Chapter 539 This is even more cruel than telecommunications fraud
This year's Spring Festival period can indeed be called the strongest Spring Festival period. After all, there have been 10 films released during the Spring Festival period in history, but there has never been a Spring Festival period like this year.
All the famous directors gathered there.
Not only are all the famous directors present, but some screenwriters and directors of the new era are also beginning to come to the fore.
This year's Spring Festival is bound to become a legendary New Year's Day movie season.
At the same time, this year's Lunar New Year box office will be quite tragic. Even from the discussions about the two science fiction films "The Wandering Earth" and "The Rescue", we can know how tragic it will be.
In short, the same old saying applies: no matter what age the director is, no matter what age the screenwriter is, or even no matter who the actor is, they can only use three things to prove themselves on the first day of the Spring Festival.
That is it.
box office.
box office.
box office.
Yes.
The only criterion to prove their success on the first day of the Spring Festival is the box office.
Although the movie ticket prices during the Spring Festival have become more and more expensive in the past three years, and the audience loss has been quite severe, it is true that many people still like to watch movies during the Spring Festival every year.
Especially for many couples, they basically still go to the cinema.
It’s better in big cities, but in third- and fourth-tier cities, people often just go to the movies during the New Year.
Of course, ticket prices in third- and fourth-tier cities are not cheap at all, especially in county towns. A movie ticket is sometimes more expensive than in the city.
But after all, it’s the New Year, so it would be a bit difficult for you to watch all ten movies, but it is still possible to watch just one or two.
For Su Liang, it is actually quite boring for him to go back to his hometown every year.
On the one hand, he is already 34 years old this year. Many of his classmates of the same age are already a year older, and some are even in the fourth or fifth grade. As a result, he and these classmates naturally have no common topics.
On the one hand, he is actually not very willing to attend class reunions because class reunions nowadays have changed.
In the past, everyone had a great time chatting at class reunions, and there were no interests involved.
But things have been different since five or six years ago. Su Liang can clearly feel that everyone has gradually become snobbish, and this snobbery makes Su Liang feel a little uncomfortable.
Almost everyone has started to rank people according to who is doing better.
The gangster in his student days has now become a boss, so he can sit at the top seat with peace of mind.
Not only that, there are also female classmates who dropped out of school early and now have a car and a house by being a mistress, and they have gradually turned their fortunes around and are doing very well now. Naturally, everyone praises them.
You know, many people were not happy with this female classmate when they first learned that she was a mistress. But now it is different. People are starting to laugh at the poor instead of the prostitute.
Maybe Su Liang is a little pretentious, or maybe even though Su Liang is 34 years old, he is still a bit young at heart, and he doesn't like it.
He feels that friendship among classmates should not be like this. He believes that friendship among classmates should not be mixed with other factors.
For this reason, Su Liang simply stopped attending class reunions. There was no other meaning, he just simply didn't like watching those dramas.
It's really boring.
In the past few years, some people would often ask about Su Liang, but later Su Liang said every day that he didn't want to go, and then other people stopped inviting him.
After all, we are all adults. Some people socialize just for the sake of socializing, while some people, when they find that you are of no so-called use, will no longer consider you.
This is the cruel reality of adulthood.
As I said, everyone is very busy.
Some people choose to live a peaceful life, some choose to move forward with a heavy burden, some choose to lie down and live a mediocre life, and some choose to go far away. You can't say that any choice is wrong. You can only say that everyone has his reasons for his choice.
As for Su Liang, he chose to lie down and live in humiliation.
Lying down does not mean giving up on life. What it means is to stop working hard for a house or for marriage, and to spend whatever you earn.
Su Liang himself has become a non-marriage advocate, and in this respect he is quite similar to some women on social platforms.
Some women’s slogan is to stay safe by not getting married and having children, while Su Liang believes in enjoying the present and avoiding internal competition by not getting married and having children.
Because of this, he has been scolded by his parents several times. Every time he comes back, his parents urge him to get married and go on blind dates. However, in the past two years, his parents have completely given up.
