After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 323: The domestic movie that breaks the billion-dollar mark is either him or me!

Jiang heard the thief cry "stop thief" and took the initiative to expose the ghost venue of If You Are the One 2 in front of hundreds of media outlets, calling on journalists to report it and relevant departments to investigate it strictly.

It soon caused an uproar both inside and outside the industry.

The media, who have been patient for a long time, will not be led by Jiang Wen. They directly pointed their guns at Let the Bullets Fly, Orphan of Zhao, and If You Are the One 2!

The media have long been aware of the chaos in the ghost market, and the evidence they have is much richer than Jiang Wen.

On Weibo’s topic list, Ghost Field topped the list in less than half an hour.

For a time, the three major directors Feng Kuzi, Jiang Wen and Chen Kaizi were pushed to the forefront.

Faced with the media's criticism and netizens' sharp words.

Huayi temporarily avoided the spotlight and waited until the next day to release a statement to all the friends who care about and love "If You Are the One 2".

“As creators, we welcome any discussion of the film’s content by the audience, but we are very sorry for the deliberate rumors and malicious smear campaigns by some people with ulterior motives.

This behavior not only caused damage to If You Are the One 2, but also disrupted the market environment of the Lunar New Year holiday, further damaging the domestic film industry.

In order to jointly maintain a good market environment, we did not want to make any statement and believed with goodwill that this was just the behavior of a small number of people with ulterior motives.

But since the rumors have already dominated public opinion and affected a wider range of moviegoers, we have the responsibility to make our voices heard.

We hereby declare responsibly that the accusations against If You Are the One 2, such as ghost theaters, stealing box office revenue, buying box office revenue, and capital manipulation, are all nonsense.

It is simply a group of people with ulterior motives who use various means to spread rumors, taking advantage of problems such as malfunctions in individual cinemas or ticketing systems to launch malicious attacks and cause trouble.

We are collecting evidence in this regard and have begun to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the film through litigation and other means in accordance with the law.

Huayi Brothers
January 2010, 12. "

Subsequently, Yinghuang and Shanghai Film Group also issued similar announcements.

Anyway, the ghost field is pure nonsense, a rumor and a slander.

Huayi, Yinghuang and Shanghai Film Group were busy clarifying and dealing with the media.

Bernard held a celebration party.

The Laughing Man was officially withdrawn from theaters on the 27th, with a final box office of 2.1 million yuan.

Zhao Dashan and Yu Dong were quite satisfied with the result. After deducting the production costs, publicity and promotion costs, and ticket subsidy costs, they made tens of millions by making a small profit.

It was the first time that Zhao Dashan smashed such a long box office ice sculpture. His disciples and Yu Dong didn’t even have a chance to knock it down before he finished knocking it down with a bang.

I had so much fun knocking.

Afterwards, Zhao Dashan was interviewed by the media and looked full of vigor and vitality, as if he was five years younger.

After Zhao Dashan boasted about himself in a low-key manner, a media outlet asked, "Teacher Zhao, what do you think of the ghost field phenomenon in If You Are the One 2, Let the Bullets Fly, and The Orphan of Zhao?"

"I don't know about that." Zhao Dashan shook his head.

"Teacher Zhao, have you ever thought about brushing the ghost field?"

"I don't know. If you don't tell me, I won't know about this."

"Teacher Zhao, you said a while ago that you admired Director Li very much and said that he was a hero when he was young, but your movie is not doing well at the box office and is about to be taken off the screen. Do you have anything to say about this?"

Zhao Dashan smiled and said, "Your name hasn't been released yet, so it's hard to say."

"Teacher Zhao, from what you said, do you think Director Li will create a miracle after the movie has been released for more than half a month?"

"Whether it will work a miracle or not, I'm not sure, but I heard that your name has been given a key extension."

Key extension?

With the same box office of 200 million, "The Laughing Man" was withdrawn from theaters early.

And your name, but got the key extension.

The celebration banquet was suddenly noisy, and the reporters all wanted to know more about the inside story from Zhao Dashan.

But Zhao Dashan didn't want to say anything more. He bent his waist, coughed a few times, and then retreated back.

Seeing this, Xiao Shenyang and Dapeng stood in front of the master, blocked the reporters' questions, and led the reporters to the banquet hall for dinner.

"This year's Lunar New Year box office is so dangerous..." Yu Dong came to Zhao Dashan and said with lingering fear.

Zhao Dashan straightened his back and said with a smile, "If they want to fight, let them fight...regardless of the box office and word of mouth, first get the key extension and prepare for a protracted war. Absolute! Absolute!"

"Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian are really patient! The 3 million ticket subsidies from those three companies have been used up, and you still have million ticket subsidies in your name..."

Zhao Dashan took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and started to eat them. "Heroes emerge young! It's a pity that he's not from the Northeast."

Yu Dong rolled his eyes secretly in his heart.

Come on, whoever becomes your apprentice will be unlucky.

You still want to be Li Mingyang's master, but he will sell you out and you won't even know how.

Yu Dong secretly glanced at the grinning and frivolous Dapeng.

What a talent!

I'll find a chance to get it back...

……

7:30 p.m.

Magic City, Bouquet Hotel.

Reporters from hundreds of media outlets across the country, with countless cameras pointed at the stage, waited for the arrival of Wang Changtian, chairman of Guangguang, and Li Mingyang, the talented director.

"Didn't we agree to 7:30? Why haven't you come yet?" "Did something big happen again?"

"What a big deal! The ghost field is controlled by public opinion."

"The attitude above is very clear! They only care about box office and results."

"Talk less. There are more than a dozen people in our company who talk nonsense. They have all been given early vacation."

"Here he comes! Li Mingyang is finally here!"

"There was a question-and-answer session today, and I felt like my whole body was on fire."

