Who are you calling powerful?

[The first half is stupid and useless. I almost thought the name "Witch" was a lie. The second half is crazy and exciting]

[The head-blowing shot is so exciting. I haven't seen such an exciting shot in a domestic action movie for a long time]

[Don't use your brain, it's still pretty exciting]

[The villain Dr. Bai was a bit too pretentious in the early stage. It can be seen that he wanted to create the feeling of a big boss. In the end, he was killed by his subordinates because of his nagging. This reversal is a little surprising]

[The cheating fighting scene, especially The effect is greater than the action. Many people say it is the best action movie in recent years, which is a bit insulting to action movies. It is more like a superhero movie.]

[The high-end Chinese version of "Lucy". If you don't have high requirements, you can go to the cinema to watch it for fun.]

[Liu Shishi's acting skills have not improved much, but she has not fallen behind because she hasn't filmed for so long. It's just average, especially the soft bun in the early stage, which is also her comfort zone role. The witch in the later stage feels a bit awkward.]

[I disagree with the above post. I think Liu Shishi's witch state is good, plain There is a sense of madness in the film, and the kind of aloof indifference that is free from the restrictions of race and that everyone except me is an ant is killing me]

[It is rare to see a domestic film without any ideological intention, a purely self-centered animalistic killing film]

[The last hint is that the heroine killed a lot of animals for control. Except for her adoptive parents, she probably has no feelings at all. Pure witch. If it weren’t for Boss Wei’s support, this movie really wouldn’t pass the review]

[The story setting is old-fashioned, and the reversal slightly improves the score, which is also expected. The most impressive thing is the action style. In general, it is a medium-level story that waits for 30 minutes of action for the final climax]

[The story is average, the fighting is exciting, and those who like exciting and refreshing plots can go for it]

[A pure passerby (real passerby), I bought two tickets for "Mulan" and "Witch". After watching it, I can only say that Liu Tianxian lost because she didn’t get the upper hand from Boss Wei]

[……]

The premiere ceremony of "Witch" ended, and the first batch of viewing feedback also appeared on the Internet. Liu Shishi finally plucked up the courage to watch it.

Putting aside some people who find faults with a magnifying glass and give bad reviews without thinking, in general, the reputation of "Witch" is still good.

It can't be said to be excellent, but it's definitely not a bad movie. It can be regarded as a mature commercial film with above-average quality and distinctive characteristics.

In the current environment, being able to get this evaluation already means that "Witch" has been basically recognized by most audiences.

If there is no subsequent failure, there is no need to worry about the flop. Now it depends on what level the box office can reach.

However, what makes Liu Shishi happiest is that the reputation of "Mulan" is obviously inferior to "Witch".

Well, the two words "inferior" are already beautified. Strictly speaking, it is far inferior.

As mentioned in the previous article, "Mulan" has been released in North America at this time and has also been on streaming media. In fact, many people in China have already seen the resources, and the evaluation is not good.

It's just that due to various reasons, the popularity has been suppressed until the first batch of audiences who spent money walked into the cinema and started to curse, and this fig leaf was completely unveiled.

First of all, there are all kinds of loopholes and stereotypes in Chinese history and costumes.

This is also an old problem of Hollywood, which thinks that it does not respect the culture of other countries. The victims are not only China, but also Japan, India, and even many countries in Europe and Africa.

So, as long as they make movies under the banner of so-called culture, don't have any expectations in this regard.

The only difference is that after watching the movie, there are justified scolding and direct brainless spraying.

In fact, with this fatal flaw alone, "Mulan" has basically bid farewell to the Chinese market.

Not many Chinese audiences are willing to see a Mulan with a white face, living in a Hakka earth building, speaking in a way that does not fit the Chinese context, and having superpowers.

However, it is not only the costumes and background settings that are crazy.

Even the entire storyline of "Mulan" is completely different from the Chinese people's understanding of Mulan.

In the minds of most Chinese people, Mulan is a filial and brave woman.

