Chapter 753: Whose Great Cause
This year's National Day holiday coincides with the merger of the National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival, forming an eight-day golden holiday; plus it is a special day for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the film market is very hot during the entire National Day, and there are more than 10 new and old films combined, including "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", "The Wind", "Earth-shattering", "Wolf Disaster" and other films that have attracted attention.
The most eye-catching of all the films is China Film's "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" and the pinnacle of the century "The Wind", "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" has nearly 250 stars co-starring, and there are 164 after editing, which is unique in the history of Chinese films;
After the official release of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" at two o'clock in the afternoon on September 22, the box office reached 18 million in half a day, and three days after its release, the box office successfully exceeded 100 million, setting a new record for the fastest domestic film to exceed 100 million, and the amazing box office of 165 million in the first week of the movie was second only to the record of 174 million in the first week created by "Transformers 2", creating a new record for Chinese films.
Under the strong pressure of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", other films have turned into powder, and the film "Earth-shattering" reflecting the Wenshan earthquake, "Wheat Field" starring Fan Binbin, and the comedy "Pirated Cat" have all become cannon fodder.
The violent performance of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" made everyone who cared about "The Wind" gasp, worried that "The Wind" would become the next cannon fodder. However, this spy war drama directed by Ding Sheng, starring Zhou Xun, Li Binbin, and Zhang Hanyu is of high quality, and after the movie was officially released on September 30, word of mouth and box office flew together, winning both audience and media praise at the same time, the box office trend was strong, and it won 11 million box office on the first day.
In the next eight days of the National Day file, driven by "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" and "The Wind", major cities across the country set off a movie-watching frenzy, and major cinemas were crowded, setting the highest peak at the box office so far this year. At 6 p.m. in many movie theaters, the electronic screens in the box office began to display the words "all sold out" for the prime movie show.
In these eight days, "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" won 190 million yuan and became the box office champion of the National Day file, with a total box office of 380 million; "The Sound of the Wind" stubbornly won 130 million yuan by relying on a good reputation in the face of the huge pressure of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", and the cumulative box office reached 140 million; and "The Wolf Disaster" directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang was obscure and incomprehensible, and was scolded by the audience, and only achieved a box office of 4 million, which is undoubtedly a fiasco for a film with an investment of 20 million.
However, with the popularity of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", a rumor also began to ferment on the Internet, and someone made a list, saying that the 23 actors who participated in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", including Chen Kaige, Chen Hong, Jiang Wenli, etc., are no longer Chinese nationals, such as Chen Kaige, who plays the patriotic general Feng Yuxiang of the Kuomintang, is already a person with American nationality, and Li Lianjie, who plays Chen Shaokuan, is a Singaporean, and Xu Qing, who plays Song Qingling, has already joined Dongying.
This list caused an uproar on the Internet and caused widespread media coverage, and NetEase and Xinlang, who have always liked to bring rhythm, even published a special feature to talk about this matter.
In fact, this list is nonsense at all, most of the people on the list are not actors in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", such as Liu Yifei, Chen Chong, Jiang Wenli and others, who did not participate in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" at all, even if they are foreigners, what does it have to do with "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China"?
It's okay that most netizens haven't watched "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", but the strange thing is that such a list of actors who are slightly paired with the list of actors of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" may be seen to be rumors.
As a reborn, Zhang Ran naturally knows what is going on, there are a group of haters and reverse nationalists on the Internet, plus a group of people who take money from various foreign funds, don't look at these people shouting about democracy and freedom every day, but they can only have democracy and freedom, you can't have democracy and freedom, as long as you say a good word about China, it will be like killing their parents.
Actor Carina Lau was chased and scolded by a group of people because she posted a group photo at Tian1'an 1 Gate on Weibo; Zhao Yazhi posted a photo of the night scene seen from inside the car when driving past Chang'an Avenue on Weibo, and left a message at the same time, every time she passed by Tian'an 1 Gate, she would deeply feel her pride as a Chinese, and she was also chased and abused by a group of people.
"The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" is a congratulatory gift from the film industry for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It's like an old man celebrating his 60th birthday, and his children come to give him a birthday, and then someone jumps out and says, these are not your children, but your daughter-in-law and the old king next door. The intention is very obvious, I can't kill you, disgusting you!
Zhang Ran has a good relationship with the government, and has served as the chief director of the Olympic Games. After the Olympic Games, the well-known elite often satirized Zhang Ran, and even gave him the nickname National Teacher, so Zhang Ran was naturally not spared from this nationality incident, and now it is rumored that Zhang Ran is the one who offends him badly, saying that he is an American citizen.
A few years ago, there was a rumor that Zhang Ran was an American citizen, and Zhang Ran specially posted the household registration book to clarify, so after this rumor came out, Zhang Ran's fans immediately refuted it, posted a photo of Zhang Ran's household registration book to clarify, and refuted Zhang Ran's acquisition of Netflix by the US Congress.
But it's useless to reason with the public, a rumor is debunked, and they can immediately concoct a new rumor. At the same time, they also gave an example to illustrate that Fly is now the largest social networking site in the United States and even the world, and Zhang Ran is the largest shareholder of Fly, how can such a company related to the right to speak on the Internet be in the hands of Chinese, are you a fool when the US government is in charge?
