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In fact, before Cao Xuan could take action, Lu Tailang's reputation was already in danger.
Because his speech not only scolded Cao Xuan, but also dissed a bunch of viewers.
All walks of life have iron rules that they cannot touch. Among them, 99% of industries have a common iron rule, which is that you cannot antagonize your parents.
As an artist, you can’t quarrel with your fans!
As a player, you can't criticize the fans!
As an online article author, you can’t criticize your book friends!
Treat your book friends as a treasure, even if they say you are short, short, and small, you must keep smiling and show your love like crazy.
In the same way, a director who relies on box office to make a living must not antagonize the audience, otherwise he will lose his own job.
Feng Pants was very controversial in the past, but he always had his own audience base. However, after publicly scolding the audience, his reputation completely collapsed, and he has been considered a stinker ever since.
But no matter what, Feng Pants still has his own masterpiece, with his own highlights and confidence.
And what does Lu Tailang have? A movie called "Kekexili" that is said to be a god, but how many people have actually seen it? Compared with the popularity of the audience, Feng Pants is far behind him.
However, the fate of Feng Pants is still the same, let alone a new generation director who is far from proving himself.
Representative of the sixth generation of directors?
The fifth generation has been scolded a lot. No matter which director or artist it is, it is impossible to be above the audience, let alone publicize the connotation.
Screenwriter Shi Hang directly commented on the matter on Weibo: "Lu Chuan has cut himself off from the audience!"
This is a bit exaggerated. Just this matter alone is not enough to completely beat Riku Taro to death.
But "Jinling, Jinling" was already in the midst of controversy, and Riku Taro was being scolded, which just added fuel to the fire.
Not to mention, he offended Cao Xuan.
With Boss Cao's status, it is impossible for him to go out and face off in person. It would be too embarrassing.
But don't forget, Cao Tianwang has a huge number of fans, and he has never lost in a verbal battle.
And aside from the fans, many celebrities are also gearing up, especially the star artists, who are almost moved to tears because they finally found the time to express their loyalty to their boss in public.
Riku Taro, what a good man!
Fan Xiaopang reacted the fastest and was the first to post on Weibo: "If thinking about the audience is a cancer, then I am willing to be a cancer for the rest of my life. A self-righteous person who does not know how to be grateful to the audience truly has no bottom line."
Sister Fanxing is very upright. Although she didn’t mention her by name, she directly forwarded Lu Tailang’s video. The meaning is self-evident.
Damimi’s Weibo was only a few minutes behind Fan Xiaopang’s. It was a bit slower and her words were more intense.
"Director Lu is my senior. When I first watched "The Gun" and "Kekexili", I thought he was really awesome, and I admired him very much.
Now that I saw "Jinling, Jinling", I know I was wrong. He is not awesome, he is just awesome..."
The words were crude but not crude. Although the scolding was vulgar, it was a boost. Empress Donggong specially gave her a like. Damimi was so happy that she directly pinned it on Weibo.
As for this Weibo that is suspected of containing vulgar words, according to Weibo rules, if the number of views is very high or someone reports it, it is possible to block certain words.
However, until this Weibo article reached the top three of the hot search list, Weibo officials did not make any statement.
The speeches of Fan Xiaopang and Damimi attracted a lot of celebrities, especially almost all of them in the stars.
After all, when the boss is humiliated, other colleagues will be filled with indignation and want to tear Taro to pieces. You may not get any rewards if you follow the crowd, but if you stand out and remain silent, you will definitely be included in Boss Cao's notebook.
As a result, a large number of celebrities and artists posted on Weibo or gave interviews, some of which criticized Riku Taro's speech, and some of which criticized the movie "Jinling, Jinling". Some of them were fierce or tactful, but overall, almost all of them were on Cao Xuan's side.
Hu Ge: "Clearing the Land for the Invaders, a movie that uses national grief as a commercial gimmick."
Liu Tianxian: "In my lifetime, "Jinling, Jinling" is the most disgusting movie I have ever seen!"
Jiang Wen: "Xiao Lu didn't make any sense. It's not shameful if he loses at the box office, but it's shameful if he loses his character."
Feng Pants: "No matter what, you can't scold the audience. The audience is equivalent to God. Is there anyone who can scold God?"
