China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 377 Rage (Subscribe!)
"Run? I have a blue dragon drinking water on my left, a white tiger swinging its tail on my right, sand in my pocket, wealth at home, a tree behind me, the God of Wealth visiting me, I will kill you without leaving a single piece of armor or a single piece of clothing!"

"Crack!"

Taiguo, the crew of "Detective Chinatown", today is the third day of the filming. The actors are gradually getting back into their acting form, and Chen Dong has therefore sped up the shooting efficiency.

Of course, even for actors with great acting skills, there is no guarantee that many shots will be correct in one take.

For example, in the scene where Wang Baoqiang plays mahjong, Chen Dong originally wanted to let him play freely. He didn't have to make it the same as the original, but just make it natural and smooth. However, after five NGs, he still didn't achieve the effect he wanted.

So in order not to waste time, Chen Dong could only draw the original shots and let the actors follow his example.

This scene was finally passed on the seventh time.

After this scene, Chen Dong reduced the number of NGs allowed to the actors to perform freely to three. If they failed three times, he would let the actors shoot according to his ideas.

In this way, the shooting efficiency is greatly accelerated...

"Ka... save one."

Bao Yitiao also means passing.

Because it was time to get off work, everyone turned their eyes to the director after hearing that the scene had been approved.

But at this moment, Chen Dong was so absorbed in the filming that he forgot about time and was ready to continue filming. It was only when Jiang Wen beside him reminded him that he announced the end of the work.

Today is also the day when "Tiny Times" and "A Man's Martial Arts" are released in China.

After Chen Dong had a video call with his wife and children that night, he still went online to follow the situation.

In terms of online reputation, "A Man's Martial Arts" is obviously better, but "Tiny Times" is more popular. After all, Guo Jingming has been advertising on Weibo for nearly a year, and it is not a futile effort.

The first-day box office figures of both movies would not be released until the early hours of the morning. Chen Dong did not go to inquire about it, and he had to get up early to film the next day, so he washed up and went to bed at 11 o'clock.

In the same hotel, Chen Dong could go to bed early, but Wang Baoqiang couldn't sleep until he received the first-day results of "A Man's Martial Arts".

So he stayed up until the early morning, waiting for the text message to ring, and only went to bed satisfied after seeing that "A Man's Martial Arts" had grossed 3123 million on its first day.

At the same time, the leading actors of "Tiny Times" are also eagerly waiting for the first day box office.

Yang Mi was impatient and sent a message to Guo Jingming every two minutes. The problem was that Guo Jingming had no connections with China Film Group and could not know the first day's statistics in the first place. He was also waiting for a reply from Tianyu's senior management.

This kind of waiting is tormenting. If the waiting lasts for half an hour, it will be painful.

But there is a saying that goes "after all hardship comes happiness".

When Guo Jingming received the news that the first-day box office of "Tiny Times" reached 7000 million, his little heart suddenly swelled up, and he felt that Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Dong... were all just so-so.

Guo Jingming, who likes to post on Weibo, even forgot to share the good news with Yang Mi and others, and instead posted on Weibo first.

【V Guo Jingming: Thanks to the support of brothers and sisters, "Tiny Times" achieved an excellent first-day performance of 7000 million in the midst of the fire. We are not afraid of being discussed, or in other words, after the work is released, it should be forged forward in the discussion of others. Next, let us charge towards the mountain of 10 billion box office. 】

As soon as this Weibo post came out, the fanatical fans of "Tiny Times" immediately became excited.

It’s not enough to have fun on your own.

He actually went to posts related to "A Man's Martial Arts" to show off, mock, and declare war.

On the "Wulin" side, some people had long been unhappy with these little cuties, so they fought back.

Originally, the two films were in a state of opposition due to the media's exaggeration.

Now the fuse was there, and the battle between fans of both sides had begun.

On the side of "Wulin", Wen Muye did not learn from Guo Jingming's way of forming a "fan circle", so naturally the fighting power was not on the same level as "Tiny Times", and basically they were completely defeated as soon as the battle started.

After an overnight fermentation, almost all posts related to "A Man's Martial Arts" were washed by the fanatical fans of "Tiny Times". What's more, they also gave "A Man's Martial Arts" a low score, and raised the Douban score of 8.5 to 7.5.

This is no longer a simple act between individual fans, it is a malicious cyber attack and has become a public relations crisis for "A Man's Martial Arts".

