Needless to say, this will be a movie that you won't forget and will want to watch for many years to come!"

Martin Lloyd's film review of "The World of Chu Xing" was published in The Hollywood Reporter the next day.

What kind of era is our time?

Does the development of technology and the abundance of materials liberate or shackle people?

Does it push people in a more autonomous direction, or do they put them more in opposition to themselves, lose themselves more, and become more distant from the real world and the living life?

"The World of Chu Xing" uses an almost cruel story and an allegorical narrative to give us an intriguing answer.

Obviously, Chu Xing only belongs to Chu Xing's world - a manipulated virtual world.

His birth, his upbringing, all his joys and sorrows, if nothing else, including his death, will be staged on a manipulated and designed stage, and will be watched by countless men and women living in the glamorous and rich modern world.

They are integrated with Chu Xing and go through the process of growth together, without Chu Xing, their lives will be unsustainable, the world will be in chaos, and life will be meaningless.

But a reality show that was designed to last for thirty years was finally shattered by Chu Xing's suspicions and desire to explore.

After Chu Xing had endured the test of man-made storms, thunder and lightning, and huge waves, the ship carrying him to the truth ruthlessly smashed through the dazzlingly blue beautiful but false sky.

In that moment, a myth came to an end, and a conspiracy was put under the sun.

More importantly, this deep impact proves that as long as humanity remains, the mind cannot be manipulated forever.

However, Chu Xing does not only belong to Chu Xing's world.

He is also you and me who live in this world filled with electronic gunpowder.

From birth, to growth, to death, our understanding of the world has always been limited, and we can never be like God Almighty, who knows the world in his chest.

We have to resort to various carriers to transcend our physical confines, so that our minds can reach the distant past, imagine the long future, and imagine the foreign world, in order to satisfy our infinite curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

In this sense, we have to agree with McLuhan's wise saying: "The medium is an extension of the human body".

However, the paradox of the development of civilization lies in the fact that it often goes to the opposite of itself, becoming an accomplice to the deprivation of liberty and the dissolution of subjectivity.

Today, the popularity and rapid expansion of electronic media across the globe has fully fulfilled McLuhan's genius prophecy about the "global village."

It is precisely because of this that people all over the world are able to watch the world of Chu Xing on the same earth at the same time, so as to interpret the voyeuristic desire in human nature so vividly and vividly in such a vast range of time and space.

The tragedy of reality lies in the fact that in this era of media, it is difficult for anyone to escape the fate of Chu Xing, and no one has the full confidence to say that they have nothing to do with Chu Xing.

In all forms of reality TV shows, won't we see Chu Xing's shadow?

When we are cheering feverishly for those variety show stars, won't we see the shadows of those viewers holding the TV and staying with Chu Xing on our bodies?

In today's world where economic interests drive everything, the flood of business logic has forced us to play with ourselves, we can only entertain ourselves, and sell our money, privacy, freedom, and even life in the moment of carnival.

In this way, "The World of Chu Xing", as a manipulation metaphor of the times, not only tells about the boundary between the real and the false, but more importantly, reminds us to get out of the deception of the times, get closer to our hearts, and retain a less fashionable freedom in a kind of tenacious reflection.

In fact, in this article, Martin Lloyd wrote a large part of what is hidden in this movie, and at the same time, it also uses the content of the movie to warn ordinary people now.

Not only that, Martin Lloyd also praised Wu Jianye and Zhou Xingchi in his film reviews.

"A long time ago, some people said that I have a soft spot for director Wu Jianye's films, I don't deny this, in fact, after seeing this movie, my admiration for director Wu Jianye has risen to another dimension, in my opinion, only geniuses can come up with such wonderful stories, only geniuses can tell a story with profound meaning, so simple, so close to everyone's life. ”

"In this movie, we can see ourselves and the people around us, and we don't need to think too much, when you see this movie, a lot of questions will naturally appear in your mind, and you will also go to the cinema with this doubt, and watch it a second time, or even a third time......."

"At the same time, there is also the performance of the actor Zhou Xingchi in the movie, he has laid another meaning for comedy, in the past in our movies, it was the kind of performance that was almost mentally retarded, just to make the audience laugh clumsily, and now the actor Zhou Xingchi has redefined a comedian for us, how should he act, the slightly neurotic performance in the movie, I believe that every audience who sees this movie cannot ignore his existence......."

As one of the best-selling magazines in Los Angeles, this report immediately attracted a lot of attention, and many other magazines also published random interviews with viewers yesterday.

"It's an excellent movie, and although it was a little dull at the beginning, isn't our life just plain?

"There are some places that I haven't understood yet, but that doesn't stop me from liking the movie, so I decided that I'll come back tomorrow and hopefully find the answers I want!"

"For a moment, I even suspected that I was living in a fictional world!"

"What kind of movie, it's not interesting at all, it can't be compared with "Jurassic Park" at all!"

There were all kinds of answers, but more of them said that the movie was very interesting and worth their ticket price.

Seeing these answers, the production companies that were also paying attention to Wu Jianye's new movie fell into silence for a while.

When the movie "The World of Chu Xing" was not released yet, they were not optimistic about this movie, thinking that even if Wu Jianye was powerful, what kind of achievements could a Chinese movie achieve in North America?

The biggest possibility is that, like other Chinese films, it has become a particularly niche movie, and it has been praised by some critics, which is already very successful.

But now seeing the answers of these audiences, their hearts began to waver, is Wu Jianye really a genius as Martin Lloyd said, even if it is a Chinese movie, it can achieve good results in North America?