And this version of "Mulan" can be said to be a typical Western personal heroism perspective.

This perspective itself is inconsistent with the impression of Mulan by the Chinese public, but that's fine. The anime version is still quite popular. The key is that Hollywood has used this routine over the years.

An ordinary boy/girl, who experienced something, finally came out to save the world.

A model has been used over and over again, and everyone is tired of it.

Of course, it's not that there are no old bottles with new wine to play with, but the whole movie "Mulan" is definitely not one of them. It is boring and bland. Even if it is not a bad movie, it is an extremely ordinary and mediocre work.

In addition, in the current environment, the domestic resistance to Hollywood is becoming more and more obvious. It is a miracle that "Mulan" does not flop.

Boss Wei sometimes wonders if Liu Tianxian has really been put down by others.

Change Huayi to develop in the Hong Kong circle, catch up with the rise of the mainland and the decline of the Hong Kong circle.

Go to China-Korea co-production again, and catch up with the end of this model, and almost encounter the ban on Korea.

Finally joined the Hollywood big production "Mulan", the production company failed, the environment is bad, and there is a mask crisis, the buff is directly stacked.

So this girl may not be suitable for filming. She became famous through TV series and also became popular in her previous life through TV series.

If she had not made movies and had been filming TV series steadily, she might have become the [Queen of China's Small Screen] long ago.

But then again, although "Mulan" has many flaws, it also has an advantage and Liu Tianxian's outstanding contribution.

The advantage is that the fighting scenes are good-looking. Regardless of Liu Tianxian's acting skills, her body movements are definitely ranked among the top new generation of female stars.

Even Boss Wei privately believes that Liu Tianxian's fighting scenes are better than Liu Shishi, who is also good at fighting scenes.

The latter is more neat and straightforward, full of heroism, while the former is chic and beautiful, more aesthetic.

Wei Yang personally appreciates the style of the former, but just thinks that the latter's fighting is better.

Of course, Boss Wei can only mutter this sentence in his heart, and no one dares to say it.

Otherwise, Liu Shishi really needs him to experience his fighting skills in person. Although Boss Wei may not take her fighting power to heart, it is not easy for his own wife to fight back vigorously, so don't bother with this.

And Liu Tianxian's outstanding contribution is that no matter what, at least the image of Hua Mulan conforms to the aesthetics of the Chinese people.

If she didn't get the role, the "Mulan" crew would have cast a Chinese with squinty eyes or a Korean with a round face to play Mulan, which would have been completely disgusting.

From this perspective, Liu Tianxian still has some hard work.

Boss Wei's previous complaints and ridicules were mostly directed at Hollywood and the "Mulan" film crew, and he was still lenient towards Liu Tianxian herself.

Liu Shishi obviously doesn't have this kind of vision!

She loves to read online comments complaining about this movie, and she loves to read bad reviews against Liu Tianxian even more.

[The plot is scattered, Liu Tianxian's expression is stiff, the characterization is shallow, and I am extremely disappointed]

[The person is good-looking, the song is nice, but the performance and the plot are two pieces of shit]

[The goddess should go back to filming TV series, each movie is more awkward than the last]

[I am so disappointed, ***, Zhao Liying, Yang Mi and other 85 flowers are praised so highly, your incompetence should be held responsible]

[I declare that Da Tiantian's "The Great Wall" is better]

[The above is too dirty, but it is indeed the worst Mulan in history]

[……]

Liu Shishi pretended to say that a certain comment was too much, but she just didn't put down her phone and watched it with relish.

Boss Wei was too lazy to pay attention to her, and Liu Tianxian might even be looking for negative reviews of "The Witch" on the entire network.

The reputation of "The Witch" is much better than that of "Mulan", but it is not zero negative reviews. As long as she is diligent enough to look for it, it will be enough for Liu Tianxian to relieve her depression.

But no matter how the two of them entertain themselves, the heated battle between the two Lius was basically decided on the day of the premiere.

