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Chapter 691 New Year's Eve strikes!
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Although the media present that day did not announce the bet between Li Zhifan and Austin, they all posted some suggestive articles.

"Many blockbuster movies are coming on New Year's Day, which one will win?"

"New Year's Movie Guide: "Infernal Affairs" meets "Insect Day"!"

"A confrontation between two legendary directors, which one do you want to watch?"

"..."

The major movie public accounts sell this style, so they will naturally compare the two movies.

Once compared, there will be a team, and there will be differences among fans.

Austin's crazy publicity during this period has also had a lot of effects. At least more Chinese people know this bearded international director, and Li Zhifan's Internet-wide marketing methods have a wider scope, because this In this era, there are really very few people who do not use mobile phones or surf the Internet.

With Li Zhifan's domestic influence, Austin really couldn't compare his popularity.

That's home field advantage.

With the right time, place and people, it's hard for Li Zhifan to lose this time's bet!
On the Internet, countless netizens are crazy about Li Zhifan's new movie, calling CALL everywhere.

"Support Director Li! Support "Infernal Affairs"!"

"Don't say anything, my whole family contributed 6 movie tickets to "Infernal Affairs"!"

"Li Zhifan's movie is a must-see. This time he is still the lead actor. Anyone who has seen "Wolf Warrior" knows his acting skills and firmly supports him!"

"I won't watch that Austin movie. Have you seen his "Kyoto Gunshots"? Chi Guoguo's insult to China, blackmailing our public security officers, this kind of person's movie can still be released ?”

"..."

Still, there are concerns that his myth will be shattered this time around.

"Wow! Austin, this "Insect Day" has a good box office abroad. Li Zhifan dares to compete with him for a day, and the schedule of the two films is exactly the same. They are evenly matched. This time Li Zhifan really may not be able to win the top spot."

"Hollywood blockbusters are always in full swing, and there are always going to be no disadvantages. This time, Li Zhifan may be in trouble again."

"Yeah, many movies have given way because of "Insect Day". If "Infernal Affairs" dares to go ahead, I'm afraid it won't be able to replicate the box office myth of "Wolf Warrior."

"..."

Worried that Li Zhifan's movie will fail in front of Austin, at least he still has good intentions.

But in comparison, it's a bit shameless to speak ill of Li Zhifan without thinking.

One is those who are prejudiced against Li Zhifan himself, such as fans of Wu Kele, and fans of other celebrities who have been targeted or inadvertently hurt by Li Zhifan in the past. Naturally, at this moment, we must vigorously bad-mouth Li Zhifan, hoping that he will lose at the box office and lose money. Lost to only underwear.

There is another kind, that is, the brainless fans who advocate Hollywood blockbusters. Among this group of people, there are those who still regard Austin as a myth and a beacon of literary and artistic films; Blockbusters look down on domestic films, especially Biepet Wenqing. In their eyes, domestic films have no possibility of comparison with foreign blockbusters. If they meet, they will only lose.

For these people, without Li Zhifan's presence, his die-hard fans would tear them to pieces. Those bad-mouthers who usually only use a bit of sarcasm and sarcasm, are gradually becoming weaker under the various humiliation and foul language. Can't help it.

……

Many Asian directors participated in the meeting that day. In other Asian countries, many directors who attended the meeting that day have already exposed the bet between Li Zhifan and Austin to the media of other countries.

So in the media of these countries, the news of the bet between Li Zhifan and Austin became popular.

Japanese media:

"Chinese director Li Zhifan challenged famous Hollywood director Austin!"

"If you lose, give up the box office of Chinese movies forever? Hollywood director Austin uttered harsh words!"

"Hot news: The match between Li Zhifan and Austin will influence the box office market of Chinese movies!"

Korean media:

"The confrontation between China and the United States, the bet between Li Zhifan and Austin!"

""Insect Day" will be released in Asia soon, but in China, there is one person who refuses to accept it!"

"Chinese director Li Zhifan showed his bloody spirit, not afraid of the pressure of Hollywood blockbusters, and accepted the famous director Austin's bet!"

Voices from abroad quickly returned to China, but it was already three days after the meeting.

