When the crew of "The Queen Wears Prada" returned to Los Angeles and disbanded, the WHO announced the lifting of Beijing's travel ban, so that the ban on Chinese cities that had been discouraged by travel due to the SARS epidemic was lifted, and China's inbound tourism also reopened. This is good news for the implementation of the "MIT-21-TEAM" overseas promotion plan in China.

In the entertainment section of many Chinese portals such as Sina and Sohu, the relevant news reports of "Wang Yang's visit to China in August" have gradually increased, and in a recent telephone interview with NetEase, Wang Yang happily said that he is "looking forward to this trip, hoping to let Chinese fans and fans get to know him well", and wished the patients suffering from SARS a speedy recovery.

If there is no audit accident, "MIT-21-TEAM" will be released in Chinese mainland on August 16, Beijing time, and there will be no violent pornographic politics and other issues in terms of review, but the gambling theme is a taboo in radio and television, and the popular Hong Kong films "God of Gambling" and "Gambler" have not entered the mainland market.

At first, China Film couldn't make up its mind about this introduction and cooperation, and under the policy market, even if fans across the country were shouting to watch that movie, radio and television would not be moved, and it might be blocked. However, with the birth of the first Chinese Oscar Best Director, as the flame film changed the positioning and promotion of "MIT-21-TEAM" in Chinese mainland, this card-counting film is finally expected to appear on the big screen in China.

It doesn't use the term "gambling movie", but rather a drama biopic, a confrontation between MIT geniuses and female detectives...... Even the advertising slogan of the playing card poster only says "Adaptation of real people and real events, a hearty genius showdown!", "Oscar Best Director Wang Yang's latest director!" and so on, which does not involve gambling at all.

In North America, Europe, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places, several poster advertising slogans of "MIT-21-TEAM" have the main "If you have to gamble, how can you win?" which is the enrollment slogan of the MIT 21 point group in reality, as well as "Las Vegas is losing a lot of money!", "The loser plays slots, and the big winner plays 21 points." "The Genius Corps will take you to capture Las Vegas!" and other slogans in different regions...... As for whether radio and television will use scissors when it comes to review, it is still unknown, although Flame Movie has expressed a strong willingness to "cut without a knife". But in the United States, the film still hasn't been sent to the MPAA for rating.

"If you have to gamble, how can you win?", "There is no such thing as winning in gambling. ...... "Why do you do that?" In the dimly lit screening room, the film is playing on the screen on the wall, and several main creators such as Wang Yang, Margaret Goodspeed, Christopher Baker, and Valey Pfister sit in their chairs, quietly watching the final film, and the soundtrack is playing from time to time, or the cheerful countryside of the college campus atmosphere, or the wild rock with energetic explosive power.

At the suggestion of Wang Yang, Christopher Baker also reached a cooperation agreement between Flame Films and Columbia Records, and finally chose some songs from AC/DC bands such as ".T.", "Shoot-to-Thrill" and so on.

"Don, Don, Don-" With the sound of energetic music, the screen is a rapid change of time to advance the story, Wu Yanzu sat at the gaming table and looked in one direction with a smile, Alexis, the card counter over there, got up, Natalie sat down, she smiled and looked to the side......; Shoot-you!Shoot-you-don——" Listening to the hoarse shouts of AC/DC, and watching everyone in the 21 o'clock group on the screen laugh and leave, Wang Yang couldn't help but let out a humming laugh of satisfaction, nodding his head and praised: "Wow......! You know fortable, onderful!"

Energetic is a common Chinese slang term in Joss Wheddon's "Firefly" script, and he has seen it so much during this time that he now sometimes speaks it naturally.

Wang Yang turned his head and looked around at everyone, and smiled confidently: "Unless my aesthetics have become non-human, otherwise everyone, why is it not good-looking?" Marigot sighed, nodded slightly, and said, "Now it is indeed more exciting and more exciting...... This music is crazy. Christopher Baker, who is on the score, is also full of confidence and appreciation: "But onderful!"

"It's a beautifully edited scene. Valley Slant also praised that there was no such feeling of sweeping Las Vegas when shooting on the set, but after the editing and stringing, coupled with this noisy soundtrack, the effect was very good, and the director said on the set that "it makes people full of excitement and a sense of achievement".

"I still think it's too fast, it's ...... in many places," Marigot thoughtfully lifted her glasses. Looking at the drag racing screen on the small screen, Wang Yang suddenly smiled and said, "Out of the program, right?"

That "21 Points" is a very Hollywood stylized movie, and the producers seem to have just wanted to make a well-behaved commercial film from the beginning, love, betrayal, friendship, dreams and confusion, as well as family affection...... moved the official "Hollywood Commercial Film Element List" into it, and wanted to get a touch of everything, but in the end it collapsed into a pile of ruins, losing the original charm of the story.

