Chapter 624: The Difference in First-Day Box Office: "Blade of the Assassin 2" Vs. "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain"?

In the afternoon, reviews of the two movies appeared online one after another.

Then, a large number of viewers and fans joined in.

"It's still Zhang Yimou, it's still Gong Li, "Coming Home" after many years is still so touching."

"When it comes to tear-jerking, it still has to be Director Zhang. Just like the original "To Live", powerlessness, depression, despair..."

"Gong Li's acting skills are impeccable, and she can make people cry inadvertently. She is worthy of being the Queen Gong!"

"If you don't watch it to the end, you don't know who the villain is. Director Lin has used the double-edged nature of lies to the extreme."

"The Invisible Guest" is awesome, with twists and turns, layers of twists and turns, and layers of progression. It's simply a Rashomon-style self-justification."

"The plot is invincible, the movie The film process is the repeated deduction of the case, the details are extremely meticulous, and the peak showdown of IQ! "

"The whole movie reveals the darkness deep in human nature, which makes people nervous and scalp numb..."

"The two movies have different focuses, it is recommended not to miss them... I have to revisit "The Invisible Guest" again, it is too brain-burning and headache!"

"Facts have proved that Director Lin Nan deserves the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and deserves it!"

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The two top domestic directors rarely fight head-on, which makes a group of film critics extremely excited.

Because their rare opportunity to show their faces has come.

In short, it's still the same old routine, no good words, all nitpicking. The bigger the director, the more he will be nitpicking and belittle.

First, he accused Zhang Yimou of running out of ideas and not being able to jump out of his comfort zone.

Then he criticized Lin Nan, saying that "The Invisible Guest" lacks positive meaning and has too many dark sides of human nature.

Online audiences and fans don't care what kind of film critic you are or what government agency you work for. They will scold you if they catch you.

Some people even gave the most "vicious" advice:

It is recommended that these film critics watch the Spring Festival Gala more often, receive more "positive" education, and stop singing against the masses all day long.

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Liu Yifei always cares about Lin Nan's movies tirelessly. She has never been so attentive to her own films.

Whenever she sees someone praising "The Invisible Guest" on Weibo, she always smiles and shares it with Lin Nan, and then clicks a thumbs up.

In this way, Miss Liu snuggles up to Lin Nan and spends the whole afternoon doing the same thing.

That silly and naive look is really intoxicating. Anyway, Lin Nan is quite confused, and people have become lazy, infected by Liu Yifei.

"The Return" and "The Invisible Guest" compete in the same period, which is the headline of today's film and television entertainment information.

And the film industry is also looking forward to the first-day box office data to be released tomorrow to witness the first battle between the two generations of great directors.

At around five in the evening, Yue Jun called:

"Director Lin, the company received a meeting notice from the Copyright Bureau, the Cyberspace Administration, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security..."

Hearing this series of department names, Lin Nan was immediately shocked.

"What's the situation?"

"No specific information was given, just asking us to attend the meeting later this month. I asked around, and it's not just us, all the big companies in the industry have received it."

"It sounds like it's about the entire film and television industry?"

Lin Nan muttered, and suddenly realized something.

"What about the Internet industry?"

"They received it, too."

Okay, now Lin Nan can probably guess what it is. Didn't Qvod collapse two days ago? It should be related to this matter.

"Okay, I got it. You adjust your schedule and go on behalf of the company."

"I'll go? Is that okay?"

"Since it's sent to the company and I'm not specifically asked to go, it's okay for you to go."

"Yeah, I'll do it then."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan asked Guangguang and Tudou, and sure enough, they both had a share.

He hesitated and called Han Sanping again. The latter currently has a nominal position there, but he is definitely well-informed.

"You were also there at the meeting last year. Didn't you say that you would come up with a solution to the domestic piracy problem within a year? This is it!"

Putting down the phone, Han Sanping's voice was still echoing in Lin Nan's mind.

"In the film and television industry, the era of capital chaos is about to come. Fortunately, I am also capital!"

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After a night, many people in the circle were a little excited.

The originally deserted mid-May was turned into a hot period by Lin Nan and Zhang Yimou.

Early in the morning, the film and television industry couldn't wait to care about the results of the battle between the two movies yesterday.

The headlines of major portals and Weibo are all the same.

"Directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li, Chen Daoming, and Zhang Huiwen, the movie "Coming Home" closed at 21.19 million on the first day, and received rave reviews."

"Directed by Lin Nan, the Oscar-winning film "The Invisible Guest" earned 28.85 million on the first day, but unfortunately there is no Mandarin version."

"The theater chain predicts that the box office of the two movies may rise overall today."

