"Taiping Wheel" is directed by Wu Yusen, James Cameron is responsible for special effects production and producer, and the actors bring together top stars in the Chinese film industry, the heroine is led by Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong, Chen Hong, and the male protagonists are Chen Daomin, Zhang Yurong, and Liang Chaowei are the main ones, such a lineup will never find a second in the history of Chinese films.

So in this round of comparison, the Hong Kong media is basically not very optimistic about "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", but the American media has made a different voice.

In their opinion, although the main creative lineup of "Taiping Wheel" is strong, but its influence is limited to Chinese-speaking areas, and "Jinling Thirteen Rings" is different, whether it is director Steven Spielberg or starring Tim Robbins, it has more influence in the international film industry, and in the main box office battlefield of these two films - Chinese mainland, "Jinling Thirteen" has a natural advantage, although the two most important roles in the film are played by newcomers, But the other supporting roles are all played by well-known film and television actors in the mainland, which are more "down-to-earth" than "Taiping Wheel".

The media in Hong Kong and the United States quarreled over this issue, but in the end there was no dispute about a result, so they had to acquiesce that the two films were also equal in the main creative lineup.

The Hong Kong media was not satisfied with this, and soon opened up another battlefield and extended the discussion to the comparison of the themes of the two films.

This time, the American media did not join in the fun, but there were differences of opinion within the Hong Kong media.

Some people think that "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", a film that shows the theme of Japan's war of aggression against China, will be better, because the publication of "China Can Say No" is popular, and this period of time coincides with the rise of nationalism in the mainland, and many people will go into the cinema to watch "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" because of this.

Opponents also grasp this point, with the fact that there has not been much friction in Sino-Japanese relations in recent years, and it is difficult for "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" to gain direct support from the official level. In Chinese mainland, the resources that the government can mobilize are unimaginable, even far exceeding the role of the market.

If the theme of the film meets the current political needs, the mainland government can even organize all government departments, enterprises, institutions, and schools to watch the movie collectively. This part of the population alone can bring an extremely objective box office to the film.

Judging by the current Sino-Japanese relations. "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is unlikely to enjoy such treatment.

This is not the case with "Taiping Wheel", the current relationship between the mainland and Taiwan has always been the focus of international attention. And "Taiping Wheel" reflects the history at the end of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and has strong political significance for both the mainland and Taiwan.

Since the start of filming of "Taiping Wheel", the mainland government and the Taiwan authorities have always attached great importance to the relevant information of the film, and the two sides have different purposes. will provide support for the release of the film.

As soon as this point of view was put forward, it was supported by many people, but some people retorted that with Lin Youlun's pro-mainland position, the position of the movie "Taiping Wheel" will also be more biased towards the mainland, which can be corroborated from Lin Youlun's recent practice of continuously reducing the stake in Taiwan's TVBS.

Along with this statement, there were immediately rumors that Lin Youlun would completely abandon the Taiwan market after the further deterioration of relations between the mainland and Taiwan.

At first, it was just the Hong Kong media saying that. Later, Taiwan's media also joined in, and in addition, the military exercise conducted by the mainland government in the Taiwan Strait not long ago with the false goal of seizing islands has further aggravated the pessimistic expectations of the Taiwan people about cross-strait relations.

In this case, even Lin Youlun didn't want to respond. You also have to stand up and show your attitude.

Of course, Lin Youlun's way of expressing his attitude is not to hold a press conference to clarify that a businessman who talks openly about politics is purely asking for trouble for himself, and the best way is to arrange an interview to express his attitude and tendencies.

In line with the principle that fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, this interview is, of course, handed over to "Ming Pao" to do.

Lin Youlun explained this matter, but he didn't expect that "Ming Pao" sent someone he didn't expect.

"Dong Lao, why are you here?"

Lin Youlun put down what he was doing and looked at Dong Qianli who was invited into the office by Lin Zhiling with a surprised expression.

"I can't do this body long in "Ming Pao", and before I retire, I have to interview Mr. Lin in person, otherwise it will be a pity."

As early as two years ago, Dong Qianli proposed to resign from the position of editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao" on the grounds of his age, but Lin Youlun was not allowed, and then Dong Qianli repeatedly asked, and even said that Jin Yong would help him speak, Lin Youlun relented and promised to start looking for a new editor-in-chief, and until he found a suitable candidate, Dong Qianli still had to continue to stay.

After this period of candidate investigation, Lin Youlun has a few candidates in his heart, but he doesn't plan to announce it yet, and wants to stay with Dong Qianli for a while.

