Millennium director

Judging from the film effects, "The Promise" is undoubtedly director Kego's ambitious work.

He wants to show the world a completely new film narrative, a grand, new dramatic world.

Therefore, he did whatever he wanted and tried his best to show off his directing skills.

A story that could clearly be told in a single line, he had to show off his skills and artistry, dividing it into two lines. Two lines were not enough, so he divided it into three lines, and then ended it in the form of a drama to sublimate the art.

He feels that the classic three-act creation or Hollywood commercial film model that has been used since the birth of drama is too vulgar.

He wants to let movie fans see what real art is, and tries to teach movie fans to keep up with his artistic instincts.

This doomed the movie "The Promise" to failure.

No wonder screenwriter Lu Wei angrily criticized Chen Kaige after watching "The Promise".

What's even worse is that the conditions for the release of "The Promise" this time are not very good.

If there were no "Painted Skin" stars, perhaps even if "The Promise" received some criticism after its release, it wouldn't have affected the film's box office in the Mainland.

After all, before "The Promise", mainland movie fans had never seen domestic fantasy movies, so their tolerance level would be very high.

Just like "Hero", as the first domestic blockbuster, even if the story narrative is not up to standard, the big scenes alone are enough to shock the audience. The higher the criticism, the better the box office will be.

However, with "Painted Skin" Zhu Yu in front of me, the situation immediately changed.

You don't have to say how good the movie "Painted Skin" is, but there is a saying that goes well, everything depends on peers!

After mainland movie fans have watched "Painted Skin" first, and then let them watch "The Promise", it will really have too many flaws.

They all advertise domestic fantasy blockbusters, and they all use fantasy special effects as a selling point.

But no matter in terms of appearance or plot, "The Promise" is very different from "Painted Skin".

It's not that the plot structure of "The Promise" is bad, but that the audience can't understand it. Audiences these days are very simple. If they don't understand it, they will naturally scold it. After all, they spent real money to buy movie tickets.

Of course, apart from the voices of criticism, there are also voices of support. After all, "The Promise" brings together a number of big-name stars from China, Japan and South Korea. Whether it is Jang Dong-jian, Hiroyuki Sanada, or Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse, they are all top stars from all over the world. actor.

Liu Ye, a double actor, can only play the fourth male lead in the drama.

In the words of some viewers, this lineup alone is worth the price of admission.

In addition, the graphics of "The Promise" are really good, and they still continue Chen Kaige's ultimate picture aesthetics, so there are many voices of praise.

But on the third day after "The Promise" was released, the Shangri-La Cultural and Tourism Bureau suddenly criticized Chen Kaige and the crew of "The Promise".

In a national newspaper, the Shangri-La Scenic Area publicly published an article accusing Chen Kaige of not removing anything during the filming of "The Promise" in Shangri-La, and leaving all the scenes, buildings, and domestic garbage all over the floor.

Moreover, for the sake of so-called "art", the crew cut down trees and destroyed vegetation in the scenic area, causing the scenic area to take at least 3-5 years to recover.

After these things were filmed, the Shangri-La Scenic Area was not in a hurry to report them to the newspapers. However, when the movie was released, they immediately jumped out to criticize them.

Obviously, this was intentional.

It is also understandable why they deliberately targeted it. After all, judging from these actions, it would be difficult for Shangri-La Scenic Area and the local Environmental Protection Bureau to express their appreciation for "The Promise".

This is good. The voice of criticism was already very loud, but Shangri-La Scenic Area jumped out to criticize "The Promise". Now "The Promise", which was released just a few days ago, immediately took a big hit at the box office.

In the first three days, it managed to take in more than 50 million yuan at the box office. However, in the second week of release, it only took in less than 40 million yuan at the box office.

Compared with the 170 million domestic box office of "The Promise" in the original timeline, "The Promise", which was moved to the summer release of 2006, will probably only get about 120 million domestic box office, which is a full 50 million less.

It was even more fun when the edited video of "A Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun" that sparked public opinion on the Internet was released.

Yes, although the release time has changed, the man named Hu Ge still stepped forward and cut out a 20-minute "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun".

There is no doubt that although Chen Kaige himself did not intend it, the movie "The Promise" is indeed a huge failure in China's commercial film experiment.

In fact, when the arrogant Chen Kaige asked Chen Honglai to be the producer of "The Promise", it had already set the stage for the film's failure.

It's just that the arrogant and arrogant director Kege can't admit his failure.

While he has been publicly interviewed many times, he accused Sang Huai of saying that Chinese audiences have no taste and are avant-garde, and wants to sue some Internet trolls. On the other hand, he is also looking forward to "The Promise" achieving good results in overseas markets and severely slapping these mainland fans in the face. .

