Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 309: A flood of negative reviews?

The priest was helpless about Zhou Mo's "rolling meat" response.

Say he's a scoundrel.

He tells you what he thinks.

Say he is not a rogue.

He just tells you his thoughts.

"You are really...honest." said the priest helplessly.

Zhou Mo nodded seriously across the phone.

"Yes, the main point is never to lie."

Priest: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. I'll tell you straight out that this matter is not a big problem. Although there are indeed some negative voices that think your plan is a bit frivolous, but overall, it can be seen that you are sincere, so I'll let you pass."

Zhou Mo chuckled.

"Wise leadership!"

The priest asked back, "Why, if I don't tell you to pass the test, does that mean I'm not wise?"

Zhou Mo: “It’s hard to say.”

Priest: ...

Suddenly I feel like killing this bastard.

Zhou Mo teased for a moment and immediately changed the subject: "Brother Ma, we agreed to postpone the meeting..."

“It depends on your performance. Sometimes the higher-ups support the extension of the key, after all, it is for the development of the industry, but the prerequisite is that your film is finally on the verge of a number, with just the finishing touch.

In this case, the key is easy to determine and the higher-ups are willing to support it.

But if the difference is a bit too big…” The priest didn’t finish his words, but his meaning was clear.

"understand!"

Zhou Mo was very calm.

He has already laid out the content of "Police Story". Even if there may be some low points in the process, as long as he encounters that incident, he can make up for the bad results.

"Brother, please prepare to renew your key qualification and renew it for me when the time comes."

"You are quite confident...Okay, then I will publish your good news!"

……

Hang up.

Zhou Mo started preparing to surf the Internet again.

As soon as I log into my second account I start to argue with people.

Da Tiantian suddenly mentioned: "Come to think of it, I originally thought that the 'easter eggs' you set in "Police Story" would be blocked during the review.

I even contacted the right people, but I didn’t expect you to get away with it.”

She simply straddled and sat on Zhou Mo.

"Tell me, do you have someone else out there?"

Zhou Mo shook his head.

“No, it’s just a normal review.”

A glowing question mark appeared above Da Tiantian’s head.

"How is that possible? I know the morals of those people very well. If I had to say the first part about discrimination, they could have barely tolerated it.

The last one rushing to the troop building was completely dancing on their G-spot. There was no way they would let you pass no matter what. "

"That's a minefield, young man. Can you please not use random words? Random words can easily cause misunderstandings."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me the reason."

"There's really no reason, Tiantian, you rarely encounter these problems, so you don't know much about the situation.

In fact, there is a high probability that you don’t need to find anyone for this matter.

I was already on the list, and I wasn’t the kind of person who was on the list like Lao Jiang and Zhang EM, who were the focus of attention. I was a good kid. So the difficulty of passing the review was much easier than for other directors…

There is another reason.”

"what?"

“Is it possible that, although they saw this footage, they did not realize the meaning of this part of the footage?”

"How is that possible!" Da Tiantian didn't believe this explanation at all.

“How can it be impossible?

Don’t think that those people really have a pair of sharp eyes and can see everything and discover everything in time... They may not have that ability. "

"Besides, I didn't film anything excessive. Tiantian, think about it carefully. Did I discredit my own people in the movie?"

Da Tiantian thought for a while.

"It seems there really isn't."

No matter from which angle you look at it, it is obvious that those drug addicts are not our own people.

"That's it, then why can't I pass the review?" Zhou Mo spread his hands.

Da Tiantian has nothing to say.

……

As the "Sprint" incident of "Police Story" spread, more and more viewers learned about Zhou Mo's stuffing in the movie.

Some viewers did not like the act of "stuffing things" into the movie and made negative comments about Zhou Mo online, which was also recognized by some people.

But soon, people from the entertainment industry began to speak out for Zhou Mo.

The first one to stand up was Jiang Wen.

"What's the point of making a movie if the director doesn't stuff something in it? Isn't the purpose of making a movie just for that little bit of stuff? Just like what Xiao Mo once said to me, I made this plate of dumplings just for this plate of vinegar."

Later, some people began to use the distance of superhero movies.

"Some people should not be so hypocritical. On the one hand, they applaud superhero movies, but on the other hand, they think that directors cannot mix in personal opinions. Superhero movies don't mix in personal opinions? Ask the directors of foreign superhero movies this question and see if they agree or not.

Does personal heroism count as personal goods? Does the idea that only Americans can save the world count as personal goods? Does the upcoming Avengers Civil War count as personal goods? "

In short.

