As a representative newspaper in Kyoto, although "Kyoto Evening News" does not cover the whole country as "People's Daily", but in the local area, its influence is stronger than that of "People's Daily", and its content and culture are profound, cutting-edge new knowledge is extensive, "Beijing flavor" is prominent, focusing on ideology and interest, suitable for the public to read, among which entertainment news and sports news are the biggest help for its popularity.

Thanks to the huge population base of Kyoto and the surrounding areas, the daily circulation of the "Kyoto Evening News" is as high as 1.5 million, far exceeding that of the "Jinbao", so the day after the "Jinbao" Feng Zhongji ridiculed Lin Yuquan, millions of Kyoto people saw Lin's response to the matter in the most eye-catching position on the entertainment page of the "Kyoto Evening News".

For Lin Yuquan's response, people who know Feng Zhongji's remarks are not surprised, this kind of thing happened, if Lin Yuquan and Shuguang Film Company can remain silent, they will really become ostriches, and it is equivalent to acquiescing that Feng Zhongji's rebuke is right, there is no doubt that this will bring ruinous disasters to "Red Cliff", in the long run, it is not but, which will inevitably make the viewers have a sense of distrust in the quality of the film.

But no one expected that Lin Yuquan would respond like this, his response was so short, it was only three words.

"Bet on what?"

Yes, this is the title, but at the same time it is Lin Yuquan's response.

People who know the details are naturally the first to compare it with Feng Zhongji's sarcastic comments "I bet that it will inevitably suffer a fiasco at the box office, and perhaps its only contribution is to sound the alarm to the mainland film industry with the fiasco of "Future Water World" and "Final Fantasy". Connection, guessing that Lin Yuquan is a counterattack against this sentence.

In fact, it is true, continue to read the following text, and sure enough, in the large-scale report made by the "Kyoto Evening News" in response to Lin Yuquan's short three-word response, the cause and effect of the matter were first explained in detail, roughly that Lin Yuquan thought that Feng Zhongji's remarks were biased, and since Feng Zhongji proposed to make a bet, Lin Yuquan, who had little confidence in himself, categorically decided to take the bet and treat it as entertainment.

Later, after some incisive explanation and analysis, the so-called peers were enemies, and the "Kyoto Evening News" put Feng Zhongji at the end of the killer: "What are you betting on?" It's an open-ended question, full of possibilities, and we can't guess what it is. Now that the choice is in the hands of Editor-in-Chief Feng, what kind of choice will he make, we might as well wait and see, marathon, hiking, who knows, maybe! ”

On the surface, there may be no problem, but after careful analysis, you can immediately understand that the "Kyoto Evening News" is really insidious, and it is simply killing people invisibly.

Indeed, what to bet on? This may seem like a simple question, but it's actually very difficult. First of all, since it is an invitation to gamble in newspapers and magazines, it naturally cannot be a blatant gamble, so bets such as property are directly passed, and secondly, since it is an air gambling fight, and it is in front of the majority of readers, the difficulty coefficient of betting cannot be too small, otherwise it will be boring, and no one will pay attention to it. Even if it is just for the rare opportunity to sell the newspaper and increase the popularity of the newspaper, Feng Zhongji is bound to choose a very difficult bet.

The marathon and hiking proposed by the Kyoto Evening News at the end are also uneasy and kind, and on the surface, the Kyoto Evening News seems to have proposed a good proposal, both of which are not easy and good for physical and mental health, and are suitable for betting.

But as we all know, Lin Yuquan is a person who practices martial arts, and although it is not easy for him to play two sports, he can still complete it when he is physically strong and in the prime of life.

And Feng Zhongji is already forty-five, and his energy and body are not as good as before, if he goes to run a marathon, he really runs more than forty kilometers, and he is not as tired as a dog.

What's more, if Feng Zhongji doesn't choose these two activities, he will need to have a greater difficulty coefficient than the two, and to do so, either he is convinced that he will win the bet, or he is crazy.

There is no doubt that under Lin Yuquan's counterattack and the promotion of the "Kyoto Evening News", Feng Zhongji seems to have been forced into a dead end and fell into a point where there is no way to retreat.

Lin Yuquan's heart is very happy, he really deserves to be a media reporter, his ability to provoke trouble is high, and he doesn't scold people without a dirty word, Feng Zhongji, Feng Zhongji, look at how you end.

