Superstars start from the Academy of Film and Television

Chapter 458 Underground painting in the interior, going to North America.

"Hero, when you mention these two words, many people may think that those superheroes in Hollywood are omnipotent. However, are there such heroes in the real world? Once, I thought that there were no Chinese people. Hero worship, but it was later discovered that this is not the case, for example, Guan Erye, who is so righteous, and Zhong Kui, who hates evil and hates, in a sense, are they not Chinese superheroes?"

"The value that the Americans admire is that these superheroes have various superpowers, can help ordinary people realize their dreams, and can save the world. However, in the values ​​​​of the Chinese people, this is not the case. People worship them not because they ability, but because of a certain quality in them, this is the biggest difference between Eastern and Western cultures.”

"Speaking of the movie Hero, when I first watched it, I was only attracted by the gorgeous special effects and exquisite colors, but after careful reflection, I read a deeper meaning, why is the title called Hero? In the film, in order to make Wuming ten steps closer to the King of Qin, Chang Kong is willing to abandon the reputation that the warriors are proud of, pretending to be defeated, and he is a hero."

"Feixue is a girl, in order to avenge her country and her family, she did not hesitate to break into the Qin Palace with a broken sword. Three thousand cavalry can't stop her, she is a hero."

"Can Jian resolutely chose the world between the hatred of the country and the family, the love of children and the world. He said to Wuming: the pain of a person is no longer pain when compared with the people in the world; the hatred between Zhao and Qin It is no longer hatred in the world! With such a heart, how can you not be a hero?"

"Wu Ming, the orphan of the Zhao Kingdom, practiced swords for ten years to get revenge, and practiced the unique skill of killing every ten steps. In the end, within ten steps, he stabbed King Qin with the hilt of his sword. The stabbing was his promise to Changkong and Feixue. , stabbing but not killing is his expectation for the world, he walked out of the Qin Palace and died generously, a hero with no name!"

"The King of Qin, sweeping the six kingdoms, the carriages on the same track, and the books on the same text, this character who is called a tyrant and a conspirator in other literary works, faced the unknown assassin, but threw the long sword at his waist to the opponent, and let the opponent come What kind of courage is it to decide this sword for the world? Calling him a hero is no exaggeration!"

Famous film critic Fanghua wrote this film review on his Weibo, which also attracted the attention of many netizens. Even many viewers who watched the premiere said that they seemed to have watched it for nothing?Just watched it for fun?
The hero's score on Pea.com is surprisingly high, reaching 8.6 points. On the other hand, Feng Chi's "Night Curtain" on the other side is almost full of curses.

The most controversial thing is that the audience thinks that Feng Chi adapted Hamlet's profound themes of the rise and fall of the country and the desire to devour human nature into a polygamous soap opera composed of martial arts and vulgar performances.

Of course, Feng Chi didn't admit it. In his opinion, this group of people just didn't understand it, and even sent seven microblogs to anger film critics, saying: Do you f**king understand movies?You took other people's money to blackmail me, right?

In this way, the film critics are naturally upset, those who took the money are fine, and you who didn't take the money, don't you wish us?
For the sake of my innocence, I can't let you go!

So a scolding war began on the Internet. Feng Chi actually had a lot of conflicts with film critics before, but in the end it all ended in Feng Chi's victory, because Feng Chi has a lot of fans, and film critics only have a million fans on Weibo. .

However, now that the flames of war are rekindled, Feng Chi soon found that he couldn't take it anymore, and when he posted it on Weibo, not many fans left messages, and many fans persuaded him: Forget it.

never mind?Can it count?I have invested half of my life savings in it. If the box office hits the street, I can't sleep on the street?

Even if he had to bite the bullet, Feng Chi would have to go, so while Feng Chi increased the intensity of the road show, he also turned on the mode of crazy trolling, but whenever he said that his new film was a little bad, he started to go crazy.

