China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 312 Detective Storm in Chinatown, the audience was dumbfounded

"Is it a bad move for "Detective Chinatown" to take on "Transformers 4"? Tell me, how much do you think the former can achieve at the box office of the latter?"

Until the moment "Detective Chinatown" was officially released, netizens were still debating it endlessly. On Douban, Maoyan, Tieba, Weibo, Hupu, and in every corner of the Internet, netizens discussed it endlessly.

Wang Qihang is a freshman, and he is also a fan of Li Mu. He is not an extreme fan like those in the fandom. He admires Li Mu, but he simply thinks that Li Mu is really awesome.

Steven Spielberg, who is a god-like existence in the film industry, was actually surpassed by Li Mu in total box office? !

Oscars for Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture. Can you just win these awards?
Science fiction movies have always been a major shortcoming of Chinese movies, but "Gravity" and "Avatar" together set off a global 3D movie storm?Even "Gravity" was released before "Avatar."

Before Li Mu, no one could have imagined that Chinese films could develop to this point in just a few years. To be more precise, no one could have imagined that Li Mu could develop to this point.

Therefore, whenever there are posts on the Internet that are unfriendly to Li Mu and Hua Shang, Wang Qihang will definitely help!
However, the trouble is that he is not a crazy fan!

Idiot fans can support their idols without any brains, but they can confuse right and wrong, and they can behave recklessly without any bottom line, but as a rational fan, they can't do the same, otherwise, how much will they lose?

So back to the question just now, is it a bad move for Hua Shang's new film "Detective Chinatown" to not reschedule when it meets "Transformers 4"?
He has no conscience to echo those who say that "Detective Chinatown" can beat "Transformers 4". At the same time, he can't bear to see some netizens saying that Hua Shang is a bad move this time.

As a rational fan of Li Mu, he will try his best to give his fair evaluation:
"If you look at the box office alone, it is true that changing the schedule is better than not changing the schedule. Without changing the schedule, 48% of the film schedule is already the limit. After all, "Transformers 4" has only 50% of the film schedule.

"But if the schedule is changed, with the strength and connections of Huashang Media, 78% of the films scheduled will be easily available. However, for the same film, it is unlikely that 48% of the films scheduled will sell more than 78% of the films scheduled. So if we only look at the box office, Yes, Hua Shang’s decision not to change the schedule this time may indeed be irrational.”

As soon as this reply came out, the netizens who were watching were immediately happy.

"Hey, who is this person? It turns out he is setting sail! What do you think I'm talking about? Now even die-hard Li Mu fans think Hua Shang's actions are irrational!"

"Is the "Transformers" series awesome? It must be awesome! But doesn't it mean it's invincible? Definitely not! At least Li Mu's own science fiction blockbusters don't have to be afraid of it. But, who are you, Chen Sicheng? This How much is the box office of a person's movie? 6.3 million?! It's not at the same level as "Transformers 4". I'm not saying that Hua Shang isn't awesome, but against "Transformers 4", you Hua Shang can't be compared to Li Mu , at least director Shen Junsheng, who has produced "Thailand" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City", right?"

"Not to mention that "Transformers" itself is awesome, but there is another thing. "Transformers 4" is already the fourth part of this series. Is the popularity of the first three parts accumulated in vain? "Transformers 1" How much is the box office? How much is the box office of "囧囧" and "不囧"? This is the advantage of sequels! If "Embarrassing 4" is against "Transformers 4" this time, it will still be somewhat interesting, that is I don’t know where Hua Shang and Chen Sicheng got the courage to play "Detective Chinatown" against "Transformers 4" this time, they will probably be tortured to tears!"

"Although the schedules of the two movies are not much different, I guess it won't be too embarrassing if "Detective Chinatown" can have half the box office of "Transformers 4" in the end!"

Seeing these comments from netizens above, Wang Qihang sighed secretly.To be honest, he was very angry when he saw the above remarks, but he had to admit that what these people said actually made some sense.

Then there were several good-hearted people in the comment area @王奇行.

"@ Yangset Sail, you haven't guessed how much box office "Detective Chinatown" will get this time!"

"@ Yangset Sail, let's talk about it, mark it, and look back in a few days."

