Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Sure enough, starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year, except for the theaters under Jiachuang Film and Television Group, the film scheduling rates of other major cinema lines have declined to varying degrees.

In particular, the film scheduling rate of major theaters affiliated with Huangdu Film and Television Group, the largest theater chain in China, dropped sharply from 25.3 on the first day of the Lunar New Year to 10%!

After taking the top spot on the first day of the Lunar New Year with 210 million, the box office began to plummet on the second day of the Lunar New Year, from 150 million to 110 million. By the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, it was only 52 million!

It was originally boasted that it would surpass "The Swordsman"'s domestic box office of 5.1 billion, but now it seems like a joke.

If you can break through 800 million without losing money, it will be considered a high price!

There was a lot of outrage on the Internet, and it was rated as the most disappointing film of the year - bar none.

The famous film critic Zhou Mingzhou also wrote a comment on his Weibo titled "What kind of martial arts movies do we need":

Bard, knight, cowboy, in the European and American tradition, these special words are not only a profession, but also an identity, a piece of history, and a culture. They form typical images in Western art narratives and weave a complete system.

In China, we also have a word with a long history that has been passed down for thousands of years - Xia. Chivalrous people, knights, and martial arts, all of them, from writing, calligraphy, and painting to novels and movies, continue to influence Chinese people's values ​​​​and outlook on life.

Because of this, martial arts movies are not the same as kung fu movies. The latter emphasizes the fighting itself, while the former pays more attention to the spirit of chivalry - a scarce resource in this era we live in.

Chinese martial arts movies should be based on "martial arts" in form and "xia" in spirit. The external packaging of kung fu and martial arts gives the movie a unique audio-visual experience, while the internal thought of chivalry contains the essence of the Chinese nation's spiritual integrity.

China is to martial arts movies, just like the United States is to Western movies, and Japan is to ronin movies. They all reflect the local humanities, spiritual culture and national style.

What director can do that?

In the end, I even @Yu Dongqing.

Yu Dongqing did not respond as usual.

It’s really hard to answer.

In the original time and space, "The Swordsman: The Invincible" produced by Mr. Xu was regarded as the pinnacle of martial arts movies, right?

Of course, there are also "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" shot by Ang Lee and "Hero" shot by Lao Mouzi, which are also good.

But Yu Dongqing felt that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" seemed to be specially made for foreigners.

As for "Hero", the martial arts action design is top-notch and the pictures are full of beauty. It's a pity that Guoshi has his own shortcomings in making movies.

Telling stories doesn’t work.

As long as it is not adapted from the author's novel, other storylines are not very good, such as this "Hero".

Oh, and there is another one, "Ashes of Time" by Wong Kar-Wai.

Yu Dongqing returned to Yanjing on the seventh day of the first lunar month and was still living a leisurely life. All the messy comments on the Internet had nothing to do with him.

Taking care of my precious son with my wife, or drinking tea or fishing with old friends, my life is very relaxing.

The time soon came to March, and the controversial "Swordsman" was forced to be removed from the shelves almost two months after its release. The box office was fixed at 650 million yuan, barely able to break even.

Both the release time and box office performance have been greatly reduced.

Yu Dongqing saw the news on the Internet and couldn't help but sigh.

The audience in this time and space is still kind.

If it were placed in the original time and space, the bully who has been scolded for a long time still wants to protect his capital?

There is no door.

For example, the so-called fantasy masterpiece "Asura" shot in that time and space claimed to have an investment of 750 million. It took six years to prepare and film, and a bunch of popular stars and powerful actors such as Wu Lei, Liang Jiahui, and Carina Lau joined in. As a result, it was criticized as soon as it was released. The audience was furious, and after only three days of release, the box office was less than 50 million, so it was withdrawn and stopped, creating a miracle in the history of Chinese films.

I wonder if the investors will faint from crying to the toilet?

The weather was not very good today, there was a late spring cold, and the temperature dropped suddenly. Yu Dongqing and Mingliang were resting in the living room, and Lele was sleeping soundly on the stroller next to them.

Looking at her red-faced son, Mingmei looked out the window at the howling cold wind, and said worriedly: "Husband, the heating was turned off in the whole city yesterday, and the weather is going to change today. Tongtong won't be freezing at school, right?"

Why.

As a stepmother, you are more worried than your biological mother.

"It's okay, there is air conditioning in the classroom." Yu Dongqing smiled and comforted: "It doesn't matter even if the air conditioning is not turned on. Young people are not so delicate? How could there be any heating and air conditioning in school when I was a child? My hands and feet are so cold in the winter. Frostbite, won’t it just come over?”

"What era were you in then, and what era are you in now?!" Meiliang scolded him: "No, I'll buy her some heating insoles on Taobao and send them over." After that, she picked up her phone.

Yu Dongqing shook his head, ignored it, and continued to sip tea slowly.

At this time, the mobile phone placed on the coffee table rang. It was Yang Liu and Yu Dongqing picked it up.

"What? Invite me to a meeting?"

"Oh, I know, I'll think about it."

After saying that, Yu Dongqing hung up the phone.

"Husband, what's the meeting?" Mingliang asked curiously.

"On April 3, Hong Kong will hold a four-day martial arts film week, and at the same time, a cross-strait and three-region martial arts film summit forum will be held, and I will be invited to participate."

"Then you go and meet Wu Jingqi." Meiliang said.

Yu Dongqing glared at her.

Bright smiled.

Wu Jingqi got married to the son of a rich man in Hong Kong in early November last year. At that time, Meimei had just given birth to a child, so Yu Dongqing did not attend her wedding. Of course, she gave her a big gift and called her to apologize.

Of course she was joking with her husband.

"Husband, you go ahead. It's okay for you to stay at home anyway. It's okay to go out for a walk, lest someone on the Internet laughs at you because you have tracheitis and says I watch you too closely." Meiliang said.

ha?

What does it matter to me what others say?

Yu Dongqing doesn't care about this at all.

Of course it would also be nice to meet Xia Wenxi, Jin Long and a bunch of other Xiangjiang friends.

"It's just that if you go to Xiangjiang, you won't be able to get to Lao Yang in Hangzhou to drink Mingqian tea before Qingming Festival." Yu Dongqing was a little confused.

ah?

Meili was angry and funny after hearing this.

It turns out that this is what he has been obsessed with.

"Why not, let's move to Hangzhou so that you can drink fresh Longjing every day." Mei Liang said deliberately.

"Well, you have a good idea. After Tongtong is admitted to college, we can move to Hangzhou. I will buy a house near the West Lake. There are mountains, water and tea. It is so beautiful!" Yu Dongqing said more and more. excited.

Meili rolled her eyes at him.

She didn't want to go.

Although Hangzhou is good, how can it be as good as Yanjing?

Besides, all my friends and classmates are in Yanjing, so what’s the point of going to Hangzhou to be alone?

What's more, my parents are both in Yanjing, and I can't bear to stay away.

Of course, this is just a casual talk between husband and wife.

Now that the decision was made, Yu Dongqing made plans to go.

On April 2, early in the morning, we embarked on a journey to Xiangjiang.

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