Chapter 580: Waiting to be slapped in the face! Month
"Feng Xiaogang's epic masterpiece "1942", which took two years to create, held a grand premiere in Beijing last night, bringing an unprecedented experience to nearly 10,000 viewers and leading them to experience the snowstorm of 1942.
The road and the baptism of the soul.”
"Tickets for the premiere of "1942" broke the record, and the New Year King Feng Xiaogang returns!"
"The audience at the premiere stood up and applauded, and Feng Xiaogang and other creators burst into tears!"
"'1942' truly reflected the famine that swept half of China that year, and the young audience was greatly shocked!"
"Feng Xiaogang boldly said that "1942" will break through 1 billion without any pressure, aiming at the box office record in film history!"
"Telling the story of southern Henan from a national perspective"
On the first day that Feng Xiaogang's "1942" was released, all major media outlets gave it the most news coverage.
Almost all of them are positive reviews, just like when "Tangshan Earthquake" was released, which shows Huayi's strong publicity efforts.
Online audiences, self-media, and film critics also mostly gave positive reviews, and the few negative reviews were covered by Huayi's powerful public relations.
On professional websites, the score of "1942" is also close to 8, which is a rare high score among domestic movies.
Although Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are the One 2" failed miserably to "Edge of Tomorrow" before, it does not affect his status as a major commercial film director, and he is also the most important one in this year's Lunar New Year.
Moreover, "Tangshan Earthquake" is the first one, and this time it is also a movie adapted from historical events, which also has many people looking forward to it.
Feng Xiaogang and Wang Zhongjun had already achieved a box office record of one billion in Haikou in front of the media. When asked whether they were confident of surpassing the box office record of "The Martian", although they did not say so directly, the media already said it for them.
When reporting, the tone had already changed to breaking the record of "The Martian".
One of the best commercial directors in China threatened to break Tang An's record, so there was a topic. It would be best if Tang An expressed disdain again, and then Feng Xiaogang retorted, what a good topic.
Although Tang An did not express disdain, the two honest sentences he said last night made reporters rack their brains and use a lot of modifiers to change the meaning.
"Last night our reporter met the famous director Tang An after the premiere ceremony. Tang An left immediately after the screening of the movie without staying at all. It was obvious that he was not very satisfied with the movie.
When interviewed by reporters, director Tang An bluntly said that "1942" is too heavy and deliberately exaggerates history."
After a long paragraph of "Tang An's words".
"Director Tang An said that "1942" cannot be compared with "The Martian" at all, and the final box office will not exceed 500 million."
Almost every word of what Tang An said appears in this news, but if you mess it up and insert some other words, the meaning changes.
Generally speaking, directors of the same level will not comment on the films of directors of another level. Even if they do, they will always give a one-size-fits-all answer.
Because no one knows what the hell the words that come out of their mouth will turn into after being modified by reporters.
What's more, the number one director in the country has rated it as one of the best commercial directors in the country. Don't worry about whether it is true or not, let's talk about hype first.
As a result, within half an hour, many media and even self-media released similar news.
In this way, the current situation seems to be that Tang An is criticizing Feng Xiaogang, so Feng Xiaogang's fans will definitely stop.
As the number one director in the country, Tang An has his own traffic.
All kinds of ghosts and monsters came out, there were fans of Tang An, Heizi, fans of Feng Xiaogang and Heizi, and fans of other directors.
Various self-media and marketing accounts did not miss this opportunity to gain popularity.
"Feng Xiaogang is no longer good. He can no longer play comedy, so he resorts to tragedy. Do you still think the audience is as stupid as in "Tangshan Earthquake"!"
"It also broke the record of "The Martian". It would be great to have 4 to 5 billion."
""1942" is so heartfelt. It's so depressing. I worked overtime until eight o'clock to go to the movies, and you just showed me such a terrible thing!"
"This movie is indeed a bit heavy. If you want to watch a cheerful movie, don't go there. But this kind of heaviness is very real. It is a true portrayal of the Great Famine of that era!"
"Stop talking nonsense upstairs. It's real when you watch a movie. Why aren't you real when you watch an American blockbuster? Besides, is "1942" real?
The victims fled to northern Shaanxi and were shot by the army. This was definitely possible for local warlords to do this at the time, but historically it was Shaanxi Province that rescued hundreds of thousands of victims.
In the movie, the Japanese army took the initiative to release grain. It was just a fart. The Japanese army in the occupied areas in 1942 had been driving away the victims. In 1943, under the organization of our party, they destroyed many Japanese army grain depots and besieged the Japanese army headquarters for three days before forcing the Japanese army to release food.
Some of the food will be used to provide relief to the victims.
Also, there was no Battle of Southern Henan in 1942. It was fought only in 1944. It is also a rumor that 60,000 Japanese troops easily defeated 400,000 Chinese troops.
"1942" was originally adapted from "Review of 1942". Is it true? Can it be equated with history?