So when Chen Dong, who was filming in Taiguo the next day, received a call from Wen Muye and learned what had happened, he checked it online and then called the office of the president of Weibo directly.

Next, a group of passers-by who were watching the show on Weibo suddenly discovered that the posts attacking "A Man's Martial Arts" seemed to have disappeared inexplicably while they were watching them. Not only that, they also noticed that even those accounts had been blocked.

Now the onlookers could no longer sit still and started discussing the matter themselves.

"Hahaha, Weibo is taking sides."

"That's good. It's finally quiet now."

"Right. In fact, I think this should have happened a long time ago. Those fans of Tiny Times are just like fucking brainless fans. They feed shit to people everywhere and make the Weibo environment a mess."

"Tiny Times fans said: Can't you afford to play?"

"What do you mean by 'can't afford it'? Those bastards maliciously gave 'One Man's Martial Arts' a low score and bad reviews. Is that what you call 'can afford it'?"

"Although, this seems to be the first time Weibo has intervened to take sides. How can "One Man's Martial Arts" have such great power?"

"If you look at the production company of this movie upstairs, you will know the answer."

"I saw that the production company is Dongcheng Films, but so what? It won't affect Weibo, right?"

"Fuck, your house just got an internet connection. Let me tell you this: Dongcheng Pictures is Chen Dong's company, and Chen Dong is the second largest shareholder of Weibo. Do you understand now?"

"..."

This move by Weibo not only stunned the fans of "Tiny Times", but even Guo Jingming, who was peeking at the screen and secretly rejoicing, had his smile frozen on his face.

He felt it was unfair.

I feel very wronged, and I also feel sorry for those fans whose accounts have been banned.

So he stopped remaining silent and posted several Weibo posts to express his dissatisfaction.

"Weibo is the largest social media platform in our country. On this platform, I believe that as long as it does not violate the law, everyone should enjoy equal and free speech rights..."

"Some fans of Tiny Times may have been a little too aggressive in their words, and for that, I can apologize to One Man's Martial Arts for them, but I don't think they have committed any serious offenses that are difficult to write down, and the platform should not have directly banned them." "If Weibo only serves certain people, rather than the public, then I think this is a tragedy."

Guo Jingming might have been a little too excited, or he was getting angrier the more he thought about it, so his last update directly turned into a threat.

"Very disappointed! If Weibo, as a social media platform, cannot be fair, just and open, then there may be nothing worth staying on this platform for me."

Under this Weibo post, many crazy fans of "Tiny Times" whose accounts had not been blocked or who had registered a new account shouted their support.

But in fact, after calming down, Guo Jingming has no intention of deleting his Weibo account. Not to mention that Weibo is now the largest social media platform in China, he has persisted in posting thousands of updates on this account alone, and has gradually built up his fan base to more than 17 million. It can be said that this is his base on the Internet. How could he be willing to give up easily?

But the big talk had already been made, and he was put in the spotlight by his own fans, so he couldn't take it back even if he wanted to.

At this moment, he prayed that Weibo could give him a way out.

But that is impossible.

His account was not blocked because of Mango TV's reputation, because Mango TV is behind Tianyu.

Many people are paying close attention to this public opinion war which is a bit like a dimensionality reduction attack.

Yang Mi is no exception.

In fact, she had a bad feeling when she saw the fans of "Tiny Times" crazily attacking "A Man's Martial Arts" last night.

Because Yang Mi also came from Dongcheng, she was very clear about how powerful this old company was in the entertainment industry.

As expected, this morning Weibo simply issued a ban order to directly eliminate the "source" of those troublemakers.

However, Yang Mi feels that Dongcheng’s counterattack should be more than just this one. At least, Dongcheng’s public relations department has not yet taken action.

At noon, when Yang Mi discovered that the topic about "Tiny Times" on Weibo had fallen off the hot search list, her intuition told her that this was definitely not normal, and Dongcheng's public relations department must have already taken action.

Later, Yang Mi noticed that the popularity of "Tiny Times" was declining not only on Weibo, but also on many media websites, and it was declining seriously.

At this moment, Yang Mi received a call from Guo Jingming. She could tell that the other party's tone was a little anxious and he was obviously panicked.

Yang Mi originally thought that Guo Jingming wanted her, a person from Dongcheng, to act as a peacemaker, but she didn't expect that he actually wanted her to share the pressure on Weibo.

