Chapter 254. 【China Hurricane】

As the most fashionable metropolis in the world, New Yorkers' pursuit of fashion has reached a point of madness, in the words of a New York girl, "You can skip meals and showers, but you can't skip designer clothes!" ”

Money worship, hedonism, and the enviable fashionism are all on the horizon here.

In New York, you can proudly say, "I'm a money girl!" "No one will laugh at you or despise you because of this, because the "gold worshipper" here is not a derogatory meaning, but represents a trendy and fashionable attitude to life!

Yi Feiyang's "Queen" appropriately played the card of fashion, and it is the trump card of trump cards! Coupled with the rules of office survival deduced in the movie, it makes those New Yorkers have an immersive sense of substitution.

Therefore, in just three days, the major network boards and forums have made comments and comments on this play.

"After watching the play "Queen", I was deeply shocked by the luxury and gorgeousness of the fashion industry, it turns out that the world world that feels very far away from us is so real and so cruel!" - said a black fan.

"As an office white-collar worker, I just want to say that the play "Queen" is simply a true portrayal of today's America, the fashionable office is like a jungle of beasts, and there is only one rule of survival here, that is, leave, or die!" ——A white-collar worker of a company sighed.

"I was touched by the changes in Antti and the reality of Miranda...... Is there really such a boss in reality? The answer is, yes! It's right next to you and me! - commented an office worker.

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If the comments and testimonials of these computer networks are only one aspect, then the film reviews published in major newspapers and magazines. It shows how good this play is.

New York's "Movie Shinkansen" - "For China's new drama "The Queen Wears Prada". I just want to sum it up in one sentence. That's 'wonderful'! If I had to add a little personal feeling to this, it would be 'Wonderful to brutal!' ’”

"Yes, this drama is wonderful to the point of cruelty. When everyone treats this play as an urban Cinderella transformed into Bai Fumei, what I want to say is how real this story is. Maybe around you and me, we can meet people like the female devil Miranda at any time, for us, they are like strong people in the biological chain. They have everything we envy, but are they really happy? In the words of Miranda in the movie, even if the place I live in is like hell, I will decorate it as the most beautiful paradise! ”

"To be honest, China Yi rarely shoots such realistic movies, thinking that his "Chainsaw" and "Dance Floor Fight" are almost like horror stories and youth novels in books, but this drama is like a group of flesh-and-blood people, making you happy and sad after watching it. There is more insight into life, that is - what you are after. It's not necessarily what you want. In short, this drama seems to be a comedy, but in my opinion, it is a real documentary! ”

Los Angeles Film & Entertainment Report – "If I had to sell my soul and constantly betray to achieve success and a privileged life, then I would rather choose the ordinary and poor." If it had been before, I would have said so. But now, the reality has taught me that demons are not something that anyone can do, crying and shouting after Satan to give his soul with both hands, Satan may not be able to see it. ”

"If you really think that such a female devil is cruel and selfish, you can leave her, just like Andy, who is calm and resigned, it is not difficult. The difficulty is that I can't let go of the benefits and vanity of this profession, and I am unwilling to accept the hard work and price I have paid, although this hard work and price may not be worth mentioning compared to what Miranda herself has paid. We are all mortals, neither Miranda's ruthless persistence nor Andy's transparency and calmness. That's why the movie has to play Miranda and Andy, because they are not mortals, they are both God's favorites, they are demons and angels. ”

It can be said that these movie reviews have very accurately captured the pulse of the drama "The Queen", a women's fashion inspirational drama, and a workplace survival documentary!

Yi Feiyang used his incredible insight, from the perspective of women, and from the perspective of white-collar workers, to successfully shoot this "Queen Wears Prada". In the words of many fans, "God, I really can't think of how China Yi, as a man, can shoot such a delicate women's movie?!" ”

Yes, how can a big man shoot a movie with a female theme so well?!

When many people asked this kind of question, Yi Feiyang's answer was very ingenious, "Do you know the way, friend, if you look closely, you will find that in many places, the best chefs are often men, the best hairdressers are also men, and the best beauticians are also men!" ”

Yi Feiyang's words are self-explanatory, and he very cleverly explained why he would shoot the drama "Queen" so well.

