Chapter 220 Imitation Frenzy
Sina Entertainment News

Reprinted from Hollywood Daily Reporter

"Yesterday, the horror film The Conjuring, produced by Chiyou Pictures and directed by Chinese-American director Wen Ziren, and Saw 4, produced by Lionsgate, were released on the same day."

"The two horror films are once again competing against each other on Halloween, following last year's victory of Insidious 2 over Saw 3."

"Who will win and who is the real King of Halloween? The Hollywood media has different opinions."

Phoenix News reported

"Chengtian Entertainment from the mainland has successfully reached an agreement with the chairman of Hong Kong Island Jiahe Group."

"Chengtian Entertainment purchased all of the 24.78% shares and convertible bonds of Jiahe Group held by Mr. Zou and his daughter for approximately more than HK$2 million."

"Since then, Cheng Tian Entertainment has become the largest single shareholder of Golden Harvest, a company that once made Li Xiaolong and Chenglong famous and is known as a legend in the Chinese film industry."

"This acquisition is also the first time that a mainland company has become a major shareholder of a Hong Kong-listed film company."

"Analysts say the emergence of this merger will be a watershed moment in the strategic changes in the Asian film industry from geography to creation."

Although Chengtian’s big move was praised to the skies by the Hong Kong media.

But the big guys in the circle are not fools.

If Golden Harvest has prospects, would the people surnamed Zou in Hong Kong sell their shares?

Netizens in the mainland all laughed at it.

"The Hong Kong media's brains are made of assholes. If Chengtian is the largest entertainment company in the mainland, then what is Huayi? What about Leo's Rongchen Films?"

"Chengtian has a lot of stars under his name, but he can't even produce a big production. He's like a middleman, hitting this with a hammer and that with a stick."

"I invested in Red Cliff, which almost failed, and I don't know how another movie, The Warlords, will perform after it's released."

“I heard that the General Administration has denied The Warlords the right to represent the mainland in the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.”

"The declining Hong Kong industry is all trying to move to the mainland."

"Chengtian is Metersbonwe, not following the beaten path! Awesome!"

The two Huayi brothers laughed like geese.

Li Chen naturally would not respond to such questions.

Tim reported to him in real time the battles against the ghost kings in "The Conjuring" and "Saw 4".

As soon as the data came out on the first day, Li Chen knew there were no surprises.

"The Conjuring" completely defeated "Saw 4", with box office revenue of 1450 million to 865 million.

This is still Friday, and I believe the gap will be even bigger over the weekend.

Li Chen and Tim predicted that as word of mouth spreads, the gap will only get bigger and bigger.

Tim was in awe of his boss's prediction.

The facts are exactly as his boss said.

Sina Entertainment News

"The difference in the investment cost between the two horror films is 10 million US dollars, and the difference in the box office is also like the first retreat."

"The Conjuring opened with $4350 million, unsurprisingly winning the box office championship this week."

"Although the reputation of Saw 4 has collapsed, it still does not affect its speed of earning money, and it has also earned 2680 million in the first week of its release."

"Hollywood media claims that the battle between the Kings of Terror has been decided. Li Chen and Wen Ziren, the two best partners in China, are dominating Hollywood and Halloween!"

"Although Lionsgate invested 10 million this time, it is still difficult to shake the rise of the new king!"

“Not only that, The Conjuring set the record for the best opening for an original horror film.”

Domestic media sang praises for Li Chen.

This ability and feat of grabbing US dollars not only makes people in the circle envious.

Even the upper echelons praised it highly.

Compared with the ease of Warner and Chiyou, New Line Cinema's president, Shay, was becoming increasingly nervous.

In one month, The Golden Compass will be released.

This time, it can be said that Old Shay’s life or death depends on this one shiver.

"Lust, Caution" is finally going to be released in mainland China.

Although Li Chen received an invitation to the premiere in Shanghai on the last day of the month, he had no time to go.

Just let Yang Siwei and Yu Miao go.

In the end, the two came back disappointed, the video was so fucking deleted that it was beyond recognition, yet the actors who were present were still cheering shamelessly.

Yang Siwei and Yu Miao left after watching the film. When they were stopped by the media, Yang Siwei just replied with a word.

