Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 177 A dead Taoist friend is not dead but a poor Taoist

As time entered mid-December, the competition between "The Flowers of War" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" had been fierce, and as the release date approached, the competition became increasingly intense.

Other movies that were released early have been kicked out to some extent or another, not to mention "The Legend of the Hongmen Feast", whose total box office barely exceeded 100 million yuan after more than ten days of release.

The investment amount for a movie directed by a Hong Kong director, using a Hong Kong team and actors will not be a small amount.

It is said that the investment amount of "Legend of the Hongmen Feast" is over 100 million yuan, and it will still be a loss even if there is a discount.

The failure of this film announced the end of the era of Hong Kong's pseudo-blockbusters. Since 12, there have been very few historical blockbusters directed by Hong Kong directors.

Previous works such as "Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon", "The King's Guards", "Red Cliff", "War of War", and "Guan Yunchang" were co-produced by Hong Kong directors and mainland directors, resulting in too many bad films.

Mainland film and television investors are not fools, these people are here to cheat money!

They began to learn from Yutu, supporting mainland film and television talents and starting a limited transformation.

However, transformation is painful, so 12 will be a blank period. Huayi will stand up again and Hollywood movies will continue to dominate the charts.

Don’t really blame Hollywood for this. Giving Hong Kong filmmakers opportunities is damn useless.

Even if they transformed, it wouldn't be that good, as Fang Hong had almost copied all the movies that became popular later on.

Of course, they don’t want to make serious movies, put up stars, or do marketing, as long as they can make money.

This happened in 13. Anyway, the Hong Kong team is being abandoned. Don't blame the mainland film and television capital. They gave them opportunities, but they were useless.

The current film market is in the exploratory stage, and this stage will definitely involve some costs.

Anyway, Fang Hong was just copying homework.

The competition between "The Flowers of War" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" had a shocking effect on the domestic film market.

At the same time, the media market believes that this is the first head-on confrontation between Hong Kong directors and mainland directors.

It's just that an uninvited guest, "Big Shot", broke in. The principal will stir up trouble and try to make his presence felt.

It was a disruptive blockbuster during last year's Lunar New Year holiday, and it is happening again this year.

The public opinion war among the three parties is in full swing, with the bosses all involved in the fight.

Zhang Weiping, who is a big mouth, said: "Everyone has seen 3D. Which one succeeded except Avatar? They were all money-losing movies. The worst loser was Ou Qi'er. It was called 3D, and Zhou Milk Tea was the lead actor! It's all bullshit."

What he meant was that "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" is also bullshit!
Later, during an interview with the media in Shanghai, he threatened: "Bona, the producer of Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, has twice defaulted on the box office payments. Audiences should not go to Bona Cinemas to watch Flowers of War. They can't show it."

As soon as these words were spoken, public opinion was in an uproar. This was going to "ban" Bona Cinemas, which was extremely crazy!

Bona’s Fatty Yu responded: “Bona doesn’t owe Zhang Weiping any money at all. I settle accounts with the cinema chains. It’s normal for some cinemas to owe the cinema chains one or two months’ ticket payments. He is kidnapping the cinema chains to sanction our cinema.”

Having said that, Bona has moved up the release time of "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" to 15 p.m. on the 2th, which is 4 hours earlier than "The Flowers of War".

Zhang Weiping is certainly a bad guy, but Bona is a hypocrite.

Yutu just watched the two men swearing at each other, but Fang Hong did not do nothing. He moved up the broadcast of "Big Shot" to 15 p.m. on the 2th.

That is to say, he mentioned several points mentioned in "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" and targeted Bona.

This time he stands on Zhang Weiping's side. Although he is a big mouth, he is not afraid of power. He openly resists the high share of profits earned by theaters, which is considered to be brave enough to speak out.

No one in the entire film and television market dares to shout, and everyone is looking at others as if they were a clown.

Just like Zhang Weiping explained now: "In fact, I was not doing it for my own benefit. I raised the profit sharing ratio, and Feng Kuazi also said that a group of people behind me would benefit. In the end, no one supported me. Some people even took advantage of my misfortune, and some people said that you raised me and I lowered you. The whole ugly situation was very disheartening. I fought for the interests of the producers, but I risked being eliminated."

No matter whether this person is doing it for himself or for someone else, as long as he dares to shout it out, he has courage.

Of course this has nothing to do with personal morality, as personal morals are still corrupt.

Some reporters also noticed that Yutu's "Big Shot" and "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" were moved up to the same time period.

