Chapter 754: The Taiping Ferry Was Badly Criticized! Plagiarizing Jin Ping Mei? We'll See What Happens.

Perhaps because of the first day of release, the protagonists of "Tai Ping Huan" were a little excited.

Especially Zhang Ziyi!

After losing the opportunity to be the heroine of "The Great Wall", her emphasis on "The Taiping Wheel" has reached its peak.

In her expectation, this movie should be stronger than "The Grandmaster" and even help her return to Hollywood!

In order to help the film achieve high box office, within 6 hours on the morning of the 5th, she posted 12 Weibo posts to promote the film from all angles.

At first, there were quite a lot of insiders and netizens who liked it, and many insiders even went out of their way to help repost it.

Even the media in China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other regions have stepped in to help promote it.

"The War Epic (Part 1)" is jointly produced by China Film, Huayi, LeTV, Bona, Chengtian and other production companies, directed by the master of violent aesthetics Wu Yu, and starring Zhang Ziyi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Huang Xiaoming, Song Hye Kyo and others. ", officially launched in multiple regions today."

"It is reported that on the first day of the release of "Peace Wheel (Part 1)", theaters provided up to 35% of the film schedule as support."

"The arrival of the domestically produced epic film symbolizes that we in the East also have our own "Titanic"!"

For a whole morning, the Internet was full of hot topics and information about "The Taiping Wheel (Part 1)", which made people dizzy.

However, what everyone did not expect was that this "masterpiece" that was hotly discussed and praised by the entire Internet would have a direct collapse in reputation after being released for a morning!

Starting at 1 p.m. sharp, after major platforms released their ability to evaluate "The Wheel of Peace (Part 1)", the true "face" of this movie was finally exposed to all audiences.

Wu Yu, who was still receiving praises from all sides in the morning, received criticism, abuse, ridicule, sarcasm, and belittling from viewers all over the Internet in the afternoon. It's so miserable.

"An epic masterpiece? Damn it, I think it should be a 'shitty zombie masterpiece', right? I never expected that the filming was so bad! Where did the 400 million invested go?"

"This movie is just like a bunch of scattered pieces being forcibly pieced together. The plot is unbearably delayed. It's just a waste of my time!"

"The character's personality is as thin as paper, with no depth at all, especially the so-called love lines, which are so embarrassing that it makes people dig their toes on the ground and completely unable to enter the drama."

"It really made me laugh. The love scenes in the movie are simply clichés and nothing new. Does Wu Yu think the audience is living in the 1990s and are still interested in such cliché plots?"

"Haha, the war scenes were shot like child's play. The explosion effects were too exaggerated, which simply insulted the audience's IQ. It was also an Eastern version of "Titanic". I was really drunk. Do you think that as long as the scene is big enough, it can be covered up? The plot is pale and feeble?”

"Personally, I feel that the movie wants to express too many things, but in the end, nothing is clearly expressed. Love, war, feelings of family and country... every theme is only touched upon, making people confused."

"Although the cast is strong, their performances are simply disappointing. Some actors' acting skills are simply an insult to their profession and make people unable to watch."

"The important historical background is only briefly passed by, making it impossible for the audience to resonate at all, and those sensational scenes are simply unbearable. The preliminary preparation is insufficient, and the emotional expression is blunt and abrupt. Wu Baige, don't you think that as long as When the music starts, will the audience burst into tears?"

"Fuck, the pre-release publicity was crazy, but the quality of the movie turned out to be terrible. This movie is simply a huge waste of the audience's time and money. It makes people completely disappointed with the director and production team!"

"I've discovered since the time of "Red Cliff" that Wu Yu can't control the kind of grand and thick epics with violent aesthetics. I think it's just a fight between Young and Dangerous."

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No one in the industry expected that "Taiping Wheel (Part 1)" would receive so much and horrific abuse!

Several leading actors were immediately stunned by the scolding, especially Zhang Ziyi, whose Weibo posts in the morning were immediately washed away.

The overwhelming curses even scared many people in the industry to quickly delete their Weibo posts praising "Tai Ping Wheel (Part 1)" for fear of getting angry.