"Maybe... we don't even need to ask."

The flash lights on the scene connected into a piece, making the stage flash white.

Wang Changtian sat on the sofa, but Li Mingyang, who was wearing a black suit, did not sit in his seat. Instead, he came to the center of the stage, took off his sunglasses, put them in his shirt pockets, and pressed his hands together to signal for silence.

Wait until the scene quiets down.

Li Mingyang took the microphone from Liu Yan and smiled at the hundreds of reporters in the audience. "It has been rumored that I cannot express my own ideas. Actually, I am just too lazy to speak. I just want to let the box office speak for itself."

"But I don't say anything. People think I'm easy to bully. I admit that the box office is not good, but what's the matter with the Douban score of 3.0?"

"I have always trusted Douban's ratings. I look for movies to watch based on Douban's ratings. However, Douban's ratings this time shocked me. No matter how bad Your Name is, it can't be only 3.0."

"And then there are those film reviews: the colors are too bright and hurt the eyes; it's a rubbish movie with one star; the acting is zero; Li Mingyang's movies are considered bad by default; they are pretentious; the acting is awkward. Each type of evaluation appears dozens of times... This kind of obvious troll talk appears openly in Douban comments, and the platform turns a blind eye and ignores it. It's chilling."

"If Douban cannot fight back against the troll army and is instead controlled by them, how can such a platform have credibility and make movie fans trust it?"

"Douban is one of the better movie rating websites in China. Although many people avoid this issue, Douban's movie ratings really have a real impact on the movie-watching community. I have a deep understanding of this."

"Such an excellent website is controlled by cyber-trolls. This is the tragedy of domestic films and also reflects the imperfection of the film market."

"If Douban can't solve its own inability, I think Maoyan needs to take on this responsibility and set up a rating system. Only audiences who buy tickets can rate, which seems more objective."

Li Mingyang first praised Douban, then criticized it, and then praised it again. Finally, he said helplessly that if Douban could not solve the problem, then leave it to Maoyan.

The media at the scene did not pay attention to what Li Mingyang said at first, and thought he was complaining.

Unexpectedly, he ended up endorsing Guangxian's Maoyan, aiming to replace Douban.

This shocked all the reporters at the scene.

A director actually clamored to replace the most authoritative Douban movie rating system in China. Is it possible?
It’s not impossible!
After all, Maoyan’s background is very powerful.

China Film Group, Meituan, and Light Media.

Official capital + Internet capital + private capital.

Douban is not even a listed company, how can it fight?
After suppressing Douban, Li Mingyang did not return to his seat, but directly started the bombardment mode and allowed the media on the scene to ask questions.

The reporter from Mango TV was the first to ask, "Director Li, what do you think of the chaos in the ghost scenes of Let the Bullets Fly, If You Are the One 2, and Orphan of Zhao?"

"Ghost theaters are a disorder that is bound to occur when the film market develops to a certain level. This also happens in Hollywood, and it is not unique to China. I think this just proves that the size of the domestic film market is approaching that of the North American film market. The chaos is temporary, and I believe that the relevant departments will come up with effective solutions."

The media in the audience did not expect that the ghost scene would be described as so refreshing and unconventional.

The reporter asked, "Ghost theaters are a huge persecution of movies released at the same time. As a victim, why do you want to speak for ghost theaters? Is there something you can't say?"

I created the ghost field, what do you think I can say?

Li Mingyang waved his hand and said with a smile: "The domestic film market started late and went through a lot of difficulties. It was not easy for the film market to break 10 billion this year. Everything is moving in a good direction. Early detection and early treatment. The domestic film market has entered a new chapter and the problem of ghost theaters can be discovered. This is a good thing... In addition, regarding the online criticism of Director Jiang for crying out loud, I think this is unfair."

"Director Jiang exposed the ghost theater and made the chaos in the movie public. This in itself is an offensive thing. He had the courage to expose it, but he was criticized and slandered countless times. Who will dare to stand up in the future? Who will be willing to stand up?"

The reporters in the audience looked at each other.

Reporters have very quick minds and they quickly grasped the key points.

Li Mingyang is supporting Jiang Wen and wants to cooperate with Jiang Wen.

What to collaborate on?
Of course it’s Feng Pants!

"Director Li, what kind of movie do you think If You Are the One 2 is?"

"An advertising movie by an advertising master. Feng Kuazi is indeed an advertising master. Before the filming of this movie even started, the investment has reached 100 million yuan and there are more than 30 advertisements. It's really amazing."

"Director Li, your name is also considered an advertising movie. Do you have anything to say about this?"

"If promoting the beautiful mountains and rivers of our motherland is also considered advertising, I will shoot more in the future."

"Your Name has been released for more than half a month, and the box office has just exceeded 200 million. Director Li, what do you think of this box office?"

"It's OK. I think I'm the youngest director in Chinese film history to break 100 million yuan or 200 million yuan."

"Director Li, If You Are the One 2 is likely to break the record of Earthquake and become the best of the year. Are you ready for your million?"

Li Mingyang glanced at the female reporter and grinned, "I have 2 million, but can If You Are the One break billion? Director Jiang is right. If there is a domestic movie that breaks billion during the Lunar New Year this year, it will be either him or me!"

Everyone was shocked.

Even Wang Changtian didn't expect that Li Mingyang would break the 1 billion record.

does it work?
No one thought that Your Name, which had been released for more than half a month, had a chance of breaking 1 billion. Everyone thought that Li Mingyang was praising Jiang Wen.

After all, Let the Bullets Fly is the movie that has the greatest hope of surpassing If You Are the One 2.

Let the Bullets Fly won the annual championship, so Li Mingyang naturally didn't have to pay 100 million to Feng Pants.

……

(End of this chapter)