"The oriental color of Firefly is admirable, and although there is not much penetration of Japanese culture, it is a science fiction masterpiece. - Four stars (five out of five out of a perfect score), Hui Junsei, "Yomiuri Shimbun".

In the past few days, all kinds of information about Wang Yang and "Firefly" have fully occupied the pages of the Japanese media, such as the entertainment star version of "The Grand Occasion of the Magical Yang Movie Club", "Wang Yang Says He Loves Hikaru Utada the Most", the animation industry version of "Wang Yang intends to help excellent animation land in Hollywood", "Wang Yang likes Hayao Miyazaki's movies the most, saying that he is greatly influenced by them", and the film review version of the tirade "Firefly expands a new space for Asian cultural expression", "Tribute to the death of anarchists, the great shock inherent in "Firefly", "" Firefly: How Hollywood Movies Conquer the World with Special Effects"...... In the past, films containing samurai culture, such as "Kill Bill" and "The Last Samurai", have received mixed reviews in Western film critics, but they have received unsparing praise in Japan. However, Japanese film critics' feelings about "Firefly" are very complicated, first of all, the oriental color in it is, in the final analysis, Han culture, not samurai culture and chrysanthemum culture, and their sense of identity is naturally weaker; secondly, director Wang Yang is of Chinese descent, although folk fans fanatically pursue him, right-wingers have always looked at this kid unpleasantly.

The Yomiuri Shimbun, a veteran conservative newspaper with the largest circulation in the whole day, did not shy away from Miraculous Yang and "Firefly", and was also a part of the whole process of tracking attention, but it did not forget to hint that "you can't see Japanese culture", and viewers who want to watch samurai swords in the film can go home! Don't be sentimental! And the far-right newspaper "Sankei Shimbun" even said that "beware of "Firefly" to promote the ambition of representing Asia with Chinese culture", Japanese culture is the No. 1 in Asia, and the star alliance will be formed in the future is also the United States+Japan, viewers who agree with this point of view can go home!

Of course, right-wingers hope that "Firefly" will not collect 10,000 yen in Japan, and it is better to end up with a total box office of 9,999 yen, but excluding the comments of far-right activists who do not analyze the film itself, even conservatives have to praise it a few times, and the newspapers can still be described as full of praise.

In fact, the professional ethics of Japanese film critics have always been criticized, and last year, the great director Takeshi Kitano bombarded the Japanese film critics at the 5th Tokyo Film Organization commemorative event, and he said sharply: " Nowadays, there are some people in the Japanese film industry who make money by wantonly hyping up movies, slandering films that they don't like and have different positions, and they don't have the professional ethics that they should have as filmmakers. ”

Although Kitano did not name him at the time, industry insiders speculated that the main target of his bombardment was his nemesis, Takaaki Sugiura, who almost all had negative opinions about his works.

Japanese movie fans are not blind, and there is a saying circulating on the Internet that "Sugiura's movie reviews are not credible", but to everyone's surprise, the poisonous tongue Sugiura Takaaki actually said good things for "Firefly" in the past two days: "This is a good movie with depth, content, culture, special effects, music, beauty and (okama), it is definitely worth watching! However, it is a pity not to see Wang Yang and Robert Downey Jr. doing it." ”

Takaaki Sugiura and Katsuaki Sugiura are twin brothers, they originally worked as behind-the-scenes costume directors on TV stations, and the two later entered the Japanese entertainment industry as poisonous tongues and "gay twins", one said movies, the other said fashion, and the mantra was: "Because I'm a, everything is straightforward." ”

From 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nippon Television (NTV) had a program called "Pretty Girls", in which Katsuaki Sugiura found eight, as well as middle-aged old comrades with aunts' styles, personalities, words and deeds, and then taught Japanese audiences things such as flower arrangement, makeup, beauty, and yoga.

So it is often said that Japanese pop culture has a very weird and absurd side, of course, compared to, the magical Yang who looks "full of strong masculine atmosphere" is more popular with girls, and he is Chinese-American, which is much more emotionally acceptable to conservatives, and in the face of the crazy situation of "Firefly" sweeping the world's 1.5 billion box office, and the huge sensation caused by Miraculous Yang's visit to Japan, it is difficult for the audience to say "baa!", many people just want to watch a good movie, and the media will also form a topic, which will help "Firefly" One arm, that's why Flame Films arranged for it to be released in Japan closer to August.

Now that many of these newspapers and publications carrying Wang Yang's news and press conference Q&A have been sent in bundles to newsstands in Tokyo and all over Japan and put on shelves, fans have bought them like treasures and read them with relish.

"Hello hoc!" Many different fans couldn't help but chant with joy when they saw their favorite person receiving the amazing praise!

As we all know, the Japanese-American singer diva returned to New York at the end of last year to develop, but the sales of her debut English album "EXODUS" in the United States were not ideal, and the market response to the new single this year was not satisfactory, and now it is rumored that she is moving back to Tokyo.