However, his expectations were soon dashed.

Although "The Promise" has performed well in Japan and South Korea, it is far from meeting expectations. The combined box office of the entire Asian market is expected to be more than 10 million US dollars.

In addition, the mainland box office is almost over 10 million US dollars. Leaving aside the North American market, which has not yet been released but is actively operating, the total box office of "The Promise" is only about 3,000 US dollars.

It is rumored that the production cost of "The Promise" is as high as 40 million US dollars, 320 million yuan.

Good guy, this is a total loss.

As the box office results from various parts of Asia were released one after another, Director Kego went from being angry at the beginning and vowing to support his film to gradually stopping responding to various external public opinions and starting to act like a turtle.

But even so, director Kego is still not willing to admit defeat, saying that "The Promise" will compete for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film next year!

Even if the results at the box office are not satisfactory, Director Kego will not give up in terms of awards!

He paranoidly believes that it is not his fault that ordinary movie fans cannot understand the movie, but that these viewers have low aesthetic standards!

He believes that professional film awards will give his "The Promise" a fair judgment and give him a clear reputation!

This is different from the situation where "The Promise" suffered a double collapse in box office reputation in Asia.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" continues to show its dominance in the global box office market.

The box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in North America has basically been fixed at 430 million U.S. dollars, becoming a phenomenal movie.

This result is the highest-grossing movie in North America in the past two years.

Last year, in 2005, the top-grossing movie in North America was only US$380 million. It was the sequel to the legendary IP "Star Wars Episode III".

In the global market, the box office results of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" are still gratifying. It has earned a total of 900 million U.S. dollars and is launching its final charge towards the billion-dollar box office club.

Disney is already preparing a celebration party for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and has been calling Wu Yuan to urge Wu Yuan to go to the United States as soon as possible to attend the celebration party.

Just before departure, an unexpected incident interrupted Wu Yuan's trip to the United States.

The star Hu Ge, who has the same name as the author of "Murder Case Caused by a Steamed Bun", was in a car accident.

Wu Yuan, who had almost forgotten this incident in his memory, was very surprised.

Originally, he thought that after he had changed the trajectory of Hu Ge's life, he would not encounter this car accident again.

After all, after Hu Ge finished his role in "Your Name", he became the mainland actor with the highest box office in a single film. The notices and roles he received must be completely different from that of that TV drama star.

It's just that Wu Yuan didn't pay much attention to Hu Ge, and he didn't know that he couldn't get any movies suitable for him. He went around and tested the waters in the film industry and made one or two movies, and then came back to play the leading role for Tang Dynasty.

It was still the same movie "Legend of the Condor Heroes", and it was still because of fatigue driving.

At 10:50 pm on August 29, 2006, the car Hu Ge was riding in rear-ended a van.

The news spread throughout the circle immediately.

Friends in the industry who have friendships with Hu Ge immediately asked Sugar Man about the specific situation through various channels and expressed condolences to Hu Ge.

Some friends in the industry who were very close to Hu Ge went directly to the hospital where he was staying to visit him.

As Hu Ge's debut leader and one of the investors in "Legend of the Condor Heroes", Wu Yuan had to temporarily postpone his plan to attend the celebration banquet in North America and went to the scene of the incident in person with his assistant Xiao Wu.

Wu Yuan received the news in the early morning of the 30th. By the morning of the 30th, he arrived in Jiaxing. At this time, Hu Ge was still receiving treatment in a tertiary A hospital in Jiaxing.

At the same time, after half a day of fermentation, the news of Hu Ge's car accident also spread on the Internet.

"Hu Ge was involved in a car accident and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment! 》

"Hu Ge was in a coma in a car accident and his life was in danger!" 》

This is pretty good reporting.

Some street tabloids in Hong Kong even reported that Hu Ge had been killed in a car accident. They wrote it vividly, as if they had seen it in person.

Similarly, Wu Yuan's appearance at the airport to visit Hu Ge was also photographed by reporters stationed at the airport and reported to the newspaper together.

"Hu Ge was killed in a car accident, director Bole Wu Yuan went to visit him immediately! 》

"Leaving all work at hand, Director Wu Yuan went straight to the scene of Hu Ge's accident! 》

When he arrived outside the hospital where Hu Ge was staying, Wu Yuan was inevitably surrounded by reporters who moved much faster than him.

Half of the reporters kept asking him loudly about Hugo's condition, wanting to know firsthand.

The remaining quarter of reporters asked him what he thought of the global box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and whether he would focus more on Hollywood in the future.

The last quarter of the reporters grabbed Wu Yuan and wanted to ask him what he thought of "The Promise" directed by Kege and whether he agreed with the outside world's evaluation of the bad film.

