Chapter 581 The Water Stopped and the Rumor that Bamboo Shoots Were Banned Shocked the Whole Country!

Chapter 581 ① The water stopped ② Seizing the bamboo shoots ③ Rumors of being banned ④ The whole country was shocked!

Yang Mi is a smart person. After returning home, she also checked the box office data and discovered that there was something fishy about the box office of "Monster Hunt" that seemed to have started a few days ago.

"Honey, what on earth is Anle Pictures doing?"

Wang Quan reminded: "Look at the total box office in film history."

At this time, "Monster Hunt" has surpassed "Charlotte" and climbed to the third place in the total box office in mainland film history.

Yang Mi suddenly realized: "He is trying to pull you down!"

After understanding this, she became angry. I would be angry if you took away my husband's first place with your true skills, let alone you playing dirty tricks!

To be honest, the water injection of "Monster Hunt" is relatively restrained. After all, Mr. Jiang just wants the honor of being recorded in film history. With such an investment of one to two million per day, the final painting will only have 40 to 50 million water.

In addition to the damage to the royal power, the cinemas also benefited. After all, they did not have to serve so many customers, but they could actually receive a share of the box office, so why not do it.

This is different from the false reporting of "Astro Boy"'s box office in the mainland in previous years.

At that time, statistics were not rigorous. Enlight Media, which controlled media resources, could boast that its movie's box office exceeded 40 million in the first week in order to attract the curiosity of potential audiences and thus increase the box office. This was essentially a kind of targeting of the audience. cheat.

The impact of "Monster Hunt" was also very bad, and it directly inspired those in the financial circle later.

When these people flood into the film industry with money, it doesn’t matter what they film or what the film looks like. The key is to make the box office soar, and then use the gimmick of high box office to boost the stock price and seek huge profits from it.

People don't care about the box office money at all. They don't love movies, they just love money.

For a pure filmmaker like Wang Quan, he is very unhappy with this kind of behavior. By then, many outstanding filmmakers like Ning Hao and Xu Zheng will no longer concentrate on content, and the damage to the overall quality of the film industry will be huge. .

There is also a sequelae of this incident, which is that some amateur movie fans have become very upset. When they see something suspicious of water injection, they start to curse indiscriminately before talking about it, thus stigmatizing many normal movies.

In addition, the trend of movie fandom is becoming more and more serious. For the movies you like, you can brainlessly attack the movies of the same period, making the industry a mess.

Therefore, the royal power must say "no" to this behavior and cut off the water injection situation from the source!

No one can open this Pandora's box!

The only embarrassing thing is that the one who ranks first on the box office list is himself. If he were to challenge this matter, he thinks he is doing it for fairness and justice, but what will others think?

"Tch, you are just afraid that your record will be broken~"

So Wang Quan wants to talk to Jiang Zhiqiang directly and persuade this old man to stop. It's meaningless. Do you really think that winning the first place will solve the problem?

Don't be naive, the record has only been held for less than half a year, and next year it will be surpassed by a new film, and it will be a big lead.

By the time your second film was released, movie fans had already been wearing tinted glasses because of the box office fraud problem. The original quality was not good, and coupled with the controversy over the previous film, it directly ruined this series that had a great future. .

Why bother?

Even for the sake of the heroine Ni Ni, Wang Quan hopes that Jiang Zhiqiang will stop and not ruin the series.

So Wang Quan contacted Jiang Zhiqiang, who is also a filmmaker in Hong Kong, through Shi Nansheng, hoping to have a chat with him.

Jiang Zhiqiang also knew that his move was unreasonable and threatened the interests of Wang Quan. It was quite embarrassing to be approached by Wang Quan, so he pretended to be stupid from the beginning and tried to get through.

So Wang Quan simply made it clear: "Mr. Jiang, since you come to the mainland to develop, you must abide by the rules of the mainland. I respect you as a senior, so I say hello to you in advance. Now YYDS has set its sights on "Monster Hunting". The performance of the movie is very eye-catching, and people like Hua Yi and Bona want to use your reputation as a cross-river dragon, and you don’t want your box office success to be known to the whole country.”

Jiang Zhiqiang snorted coldly in his heart, you are just worried that my monster hunter will break your undefeated golden body, and you are using others to make excuses. How hypocritical!

"Director Quan, please calm down. Isn't it a pleasure for our two families to cooperate? There is no need to get angry over such a trivial matter."