Although fans hope that she can release more Japanese albums, it is not a good thing to watch her idol in such a lonely and depressed situation! Now Wang Yang actually said, "I usually like to listen to Hikaru-Utada songs", which is really a great honor and surprise! This sentence will help to go back to the United States, right? And even if the film industry is different from the music record industry, it is certain that if he gets the support and help of Magic Young, Hikaru Utada will have more opportunities in North America.

In fact, Hikaru Utada has long said that "Young-ang is my biggest idol", and there is no Asian American girl who doesn't want to marry Magic Young, and she naturally does the same. According to Hikaru Utada, when she was 15 years old in 1998, before she moved to Tokyo, she was taken aback by both inside and outside the film of "Ghost Shadows", and since then she has admired Wang Yang. The Utada family are all musicians, but she revealed that she didn't aspire to a music career at the beginning, and said "I will never make music in the future!", but in 98 I was too eager to know Magic Yang, so I decided to agree to EMI to develop in Japan, and return to the United States with achievements and fame.

In the first half of 1999, Meimeng just had some eyebrows, and Miraculous Yang had a sweetheart girlfriend over there, and the two of them were so glued that others despaired. Now Udada Hikaru married Japanese music MV and film director Kiriya Kazuaki as early as 02; Wang Yang also got married last year, which made countless Japanese girls heartbroken, and the number one fan Udada Hikaru took this as an interesting story and said: "I often quarrel with Ming because of Wang Yang, but now it's okay." ”

"Hikaru will be very happy to know that Yang Jun likes her songs, right?" The fans sighed, if time could be turned back, would Hikari choose to take the initiative to pursue the magic Yang? In fact, in 98 years and now, it is not difficult for Mitsuru Utada to know the magic Yang, just some stubbornness, some waiting for fate to arrange.

Of course, there are more than one big-name Yang fans who are active in the Japanese entertainment industry, the music industry and other fields, including Miyazaki Aoi, Horikita Maki, Koda Laiwei, Kuraki Mai and others have expressed their admiration and love for Magic Yang on different occasions, anyway, everyone's profile form, favorite movies, favorite directors and other columns will have him;

Many fans of the entertainment industry have a beautiful vision of "Wang Yang brings idols", but anime fans are "Wang Yang's adaptation and production of Hollywood movie version", because he did not clearly say the anime object he likes, only said "chances" and "excellent works", which one will really be adapted from the flame movie?

In any case, on Saturday, July 30th, 756 movie theaters across Japan ushered in a sci-fi epic that has grossed more than 1.5 billion worldwide, and "War of the Worlds" in the fifth week, "Star Wars Prequel III" in the fourth week, and "Pokemon: The Brave of Fantasy and Waveguides-Lucario" in the third week ushered in a terrifying enemy!

In the North American market, July 22-28 just came to an end, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" won the championship with a box office of 45.9 million, becoming the third film to win two North American weekly titles this summer, and the four-week champion "Firefly" ended the sixth week of the campaign, its box office trend was -55.7%, closing 15.5 million to rank fifth in the week (3,641 theaters average $5,145 per theater), and the total North American box office rose to 599.8 million, far from surpassing the film history champion " Titanic is only one step away! After adjusting for inflation, it continues to maintain its film history ranking at No. 15.

Overseas, "Firefly" still has 107 markets this week, and the box office trend fell by 54%, after collecting 33.4 million in a week, the total overseas box office rose to 909.4 million, and the global total box office in 42 days was 1.5092 billion.

This week, its North American trend has increased from -38.4% to -55.7%, and the overseas trend has increased from -35.6% to -54%, firstly, it has entered the final stage, and secondly, there are many new films released in various markets, and there are four more large-scale films released in the North American market.

The 126 million cost production "Escape from Clone Island" directed by Michael Bay is impressively listed, but the producer and distributor Warner Bros. & DreamWorks suffered a major blow! The three indicators of Rotten Tomatoes are 40%/39%/67%, and the box office in the first week is only a pitiful 18.35 million (3122 theaters average 5,880 per theater), another veritable big bad movie this summer! What the hell is going on! Even if the movie is rotten, it won't be like this! Yahoo Entertainment and other media, BOM and other box office agencies, Warner Bros. and other companies really can't figure it out, there are explosions, handsome guys and beautiful women...... What a summer vacation popcorn movie!!Director Michael Bay, starring Scarlett Johansson and others suddenly became commercial poison.

In addition to the 2.8 million small-budget film "The Bustling River" with a single theater of $10,425, "New Young Stick Breaks the World" and "House of a Thousand Corpses 2" have all disappeared silently and dismally.

No matter what others do, the follow-up power of "Firefly", which has collected 1.5 billion global box office, will be "negligible", and how far can it go in the film history rankings? It depends on the performance of Japan, the last big box office, and at this moment, the interstellar cowboys are collecting yen in 756 Japanese theaters!

