China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 496: Annie Award and Berlin Award nominations, Guan Ling's direct attack!
Guan Ling had indeed expected the Japanese to be tough.

But even Guan Ling had not anticipated the extent of the Japanese defense breach.

In fact, on the first day, only some Japanese saw the movie. Most people knew roughly what the plot was about, so they criticized it on the Internet and refused to let the movie become popular.

Their idea is very simple. This movie is likely to affect Japan's international image.

But it's useless, they can't control the situation of this movie in China,
So we can only hope helplessly.

If Guan Ling knew what they were thinking, he would definitely sneer at them. Do criminals still care about their image?
But then the development speed of this movie did exceed Guan Ling's own expectations.

During this period, anti-Japanese sentiment in China was high due to the issue of islands.

The promotion of "The Flowers of War" started early, but in the end, it actually helped "Even if the Wind Rises".

Zhang Yimou originally thought that the two would complement each other.

But when a new theme animation is put here, people are still more likely to accept the animation.

What's more, this movie itself has a lot of off-site news, especially the competition with Japanese movies, which adds even more to people's expectations for the movie!
Throughout the day, Chinese and Japanese movie fans cheered for their country's animations and bought tickets to show their support.

Many people also want to see what the final results of these two animated films will be.

But in fact, Chinese audiences probably have some expectations in their minds because it is difficult for them to buy tickets.

as predicted.

After the box office figures for the first day of release were released, "Even If the Wind Rises" raked in 1.1 million yuan in the mainland.

The Chinese market was instantly devastated.

It made Zhang Yimou hold his forehead and sigh, and made Tsui Hark open his mouth for a long time.

For a time, the Chinese film industry was completely shocked and speechless.

"Guan Ling is really ruthless. He made an animated film and it became the No. 1 box office during the Lunar New Year holiday."

No one thought that Guan Ling’s first-day box office would exceed 100 million yuan, and the subsequent box office would be so low.

Others may have this problem, but Guan Ling is unlikely to encounter such a Waterloo.

It's good enough that the film doesn't fall in price. People really don't dare to expect that Guan Ling will cause the film to collapse like a slide due to other problems!

The next day, on a weekday morning, my friends’ circle was flooded with cheers!

"The hope of domestic animation! Guan Ling's "Even if the Wind Rises" broke 1.1 million yuan in box office on the first day!"

"A battle of dignity! Maybe Chinese animation will rise because of this?!"

"Guan Ling is really awesome, and 'Even If the Wind Rises' is really awesome, it's really fucking awesome! The Japanese are stubborn, and if this movie is really shown at a global film festival as Guan Ling said, I can't imagine how ugly the Japanese will be!"

"Highly recommended. I watched Guan Ling's new movie yesterday. This cartoon is worth watching for everyone, whether adults or children!"

"The premiere of the film, which was announced by the News Broadcast and was the first of its kind on a movie channel, lived up to the expectations of the higher-ups!"

Countless positive reviews have appeared on major portals.

When many people see news on their friends’ circle or online, their first reaction is shock and surprise!

"Is this, the animated film is popular?"

Although the news about this cartoon has attracted a lot of attention from the industry or fans, for the vast majority of Chinese people, its impact is not specific enough. But now, many people have learned about this movie.

Of course, I also learned the story behind this movie!

In a certain family, a father looked at his child. He saw his child’s circle of friends this morning and was quite curious.

"Son, is the movie you mentioned really that good?"

The child was a little stunned. He had made an appointment with his girlfriend to go out to the movies yesterday, and then he realized that he forgot to block his father.

But what surprised him even more was that the first question his father asked was not about his girlfriend, but about the movie.

Although he was surprised, he still nodded firmly and said, "It looks good. Very good."

Then, he said something to his father, four words of which suddenly sparked his father's interest in watching cartoons.

"It can be said that this is unprecedented in the history of Chinese cartoons!"

……

Soon, more people learned the background behind this incident.

Whether it was the initial invincibility of "Inception", the story that the Japanese accused Guan Ling of plagiarism, or Guan Ling's angry criticism of Japan at the press conference, and then directly announced at the Venice International Film Festival, one of the three major film festivals in the world that she wanted to make an animated film!
All filled with passion!
All of this is consistent with the logic behind "Naruto" and "One Piece", which are the favorites of Chinese movie fans and audiences.