Faced with these reporters who still clung to the "hot spots" in the face of the car accident, Wu Yuan didn't give a good look at all. He just said with a cold face: "I am not in the mood to accept any interviews today."

After saying that, he ignored these reporters no matter how loud their shouts or how excited their movements were.

With the help of the hospital security guards, he quickly got rid of these reporters, squeezed into the hospital, came to the special care ward, and saw Cai Yinong pacing anxiously at the door of the ward.

"How is the situation?" Wu Yuan asked with concern as soon as they met.

"It's very serious." Cai Yinong's eyes were full of worry: "Hu Ge, his assistant and manager are all in bad condition. All three of them are in a coma. Among them, the manager is the most seriously injured and has not yet come off the rescue platform."

"The injuries of Hu Ge and his assistant were slightly less severe, but they also suffered multiple fractures throughout their bodies and massive internal bleeding. Hu Ge, in particular, was seriously scratched on the face by the glass. Although it is not life-threatening, it is likely to leave scars on his face. .”

For a handsome actor, having scars on his face means basically saying goodbye to the screen.

Cai Yinong looked very ugly and said in a difficult tone: "Director Wu, for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", I will find a suitable actor to replace Hu Ge as soon as possible, and the crew will resume work as soon as possible."

If "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was only funded by Tangren, Cai Yinong would definitely have chosen to wait until his mainstay Hu Ge recovered from his injury before continuing filming.

Even if she had to pay extra for lost work time, reschedule the schedule with other actors in the crew, and sign a supplementary contract, she would not hesitate.

But because of the cooperation agreement signed with Light and Shadow Times, the film was jointly funded by the two companies.

Cai Yinong didn't think that Wu Yuan, a "businessman" who had no interest in Hu Ge, would be willing to waste money waiting for Hu Ge who was likely to become a useless person from now on.

Any investor with a right mind would first think of replacing someone.

However, she guessed wrong.

Wu Yuan, who thought that he should not think that this car accident would never happen again because he had changed Hu Ge's life trajectory, and did not give Hu Ge any reminder, felt very regretful at this time.

It's not that he has any Holy Mother's heart, after all, he is the one who personally led Hu Ge into his debut. His first work was "Your Name", and the friendship between the two is not bad.

Wu Yuan also likes Xiao Hu, who usually laughs and makes jokes, can liven up the atmosphere of the crew and acts as a lubricant in the crew.

Both emotionally and rationally, he didn't want to see Hu Ge have another accident.

"It doesn't matter!" Wu Yuan scratched his hair with some annoyance, shook his head and said: "There is no need to change people, we can afford to wait."

"After Hu Ge's injury heals, it won't be too late to restart filming of The Legend of the Condor Heroes."

"I believe that Ji people have their own destiny, and Hu Ge will get better."

"And after experiencing this drastic change, maybe he will become stronger."

Hu Ge became famous at a young age after filming "Your Name". He became the number one actor at the box office in Mainland China overnight, and became popular in Japan. His mentality was somewhat arrogant and impetuous.

However, it is really difficult for young people in their early 20s not to lose themselves under such a rapid rise in popularity and status.

Although it may be a bit bad to say this, now that things have happened, we still have to look forward.

Wu Yuan felt that after Hu Ge encountered such an accident, he might be able to wash away his glitz and become stable again.

There is great terror between life and death!

After walking away from the gate of hell, Hu Ge may see through some of the vanity and prosperity that he cared about before.

He will also be more like the mature Hu Ge and be more down-to-earth in his job as an actor.

Wu Yuan thought in his heart that maybe Hu Ge, who had been sublimated after this drastic change, could still shine in his movies in the future.

Seeing that Wu Yuan was so reasonable, he was willing to delay the crew until Hu Ge recovered from his injury before continuing filming.

A strong woman like Cai Yinong, who has been in the big dye vat of the entertainment industry for a long time, can't help but have red circles in her eyes.

Director Wu deserves to be one of his own in the industry, he is very affectionate and righteous, and he is different from a purely cold-blooded capitalist after all.

She held Wu Yuan's hand gratefully and said thanks with a choked sob: "Thank you, Director Wu! Thank you for your understanding and support!"

"Choosing to cooperate with Light and Shadow Times is the most correct choice I have ever made in my life."

Look, isn't this just another chance to win the favor of a strong woman?

The corner of Wu Yuan's mouth raised slightly. When Sugar Man dies, he can simply buy the entire Sugar Man and merge it into the TV drama department and brokerage department of the Light and Shadow Era Expansion Company!

Cai Yinong, the leader, is good at producing TV series and cultivating artists!