Chapter 269 It’s Time to Sleep

Speaking of the achievements in the three major European awards, Zhang Yimou has won a series of them. Basically, starting from Red Sorghum, all his films have won awards, including the Berlin Golden Bear for Red Sorghum, the Silver Lion for Raise the Red Lantern, the Golden Lion and Best Actress for Qiu Ju, Best Actor and Jury for To Live, the Cannes Best Actor and Jury for Rock and Roll, the Silver Lion for Not One Less, and the Silver Bear for My Father and Mother...

This series of the three major European awards is even better than Wu Yuchen. So it is not surprising that some fans speak for him.

"Zhang Yimou debuted much earlier than Wu Yuchen. Is it fair to simply compare the number of awards won in the three major European films? And even if it is a comparison of Chinese-language films, Wu Yuchen's box office is still better than Zhang Yimou's!"

"How can film art be measured simply by box office?"

"How can the number one Chinese-language director only look at awards? If you want to compare, you have to compare the comprehensive influence, including box office and awards. I love watching Wu Yuchen's movies, but I don't like Zhang Yimou's rural tone all the time!"

"Even if it is a comparison of awards and honors, Wu Yuchen's Chinese-language film box office is better than Zhang Yimou's! Zhang Yimou, you should win an Oscar first before you talk!"

"Wu Yuchen is the first to win an Oscar. But Hero has also said that it will compete for an Oscar this year!"

"Haha, can he win an Oscar if he wants to?"

"It's not like Director Zhang hasn't been nominated for an Oscar before. Ju Dou and Raise the Red Lantern have been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar twice. He has a great chance of winning an Oscar this year!"

"What's the point of just talking about nominations? Can nominations be considered awards? Again, let's talk about it after we get them!"

Because someone deliberately guided it, the topic of comparing Zhang Yimou and Wu Yuchen was also hyped up, from Hero and Blade of the Assassin to the comparison between the two directors.

Fans of Chen Kaizi did speak out during this, but they were directly criticized by supporters of Wu Yuchen and Lao Mouzi. What are you yelling about in Cannes? Go away and cool off!

Cai Yinong and Zhang Weiping would have a verbal fight every two days. Under such circumstances, the popularity of Blade of the Assassin was also sufficient.

Even those who were not interested in martial arts movies before, after reading the newspapers and listening to the discussions of people around them every day, were also aroused to buy tickets and go to the cinema to watch "Embroidered Spring Blade". After all, if you don't watch it, you have no right to speak, so how can you participate in the discussion of people around you?

For "Embroidered Spring Blade", there was a lot of praise before. But no matter how good a movie is, there will be people who don't like it, not to mention that "Embroidered Spring Blade" is not so perfect. Naturally, some people think it is exaggerated, but they can't express their opinions because they have been praising it before. Now that Zhang Weiping has emerged as a leader, they don't have to hold it back anymore, and they started a debate with people around them who like "Embroidered Spring Blade".

The more disputes there are, the more attention they attract. Those who didn't want to go to the cinema and wanted to wait for pirated copies can't sit still. Just as the lowest ticket price dropped to 15 yuan, these people began to buy tickets and go to the cinema to watch. And those who argued fiercely, in order to win the argument, began to spend money to buy tickets to go to the cinema to watch it again, just to dig out more details to prove their point of view!

In this way, the daily decline in the box office of "Embroidered Spring Blade" has become much smaller.

Two weeks after its release, the box office of "The Blade of the Assassin" has reached 220 million yuan, and at this time, pirated copies began to appear on the market. The crew of "The Blade of the Assassin" reported it one after another, and cooperated with the law enforcement team to crack down on three pirated copies one after another. At the same time, a 5 million anti-piracy bonus was offered, and all reports and revelations would be rewarded.

As a result, these pirates really dared not be as arrogant as usual, knowing that this time the authorities were serious and they would be sentenced if caught, and they would not be released after a few days of detention, so they had to cool down a bit. At worst, they would not do this order for the time being and avoid the limelight. Wu Yuchen is now the top Chinese director and can enjoy such a strong anti-piracy force from the authorities, but they don't believe that every movie in the future can enjoy the treatment of "The Blade of the Assassin"!

Although piracy is like cockroaches that cannot be eradicated, this can greatly hit their arrogance and slow down the spread of these pirated copies. Even if there are pirated copies on the market, they are basically the low-quality pirated copies secretly filmed in the cinema, with poor picture quality and full of noise. Even if someone buys it back to watch, they will not be satisfied with it. In the end, they will be addicted and go to the cinema to buy tickets to watch it.