Because of his speech, in the following days, Yi Feiyang was canonized as a "Friend of Women" by many American female compatriots!

Yi Feiyang couldn't cry or laugh when he received such a title, but fortunately, the skyrocketing box office gave him great comfort.

With the movie reviews and a good reputation, this movie, which originally belonged to the female theme, actually triggered a movie-watching boom, both women and men, all flocked to the cinema to watch the film, even some men who didn't want to watch it were pulled in by their girlfriends or husbands......

In short, "Queen" was a hot movie, the box office was rising, and a week later, the North American film state rankings finally came out.

No. 1 in the weekly box office in North America, Dream Pictures produced "The Queen Wears Prada", with a weekly box office of 28 million US dollars.

No. 2 at the weekly box office in North America, "Desert Island" produced by 21st Century Fox Company, with a weekly box office of $21 million.

The third place in the weekly box office in North America, Columbia Pictures produced "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", with a weekly box office of 17 million US dollars.

No. 4 at the weekly box office in North America, Universal Pictures produced "Meet My Father-in-law", with a weekly box office of $15 million.

No. 5 at the weekly box office in North America. Dimen Film Company produced "Screaming Laughter". The box office for the week was $13 million.

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As can be seen from the above box office rankings. The topical and fashionable "Queen" came out on top and directly became the box office champion, with a total box office of 28 million US dollars in North America in a week, according to specific data, New York alone has a total box office of about 4 million, accounting for one-seventh of the total box office.

For this drama, it was able to reach the top and become the weekly box office champion. Many film critics believe that in addition to the excellent quality of this play, which is to the point of fashion and favored by female audiences, the most important thing is that President Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton attended the premiere, which made this drama a divine drama and triggered a movie-watching boom.

Fox's meticulous and superb interpretation of Hanks's "Desert Island Aftermath" came in second, which is actually expected, because this play is based on. Or rather, the Robinson Crusoe copied from Defoe. Anyone who has read this novel will have a sense of familiarity with this play. While this feeling makes the audience feel relatable, on the other hand, it also kills that sense of mystery and curiosity. As mentioned earlier, Americans are the most curious in the world, so horror and suspense will be sold here. Now "Desert Island Survivors" is just an old medicine in a new bottle, and it is already good to be able to get more than 20 million box office.

As for Colombia's "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", the route of supermodels and beauties is very straightforward, love and love, war, and light comedy in life and death, which obviously attracted a large number of American audiences who like to watch love love, but it is still that sentence, this kind of "fairy tale" love is a little far away from the audience's real life, so the weekly box office failed to exceed 20 million.

There are two remaining dramas of Universal and Dimen Pictures, "Meet My Father-in-law" and "Screaming Laughter", one is a family comedy in terms of genre, and the other is a spoof comedy, in terms of the movie-watching group, "Goodbye" is more extensive than "Screaming Laughter", so it is inevitable that the box office will be higher.

However, as mentioned earlier, this is the first week, and the fate of each drama has not been fully finalized, and during the release of many North American movies, there will be dark horse counterattacks, and there will also be big ship sinking incidents. Therefore, it is still unknown who will be the big winner after the most laugh.

Soon, the second week of release has passed, and Dream Pictures' "Queen" is still full of momentum and continues to sit firmly in the first place at the weekly box office, while Fox's elaborate blockbuster "Desert Island Survivors" was pulled down by Colombia's "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", according to the analysis of film professionals, the main reason is that although the actors of "Desert Island" are good and the acting skills are superb, the content lacks novelty, "It is better to watch this drama than to read a novel", so the box office will fall.

If there is a drama with dark horse signs this week, then many American viewers will definitely tell you that it is the very spoof "Screaming Laughter"!

Yes, it is this shit, pee, and fart movie that is inappropriate for children and spoofed to death, throwing the traditional comedy "Meet My Father-in-law" behind the ass, and the box office has been singing all the way, and there is a trend of continuing to rise, which has to surprise many North American filmmakers.

In fact, in a previous life, this film, which was criticized by mainstream film critics as a typical example of the degeneration of Western civilization, set a box office record of $150 million in the United States during the summer, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time by Timmen.

