Chapter 1125: Whitewash and Beautify?
Proud and proud laughing ten thousand waves,
Hot-blooded hotter than red sunshine,
Courage like iron and bones like steel,
Broad-minded,
Vision,
Vows to strive for self-improvement,
Be a good man!
Be a good man!
Be self-reliant every day,
Hot-blooded man,
heat beats red daylight,
Let Haitian gather energy for me,
To open up the world,
Go for my ideals!
Entering December, almost a month before the Chinese New Year's Day, the carefully edited trailer of "Liu Changqing: Top Gun" was grandly released, which quickly aroused a strong response.
In particular, Yang Ming wrote lyrics, composed and sang "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", which is even more popular all over the country.
No matter what the movie is, the theme song has become a hit.
This phenomenon has stunned many domestic film companies.
But I have to admit that this song "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" does sound energetic, making people's blood boil and full of strength.
This composition originated from the popular music of the ancient general's order, and with the trailer of "Liu Changqing" being launched on major media networks, it was immediately praised by countless fans, and it simply sang the hearts of all men.
Strong and powerful, with the iron blood and heroism of the military!
In such a blood-pumping music, watching the carefully edited pictures in the trailer of "Liu Changqing" shocked countless fans!
"Liu Changqing" is a costume action movie!
Although Lu Wansong is a newcomer in the director circle, he is really not the kind of newcomer who doesn't understand anything and holds a microphone for the first time.
He has five or six years of crew work experience in other film companies, although he has never directed alone, but he is no stranger to the work of a director.
In addition, the producer of this movie is Lao Chai, and he is very familiar with Yang Ming's kung fu movie style.
No one can better understand Yang Ming's new action movie shooting style than Lao Chai.
With him to produce and escort Lu Wansong, the action style of "Liu Changqing" is extremely sharp, Yang Ming due to time, although he has not seen the finished film, but after watching the trailer, he is still relieved, and there is basically not much change from "Huang Feihong" in his previous life.
Especially the fierce battle in the rain for about 30 seconds in the trailer, this is a scene that Yang Ming specially explained in the crew book, and Lu Wansong filmed quite successfully.
Yang Ming feels that even compared with the classic rain battle performed by Jet Li in his previous life, he will not be inferior at all.
The sharp and elegant action design style, even if Yang Ming sees it himself, there is nothing to be picky about.
Moreover, he also feels that Ji Feihong has been honed by several movies, and his whole person is becoming more and more mature.
Coupled with his handsome appearance and good skills, he has the demeanor of a grandmaster all over his body, and he is really the right person to choose him to play Liu Changqing.
With classic music and powerful action pictures, the trailer of "Liu Changqing" attracted strong attention from fans as soon as it was launched.
Originally, many fans did not list this movie as a must-see movie during New Year's Day.
But at this moment, it may be influenced by the theme song of "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" created by Yang Ming, or perhaps because of the wonderful trailer, countless fans have changed their original minds and are ready to watch this movie on New Year's Day.
In a short period of time, whether it is in media news reports or in the hearts of ordinary fans, the popularity of "Liu Changqing" continues to rise, and it is hot.
When Liu Xinsheng saw this situation, he naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity.
So he immediately strengthened the publicity plan for "Liu Changqing".
Outdoor, Internet, newspapers, radio, television and other media channels will appear "Liu Changqing" advertising advertisements.
At the same time, all the crew members are also busy, under the leadership of Lu Wansong, attending various announcements and variety shows to increase the popularity and popularity of "Liu Changqing", which will be released on New Year's Day.
The promotion of "Liu Changqing" is very hot in China and East Asia, but it has encountered a little trouble abroad.
In addition to being distributed in the traditional East Asian film market, this film was also arranged by Yang Ming to be distributed in the United States.
At that time, it will be screened on a small scale in AMC theaters, and if the box office results are okay, then the number of theaters will be increased.
This is the usual way for the Chinese film market to treat Chinese films, and it was not because Yang Ming was the major shareholder of AMC that he operated in the dark and released them on a large scale at the beginning.
The film style of "Liu Changqing" itself, for the local audience in the United States, no one dares to guarantee that it will be universally accepted.
After all, the culture of this movie still has a strong Chinese national color.
