Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 563: Fighting a Country

Seeing that Jane Zhang refused to listen, everyone felt helpless and the topic ended there.

If you talk too much, you might offend people, and then you won't even have friends anymore.

We chatted while eating and then went our separate ways after the meal. Jane Zhang had to sing on various shows and had a lot of activities at the end of the year.

For example, Liu Tianxian was busy this year and did not attend Weibo Night because her movie "Gravity" was about to be released.

Shu Chang is also going to help promote a TV series called "Fragrance", in which she plays a supporting role.

Shu Chang has movies to shoot now, unlike later when she gradually had no movies to shoot.

Liu Tianxian and Fang Hong flew back to Beijing.

"Hey, you usually didn't ask about such things before. Why are you so enthusiastic this time?" Liu Tianxian was sitting nearby, quite interested.

I was talking about the previous advice I gave to Jane Zhang.

"We are so familiar with each other, and I can't bear to see her sinking into depravity, but I can't persuade her and I can only let her be. Others can only give suggestions on personal matters, and no one can intervene."

Fang Hong was mainly moved by what happened to Yao Beina and felt some sympathy for her. After all, everyone would feel soft-hearted in that situation.

And Jane Zhang is Liu Tianxian's best friend. If anything happens at that time, Liu Tianxian will probably be sad for a while again.

He was also very familiar with Jane Zhang. They had dined together many times and sang songs together several times. Seeing that the event was about to happen, he reminded her.

"Oh, I see. That's good. Treat my friends as your friends." Liu Tianxian was quite relieved.

It seems that this man's mentality has changed a little bit, and he has integrated into her small circle. There was some distance between them before.

As for Jane Zhang's matter, they can only persuade her and cannot do anything else. They just need to fulfill their obligations as friends.

The two were on the plane at this time, sitting in the first class cabin. Liu Tianxian brought some snacks and ate them herself, feeding the man next to her from time to time.

"Are you feeling better now?" Fang Hong turned and looked at her.

"It's better now. The saddest time has passed. At the beginning, I couldn't accept the fact that people were gone. I was very sad, but now I feel much better. However, I still miss them in my heart." Liu Tianxian said.

I think a lot about Yao Beina. I think about her every night when I go to bed and calm down.

"That's good." Fang Hong nodded.

"But I won't delay anything. After I get back to Beijing and pack up, I'll start promoting Gravity." Liu Tianxian said cheerfully.

This has been a long time coming, with the film being released in less than a month.

And that movie is the only star, so it wouldn't work without her to promote it.

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome. Just stay at home and adjust your mood. Do some exercise and prepare for filming "Lucy 2". I've already thought of a way to promote it." Fang Hong has been thinking about how to promote "Gravity" these days.

It is to use gimmicks to stimulate public opinion.

After all, it’s almost the Chinese New Year in February, and other movies like "The Man from Macau 2", "Dragon Blade", "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons", "Wolf Totem" and so on are being promoted in full swing.

This year, Hong Kong films are in the lead again. If nothing unexpected happens, this period will be the box office era of Hong Kong films. It’s only the emergence of the Jade Rabbit variable in recent years that has suppressed Hong Kong films.

But the centipede is still alive even after death!
Of course, the competitors know that Yutu’s movies will definitely be released during the Spring Festival. Yutu will not miss any good schedule. Except for the empty releases of Huayi’s movies in the past two years, it has basically never been absent.

And there are already signs of publicity. It is a space science fiction movie, and it is said that hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested.

They did not dare to be negligent and launched a large-scale propaganda campaign.

If Liu Tianxian goes on a roadshow, it will be too late, and she will definitely not be able to outpromote others, whether in terms of lineup or status.

Those movies were starred by big names, the best in the film industry, and this era has not become outdated.

And it is rare that a movie can be made successful by relying on stars’ roadshows. Stars can play a role, but it is not a big one.

Otherwise, those idols with tens of millions of fans should be able to support a movie, but no one can.

It still relies on gimmicks and publicity to attract people to the cinema.

"What method?" Liu Tianxian wondered.

"I won't talk about this for now." Fang Hong kept it a secret.

"Hey, you are still hiding it from me, right?" Liu Tianxian was unhappy. He hugged his neck and became savage again.

"It's about creating a powerful enemy and using this enemy to ignite public opinion." Fang Hong was caught under the armpit.

"What kind of enemy can have such a great effect? ​​Other movies or movie producers can't do that." Liu Tianxian was puzzled.

It is common for opponents to pull down each other, and no matter how powerful public opinion is, it is difficult to say whether it can detonate public opinion.

