"Success or failure? The bad reviews behind the box office hit of "Red Cliff" are flooding! ——"Yangcheng Evening News"

"The story can't be understood, the characters are completely off-track, the core is almost none, and the movie is equivalent to making up nonsense, is it a bit biased to comment on "Red Cliff" like this?" ——"Daily Entertainment"

"Even though there are many slots in the red cliff, it still can't hide the brilliance of this movie." ——Southern Metropolis Daily

"Instead of using the history of the Three Kingdoms as a propaganda point, but using the bed scene of Lin Zhilin and Liang Chaowei, is this what a historical blockbuster should do?" ——"Huaxia Daily"

Looking at the newspaper that the assistant bought, Wu Baige angrily threw it on the table.

"What kind of reporters are they, they don't understand movies and talk nonsense!"

The other articles are fine, but the article in "Huaxia Daily" can be said to have really poked him and made him a little broken.

The movie "Red Cliff" has been promoted since February, but who is the main promotion?

is not Liang Chaowei, nor Jin Chengwu, or even Zhou Runfu who plays Cao Cao (he didn't play "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", he wouldn't refuse to play "Red Cliff"), but Lin Zhilin who played Xiao Qiao.

To sum up, I can't let the whole world know that Sister Zhilin played Xiao Qiao.

Why, you ask?

Wu Baige went to Taiwan Island in 1984 to develop his film career, and the network resources on Taiwan Island standing behind him are not much less than those on Hong Kong Island.

And Lin Chilin is a star that Taiwan wants to support in recent years, even if she is a model.

Before participating in "Red Cliff", Lin Chilin was just a well-known host on Taiwan Island.

She can become the heroine of "Red Cliff", of course, there is a big push behind it.

Wu Baige has always been a supporter and even a pioneer of the argument of "using mainland resources to support Hong Kong and Taiwan artists".

It's only natural that these two parties come together.

It's just that if it were replaced by the past, some well-intentioned people in the mainland knew that Lin Chilin was a newcomer in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles, so they wouldn't say anything more on this topic.

Just like when Jin Chengwu was praised and asked the first-line actors in the mainland to match, everyone endured it.

But now it's different, Wu Yuan's "Your Name" proves that a pure mainland team can also get a high box office, and the Hong Kong and Taiwan teams are not the only ones.

In the middle, Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly Number" once again proves that without big-name actors, it can still get hundreds of millions of box office!

Now there is also "Gravity", a Chinese-language film starring a mainland actor and breaking box office records again.

Under the circumstance that mainland filmmakers are fighting for their own strength and supporting their waists, the editors-in-chief of mainland entertainment newspapers certainly dare to open fire.

Why should mainland fans praise the stinky feet of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars?

Good is good, bad is bad.

Such a blockbuster with an investment of 300 million yuan, the focus of publicity is an unknown female host on Taiwan Island, how can mainland newspapers not complain about such an outrageous thing?

Precisely, this kind of criticism, Wu Baige did not have any reason to refute, it could only make him angry.

Don't I just want to be a newcomer!

I'm such a big director, is it wrong to praise newcomers?

As for being used as a reason for criticism?

He Wu Yuan doesn't praise newcomers?

That shit "Your Name", aren't all the actors all newcomers?

He also stuffed Liu Yifei into the crew of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3".

At that time, why didn't you media reporters talk about him?

Wu Baige was angry in his heart, he didn't understand the dissatisfaction of the mainland media at all, he only felt that this group of people was making trouble unreasonably.

"Is there a summary of the box office data for South Korea, Thailand, and Singapore?" Throwing those obtrusive newspapers aside, Wu Baige asked the assistant with residual anger.

"It's been put together." His assistant hurriedly said: "South Korea received 200,000 moviegoers in the first week of its release, making it the third most watched movie in a week." ”

"Thailand's first-week box office was $800,000, and it also broke into the top three weekly box office."

"Singapore topped the weekly box office with $1.3 million."

It didn't get much at the box office, but the ranking results were not bad.

Wu Baige's face also improved a little.

As some film critics said, "Red Cliff" is not a movie only made for Chinese people, and even he was aiming at foreign markets.

Anyway, he is also a director who has been mixed in Hollywood, Wu Baige's spirit is still very high, not only wants to sweep Asia, but even wants to counterattack North America.

"South Korea's propaganda needs to be strengthened, let Kim Sung-wu and Chow Yun-fu go to South Korea to do some programs, do some publicity."

"Is the release schedule scheduled in Japan arranged?"

"It's arranged." The assistant reported: "It has been determined that "Red Cliff" will be released in Japan on November 10, and all the crew members will go to the Japanese premiere at that time. ”

The most important overseas market for "Red Cliff" is Japan, and the era of the Three Kingdoms is also a household name for the Japanese.

I don't know why, the Japanese have a mysterious interest in the Three Kingdoms era in China, coupled with the influence of various Three Kingdoms-themed games, they are also very precious to the heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei may be more well-known in Japan than historical figures in Japan's unpopular historical period.

The well-known extent of the Battle of Chibi is even more widely known.

It can be said that the Japanese market is the natural box office of "Red Cliff".

It is also because of the Japanese market that Wu Baige dares to make a blockbuster with such a high investment.

He is indeed a bit pretentious, but he is not a fool, knowing that he can't support a movie with an investment of 300 million yuan purely on the mainland market.

"Your Name", an original modern campus romance film, can win 15 billion yen at the box office in Japan, and his two "Red Cliffs" add up to 20 billion box office, right?

The current yen is still quite valuable, 100 yen to 6.74 yuan, 10 billion yen is 670 million yuan, and it can be sold for 20 billion yen, even if there is no domestic market, then "Red Cliff" can save its capital.