Liu Yan, who is known as Fanxing's number one troll, even directly posted @Lu Tailang on Weibo, calling him names and scolding him.
"Someone thinks that his thoughts are unique and noble, but in fact this movie is full of flattery for so-called art. It's not that the audience can't understand it, but that the audience understands the filth under the halo of war and humanity.
It will feel extremely disgusting.
Just like this, you are still proud of the so-called "filmmaker's character". I beg you to stop tarnishing these two words. Didn't your elementary school teacher teach you the true meaning of these two words?
Really, you are disappointed with the market and the audience. In fact, I am also quite disappointed. Such a bad movie has a box office of tens of millions. This is one of the biggest shames in the history of the Chinese film industry.
"Jinling, Jinling", I think it should be called "Kadokawa, Kadokawa", you should also change the name to a certain Kawa Taro, it is deep and meaningful..."
Back then, Liu Yankai ripped apart Director Chen and became famous in one battle, which shocked the entire network.
In the past few years, Liu Yan has been eating fast and chanting Buddha, and the years have been peaceful. She has become a beautiful host sought after by countless people. Many people have forgotten the past. Today's return to the world reminds people of her past style.
Boss Cao: "Salary increase, salary increase is a must, bonus and annual leave are all arranged!"
The fate of a large number of celebrities made this incident completely out of the spotlight. Under the huge public opinion, even the official media could not help but criticize the movie.
Without Cao Xuan's help, Lu Tailang would have been infamy for thousands of years.
It seems that the Film Bureau has also blacklisted him, which is not to say banned. However, in the future, his films will be reviewed intensively. These various levels are many times more difficult than ordinary films.
At this juncture, Cao Xuan hesitated whether to kill them all, but the answer was... of course he had to beat up the drowned dogs.
It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, and not to use your reputation as an academic overlord!
Cao Xuan doesn't do anything right. Most of the time it's not that he's kind, but that he wants to leave a good reputation for himself. But there are some people who don't need to hold back.
The best way to do this is to nail the coffin, bury it with compact soil, apply cement, and weigh it with a few large rocks.
Therefore, the seminar must be held, not only inviting experts, but also several netizens who are scolding on the Internet. After all, there are experts in the private sector.
Well, the host will ask Liu Yan to come when the host arrives...
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For Cao Xuan, Lu Tailang was just a seasoning, not even angry, but at most bored and disgusted.
If you can knock him down with just one slap, there is no need to work hard for it.
Rather than worrying about Lu Tailang, Cao Xuan is still more concerned about the official opening of the North American summer season in May.
On May 1st, "The Wolverine" was officially released, grossing more than 30 million at the box office that day, completely succeeding "Taken 2".
Since then, "Star Trek", "Angels and Demons", "Terminator 2018", "Night at the Museum 2" and "Up" have been released one after another. In the May summer season, they will fight each other and take turns to reach the top.
"Taken 2", which has been in decline for two weeks after its release, will find it difficult to compete head-on with the blockbuster movies that have just been released. It will go its own way.
Compared with the general top-heavy Hollywood movies, the box office trend immediately collapsed after the first week.
"Taken 2" is no exception, but its stamina is relatively strong. It still took in nearly 20 million U.S. dollars at the box office in the first week of May.
At this time, the box office of "Taken 2" in North America has reached 125 million. Based on the effective box office harvest period of 2 to 3 months in North America, the goal of 150 million is not difficult to achieve.
Even, according to estimates from an authoritative American agency, the final North American box office of "Taken 2" is likely to be around 165 million.
The accuracy of this agency is still very high, especially for a movie like "Taken 2", which was released almost a month ago, has basically overstretched its potential, and has enough data to support it, and has a stable box office trend. As long as there are no special changes, the average data
The error does not exceed US$2 million.
This result, if it were in early May, would directly top the box office in North America in 2009.
But it is a pity that it will not be possible to reach this figure until at least June or July, and by that time, the summer blockbusters will have already exploded, and naturally they will not be ranked number one at the end of the year.
But even so, winning the North American weekly championship for two weeks is enough to be proud of, and it also broke the North American box office record of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" for a Chinese-language film.
Although many people do not think "Taken 2" is a Chinese-language movie, the film's various procedures do follow the Chinese-language film process, or it can be said to be a Sino-US co-production.
