The mainland's review of "Shaolin Temple" this time did not waste much time. 【】

At the beginning of March, Minister Huang Zhen of the Ministry of Culture personally called Wang Xiaohu, saying that "Shaolin Temple" had completely passed the review, and there was no abridgement in the middle, and gave a detailed answer to Wang Xiaohu's two requests.

After the study led above, it was completely agreed that a three-month "Hong Kong Film Promotion Week" plan will be launched in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Changchun, Xuzhou, Yanjing and other regions, at which time in addition to the five films produced by Concord "Jingwumen", "Ip Man", "Hong Xiguan", "Mythology" and "Shaolin Temple", there will also be appropriate exhibitions for the works of Hong Kong's major film companies such as Shaw Brothers, the former Golden Harvest, Siyuan, Great Wall, Xinlian and Phoenix.

The films to be exhibited by other film and television companies should try to be positive in content and have strong characteristics of the times.

For this, Wang Xiaohu feels very satisfied.

His second request was to further cooperate with the mainland to build a movie theater, and the mainland did not block it, anyway, the Concord Company invested in the construction, and in addition to the normal box office, the Concord Company should also bear the salaries of the staff of the cooperative theaters.

Wang Xiaohu has no opinion on this, it can be seen that the mainland has made great concessions, Wang Xiaohu is not the kind of person who has to make inches, after all, the first business that Concord Company earned in the mainland was built on the good atmosphere of cooperation between each other. Being able to achieve the current situation has made him happy.

"Mr. Wang, I heard that you gave up the opportunity for "Myth" to compete for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, is there really such a thing?"

After finishing the business, Minister Huang suddenly asked in a tentative tone.

Wang Xiaohu hummed and said: "Yes, I gave up, and I know what Minister Huang is going to say next, but as the producer, director, and star of the film, and my identity as a Chinese, I don't want to participate in such a film award." ”

"Ugh!" Minister Huang was stunned, in fact, he had a lot of things to say in his heart, after all, the political axe attaches great importance to "Myth", since the release of "Myth", the status of Chinese films in the world film industry has shown signs of change, and the benefits that the film brings to China are not only in the film, such as the spread of Chinese culture in the world, such as the international influence in all aspects, these are the credit of "Myth"!

If "Myth" can win a few awards at the Oscars in the United States, that kind of influence is naturally self-evident!

But what is depressing is that Wang Xiaohu actually gave up!

"Why? Didn't Concord make a lot of money? Minister Huang asked.

"Minister Huang, in business, if I want to hit the Oscars, will China's political axe pay for it all?"

"This" Minister Huang was speechless!

Wang Xiaohu smiled on the phone and said, "That's it!" For me, the commercial value of "Myth" is almost the same, I don't need to spend more money and energy for a face award, and more importantly, why should I worship foreign countries! ”

At first, he was worried that Wang Xiaohu was doing things for money, after all, there was no experience in such a thing as winning an award, and it was also after the news that Wang Xiaohu gave up the Oscar that domestic filmmakers knew that it would cost money to win this kind of award, and it would cost a lot of money.

But these last four words instantly made Minister Huang understand Wang Xiaohu's lofty ambitions, and he was very heroic in his heart at the moment: "Mr. Wang, thank you for the four words you sent me!" I think I understand what you're going to do, don't worry, I know how to report there, and we at the Ministry of Culture will fully support your decision! ”

"Thank you, Minister Huang, for your understanding!" Wang Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief after speaking.

If it was put aside a few years ago, as soon as the big hat of Chongyang was buttoned up, it was really criticized, it would be impossible for Minister Huang not to know the terrible meaning of this hat. So Wang Xiaohu directly used this hat to buckle it, so as not to dogmatically say anything nonsense about national culture and the like.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaohu looked at the script written at the beginning in front of him, and laughed: "The national culture of this movie is not weak, oops, I just don't know if Qingxia is suitable for playing with a group of big men." ”

Thinking that Lin Qingxia was going to lead a group of gentlemen, Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but laugh

When Wang Xiaohu was writing the script in the study, Hollywood was already boiling, and the Americans were completely looking at the excitement for Wang Xiaohu to give up the Oscar.

Warner Bros. seized the opportunity to make a big fuss and hired gunmen to write such satirical remarks in major newspapers.

