Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 253 - Different Support Ratings
Chen Yu's critical comments on Bruce Lee in an interview with the British "Sky Sports" and Wu Jing's answer to Chen Luyu's question on the day of the "Traffic Earth" media visit have successively topped the list of hot searches on Weibo.

The former openly questioned Bruce Lee's fighting ability and achievements;
The latter directly said that "Kung Fu" is no longer suitable for the export of Chinese culture.

But this time the two took turns occupying the top spot in the hot search not because netizens united in their condemnation, but because their words caused a lot of discussion and reflection.

Netizens who agree with Wu Jing that "Kung Fu cannot assume the role of exporting Chinese culture due to factors such as changing times and market changes" are split with those who hold the opposite opinion.

In particular, those who are engaged in the production and distribution of film and television dramas all highly recognize Wu Jing’s evaluation of “Kung Fu”:

We did not actively abandon kung fu and action films and television works, but the current market chose to eliminate them.

Even many seniors in the traditional Chinese martial arts community have come forward to say either directly or sideways that Wu Jing is "rough in words but not rough in reasoning", which is very straightforward.

Foreigners' love for "Kung Fu" has gradually declined since 2007.

More than 93% of guoshu gyms located in Europe and the United States are no longer able to make a living by teaching kung fu alone. Due to pressure, they have added courses such as boxing and yoga.

Because since January 2015, most of the new members have become more or less fond of Chenyu.

In particular, female members hope that more "old fish" elements can be added to the gym to accompany them in exercising. As for Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, they are not interested at all.

Nowadays, the "second spring" of most overseas art museums can basically rely on the dividends of stale fish. If they continue to cling to the old fish, they will simply not be able to operate.

Therefore, Wu Jing’s words barely broke the news that Kung Fu is in deep trouble, and allowed passers-by who still thought Kung Fu was very popular to see clearly the current situation.

As for the news that some unscrupulous media have always promoted that foreign friends are very fond of Chinese Kung Fu and other news, it can easily lead to misunderstandings among netizens who do not know the inside story.

In fact, this is just a one-sided report caused by a small group of European and American kung fu enthusiasts and fans of Korean and Japanese kung fu movies who often engage in online or offline activities.

It does not mean that the kung fu craze that arose in the early 1980s is still igniting and is even getting stronger today.

Even if talkers in European and American countries like kung fu, it doesn't matter to the ruling class.

Because the financial groups and oligarchs within their borders are the real owners that the ruling class wants to flatter.

If we say that capital is now in charge in Tehran’s inner circle.

Then their governments will 100% not issue a big fine to Chen Yu, banning him from entering the country for fifteen years.

You must know that netizens in Berlin and Munich, the venues for the Chen Yu Boxing Tournament, competed against each other on the Internet almost every day.

When Munich won the qualification to host the event, the mayor of Berlin was not only surrounded by his residence but also stood up and apologized.

At the German Cup, Munich fans used banners saying "You can't get Chen" to ridicule the die-hard fans of Union Berlin.

This move directly led to verbal provocations by fans from both sides outside the field after the game, to physical conflicts involving nearly a hundred people.

The German Football Association was forced to contact Chen Yu’s agent, Mr. Emmanuel, hoping that he would trouble Chen Yu to issue an adjustment statement on social media to appease the fans.

In exchange, the German Football Association invited Chen Yu to visit and provide guidance at his convenience.

It should be noted here that the German Football Association is a private organization and its managers are not officials.

It seems that except for the Chinese Football Association and the Korean Football Association, managers of other national football associations do not have "institutional" status and positions.

Therefore, the German Football Association's polite gesture of goodwill to Chen Yu may not be understandable to some Chinese people, but in fact the German Football Association is just a company.

The competition between Munich and Berlin to host the Chenyu Boxing Tournament has caused a lot of trouble and ongoing fallout, mainly due to their hidden economic interests.

Chen Yu's boxing match can bring a wave of tourism peaks, and transportation, accommodation, catering and retail industries will all reap huge profits.

Let’s give a simple but not very nice example:

It is legal for women to engage in special industries in Germany. As of April 30 this year, there were about 27,000 officially registered employees in special industries in Germany.

Now nearly 95% of employees in special industries have come to Munich first.

Then there were serious frictions or even conflicts between these local German special industry employees and their counterparts who poured in from various European countries.

This has caused headaches for both the Munich police and municipal departments. However, in order to protect the travel safety and healthy competition of locals, tourists, and employees in special industries, Munich's law enforcement agencies can only continue to increase investment to deter troublemakers.

Chen Yu's boxing match made Munich temporarily become the "European City", which proved from the side the huge economic momentum brought by Chen Yu.

In addition, Britain's Durex and Beilile, Japan's Jiuqiang and Okamoto, and China's Jisbon are competing fiercely with each other for the small market in Munich.

From moderate and reasonable discounts and promotions to small-scale delivery that does not affect profits, these five companies have used all legitimate competition methods they can use.

And behind the scenes, they use many employees in special industries to attack each other's brands.

