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Chapter 732 The Last Truth of Hong Kong Films
After the news of Disney's acquisition of Fox was announced, the Internet popularity index formed multiple peaks and reached its highest value at 11 o'clock last night.

From the words such as "expectation", "celebration" and "historic" in the keyword cloud, we can see netizens' attention on #Disney officially acquires Fox#.

With the possibility of a large number of Marvel character copyrights returning, netizens began to imagine the beautiful scene of the Avengers and X-Men gathering together, and Deadpool and Spider-Man chatting and laughing.

However, if Disney wants to truly succeed in the acquisition, it still has a long way to go. After all, the processes and antitrust involved will require a lot of effort.

However, compared to this big event, Disney’s first Chinese-language film "The Prince Who Fell Asleep" is about to go head-to-head with "The Shameful Iron Fist".

This film is directed by Wang Ying and stars Chen Bolin and Lin Yun. It can be seen as a new attempt by Disney to enter the Chinese film market.

Last year, Disney raked in 3 billion yuan in box office revenue in China with eight movies including "Zootopia", "Captain America: Civil War" and "Doctor Strange", ranking first among foreign film companies in China's box office revenue.

This year, Disney also has several blockbuster movies released.

As of December, seven Disney films, including "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," "Thor: Ragnarok," "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5," "Beauty and the Beast," "Coco," and "Cars 3: Driven to Drive," have been released.

As of now, although Disney's box office performance in the Chinese market this year is still impressive, with a total box office of 44 billion, it has failed to replicate last year's glory of 63 billion.

Disney seems to have spent a lot of effort on promotion in China. After all, even if it is to build momentum for an acquisition, it cannot lose in momentum.

What embarrassed Disney was that the box office of "If Prince Falls Asleep" on its release on December 12 was only 8 million on the first day, which was shocking.

On the contrary, "The Shameful Iron Fist" still managed to earn 1.2 million yuan at the box office on the seventh day of its release, which is truly amazing.

This comedy broke the 10 billion mark on the sixth day and has now accumulated 12.76 billion.

"Disney, which goes on a shopping spree, made a bad movie in China!"

"Disney's first Chinese-language film had mediocre box office performance, losing to the comedy film "The Shameful Iron Fist" produced by Mengying Media!"

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China's box office performance has given even the most ambitious Disney a bit of a facelift.

The smoke of the Lunar New Year box office did not dim due to the failure of this movie, but became even more pervasive.

Because the two movies "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" and "Youth" seemed unable to wait any longer, they started previews on the same day.

The head-on confrontation between the two directors officially began.

And at this moment, "The Birth of the Actors", which has been at the center of controversy, was directly torn apart by Yuan Li.

In fact, "The Birth of the Actors" has been full of controversies since the first episode. The laughter and awkward performances in each episode have provided the audience with a topic of discussion for the week.

In addition to the performances on stage, the comments of the mentors and guests on their Weibo accounts also attract the attention of netizens at all times.

This controversy has not only not diminished as the program has been aired, but every episode has become a hot topic without exception due to the complaints, and some actors who are not afraid of trouble will expose the inside stories at any time.

And in the latest episode aired on the evening of the 9th, the storm arose again due to Yuan Li’s dissatisfaction!
"Director Wu Tong, I like her very much. Although he asked me to 'act' and was eliminated, I am happy."

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In fact, this Weibo post seems to have a "harmonious atmosphere", but one can already vaguely feel that some shady dealings are about to be exposed.

As expected, Yuan Li was so angry that she completely exposed the inside story of the program team.

What about the predetermined first place? The random editing just for the ratings and advertising fees, the inside story, the calculations, the traps, the frame-ups. All the roles are there.

This drama is really eye-opening.

"I've said it before, if Huang Bo comes to this variety show, he will be eliminated."

"I can testify that I have participated in the election before. I did not vote, but the total number of votes was still 300. This is impossible."

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This topic has indeed attracted a lot of traffic, but I guess it’s not what the program team wants.

Because the next day, the director in question resigned due to this.

"Fortunately I didn't agree to go. If I had gone, wouldn't I have to be skinned alive to get out?"

Shu Chang patted his chest, still feeling frightened.

"Yeah, now you know how reliable my advice to you is."

Liu Yifei put her hands on her hips and took credit for herself.

Shu Chang expressed his confusion:

"That's weird. Why didn't you tell me directly when I called you first, or did you reply me later?"

"I'm doing this for you. I'm asking for opinions from many parties so that I can make the most correct choice."

Liu Yifei's answer was flawless.

"." Shu Chang looked at Liu Yifei's smiling face, and then said slowly, "I'm afraid your multiple opinions are just one side, right?"

".nonsense!"

Liu Yifei quit and refused to admit it.

"Please treat me to a meal. Even if I have no credit, I have worked hard."

"Okay, okay, I'll treat you to a meal. It's no big deal."

"Hehe." "Youth" and "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" were screened on a large scale at the same time. With a screening rate of less than 3%, the two films earned 1500 million and 1200 million at the box office respectively, ranking third and fourth at the box office that day.

This result was indeed somewhat unexpected by both the industry and the public.

Netizens were spreading the news: Feng Xiaogang is going to create a miracle, and art films are going to become commercial films.

