Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 178 Xu Yi is merciless, and Zhang Yimou is an old man eating young grass!
"Zhang Yimou has really lost face this time!"

"You say Iron Man is nothing, but you still act like a coward!"

"Xu Yi said he wasn't targeting other movies, so why did he change the release date just like Curse of the Golden Flower did?"

"Just because Xu Yi said it wasn't targeting other movies, you believed him?"

"Xu Yi is definitely not targeting other movies, he's only targeting Curse of the Golden Flower!"

After seeing the release date of "Curse of the Golden Flower" being rescheduled, "Iron Man" immediately followed suit.

Netizens immediately started mocking him.

I also witnessed Xu Yi again, who openly held a grudge.

And a character that will never give up until there is revenge!

At the same time, netizens couldn't help but speculate whether Zhang Yimou would change the release date again.

But the facts prove that Zhang Yimou still has some shame.

Besides, what if he changes the schedule again and Xu Yi also changes the schedule?
Judging from Xu Yi's style of doing things, this possibility is definitely very high!

This was also the first time that Zhang Yimou encountered a guy like Xu Yi who was completely ruthless!
You have to know that people of status and position rarely completely fall out with each other.

I don't want to offend anyone to death.

The fact that "Curse of the Golden Flower" was released a week earlier was actually equivalent to him admitting defeat.

In the end, Xu Yi still refused to give in!

At the same time, the release date is getting closer.

"Iron Man" has once again stepped up its publicity efforts.

Xu Yi also transferred the subsequent 2000 million US dollars in publicity expenses to Lionsgate's account.

In the United States, the Christmas season is not a particularly important period.

There is no concept of the Lunar New Year holiday.

The most important season is the summer season.

Therefore, there are generally not many blockbusters released during the Christmas season every year.

This year's Christmas season, in addition to "Iron Man".

There isn't even a single blockbuster movie.

Among the movies released at the same time, it is the only one that may cause some trouble for Iron Man.

There is only one movie called "The Pursuit of Happyness" which cost more than 5000 million US dollars and starred Will Smith.

But Xu Yi remembered that although this movie had a good reputation.

The box office was not too high.

At least compared to those really big hits, it's definitely far behind.

As for the rest, they are basically low-budget movies with Christmas themes.

Compared to "Iron Man", it's just making up the numbers.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that the screening schedule of "Iron Man" on the first day of its release in the United States will definitely not be low.

But in China, in this era when the concept of the Spring Festival period has not yet existed.

The Lunar New Year holiday is definitely one of the most important periods.

So in addition to "Iron Man" and "Curse of the Golden Flower", there are two more "blockbusters" released.

One is "The Clouds and the Water" starring Chen Kun, Li Bingbing, Zhu Yin and Xu Ruoxuan.

Another one is "City of Pain" starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Kim Sung-moo, Xu Jinglei and Shu Qi.

However, the cost of these two films is not high, only tens of millions of Chinese yuan.

Xu Yi didn't even have any impression of it.

The box office shouldn't be too high.

Naturally, Xu Yi would not take him seriously.

More importantly, this was as early as when the trailer for "Iron Man" was released.

The release dates of these two films have been rescheduled.

Now they are all released at the end of November, more than half a month earlier than "Iron Man".

Even if Xu Yi wanted to target these two movies, he couldn't do it!

……

Just like that, December came in the blink of an eye.

At this time, there is only half a month left before the release of "Iron Man" and "Curse of the Golden Flower".

The crews and distributors of the two films have also become busier.

Although judging from the previous trailers, Xu Yi's "Iron Man" is definitely a true Hollywood blockbuster.

The quality is definitely not bad either.

The selling point is even more abundant.

Its popularity and attention are far ahead of "Curse of the Golden Flower".

But "Curse of the Golden Flower" is still a blockbuster movie after all, with an investment of 3.6 million Chinese yuan.

This is another movie by the great director Zhang Yimou.

There are so many big-name stars joining in.

It is definitely impossible to give up treatment like this.

Besides, who knows whether the "Iron Man" trailer really edited in all the exciting parts.

In other words, what if "Iron Man" is really a bad movie?

This possibility is not completely non-existent!
Therefore, it is naturally even more impossible for Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping, and the distributor of "Curse of the Golden Flower" to give up.

Half a month ago, a world premiere was held in Los Angeles.

It also had its world premiere at the closing ceremony of the American Film Institute Film Festival.

This method of relying on film festivals to attract attention is also an old trick of Zhang Yimou.

At the same time, because there are too many big-name stars in "Curse of the Golden Flower", no roadshow was held in the country.

There is no way to do a roadshow.

You can't let big stars like Zhou Runfa, Zhou Jielun, and Gong Li.

And great directors like Zhang Yimou.

