This director needs to apologize

Chapter 14 The Incessant Alternative Guandu in the Eastern Han Dynasty
In Moying International Vientiane Cinema, eight huge fluorescent characters occupy an entire wall.

Ma Laoer’s industry!

Also, more than half of the movie theaters in the Magic City area belong to the two theater chains owned by Moying.

Turn around the door and go down the stairs, you will find a small sunken square.

There is a circle of electronic light signs hanging around, all showing movie posters.

Chen Yiming took the initiative to take over the task of buying popcorn drinks sets, and bought two large sets with great thought.

It was dark inside and there was only one bucket of popcorn. What if an unknown creature traveling with him took the opportunity to touch his little hand?
Boys must protect themselves when they are outside!

The movie was released in 30 minutes. When Mitu answered the phone, Chen Yiming walked away knowingly and walked to the wall to browse the current movie news.

In the first poster, a strong Western man wearing sunglasses stands coolly in the center, and behind him is a beautiful Western woman. Her figure is graceful and alluring, her arms are wrapped around like a snake, and she is caressing the strong man provocatively. Han's face.

The heroine only shows her profile, while the hero's face is covered in black. He must be very confident in the actor's reputation.

But combined with the memory in my mind, I have never heard of the heroine Sarah Gale in a sexy red dress, and the hero Bruce Wilson is a big name, dash, 10 years ago.

The name of the movie is "The Killer of the Princess".

Chen Yiming had a question mark on his forehead.

The name of the movie with the female protagonist, and the poster of the male protagonist Ichiban, this is schizophrenia.

Looking at the production company, Twentieth Century Fox, a major Hollywood studio, should not make such a low-level mistake.

Not understanding, Chen Yiming shook his head and continued walking towards the second poster.

This one is simple and easy to understand. In the background is a towering python with its fangs and mouth wide open. There are two men standing side by side on the left and right of the snake's body.

The one on the left is Chinese kung fu superstar Wu Lianjing, and the one on the right is nut second-tier actor Jason Hall.

The name of the movie is "Monty Python 2".

Just looking at the title and poster is full of a sense of déjà vu, and then looking at the production company, it turns out that it is Warner Bros. and Imperial Film Group.

Huajian co-production, bad movie booking.

The next poster is for the animated film "Ancube 7: Snowfield Adventure".

The next one is a thriller, "The Room Where the Moonlight Disappeared".

Next one, a youth film, "Sweet 17".

What is this? In mid-August, the most precious summer time of the year, the committee is showing this to the general public?
What about the big names?What about the big cast?What about special effects blockbusters?

After walking around in a circle back to the starting point, he turned his attention to the large screen hanging above.

In the C position of the audience, a bloody ancient battlefield fight was taking place.

As the flag with the word "Yuan" slowly fell, a knight holding a banner with the word "Cao" trampled past.

The screen went dark, and when it lit up again, the title of the movie was played, "Three Kingdoms - Guandu".

I feel pretty good!

Originally, before watching the movie, in order to maintain a sense of anticipation, he always refused to watch the trailers.

Now he was somewhat interested.

This schedule is full of rotten sweet potatoes and rotten eggs. Isn’t it all to avoid this box office bomb?
He looked at the screen intently, planning to watch it again and experience the fun of counting stars.

Perhaps to take care of those viewers who are not familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms, the actor introductions in the trailer all give the corresponding characters in the play.

Director, Wu Kesen, a Hollywood director who was born in Hong Kong.

Cao Cao, Tony Leung Wai Fai (Hong Kong City), the best actor in Cannes, has enough weight.

Liu Bei and Guo Shenghua (Wandao), handsome guys from the previous generation who were granted citizenship, are doing it for overseas box office, which is understandable.

Yuan Shao, Shen Ming, China's three best actor, professional emperor, there is nothing wrong with playing Yuan Shao.

Okay, okay, big names from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places plus big Hollywood directors, it turns out that the big names are all gathered here.

He continued to look down with interest.

Lu Bu, Wu Jun.kindness?What happened to Lu Bu in Guandu?Didn't he already hang up his white gate?

