Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 780 Extra 37 Liu Shishi beats up the fairy, Boss Wei "covers" "Eight Hundred"

[The first half is so stupid and useless that I almost thought the name "Witch" was a lie. The second half is a crazy killing spree.]

[The shot where the head was blown off with a kick was so exciting. It’s been a long time since I saw such an exciting shot in a domestic action movie.]

[Don't use your brain, it's still pretty cool]

[The villain Dr. Bai was a bit too pretentious in the early stage. It can be seen that he wanted to create the feeling of a big boss. In the end, he was killed by his subordinates because of his long-windedness. This reversal was a bit of a surprise]

[The fighting scenes are full of tricks, and the special effects are more important than the action. Many people say it is the best action movie in recent years, which is a bit insulting to action movies. It can be considered a superhero movie.]

[The high-end Chinese version of "Lucy", if you don't have high requirements, you can go to the cinema to watch it]

[Liu Shishi's acting skills haven't improved much, but she hasn't fallen behind because she hasn't filmed for so long. She's just average, especially the soft-hearted girl in the early part, which is also a role in her comfort zone. The witch in the later part feels a bit awkward]

[I object to the above post with my real name. I think Liu Shishi played the witch well. She was ordinary but also had a sense of madness. The kind of aloof indifference that was free from the restrictions of race and that everyone except me was an ant was killing me.]

[It is rare to see a domestic film without any ideological intention, a purely self-centered animalistic killing movie]

[The last part hints that the heroine killed many animals for control. She probably has no feelings except for her adoptive parents. She is a pure witch. If it weren’t for Boss Wei’s support, this movie would not have passed the censorship.]

[The story setting is old-fashioned, the reversal slightly improves the score, which is also expected. The most impressive thing is the action style. In general, it is a mediocre story that waits for 30 minutes of action for the final climax.]

[The story is average, the fighting is exciting, those who like exciting and refreshing plots can go for it]

[A pure passerby (real passerby), I specially bought two tickets for "Mulan" and "The Witch". After watching them, I can only say that Liu Tianxian lost because she didn't get the upper hand over by Boss Wei]

【…】

After the premiere of "The Witch" ended, the first batch of movie viewing feedback also appeared on the Internet, and Liu Shishi finally plucked up the courage to watch it.

Putting aside some of the people who find fault with it and those who give mindless negative reviews, overall, the reputation of "The Witch" is still pretty good.

It's not an excellent movie, but it's definitely not a bad movie either. It's a mature commercial film of above-average quality with distinctive features.

In the current environment, to receive this evaluation already means that "The Witch" has been basically recognized by the majority of the audience.

If there are no failures in the sequel, there is no need to worry about the failure. Now it depends on what level the box office can reach.

However, what makes Liu Shishi happiest is that the reputation of "Mulan" is obviously inferior to that of "The Witch".

Well, the word "inferior" is already a beautifying term. Strictly speaking, it is far inferior.

As mentioned earlier, "Mulan" has already been released in North America and has also been available on streaming media. In fact, many people in China have already seen the resources, and the reviews are not good.

However, due to various reasons, the popularity of the film was suppressed until the first batch of paying audiences walked into the cinema and started cursing. Only then was the veil completely lifted.

First of all, there are various loopholes and stereotypes in Chinese history, costumes and props.

This is also an old problem of Hollywood, which thinks it is disrespecting the culture of other countries. The victims are not only China, but also Japan, India, and even many countries in Europe and Africa have caused many controversies.

Therefore, as long as they make movies under the banner of so-called certain culture, don't have any expectations in this regard.

The only difference is between those who curse the movie with reason and those who just criticize it without thinking.

In fact, just because of this fatal flaw, "Mulan" has basically bid farewell to the Chinese market.

Not many Chinese audiences want to see a Mulan with her face painted white, living in a Hakka building, speaking words that don't fit in the Chinese context, and having super powers.

However, it's not just the costumes, props and background settings that are a complete failure.

Even the entire storyline of "Mulan" is completely different from what Chinese people understand about Mulan.

