Chapter 405: The Sensation Caused
"Friends of Yangcun, it is undeniable that the picture of "Superman 2" is very amazing, but can you please give "Infernal Affairs" a little help? Infernal Affairs needs your help! ”
"Infernal Affairs has been treated unfairly! Not only was it sniped by "Superman 2", but it was also suppressed by major theaters and peers! ”
"This is the evidence we have collected in major cities these days, there are videos, there are audio recordings, ......"
"Infernal Affairs is at its darkest hour! We can accept that "Infernal Affairs" did not reach the top of the Chinese film box office list, and we can also accept its loss, but we can't accept that it was bullied and ended up painting ahead of schedule, which is a shame! ”
“……”
In the early morning of February 22.
The Chinese film industry is still in the midst of an earthquake.
More and more evidence points to the fact that "Night Walker" is stealing the box office of "Infernal Affairs" in various ways and seemingly "reasonable".
The box office stolen was very vague at first, in the range of about three million to five million per day, but as more and more data became clear, the number of stolen box offices became more and more detailed.
August 13: Box office 1.2 million!
August 14: Box office 1.7 million!
August 15: On the day of the release of "Superman 2", the box office was 2.1 million!
August 16: Box office 2.3 million!
……
August 20: 6 million at the box office!
When the amazing data was presented in front of all netizens, netizens were shocked.
But then, many people began to feel that it was a sudden realization!
"The popularity of "Infernal Affairs" on the Internet is itself the popularity of a popular classic movie, how can the box office be washed away by "Superman 2" so much? This is completely unreasonable! ”
"No wonder the box office is so bad, it turned out that the box office was stolen, God, didn't the bottoms of the movie "Night Walker" be ripped out? The daily box office of "Night Walker", which does not steal the box office, is only a few million? ”
"After being released for so many days, it is reasonable to have a daily box office of several million...... the popularity of "Night Walker" on the Internet itself is not as good as "Infernal Affairs", and in the later stage, it suddenly turned against the wind, and the box office rose wildly every day, which is to treat all fans as fools!"
"This is also so dark, characters like Zhou Yang have stolen the box office! Aren't other little directors even worse? No wonder there are only so many directors in the Chinese film industry who go back and forth, and they have all been "killed"! ”
"That's ...... for sure"
Three o'clock in the morning.
On major movie networks, Weibo, and major portals, the discussion of this vicious box office stealing incident has not decreased, but has become more and more lively.
Click on the homepage of major websites, and the title of the homepage must be ["Infernal Affairs" steals the box office! and other news reports.
Although some media tried to use some other headlines to cool down this matter, but in the end it failed, and Zhou Yang fans from all over the world didn't want to cool down this matter at all, but more people rushed in, making the heat higher and higher.
[A number of cinemas denied its black-box operation, saying that it was instructed by temporary workers! ] 】
[The culprit of the incident is directly directed at Zhao Sicheng, the former director of the Chinese Directors Association! ] 】
[Zhao Sicheng's attitude was extremely arrogant, and he threatened to face the inquiry: "Do you have a kind of come to arrest me and extradite me?" Am I breaking the law? I have a U.S. green card, what do you have? ”】
【……】
It was 4:15 a.m.
When Zhao Sicheng's arrogant voice was exposed on the Internet, netizens were in disbelief at first, and then excitedly scolded Zhao Sicheng on the Internet.
"I'll fuck you! Traitors! ”
"Damn!"
"What a fucking brute, traitor!"
"The household registration book is gone!"
All kinds of ugly voices filled the headlines of major Weibo, which once paralyzed Weibo.
After the Weibo official saw that this matter was about to get out of control, they banned countless accounts as soon as possible, but the staff found that no matter how they were banned, there were more and more scoldings, and they finally had to give up and let this matter ferment!
"I'm afraid this matter is going to escalate into an industry event, or a social event!"
The official person in charge of Weibo muttered to himself after seeing the incident.
When the anger of fans is ignited, it is difficult to extinguish it for a while.