"Look, this is the Oriental man who boasted about Haikou at the Oscars 8 years ago, hasn't the Oriental always paid attention to commitment, he has made his self-righteous Oriental movies, but he has not had any chance to enter Hollywood, isn't this a great irony?"

"This is Hollywood, not a place for poor, unpromised Orientals, get back to your Orient!"

"Facts have proved that the culture of the Oriental people has no connotation at all, and even our Oscars are not welcome, he is only worthy of being the director of commercial films!"

"If a film is only commercial and has no art, it is a blasphemy against the film!"

"Aside from the use of violence and special effects, oriental movies are like a piece of shit!"

"Look what he's done to ruin our Rambo, a muscular man who only uses violence, an outlaw who loves to kill!"

As soon as all kinds of articles criticizing Wang Xiaohu, targeting Concord, and "First Blood" were reported through newspapers, the image of Concord Company and Wang Xiaohu suddenly plummeted, and "First Blood" was no longer a movie reflecting on the Vietnam War in the minds of the audience, but suddenly became the culprit of killing people and instigating others to commit crimes.

In less than two days, "First Blood", which had a good momentum, was abandoned by the audience, and the attendance rate of major theaters could reach 30%, which many people did not expect.

Before Winterdur could call Wang Xiaohu, the gambling king Cockrian had already called in advance.

"Old man, it's not good! Someone is targeting your company, and now "First Blood" is no longer watched! Damn, who's behind it! ”

"What is the current cumulative box office of "First Blood"?" Wang Xiaohu did not panic at all, but asked about the box office very calmly.

"It's been a month and a half since it was released, I'll let me see, wow, 32 million US dollars, very good results, if it weren't for the damn public opinion ghosts, this data would be even higher."

Corkrian whistled a little, then angrily said, "Man, it's so unwise for you to give up the Oscars!" If you want me to help you, the judges will gamble in Las Vegas for a week, and I can guarantee that they will immediately and obediently invite "Mythology" into the Oscar temple and win the Best Foreign Language Film Award, Best Costume, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Music, and there is absolutely no problem with nominations! ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't think it's necessary!" Wang Xiaohu was not interested in this, but he knew that Americans were more value-oriented, and if he agreed, maybe Corklian would make some kind of nonsense.

"Man, I'm so disappointed to hear that!" "You've cost us a great opportunity to make money!" We want the box office! If you don't take action, our cooperation will end! ”

"Thanks for the reminder!" Wang Xiaohu was not angry because Corklian was so direct, and always maintained a good temper and said: "But now is not the time, wait a little longer, maybe this passive situation will change greatly at the end of the month!" ”

"At the end of the month!?" Corklian was stunned for a moment, and he didn't come back for a long time.

"Don't lose faith in First Blood, okay?" Wang Xiaohu said: "Rambo's purpose is not to create riots and wars, don't look at his strong appearance can blow up the White House, in fact, he is very fragile inside, he hates war, he hates all those who create riots and wars!" ”

"That's your confidence?" Corkrian said depressedly: "Or the philosophy of the Orientals? ”

"Haha, let's wait and see, my friend, Rambo won't be so easily defeated!"

Wang Xiaohu is full of confidence, he knows that Warner is behind the ghost, and he understands that this is not the first time he has done this, before the release of "Warrior", Warner used racial discrimination to almost make Brother Xiaolong's legacy die, these damn bitch-s, but soon your plan will be ruined!

Then he immediately picked up the phone and called Winterdur, in which Wang Xiaohu asked Lao Wen to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, since Warner wants to discredit "First Blood", then what to do now is to call on more anti-war people to appeal and improve the status of "First Blood" in the hearts of Americans.

This kind of propaganda was carried out at the earliest time, but it was not taken seriously, and it is not too late to launch such a theme.

So in the next week, Winterdur quickly contacted Stallone, as well as the original author of "First Blood", a large number of retired Vietnam War veterans, and public stars who opposed the Vietnam War, such as boxing champion Ali, NBA star Abdul-Jabbar, and singer Michael Jackson, who had a good relationship with Wang Xiaohu, to promote in major cities in the United States, and Warner's smear of "First Blood" barely stopped for a while.

Both Corkrian, Winterdur and others are looking forward to the end of the month, and they want to know urgently what sensational events will happen at the end of the month, so that "First Blood" can once again become the top of the North American box office.

(To be continued)