China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

"I still remember the Korean-accented Tie Shou in the 03 TV series The Four, the miserable Wuqing sitting in a wheelchair, the cold-blooded Leng Xue, and the only bright spot in the show, the handsome Zhui Ming.

At that time, I didn’t have a very good impression of this drama, because I got goose bumps all over my body when I saw the iron hand that looked like a stick, especially the promotional slogan at that time: The Korean TV drama ratings emperor - Cha In Pyo. If you hadn’t told me that this was a person’s name, I would have thought it was a watch all my life!

The terrible movie "Painted Skin" directed by Gordon Chan tricked me into going to the cinema and made me almost vomit half a year's worth of food.

But I was a big idiot and I got suckered in again.”

A few remarks made by a film critic who had watched the movie "The Four" really made Wang Changtian feel very disappointed.

"The Four" is a very classic IP.

"The Four" directed by Liu Haibo and starring Cha In-pyo, Wang Yan, Wallace Chung, Jiang Qinqin, Li Xiang and others is actually the only impression of "The Four" in many people's minds.

At that time, I don’t know how many old perverts who loved the young lover Pingping in "My Fair Princess" went to watch this TVB drama specifically for the role of Wang Yan.

After all, Wang Yan was really popular back then, especially her role as Bai Feifei in "Wulin Waishi", which displayed her beauty to the fullest.

Although the plot of the TV series "The Four" is average, it successfully created the characters of Zhui Ming and others.
Zhong Hanliang's version of Zhui Ming charmed many young girls who were just beginning to fall in love.
Although it is quite different from the image of Zhui Ming in the original novel, who is a drunkard and a dissolute person,

But Wallace Chung really portrayed the carefree and lighthearted character of Zhui Ming to perfection.

Therefore, although the box office of the movie version of "The Four" is getting higher and higher, the scope of criticism it has received is indeed getting wider and wider.

"I have always boasted that I have watched countless bad movies and have developed a 24K krypton gold eye for writing idiots. Even when I watched "The Promise" back then, I could sit calmly in my seat and endure the inhumane torture of the bloody plot. But Chen Jiashang once again made me realize that there is no strongest eye for writing idiots, only worse bloody plots. The whole movie tells the story of four civil servants with special abilities chasing the mastermind of a counterfeit currency manufacturing case and successfully letting the mastermind with mental illness escape in front of tens of thousands of extras. Good, very good, is this the Four Famous Detectives? This is the Four Trash!"

"This movie didn't give people the necessary sense of satisfaction, after all, the X-Men defeated the villain.

But the four famous detectives in this movie are as useless as the urban management officers of the Celestial Empire. Zhui Ming is an old drunkard who makes jokes all the time and occasionally flies out to kick to prove that he is really Zhui Ming and not the Drunken Swordsman.
Tie Shou is a wanted criminal who has turned over a new leaf. He makes a living by forging iron and is also a tech geek. In one scene, Wuqing's wheelchair was broken by Leng Xue. Tie Shou, in line with the spirit of independent research and development and not copying, successfully created a new generation of anti-powered four-wheel drive wheelchair with artificial intelligence. I once thought that it was Hawking sitting on it instead of Wuqing.
The character Wuqing is a man in the original novel, but in the movie he is played by Li Bingbing, who looks a bit older, but not ugly. I can accept this for now, but why is it that even though his name is Wuqing, when I see the cold-blooded character played by Deng Chao, I act like a crazy fan when seeing Jang Keun Suk and ask myself in a feminine way: "Does he love me? Doesn't she love me?"

Love you MYR? Why don't you change your name to Amorous Flood?

Finally, there is the cold-blooded one. Haha, I have seen the promotional video of "Painted Skin" before, and Deng Chao was also in it. I think he just changed his clothes and traveled directly from the crew of "Painted Skin" to "The Four". Not to mention that he had a bitter face from beginning to end and never said a complete line, and occasionally he would turn into Wolverine and bite people crazily. But such a person with severe autism and split personality plays the role of the male pig in this drama. The audience must stare at his bitter face for two hours, and have to accept that the first and second female characters fall hopelessly in love with such a mentally ill patient. The most unacceptable thing is that as a cold-blooded person, he adopted a Pekingese named "Hanhan", which is like a person giving himself an English name called James Gousheng. What a sense of incongruity on the screen!
Dear, what are you still hesitating about? This bloody movie is now showing in major theaters across the country! Group purchases can enjoy a 50% discount! Bring your father's murderer to the theater to watch it together! "

"I scolded the poet before, now it seems that I am really a worthless person! I'm sorry, I need to apologize to Director Chen!"