The box office of "The Witch" on the first day + pre-sale screenings totaled more than 150 million, while "Mulan" was about 54 million.

The box office gap is almost three times, and the reputation is also completely different.

Because there are fierce competitions from "Eight Hundred" and "Grand Slam" in front, the scheduling and popularity of "The Witch" in the next few days may not skyrocket, but it will definitely be on an upward trend.

"Mulan" is hard to say. If the word of mouth ferments faster, it will last for three days at most, and the box office trend will have a bloodbath and a big dive.

Liu Shishi is at least stable, and the little lions have already begun a large-scale counterattack against Tianxian fans with joy.

Tianxian fans have also automatically made defensive preparations, such as making a lot of arrangements on Weibo, Tieba, and Chaohu. If there are little lions provoking and swiping the screen, they will immediately delete and control the comments.

Later, Liu Tianxian herself came out and set Weibo to prohibit comments if the follow account is not enough time, etc.

Soon after, Liu Shishi followed suit. There was no other way. Some cunning Tianxian fans came up with a wave of [surround Liu to save Liu]. When the little lion attacked Liu Tianxian, they came to besiege Liu Shishi, aiming to kill both of them.

Some even wanted to besiege Boss Wei, but it ended in failure.

The reason is very simple. Besides the fact that Boss Wei’s fans are not easy to mess with, it is easy to be besieged by both parties.

If you scold Liu Shishi, you will be blocked at most, and locked up in a small black room for a few days at most. If you scold Boss Wei, Weibo will really block your account………

The day after the premiere, because it was Sunday, the box office of "Mulan" was slightly higher, about 60 million.

The box office of "Witch" was slightly lower, but it easily won 120 million.

One box office fell, and the other box office fell. From the three-fold box office gap on the first day, it became two times. Some people began to get excited again.

Some marketing accounts that do not pay attention to details and only seek traffic led the rhythm. Many Tianxian fans were deceived and began to clamor for a counterattack.

But on the third day, the horn of counterattack that had just been blown came to an abrupt end.

"The Witch" still maintained a box office of nearly 110 million.

"Mulan" dropped from 60 million to less than 40 million.

Another day later, the box office of "The Witch" barely reached 100 million, while "Mulan" was cut in half, with a box office of less than 15 million for the whole day.

Not to mention the horn of counterattack, there was no fart.

Several bases on Weibo and Tieba were able to hold on without collapse, which was considered that these Tianxian fans were worthy of Liu Tianxian.

According to the box office forecast of Hualuo.com, it may be quite difficult for "Mulan" to break through 300 million in the final box office. If the luck is a little worse, it may be just over 200 million.

The estimated box office of "The Witch" should be able to break through 1 billion+, and the probability is about 1.1 to 1.3 billion.

How to say it, Blue Whale is quite satisfied with this result, and Liu Shishi is satisfied but also a little regretful.

I am satisfied that this result is actually quite impressive, especially considering the heroine and action scenes, it is already a small miracle.

If it weren't for the gimmick of Liu Shishi's first comeback + the popularity of the two Liu's fight + the strong promotion of Blue Whale + the special time bonus for the resumption of the market + the refreshing style that meets the needs of the audience, there would have been a box office of 7.8 billion. Not bad.

If you don’t believe me, look at the box office movies where big-name celebrities like Fan Xiaopang are the core actors or where women are the main actors. How many movies have a box office of over 500 million?

Those big and 85-year-olds have been complaining for so many years, doing this and that, making so many movies, but they have very few real achievements in commercial movies.

In the end, it was Jia Ling who became a monk by the wayside and made movies with female protagonists at the core a box office hit.

No matter whether Jia Ling's movie is an extended sketch or a weight-loss documentary, in terms of commercial box office performance, she alone made the faces of those big and small flowers swell.

Now that Jia Ling has not become director Jia, Liu Shishi's performance in the movie "The Witch" is definitely worthy of bragging.