In the minds of most Chinese people, Hua Mulan is a filial and brave woman.

This version of "Mulan" can be said to be a typical Western perspective of personal heroism.

This perspective itself is inconsistent with the domestic public's impression of Mulan, but that's fine. The animated version is still quite popular. The key is that Hollywood has overused this routine over the years.

An ordinary boy/girl who went through some things and finally came out to save the world.

Everyone is tired of using the same pattern over and over again.

Of course, there are cases where old wine is put in new bottles and made to look great, but the entire movie "Mulan" is definitely not one of them. It is boring and bland. Even if it is not a bad movie, it is an extremely mediocre work.

Coupled with the current environment, China's resistance to Hollywood is becoming more and more obvious, so it would be a miracle if "Mulan" does not flop.

Boss Wei sometimes wondered whether Liu Tianxian had really been doxxed.

In exchange, Huayi went to develop in the Hong Kong circle to catch up with the rise of the mainland and the decline of the Hong Kong circle.

We went for another Sino-Korean co-production, and it happened to be the end of this model, and we almost ran into the ban on Korean production.

I finally joined the Hollywood blockbuster "Mulan", but the production team failed, the overall environment was bad, and there was a mask crisis, so the buffs were completely stacked.

So this girl may not be suitable for making movies. She became famous thanks to TV dramas, and she became popular again in her previous life also thanks to TV dramas.

If she had not gone into making movies and had focused on making TV series, she might have already become the "Queen of China's Small Screen" long ago.

But then again, although "Mulan" has many flaws, it also has an advantage and Liu Tianxian's outstanding contribution.

The advantage is that the fighting scenes are good-looking. Regardless of Liu Tianxian's acting skills, her body movements are definitely among the best among the new generation of actresses.

Even Boss Wei personally believes that Liu Tianxian's fighting scenes are better than Liu Shishi, who is also good at fighting scenes.

The latter is more neat and straightforward, full of heroic spirit, while the former is chic and beautiful, with more aesthetic appeal.

Wei Yang personally appreciates the former style, but thinks the latter is better looking.

Of course, Boss Wei could only repeat this sentence in his heart and dared not tell anyone else.

Otherwise, Liu Shishi really wanted him to experience her fighting skills in person. Although Boss Wei might not take his fighting ability seriously, it would be inappropriate for his own daughter-in-law to fight back strongly, so it would be better not to cause trouble.

Liu Tianxian's outstanding contribution is that, no matter what, she makes the image of Mulan conform to the aesthetic taste of the Chinese people.

If she hadn't gotten the role, and the "Mulan" crew had cast a Chinese with squinty eyes or a Korean with a round face to play Mulan, it would have been completely disgusting.

From this perspective, Liu Tianxian still has some hard work.

Boss Wei's previous complaints and ridicules were mostly directed at Hollywood and the "Mulan" film crew, but he was more lenient towards Liu Tianxian herself.

Liu Shishi obviously doesn't have this vision!
She loves to read online comments criticizing this movie, and she loves to read the bad reviews against Liu Tianxian even more.

[The plot is scattered, Liu Tianxian's expression is stiff, the characterization is shallow, and it is extremely disappointing]

[The people are good looking, the songs are nice, but the performance and plot are two pieces of shit]

[Goddess, you should go back to filming TV series, each movie is more awkward than the last]

[I'm so disappointed in you, ***. Zhao Liying, Yang Mi and those 85 flowers are praised so highly. Your incompetence should be held primarily responsible.]

[I declare that Da Tiantian's "The Great Wall" is superior]

[The above curse is too dirty, but it is indeed the worst Mulan in history]

【…】

Liu Shishi pretended to say that a certain comment was too much, but she just didn't put her phone down and was reading it with great interest.

Boss Wei was too lazy to pay attention to her. It was even possible that Liu Tianxian was also posting negative reviews of "The Witch" all over the Internet.

The reputation of "The Witch" is much better than that of "Mulan", but it also has some negative reviews. As long as one is diligent enough to look for it, it will be enough for Liu Tianxian to relieve her depression.