It’s very simple. There are no people of this age around me anymore.
Unless he finds someone who has been remarried, there are people who can bring children with them, but Su Liang's parents are people who want to save face, so how could they possibly want this? ?
It's better not to get married than to marry someone like this.
So, every time he went back to his hometown in the past two years, Su Liang basically spent the seven days of the Spring Festival in the cinema.
Their home was not too far from the county town, and Su Liang was not married, had no children, and did not like playing cards. At the same time, he did not need to visit relatives, so he might as well just go to the movies.
There are no early morning shows during this year's Spring Festival. All Spring Festival movies will start at 9 o'clock.
Su Liang considers himself an artistic youth. He has watched all of Chen Feng's nearly 17 movies.
It has been almost 40 years, and Chen Feng has only made 17 movies. You can imagine how slow Chen Feng is in filming.
However, these 17 movies are all classics and big hits.
Chen Feng has never made a bad movie.
This is the only difference between Chen Feng and other directors. Which of his contemporaries has not made bad movies? Which of them has not made bad money? ?
Only Chen Feng didn't.
In this regard, you can understand why Chen Feng's "The World's Number One" was ranked first on the first day of screening, and fans were willing to come and support it.
It’s simple, the audience believes in him and the theaters believe in him too.
Everyone thinks that Chen Feng’s signboard is worth more than 100 million.
When Su Liang arrived at the cinema, he found that there were indeed not too many people watching the first show.
At 9:12, "The World's Number One" will be released on the first day.
This movie has only released a few trailers before, but there was no premiere and no advance screenings. It is obvious that this is a movie that will be kept secret until the Spring Festival.
It seems that people in the county don’t like Chen Feng’s movies very much.
Su Liang shook his head secretly.
In a small county town, a ticket is not cheap, and may even be more expensive, because there are only two cinemas in the county town where Su Liang lives. The normal ticket prices are not cheap, and the ticket prices during the Spring Festival are even higher.
It’s very simple, do you want to buy it or not?
Many people in county towns or surrounding villages usually do not have the opportunity and time to spend time with their families, and there are not many entertainment activities in county towns, so they basically bring their children to watch a movie.
It’s okay if it’s a bit more expensive.
However, these people will not watch "The World's Number One", they will basically take their children to watch animated movies.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The naughty kids won’t get up too early. Usually, the shows after 11 noon are theirs.
That's exactly why "The World's Number One" can only be scheduled at 9:12, and the number of animated films scheduled will basically be increased at noon.
Compared to Su Liang's county town, other cities have different screening schedules for "The World's Number One". Just like the photos posted by several friends in Su Liang's group, many shows of "The World's Number One" at around 9 o'clock were almost full.
Chen Feng has a large following, and many of the viewers of his films are die-hard fans. So today, on the first day and the first show of the official release of "The World's Number One", many group members made an appointment together, and some viewers even customized some banners and the like.
On the first day of the new year, a sense of ceremony is a must.
Then, after watching "The World's Number One", to be exact, less than half an hour later, some people were already feeling unhappy.
That's it? ?
That’s it???
That’s it???
This was taken by Chen Feng???
And what kind of 3D chicken feather blanket is this???
In the past, although the martial arts dramas shot by Chen Feng were a bit literary, the scripts were relatively rigorous. More importantly, the characters in the drama could be said to have their own merits, and each character had a very distinct personality.
Chen Feng can film people, knights, and chivalrous women. As a director, he can train actors, and an actor who obviously does not have much acting skills can often achieve rapid results in Chen Feng's movies.
That's exactly the case. Even though Chen Feng often takes several years to shoot a movie, there are still many actors willing to participate.
There is no way, who said that there are so many benefits to participating in Chen Feng's movie? ?
Because of this, the cast of the movie "The Best in the World" is basically quite strong.
First of all, the four best actors Wang Yi, Liu Shuo, Zhang Juan and Dong Jiajia are quite strong, not to mention the friendly participation of many other actors.