Tang Wei will continue to star in the "Beijing Loves Seattle" series, and the heroine in the sequel to "Monster Hunt" will still be Ni Ni. We all have a bright future.

Wang Quan smiled and said: "I'm not angry, it's just a pity. Mr. Jiang has been in the film industry for decades. How can he be so smart and confused for a while? Do you think the level of "Monster Hunt" can be like this last year? What about the box office results? Do you think if it were postponed to next year, it would only have this result?

"Until the mainland market is far from saturated, all box office records will not be maintained for too long. Next Spring Festival, Monster Xu will team up with Liu Yifei and Yang Mi to fight Xianxia again, and Zhou Xingchi will team up with Deng Chao. What do you think of "Monster Hunt"? Even if the water reaches 2.4 billion, how long can this record be maintained? How long can the record of "Leng Feng" be maintained? I don't care about being surpassed by Xu Ke and Zhou Xingchi. Do you think I will care about being surpassed by "Monster Hunt"?"

Jiang Zhiqiang was silent. Could it be that he really wanted justice?

Wang Quan sighed: "Finally, if "Monster Hunt" surpasses "Leng Feng" with water injection, then I will personally break the tradition of congratulatory posters."

Jiang Zhiqiang's heart suddenly jumped. Isn't this a direct slap in the face, clearly indicating that there is something fishy about the box office of "Monster Hunt"? When the time comes, netizens will add fuel to the fire. Thinking about the popularity and reputation of himself and Wang Quan in the hearts of netizens, Jiang Zhiqiang doesn't think he can win this public opinion war.

"Director Quan, you are too serious, too serious~"

Jiang Zhiqiang thought about it and soon decided to stop after a series of considerations. Wang Quan alone is so scary. If he joins forces with the other five YYDS to target him, it will be troublesome.

I am afraid that Anle will have a hard time in the mainland in the future.

"Don't worry, my subordinates are confused for a while, I will explain it to them clearly, but the sudden box office plunge is easy to arouse suspicion. Please allow me three days to slowly squeeze out the water, okay?" Jiang Zhiqiang gave in to Wang Quan.

Wang Quan said, "Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Zhiqiang was upset. A mere junior actually spoke to him like that. Back then, he was the one behind Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. Without him, there wouldn't even be the concept of a Chinese blockbuster!

He was proud of his high moral character. Today, Wang Quan refuted his face. Although he couldn't do anything to Wang Quan, he had to get his face back!

After thinking about it, "Then I'll start with you."

He guessed that Ni Ni had a close relationship with Wang Quan. Ni Ni once again won the title of "Box Office Queen" because of the huge hit of "Monster Hunt".

So Jiang Zhiqiang planned to deprive Ni Ni of her status in the new film, find a big star to suppress her, and severely cut her role!

In fact, it's not just Wang Quan. Many senior movie lovers, especially those who love box office data, have discovered that something is wrong with "Monster Hunt" in the past few days, but it hasn't fermented on Weibo yet. Basically, they just talk about it in a small circle.

Or someone wanted to stir up the heat on Weibo, but it was completely overshadowed by the heat of the completion of "Who is He".

Jing Tian saw the relevant news just after the crew of "The Great Wall" finished filming, and saw her teacher Zhang Songwen in the group photo.

She excitedly called Teacher Zhang, "Teacher Zhang, are you acting in Director Quan's play?"

"Yes."

"No, why didn't you tell me about this good news!" Jing Tian shouted.

"It should be kept secret, but it doesn't need to be kept secret now." Zhang Songwen's voice was as slow as always.

"Then which male number are you?"

Zhang Songwen said modestly: "It seems to be number one."

Jing Tian: "..."

Jing Tian suddenly thought of her fellow junior sister Nazha. Is Nazha so close to Director Quan? !

Thinking about herself, she only arranged a small supporting role in "The Great Wall" for her mentor, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed.

She is so useless!

No, and director Kai Ge also doesn't know talent. Thinking of the box office and reputation failure of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", Jing Tian, ​​who has already won the title of the queen of bad movies, can't help but worry again. A super blockbuster with an investment of 150 million US dollars, and a group of big names such as Matt Damon and Andy Lau to help, won't it fail this time?

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"Okay, why not, I was thinking the same thing." Wang Quan gently hugged Xiao Yuer.

