Chapter 475: The Words of Punishing “Zhen” (Part )

Sina Entertainment News

"Huayi announced that the first-day box office (including the midnight preview box office) of Feng Xiaogang's new film "TS Earthquake" released yesterday was 3420 million RMB."

"This figure exceeds the first-day box office of Transformers 2, which was 3371 million yuan, and Avatar, which was 3303 million yuan."

“It ranked third in the first-day box office of Chinese films, second only to the currently popular Passengers and Inception.”

"Wang Zhonglei claims that '500 million box office' is not just a slogan!"

"Industry insiders predict that starting this year, a '500 million box office' will be the standard for a blockbuster film."

"The huge sales of 'Earthquake' may lead to a short-term rise in Huayi's stock price."

The movie "Earthquake" made Zhang Jingchu, who was banned by the wives' group in Beijing, and Shi Tou, who was not even considered a second-tier star, completely arrogant.

Huayi didn’t know how many press releases it had bought, and the media was hyping up the news that Stone Man was about to become a top star.

On the first day of "Earthquake", the box office of "Passengers" finally dropped to double digits.

The box office of "Inception" was also 3200 million less than the 500 million the day before.

The entire Huayi and the "Earthquake" crew seemed to be in high spirits.

The media all sang praises.

There was even a voice that directly became a hot topic!

"Earthquake should win an Oscar!"

Everyone knows that the release date of "The Hawthorn Tree" was specially adjusted for the Oscars.

When this sound came out, the media with a keen sense of smell immediately smelled the smell of gunpowder.

Zhang Yimou is now joining forces with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Little Leo is more lethal than Zhang Dapao.

The media flocked to Rongchen Pictures, hoping that Li Chen would respond to this online call.

Wang Zhonglei laughed as if he had taken a drug called "Milky Way" and his mouth was crooked.

"I want to see what he does!"

"Zhong Lei, are you the one behind this?" Feng Xiaogang was a little unhappy.

"Not entirely. This is also the public's voice, Xiaogang."

Feng Xiaogang said with a sullen face: "Zhonglei, I have told you many times that I will not attend."

"Why are you doing this again!"

Wang Zhonglei snorted coldly: "I'm not going anyway!"

"But Zhang Yimou is Li Chen's man now. We can't let him go even if we don't want to!"

Wang Zhonglei was completely at odds with Li Chen.

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Faced with the influx of reporters, Li Chen was not in the company at all.

Yu Miao knew his boss's strategy, so he didn't make any response for the time being.

Let "The Great Earthquake" float around for a few days.

Feng Xiaogang has indeed completed a brilliant turnaround.

"Aftershock" grossed over 100 million yuan in three days. Currently, the only domestic film to have achieved this feat is "Passengers".

Li Chen did not attend the premiere of "Beauty Boss".

Jingtian was greatly disappointed.

"Tiantian, it's okay. Director Li is probably overwhelmed by the media pursuit now." Lu Zheng smiled and comforted his niece.

Although Li Chen did not go, he also paid attention to the news about the premiere of "Beauty Boss".

Jingtian, with his big wavy hair, looks like he has offended his stylist, which is really eye-catching.

"The Great Earthquake" spread like a virus, breaking 200 million in just five days.

On par with Passengers, Inception and Avatar.

Yang Siwei called and said, "Boss, I can't hold it back any longer." Li Chen said noncommittally, "Direct this play well and don't let me down."

Yang Siwei said with a smile: "Don't worry, boss, this is absolutely true story, and I will interpret it with all my heart."

Five days after Earthquake was released, there is finally another voice.

Metropolis Online Report
"The film, which is known as the first authentic I-MAX production in China, has grossed 2 million yuan in box office in just five days since its release."

“But some viewers also questioned whether Earthquake overstated its box office!”

"A viewer named 'Ms. Li' from Hebei Province claimed that 'Earthquake' was not her favorite subject, and of course 'Inception' was not her favorite either."

"But comparing the two, she wanted to watch Leonardo's Inception more. But when she went to the cinema, almost all the movies were Earthquake. There were only two shows of Inception, at 8 a.m. and after 10 p.m., so she had no choice but to watch Earthquake with her boyfriend!"

Wang Zhonglei received a call from Huayi’s publicity director.

"Boss Wang, something has happened. There is a hot search about our high box office."

"Several media outlets have republished this story. I suspect someone is behind this!"

When Wang Zhonglei heard this, the first person he suspected was Li Chen.

Li Chen has been too quiet these past few days, so quiet that it's scary.

It would be fine if we didn't comment on the Oscar matter.

But "Earthquake" overshadowed "Inception", so it would be very abnormal for him to keep silent.

"I understand. Please follow the procedure first and I'll take a look."

At this time, the Internet was full of heated discussions among netizens.

"Leo was murdered, I also want to watch Inception, and I always book a theater to watch Earthquake!"

"Who says it's not true? We have booked all the theaters here, with enterprises and institutions coming one after another. There is no theater for Inception!"

"To watch Inception, you have to fly out of Hebei Province or directly fly out of the mainland!"

The more Wang Zhonglei looked at it, the more cold sweat broke out on his face.

Nowadays, there is no one in the country supervising the box office, and the box office statistics are whatever the film producers say.

"The box office of 'Earthquake' was faked, and Leo was attacked!" It immediately became a hot search.

The media was now like crazy, contacting Li Chen from all sides.

Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun also exchanged views on this matter.

"Sanping, could it be that Li Chen is behind this?" Ren Zhonglun was very suspicious, but he had no evidence.

Han Sanping didn't care: "So what? Don't you and I know whether the news on the Internet is true or not?"

Ren Zhonglun smiled and said, "That's true! It's good to be young. You have clear edges and corners, and you can do whatever you want. Unlike you and me, we have too many restrictions."

Two "Inception" film producers were discussing Li Chen.

Li Chen also responded positively to the media.

This exclusive should naturally be given to Sina.

The Sina reporter interviewed Li Chen over the phone. After hanging up, the Sina reporter suppressed his excitement.

Today's phone interview is bound to go viral, so he needs to inform his superiors first to avoid it becoming a hot topic again.

"Li Chen is not optimistic about 'Earthquake' winning an Oscar!" An eye-catching headline was the first to become a hot search.

"Today, Li Chen accepted an exclusive telephone interview with our reporter. He said that "TS Earthquake" has not been warmed up internationally and has not participated in any international film festivals."

"On the other hand, the judges for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar have to watch 60 or 70 films. They are also very 'powerful' and pay special attention to the works of famous directors and masters."

"If you have never heard of it, you might stop watching after 20 minutes. At present, the only domestic directors with such influence are Li Chen, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Jia Zhangke."

"Feng Xiaogang is not among them."

"In addition, Li Chen also bluntly stated that the screening rate of a commercial film should be based on box office performance."

"Theater chains should follow the laws of the market. Booking large numbers of screenings is meaningless to the development of China's film industry."

One stone caused a thousand ripples, and the circle was completely boiling.

(End of this chapter)