rising director

Everyone is a director, and they are all touted by the media, but the real gap is immediately revealed. Wan Xiaohu still needs a lot of work to reach the height of Zhang Yimou.

The premiere will be held at 1:30, and you need to enter the venue half an hour in advance. Cameras, video cameras, mobile phones, watches and other items that may be suspected of being filmed must be handed over to the organizer for safekeeping. From superstars to high-ranking officials, this is the treatment.

"This specification, tsk tsk, can't be compared." Wan Xiaohu's old friend Zhang Yang, after being checked, didn't know whether it was irony or envy.

Wan Xiaohu shook his head: "I'll give you the opportunity to enter the Great Hall, you must cherish it, otherwise you will have the opportunity to come in and sit in the seat of the National People's Congress and the CPPCC member."

"Joke, am I such a secular person? I am still a member of the Youth Association. Sooner or later, I will join the CPPCC. I may not be free to invite me. But you, you haven't joined the party yet, have you?"

"I don't plan to join the party, I want to be a non-party person." Wan Xiaohu raised his eyebrows.

Zhang Yang snorted, "I despise you."

"No party affiliation is something to despise. I have no party affiliation, and there is no obstacle to going to any country. Besides, I don't plan to participate in any politics. I am not interested in politics, and I don't think that joining the party can make any difference. I still have no party affiliation." People are free, and don’t have to worry about being shuanggui suddenly one day.”

"You have a good plan. You can participate in the CPPCC without party affiliation, and you can express your opinions without being restrained. You are brilliant."

"Wrong, wrong, I have no intention of joining the CPPCC. I don't think that the country's policies are negotiated by the CPPCC. It is meaningless to join."

"At least the reputation is good... If you don't join the CPPCC, you have to sit here for a while today, lest you have no chance to sit here in the future."

"You don't have to worry about this, I think it's too easy to come here. Believe it or not, I will hold the company's year-end meeting at the Great Hall of the People at the end of this year."

"I can't pee with the capitalists, well, everyone goes their own way, each finds everyone, let's go."

After chatting for a while, I greeted a few directors I knew.Wan Xiaohu also came to his seat, quietly waiting for the release.Today's premiere was really high-end, nearly a thousand foreign friends gathered together, and even the host was invited by Phoenix Satellite TV's star actress Chen Luyu.

Rough calculations, the premiere probably cost no less than 100 million.

The end is generous.

Soon, the movie starts showing.

but.There was a bit of a joke, and it didn't get right the first time, the image on the big screen was reversed.

Immediately, many audience members shouted, this is a tribute to anti-piracy.

After the adjustments are made, "Hero" is officially released.

It's not the first time Wan Xiaohu has watched it, but he still feels that the scenes in the film are too beautiful and poetic, especially the scenery in Zhaigou.Simply a masterpiece.It has to be said that Zhang Yimou's research on color science ranks first among domestic directors.

Of course, the plot is a bit crippled.

Especially the theme, it turns out that "Wu Ming" gave up his heart for the world. This is probably the biggest failure. First of all, Westerners don't understand the "world" feelings of Chinese people.And again, they won't appreciate the tone of trying hard and then giving up on an idea.

For foreigners, Wuming is not a hero at all.

A hero is perseverance.After defeating the big villain, there is no reason to surrender to the big villain.

Two hours later, the premiere ended.

The applause was mixed with some people's puzzling questions, and the evaluation can be described as mixed.But it also met everyone's expectations for "Hero".Many foreigners also said that the film has the strength to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

After the premiere, Wan Xiaohu left, and the rest of the time was for the creators of "Heroes" to be interviewed and show off.

And "Hero"'s limelight goes far beyond a premiere.

After it was released nationwide on December 12, according to authoritative statistics from MmeTime.com and the National Film Special Fund Office, from the first day, the box office of "Hero" showed a blowout trend. In the first week, the average day exceeded The box office of 20 million yuan was earned.

There are currently 39 cinema lines in China, 889 movie theaters have implemented computerized ticket sales, and more than 200 movie theaters have manual ticket sales. The National Film Special Fund Office, the full name is the National Film Industry Development Special Fund Management Committee Office. We can only rely on the computerized ticketing terminal to count the computerized ticketing. The remaining more than 200 are investigated by Mtime.com one by one. Because of the limited manpower, the investigation cannot give an accurate figure.

In addition, movie theaters all over the world are seriously underreporting the box office. It can only be said that the official statistics are far less than the normal figures.