"Tsk, tsk, I've never seen a movie criticized to this extent. It's really miserable."

In Chen Fei's office, Ning Hao crossed his legs and looked at the flood of negative comments on the Internet with a shocked expression, feeling quite frightened.

He couldn't help but think that if "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" had so many bad reviews, he might not be able to see anyone.

"Haha, you have to stand at attention when you get beaten."

A smile appeared on Chen Fei's lips, he picked up his phone and was about to call Han Sanping to ask how he was feeling, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do so.

At this juncture, it's better not to irritate him.

"Mountain Eagle" is old, so don't stimulate him to have high blood pressure or anything like that.

At this time, Ning Hao suddenly asked: "By the way, when are you going to Hollywood? Aren't you going to compete for the Oscars?"

"It's still early. Let's wait until we attend the premiere of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern 2" before setting off."

While responding to Ning Hao's question, Chen Fei looked at the last song of Galloping Horse - "The Year in a Hurry".

When the company was in crisis before, Xiao Ma sold all his shares of "The Crossing (Part 1)" to Huayi, Bona, and Youzu, which was considered a successful way out of a big pit.

But now, they have fallen into another deeper pit.

If the box office performance of "Back in Time" is good, then they can still recover a little, but if the performance plummets, they can only bear huge debts and exit the market.

Fortunately, due to the youth theme, "Back in Time" is not like "The Crossing (Part 1)", which was abused by the whole network.

The former's reputation seems to be quite good, and it seems to be comparable to "My Deskmate".

Now we just have to wait for the first day box office. Whether it is a success or a failure, it can actually be determined in one day.

...

In the evening, Yu Zheng made another big news.

According to insiders, after the court hearing yesterday, this guy actually said in court: "Didn't Qiong Yao's work also plagiarize "Jin Ping Mei", one of the four great classics?

Which other screenwriters in the industry dare to say that they have not borrowed the plots from the four great classics? And I just borrowed part of the plots from the classics, how can I plagiarize Qiong Yao's work?"

His remarks completely aroused the anger of hundreds of screenwriters in the industry.

Just one day later, 139 professional screenwriters in the industry have gathered and jointly issued a statement, saying that they will support Qiong Yao in suing Yu Zheng and hope that the law will make a fair and just judgment.

As soon as the news broke, the entire industry was shocked!

Everyone really didn't expect that after so many years, Yu Zheng actually offended so many industry giants!

Looking around, almost all the writers and screenwriters in the traditional screenwriting industry stood up and angrily "fired" at him.

Chen Fei was also a little shocked when he saw the news.

Although he knew that this guy was already hated by everyone in the circle, he didn't expect that it had reached such an exaggerated situation.

Fortunately, this is a peaceful era. If it were a war, these 139 people would probably tear him apart!

At this time, Yan Fei and Peng Damo, who were sitting on his left and right, also noticed that he was paying attention to the "Yu Zheng plagiarism case" and subconsciously raised their heads and looked at each other.

"Mr. Chen." Yan Fei suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, Yu Zheng also copied a lot of our happy twists and jokes, and he used them in his own scripts."

"Oh?" Chen Fei's attention was instantly attracted by this sentence: "Then why didn't you sue him?"

"It's useless." Peng Damo, who was sitting on the other side, shook his head helplessly and took over the conversation: "We are too weak. If we sue the other party, we are likely to be accused of riding on the popularity. We can't stand the online explosions alone."

Chen Fei was about to say something, but at this time, the screen in the screening room suddenly lit up.

The next second, the five big words "Charlotte's Troubles" appeared in the center of the screen.

"Maybe after this movie is released, your situation will change."

Chen Fei reminded meaningfully, and then focused all his attention on the content of the movie.

He was about to go to Hollywood, and it might be the Spring Festival when he came back next time.

And that time was just when "Charlotte's Troubles" was released in mainland theaters.

Once the movie was officially released, it would be difficult to correct the flaws once they were found.

So, taking advantage of the free time now, Chen Fei made an appointment with the Happy Twist team to watch the film effect.