Like Ning Hao, going city by city, cinema by cinema, to promote it? Not to mention Hong Kong and Taiwan stars like Zhou Runfa and Zhou Jielun, who already look down on mainland audiences.

Naturally, it is even more impossible to go on a roadshow!
what?
You said the "Iron Man" crew didn't have a roadshow?

That’s not because the actors in “Iron Man” are all Americans.

To promote in the United States.

So we can’t let Xu Yi go on the roadshow alone, right?

Besides, with Xu Yi’s current popularity, it’s not safe!

It would be bad if too many fans came and something unexpected happened!
Then another week passed.

There is only one week left before the release of "Iron Man" and "Curse of the Golden Flower".

"Iron Man" has also begun small-scale previews in the United States.

These were all arranged by Lionsgate.

For Xu Yi, as long as he doesn't have to participate, it's fine.

He will definitely be in the country when the movie is officially released.

However, with HSBC and Harvey keeping an eye on it, he doesn't have to worry about Lionsgate spending money recklessly.

Besides, he will definitely check the accounts later.

Then soon, the questionnaires after the preview were collected.

I found that most viewers gave it an A or A+ rating.

The rating on the IMBD website is also as high as 9.5 points.

The Rotten Tomatoes rating is 99%.

In the comment sections of major American film and television websites, all viewers who have watched "Iron Man" have given it rave reviews.

"This Iron Man movie is amazing! It's fantastic!"

"I guarantee you won't regret watching this movie!"

"I highly recommend Iron Man! It's definitely one of the best superhero movies I've ever seen!"

"It's hard to imagine that this is a superhero movie made by a Chinese director. I love it so much!"

"This Chinese director is only 23 years old, oh my god, he is absolutely a genius!"

"Xu is truly a genius, otherwise he wouldn't have become the youngest Palme d'Or winner in history, as well as the winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar!"

"The key is that this Chinese director is so handsome and a super-rich man. Oh my god, I find that I have fallen a little in love with him, even though he is Chinese!"

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But at this moment, a piece of news that can definitely be called explosive came out.

But the entire Chinese Internet was shocked in an instant!

And the entire Chinese entertainment industry!
That is Zhuo Wei, who is known as the No. 1 paparazzi in mainland China, who took explosive photos of a famous director!
And posted it directly online!

In the photo, this famous director was standing with a pregnant woman!
Moreover, this woman was not only pregnant, but also holding a child in her arms.

She also held a child in her arms.

Zhuo Wei even revealed that these three children are all from this famous director.

The most important thing is that this famous director and this pregnant woman are not married.

So I saw these photos and Zhuo Wei’s revelations.

Countless netizens were stunned in an instant!

"Damn, this guy is so good at playing tricks!"

“It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance!”

“I never noticed it before!”

"This guy is old enough to be someone's father!"

"Everyone says Xu Yi has a lot of scandals, but compared to this guy, Xu Yi at least doesn't have an old cow eating young grass, let alone getting a girl pregnant!"

"It's okay if she's pregnant, but she's already given birth to two children for him, and now she's pregnant again, and he doesn't even want to marry her!"

"And how can he have so many children?"

“Isn’t this considered a super life?”

Not to mention Xu Yi’s fans!
They immediately started mocking and celebrating!
"Hahahahaha, now no one will say that it's our brother Xu Yi who's corrupting the atmosphere of the entertainment industry, right?"

"The atmosphere in the entertainment industry had already deteriorated before our brother Xu Yi made his debut!"

"Based on the oldest child's age, our brother Xu Yi hadn't even entered the entertainment industry before this child was born!"

"Is this the former top director in the mainland entertainment industry?"

"And having more children than allowed is illegal, right?"

"Not only did they break the law themselves, they also falsely accused our brother Xu Yi. It's like the thief crying thief!"

That’s right, the great director photographed by Zhuo Wei is Zhang Yimou!
Zhang Yimou is now 59 years old.

The woman in the photo looks only about 25 or 6 years old.

And the child being held by the woman looked to be about 4 or 5 years old.

So if this child is really born to Zhang Yimou and this woman.

Doesn’t this mean that this woman gave birth to Zhang Yimou’s child when she was about 20 years old?
At that time, Zhang Yimou was already over 50 years old!
This is simply a crime!

Not only that, as the news spread on the Internet.

Soon, major media outlets began to follow suit.

And not only the mainland media, but also the Hong Kong and Taiwan media reported this incident extensively.

In just a few days.

Zhang Yimou was morally corrupt. He asked a girl who was more than 30 years younger than him to give birth to his child, and he even had more children than allowed.

It became known throughout the whole of China.

It has become a topic of conversation for countless people in reality.

But Zhang Yimou himself has never come out to refute the rumors.

Even Zhang Weiping kept his mouth shut this time.

This undoubtedly further confirms that this matter is indeed true!

(End of this chapter)