It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 1152 Heroes come out of youth

“Recently, the highly anticipated fantasy blockbuster “Asura” was suddenly withdrawn from theaters just a few days after its release, which attracted widespread attention in the industry.

The film stars Wu Lei, Liang Jiahui and Liu Jialing, and cost 7.5 million yuan to produce, aiming to present a top Chinese visual effects feast.

However, after the film was released, the low rating of 4.5 points given by the Maoyan platform was in sharp contrast to the high rating of 8.4 points given by Tao Piaopiao, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the film company.

In an official statement, the film company questioned the existence of malicious negative reviews on the Maoyan platform, believing that this was an organized and premeditated "Blackwater Operation" that seriously damaged the fair evaluation of the film.

The film company pointed out that after the midnight show, a group of Maoyan users quickly completed malicious ratings in a short period of time, including "novice accounts" who bought tickets for the first time and "old water accounts" who have been engaged in rating manipulation for a long time. This behavior caused the film's reputation to decline rapidly, and the box office performance was far below expectations. "

"In the face of the film company's doubts, Maoyan platform has not yet given an official response, and the withdrawal of "Asura" has undoubtedly sounded the alarm for the Chinese film market again. The fairness and transparency of the platform's ratings need to be urgently resolved."

"In addition, the film company also questioned the fairness of the Maoyan platform as a third-party ticketing platform, pointing out that it is both responsible for publicity and scoring, and is suspected of being "both an athlete and a referee". This question has triggered extensive discussions in the industry about the transparency and fairness of the platform's scoring mechanism."

"The withdrawal of Ashura not only brought huge economic losses to the film company, but also triggered heated discussions in the industry on how to rectify the phenomenon of malicious negative reviews and ensure fair evaluation of the film. This situation is undoubtedly one of the problems that the current film market urgently needs to solve."

"..."

On the other hand, "Hidden Man" is currently in theaters. Although the word of mouth is extremely polarized, the film company has not made any moves or expressed any objections.

Jiang Wen knew he was in the wrong, but he just kept increasing his roadshow activities in the hope of gaining more support.

But on the other hand, the withdrawal of "Asura" and the act of shifting the blame have confused the entire film and television industry.

It's obvious that the ratings plummeted because their own films were so badly made, so why are they putting the blame on the ticketing platform?

Does this sound like a word?

Is that still reasonable?

The 17th happened to be the premiere of "The Richest Man in Xihong City", and Chen Fei also went to the scene.

When the media saw him appear, they immediately surrounded him with great interest and asked him about the withdrawal of "Asura".

"Director Chen, as a shareholder of the Maoyan platform, what do you think of the "Asura" film production accusing the Maoyan app of "malicious negative reviews" and "malicious ratings"?"

On the red carpet, Fade Chen stopped and gave a cold answer with a laugh: "How do I watch it? I can watch it while sitting, lying down, or walking."

He did not indulge the "Asura" production team at all, and mocked them bluntly: "You are already the shit pot, and you want to put the shit pot on others? Haha, it's ridiculous.

As for whether a movie is good or not, I believe the audience has very sharp eyes and no one needs to lead the way, as everyone is not blind.

What's more, they say that ticketing platforms are disgusting and give bad reviews? How free do we have? Is it necessary to give bad reviews to a movie that is already a bad movie?
If you are not convinced, just come out and confront me face to face. You guys continue to release your movies in theaters. I will create an independent rating system and let movie fans and audiences continue to rate them.

Let’s not talk about the long-term future. If I can get a passing score, I will personally pay the 7.5 million yuan to compensate for the film’s losses. Do you dare to do that?”

Isn't it just flipping the table?
Chen Fei said that he was not brought up to be scared!
After so many years in the industry, he has overturned so many tables, both openly and covertly, that he can hardly count them all.

It’s just an “Asura”, what’s that?
As for Zhenjian Pictures, what are they?
If they have the guts, why not let Yang Zhenjian and Yang Hongtao come to him and shout? Even if they were brave enough, they wouldn't have the guts and ability to do so!
After making these harsh remarks, Fade Chen went straight into the premiere venue to meet up with Su Guohai, Zhang Chen, Shen Teng and the others.

