I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

He believed that as long as he was in Hollywood, he was a big Hollywood director.

If he were to return to China to make Chinese-language films, it would be equivalent to making films for African chiefs and tribes, which would make him feel too ashamed.

Unfortunately, the mainland offered him too much money, and they personally approached him to make movies.

Considering the investment of hundreds of millions of yuan, he reluctantly returned to China to direct "Red Cliff".

The original plan was to make a real blockbuster and show the backward domestic audience what the power of a Hollywood director really is.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to China, a nobody named Cheng Sheng had emerged.

Not only does he not accept his own criticism, but he also goes against himself several times in a row.

What's most despicable is that he actually colluded with coal mine owners to set a trap for himself, almost ruining his reputation.

I thought that after the release of "Red Cliff", it would be a strong rebuttal to Cheng Sheng.

As a result, domestic audiences simply can't appreciate the finer things in his films. They not only fail to see the charm of his movies but also only know how to nitpick and find fault. They really have no appreciation skills at all. Hollywood audiences are much better; they can appreciate his films.

In the following days, the box office of "Red Cliff" continued to decline, and its reputation was even worse.

In addition, the "Three Kingdoms" incident has led many mainland netizens to realize that Wu Baige, the so-called "international director," is nothing special.

This directly led to the subsequent box office performance of "Red Cliff" being somewhat weak, and its box office was not as good as that of "Another World".

The box office didn't even reach 20 million on the second day, and almost dropped to 15 million on the third day.

In another world, although the movie "Red Cliff" also received terrible reviews, it still grossed over 4 million yuan in the end, thanks to its strong promotion, star-studded cast, and fan support.

As for this new film, Red Cliff, there's no need to even watch it. It's certain that it won't reach 400 million yuan at the box office, and it might even have difficulty surpassing 200 million yuan.

For a blockbuster film with an investment of hundreds of millions, the box office performance in the first week is the best indicator of its box office potential.

The initial setback has, in some mysterious way, affected the subsequent box office performance of "Red Cliff".

The online community is a very unique group, from which many geniuses have emerged, especially in the parody section of A-site, which also has a film and television section.

Some content creators on the film and television platform started making videos to criticize the movie "Red Cliff" after watching it.

AcFun is currently one of the most popular video websites in China, with tens of millions of daily active users, even surpassing the future of Bilibili.

Many netizens like to come to ACFun to complain about bad movies.

One of the content creators made a spin-off video called "Red Cliff Parody: Popular Version", also known as "Red Cliff: College Girl-Chasing Version 2".
The video centers on Zhou Xiaoyu standing up for her classmates in the archaeology department, with Cai Yong and Wang Baobao providing voiceovers to enhance the character development.

The work constructs its narrative framework by parodying social hot topics such as the Chinese national football team and fake passports, forming a dark humor style with a farcical comedic effect.

This is another parody film following the widespread controversy sparked by "A Bloodbath Caused by a Steamed Bun".

But this parody video went viral as soon as it was uploaded online, even surpassing the number of views of any other video, and its view count approached one million in less than a day.

This parody short film, hailed by netizens as the 'most ingenious' since 'A Bloodbath Caused by a Steamed Bun,' features a plot and dialogue that are truly hilarious.

Kong Xiaoming, 'played' by Zhuge Liang, entered university in order to 'find a wife and have a child'. However, even after enrolling in the archaeology department, Xiaoming still couldn't find a girlfriend. Feeling the pain of archaeology students, the class teacher Sun Quan finally decided to let Xiaoming represent the archaeology department to win back the beauty.

The short film's vegetarian dishes are mainly taken from the movie "Red Cliff," interspersed with some footage of the Chinese national football team's matches. Xiao Ming, ordered by his homeroom teacher Sun Quan, goes to investigate and discovers that Zhou Xiaoyu's father is Cao Cao.

However, in order to help his teacher Sun Quan and his classmates from the archaeology department win back the beautiful woman, Xiao Ming sneaks in a second time to spy.

After meeting Zhou Xiaoyu in the department's computer lab, Xiaoming had a sudden inspiration and lured her to 'Fengxing' by pretending to pursue the champion beauty.

Xiao Ming finally won back the beauty from the School of Humanities for the Archaeology Department, little did he know that Zhou Xiaoyu had already opened up a new world on Fengxing.

Besides its hilarious plot, "Red Cliff: College Girl-Chasing Edition 2" also satirizes recent online topics such as "the male footballers' stinky feet," "Xie Yalong's denigration of the female footballers' three no's," and "Zhou Hu's scandal."

Meanwhile, in the short video, when Xiaoming tries to win back the beautiful Zhou Xiaoyu by seducing her, he mentions, "What do you rely on to pick up girls? It's Fengxing! Watch movies together, chat about Korean dramas, watch variety shows, pass notes, send photos, play games..."

Many netizens suspect that this parody short drama was deliberately manipulated by Funshion Entertainment on its video-on-demand platform.

It's worth noting that Funshion is currently the world's largest film and television platform, and it recently introduced a film and television SNS community, boasting a staggering 5000 million client users.

The gimmick of Xiaoming enticing Zhou Xiaoyu to "go on Fengxing to pursue the champion beauty" probably originated from this.

These parody and absurd short videos directly deterred a large number of viewers who originally wanted to go to the cinema to watch "Red Cliff".

Among these content creators, the one that generated the most firepower was a video that was similar to an assignment.

There are ten multiple-choice questions in the short video.

Question 1: Among the male protagonists in "Red Cliff", who do you think has the most captivating appearance?
1. Liang Chaowei, 2. Jin Chengwu, 3. Zhang Zhen, 4. Zhang Fengyi, 5. Hu Jun.

The answer is 1. The reason is that he is charming no matter what he plays.

The second question is: Among the female leads in "Red Cliff", who do you think has the most captivating appearance?
1. Lin Zhilin, 2. A certain Zhao, 3. Xiao Song's family.

The answer is 3. The reason is that Lin Chih-lin did not appear, and the Song family is the "big brother's woman," with an outstanding appearance and temperament.

Question 3: Among all the characters in "Red Cliff", which character was the most subversive?
1. Zhou Yu, 2. Zhuge Liang, 3. Cao Cao, 4. Xiao Qiao, 5. Sun Quan, 6. Liu Bei, 7. Sun Shangxiang.

The answer is 7, because women in ancient times were not so mischievous.

Question 4: Do you think it was necessary to include female characters in "Red Cliff"?
1. Necessary; 2. Unnecessary; 3. Optional.

The answer is 1, because the legendary physician Hua Tuo said that this war was fought for women!

Question 5: What kind of film do you think "Red Cliff" is?
1. Epic Legend, 2. Action Blockbuster, 3. War Blockbuster, 4. Inspirational Film, 5. Romance.

The answer is 3, because Wu Baige herself told me, "This is not an action movie, it's a war movie."

Question 6...

After this short video was released, it made countless netizens laugh until they were breathless.

That's seriously talented.

Treat all the flaws in "Red Cliff" as homework. (End of Chapter)