China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 405 "House of Flying Daggers" and the Nomination of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers

On July 7th, "Tomorrow Star" will start the competition from the top 15 to the top [-]

The competition system has changed a bit from the previous top [-] to top [-].

There are two rounds in total, the first round is more like the previous regional finals, 50 groups of players are divided into ten competitive competition areas by drawing lots, and go through two rounds of competition.

In the first round, the on-site judges and the audience voted to eliminate two of the five groups of contestants who performed on the day, and the remaining three competed again, and then held an off-site popularity vote.

The person with the highest number of votes advances, and the remaining two enter the pending area together with the previous two.

In a total of 10 days of competition, 10 groups of players can be promoted, and the remaining 40 groups will go to the second round, which is a more brutal knockout round.

The 40 groups of contestants will face off in pairs, 20 groups will be eliminated first, and then the remaining 20 groups will fight for another round, 10 groups will advance to the top 10, and [-] groups will be eliminated.

It seems more troublesome, it is better to directly advance the two highest-ranked players in the first round, and eliminate all others.

But the troublesome format means it will take a long time. . .

The first round is 10 days, and the second round will take 4 to 5 days anyway, adding up to half a month.

These half a month's advertising and sponsorship fees are all money, and every round of voting, the odds and ends add up to a considerable amount.

If it wasn't for the fear of being too wordy and the obvious purpose of collecting money, Jingcheng TV would have waited for two more rounds.

This is also understandable. After the top [-], the number of players decreased greatly. Even if some competition systems were added, there were not many live broadcasts.

Therefore, it is the right way to take advantage of the top [-] to advance to the top [-] and make more money.

After reaching the top [-], the length of the program can no longer be used, but it can be used to increase popularity.

Previously, the number of popular votes on the spot was basically tens of thousands or 10,000+. Except for strong duels, there were very few cases where contestants could get hundreds of thousands of votes, which was not even comparable to the previous regional finals.

It can be seen that the audience and fans are also masters who do not see rabbits and do not scatter eagles.

The intensity and gold content of the follow-up competitions will increase. Sometimes there will be strong duels, and if you are not careful, you may face elimination, so fans may not dare to stay strong, and tickets will have to go up if you don't want to.

I dare not say that each game has hundreds of thousands of votes, but most of them should have hope, and the duel between strong and popular players may even exceed one million.

Especially in the final finals, the voting that day may be very crazy.

In Yuanshikong's 05 "Super Girl" finals, the top three had nearly [-] million votes.

Now the momentum and influence of "Rising Star" is even greater than that of "Super Girl" in the original time and space, so the number of votes in the finals that day is likely to be more.

Therefore, Cao Xuan specially negotiated with the three major operators, and will open up a special channel for "Tomorrow's Star" to vote at that time, so as to prevent fans and viewers from spending their money.

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"Tomorrow's Star" competition from the top [-] to the top [-] is in full swing, attracting a lot of media attention, and the popularity is extremely high.

But on July 7, "Rising Star" was still robbed of the limelight.

Lao Mouzi's new movie "House of Flying Daggers" held its world premiere + concert at Gongti.

Speaking of which, although Boss Zhang in the new picture is a bit weird, he is indeed a master of hype and is very good at finding gimmicks.

The last "Hero" premiered in the Great Hall, and this time the premiere of "House of Flying Daggers" was held at Gongti.

I don't know about other places. In the field of mainland movies, there are premieres + concerts in stadiums. "House of Flying Daggers" is definitely the first. It is said that 2000 million extra production costs were specially added for this.

If you don't brag, a premiere has caught up with the production fee of a small and medium-budget movie.

That night, Liu Tianwang personally led the show, and well-known singers and groups such as Catherine Battelle, Li Zongsheng, Tong Ange, Zhang Xinzhe, Adu, Chen Huijin, SHE, Piao Shu, Han Hong, and Twelve Girls Band were all present.

It is worth mentioning that Sword Wolf under Fanxing also participated in the ceremony.

