Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 564 You Are Shameless

This year's Oscar opening ceremony is on February 2, which is the fourth day of the Chinese New Year. Fang Hong and his team will leave for the United States on the third day of the Chinese New Year.

There are only three people going to the United States this time. In addition to Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian, there is also the "Big Hero 6" director Shi Zhimao.

Fang Hong is also the screenwriter and producer of this movie. He designed many characters personally. He also controlled the artistry of this animation and is one of the creators.

"If you do this, what if they expose your lies?" Liu Tianxian looked at him, referring to the rumor that the United States banned "Gravity".

"There's an old saying, it takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it. Don't you think this is true?" Fang Hong touched her pretty face, which was so tender.

Liu Tianxian nodded, indicating that she understood very well. Of course, she understood it deeply. People spread rumors about her every day, and she had no way to explain it.

"That's right. You are such a bad person. You are making fun of the public." Liu Tianxian put her hand on his thigh.

The two of them were sitting cross-legged together.

"All's fair in war. I didn't say my movie was banned. It's purely a rumor. Tomorrow, we'll come out and explain that it's all rumors and nothing happened." Fang Hong said as a matter of course.

The popularity has already risen, and the movie will be released tomorrow and it will rely on word of mouth. "Gravity" can still beat those crappy movies.

As long as the movie is good, the audience won't care. What matters is whether it is luring them into the theater or feeding them history.

"Hey, why are you so shameless?" Liu Tianxian smiled and raised her hand to pat his face.

He spreads rumors himself and then tries to be a good person and explain that others are spreading rumors about him. If anyone has any shame, he would not do such a thing.

"What face do we need? If we keep face, we will lose." Fang Hong said.

In this film and television industry, anyone with a bit of dignity will not be able to achieve anything and will be bullied. The same is true for other industries.

"Come on, Xixi, Xiaofang. Today is New Year's Day, so I'm giving you two red envelopes." Liu Xiaoli came over with two red envelopes and handed them to the two.

Xu Liyun was also there, holding a red envelope in her hand.

"Wow! There are still red envelopes even after getting married!" Liu Tianxian jumped up and took the red envelope from her mother's hand.

"What's wrong with getting married? In our eyes, they are still children and haven't grown up yet." Liu Xiaoli was happy today and didn't make fun of her daughter.

Xu Liyun nodded, indicating that what he said was correct.

"Then give me this too." Liu Tianxian was about to snatch another red envelope from his mother's hand.

Liu Xiaoli drew back her hand and said, "I can't give this to you. It's for Xiaofang."

After she said that, she handed another red envelope to Fang Hong.

"Thank you, Mom." Fang Hong had already stood up and took the red envelope to express his gratitude.

The red envelope felt heavy in my hand, probably worth several thousand yuan.

"You give it to him, but it won't be mine by then." Liu Tianxian was proud and seemed a bit playful.

"That's your own business." Liu Xiaoli didn't care. Etiquette was the same. Whoever was in charge of the financial power was their business, and as a mother she shouldn't get involved.

Liu Tianxian said nothing, and turned to Xu Liyun and said, "Mom, Happy New Year!"

"Okay, here you go." Xu Liyun handed the red envelopes in her hand to the two of them, smiling so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

"Let's have the New Year's Eve dinner. It's ready."

Just as Fang Hong and Liu Tianxian were having New Year's Eve dinner at home, the pre-sale box office of "Gravity" on New Year's Eve exceeded 2.3 million.

The box office results on the day the pre-sale started were so high that it broke the domestic box office pre-sale record in one day, becoming one of the most anticipated movies at this stage.

The market appeal is very strong, it seems that everyone's patriotic enthusiasm is still very strong.

The pre-sale of "Gravity" absorbed a large amount of box office revenue, which made other movies very sad. The popularity and pre-sale data all declined to varying degrees, and they also felt unprecedented pressure.

A reporter asked Fang Long: "What do you think about the ban of Gravity in the United States?"

"I haven't heard of it, but I think it's unlikely. Someone is spreading rumors." Fang Long couldn't say anything good about the United States, he just hinted that Yutu was spreading rumors.

He didn't mention anyone by name and was very tactful in his words.

Wang Jin also asked the reporter: "Do you think it is possible for such a big country to ban a small movie like yours?"

