excited.

"Won, what won?"

"The competition between you and Ziyi!"

Zhang Tong sat upright excitedly, "Ziyi is the protagonist in this movie, and you are also the protagonist in Wonderful Night. You two are in a competitive relationship!"

"There's no competition, and I don't appear much in Wonder Night."

"If this one doesn't work, there will be another one. Your husband is safe, so what are you afraid of?"

"Keep your voice down."

"There are only two of us in the entire VIP hall, so I'm afraid no one will listen."

"Okay, stop talking, it's too late, it's time to go back."

"I think you want a man."

"Palm mouth."

"Hahaha..."

When I got home and took a shower, it was already past 3 o'clock in the evening.

Calculating the time, it was 8pm on Lupingan Road, just right.

She picked up the phone and dialed. Lu Pingping answered the call within three rings.

Zeng Li curled up his lips and was very satisfied that Lu Ping An answered the phone in seconds: "Ping An."

After more than an hour of talking on the phone.

Lu Ping'an was very satisfied.

The plot of "House of Flying Daggers" is still the same.

So it goes without saying what the public opinion will be next.

Lao Mouzi, it's difficult.

In fact, Lu Ping'an doesn't think "House of Flying Daggers" is really that bad, at least it won't be as serious as the one-sided criticism from society that will follow.

The more he got involved in the career of directing, the more he felt this way.

He feels that there is still a lot to learn from this movie.

But since Lao Mouzi is making a commercial film, and it is so impure, Xuanfa leaves no room for retreat.

As a competitor, Lu Ping An naturally has nothing to say.

Just watch the show quietly.

In the next few days, "House of Flying Daggers" was the first to declare a box office success.

Since its nationwide premiere at midnight on the 16th, the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" has exceeded 60 million in just three days!

This data was even higher than that of "Heroes" back then, so everyone was optimistic about "House of Flying Daggers".

Only those who know the inside story know how much water is mixed with this data.

Because of public reputation, it collapsed immediately.

A few days later, domestic public opinion on "House of Flying Daggers" could no longer be suppressed, and criticism from all parties flooded Lao Mouzi.

In the Tianya film review post, there were so many negative reviews that the overall average score of "House of Flying Daggers" did not exceed 5.5 points!

This also became a "black swan incident" for the entire Tianya Forum. Countless people came to watch, wanting to see what was going on with Lao Mouzi.

After reading a round of movie reviews, I found that although there were not too many spoilers and everyone maintained good rules, everyone's desire to watch "House of Flying Daggers" has indeed dissipated a lot.

Before the release, it was praised to the heavens, and after the release, it was criticized to the end. Blockbusters that cost Lao Mouzi a lot of effort have become a tool for people to vent their anger, and blockbusters are immediately criticized.

Producer Zhang Weiping couldn't sit still for the "curses" that appeared online. He made solemn representations, claiming that this was a misinterpretation by some media.

However, the curses still continued.

And Master Zhang Yimou had no choice but to listen to the scoldings in this July.

Many movie fans expressed disappointment with Zhang Yimou's new film.

One of the letters sent by a fan to a certain media has become the focus of the moment.

The reader in the letter said that "House of Flying Daggers is extremely advocating for foreign affairs" and "questioned Zhang Yimou three times."

The reader asked that the story of "House of Flying Daggers" takes place in China, so why was it filmed in Ukraine?

Why did Lao Mouzi spend so much money to invite Neon people to participate in the production of Chinese clothing?

The theme song of "House of Flying Daggers" was sung by international singing superstar Catherine Barthel. Could it be that the Chinese language cannot express Zhang Yimou's movie?

In this regard, producer Zhang Weiping answered for Zhang Yimou: Lao Mouzi chose the location abroad because of the beautiful scenery and to avoid being disturbed. As for the songs and costumes, he had no worries about hiring foreigners. He said: "Does the actor who is filming a story about the Tang Dynasty have to wear a Tang Dynasty mandarin jacket? The audience's idea is too naive, even a Hollywood blockbuster invites Lian Jie to star!"

This kind of reply is a bit confusing, and it seems that the three views are not correct, and will be scolded to death in future generations.

The story of the Tang Dynasty is not a spoof movie. What else would the actors wear if they didn’t wear Tang Dynasty costumes?

It's actually similar now.

Zhang Weiping's arrogant answer aroused criticism from many movie fans.

But in this era, there are no self-media, no short videos, and there are very few channels for ordinary people to speak out.

So the matter was quickly suppressed.

However, the voices of ordinary people can be suppressed, but you must know that there are still many "big Vs" in this era.

A well-known film critic directly fired: "We have been deceived by Zhang Yimou!"

The "big liar" Northeastern Lao Zhao successfully "sold" a pair of crutches to Fan Wei, who has flexible legs and feet. This makes people admire his "magic trick".

Now, another "great fool" has appeared on the scene, and he is the famous director Zhang Yimou.