After three weeks of release, "The Sword of Assassin" has a box office of 290 million yuan, and the single-day box office has fallen below 10 million yuan, but it is now getting closer and closer to "Titanic". The gap of less than 70 million does not seem to be out of reach.

At this time, Jiang Zhiqiang, the investor of "Hero", jumped out and said that Zhang Weiping's views only represent him personally and cannot represent the "Hero" crew. Both he and director Zhang Yimou praised "The Sword of Assassin"!

When asked which one is better, "Hero" or "The Sword of Assassin", Jiang Zhiqiang laughed and said that the two have different styles and it is not easy to compare them together, just like gold and jewelry are both good, everyone has their own preferences.

However, he praised "The Blade of the Assassin" for setting a good example for "Hero". Its box office performance represents everyone's recognition of martial arts movies and has brought up the popularity of martial arts movies. He said that "Hero" released a few months later inherited the glory of "The Blade of the Assassin".

Sure enough, Zhang Weiping stopped talking after that. I don't know if he was warned by Jiang Zhiqiang. This was also interpreted by the media as his surrender to "The Blade of the Assassin".

When interviewed by reporters and the media again, Cai Yinong also said with high spirits:

"We have never taken Zhang Weiping and his ilk seriously. "The Blade of the Assassin" has now broken the 300 million box office, and our goal is to break the 360 ​​million box office record of "Titanic", regain the box office champion throne of Chinese movies, and defend the dignity of Chinese-language movies!"

Previously, although Han Sanping, Wu Yuchen and Miracle Films had exchanges and discussions on this aspect, they had never been announced to the public. But with the box office of "The Blade of the Assassin" breaking 300 million, this goal was officially called out.

Afterwards, a number of media outlets also began to publicize this.

"Reclaim the throne of China's film box office champion and defend the dignity of Chinese-language films!"

Listen to this slogan, how patriotic, how nationalistic!

For this reason, those who have not seen "The Sword of Assassin" must go to the cinema to support a movie ticket!

These days, everyone's patriotic feelings are much stronger than those of later generations. The box office of patriotic films in later generations was full of oil, and now "The Sword of Assassin" also plays this sentiment card.

Some newspapers even directly started a column for the daily box office report of "The Sword of Assassin". Although it is only a rough number, you can't say that many people just like to stare at this number to see how far "The Sword of Assassin" is from this record.

After equating the box office of "The Sword of Assassin" exceeding "Titanic" with patriotic feelings, it really works. As a result, many patriotic fans are not only willing to watch it again, but also actively recommend it to their relatives and friends:

"Hey, Lao Liu, haven't you watched "The Blade of the Assassin" yet? What a good movie, I suggest you take your family to watch it!"

"Hey, Lao Li, don't you usually say that you are the most patriotic? You don't even support a movie ticket at 15 yuan? Are you contributing your patriotism to piracy? Don't wait, go to the cinema and buy tickets!"

8 million, 7 million, 6 million...

The single-day box office of "The Blade of the Assassin" is gradually decreasing, but the total box office is getting closer and closer to "Titanic". It's just that the tens of millions after the box office exceeded 300 million are indeed a bit difficult, and it can only be slowly polished with time.

Seeing that it is getting closer and closer to the 360 ​​million of "Titanic", Han Sanping also secretly made up his mind that even if "The Blade of the Assassin" stays in the cinema for a year, this time, this record must be broken!

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“Brother-in-law, am I moist~”

Wu Yuchen looked at Fan Bingbing, who was nestled in his arms with seductive eyes, and patted her round buttocks, calling her a slut.

Fan Bingbing played the second female doctor in “Embroidered Spring Blade”. Because of Ding Xiu’s phrase “very moist”, netizens also nicknamed her “Run Jie”.

In the end of the movie, Ding Xiu sent Zhou Miaotong played by Jiang Qinqin and “Run Jie” played by Fan Bingbing to Suzhou for resettlement, waiting for Shen Lian to take over their care. Wu Yuchen didn’t know how Shen Lian would treat the two women, anyway, he had already taken care of them.

However, her warmth came at the right time, allowing Wu Yuchen to vent the gloom in his heart. He only paid a little attention to the box office of “Embroidered Spring Blade” during this period, and his main energy was still on preparing for the new movie.

In order to shoot a new movie during the Anti-Japanese War, he went to several concentration camps in China. After seeing these things, he was naturally in a bad mood. Fan Bingbing came over and warmed his body and mind.

Fan Bingbing came here for his new movie, in addition to secretly communicating with Wu Yuchen. She asked:

"Brother-in-law, is there a role suitable for me in your new movie?"

Wu Yuchen smiled and rubbed Fan Bingbing's soft body: "Why, do you still want it?"

