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Chapter 505: The Influence of the First Director
After returning from the premiere of "Fengshen", the crew of "Ready Player One" resumed work after a two-day holiday.

After Li Yu and Fan Xiaopang came back, many people in the crew were discussing Guo Shi’s "Fengshen".

"Fengshen" will be officially released at 8 o'clock tonight, and people are discussing whether to go to the cinema to watch this movie after get off work today.

After observing that "Fengshen" was so widely discussed in the crew, Fan Xiaopang began to believe what Li Yu said that day.

Maybe "Fengshen" can really break the box office record.

"You have a very good vision, don't you? I noticed that what you said about the national teacher's "Investiture of the Gods" breaking the record may come true."

Fat Fan really admires him.

"Isn't this normal? The national director holds the title of the country's top director. Don't underestimate this title.

The added value of this title to a film is immense, especially when the film is of good enough quality.”

"Man Jiang Hong" was an example back then.

During that period, if Li Yu had directed the film himself, the box office would most likely not have reached 10 billion.

"That's not right. Why did the box office of the previous national director's movies fail to meet expectations? Didn't the title of the first director play a role?"

Fat Fan asked doubtfully.

“Is it possible that the title of the first director has already played a role, but the movie is just too bad and the audience has no desire to support it?

Take the worst film of the national director, "Three Shots Surprise", for example, it grossed over 100 million yuan in four days.

You have to know that at that time, the highest-grossing movie in the country was only 200 to 300 million.

If another director made a movie like that, do you believe that he wouldn't even make 20 million in four days?"

Li Yu explained.

The fact that it broke the 100 million mark in four days was so impressive that it even surpassed the national director’s own “Curse of the Golden Flower”.

The result? Because the movie was so bad, the final box office was not as good as "Curse of the Golden Flower".

What does this show? It shows that many audiences went to the cinema just for the title of the national master.

The box office figures in the past few days were very high, but they declined only after word of mouth spread.

On the other hand, if the quality of the movie is good, the single-day box office will continue to be strong.

Two days later, the first-day box office of "Fengshen" was first revealed by a media outlet, and the data was 3.5 million.

This data can be said to be very powerful, 100 million higher than "Operation Nujiang River".

In addition to the rapid development of the film market, the title of the country's number one director played a crucial role in achieving this result.

Many media invited to attend the premiere of "Fengshen" praised the film.

Plus, this movie was shot by a national master.

The name of the national teacher is a household name in China.

People heard that the national director made a great movie and many media were praising it, so how could they not go to the cinema to check it out?

The crew members of "Ready Player One" all contributed a lot of movie tickets.

The leading actor Hu Ge went to the theater fully armed and donated a movie ticket on the premiere night.

Among the first group of viewers who entered the cinema to watch "Fengshen", some entered the cinema after seeing Li Yu's evaluation of "Fengshen".

After watching the movie, they came to the conclusion that Li Yu really did not engage in commercial hype this time, and "Fengshen" is a very good commercial film.

The script of the national teacher has always been a weak point, but it is much better this time.

Because the novel "Investiture of the Gods" was written by people in the Ming Dynasty.

A lot of the stories and plots in the movie are from the novel, and the imperial master interfered less with the script. Although there are still some loopholes and small bugs in the plot arrangement of the movie, ordinary audiences can accept it.

Especially with the exciting plot + top domestic graphics and special effects, those small bugs are no longer a big problem.

"I bought the ticket after reading Director Li's review. It turns out Director Li was not lying. The national director really made a very good movie this time."

“Strictly speaking, the overall quality of Investiture of the Gods is not much higher than that of The Flowers of War.

There is a reason why one had a first-day box office of 3.5 million and the other had a total box office of less than 6 million.

In order to win the Oscar, a white male character was directly set up, and this white man saved all Chinese women.

How do you let the Chinese audience empathize? There are many ways to express ethnic hatred, but you have to arrange for a decent woman to be raped by the Japanese.

I can only say that "The Flowers of War" failed miserably and it deserved it.

Isn’t this “Investiture of the Gods” done well? There are no more white male characters trying to please the Oscar judges, and no annoying plots. ”

"Director Li said that this movie could be given 8.5 points. Director Li is a famous director and his scoring standards are quite strict.

I am just an ordinary audience. I think any movie that makes me happy is a good movie. I would give this movie a score of 9.5.”

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It can be seen from the reviews of the first batch of audiences that the movie "Fengshen" is very popular.

Subsequent box office data also confirmed this. By the fourth day, the total box office of this movie had exceeded 10 billion.

There is no doubt that this movie will become the highest-grossing movie in Guoshi's career.

Seeing the grand occasion after the release of "Fengshen", the national master fell into deep thought.

Could it be that his previous efforts to win an Oscar were really wrong?
He thought that if he made a movie that catered to the tastes of the Oscar judges, he would be able to achieve box office success both at home and abroad.

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

His attempts over the years can be described as dismal.

The Oscars ignored him and didn't even give him the chance to be shortlisted or nominated.

The box office performance of his films abroad is also terrible, which is negligible compared to that in China.

On the contrary, in China, his attempt to cater to the Oscar judges made domestic audiences dissatisfied.

The national master fell into deep thought and recalled what Li Yu said when he invited Li Yu to be the chief screenwriter of "The Flowers of War".

Li Yu asked him back at that time, he was obviously already the number one director in the country, why did he have to lower himself to beg for recognition from the Oscars?
What's more, the Oscars will not give awards to directors like him, but only to some Chinese directors with yellow skin and white hearts who have obtained a certificate of good conduct.

If the price of winning an Oscar is to kneel down, it would be better not to have that crappy Oscar.

The national teacher’s response at that time was, I really envy you young people for having so much self-confidence.

At that time, he did not listen to Li Yu's words, but now he finds that Li Yu was right.

Instead of trying to please the Oscar judges but getting rejected, it is better to focus on cultivating the domestic market wholeheartedly.

Li Yu also said at the time that with the development of time, the domestic film market with more than one billion people will be larger than the American film market.

A box office of 3.5 million on the first day was unthinkable ten years ago. At that time, the highest-grossing movie in the country did not even reach 3 million, let alone a box office of 3.5 million on the first day.

The national teacher discovered that if the domestic film market continues to develop at this pace, surpassing the US market is really not a dream.

Thinking of this, the national teacher couldn't help but admire Li Yu's vision.

Li Yu had this vision many years ago.

(End of this chapter)