She proposed to go to Chengdu to see her Po, and they thought of the same thing. "Happy Journey" needed a cute panda pet, and Wang Quan decided to use Po's image.

Although in order to make filming easier and safer, technology will basically be used to replace the real Po, just like the tiger in "Life of Pi", but if some shots can be completed by Po himself, it would be better and more meaningful.

However, this requires the consent of the zoo. It is probably difficult to bring Po out to film, but they can set up a stage for Po at the panda base and let Po complete the filming under the supervision of breeders and experts.

Yang Mi didn't plan to go, her hair hadn't grown well yet, so it was not suitable for her to go far away.

Liu Yifei didn't go either, she could accompany Wang Quan with Yang Mi, but it was not appropriate for her alone.

So Wang Quan and his eldest daughter went together, and there were two assistants, Xiaotian and Xiaomeng.

Xiaotian had a good rest these two days, but Xiaomeng was miserable, she seemed to be poisoned, she rarely entertained herself before, but she enjoyed it these days, the key is that it is convenient to have tools.

She stayed at home in the rental house these days, and in order not to be discovered, she had to draw the curtains, so she hadn't seen the sun for a few days.

She finally regained some popularity when she walked out of the rental house today.

Wang Quan just thought she participated in some kind of staying-up-late competition, which is normal for young people.

Xiaotian picked up Xiaomeng's backpack and was about to open it: "Xiaomeng, do you have any snacks here?"

Xiaomeng quickly took it back and said nervously: "I don't eat snacks. I'm losing weight recently."

Xiaotian lowered his voice: "I don't eat either. It's for Xiaoyuer. You just came. Don't you want to get along well with the princess?"

Meng Ziyi thought about it, opened her bag, reached in and took out a bag of chocolate, "This is all I have."

Then she quickly closed the bag and put it away. She regretted it a little. That kind of thing should be put in the suitcase.

When Wang Quan and his party arrived in Chengdu, the 30th Golden Rooster Awards announced the nomination list and announced that it would be held in JL City on the 19th of next month.

Then netizens exploded again.

No way, the good movies that have been accumulated for two years are just this?

In the past two years, there have indeed been many well-received and popular Chinese films.

But this nomination list looks very mysterious.

For the best director, except for Zhang Yimou who was nominated for "Coming Home", the other three, Xu Anhua of "The Golden Era", were considered unworthy, and no one had heard of the other two.

For the best actor, although Xin Baiqing of "Coming Home", Huang Xiaoming of "Partners", and Chen Jianbin of "A Spoon" were nominated, Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Hanyu, Feng Yuanzheng, Qin Hao, and Huang Xuan were also highly favored, but unfortunately they did not get tickets.

The best actress was considered the most outrageous.

Yan Bingyan and Lv Zhong were considered to be the most popular, and Fan Bingbing's performance was also remarkable. There was also a minority actor, which was also an old tradition, but what the hell was Xu Fan's "A Foreign Girl Comes to My House".

There was nothing wrong with her being nominated for "The Great Earthquake", but this kind of TV movie-level bad movie was also nominated. Did she think there were no excellent performances in the past two years?

"Xin Zhilei's film debut was amazing!"

"Xixi in "Don't Tell Her" is simply amazing, but it's a pity that she couldn't be nominated."

"Jiang Qinqin in "A Spoon" is also good."

"It feels like Feng Xiaogang has paid for the Golden Rooster Awards."

Five films were nominated for the Best Picture, namely "I Am Not Madame Bovary", "Wolf Warrior", "Wolf Totem", "The Golden Age", and "The Sky of Xizang".

Netizens expressed their dissatisfaction again.

"What about "Coming Home"? If the national teacher can only be nominated for one, it's obviously better to "Coming Home". "Pan Jinlian" is indeed good, but how can it compare to "Coming Home"!"

"Fuck! "Wolf Warrior" was nominated, isn't it funny? If "Wolf Warrior" can be nominated, why didn't the more excellent "Leng Feng" be nominated?"

"And "The Golden Age", I admit that the picture is pretty good, but the core is a mess, it can't be compared with "The Great Ming Robbery"!"

"Yes, "The Great Ming Robbery", "I Am Not Wang Mao", "Coming Home" Come, My Dear, how come so many excellent movies didn't make the Best Picture list? "

"Where did that "Filling the Blanks in the West" come from? I've never heard of it!"