Of course, this does not rule out the fact that the director is not a big-name director, if it is replaced by Yang Ming's movie, it will definitely be released on a large scale from the beginning, regardless of whether he is the major shareholder of AMC Cinema Line, it is the same treatment.
"Liu Changqing" is scheduled to be released on a small scale in AMC theaters, but the publicity work has not been left behind.
It's just that the action is relatively small.
The theater that will screen "Liu Changqing", exquisite posters and large-scale character display racks have already been arranged, and the trailer has also been released on the Internet.
Therefore, when the domestic publicity was hot, this Chinese-language action movie also caused a lot of movement in the rice film market.
But the movie "Liu Changqing" quickly caused a strong controversy in the rice film market!
In other words, some media deliberately made it bad, and this movie splashed dirty water!
"Abducting Chinese women and transporting them to the United States to be J women; trafficking Chinese to the United States as mining slaves; a movie shot by Oriental DreamWorks deliberately smears the image of the United States and extremely disrespects the history of the United States, and we are indignant about this!"
"Although I didn't see the whole movie, I learned through the plot of the movie that white people are evil, while Chinese people are righteous. ”
After a few entertainment media in the United States made news reports on "Liu Changqing" with ulterior motives, some Hollywood people who are hostile to Chinese-language films, or who are directly unpleasant to Oriental DreamWorks, jumped up and down, accusing Oriental DreamWorks of tarnishing the image of the United States, such a film that distorts history should never be released in the United States.
Originally, the time was not large, but because of the hype of these well-intentioned people, it immediately attracted strong attention from the mainstream media in the United States.
Although the whole world knows what is going on in the history of the United States, until now, no one will definitely expose and criticize, but only whitewash.
In terms of provocation by some people, there are really many people in the United States who have been provoked into national sentiments.
"Yang Ming, what should I do now?"
After Liu Xinsheng learned from Barber that the situation was serious, he immediately made a phone call to Yang Ming.
In fact, when "Liu Changqing" was edited in the later stage, he once called Yang Ming, if the movie is going to be released in the United States, whether to cut another version, whitewash the part of the film about the United States, and don't portray the United States as a typical negative image so nakedly.
But Yang Ming refused without hesitation.
Are you kidding.
If it was in a previous life, he might have thought about it, but in this life, there is an incomparably powerful government that supports all Chinese-funded enterprises in the back, how can he choose to beautify the real things in history?
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, did the country of rice traffick people from the Manchu Dynasty to the country?
Needless to say, the result is obvious, otherwise how could there be a city of San Francisco?
How many Chinese laborers died on the construction of the railway in the United States, this is an iron-clad fact.
In that year, after the great man overthrew the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he negotiated with the United States several times to change the treatment of the Chinese in the United States.
I can't rely on it.
Is it because of the so-called image of the United States that Chinese films deliberately whitewash the international image of the United States?
In order to set off the so-called free folk cooking of the rice country, and deliberately remove the sins made by the rice country in China at the end of the Qing Dynasty?
How can it be?
Of course, Yang Ming would not choose to do so.
In fact, when he gave the written script to Lu Wansong, Liu Xinsheng raised objections.
If the movie will not be released in the United States, it will be fine, but "Liu Changqing" will definitely be released in the United States Film Market, and it will definitely take care of the emotions of the fans in the United States.
What Liu Xinsheng said is indeed reasonable.
But Yang Ming refused without hesitation at that time.
The main film market for "Liu Changqing" is in East Asia, not in the United States.
The box office of the United States is at most the icing on the cake.
There is another unknown reason, that is, Yang Ming definitely does not want to be like filmmakers in his previous life, in order to cater to foreign film markets, and deliberately beautify the image of white people in movies and the morality of Western countries!
In his previous life, Lao Mouzi's Jinling Thirteen Hairpins with the theme of the Nanjing Massacre were the sight of the godfather of the United States as the protagonist, and then justice was sought for China.
Yang Ming didn't look too disgusting at that time!
Yes, there are good people in the United States, but it will definitely not be like in the movie, for the death of the Chinese people, the liver and intestines will be broken, and even the international fierce attack on Japan.
Are you kidding!
It is estimated that even if many people die in China, the so-called West will at most express condemnation and sadness.
That's all.