Only by filming the original charm and temperament of this story, and making it well, can this movie have the potential to become a classic. What is the original charisma?math theory, card counting skills and team work, technique, the story of a rebellious genius, a group of characters with a deep MIT school spirit. Popular fist action movies can be seen on the big screen in theaters almost every day, but "intellectual action movies" are not.

This theme provides such an opportunity, "Decisive 21 Points" is completely missed, Wang Yang does not allow himself to miss it, and does not allow any of the same mistakes to be made.

Those boring and verbose elements such as "love, betrayal" are not wanted, and "friendship, team loyalty" does not need to be pretentiously expressed, sometimes just an intimate shoulder, and "Decisive 21 Points" every stroke of card counting operation is exactly where he spends his mind, trying his best to show these initial charms. Of course, Wang Yang also understands why "Decisive 21 Points" is so obsessed with those side branches.

Because the saga needed to be moved, they felt that card counting couldn't hold up a movie, and it was impossible to shoot the protagonists winning money at the table over and over again, so their method was to add details to the clues. But his approach is to wit the detectives, with the first half of the story focusing on Jeff Ma joining the MIT squad to bring about a qualitative change and making money, and the second half on how the female detectives catch them, with nothing wordy except for the two lines.

And in order to be more dynamic, the shots are edited quickly and sharply, the sharp and fast lines, the hot soundtrack, and some interspersed such as "driving fast" such as the opponentless action scenes...... Catch those who are rebellious, those who are young and frivolous.

"That's it!" Hearing Wang Yang say that he was out of the program, Marygote suddenly nodded hurriedly: "Yes, that's it! It's not stylized, which should be good, but wouldn't it be too thorough?"

Now with the music, she understands what he meant by "this movie is rebellious!".

Christopher Baker next to him also thought and said: "It's really special! There are no action scenes, but when the music is scored, I always have a hot feeling." He remembered those beautiful and delicate pictures again, and couldn't help laughing: "Sometimes it's very peaceful and comfortable." ”

"Thank you! That's the psychological atmosphere set off by the camera and the lines...... That's it. Wang Yang smiled, leaning on the back of the chair with his hands on his chest, and everyone continued to watch the film quietly, after all, no matter what, there will be basically no change in the "acceptance" at this step.

The footage of the screen on the wall was still fast, and the voice continued to come from the stereo: "Ma'am, ma'am, please stop...... I already know, it's you!", "Non-capisco-quello-che-dici?", ...... "It's game over!" "......That's it"! That's why the losers play slots. Natalie on the screen smiled and pulled down the joystick: "Then try gambling!"

The sound of tinkling dings has not stopped, the youthful and enthusiastic song music has already sounded, and the cast and crew are played on the screening screen: "Director: Young-ang, Screenwriters: Young-ang, Ben Mozrich, Producer: Young-ang...... Starring: Daniel Wu – Jeff Ma, Natalie Portman – Amanda Cardeni, Rachel McAdams – Beverly Kyle ......"

"Who knows if there is any foul language in these last lines?" In the screening room of the MPAA headquarters, the ten members of the rating who participated in the review looked at each other, some shrugged their shoulders and shook their heads, as if to say "no" or "I didn't hear clearly", and some shouted, "I need to take a break." Todd Morris picked up the remote control and turned it back on, saying, "Look at it again, I don't remember it." ”

Immediately, a fast and clear male voice sounded in the screening room, and everyone was sure after reading it, no.

"Oh!" Karin Wald, who was packing up her notebook, laughed with emotion, still excited and seemed to have a lot of knowledge in her heart, and she couldn't reminisce quietly for a while, she smiled: "That guy is always amazing! It's all Las Vegas, but there's such a vulgar and funny "The Hangover", and this one...... Clever and funny movie, I really like him so much!"

"You're a fan. Another rating member, Brett Carlyle, tapped his notebook with a pen and shrugged his shoulders and commented: "I don't think it's good, it gives me a sense of arrogance, the director, the characters, it's like saying, 'You're all stupid!'" Karin Wald said nonono disapprovingly, and Matt Stark also participated in the discussion: "This movie, how to say it...... I was very satisfied. ”

He had seen everything he was expecting, and he hadn't expected it to feel so good, as if everything was just right, and he was now filled with a sense of relief that he wanted to drink heartily. Thinking of this, Matt Stark laughed, "That line is still haunting my brain, inner-inner, chicken-dinner." ”

"I always think of that. Karin Wald laughed, "Because-e-Can." I think young people will love it, it's very cool......" Bright Carlyle suddenly said, "That's what I mean by self!"

