China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 387 Hong Kong filmmakers really don’t live up to expectations

In addition to IMDb's rating, Rotten Tomatoes also gave a favorable review on the first day.

Of course, in addition to good reviews, many people also gave negative reviews. Are there any bad parts in the movie "Alita: Battle Angel"?
Of course there are, and quite a few.

For example, some people criticize that Alita is a super powerful being, so why should she be allowed to prove herself in the lower class society?She was just abusing food in Scrap Iron Town, it was not intense at all.

For another example, someone summed up this movie as a story of youth, and changed the story to look like this: a disabled girl who grew up under the careful care of her doctor father will of course fall in love with the first person who passes by her house on a motorcycle. A delinquent boy who wanted to save enough money to go to a big city with him, for which he spent every day arguing with his father.The boy helped her discover her talent in football, and the two agreed to start their New York dream from here.Unexpectedly, on the day of the finals, the boy was targeted by gangsters, and the girl had to rush out of the game to save her lover.In the end, the boy died on the road to pursue his dream, and the girl shouldered their dreams and stood on the green field again...

Some people criticize the plot, some people criticize the characters, and some people criticize the male protagonist for looking like a soy sauce...

However, negative comments are not the mainstream after all. The mainstream is the excellent special effects, exciting action scenes, cute Alita character, grand story background, and cyberpunk style graphics that everyone has seen...

These advantages alone are enough to attract thousands of movie fans to go to the theater to support it, because the audience will not care about the things in the so-called 'negative reviews', because those things are acceptable to them.

Any movie has negative reviews, including "Avatar," the highest-grossing movie in film history, let alone a movie like "Alita: Battle Angel."

At 03:30 in the morning, He Fang and his party landed at the Hong Kong Airport. It would be great to have a private plane. They can take off at any time without having to compromise on flights and time.

"Hey, I just saw the crew of "Alita" leaving via the VIP aisle. How could anyone have the money to buy a private jet? Now we can't stop them." A reporter said bitterly.

"It's okay. Let's go to Shangri-La to deal with the traffic jam. They have to check into the hotel. Maybe we can take a photo of him and Pan Zhilin entering the room? If we get it, won't we post it?"

"Yes, let's go, let's go, let's go..."

But in fact, the reporters' wishes were in vain, because as soon as they arrived at the hotel, everyone went to sleep separately, and even visited each other?What door are you visiting?

Besides, Pan Zhilin and He Fang have long been veterans in the entertainment industry, so why would they hang out in a hotel like this?Or in Hong Kong where paparazzi are everywhere?

The next day, New Year's Day.

The global box office is released, and North America took in US$821 million on the first day, which is tepid, mainly on weekdays. This figure is not bad.This is the last time Hollywood suppressed "Operation Mekong" and was punished by He Fang. In the second half of 2014, all Hollywood movies suffered setbacks at the box office in mainland China. This time, they once again let go of the promotion and distribution of He Fang's movies.

Both parties have a tacit understanding that they will not restrict each other and will follow the normal announcement process.

The box office of 821 million US dollars is not like the box office of a popular blockbuster, so this is a box office that is neither up nor down. You can't say that others have suppressed you, but you just feel that it seems to be a little unexpectedly low.

It doesn't matter, as long as Chinese films can be promoted and distributed around the world normally, it doesn't matter whether someone uses some means to click on it, it doesn't affect the overall situation.

How did the rest of the world outside North America perform on the first day?According to statistics, it took in 2053 million U.S. dollars, also on weekdays, and the box office was average.

"Happy New Year, may you get rich." Yes, this is the first thing everyone says to others after getting up on New Year's Day.

Then prepare a red envelope. The amount in the red envelope does not need to be large, just 20 Hong Kong dollars or RMB.Of course, if you want to show that you are rich, you can seal 20 × 2, or ×5, or even more.

The red envelope assistants of several main creatives have been prepared for a long time. The assistants carried a large backpack full of red envelopes, which are specially used to give out red envelopes to the artists who serve.

When He Fang and the others had breakfast early and were preparing to gather downstairs to go out, reporters gathered around to ask for profit.

"Ms. Pan Zhilin, happy new year and good luck." Pan Zhilin came down quickly and was immediately surrounded by reporters.

"Happy New Year to everyone, may you get rich, get rich." As she said this, she took a red envelope from her assistant and gave one to each reporter.

When she finished handing out the red envelopes, the reporters started to choke.

"Miss Pan Zhilin, how do you feel about finally becoming the heroine of He Fang? Does it mean that you had the last laugh in the competition with several other female stars? Have you confirmed your relationship with He Fang?"

"..." Pan Zhilin was speechless. She just gave out a red envelope, and you're asking this kind of question?
"Of course I'm happy to be the leading heroine. It proves that my ability meets the requirements of director He Fang." Pan Zhilin only answered the first half of the question, and she stopped answering the rest of the question.

This time reporters quit.

"Miss Pan Zhilin, you haven't answered the following question yet. Have you confirmed your relationship with He Fang? How did you defeat the other Fang girls?"

"What kind of relationship do I have with Director He Fang? We are the relationship between the director and the actor. What kind of relationship do you want to hear? Besides, why should I defeat other Fang girls? I have no competitive relationship with them."

Pan Zhilin denied.

"I heard you went to the director's room last night?"

"Did you take the photo? If you do, post it to the newspaper as soon as possible. Sales will increase a lot." Pan Zhilin said with a smile.

"So you mean you really went there last night?" The reporters were excited. "Do you have evidence whether I went or not? If you have evidence, bring it out. If you don't have evidence, don't talk about such baseless things." Pan Zhilin retorted.

"It's Chinese New Year, can't you give us some news?" A reporter was anxious.

"No, even if you want news, you can't spread rumors, right? Please write more articles about movies."

