Chapter 213: Follow-Up to "The Promise", Hu Ge Had a Car Accident!

From the film effect, "The Promise" is undoubtedly the ambitious work of director Kaige.

He wants to show the world a completely new film narrative, a grand, brand-new drama world.

Therefore, he does what he wants and tries his best to show his directing skills.

A story that can be clearly narrated with a single line, he has to show his operation and artistry, dividing it into two lines. Two lines are not enough, so he divides it into three lines, and then ends it in the form of a drama to sublimate the art.

He thinks that since the birth of drama, it has been the classic three-act creation or Hollywood commercial film model, which is too vulgar.

He wants to let fans see what real art is, and try to teach fans to keep up with his artistic cells.

This doomed the failure of the movie "The Promise".

No wonder the great screenwriter Lu Wei angrily criticized Chen Kaige after watching "The Promise".

What's more terrible is that the conditions for the release of "The Promise" this time are not very good.

If there hadn't been a good example of "Painted Skin", perhaps even if there were some criticisms after the release of "The Promise", it would not have affected the box office of this movie in the mainland.

After all, before "The Promise", mainland movie fans had never seen domestic fantasy movies, so their tolerance would be very high.

Just like "Hero", the first domestic blockbuster, even if the storytelling was not qualified, the big scenes alone were enough to shock the audience, and the higher the criticism, the better the box office.

However, with the example of "Painted Skin", the situation was immediately different.

You can't say how good the movie "Painted Skin" is, but there is a saying that everything depends on the counterparts to set off!

After mainland movie fans have watched "Painted Skin" first, if they are asked to watch "The Promise", there will be too many complaints.

Both are labeled as domestic fantasy blockbusters, and both use fantasy special effects as selling points.

But whether in terms of styling or plot, "The Promise" is far behind "Painted Skin".

It’s not that the plot structure of “The Promise” is bad, but that the audience can’t understand it. Audiences these days are very simple. If they can’t understand it, they will naturally criticize it. After all, they spent real money to buy movie tickets.

Of course, in addition to the voices of criticism, there are also voices of support. After all, “The Promise” brings together a number of big-name stars from China, Japan and South Korea. Whether it is Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, or Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse, they are all top actors from various countries.

Liu Ye, a double-awarded actor, can only play the fourth male in the play.

In the words of some viewers, it is worth the ticket price just for this lineup.

In addition, the picture of “The Promise” is really nothing to say, and it still continues Chen Kaige’s ultimate picture aesthetics, so there are also many voices of praise.

But on the third day of the release of “The Promise”, the Shangri-La Culture and Tourism Bureau suddenly criticized Chen Kaige and the crew of “The Promise”.

In a national newspaper, Shangri-La Scenic Area published an article publicly accusing Chen Kaige of not clearing away everything when filming "The Promise" in Shangri-La, leaving all the sceneries, buildings and household garbage all over the ground.

Moreover, for the sake of so-called "art", the crew cut down trees indiscriminately in the scenic area and destroyed vegetation, causing the scenic area to take at least 3-5 years to recover.

After the filming, Shangri-La Scenic Area did not rush to report these things, but waited until the movie was released and immediately jumped out to accuse.

Obviously, this is deliberate targeting.

It is understandable why they deliberately targeted. After all, judging from these behaviors, it would be difficult for Shangri-La Scenic Area and the local Environmental Protection Bureau to appreciate "The Promise".

Now, the criticism was already very high, and Shangri-La Scenic Area jumped out to accuse "The Promise". Now, the box office of "The Promise", which had just been released for a few days, immediately plummeted.

In the first three days, it took in more than 50 million box office, but in the second week of release, it only took in less than 40 million box office.

Compared with the original timeline of "The Promise" with a box office of 170 million in the mainland, the "The Promise" that was moved to the summer of 2006 may only get about 120 million in the domestic box office, which is 50 million less.

When the "murder case caused by a steamed bun" editing video that triggered public opinion on the Internet was released, it was even more fun.

Yes, although the release time has changed, the man named Hu Ge still stood up and edited a 20-minute "murder case caused by a steamed bun".

There is no doubt that although Chen Kaige himself did not intend to do so, the movie "The Promise" is indeed a huge failure of the Chinese commercial film experiment.

In fact, when the arrogant Chen Kaige asked Chen Hong to be the producer of "The Promise", the failure of this movie had already been laid.

It's just that the arrogant and proud director Kaige would never admit his failure.

On the one hand, he gave many public interviews, saying that Chinese audiences were tasteless and not avant-garde, and that he would sue some online trolls. On the other hand, he was expecting "The Promise" to achieve good results in the overseas market and give a slap in the face of those mainland movie fans.