The story of this drama is based on a popular youth horror film "Scream" by Emperor Gate Company, interspersed with classic parodies of films such as "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Halloween", "Urban Legend", "The Matrix", "Blair the Witch", etc., and the end of the joke of "The Extraordinary Suspect", while making people laugh, they are even more impressed by the imagination of the director.

Interestingly, before the release of the film, a reporter interviewed the Waynes brothers about their views on film reviews, and the latter said that they didn't care too much, because some of their film critics were optimistic about the poor box office performance of the film, and the "Screaming Laughter", which has not been recognized by mainstream film critics, has created a box office miracle. The Merriam-Webster brothers emphasize that the audience is their touchstone, especially young audiences will not buy film reviews, and the worse they are said by film reviews, the more people want to watch them. Therefore, each of the Merriam-Webster Brothers' films will be screened by the audience before the official editing, and some jokes will be decided according to the audience's preferences. In fact, in Hollywood, black artists often need more effort than white people to succeed, and Merriam-Webster Brothers has always believed that success comes from one talent and nine hard work, and their perseverance is worthy of praise.

Now. This "Screaming Laughter" is really extraordinary. As soon as he made a move, he became a dark horse posture. This also made Yi Feiyang, who was firmly at the top of the list, raise his vigilance and prayed secretly, but don't capsize in the gutter, in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Yi Feiyang launched several leading actors of his play to promote it in major theaters in New York, which has never happened before.

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With the passage of time, the reputation of the drama "Queen" has become better and better. This made Yi Feiyang very pleased. As the leading actors of this play, Meryl, Hathaway, and Ivanka have also become the topic of conversation in everyone's mouth.

"Is Meryl's Miranda the devil? Perhaps, but her beauty, her elegance, her tenacity, her wisdom, her consistent, unwavering tone, and her love and dedication to her career, as well as the open-mindedness shown by her relieved smile at Andy's back at the end of the film. It all made my scales involuntarily tilt in her favor. Even if such a woman is evil, she is also evil directly. The openness of evil, the brightness and righteousness of evil. In a wave of jealousy and curses, life is full of flavor and color. Andy argues with others that Miranda is really good, but if he were a man, no one would care so much about her, it's just a way for her to work. ”

"Is Andy Hathaway an angel? Her beauty undoubtedly meets the standards of an angel, but her generosity and kindness, tenacity and bravery, simplicity and calmness conquer us more powerfully than her dazzling beauty. But such angels are also weak and withdrawn, and they are also attracted by vanity and material things, as well as inner struggles and fights. This makes me feel that she is easy and close, unsurpassable and can catch up. ”

I have to mention Emily played by Ivanka again, snobbish, unlucky, and never out of tune, and the clown characters are delicate and humane. This war between women is really full of gunsmoke, and there is a lot of affection behind it, and it is lively and tight, and it makes people feel happy with emotion. ”

The above is a film critic's specific analysis of the three characters in this play. However, the more in-depth analysis is the following one.

"A little girl who has just graduated from school, simple to simple, came to New York to pursue her dreams, and finally chose to give up the vanity and vanity and live a life that is true to her heart at the moment of success. This is a typical American dream story, peeled back to look vulgar, but it was taken by Meryl. Streep and Anne. Hathaway's interpretation of these two women is so moving. To paraphrase Naqiu's words in the film: This has gone beyond the movie itself, because you can find the breath of life in it. I like these two women in and out of the play, as for the new Ivanka, how to say it, although she is a little young, her future achievements are limitless! ”

In short, under such a warm evaluation from the big guy, all three women are on fire!

Countless journalists and media began to praise them as today's fashion darlings and upstarts in the film industry...... Hathaway and Ivanka also talked about the past, as for the old drama bone Meryl, she laughed at herself for this title: The upstart in the film industry dare not be it, and I can still say that the evergreen tree in the film industry is reasonable.

Those reporters chased them, all kinds of fashion activities, threw olive branches at them, and all kinds of movie scripts got them soft......

Meryl is better for these, she has been immune to several books, and it can be said that she can cope with it easily; Hathaway is not bad, at least once popular, and knows how to deal with these people. Ivanka is miserable, those reporters chased her in the past, just because she was the daughter of a wealthy family, the daughter of real estate tycoon Trump, and now her identity has changed to an entertainment public figure and a new star in the film industry, which suddenly made her a little uncomfortable, especially when she encountered the unreasonable questioning of those reporters, as well as Tian's shameless candid photography, which made her very distressed.