At the beginning of the year, Dao Lang's first album in Fanxing was released, and it was extremely popular. In just six months, the original sales volume has exceeded 150 million+, which is unmatched in the mainland record market in the first half of the year.

The album's title song "The First Snow in 2002" became popular all over the country, resounding through the streets and alleys.

Not long ago, Cao Xuan's "Dream Chasing Heart" was released, pushing Dao Lang from the top of the ranking list. With the popularity of "Tomorrow's Star", it only dominated the list for two weeks, and was "the first game in 2002". Snow" overtakes.

Today's sword wolf is really a mess, known as the most popular singer in the mainland.

When Cao Xuan was interviewed, he said that the singers he most wanted to sign were Dao Lang and Jay Chou.

At that time, most people's attention was on the acquaintance of Cao Xuan and Jay Chou, but not many people paid attention to Daolang at all. Even if they noticed, they thought it was Cao Xuan deliberately helping the artists under his banner.

Today, when Sword Wolf became popular, everyone knows [Cao Bole]'s foresight.

The interview with Cao Xuan was also repeatedly mentioned by the media, and some people even regarded Dao Lang as a singer in the Mainland comparable to Jay Chou.

This also set off a small wave of scolding wars on the Internet. Dao Lang's singing has returned to fire, but many people think it is dirty, especially fans who like Jay Chou, who are more fashionable than music literacy, and many people look down on Dao Lang.

Saying that Dao Lang and Jay Chou are shoulder to shoulder, fans of Jay Chou will feel that he is touching porcelain, and they must be upset.

As for the fans of Dao Lang, the music aesthetics are relatively simple, and generally they are not so impressed by Jay Chou's songs, and they also look down on the "high profile" of Jay fans, so they immediately turned back.

Come and go, there is a little conflict, but in fact it is mainly the fans.

The two parties ignored it at all, and probably didn't even know it.

Especially Dao Lang, after becoming famous, he is very low-key, except for necessary signing parties and attending business events, he basically does not show his face.

Even the "Star of Tomorrow" program group invited him to be a judge, but declined, and planned to step down as the lead singer of "I Love to Remember the Lyrics".

This is also the meaning of the Fanxing Music Department. Wait for "Star of Tomorrow", and Fanxing will sign new singers in place. If the development is good, they will specialize in albums, and if the development is not good, they can go to the show to show their face.

Otherwise, it would be overkill for singers like Dao Lang and Phoenix Legend to lead the show.

It was because Dao Lang was so low-key that "House of Flying Daggers" spent 80 yuan before Dao Lang showed up.

The reason why it is so expensive is because this is the first public performance of Daolang, and there are gimmicks.

In fact, Boss Zhang wanted to invite Cao Xuan at first, but Cao Xuan was busy with the release of "Xiu Chun Knife".

The most important thing is that there is Liu Tianwang in "House of Flying Daggers", and Cao Xuan has gone, so there is a problem.

Liu Tianwang is the leading actor, and the premiere is his home venue, but in terms of status in the music scene, Cao Xuan is better than him, and it is hard to say who is the C position between the two of them.

Of course, if you really have a good relationship, you don't have to care about these side details.

If Liu Tianwang personally invites, Cao Xuan will definitely save face, and Cao Xuan can also help out if Lao Mouzi speaks.

Even if it is the international chapter, since she has always been so sensible, and the old friendship of the East and West Second Palace is there, Cao Xuan can also help stand up.

But it was Boss Zhang from New Screen who came forward to invite someone. Cao Xuan didn't forget that there was still friction between the two of them.

Boss Cao has always been cautious. Even if he is not good at haggling with the other party because the other party is cowardly, it doesn't mean that the other party has not entered the small book.

Although there is no Cao Xuan, Liu Tianwang's influence is not built, let alone there is a program to commemorate Mei Yanfang.

"House of Flying Daggers" has a deep relationship with Queen Mei. One of the producers of the film crew is Anle Films of Xiangjiang, and Boss Jiang and Mei Yanfang, the head of Anle, are close friends.