But no matter how the two entertained themselves, the heated battle between the two Lius was basically decided on the day of the premiere.

The box office of "The Witch" on the first day + pre-sale screenings totaled more than 1.5 million, while that of "Mulan" was about 5400 million.

The box office gap is almost three times, and the reputation is also completely different.

Because of the fierce competition from "The Eight Hundred" and "Grand Slam" ahead, the screening and popularity of "The Witch" may not skyrocket in the next few days, but it will definitely be on an upward trend.

It’s hard to say about “Mulan”. If word of mouth spreads quickly, it will only last for three days at most, and then the box office trend will plummet.

Liu Shishi is at least still stable, and the little lions have joyfully begun a large-scale counterattack against Tianxianfen.

Tianxian fans also automatically made defensive preparations, and made a lot of arrangements on major bases such as Weibo, Tieba, and super topics. If there were any provocative comments from the little lion, they would immediately delete and control the comments.

Later, Liu Tianxian herself took action and set a setting on Weibo that prohibits people from posting if they do not follow the same account in enough time.

Not long after, Liu Shishi also followed this arrangement. There was nothing she could do. Some cunning fans of Tianxian launched a wave of [surround Liu to save Liu]. When the little lion attacked Liu Tianxian, they came to besiege Liu Shishi, aiming to exchange one for another and die together.

Some people even wanted to attack Boss Wei, but it ended up in nothing.

The reason is very simple. Besides, Boss Wei’s fans are difficult to mess with and it is easy for them to be besieged by the two parties.

If you curse Liu Shishi, you will be blocked at best, or locked up in a small dark room for a few days at worst. If you curse Boss Wei, your Weibo account will be really blocked...

The day after its premiere, because it was Sunday, the box office of "Mulan" was slightly higher, about 6000 million.

The box office of "The Witch" was slightly lower, but it easily took in 1.2 million yuan.

One box office reversed and the other declined. The box office gap changed from three times on the first day to two times. Some people began to cheer up again.

Some marketing accounts that do not pay attention to details and only care about traffic have been leading the trend in a disorderly manner. Many fans of Tianxian have been deceived and started clamoring to blow the horn of counterattack.

But on the third day, the counterattack horn that had just been sounded came to an abrupt end.

"The Witch" still maintained a box office of nearly 1.1 million.

The box office of "Mulan" dropped directly from 6000 million to less than 4000 million.

The next day, the box office of "The Witch" barely reached 1 million, while "Mulan" was tragically cut in half, with the entire day's box office less than 1500 million.

Not to mention blowing the clarion call for a counterattack, there wasn't even a sound.

Several major Weibo and Tieba strongholds have been able to hold on and not collapse, which shows that these fans of the fairy have done their best to show respect to Liu Tianxian.

According to Hualuo.com's box office forecast, it will be difficult for "Mulan" to break 3 million yuan in the final box office. If the luck is a little worse, it may only be just over 2 million yuan.

The estimated box office of "The Witch" should be able to exceed 10 billion+, with a high probability of around 11 to 13 billion.

How to say it, the Blue Whale team is quite satisfied with the result. Liu Shishi is satisfied but also a little regretful.

I am satisfied that this result is actually quite impressive, especially considering the heroine and action scenes, it is already a small miracle.

If it weren't for the hype of Liu Shishi's first work after her comeback + the heat of the dispute between the two Lius + the powerful publicity and promotion of Blue Whale + the bonus of the special timing of the reopening + the Gaoshuang style that meets the needs of the audience, it would have been good to have a box office of 700 to 800 million.

If you don't believe me, just look at the box office of movies with big stars like Fan Xiaopang as the core actors or with women as the main cast. How many of them have box office revenue of over 5 million?

Those big stars and those who came after 85 have been crying out for so many years, doing this and that, and making so many movies, but their achievements in commercial films that are truly impressive are pitifully few.

In the end, it was Jia Ling, who changed his career lately, who made the movie centered on the heroine a box office hit.

Regardless of whether Jia Ling's movies are extended sketches and weight loss documentaries, in terms of commercial box office performance, she alone has slapped the faces of all the big and small stars.

