Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 177 Xu Yi took action and Zhang Yimou got scared!

Xu Yi's blog post immediately put Zhang Yimou and "Curse of the Golden Flower" at the center of public opinion.

The key point is that Xu Yi is not just talking nonsense.

In order to be able to be nominated for next year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, "Curse of the Golden Flower" was indeed previewed for a week.

They also kept the film secret because they were afraid that the film's contents would be secretly filmed.

However, the investment in "Curse of the Golden Flower" is so huge, it is said to be as high as 3.6 million Chinese yuan.

Equivalent to 4500 million meters of knives.

It is definitely impossible to make a profit relying solely on the mainland box office.

So in order to get higher box office overseas.

And be able to sell more copyright fees.

It is normal to want to sign up for the Oscars to gain more attention.

Everyone can understand.

But the problem is Zhang Weiping, he shouldn't say that Xu Yi is worshipping foreigners!
The results proved that it was actually them who were worshipping foreign things!
So if you are being retaliated against now, it is only your own fault!

And this time, the General Administration did not come to an end.

The last time Zhang Weiping blasted Xu Yi in front of the media was for Oscar registration qualification.

The authority to review this qualification lies with the General Administration.

In other words, this matter involves the General Administration, so the General Administration stepped in.

But this time, the incident does not involve the General Administration.

It's entirely a conflict of interests between the two films.

That is normal market behavior.

The General Administration will naturally not intervene.

What's more, the leaders of the General Administration have already been replaced.

Now the new leader obviously looks at Xu Yi differently.

The people below naturally knew what was going on.

The most important thing is that Xu Yi’s "Iron Man" is a co-production specially approved by the General Administration!

If this is worshipping foreigners, doesn't it mean that the General Administration is also worshipping foreigners?
So it would be strange if the General Administration came forward to help Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping!

Not only that, it soon became part of the entertainment sections of several major domestic portals, forums, and communities.

A large number of small accounts also began to appear, and began to frantically "slander" "Curse of the Golden Flower".

"Jason Chou?"

"Can he act?"

"Initial D acts like an idiot and thinks he's so cool!"

"Zhang Yimou only approached him because he was interested in his popularity as a singer!"

"But that was in the past!"

"Now his album sales are not as high as Xu Yi's, his singing skills are not as good as Xu Yi's, and his looks are completely incomparable to Xu Yi's. His popularity has long been gone!"

"But it's understandable. After all, if Zhang Yimou really went to find Xu Yi, Xu Yi would ignore him!"

"..."

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"Zhou Runfa?"

"It's just an exaggerated acting!"

"Have you forgotten how he was once called box office poison?"

"It was just luck that allowed him to come across a few suitable roles and turn his life around!"

"In the end, he even forgot his own weight and went to Hollywood to make a living!"

"Then all the movies he made were flops, and Hollywood rejected them, so he had no choice but to come back and make some extra money!"

"When he was filming Curse of the Golden Flower, he even asked the crew to prepare a 500 million yuan RV for him to use as a toilet, in accordance with Hollywood standards."

"But why didn't he dare to ask for this when he was filming in Hollywood before?"

"Do you know you're just a small-time Karami in Hollywood, so you don't dare to ask for anything?"

"But why are you acting so arrogant as soon as you get back to China?"

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"Gong Li?"

"I have acting skills, but it's a pity that I'm too old."

"And actresses have never had much box office appeal."

"Anyway, I definitely won't go to the cinema just to watch her movie."

"Most importantly, Zhang Yimou was unwilling to marry her, which led to the complete breakdown of their relationship."

"Now, for the sake of box office, Zhang Yimou has invited her back to play the leading female role."

“It’s hilarious!”

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"..."

"Zhang Weiping?"

"You don't really think he likes to troll people everywhere, do you?"

"Maybe this guy really doesn't have much character, but he's doing this more for Zhang Yimou!"

"They are just one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop!"

“Actually, they’re all the same stuff!”

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"Zhang Yimou?"

“Just a qualified photographer!”

"You can make a good movie with a script, but once you adapt the script yourself, your true colors are immediately exposed!"

"The most important thing is that Zhang Yimou used to be able to make movies well."

"Now Zhang Yimou only wants to make money!"

"Hero did well at the overseas box office, so I followed it up with House of Flying Daggers."

"But the foreigners are just curious about Chinese Kung Fu, and they were also influenced by Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

"So, as expected, 'House of Flying Daggers' flopped."

"Now they're filming another 'Curse of the Golden Flower', casting a bunch of actors who think they have popularity and acting skills, and it's a palace suspense drama."

"I didn't even need to see the trailer to know it was going to flop."

"And this film, Curse of the Golden Flower, if the cost is really 3.6 million, I'll be pissed!"

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When Zhang Weiping saw these slanderous comments, he immediately couldn't help but stand up again.

"Rumors! All rumors!"

"Xu Yi must have done all this!"

"He's engaging in unfair competition and disrupting the market!" "I think this kind of deliberate smear campaign online must be dealt with!"

"Especially serious cases that cause significant impact on others and property losses should be treated as crimes!"