"Also, it seems that you can apply for the Golden Rooster Awards even if it hasn't been released. What about "Parasite", didn't you apply?"

Speaking of "Parasite", netizens were excited again. Compared with Wang Quan's "Who is He" to be released in September, movie fans are obviously more interested in "Parasite", which won the Golden Palm and Best Actor awards in Cannes.

However, after Cannes, this movie was completely silent, and it didn't get involved in the Golden Rooster Awards this time, so rumors began to appear on the Internet.

Someone anonymously said: "No one can see "Parasite", the scale is too large, it's not about men and women, but it touches on the pain of society."

Shiliting: What does it mean, did it not pass the review?

No real meaning: Damn: Banned? No way, that's Wang Quan, can his movie be banned? Aren't you afraid that he will go back to Hollywood in anger?

Alien No. 1: If Wang Quan's film is banned, there will be no hope for Chinese films.

Ancient Technology: Please stop spreading rumors, it's nothing.

Red Shield Door Industry: Not being shortlisted means that you didn't sign up, and you'll probably have to wait for the next session.

Informal Critic: Indeed, no matter whose film is banned, Wang Quan can't be banned, because that's China's biggest business card in the world.

Lucifer's Heart: But what if this business card is about the dark side of China? What if his film damages China's international reputation?

Iron Blood: Damn, after hearing what the above said, I'm even more curious about this movie.

Hair Like Snow Tears Like Sea: To be honest, even if Wang Quan's film is banned, I'm not surprised at all. Why? Because Chinese films are so awesome now, and Hollywood is no match for us in the mainland, so now Wang Quan doesn't make much difference, and Wang Quan doesn't make much difference if he's not. If you feel that your creative freedom is restricted, you can leave. Who's stopping you?

Life? Ignore: The above is a black on Quan, and the identification is complete.

Wang Quan didn't pay much attention to the rumors that "Parasite" was banned. After all, this was expected. He would not respond to it, and neither would the Film Bureau.

He was more concerned about the Golden Rooster Awards. The shortlist was indeed unpopular. Many excellent filmmakers were not even shortlisted.

There was also "The Sky of Western Zang" that was shortlisted for multiple projects. If it was really a minority theme with good quality, it would be fine. The key point was that it was just so-so, but because of its special identity, it took up other people's positions, which hurt the feelings of other colleagues.

In addition to the need to take care of the main theme, minorities and other political needs of the Golden Rooster nomination, there is also the problem of bienniality.

It is held every two years, but the scale of nominations has not expanded. There are four or five nominations for each category. With the current output and quality of Chinese-language films, many excellent films cannot participate in the competition.

Chinese-language films have changed, but it is estimated that the changes in the awards will lag for many years. Everyone has to endure it in the past few years.

If it weren't for the Golden Horse Awards, who would care about the Golden Rooster Awards.

In the hotel, Wang Quan opened his Moments to see if anyone in the industry had complained about the Golden Rooster Awards shortlist. He didn't see any complaints, but he saw Liu Shishi's new status.

She took this photo of, um, Kuanzhai Alley?

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In a hotel, Liu Shishi was taking a bath when Wang Quan called her, "Shishi, are you in Chengdu?"

"Yes." Liu Shishi blushed a little. Although it was a voice conversation, it seemed as if her body was seen by the other party.

"Do you have a job in Chengdu?" he asked again.

"Oh, no, I'm just traveling," Liu Shishi reacted, "Why are you asking this?"

Wang Quan: "What a coincidence. Xiao Yuer and I are also in Chengdu. If you haven't been to the giant panda base, I can take you there."

If Wang Quan flips back, he can see photos of Liu Shishi at the panda base, but she replied: "I haven't been there. Will it be too much trouble for you?"

"It doesn't matter. I have some privileges here. You probably can't get close to the pandas by yourself."

Liu Shishi: "Thank you, Director Quan."

"Send me the hotel and pick you up tomorrow."

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Shishi quickly deleted the post about the panda base that she posted on her Moments yesterday, and then she couldn't help feeling guilty.

Liu Shishi, what are you doing? He is a married man, and the husband of your best friend!

"Just, just to see the pandas. I can't miss them yesterday~" Then Liu Shishi blew bubbles in the bathtub with peace of mind.

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"Come, take a picture of Shishi and Abao first."

Abao is now a half-giant panda, not small in size, but gentle, white and plump. With the help of the keeper, Liu Shishi successfully took a photo with Abao.