Although Jia Ling has not yet become Director Jia, Liu Shishi’s performance in the movie “The Witch” is definitely worth boasting about.

Liu Shishi's regret is that she had dreamed of "The Witch" being a hit in all schedules and raking in billions of box office, but now the dream is gone. Boss Wei is really powerless to complain about this. Before the movie was released, he was very worried and anxious.

After a good performance, they started to be greedy and wanted to make "The Witch" the second "Wolf Warrior 2" in one go, trampling all the 85 flowers and even the group of "Four Dan Double Soldiers" under their feet.

Boss Wei sometimes even regrets that "Mulan" is not good enough, otherwise he would give this woman a hard time and see if she would still be so arrogant...

...

On this side, "The Witch" and "Mulan" quickly decided the winner, while on the other side, "Grand Slam" and "Eight Hundred" were caught in a tug-of-war.

The latter's resilience is even greater than Boss Wei imagined.

Moreover, comedy movies are certainly suitable for this period, but because of the masks, the epidemic is raging abroad while the country is relatively peaceful. Such a contrast has led to a very high patriotic sentiment.

Anti-Japanese films like "The Eight Hundred" caught up with this juncture and also received a lot of bonuses.

Therefore, although "Grand Slam" has always been in the leading position, it has never widened the box office gap to more than 2 million.

For two days, "The Eight Hundred" even troubled the Japanese box office champion, and at one point the gap was narrowed to only 6000 million.

It was not until a week later, as a large number of history enthusiasts and hardcore netizens came out to expose "Eight Hundred", that the reputation of this movie began to decline sharply. "Grand Slam" took advantage of the momentum and finally secured its victory.

Currently, the box office of "Grand Slam" is expected to be between 28 billion and 32 billion, while that of "Eight Hundred" is expected to be between 22 billion and 26 billion.

Moreover, as public opinion changes, it is hard to say whether the latter can meet this expectation, and the box office may be even worse.

This is fundamentally different from the previous life.

Although public opinion had a great impact on "The Eight Hundred" in the previous life, it was the only successful film after the market resumed. Some audiences, markets, capital and some units were protecting it, and it was raised to more than 30 billion.

In this time and space, "Grand Slam" competes with it, and there are also several other movies such as "The Witch" that have the upper hand.

Then the importance of "Eight Hundred" will be greatly reduced.

Organizations will re-examine the relevant impacts, the audience will have new choices, the market will follow the trend, and will take into account risks and changes in interests.

Even the most critical capital force is unable to control the situation because of Boss Wei. The people behind the scenes of "The Eight Hundred" cannot handle the situation at all.

Faced with the dilemma of "Eight Hundred", the worried Wang brothers and Guan Qingqing were anxious and angry.

No one knew whether they were really angry, or just made up something, or were trying to do something weird, but they directed their attacks at Boss Wei.

In an interview, the Wang brothers hinted that the negative public opinion about "The Eight Hundred" was deliberately suppressed by a mastermind behind the scenes against Huayi Films, which was naked malicious competition.

Guan Qingqing did not dare to target Boss Wei, but instead complained to the market and the audience.

He believes that such a well-made and meaningful film like "Eight Hundred" actually lost to the comedy "Grand Slam" at the box office, which is a tragedy for Chinese-language films and Chinese audiences...

It's hard to say which of these two speeches is stupider!

What the Wang brothers said is a bit of a forced conspiracy theory. "Eight Hundred" was criticized because its butt was crooked. It wasn't Boss Wei who asked you to be crooked, so what does it have to do with him?

They always attribute everything to business competition, and never ask themselves whether they deserve to be criticized.

Boss Wei really wanted to deal with "The Eight Hundred", but he hasn't taken any action yet, and he has actually been hesitating.

As I said before, Boss Wei has always been against literary inquisition, and he deeply detests the so-called behavior of banning and removing content under the banner of something.

So Boss Wei rarely brings this up.

The fear is that it will lead to some bad trends, which would be devastating to the entire entertainment industry's ecology.

