"Friends of Yangcun, it is undeniable that the graphics of "Superman 2" are very stunning, but can you please give a little help to "Infernal Affairs"? "Infernal Affairs" needs your help!"
""Infernal Affairs" suffered unfair treatment! Not only was it sniped by "Superman 2", but it was also suppressed by major theaters and peers!"
"This is the evidence we have collected in major cities these days. There are videos and recordings..."
""Infernal Affairs" is now in its darkest moment! We can accept that "Infernal Affairs" does not top the Chinese box office list, and we can also accept its failure. However, we cannot accept that it was bullied and ended up being canceled early. This
What a shame!”
"..."
Early morning on February 22nd.
The Chinese film industry is still in turmoil.
More and more evidence points to the fact that "Night Walker" is stealing the box office of "Infernal Affairs" in various seemingly "reasonable" ways.
The stolen box office numbers were very vague at first, ranging from about three million to five million per day, but as more and more data became clear, the number of stolen box office numbers became more and more detailed.
August 13th: Box office of 1.2 million!
August 14: Box office 1.7 million!
August 15th: The day "Superman 2" was released, with a box office of 2.1 million!
August 16: Box office 2.3 million!
…
August 20: Box office of 6 million!
When the astonishing data were presented to all netizens, they were extremely shocked.
But then, many people began to feel enlightened!
"The popularity of "Infernal Affairs" on the Internet is itself the popularity of a blockbuster classic movie. How could the box office be completely wiped out by "Superman 2"? This is completely unreasonable!"
"No wonder the box office is so bad. It turns out that the box office was stolen. Oh my god, wasn't the underwear of the movie "Night Walker" taken out? The daily box office of "Night Walker" without stealing the box office is only a few million?"
"After being released for so many days, it is reasonable to have a daily box office of several million..."Night Walker" is not as popular as "Infernal Affairs" on the Internet. It suddenly turned against the wind in the later period, and the box office skyrocketed every day. This is treating all fans as
What a fool!"
"This is so dark. People like Zhou Yang are stealing box office! Isn't it worse for other small directors? No wonder there are only so many directors in the Chinese film industry, and they all got "killed"!
"
"That's for sure..."
Three o'clock in the morning.
On major movie websites, Weibo, and major portal websites, the discussion about this vicious box office theft incident has not diminished, but has become more and more lively.
Click on the homepage of each major website, and the title of the homepage must be ""Infernal Affairs" steals the box office!" and other news reports.
Although some media tried to use other headlines to cool down the matter, they failed in the end. Zhou Yang's fans from all over the world did not want to let the matter cool down at all. Instead, more people rushed in to increase the heat.
The higher.
[Many theater chains deny their behind-the-scenes operations, saying they are under the orders of temporary workers!]
[The culprit of the incident is directed at Zhao Sicheng, the former director of the China Directors Guild!]
[Zhao Sicheng’s attitude was extremely arrogant. When questioned, he once threatened: “Do you have the guts to come and arrest me or extradite me? Have I broken the law? I have a US green card, what do you have?”]
【……】
Four fifteen in the morning.
When Zhao Sicheng's arrogant voice was exposed on the Internet, netizens were in disbelief at first, and then got excited and scolded Zhao Sicheng bloody on the Internet.
"Fuck you! Traitor!"
"Depend on!"
"What a fucking beast, traitor!"
“All the household registration books are gone!”
All kinds of unpleasant comments were flooded under the headlines of major Weibo, which once paralyzed Weibo.
As soon as Weibo officials saw that this matter was getting out of hand, they immediately banned countless accounts. However, the staff found that no matter how they blocked the situation, the number of curses increased, so they finally gave up and let it go.
This thing is fermenting!
"I'm afraid this matter will be upgraded to an industry incident or a social incident!"
The person in charge of the Weibo official muttered to himself after seeing this incident.
Once the anger of movie fans is ignited, it will be difficult to extinguish it for a while.