As the film officially started to be screened, the entire viewing hall fell into silence.

The movie was full of laughter from the beginning. A wedding banquet, plus a few lines, established the personality of all the characters.

The subsequent color processing was also very careful. The switching of the lens color foreshadowed the beginning of a dream, and the slightly yellowed picture even hinted that this was an illusory dream.

The two-hour movie is full of details and laughs, and it also makes up for all the big and small pitfalls. It can be said to be very complete and has almost no flaws.

In fact, it is normal to think about it. After all, this is a stage play script that Happy Twist has used for many years. After the film adaptation, they will only do their best to do the best and will not allow the film to have any flaws.

At the moment when he woke up from the dream, Xia Luo finally found that Dongmei, who was accompanying him by his pillow, was the best after all, and this was also the most satisfactory ending of the film.

Chen Fei applauded generously: "Not bad, very good."

"Thank you very much for Director Chen's recognition and praise!"

Yan Fei and Peng Damo couldn't hide their smiles on their faces.

At this moment, the two seemed to have seen the moment when the film was a great success, with both box office and word of mouth harvested.

How could a movie that could be praised by Chen Fei be bad?

...

A day later, major entertainment news websites were once again flooded with news about "The Crossing (Part 1)".

"As an epic production, The Crossing (Part 1) cost 500 million yuan to produce, but the first half of the film suffered a Waterloo on the first day of its release, with the first-day box office closing at only 23.36 million yuan, far from the film company's expectations!"

"There are a lot of bad reviews online, and the box office is likely to continue to decline. The competition during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival is fierce. As a high-investment film, The Crossing (Part 1) is under great pressure to make back its investment, and the hope is slim."

"After only one day of release, the online reputation of "The Crossing (Part 1)" is like an avalanche, and it has collapsed across the board. It has not only failed to meet the expectations of the audience, but also failed to achieve the expected profit target, which is a pity."

"..."

For the whole morning, the Internet was full of negative news about "The Crossing (Part 1)".

The media that were still praising it yesterday completely changed sides just one night later and became the party that fueled the flames.

Although several producers' public relations press releases tried to save the situation, they basically fell into the sea without causing a ripple.

And the possibility of asking the investors to increase publicity and marketing costs again is even slimmer!

The film's reputation has completely collapsed. In this case, even if more public relations and marketing resources are continued to be invested, it will not help at all.

Compared with the miserable situation of "The Crossing (Part 1)", the reputation of "So Young" released at the same time is actually quite good, and it even got 60.69 million box office on the first day!

But even if it is about to happen, there are not many optimistic voices in the industry.

Because everyone knows that the ceiling of youth films is only a few days, and they will collapse in less than a week.

And the facts have proved that this is indeed the case.

After breaking through 60 million on the first day, "Fleeting Time" successively got 84.36 million and 61.63 million box office results.

But on the fourth day, the box office directly dropped to 35.86 million.

From this time on, the potential of this movie was completely exhausted, and the pony galloping that was so glorious many years ago also officially ushered in the moment of the curtain.

As for "The Crossing (Part 1)" on the other side, it is even worse!

There were 23.36 million box office on the first day of release, but it dropped directly to 16.68 million on the second day, and even dropped to 12.25 million on the third day.

For a film with an investment of 500 million, it only got 52.29 million box office in the first three days of the weekend. This is undoubtedly a huge failure!

Faced with this situation, several producers have no choice but to stare with wide eyes.

They wanted to try to save it, but the movie was like a pile of mud that could not be helped.

…

"Hey? This guy ran fast. Is he afraid of being beaten?"

That morning, Chen Fei saw the news on the Internet that Wu Yu returned to Hong Kong and refused to accept any interviews.

It was obvious that he finally recognized the fact that such an epic-level big-budget movie was not something he could take.

And from then on, he was afraid that he would never get the support of mainland investors again.

Not to mention other private film and television companies, just China Film would probably not even let him in.

After happily watching the news reports about Wu Yu's embarrassing escape, Chen Fei set his sights on the box office performance of "Pacific Rim 2".