Including this time's "Eight Hundred", if the foundation was not too distorted and the influence was not bad, or even the position of the entire industry might not be questioned, he might not necessarily want to target it.

Even so, Wei Yang was still hesitant and had no intention of killing. He was more inclined to give a warning and make his attitude clear.

But the Wang brothers' action actually dispelled Boss Wei's hesitation.

The literary inquisition in Egypt is a bad thing, blah blah blah, let’s clean up the bastards…

As for Guan Qingqing's remarks, they are pure idiocy in the eyes of Boss Wei.

The conspiracy theory of the Wang brothers at least still has a certain market. It is obvious that Boss Wei and Huayi are not getting along, and it makes sense logically.

Regardless of whether what you said is right or wrong, pointing the finger at the audience is simply a sign of mental illness.

Let the audience watch whatever movies they want. If you lose because you are bad, just practice more and don't blame the audience.

It’s no wonder that many people complain about the arrogance of the domestic entertainment industry. No matter how Feng Kuzi failed in the past, they didn’t learn any lessons and still don’t take the audience seriously.

Fortunately, Guan Qingba is not from Blue Whale, otherwise Boss Wei would have fired him directly.

This kind of idiot is not only contagious, but also brings trouble to teammates. No matter how capable you are, you can't keep him.

As expected by Wei Yang, the Wang brothers and Guan Qingqing thought they could gain some sympathy, but they and "Eight Hundred" were criticized even more severely.

Especially Guan Qingqing, was attacked by a large number of netizens.

Many viewers who have watched "The Eight Hundred" posted their ticket stubs on his Weibo and demanded a refund. Those who did not go to the cinema began to boycott "The Eight Hundred". Many people even deliberately went to support "Grand Slam" to mock Guan.

Blue Whale also wanted to watch the fun and took advantage of the situation, with the company's official Weibo and the "Grand Slam" Weibo joining in the fun.

[Come and watch "Grand Slam", it's hilarious and makes Chinese movies no longer "sad"]

As I said, the real business war is not about intrigue and deception, but about waiting for the opponent to expose himself and then taking advantage of the situation.

However, in addition to the "business war" this time, Boss Wei still used some other means.

After a few phone calls, many experts from the Film Association held a seminar in Beijing. The main topic was the stance of mainstream films and the issue of historical nihilism.

During the seminar, two experts directly named "Eight Hundred", angrily criticizing the film for sensationalism, falsification of history, causing all kinds of public opinion, and violating the purpose and original intention of mainstream movies.

To be honest, Boss Wei is still soft-hearted. Even at this time, he still tried his best to be objective and not to make unreasonable accusations.

But Boss Wei is relatively restrained, but the same may not be true for others.

Not to mention that many people want to please Boss Wei, it is suspected that he offended many people when he dominated the Beijing circle before, and even if he is clean, he is not without enemies.

Normally they are powerful and many people dare not provoke them. Now that they have Boss Wei as their backer, why don’t they seize the time to take revenge and settle grievances?
When they start to criticize, they are not so objective and rational.

The attack was so fierce and brutal that "traitor and running dog" was considered a civilized term. It was directly aimed at the level of being infamous for eternity.

Compared with him, Mr. Wang can be considered a salvageable person, and Shui Tailiang is directly promoted to the iron bone of the Ming Dynasty...

These people cursed so harshly that many people who were swayed by emotions also followed suit to criticize "Eight Hundred", making this movie more hateful than a traitorous treaty. Guan Qingzhu and the Wang brothers should have fallen under a street lamp and shot to pieces with a machine gun.

In the end, even Boss Wei couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but say something fair in an interview.

The general meaning is that the crime does not warrant the death penalty, and we need to analyze the specific circumstances. It is meaningless to vent our emotions purely.

As a result, they were criticized and thought that Boss Wei was protecting Guan Qingqing and Huayi, and that the entertainment industry was helping the entertainment industry, and that all the dog capital were the same.

Wei Yang was confused. How did he become the one shielding Huayi and managing the situation?
If you tell this to Guan Qingqing and the Wang brothers, it would be a sign of their good manners if they don't spit in your face.