At the same time, the media reporters on both sides of the red carpet could not hide their excitement and immediately began to edit the news on the spot.

The “speediness” of online media over traditional paper media was fully demonstrated at this moment!
In less than ten minutes, what Chen Fei said on the red carpet of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" appeared on major entertainment news websites.

When words like "Come out and confront us head-on if you have the guts", "Asura" is a bad movie to begin with", and "I can pay for it 7.5 million yuan myself at most" appeared on the Internet, they immediately aroused support and heated discussions among netizens.

"I strongly support Director Chen in this wave. What kind of a crap movie is this? What the hell is this? It's really disgusting."

"If your own movie is bad, why don't you just stay quiet and rest? Why are you shouting about it? Are you afraid that others don't know that you made a bad movie?"

"I'm really sick of watching this. Each and every one of you seems to have a chuunibyou, saying 'combine and beat the sky' all the time. You really look like you have a mental problem. What the hell are you talking about?"

"No more talking, buddy, go to Douban and give it a bad review first. Don't you dislike bad reviews? Then I'll give you a few more."

"Pfft... The Douban score is now 3.1 points, which is really ridiculous. It's even lower than Maoyan's score. Why doesn't the film company come out to accuse Douban?"

"Brother above, don't you understand this? Douban already has "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry" making the complaint, and "Asura" can't get it over with! So they can only choose to accuse Maoyan, hahahahahaha!"

There was constant ridicule online, and almost no one supported "Asura".

Even fans of Wu Lei and Liang Jiahui remained silent at this moment.

There was no way, the scolding was too overwhelming and they really couldn’t bear it!
Many people are now waiting for the "Asura" production team to respond. Everyone wants to see how Yang Zhenjian responds to Chen Fei's remarks.

However, no one waited for a response from the film company.

The first official response to come out was from Maoyan App:
"Regarding the recent malicious rating incident of "Asura" that has been hotly discussed online, Maoyan hereby makes a solemn promise that the platform will never participate in "malicious rating manipulation" and all rating behaviors are operated by personal users.

As for why a certain platform has high scores, which the film producers questioned, we also strongly doubt it and hope that the ticketing platform and its users can come forward to explain. "

What’s quite interesting is that there are many comments from Tao Piaopiao users under this reply.

"I don't know either! I clearly gave a bad review, so why does Tao Piaopiao have such a high score?"

"Fuck! Is there a bug on the platform? I clearly gave a bad review! Why did the bad review turn into a good review when I checked it today?"

"Tao Piao Piao is getting more and more fucked up. I seriously suspect that the problem lies with Tao Piao Piao. I guess they are inflating the scores."

"Don't forget, Tao Piao Piao has a history of incidents. The refund of tickets for the movie "Us and Them" was related to this platform!"

"..."

The noise on the Internet did not affect Chen Fei's mood for watching the movie.

Because at this time, the premiere scene of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was already filled with laughter.

There’s nothing I can do about it, there are just too many funny moments in this movie!

When Wang Duoyu, played by Shen Teng, pretended to fall by the pool in tight swimming trunks, Chen Fei clearly noticed that many female guests in the front row looked like geese with their necks stepped on. They wanted to laugh but had to pay attention to their image. It was so difficult for them.

It's just a pity for the armrests of the seats in the theater, they were all shaking violently.

However, the specially invited fans in the back row had no such concerns. They laughed so hard that they slapped the armrests of their seats.

"Hahaha, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick! This naming art is absolutely amazing!"

The sudden shouting from behind almost made many guests in the front row unable to hold back.

At this moment, two "investment geniuses" with exaggerated appearances on the screen were throwing bundles of banknotes into the iceberg model, making the audience burst into laughter.

Waves of laughter continued to escalate in the absurd plan of "spending 10 billion in a month".

When Wang Duoyu led the team to do radio gymnastics on the green field covered with lobsters, someone's popcorn tube suddenly tilted, and the golden grains even rolled to Chen Fei's feet in the front row.