If we must be serious, the original producer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also had a lot of overseas capital, but the leading cast was all Chinese.
Of course, with Cao Xuan's current achievements, there is no need to be more serious about these two records. It's best to forget it, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't count.
What he values more is that the popularity of "Taken 2" has continued to expand his appeal and influence in North American movies.
Even not just in North America, this movie has a considerable box office worldwide.
In mid-May, the box office of "Taken 2" in mainland China exceeded 250 million yuan. It was delayed for ten days and was expected to be about 300-320 million yuan, which is about 45 million yuan when converted into US dollars.
After the baptism of "Red Cliff" and "Three Kingdoms", Cao Xuan's box office appeal in other parts of Asia has skyrocketed, especially compared to the Asian box office of the first "Red Cliff", which has made great progress.
The total Asian box office of the first "Taken" was less than US$50 million, while the second one is expected to gross nearly US$30 million in Japan and South Korea alone.
Coupled with various miscellaneous calculations including domestic and other countries and regions, the total box office in Asia is expected to be close to hundreds of millions of dollars, which greatly exceeded the expectations of Stars and New Line.
You know, the first part of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff", which is very popular in Asia, does not include domestic box office, the Japanese box office is only 82 million + US dollars, including South Korea, Singapore and other places, it is only about 110 million US dollars.
And "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff" has a strong theme bonus.
In other words, the fact that a movie like "Taken 2", in which Cao Xuan is the only one to carry the flag, can achieve this result shows that he and the "Taken" series have accumulated enough appeal in the Asian film industry.
In addition to Asia, the box office in various parts of Europe and Australia is also considerable. The UK has the most, probably about 16 million US dollars, followed by Australia, with 10 to 12 million US dollars.
In other countries such as Germany, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, the amount varies according to local schedules and channels. The most can get almost 8 million US dollars, the least can only get tens of thousands of US dollars, but most of them are around hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Calculated together, the sales in Europe and Australia are about 50 million U.S. dollars. The box office in South America is limited, but it can be sold more or less.
New Line had previously estimated that the global box office of "Taken 2" would be over US$200 million, which was not entirely wrong. It was mainly because it underestimated the potential of the Asian market.
But no matter what, it is always a good thing to have more box office. Even if the Asian box office revenue goes to Fanxing and jointly produces a movie with a global box office of 300 million US dollars, it will be enough for Galano to temporarily escape the danger of unemployment.
Galano can't wait to get Cao Xuan to film the third film as soon as possible, and so does Anne Hathaway. After "Taken 2" became a hit, her phone calls became much more frequent than before.
However, Cao Xuan did not give the two correct words and did not stay in the United States longer.
In early May, after "Taken 2" made little progress at the North American box office, Cao Xuan and Hu Jing returned to China.
Around the time he returned to China, the script discussion meeting for "Jinling, Jinling" began.
A luxury expert guest group of up to 50 people is enough to directly carry out a national historical project, let alone analyze a very crooked movie, which is simply a cannon to swat mosquitoes.
After a two-day seminar, more than 4 hours of the essence version was finally examined. Many experts and movie fans took turns to criticize "Austin, Autumn" from multiple angles, and even stripped the movie to its core.
Remaining.
If there were still a group of literary youth or "senior movie fans" who had some filters for this movie.
As soon as this seminar comes out, supporting "Jinling, Jinling" is not just a matter of butt, but an issue of IQ.
The only regret is that Lu Tailang is timid.
I have been invited to the seminar many times, but I have never accepted the invitation, but it doesn't matter. A series of blows are enough to turn this high-spirited representative of the sixth generation of directors into a street rat that stinks on the street.
Of course, there are still three thousand nails in the ruined ship. Riku Taro has reached this point, but he still has beautiful friends to keep him company.
His girlfriend Qin Lan still never leaves him. The irony is that the two did not get together in the original time and space, and the fault is obviously not Qin Lan.
Another person who publicly spoke out for Lu Tailang was Liu Huohua, saying that even if he was wrong, he did not need to be condemned by the entire Internet because his crime would not be that serious.
Liu Huohua and Lu Tailang have a very good relationship. Many of Lu's subsequent films were all co-produced with Liu Huohua. "The King's Feast" was the male lead. "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" was also originally cast with Liu Huohua, but was later forced to change the role by Taiwanese capital.