This statement caused dissatisfaction among some netizens, who criticized Wang Jin: "The United States has done too many dirty things like this. Nothing is impossible."

Netizens also proudly said: "Our movie is awesome!"

Some people even think that he is pro-American and label him as a traitor. Patriotism cannot be touched.

This made Wang Jin come out to explain: "What I mean is that there is a reciprocal agreement. American movies can be shown here, and our movies can also be shown in the United States. There will be no ban."

After this explanation, the storm was temporarily calmed down.

However, both of them are doing their job for money, which means that after they finish filming the movie, they have already made the money, so the pressure is not as great as that of investors.

Those who make the film have agreed on the remuneration they deserve at the beginning of filming. As for the box office revenue, that is another matter and it won't be too much. The bulk of the revenue goes to the investors.

For example, Van Loon clearly stated that he would not use his own money to make movies.

This put investors under a lot of pressure, seeing as how public opinion about Gravity became overwhelming in a very short period of time.

Mr. Wang was quite confused and cursed: "Fuck, the United States banned Gravity. How dare the principal do that? He is really good at flattering himself."

"Unless this movie insults the United States, there is no way the United States will ban his movie. They even found an excuse that the technology is too awesome to fool those ignorant people." Da Wang also raised his voice.

I was really shocked by the principal's shameless move. He actually brought the United States to promote his movie and made full use of the patriotic enthusiasm of the Chinese people.

The United States cannot say anything yet, because the current principal's level is too low, and if you are on the same level as him, you will be inferior.

They can even come up with such a publicity stunt. With such a brain, why is the principal always hanging out with them in the entertainment industry? Why not go and hang out with Jack Ma, Tony Ma and the others?

With this talent for hype, what can't he succeed in?
"Then what should we do? Should we expose his lies?" Mr. Wang was very angry, as he was once again taken advantage of by the principal.

"I don't think it will be of much use. The principal chose this time period to detonate because he didn't want to give the audience time to react. The trend has already become established." Da Wang said.

The purpose of sparking public opinion at this time was to make people think that this movie was banned in the United States, thereby taking advantage of people's patriotic enthusiasm.

They just didn’t want to give the audience time to realize that this was fake news.

But it's useless to react. I guess after watching "Gravity", the audience will no longer want to watch other movies, just because other movies are too bad.

This is an open conspiracy, and it doesn't affect them in any way, nor does it bring down their movie. There is no solution, and even Fatty Yu is powerless. During the roadshow, the media asked him about it, and he said: "Someone is deliberately spreading false information. It's a shameless trick. They will do anything to fool the public for the sake of box office."

Just say that the principal is shameless and the public has been deceived by him. Aren’t those crappy movies they made also a lie?
Each of them is even more ruthless than Fang Hong. At least Fang Hong's movie is well-made and of high quality.

Their movies are horribly bad, and they are made just to make money.

No matter how these people refute the rumors, it’s useless; the popularity of “Gravity” remains high.

Just like Fang Hong said, we have to work hard to dispel the rumors!

Just when the Internet was in a frenzy due to competition among various film opinions, major movies were officially released on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Not surprisingly, Gravity was a box office success. The patriotism card is still very popular, not to mention the patriotism card of a big villain like the United States.

This year, Tupiaopiao launched a real-time box office display function, which is connected to the box office data of the National Film Special Fund Office, not the box office data of major cinemas.

The National Film Special Fund Office is the official data statistics agency of the Chinese film industry, responsible for collecting and publishing national film box office data.

With the application and promotion of technology, big data will gradually eliminate box office theft, because box office theft is tax evasion.

Real-time box office data showed that the numbers for "Gravity" jumped up very quickly, breaking the 100 million mark in just the morning.

If the revenue exceeded 100 million in the morning, then the revenue for the day would probably reach 300 million.

Other movies like "Dragon Blade", "Zhong Kui Conquers the Demons Strike Back", "The Man from Macau 2" and so on did not perform well at the box office.

Except for "Dragon Blade" which is slightly better, the other movies will just exceed 10 million, and all of them were sucked away by "Gravity".

However, this is only for the morning, and the total box office for the first day of the New Year can only be seen on the second day.

On the same day, The Paper published an article saying that the ban on "Gravity" was fake news.

