After all, if another movie wins the box office championship, why don’t the media cover it with overwhelming coverage and praise?
But when it came to "Young Times", the media reports turned out to be like this——
""Age of Youth 2" won the daily box office championship, which is a tragedy for the industry!!" - Beijing News
""Youth 2" counterattacked "The King of Comedy" and won the Japanese box office championship. Is it really because the audience's taste has deteriorated?" - Movie Weekly
"Bad movies are so popular, "Young Times 2" is accused of: "cheating" children out of money, which is not a real skill!" - Penguin Entertainment
So Ping Xiaosi cried again.
When he was interviewed by the media, he said aggrievedly: "Young Times 2 obviously won the daily box office championship, but it was targeted. This is a kind of discrimination, a kind of discrimination called "Because you are Ping Xiaosi"
Discrimination!”
"What did I do wrong? I just made the movie and told the story to those who like my movie. They are willing to buy tickets to watch the movie. How can it become a 'cheat'?"
"'Age of Youth 2' was originally made for young people. What do you want from me? Do you have to see me fail before you will be happy?"
However, what made Ping Xiaosi want to cry even more was that he even cried and went into battle in person to express his humiliation.
Then......
It's of no use.
Because it starts the next day.
"The King of Comedy" directly beat "Youth 2" at the box office!
On National Day, the box office of "The King of Comedy" increased by as much as 50%, with a revenue of 63 million on that day!
On the other hand, the box office of "Age of Youth 2" immediately began its diving journey, with a revenue of 42 million on the day!
Correspondingly, the reputation of "The King of Comedy" began to gain popularity, and its ratings continued to rise.
Many movie fans posted their movie tickets, and many actually went to see it a second time.
On the other hand, the reputation of "Young Age 2" has not continued to decline, but the problem is that except for the four fans and those fans of popular celebrities, few people pay attention to it.
None of the film critics specifically wrote a review for "Age of Youth 2", and they seemed too lazy to even criticize it.
And there was very little media coverage.
Such differential treatment made both Ping Xiaosi and Gao Le Film and Television burst into tears.
In fact, movies are really not afraid of being criticized. Isn't "Youth 1: The Age of Rebellion" amidst the criticism, but its box office is rising steadily?
But this time, no one scolded me, no, it should be said that there were fewer scolding people.
It seems that I have lost interest in this movie.
It’s the third day of release, October 2nd.
"The King of Comedy" continues to move forward steadily, with daily box office revenue of 65 million.
But "Age of Youth 2" finally experienced a big drop.
It continued to fall steadily that day, closing at only 33 million!
After its first week, the weekly box office of "The King of Comedy" reached 450 million.
However, the weekly box office of "Age of Youth 2" was only 156 million.
You know, "Youth 1" broke 300 million in four days!
But in the second part, the result was that it was broken directly at the waist.
Ping Xiaosi has been very active on the Internet recently, doing roadshows and promotions in person.
Every show attracts countless fans, and the scene is lively, but to no avail.
The box office decline simply cannot be stopped.
On the other hand, "The King of Comedy", in terms of promotion, especially road shows, is actually far less popular than "Youth 2", but the box office is extremely strong!
Ping Xiaoyuki!
Gaole Film and Television is also dead here.
Ping Xiaosi regretted extremely, why did he want to provoke Li Yi, the big devil.
In fact, from the time the movie was released to now, Li Yi is actually a little surprised by the audience's acceptance of "The King of Comedy".
It's really too high.
After the National Day holiday, the market will inevitably start to slump.
At this time, publicity becomes very important.
Therefore, Li Yi once again accepted the invitation from the "Movie Things" column team.
In fact, because "The King of Comedy" has been interpreted in various ways, many people want to interview Li Yi, because the audience is extremely curious, what does Li Yi, the instigator, think?
At the same time, "The King of Comedy" also has many mysteries that need to be solved by director Li Yi.
For example, why is the movie called "The King of Comedy"? It has no direct connection with the movie. Another example is the abrupt scene at the end of the movie. Why did Li Yi arrange it like that? Wait, wait.
This time, Li Yi brought actor Zhou Xing and actress Lian Qingqing, as well as female supporting actor Wu Yongqian, and guest star Chen Weijie to appear in "Movie Things"!
Of course, Chen Weijie is purely helping.
"Movie Things" can be said to be Li Yi's most popular variety show, and it is also a program that Li Yi appears in almost every movie.
After some routine opening remarks, the topic officially entered.
"Director Li, the most discussed scene on the Internet is the undercover scene at the end of the movie "The King of Comedy", and this scene is indeed a bit abrupt. I wonder if Director Li can shed some light on this. Did you shoot this scene?"
What is the original intention of the play?" Fang Nan asked this question directly from the beginning.
This issue is indeed the most discussed and interpreted in "The King of Comedy" currently.
Not only the audience at the scene, but also Fang Nan himself, including Chen Weijie and others, looked at Li Yi curiously.
Li Yi smiled and spread his hands and said: "It's actually not important, right? In fact, I have always felt that after the movie is made, it doesn't matter what the director thinks, right?"
"But there has to be an answer, right?" Fang Nan insisted.
"Do you want to know?" Fang Nan asked the audience again.
"I want it!" the audience shouted in cooperation.
"Well, in fact, anyone who has watched my previous movies knows that I actually don't like movies that bring despair!" Li Yi said with a smile.
"Eh..." The fans below all questioned in unison.
Everyone was probably scolding Director Li Yigou.
Li Yi didn't take it seriously, but turned to look at the audience below and said, "Actually, you really misunderstood me."
"I will analyze it for you one by one. In "The Gift of Room No. 7", although the father died unjustly, have you ever thought about it? In fact, the ending is perfect, because many years later, his favorite daughter became
I hired a lawyer and successfully rehabilitated him. I believe that if he were still alive, he would be laughing very happily, because his daughter has grown up and is living a good life! Therefore, this can be said to be a tragedy,
But it doesn’t make people despair, right?”
The audience at the scene couldn't help but nod, it was really like this.
"The same is true for "Mom Love Me Again". Although the process is very painful, the ending is also satisfactory. The mother finds her son, and he has grown up to become a successful doctor, and the son also finds the love of separation.
As a mother of eighteen years, I believe that such an ending is definitely not disappointing."
"In "The Story of Hachiko, the Faithful Dog", although the professor left and the waiting process was painful, the ending was the same, but it was not hopeless."
"There's no need to say more about "Daughter's Wedding Dress" and "My Sassy Girl," right?"
"So, everyone really misunderstood me. Maybe my movies have tragic elements, but they are always hopeful, right?"
"Bah, bang, bang!" Roaring applause erupted from the scene.
Because Li Yi, who has been criticized as a bad director, his films are indeed not simply classified as tragedies.