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Liu Huohua also regarded Lu Tailang as his confidant, and even in the midst of the storm, he still insisted on the latter being his best man. He also took the initiative to call Cao Xuan and Dongxi Ergong to intercede for Lu, hoping that Cao Xuan would show his favor.
Cao Xuan particularly admired his loyalty, so he and Dongxi Ergong were absent from each other's wedding.
At the same time, Liu Huohua was also put on Fan Xingxing's blacklist.
Liu Huohua has no problem with loyalty. If it were Cao Xuan, he might not give up on his brother, but if he was caught in this kind of thing, Cao Xuan would choose to shut up.
He, Lu Tailang, was kind to Liu Huohua, but Cao Xuan was not much worse towards Liu Huohua.
"Blood Romance", "Save Mr. Me", "Tough Guy" and many other film and television dramas starring stars, Liu Huohua can participate in it. Although Cao Xuan is not the leading role, without his nod to intercede with the East and West Palaces, it is not Liu Huohua's turn.
On the head.
It is true that Liu Huohua is a double-gold actor, but there are too many actors in the Mesozoic generation who can replace him.
He just thought about Lu Tailang being besieged by the whole network, why didn't he think about how Cao Xuan felt when he was scolded for no reason.
Lu Tailang's favor is a favor, but does the resource given by his boss Cao count as nothing?
Cao Xuan didn't force him to break up with Lu Tailang, he could even understand the other party's difficulties.
For example, Gao Yuanyuan, who was born in Fanxing and participated in "Jinling, Jinling" and was related to both parties, did not speak or take sides on this matter. Cao Xuan had no idea at all. Someone tried to guide her, but Cao Xuan also
Specially designed to be stopped.
But Liu Huohua spoke for Lu Tailang, no matter what his psychology was, to a certain extent he was taking sides.
In this case, in Cao Xuan's heart, there is no need for everyone to continue to be good friends.
Boss Cao is so narrow-minded. It’s not that he has no friends, so he can’t wrong himself.
Later, when Liu Huohua got married, Cao Xuan and the people from the East and West Palaces did not show up, so their face was saved. From now on, the road turned to the sky and everyone went their separate ways.
And Liu Huohua seemed to understand something, but still insisted on Lu Tailang as his best man, not even caring about all the rumors brought about by the wedding.
At the same time, Liu Huohua did not invite all the female classmates in Class 96 of the Chinese Drama Theater. He said that he was afraid that if they came, no one would look at his wife and consider the bride.
But it's hard to say whether there is something in this. The second palace didn't arrive at the same time. He was afraid that the media would cause trouble, so he simply didn't invite him.
Not only female classmates, but also all the celebrities who had criticized Riku Taro, many of them were not invited by him. Some were invited, but they were afraid of being embarrassed by meeting Riku Taro, so they chose to give them a gift that would not go unnoticed.
In short, because of supporting Lu Tailang, Liu Huohua not only "ruined" his wedding, but also offended a lot of people, and his public reputation also suffered a serious decline.
Liu Huohua did not regret it later, but Cao Xuan no longer cared about an "old man" who had changed his life.
On June 1, 2009, Children's Day, Cao Xuan's family celebrated their precious daughter's second birthday at home.
It happened to be the same day that [Penguin Star Video] was officially launched, announcing that Fanxing and Penguin’s tentacles had extended into the field of video websites.
After coaxing his daughter, Cao Xuan turned on the computer, downloaded the software, and prepared to try it out.
He had tried many experimental products in the company before, but he didn't have time to try the final product because he went to the United States, but he estimated that it was not much different from the last version.
The Internet speed was very fast, and the download was completed in a few minutes. A penguin icon holding a yellow star appeared on the computer screen in a naive manner.
The software icon of Penguin Star Video is similar to that of QQ Star Music, except that the star of the latter is behind the penguin, and the layout is a penguin wearing headphones lying on the star.
These two icons were also personally selected by him and Xiao Ma from hundreds of icons.
Software icons have no meaning. It is enough to have a certain degree of recognition. It is mainly for people to remember. It would be better if it has some company elements and characteristics.
When I opened the website, it just started going online. There were basically no ads. The initial pale white page was refreshing, simple and clean.