And this time, many netizens chose to support him.

This even includes quite a few fans of Shaoyi.

However, the support from these netizens seemed a little different from what he had imagined.

"These online trolls and internet trolls really need to be taken care of!"

"It's because of these people that the current Internet environment is getting worse and worse!"

"Our brother Xu Yi would criticize others? Stop joking!"

"I also support treating rumor-mongering as a crime, because among all the celebrities, our brother Xu Yi is the one who is slandered the most!"

"But these so-called smears don't seem to be wrong."

"Zhou Jielun was already beaten in all aspects by our brother Xu Yi."

"Chow Yun-fat made four movies in Hollywood and lost money on all four. He was rejected by Hollywood in the first place."

"Who would go to the cinema to watch a movie just for Gong Li? Would you? I wouldn't! She was indeed dumped by Zhang Yimou back then!"

"Isn't Zhang Weiping's criticism of others just to protect Zhang Yimou? And he's been like this for so many years, but Zhang Yimou has always cooperated with him. What else can we say but birds of a feather?"

"I believe that 'Hero' cost 3000 million US dollars, but do you think anyone would believe that 'House of Flying Daggers' cost 3500 million US dollars? And this 'Curse of the Golden Flower' cost 4500 million US dollars. They are treating everyone as fools!"

What these netizens and fans don’t know is that it was actually Xu Yi who “slandered” “Curse of the Golden Flower”.

He has never been a good-tempered person.

He is not a generous person either.

It can even be said to be quite stingy.

Although he could easily defeat his opponent based on the quality of the film itself.

But why should he be so upright?

Others can smear him behind his back, so he will naturally smear him back.

We didn't do this before, it was just that the time was not right.

Now that the time has come, he will definitely not show mercy.

Not to mention these, it can’t actually be considered as smearing.

Because this is the truth.

At least most of it is true.

Of course, it’s okay to hire a group of internet trolls to promote yourself.

But Xu Yi would definitely not do something like hiring a group of internet trolls to discredit others.

There will be no handle left.

So he transformed himself into a hacker, contacted a foreign dark web, and placed an order from the dark web.

With his current computer skills, he doesn't have to worry about his true identity being discovered.

The money used to pay was the cash he had hidden in advance when he was traveling around the United States with Jiang Xin.

After receiving the money from the dark web, they contacted domestic internet trolls.

But even if his identity is really exposed.

It's not a big deal actually.

It’s just buying water army, it’s not a big deal.

Anyway, he is a vengeful person.

Everyone knows this.

Besides, he doesn't need to worry about so many things when he is abroad.

If anyone dares to threaten him, he is courting death!
But this is just the beginning.

Xu Yi has always been the type to keep his distance.

Once you strike, it doesn't have to be fatal.

But at least make your opponent feel real pain!
"We live in a society governed by the rule of law. Please don't speak without evidence, or I'll sue you for defamation. My reputation is very valuable, but I don't know if you can afford to pay for it!"

After seeing Zhang Weiping’s speech, Xu Yi posted another blog post in response.

I specially selected another photo in which I looked very proud.

He also photoshopped the words "Praise me!" on his head.

Then I saw this blog and this photo.

His fans immediately burst into laughter!
"Hahahahaha, Brother Xu Yi is so cute!"

"Brother Xu Yi is being naughty again!"

"I really want to take Brother Xu Yi home..."

"Those who slander Brother Xu Yi are all bad people!"

"Brother Xu Yi would never slander others!"

But at this moment, public opinion was becoming increasingly unfavorable to "Curse of the Golden Flower".

Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping finally chose to follow their hearts.

Zhang Weiping suddenly announced that the release date of "Curse of the Golden Flower" would be changed.

The release date was moved from the original December 12st to December 21th, a full week earlier.

You should know that the box office of a movie in its first week of release is often the highest.

So the release date was moved up a week, although Iron Man couldn't be completely avoided.

But if nothing unexpected happens, it will still be able to make a lot of money at the box office.

After all, whether it is Zhang Yimou, Jay Chou or Chow Yun-fat, they all have a lot of "fans"!
In addition, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping have also thought about it.

Just move the release date of "Curse of the Golden Flower" to another time slot and completely avoid "Iron Man".

But there are only a few good time slots, and if you miss them, you will have to wait too long.

The initial publicity costs will also be wasted.

Secondly, Zhang Yimou couldn't afford to lose face.

It would be embarrassing if it was released a week earlier.

But not so embarrassing.

But if he just changed the schedule, it would mean that he was really afraid of Xu Yi.

I don't even have the courage to fight back.

So they had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to release the film during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Xu Yi naturally wouldn't be polite to them.

It was immediately announced that the release date of "Iron Man" would be moved forward by one week.

Anyway, judging from the quality of his "Iron Man".

And the current popularity.

Even if it is released earlier, it will not have much impact on the revenue.

And completely destroying "Curse of the Golden Flower" will also be very beneficial to the domestic box office of "Iron Man".

Besides, as long as the losses of the enemy and opponents are greater.

Then even if there is a little loss, Xu Yi can totally accept it!

(End of this chapter)