But Ivanka didn't know what to do, in fact, it was Yi Feiyang who was more distressed than her.

Yes, our great director Yi is distressed right now!

If filming became popular before, it was nothing more than being followed by the paparazzi and reported by the media repeatedly, no matter how bad it was, it was invited to participate in some various banquets; But this time it was different, Yi Feiyang dared to make fun of the fashion industry, which immediately caused an earthquake in the entire fashion industry.

Of course, if Yi Feiyang was just a small person, then it would be better, and everyone wouldn't care what his play was expounding. But he is a popular new Chinese director!

Then his words and deeds will involuntarily attract everyone's attention, and the content and concepts represented by his movies will be involuntarily amplified.

It's safe to say. This time the play "Queen" is Yi Feiyang's satire and expose the vanity and glitz of the fashion industry. and the greedy nature. Therefore, it is inevitable that people will be seated in the right place. Many feminists in the fashion industry issued a statement to reprimand Yi Feiyang's play for "misleading the audience and talking nonsense"!

"It's not a fact, it's just a movie, it's just that China Yi is telling a very untrue story! Although there are occasional flaws in the fashion industry, it is not as unbearable as he said! What a queen, what a female devil, what workplace survival rules. We want to question China Yi, as a film director who has nothing to do with fashion at all, why do you shoot like this?! ”

This remark directly hit the nail on the head of Yi Feiyang.

Many fashionistas couldn't help but stand up and shouted: "China Yi, you have to give an explanation, yes, you have to!" ”

In the face of such a battle, Yi Feiyang, who originally wanted to avoid the limelight and deal with it in a low-key manner, had to stand up. said: "I just want to say one thing about your questioning, and that is ...... Do you like to watch my movies? Don't look at the fuck off! ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused an uproar!

Yi Feiyang's arrogance, barbarism, and tyrant image immediately made many people angry.

"Resist him, boycott China Yi!"

"Yes, boycott the play "The Queen"!"

"Let's work together to resist! Come on! ”

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In the face of such a huge boycott, Yi Feiyang sighed sadly for them, "Stupid, stupid!" Don't you know that the more forbidden things are, the more prosperous they will be?! ”

"Golden Vase Plum"!

"Lady Chatterley's Lover"!

There is also the movie "Deep Throat......

These things that were once banned all illustrate a problem, the more forbidden they are, the more popular they become!

As expected, in this massive boycott of "Queen", those "victims" in the fashion industry are desperately waving their flags and shouting, waving their fists angrily, which is bound to push Yi Feiyang and his film into a place of no return.

But they forgot that they were just a small group of characters, a small group of clown-like characters, when they were desperately shouting and cheering, they had actually been put on the table by Yi Feiyang as a propaganda advertisement, those curious Americans, those Americans who had not yet watched "The Queen", were stunned by their huge scene, and then the first thought was...... Be sure to check out what the drama "Queen" is all about!

As a result, from the third week, the movie-watching storm of the drama "Queen" continued to rise, and the box office results were like a blowout, leaving the entire United States stunned!

For four consecutive weeks, the drama "Queen" dominated the North American weekly box office chart, and it was not until the Halloween schedule in November that its hegemony was broken by the horror films that poured out, and at this time, the total box office of the drama "Queen" in North America has accumulated an astonishing $130 million!

In addition to the amazing local box office results in North America, this drama has also become a "bestseller" in the overseas market, with the North American movie-watching storm and the accusations and abuse of Yi Feiyang in the fashion industry.

