Chapter three hundred and ninety seventh day of humiliation
August 16th.
It is definitely a silent day for the Chinese film industry.
"Infernal Affairs", which had high hopes, dropped from a box office of 27 million to more than 20 million.
Although they were well prepared, the huge gap undoubtedly gave everyone at Huaxing a severe blow.
Five days after its release, although the box office is close to 140 million, it is still a milestone for Chinese movies, but it is no longer possible to reach the top 700 million.
"Superman 2" premiered with a box office of close to 50 million yuan!
The ticket price is twice that of "Infernal Affairs", and the premiere schedule is at full capacity when the three movies "Night Walker", "Our Motherland" and "Infernal Affairs" are in theaters.
It is another Hollywood 3D movie, and the failure of "Infernal Affairs" seems to be reasonable.
At the same time as the box office announcement.
The official website of the China Film Association released several videos of "Superman 2" director James Lee giving a lecture on "A Brief Talk on 3D Movies" at the venue.
[There are fundamental differences between Hollywood and Chinese films. James Lee’s lecture made me enlightened and I learned a lot of advanced knowledge about Western industrial films] From director Shen Jinsong.
[If you fall behind, you will be beaten. Any strengths are worth learning. We must first know ourselves before we can make better progress. The lecture really benefited a lot. I am very grateful to Mr. James Lee for answering our questions...] From the director
Cao Bangguo.
[The Chinese film industry needs to be reformed. It cannot blindly make only those literary and award-winning films. In the context of the times, commercial films will always be the mainstream. As directors, we should move closer to the mainstream. The special effects of "Superman 2" are really too great.
It was so shocking. After listening to this lecture, I realized my own shortcomings...] From director Zhang Min.
[There were too many people at the venue, so we were standing on the aisle...] From actor Lu Zitao.
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Under the video, messages from famous Chinese directors or celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry were pinned to the top. Each message was highly respected or highly sought after.
After reading these comments, you will unconsciously feel the authority of this lecture and the superiority of the participants, as if this "lecture" is a palace-level film event.
At three o'clock in the morning.
The title "James Lee talks about 3D movies" was posted on Weibo's hot search list, and was rarely posted to the top of the homepage, with the word "explosion" attached to it.
Naturally, there are many supporters of veteran directors...
Countless film critics rushed forward and began to comment on this concert. They all felt that this was a very "inclusive", "openness of Chinese films", "a collision and exchange of learning between Chinese and Western films", and even "learning from foreigners to learn skills"
Words like "to control the barbarians" appeared.
I clicked on Weibo and saw a title related to "movie". A large block of them all boasted about the amazing special effects of "Superman 2" and James Lee's lecture. Netizens who didn't know the truth saw a lot of filmmakers bragging.
After the significance of this "lecture" to Chinese films and the positive impact of "Superman 2" on the international film industry, they began to deviate under the leadership of the navy...
[Although "Infernal Affairs" cannot represent the hope of Chinese movies, and although there is no rule that Hollywood movies cannot be released in August, the appearance of "Superman" is undoubtedly too purposeful! Look at our "seniors" from the Directors Guild
"What are you doing? Up to now, you are still kneeling and licking Mr. Foreigner's ass. This lecture has blown you away. You can't stand up, right?"
Four o'clock in the morning.
Feng Kai, who suffered from insomnia, couldn't hold back his anger and finally irrationally posted a series of curses on Weibo.
After scolding him, he was scolded back by countless people in an instant.
The screen is full of "little chicken intestines", "What happened to the release of "Superman 2"? It is not the domestic film protection month, has it left five days of box office time for "Infernal Affairs"?" "Chinese movies need a hundred flowers to bloom, I admit that "Infernal Affairs"
"The Road" is excellent, but is it so difficult to admit that the special effects of "Superman 2" are excellent?" "China only has monopoly directors like you, so Chinese movies are not making progress." "Old guard, does it hurt to be beaten? It hurts to be beaten.
Only when you are good can you make progress!" "What is the barking of the dog? Your master Zhou Yang has not spoken yet, what are you barking at?"
After Feng Kai saw the countless comments below, he was almost angered.
The entire Weibo is like a cesspit.
After calming down, Feng Kai frowned and realized that all of this seemed to be quite premeditated, as if a pair of invisible hands were holding them tightly, catching them off guard and leaving them breathless.
Get angry.
But the only good thing is that these curses did not last for more than an hour. A large group of Zhou Yang's fans rushed into the comment area under his Weibo and cursed with these people.
"You are a bunch of dogs!" ""Infernal Affairs" has just been released, and "Superman 2" appeared. This is not a sniper." "Is it deliberately disgusting?" "What's going on with the relevant departments? Are they not doing anything?
?" "Compared with Hollywood 3D blockbusters, literary and artistic films have no advantage in themselves, okay?" "A bunch of stinky cesspools..."
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Weibo was very busy on the morning of August 16th.