Wang Yang has no itinerary on the 30th, taking advantage of the free day, he can finally take a walk around Tokyo, and generally do not bring bodyguards to the streets in Los Angeles, because there is no danger in the streets of well-ordered communities and there will be no crazy fans, that is, the paparazzi are the most annoying;

"Yang-jun, Yang--" Bursts of excitement came and went, and the fans who followed left and right surrounded the anime store in Akihabara, and the middle-aged boss followed Wang Yang, who browsed the rows of shelves with interest, and kept saying excitedly: "Your Excellency's presence really makes us shine!" Wang Yang told the shopkeeper through the translation assistant: "I'll just go shopping for a while, buy some things and leave, I'm really sorry to disturb you." ”

Seeing him, the customers who had been in the store were stunned, and their eyes did not blink as they watched him walk by; and the boss was so excited that he was almost stupid, how popular will the magic Yang's patronage bring! He hurriedly said: "Wang Jun can go shopping for as long as he wants! 9% off the whole site! By the way...... Can you give the shop an inscription?"

In less than 15 minutes, Wang Yang seemed to sweep the venue and bought a large number of comic books that he was interested in or loved, some figurines and some beautiful clothes and headbands, including the school uniform of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya", although he did not know what kind of anime it was. But he said that liking anime is not polite, the setting and imagination of the Japanese anime world have always been very interesting, many amazing, if the opportunity is right, Flame Movies will really buy the film adaptation rights of the corresponding work.

After leaving the pen inscription "Geek Paradise" in Chinese and English, Wang Yang wanted to go to the famous maid café in Akihabara to see what was going on, but with more and more fans behind him, he found that he underestimated the persistence of their enthusiasm, although not a few thousand, but a few hundred people were enough.

So after a hurried walk around Akihabara, Wang Yang was forced to go back to the hotel to stay, and in the evening went to Asahi TV to record a live program, at the end of the program, he said goodbye to the Japanese people: "Everything in the past few days has made me unforgettable, and the enthusiasm of the fans has left the deepest impression on me, thank you for your love! And I thank you for your support on behalf of all the crew members of "Firefly", remember to watch it! I didn't have time to enjoy the food in Tokyo this time, let's finish it next time!"

"Yang Jun ......" fans of thousands of households looked at the magic of the warm smile on the TV screen, and in the bright Tokyo at night, Ginza, Shinjuku and other street people looked at the outdoor LED display screen of the high-rise building, only to see Wang Yang smile and say: "I will come again, promote movies, travel and shopping, I will! Finally, thank you, goodbye!" Countless girls who had long had moist eyes suddenly burst into tears, Yang Jun, goodbye!

After sleeping in the New Otani Hotel for half the night, at five o'clock in the morning on the 31st, Wang Yang and his party officially departed from Narita Airport.

At least 3,000 reluctant fans gathered in the terminal building, emotionally sending off their idols, until the plane took off smoothly, they gradually dispersed, and many fans began to return to Osaka, Iwate and other places, ending this crazy star-chasing journey.

Here, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department sent off the "plague god," over there it was the turn of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Department to have a sad face, and there was another extremely fanatical fan reception at Incheon International Airport! This time, it was staged by three or four thousand Korean movie fans, and the momentum they shouted was no worse than that of the Japanese girls: "Yang, magical Yang-"

Seoul is the fifth and last stop of Wang Yang's planned trip to Asia, after all, the Korean market has contributed a lot to "Firefly", and the fans are equally enthusiastic. But Wang Yang will not stay in South Korea for long, there are no plans for film clubs, press conferences and other activities, and there is no announcement of the recording of the program, he just came to visit a few circles to thank his fans, do a few media interviews, including TV entertainment news programs and newspapers, and then take the flight back to Los Angeles that night.

Despite this, "Miraculous Yang's Visit to South Korea" is enough to cause a huge sensation and attention, you must know that "Firefly" has been the box office champion in South Korea for six consecutive weeks, and it has broken the record in film history, and has now swept a total of 55.1 million US dollars at the box office!

The number of viewers of "Firefly" exceeded the 10 million mark to 11.06 million, becoming the third film in Korean film history to win this award after "Shibi Island" with 11.08 million in 2003 and "Taiji Flag Flying" with 11.74 million in 2004;

"Whew-"

When the night fell in Seoul, Wang Yang finally sat down in the first-class seat of the passenger plane returning to Los Angeles, he couldn't help but lean on the back of the chair and exhale a long breath, this trip to Asia was really tiring! In just one week, he ran five stations and almost did the same thing, from the beginning full of interest to tired and then a little boring, he still heard the crazy shouts of the fans in his ears, and there were blurred faces and afterimages in front of him, the magic Yang, Yang Zai, Brother Yang, Yang Jun, Yang Daren...... He's like lightning now!

Looking at the beautiful blonde stewardess with a graceful figure walking by, Wang Yang laughed and closed his eyes, he just wanted to hear the gentle and affectionate "dear" now, he just wanted to quietly feel the wonderful fetal movement of the baby, and he just wanted to return to that sweet and warm home.

(To be continued)