The first page that the website jumps to is the front page, next to it are [Movies], [TV], [Variety Shows], [Animation], [Sports], [News], [Creativity] and other sub-categories, and there is also [
Popular Selection], you can browse popular videos on the entire site,
The layout is not complicated and is clear at a glance. Even a TV novice can understand what is going on after just two glances.
Cao Xuan clicked in and took a look. The film and television resources are quite rich. There are probably more than 900 movies and more than 1,800 TV series, including domestic and foreign ones, most of which have a certain influence.
Among them, all Star Movies can be found, and they are the highest-definition versions on the entire network.
Variety shows and animations are a bit behind. The latter has more than 150 foreign supplements, while variety shows only have about 30.
As for the news, it is all the news video version of Penguin News and Fengyun Studio, and subsequent news resources basically come from these two directions.
At the same time, the website is also self-organizing two news columns, one focusing on entertainment gossip, and the other focusing on Internet embarrassments and jokes.
In terms of sports, NBA and European football broadcasts are too expensive and time is tight. Penguin Stars wandered around and only won the rights to the Chinese Super League and CBA.
However, sports is actually also a major category of video websites. If it can be taken over, it can bind a group of users for a long time and hopefully bring back a wave of blood.
In the future, Penguin Star will squeeze out part of the funds to purchase the copyrights of the Premier League, La Liga, Champions League, NBA, World Cup and other events. It is best to obtain exclusive rights. If it is not possible, online copyrights can also be used.
Especially for the Premier League, the various domestic viewing resources are so bad that Cao Xuan can't even watch football with confidence. If the Penguins win, it will satisfy his selfish desires in a small way.
Cao Xuan even thought about sending someone to lure Zhan Jun back to China in advance, and listening to others explain the Premier League would be boring...
Creativity refers to the personalized creative short videos uploaded by various users themselves. However, Penguin Star does not pay too much attention to this aspect. It is more about building the largest film and television network platform.
At present, there is only less than 3,000 units in stock, which is definitely insufficient. The staff has been negotiating, and a steady stream of new resources will be added to the website in the future.
At the same time, the Enterprise Star website has also reached a cooperation with Mtime.com to provide simultaneous ratings, launch the Mtime.com reputation list, and recommend movies and TV shows to the audience.
Of course, these contents are similar to other video websites. The real trump card of Penguin Star is its three major advantages.
One is the industry-leading clarity and broadband network speed advantages, giving viewers the best viewing experience.
This is the hardware advantage, and the second one is the software advantage.
A large number of Fanxing’s resources are all exclusively online. The website has teamed up with Xiao Hei Fatty’s Deyun Club to obtain the exclusive copyright. Xiao Hei Fatty himself has also launched a storytelling program with Penguin Star. The first "Ji Gong Biography" will be online soon.
In addition, Penguin Star has also launched two online cartoon series, "Tomb of the Gods" and "Coiling Dragon".
The previous seasons of "Qin Shi Mingyue", "Zhu Xian" and "Star Change" that were previously broadcast on TV have also been uploaded to the website, allowing netizens to view them freely.
At the same time, "Star Change" also announced that it will change the season-to-season model and also adopt a serialized weekly broadcast.
Fox Animation launched three weekly animes in one go, as well as other seasonal animes, which is really annoying.
Fanxing's web dramas are also in the process of preparation. The first one is Guo Zhenni's "Cannon Fodder Counterattack", followed by "Tomb Raiders Notes" or "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" whose copyright has been obtained by Fanxing.
In addition, the first online drama adaptation is also planned, and works such as "Celebrating More Than Years" and "The Ultimate Servant" are on the list.
As a pioneering web drama, although it has to be named, there is no need to think about those fantasy fairy tale dramas. Even if the special effects technology can keep up, if the quality is to be produced, the cost is too high, and it is impossible for Cao Xuan to lose money and make a profit.
Yell.
Therefore, we will basically focus on works such as historical martial arts cities, and control costs as appropriate.
Regarding the development of Penguin Star, Cao Xuan and Fanxing have a lot of plans. Coupled with QQ's huge user traffic, they are confident that within 2 to 3 years, this website will surpass Youku and Tudou and become the most popular video on the Internet.
website.
Only then will Fanxing, who has mastered one of the terminal platforms, become truly invincible...
