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After glancing at Da Tiantian, Wei Jun continued to calmly read the film reviews.

"Only nine points. You look so naive."

"Nine points... only... Lord Wei, you're being too pretentious. 'Warring States' is only seven points."

"The ratings of 'The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave' will also drop later. When the movie just opened, the people who rated it were all true fans, and only then will passers-by and haters come in.

In 2012, the "water army" had not yet become a big deal, and the practice of organizing the "water army" to give high or low scores to movies as soon as they were released had not yet been fully formed.

So the current ratings are relatively credible.

Of course, this does not mean that the current Douban ratings are fair.

The biggest problem with Douban nowadays is its worship of foreign things. Foreign films are given high scores with their eyes closed, while domestic films are automatically given a low score.

Most young intellectuals are petty bourgeoisie, and most petty bourgeoisie worship foreign things. Although some of them are just figments of their imagination, this was a common phenomenon in 2012.

Later, when the Internet developed, people opened their eyes to the world and gradually discovered that the whole world was in a blue foreign country and that in many places it was not as good as China. This situation has improved somewhat.

"Tiantian, has the publicity and promotion of the crew started taking action?" Wei Jun asked with concern.

Da Tiantian's head: "We've already started, but do we really need word-of-mouth marketing?"

"Trust me, this is important."

The task assigned by Wei Jun to the publicity department was to make the publicity of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" grand and profound.

Chapter One

It is necessary to highlight the grand structure of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" and completely separate "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" from previous historical films.

Da Tiantian and Jackie Chan were somewhat confused about this promotional direction.

Because this is a bit offensive.

But Wei Jun insisted.

So far, no one can prove that Wei Jun’s persistence is wrong.

So no one dared to stand up against King Wei.

"Mr. Wei, if we promote it this way, we'll probably offend Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, and the others."

"It doesn't matter. I was telling the truth anyway. Can't I be allowed to talk about it after I did it? Besides, the historical film was already implicated by them."

Wei Jun said calmly.

"Hey, it seems to be working."

Wei Jun finally came across a film review that interested him.

"'Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave' is a true historical blockbuster."

"I give a thumbs up to 'The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave'. This is our Chinese historical film, and this is the historical film that audiences want to see."

"@Zhang Yimou @Feng Xiaogang @Chen Kaige, come out and get beaten up. What kind of historical films are you making? 'City Full of Busty Girls', 'Written Over a Night Banquet Read as Thunderstorm', 'A Bun Causes a Murder'... that's all you have. Watch 'The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave' and see how Mr. Wei makes historical blockbusters."

"Our country's history is so magnificent, but when our country's great directors make historical films, they can only see obstruction, assassination, quarrels and lust. "Hero" is made into a story of a few assassins, and "The Banquet" is made into a story of incest.

What about the heroes? What about our country and our people? Thanks to Mr. Wei, through "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave," I saw the weight of history, I saw the heroes that existed in history, and I felt their love for their country and their people.

In terms of structure, "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" surpasses it by a lot."

"The Han army took advantage of the north wind, marched westward with drums beating, and defeated the Quanrong.

You will follow the Han general out of the country, cut down the captives like weeds and achieve extraordinary success.

The king held his sword and looked at the border, but the flag had already fallen into the sky of the Hu people.

The number of Xiongnu people tied around their necks should be exhausted, and they should enter the Grape Palace next year.

This is the first time I’ve seen the Han Dynasty style described in the poem on the big screen. Five-star praise.

"'A general must be prepared to die, a soldier must not be afraid of life.' 'The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave' is a long and heroic song of the men of the Han Dynasty. Highly recommended."

Looking at these good reviews and film comments, the curve of Wei Jun's mouth became deeper and deeper.

This is the effect he wants.

The historical categorization of domestic films was completely ruined by a few major directors. "Hero" was considered good. After "Hero," "The Promise," "The Banquet," "Red Cliff"... these so-called historical blockbusters are each worse than the last.

As a result, audiences began to become disappointed with historical films, and they would directly reject films with historical themes.

To be honest, the audience cannot be blamed for this, because the historical films made by these great directors are really bad.

The audience has eaten shit so many times in a row, do we still expect them not to learn their lesson?

So what Wei Jun has to do is to cut ties with these big directors and the bad historical films they have made.

Mr. Wei wants the audience to know that "Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" is not a melodramatic historical film. It is a film of real history, a magnificent history.

There is no melodrama, no conspiracy, no ethics here, only the character of the great men, the integrity of the warriors, and the iron-blooded battlefield.

This is what many viewers think historical films should be like.

This is the kind of historical film that Wei Jun wants to shoot.

As it turned out, it was successful.

The next day.

Wei Jun was woken up by Da Tiantian's call.

"Mr. Wei, what do you think the opening box office of 'Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave' was?"

Even through the phone screen, Wei Jun could feel Da Tiantian's excitement.

Wei Jun was very calm: "One hundred million?"

Da Tiantian instantly wilted: "You are too ambitious. What does one hundred million mean? Although it is not one hundred million, it is already eighty million.

Eighty million, Mr. Wei, do you know what this means?"

At the end of the story, Da Tiantian became excited again.

Wei Jun also regained full consciousness at this moment.

"Eighty million?"