"It's definitely not an enemy like other movies. It's hard to say what effect they can have or how much box office they can make. This enemy is a country." Fang Hongdao
"Country?!" Liu Tianxian let him go, very surprised. Her man wanted to fight against a country? This was too crazy!
"Yes, the country!"

When Fang Hong returned to the capital, he immediately found Chen Zhixi and discussed publicity matters with her.

"Drag the United States into the picture and say that the United States is going to ban Gravity." Fang Hong stated the plan directly.

"Ah?!" Chen Zhixi was also confused. What kind of routine was this?

"Just do as I say. Just say that the United States feels that Gravity threatens their security and wants to ban the movie. Play the patriotism card." Fang Hong explained.

After hearing his plan, Chen Zhixi immediately understood what he meant and was extremely surprised: "Is it really okay to play like this?"

"It's okay, who cares about little Karami like us." Fang Hong waved his hand and said it didn't matter.

"What if it really comes true and we are banned?" Chen Zhixi worried.

"Gravity" was distributed by Universal Studios, and the global publicity campaign was launched a month ago. Of course, it's not too big. As it's a domestic film, I still don't have confidence in it.

"You have to know that the market that Hollywood is entering now is much larger than our market in North America. If we really ban us, the higher-ups will not agree. We agreed to be equal, so this way they will have a reason to make it difficult for their films to be sold, and they will suffer greater losses than us." Fang Hong was not worried at all.

In the past year, Hollywood movies’ domestic box office revenue exceeded 70 billion, equivalent to 10 billion US dollars.

This year, the price has exploded. How could "Gravity" be banned? If it was banned, all Hollywood movies would probably be cleared out, and the principle of equality would be completely lost.

Chen Zhixi didn't say anything. He lowered his head and thought for a while. He felt that this plan was feasible, very feasible.

The main reason is that there is a firewall in the country, and it is difficult for news to spread abroad. Even if it spreads abroad, it will not cause any waves. Even if it causes waves, it will be good for "Gravity".

It also fits in with the international environment and patriotic enthusiasm. The principal is such a talented person who can think of this.

In February, this year's Lunar New Year and Spring Festival period is regarded as the longest and most competitive period in history. More than 2 films are crowded in 95 days, which can be described as a riot of demons.

The market has grown visibly, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie.

During the Spring Festival, the most competitive films are "Along the Way", "Wolf Totem", "The Man from Macau 2", "Dragon Blade", and "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons".

Each one is full of gimmicks
There are also several Hollywood movies, such as "Night at the Museum 3", "Seventh Son: Exorcism of the Demons", "The Hobbit", etc. Although these movies are not released during the Spring Festival, they are all released during the New Year's Day period in January.

Don’t worry about all these, the Spring Festival period is the home ground for domestic films.

Just as the Spring Festival movie season is approaching, major film directors and producers have begun to criticize each other.

During the interview, Wang Jin implied that "Dragon Blade" was too serious and not suitable for the atmosphere of the Spring Festival. He said: "The Spring Festival is a happy day for everyone. The audience prefers to watch some light-hearted movies instead of heavy historical films."

Fang Long then responded: "Movies are not just entertainment, they should also have cultural and historical depth."

These remarks are considered to be a response to the connotations of "The Man from Macau 2".

The Hong Kong circle is not a monolithic entity. There are many circles of all sizes, and Fang Long’s film is invested by Huayi.

Wang Jin’s film was invested by Bona Investment, and the two parties are originally competitors.

"Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons" and "Wolf Totem" also imply each other. The director of "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons" said in an interview: "Although some movies look very artistic, they may not really shock the audience."

The director of Wolf Totem responded: "The core of the movie is the story and emotion, not the empty images created by special effects."

Later, the director of "Dragon Blade" criticized "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons": "Some movies may have gorgeous special effects, but lack real emotional support."

There are also other movies that are criticizing each other. Wang Jin even criticized a variety show movie, saying that although it is advertised as a family-friendly movie, it is actually relying on the popularity of the variety show to support its presence.

All parties are fighting against each other, and it is a mess. No matter how good their private relationship is, as long as there are interests, they have to fight against each other no matter who you are.

It is hard to say that their mutual attacks and mutual slander are not for the purpose of attracting each other's traffic. It is hard to say, as they often treat the audience as fools.

But everyone seems to have forgotten "Gravity", which is normal because "Gravity" has not made any progress at the moment.

If you rashly try to provoke a fight with this movie, you'll just be adding popularity to the movie and doing a good thing for Jade Rabbit, so everyone tacitly ignored it.

But Fang Hong knew that the domestic films released that year were basically all bad movies. There was not a single good movie. Those movies were called the most amazingly bad movies in history by the audience.

Each one is incredibly bad!

Soon it is New Year’s Eve on February 2, and tomorrow is when the Spring Festival movies will be released.