Before "Number One Under Heaven" was released, someone did a statistics on this movie and found that this movie has about 45 well-known actors including best actor, best actress, king of singers, queen of pop, young actors, young actresses, etc.
kindness.
This is actually the reason why some people in the industry think that this movie may fail. The reason is simple, that is, there are so many actors and it seems like a big mess.
In recent years, since Yao Qing, everyone was surprised to find that some directors have started to do this, that is, use a bunch of stars to act in a movie. Anyway, there are many actors and it is the Lunar New Year period, so everyone just wants to have some fun.
This way the cost is not high, the stars are just guest appearances, and during promotion you just need to let the stars help with the promotion, and the publicity and promotion fees can be saved a lot, and maybe you can get hundreds of millions at the box office during the Lunar New Year holiday.
This is what some unscrupulous directors do.
But to be honest, if Chen Feng does this, it is not just a matter of whether he has moral integrity or not. This will directly cause the idols of countless people to be shattered.
After all, over the years, Chen Feng has always been an idol in everyone's mind.
He has always had his own ethics and has always stuck to his own character.
Think about it, which director would dare to spend four or five years shooting a movie? ?
If all the films were shot in the way Chen Feng did, the film and television company would probably have gone bankrupt long ago.
Therefore, in the whole of China, only Chen Feng dared to do this. Of course, there were also a few big directors in Yuanxing who dared to do this. There were also some directors who dragged the film and television companies into bankruptcy while filming.
But in China, there is only one person like Chen Feng.
Scorpion shit is unique.
Because of this, the audience has higher expectations of Chen Feng.
But after watching the movie "The Best in the World", many people felt it was too boring.
This movie seems to be about "The World's Number One" and seems to be a martial arts movie, because in the trailer, the promotion of this movie is a comedy.
Comedy martial arts film.
This type of film actually fits the atmosphere of the Lunar New Year period. Originally, there was only one comedy film this year, which was "A Fairy Husband at Home", and "The World's Number One" is defined as a martial arts film. If it is also a comedy, then it will be extremely competitive.
As a result, after watching "The World's Number One", everyone found that this was not a comedy at all? ?
This is a tragedy.
The plot of the movie can be easily summarized. It's about a nobody who thinks he's a martial arts genius. He practices martial arts hard and even goes to a tavern called 'Xiaoyaoku' to find a famous teacher to practice martial arts. Then he's treated as a fool by some people, and some people tell him that he's the best in the world. Then this nobody starts to do chivalrous things and sometimes even scares other people, but in the end he still gets beheaded.
Being the best in the world is nothing more than an irony.
This movie still has Chen Feng's style at its core, literary and artistic, and at the same time it explores the martial arts world. Many people think that the martial arts world is free and easy, but it is not only full of intrigues, but also bloody.
But how to say it???
Firstly, the movie "The Number One Under Heaven" is too slow. Now is an era of fast pace, but Chen Feng still follows his previous style. The plot has not progressed much and it is dragged out very slowly. Secondly, some of the characters are literary at best and psychotic at worst.
The only good thing about this movie is the cinematography, the pictures are beautifully shot.
But how could the audience buy into such a situation? ?
So, almost after the two shows were over, the audience of "The World's Number One" was the first to go crazy.
Fraud.
This is a scam.
Many people even think that Chen Feng should just stop making movies and instead engage in telecom fraud.
No.
To put it more bluntly, this is even worse than telecommunications fraud.
The higher the expectations were in the early stages, the more angry and disappointed everyone is about this movie today.
Su Liang finished watching it. After watching it, he said in the group: "Sometimes, it may really only take one movie to fall from the altar."
After all, he had liked Chen Feng, so Su Liang didn't say anything harsh at this time.
But it's different for other people.
I spent real money to buy the movie tickets, and then watched such a disappointing movie.
What?
Still not allowed to say it???
At this time, not only "The First Under Heaven", but basically all other movies have also received feedback.
On the first day of the Spring Festival, word of mouth was already clearly divided within half a day.
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(End of this chapter)
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