What Liu Shishi regrets is that she once had a dream of selling "The Witch" throughout the entire schedule and grabbing billions in box office, but now her dream is gone.

Boss Wei really couldn't complain about this. Before it was released, he was worried about gains and losses.

Now that I've done well, I'm starting to look forward to Shu again. I can't calm down. I wish I could make "The Witch" become the second "Wolf Warrior 2" in one go, and trample all the 85 flowers and even those four-dan double soldiers under their feet.

Boss Wei sometimes even regrets that "Mulan" is not good enough, otherwise he would give this girl a hard time to see if she still cries...

…

On this side, "The Witch" and "Mulan" quickly decided the winner, while on the other side "Grand Slam" and "Eight Hundred" fell into a tug of war.

The latter's resilience is even greater than Boss Wei thought.

And comedy movies are certainly suitable for this period, but also because of the masks, at this time, the epidemic is raging abroad and the country is relatively peaceful. In contrast, patriotic sentiment is very high.

Anti-Japanese films like "The Eight Hundred" have caught up with this juncture and received a lot of bonuses.

Therefore, although "Grand Slam" has always been in the lead, it has never widened the box office gap to more than 200 million.

On two of those days, "The Eight Hundred" even troubled the Japanese box office champion, and once the gap was only 60 million.

It was not until a week later that as a large number of history buffs and hardcore netizens came out to criticize "Eight Hundred", the reputation of the movie began to decline. "Grand Slam" took advantage of the momentum and finally established the victory.

Currently, the box office of "Grand Slam" is expected to be between 2.8 and 3.2 billion, while that of "Eight Hundred" is between 2.2 and 2.6 billion.

Moreover, as public opinion changes for the latter, it’s hard to say whether it can live up to expectations, and the box office may be even worse.

This is fundamentally different from the previous life.

Although public opinion had a great impact on "Eight Hundred" in the previous life, after its market resumption, some audiences, markets, capital and some units were trying to protect it, and it was raised to 3 billion+.

In this time and space, "Grand Slam" competes with it, and it has the upper hand with "The Witch" and several other movies.

Then the importance of "Eight Hundred" will be greatly reduced.

The unit will re-examine the relevant impacts, the audience will have new choices, and the market will follow the wind, taking into account risks and changes in interests.

Even the most critical capital power, because of the presence of Boss Wei, the people behind "Eight Hundred" could not prevent this situation at all.

Faced with the dilemma of "Eight Hundred", the worried Wang brothers and Guan Jingqing became anxious and angry.

I don't know if they were really anxious, or they were just making up something in their head, or they were just trying to pull some tricks, so they pointed their finger at Boss Wei.

In an interview, the Wang brothers suggested that the negative publicity surrounding "The Eight Hundred" was due to someone behind the scenes deliberately suppressing Huayi Films. This was naked malicious competition.

Guan Jie did not dare to target Boss Wei, but complained to the market and the audience.

He believes that a well-produced and meaningful movie like "Eight Hundred" lost the box office to the comedy "Grand Slam", which is simply a tragedy for Chinese-language movies and Chinese audiences...

It’s hard to say which of these two speeches is more stupid!

What the Wang brothers said is a bit of a conspiracy theory. "Eight Hundred" was scolded because of its crooked butt. It's not Boss Wei who told you to crook it. It's none of his business.

Everything is focused on business competition, and they never ask themselves whether they should be scolded.

Boss Wei really wants to deal with "Eight Hundred", but he hasn't started to take action yet. In fact, he has been hesitating.

As I said before, Boss Wei has always been opposed to literary inquisition, and deeply hates the so-called actions that seek to ban and remove content under the guise of so-and-so.

So Boss Wei rarely talks about this.

We are just afraid that it will lead to some bad trends, which will be devastating to the ecology of the entire entertainment industry.

Including this time "Eight Hundred", if the foundation was not too crooked, the impact was bad, and the attitude of the entire industry might even be questioned, he might not want to target it.

