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"Without a doubt, this will be an unforgettable film that will remain desirable for many years to come!"

Martin Lloyd's film review of "The World of Chu Xing" was published in the "Hollywood Reporter" the next day.

What kind of era is our era?
Does the development of technology and the abundance of material liberate or constrain people?

Is it pushing people to a more autonomous direction, or is it putting him more on the opposite side of himself, losing himself even more, and further away from the real world and vivid life?

"Chu Xing's World" uses an almost cruel story and an allegorical narrative to give us an intriguing answer.

Obviously, Chu Xing only belonged to Chu Xing's world - a manipulated virtual world.

His birth, growth, all joys, sorrows, sorrows, and if nothing else, including his death, will all be staged on a stage that has been manipulated and designed by humans, and will be staged by countless people who live in the glamorous and affluent modern day. Men and women of the world stop and watch.

They merged with Chu Xing and experienced the process of growth together. Without Chu Xing, their lives would be unsustainable, the world would be in chaos, and life would be meaningless.

But an unprecedented reality show that was designed to last for 30 years was finally shattered because of Chu Xing's suspicion and desire to pursue.

After Chu Xing experienced the test of man-made storms, thunder and lightning, and huge waves, the boat that carried him to the truth ruthlessly smashed through the dazzling blue beautiful but false sky.

In that instant, a myth ends and a conspiracy is brought into the light of day.

More importantly, this deep impact proves that as long as humanity remains, the mind cannot be manipulated forever.

However, Chu Xing did not only belong to Chu Xing's world.

He is also you and me living in this world filled with electronic smoke.

From birth, to growth, to death, our understanding of the world has always been limited, and we will never be able to understand the world like the Almighty God.

We have to rely on various carriers to transcend our physical barriers, so that our minds can reach the long past, think about the long future, and imagine the world of foreign countries, so as to satisfy our infinite curiosity and desire for knowledge.

In this sense, we have to agree with McLuhan's wise saying: "The medium is an extension of the human body".

However, the paradox of the development of civilization is that it often turns to its own opposite, becoming an accomplice to the deprivation of freedom and the dissolution of subjectivity.

Today, the popularity and rapid expansion of electronic media around the world has fully realized McLuhan's genius prophecy about the "global village".

It is precisely because of this that people from all over the world can watch Chu Xing's world at the same time on the same earth, thus fully interpreting the desire for prying in human nature in such a vast range of time and space.

The tragedy of reality is that in this media age, no one can escape Chu Xing's fate, and no one has the full confidence to say that he has nothing to do with Chu Xing.

In various forms of reality TV shows, don't we see the shadow of Chu Xing?

When we are cheering wildly for those variety stars, don't we see the shadows of those audiences holding the TV and staying with Chu Xing in ourselves?

Today, when economic interests drive everything, the proliferation of business logic has forced us to play with ourselves. We can only entertain ourselves and sell our money, privacy, and freedom in the moment of carnival. , and even life.

From this point of view, "Chu Xing's World", as a manipulation metaphor of the times, not only tells about the boundary between truth and falsehood, but more importantly, reminds us to get out of the deception of the times and approach our hearts, in a tenacious In the reflection, keep a not-so-fashionable freedom.

An eloquent article, without too much introduction to the content of the movie, but it also digs into the people's deep thinking in this movie. In fact, in this article, Martin Lloyd puts the deepest things in this movie , A large part of it is written, and at the same time, more of the content of the movie is used to warn ordinary people today.

Not only that, Martin Lloyd also praised Wu Jianye and Zhou Xingchi in his film review.

"A long time ago, someone said that I had a soft spot for director Wu Jianye's movies. I don't deny this. In fact, after seeing this movie, my admiration for director Wu Jianye has risen to In another dimension, in my opinion, only a genius can come up with such a wonderful story, and only a genius can tell a story with profound meaning so simply and so close to everyone's life."

"In this movie, we can see ourselves and the people around us without too much thinking. When you watch this movie, many questions will naturally appear in your mind, and With this kind of doubt, you will also go to the cinema to watch it for the second time, or even the third time.”

"At the same time, there is also the performance of the actor Zhou Xingchi in the movie. He has established another meaning for comedy. In our previous movies, there were almost mentally retarded performances, just to make the audience laugh clumsily. Now the actor Zhou Xingchi has redefined for us a comedian, how he should perform, and the slightly neurotic performance in the movie, I believe that every audience who sees this movie will not be able to ignore his existence.”

As one of the best-selling magazines in Los Angeles, this report immediately attracted the attention of many people. At the same time, many other magazines published random interviews with the audience yesterday.

"This is an excellent movie. Although it was a bit dull at the beginning, isn't our life just plain? I like this movie very much!"

"I haven't understood some parts yet, but this does not prevent me from liking this movie, so I decided that I will watch this movie again tomorrow, hoping to find the answer I want!"

"For a moment, I even suspected that I was living in a fictional world!"

"What kind of movie, it's meaningless at all, it can't be compared with "Jurassic Park" at all!"

There are all kinds of answers, but most of them still say that this movie is very interesting and worth their ticket price.

Seeing these answers, the production companies who were also paying attention to Wu Jianye's new movie fell into silence for a while.

Before the movie "The World of Chu Xing" was released, they were not optimistic about this movie, thinking that even if Wu Jianye was good, what kind of achievements could a Chinese movie achieve in North America?

The biggest possibility is that, like other Chinese films, if it becomes a particularly niche film and is praised by some film critics, it is already very successful.

But seeing the audience's answers now, their hearts began to shake. Could it be that Wu Jianye is really a genius as Martin Lloyd said. Even a Chinese movie can achieve good results in North America. ?
In such doubts.