(Only about 30% of overseas movies have been distributed in Japan.) ）

It can be said that the Japanese market is more important to "Red Cliff" than the Chinese market!

It is impossible for the Chinese market to make "Red Cliff" return to its original cost.

"November is a bit late, but it's okay." Wu Baige's jaw said.

If you are scolded in China, you will be scolded.

In order for "Red Cliff" to be recognized by the world, all threshold things in the work should be eliminated.

Something with national characteristics cannot be preserved, because foreigners cannot understand it.

The individual's characteristics cannot be preserved.

In the deep-rooted concept of Chinese audiences, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is an eternal classic and is not allowed to be adapted, so the audience can only accept the old version of the Three Kingdoms, and will never be able to understand other people's Three Kingdoms.

Overseas audiences have no concept of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", a blank sheet of paper is easy to paint, Wu Baige believes that his "heroic" movie, which is more in line with the aesthetics of overseas audiences, will get good reviews overseas.

In this way, the flowers bloom outside the wall, and the inside of the wall will be fragrant.

Now these mainland reporters are firing all kinds of guns, and the voices of criticism are endless, and when "Red Cliff" achieves outstanding results overseas, these people will naturally reflect on and even take the initiative to admit their mistakes, and turn to sing praises for "Red Cliff".

He knows too well what the current situation is like in mainland films.

has low self-esteem, but desperately wants to be recognized and accepted by the world, and if you make a little achievement overseas, you will be praised at home.

Didn't that hairy boy Wu Yuan just make some achievements in Haolaiwu, and he was regarded as a super guide in China?

The corners of Wu Baige's mouth twitched, a little disdainful.

In his opinion, Wu Yuan was just lucky to take over "Pirates of the Caribbean", a commercial series that was destined to be successful.

It's just a common commercial blockbuster in Hollywood, and if he is replaced, he can shoot it well, and there is nothing unusual at all.

A director like him, who has made movies for decades, from Hong Kong Island to Taiwan Island to Hollywood, step by step, is an excellent director who is truly powerful and has stood the test of time.

Wu Yuan? It's just shit luck!

The era of light and shadow, the general manager's office.

Wu Yuan was also reading today's newly released newspaper at this time.

However, the newspaper he has at hand and the headline articles are different.

Commenting on "Gravity": Behind the "realism" of science fiction is the strength of the country! ——People's Daily

"Public opinion focus: cultural self-confidence and national strength demonstrated by "Gravity"!" ——Xinhua Daily

"It turns out that Huaxia Science Fiction has the ability to tell its own story well!" ——Guangming Daily

"Gravity is a breakthrough in the field of science fiction films, and Chinese filmmakers have begun to have the confidence to challenge science fiction films that have been monopolized by Hollywood for many years with their own narrative methods." ——"China Youth Daily"

"Focus on the future, not the traditional Chinese historical epic - Gravity!" ——"Workers' Daily"

The newspapers in Wu Yuan's hands are all official media.

These official media seem to have a tacit understanding, and today they all wrote an editorial article about "Gravity".

Although it is not a front-page headline, it can occupy half a page in the official media, which is very rare in past Chinese movies.

In particular, in this editorial of the "Workers' Daily" at the end, the article directly pointed to a certain historical epic that was recently released, believing that its adaptation deviated from the real history and made the epic of ups and downs very childish.

Although it was not directly named, as long as you have read this article, you will know that it is "Red Cliff".

Don't look at Han Dong and China Film, they seem to have a lot of power, and they are the helmsmen of the Chinese film industry, but in the entire Chinese system, they are really not ranked.

When "Gravity" has been linked to Huaxia Aerospace, the promotion of Huaxia's power, and the promotion of national self-confidence, and even a bit of a meaning to become China's business card, the public opinion of this movie is no longer controllable by China Film.

Even if Han Dong doesn't want to see this kind of behavior, some official media still praise "Gravity" and take the opportunity to criticize "Red Cliff" by the way.

It's normal, whether the box office of the "Red Cliff" movie is good or not, and it doesn't affect them.

On the contrary, it was the indiscriminate adaptation of "Red Cliff" that made many old writers of the official media extremely dissatisfied.

Compared with "Gravity", which is very satisfying to the above, "Red Cliff" is really unpleasant.

This is just like Teacher Six can't accept some movies that have been changed by "Journey to the West", and most of the pen sticks in the official media who have experienced the influence of "The Old Three Kingdoms" are not very able to accept Wu Baige's version of "Red Cliff".

Looking at these articles praising "Gravity" and criticizing "Red Cliff", Wu Yuan was in a good mood.

Everything is afraid of comparison!

In the dream, when "Red Cliff" was released, there was no opponent who could fight, although it also received a lot of scolding, but it was not to the extent that the official media was killed.

Now that there is a "good work" as a foil, some official media can't help but go down.

"Haha, the daily box office results of "Red Cliff" this week have been cut in half, right?"

"Yesterday's single-day box office was only 20 million? Similar to Gravity? ”

Wu Yuan's smile was called a happy one.

"Red Cliff" has only been released for the second week, and the box office is similar to "Gravity", which has been released for the fourth week, which can be said to be a shame to be thrown to grandma's house.

Although the total box office still rushed to 180 million, it is completely incomparable with the exaggerated box office of more than 300 million in his memory!

"Are you sure?" Wu Yuan suddenly turned his head to Li Xiaoping and asked.

Li Xiaoping, who knew what he was asking, said with some hesitation: "It's confirmed, November 10th." ”

"Then let's schedule it for November 10th!"

"After waiting for so long, he can be regarded as a finalized file!"

(End of chapter)