A large group of industry insiders helped to speak out, and soon suppressed some people's doubts about the "stuffing" behavior of "Police Stories". But this time the "group support of industry insiders" is different from the one of Sunglasses King Ferryman.

Because those who support Zhou Mo are not just people in the circle.

There are also some passers-by.

October two.

A tourist in Hong Kong posted a video titled "Travel Stories" on the Lizhan Station.

The video content is that the traveler encountered a "discrimination" incident in a restaurant in Hong Kong.

When the traveler was ordering in Mandarin, several waiters in the restaurant came and went but did not respond to the traveler's order, as if they did not see this person.

It was not until the traveler spoke in dialect that his order was responded to, and the restaurant staff were also very impatient.

At the same time, two foreign tourists speaking English entered the restaurant.

Several waiters immediately came over and provided service enthusiastically.

This kind of "differentiated" service has ignited the anger of video viewers as soon as it was released.

In less than half an hour, the video immediately became a hot search on all major platforms.

"I've seen mean people, but I've never seen anyone this mean."

"For those who don't believe me, this is how it works here. We also have a special nickname for similar behaviors here: 'Love of Sausages'." (1)

"Damn, I originally thought that the content in "Police Story" was exaggerated and a little uncomfortable, but I didn't expect it to be true? This situation is obviously more outrageous than the movie."

"I think it's just a filter. I'm from the same side and I can tell you straight away that this is everywhere in reality."

As the video plays, more and more people realize that what the movie says is true.

The popularity of the video, driven by the audience's emotions, directly converted into the movie's box office.

Many viewers clearly feel angry when they watch these things again, but they can't control their urge to continue watching, wanting to find out the reality through the content of the movie.

They all went to the electronic music theater and started watching it for the second and third time.

Ever since.

The second and third day of the movie's release.

The movie's single-day box office increased instead of decreased.

the next day:
Ninety-six million.

The third day.
One hundred and three million.

The single-day box office exceeded 100 million!
The moment Shanhe Company announced the news, the entire entertainment industry was boiling again.

One billion.

This is not only an exaggerated number.

It also means a qualification——

The domestic film industry is finally expected to break the record set by "Avatar" a few years ago, allowing Chinese-language films to take the top spot at the domestic box office.

The Chinese-language film industry has indeed developed.

Now he has a movie that can prove his ability.

When European and American films easily make hundreds of millions or even billions of US dollars per movie worldwide, domestic films can finally make continuous progress.

This means that the entire environment is rising.

Many people suddenly felt disgusted. At the celebration banquet for the movie "Chu and Han", Zhou Mo expressed to the guests that the domestic film market would develop at a rapid pace, and a box office of 1 billion was not an end, but a new starting point.

Now it seems that Zhou Mo is still Zhou Mo.

The divine fortune teller is still the same divine fortune teller.

The understanding of the film market is indeed in place.

The most important thing is that they actually implement their budget in practice. If they say there are 10 billion and it will become more and more, then it will definitely become more and more.

What if no one reaches it?

simple.

He can do it by himself.

If one film doesn’t work, make another one.

……

Just when Shanhe was celebrating the huge success of the movie throughout the company.

The manager brought news.

"Director Zhou, Police Story has suddenly received a lot of low-scoring negative reviews, and the rating has dropped by almost one point."

Zhou Mo frowned.

I took a look at the information the manager had sorted out.

As expected, the ratings of "Police Stories" on major rating websites remained the same, except for Little Blue Book and Lizhan Entertainment, where the ratings could not be rated because the accounts were locked. The ratings on other websites were all reduced to 6 points.

In addition to this time, there were a large number of negative reviews appearing in the film review section.

"It's a rubbish movie that tarnishes the country's image and has bad intentions."

"A rubbish director and a rubbish actor teamed up to weave a lie. Don't be fooled by Zhou. I come here once a year. This is my plane ticket and this is my store receipt. I can prove that I have never come into contact with the things that appear in the movies..."

"Am I the only one who thinks that the video that was trending on the Internet a few days ago was fake? How could the person who filmed the video so coincidentally film himself being 'discriminated' and also so coincidentally film two foreigners having dinner? There are too many coincidences, so it can only be fake."

"A national policy that was set decades ago, how can a small director like you go against it?"

There is some random analysis.

Some people even put accusations on others.

Some even curse loudly.

Zhou Mo looked at the comments in the comment section with a calm expression.

really.

Some people can't sit still.

The timing of posting the negative reviews was also very well controlled, just on the eighth day of the movie’s release.

(End of this chapter)