It is in the midst of such suspicions.

The second day of the release of "Chu Xing's World" ended, and it was also in the early hours of the morning, and all the production companies also knew about the box office of the film on the second day.

$15.82 million!

The box office on the third day was still gratifying, with $15.31 million!

Thanksgiving is an original American holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday of November, so on Sunday, the box office is still as high as $14.21 million!

The box office in the first week was as high as $56.23 million!

When this box office appeared, everyone fell into great confusion, even Matthew Murphy and Johnson, both of whom felt that the box office of this movie was a little too amazing!

In fact, when Wu Jianye saw this box office, he was also a little surprised, you must know that in another time and space, this movie is not a movie known for its high box office.

The first-week box office was just over $31.54 million.

Now, even if it is one more day longer than another time and space, it shouldn't have more than 20 million more box office?

In the subsequent investigation done by Phantom Pictures, Wu Jianye knew the reason.

First of all, the fact that this movie can achieve such a high box office must be related to itself, and now Wu Jianye is also a director with great box office appeal in North America, "Ghost Love" and "Jurassic Park" The two movies have made him a god, even if some viewers choose not to watch this movie because of the theme of this movie, but the box office brought by others is still amazing.

In another time and space, although Peter Weir, the director of the movie "Truman's World", is also a well-known director, it is more embodied in independent films, and there is no way to compare with Wu Jianye.

Secondly, the release time of this movie is six years earlier than that of another time and space, and the novel experience brought by it will make the audience of this era even more fascinated by this movie.

When the film was released in the second week, the box office inevitably declined, falling by 35%, to $36.55 million!

This decline is already a very good figure, and according to the current box office trend, the final box office of this movie may be fixed at around $150 million!

Far exceeded everyone's guesses when the box office came out on the first day.

Other studios are aware of the film's production cost, which is less than $2 million, but that's not how much it cost to release the film in North America.

Counting the film's promotion cost of $20 million in North America, this is the film's production cost of $22 million in North America!

The $20 million publicity cost is also one of the key reasons why the film can achieve high box office.

The cost of $22 million in exchange for a box office of $150 million is enough to make many film studios go crazy.

Wu Jianye's appeal in Hollywood has been proven again.

At this time, Wu Jianye was receiving representatives from major production companies, and they had no other ideas, just to establish a good cooperative relationship with Wu Jianye, among which Universal preached with Wu Jianye.

In the future, as long as the film directed by Wu Jianye, their company can invest in it without asking any questions, although RB Panasonic acquired Universal, but Universal's exaggerated debts dragged Panasonic to almost collapse, and Spielberg, who had maintained a good cooperative relationship with Universal, also began to choose to cooperate with other film production companies in the past two years, which is equivalent to cutting off Universal's arm, and the situation is even more difficult.

Now they urgently need to find a director with more box office appeal to work with.

And Wu Jianye is their target.

As for the contradiction between them and the Phantom and Wu Jianye before, at this time, it was no longer important.

Today's phantom has already become a trend in North America, and no one can be brought down if they want to, and Wu Jianye is now relying on "Chu Xing's World", an atypical movie in North America, to achieve such a huge success, which has made their idea of cooperation even more important.

There are no eternal friends and enemies, only eternal interests!

This sentence is also a standard answer in Hollywood, and the same is true for other film companies, all hoping to establish a cooperative relationship with Wu Jianye!

Before that, Wu Jianye was a director of Spielberg's level in the eyes of all production companies, and after experiencing the baptism of the movie "The World of Chu Xing", they even ranked Wu Jianye before Spielberg!

Because Wu Jianye has never failed.......

Wu Jianye did not say yes to the cooperation requested by all the production companies, nor did he say disagree, and now the phantom has entered the process of stable development in Hollywood.

It's no longer like when it was just starting out, when it had to kill all sides to establish its own authority, and now the Phantom is more about building its own alliance and seeking the path of long-term development!

It is still necessary to find the most suitable business partner for yourself in these alliances!

In the end, Wu Jianye just told them that if there was a need for cooperation, Wu Jianye would find them!

In addition to Wu Jianye, because the biggest benefit from this movie is Zhou Xingchi!

He also received invitations from many Hollywood film companies, and at this time, Zhou Xingchi found Wu Jianye and said what he thought.

"If I don't have the idea of coming to Hollywood to make a movie, it must be fake, but there are many movies in here that I have seen the scripts they handed over, and to be honest, it doesn't suit my style!" Zhou Xingchi said with some distress.

And Wu Jianye smiled after listening to Zhou Xingchi's narration, this is an actor who is very clear about his future plans.

"Actually, I don't think you're suitable to come to Hollywood now!" Wu Jianye said straight to the point.

Then Wu Jianye explained: "In my opinion, now Hollywood film companies found you only after seeing your performance in "Chu Xing's World", but your film style is more exaggerated than this, especially there are many scenes that Westerners can't understand, you and Cheng Long's style is not the same, Cheng Long is an action comedy, everyone knows it at a glance, and your comedy needs some cultural background to be better shown!"

Zhou Xingchi also nodded when he heard this, but it would be a pity to think that if he just gave up the opportunity to come to Hollywood to develop, no one would be so determined to refuse Hollywood's invitation in this era!

Wu Jianye smiled: "If you really want to come to Hollywood, I think you can first familiarize yourself with the cultural background of the West, and then find a compromise in the differences between Eastern and Western cultures!"

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