Looking at those Aite's own IDs, although Wang Qihang didn't want to guess at all, he still felt a little frustrated and wrote down his true thoughts at the moment:
"If you look at the final box office alone, yes, it is indeed better to change the schedule than not to change the schedule. But please don't forget that Li Mu is now the world's number one box office director. What kind of company is Huashang Media? It's Hollywood. With blockbusters conquering cities and territories all over the world, they have almost single-handedly overtaken the entire great Hollywood studio.

"So who is the director of Transformers 4?

"Michael Bay?
“Although he is also a world-class director, compared with Li Mu, there is still a certain gap.

"The decision not to change the schedule of "Detective Chinatown" cannot only be based on the box office account, but also depends on the improvement this decision will have on the entire Chinese film industry. This improvement is priceless. As for the final box office of the film, based on "Detective Chinatown" With the scale of investment, it would be considered a success to get 4% of "Transformers [-]", even if it failed, it would be an honor!"

However, it is obvious that many netizens do not agree with the so-called theory of improving morale. These people replied:
"Hey, why is it only [-]%? This is a script written by Li Mu himself. It seems that Li Mufen doesn't have enough confidence in "Detective Chinatown" this time!"

"If you can really pull out your teeth from the tiger's mouth in "Transformers 4", it will really improve your morale. If you are tortured to death, well, even Huashang Media will be tortured. Are you sure it's not the opposite effect?"

""Detective Chinatown" seems to be following the comedy path of "Lost in Thailand", but it also adds a 'detective' element. Comedy is afraid of stuffing too many things into it, and comedy is purely funny. I want to The more things there are, the greater the chance of getting caught in the end! In short, I am not optimistic about directors Hua Shang and Chen Sicheng this time."

For a moment, Wang Qihang was speechless.

On the morning of June 6, Wang Qihang arrived at Wanda Cinema in Beijing early. After careful observation, he concluded that at least 17% of the audience passing by him were talking about "Transformers 4", and many of them were talking about "Transformers 4". The whole family, men, women, old and young, acted together. This is roughly in line with the pre-sale box office situation of Maoyan. According to Maoyan box office data, as of early yesterday morning, the pre-sale box office of "Transformers 1.6" had reached a total of 1.1 million yuan, while "Detective Chinatown" Case" but only about [-] million.

The pre-sales of "Detective Chinatown" are not as good as 4% of "Transformers [-]"!

The situation seems very pessimistic. It seems that most Chinese movie fans are still more interested in "Transformers 4".

In addition, some statements on the Internet have always worried him, especially those who said that the future of "Detective Chinatown" will be bad because it wants too much. Maybe what they said has some truth, yes, both It needs comedy effect, suspense, and action.

Years of movie-watching experience tell Wang Qihang that if a movie wants to express too many things, it will often express nothing well.

The ticket check finally started, and Wang Qihang and everyone went to the screening hall address written on the ticket.

After finding a seat and sitting for a while, the movie officially started soon.

"Student Qin Feng, why did you apply for the Criminal Police Academy?"

At the beginning of the movie, Qin Feng, played by Liu Haoran, was being interviewed by a criminal police officer. After failing the interview, his family persuaded him to go to Thailand to relax, which led to the introduction of his distant cousin, Tang Ren, known as the number one detective in Chinatown. !
As the plot progressed, some basic information about the film, such as the producer, producer, planner, starring, etc., began to appear on the big screen one after another. Then the big screen went dark, and this time two lines of small characters appeared on the big screen. A few moderate cheers suddenly sounded in the theater:
"screenwriter"

"Li Mu"

Two lines and four words gave many people the minimum confidence in the basic quality of the film.

At the beginning of the movie, Superintendent Huang Rendeng, played by Chen Tan, was investigating a gold theft case. He led the police into a Buddhist statue workshop to arrest him. Unexpectedly, one of the suspects, Sompha, was hit on the back of the head with a magic pestle and killed. In the workshop.

The owner of the stolen gold has a great background. The director said that whoever can solve this case will be the future deputy director.

Huang Rendeng also has a rival - Superintendent Quintai played by Xiao Yang. The two are incompatible with each other in order to compete for the position of deputy director. Moreover, Quintai played by Xiao Yang is also Huang Ren's backer in Thailand played by Bao Qiang.

The beginning of the film is not very stunning, but the advantage is that the characters are very vivid and three-dimensional, especially Tang Ren, played by Bao Qiang, which almost completely breaks the audience's previous understanding of him and gives people a strong sense of freshness. Qin Feng's stuttering , Chen Brown, who has his own sense of humor, and Xiao Yang, who is unexpectedly full of laughter, everything seems to tell the audience that this will be a very good comedy movie.