He let the movie fans watch a very funny "tragic film" and said: "Only after watching "House of Flying Daggers" did I know that "Hero" is good."

The scene from the sketch "Selling Movies" can't help but come to mind.

Thinking back to the beginning, International Zhang asked worriedly: "Nowadays, so many Western and Hong Kong films are very good. Who will buy our tickets for "House of Flying Daggers"?"

Zhang Yimou was very unhappy after hearing this: "Making this film took a lot of work and materials, and I didn't sleep well for nearly a year. If I don't make it, wouldn't I be compensated? You don't know, right? I just became a disciple of 'Big Hustler', Now I can deceive the real ones, deceive the weak ones, deceive the traitors, and make the young couple live a good life. I deceived them and broke up. I am selling tickets today. I have good eyes. I can fool him into being lame!"

In this way, countless audiences were tricked into watching "Hero" in the cinema due to Master Zhang's scheming hype campaign.

Some people vowed to "never watch Zhang Yimou's films again", but "House of Flying Daggers" has come again, and the honest Chinese audience has been "fooled" again. I wonder if the next time Northeastern old Zhao changes his car into a wheelchair and sells it When Fan Wei was playing, what kind of "stuff" would Zhang Yimou use to fool the audience?

It’s still wonderful to be scolded by cultural people!

There were a lot of curses, and everyone pushed down the wall.

Even the incident of the crew of "House of Flying Daggers" beating up reporters at the beginning was also exposed.

Lao Mouzi's reputation seems to be about to completely collapse.

But the house leaked when it rained all night.

Within a week, a pirated copy came out.

Although the efforts from above are still very strong, and the quality of the existing pirated copies is extremely poor, this still makes more fans who have not watched the film begin to change their minds and begin to passively wait for piracy.

The rest who have the conditions have put their viewing choices on other movies.

For example, Lu Ping'an's two movies are still in theaters, or wait until "Wonderful Night" is released before watching it.

The reason for the former is very simple. It's hard to see a movie, and "House of Flying Daggers" is very expensive. Why not find a cheaper one with a better reputation?

Then a dramatic scene occurred.

In the last three days of the release cycle of "Happy Death Day", the national box office was close to 8 million, bucking the market trend and rising!

This is achieved with less than 10% of the overall film schedule.

By the evening of the 23rd, the total domestic box office of "Happy Death Day" was 45.3 million.

According to this year's annual box office calculations, "Death Day" is second only to "Spider-Man 2", ranking eighth in the year!

A reporter asked a movie fan: "Is "House of Flying Daggers" good to watch?"

Fans brought their whole family to the scene, and a child of about ten years old responded: "Happy Death Day is fun."

Fortunately, this is not the era of short videos, otherwise this kid will definitely become an internet celebrity.

Is "Happy Death Day" really that good?

It's not that good, but it's different when there are peers to support it.

Not only "Happy Death Day", but "Hungry Platform" also bucked the trend and rose.

Also with a film schedule of about 10%, it took in nearly 6 million box office in three days, and the total box office reached 33.6 million, also ranking in the top ten of the year.

During the same period, the three-day box office of "House of Flying Daggers" was only 16 million! This is still based on the premise of 80% filming.

In one week, "House of Flying Daggers" struggled to climb to 77 million.

If this trend continues, let alone exceeding 300 million, let alone surpassing "Heroes", or even exceeding 200 million will be far away.

A film critic said: "The road is safe and steady, step by step, Lao Mouzi is eager for quick success and quick gains, and he will not guarantee the end of the year!"

This also made Lu Pingping sigh with emotion.

This time, he fell down before I even exerted my strength!

So boring!

Of course, there are many people who think "House of Flying Daggers" is not that bad.

But the general trend cannot be stopped.

And everyone knows that Lu Ping'an's "Wonderful Night" will be released in a week.

As long as the reputation of "Wonderful Night" does not collapse, it may be difficult for "House of Flying Daggers" to exceed 150 million!

The goal of 300 million is only half achieved, and it is possible that it may not even reach half.

How heroic Zhang Weiping was when he announced the news earlier, how embarrassing Zhang Weiping is now.

For a while, the media shouted: ""House of Flying Daggers" finally encountered an ambush from all sides. How far is Zhang Yimou, who has lost his reputation, from Wujiang?"

It’s just that the media found out quickly.

Their predictions are still conservative.

With "House of Flying Daggers" in front of me, the movies that follow will be both good and bad, let alone "Wonderful Night"!

July 26th.

Lu Ping'an temporarily left the "Batman" crew, leaving the work for the last few days to Nolan.

On the 27th, Lu Ping An returned to China and officially started the "Wonderful Night" promotional road show.

This time, the slogan shouted by Lu Pingan was very down-to-earth: "Let movies return to movies. This summer vacation, bring your whole family and let us be happy again!"

Sorry everyone, the work these days is really tedious and I can’t help myself. I will try my best to adjust and try to save the manuscript!