However, it really made many people believe that it was really the pig teammate of the General Administration, and when Zhu Hong, spokesman of the General Administration, was interviewed by reporters, a reporter asked about the nationality of the main creators of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic". As a result, Zhu Hong did not clarify for Zhang Ran and them, nor did he clarify that Liu Yifei and others were not actors in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China", but said: "The film complies with the provisions of the "Regulations on the Administration of Employing Overseas Main Creative Personnel to Participate in the Production of Domestic Films", and no more than one-third of the main actors of Chinese-made films are allowed to have more than one-third of the foreign personnel. ”
He even proudly said: "Some Chinese actors, especially those famous Chinese actors who love the motherland and are loved by the audience, play the historical figures in the film without remuneration, reflecting the strong appeal of the great motherland to the descendants of Yan and Huang, which is more conducive to the audience, especially young audiences, to relive history, and is conducive to the film being released in a wider range of film markets at home and abroad and achieving good social and economic benefits." ”
In the eyes of many netizens, Zhu Hong's answer is equivalent to saying that although Zhang Ran is a foreigner, they are patriotic, and they have a lot of influence overseas, which is conducive to the overseas promotion of the movie.
As soon as this report came out, netizens completely exploded, and almost all the people on the list were pushed to the forefront. Many netizens strongly questioned: "For a person who doesn't even want the nationality of his own country, how will he reflect his patriotic enthusiasm?"
"The person who performed the great cause of the founding of the country himself fled abroad, can this be called a great cause?
"It's really not China's great cause of nation-building, it's the great cause of foreign country-building, why don't domestic actors reuse it? Film and television dramas should be like football games, a film and television drama can only use one or two outsiders. ”
"It's all hype, what is the great cause of building the country, it is obviously a great cause for foreign stars to take the opportunity to make money, don't be fooled!"
Some people even made up jokes and sent them everywhere on various forums, on Weibo, and even through mobile phones: "A group of foreigners, in order to help China shoot "Uncle Abroad", were sent by leaders of various countries to come to China. What is the spirit of a group of foreigners, without self-interested motives, who regard the film industry of the Chinese people as their own? This is the spirit of internationalism, this is the spirit of GCISM, and every Chinese must learn this spirit!"
The stars on the cusp couldn't sit still, and Chen Kaige was the first to stand up: "I will not join a foreign nationality, and I have never joined a foreign nationality." As a Chinese, we should work hard to carry forward Chinese culture, which is called not losing our identity. ”
Xu Qing also publicly stated when he was a guest on the show "Luyu has an appointment": "I am not from Dongying, I was not before, I am not now, and I will not be in the future!"
Chen Kaige's clarification was praised by netizens, and some netizens posted a post on a forum titled "Mr. Chen Kaige's words just now really made me feel very shocked and moved!", which aroused heated discussions among netizens, and at the same time, everyone used greater strength to crusade and abuse Zhang Ran and other "Americans", in their opinion, Zhang Ran did not come out to clarify, it was a tacit acquiescence.
"Zhang Ran, a person who has long abandoned his Chinese nationality, actually taught you to be patriotic, I have never seen such a brazen person!"
"Zhang Ran is a traitor in the new era! Shameless to the extreme, he should be shot!"
"I'm so disappointed, how can I support you, I'll never watch your movies again in the future, take off your fans!"
Zhang Ran has been in the United States recently, and he is so busy every day that he doesn't know about it at all, while Zhang Jingchu has been surveying the location of "All the Nights in the World" with Yu Feihong recently, and he is very busy and doesn't know about it, so he hasn't come out to clarify.
In fact, it is impossible for Zhang Ran to join a foreign country with his toes, and according to the regulations, foreign investment in radio and television program production and operation companies, film production companies, distribution companies, and cinema companies is prohibited in Chinese mainland. In other words, once Zhang Ran joins a foreigner, then he must sell all his film and television industries, film and television are Zhang Ran's hard work, how can he join a foreigner.
In fact, Zhang Ran is not only not an American citizen, but also does not even have a green card, after the release of the Xiangjiang Talent Program, Xiangjiang once sent an invitation to Zhang Ran, but Zhang Ran also refused, his household registration has been in Nortel.
It is indeed more troublesome to get a Chinese passport to go abroad, and the visa application time is very long and the procedures are cumbersome; Zhang Ran's situation is slightly better, and the US embassy has a green channel for cultural celebrities like him. It's just that there are very few people who can enjoy this treatment, as far as Zhang Ran knows, there are only two in the domestic film industry, one is him, and the other is Zhang Ziyi.
Zhang Ran didn't care much about the media and the public elite's smearing of him, but he didn't expect that these people would also involve his parents, saying that Zhang Ran's family emigrated. Many of their friends called to ask, "Are you going to move to the United States?" In order to refute the rumors, Zhang Ran's parents posted their household registration book to the media to clarify.
Zhang Ran is really annoyed, you smear me, forget it, now you are harassing my family's normal life, everyone is an adult, and they are responsible for their words and deeds, if you dare to do this, then don't blame me for being unkind to you!