Chapter 750: Declare War on Hollywood Movies!

Bi Feiyu came out of the cinema.

He watched a movie...

The movie is called "Suicide Squad."

The movie is directed by and stars the famous Hollywood superstar Schwarzschild Tallon, and will be released in China in July...

After watching the movie, Bi Feiyu felt nothing but shock deep in his heart.

In fact, this movie is in the style of the 1980s and 1990s, and the plot of the movie is not outstanding. This is the consistent style of old American movies.

But in addition to movies, special effects, explosions, gun battles, hand-to-hand combat and other scenes are all explosive...

Even though Bi Feiyu knew that everything was a movie, he was still stimulated by the action scenes of the movie, which made his adrenaline soar...

but……

After watching it, Bi Feiyu silently took a look at the Chinese movie released in 2012.

Since the movie "A Hundred Birds" won an award and caused a stir in China, in the first half of 2012, a large number of movies similar to "A Hundred Birds", which focused on the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, flooded out.

But they are not "Hundred Birds"...

Moreover, every movie seems to be riding on the popularity, and is shot extremely impetuously just to make money in the market.

The audience, like the readers, has sharp eyes. You can say they are hard to agree on, but good is good and bad is bad...

In April 2012, this kind of movie not only failed to make the audience sympathize with it like "Birds", but was scolded so bloody that parents didn't recognize it.

After April 2012, there were fewer such films in the Chinese film market.

However, the movie that replaced it seemed to be even worse.

The movie "Dwelling in the Rich Mountains" produced by the Hong Kong director and Liu Tianwang claims to have invested 300 million yuan. It is the best modern Chinese action movie in China in recent years, and many big names have been invited to join the filming...

When it was first promoted, the traffic exploded, and the headlines of almost all movie pages in China were about this movie...

Then, when the movie was released, countless fans walked into the cinema excitedly. The moment they saw the plot of the movie, everyone was numb.

There is a feeling of being cheated.

They suddenly realized that the trailer was the essence of the entire film. What was the point of filming this?

After May...

The Hollywood blood-sucking movie "Dark Night Rises" was released in China. Amid bursts of exclamations, it raked in a staggering box office of 1 billion yuan!

However, Chinese movies in May were a month full of bad movies, such as "Little Four Generations", "Dream Chasing Entertainment Circle", "Hong Kong Pilot"...

Every movie requires an investment of tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. When promoting the movie, without exception, people spend crazy money to buy various headlines and announcements, and even many Internet celebrity anchors of [Jitu Video], They all received invitations from these movies, and without exception, they all paid high prices in the hope of promoting these movies, and then...

After the movie was released, many anchors were scolded by fans and were afraid to start broadcasting!

As of August.

In 2012, the total output value of Chinese films was approximately 15 billion yuan, with a total of 545 feature films produced domestically, and a total of 721 films of various types...

However, the total box office of so many movies is only 5.2 billion yuan, less than half...

When this set of data appeared in Bi Feiyu's mind, his mood suddenly became extremely heavy.

"Director Bi, are you confident that "The Truman", which will be released on October 1, will collide with the Hollywood blockbuster "The Devil"?"

"..."

"Director Bi, why don't you release the film during the Domestic Film Protection Month? I know you are an internationally renowned director, but the original novel of the film "The Demon World" ranks among the best in the field of global fantasy novels, and now it is even more popular. The great Hollywood director Deng Berg, who is known as the king of industrial directors, is directing this. This will be serious and will squeeze our production of "The Truman" to the end..."

"..."

"Director Bi, although I know that "The Truman" was born because Mr. Zhang Sheng needed more money to invest in more meaningful things, but, with all due respect... we have received a set of news that the advertisement for the film has More than 40 brands sponsor... It is originally an advertising film and a commercial film. Why does it have to compete with "The Demon World"? Isn't it good that there is no competition during the Domestic Film Protection Month? "

"..."

"That's right, Director Bi, could you please answer this? China's film industry this year is almost a huge defeat. We don't need to use an advertising film to do personal heroism..."

"..."

August.

Pride is like fire, scorching the earth.

Cicadas chirped in the streets.

After walking out of the cinema and before getting in the car, Bi Feiyu suddenly saw countless reporters swarming towards him.

The chatter of voices was like the chirping of cicadas, making Bi Feiyu feel noisy.

"The Truman" was born until now...

It has always been very popular in the Chinese film industry.

Many well-known film critics even publicly questioned Zhang Sheng's "Just Bad Money". Although another wave of people understood Zhang Sheng's "Just Bad Money", the label of "Commercial Advertising" movie has been branded.