Now even if Li Zhifan is not willing to advertise Austin's new film for free on his fast blog, that's okay, because the Internet world is like this, there are no impenetrable walls, and the speed of news spread is very fast.

All he could do was not respond.

But Austin was very happy. He was still promoting a new film in China at this time. When the media asked about this, Austin said conceitedly: "This bet is true, I believe in my own work!"

This sentence alone proves that this incident is not a fiction, because some people suspected that it was someone who bad-mouthed Li Zhifan and deliberately created fake news to increase the popularity of Austin's new film.

But now Austin has clarified. Although Li Zhifan has not responded yet, most of the people who eat melons believe it.

Netizens:

"Damn it! So the two of you have a bet? So what are you talking about, we firmly support domestic films!"

"That is, even if "Infernal Affairs" is a bad movie, I will sell tickets to support it, at least ten tickets."

"Yes, for the shock that "Wolf Warrior" brought me, I also want to support "Infernal Affairs" this time!"

"The Chinese are not afraid of losing, because we won't lose!"

"Get rid of the US emperor! Down with the Hollywood movies that come to China to make money!"

"It's better to watch the quality of the movie! To be honest, judging from the trailers released so far, the special effects of "Insect Day" are amazing, but "Infernal Affairs" doesn't seem to be a special effects movie. It depends on the plot. As far as I know , The plot of "Insect Day" is not particularly good, it was sprayed into scum on IMDB."

"..."

domestic.

Many film companies in the industry have already known about this.

After all, some directors of each family participated in the meeting that day, and many directors were the number one loyal fans of Austin and fanatics of Austin's art films, but when they mentioned this matter, they all behaved secretively, even now Even if it is made public, it is still not easy to make a public statement when interviewed by reporters.

They all know that Li Zhifan can do this in the field of film, and can make films such as "Wolf Warrior" and "Operation Mekong". Naturally, he dared not say anything because of his status and right to speak.

However, many of the suggestive articles on the official accounts earlier were due to their behind-the-scenes efforts.

Huayi Film and Television.

At the morning meeting, President Zhao Xiajun put down the entertainment news compiled by his secretary and couldn't help laughing: "This Li Zhifan is getting more and more inflated. He thought that he was invincible in the box office market. I'm afraid he will stumble this time."

"Young man! I don't know how big the sky is, and he likes to show off!" The vice president at the side echoed, "I participated in this meeting, and I saw the whole process. It was he who took the initiative to provoke Austin. How can I put it this way? It seems like the whole world doesn’t know about it, but he knows it, alas!”

"I heard that this matter has been brought up to the Central Propaganda Department. There was a meeting to discuss it at the radio and television station because of this matter. I don't know what the result of the discussion will be!"

Another vice-president said, "But I thought that the radio and television industry must be in harmony, and the Central Propaganda Department doesn't want to offend other international directors, and is even more reluctant to criticize a patriotic filmmaker like Li Zhifan. I think this matter may really be troublesome. pass."

"Then let's stop talking!"

"Yeah, just watch the fun, no matter who loses, we have nothing to lose anyway, right?"

"But Austin is going to lose. Even if Li Zhifan wants to enter Hollywood, it may be difficult, and it may even involve our other Chinese-language movies. They are a family."

"That's right, it's a mess."

"Oh! It shouldn't be!"

"..."

Xinfeng Entertainment.

Zhu Youxue has always been against Li Zhifan. Although he usually "supports" Li Zhifan publicly and has a "good relationship" with Li Zhifan, only the two of them know their grievances and resentments in private.

This time when such a thing happened, Zhu Youxue would naturally choose to stand in line in his heart, and his theater chain also bought two movies. Although the schedules were the same, there was a matter of priority.

"Mr. Zhu, can we borrow this matter to stir up the heat?"

At the meeting, someone proposed this idea, "We don't need to publicly express our support for anyone, but you take the initiative to make friends with Austin, take a few photos and post them on the Internet, everyone will know what we think, whoever loses wins, Our hospital can play a very important role, and when the time comes, we will secretly suppress the filming of "Infernal Affairs", hehe, give him a bottom line."

"inappropriate!"