"Hey, Director He Fang, Director He Fang, Miss Pan Zhilin just admitted that she went to your room last night. What happened to you?" When the reporters saw He Fang coming down, they immediately blocked him.

These reporters were also smart. Some of them surrounded Pan Zhilin, and some of them surrounded He Fang, preventing them from talking.

"Ah? Did she admit it?" He Fang pretended to be surprised.

"Yeah, yeah, she admitted it."

"I'll go, that's a shame. I didn't see her all night. Did she enter the wrong room? Wouldn't that be an advantage to other men?" He Fang said regretfully.

"..." The reporters were speechless and despised He Fang's performance of telling lies.

"Then if you enter the wrong room and sleep with the wrong man, will you still want her?" A reporter also asked quickly.

"Do you want her to cooperate? There is definitely a chance. It depends on whether there are suitable roles in future movies. Of course, the sequel of "Alita" will still have to be shot by her." He Fang said, pretending not to understand.

"No, I mean..."

"Okay, New Year's Eve, don't talk about those irrelevant things. Come, come, come, give out red envelopes, give out red envelopes..." He Fang said, taking the red envelopes from Tong Weidong and giving them to everyone.

……

There is nothing special about the promotion in Hong Kong. I just went to a movie theater event, two shopping mall events, and a fan meeting in the evening. The schedule was basically full.

Although this movie only has two stars that Hong Kong audiences can call upon, Ho Fang's fame is enough.

Moreover, Pan Zhilin's sweet image is slightly inferior to that of the previous four beauties in Hong Kong. She has also played the main role in several He Fang movies, and scandals about her and He Fang are often seen in Hong Kong gossip news.

Mainly those who wrote "Where are the women who have to say..." who always gave Pan Zhilin a place, and wrote vividly, how they met, how they had a relationship, how they quarreled over other women... …

Tsk tsk, in short, people who don't know the truth really think that there is a tortuous love between them that is comparable to that of Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu.

There is no way, the media in Hong Kong is not easy to mess with. There is nothing to write about Hong Kong gossip news, so we have to write about the mainland. Besides, there is a big international director in the mainland, and there are people watching the news.

The promotional tour in Hong Kong was fairly smooth, although I was blocked by Hong Kong reporters and asked a few questions about the 2014 'Occupy Central' incident.But He Fang and the "Alita" crew avoided answering these questions.

In the past, He Fang would probably have choked.

But since the last incident in the TV industry, he understood that at his level, he should not easily stand on the front line of public opinion and confront people. It is meaningless and can easily be taken advantage of.

So now he has learned his lesson and doesn’t discuss politics.

Of course, those fans who like him don't like him like this. They still like He Fang's attitude of speaking out on some things.

After finishing the final publicity, several friends from the Hong Kong film industry hosted a banquet for He Fang and his party. It was rare to get together with He Fang several times a year.This mainland super boss is not something they can afford to offend, and they even hope to cooperate and make more money by cooperating with Tuanhuo Culture.

"Director He, you see Hong Kong is in such chaos right now, you have to help the Hong Kong film industry get through this difficulty." Yang Shoucheng said to He Fang who was surrounded by everyone at the reception.

"Help, I must help. But you have to change yourselves. I didn't see a newcomer starring in Hong Kong movies in 2014. In other words, I didn't see a newcomer under the age of 30 starring. They were all 50 Those born in the 60s, 70s, and 80s are still scrambling for resources. There are few actors born in the 90s, let alone actors born in the [-]s. You have not trained any of them.

Everyone, have you ever thought about it, if you people born in the 50s, 60s, and 70s grow old, who can carry the banner of Hong Kong movies?Does that mean that Hong Kong movies will be finished in the future?Have our mainland companies helped you? Yes, they have. Look at the more popular Hong Kong films in the past. Which of them did not have investment from mainland companies?Which movie didn’t make a big box office in the Mainland?
But as long as there is support from the mainland, you must also have a plan.The first actor is to bring out the old and the new, and the second is the movie to be new.Only in this way can Hong Kong movies have a future, otherwise... This year is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so let's say some auspicious words.

Everyone says that there are no Hong Kong actors in my movies, but in fact my movies use a lot of Hong Kong behind-the-scenes staff. Even our Tuanhuo Culture uses a lot of Hong Kong behind-the-scenes staff.

As for actors, if there is a Hong Kong female artist who is sweeter than Pan Zhilin, it is not impossible to use her.But what about people?where?What you want me to use is just people born in the 60s and 70s, but I don’t need it for my movie.I want young people, where are your young people?Are any of them up to standard?Is there anyone who has a good image, good acting skills, works very hard, and is a good person?
If so, why don't I see it every time I audition for actors?Do you still have to ask me to come over and invite you?Everyone goes to auditions, why don’t they go?I didn’t want to talk about this bad phenomenon in Hong Kong movies, but I never thought about letting Hong Kong movies die. I hope that Hong Kong movies can be as prosperous as they were in the 80s.

You said before that there was no market, but in the past few years I have helped Hong Kong films develop the mainland market and I can still make a lot of money for you, right?You said you had no investment in the past, but in recent years each of your blockbusters has received investment from the Mainland, right?
In the past, you said you had no technology, but now Huying Group's special effects technology is not ranked first in the world, but it is also in the top three, and the cost is several times lower than abroad.The technology, market, and investment are all in place, and now it is said that your Hong Kong movies are going to die out. This is a bit unbearable.

Everyone, this is the Chinese New Year, and I don’t want to say anything that you don’t want to hear.However, everyone knows that I can’t come to Hong Kong more than a few times a year.So, I will say it when I have a chance to say it. I will not engage in the polite words of hello and me. I will say it if it is useful to you. As for whether you will scold me after listening to it, I don’t care. "

(End of this chapter)