The second day of "Chu Xing's World" was released, and it was also in the early morning, and all the production companies knew the box office of the movie on the second day.

1582 million dollars!
The box office on the third day is still gratifying, with 1531 million US dollars!
Thanksgiving is an original holiday in the United States. It falls on the fourth Thursday of November, so on Sunday, the box office is still as high as 11 million US dollars!
The box office in the first week was as high as 5623 million US dollars!
When the box office appeared, everyone fell into great confusion, even Matthew Murphy and Johnson felt that the movie's box office was too amazing!
In fact, when Wu Jianye saw the box office, he was also a little surprised. You must know that in another time and space, this movie is not known for its high box office.

The box office in the first week was only a little over 3154 million US dollars.

Now even if it has one more day of release time than another time and space, it shouldn't have more than 2000 million more box office, right?

In the subsequent investigation by Phantom Pictures, Wu Jianye knew the reason.

First of all, the film's ability to achieve such a high box office must be related to me. Now Wu Jianye is also a director with great box office appeal in North America. "The two films have made him a god. Even if some viewers chose not to watch this film because of the subject matter of the film, the box office brought by others is still amazing.

In another time and space, although the director of the film "The Truman Show" Peter Weir is also a well-known director, but it is more reflected in independent films, and there is no way to compare it with Wu Jianye.

The second is that the release time of this movie is six years earlier than that of another time and space. The novel experience brought by it will make the audience of this era even more fascinated by this movie.

When the film was released in the second week, the box office inevitably declined, with a drop of 35%, and the box office was 3655 million US dollars!
This level of decline is already a very good statistic. Judging from the current box office trend, the final box office of this movie may be fixed at around 1.5 million US dollars!
It far exceeded everyone's guess when the first day's box office came out.

Other film production companies know the production cost of this film, which is less than 200 million US dollars, but this is not the cost of the film's release in North America.

Counting the US$2000 million promotional cost of this movie in North America, this is the US$2200 million production cost of this movie in North America!
The $2000 million publicity cost is also one of the key reasons why this movie can achieve a high box office.

The cost of 2200 million U.S. dollars was exchanged for a box office of 1.5 million U.S. dollars. This achievement is enough to drive many film production companies into a frenzy.

Wu Jianye's appeal in Hollywood has been proven once again.

At this time, Wu Jianye was receiving representatives from major production companies. They had no other idea but to establish a good cooperative relationship with Wu Jianye, and Universal even preached with Wu Jianye.

In the future, as long as Wu Jianye directed the film, their company could invest in it without asking any questions. Although RB Panasonic acquired Universal, Universal's exaggerated debts dragged Panasonic to the point of collapse. Spielberg, who has a good cooperative relationship, has also begun to choose to cooperate with other film production companies in the past two years, which is equivalent to breaking Universal's arm, and the situation is even more difficult.

Now they urgently need to find a director with more box office appeal to cooperate with.

And Wu Jianye was their target.

As for the previous conflicts between them and Phantom and Wu Jianye, at this time, it is no longer important.

Today's Phantom has long been established in North America, and it cannot be overthrown by anyone who wants to overthrow it. Now, Wu Jianye has achieved such a high level with the help of "The World of Chu Xing", an atypical movie in North America. The huge success has strengthened their desire to cooperate.

There are no eternal friends and enemies, only eternal interests!

This sentence is also a standard answer in Hollywood, as for other film companies, they all hope to establish a cooperative relationship with Wu Jianye!

Before that, Wu Jianye was a director of Spielberg's level in the eyes of all production companies, and after experiencing the baptism of the movie "The World of Chu Xing", they even ranked Wu Jianye as a director. Before Spielberg!

Because Wu Jianye has never failed
Wu Jianye did not agree to the cooperation requested by all the production companies, nor did he say that he disagreed. Now Phantom has entered the process of stable development in Hollywood.

It is no longer like when it was just starting out, it has to kill the Quartet to establish its own authority. Now the Phantom is more about building its own alliance and seeking a long-term development path!

It is still necessary to find the most suitable business partner in these alliances!
In the end, Wu Jianye just told them that if there is a need for cooperation, Wu Jianye will find them!

Apart from Wu Jianye, the one who benefited the most from this movie is Zhou Xingchi!

He also received invitations from many Hollywood film companies. At this time, Zhou Xingchi approached Wu Jianye and expressed his thoughts.

"If you say that you don't have the idea of ​​coming to Hollywood to make a movie, it must be a lie. It's just that I have read the scripts they handed in for many movies. To be honest, it doesn't suit my style!" Zhou Xingchi said with some distress .

And Wu Jianye smiled after listening to Zhou Xingchi's narration. This is an actor who has a very clear plan for his future.

"Actually, I don't think you are suitable to come to Hollywood!" Wu Jianye said straight to the point.

Then Wu Jianye explained: "In my opinion, the Hollywood film company found you after seeing your performance in "The World of Chu Xing", but your film style is more exaggerated than this. In particular, there are many plots that Westerners cannot understand. Your style is different from that of Cheng Long. Cheng Long's is an action comedy, which everyone knows at a glance, but your comedy needs some cultural background to set it off. Can show it better!"

Zhou Xingchi also nodded when he heard it, but it would be a pity if he just gave up the opportunity to develop in Hollywood. In this era, no one would be so determined to refuse an invitation from Hollywood!

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "If you really want to come to Hollywood, I think you can first familiarize yourself with the Western cultural background, and then find a compromise entry point in the differences between Eastern and Western cultures!"

(End of this chapter)