And when the magical interlude "Burn My Calories" appeared, the laughter in the entire screening room suddenly became like a boiling hot pot, and the steaming heat even covered the glasses of many people!
Finally, after 118 minutes, the final end credits slowly rose with the melody of "Need Someone to Accompany Me".

Chen Fei leaned back in his chair and let out a long breath. His cheek muscles were sore as if he had just finished a marathon.

This movie is so refreshing to watch, just like drinking a bucket of ice cola in the dog days of summer, making you feel refreshed all over!

When the lights came on after the show, he saw many people around him wiping their eyes. This was certainly not because they were moved to tears, but because they were laughing so hard that they were about to cry.

"Fuck!" Huang Bo, who was sitting next to Chen Fei, complained in a low voice, "Fortunately, 'A Good Show' didn't have a conflicting release date with this movie. If they did, wouldn't it be all over?"

"That's true. Comedy films have a very broad audience. Anyone who encounters this film will be in big trouble."

When Chen Fei said this, he was thinking of the film "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings" which was released at the same time. According to what he learned, because the company was deeply involved in many crises such as "money laundering and financial fraud", the premiere ceremony of "Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings" was cancelled.

In addition, all other marketing and promotional activities have also been suspended.

There is no way. Huayi is now short of money, and a lot of funds have been frozen by the bank.

Previously, because of LeTV, many domestic banks suffered losses to varying degrees.

Now that Huayi is on the verge of repeating the fate of LeTV, the banks will naturally not sit idly by and are all planning to get the money back as soon as possible.

After the premiere of "The Richest Man in Xihong City", Chen Fei did not stay here for long. He said goodbye to the main creators and returned home.

Since he had promised to accompany Liu Yifei and Xiao Shitou until the full month before going out to work, he would naturally not go back on his word.

There is a lot of other work to do later, so the important thing to do is to spend more time with your family while you have time now.

……

"Reprinted from the latest notice of the local Australian court, yesterday at noon, the judge approved Gao Yunxiang's bail application, and the bail was 300 million Australian dollars (about 1465 million yuan).

Gao Yunxiang was officially released from prison this afternoon and returned to his home in Australia wearing electronic anklets. He is required to report to the police twice a day and hand over his own, his mother’s and his daughter’s passports. He is not allowed to approach the airport or contact the victim and is required to wear an electronic monitoring device.

"Because Fan Bingbing is suspected of tax evasion, the suspense crime film "She Killed" directed by Cao Baoping and starring Fan Bingbing, Huang Xuan and Wang Ziwen may not be released as scheduled."

"Tangde Film and Television has announced that it will consider further investment and reshooting of The Legend of Ba Qing, and will replace the three leading actors Fan Bingbing, Ma Su and Gao Yunxiang, and select other actors to participate in the reshoot."

"Led by Zhang Ziyi, starring Zhou Yiwei, Yu Hewei, Tony Yang, Jia Yiping, Jiang Kai, Guo Jiaming, Pubajia, Hai Ling, Chen Jinru, Sui Yuan, Zeng Yixuan, Zhao Yazhi, Kara Hui, Yuan Hong, Wang Ji and others, the costume drama "Shangyang Fu" produced by Kashgar Feibao Culture Media Co., Ltd. officially started filming today!!!"

With the end of Fan Bingbing, a top-tier celebrity recognized in the industry, many female stars in the industry have been eating to their heart's content, eating until they are full, and even eating until they vomit!
In particular, big stars such as Zhang Ziyi and Li Bingbin, who are also first-line stars, have taken over most of Fan Bingbing's resources.

Even many of the 85 flowers below, such as Yang Mi, Tang Yan, Zhao Liying, Ni Ni and others, also enjoyed eating.

There is no way, since Fan Bingbing has so many resources in his hands.

Now that she has passed away, all kinds of resources have become available, and it’s like the New Year for others!

Especially Zhang Ziyi, who has been suppressed for a long time and finally has a chance to emerge.

The filming of "Shangyang Fu" has just started, and she has taken over a lot of advertisements and endorsements.