Zhao Yun, Xie Wenfeng (Hong Kong City).What's more wrong, the fourth sister appeared in Guandu?It seems like it’s not even soy sauce, right?
Diao Chan, Lingzhi (Wandao).It's reasonable to think that the heroine is Zhen Ji, but what the hell is Diao Chan!

The more Chen Yiming watched, the weirder he became. He couldn't guess where the story was going. Is this movie really about the Battle of Guandu in history?
……

The actors from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth seasons behind them flashed faster and faster, and they are all famous stars of the moment.

Even the supporting role of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was specially cast by a Venice movie actor.

Just looking at the cast, it is indeed a super production. No wonder the committee only released two Hollywood scumbags in the same schedule. The reason should be to avoid impacting the box office of "Guandu" and let it be a big star in the all-inclusive schedule.

Chen Yiming has done some research on the Chinese film market in this time and space, so he can naturally understand the committee's "boxing heart."

There is no way, domestic films after the new millennium have been badly impacted by Hollywood.

In the first half of this year, the national box office revenue was 23 billion, and it is expected to climb to 50 billion for the whole year, continuing to maintain a growth rate of more than 30%.

Compared with the rapid market growth, domestic films have suffered a losing streak.

Last year's top ten at the box office included 7 Hollywood blockbusters, 2 Hong Kong-City co-productions, and only one local film that was aggrievedly placed at the bottom of the list.

During the Spring Festival in February, even the repertoire of the Comedy Two Kings suffered a box office failure. Fans said they were tired of laughing all the time.

In the domestic protection months of March and April, a large number of domestic horror films, romance films, and youth films came and went, but not a single wave was made. The highest box office of a single film will exceed [-] million.

It’s all so bad that my mother doesn’t even recognize it!
In May and June, Hollywood blockbusters entered the summer season, including "Iron Man" and "Transformers", which directly pushed the peak box office of a single film to over 3 million.

Compare the two cars and make a judgment.This year, the reputation of domestic films seems to have to rely on Director Wu's "Guandu", which has an investment of 2 million and three years of hard work.

When Chen Yiming began to retreat in mid-July, the film was undergoing the last round of intensive promotion before its release. News and interviews were overwhelming all over the Internet.

Later, Chen Yiming focused all his energy on "Holiday in the Magic City" and no longer paid attention to the follow-up of "Guandu".

Judging from the time, it is now the fourth week of release. I wonder if it can break the domestic box office record of 3.8 million yuan for "Shipwreck" with the committee's full efforts to protect it.

How embarrassing it is for an imported movie from 1998 to remain the domestic box office champion for so many years!

……

While Chen Yiming was deep in thought, Mitu hung up the phone and came over to greet him.

There were about [-] or [-] people in the audience on a Thursday evening show. It was quite good to have such a performance in the fourth week of its release.

Chen Yiming has gained some confidence in the quality of the movie.

As soon as the film opens, the thick bronze green, passionate symphony, and blockbuster texture come to mind.

The theme song ends, the soothing and low narration cuts in, and the accompanying picture is a tragic and silent siege battle.

After all, he is a famous director, and he created the cruel atmosphere of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty quite well.

The narration extends and it turns out that the siege was the Battle of Xiapi between the coalition forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei and Lu Bu's army. In the end, Lu Bu was defeated and died in the chaos.

Cao Cao attacked Lu Bu in Xuzhou and removed the biggest threat that hindered his march north.

Seeing this, Chen Yiming knew that since the gate tower was ashes and white, Lu Bu must be hiding behind him.

After a long aerial shot showing the Three Kingdoms Film and Television City, the prologue ends and the movie officially begins.

At the Han court, Cao Cao asked Emperor Xian to issue an edict to attack Yuan Shao.

Ah, this is the opposite!

Didn't Yuan Shao raise troops to fight against Cao Cao?
Chen Yiming secretly turned his head and glanced at Mitu, and found that the girl was so focused that she even forgot to eat the popcorn.

Well, it seems that this change is not impossible. Anyway, most viewers won't care about the first move and the second move.

Chen Yiming reached into the bucket, grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed his mouth that was eager to complain.

