Chapter 90: The Scolding War (Part II) (5/5)
It's embarrassing, in the original time and space, "Youth Pi" hindered "1942" from reaching the top and was named by Feng Xiaogang...
In this time and space, "One Shot to the End" undertakes this task.
Why scold?
Because with the release of "1942", Huayi's stock price suffered a heavy blow, and after opening low in the morning, it fluctuated all the way down, and was blocked after half past 10 o'clock...
In one trading day, the market value evaporated close to 1.6 billion...
It's miserable.
Huang Zhonglei is in a hurry!
In the entertainment market at this stage, the success or failure of a movie has a great impact on the box office...
According to Huayi's performance plan, the box office target of "1942" is between 5~800 million.
Influenced by "One Shot to the End" and "Youth Pi", "1942" was only 21 million on the first day, which did not meet expectations at all!
Rushed to the doctor, he pointed the finger at Golden Harvest Cinemas...
To be honest, the market share of Golden Harvest Cinemas is less than 10%, even if it does not directly rank "1942", how much impact can it have?
gave 15% of the film schedule, close to 600 shows, not low!
"The King's Feast" is only 15% of the scheduled films, why didn't he come out to force it?
Uh, well, "The King's Feast" is miserable...
The opening result of less than 6 million is obviously inconsistent with its identity as a costume blockbuster.
At present, the reviews of "The King's Feast" in the critics, including on the Internet, are also mostly negative, and many viewers say that it is difficult to accept the overly staged and theatrical treatment.
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Lao Zhao is the executive CEO of Mengxi Media, a professional manager, and has attended on many occasions on behalf of Mengxi Media.
He came forward to fight against Huang Zhonglei, which is called the same card!
If Shen Mengxi comes out, doesn't it mean that he is at the same level as Huang Zhonglei?
Therefore, even if he saw Huang Zhonglei's Weibo, he didn't speak...
There are a lot of people who eat melons who are excited.
Most of them support Shen Mengxi, after all, Director Feng's reputation on the Internet is really no match for Shen Mengxi!
"People have said that the attendance rate is not good, and let him add the film, won't your conscience hurt?"
"1942" is not enough to schedule films, how much do you want? "The King's Feast" is only 18% scheduled on the first day, and I haven't seen them say anything.
'Hehe, I'm the kind of audience who goes to the cinema and can't watch movies with deep plots!'
There are also those who attack Shen Mengxi:
"Even if "1942" has shortcomings, I believe that this is a sincere work of domestic films, and it is also remarkable, support!"
"The content is a heavy historical issue, but the well-timed black humor gives the audience a little aftertaste! Very good movie, highly recommended;"
There is also a circle of film industry public knowledge standing in line:
Tan Fei: Please respect the work itself and abide by the rules of the film market? Arrange the film reasonably according to the quality of the work. A personal vendetta is a private vendetta? With such a sincere work, I believe that it is not easy for Shen Mengxi, as a director, to know "1942"!
Shi Hang: Is "1942" really a good movie? Should good movies be respected? It's not easy to make a movie, and it's easy to ruin it;
There are also a lot of comments mentioning the 'Paramount Act'? What to say about 'Dream Creek monopoly market'...
It's hilarious...
Shen Mengxi was about to post on Weibo, and his fan Ji Huifu had already come out:
"Robert McGee told a story in Stories: Materials, Structures, Styles, and the Principles of Screen Playwriting? Quite suitable for "1942" and "King's Feast"? I'll copy it: John S. L. Sullivan was a film director who made a series of commercially successful films, and when he reached a certain age, the tragic state of the world made him conscience discover? So he decided? His next film had to be "socially significant".
The studio owner pointed out that he was from Hollywood, so he didn't know what "social significance" was.
Sullivan decided to conduct research.
He travels long distances through the United States, followed by an air-conditioned tour van equipped with his butler, cook, secretary, girlfriend and a propagandist, aiming to turn this crazy adventure of Sullivan into a publicity stunt.
Afterward? Sullivan was mistaken for a criminal due to a mistaken identity? Chained with the other garden criminals, he was escorted to the swamps of Louisiana.
All of a sudden? "Social significance" overwhelmed him, and he didn't even have a coin to call his agent.
One night? Sullivan heard laughter coming from a building in the prison compound? Follow the sound to find it? He found his cellmates watching cartoons of Mickey Mouse in a makeshift projection room, laughing profusely.
He realized that these people didn't need any "social significance", that the social meaning in their lives was enough!
All they need is wonderful and relaxing entertainment.
In fact, most commercial films that claim to educate society on how to solve its problems are certainly hypocritical.
With a few exceptions, most filmmakers, like Sullivan, are only interested in the poor in the films, and ignore the poor who suffer in real life. ”
Shen Mengxi...
It is both gratifying and painful.
you, you're pretending to be me, you know?
Sometimes it's not a good thing that fans know too much!
Robert McGee, of course he knows, Hollywood screenwriter mentor, masterpiece "Story" - the scriptwriting bible!
He also read this passage quoted by Ji Huifu, but he didn't remember it for a while.
Plus he's quick...
actually replied before Shen Mengxi!
And Zhao Jinsong and Song Hang also liked...
Shen Mengxi deleted what he was going to write, 'I think it's funny, no one watched the movie, and the director actually disliked the low level of the audience...'...
ran to like it, and left a message by the way: Five cents, you deleted it, I'll send it!
'Capture Shen Mengxi alive!'
'The big guy is here!'
"Big guy, when will "Thai Embarrassment" be released? "One Shot to the End" I have already watched three times...'
He replied to the last question: "It should be around December 20th..."
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Feng Xiaogang has always been quite calm...
A first-day result doesn't mean anything!
is looking at the long-tail effect, the word of mouth has gone up, and the box office of the movie will definitely go up!
That being said, but the market market is so big, and "One Shot to the End" is the public's favorite comedy theme...
On the 29th and 30th, I continued to suppress "1942"...
No. 29, "One Shot to the End", reported 39 million, "1942" 24 million;
On the 30th, "One Shot to the End" was 46 million in a single day, and "1942" was 29 million...
On December 3rd, after the first weekend, "1942" was released for 4 days, and the box office exceeded 100 million, but Feng Xiaogang and Huang Zhonglei were not happy at all...
ranked third in the same schedule, not only lost to "One Shot to the End" (320 million in a single week) by a big margin, but also never even played "Youth Pi"...
The main thing is that I was scolded so miserably!
Especially the fans of "Youth Pi", they directly scolded "1942" on the hot search - because "1942" occupied the IMAX theater, "Youth Pi" was withdrawn.