Fans who have nowhere to vent tried every means to find an outlet related to Zhao Sicheng, but they found that Zhao Sicheng's Weibo IP address itself was located in the United States, and Zhao Sicheng's family, including some relatives, went through the procedures for retiring their nationality a year ago as if they had premeditated, and they had already moved to the United States.
Fans who have nowhere to vent can only rush into the official Weibo of the Huaxia Film Association and scold.
The staff of the Huaxia Film Association could only post a Weibo clarification, but they were still scolded by a group of angry fans.
Half past five in the morning!
The scolding subsided a little, and everyone's attention was attracted by another hot article.
""Superman 2" came to China, and it itself was aimed at "Infernal Affairs"."
"Whether it is from the film schedule, from the publicity at the time of the release of this movie, from the box office and popularity, it is targeting "Infernal Affairs" everywhere."
"On the surface, it's a box office battle, but, on a deeper level, it's a premeditated culture war!"
"I don't know if you have noticed that there are many things around us that have begun to be Westernized? Do you subtly feel that some European, American, and Western things are good things, while our own things are bad things? ”
"On the one hand, we are really not angry, and if we fall behind, we will be beaten, on the other hand, haven't we thought that there is a pair of invisible hands that are grasping our habits and hobbies, diverting our attention, and then, what we see is what they want us to see, and what we hear, is what they want us to hear?"
“……”
An article titled "From "Infernal Affairs" to Briefly Talk about Cultural Invasion, the Current China and the ...... of Huaxia More than 100 Years Ago] was hung on the homepage of Huaxia Weibo.
The author of the article is Zheng Changhong, a master's student in the history department of Yenching University.
The article grabbed everyone's attention as soon as it was released, making angry fans suddenly realize, and then even more furious.
Through the controversy between "Infernal Affairs" and "Superman 2", the article points out the differences between China more than 100 years ago and the current China, as well as the common points, and borrows the film schedule of "Superman 2" and Zhao Sicheng's arrogant attitude to unveil the veil of "culture war", and expounds the plundering of Chinese culture and the import of ideology by Western culture from a very objective perspective......
In the past, this kind of article appeared without much attention at all, and was even regarded as alarmist.
However, after the "Infernal Affairs" incident appeared, this article woke up countless Chinese fans, feeling both sad and shocked.
Immediately afterward, emotions were ignited like flames, just when there was nowhere to vent......
"The suppression of the younger generation of directors by the older generation of directors!"
"Director Zhou and I have been treated like this before!"
"Some directors of the older generation have to follow the path they have set, otherwise, they will have to suppress you."
"Do you remember the directors who were banned? In the past, they were talented, but now, how much have they fallen? ”
"It's rotten, it's rotten, it's rotten to the bones!"
At seven o'clock in the morning, Feng Kai posted an article on his personal Weibo titled "Is there a future for Chinese movies? Accusations!
The accusation is full of questions, almost like tearing the skin, targeting the Huaxia Directors Association, and even posting the real names of some directors on Weibo very radically.
The article was shocking, and it made the fans' eyes widen, and the fans who had already stopped became angry again and rushed into the Weibo of the Huaxia Film Association again.
In just a few minutes, the Weibo of the Huaxia Film Association was paralyzed, and finally had to be temporarily disposed of.
"Friends are here and there is good wine
If the jackal comes
It was greeted with a shotgun......"
8:30 a.m. on August 22.
At the beginning of the advertising time when the first screening of "Superman 2" had just begun, the singing of "My Motherland" by Grandma Zhang Xia appeared.
The song is an advertisement that Baoli mobile phone spent nearly 20 million yuan on, but in addition to the words Baoli mobile phone posted on the upper left of the advertisement, there are no pictures and videos about the mobile phone, only the last few lines of the lyrics of Grandma Zhang Xia singing "My Motherland" and some classic pictures of "Those Things About the Rabbit That Year".
The fans sitting in the screening hall were stunned for a while after hearing "My Motherland......
Subsequently, some fans consciously stood up.