At the beginning, through Boss Jiang, Lao Mouzi wanted to ask Mei Tianhou to play the role of the eldest sister of Feidaomen.

At that time, the contracts of both parties were signed. Even when she was ill, Mei Yanfang kept saying that she would play the role. It wasn't until Mei Yanfang's condition got worse that she couldn't support her body, so she finally had no choice but to terminate the contract.

Lao Mouzi has always been deeply regretful, grateful for the help and support Mei Yanfang gave during the preparation of the film crew, temporarily changing the script, and leaving the eldest sister of Feidaomen to Mei Yanfang forever,
Even at the end of the film, "only this film is in memory of Ms. Mei Yanfang" is specially added.

Later, when the biographical film "Mei Yanfang" was released in 2021, Lao Mouzi also personally participated in the interview and helped out on the platform.

Although the mention of the "dead" in the premiere is a bit of a hype and a gimmick in the eyes of many people, but some people think it is a way of remembering and commemorating.

The benevolent see benevolence, the wise see wisdom!
But I have to say that Mei Yanfang occupied a lot of space in the report about the premiere of "House of Flying Daggers".

The 2002 "Hero" made Lao Mouzi the most popular commercial director in the mainland and even in the Chinese film industry, and his box office appeal was amazing.

After the premiere ceremony, "House of Flying Daggers" was officially released, with a first-day box office of 1600 million, breaking the first-day box office record of "Hero" of 1350 million.

In just one week, "House of Flying Daggers" won a box office of 5500 million, breaking the record of "Hero"'s 5300 million first-week box office in the Mainland.

At the same time, although the overseas release data of "House of Flying Daggers" is not particularly strong, it is also quite good.

Especially in Japan, the box office exceeded 1000 million U.S. dollars in the first week, converted to more than 8000 million yuan, and the total box office directly surpassed the mainland.

However, behind the crazy box office, the word-of-mouth of "House of Flying Daggers" also collapsed.

After the movie was released, Cao Xuanzeng and Nishinomiya Niangniang quietly went to the Fanxing Cinema in Beijing to watch it.

Cao Xuan knew it in his heart, he was just playing with him, Nishi Gong Niang Niang went in happily, and came out with a tangled face.

To say that the movie "House of Flying Daggers" is a bad movie is not particularly fair.

This movie has a lot of merits. The pictures, shots, aesthetics, scenes, and colors are all top-level, and it can be called a visual feast.

But in terms of plot, it is really difficult to be praised as a good movie.

The plot of this movie is not bad, but a bit inexplicable, or it doesn't resonate with most audiences at all.

The story of "House of Flying Daggers" is very simple. It tells the story of the late Tang Dynasty, when the current situation was chaotic. There was an organization called Flying Daomen doing evil everywhere, and the Yamen was about to exterminate it.

There is a brothel in Peony Square in the local area. A blind dancer (international chapter) came to the brothel. An informant came to report it, which was very suspicious.

The government sent two catchers, Liu catcher (Liu Tianwang) and Jin catcher (Jin Chengwu) to investigate. The two went to test, but the blind girl showed her feet, and they arrested the blind girl.

After the arrest, the yamen suspected that the blind girl was the daughter of the boss of Feidaomen, so they planned to put a long line to catch big fish and wipe out Feidaomen.

Therefore, Jin Butou pretended to be fascinated by the beauty and rescued the blind girl. Liu Butou led people to chase and kill them, forcing the two to seek help from Feidaomen, found the trace of Feidaomen headquarters, and then wiped them out with heavy troops.

Finally did find the Flying Knife Gate, but again there were some mistakes.

This blind girl is not the eldest daughter at all, but just an ordinary little girl.

What's even worse is that Catcher Liu is actually an undercover agent of Feidaomen, and he is an old friend of the blind girl. He proposed this plan to get the blind girl out of the yamen.

Collusion between inside and outside, Jin Butou was arrested.