"In the battle between the two major directors, "Coming Home" lost the first day box office by 7.66 million."

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It's out! On the first day box office, Lin Nan led Zhang Yimou by 7.66 million!

Many filmmakers in the industry felt that this result was unexpected but reasonable.

Originally, everyone thought that Zhang Yimou would maintain his position in the field of art films and realistic films.

After all, he has won so many awards, including two Golden Lions, one Golden Bear, numerous international A-class film festival awards, and dozens of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Best Film and Best Director awards...

But Lin Nan is the youngest director after all, has a unique box office appeal, holds the domestic film box office record, and is the only director in the mainland with a box office of 200 million US dollars in the North American market...

Not only that, people in the industry noticed a problem for the first time:

I have never compared Lin Nan and Zhang Yimou together before, because of the generation gap.

But this time, when they were put together and compared, everyone realized that among all the great directors in China, Lin Nan's number of overseas awards seems to be second only to Zhang Yimou?

Yes, second only! This is not meant to belittle, you have to know that there is a 34-year age difference between the two of them!

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Although only the first-day box office data of the two movies were released, the Internet and the film and television circles were extremely lively.

Since morning, many people have called and sent messages to congratulate and tease Lin Nan.

"You are amazing now. You can crush director Zhang Yimou in the award-winning film field.

The Film Association, Directors Association, Screenwriters Association... These departments are getting more and more frustrated.

The youngest big director is not in any association. How ironic! Haha..."

Listening to Ning Hao's unscrupulous jokes, Lin Nan also laughed.

Because Ning Hao was telling the truth, Lin Nan has not joined any of the associations in the film and television industry and is now on the outside.

But don't say it, without so many troubles, it feels very good and very comfortable.

At noon, Miss Liu reminded Lin Nan to read the news.

I don't know if these media reporters have eaten too much and have nothing to do, so they actually went to interview other directors.

Ask them what they think about the fact that Zhang Yimou's "Coming Home" box office is not as good as Lin Nan's "The Invisible Guest".

Good guy, isn't this a source of hatred?

But don't say it, there are really several directors who accepted the interview and even said a lot of things.

Jia Zhangke, Feng Xiaogang, Gu Changwei and others all congratulated him. Jiang Wen seemed to be drunk and said directly, "It should be like this!"

In the end, Chen Kaige and Director Chen gave a long speech after finishing the filming of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain".

"In general, Lin Nan is still not as experienced and profound as others in art films. A one-time lead in the box office is nothing. He still has a long way to go and needs to learn.

But as a senior, if there is a chance, I am very interested in trying his film. In the field of genre films, I think I have experience..."

Lin Nan looked at the news online and was speechless.

"Director Chen, is he treating Director Zhang and me as juniors? Trying to try? To translate, it means giving some advice?"

Lin Nan muttered with a smile on his face, and Lu Yang's words suddenly flashed through his mind.

Before the filming of "Blade of the Assassin 2" started, Lu Yang had the idea of ​​scheduling the film on the same day as "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", and even thought of using Chen Kaige as a background board in terms of box office!

"Hey, "Blade of the Assassin 2" VS "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain"? Why do I think his idea is very good now? Well, we can try it..."

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It is already mid-May.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" in the second half of the month and "Overheard 3" at the end of the month are both eyeing the future.

The promotion of the two films has also reached the most critical time.

The former film held its premiere ceremony in Beijing on the day of the release of "The Invisible Guest".

Although Lin Nan did not go, I heard that Fan Bingbing played a supporting role in it again.

It's pretty miserable to say that in the field of Hollywood movies, Fan Bingbing is not as good as Li Bingbing after all, at least the latter has a big supporting role.

"Director Lin, Huo Wenxi called and said that the promotion of Ip Man 3 is about to start, 40 days in advance."

"Then let's start the promotion. This summer season is too difficult."

Lin Nan laughed and complained. This time, the pressure on his own company was also not small.

China Film Group couldn't hold on before, and Transformers 4 was put into the summer season and released simultaneously around the world.

And it was released on the same day as Ip Man 3 and The Breakup Master.

In addition, there are three Hollywood blockbusters in June, Edge of Tomorrow, Godzilla, and Maleficent!

These four movies sound scary, which makes a group of domestic film producers tremble with fear.

Originally, there was a tacit understanding in the circle, and domestic films were also ready to start paying back in the second half of the year.

But who knew that in just one week, two imported blockbusters were airborne, and the repayment time was directly advanced to June.

At this moment, many film companies were cursing and missed the time when Han Sanping was still there.

If the mountain eagle was still alive, it would probably release several Hollywood blockbusters on the same day and let them play slowly and on their own.

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