In the blink of an eye, it has been August, and it has been a month since "Three Heroines of the East" was released across Asia. The box office in the first month of the film was also counted, and the total box office in the ten regions where the movie was released exceeded 50 million US dollars. Among them, the Taiwan box office was NT$270 million (about US$6.7 million); The Hong Kong box office was 28 million Hong Kong dollars (about 3.5 million US dollars), the box office was 1.83 billion yuan (about 7.5 million US dollars), and the Korean box office was ...... The box office in the first month is 50 million US dollars, and it is the total number of films released in ten Asian countries and regions, which is obviously nothing compared to the US box office of more than 10 million blockbusters per month, but in terms of the Asian film market, this is already a very good result.

In particular, the box office of 1.8 billion yuan in the first month shocked the entire film industry.

After 20 years of decline, the film has begun to revive since the end of the 70s, and after several years of development, although the overseas market has not yet opened, the domestic film market has gradually prospered, and the film has also recovered.

However, the box office in the first month was 1.8 billion yuan, which is still an unprecedented box office record, even "Titanic" more than a year ago, in the first month of its release, it only got a box office of 1.5 billion yuan.

The news media of Yuben had mixed reviews for this film, and some old filmmakers criticized Wang Zijun's film for taking a purely commercial route and without any artistic ideas, which was far worse than his previous works. Some right-wingers who have just been paid a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine by Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and have a fever fever have jumped out to demand that the authorities restrict the release of "Three Women of the East" in Yuben, because the film is too ruthless to make money.

It is said that the censorship system of this film has long been legalized, and to restrict the release of that movie, it is not like in Taiwan that the people in the inspection department will decide on their heads. has an antisocial surname and extreme vulgarity of morality, which is the main criterion for restricting films in this film censorship system, and Wang Zijun has not violated any of them.

However, the person who attacked Wang Zijun found some reasons for it, that is, the person who appeared in the film was all negative images, just like the black people in American movies. Therefore, the movie "Three Heroines of the East" is suspected of insinuating and smearing Yue himself.

Miyuki Nakajima, who has always disliked dealing with the media, said in an interview with a TV station: "Is it all a negative image? How do I remember that I played a good character? Besides, what can just a few movie plots say? So is the predecessor of Moriya, who filmed "The Sinking of Saidamato", suspected of cursing the destruction of Saidamato? ”

Miyuki Nakajima slapped her face accurately enough, but it couldn't offset many of her dissatisfaction with Wang Zijun and "The Three Heroines of the East".

This dissatisfaction doesn't just come from right-wingers, many critics in this book have treated "The Three Heroines of the East" as shit. Because "Chaos", which was screened a little earlier than "Three Heroines of the East", is a major production that the film master Akira Kurosawa has been dormant for five years, with a production cost of nearly 3 billion yuan, breaking the production cost record of this film.

This film is an epic blockbuster that combines the Maori arrows of the Warring States period with the story of Shakespeare's "King Lear", and has reached a peak in terms of picture, plot and artistic connotation. So as soon as the movie came out, the media applauded.

is such an epic work with high hopes, which has just been released for less than half a month, and collided with Wang Zijun's "Three Heroines of the East".

At the beginning, the gap between "Three Heroines of the East" and "Chaos" was not large, but as time went by, more and more fans watched "Three Heroines of the East", causing the theaters to constantly adjust their film schedules. As a result, the box office of "The Three Heroines of the East" in the first four weeks was close to 1.8 billion yuan, while the box office of "Chaos", which was released earlier, was only 800 million yuan in five weeks, which was less than half of "The Three Heroines of the East".

Akira Kurosawa is the signature of the film, and it is also the only face left after the decline of the movie, Wang Zijun's "Three Heroines of the East" beat "Chaos" at the box office, which is undoubtedly a slap in the face of the entire film industry.

Therefore, those film critics will say that Wang Zijun's movie is a commercial film that is completely driven for money, without any artistic value at all, and it is not at the same level as "Chaos", which is full of life philosophy.

Compared with these film critics who scolded Wang Zijun, Kurosawa himself is much more generous. In an interview with "Film Xunbao", he was asked what he thought of Wang Zijun and "The Three Heroines of the East", Kurosawa said: "Wang Zijun is a director I admire very much, although I don't agree with some of his film concepts, but this cannot negate his excellence. I've seen all his movies, and my favorite is "The Shawshank Redemption". As for this "Three Heroines of the East", I don't think it has any comparable surname with "Chaos", just like which is better than pasta or sushi, different diners have different tastes. Judging from the box office, "The Three Women of the East" is undoubtedly very successful. ”

Kurosawa said this very tactfully, but he still didn't like the meaning of "The Three Heroines of the East", after all, this is a purely commercial film. Next year's Oscars, Akira Kurosawa's "Chaos", with its profound philosophical meaning and directorial approach, will be nominated for several Oscars. But Wang Zijun's "Three Heroines of the East" don't even think about it, because this is completely a consumer-style fast food movie.

It depends on which aspect of the evaluation, Kurosawa's "Chaos" can only get more than $2 million at the box office when it is released in the United States, and Wang Zijun's "Three Women of the East" will inevitably exceed this number in a week.