Fei Daomen asked the blind girl to kill Jin Butou, but he didn't want the blind girl to fall in love with Jin Butou in just three days. The two had a field battle, and Jin Butou was released.

After this incident, Catcher Jin suddenly felt that the world was dangerous, and planned to go back to seclusion with the blind girl.

The blind girl declined, and when Catcher Jin left, she figured it out again, and hurriedly chased after her lover until the lover finally got married.

Liu Butou came, and his head was as green as a bamboo forest. In the end, the three fell in love and killed each other, and the blind girl died, leaving Huang Mao and the bitter master looking at each other.

It can be seen that the director wants to discuss love, for example, there is nothing wrong with falling in love, love is so sudden and blah blah.

The finishing touch of the whole movie is actually Liu Tianwang's sentence "I have been waiting for you for three years, but he is not as good as him staying with you for three days".

But it is worth emphasizing that the [concept] of this movie cannot be wrong, but it definitely does not conform to the psychology of the public.

To put it bluntly, Cao Xuan even made up a little Liu Bei after watching this movie.

The male lead and the female lead have been in love for many years, but later they went on a business trip for some reason and were caught because of the female lead’s mistake. The Lord's grace is absolute.

Look, the standard cuckold plot...

Of course, the interpretation of the movie is better, and the Jincheng Wuhe international chapter even has a sense of CP, but it still cannot dilute the shortcomings of flawed logic and weak plot.

There is also the grievance between the imperial court and Feidaomen. After laying the groundwork for so long, the ending was not mentioned at all, and it was left alone.

The audience thought it was a fight, but in the end it turned into a love triangle. The sense of gap was too great, and no one would be annoyed.

It can be said that the only eye-catching aspect of the plot is the few reversals, not including many smart people who have already guessed it in advance.

Others don't know, at least as far as Cao Xuan is concerned, he doesn't really like this movie. Nishinomiya Niangniang has a worse impression than him, and the evaluation is only seven words.

"The old strategist Jiang Lang is exhausted!"

This is also the evaluation of Lao Mouzi by many media and film critics.

Of course, it is not without the help of relevant people to praise, and even Lao Mouzi himself talked a lot about his own ideas.

A lot has been said, all kinds of profound meanings have been sublimated, but most of the audience have not been convinced.

In fact, in commercial films, there is often a key factor that is always ignored by professionals.

That is, the plot must be understood and resonated by the public.

You can't kidnap the public's ideas, and you can't expect everyone to instantly match your brain waves.

Many film critics and even senior movie fans can see things that ordinary audiences can't understand or don't have the level of appreciation.

A layman just looks at the doorway. Even if there are many metaphors in your movie, at least you have to come up with some superficial things to impress the audience.

For example, "Let the Bullets Fly" was a big hit at the box office, not because of the many metaphors, many of which were slowly researched later.

In the early days of the release, ordinary audiences were impressed because the story was cool enough, and the bandits used various means to defeat the bullies with the weak and the strong.

While it is simple and straightforward, everyone can get some deep meaning from the lines and some plots, and think this movie is very interesting.

Therefore, "Let the Bullets Fly" can not only be understood by ordinary audiences, but also deconstructed by professionals, so it has a good reputation at the box office.

As for "One Step Away" after Jiang Wen, the various analysis of professionals is particularly cool, but ordinary audiences are inexplicable.

Perhaps a small number of people have extremely high evaluations, but box office and public reputation don't have to think about it.

Of course, here are some films with controversial quality. Purely bad films do not include this kind, they are purely bad...

"House of Flying Daggers" is more controversial. The color of the screen is top-notch, and some other aspects are also remarkable. The plot can be understood by ordinary people, but the logic and conception are awkward, and the sense of contradiction is too much, which makes the audience feel uncomfortable. , the word of mouth is naturally not high.

The movie seems to have a high box office, but in fact it is all based on money.

With "Hero" as a base of 2.5 million, two years later, the total box office market in the mainland has risen, and Lao Mouzi's influence has also increased. If "House of Flying Daggers" is good enough, the guarantee can also get 2 million.