The article cited a large amount of evidence, showing that a search of the website of the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce for content related to "Gravity" did not find any information about banning the film.

In other words, these two departments have not released any information about "gravity".

According to a message released on Facebook by Universal Pictures, the overseas distribution platform for Chinese-language films, the movie "Gravity" will be released normally in the United States, Canada and other places on February 2, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The release time was synchronized with that in China and it was not banned.

Ticket sales information related to "Gravity" can also be found on the websites of American ticketing companies such as Showtimes and AMC THEATRES, and some theaters support advanced screenings.

In recent days, "Gravity" has also appeared on the big screen in Times Square, New York.

So there is no evidence that the film was blocked from being released in the United States.

The Paper posted all the evidence one by one, directly refuting the online rumor of a "ban" on "Gravity" as false.

Due to the wall, it was not easy to collect these evidences, and it probably took some effort.

All of a sudden, all kinds of news changed direction.

"The U.S. Department of Commerce banned the movie Gravity on the grounds of "national security"? Fake!"

"The US banned Gravity for safety reasons? Fake news, don't believe it!"

"Rumors debunked! The online rumor that the US banned Gravity is false!"

"Gravity was banned in the US? The media's verification is not true. Fang Long and Yu Pangzi hinted that the principal spread rumors."

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These news headlines are basically quoted from articles in The Paper, with the source indicated on them. They were the first to discover and verify the information.

Domestic media are like this, too lazy to verify the truth and just report whatever they hear.

Gathering information and sending reporters all cost money and effort. How much more convenient it is to just copy it and use it!

This incident once again made Gravity popular. Even Mr. Wang couldn't help but say something: "I advise the principal to make good movies. There is no future in spreading crooked rumors."

I just named the names directly, I couldn't help it. If the box office is not good, it is likely to lose money. Fang Long's film investment is not cheap.

Seeing that the argument had started, the media was also excited, publishing a headline: "Xiao Wang said that the principal was doing something crooked!"

However, it was of no use. "Gravity" was still a hit because audiences found that this movie was surprisingly good and other movies were surprisingly bad.

While rumors were being refuted on the Internet, Liu Tianxian, Fang Hong and Guo Fan appeared at Huaxing International Cinemas.

An event called "Liu Tianxian Watches Gravity with You" was held here, inviting thousands of Liu Tianxian's fans and media friends to watch the movie with her.

It didn't cost any money, it was equivalent to Liu Tianxian treating us. Of course, I had to pay for the travel expenses myself, which was equivalent to a movie ticket, and was not cheap.

This made big fans across the country express regret, envy, jealousy and hatred as they were too far away to come.

"Ahhhh!"

Liu Tianxian was wearing a khaki windbreaker and looked fashionable and handsome. When she appeared at the entrance of the cinema, the fans at the scene screamed continuously.

Since they are all true fans, the fans at the scene were naturally extremely excited to see Liu Tianxian.

This isn't a premiere, so there won't be a need for such a grand ceremony. Just some security to separate the fans will be enough.

Liu Tianxian waved to her fans, and then accepted media interviews with Fang Hong and Guo Fan.

They made such a fuss just to dispel rumors!
"Principal and Tianxian, as the director and leading actor of this movie, is it true that the rumor online that Gravity was banned in the United States?" the reporter asked.

"It's fake, purely a rumor from the outside world. Such false news not only damages the interests of "Gravity", wastes social public opinion resources, but also damages the fairness of the film industry. We always speak with our film works and never engage in those empty talk." Fang Hong said without blushing or beating his heart.

Liu Tianxian couldn't help but glance at him, and just watched you shamelessly quietly.

"Who is spreading the rumor? Do you know?" the reporter asked.

"Who knows? If I say it was Mr. Wang or Fatty Yu, do you believe me? You definitely don't believe me, but no matter who it is, Yutu will bring it to justice and make sure that all the demons and monsters have nowhere to hide."

Fang Hong also specifically pointed out that it was Mr. Wang and Fatty Yu who spread the rumors. When the other party said that he was a heretic, he said that they were monsters.

This is a typical case of talking to oneself and putting the blame on others.

There is no way to check the rumor of a ban in the first place, and there is no way to verify where the news came from, so it doesn't matter what he says.

(End of this chapter)