Even so, Wei Yang was still hesitant, and had never planned to kill him. He preferred to give warnings and express his attitude.

But the Wang brothers jumped like this, which actually made Boss Wei give up his hesitation.

Egypt's literary prison has a bad culture, just clean it up...

As for the clean remarks, in Boss Wei's eyes, they are pure idiots.

At least there is still a certain market for the conspiracy theory of the Wang brothers. It is obvious that Boss Wei and Huayi will not deal with it, and it makes sense logically.

It’s right to keep things clean and not talk about it, but to point the finger at the audience, that’s because you’re mentally ill.

The audience can watch whatever movies they like. If you lose, you are bad. If you are bad, practice more. Don't blame the audience.

It's no wonder that many people complain about the arrogance of the domestic entertainment industry. No matter how Feng Kuazi turned the car over, he didn't learn any lessons. He still doesn't take the audience seriously.

Fortunately, Guan Qingqing is not a member of Blue Whale, otherwise Boss Wei would have fired him directly.

This kind of idiot is not only contagious, but also drags down his teammates. No matter how capable he is, he can't stay.

It was not surprising to Wei Yang that the Wang brothers and Guan Qingqing thought they could win some sympathy points, but they and "Eight Hundred" were scolded even more miserably.

Especially Guan Qingqing, who was besieged by a large number of netizens.

Many viewers who have watched "Eight Hundred" posted their ticket stubs under his Weibo and demanded a refund. Those who didn't go to the cinema began to boycott "Eight Hundred", and many people deliberately supported "Grand Slam" to mock Guan.

And Blue Whale also watched the fun and didn't mind the big deal. The official Weibo of the company and the Weibo of "Grand Slam" were eating melons and dragging them down.

【Come and watch "Grand Slam", it's hilarious and makes Chinese movies no longer "sad"】

As I said, the real business war is not about intrigue and deception, but waiting for the opponent to expose himself, and then going up to add insult to injury.

However, this time, in addition to the "business war", Boss Wei still used some means.

After a few phone calls, many experts from the Film Association held a seminar in Beijing. The main topic was the position of mainstream movies and the problem of historical nihilism.

In the seminar, two of the experts directly named "Eight Hundred", angrily criticizing the movie for sensationalism, tampering with history, causing all kinds of social public opinion, and violating the intention and original intention of mainstream movies.

To be honest, Boss Wei is still soft-hearted. Even at this time, he still tried to be objective and did not make random accusations.

But Boss Wei was relatively restrained, but others were not necessarily.

Not to mention that there are many people who want to please Boss Wei. It is suspected that he had offended many people in the previous domination of the Beijing circle, and there are also enemies who are not without enemies.

Normally they are powerful and many people dare not provoke them. Now that they have Boss Wei as their backer, why don’t they take the time to take revenge and complain?

When they start to criticize, they are not so objective and rational.

The attack is so fierce and ruthless that traitors and running dogs are considered civilized terms. They are directly aiming for the level of being infamous for thousands of years.

Compared with them, Wang is a person who can be saved. Shui Tailiang is directly promoted to the iron bones of the Ming Dynasty……

These people criticized so fiercely that they also led many people who were swayed by emotions to criticize "Eight Hundred". This movie is more hateful than the traitorous treaty. Guan Qingqing and the Wang brothers should fall on the street lamp and be machine-gunned.

In the end, even Boss Wei couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but say a fair word in an interview.

The general meaning is that the crime is not punishable by death. The specific situation should be analyzed specifically. It is meaningless to vent emotions purely.

As a result, they were criticized in turn, thinking that Boss Wei was protecting Guan Qingqing and Huayi, the entertainment industry helping the entertainment industry, and dog capital are all birds of a feather.

Wei Yang was confused. How did he become a shielder of Huayi and Guan Qingqing?

If you say this to Guan Qingqing and the Wang brothers, they will be well-mannered if they don't spit in your face.