"Chen Jiashang without Guan Ling and Chen Kaige without Guan Ling are actually like having no father. To some extent, this is also a revenge for the murder of his father!"

Many film reviews criticized this movie harshly, but some of the reviews were extremely aggressive.

And soon a new meme emerged that influenced the entertainment industry.

"How can you let him watch The Four for the sake of revenge for his father's murder?!"

For a moment, the Internet exploded!
The revenge for killing one's father is comparable to the hatred for exterminating nine generations of a clan, but this plot later evolved into that even if there is such a great hatred, people cannot be invited to watch "The Four" because it is even more cruel.

A very nonsensical internet buzzword.

Guan Ling was stunned.

Especially with the example of Brother Chen Kai, almost the vast majority of the audiences who have seen the 200 million box office of "The Four" since its release have watched "Along with the Gods". In comparison, many people are almost losing their minds.

"The box office and audience potential of domestic films created by Brother Chen Kai and Guan Ling will not be forced into a box office winter by your "The Four"?!"

"They are both special effects, but the special effects of Along with the Gods and The Four are not even on the same level. Despite this, The Four still dares to advertise that it has a huge investment in the film, using more than 2000 special effects and countless costs for setting up the set. May I ask, where did you spend your money? Did you spend it on the big beds of Deng Chao and Huo Siyan's crew? Did you buy them big mattresses that cost $ each?!"

……

Deng Chao really didn't expect that because of this movie, his suspected cheating incident was reported by netizens again.

Especially this attack power is really strong.

This caused him to become extremely stressed out, and he was so scared that he couldn't even pee.

Because the clip about revenge for the murder of one's father was so popular online, many people saw his comment, so Deng Chao found the comment and quickly reported it. He then quickly attended several interviews with Sun Li to prove the deep love between the couple.

But I was really panicked.

Damn it, you have to be exposed for making a bad movie, right? !
I've already spent money to buy Zhuo Wei, are you, the audience, crazy? !
……

Since there is no direct competition from Chen Kaige's "Search" in this life, only the ending of "Along with the Gods" is left.

Therefore, the growth rate of "The Four" was indeed a little faster than in the previous life, but it still barely won the championship title of the day.

In the second week of its release, it was even surpassed by the embarrassing film "Along with the Gods".

Although during this period, due to the decline of "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds", "The Four" seems to have basically become the only film that stood out during the same period, giving the film an advantage in scheduling.

However, due to the plot, it has attracted a lot of criticism. Judging from the quality of this film and the quality of Chinese-language films as a whole, it may still have to maintain this special schedule to win the box office. Whether this will have a positive or negative impact on Chinese-language films, the audience will have their own opinions.

Although "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" did not surpass the final box office of "The Wind Rises" when it was released, it did surpass "Never Say Die", and its domestic box office finally broke 13.7 billion.

In South Korea, it even broke the record for the number of moviegoers in South Korea, winning the box office championship with 1398 million viewers.

When the news came, countless people in the film and television industry were completely devastated.

Is this a human being?
Because of this achievement, Chen Kaige was reported by major domestic news media and was regarded as a typical example of cultural export.

After hearing this, Guan Ling just laughed it off.

He returned to Hong Kong and started filming "Travel to Hong Kong" again.

Some media came to interview him about how he felt about the works he wrote first influencing the Korean national system and promoting Korean legislation.

It later broke the record for the number of moviegoers in South Korea and became the champion of the South Korean box office chart.

Guan Ling modestly claimed that this was the ability of directors Bong Joon-ho and Chen Kaige, and that it was just luck that had anything to do with her.

This has caused the industry to be uneasy.

Then he said in an interview that the simple oriental emotions can arouse the recognition of all people in East Asia, which made many screenwriters and directors think.

There are also many new works released in movie theaters.

After a three-year absence, the "McDull" animation series first took advantage of the weakness of "The Four" to land in mainland China again. "McDull, My Heart" earned 2275 million in the first week box office.

Although slightly lower than the first week box office of McDull in mainland China (09 million) released in 2250, the fresh and cute image of McDull and the current local culture of Hong Kong citizens make it have a certain appeal.

The first Chinese suspense film with the theme of constellations, "The Bizarre Events of the Twelve Constellations" produced by LeTV Pictures, earned 3 million in the first three days of its release, and 775 million in ten days, which has shown that the film is indeed not competitive at all.