As a result, as soon as the box office exceeded 1 million, the box office growth began to wither. Compared with the original box office trend of "Hero", the difference was not 01:30.

But this is good news for Cao Xuan.

If "House of Flying Daggers" explodes continuously like "Hero", even if there is an interval of half a month, it will be a big challenge for "Embroidered Spring Knife".

But now it's better, half a month later, the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" has directly declined. Although there is still room to spare, it basically poses no threat to "Embroidered Spring Knife".

Instead, it is the crew of "House of Flying Daggers" that has to worry now.

The box office growth is not ideal, and it is catching up with the release of the two blockbusters "Beautiful Spring Knife" and "Spider-Man 2", I am afraid that the film schedule of "House of Flying Daggers" will be greatly reduced, which will also be a blow to the overall box office.

Just in time for Lao Mouzi to plan the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics, there was no roadshow at all.

No matter how anxious Boss Zhang jumped, he could only watch helplessly as Cao Xuan brought the "Embroidered Spring Knife" soldiers to press down on him.

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March 8, Beijing Chaoyang Stars Cinema
This is one of the few five-star cinemas under Fanxing Cinemas, which can be regarded as half of the headquarters.

An auditorium + movie hall that can hold more than a thousand people for press conferences has been specially opened inside the cinema, and the premiere ceremony of "Embroidered Spring Knife" was held here.

Compared with "Housing Daggers", "Ambush of Flying Daggers" is relatively low-key, but there are only a lot more media and film critics than when "Housing Daggers" premiered.

Fanxing's host was busy hosting "Tomorrow's Star", and even Liu Yan, the lead actor, was absent, so Cao Xuan had to ask Zhu Jun from CCTV for help.

CCTV's first brother appeared on the stage, and the grade immediately went up.

Cao Xuan chatted with several leading actors about interesting things during filming, and shared his thoughts on the characters, and the reporter began to ask questions.

"The box office of "House of Flying Daggers", which was in the same period as "The Embroidered Spring Knife", has exceeded 1 million at the box office, becoming another milestone in the box office of mainland Chinese films. What do you think?"

"This shows that our country's economy is rising, and the film market is getting better and better, which is a good thing for all film practitioners."

"Last year, "When a Man Is in Love" broke through 5000 million at the box office and took second place on the annual box office list. Do you have any expectations for the new movie this year? After seeing "House of Daggers", do you have any thoughts of hitting [-] million?"

"Whether it's the leading role or the producer of the movie, I definitely hope that the box office will get higher and higher, but this is beyond my control. Compared with the box office, I care more about everyone's evaluation of this movie."

"Word of mouth is more important than box office. Are you implying that "House of Flying Daggers" has a bad reputation?"

"Don't sow discord, I have a good relationship with Brother Hua and Director Zhang (laughs). I mean, I hope that everyone likes me."

"May I ask if you have watched "House of Flying Daggers"? How do you comment on this movie, and do you agree with the various controversies from the outside world?"

"I'm sorry, I'm too busy with work. I haven't spared time to watch it. I'll appreciate it when I'm free."

Cao Xuan was talking nonsense with his eyes open. Although he knew that firing a few cannonballs at this time would be more conducive to the hype of both sides, he was not that kind of character, and he had no intention of sparring.

"This is the premiere of our "Embroidered Spring Knife". Let's ask more questions about the movie and the leading actors."

The host Zhu Jun also realized that the topic was a little off, picked up the microphone and hurried back to the scene, and changed the topic back.

"May I ask why you thought of finding Gao Yuanyuan to play the heroine instead of Hu Jing, who had a better cooperation with the last movie?"

"The main reason is that Gao Yuanyuan fits better with the role, and the choice of actors should still be based on the role."

Seeing that the reporter seemed to be trying to instigate Fanxing female artist, Cao Xuan made a big move, and old monster Xu also stood up to speak for Gao Yuanyuan.

