Chapter 148: Double Standards
At half past six o'clock in the evening of October 1, Yuan Li, Liu Tao, Lu Yi, and Wang Baobao came to a nearby movie theater, and saw a large promotional poster of "Infernal Affairs" hanging on the second floor of the movie theater from a long distance. X
When the four of them came to the end of the line, Liu Tao, who had already dressed up in disguise, asked a chubby boy, "This big brother, what movie are you queuing up to buy tickets to watch?"
As soon as the fat man saw the beautiful woman asking, he immediately said enthusiastically: "Yes, I saw the news of the release of "Infernal Affairs" from the newspaper advertisement today and immediately came to buy tickets, but I didn't expect to be a step late, there are so many people who come to see "Infernal Affairs"!"
The four of them had no choice but to honestly buy tickets at the end of the line, and it wasn't until half past seven in the evening that they bought tickets for "Infernal Affairs", and the people at the back of the queue could only stay up late to watch the evening show.
As soon as the movie opened, it immediately entered the scenes of the teenager Liu Jianming and the teenager Chen Yongren, and the teenager Liu Jianming played by Xie Lemon had already caused the audience to scream when he appeared, and Wu Yanzu was even more handsome out of the sky, which made all the female audiences excited.
"The young man who plays the young Liu Jianming is so handsome! It really deserves to be a blockbuster in Xiangjiang, and even a supporting role is so stylish. ”
"Needless to say, he plays the role of Liu Tianwang's teenager, if he is not handsome, how can he be worthy of Liu Tianwang's handsome face when he grows up!"
"Damn, who is that young man in a police uniform, the young man Liu Jianming is already handsome enough, but compared with the young man in the police uniform, he is a whole step behind!"
"Three-dimensional facial features, sharp edges and corners, and a strong body, what a perfect boy this is! ”
"Shhhhhhhhhhh Liang Chaowei, yes, Liu Tianwang and Chen Yongren played by Liang Chaowei are going to appear!"
"Oh! How did Chen Yongren become so virtuous when he grew up, he was unshaven, not handsome at all, and his figure was not right, he was already so tall when he was a teenager, how could he grow up and become shorter and shorter!"
"Maybe it has something to do with him being an undercover agent, being an undercover agent is so miserable, every day he either beats people or is beaten, and he is beaten by others. ”
Liu Tao and the four of them felt very funny when they listened to the discussions around them, and Yuan Li even joked to Lu Yi: "Originally, I thought that Xiao Yizi was handsome enough, but I didn't expect that the young man who played the young man Chen Yongren was more handsome than Xiao Yizi!"
Lu Yi is only 21 years old now, and he is still very young and immature, after hearing Yuan Li tease him like this, he hurriedly blushed and said, "I... I'm not handsome at all, the two teenagers in the movie are much more handsome than me. ”
Liu Tao hugged Lu Yi and said: "Sister Yuan Li, don't tease Brother Lu Yi, in fact, Brother Lu Yi's appearance is not worse than them at all, but our mainland is still too backward, and he is an era behind Xiangjiang in terms of dressing. ”
At this time, Wang Baobao, who has been playing the role of Xiao Xuan, complained: "What is this movie doing? It's too dull, it's not good at all, let's go." ”
Wang Baobao felt that he had lost money, and Hong Kong films had always been fighting and killing in his impression, which made him enthusiastic every time he watched it, but the film "Infernal Affairs" did not have any action scenes at all, which made Wang Baobao feel deeply deceived, and he bought it for almost an hour after queuing up to buy a ticket, which made him even more unhappy, and he couldn't help but complain.
Yuan Li is watching it with fascination, especially the scene between Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren in the audio store, she saw Chen Yongren's god-level acting skills full of drama and goosebumps rose, how could she just leave.
Wang Baobao was about to stand up and encourage everyone to leave, but he was suppressed by Yuan Li's head, Yuan Li said impatiently: "Don't make trouble, baby, we won't take you out to play if you make any more trouble!"
In the face of Yuan Li's suppression, Wang Baobao, who has known good things since childhood, decisively confessed, pursed his mouth and retracted his seat, muttering: "Sister Yuan Li knows how to bully me." ”
Yuan Li's eyes widened, and she said angrily, "What did you say?"
Wang Baobao hurriedly smiled and said: "Hehe, I said that I listened to Sister Yuan Li the most, and I will definitely watch this movie quietly." ”
Yuan Li smiled at this time: "Count you as a kid." ”
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At the end of the movie, when Andy Lau proudly announced "I am a policeman" to the police with his police card, the audience in the movie theater was stunned, they never thought it would be such an ending.