However, his expectations were soon dashed.

Although "The Promise" performed well in Japan and South Korea, it was far from expectations. The box office in the entire Asian market was expected to be more than 10 million US dollars.

In addition, the box office in the mainland was also about 10 million US dollars. Putting aside the North American market, which has not yet been released but is actively operating, the total box office of "The Promise" is only about 3,000 US dollars.

It is rumored that the production cost of "The Promise" is as high as 40 million US dollars, 320 million RMB.

Good man, this is a huge loss.

As the box office results from various parts of Asia were released one after another, Director Kego went from being angry at the beginning and vowing to support his film to gradually stopping responding to various external public opinions and starting to act like a turtle.

But even so, director Kego is still not willing to admit defeat, saying that "The Promise" will compete for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film next year!

Even if the results at the box office are not satisfactory, Director Kego will not give up in terms of awards!

He paranoidly believes that it is not his fault that ordinary movie fans cannot understand the movie, but that these viewers have low aesthetic standards!

He believes that professional film awards will give his "The Promise" a fair judgment and give him a clear reputation!

This is different from the situation where "The Promise" suffered a double collapse in box office reputation in Asia.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" continues to show its dominance in the global box office market.

The box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in North America has basically been fixed at 430 million U.S. dollars, becoming a phenomenal movie.

This result is the highest-grossing movie in North America in the past two years.

Last year, in 2005, the top-grossing movie in North America was only US$380 million. It was the sequel to the legendary IP "Star Wars Episode III".

In the global market, the box office results of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" are still gratifying. It has earned a total of 900 million U.S. dollars and is launching its final charge towards the billion-dollar box office club.

Disney is already preparing a celebration party for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and has been calling Wu Yuan to urge Wu Yuan to go to the United States as soon as possible to attend the celebration party.

Just before departure, an unexpected incident interrupted Wu Yuan's trip to the United States.

The star Hu Ge, who has the same name as the author of "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun", was in a car accident.

Wu Yuan, who had almost forgotten this incident in his memory, was very surprised.

Originally, he thought that after he had changed the trajectory of Hu Ge's life, he would not encounter this car accident again.

After all, after Hu Ge finished his role in "Your Name", he became the mainland actor with the highest box office in a single film. The notices and roles he received must be completely different from that of that TV drama star.

It's just that Wu Yuan didn't pay much attention to Hu Ge, and he didn't know that he couldn't get any movies suitable for him. He went around and tested the waters in the film industry and made one or two movies, and then came back to play the leading role for Tang Dynasty.

It was still the same movie "Legend of the Condor Heroes", and it was still because of fatigue driving.

At 10:50 pm on August 29, 2006, Hu Ge's car collided with a van.

The news spread throughout the circle immediately.

Friends in the industry who have friendships with Hu Ge immediately used various channels to ask Sugar Man about the specific situation and express condolences to Hu Ge.

Some friends in the industry who had a very good relationship with Hu Ge went directly to the hospital where he was staying to visit him.

As Hu Ge's debut leader and one of the investors in "Legend of the Condor Heroes", Wu Yuan had to temporarily postpone his plan to attend the celebration banquet in North America and went to the scene of the incident in person with his assistant Xiao Wu.

Wu Yuan received the news in the early morning of the 30th. By the morning of the 30th, he arrived in Jiaxing. At this time, Hu Ge was still receiving treatment in a tertiary A hospital in Jiaxing.

At the same time, after half a day of fermentation, the news that Hu Ge had a car accident also spread on the Internet.

"Hu Ge had a sudden car accident and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment! 》

"Hu Ge was in a coma in a car accident and his life was in danger!" 》

This is pretty good reporting.

Some street tabloids in Hong Kong even reported that Hu Ge had been killed in a car accident. They wrote it vividly, as if they had seen it in person.

Similarly, Wu Yuan's appearance at the airport to visit Hu Ge was also photographed by reporters stationed at the airport and reported to the newspaper together.

"Hu Ge was killed in a car accident, director Bole Wu Yuan went to visit him immediately!" 》

"Leaving all work at hand, Director Wu Yuan went straight to the scene of Hu Ge's accident! 》

When he arrived outside the hospital where Hu Ge was staying, Wu Yuan was inevitably surrounded by reporters who moved much faster than him.

Half of the reporters kept asking him loudly about Hugo's condition, wanting to know firsthand.

The remaining quarter of the reporters asked him what he thought of the global box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and whether he would focus more on Hollywood in the future.

The last quarter of the reporters grabbed Wu Yuan and wanted to ask him what he thought of "The Promise" directed by Kege and whether he agreed with the outside world's evaluation of the bad film.

