Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 119 If you love educating people so much, why don’t you become a teacher?

Lu Chuantaro didn't expect the reporter to ask this question and felt quite embarrassed.

But then came anger.

Both films cost 1000 million yuan, and both received 200 million yuan in support from China Film Corporation. After ten days of release, "Kekexili" grossed 680 million US dollars.

The box office of "The Shallows" is still unknown, but judging from the situation, the first-day box office may be much higher than that of "Kekexili".

This is obviously what the reporter meant.

“Why don’t you talk about the social significance of the film? After the release of Hoh Xil, the poaching problem has received attention from the whole society, and 28 lives have been saved indirectly. This movie has brought more benefits than the lives of the mountain protection team…”

"What's the point of The Shallows? What's its practical significance? It can't solve any problems, nor can it draw attention to a certain group. Such a movie is just fast food. If my Hoh Xil is a cup of mellow tea, then The Shallows can only be considered a drink at best. There is no comparison at all..."

"And speaking of box office, Hoh Xil won the Tokyo Film Festival Jury Award and was recognized by international professional filmmakers. Isn't that a good enough result?

But look at the schedule.

How many screenings were scheduled for "Kekexili" at the beginning?
The highest is only 7%.

Let’s take a look at how many screenings of “The Shallows” are scheduled today?
Take the cinema we are in now for example. Four out of the five halls are playing "The Shallows". All the remaining movies are crammed into one hall. On average, a movie can only be played once a day. If this isn't a shady deal, what is?
I am very surprised at the level of appreciation of the current audience. The Shallows is a monster movie about curiosity. The director plays with the audience's curiosity and uses a shark to torture its victims to satisfy his expectations of the box office. If such a movie can really get 100 million yuan at the box office, I think it is a regression of the domestic film industry."

Lu Chuan spoke a lot in one breath, and his words were well-reasoned and disrupted the reporter's train of thought.

But it's worth it, what Rikutaro said is enough to spark a topic.

Didn’t they see that a large group of people buying tickets were looking at him strangely?

He did not hide the meaning in his eyes - you are an idiot.

The reporter immediately realized that the situation could get worse, so he turned the microphone around and started interviewing the young couple who were closest to him.

"Excuse me, classmate, I see that you seem to disagree with the opinion expressed by Director Lu just now. Do you have anything to say?"

The young couple were dressed like students, and when they saw the camera pointed at them, the female student immediately hid herself behind her boyfriend.

The boy stood in front, not afraid of the camera, and said directly: "What do I want to say? I remember this director can be a teacher."

"Be a teacher? Why?"

"Because he succeeded in making me feel disgusted."

Uh?
Everyone was stunned at first, then someone reacted and laughed out loud.

The girlfriend behind him also laughed, which made the boy feel a little proud.

On the other hand, when Lu Chuan found out the answer, he realized that the other party was mocking him, and Lu Tailang felt a little angry.

"Director Lu, what do you say?"

Lu Chuan was so angry at this reporter. This reporter was really a scoundrel. He was so blatant in causing trouble and didn't even try to hide it?
But he was not prepared to argue with the other party.

"I don't have much to say. Everyone has a different starting point. The boy is still too young and has no artistic accomplishment. He doesn't even know what a movie is."

Originally, the young man was not going to go on, but when he heard Lu Chuan say this, especially in front of his girlfriend, he immediately stopped.

He is at an age where he dares to stab people with a knife, how could he possibly accept such ridicule?

But in front of the camera, it is definitely not okay to use full force.

The young man from Beijing was ready to have a good talk with the other party.

"I'm just surprised that you feel so superior just by watching a movie. What kind of artistic accomplishment is that?
Since you love educating people so much, why don’t you become a teacher? Why become a director?

I am educated every day in class. I finally get out to watch a movie, but I have to be educated again. Ask those who are buying tickets around me, who likes to be educated?

An idiot like you thinks you are superior just because you made a movie and wants to educate the audience. Aren't you just a copycat?
Don't think I don't know. It's said on the Internet that "Kekexili" plagiarized a documentary directed by another director. With your level of skill, you still want to educate people. You deserve the poor box office of "Kekexili".

To tell you the truth, I haven't watched The Shallows yet, and I'm not a fan of director Zhang Chen, but I have watched Hoh Xil, and what I regret most now is the money I spent on the movie ticket. What was his name? "

"Lu Chuan, Director Lu Chuan~" The reporter handed over a knife at the right time.

"Well, Lu Chuan, I've got it. I'll promote you well in our school when I go back today..."

After the young man finished speaking, he left with his girlfriend angrily, leaving Lu Chuan with a red face.

Plagiarism is his eternal pain, and his father has been helping him deal with this matter these past two days.