But the Internet is like this now. It's either black or white. Loyalty is not absolute, which means absolute disloyalty.

Objective?

Just scold!

Under the surging public opinion, the relevant units finally took action. "Eight Hundred" was withdrawn in advance, and the final box office was less than 2 billion. The most important thing is that several platforms will not spend a lot of money to buy copyrights, and other income will probably not be satisfactory.

The external cost of "Eight Hundred" is 550 million, which is definitely inflated. The specific amount is not detailed.

Considering the current box office dividends, even if other income is greatly affected, it is no problem to recover the investment, and even make a small profit.

But Huayi has been tossing for so long, not for a small profit. The Wang brothers are counting on this movie to make a big profit.

More importantly, they need a big hit movie to prove that Huayi has not fallen, and to restore the confidence of employees, shareholders, the market and investors.

As a result, "Eight Hundred" has become like this.

The pessimistic statement made by the Wang brothers during the promotion that "Huayi will be gone if the movie is not successful" may come true.

Even if it can hold on and not go bankrupt in the end, it can only survive like this for a short time.

Not to mention competing with Blue Whale for the industry hegemony, now it can't even maintain its position as a first-line company in the industry. It is rumored on the Internet that many Huayi artists are interested in changing jobs.

Seeing the miserable end of Huayi, Boss Wei actually doesn't feel very happy.

In this farce, no one is the real winner.

As early as the moment his speech was criticized, Boss Wei no longer paid attention to this matter, and even disappeared from the public eye, including the early promotion of "Knowing or Not", which was carried out by Zhao Liying alone.

It was not until before the premiere of "Knowing or Not" that Boss Wei and Zhao Liying participated in a reality show interview.

This reality show is also a program under PPTV, called "P Station Entertainment Square", with the selling point of going deep behind the scenes of artists and exploring and digging out wonderful gossip.

To put it bluntly, it is a reality show + interview mode, but the style is more relaxed and entertaining.

The host does not show his face, and talks to the artist directly behind the camera. The camera is always aimed at the artist, which is a bit like a first-person perspective, and the audience seems to have a stronger sense of substitution.

Because it is a reality show, the filming starts from the moment you enter the door. As a result, Wei Yang was in a meeting, so he interacted with Zhao Liying.

Zhao Liying had participated in this variety show once before, but she was participating in an event at that time, and now she is at the company's home field.

Zhao Liying simply took the program team to visit her office, filmed how she usually works, and strengthened her image as a strong woman.

When the time was almost up, Zhao Liying took the program team to wait for Boss Wei near the conference room.

Boss Wei was talking about the film and television plan for the second half of the year with a vice president of Blue Whale. When he saw the program team, he briefly explained a few words and came over to say hello, especially to the host.

"You are Xiao P, you look very young."

Xiao P is the stage name of the host of the program. This program can be successful, and even Boss Wei can be invited. This host has made great contributions.

He is humorous, not afraid of the stage, quick to respond to jokes, good at controlling the scene and guiding questions and answers, and is a very good host.

Wei Yang has never seen this person. He thought he was an intellectual elite young man over 30 years old from watching the program and listening to his voice. Unexpectedly, he was very young and fair in person. If you don't know, you might think he is a college student.

Zhao Liying, who knew the inside story, explained: "Xiao P was born in 1995. He started interning in college and hosted this program right after graduating from college."

"Oh, the young are awesome."

Boss Wei praised him in surprise, and Xiao P even said he didn't dare.

This host, who used to chat and laugh in front of other popular first-line big names, now saw Boss Wei's face full of restraint. Boss Wei shook hands with him, and he shook hands with both hands, lowering his posture again and again.

"Chairman, it's an honor for you to record our program this time. If you have any questions, just tell us directly and we will definitely cooperate."

Zhao Liying watched from the side and couldn't help but sigh, this kid is a fool, his face is almost full of "I want to improve"...