It is undeniable that "1942" was well shot, but the reality of all movies is to serve the movie itself, just to show the heavy and desperate atmosphere, nothing more!"
One fan even gave examples to refute the events in the movie, but there were many comments to refute him immediately below.
Nowadays, all the news about that era is obtained from the Internet, and no one knows whether it is true or false.
Maybe this website says one thing, and another website says something else.
The main debate is about the movie box office, and people like to predict the box office of movies the most.
Basically, most people think that "1942" can earn at least 800 million at the box office. After all, "Tangshan Earthquake" has received 600 million at the box office. In the past few years, that 800 million is not too much.
Some of Feng Xiaogang's loyal fans are confident of hitting 1 billion, and some agree with Tang An's prediction, thinking that the box office will be 400 to 500 million, mainly because the movie is too heavy.
The debate will be endless for a while, and no one can convince anyone until accurate figures are released.
This is not like reality. If you are not convinced, you may be beaten even if you are beaten.
On the Internet, you can't follow the network cable and punch the person on the other side of the computer.
However, the scale of the debate was not particularly large, and it was just movie fans and the media who took the lead.
Tang An also did not involve the navy and continued to promote "Longling Mysterious Cave" as usual.
Industry insiders don't agree with Tang An's estimate of 500 million in box office for "1942." Feng Xiaogang has already successfully tackled the theme of tragedy once, and the premiere tickets were sold out within two minutes of pre-sale, which is enough proof of Feng Xiaogang's appeal.
As long as the movie has a good reputation, it is inevitable that it will be a box office hit, and it will be more than 500 million no matter how you look at it.
However, only a few people who were looking for a sense of presence, or people from Huayi, or people who had a good relationship with Feng Xiaogang spoke out to refute Tang An.
The other fans watching the movie silently are waiting for the box office to come out on the first day tomorrow and slap Tang An hard in the face!
Huayi Brothers Group and Wang Zhongjun were also angered by Tang An's 500 million box office estimate.
"If You Are the One 2" has such a bad reputation that it sold more than 400 million yuan. You said that "1942" can only sell 500 million yuan. Isn't this disgusting?
In the conference room, Wang Zhongjun asked the public relations department about the trends on the Internet.
"Did Hantang Media do negative marketing to discredit us?"
"Director Wang, the other party's navy has not been hyping up this topic. They have been promoting "Longling Labyrinth" and have not taken any other actions for the time being." The director of the public relations department replied.
"There is no more publicity?"
"Still maintaining the same state as the previous few days, it seems that I haven't really exerted my strength."
This is strange to Wang Zhongjun. Faced with a movie like "1942" that has a high probability of achieving both box office and word-of-mouth success, why is he not doing his best to promote it?
There is only one week difference in the release time between the two parties. One week is enough for "1942" to fully develop its reputation. By then, it will have an absolute advantage in terms of popularity and film schedule.
Unless "The Mystery of Longling" can go against the will of heaven, it will be impossible to escape the influence of "1942".
After the impact of "1942" has passed, Cheng Long's kung fu comedy "Zodiac" will be released again. If one of them fails, "Longling Labyrinth" will be miserably defeated by the two blockbusters.
Wang Zhongjun shook his head and didn't care what Tang An was thinking. He was probably too busy working on the Internet to focus on movies.
When the time came, the lack of timely publicity caused the box office to be lower than expected, which made him cry.
However, Wang Zhongjun did not relax his vigilance and asked the Propaganda Department and Public Relations Department to always pay attention to the trends of Han and Tang media.
At the same time, Feng Xiaogang, who was on a roadshow in Shanghai and preparing for the first show of a ten-city tour, was also dealing with reporters' interviews with an unhappy face.
"My movies are made for the audience. You can ask the audience if the movie is good and if they are satisfied with it!"
"satisfy!"
"nice!"
“So touching!”
“It touched me deeply!”
The audience in the audience was also very considerate, and there were bursts of voices.
Feng Xiaogang continued confidently, "With the support of so many audiences, I believe that the box office of "1942" will definitely exceed one billion!"
Feng Xiaogang also knew that the media had exaggerated Tang An's words, but the estimated box office estimate of 500 million also looked down upon him.
One billion is just Feng Xiaogang's first-stage goal. His ultimate goal is to break the record set by Tang An and prove his ability!
From comedy to tragedy, Feng Xiaogang has completely understood what can move the audience.
Laughing and crying are the most direct and effective ways. He has made the audience laugh before, and "Tangshan Earthquake" made the audience cry.
The tragedy of "1942" this time is even worse than that of "The Great Tangshan Earthquake", and it will definitely make you cry to the extreme!
The day passed in the hustle and bustle, and just after twelve o'clock in the morning, the box office data for December 29th was freshly released.
Many people are waiting for this data. After all, it is the first domestic blockbuster in the Lunar New Year!
However, when seeing this number, almost everyone was a little unconvinced.
ps: I don’t know much about what happened in 1942. I just checked the information. If I’m wrong, please let me know!