To be honest, if the box office of "Tiny Times" had not been good this time, the two parties might have cooperated in the future, and Yang Mi would have wanted to hang up the phone.

But she was already complaining madly in her heart.

After finally dealing with it, Yang Mi was still extremely troubled.

Zeng Jia was consulted, and after hearing Guo Jingming's request, the latter also hurriedly said: "Mi Mi, we must not get involved in this incident."

Yang Mi sighed, "I'm not stupid, but I am the lead actor of Tiny Times after all, and I have an obligation to cooperate with the promotion."

"Then let's just promote the movie and don't mention anything else."

Yang Mi nodded, this was exactly what she thought.

The reputation of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" collapsed terribly some time ago, but it still achieved a box office of nearly 300 million in the end.

The strategy adopted by China Film Corporation, which was responsible for the promotion of this film at the time, was reverse publicity, but the purpose of reverse publicity was also to maintain the popularity of the film.

At the moment, the reputation of "Tiny Times" may be slightly better than that of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", but it is not that good.

In addition, since it is a fan movie, it needs to maintain its popularity in order to attract more passers-by to the cinema.

But now its popularity has been strangled by Dongcheng’s public relations department, and the decline in box office sales was immediately evident.

It was 7000 million on the first day, dropped to 6000 million on the second day, and on the third day, it fell directly to 4000 million.

Guo Jingming was really panicked this time. Not only did he not delete his Weibo posts, he also deleted the posts that expressed injustice that he had posted a few days ago.

He also solemnly apologized for "A Man's Martial Arts" on behalf of his fans. One can only say that he is worthy of being the author of a best-selling novel. He even said in advance that "fans' behavior is paid for by idols."

Because the senior executives of Mango TV personally contacted Chen Dong behind the scenes, the public relations department of Dongcheng Pictures stopped suppressing the popularity of "Tiny Times" online.

But often there is only one chance, just like the popularity of "Tiny Times" on the day it was released, which was caused by a combination of factors. Now after being interrupted for two days, it is almost impossible to return to the original popularity.

Even though Guo Jingming applied for another 3 million yuan in publicity funds, it didn't have much effect.

On the contrary, because he deleted those diss posts on Weibo, he severely stabbed a group of crazy fans of "Tiny Times" and lost more than 100,000 fans overnight.

Although a little over 100,000 may not seem like a lot compared to his fan base of over 17 million, these people were once his 'true love' fans!
Although this public relations and opinion war caused by fans did not last long, only two days, it reduced the box office potential of "Tiny Times" from at least over 5 million to less than 4 million.

The so-called layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

People outside the circle just ate the gossip for two days, but for people in the industry, they saw with their own eyes how terrifying Dongcheng Pictures, a film and television giant that usually looks very low-key, is when it is really angry!
Moreover, this is most likely just the tip of the iceberg... After all, it hasn't reached the point where the relationship is at a standstill yet.

Let’s talk about Wen Muye’s "A Man’s Martial Arts". It grossed 3100 million on the first day. On the second day, due to malicious low scores and bad reviews, the daily box office dropped instead of increasing to 2700 million. On the third day, with the help of public relations, the box office rose back to 3000 million. Later, due to word-of-mouth, the box office revenue exceeded 5000 million on the highest day, which also increased the box office potential of this movie from the original to million to million.

……

In fact, this incident was just a small episode for Chen Dong.

The reason for saying this is that this incident has no impact on the normal filming tasks of his crew.

"Scene 3, three shots, three times. Ready. 2, 1, . Action."

This scene was shot when Tang Ren, played by Wang Baoqiang, recalled his marriage in his hometown. On the wedding day, his wife cheated on him in the house and he caught her on the spot. That’s why he came to Taiguo to develop in anger and was unwilling to go back.

Because this scene later reflected Wang Baoqiang's reality and was ridiculed by many netizens, Chen Dong actually thought about changing the plot before filming this scene, or simply not filming it and just describing it with words.

However, Wang Baoqiang insisted on filming and advised Chen Dong not to make any changes. In his words, this would make the character of Tang Ren more three-dimensional.

As a director, Chen Dong certainly knew that this design was more reasonable, but seeing that Wang Baoqiang was an honest child, he felt a little sympathy for him.

But since the other party insisted, he would of course respect the actor's decision, so... let's shoot.

(End of this chapter)