At 2:30 in the afternoon, there was only one hour before the premiere. People from home and abroad who had been arranged to stay at the Shangri-La Hotel by Bright Times, as well as people from the industry who came in time at this time, all appeared in the theater one after another. , ready to sign in.

"Director Yimou, teacher Gong Li."

"Director Kai Ge, Teacher Chen Hong."

"Director Tsui Hark, Sister Jun Ru."

"Director Wang Jin..."

Whenever there is a social vanity fair, big names with high qualifications and big names will always be treated like stars. If the big names return a gift or say "Hello", a group of people with low qualifications and shallow names will There will also be flattering joy.

Since ancient times, in all walks of life, the strong have been respected, and the temporarily weak will habitually look up to them. This is an eternal truth, and it is precisely this truth that has been exploited by the thinking of overseas capital, which is temporarily ahead of the domestic market. Rules change ideas and distort the direction of culture.

Pursuing profit is human instinct, so more and more people are gradually boarding the boat of Western capital, with the word "profit" at the forefront. This is an almost unsolvable proposition, but everything has yin and yang, and there is a wake-up call. Drunk, the so-called cultural invasion and culture war are just about whether the sober people win or the drunk people win.

Just the day before this premiere, there was a cultural war that many people in the country were not aware of, and there was not much ripples in the market. The winner was decided quietly.

"Director John Woo..."

Hearing this name, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and others who turned upstairs couldn't help but glance down. Then the group of great directors and their respective wives all showed mixed expressions.

Including directors Tsui Hark and Wang Jin, who are both Hong Kong directors, there was also a complex look on their faces.

John Woo remained calm, kept a slight smile, and walked upstairs saying hello.

After he disappeared, a group of people on the first floor began to communicate quietly.

"Director Yimou and the others seem to have something wrong with the way they look at John Woo."

"Indeed, I feel it too."

"what's the situation?"

"It's probably "1949" which was released two days ago."

"Ah? Isn't this a tribute film from John Woo? What happened? Tell me quickly."

Under the national sentiment inspired by Liu Yifei's public opinion, it strongly raised the patriotic sentiments of the domestic people, and further made China Film's "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" more successful as a gift film made by mainland China for the motherland. It will be released on September 12 So far, it has grossed 250 million in box office in 13 days, surpassing the 320 million box office record of John Woo's "Red Cliff" last year.

After all, this gift film will be released for two months, and it has only been released for thirteen days. It is not difficult to make a box office of 70 million with so many days left.

The gift film "1949" from Hong Kong was originally entitled to a two-month release period, but when it was reviewed and reviewed, the benefits were immediately gone.

Speaking of this content, it is related to Hollywood's "Titanic".

"Titanic" became a hit after it was introduced to China in the 1990s. The Chinese people had not seen such a disaster blockbuster at that time, so they were deeply attracted by it.

People only know about its fire and its so-called love that makes people yearn for it, but few people know about the criticism of it by a few people who know the truth and the warning it sends to the people of the country.

There are two things in it.

The first thing is that the love in this movie is neither Western love nor Chinese love.

It’s hard to comment on meeting each other on a boat and falling in love with each other to the point of giving up one’s life for the other person. Anyway, Western refined and self-interested thinking cannot do such a thing. Chinese-style love can do such a thing, but it requires

The long-term companionship serves as a foundation.

But it is undeniable that the love story in the movie is indeed very touching and pure.

However, Hollywood produces such things that are not in line with its own culture. First, it is packaging and disguising its own civilization, and second, it is promoting their diamonds.

This is the second thing. There is a prop in the movie called Heart of the Ocean. After the movie ended, various diamond products under the banner of Heart of the Ocean were sold all over the world, which severely cut the leeks.

These are these two things. The first one is ideological brainwashing, and the second one is to be careful not to be deceived by Western diamond sellers. When a few people who knew the truth wrote articles and published reports, they did not cause any waves, because those controlled by the West

The media suppressed it.

But the relevant departments have their own concerns. Since then, many applications for "Titanic" to be released in China have been rejected. Even now, there are no film sources on the Internet. Even if there are, you need to secretly download torrents.

And the current Hong Kong tribute film "1949" is a replica of "Titanic".

It tells the story of a cruise ship sailing from Shenghai to Baodao, which collided with a cargo ship during the voyage, and then the male and female protagonists on the cruise ship experienced life and death love.

Let’s not talk about love, let’s talk about gift movies. What does this story have to do with gifts?

"The Founding of the People's Republic of China" is a magnificent epic that records the glorious events of that year. When it comes to "1949", why on earth are you going to make a tragedy as a gift to the country?

Anyone with a clear mind will feel something is wrong after watching this movie.

Needless to mention the love in it, it is almost a replica of "Titanic", and it is also the life-and-death love between a Chinese man and a South Korean woman.

This is even better than "Titanic". Life, death and love are all transnational, and I don't know what to express.

Most Chinese people are still awake. In order to avoid a collision with "The Sky" which will be released during the National Day, this movie is scheduled to be released on September 23, which is the first day of pre-sale for "The Sky".

In the past two days, the box office has barely exceeded 20 million. Whether the total box office can reach 100 million is still a question.