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When the filmmakers were making a fuss about "The Three Heroines of the East" and "Chaos", Luo Lie sent Le Yun to Wang Zijun's villa and left with interest.

Walking into the rich and spacious villa, Le Yun is like entering a fairy tale demon castle, where a man-eating demon lives inside.

There is no such bubble as Wang Zijun as a woman, this is not a love affair, but it seems to be buying and selling people.

Lin Bowen glanced at Le Yun and said, "Miss Le, right?" Please follow me. ”

Le Yun followed him step by step, and finally stopped outside Wang Zijun's study.

Lin Bowen left after opening the door, Le Yun stood at the door and was stunned for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and went in. Inside, it wasn't as she had imagined, with an evil silver thief waiting for her, but a handsome young man reading with a book in his hand.

Wang Zijun sat there and flipped through Wang Xu's "Guiguzi", he had read this book several times before, but every time he re-read it, he had a different understanding, which was a good thing to relieve boredom and confusion.

Le Yun stood there for a long time and didn't see him react, and finally couldn't help but say, "Hey! ”

Wang Zijun raised his head and looked at the beauty in front of him. is different from the charm of Guan Zhilin, Zhao Yazhi and others, Le Yun has a dignified beauty, it is hard to imagine that a mother like her can raise such a beautiful daughter.

The most eye-catching thing is the pair of Danfeng eyes, the big watery eyes at a glance, which can hook the soul of a man.

"Just sit down." Wang Zijun said.

Seeing Wang Zijun's pleasant face, Le Yun felt that he seemed to be very good at talking, so he boldly said: "Mr. Wang, I heard that my mother owes you 500,000 yuan. You are a big boss with a family and a business, can you give me some grace, I will definitely make money to pay you back. ”

"What a mess." Wang Zijun said with a smile, "Who told you that your mother owes me money?" ”

Le Yun said: "It's not that my mother lost hundreds of thousands of dollars on the gambling boat, and then you help pay back the money and want to take me...... Do you want to offset me? ”

"Your mother told you that?" Wang Zijun said.

Le Yun didn't answer, but pleaded: "Mr. Wang, can you let me go, I promise to make money desperately in the future to pay ......you back."

"Stop!" Wang Zijun interrupted her, "It seems that you still haven't understood what's going on. Do you want me to tell you what happened? ”

Le Yun asked, "What happened?" ”

Wang Zijun said: "A few months ago, I was filming a movie on a gambling boat, and Luo Lie and your mother were also on board at that time. Your mom lost all her money, was caught stealing chips from fellow gamblers, and begged me to help plead. At that time, your mother said that Luo Lie was her son-in-law, and after knowing that I was rich, she said that she wanted to marry you to me as a little wife, and I was so annoyed by her that I couldn't help it, so I gave her 500,000 yuan, but she lost it all in just two days, and took 10,000 yuan from me. ”

"Are you saying that my mother took the initiative to sell me to you for money?" Le Yun said in disbelief, "Impossible, my mother loves me very much, how could she sell me to someone else." ”

Wang Zijun said with a smile: "What's impossible, that Luo Lie is also a person with a wife and children, and your mother doesn't want you to marry him." ”

"Luo Lie has a wife and children?" Le Yun was even more surprised at this time, and muttered to herself, "Why does he still pursue me when he has a wife and children, why does my mother know why he still matches us when he has a wife and children." How can they do this, how can they do this......"

The girl once found herself living in a complete life of lies and deception, as if she had been hit on the head, and her brain was already starting to be a little bad.

Le Yun stayed in the study for a long time before finally coming back to her senses, sitting on a chair with blank eyes and not speaking.

"Have a cup of tea to refresh yourself." Wang Zijun brewed a cup of tea and put it on her coffee table.

"Thank you." Le Yun said and suddenly stood up, "Mr. Wang, can I leave now?" ”

Wang Zijun smiled: "Go back and ask your mother to verify whether what I said is true or false?" ”

"Well," Le Yun nodded, "Mr. Wang, I will definitely pay you back the money I owe you." ”

Wang Zijun asked, "Do you have a job now?" What to take? ”

"I ......" was speechless for a while.

"Okay," Wang Zijun said with a smile, "I didn't ask you to pay back the money, and I didn't want you to do anything." It's really too much for your mother, so I'm just going to help you. You can do things by my side from now on, and tell your mother that you are already with me, so that she will not sell you to anyone else. ”

Le Yunhu looked at Wang Zijun suspiciously for a while, Wang Zijun's words were not as credible as her mother, and she shirked: "I don't know anything." ”

"I don't need to know anything, just be my personal secretary, record the itinerary, make and receive phone calls, etc." Wang Zijun said this whim-spur-of-the-moment decision.

To be a portable secretary, ability is secondary, and the ultimate thing is character.

There is no need to doubt Le Yun's character at all, as a junior abandoned by men, she can still adhere to the principle of not relying on her body to please directors and investors, and even would rather be poor than help people cut ribbons and shoot commercials, because she thinks this is not what an actor should do.

This kind of woman is stupid at home, but she is very relieved to use.

(To be continued)