As for the word "detective" in the title, to be honest, the vast majority of the audience who walked into the theater never thought that they would see a suspenseful detective movie of such a high standard just today.

"As long as it makes me laugh, as for suspense and investigation, who doesn't know it's just a gimmick?!"

These are basically the truest thoughts in the hearts of the vast majority of the audience in the screening hall.

The movie continues.

In Thailand, Qin Feng finally met his distant cousin, Chinatown's number one detective, Tang Ren!
I just didn't expect that the so-called number one detective in Chinatown turned out to be a complete idiot. The major cases he said he handled, including investigating missing persons, were actually looking for lost cats and dogs for the neighbor's old lady. He even casually The pet store bought a cat to fool the old lady.

The so-called tracking of suspects is actually to catch the mistress, and to transport important items is to deliver express.

Qin Feng felt that his cousin was too low and wanted to leave. Unexpectedly, Tang Ren was accidentally involved in the two cases of Songpa's murder and gold theft.

By the way, Tang Ren secretly watched Axiang take a bath. After being caught, he turned around and blamed his nephew Tang Ren. He also said righteously: "You are young and don't learn well. How can you learn such a thing?"

Qin Feng stammered: "I...I, I..."

Tang Ren: "Nothing? You haven't seen enough, have you? This time they poured hot water, next time they will pour sulfuric acid!"

The funny lines, awesome accent, and Bao Qiang’s serious look made the theater burst into laughter!
What's even more annoying is that when Axiang asked Tang Ren who Qin Feng was, Tang Ren opened his mouth and said, "Cousin, let alone Qin Feng." The audience was stunned for a moment.

Wang Qihang finally suppressed his laughter and finally looked around. He heard someone whisper:
"Cousin? Hahaha! Baoqiang's role this time is amazing!"

"It feels like Hua Shang is in trouble again. Do you believe me when I say this movie has the potential of the '囧' series?" "The "囧" series? Is it so awesome?"

"How did Bao Qiang play Tang Ren so vulgar but not annoying? 'Do you know who this person is? And you shamelessly peeked at me!' Haha, I have never seen such a rogue and messy character. , Bao Qiang’s acting skills are awesome!”

"How did Bao Qiang have the courage to come up to Liu Haoran and say that they are equally handsome? Hahaha, it feels like a good laugh!"

As the plot deepens, a mysterious person suddenly informs Tang Ren that he was involved in the murder of Sompa and that the police are now coming to arrest him. Then the part of the film in which the Chinatown detectives investigate the case officially starts.

"Why does the scene of escaping on the street feel like Uncle Cheng Longlong?"

"Hahaha, the scene where Zeng Xiaoxian fell down and hit his nose was too funny - no, is this a tribute to the 1974 "Chinatown" starring Jack Nicholson?"

Wang Qihang has accumulated a lot of experience in movies, so he was able to see many tributes that the audience didn't know, and it was a great feeling that others didn't know he knew, which further improved his evaluation of the movie.

"Tang Ren is obviously not the murderer, but now almost all the evidence points to him being the murderer - is this a tribute to Aosaki Yugo's "Gymnasium Murder"? Both works have a 'murderer' with conclusive evidence at the beginning, but the former She is a female high school student, and here is the wretched uncle Tang Ren!"

Wang Qihang became excited. In fact, he has always been interested in suspense films. Unfortunately, there are very few suspense films in China that can reach a qualified level. He originally had no hope at all for the suspense content of this film, but now it seems, At least Li Mu put a lot of thought into writing this suspenseful script.

“I don’t know if there will be some unexpected surprises!”

Wang Qihang sat up straight unconsciously.

The Sompa murder case is a typical secret room murder case.

The workshop where Songpa worked had a total of four surveillance cameras, and the content was automatically covered every week. Apart from Tang Ren, no third person entered the surveillance room, and Tang Ren's fingerprints were all over the murder weapon, the Demonic Pestle.

The reason why Tang Ren went to the Buddha Statue Workshop, according to Bao Qiang, was because he was entrusted by the deceased Songpa to go to the workshop to transport a Buddha statue to a van in the parking lot of the building. Although Tang Ren did not see Songpa Frontally, but through the projection and sound, it was determined that Sompa was still alive at that time.