Movie fans who had nowhere to vent tried their best to find an outlet related to Zhao Sicheng, but they discovered that Zhao Sicheng's Weibo IP address itself was located in the United States, and Zhao Sicheng's family members, including some relatives, seemed to have premeditated the incident.
I went through the denaturalization procedures a year ago and moved to the United States long ago.
Fans who had nowhere to vent could only rush to the official Weibo of the China Film Association and curse.
The staff of the China Film Association could only post a clarification on Weibo, but they were still scolded by a group of angry fans.
It’s half past five in the morning!
The scolding subsided a little, and everyone's attention was attracted by another popular article.
"The fact that "Superman 2" is coming to China is aimed at "Infernal Affairs"."
"Whether it is from the film schedule, from the publicity when the movie is released, from the box office and popularity, "Infernal Affairs" is being targeted in every aspect."
"On the surface, this is a box office war, but on a deeper level, this is a premeditated culture war!"
"I wonder if you have noticed that many things around us have begun to be Westernized? Do you have a subconscious feeling that some European, American and Western things are good things, while our own things are bad things?
"
"On the one hand, we are really not up to par, and we will be beaten if we fall behind. On the other hand, haven't we thought that there is a pair of invisible hands grabbing our habits and hobbies, diverting our attention, and then, we see
Everything we see is what they want us to see, and what we hear is what they want us to hear?"
"..."
An article titled "A brief discussion of cultural invasion from "Infernal Affairs", China today and China more than a hundred years ago..." was posted on the homepage of China Weibo.
The author of the article is Zheng Changhong, a master’s student in the History Department of Yenching University.
This article captured everyone's attention as soon as it was published, making angry fans suddenly realize it, and then became even more furious.
The article uses the controversy between "Infernal Affairs" and "Superman 2" to highlight the differences and commonalities between China more than a hundred years ago and China today, and uses the filming schedule of "Superman 2" and Zhao Sicheng's arrogant attitude to reveal
It removes the veil of "culture war" and explains from a very objective perspective the plunder of Chinese culture and the import of ideology by Western culture...
In the past, when such articles appeared, no one paid much attention to them, and they were even regarded as alarmist.
However, when the "Infernal Affairs" incident emerged, this article woke up countless Chinese movie fans, feeling both sad and shocked.
Immediately afterwards, emotions were ignited like a flame, and just when there was nowhere to vent...
"The older generation of directors suppress the younger generation of directors!"
"Director Zhou and I have experienced such treatment before!"
"Some directors of the older generation have one hand covering the sky. You must follow the path they have set. Otherwise, they will suppress you."
"Do you still remember those directors who were banned? They used to be talented, but now, they have fallen into decline to some extent?"
"It's rotten, it's rotten, it's rotten to the core!"
At seven o'clock in the morning, Feng Kai posted a complaint titled "Does Chinese Film Have a Future?" on his personal Weibo!
The complaint is full of questions, almost like tearing one's skin apart, targeting the China Directors Association, and even went so far as to aggressively post the real names of some directors on Weibo.
The article was shocking and made movie fans wide-eyed. Fans who had already calmed down became angry again and rushed into the Weibo of the China Film Association again.
In just a few minutes, the Weibo account of the China Film Association was paralyzed, and eventually had to temporarily suspend reviews.
"Friends are here and there is good wine.
If the jackal comes
It was greeted with shotguns..."
August 22nd at 8:30 in the morning.
During the commercial break just after the first screening of "Superman 2", Grandma Zhang Xia's singing "My Motherland" appeared.
The song is an advertisement for Baoli mobile phone that cost nearly 20 million. However, except for the words Baoli mobile phone on the upper left corner of the advertisement, there are no pictures or videos about the mobile phone. Only Grandma Zhang Xia sings "My Motherland".
"The last few lyrics of "That Year of the Rabbit" and some classic scenes of "That Rabbit".
The movie fans sitting in the screening room were stunned for a while after hearing "My Motherland"...
Later, some movie fans stood up consciously.