Isn’t it because of their passion that people like to read these comics and anime?
Moreover, these have already swept the student population in China.

Take "Naruto" as an example.
In 2011, Baidu made a list of the “Top Ten Time Killers”. The so-called “time killers” refer to the time you spend on them.

In the end, "Naruto" surpassed many popular games and software and ranked third. QQ was second and Weibo was first!

It can be said to be the most popular anime in the whole of China!

And now, Guan Ling drew his sword towards them!
Moreover, the first sword completely exuded boundless sword energy!

It will completely silence those people who have been criticizing Chinese animation and regard Japanese animation as the true meaning of life!

For a time, many Chinese movie fans began to criticize Japanese animated films.

"Although I haven't found the resources for your movie yet, I believe that with Director Guan's high box office performance, you little Japanese will most likely only be able to rely on Director Guan's tail gas."

"I checked the records of Japanese animated films released over the years. The box office on the first day was 1.1 million, which is the highest record of your Japanese animated films. Are you still complaining now?!"

"There will always be a strong wind, whip you Margaery!"

"Director Guan is quite something. He has been patient for so long, but in the end he just punched the opponent and wanted to knock him to the ground! It was really satisfying!"

At the same time, news about "The Hillside Where Poppies Bloom" began to be reprinted in the mainland by some media.

"'On the Hillside of Poppies' achieved good results in Japan, with a box office of 2100 million RMB on the first day, and won the first-day box office championship in Japan!"

It has to be said that in Japan, Ghibli still has a strong appeal, and the names of Goro Miyazaki and Hayao Miyazaki are topics that Japanese animation cannot avoid.

Just when the Japanese were getting excited.

The performance of Chinese animated films completely poured cold water on the Japanese.

When the Chinese box office news reached Japan, various Japanese reviews were once again brought back to the mainland.

"Comparing box office results by number of people? It's better to compare attendance."

"Although I don't want to mention it, in China, the attendance rate of Even if the Wind Rises is as high as 81.6%, while the attendance rate of Japan's The Concubine Yu is only 62.7%..."

There are honest people in Japan too. If they really checked the data, they would give the guy above a slap in the face.

"An animation that relies on anti-Japanese national sentiment to gain box office success. Chinese people can only do these things. They don't know how to do anything real. Ours is a comedy. A comedy can also gain such a high box office. Doesn't it just show how great our animation is?"

"Our box office has stagnated because of the earthquake. Otherwise, we can compare the painting style, the soundtrack, and the beauty of the story itself. We have elegant music, warm pictures, beautiful youth, and light love. This is love, not using anti-Japanese phenomena to convert it into box office!"

"Our love is pure, without any impurities."

These comments made the Chinese community laugh. "I thought Koreans were tough, but I didn't expect the Japanese to be even tougher."

"After the United States dropped two missiles on Japan, people found no signs of life in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only millions of unmelted mouths."

"If I lose, I lose. Why do you have to make people laugh like this?"

"It's just a tiny country, but you are so arrogant that you only make people laugh at you!"

The Japanese have been trying hard to maintain something until the resource version of the film was finally transmitted to Japan from Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places.

Soon, the Japanese fell silent.

Because those among them who had a little bit of brains suddenly discovered that "Even if the Wind Rises" also has very good animation effects, whether it is the pictures, the dialogues, or the progression of emotions, there is a Japanese comic atmosphere.

Even worse!

Their box office can't be compared, and the things they want to compare with can't be suppressed at all, and even some details are difficult to compare.

Take animation capture for example. Japan's is more two-dimensional, while China's is more three-dimensional.

A well-known Japanese film critic gave this comment after watching the movie:

"The Chinese used what Japan is best at, and what the Chinese are best at, to defeat Japanese animation films..."

But Japanese fans are still stubborn.
There is already a lack of information between the two countries. You curse at each other and I curse at each other, and it is unlikely that we will be physically destroyed.

There is really no need to accept it.

But no one expected it.

These levels of defense breaking are just a piece of cake.

But at this moment, everyone's shock is limited to the box office.

But Guan Ling was planning something else!

……

For several days, the box office of "Even if the Wind Rises" has maintained a single-day box office of over 1 million.