Dong Qianli probably saw through Lin Youlun's plan, so he took the initiative to take over the task of interviewing Lin Youlun, and in fact, he also used this way to show his intention to retire.

"Dong Lao, what's the matter?"

Lin Youlun sighed, raised his hand and asked Dong Qianli to sit on the sofa on the side.

"After all, the years are not forgiving, and I have always occupied this position, and the people below will also have opinions." Dong Qianli's words were earnest, and it could be seen that he was really determined to retire this time.

Lin Youlun took the teacup from Lin Zhiling and personally delivered it to Dong Qianli.

"Why should Dong Lao be arrogant, these years "Ming Pao" has you in charge, I can sit back and relax, if it is someone else, to be honest, I am really a little uneasy. ]"

The meaning of retention in Lin Youlun's words is obvious, but Dong Qianli has made up his mind.

"Ming Pao" is in the hands of Mr. Cha, and I am fortunate to meet Mr. Lin such a person of insight to take over, the future development is promising, with Mr. Lin's knowledge of people, will be able to choose a good general for "Ming Pao", if the future "Ming Pao" career further, spread out is also a good story."

"Okay, anyway, Dong Lao is not in a hurry to retire, and we will discuss it later at this time."

Although Lin Youlun reluctantly complied, his expression couldn't help but be a little depressed.

Dong Qianli was very satisfied with this result, and of course he did not forget the real purpose of coming this time, but with his relationship with Lin Youlun, the interview would only be carried out in the form of chat.

"Recently, the Taiwanese media has been discussing the issue of marginalization, Mr. Lin must have heard of it, right?"

"Putting aside political factors, in fact, Taiwan has never entered the mainstream, so how can we talk about marginalization?"

Lin Youlun's rhetorical question made Dong Qianli stunned.

Thinking about it carefully, Lin Youlun does have a point.

In terms of politics, Taiwan has always been regarded by the United States as a pawn to balance the mainland, and with the improvement of Sino-US relations, the role of Taiwan's chess piece has become smaller and smaller. In terms of economy, with the rapid rise of the mainland's economy, Taiwan's status, as one of the four Asian tigers in the past, has also been greatly deteriorated. In terms of culture, Taiwan has not made much achievements, especially in film and television entertainment, and has completely become a foil for Hong Kong.

In the early 80s, the Taiwan market used to be extremely important to Hong Kong films, but now this situation is long gone, Hong Kong films in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea have opened up the market, Taiwan's market position is not as good as before, and in Asia there is such a large population of the mainland as a market with infinite potential, that is, the most heated discussion of the box office showdown between "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "Taiping Wheel", everyone talked about the mainland, talked about Japan, and even talked about North America, but did not consider Taiwan.

"Mr. Lin is not optimistic about Taiwan's future development?"

"It's not that it's not optimistic, but Taiwan must find its own position, and the same principle applies to Hong Kong, don't always look at the changes in the surrounding countries with a high-minded mentality, this mentality can't be reversed, and you will only find yourself unhappy in the future."

"The rumors about divestment......"

"No, I just changed my personal shareholding in TVBS to a wireless shareholding, which is an adjustment made to adapt to the Taiwan authorities' restrictive regulations on foreign shareholdings, and has nothing to do with politics."

"The topic of divestment was first introduced from the box office showdown between "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "Taiping Wheel", I don't know which of these two movies has a better chance of winning in Mr. Lin's eyes?"

"Why do you have to distinguish between the superior and the inferior?"

Lin Youlun's answer was really unique, but this was not beyond Dong Qianli's expectations.

Without waiting for Dong Qianli to continue to ask, Lin Youlun continued: "I have read all the discussions in the newspaper during this time, but none of them have been discussed to the point, why do I put these two movies on the same schedule?" It's all movies that I invest in, and it doesn't matter to me who is better than whom, and since I don't care, isn't it a little ...... for everyone to care so much about this issue?"

"The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry?" Dong Qianli hurriedly said.

Lin Youlun smiled noncommittally, "This is what you said, I didn't say anything."

"In other words, you don't really care about the box office results of these two movies?"

"It's true that from the beginning, I didn't expect these two films to make money, as long as I could recover the cost, I was very satisfied, and even as long as I didn't lose too much, it was acceptable, but it wasn't that I didn't pay attention to the box office of these two films, on the contrary, I attached great importance to this result, of course, the focus was not on which movie had a higher box office, but on the shooting mode of the two films, the use of technology, and the market reaction."

"That said, both films are experimental."

"It can be said that if everyone can accept these two films, it can be regarded as exploring a feasible path for Chinese-language big-budget films."

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