Durex and Prelica from the UK support the sexy girls from Germany;
Jiugong and Okamoto, who originated from the Japanese country, stood behind the French and Dutch girls secretly;
On the contrary, China's Jieshibon went to help out whichever side was lagging behind. In short, these five companies have received official letters of fines from the Munich municipal department many times, but the huge profits they are currently making allow them to ignore the fines.

This is the real reason that makes Berlin jealous. Chen Yu’s brand is so damn profitable! At the same time, it is also the reason why overseas art museums violate the founding of the original intention of teaching fighting.

As the saying goes, people have to bow their heads under the roof. Nowadays, if you follow Chen Yu, you can eat and drink well. But if your restaurant still has Bruce Lee and Jet Li, it will only attract male members over the age of thirty-seven. Come, but that little income can hardly cover daily expenses and expenses.

Therefore, Wu Jing said that kung fu is no longer enough to shoulder the mission of exporting Chinese culture.

Indeed, many rational netizens cannot refute that this is the cruel status quo after all.

Moreover, Wu Jing is also very disgusted with those "clowns" who say that they are descendants of a certain sect or sect, but then use boxing, fighting, and jujitsu as soon as they get to the ring.

Wu Jing couldn't figure out whether this kind of behavior of saying one thing and doing another was considered cultural lack of confidence, or was it utilitarianism that took advantage of both ends?
Anyway, this kind of behavior will greatly reduce foreigners' interest in kung fu, because foreign devils will feel that kung fu is useless in actual combat and is still for their benefit.

Although foreigners also talk about feelings, they pursue reality more.

The myth of Chinese Kung Fu that Mr. Bruce Lee worked so hard to establish has been proven time and time again by later generations to be useless through his performance in the ring, and is about to collapse today.

If Mr. Bruce Lee had known Izumi, he would probably scold the younger generation for ruining a good situation.

But Mr. Bruce Lee, who had no heirs, said that he could not find anyone to support his dream.

Wu Jing's views have been recognized and supported by more and more netizens over time, but Chen Yurui's comments about Bruce Lee were criticized by many netizens.

Some netizens also asked Chen Yu to apologize, but what is even more strange is that the "Flowers and Boys Season 3" broadcast that night was not affected and the ratings were still hot.

I still have "Running Season 1" firmly under my feet.

The crew of "Operation Icebreaker" who had been a little panicked before saw this situation and immediately resumed their posture of sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, laughing and continuing to watch the fun as an audience.

In fact, there is no conflict at all between insulting and abusing Chen Yu and watching the variety shows he participated in.

Many netizens who criticized Chen Yu would laugh and praise the "cheating expert" who caused the show crew a huge headache when watching "Flowers and Boys Season 3".

Everyone scolded him but they all criticized his integrity, which made Chen Yu even more precious in the eyes of many Chinese producers.

But because of his sharp criticism of Bruce Lee, Chen Yu was labeled as "disrespectful" by senior teachers in the Chinese film and television industry.

This time, Chen Yu's township party member Chen Daoming did not show up to support him. Instead, Li Youbin, Xu Zheng, Liao Fan and others jumped out to support him.

What they have in common is that they belong to the same lineage as Shangxi and are relatively close to the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium. They also have secret connections with Wanda.

In short, it is reasonable for a senior actor to vote for Chen Yu, the "son-in-law of an actor," to fight against the injustice.

Dilraba and her team were busy trying to reassure their fans not to provoke Chen Yu fans, so they had no time to express their opinions on this matter.

To be honest, Reba is used to Chen Yurui commenting on his peers and seniors and masters of traditional Chinese martial arts.

She supports her husband from the inside but needs to show an objective attitude of taking things seriously. There must be one person in the couple who can give others a step and face.

When faced with the traditional Chinese martial arts world, Chen Yu has always used his strength and performance to "hard-core" him. After all, Chen Yu's status in the professional fighting circle and boxing world is too damn high.

Using these two sentences, "Have you ever played in a professional competition?" and "Is honor valuable enough?" can drive people in the traditional Chinese martial arts community to death.

Bruce Lee is the father of modern mixed martial arts, but does he have any actual combat results?
According to Yao Ming, competitive sports lack performance as a basis to rely on and it is always difficult to convince the public.

Therefore, this time the Chinese sports circle basically stood behind Chen Yu and cheered for him.

But there are also maverick guys, such as those who play table tennis.

Due to the relatively strict management issues, the world champions could only say a few odd words.

In fact, Chen Yu has no disputes or disputes with the Chinese table tennis team.

It was only because Chen Yu pushed away two table tennis players who were blocking his camera in the Lawrence Awards Ceremony Hall that he aroused collective resentment and resistance in the table tennis community.

At that time, Chen Yu had just reached the peak of his career and was unruly and arrogant. Therefore, he did not give up on the commercial value and his own status as a table tennis player with extremely low status.

After all, European and American table tennis players basically prefer "part-time jobs."

As for why the Chinese table tennis team lacks affection for Chen Yu, it may be because he or she feels that he or she represents justice and justice.

In short, Chen Yu and the Chinese Table Tennis Team, two representatives of China's soft power and the country's top business cards, have never had a formal cooperation.

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