A reporter asked: "Why is "Big Shot" mentioned in the same time period as "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate"? "

"It's just a technical adjustment, there is no personal grudge." Chen Zhixi responded.

The first part is a lie, the second part is the truth.

Fang Hong deeply understands who his real opponent is. Zhang Weiping is destined to be destroyed. Bona is his opponent. In response to the two sides' attack on Bona and Zhang Weiping's public anger, Fatty Yu responded to Southern Weekend:

"The Flowers of War was definitely not made for 6 million yuan. No matter how much the movie cost, both parties should respect the laws of the market."

This means that Yutu and the new screen do not respect the market.

“Who has ever seen Batman and Spiderman released on the same day? Why can the six major American companies sit down and negotiate the release date, but we have to kill each other and make the whole world laugh at us?

The release of three heavyweight blockbusters on the same day is a tragedy in the history of Chinese film distribution.

Especially the principal, this person has never respected the market."

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Fatty Yu said a lot, criticizing Zhang Weiping and Fang Hong to the point of saying that they were useless. Anyway, these two people were disgusting.

He also criticized Zhang Yimou, saying that he was a bully.

This is about "Curse of the Golden Flower". When this movie was released, it had to sign a one-month exclusive agreement with the cinema, which meant that only his movies could be shown in that month.

This is also the reason why Zhang Yimou never cooperated with Bona even after parting ways with Zhang Weiping.

Fang Hong also accepted an interview with the movie channel. If he wants to promote the movie, he must show off.

Now the producers and bosses come out to make comments, and the directors have to stand aside.

Of course, Fang Hong is in the capacity of a "director" and "actor", not as the boss of Yutu.

Few outsiders know that he is the boss.

But this did not stop him from saying: "Fatty Yu likes to say that others are bullying the market and that they don't respect the market, but has he ever respected the market himself?
The release date of "Dragon Gate Flying Daggers" was originally scheduled for the 17th, but it was moved up to the 15th. Does he really respect the market? He is the one who is maliciously competing.

Bona was listed on the Nasdaq in the United States last year, and has basically completed the vertical monopoly of the three major links of production, distribution and screening. He likes to talk about the United States, and the United States separates production and distribution, so why doesn't he learn from it.

This person says one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. He always blames others and never does anything wrong himself.

I would like to say one more thing now, it is not the Hong Kong filmmakers who are kidnapping the future of Bona, but the Hong Kong filmmakers who are kidnapping the future of Chinese films through Bona.

Please give mainland filmmakers more opportunities, more tolerance, and more forbearance.”

As soon as these words were spoken, public opinion instantly reached a climax. The president not only criticized Bona, but also Hong Kong films.

It also called on mainland filmmakers to stand up as soon as possible, which is a clear-cut stance.

Anyway, Fang Hong is not afraid. His team is all close to the mainland film team, so they will just confront him if he is confronted.

With his participation, Hong Kong films will only die faster than in the previous life!
His words made the Hong Kong film industry have no good feelings towards the principal. Among them, Wu Baige stood up and made an inappropriate statement: "In co-productions, the mainland should not dominate."

This instantly caused a huge uproar and sparked the indignation of a large number of netizens, who said that this person "praises Hong Kong and Taiwan and suppresses the mainland"!
The matter became more and more noisy, and it escalated to such a level that the higher-ups had to step in to suppress the heat.

If they continue to curse each other, both sides will be in opposition!
Of course, Wu Baige is also on the blacklist. Damn, he must be mentally ill.

The release of the three movies has caused such a huge public opinion storm, and they all try to shock people with their words.

Fatty Yu relies on Hong Kong filmmakers to flatter them, so he says good things about them; Fang Hong relies on himself and the mainland team, so he must stand on the mainland side.

Zhang Weiping is the one who makes indiscriminate attacks, attacking Bona, cinemas, Hong Kong, and the mainland.
However, this person did not blame Fang Hong the whole time, and he still knew who was in cahoots with him.

If he confronted Fang Hong, the situation would be really awkward and it would be hard to tell friend from foe.

Public opinion was surging outside, and on December 12, "Big Shot" held its world premiere.

This time it was to create momentum, and Lee Mi-kyung, chairman of South Korea's CJ Entertainment, and Mao Yu, vice chairman of Yindu, also attended.

Chairman Song Dai didn't have time, so he asked this person to do it.

Anyway, we should try our best to rely on overseas markets. It would be best if we squeeze every domestic company to the point where no one can make any movies anymore. Then Yutu will win without any effort.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

(End of this chapter)