In addition, "Da Wu Dang" earned 1400 million this week and a cumulative total of 5600 million.

The only imported film on the list, "Madagascar 3", has a cumulative box office of over 2 million, but the growth of single-day box office has become a straight line.

It is worth mentioning that in the following period, the release of thrillers such as "The Grudge" did give some surprises to horror movie lovers.

In mid-July, "Detective Hunter Zhang" and "The Grudge" were released one after another, but the situations of the two films were very different.

The first is the thriller "The Grudge" directed by South Korean director An Bingji. As a well-known horror film director in South Korea, An Bingji has always had a lot of experience in horror films, and his masterpiece "The Grudge" also has a place in South Korean horror films. The new film "The Grudge" borrowed the title of his famous work, hoping to attract more audiences who love horror films.

And this approach did have a certain effect. The film received 6 million in the first six days of its release, even surpassing the 3200 million in the first week of last year's summer thriller miracle "Far Cry". The box office success is due to the schedule advantage of the summer blockbuster gap.

Another reason is because of the film's advantages in genre. Thriller and horror films have always been popular in the mainland market. Although they cannot make explosive money, they have always been the representative of mid-weight box office films. This film also attracted a large number of young people who are keen on thrillers and achieved excellent box office results.

The other new film, "Detective Hunter Zhang," was somewhat of a box office failure. This film was a bit of a playful one.

Director Gao Qunshu invited a bunch of famous people on Weibo to participate in the film. The lead actor is Zhang Lixian, who is known as "Duku Laoliu", and the actors include many popular IDs on Weibo, such as Zuoyeben, Zhang Facai, Yingwu Shihang, Ning Caishen, and Wang Xiaoshan. They also promoted the film crazily on Weibo with their influence.

However, three days after the film was released, it only grossed 3 million yuan, ranking only ninth on the mainland box office list last week.

Weibo celebrities are worse than dogs.
Their hobby obviously cannot boost the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies, and this kind of movie always makes people feel that it is a boring low-budget movie, which further limits the box office of the movie. In the end, it is difficult to achieve more in terms of box office.

...

To be honest, Guan Ling gave "The Four" quite a lot of opportunities.

But this movie did not manage to take advantage of the huge gap between "Search" and "Painted Skin 2".

Instead, many movies have bitten off a piece of its flesh.

Coupled with the poor reviews, the growth rate has slowed down significantly.

It seems that getting 300 million is already the maximum.

Wang Changtian was shocked when he saw the box office trend.

"Are Director Guan's box office predictions always so accurate?"

then,

The publicity for "Uncharted" has finally begun to flood in.

At the same time, news suddenly came from the industry.

"The comedy film "Extreme Job", produced by Liu Yifei and co-directed by Yang Qing and Yan Fei, has officially wrapped up!"

The news attracted great attention in the industry.

This movie is not only written by Guan Ling, but also the first comedy movie of Lingyun Media. It is indeed worthy of attention. If this movie is scheduled for the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, I am afraid it will be difficult to sell.

Many people are worried.

Especially Zhang Yimou, he had originally planned to release "The True Story of Jianghu Swordsmanship" at the end of the year, but now it seems he is still under pressure.

Especially during the Lunar New Year period, there are already competitors such as "1942" and "The Banquet".

And Zhang Yimou, who filmed this movie, could obviously feel what the movie was trying to express.

The time after that,
Guan Ling continued to check "Your Name" produced by Hunan Hongmeng and other animation companies, while continuing to shoot "Hong Kong Trip", and occasionally played group sex with Li Yitong and Tang Wei.

These two sisters, one old and one young, are the perfect pair of sunny sisters.

Perhaps it was because of the arrival of Yang Mi and Liu Sisi that the relationship between the two gradually improved and they formed a united front.

If the old and the young join forces to deal with the Mesozoic, at least they can compete for favor.

They both figured it out.

Otherwise, no matter which of them came alone, it might not affect the status of the Mesozoic Era.
At this time, news about "Wild Age" came again.

The final cut of the film is now complete.

"In the second half of the year, will Ling Yun still dominate?"

The continuous news makes people speechless.

Many domestic production companies hesitated and narrowed their eyes.

With Lingyun Media's speed, if they don't carefully polish the quality of their films, it will be difficult for them to compete.

Guan Ling himself was not aware that the invisible pressure brought by Ling Yun had actually caused many domestic production companies to start focusing on quality control.

An invisible change is slowly taking shape...

(End of this chapter)