Chapter 931 Turn Over? (Twenty Three)

Wang Jiawei has many fans!

And most of these movie fans are around 40 years old...

That’s right, someone who controls a bunch of media propaganda!

Back then, watching movies was still a rarity, and Wang Jiawei's movies were called must-haves for the petty bourgeoisie.

The full name of petty bourgeoisie: petty bourgeoisie, specifically refers to young people who are oriented towards Western ideological life and pursue inner experience, material and spiritual enjoyment.

They like to live a life as free as the wind. They can be free and unrestrained. They enjoy working in city-style office buildings, go to Starbucks and Sanlitun Bar Street, wear personalized clothes, read Haruki Murakami and Wang Xiaobo, and listen to jazz and blues. , watch Wong Kar-Wai’s movies.

Therefore, Wong Kar-wai's "2046" sold 30 million in the mainland, which is almost the same as "New Police Story" of the same period.

Later, "Blueberry Night" was released and Feng Xiaogang regarded him as his opponent!

Of course, the box office of "Blueberry Nights" was only about 10 million...

Proving that the era of petty bourgeoisie influencing the box office has passed!

But...he still has many fans...

A bunch of people who touted "The Grandmaster" secretly belittled Shen Xudong's version of "The Grandmaster" - they didn't dare to disparage it openly, because Shen Xudong's "The Grandmaster" won the Venice Golden Lion!

Moreover, Shen Xudong's version of "The Grandmaster" has a North American box office of US$10.38 million.

Wong Kar-Wai's version of "The Grandmaster" does not have a good reputation in North America. Moreover, the most popular foreign language films at this year's Oscars are "The Hunt" and "The Beautiful City"...

In terms of overseas influence, Shen Xudong's version of "The Grandmaster" crushes Wang Jiawei!

So how did the media brag?

Simple, bragging about him is a powerful sword, bragging about him makes Song Hye Kyo boring, bragging about him makes Zhao Benshan NG53 times, bragging about him' Wong Kar-wai spent 3 years visiting more than a hundred martial arts masters in ten places in the north and south, asking them about martial arts Old things, please teach me about palm technique and boxing theory. ’

By the way, "After three years of practicing, Zhang Zhen won the championship in the Bajiquan national competition." ’

To brag about its realm: "The Grandmaster" is a movie that "sees all sentient beings". It breaks away from the stereotype of "kung fu movies" and does not stop at the martial arts world. Instead, it sees a more universal view of the fate of "human beings" in a generation of warriors...

She has nothing to do with Shen Xudong. Shen Xudong has always disliked him. Even if he knew that Wang Jiawei's version of "The Grandmaster" was released, he would definitely compare it with his own version...

He wasn't prepared to say anything either...

His version of "The Grandmaster" had a global box office of nearly 170 million US dollars, of which the mainland box office was 84 million US dollars, the European box office was 49 million US dollars, and Hong Kong also received nearly 36 million Hong Kong dollars.

He also won a bunch of awards, including the Asia Pacific Film Festival Grand Prix, Golden Horse Award, Golden Rooster Award, including the Academy Awards, and also won seven awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay...

A great success at the box office and word of mouth!

I don’t think Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster” can surpass...

But...in private messages on Weibo, a lot of people asked him to comment on Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster", including the comment section. Many of his fans also said, 'Wang Jiawei's fans are too bullying'...

I guess Wang Jiawei was very angry because of all the people praising him!

normal…

Shen Xudong's version of "The Grandmaster" is a pure kung fu movie in terms of narrative, and the sense of form and atmosphere outside of the story are very beautiful, so it can win such an award!

But Shen Xudong takes good care of the ordinary audience, and there is no situation where they can't understand...

This is a bit bad for film critics - what kind of movies do film critics like?

advanced!

To be more precise, it feels like there are only two or three people sitting in the theater!

This will give them a sense of superiority.

Shen Xudong simply wrote a sentence on Weibo: "You can brag, but can you please stop stepping on my movies? My "The Grandmaster" won more than thirty overseas awards, and was even nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film... You can’t think it’s commercial kitsch just because it sold $170 million worldwide, right?”

After sending it out... I suddenly realized something was wrong!

After Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster" became a big success, Ari Pictures took a fancy to him and gave him his entrepreneurial project - "The Ferryman"!

If you target him like this, will there be a historical deviation?

Oh, the main worry is that Ahri will find someone else to tinker with the movie. He has to find Wong Kar-Wai. If he doesn't find Wong Kar-wai, how will he feel about a box office failure?

If they don't fail miserably at the box office, they can't respect content creation from the bottom of their hearts...

Superstitious about the so-called Internet + IP...

But then they thought, besides Wang Jiawei, they couldn't find anyone else!

You can't go to Guo Jingming, Ah Li still wants to lose face!

After thinking for a while, Shen Xudong said: "Let's move the file of "Love Saint" to the 14th..."

"The 14th? One day earlier than "Happy Home"... Okay, I'll make arrangements right now!"

Chen Xi immediately agreed, and then asked: "Then do we want to take care of "The Grandmaster"?"

"Don't worry..."

…

This year’s Lunar New Year stalls are very popular and attract a lot of attention!

After all, two movies that exceeded one billion were born in a row.

Everyone feels the huge progress of Chinese films - just five years ago, the Chinese film market was dead and basically made no money!

Moreover, the success of "Thailand" and "One Shot" means that the new generation creative team with Tianmei Media or Shen Xudong as the core has completely stepped onto the stage!

You must know that "1942" adopts an international cooperation model and is controlled by Huayi. With a strong cast: starring Zhang Guoli, Chen Daoming, Li Xuejian, Zhang Hanyu, etc., it can be said that this is a work that gathers China's most powerful productions, directors with the most box office appeal, the best lineup, and China's best screenwriters.

He was directly ignored by the audience!

What is this called?

change!

But in such a big change, many celebrities did not participate.

The first one to bear the brunt is Sidan Double Ice...

Fan Xiaopang is okay, at least she made a guest appearance in "囧囧", the other five disappeared directly during this Lunar New Year...

Actually, no, Huayi also has a star-studded Lunar New Year blockbuster ready to be released for next year's Spring Festival - "The Better and Better Village Evening", which includes Xu Jinglei.

Zhao Yanzi lost "To Youth", but she still chose another youth film as her directorial debut - "All Things Grow", and found Guan Jinpeng to produce it and Li Qiang to be the screenwriter.

Zhou Xun went to Hollywood - participated in "Cloud Atlas"...

But these have nothing to do with this year’s Lunar New Year holiday...

Thousands of sails are passing by on the side of a sinking boat. Actors are just like any other profession. They have to move forward with the times. There is no saying that you can rest on your laurels!

What's more, these people have no right to rest on their laurels!

Then, "The Grandmaster" was released, and everyone was praising Zhang Ziyi for her great performance!

It was indeed a good performance. Tony Leung held back his inner feelings and gave an actor-level performance, but Zhang Ziyi made him the second actor in The Grandmaster. The reason why he didn't win an actor was because of the comparison.

In terms of performance structure, this is called role imbalance. You can't just focus on your dazzling output. Male and female rival scenes. Although Tony Leung also took the role, he was barely able to take it...

Didn't Wong Kar-wai see it?

It should be obvious, but Tony Leung really couldn't catch it!

However, Shen Xudong Studio has produced three or two movies, "A Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart", "The Sun Shines" and "Dear Child"...

It is estimated that Zhang Ziyi wants to turn over like the original time and space, but it is not that simple!

"A Thousand Arrows Pierce the Heart" was also shortlisted for the main competition section of the Berlin Film Festival.