"I'm not feeling well. Sorry, please make way."

The media were all confused. How come after watching Lust, Caution, Liu Yifei left the show due to illness?

Even someone as strong as Yang Siwei could feel unwell!
As soon as Yang Siwei got in the car, she called her boss.

"Boss, I really envy Yifei. She left halfway through the show, but I insisted on finishing it. I was really feeling unwell."

"What kind of crap is this? It's full of ulterior motives, glorifies traitors, and uses sex scenes as a selling point. Every single one of them hits my sore spot."

Li Chen laughed out loud: "Your comments are spot on!"

"No, because his name is Li An, and the stick can't hit him. Just wait and see, this matter is not that simple!"

Yang Siwei understood what her boss meant: "Boss, what do you mean?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "I didn't say anything, just read on."

The next day, Yang Siwei's physical discomfort was deliberately exaggerated by the media.

Oriental Morning Post reported
"Lust, Caution" premiered with many stars and received rave reviews."

"Jiang Yiyan: Watching a good movie and indulging in a good role is like Wang Jiazhi falling in love. Whether to stay or go is no longer a matter for you."

"Liu Yun: I really like Lust, Caution. I give it a 10."

"Unexpectedly, One Heart Media General Manager Yang Siwei declined the interview with our reporter due to poor health, which was different from the reason why Liu Yifei left the Venice premiere."

"Whether it's 'discomfort' in Lust, Caution or physical discomfort, it's a matter of speculation."

"Lust, Caution" has already sparked discussion and become a hot topic even before it was released.

But in fact, the VCD and pirated copies of "Lust, Caution" are already available online.

After all, it has been released in Hong Kong and Taiwan for more than a month.

On November 1st, "Lust, Caution" was released in mainland China.

After watching the abridged version, netizens were disappointed and the word of mouth was polarized.

The majority of people applauded, after all, Li An is an internationally renowned director.

It seems that applauding means that you understand it.

This does not prevent fellow Taoists who have read the unedited version online from expressing their opinions.

But the style of painting gradually went astray.

"It's just a Category III pornographic film. It's no different from Ye Zimei and Ye Yuqing's movies. Since the director is Li An, it has become an art film!"

"With a distorted outlook on life, he can only rely on sex scenes to attract attention."

"But the sex scenes are really exciting. It's a pity that Li An didn't go to the island country to shoot action movies!"

“My girlfriend and I tried it, and it was quite difficult!”

Southern Weekend report
"In 2007, the hottest topic in the film industry came from Lust, Caution."

"The film was released in Hong Kong and Taiwan in late September and has recently been released in mainland China. Three of the film's difficult sex scenes are considered classics, which not only made Liu Dehua exclaim, "Amazing, too amazing!"

"It also makes many young men and women eager to imitate it."

No one expected that "Lust, Caution" would trigger a wave of imitations within a few days of its release in mainland China.

The enthusiasm of netizens was immediately ignited.

“The impact is so strong that you can’t help but try it!”

"It's very beautiful. As a woman, I can totally accept it!"

"It's very artistic. If your legs don't cramp, you must try it!"

Liu Dehua, who was preparing for a concert in Beijing, was also speechless. He said that the movie was wonderful, but the media interpreted it as wonderful action!

All major forums and bulletin boards have set up discussion areas for "Lust, Caution".

Even experts have spoken out.

"Difficult sexual positions are harmful to the health of both parties and should not be imitated."

"Most of the sexual actions in Lust, Caution are abnormal positions, and can only be performed by women with flexible bodies who have experience in yoga and gymnastics."

"Ordinary people will cause unnecessary damage to their bodies if they blindly imitate others."

The greatest advantage of Li An is that no matter who spits in his face, he can always keep his mouth shut.

It seemed like the netizens were still not satisfied and brought up Liu Yifei and Li Chen as well.

"Now you know why the fairy is feeling unwell? It was the fairy who was lying under Liang Chaowei's crotch. If it wasn't for Little Li turning against us, we would be blessed!"

"Damn it, Leo is such a piece of shit, he doesn't even understand the principle that happiness is better shared than happiness alone."

"Little Li is really not a good-for-nothing. You guys are the same kind of people as Li An."

(End of this chapter)