Feng Xiaogang's most famous comeback happened 10 years ago: in the 2007 Lunar New Year holiday, Feng Xiaogang's main theme movie "Assembly" met Chen Kexin's martial arts blockbuster "The Warlords". The former had a box office of 2.49 million yuan, and the latter had a box office of 2.01 million yuan.

Among the actors in "Youth", only Huang Xuan is a famous actor, and the others are all newcomers, while the cast of "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" is: Dapeng, Ni Ni, Aarif Lee, Zhou Dongyu, Wu Bai, and Liu Yan.
The "tragic situation" that Feng Xiaogang faced was exactly the same as 10 years ago - on December 12, the two films were released at the same time.

"Don't you see who is the king of the Lunar New Year movie season?"

Feng Xiaogang is in high spirits at this moment.

He is the one who created the record for the Lunar New Year box office.

As long as it's not Li Mu, he won't have too much to worry about. After all, the rest of the people were defeated by him during the Lunar New Year period.

However, "Youth" and "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" have not yet been released, but they have already started a fierce competition in the form of previews, which has made it difficult for the new films released this week.

On today's box office rankings, in addition to "The Shameful Iron Fist" which took in 1 million yuan in a single day and was far ahead, the newly released "Paddington Bear 2" won 4210 million yuan, with a cumulative box office of 6846 million yuan.

The box office of other new films such as "The Big Call", "Loving Vincent" and "The Meg" were suppressed by the two preview films and performed poorly.

At the same time, Brother Chen Kai also joined the promotion of the Lunar New Year film.

The gathering of big-name directors makes this schedule full of variables.

And on the 13th, Li Mu received news from the theater.

"The release date of "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" has been moved up?"

Li Mu looked at this intriguing news and couldn't help but laugh.

Obviously, this was intended to catch "Youth" off guard, and it also showed that the creators were very confident in the quality of the film and firmly believed that good word of mouth would spread the next day, further snatching the attendance of "Youth" and putting pressure on theater managers.

If this were a high-quality movie, this approach wouldn't be a big problem, but...
Li Mu shook his head and was not very optimistic about the unique strategy of "Qi Men Dun Jia".

Huayi also learned the news at this time.

"What a trick. They move up the release date just when the movie is about to be released." Feng Xiaogang said disdainfully.

"Director Feng, my suggestion is that we can't follow that and continue to release it on the 15th."

Ye Ning frowned at this time. As someone who had been in charge of Wanda Cinemas, he naturally knew the purpose of this advance release date.

It’s just that “Youth” cannot follow, because “Youth” has made no preparation in this regard, and it would be counterproductive to follow up rashly.

Feng Xiaogang of course also knew the situation and nodded to show his understanding.

On the 14th, the Lunar New Year movie season welcomed the masterpiece of a big-name director, "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia".

As a representative figure of Hong Kong films, he picked up the "Thousand Faces of Dunjia" of that year. With a producer and a director, the expectations of netizens are very high.

I remember that Yuan Heping, who had not yet become the Yuan Ba ​​Ye he is today, gathered the Yuan Clan to shoot the movie "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia".

Ambitiously, in the then impoverished special effects environment, they filmed the imaginative but long-standing Maoshan magic, and brought all the ancient Chinese ninjutsu such as shape-shifting, acupuncture from a distance, fixing the shape with a shadow, flying swords, and the seven-star wooden man to the screen.

Box office, a huge flop.

But the movie has survived and has become a classic fantasy film representative of the era when all Hong Kong films were excessive and crazy.

At that time, Tsui Hark was still filming his "The Butterfly Changes".

The Hong Kong New Wave movement was just in its infancy, and Tsui Hark's films, whose special effects and concepts were far ahead of their time, were not popular at all. Without the support of John Woo, this new director would have been sent home by the film company long ago.

However, the winner between Yuen Woo-ping in 1982 and Tsui Hark + Yuen Woo-ping in 2017 has been decided.

Because no one could wait until the 15th, the internet was already filled with curses that day.

"This movie is a collective humiliation to Chinese audiences!"

"I thought it might not be a good film, but I didn't expect it to be so bad. I really don't understand how these two people could make such a bad film together."

"I'm very disappointed. The Jianghu I want is not one filled with special effects. I beg you to use the money from special effects to write a good story!"

"I can understand Liu Yan playing a man, but Zhou Dongyu and Ni Ni competing for Dapeng? Old monster, are you sure it's not Dapeng and Aarif Lee got the wrong script?"

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The complaints from netizens are almost like a torrent of water, endless and eloquent, and they all seem to be having a great time!
The focus of the complaints is either that the special effects are too bad or that the story is too weak, especially the two villains at the end, who seem to be there for the sake of comedy. Once Zhou Dongyu appears, who can compete with her?

“What are these shots of?”

Liu Yifei couldn't help but complain to Li Mu after watching the movie in the cinema.

"The two tried to revive the heyday of Hong Kong films, but they wanted too much and it was too complicated, and this is what happened in the end."

Li Mu also felt it was a pity. In fact, this movie should have been a masterpiece, but it was filmed like this.

I don’t know if the era of Hong Kong movies is coming to an end, even the top directors have failed one after another.

If even Tsui Hark cannot preserve the charm, fun and standard of Hong Kong films, who can?
Perhaps Tsui Hark himself did not think that their loss would be the last of Hong Kong films.
(End of this chapter)