China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 30 Blossoms Everywhere

July 7, Suzhou.

Suzhou Shengbo Cinema.

The moment Tang Hua stepped into the cinema, the pores in his body seemed to open with relief.

After standing comfortably at the door for a minute, Tang Hua frowned and looked annoyed.

The body adapts to the environment too quickly, and the chill that penetrates the heart and spleen just experienced dissipates in a short time.

Tang Hua refused to give up and stretched his neck to look at the noisy ticket hall.

After a while, he found the air-conditioning vent.

"Ah, comfortable!"

Avoiding the crowd and walking to the air-conditioning vent, Tang Hua couldn't help but hum, and then happily raised the mineral water bottle.

"Gu dong gu dong."

Tang Hua was drinking heavily when a loud voice suddenly shouted from behind him: "Zinima, refund the money!"

Tang Hua couldn't help but tremble at the loudness of the man's voice and the huge anger contained in the curse. He threw the mineral water bottle out of the water and choked on the water again.

After coughing violently to calm down, Tang Hua was about to turn around and scold him, but immediately raised his ears.

"What I want to watch is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," and you actually sold me tickets for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." You are deceiving me and deceiving me."

"Customer, our ticket sellers are not allowed to sell tickets privately. Please look at the movie tickets carefully."

"I was so fucking angry that I said it wrong. What I wanted to watch was "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" filmed by Ang Lee. What did you show me? What kind of bullshit director Jiang Liu is. It's not "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" starring Zhou Runfa at all. Dragon", I want my money back."

"I'm sorry, this customer. Since it was your personal mistake, our cinema cannot refund the ticket."

"If you don't refund the tickets, I will go to the Consumer Association to sue you. It was your cinema that deliberately misled the audience."

The man who bought the wrong ticket shouted indignantly, and there were many people around him who echoed.

There are even clamors to jointly sue movie theaters.

Or just pick up your phone and call the police.

Surprisingly, there are still some people who think that "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" is not bad, and spending 15 yuan to watch it again is not a waste.

Everyone was quarreling around the ticket office, but the theater manager turned a deaf ear and ordered the ticket seller to sell tickets under pressure.

Tang Hua's face darkened after watching the whole scene. There was really a movie called "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" on the market.

The almost similar names of "Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" have been misleading the audience.

And it's not accidental, someone or a company did it deliberately.

There are people out there who are seeking personal gain.

It's so shameless. How could there be such a shameless person in the domestic film market.

The existence of "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" is a fraud, which is against the law.

These people can't even respect Hollywood director Ang Lee.

With such unscrupulous people and companies, it’s no wonder that the international road for Chinese-language films is so difficult and they are insulated from Hollywood Oscars.

Tang Hua squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the ticket office filled with anger.

"Snapped"

Tang Hua slapped the counter, glared at the ticket manager and said: "What on earth is Shengbo Cinema doing? Where is the poster of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? Why did you arrange a screening room for "Hidden Dragon, Hidden Dragon"? Don't you know it is a plagiarized movie?"

"Who are you?"

"Who am I? I am a volunteer invited by the producer of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to supervise your cinemas that have no contractual spirit."

The conductor rolled his eyes: "Then you can't talk to me, just contact the boss."

"What's your attitude?"

In desperation, Tang Hua slapped the counter again and shouted: "Where are the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" posters in your cinema? Why can't I see them?"

"Isn't this?" the ticket manager moved to reveal the only exquisite "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" poster propped up on a four-corner stand in the cinema behind him.

Tang Hua was so angry that the role of the theater manager was to stand behind the counter and block the posters?

too dark.

Is there anyone who cares about it? Is there any royal law?

Tang Hua moved the poster of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to the entrance of the theater without tears.

After returning, he said angrily to the manager: "Give me a ticket for "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger."

He wants to see what kind of bullshit movie "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" is.

"15 yuan a piece."

"you"

Under the gaze of manager Gu Jing Wubo, Tang Hua angrily paid 15 yuan.

On the way to the movie theater of "Hidden Dragon, Hidden Tiger", he transmitted what he saw and heard in Shengbo Cinema to the producers of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" far away in the capital through his mobile phone.

On July 7th, Tang Hua was not the only one to report the news about the secret competition between "Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Box office supervisors in Shancheng, Jiangcheng, Nanjing, Magic City, Shenzhen and other places also reported to the producers various bad behaviors committed by some local cinemas for "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger".

Shengbo Cinema’s behavior of blocking posters is so low, okay?

Have you ever seen the poster of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" blatantly occupying the poster holder of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?

Have you ever seen a movie theater with movie posters on the ceiling?

The news returned by supervisors from various places made the production staff of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", including director Ang Lee, look solemn.

If this situation develops, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" will lose a large part of the mainland box office.

Capital, Ruian Hotel.

Li An hung up the phone with a depressed expression and asked everyone in the room: "Is there anything we can do?"

It has been ten years since he directed his first film "Pushing Hands" in 1990.

In the past ten years, he has made three films, "Pushing Hands", "Sense and Sensibility", and "Eat Drink Man and Woman", all of which are family ethics films and have won him many honors.

But a successful filmmaker is always making progress.

Especially filmmakers in the extremely realistic Hollywood environment.

Therefore, he bought the copyright of the novel "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", ambitiously made "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and confidently launched it into the domestic and foreign film markets.

He hopes that the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the box office will change the hesitation of major Hollywood studios about Ang Lee's ability to make commercial films.

Who would have thought that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" would be a hit as soon as it landed on the mainland market.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is like brown sugar, sticking to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" like a leech. It is disgusting, wants to suck people to death, and makes Ang Lee full of sorrow.

"We can only send more personnel to supervise. The feedback from the industrial and commercial bureaus in various places is that "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" is a legal release." Some people regretted.

"It seems to me that some distributors and theaters in the Mainland are colluding with the producers of "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger."" Some people were dissatisfied.

"What do the distributors and theaters say?" Ang Lee asked.

"The distributor has confirmed that "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" will be released at the same time as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," but several theater chains have denied that their cinemas have screened "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" on a large scale, arguing that one or two cinemas may have screened it privately and are already under investigation. .”

"Has anyone seen "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger"? How is the quality of the movie?" Ang Lee nodded and asked again.

"It is said that even the plot is not very coherent. It seems to be a movie pieced together from one thing to another. It is incomparable to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in all aspects."

Ang Lee nodded and said thoughtfully: "The distributors and theaters are too slow to act, which will not be of much help to our current situation. We should learn to save ourselves and get the media involved as soon as possible."

"I will contact the media and hold a press conference to condemn "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" tomorrow at the latest."

Someone responded and rushed out of the door.

(End of this chapter)