The camera turned to Yuan Shao. Uncle Ming's ministers had a heated debate and decided on a two-pronged strategy of recruiting foreign aid and sending internal support.

The pace of the movie suddenly accelerates, and the three-line narrative is interspersed and advanced.

The first one is Yuan Cao's secret agent line. Cao Cao's side carefully eliminated Yuan Shao's potential allies one by one.

The second line is the belt edict line. The emperor's uncle followed the edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and led the anti-Cao alliance in Xudu.

The third one is the beauty line, in which two female spies, Diao Chan and Zhen Ji, fight against each other from a distance and fall in love undercover in the enemy camp.

Agent Cao Fang, a master of mysterious masks, suppressed Yuan Fang and beat him violently throughout the whole process.Sun Ce was seriously injured in an assassination, Zhang Ji was poisoned and died, Liu Biao's general Huang Zu was killed, and Yuan Shao was isolated.

In the city of Xudu, the emperor's uncle staged a spy spree under the cover of Guan, Zhang and Zhao, and successfully connected the eight aristocratic families in Xudu, waiting for the war in Guandu to start.

Diao Chan, the real swallow, acted as the mediator to drive a wedge between Yuan Shao's two sons, but Zhen Ji, the love brain beside Emperor Xian, fell in love with Cao Pi and betrayed her.

Chen Yiming watched it with gusto, and the screenwriter was a genius. After breaking up and combining that period of complicated history, he really made it quite organized.

Leaving aside the real history, who says that the Three Kingdoms theme cannot be filmed in Infernal Affairs.

This movie shouldn't be called "Guandu", it should be called "Infernal Affairs 4 - Infernal Affairs of the Eastern Han Dynasty".

Yuan and Cao mobilized their armies, hundreds of thousands of troops faced off in Guandu, and the movie entered its final climax.

Unsurprisingly, the masked man was Lu Bu, who had faked his death. Agents from both sides gathered in Shouchun City to start a decisive battle around the imperial seal left by Yuan Shu.

Lu Bu faced off against Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and the best player in the Three Kingdoms fought against the second pillar of Hebei alone. This is very reasonable.

After the battle, Lu Bu, whose old wounds had not healed, killed Yan Wen and died in memory of Diao Chan.

In Xu Ducheng, the armed uprising presided over by the emperor's uncle was naturally ambushed.

The screenwriter used flashback here to fill the hole dug at the beginning. Cao Cao started the war against Yuan Shao precisely for the purpose of provoking internal rebel forces.

Cao Cao knew that Yuan was strong and Cao was weak, so he could only disrupt Yuan Shao's rhythm by striking preemptively.

Therefore, he led his own army to Guandu, but the powerful generals under his tent secretly sneaked back to Xudu, waiting for the emperor's uncle to take action to kill all the political enemies in the DPRK.

During the civil war in the imperial city, Guan Zhang entangled the five good generals left behind by Cao Ying. Zhao Yun protected the emperor's uncle and rushed into the palace to rescue Emperor Xian. However, the latter listened to Zhen Ji's slander and out of suspicion, shot an arrow with his backhand and seriously injured the emperor's uncle.

Zilong was full of courage, carrying the output of Dian Wei, the second master of the Three Kingdoms, and carrying the emperor's uncle on his back to fight his way out of the siege.

In Guandu, due to the absence of many powerful generals, Cao Cao was trapped and unable to escape, and was suppressed by Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao had the upper hand, but because his two sons turned against each other and the forces under his banner restricted each other, it was difficult to determine the victory.

At the critical moment, Diao Chan sent precise information about Yuan Shao's army's grain fields and attached a complete map.

Cao Cao burned Wuchao and turned defeat into victory in one fell swoop.

The last scene of the movie is the face-to-face confrontation between the two female spies Diao Chan and Zhen Ji.

"Why do you want to help Cao Cao? He killed your husband Lu Bu."

"Why are you helping Cao Cao? The Zhen family is obviously a famous family in Hebei."

"I am loyal to the people of Han Dynasty."

"I am also loyal to the Han people."

(End of this chapter)