"Even If the Wind Rises" continues to create miracles!
As public opinion exploded, three days later, even though the box office occasionally declined as people entered the working hours, it basically maintained a box office of more than 80 million.

After the first week of box office, the film has grossed 4.7 million.

The Japanese no longer want to compare data at all at this moment.

Even the quality of the film, they began to avoid the issue.
In their hearts, they actually hope that this matter will be completely over.

Studio Ghibli.

Miyazaki Hayao looked at the high-definition version of "The Wind Rises" that he brought back from China, watched it from beginning to end, watched it several times, and fell into deep emotions.

This story was so similar to an idea he wanted to do.

The story of a man who goes with the flow and wants to build an airplane during a war.

The protagonist he originally had in mind was Jiro Horikoshi.

What a coincidence, the other protagonist’s name is Gu Er.

At a certain moment, Miyazaki fell completely silent.

The whole house was in a state where one could hear a pin drop!
He suddenly realized that his idea was wrong. Even though some of the routines in his and Guan Ling's films were very similar, he couldn't even convince himself if he really filmed it.

He is anti-war in his heart, and he has always believed so.

But he himself couldn't even figure out whether he was against the war or against defeat.

He was holding the script of "The Wind Rises" in his hand. Although it had not been finished yet, the general plot was already in his mind.

Miyazaki looked up at the ceiling.

I was speechless for a moment.

He originally wanted to write a protagonist who took airplanes as the true meaning of his life dream! But at this moment, in front of Gu Er, he felt so powerless.

They are doing this to prevent invasion, it is just!

And if he really filmed the story of Jiro Horikoshi, what kind of dream does Jiro Horikoshi, an executioner-like aircraft designer, represent?

Dreams of blood and sin?
What was his reason? Patriotism? Inscribing patriotism in the story of invading others?

He didn't know why Guan Ling and he had such similar ideas, they just had different standpoints.

A desire to find a soulmate arose in his heart.

It was only at this moment that he suddenly realized that he was not against the defeat movie, but against the war.

This movie really shouldn't be made by him, because it would make him seem hypocritical, disrespectful to the Chinese people, and disrespectful to life.

No matter what emotions he expressed, it was more like a condescending look down on someone who had done something wrong.

However, Gu Er is a strong grass in the wind, and the stories he tells are truly anti-war.

I will always remember what you did.

So you must also remember what you have done until it changes, until as time goes by, these things become history and disappear in the long time and space!
Otherwise, war may come again!
He wanted the Japanese to see the film.

So he had to do something.

The next day, despite the obstruction of Shinkai Makoto and Miyazaki Goro,
Hayao Miyazaki still recommended the movie "The Wind Rises" to Japanese audiences.
Hayao Miyazaki's comment is:

"May the world be filled with peace, even if Japan is destroyed."

Then he announced that he would stop writing!
All of a sudden, Japan exploded!
All the Japanese audiences were stunned!

Suddenly, news insulting Hayao Miyazaki as a traitor to Japan came one after another, which directly turned the Japanese animation industry upside down.

Countless stubborn Japanese anime fans were lost for a moment.

"We were still trying to talk big, why did the flag surrender first?!"

……

Guan Ling was also a little surprised when he got the news.

But this does not affect Guan Ling's respect for Hayao Miyazaki. Although he adapted Miyazaki's movies, Guan Ling still has no opinion on Hayao Miyazaki himself. After all, among Japanese politicians and many stubborn Japanese, Miyazaki is considered to be a very neutral person who dares to face history.

At this time, most of the nominations for the Annie Awards and the Berlin Film Festival were released, including the movie "The Wind Rises"!
This film even entered the main competition unit at the Berlin Film Festival!

For a time, public opinion was everywhere!
Faced with the news that Hayao Miyazaki had stopped writing, was labeled a traitor in Japan, and his films were selected for two major film festivals.

Guan Ling finally accepted an interview with the news media, during which Guan Ling's words were sharp!
"I have always respected Hayao Miyazaki because he dares to face history and reflect on it. But most Japanese people do not deserve respect from the Chinese.

Let’s talk about animated films. Director Hayao Miyazaki has led the development of Japanese animation for half a century.

But apart from him, Japanese anime is nothing but garbage!"

(End of this chapter)