Especially when Bi Feiyu announced that the film would be moved to the National Day to compete with the Hollywood blockbuster "The Devil", the entire Chinese film industry was almost in an uproar!

Some people are questioning whether Bi Feiyu and Zhang Sheng are hyping up, but more people think they are crazy!

"Demon World"......

A world-renowned magical IP, one of the most popular original works!

Since 2010, this film has been filmed and directed by the king of industrial directors, Deng Borg, a stunning masterpiece costing nearly 250 million US dollars!

At the beginning of this year, Deng Borg even personally called out to the director of "Avatar", the king of global movies, McCaskey, claiming that as long as "The Devil" is released, "Avatar" will come down from the throne!

This is a war between directors with hundreds of billions of RMB. Some people even predict that the release of "The Devil" this time will be like "Avatar", enough to be recorded in the history of global movies!

…

In such a situation…

"Truman", a commercial movie that countless people think is a waste of money, suddenly announced that it would compete with "The Devil"!

This is not a joke.

This is not a jumping clown who is riding on the popularity.

Countless shots and countless flashes shone on Bi Feiyu's face. Bi Feiyu chose to remain silent from beginning to end…

He did not answer any questions.

…………………………………………

August 19.

Bi Feiyu called Zhang Sheng's "WeChat".

At this moment, Zhang Sheng has left Yanjing and went to the west where the signal is not very good.

Following Zhang Sheng, some staff members of [Yaohua Technology] and "Semiconductor Laboratory" also went there...

In the WeChat call, Bi Feiyu looked at Zhang Sheng's calm face. After seeing that face, he seemed to have found his backbone: "Mr. Zhang, I sent you both versions of "Truman". Have you seen it?"

"No..."

"Ah?"

"Are you busy or..."

"I have time recently, but I haven't seen it..."

"..."

In the WeChat video, Bi Feiyu's mouth trembled slightly, and his face was slightly pale: "Do you think that this step of mine is very risky? Competing with "Demon World"...Are you angry..."

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Sheng smiled: "Director Bi, I have never been angry. I don't watch the finished film you sent me because I want to go to the cinema in person to witness this movie...and witness the rise of the new era of Chinese film!"

"Mr. Zhang..." When Bi Feiyu heard this, his heart trembled violently.

"Director Bi, this is your battlefield. In the battlefield, you are always the protagonist, and I, or even any of us, are just a bystander, and a cheerleader who cheers for you..."

"..."

"Whoever you regard as your opponent, then you must have absolute confidence and go all out without regrets..."

"..."

"I don't know what the world's top IP is, and I don't know what the so-called king of global industrial films is... I only know that after October 1, the name of a Chinese director named Bi Feiyu will once again resound around the world!"

"Mr. Zhang, I..."

"Okay, I'm busy here!"

"Okay! But Mr. Zhang..."

"You said..."

"The name of the director of this film is you... I am just one of the directors. Maybe it's not just me who resounds around the world, but also you..."

"..."

"Bi Feiyu said this, but the signal in WeChat had been stuck and frozen. When Zhang Sheng smiled again and asked, "You said... the signal here is not good...", Bi Feiyu shook his head.

"It's okay, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, don't worry, I will protect this land for you!"

"Come on! Hero!"

"..."

After hanging up the WeChat call, Bi Feiyu couldn't calm down for a long time.

He took a deep breath, looked at the bright lights of Yanjing City in the distance, and then looked to the west in the distance.

He narrowed his eyes!

Come on!

Come on!

Let the storm come more violently!

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The controversy about "Truman" continued until September, but it never subsided.

September 4.

Bi Feiyu received a call from a leader of the China Film Association.

The China Film Association invited Bi Feiyu to participate in the new round of chairman elections for the [China Directors Association].

Bi Feiyu attended in full dress...

Then, when he walked into the meeting room...

When he saw the nominees looking at him with a smile on their faces, he was also as humble as a junior, chatting with these people.

Then...

When he saw the list of nominees for the new president of the China Directors Association, his face suddenly turned ugly.

"Why is Mr. Zhang not here!"

His face suddenly turned extremely gloomy!

His voice interrupted the lively association...

Everyone looked at him!

"Why! No, Mr. Zhang!"

He stared at everyone, his voice became heavier, and he said this sentence almost word by word!

At this moment...

The whole venue became extremely silent.

(I had a brain twitch yesterday and early this morning, and now I have recovered...)