The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 66 A Slap for an Adult

At 9:30 am on Sunday, the previous day's box office is released.

"Genius Gunner" topped the list, earning 3258 million box office in a single day.

Failure to break the single-day box office record created by "Peking Holiday" seems to be slightly inferior.

But the industry is even more amazed by this.

The concept of the summer file is completely different from the November off-season when "Peking Holiday" was released.

The former is that the entire market is fierce, while the latter is just a movie that is fierce.

You can see that the second place on the box office list is the 2360 million of the animated film "The King of the Forest"; the third is the 1899 million of "The Fugitive".

This is an important reason why everyone has to squeeze in the summer file for release.

The overall cake is bigger, even if there are more people grabbing it, it may be better to get a share than to monopolize an off-season schedule.

Under such circumstances, it is really strong that "Genius Gunner" can grab the biggest piece of cake.

In previous summers, there were only a handful of blockbuster films with a high attendance rate that could win a single-day box office of more than 3000 million.

It's not for nothing that "Genius Gunner" will be regarded as a public enemy.

At this juncture, it was reported in Dunhuang that Wang Wei was going to hold a press conference, and reporters from dozens of media immediately flocked to him.

On the eve of the press conference, the reporters talked a lot.

"What is Wang Wei going to do this time?" A young reporter asked.

Yes, that's why journalists are positive.

When everyone heard that Wang Wei was going to develop a press conference, their first reaction was that this guy must be doing something.

A seasoned reporter smiled slightly: "There are only a few possibilities. The first is to refute the criticism of "Genius Gunner" in the media."

Many reporters nodded.

This is very possible.

Everyone is in the same industry, and no one knows that someone behind the scenes is pushing the media to discredit "Genius Gunner".

With Wang Wei's personality, it would be strange not to bombard him back.

The reporter continued to speculate: "Secondly, he may show off the achievements of "Genius Gunner" and remind the betting media to prepare for a public apology."

The young reporter was stunned: "Is it really so unreasonable?"

"Hehe." The veteran reporter chuckled: "He has gained power, why can't he be justified? If he was afraid of trouble, he wouldn't have issued a gauntlet to more than a dozen media outlets."

At this time, another reporter intervened: ""Genius Gunner" may not be able to have the last laugh. Examples of driving high and low are not uncommon every year."

The veteran reporter squinted, oh, it was the head reporter of one of the media that was dismissed.

He pouted, not bothering to refute.

In his view, it is pure self-deception to say "drive high and go low" at this time.

When the extremely creative "Genius Gunner" came out, Wang Wei was the first to win.

There are many great movies, but some good ones are so dull and boring that they are too pursuit of artistic attainments, which makes people completely unwatchable; while the visually "good-looking" and interesting movies often have no depth and connotation.

"Genius Gunner" achieves the best of both worlds, both artistic and entertaining. While the plot is excellent, it will not make people feel boring. Such a movie is rare at any time.

—or so it seemed to him.

As for stamina, if two days ago, when "Genius Gunner" was looming under siege, it might not have enough stamina.

However, as soon as the "real version of transnational cheating" incident came out, it basically counteracted the encirclement and suppression of public opinion.

What's more, it has a director with a big mouth, so it's time to do something now?

So he dare not say that "Genius Gunner" is the biggest winner of the summer file, but it is definitely one of the big winners.

While the reporters were whispering, Wang Wei came out and presided over the press conference in person.

He gestured to the assistant first, and the latter brought out the half-sack of letters that had already been prepared.

"what is this?"

"Looks like a letter?"

"What letter?"

This was a bit beyond the expectations of the reporters. After whispering a few words, their eyes gradually focused on Wang Wei again.

Wang Wei didn't say anything routine, just said, "I made a film about students cheating, which attracted a lot of criticism."

I'm coming!Reporters pricked up their ears excitedly.

Unexpectedly, Wang Wei's words changed: "I don't want to refute anything, here I just want to read a few letters from small fans."

The reporters were taken aback.

"The reason why I say they are small movie fans is because they are all students and they don't have any channels to speak out. Let me help them speak out."

Without giving the reporters a chance to ask questions, Wang Wei opened a letter and began to read——

"...I saw many people in the newspaper saying, don't read "Genius Gunner", you will learn to cheat.

My classmates and I laughed.

I am a junior high school student. To be honest, most students now value the word integrity very much, and they don't even look down on cheating.

Our students are really not that ignorant.

So sometimes I wonder, if someone doesn't let us watch "Genius Gunner", is it because they are afraid that we will "learn bad" or that we will see the world of adults more clearly?
For example, is this a money society?

But, do you think students really don't understand at all?
Anyway, I know it, and so do my classmates.

I think people who say these things in the media, instead of trying to hide their ears and steal their bells, should try to make the world a little bit better..."

Wang Wei finished reading unhurriedly, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Look, in the eyes of the next generation, who is more stupid and ignorant?"

Still not giving the reporter a chance to ask questions, Wang Wei picked up another letter and continued to read——

“…I am a high school student about to enter my senior year.

I watched "Genius Gunner", and I also read some criticisms in the newspapers, and I couldn't express my thoughts.

Some people say that this movie is bad here, wrong there... But the most incorrect thing in the movie, isn't it that the school has been acquiescing to rich classmates to cheat?

I feel like the whole movie is based on this starting point.

The most fundamental mistakes, but no one seems to criticize them deeply.

Just like a teacher in a movie, he has one set of principles, but another set of things to do.

No wonder the protagonist uses unconventional methods to challenge the injustice in her cognition, but creates a greater injustice.

There must be something wrong with this.

So I think, after watching the movie, the most important thing to think about is not what education should be like-adults leading by example? "

Wang Wei put down the letter, and his voice suddenly became heavy: "There are many, many similar letters, many, many similar confusions and questions..."

The assistant distributed the letter to the reporters, and just by looking at the immature handwriting and signature, he knew it was a genuine letter from a student.

Wang Wei waved the letter paper in his hand: "I feel like these questions are slapped in the face of us adults."

"When students watch movies, they think about how to make the world a better place; when we adults watch movies, we watch movies to find fault with the eggs."

"I just stepped into the adult world, so I don't feel much pain in my face, but I am a layman who only wants to make money when I watch movies, so what qualifications do I have to answer their questions?"

"You may be more qualified, so please tell me, how can I return these students?"

"You can't tell them—maybe, this is life!"

No one answered, and at that moment, the audience was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

……

　Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the update will be a little later, probably in the evening. Here I would like to wish all my family members a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a happy family reunion!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)