Then it was Meng Jie's turn, and Abao still cooperated. After all, every beautiful woman in the photo would offer a fresh bamboo shoot, and he was only responsible for grabbing the bamboo shoot.

On the other side, Wang Quan was discussing with the deputy director about borrowing Abao to make a movie. There are many benefits.

First of all, Abao's salary will not be reduced. 10 tons of bamboo shoots per piece is not a problem. Three films are to be made.

In addition, after this movie, Abao will directly become a movie star, which can gain more ticket appeal and provide more performance growth points for the park.

However, the deputy director told him regretfully: "Abao has been selected by the Beijing Zoo and will go there next month. We can't make the decision on this matter."

"Beijing Zoo." Hearing this news, Wang Quan was happy. That would be easier, and it would save the team from coming to the city to film. Beijing is more convenient.

"Director Quan, you should take a photo too." Liu Shishi called Wang Quan and took a photo with him holding a selfie stick.

Although there was no panda in the same frame, Liu Shishi collected this photo very carefully afterwards and took it out to look at it from time to time. This is still the only photo of her and Wang Quan alone.

Why didn't she think of taking more photos when filming "Ghost Blowing Light" before?

At that time, Liu Shishi really had no feelings for Wang Quan, but after experiencing the bridal chamber storm, she could never go back to the past.

However, Liu Shishi restrained herself well. If Wang Quan's wife was Liu Yifei, she might rush, but Yang Mi really couldn't do it, otherwise she would be too inhuman.

It's a pity that she didn't communicate with Tang Yan. Tangtang is very open now: You two don't have to treat me as a human being!

After that, Wang Quan took a few beauties of different sizes to visit the attractions in Chengdu. Although Wang Quan and Liu Shishi were also photographed and posted online, they did not cause any scandals.

This is mainly because Liu Shishi has a good reputation and no criminal record. If it was Liu Yifei or Fan Bingbing, who knows what would happen.

Liu Shishi originally had other travel plans, but because Wang Quan was going back to Beijing the next day, she changed her plans and returned to Beijing on the same plane as Wang Quan.

After filming the movie and taking a few days off, Wang Quan should also edit the film. Venice is so anxious that it is less than half a month away from the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival.

Wang Quan first apologized to Xiao Yuer for not being able to accompany her wholeheartedly, but he would try to go home early every day to accompany them.

Just after working for two days, Wang Quan received a call from Baiyin Lao Zhou.

He said to Wang Quan with a choked voice: "Director Quan, I won't say anything, thank you, thank you!"

"You know?"

Old Zhou said "um": "The Baiyin Police Department just called my family and confirmed that the man has been caught, and the evidence is conclusive, and he has admitted it himself."

They have already started notifying the victim's family, which means that the chain of evidence should have been completed and can be sent for trial.

This efficiency is still acceptable.

Old Zhou added: "And they told me that it was because of your movie that he was finally caught. Our family, no, our 11 families, thank you on my behalf! You are a living Bodhisattva!"

Old Zhou was so excited that he also represented the family that had been wiped out.

Wang Quan comforted him for a few words, and then Lao Zhou asked Wang Quan, "Director Quan, can you do us another favor?"

"You say."

Lao Zhou: "Do you know where he lives? There are also..."

"Shut up!" Wang Quan shouted, "I know this hatred is so strong that it cannot be resolved. I don't want to say anything about his family being innocent. I just want to say, do you really think such a person will care about the life and death of his family? Bullshit, doing this will only put you in trouble. There is no use, don't do stupid things!"

Lao Zhou was scolded by Wang Quan and hurriedly explained, "I didn't want to do anything to his family, I just wanted to find someone to scold and vent."

"Wait for the police to report. The police know what can be said and what cannot be said. This is not something I can cross."

Not long after, Wang Quan received another call from the Silver Chapter Team. He told Wang Quan that the Silver official would announce the news tomorrow, and Wang Quan's role in it would also be revealed at that time.

He also deliberately asked Wang Quan to review the announcement in advance, and Wang Quan said there was no problem.

So the next day, an announcement that shocked the whole country was released by the official media of Gansu Province.

“The serial killer who brutally killed 11 women in Gansu and Mongolia from 1988 to 2002 has been arrested. Thanks to Director Wang Quan and the entire crew of “Who is He” for their great contributions in this process!”

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