"Strange, why is there no movement from the principal?" Mr. Wang was very confused.

At this point, the promotion method for Yutu's most expensive movie is still lukewarm. They just put up posters offline, and there is no movement in the online Internet promotion.

"I think they are plotting something against us again. You need to be alert." The king gave the instructions.

The principal had messed with him a few times before, so he had to be careful.

"What other schemes and tricks can I use? I won't be as stupid as last time and be fooled by his blank talk. Even though he made a blank talk, I still thanked him and reserved the screening time for him." Mr. Wang still remembers Fang Hong's blank talk.

That incident left a deep impression on him, and he had to be impressed by it, as he lost hundreds of millions.

"You still have to be careful. Call Fatty Yu and tell him that if the principal uses any tricks, we will unite to deal with it." The King instructed.

"it is good!"

Mr. Wang nodded immediately, took out his phone and started calling.

Sometimes when they arrange the release dates, they will also communicate privately, for example, the big guys will communicate with each other about how long to wait between the Lunar New Year releases.

So they all kept each other's phone numbers, including Fang Hong who also had the phone numbers of Guangguang Film Studio and China Film Corporation. If there were no conflicts, they would also call Yutu to inquire about the date the movie was scheduled so that they could avoid each other.

Just when those movies were pulling each other down and engaging in open wars of words just to get more traffic, the bigwigs were informing each other that if the principal was playing tricks on them, they would unite to deal with him.

A piece of news immediately set off public opinion:
"The US Department of Commerce banned the movie Gravity on the grounds of 'national security'!"

The article claims that the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an emergency executive order on February 2.

"Gravity" was included in the Entity List, prohibiting the film from being distributed, screened, and streamed in the United States.

The article also listed the reasons for the ban, saying that the particle special effects technology used in "Gravity" was suspected of collecting biometric data of the audience.

Anyway, it sounded plausible, and netizens and the media believed it to be true for a while, and it received widespread attention.

The mainstream media and portals did not report it, but the self-media reported it. After seeing this news, a large number of netizens were indignant and cursed the United States online.

"Fuck America, are you polite?"

"Then don't import American movies. Ban their movies!"

"Everyone boycott Hollywood movies, don't watch The Avengers."

"Foreign countries are suppressing us because they are afraid of our film culture."

"Go watch Gravity, support the rise of domestic films, and don't watch Hollywood movies."

“If you don’t watch Gravity, you are not patriotic.”

"Yes, it is unpatriotic."

"The Rabbit Tickets are on pre-sale, hurry up and grab them."

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For a time, netizens were excited and expressed their patriotic enthusiasm in various ways on the Internet, regardless of whether it was true or not.

Anyway, they will support what the United States boycotts, and they will boycott what the United States supports.

No one knows where this news came from, but various media outlets have followed up with reports. It would be a waste not to take advantage of this huge amount of traffic.

"The US ban on Gravity, whether true or false, will not hinder my country's rise as a cultural power!"

"The U.S. Department of Commerce banned Gravity. Is it a cultural barrier or a political game?"

“Why is it difficult for the strong Chinese cultural tone of Gravity to fit in with the North American tune?”

Such Internet headlines flooded the entire network for a while, and even topped the hot search list at an extremely fast speed and continued to dominate the list.

At this rate, the heat won’t go down on New Year’s Eve, and I don’t know if it will go down on New Year’s Day.

Just this little trick made "Gravity" unprecedentedly popular, overshadowing all other movies, including those in social demand.

Liu Tianxian didn't even move at home, but the movie she starred in became a huge hit.

"You are so awesome. Let me see what's going on with your head?" Liu Tianxian exclaimed, and was about to pull Fang Hong's head over to take a look.

At that time, she only heard that Fang Hong wanted to find an enemy for "Gravity", but she didn't expect it to be like this.

It immediately caused a public outcry and aroused widespread excitement.

At this time, they were sitting cross-legged beside the coffee table, and Liu Xiaoli and Xu Liyun were cooking the New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen.

"Look at you, you're touching my head again. I've told you so many times that you can't just touch a man's head casually."

Fang Hong dodged for a moment, then said, "I'm not afraid that you'll get tired running around. It's so lonely to go out during the Chinese New Year. In order to reduce your physical strength, I can only waste my brain power."

"Okay, okay, very good. You know how to care for your wife." Liu Tianxian laughed, patted his shoulder and praised him, and then said: "Then there is no need for me to promote it."

"Even if we don't need it in China, we still need it abroad. Let's go to the United States to promote it. Isn't that a publicly funded tour?" Fang Hong said.

It’s about “Big Hero 6” being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Regardless of whether it wins or not, I have to make the trip.

(End of this chapter)