Fan Bingbing looked beautiful and said coquettishly: "It's not enough to learn from brother-in-law~"

Wu Yuchen looked at her, thought of a recent incident, and thought of the future fate of this girl in his previous life, and couldn't help but sighed: "In the future, you should pay taxes, and don't pay taxes that shouldn't be reduced!"

Fan Bingbing nestled in Wu Yuchen's arms and rubbed: "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? I only sleep with you!"

Wu Yuchen pinched her waist: "What are you talking about? I told you about Liu Xiaoqing!"

"Ah?" Fan Bingbing uttered a cry, and then reacted.

Fan Bingbing had naturally heard about Liu Xiaoqing's recent affairs, and couldn't help asking: "Brother-in-law, are you talking about Liu Xiaoqing's water theft and water leakage? Didn't you say you would cooperate with the investigation?"

"Investigation? This time it's not just an investigation, but you'll go to jail!" Wu Yuchen couldn't help but emphasize his tone.

"Ah? How could this happen?"

Fan Bingbing exclaimed, and immediately asked:

"I think people in the industry used to do this kind of thing, didn't they just make up for it afterwards? Will Liu Xiaoqing really go to jail this time?"

In the past, celebrities always made a lot of noise but little action, and big names in the arts and entertainment circles would not be severely punished even if they repeatedly stole water. For example, Mao Amin, the former big sister of the mainland music scene, did it more than once. She did it once in the early 1990s, and in 1998, she was caught for the second time. Not only was she approached by the relevant departments, but she was also reported in the newspapers. In the end, she was fined but no one pursued her.

There is not only one person like Mao Amin, so this gives some people in the arts and entertainment circles an impression that they will not be severely punished for such things, and at most they will be fined.

Wu Yuchen shook his head and said, "This phenomenon is not good. The higher-ups have already wanted to rectify it. Liu Xiaoqing has been caught this time, and she must be used as a warning to others."

Liu Xiaoqing once said in an interview: "It's hard to be a human being, it's hard to be a woman, and it's even harder to be a famous woman." This incident is a good annotation for her saying "It's hard to be a human being."

Then Wu Yuchen looked at Fan Bingbing and said, "You must remember Liu Xiaoqing's previous experience! Everyone loves money, and I love it too, but the means must be legitimate. Don't ruin yourself for this little money! Don't be lucky. Anyway, I'm saying this. You can make money, but don't do anything illegal, otherwise don't blame me for not protecting you when the time comes!"

Fan Bingbing shrank her neck when she heard this, and then took Wu Yuchen's hand and put it on her chest: "Brother-in-law, I listen to you the most. I promise you that I will never do such a thing!"

Wu Yuchen's brows loosened when he heard this. Fan Bingbing's current situation is very different from her previous life. With his big tree behind her, she has a background and a backer. She can get a lot of resources. She doesn't need to take risks like in her previous life. The probability of doing such things is naturally greatly reduced.

Speaking of Bingbing's previous life, I don't know whether to say she was unlucky or lucky.

It's unfortunate because more than 80% of people in the circle have this kind of behavior, but she is the only one who became the chicken to scare the monkeys. Those who say that she was criticized for supporting "Cell Phone 2" are all ignorant of the essence. This kind of thing is 100% a pre-selected target. Otherwise, why didn't Xiao Cui target Feng Xiaogang and the Wang brothers who filmed "Cell Phone 2"?

To put it bluntly, someone above wanted to punish her. She was too popular at the time and had no strong background. She did these dirty things, so she naturally became a good target. After she was killed, a group of celebrities went to the relevant departments to make up for the loss, which saved her reputation. It was like Xiao Pang took all the blame for everyone, but he became the only artist to be banned.

She is lucky because her 800 million is much larger than Liu Xiaoqing's. If it weren't for the amendment of the water affairs regulations in 2009, giving people who escaped from the water for the first time a chance to make up for the loss and pay a fine, she would have to stay in jail for a much longer time than Liu Xiaoqing.

But Fan Bingbing is really hardworking. If it were someone else, her experience would have died down, but she still persisted. When there was no hope in China, she turned to Japan and South Korea, and even learned Korean to seek opportunities in South Korea, and took on a lesbian movie. But no matter how hard she struggled, it was unlikely. It was fate, and there was nothing she could do.

Liu Xiaoqing was imprisoned for 422 days this time, which would have a deterrent effect in the short term, but after three years, the old ways would reappear in the circle, and with the rapid development of the entertainment industry and the influx of a large amount of capital, all kinds of chaos would be more and more excessive.

Wu Yuchen must still give her a vaccination, don't say I didn't warn you!

He thought about it, it was not enough to rely on verbal persuasion alone. He had to turn over directly, and he had to use practical actions to impress Fan Bingbing deeply!

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