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Chapter 176 The Chinese film market enters the era of 5 million box office (please subscribe!)

"Lust, Caution" grossed 1500 million at the box office on its first day, redefining how literary and artistic films can not only win awards, but also achieve high box office.

Then it took only three days to break the box office record for a domestic literary film set by Chen Dong's "Hachi".

Unable to resist the curiosity of his wife Liu Yifei, Chen Dong accompanied her to the cinema today and contributed two movie tickets.

This movie is excellent and 'real' in many aspects such as plot structure, directing techniques, and actors' performances. In short, its artistry is indeed impeccable, otherwise it would not have won this year's Golden Lion Award.

However, if a movie wants to be recognized by the market, it not only needs to consider its artistic value, but also political factors and audience sentiment. The biggest criticism of this movie is that it glorifies traitors.

This has also caused huge polarization in the current online debate.

Those who support it believe that "Lust, Caution" has brought glory to Chinese-language films in the international arena, and there are some flaws that don't need to be taken too seriously.

Those who criticize do not think that "Lust, Caution" glorifies Han-traitors with some flaws. They criticize the film for spreading wrong national ideas and whitewashing traitors, and should be boycotted.

And this disagreement is getting bigger and bigger, and it has gradually spread to directors and actors.

Especially Tang Wei, who relied on this movie to go from being an unknown 18th-tier actress to being as famous as some first-tier female stars today. The extent of her benefit is the harshness of the scolding she is receiving now.

A few days ago, what she said in an interview with the media, "Pursue your dreams and never regret it," was praised by many people and said to be true. Now the public opinion has turned around and she has become the point of criticism.

For the sake of a gimmick, some media asked an open-ended topic: Is Li Eucalyptus a 'traitor'?

An old director stood up and said a word for Li Yu, which was recognized by many colleagues.

He said: Zhang Ailing fictionalized a literary story based on the prototype, and Li Bian added this literary story with his own views on emotions and desires. From the movie, it is obvious that Li Bian avoids politics. He just wanted to make a portrayal of the story. and good works that expose human nature. As we all know, movies are art. Viewing "Lust, Caution" as a political drama is just like viewing "Tokyo Trial" as an emotional drama. It is easy to go in the opposite direction.

Of course, the veteran director's views were not recognized by Chen Dong, but the matter itself had nothing to do with him, so he just took it for granted and didn't want to get involved.

11 month 4 day.

In time for the premiere of "Xiu Chun Knife 2", Chen Dong hosted the celebration party for "Inception" together with him.

At the previous premiere of "Inception", there were only three or five main creative staff. At today's celebration banquet, Nolan and Leonardo were not absent.

"Oh! Dear Chen, your movie is actually very suitable for the United States. Really, you should come to Hollywood."

After Leonardo read Chen Dong's new movie script, he liked it very much. If Chen Dong hadn't made a Chinese-language film, he would definitely ask for him to play the leading role.

Chen Dong has no idea of ​​making a foreign language film yet, but he will do so in the future.

Back to the celebration party.

The golden egg says 5 million. In fact, "Inception" is still 5 million short of the 600 million box office.

But counting today, there are still four days until the release date, so writing 5 million wouldn’t be a slap in the face.

In the afternoon is the premiere of "Xiu Chun Knife 2".

At this moment, Lu Yang was interviewing the media with the main creative staff. Although Chen Dong was only a producer, he was also on the list of main creative staff.

"Director Chen, why didn't you direct "Xiu Chun Dao 2" yourself?"

Chen Dong took the microphone and thought for a while before saying: "I was very busy at that time, I think I was preparing for a wedding. It happened that Lu Yang came to me and said that he was about to graduate and needed to prepare a graduation work... and he He came with a 'script', and I thought it was pretty good, so I let him film it."

"Director Lu, Director Chen's "Xiu Chun Dao 1" is ahead of you. Do you have the confidence to surpass the previous film when filming "Xiu Chun Dao 2"?"

"Haha, to be honest, I'm very conflicted about your question, because sometimes I feel like I've done a great job, and sometimes I feel very uneasy and unsure. I'll leave it to the audience to judge."

"Yang Mi, you played the second female lead in "Xiu Chun Dao 1" and the first female lead in "Xiu Chun Dao 2." Some netizens commented that you got this opportunity because Liu Yifei didn't want to act. To this ,What do you think?"

"Haha, I think what this netizen said is right, thank you boss lady." "Shu Chang, you didn't show up on the day of the audition. How did you get the role?"

"I also want to thank Sissi, who helped me blow the pillow breeze."

Chen Dong glared at Shu Chang when he heard this. This damn girl never said anything.

……

The next day, Chen Dong went to the airport to see him off, but Leonardo was still reluctant to part with his new movie.

"Chen, you should really think about it again. I think "Kan'er" is really suitable for Hollywood. It may even win the Oscar next year."

"Next time, there will be a chance."

On November 11, the first-day box office results of "Xiu Chun Dao 6" were released, earning 2 million.

It became the daily box office champion that day.

Director Lu Yang breathed a long sigh of relief.

Yang Mi is also happy. Her popularity is considered top-notch among second-tier female stars, but her celebrity status has not kept up. As a result, her endorsement fees, advertising fees, etc. have not increased for more than half a year.

As soon as "Xiu Chun Dao 2" was released, these problems were immediately solved.

In addition, "Painted Skin" will be released next month. Although Yang Mi is not the heroine in it, she is also one of the leading actors.

This girl is ready to soar into the sky.

Even Zhong Lifang spent a lot of resources on Yang Mi this winter in order to help her successfully rush to the front line at this critical moment.

After all, Dongcheng Pictures can be regarded as one of the major private giants in the industry. It just doesn't have an artist management business. Now that it does, it doesn't even have a front line, which is indeed a bit shameful.

On November 11, "Inception" was 'finally' released, with a total box office of 7 million in China.

This not only created a new box office record, but also heralded that China's film market has officially entered the era of 5 million box office.

I remember that in the past, Chen Dong’s movies achieved good box office results, and the three major associations liked to hold meetings to study them.

No sound was heard this time.

Probably they also feel that special effects-heavy movies like "Inception" cannot be copied.

……

Liu Yifei's manager is her mother. Since she became pregnant, work has basically stopped. Even Hongxingwu usually has no one at work.

The College Student Music Festival sent the invitation letter to Hongxingwu but found that no one picked it up, so they thought of sending it to Dongcheng Pictures.

When Chen Dong received the invitation card, he also searched online for rankings.

The most popular female singer in the Mainland is undoubtedly his wife.

The most popular male singer, Shabao Liang.

The most popular male singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Jay Chou.

The most popular female singer in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Rong...

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