"Yes, 80 million."

Da Tiantian answered in the affirmative.

Wei Jun also smiled when he heard this: "Not bad, quite good, breaking the record, right?"

"Of course it's a new record in the history of domestic films."

Da Tiantian said, "Now the highest first-day and single-day box office records in Chinese film history are all held by our film 'The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave.'"

This is a great start.

After the first-day box office of 80 million was released, the entire entertainment industry was shaken.

Huayi Brothers.

The two Mr. Wangs looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Da Wang: "It's a good thing that 'Painted Skin 2' was pulled to the Lunar New Year holiday, otherwise it would definitely not be a match for 'The Thirteen Warriors Return to the Cave'."

Mr. Wang nodded and said, "That's amazing! I thought 'The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave' would do well, but I didn't expect it to do this well."

The two Mr. Wangs naturally didn't know that if "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" hadn't intervened, the record for the highest first-day and single-day box office in the history of Chinese-language films would have been created by "Painted Skin 2". In the original time and space, the first-day box office of "Painted Skin 2" was 70 million, which also shocked the entire industry.

Of course, "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" was a full ten million higher.

After all, "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" spent more money on publicity and promotion.

Moreover, Wei Jun and Jackie Chan do have more box office appeal than the main creators of "Painted Skin 2" at this stage.

That’s why the movie has the current first-day box office of 80 million.

This is a result that shocked the entire entertainment industry.

The chain reaction was very obvious. The screening rate of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave", which was already ranked first, increased by another five percentage points.

It is also foreseeable that the screening rate of "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" will be even higher in the future.

The box office will naturally rise.

At this time, Wei Jun and his team had already entered the roadshow promotion period. When they came out of the hotel room and were about to have breakfast, people kept congratulating Wei Jun along the way.

Jackie Chan: "Director Wei, 80 million, 80 million! You are amazing."

Zhang Yi: "Director Wei, next time you have a movie, remember to call me. I don't want any pay, I'm always available."

Duan Yihong: "Director Wei, the box office has broken records. Do we have any red envelopes to receive?"

Wei Jun said straightforwardly: "Of course there is, but there is no rush now.

The box office is only 80 million. When it breaks 1 billion, our company will definitely give everyone a big red envelope."

"Long live the director."

Everyone cheered.

Huang Xiaoming sat next to Wei Jun and asked him while eating breakfast: "Director Wei, can our movie really break 1 billion?"

Wei Jun nodded: "As long as there are no major problems with word of mouth, it should be fine."

Huang Xiaoming's smile was very genuine: "That's great." "Painted Skin 2" almost gathered together the top middle-aged actors in the Chinese film industry, but he was not included.

The male lead is Chen Kun.

What happened between him and Chen Kun is no secret.

So Huang Xiaoming also wants to prove himself in the film industry.

However, Wei Jun glanced at Huang Xiaoming and thought that even if "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" was a box office hit, I would be the one who benefited the most.

The second is Jackie Chan.

The others aren't particularly outstanding.

Of course, it won't lose points. "13 Soldiers Return to the Cave" is actually very similar to another later hit movie, "Operation Red Sea." In this movie, the protagonists of the ensemble cast rarely stand out, and the focus of the movie is the battle scenes. After the movie becomes a hit, people will give the greatest credit to the director rather than the actors.

Wei Jun didn't deliberately shoot it this way, but a movie like "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" actually has to be shot this way.

So there is certainly no problem for these actors to use the movie "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" to improve their qualifications and status, but it is completely wishful thinking to expect them to become famous with this movie.

There is still some hope for Jackie Chan and Da Tiantian, but the roles of the others are too small on average.

The focus of the movie is the spirit of the Han army, not any particular character.

During the roadshow interview, an audience member also asked Wei Jun this question.

The audience asked: "Director Wei, many directors in our country like to see the big picture from the small when making historical films, and reflect the big historical background of the time by creating some small characters or small stories. But your film "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" seems to be completely different from this approach. Can you tell us specifically? Wei Jun took the microphone and organized his words before saying bluntly: "This friend is right. Many directors in our country like to see the big picture from the small when making historical films. So they especially like to shoot conspiracies, small characters, and some very delicate private desires.

But in my opinion, art should be highly infectious, especially historical films.

"'When I watch historical films, I don't watch them just for the little people.

What attracts me more are always heroes and great men, the changing times and those trendsetters walking in the long river of history.

So when I make historical films, I won’t focus on the big picture from the small details. I will shoot the grand era and the unyielding heroes.

I think if people really like to watch ordinary people, it is enough to watch realistic movies, and they will not go to watch historical movies. "

After Wei Jun's remarks were exposed, they immediately caused a lot of discussion in the outside world.

Now that "The Thirteen Soldiers Return to the Cave" is in theaters, of course the majority of people support Wei Jun.

But several big directors who felt offended were very unhappy.

The little cannon was the first to jump out and take the initiative to fire: "Some young people have achieved some success by chance, but they don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. They don't know that everyone has been through this and he is just a junior.

Young people who don't know how to be humble are destined not to go far."

It is obvious that the little cannon is taking the initiative to stir up trouble.

The reporters were afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so they asked Wei Jun what he thought of what Xiao Gangpao said.