Click in, or Zhou Yang's fans are scolding you.
Criticize those veteran Chinese directors, scold "Superman 2", scold James Lee...
Traitor, traitor, shameless, treason...
All such unpleasant words and curses were shouted out.
You are brainless, stupid, uneducated, and have no structure at all. Your Zhou Yang is so embarrassed that he has been exposed to the world...
Either those fans who defended "Superman 2" and the movie critics were scolding Zhou Yang's fans, with all kinds of unpleasant words coming one after another.
The entire Weibo turned into a mess.
Under this huge popularity, the Weibo server became stuck again!
"Depend on!"
“This person’s fans are so powerful!”
"Hurry up and use those rented servers!"
"good!"
"The server is down again... let's rent a few more."
"OK!"
"Fortunately, this person didn't say anything. If this person posted something on Weibo, I guess the server would have to come again..."
"How many fans does this person have?"
"Two million and four hundred thousand!"
"God, these are all real fans!"
"yes!"
Weibo is very lively.
However, Weibo's backend staff were extremely busy. Not long after Weibo engineer Dai Gaogang attended a friend's wedding, the server suddenly crashed.
After finally fixing the server, replacing the spare server capacity, and asking Weibo's official referees to perform various account bans and various cooling treatments, Weibo finally returned to normal.
Dai Gao breathed a long sigh of relief and felt a little lucky when he looked at the 2.4 million fans on Zhou Yang's Weibo.
"About 60% of Weibo's active users have participated in this war of words..."
When the database colleague behind him who was busy and sweating profusely expressed such emotion, Dai Gao couldn't hide the shock on his face.
They never thought that a star's traffic could reach such an astonishing level.
After this shock had not lasted long, they heard the head of the technical department in the distance, Manager Xu Changhong, running over in a hurry, with a bit of solemnity on his face.
"There's a call from above. We're all going to work overtime at noon today!"
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April 17th.
The box office of "Superman 2" reached an astonishing 53 million yuan.
The daily box office was 48 million yuan on the first day, plus the 503 million yuan on the second day, and the box office exceeded 100 million yuan in two days!
It shocked the entire Chinese film industry and made countless Chinese filmmakers gasp!
How much is "Infernal Affairs"?
On the sixth day of release, the box office dropped to 16 million!
Four million lower than before!
Even the daily box office of "Night Walker" is 14 million!
About to be even…
Perhaps, the figure of 16 million is a good figure for other movies, but for "Infernal Affairs", it is a disaster.
It's not a problem with the movie, it's not a problem with the actors, it's not a problem with the fans...
"Infernal Affairs", as China's most promising literary film, was crushed by the Hollywood 3D blockbuster "Superman 2" and lost hope of reaching the top. It seems to be an established fact.
Can't beat it!
It’s really hard to beat!
The scolding war on Weibo is still going on, but due to official control and cooling, the war has become much less popular.
In addition to being shocked by the box office numbers of "Superman 2", netizens were also shocked by Zhou Yang's Weibo fans.
Within three days of Weibo being launched, the number of Weibo fans exceeded three million, and it is still growing rapidly.
In three days, it ranked first on the popularity list! Number one on the hot review list! Number one in the number of fans increased...
Countless firsts have made netizens realize who is China's deserving top player, and also turned EXC's rising star Lu Zitao into a marginalized figure.
"Why didn't Zhou Yang react?"
"yes!"
"What's wrong with Zhou Yang? It's normal for you not to attend the so-called lecture, but at this time, you should say something, right?"
"It seems that Zhou Yang is in Laomei!"
"What is he doing in the United States?"
"Isn't the American side's "Infernal Affairs" about to be finished? He seems to be communicating with the American side, hoping to arrange more films for "Infernal Affairs"?"
"Forget it. In China, you have been bullied like this by "Superman 2" in your own territory. If you are in the United States, don't you have to grovel?"
"..."
"I have asked the Huaxing official, and neither the Huaxing official nor Zhou Yang's agent Xu Mei can contact Zhou Yang!"
"Why don't you take Xu Mei to the United States?"
"I don't know... It seems that it is inconvenient to let Xu Mei handle matters on China's side..."
"He went to America alone?"
"yes!"
"The latest news is that overseas filming of "Infernal Affairs" has been completed, and the total box office is only 1.3 million US dollars!"
"So low?"
"Yes, we can't keep up with overseas promotions, and we can't keep up with film schedules..."
"this……"
online.
Netizens are talking a lot.
But no one knows what Zhou Yang is doing in Lao America. They only know that the overseas version of "Infernal Affairs" has been drawn.
The box office was poor, only $1.3 million!
After seeing this data, Zhou Yang's fans felt very uncomfortable, almost humiliating data!
Just when everyone feels depressed...
Huaxing’s official Weibo suddenly announced another piece of news without warning.
"Beyond "Saw", the overseas version of "The Departed" has a box office of more than 6 million US dollars at its premiere, breaking the export film record!"