This 20 million is probably also the audience's trust in John Woo. After all, his previous films, including "Red Cliff" which won the annual championship, were pretty good.

But as soon as they saw this movie, they were reminded of the background of 1949, and the content had nothing to do with such a glorious year as 1949, so the audience immediately lost interest.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But the audience does not know that this is a culture war, they just think that John Woo made a bad movie, but in the eyes of people in the industry and cultural circles, that

It was immediately obvious that there was something wrong with the nature of this movie.

Therefore, just now Zhang Yimou and others looked at John Woo with complicated eyes. This complicated eyes seemed to express one thing: from now on, we are no longer the same kind of people.

Although there is no conclusive evidence or standard definition to criticize what is wrong with this movie, this is a loophole in the culture. Even if it is known that something bad has been filmed, there are no laws, regulations and artistic standards to point out what is wrong.

But everyone who is engaged in culture knows that this movie is countering the country’s patriotic propaganda. To put it bluntly, it is tantamount to selling out the country’s interests. It’s just that the interests being sold are based on unexplained cultural ideologies.

Penetration is the most confusing thing.

"That's it..." The majority of people came to their senses and felt a little melancholy.

Why would a great director make such a movie?

This makes them confused, because the level is not yet high, and if they cannot reach certain circles, they cannot reach "big profits".

"Then after John Woo..." someone said.

"There should be no market for him in mainland China, and he might even be blocked by the mainland and ban the screening of his movies." Some people speculated.

According to the original trajectory, it seems that John Woo's movies have not been released in mainland China since "1949", and the few martial arts movies he filmed were only released and released in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

It’s like losing the mainland market and completely embarking on the so-called international road.

It's just that the so-called international market will not be as big as a continent in a few years. I don't know if this means losing the watermelon and gaining the sesame seeds.

"Shh, foreigners are here. Stop talking. It's embarrassing for your own circle and don't make an international fool of yourself." Someone said.

"Damn it, they're all big guys!" someone exclaimed in a low voice.

At the entrance of the cinema, a large group of foreign filmmakers got off the car and arrived. There were stars, directors, producers, as well as the China regional president of UA Cinemas, one of the world's cinema chains, the Macron couple from Hollywood Macron Film and Television, and

Jack and Grande also came to the premiere.

In addition, many domestic big names such as Huaying Han Sanping, Bright Wang Jinhua, Ying Huangyang Boss, Huayi Shuangwang Brothers, Chengtian Jiahe Wukebo and so on also came from the hotel, which can be regarded as giving these foreigners a very high standard of courtesy.

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The fact that big-ticket foreign filmmakers can be invited is of course the influence of the China Film Group. As long as overseas films still want to be released in China, this premiere must be done honorably.

The global cinema chain UA is one of the global cinema chains under the American Liqi Group. UA is also a strategic partner of Ying Huang Group. If Ying Huang wants to use Ying Huang’s strength in China to open up the Chinese market, UA has become an important part of Ying Huang Group.

The Hollywood channel is also the distributor for "Canopy" to be released overseas.

The Macrons, Jack and Grande are the strategic partners of Glorious Era in Hollywood. Now that their partner Glorious Era's first major film is about to premiere, they rushed over to support it.

"Sister Hua, where are Sissi and Chu Xuan?" Ailand asked her friend's whereabouts as soon as she got out of the car.

"There should be seats specially arranged for you to sit together in the screening hall. You can meet each other when you get in." Wang Jinhua said.

"That's great. We haven't seen each other for a long time since we graduated from further studies." Grande was very happy, and the Macrons and Jack smiled in response.

This situation made Wang Zhonglei feel a little uncomfortable. Huayi had only ordinary partners in Hollywood, but Bright Times had strategic partners. This kind of rising star brought him a bit uncomfortable as a senior.

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Wu Kebo also felt very sad. He raised his head and glanced at the signboard of the Brilliant Times Cinema, then stepped in and followed the others.

Wang Changtian is right about people. He, Wu Kebo, does hold a grudge. At the premiere of "Space Warriors", he didn't even invite the Brilliant Era because he hated the "Sky Curtain" of the Brilliant Era.

But he never expected that Bright Times did not invite him to his premiere, but Bright Times invited him.

Is this intentional?

Or is it too large?

He believed that Bright Era did this on purpose and deliberately invited him to such a high-profile premiere to enhance the reputation of "Sky Curtain" and thereby suppress his competitor.

It can only be said that people who are short-tempered often cannot think of good things.

But he had to come. In addition to being brilliant, the signatures on the invitation were Huaying and Yinghuang. He had to give up the honor and could only endure the discomfort to attend the premiere of this competitor.

"Oh, is this a movie peripheral?" Hollywood actress Armas raised a finger and said. She has starred in "Blade Runner" and "Marilyn Monroe" and has attracted global attention.

When they saw the movie peripherals, foreign filmmakers became very curious.

In the Hollywood news, China does not have a local peripheral market. Reports every year are about how much money the Hollywood peripheral industry makes in China.

China seems to be a good place to sell goods, and its own film and television market is like a desert with no industry derived from it.

However, when I saw the display cabinets surrounding the movie, the figurine toys such as [Gunsanya Bridge] and [Canopy Gate] were very exquisite and highly ornamental, which somewhat broke the perception of foreigners.
To be continued...