Zhu Youxue shook his head, "This incident is different. Li Zhifan made a bet with Hollywood director Austin. This involves a problem, that is, our Chinese nationalism. The radio and television has already held a meeting on this matter. Whether it is success or failure, Li Zhifan is a patriotic act to win glory for the country. His points against Austin are also in line with our country's condemnation of foreign public opinion. There is nothing to blame, and it is not suitable for us to stand up at this time Support Austin, let alone pour cold water on Li Zhifan."

"Yes! As far as I know, many major Chinese directors have expressed their support for Li Zhifan this time. We can't go against these people!" said another director participating in the meeting. If it is too big, it is patriotism, just like the Olympic Games. Although some sports have been dominated by foreign athletes for a long time, but even if our athletes have little hope, we have to cheer for him? Reviled by all the Chinese, isn't it?"

"Wang Dong, it seems that you have an idea?" Zhu Youxue looked at the director surnamed Wang with a smile, wanting to hear his opinion.

"Hehe, here I have an immature suggestion!"

The director surnamed Wang also smiled and said, "We, we should praise, praise vigorously, and inform everyone in the company to go to Kuaibo, in the circle of friends who read letters, and on their respective self-media platforms, to praise Li Zhifan even more. The better, I want to shape it into a perfect god-level director, make his movie into a god-like movie, and even in our theaters, we have to wave the flag for him, put up huge posters, and start their respective ticket purchase benefits."

Zhu Youxue asked doubtfully, "Didn't we take advantage of him by doing this?"

"Hey, Boss Zhu knows the word "Pride and Kill," right?"

Wang Dongxiao couldn't see his eyes, "The higher the praise, the worse the fall when he loses. At that time, let alone making movies, he probably will have no face in the entertainment industry. At that time, we can take advantage of the momentum and launch Some remarks about disappointing him, especially Mr. Zhu, you can first praise him on the fast blog, and then feel sorry and disappointed for him after he fails, and encourage him to get up quickly, let him take the initiative to report to Oss Ding apologizes, apologizes to Hollywood, haha, let's see his jokes then!"

"Oh!"

Zhu Youxue tutted his tongue, "We've worked so hard to get him, don't make us lose more than we get, in case he really wins..."

"how is this possible?"

Wang Dongdao, "I've calculated the probability. If it's normal, they are evenly matched. And no matter how good Li Zhifan's movie is, compared with American special effects movies, it is still not enough to attract audiences of different ages. Let's take young people as an example. Said, even if they go to see Li Zhifan's movie, they won't do it twice, but not necessarily watching Hollywood blockbusters."

"And we can do some little tricks!" When Wang Dong said this time, a gleam of light suddenly radiated from his smiling face, which made people realize that he still had eyes.

"Oh? What little trick?" Zhu Youxue was very curious.

"Steal the box office!"

Wang Dong said, "Isn't this our specialty? Giving Austin two weeks of midnight ghost games is enough for him to beat Li Zhifan overwhelmingly. At critical moments, we can also do some tricks like changing tickets, Put it in a remote third- and fourth-tier city, so that no one can find out."

"good idea!"

Zhu Youxue nodded, "Then I will leave this matter to Wang Dong! But there is one thing, I hope that I can communicate with Austin, and don't waste my efforts. I hope that the few movies we will invest in next year can be exported to Hollywood. , and even invite Austin to direct, you have to take care of this matter."

"Don't worry, it will definitely be beautiful for you!"

The two looked at each other, then looked at the other colleagues in the conference room, and laughed at the same time.

……

Li Zhifan still sticks to filming in Xiangjiang, including the main creators of the film crew, they are also very serious, because of the interference from the outside world, and the upcoming release of the first part of "Infernal Affairs" in the new year, there is no distraction.

However, during this period of time, domestic praise for him has suddenly reached an all-time high. All kinds of soft articles have blown him to the sky, causing many ordinary audiences to feel uncomfortable and even disgusted. They all think that Li Zhifan invited the navy.

Li Zhifan was also in a daze. He asked the people in the company and learned that he had not contacted any navy studios, so he simply didn't take it to heart, and devoted himself fully to the shooting process.

This situation continued until the arrival of the Lunar New Year.

(End of this chapter)