He is not worried that Feng Zhongji will put forward the conditions and bets of the Arabian Nights to make things difficult for him, then it is not a bet that can be fulfilled, not to mention that he can refuse, the saliva of the media and the public will spray him to death,

And for such a heavy news, how can other media turn a blind eye, after Lin Yuquan responded, he immediately pounced like a shark smelling blood, adding fuel to the fire, without mercy, so that in just one day, if a person who pays attention to entertainment news doesn't know about Lin Yuquan's bet with people in the air, that person is definitely out.

What choice will Feng Zhongji make?

At this moment, countless people are looking forward to it and want to enjoy a good show.

On the other hand, Feng Zhongji, who was originally just a newspaper salesman, was a little dumbfounded, he never expected things to develop to this point, indeed, who would have thought that the young excessive director's counterattack was so broken, although as he said in his comment, he still didn't believe that Lin Yuquan could shoot "Red Cliff" well under such hasty preparations, but Lin Yuquan's actions made him feel extremely uneasy, did that guy really have no support?

But no matter how uneasy he was, in the face of the president's gaze without the slightest emotion, he could only grit his teeth and choose to respond, so the next day, he seemed to arrogantly put forward his conditions and bets in the column.

"It seems that our new generation of directors has not given up their stupid and idiotic ideas, but is bent on preparing to be stupid to the end, well, in order for you to get a profound and unforgettable lesson, as you wish, I accept your bet, young people, it is inevitable to make mistakes, a small punishment is good, we will win or lose based on box office results, if the box office of "Red Cliff" finally becomes profitable, I am willing to run a full marathon, if "Red Cliff" surpasses the global box office of "Huo Yuanjia" in the case of profitability, I am willing to ride a bicycle from Jinan to Lhasa, are you still satisfied with this bet? ”

In this regard, Feng Zhongji did play with some heart, not too outrageous, but also allowed Lin Yuquan to complete, what is box office profit, that means that overseas copyright, audio and video products, DVD, TV on-demand screening, placement advertising and other income are not counted, for a blockbuster, especially for a blockbuster that he thinks cannot be made well, it is not easy to make a profit only by box office results. In his opinion, the amazing box office performance of "Huo Yuanjia" has a great deal of chance and is difficult to replicate, just like Zhang Yimou, after "Hero" created a global box office of $176 million, the subsequent ambitious and high-hopeful "Ambush on All Sides" was only $90 million. What even Zhang Yi can't do, how can Lin Yuquan, who smells of milk, do it.

The rest of the media and the public paid no attention to his thoughts, and they all got excited.

Feng Zhongji, Feng Zhongji, you are embarrassed to mention such conditions, you think you can't do it, right, Lin Yuquan joked in his heart, if you don't die, you won't die, why don't you understand, you will cry when the time comes.

But no, even for professional cyclists, it is an extremely difficult journey to travel thousands of miles from Jinan to Lhasa, let alone a middle-aged editor who sits in an office all day long and is no longer young.

While everyone was waiting, Lin Yuquan once again expressed his attitude in the "Kyoto Evening News" in the same short three words: "You wait. ”

Although the response was short, the words were domineering, and he was even more arrogant than Zhang Zhongji.

After responding, Lin Yuquan didn't bother to pay attention to the media reports, but was intensively doing the preliminary preparations.

Probably because of the filming of "Huo Yuanjia", the Film Bureau had a good impression of Shuguang Film Company, and the "Red Cliff" film project reported by the company came down in just a few days.

At this time, Lin Yuquan had no time to care about other things, not only himself, but he also repeatedly explained to the company's staff.

"Don't be influenced by the outside world, follow what we will discuss, and do our best to prepare for the film."

Zhang Zhongji, the other party to the gambling incident, also fell silent, he was really in no mood to provoke Lin Yuquan, and now he was counting on Lin Yuquan's "Red Cliff" to smash it.

As for Kyoto Poly Huayi and Shanghai Film Group, which have a close relationship with the air gambling, they were caught off guard because Lin Yuquan suddenly announced the film plan and collided with the theme of the Battle of Chibi, which the company has been preparing for a long time, and was busy discussing countermeasures, and did not have the spare time to comment on Lin Yuquan's filming of "Red Cliff".

Therefore, when it was reported that no one was willing to pay attention to all the parties involved, the heated discussions set off by the media came and went quickly, and then the focus of the media and the public naturally focused on the casting of "Red Cliff".

In other aspects, because the theme crash and air gambling were completely ignored by the media and the public, Shuguang Film Company was seeking the news that Lin Yuquan needed the script of the TV series at a sky-high price, but it caused a lot of commotion in the screenwriter industry.