In other words, the popularity of "Hero" is unstoppable.

And with the box office success of the movie, the media was even more noisy, and all entertainment reports were submerged in the wave of "Hero".Some scolded the movie for spending money on making big scenes but failed to tell the story well. You praised the movie for being worthy of an investment of 3000 million US dollars, and more of it turned out to be a comparison between "Hero" and "Infernal Affairs".

Wan Xiaohu was shooting while lying down. He had gradually faded out of the media's field of vision and was ready to take a good rest.Study "Qin Shi Mingyue", conceive "The Wind", and flirt with beauties from all walks of life.

But the flames of war burned on him.

The media is divided into three factions. One faction uses box office data to belittle Wan Xiaohu and "Infernal Affairs", while exalting Zhang Yimou and "Heroes".

""Hero" raked in 8000 million RMB in eight days, surpassing the 5700 million RMB box office of "Infernal Affairs" in the same period. Zhang Yimou proved that he is a well-deserved master of Chinese films. After the commercial transformation, he is still No.1."

"Word of mouth is uneven, but the box office remains high. It has become a fact that "Hero" crushed "Infernal Affairs" and became the top box office champion in 2002."

"Jiang is still old and hot, and Wan Xiaohu is more than an order of magnitude worse than Zhang Yimou."

"The era of blockbuster movies has arrived. Zhang Yimou and "Heroes" are the saviors of Chinese films. Wan Xiaohu, who needs to go to Hong Kong to film "Infernal Affairs", is still immature."

"The Chinese movie "Hero" is full of epic style, and the Hong Kong movie "Infernal Affairs" is too petty."

"Wan Xiaohu's title of business master can be taken off, Lao Mou turned from art to business, and won the title again!"

The other faction relies on word-of-mouth feedback, supporting Wan Xiaohu and "Infernal Affairs", and ridiculing Zhang Yimou and "Heroes".

"It is not the gorgeous scenes and inflated box office that can prove the success of the movie, but the story is not well told. "Hero" lost to "Infernal Affairs" in word of mouth."

"Compared to the fact that "Infernal Affairs" was released with almost no bad reviews, "Hero" is really sorry for everyone's expectations for it."

"Zhang Yimou's business theory is to imitate Hollywood blockbusters and put flowers on display, which is far from Wan Xiaohu's grasp of the story."

"How can a follow-up film that copied "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" compare with "Infernal Affairs", which pioneered the theme of inner ghosts!"

"Zhang Yimou's artistic achievement is indeed better than that of Wan Xiaohu, but he still needs to learn more when making commercial films."

In addition to these two factions, there are naturally media that stand in the same camp.objective reporting.

"Tickets are hard to come by, and moviegoers are raving. "Hero" copied the release scene of "Titanic". After "Infernal Affairs", it became the second mainland movie this year to break the [-] million box office."

"In the past, "Infernal Affairs" led the summer season, and now "Hero" is a big hit for the New Year. The first year of the theatrical system has achieved brilliant results. The country's film reform has already achieved results."

"As far as the mainland film market is concerned, although the box office of "Hero" is better than that of "Infernal Affairs" in the same period, considering the cost, publicity, and evaluation after watching the movie, it is obviously not better than "Infernal Affairs". Movies that are going to hit the Oscars have sold very well overseas, and in terms of international influence. "Hero" is even stronger."

"There was Feng Xiaogang in the past, Wan Xiaohu is now, and Zhang Yimou is about to come. The commercial era of Chinese films has arrived. Congratulations."

Amid such heated debates, "Hero" is still hot at the box office. After 13 days of release, it successfully broke through 15720 million yuan on New Year's Day, surpassing "Infernal Affairs"'s [-] million yuan.

"Wan Dao, aren't you very depressed, this champion's butt was snatched away by others before it was hot?"

In the director's office, Mai Jia read the newspaper and made a joke.

After arriving from Jincheng, the Mai family took over the task of adapting the script of "The Wind" without any hesitation, not only because of Wan Xiaohu's fame, but also because the Mai family studied radio in the army. , I really like the Morse code plot involved in "The Wind".

"There is nothing to be depressed about. It is interesting to compete at the box office. Last year I won the annual box office champion, and it would be boring to win again this year. And with "Hero", I will have someone to catch up with. In this way It's more exciting to make a movie, or how can I say that the high place is too cold, after Dugu, don't everyone want to seek defeat."

"Wan Dao is really very passionate."