I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

night.

The filming location of "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sent Off".

Cheng Sheng was looking at the footage from today's shoot when Zeng Li walked over with her phone and said, "Cheng Sheng, come and see, this is hilarious."

"what?"

Cheng Sheng glanced at his phone and exclaimed in surprise.

"Isn't it funny? This generation of netizens is really talented, they actually made criticizing Wu Baige a multiple-choice question," Zeng Li said with a laugh.

Cheng Sheng's lips twitched a few times. The movie "Red Cliff" really shattered Wu Baige's golden image. He didn't know if Wu Baige would be able to attract investment to make "The Crossing" in the future.

"That's Wu Baige's own fault. She made such a terrible film, Red Cliff, and she still dared to compare it with Romance of the Three Kingdoms," Zeng Li mocked.

"Director Cheng, how much is the box office for 'Three Kingdoms' now?"

At this moment, the enlarged demon beside him asked.

The movie "Three Kingdoms" has been released for half a month and its box office has reached more than 900 million yuan. It is about to break 1 billion yuan, which has excited people in the entertainment industry.

Ten billion!

In the past, they wouldn't even dare to dream of a movie breaking 1 billion.

Now Cheng Sheng tells them that this is not a dream. As long as they can make a good movie, breaking 1 billion is an easy thing.

Seeing this, many film and television companies began to follow suit, just like with "The Great Tang Dynasty 1" two years ago.

After the success of "The Great Tang Dynasty 1", a series of copycat films about the Tang Dynasty were released.

Now that the Three Kingdoms theme is popular, film and television companies are also putting films about the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period on their agendas, and it's only a matter of time before they follow suit and make their own.

Seeing that "Three Kingdoms" was about to break one billion views, Wu Baige really lost her composure and became anxious.

After all, his movie "Red Cliff" didn't even make 1 million, how could he bear that!
You have to understand, he's an internationally renowned director, how could he possibly lose to Cheng Sheng, that good-for-nothing!

Wu Baige, who was on the verge of going crazy, saw negative news about "Red Cliff" all over the internet. He thought that these news reports were the reason why "Red Cliff" had a huge negative impact on the film and that the box office was down.

In response, Wu Baige directly attacked the content creators on AcFun in front of the media: "What do you know about movies? What right do you have to mess with my movies? I'm going to sue you. I'll sue you until you're bankrupt."

No matter how much Wu Baige rants at the content creators on AcFun, those content creators are not afraid, because they were prepared in advance.

When making short videos, they basically change the names and create ambiguous or misleading things. How can you sue them?

There is no such provision in the law.

With AcFun as their backer, the content creators became even less afraid. In fact, in order to gain traffic, these content creators took the initiative to contact the media and directly clashed with Wu Baige.

For a moment, the two sides started exchanging words.

It is said that those who follow the right path receive much help, while those who stray from it receive little help. This saying perfectly describes Wu Baige.

The movie "Red Cliff" really broke the hearts of the audience. When the two sides were arguing, most people sided with the content creator and even ridiculed Wu Baige.

Wu Baige has also lost her mind, actually making sarcastic remarks to movie fans in front of reporters: "The domestic film and television industry is not developed to begin with, so what kind of good movie fans can it cultivate? They don't understand the charm of blockbusters at all. They are just country bumpkins with no taste. How dare they criticize my movies? No wonder that for so many years, mainland films have needed to be compared with their Hong Kong and Taiwan counterparts."

Wu Baige's disparaging remarks about movie fans immediately caused an uproar when they were reported.

This has further angered netizens and movie fans.

Discrimination against mainland Chinese movie fans.

This is absolutely unforgivable.

Even China Film Group was angered. If they had known Wu Baige was such a scoundrel, why would they have bothered to go to Hollywood to bring him back?

They even gave him so much money to make movies. They wanted Wu Baige to make a blockbuster Chinese film and lead Chinese cinema to the international stage, not to let him take money from mainlanders and then ridicule them.

Made.

brute.

Failure is not terrible; what is terrible is that this bastard failed and then blamed the fans and the domestic environment.

He was tasked with leading the rise of the Chinese film industry, but instead, he severely damaged it.

In a particular era, Wu Baige would have been considered a traitor to the nation.

Wu Baige's words aroused resentment among many people in mainland China, including those from the General Administration of Radio, Film and Television who had initially given him permission to go.

In addition, the box office performance of "Red Cliff" was truly disappointing.

Hoping that Wu Baige will lead the rise of Chinese-language films is less reliable than asking the Jade Emperor to descend to earth.

So, those in power started to take action.

Cheng Sheng, who was filming "Ten Red Army Soldiers Sending Off", received a call from Master Han.

The number of screenings for "Three Kingdoms" has increased again.

Moreover, they received a key extension.

The term "key extension" is a film industry term that refers to a film being allowed to remain in theaters longer than other films released in the same period, thus extending the film's theatrical run.

A key is a copyright protection concept used to control the screening of a film.

Before a film is released, theaters receive an encrypted digital copy. Only when the film is released can the key be obtained to allow it to be shown normally. This avoids the possibility of the film being leaked and pirated in advance.

The key also contains release date information and has a built-in time attribute, which can control the film's theatrical release time.

Typically, the key period for most films is about one month. If a film wants to continue to be shown in theaters, it needs to apply for an extension, which is called key extension.

After the key is extended, the film can be taken off the screens later than other films released in the same period, thus extending the film's screening period and box office revenue period.

Key extensions are typically requested by the film's copyright holder.

But Wu Baige went too far this time, and China Film Group took the initiative to help Cheng Sheng's film get approved, thus avoiding this step.

It's generally very difficult to get a key extension unless the film is well-received in the market or is a blockbuster.

Given the current box office performance of "Three Kingdoms," it's already a blockbuster film with a very positive market response. It's only a matter of time before they get the key.

However, only "Three Kingdoms" managed to obtain the key without applying for it.

The film "Three Kingdoms" has been postponed for one month, meaning it can be shown for two months.

Given the current box office success, even if it declines later, reaching 1.5 billion within two months is not impossible.

With official support and Wu Baige's own self-destructive actions, it was all part of the equation.

Afterwards, the box office of "Red Cliff" plummeted very quickly, and many cinemas even reduced the number of screenings of "Red Cliff" and gave the extra time to "Three Kingdoms".

The box office of "Three Kingdoms" which was originally declining took advantage of the opportunity to make a comeback, and the box office actually rose again.

Consider the "truth" Wu Baige spoke at the premiere; this has become evidence for netizens to ridicule her.

They used to say Cheng Sheng's films were the younger brother, but who's the younger brother now?

He wanted to crush them, but they're the ones crushing him instead. (End of Chapter)