"Only losers play slots. Todd Morris said softly, flipped through the audit trail in his notebook, and said after a while, "PG-13!"

The final production cost of 28 million yuan and the 125-minute film duration of "MIT-21-TEAM" passed the MPAA review in North America with PG-13 rating, and children under the age of 13 especially need to be accompanied by their parents. At the same time, countries around the world that will be released in August have also passed the review of this film one after another, and Flame Films has begun to copy with copy companies, preparing to send reels of film to many theater companies.

In addition to weekends during the summer vacation, there are also many people who go into the cinema every night to watch movies, and there are new battles every day in the fierce summer vacation files.

The perfect "Finding Nemo" has received nearly 300 million North American box office, and the "Fast and Furious 2" has received a scolding from film critics and audiences, Rotten Tomatoes has 36% public freshness and 59% audience like, although the North American box office has reached 120 million, it is not ideal, because this is supported by the high popularity of the first part. Now in the face of word-of-mouth failure, the producer Universal Pictures has been interested in finding a new director, screenwriter and other production teams for "Fast and Furious 3" to create a new story.

And the industry for the flame movie rarely followed, drag racing action film "Furious Speed" suddenly appeared to be less confident, if it is a stock, "Fast and Furious 2" bad news has dragged it down by more than half, although the long list of producers has the name of Magic Young, but the director has not proven that he has the ability to direct commercial films, Justin Lin.

Especially now that the stock of "Chinese Director" is currently in a state of sharp decline.

Last year, John Woo's "Wind Whisperer" had a production cost of 115 million and finally only received 70 million global box office, and the producer MGM suffered a heavy blow to reorganize the top management, and now it is still in the quagmire, which once made the stock of "Chinese director" plummet. However, John Woo hasn't completely messed up the signboard, Paramount handed over the 60 million investment sci-fi action film "Memory Rift" to him, which will be released this Christmas schedule.

This is John Woo's last battle, if the action movie he is best at does not have a decent box office and reputation, then basically no Hollywood studios will dare to hand over tens of millions or 100 million to him at the helm.

The reason why the stock is falling sharply now is because of Ang Lee, with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and excellent box office results in 2001, Ang Lee became the object of competition for many studios, and finally he chose Universal Pictures' "Hulk Hulk", a special effects blockbuster with a production cost of 137 million, a huge amount of overwhelming publicity, and an ambitious start.

But the ending was not very good, after winning the middle and upper box office of 81.74 million in the opening week of June 20-26, but because of the unsatisfactory reputation, the box office fell by 66.9% in the second week and only received 27.03 million, and 12.21 million in the third week...... 34% of the audience likes it on Rotten Tomatoes, 55% of the freshness of well-known film critics, "heavy just for the art of pretending", "overrated Ang Lee", "a great disaster", "Ang Lee turned it into a horror movie, it is unsettling...... Although some people applauded and praised Ang Lee for contributing a superhero blockbuster with a difference, and the psychological portrayal was as delicate and high as ever, it did not handle the rhythm of the first half of the movie is a fact and an irreparable defeat, with the North American box office stagnating at 120 million, and the overseas box office seems to be about to break 100 million, and Ang Lee, "Hulk" and Universal Pictures have all suffered fiasco.

The stock of "Chinese directors" is plummeting, and Ang Lee's worth and the trust of film companies have plummeted to an unprecedented trough.

The box office results of "Breaking Bads 2" released on June 27 are only average, only 85 million in 3 weeks, 54% of the audience's liking and 44% of the freshness of film reviews, and the poor word-of-mouth makes it difficult to recover the production cost of 120 million from the screen alone; "Terminator 3" released on July 2 did not get any good looks, and only 54% of the audience liked it, and the box office was also barely able to catch up with the line; "Legally Blonde 2" also only had 57% like...... The audience is very difficult to serve, and it is even more difficult to get the audience and critics to praise it in unison. The time has come to mid-July, and this year's summer vacation has entered the last 1 and a half months of competition, and several more movies will be released in the future, if that "Chinese director" stock exists, it must be absorbed by many investors when it plummets, because there is a magic Yang this summer, and there is a "MIT-21-TEAM".

However, except for a small number of gambler investors, few people will buy heavy positions, and this movie has a lot of unstable factors, such as the theme of gambling movies and Chinese actors...... There is even a magic theory: "After winning the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar for Best Director, Wang Yang suffered Waterloo like Ang Lee?"

Die-hard fans are naturally dismissive, especially Chinese fans around the world are full of confidence in Magic Young, believing that he will definitely let the "Chinese director" stock sweep away the decline of "Hulk" and rebound sharply.

(To be continued)