Not to mention European countries, but Hong Kong in Asia, the box office is even more against the sky, more than half of the more than 300 cinemas in Hong Kong are showing "The Queen Wears Prada", which can be said to be rare in Hong Kong, where the original genre is diverse. So much so that Hong Kong movie tycoon Mr. Shao couldn't help but sigh, "Even when Shaw Brothers was the most popular, there was no situation where one drama dominated the world, and Yi Feiyang and his play created a miracle!" ”

Of course, not all Hong Kong audiences buy Yi Feiyang's account, and a young Hong Kong director stood up and sarcastically said: "Is Yi Feiyang a Hong Kong director?" No, he's a Hollywood director! Is the play "The Queen" made in Hong Kong? No, it's made in Hollywood! So I don't understand, why do people chase such a flashy, hypocritical, overly ornate Hollywood movie so much? Could it be that Hong Kong movies are not interesting? Or are Hong Kong filmmakers all fools and stupid, and no one watches the films? As a Hong Kong person, I hope that everyone can stand up to Hong Kong manufacturing, and as a Hong Kong person, I hope that everyone will boycott Hollywood blockbusters! Long live Hong Kong, long live Hong Kong movies! ”

This comment made by the angry youth in Hong Kong immediately aroused the response of some enthusiastic elements, and remarks such as "Yi Feiyang is not a Hong Kong director" and "The Queen" is not a Hong Kong movie" have become reasons for everyone to boycott this drama.

Regarding this very bizarre situation, a senior person in the Hong Kong entertainment industry commented, "This is purely 'hate because of love'!" Who made Yi Feiyang's light too dazzling? Who made him so popular in Hollywood? Don't be envied by others! ”

In the face of such an abnormal behavior of Hong Kong's young director industry, many fans and audiences with a sense of justice couldn't stand it, and a certain super fan of Yi Feiyang rose up and commented:

"As a Hong Konger, I can say unabashedly that I love American movies! Because there is a kind of national, simple, rude, barbaric, easy, enterprising, tenacious and tenacious values, calmly face the selfishness and defects of human nature, do not stay out of things, do not pretentiously, tell you the cruelty and ruthlessness of life directly, and then frankly confess how much you yearn for beauty and warmth. This kind of frankness and openness is exactly what we lack. ”

"Yes, in this year of emphasis on individuality and humanity, we say that American cinema is flashy, funky, stylized, upper-class idiot ladies with only beauty and no soul. Hollywood is Vanity Fair, and in pursuit of box office money, how much humanity has been stifled. But when we are constantly expressing disdain for Hollywood movies to enhance our tastes, and at every turn we put on an incomprehensible artist posture, have we ever thought about the best filmmakers flocking to them? What is the most powerful amount of capital pouring down like flowing water? Why is it the world's largest film production base? Why can't we see her energy and enthusiasm in our eyes? Why do we seek blame and not allow her to fail, to make mistakes? Because she is at the highest point, just like Miranda in the play "The Queen"! ”

"We stood at a distance and looked at her metal shell, glowing with a cold and hard light, and we blamed her. Those who have fallen from her side, with their own intolerance and in fact complaints about the harsh reality, also accuse her. So her reputation went bad. She became a 'labor sadist' and the newspapers were selling out for their harsh comments on her divorce. If the way she treats Andy is cruel and selfish, then our accusations in the name of supporting Hong Kong property and supporting justice are not human weakness and selfishness? Some people say that Yi Feiyang is a Hollywood director, not a Hong Kong director, and the scenes he makes are Hollywood blockbusters, not made in Hong Kong, so I want to ask, are you envious or jealous? If not, then please put more effort into your own movies, Hong Kong movies want to get out of the shadows, not just talking, but relying on their own efforts! ”

As soon as this comment came out, those Hong Kong youth directors immediately shut up, for them, the height that Yi Feiyang has reached so far is beyond their reach, if Yi Feiyang really makes them feel something, then it is jealousy and inferiority!

Jealousy makes them lose their minds, they have low self-esteem, and they defend their dignity by attacking others, but when this veil of hypocrisy and weakness is removed, only their ugly true colors are revealed.

The failure of the Hong Kong angry young director made Yi Feiyang's parents breathe a sigh of relief, they have always been proud of their son, proud, and think that all Hong Kong people will support their son's film career in Hollywood like themselves, but they didn't expect that this time there would be a "fire in the backyard", fortunately, there are still some righteous people who stood up to refute the rumors, otherwise the old couple would be embarrassed to go to the street in the future, and they are even more embarrassed to say that they are the parents of China Yi......

At that moment, the couple, who had never had bad thoughts and had always been honest and dutiful, sighed for the first time: "The world is sinister, and my own people can't be relied on!" (To be continued......)