Although it is no longer possible to refund tickets at this time, "Superman 2", which had once sold out the movie theaters, suddenly lost nearly a quarter of its fans when it was officially released.
The ticket windows and screening halls of "Infernal Affairs" were full, just like the grand premiere of "Infernal Affairs"!
……………………
"cheer up……"
"This incident was so big that the higher-ups had to pay attention to it, but we, Night Walker, are the victims, and we are completely used as guns..."
"Zhou Yang, this kid, is so irrational. He can't sit down and negotiate carefully about any matter. He must make the matter so big and make it so big. How will it end now?"
"And Feng Kai, nothing happened originally, but now that he has made such a fuss, our Chinese Directors Association has been pushed to the forefront!"
"What kind of cultural invasion? This is just a fantasy created by the hype of "Infernal Affairs"..."
"If you ruin your job, no one will get any benefits..."
August 22nd.
ten o'clock.
China Film Association.
The leaders of the relevant departments were sitting in the office, checking the association's information over and over again.
Cao Bangguo patted Jiang Ge on the shoulder, let out a long sigh, and looked at the security personnel standing at the door with an opaque gloominess in his eyes.
Django nodded.
But he remained silent throughout.
When the people in the office called him, Jiang Ge lowered his head and walked in in a daze.
Not long after...
Jiang Ge walked out in a daze.
After Jiang Ge came out, the leaders of the relevant departments said a few words to Cao Bangguo and others.
Cao Bangguo had a bright smile on his face when he faced his leader, and he cooperated with various investigations seriously, even feeling aggrieved.
"Young people are all young and energetic", "In fact, there is no contradiction, at most it is a disagreement in ideas", "We have not done well in many places, and I will publicly apologize. There was indeed some bureaucracy before, and this is unacceptable."
Yes, yes, you are right in your criticism!" "I am not familiar with Zhao Sicheng, really not familiar with him. We have kept a distance from him since we kicked him out of the association." and so on.
After the relevant leaders collected evidence and left, Cao Bangguo sighed again and patted Jiang Ge on the shoulder again, "It's okay. You can go back and have a good rest."
Jiang Ge bit his lip, but his face was extremely pale.
After seeing no one around, his whole body twitched.
"My... uncle, I... have actually contacted Zhao Sicheng. Zhao Sicheng... I know Zhao Sicheng..."
His tears suddenly flowed down.
The shame and despair that plagued him for days finally made him collapse.
However, in the middle of speaking, Cao Bangguo stopped his voice.
"Have you told them these words?" Cao Bangguo asked seriously as he looked in the direction in which the leaders were leaving.
"No, uncle, I... I have always listened to you, and I have always kept silent about what I should say and what I shouldn't say... But in my conscience... I have been unable to sleep these days. I feel like a
Like a traitor, he does things he shouldn't do. I hate it, even hate Zhou Yang, but he... he is at least Chinese. If I do this, I..." Jiang Ge only felt something blocked in his throat.
He felt extremely uncomfortable, but he still said these words. At this moment, he looked like a helpless child.
"You were just taken advantage of."
"Go back and have a good sleep. The hope for the future of Chinese movies rests entirely on you. This small obstacle is nothing. Even if "The Departed" does not perform well, I still have a new script..."
"This matter ends here, no one should mention it..."
"Don't worry, Zhao Sicheng will not betray you. He may still..."
Looking at Jiang Ge's appearance, Cao Bangguo shook his head, not feeling any surprise, not even the slightest change on his face.
However, after he was halfway through speaking, he fell silent and stopped talking.
"Uncle, you, you don't know, do you? You knew me before you..." Jiang Ge looked guilty at first, but when he saw Cao Bangguo's expression, he became stunned, and then seemed to think of
His eyes widened like something.
Facing Jiang Ge's surprise, Cao Bangguo did not speak. He just patted his shoulder again, shook his head and left the association.
Django stood alone.
He only felt that at this moment, his whole body was filled with chills, as if everyone around him and the familiar people had become very strange at this moment, and he was trapped in the fog, unable to see any truth.