Many audiences, especially female audiences, entered the cinema in the name of Andy Lau, but they didn't expect Andy Lau to be an out-and-out villain in the movie, and this villain became a hero of the police force, and Chen Yongren and Di Zhicheng, who stood on the side of justice, died heroically.
Dereliction of duty!
Especially the directors who are known as the sixth generation of directors in China, they are almost crying and fainting in the toilet, these years they have specialized in shooting some movies that expose the dark side of China, these movies have a good market in Europe and the United States, it is simply a film to make a profit, but they have become underground workers in China, and they will be banned by photoelectric photography when they make a film, which is simply a rhythm to kill them.
Compared with such a large-scale movie as "Infernal Affairs", they feel that they are really wronged, "Infernal Affairs" can be reviewed and make a lot of money in China, why does my movie deserve to be banned, this is not fair!
In fact, the people who shout for unfairness are too young, and the censorship scale of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has always been strict and loose, and there is no standard at all, when "Titanic" was released in China in the previous life, wasn't it because the Great Elder liked this movie and did not cut it to the outside world, and the boat scene of Jack and Ruth was released in major theaters across the country?
"Infernal Affairs" is not a problem at all compared to the large-scale scale of "Titanic", so after Huo Yingdong, who is about to ascend to the post of national leader, spoke, Lin Cheng's "Infernal Affairs" was also released without cutting, and did not encounter the brain-dead plot of Liu Jianming being arrested by the police as soon as he got out of the elevator in the 03 mainland version.
Of course, Lin Cheng will have to mix in the domestic film industry in the future, in order to meet well in the future, in addition to giving the heads and brains of the General Administration of Optoelectronics some expensive gifts that they like to see, Lin Cheng also assured them that "Infernal Affairs" is only the first part, and all the bad guys in the last part have got their due end, and there will definitely be no more cases of improper views.
Lin Cheng did not mention the second part of "Infernal Affairs", the plot scale of the second part is too large, if Lin Cheng has to be released in China, it will definitely be cut to the eye, plus there is no big star starring in the second part, for mainland fans who like to chase big stars, there will definitely not be too beautiful box office, Lin Cheng decided that the second part will not be released in the mainland.
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The release of "Infernal Affairs" in the mainland still caused a great sensation, although the plot of "Infernal Affairs" may not be very friendly to primary and secondary school students, and many student fans who rushed to Andy Lau to enter the cinema to watch it bluntly said that the movie was not good, but "Infernal Affairs" was not a family movie, and the consumer group he targeted was young and middle-aged people between the ages of 20 and 40.
And most of the domestic film critics are around the age of 30, so it is not surprising that "Infernal Affairs" has achieved a super high reputation, film critics are influenced by the early years of "The Godfather", and they still like movies about gangs, so most of them sang praises to "Infernal Affairs" and praised the film "Infernal Affairs" to readers.
Of course, there are praises and bullets, and some critics have questioned that "Infernal Affairs" has greatly increased the influence of gangs in Xiangjiang, and if gangs can easily send undercover agents to the police force, then the Xiangjiang police are too bad.
Lin Cheng could only laugh at this, not every country or region government is as powerful as the Chinese government. In China, as long as the gang forces show the slightest sign of raising their heads in the country, the public security organs will casually launch a strike hard and wipe them out, giving the gang forces no chance to develop and grow at all.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large number of gang forces that had been entrenched in the magic capital moved to Xiangjiang, making Xiangjiang one of the most widespread areas of gang power.
Even after the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the police force has been effectively rectified, but the major gangs in Xiangjiang have taken shape, and the lives of the people at the bottom of Xiangjiang are still closely related to the gangs.
Therefore, the people of Xiangjiang have no feeling at all about the gang forces sending undercover agents to the police force in "Infernal Affairs", they only think that this is normal, but they encounter a lot of incomprehension in the mainland, and many people regard this as a bug in "Infernal Affairs", saying that the film is too exaggerated and unreasonable.
Lin Cheng naturally didn't bother to explain this, as long as the box office was high for him, even if he didn't care about the controversy in the film, sometimes he even thought that the controversy in the film was more conducive to publicity!
In 1997, the box office statistics of "Infernal Affairs" in the mainland could not be achieved on the second day of release, and Lin Cheng did not receive the mainland box office data of "Infernal Affairs" until October 3, the numbers are very beautiful, and "Infernal Affairs" got a box office record of 3.54 million on the premiere day, which is the highest box office record for Chinese films this year.
"Yay!"
All the employees of the company were very satisfied with this box office figure, and they cheered loudly again, but Lin Cheng was not very satisfied with this number, originally he also wanted to hit the annual box office champion in the mainland in 97, but the box office on the premiere day was nearly two million less than "Jurassic Park 2".