Tang Ren and Qin Feng sneaked into the crime scene. One detail was that the workshop clearly had electric lighting equipment, but there were traces of burning candles on the table where Songpa worked.

Moreover, the memory card of the camera that Sompa often used was missing.

Another detail is that the room where Sompa's dead son had apparently been unoccupied for a long time, but there was a pair of fresh footprints under the bed.

So the question is, who is the murderer?
How did he avoid surveillance and sneak into the Buddha statue workshop to kill people, and how did he escape from the scene while avoiding surveillance?

Could it be that... the person was really killed by Tang Ren?
impossible!
So how did the murderer do it?

Wang Qihang was completely excited at this moment. He never expected that Li Mu would actually write a hard-core mystery script!
Basic principles of Benguet reasoning: fairness and rational logic.

In other words, readers and the true detective have equal clues, and the reader can immersively explore the truth behind the case with the true detective.

Original mystery writers such as Elle Lee Quinn will even openly challenge readers, claiming that readers already have enough information to deduce the truth, and see if anyone can take the first step to solve the mystery.

Following the protagonist to peel off the cocoon and explore the truth is the greatest pleasure of Bengepai's reasoning.

Wang Qihang really didn't expect that he just wanted to watch a comedy movie that was limited to the "囧" series. As a result, two directors, Li Mu and Chen Sicheng, actually joined forces to give him an authentic mystery and suspense feast. !
Surprise!

Even - scary!
"Avoid monitoring...the content will be automatically overwritten within seven days...could it be said?"

At this moment, Wang Qihang suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and instantly it seemed as if all the blood in his body was boiling:
"Is...that's it?"

"It's still wrong. If that's the case, then where has he been hiding for the past seven days?"

At the same time, the audience in the theater was completely immersed in waves of laughter.

Yes, "Detective Chinatown" not only contains hard-core reasoning that makes Wang Qihang's scalp numb, but also high-energy jokes that make most viewers unable to hold back their laughter even if they want to shut up, and even have to hold back internal injuries.

Especially when the film reaches the 203rd minute, Superintendent Quintai, played by Xiao Yang, is the backer of Tang Ren. Before Superintendent Huang Rendeng, played by Chen Brown, points out that Tang Ren is the murder suspect, he speaks righteously:
"Landon Huang, what do you mean? You came to my territory to arrest people without saying hello, and you f*cking arrest my people?!"

"Who in the whole Chinatown doesn't know that Tang Ren is my Quintiles boss?"

After seeing the conclusive evidence of Tang Ren's "murder", Quintai immediately changed his face:
"I want to make it clear here that I have nothing to do with this Tang Ren!"

After Huang Renden pointed out that Quintiles had just said that Tang Ren was his vest, and that Tang Ren also had shares in Tang Ren's detective agency, Quintiles' performance directly made the entire theater burst into laughter:

"I'm warning you not to talk nonsense. Do you understand that I'm suing you for slander?"

"He slandered me!"

In an instant, most of the audience in the theater burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect Xiao Yang's comedy talent to be so awesome."

"The lines are okay, but the key is the accent: 'He's destroying me, he's destroying me!' Slander? Ruining? God, you're going to make me laugh to death!"

"Hahaha... I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore, my cheeks hurt from laughing so much, what should I do?!"

However, one wave came after another, and then Tang Ren's call came directly to Quintai's cell phone - in full view of the entire police station.

"Brother Kun, you..."

"What are you doing? How dare you kill someone? I give you six hours to surrender at the police station!"

"I……"

"What am I? Don't ever think about running away. Don't ever think about leaving Thailand on a smuggling ship and then transferring to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Don't let me see you. Let me see you." I'll kill you in minutes!"

In the screening hall.

The audience was stunned for a moment, and then immediately burst into laughter even stronger than before:

"Hahaha... Is this trying to persuade you to surrender?"

"Awesome, don't tell me this boss is worth working for!"

"The policemen who just listened were dumbfounded. How can they do this to persuade them to surrender? Awesome!"

As a result, Quintai, played by Xiao Yang, made a righteous statement: "I am sworn in with sin!"

This time many people burst out laughing.

"No, no, no, my stomach hurts, don't let your intestines roll up!"

"Is this script written by Li Mu? All I can say is that it's so damn talented, it can compete with "囧"!"

"A rare and excellent comedy movie!"

(End of this chapter)