In the previous life, all Chinese-language films released in the United States catered to Western audiences, and infinitely glorified the plots of whites and Western countries in the movies, which is universal.
Let's take the simplest example!
on "Ip Man 3".
In the plot, boxing champion Tyson made people burn schools, houses, beat teachers, and kidnap children for the benefit of real estate, which can be said to be all bad things.
In the end, Ip Man shook hands with others and made peace!
What is it for? It is because this movie will be released in the United States, and it is necessary to take care of the emotions of the audience in the United States.
Do you believe it?
Anyway, Yang Ming didn't believe it, he didn't want to do it, and he had enough confidence to do it in this life.
To be honest, he wasn't an angry young man.
At best, it can be considered serious.
The background of "Liu Changqing" is the end of the Qing Dynasty, at that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was synonymous with weakness and incompetence, and the people living under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time were treated like this.
It's even worse than in the movie.
The West came to China to suck blood and rob.
Could it be that in order to take care of the emotions of Western movie fans, they deliberately erased what they did and dressed them as saints who saved the Chinese people from fire and water?
Are you kidding!
Even in his previous life, Yang Ming would not do this.
In the plot of "Liu Changqing", under the unequal treaty, foreigners advocated that the United States was the Jinshan world to deceive a large number of laborers, but Yang Ming did not change it at all, and wrote it all.
In this regard, he has long been prepared.
Now that he received a call from Liu Xinsheng, he already had a solution in his heart, and said easily: "Brother Liu, what are you anxious about? You can just poke this matter to the media, and then you don't care about anything, anyway, as long as the official in the United States does not ban the release of "Liu Changqing", it will be OK. ”
"Eh!" Liu Xinsheng was stunned when he heard Yang Ming's answer, "Is that it?"
The company is looking forward to the performance of "Liu Changqing" in the rice film market, to be honest.
After all, Ji Feihong, the star of this movie, has a deep impression in the hearts of the United States audience, and the original "Shaolin Temple" made many Chinese fans interested in Chinese kung fu.
In this case, the company's expectations for "Liu Changqing" starring Ji Feihong are naturally much greater.
Yang Ming heard Liu Changchun's unwilling tone, guessed what the other party was thinking, and couldn't help but persuade: "Don't worry, it's no big problem, someone will come forward to solve this problem for us, and even if this movie is banned in the United States, there is not much loss for us, the main market for this movie is still in East Asia!"
Kung Fu, national sentiment, fighting foreigners, fighting Japanese invaders
This is the invincible magic weapon of Hong Kong kung fu films in the 90s in the previous life, even after 2010, as long as this magic weapon is sacrificed, the movie is not too bad, and it can still get a good box office.
This was true in previous lives, and it is also true in this life.
Even though China is already the most powerful country in the world, this kind of movie that beats foreigners is still favored by the Chinese people.
Especially in other countries in East Asia, as soon as it is released, it will basically be applauded.
Which East Asian country has not been invaded and colonized by the West?
The hostility towards Western countries and whites has long been carved into the bones of all East Asian countries in this world through the propaganda of the Chinese government.
"Someone will stand up for us?"
Liu Xinsheng was still a little puzzled when he heard Yang Ming's words, but under Yang Ming's persuasion, he still gave up the idea of wanting to block the mouth of the media in the United States.
Just listen to Yang Ming's arrangement and release the news to the local media.
In fact, the domestic media has paid attention to the report on the United States, but may feel that this will provoke confrontation between the people of the two countries, and the mainstream media has not paid attention to it.
Although some entertainment media reported it, it was not taken to heart by the entertainment industry.
Within two days, several sharply worded news reports appeared on the pages of several mainstream media, which immediately attracted the attention of countless people and some government departments in China.
"Some people hope that there must be no plot in Chinese-language movies that is unfavorable to the image of Western countries, even if it is a historical fact!"
"Some people want to see that in all Chinese-language movies, white people will always represent justice and savior, and there can be no negative image!"
"The Chinese-language movie "Liu Changqing" has been frequently harassed and unreasonably accused in the United States, and the media in the United States want to erase all the crimes that one of the Eight-Nation Alliances did in the land of China!"
When these news reports were published in the media, they quickly became the focus of public opinion after Liu Xinsheng's secret arrangement.
In fact, he didn't spend much effort, and this matter became an extremely hot event.