Rebirth: I Want to Surf

Speaking of domestic spoof videos, it originated in early 2000.

The first well-documented and relatively influential one should be "Great Historic Records".

The creator is Lu Xiaobao from Beijing TV Station. He is a member of the Municipal Artists Association. At that time, in 2001, there was a party at the end of the year.

Lu Xiaobao doesn't know how to sing or dance, but he still came up with a program, so he used the TV station's equipment to edit a short film "The Great Historic".

"A long time ago, one day, a small wind was blowing, and there was a five-finger who couldn't see the night..."

It uses fragments such as "Take the Tiger Mountain by Outsmart", "Camel Xiangzi", "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" and other fragments to review some major events that happened that year. When the film was played, the actors of these plays, those old artists were sitting in the audience.

Lu Xiaobao said: "The old-timers kept their eyes open and were very happy to see their films being re-adapted—but I don't remember whether Chen Kaige sat in the audience."

"Great Historic Records" quickly became popular on the Internet.

Immediately afterwards, there were two spoof videos of "Food" and "Family Separation in October", which are called the "Great Historic Records" trilogy.

In fact, it doesn't matter at all. The latter two were produced by CCTV's news commentary department, and they were screened internally at the annual meeting.

According to the chronological order of production, these two films were in front of "The Great Historic", but because they were played internally, they were not circulated on the Internet after two years, but they were ranked behind.

Therefore, the early spoof videos were basically produced by professionals, and ordinary people did not have this condition-CCTV has always played flowers inside!

Then, there are "A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun" and "The Chinese Team Won the World Cup".

With the rise of Tudou and Youku, and the emergence of Yi Xiaoxing, Qiang Shuangsha, Houshe Boys, etc., the grassroots spoof culture has become completely popular.

Back to steamed buns.

Hu Ge used "Today's Statement" as a template to introduce the plot, and then the golden sentences frequently appeared: "Circle Ring Entertainment City", "Captain Sanada", "The central government has repeatedly ordered that it is not allowed to default on the wages of migrant workers"...and added Elements such as ghosts, animals, and bases are still outdated now.

Nowadays, Hu Ge has foreign aid, for example, the dubbing is better than the original version, and the overall effect is astonishing, enough to shock the netizens in 2005 for a moment.

Online, the number of views has skyrocketed, and the bandwidth consumed by Maili's video once again made Yu Jiajia terrified.

Offline, people tell each other, word of mouth.

In just 2 or 3 days, Mantou swept the entire Internet like a virus. Almost everyone was discussing this video, and the search volume on Baidu even surpassed that of "The Promise".

In addition to the novelty of this kind of spoof, there is another more important factor, that is, everyone's perception of "The Promise" has resonated.

"One thing to say, it's better than "The Promise"! The story of "The Promise" is illogical, and the steamed buns at least have a beginning and an end, and the logic is strict!"

"Oh my god, is this the strength of Mai Wo Baida? I have learned it, I have learned it!"

"I didn't want to watch "The Promise", but because of Mantou's curiosity, I bought a ticket to go to the cinema. I came back with a depressed face and watched Mantou again, and I couldn't help but want to shout: You don't lie to me!"

"Hahahahaha, Sohu Sina and so on can be thrown away, spending a year in the community is not boring, knowing everything about big things and small things, there are fun to watch, ideas to collide, and things to buy—the so-called netizen home! "

"Aside from entertainment, Lao Hu really understands "The Promise", so he complained at the end of the film: one steamed bun can hold grudges for 20 years!

Based on this point, the whole story is not convincing, it seems extremely absurd and ridiculous. "

"Yeah, yeah, I was so stupid when I watched the movie. It was all so garish, but what you conveyed to me is sincerity and true love?"

Director Chen was okay in the early stage, but he always made two mistakes in the later stage: one is to preach to the audience, and the other is to have a big frame and a small core.

The frame of the movie is too big, and the result is a very small core of thought, like a pie with a big face, wrapped in a filling as big as a sesame seed.

The most typical one is "Legend of the Demon Cat".

The exception is popcorn movies, such as Hollywood blockbusters, where people make it clear that the horses and horses are just to make the audience happy, and they don't tell you the truth, only the most basic justice and ethics.

"The Promise" neither pleased the audience, nor convinced the audience of its truth, so of course it would be criticized.

…………

Wuhan.

Director Chen personally led the army, promoted one station after another, and dragged his tired body back to the hotel at night. Chen Hong served him carefully, and brought a cup of tea by his hand.

It took 7 days for "Hero" to exceed 100 million, and the final box office was 250 million; "House of Flying Daggers" took 10 days, and the final box office was 150 million.

"The Promise" also took 7 days to exceed 100 million, but after 7 days, the box office growth slowed down significantly, not as good as "Hero" in the same period, and the final box office is not expected to be too ideal.

No better than Zhang Yimou, this is a thorn.

Bad reputation is the second thorn.

The lack of confidence of overseas publishers is the third thorn.

You know, "The Promise" is confirmed to represent the mainland to participate in the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and it is called "Olympiad" in the circle. After Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the statuette, competing in the Olympics has become the obsession of the mainland directors.

But now overseas publishers tell themselves that there is not much hope.

Director Chen was extremely displeased with all this, and Chen Hong, who had always kept a low profile, was coaxing to talk, when an assistant from the team knocked on the door and came in, hesitating to speak.

"Just say something, what does it look like hesitating?"

"Uh, there's a spoofing video about "The Promise" that's been very popular recently, do you want to watch it?"

"Spoof?"

Director Chen didn't quite understand these two words, so the assistant brought a laptop, connected to the hotel's broadband, and played steamed buns.

At first, I was still a little dazed, but as soon as the "Ring Rings and Rings Entertainment City" came out, my face sank, and it was terribly serious. After about a few minutes, I suddenly started to slam the table: "Shut it off! Shut it off!"

"What's the style? What's the style!"

He could bear it before, but the steamed bun was like a hammer. The bang bang bang of the big hammer and the small hammer smashed the three thorns into the heart, breaking the defense instantly.

What made him even more angry was that the criticism from the media and film critics was fine, so what are you, a netizen? !

…………

The next day, the airport.

The "The Promise" team showed up early, ready to rush to the next promotion venue.

Unexpectedly, the reporter was earlier than them, and they seemed to stay here all night, and when they saw Director Chen, they chased after him like crazy. Facing the media, he still can't put on a bad face, and tries to put on a kind expression.

As a result, people asked: "Have you seen the hot steamed buns on the Internet?"

The kindness instantly turned into eating shit.

Unrelenting, the reporter trotted forward and asked: "What do you think about steamed buns? What do you think of this deconstruction? Are you confident in hedging the Olympic Games? Would you like to estimate the final box office?"

Click!

Director Chen stopped, stood firm, and turned around.

"This has gone beyond the scope of normal comments and opinions, not only hurting me, but also hurting all the people who have devoted their efforts to "The Promise"!

We have sued him! We must prosecute and resolve this issue to the end!

One cannot be so shameless! ! ! "

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