Compared with "The Crossing (Part 1)", the box office performance of "Pacific Rim 2" was simply brilliant!

On the sixth day, the film successfully earned 89.45 million yuan at the box office, and on the seventh day it earned 84.63 million yuan at the box office. So far, the release time has officially exceeded one week.

For a time, various media rushed to report the box office performance of "Pacific Rim 2" in the first week:

"Co-produced by China Film, Feiyue Film and Lucasfilm, directed by Michael Bay, starring Wu Jing, Jing Tian and others, the sci-fi blockbuster "Pacific Rim 2" with an investment of 150 million US dollars was released in China in the first week, and the total box office closed at 865 million!"

"According to industry analysis, "Pacific Rim 2" will have a great chance of breaking through the 1.5 billion box office in the mainland film market. Let's wait and see."

"Reprinted from the Hollywood Daily, as of now, "Pacific Rim 2" has accumulated 480 million US dollars in the global film market and is expected to sprint to 700 million US dollars!"

"Jing Tian posted a new Weibo, saying that he was very grateful for the support of fans, and revealed that he had officially started the daily training plan of the "Great Wall" crew."

"Lucasfilm CEO revealed that "Pacific Rim" will launch a new series later, and its ultimate goal is actually the "Transformers" series!"

...

When seeing Han Sanping again, Chen Fei obviously found that San Ye seemed to be much more haggard.

Obviously, the failure of "The Crossing" was a big blow to him.

For a person like him who values ​​face and reputation, the declining box office data is like a loud slap in the face!

"Director Han..."

Chen Fei opened his mouth and thought secretly about how to comfort Han Sanping.

He couldn't be hit again at this time. There were already enough people laughing at him outside. If he said something wrong, it might be a blow to his body.

"Alas, you don't have to say it, I understand." Han Sanping suddenly interrupted Chen Fei, and then complained to himself in annoyance: "I'm sorry to Lapeikang!"

Chen Fei could understand why he said this.

After all, if the box office of "The Crossing" was a big hit, Han Sanping would definitely benefit from it, because this was a film and television project he signed when he was the chairman of China Film in 2011.

Even if Lapeikang wanted to take credit, he couldn't get it at all.

But now the film is losing money, and it is still in such a state that even the underpants are lost. Naturally, China Film, that is, La Geikang has to take the responsibility. Who makes him the current chairman of China Film?

As for Han Sanping, although he didn't need to compensate for the loss, it would be a loss of face.

You know, he has said in public before that the combined box office of the first and second parts of "The Wheel" will definitely exceed 2 billion.

But now it's better, let alone 2 billion, whether it can reach 200 million is still unknown.

Seeing that his condition was getting more and more sluggish, Chen Fei quickly comforted him and said: "When making a movie, you will lose money and make money. This is normal.

"Taiping Wheel (Part 1)" did indeed lose money. This is an unchangeable fact.

But don't we still have "Pacific Rim 2"? This movie can also be used to find out! "

However, listening to these words, Han Sanping had a wry smile on her face: "But, there is a second part of "Taiping Wheel", so we can't let La Geikang use "The Great Wall" to divulge me, right?"

Chen Fei opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment.

He really wanted to say that "The Great Wall" was actually more deceptive than "The Taiping Wheel", but he still didn't say it out loud.

"I plan to hand over the distribution of "One Hundred Regiments" to China Film Group Corporation, as a way of making up for the losses."

Hearing this, Chen Fei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

No wonder Han Sanping took the initiative to come to him today. It turned out that she came for this matter.

This is preparing to make up for the losses and return the favor!

Chen Fei smiled and did not show any dissatisfaction: "Of course, it is a gift to anyone anyway, but giving it to China Film Group will have more advantages."

Hearing this, Han Sanping secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Feiyue Film and Television is the largest investor in this project, and now he wants to use the project as a favor, which makes him feel a little embarrassed.

After receiving Chen Fei's promise, a look of gratitude suddenly appeared on his face.

"Thank you. I won't say anything more. We'll see you later."

Chen Fei smiled softly and didn't say much, but he felt more confident about another thing in his heart.

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