Even movie resources were thrown at him.

"Sister Zhang, this script was handed over to me by Jingxi Culture. It mainly tells the story of the Chinese mountaineering team's first ascent of Mount Everest in 1960, but they were questioned because they lost their cameras and had no video records.

Then in 1975, the mountaineering team leader Fang Wuzhou, with the assistance of his former teammate Qu Songlin and meteorologist Xu Ying who had returned from studying abroad, led Yang Guang, Li Guoliang and other ambitious young team members to try to climb Mount Everest again in countless difficulties, and finally overcame the difficulties and reached the summit of Mount Everest in the harsh environment. "

After listening to the agent's description, Zhang Ziyi, who was reading the script at the time, suddenly had an idea.

"Is this considered... a mainstream film?"

"That's right." The agent responded with certainty: "Main theme projects are the hottest projects at the moment. Many companies in the industry are working on them. Almost all of them are big sellers and have great reputations!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ziyi's heart moved, and she immediately made a decision: "Just reply to Jingxi Culture and tell them that I have accepted this project."

"Okay, I'll talk to them right away."

The agent said as he prepared to walk out.

But at this moment, Zhang Ziyi suddenly stopped her and said, "By the way, can you please ask me if there is a cameo role I can play in their movie Investiture of the Gods? If so, please ask me for a special guest starring role."

"it is good."

The agent immediately understood.

After all, the "Fengshen" that Jingxi Culture is currently working on is a huge project with an investment of 30 billion!
If she could secure a special starring role, it would undoubtedly be of great help to Zhang Ziyi at the moment.

……

Time quickly came to July 7th. With the release of the Hollywood imported blockbuster "Skyscraper", the already weak box office performance of "Hidden Man" completely wilted at this moment.

"The single-day increase in box office revenue was 2193 million. In less than a week, the box office revenue plummeted by 1 million. Sigh! It's over! It's completely over!"

When he saw Jiang Wen again, Chen Fei could clearly see that his eye sockets were sunken, his face was sallow, and he looked in a very bad condition.

And this is all due to the box office performance of "Hidden Man".

After just one week of release, the cumulative total box office is only 4.5 million. What the hell is this?

The total investment of the film is as high as 4 million yuan. If it wants to make a profit, the total box office performance must not be less than 12 billion yuan.

But according to the box office performance of "Hidden Man" in its first week, let alone 12 billion, even half of it would be very good.

"Don't think only of the bad, think more about the good. At least your movie is still watchable, unlike 'Asura', which was withdrawn from the theaters after just two days of release, and the 2 million yuan was wasted."

It has been several days now, and facing the questions from Chen Fei and the Maoyan platform, the "Asura" production team seemed to be completely dead, with no movement at all.

Apart from Ningying's statement that the film will not be released at another time, Zhenjian Pictures seems to have completely fallen silent.

Obviously, they also know that the movie they made is so bad that there is no need to release it a second time.

So, all 7.5 million is gone!

And because of this movie, the Ningxia Film Studio officially embarked on the path of bankruptcy and liquidation.

In comparison, "Hidden Man" released at the same time is indeed very good.

Although the reputation is severely polarized, it is not a complete loss.

"I thought you were just saying nice things to coax me."

Jiang Wen smiled self-deprecatingly, stood up, met Zhou Yun who was walking down from the bedroom upstairs in the villa, and walked straight out the door.

Fade Chen stood up and followed him, and asked curiously, "Do you have any other plans next?"

"Alas! I have to go to Hong Kong first to apologize to Director Yang. I have betrayed his trust again this time."

"and then?"

"Then?"

Jiang Wen stopped and looked towards the place where the sun was setting with a confused look on his face.

He loves the "sun" very much, so he made "Sunny Days" and "The Sun Also Rises".

But now, with the failure of "One Step Away" and "Hidden Man", his sun seems to have set...

He is old and can no longer keep up with the pace of the current film and television industry...

But he has a good attitude.

While waving goodbye, he said: "I may take a few years off from now on. The film and television industry will depend on you young people in the future. After all... heroes emerge from youth, haha."

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