Faced with these reporters who still clung to the "hot spots" in the face of the car accident, Wu Yuan didn't give a good look at all. He just said with a cold face: "I am not in the mood to accept any interviews today."

After saying that, he ignored these reporters no matter how loud their shouts or how excited their movements were.

With the help of the hospital security guards, he quickly got rid of these reporters, squeezed into the hospital, came to the special care ward, and saw Cai Yinong pacing anxiously at the door of the ward.

"How is the situation?" Wu Yuan asked with concern as soon as they met.

"It's very serious." Cai Yinong's eyes were full of worry: "Hu Ge, his assistant and manager are all in bad condition. All three of them are in a coma. Among them, the manager is the most seriously injured and has not yet gotten off the rescue platform."

"The injuries of Hu Ge and his assistant were slightly less severe, but they also suffered multiple fractures throughout their bodies and massive internal bleeding. Hu Ge, in particular, was seriously scratched on the face by the glass. Although it is not life-threatening, it is likely to leave scars on his face. "

For a handsome actor, having scars on his face means basically saying goodbye to the screen.

Cai Yinong looked very ugly and said in a difficult tone: "Director Wu, for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", I will find a suitable actor to replace Hu Ge as soon as possible, and the crew will resume work as soon as possible."

If "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was only funded by Tangren, Cai Yinong would definitely have chosen to wait until his mainstay Hu Ge recovered from his injury before continuing filming.

Even if she had to pay extra for lost work time, reschedule the schedule with other actors in the crew, and sign a supplementary contract, she would not hesitate.

But because of the cooperation agreement signed with Light and Shadow Times, the film was jointly funded by the two companies.

Cai Yinong didn't think that Wu Yuan, a "businessman" who had no interest in Hu Ge, would be willing to waste money waiting for Hu Ge who was likely to become a useless person from now on.

Any investor with a right mind would first think of replacing someone.

However, she guessed wrong.

Wu Yuan, who thought that he should not think that this car accident would never happen again because he had changed Hu Ge's life trajectory, and did not give Hu Ge any reminder, felt very regretful at this time.

It's not that he has any Holy Mother's heart, after all, he is the one who personally led Hu Ge into his debut. His first work was "Your Name", and the friendship between the two is not bad.

Wu Yuan also likes Xiao Hu, who usually laughs and makes jokes, can liven up the atmosphere of the crew and acts as a lubricant in the crew.

Both emotionally and rationally, he didn't want to see Hu Ge have another accident.

"It doesn't matter!" Wu Yuan scratched his hair with some annoyance, shook his head and said: "There is no need to change people, we can afford to wait."

"After Hu Ge's injury heals, it won't be too late to restart filming of The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

"I believe that Ji people have their own destiny, and Hu Ge will get better."

"And after experiencing this drastic change, maybe he will become stronger."

Hu Ge became famous at a young age after filming "Your Name". He became the number one actor at the box office in Mainland China overnight, and became popular in Japan. His mentality was somewhat arrogant and impetuous.

However, it is really difficult for young people in their early 20s not to lose themselves under such a rapid rise in popularity and status.

Although it may be a bit bad to say this, now that things have happened, we still have to look forward.

Wu Yuan felt that after Hu Ge encountered such an accident, he might be able to wash away his glitz and become stable again.

There is great terror between life and death!

After walking away from the gate of hell, Hu Ge may see through some of the vanity and prosperity that he cared about before.

He will also be more like the mature Hu Ge and be more down-to-earth in his job as an actor.

Wu Yuan thought in his heart that maybe Hu Ge, who had been sublimated after this drastic change, could still shine in his movies in the future.

Seeing that Wu Yuan was so reasonable, he was willing to delay the crew until Hu Ge recovered from his injury before continuing filming.

A strong woman like Cai Yinong, who has been in the big dye vat of the entertainment industry for a long time, can't help but have red circles in her eyes.

Director Wu deserves to be one of his own in the industry, he is very affectionate and righteous, and he is different from a purely cold-blooded capitalist after all.

She held Wu Yuan's hand gratefully and said thanks with a choked sob: "Thank you, Director Wu! Thank you for your understanding and support!"

"Choosing to cooperate with Light and Shadow Times is the most correct choice I have ever made in my life."

Look, isn't this just another chance to win the favor of a strong woman?

The corner of Wu Yuan's mouth raised slightly. When Sugar Man dies, he can simply buy the entire Sugar Man and merge it into the TV drama department and brokerage department of the Light and Shadow Era Expansion Company!

Cai Yinong, the leader, is good at producing TV series and cultivating artists!