But the Internet is like this now, it is either black or white. If loyalty is not absolute, it is equal to absolute disloyalty.

objective?

Just curse!

Under the surging public opinion, the relevant authorities finally took action. "The Eight Hundred" was taken off the screen ahead of schedule and the final box office was less than 20 billion. The most crucial thing is that several platforms would not spend a lot of money to purchase the copyright, and other income would probably not be satisfactory.

The external cost of "The Eight Hundred" is 5.5 million yuan, which is definitely inflated. I won't go into the details of the exact amount.

Considering the current box office dividends, even if other income is greatly affected, it will be no problem to recover the investment, and even make a small profit.

But Huayi has been working on this for so long not just to make a small profit. The Wang brothers are counting on this movie to make a fortune.

More importantly, they need a blockbuster movie to prove that Huayi has not collapsed and to restore the confidence of employees, shareholders, the market and investors.

As a result, "Eight Hundred" has become like this.

The pessimistic statement made by the Wang brothers during the previous promotion, “If the movie is not successful, Huayi will be gone,” may come true.

Even if it manages to survive, it will have to survive in this half-dead state for a short period of time.

Not to mention competing with Blue Whale for industry dominance, now it can't even maintain its position as a first-tier company in the industry. It is rumored online that many Huayi artists are interested in changing jobs.

Seeing the miserable end of Huayi, Boss Wei actually didn't feel very happy.

In this farce, no one is the real winner.

From the moment his remarks were criticized, Boss Wei stopped paying attention to the matter and even disappeared from the public eye. Including the early promotion of "Knowing Your Destiny", Zhao Liying was the only one who took the lead.

It was not until before the premiere of "Knowing Your Destiny" that Boss Wei and Zhao Liying participated in a reality show interview.

This reality show is also a program under PPTV, named "P Station Entertainment Square", and its selling point is to go behind the scenes of artists and explore and unearth wonderful gossip.

To put it bluntly, it is a reality show + interview model, but the style is more relaxed and entertaining.

The host does not show his face and talks to the artist directly behind the camera. The camera is always aimed at the artist, which is a bit like a first-person perspective, and the audience seems to have a stronger sense of involvement.

Because it was a reality show, we started filming as soon as we entered the door. As a result, Wei Yang happened to be in a meeting, so he interacted with Zhao Liying.

Zhao Liying had participated in this variety show once before, but at that time she was attending an event, while now she is at the company's home stage.

Zhao Liying simply took the program crew to visit her office and filmed how she usually works, in order to build and strengthen her image as a strong woman.

When the time was almost up, Zhao Liying took the program crew to wait for Boss Wei near the conference room.

Boss Wei was discussing the film and television plans for the second half of the year with a vice president of Blue Whale. When he saw the program crew, he gave a few brief instructions, came over to say hello, and specifically greeted the host.

"You are Xiao P. You look very young."

Xiao P is the stage name of the program host. The program was successful and even Boss Wei was invited to attend. The host has made a great contribution.

He is humorous, not at all stage fright, quick to respond to jokes, good at controlling the situation and guiding Q&A, and is an excellent host.

Wei Yang had never seen this person before. From watching the show and hearing his voice, he thought he was an intellectual elite young man over 30 years old. Unexpectedly, he looked very young and fair in real life. If you didn't know him, you would think he was a college student.

Zhao Liying, who knew the inside story, explained: "Xiao P was born after 95. He started interning when he was in college and hosted this program right after he graduated from college."

"Oh, the young are really formidable."

Boss Wei was surprised and praised him all the way, and Little P even said he didn't dare.

This host, who used to be cheerful and cheerful in front of other popular A-list celebrities, now looked reserved when he saw Boss Wei. When Boss Wei shook hands with him, he shook hands respectfully with both hands, lowering his posture more and more.

"Chairman, it is an honor for you to record our program this time. If you have any questions, please tell us directly and we will definitely cooperate."

Zhao Liying was watching from the side and couldn't help but sigh, this kid is so stupid, his face is almost full of "I want to improve"...

(End of this chapter)