Although it is no longer possible to refund tickets at this time, "Superman 2", which was once full, suddenly lost nearly a quarter of its fans when it was officially released.
And the ticket window and screening hall of "Infernal Affairs" are full, just like the grand occasion at the premiere!
…………………………
"Cheer up ......"
"This incident is too big for the top to pay attention to, but we in "Night Walker" are victims, and we are completely used as ...... guns"
"Zhou Yang, this kid, is so irrational, is there anything that can't be sat down and negotiated, it must make such a big fuss, make such a big fuss, how can it end now?"
"And Feng Kai, there was nothing to do, but now that he is making such a fuss, our Huaxia Directors Association has been pushed to the forefront!"
"What kind of cultural invasion, this is completely just the speculation of "Infernal Affairs"......"
"If you smash your job, no one will get any benefit......
August 22nd.
Ten o'clock.
Huaxia Film Association.
The leaders of the relevant departments sat in the office and checked the information of the association over and over again.
Cao Bangguo patted Django on the shoulder, let out a long sigh, and looked at the security guards standing at the door, his eyes revealing a trace of incomprehensible gloom.
Django nodded.
But there was silence throughout.
When the people in the office called out to him, Django walked in with his head down and in a trance.
Not long after......
Django walked out in a daze.
As Django came out, the leaders of the relevant departments said a few words to Cao Bangguo and others.
Cao Bangguo had a very bright smile on his face when he faced the leader, and he cooperated with various investigations very seriously, and even felt that he was quite aggrieved.
The words are all "young people are young and vigorous", "In fact, there is no contradiction, at most the concept is not compatible", "We have a lot of things that we have not done well, I will publicly apologize, there was indeed some bureaucracy before, this is unacceptable" "Yes, yes, yes, you criticize it!" "I'm not familiar with Zhao Sicheng, really not, since kicking him out of the association, we have kept a distance from him." Something like that.
After waiting for the relevant leaders to collect evidence and leave, Cao Bangguo sighed again and patted Django on the shoulder again, "It's okay, you go back and have a good rest." ”
Django bit his lip, but his face turned pale.
After seeing that there was no one around, his whole body twitched.
"I ...... Uncle, I'm ...... I actually contacted Zhao Sicheng, and Zhao Sicheng ...... I know Zhao Sicheng ......"
His tears burst into his eyes.
Days of shame and despair plagued him, and finally broke him.
However, halfway through speaking, Cao Bangguo stopped his voice.
"Did you say that to them?" Cao Bangguo looked at the direction in which those leaders left and asked seriously.
"No, uncle, I'm ...... I've always listened to you, what should be said, what shouldn't be said, I keep my mouth shut...... But my conscience is above ...... These days, I can't sleep, I feel like a traitor, doing things that shouldn't be done, I hate it, even hate Zhou Yang, but he ...... He's at least Chinese, and if I do this, I'll ......" Django only felt something clogged in his throat, which was extremely uncomfortable, but he still said these words, and at this moment he was like a helpless child.
"You're just being taken advantage of."
"Go back and get a good night's sleep, the hope for the future of Chinese movies can all be pressed on you, this little hurdle is nothing, even if the results of "The Departed" are not good, I have a new script ......"
"This is the end of this matter, no one should mention it......"
"Don't worry, Zhao Sicheng won't betray you, he may ...... in the future"
Looking at Django's appearance, Cao Bangguo shook his head, not feeling any surprise, not even the slightest change in his face.
It's just that halfway through the conversation, he was silent and didn't say any more.
"Uncle, you, you shouldn't know all, right? You knew I ...... before" Django first looked guilty, but when he saw Cao Bangguo's expression, he became stunned, and then his eyes widened as if he thought of something.
In the face of Django's stunnedness, Cao Bangguo didn't speak, just patted him on the shoulder again, shook his head and left the association.
Django stood alone in place.
I only felt that at this moment, my body was cold, as if everyone around me was familiar with someone who had become very strange at this moment, and he was trapped in the fog and couldn't see any truth.
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