This not only made the audience who hated him even more disgusted, but even some audiences who were neutral or even liked his movies felt chilled. I'm just saying it to be fair, why are you scolding me?
In an instant, almost no one on the Internet spoke for Feng Chi, and almost all of them scolded him. Originally, Han Fei planned to make a move, thinking about when to give Feng Chi a shot, but it turned out that he played himself to death , which is a bit too unsatisfying.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the zero-point box office of "Heroes" has also been released, and the high box office of 2300 million has also made the industry exclaim "Han Fei is back again."

Indeed, compared to "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Heroes" is obviously closer to Chinese-language movies. It has a strong oriental flavor both in terms of content and imagery, so it is naturally much easier to accept.

Of course, thanks to more than ten years of development, the audience's appreciation level has made great progress.

And the zero-point box office of "Night Curtain" is not low, a full 1560 million. This is unexpected to many people, and the voice of scolding Feng Chi on the Internet has suddenly become much quieter.

Feng Chi is so proud, how about it?You scold me, the harder you scold me, the better my box office sales will be. It seems that this negative marketing is not ineffective.

However, only one day later, Feng Chi couldn't laugh anymore. The box office of "Night Curtain" on the first day was only 6420 million. Generally speaking, according to the box office of 1560 million at zero, the first day was at least over [-] million.

However, Feng Chi is not yet desperate. After all, the first day is more than 6000 million. This result is not a big profit, but a small profit is still possible. Therefore, Feng Chi continued to increase the number of roadshows, from two a day to three a day. It was even four games, which made all the leading actors miserable.

On the other hand, the first-day box office of "Hero" was much more normal, 2.3 million. Although it was not as good as the first-day box office of "The Wandering Earth", it was amazing enough.

At the same time, word-of-mouth is also further fermenting. Many film critics have also begun to interpret "Heroes" from various angles.

Therefore, the box office of "Hero" exploded again on the second day and directly broke through the 3 million mark. However, due to the surge in the number of viewers, the score of Wandou.com also dropped, and it closed with 8.2 points by the end of the second day.

"Night Curtain" was even worse. On the second day, the box office was only 3600 million, which was almost halved. Compared with its film lineup, this box office is absolutely bleak.

So Feng Chi received notices from many theaters that day, and the theaters said: We also want to make money, and cut off a lot of filming sessions.

This made Feng Chi even more crazy. In his opinion, these cut-off scenes were all money.

However, on the third day, the box office of "Night Curtain" fell again by 2100 million. At this time, Feng Chi was already a little numb.

A week later, "Night Curtain" was drawn, and the box office was only 1.2 million. Not to mention making money, it almost lost all of its capital. The production cost was more than 4000 million, and the publicity cost was more than 2000 million. According to the contract between Feng Chi and the investor's boss, in the case of a loss, all the box office recovered will belong to the investor.

Originally, Feng Chi didn't care about this clause at all. He was very confident in the profitability of the movie, but this was the last straw that crushed him.

In this movie, Feng Chi not only gambled all his previous honors, but also lost all his money.

The box office of "Hero" has achieved amazing results in the seven days of the Chinese New Year. The box office exceeded 20 billion in the first week. Secondly, the score on Pea.com has remained above 8 points.

After two years, Han Fei once again conquered the audience with his movie, but the theme of "hero" always has its limitations. After the Lantern Festival, the box office began to decline rapidly. In the end, it was released for a month, and the box office broke through 40 billion. .

Of course, this achievement is amazing enough. After all, every movie cannot be expected to achieve the horror score of "The Wandering Earth".

Although the painting was done in China, Han Fei was not idle. On this day, he took the crew to board the flight to the United States again.

It was still Chris who came to pick them up, but at this time Chris’s career was no longer what it was before. The success of “The Wandering Earth” and “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” made Matchpoint a hot independent film distribution company in Hollywood. The business volume has doubled several times.

For Han Fei, Chris is quite enthusiastic. Of course, it is not nostalgia, but he has tasted the sweetness from Han Fei. He believes that as long as it is this guy's movie, he will definitely be able to make money, and it will be a lot of money.