The matter had originally been handled in a low-key manner, but I didn’t expect it to be brought up in public today.

He felt that he was cheated by the reporter, but it was obviously he who found the reporter.

When the reporter heard that "Kekexili" was suspected of plagiarism, he immediately handed the microphone over again, wanting to dig deeper, but this time Lu Chuan did not give him a chance and turned and left.

He is not stupid. He has been cheated once, so how could he stay here and be cheated again?

…By the evening, The Shallows had become a hot topic online.

Zhang Chen has memories of later life and attaches great importance to the Internet.

Especially since his audiences are all young people, and young people love surfing the Internet, so online marketing accounts for a very high proportion in this promotion.

Dong Jianqiang specially recruited several young employees to be responsible for online promotion.

Before the movie was released, their job was to post promotional videos of "The Shallows" in major forums to arouse people's interest.

Now that the movie has been released, they have begun pretending to be moviegoers, leaving comments or creating topics in various sections, constantly praising "The Shallows" and trying their best to attract those viewers who have no interest in watching the movie to the cinema.

Of course, there are ways and methods to do this. They won't just come up and get straight to the point, but usually reply to other people's posts.

This group of young people likes to share very much.

No matter what they have done, as long as it is good, they are willing to show it off.

A large number of comments about "The Shallows" appeared in the forum.

[Today I watched a very enjoyable movie "The Shallows", highly recommended]

There are a lot of follow-up posts below:
I watched it too, it's great~
Me too, I admire the director, his imagination is so open~
At this time, the staff will pretend to be the audience and post the following comments:

I also admire the director, but what I admire is not the imagination, but the technique. I never thought Fan Binbin was so pretty before, but now I declare that from today on, I am her fan~
Classmates, we are all in the same boat~
Same Friend~
Like +1
Then, the post became popular.

After all, the old perverts are all very strong in combat, and they naturally like to stick together, as if they are all on the same path.

Older perverts are usually very receptive to recommendations from other old perverts.

Then I went off topic without realizing it, and someone left a message:

I am a girl, but I think Fan Binbin is good-looking. What should I do?
Oh no, someone has been turned gay, I'm going to report this movie...

Damn, the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things.

The network team members who originally thought they were proficient in all kinds of skills felt that they had broadened their horizons and found that there were indeed many experts among the people.

Tianya and Mop are currently the two largest spam-filling platforms. Tieba was established later, but because it has capital support, it became popular very quickly.

The main battlefields of the Xingchen Entertainment Network Group are also in these three places.

[By the way, the stitching part is really too awesome, I’m a little scared to watch it]

[Please ask, can anyone answer this question, is it really possible to sew with a necklace like in the movie?]

[This shark definitely had the most pathetic death of all the shark movies I have ever seen]

[Who knows about filming? I want to know how the shark biting scene in the movie was filmed]

[This is the first time I heard the term "monster movie". I didn't expect that I could learn new knowledge by watching a movie.]

In short, there are many different interpretations of "The Shallows" on the Internet, from all angles.

The network team can only control the basic direction and cannot be so precise.

Of course, there will definitely be negative reviews here. After all, people eat different kinds of grains and have different preferences.

If some people like it, some people will definitely not like it. People also have the right to express their opinions. What the online group needs to do is to control their topics and try not to make this topic become popular.

For example, if someone expresses a negative opinion about "The Shallows", the online group will not directly refute it, because refutation will lead to arguments, and arguments will bring attention and traffic.

When they encounter similar situations, they all have the same way of dealing with it, which is to directly post all kinds of advertising information under that post, so that people who click in will feel disgusted with the post, and this way no topic can be formed.

……

In the evening, Dong Jianqiang suggested that everyone find a place to drink while waiting for the first day's box office data.

The first-day performance of “The Shallows” is crucial to both him and Zhang Chen.

Ning Hao and his team had just finished work and came over as well, along with Chen Xi and Zeng Li.

Zeng Li today is obviously much more cheerful than when we first met. The recent big hit of "Darkness" in North America really made her feel what it means to be famous.

She received a large number of invitations, and her agent Wang Jinghua's attitude towards her also changed. Although he was very kind before, he was now more friendly.

It’s not that these people are impressed by her ability to sell films overseas. She has no such ability to sell films overseas. She is simply trying to ride on the popularity of the film.

"Dark Side Story" was a big hit, and Zeng Li played a supporting role and became the leading role in "Dark Side Story 2". Even a fool knew that Zeng Li would become a big hit, and signing a contract with her before the release of "Dark Side Story 2" was pure profit.

But how could Wang Jinghua allow this situation to happen? She declined all the film contracts.

If you want to cooperate, that's fine. Wait until "Black 2" is released, and then the price will be different.

(End of this chapter)