Chapter five hundred and eighty third war of words
"Weekly Movie Talk" is one of the famous columns of Yiwang Video. It appears on the homepage every week, so the on-demand rate is very high. It has dozens or millions of clicks on the day and has a fixed audience of netizens.
Therefore, when this issue of "Weekly Movie Talk" was aired on March 26, it was quickly forwarded to blogs and forums, which immediately made Lu Chen's fans "explode"!
Recently, the Lu Chen fan group with Lu Jiajun at its core has been quite unhappy because of the Golden Luan Award nomination. Many people feel grievances for their idol, but they can't find an outlet to vent their anger.
Now we see Wang Xiaoxu belittling "A Chinese Ghost Story" on the show, and even suggesting that the Hong Kong box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was faked. How can everyone tolerate this?
The breath that had been held back immediately turned into artillery fire and blasted towards Wang Xiaoxu!
The main battlefield is naturally on the Inspur blog, where countless fans criticized Wang Xiaoxu's remarks in the comment area.
"Just by looking at the trailer, I concluded that "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not good. Isn't it too easy to be a film critic?"
"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Why don't you believe that "A Chinese Ghost Story" has exceeded 100 million at the box office in Hong Kong?"
"Please don't speak for the general audience and say that we don't like ghost movies if we don't like them?"
"Bullshit film critics tell nonsense!"
"I'm sorry, I saw "A Chinese Ghost Story" in Xiangjiang, and the box office was so good."
"You are talking nonsense without evidence, be careful Lu Chen will sue you for slander!"
“‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ is ten times better than ‘Painted Skin’, and it will definitely not be bad at the domestic box office.”
"Be careful of getting slapped in the face"
The main focus of the fan attacks was Wang Xiaoxu's doubts about the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story", especially the sales performance of "A Chinese Ghost Story" peripheral products. He simply didn't believe it, so he clearly showed his disdain in the show.
mocking attitude.
To be honest, leaving aside the box office, Wang Xiaoxu doubts the peripheral sales performance of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not unreasonable, because this market is basically firmly controlled by Hollywood movies.
It’s not that practitioners in China, including those in Xiangjiang, don’t know how lucrative movie peripheral products are, it’s just that there are some things that even if you want to learn, you can’t learn. It’s not that no one is trying to open up this market, but the result is often a head-on collision.
flow.
There are many examples of losses, and people in the industry have lost confidence. Even for films with a box office of over 1 billion, they have no intention of investing in peripherals. They are content with taking a share of the box office, and at most they can only distribute some posters, photos and albums.
Based on Wang Xiaoxu's understanding of the domestic and Hong Kong film markets, he simply did not believe that Lu Chen would spend money on peripheral products in advance unless he had the ability to predict the future and knew that his film would be a hit.
The production of many peripheral products requires stocking up a long time in advance. Many of them involve design, mold opening, processing, packaging and other numerous processes. Therefore, it is advertised that "A Chinese Ghost Story" has sold more than 40 million units in Hong Kong.
The peripherals are really incredible. How much goods do you need to prepare in advance?
Wang Xiaoxu analyzed according to common sense and concluded that the sales data was fraudulent, but he did not know where Lu Chen was confident.
This columnist and film critic has always been known for his sharp writing and forthright speech. Faced with the bombardment from thousands of Lu Chen fans, he will not shut down the comments like the official blog of the Golden Luan Awards did, but act like a coward.
Not to be outdone, he fought back.
Wang Xiaoxu updated his blog as soon as possible, responding to the doubts with thousands of words, and responded to refute the comments of many netizens with quite fierce words.
In a new blog post, he cited a large number of data and examples to prove that "A Chinese Ghost Story" will not have a big market in the mainland. Faced with the attack from two Hollywood blockbusters, it will inevitably do nothing and will only earn a few fans at most.
Lucky money and peripheral product sales are even more of a joke!
Wang Xiaoxu said sarcastically that "A Chinese Ghost Story" was released during this time period. In addition to proving that Lu Chen was dazzled by previous success, it was basically self-destruction. Reality will give Lu Chen a hard lesson.
As for Lu Chen's fans, Wang Xiaoxu was even more unkind and directly denounced them as "maritime Internet mobs."
Wang Xiaoxu's tough attitude and sarcastic response made the battle on the blog more intense. More and more Lu Chen fans participated, which also had a certain impact on Lu Chen.
You must know that Wang Xiaoxu is half an insider. He has his own friends and connections in the entertainment and literary circles. Faced with the siege of so many people, someone must stand up and help.
Many well-known bloggers expressed their support for Wang Xiaoxu in their blogs either implicitly or explicitly, believing that his judgment on "A Chinese Ghost Story" was not wrong, and even hinted that someone was using this to create hype.
This online spat really put A Chinese Ghost Story on the homepage of Inspur Blog.
Under such circumstances, Lu Chen, who was shot while lying down, could not remain indifferent.
Lu Chen has always attached great importance to his fan group. A large part of Lu Chen's studio's work at the time was in managing fans.
Fans make stars, and artists without fans are nothing. However, sometimes fans can cause trouble for celebrities. For example, in this blog battle, outsiders seem to be inseparable from Lu Chen.
Of course, Lu Chen could remain silent, or say a few words casually, but this would inevitably hurt the hearts of his fans who enthusiastically support him. Many fans are very sensitive and fragile.
Therefore, after careful consideration and consultation with the company's media and public relations department, Lu Chen published a new blog post on his personal blog at 8 pm on the 28th.
In this blog post, he first thanked his fans for their support and also thanked everyone for their love for "A Chinese Ghost Story". At the same time, he hoped that everyone would treat those unfavorable remarks rationally and stop using swear words wantonly on the Internet, because everyone
Everyone has the freedom to express their ideas, but this freedom should not be unlimited.
Looking back on the past six months, Lu Chen is very proud because he wrote, directed, and acted in his first movie, and it has won very good results and reputation in Hong Kong.
Now "A Chinese Ghost Story" is about to be released in China and meet a large number of fans. Although he is facing strong pressure from two Hollywood blockbusters, he is confident that he can achieve the goals he set for "A Chinese Ghost Story".
That is, the domestic box office exceeded 500 million, and the sales of peripheral products exceeded 100 million!
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