After a day's rest, Chris couldn't wait to watch this hero in the company's screening room. He was attracted by the simple background music and the deep black at the beginning.

It is a pity that this film has no English dubbing, only English subtitles, and he can't understand the lines, but even so, he is still shocked by the brilliant colors in the film.

"Oh my god, your artists are geniuses, I mean, this set is absolutely amazing." Chris was a little incoherent.

Han Fei raised his eyebrows at Wen Qi. This shy young man once didn't believe that Americans could understand his use of color.

"Well, my old man, there is nothing to say, it is still the old rule, this movie must be handed over to us for distribution, you know, our channel is now several times larger than before, and I can even let this The movie appeared on the screens of more than 4000 theaters in North America." Chris danced with excitement.

Han Fei smiled and said, "Of course, I believe in your ability, but this movie is a little different, and I have one more request."

"any request?"

"I need you to help this movie win next year's Oscar." Han Fei said word by word.

Chris was stunned. This movie is indeed excellent. In his opinion, it is no problem to get a high box office. However, let’s not talk about cultural differences. Just looking at this movie as a commercial movie, the chances of winning an Oscar are not high. Big.

Over the years, the Oscar awards have been biased towards literary films, and this is the case in the United States, let alone Chinese films?
"Man, listen to me, it's not worth it. You should know that the cost of Oscar's PR is not a small sum," Chris persuaded.

But before he finished speaking, Han Fei interrupted: "Don't worry, I will pay the money."

"Well, good luck." This is the value of Americans, as long as there is money to be made, there is nothing impossible.

Han Fei's arrival also attracted the attention of some American entertainment media, but after all, it was two years later, and the enthusiasm of the year had long since disappeared, and no one took the news too seriously.

Those who really pay attention to Han Fei are many Chinese living in the United States, as well as international students. In some Chinese community forums and group chats, they are all chatting about Han Fei's new movie in full swing.

However, only a small number of people are more optimistic that Han Fei's new film will be as popular as the previous two films, while most people think that it is difficult for Han Fei's film to achieve its previous glory. It's a movie, and it's still about things in the Qin Dynasty.

The age is too far away, and all of them are Chinese faces, unlike "The Wandering Earth". Science fiction films have a special appeal to American audiences.

Although many viewers were not optimistic about it, most of them still expressed their support at the cinema, and the overseas student group gathered again. They approached Saidian Company again, received a large number of leaflets from them, and began to support "Heroes" in North America. The release of the market is a compulsory publicity.

Han Fei was not idle either, and began to accept some media interviews. At first, many American audiences didn't remember him very well, but when the host talked about his words and deeds on a certain talk show, many American audiences still remembered him. over him.

Of course, it is not a good impression. In the eyes of Americans, Han Fei is a very arrogant person, and he does not have any respect for Hollywood in his words. This is not allowed. Hollywood is a symbol of the United States, and movies from all countries in the world Everyone should cast their eyes on Hollywood, and coming to the United States is a pilgrimage.

In this regard, Han Fei's answer is also very simple: "I am here, I will conquer!"

This is so arrogant. Many American viewers even clamored for Han Fei to get out of the country. Of course, some viewers expressed that they would criticize Han Fei inhumanely after watching the film. They would use their years of experience in watching movies to point out that The mistakes in Han Fei's film let Han Fei see how professional American audiences who have been influenced by Hollywood films for so many years are.

However, this is what Han Fei wanted to see. After such a wave of publicity, not to mention the attention of the Chinese, even many fans in the United States began to pay close attention to the release time of "Hero".

So after going through a series of investigations, Saidian company finally set the release time in March, because there is a special holiday in March in the United States, that is spring break, usually there will be 3-7 days of holiday, this time period , the box office is not bad, and there are relatively few competitors.

"Okay, then it will be released in March." Han Fei also knew that there were many dreams in the night, and the original hero was released because it was delayed for two years, and it didn't get the ideal box office in the end.

(End of this chapter)