Zhang Yimou's new film has a poor box office.

From the release in late October to December, the box office was only 8 million yuan in more than a month. If it was an ordinary domestic movie, the result would be good.

But that's Zhang Yimou, a big domestic director.

In the past, the box office of his films released in the country was basically no less than 10 million, with a maximum of more than 50 million.

There are many reasons for the box office failure of this film. One is the problem. The screening rate in theaters across the country is not high.

There are also actors who are newcomers, without box office appeal, and the audience does not buy it. Moreover, film critics have different reviews of the film.

Some people think this is a good movie, and Zhang Yimou tells a touching story.

Some people also criticized the movie for being apart from the beautiful pictures and beautiful music, only Zhang Ziyi's face was left, and there was no plot, just like an extended version of the music video.

The profession of film critics has a certain degree of professionalism and also has personal tendencies.

They are different from professional theorists. They are more free and casual when making reviews. If they think they are not good, they will give bad reviews.

In other words, domestic film critics pay more attention to their personal feelings.

Of course, the quality of a movie requires time to settle down. Lin Zixuan thinks this movie is OK, at least above the level.

Although the domestic box office was not good, the film did not lose money. Zhang Yi was planning to take an international route, and the income from overseas copyright alone was enough to recover the investment. He didn't care about this.

This is the difference between Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.

Feng Xiaogang's movies cannot be sold overseas, and even if they are sold, they will be sold in packages. The price is bargain, so he can only rely on domestic box office to recover his investment, so he pays more attention to the audience's feelings.

Zhang Yimou didn't care and said nothing, but his partner, Zhang Weiping, could not sit still.

The movie has investments from Zhang Weiping. The domestic box office failure means his income has decreased, so he is naturally not very willing.

When he was interviewed, he denounced film critics as unprofessional and audiences who did not understand art, and he also sent them to Time.com.

The new film about Zhang Yimou on Time.com is full of noise and the rating is slightly lower.

This slightly lower is actually not low compared to other movies by Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou's new film score is 6:9, the movie "Alive" score is 8:6, Feng Xiaogang's "A Sigh" score is 7:2, and "Party A and Party B" score is 7:8.

Relatively speaking, the rating is low.

There is a question of time here. The longer the time, the more fair the evaluation of a movie, the less people rated a new movie, and they are easily affected by all aspects.

Zhang Wei commented that Zhang Yimou's movies are not as high as a random New Year film, and there is something wrong with it.

He pointed out that this website is a website under a certain film company, and the film reviews and ratings on the website are deliberately targeted at Zhang Yimou.

Although Zhang Weiping did not name the name, he pointed the finger at Haomeng Company, believing that Haomeng Company is suspected of slandering Zhang Yimou.

Reports like this that have a negative impact on the company will definitely let Lin Zixuan know.

After reading the report, Lin Zixuan was quite helpless. Your movie had a bad box office, so I blamed my website's ratings.

After two years of exhibition, Time.com has gained a certain influence in the film circle. Many film critics or insiders will have time to comment on the website or query movie information.

Movie lovers also like to come and browse and find their favorite videos.

In order to ensure the relative fairness of the scoring system, the website stipulates that only users who have been registered for three months are eligible to score. Once existing users deliberately give a minimum score to multiple videos, the website will block the user's account.

If the score of a video is low, the staff of the website will check whether it is a problem with the movie itself or a human factor.

Lin Zixuan hasn't said that he has deliberately targeted any movie, so there is really no need for this.

Besides, the Internet has not yet been popularized, and Time Network has limited influence on the audience. Otherwise, Good Dream Company would not have to invest 10 million to promote "The Funeral of Big Names". It would be better to promote it directly through the Internet.

Zhang Wei commented that this person is not popular in the film industry and has conflicts with many people.

It cannot be said that he will only offend people without speaking through his brain. He values ​​interests. He will make friends with whoever can bring benefits to him, otherwise he will be the target of his attack.

As long as he can win over Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou will make money for him.

Zhang Yimou may also need someone like this to take care of everything for him so that he can have time to concentrate on making movies.

Since it has been criticized, Haomeng Company will respond.

"Time.com is a non-profit website, mainly to facilitate everyone to find movie information. As for movie reviews and ratings, the website will not interfere. If the website's ratings are considered unfair, we will delete the video information from the website under the written notice of the film copyright owner and publish this notice to give netizens an explanation."

This is a statement from Time Network.

As long as Zhang Weiping’s new film company sends a written notice, Time.com will delete all the information about Zhang Yimou’s new film and put this written notice on the website to explain the ins and outs of the matter.

It is hard to say who will suffer the loss of this. It depends on whether Time Network can grow in the future.

As the website becomes more and more influential, this written notice can become a joke.

This is a game, and the website cannot retreat, it depends on whether Zhang Weiping will send the written notice.

After waiting for a few days, Zhang Weiping did not respond. It seemed that there would be no follow-up.

This incident reminds Lin Zixuan that it is time to separate Time.com and Good Dream Company and establish an independent network company. If it is always placed under Good Dream Company, it will inevitably make people question it.

The funds required by him after the split Time Network are actually no different from the original one.

The incident on Time Network was just a little complicated, and Lin Zixuan focused on the screening of "The Funeral of Big Names".

This screening is participated by Colombia Asian Film Company, and domestic films rarely hold screenings.

This is a habit in Hollywood. Inviting a large group of celebrities to walk the red carpet and reporters to interview and take photos is a good publicity method and it also costs a lot, which is in line with the international community.

According to international practice, attendees must wear formal clothes, first a cocktail party, then a movie, and after watching a movie, it is a press conference.

This is not easy to be accepted in China. Lin Zixuan removed the cocktail party, watched the movies directly, and then accepted interviews with reporters.

As for whether to wear formal clothes or not, it depends on personal habits. There are no mandatory requirements. Any conventions must be followed by local customs and cannot be copied and copied.

The screening of "The Funeral of the Big Name" was held at the National Culture Palace in the capital on December 18th. (To be continued.)8
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