"Cao Xuan, first of all, congratulations on winning the best actor nominations for this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards. May I ask if you have the confidence to win the Best Actor Award?"

"First of all, thank you, if I say that I have no idea about the actor, you won't believe me either.

But for me personally, I am still young, no matter whether I win the award or not, it is already a kind of honor and success to be nominated together with many predecessors. "

There was applause at the scene.Cao Xuan nodded slightly in thanks.

Just two days ago, this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards announced the list of nominations.

"When Men Are in Love" was nominated for four Hundred Flowers Awards, Cao Xuan, Hu Jing, and Li Xuejian were all nominated for Actor Award, and the film itself was nominated for Feature Film Award.

As for the Golden Rooster Award, only Cao Xuan was shortlisted for "Best Actor" in "When Men Are in Love", and all other awards were lost.

But even so, Cao Xuan was nominated for the best actor of the three authoritative film awards of Golden Rooster, Golden Horse, and Hundred Flowers with Gu Chao, the male lead of "When a Man is in Love".

Regardless of whether he wins an award or not, his acting skills can be regarded as recognized by the mainstream film industry.

Of course, that being said, Cao Xuan definitely wanted to win the award more.

The Golden Horse Award cannot compete with Liang and Liu, who are at their peak, but the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers in the Mainland still have a chance to win.

Hundred Blossoms' biggest opponent is "Mobile Phone" Uncle Ge.

But to be honest, if Baihua really voted according to the popular vote, Cao Xuan would beat Uncle Ge to death.

In terms of professional reputation, although Uncle Ge and "Mobile Phone" are great, the performance and performance of "When Men Are in Love" and Cao Xuan are not far behind.

Both of them have their own advantages, the odds are about [-] to [-], and Cao Xuan has a slightly more advantage.

Hundred Flowers Best Actor is also Cao Xuan's most hopeful award. Although there are only two opponents for the Golden Rooster Award, Liu Wei from "Mysterious Case" and Liu Huohua from "Beauty Grass".

In terms of personal fame and the influence of his works, Cao Xuan and "When Men Are in Love" beat them by a few blocks.

However, the Golden Rooster Award is notoriously fond of literary films, and the influence and high box office of "When Men Are in Love" are actually disadvantages.

Cao Xuan's chances of defeating Uncle Ge are far greater than those of Liu Huohua...

Of course, Cao Xuan is not without opportunities. Behind the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers is the China Film Association.

And Cao Xuan himself just joined the Film Association last year and became a representative of young film talents.

At the same time, his master Li Xuejian and his cheap relative Tian Zhuangzhuang are well connected in the Film Association, and Cao Xuan has a very good relationship with Chinese opera.

Li Xuejian was born in the army, and now he is a pillar of the National Theater, so he has a lot of contacts.

Tian Zhuangzhuang is the big brother of Nortel's 78th class, the fifth generation of directors. The people in Nortel are all his younger brothers and sisters. A certain Zhao has to cry and beg to hug his thigh.

Not to mention the Chinese opera, but whoever comes out of the Chinese opera has no passion.

Yuan Shikong, this year's Golden Rooster Award winners are Liu Huohua and International Zhang, all of whom are from Class 96 of Chinese Opera.

Most of the above-mentioned people are also members of the Film Association or even the judges of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards or their relatives, friends, and colleagues.

It usually looks inconspicuous, but it stands out at critical moments.

This is why Cao Xuan of "When a Man is in Love" was shortlisted for Golden Rooster Best Actor, while "Mobile" Uncle Ge didn't even get a nomination.

Because Cao Xuan is considered half of his own, Feng Pants is not welcomed by the Golden Rooster Award at all...

The rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, but the rivers and lakes are human accidents.

This is why Cao Xuan knew that the Golden Rooster Awards favored literary films, but still kept his confidence.

Cao Xuan and other main creators answered questions for half an hour, barely satisfying most of the reporters present.

The next process is to play the movie premiere.

　So what, the last two days are asking for a monthly ticket.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)