Xia Tian said this without any groundlessness.

Because the box office appeal of female stars is not good.

"The Royal Sister" is a classic of female action movies. It has been filmed seven movies in a row, but the highest box office is only more than 14 million Hong Kong dollars. "The Three Heroes of the Orient" starring Yang Ziqiong, Mei Yanfang and Zhang Manyu has a box office of only 1.93 million Hong Kong dollars.

Because of those films, the performance of female stars is obviously better than that of male stars in the film, so it is not loved by male audiences. Although men like women, they actually prefer women who are feminine and surrender to men.

In comparison, "The King of Kings", which shows off her figure, has a box office performance that is significantly better than "The Royal Sister". However, the subsequent sequels, Dogtail Sequels, made up randomly, causing the box office to plummet, and ruined this series.

When the reporters heard Xia Tian say this, they couldn't help but question it.

In their opinion, men like women, so female stars should be more popular, right?

Just as magazines usually use beauties as covers, both male and female readers like to buy them when they see them. On the contrary, if they are handsome men as covers, their sales will usually drop by 10% or 20%. As media reporters, they still know this.

"Mr. Xia, you are wrong." A reporter expressed his opinion.

Xia Tian smiled, "Don't think I'm talking nonsense. Let's give the simplest example. Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novel, do you think there are more male readers or female readers? Ms. Yishu's literary novel, do you think there are more female readers or male readers?"

"Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels are indeed many male readers; Ms. Yishu's literary novels are indeed many female readers." The reporters said together.

Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels are loved by boys, and almost everyone has one, so they enjoy reading it. But girls obviously prefer to read romance novels by Yishu, Qiongyao, and Cen Kairen. Everyone knows this.

"That's the reason. Male audiences like movies, novels, comics and even songs dominated by men; female audiences like movies, novels, comics and songs dominated by women." Xia Tian said, "And action movies have always been watched by men, but women don't like to watch them, so I don't have much hope for the box office of this movie. It's a success if it can exceed 10 million Hong Kong dollars."

After hearing his analysis, the reporters finally understood and nodded together.

"Mr. Xia, do you think this is considered gender discrimination?" a female reporter asked sensitively.

She has always paid more attention to protecting women's rights and calls on women to have the same status as men in society and not to be discriminated against in work, family, etc. Now, after hearing what Xia Tian said, she suddenly feels that "men don't like to watch women's action movies" seems to be gender discrimination.

"I can't say this." Xia Tian waved his hand, but he knew in his heart that this was gender discrimination.

Because who makes the majority of the current movie audience, especially the men at the bottom of society. They also have a title called "Bite Cane Gang", which means watching movies in the theater while gnawing sugarcane. When they are satisfied, they will cheer loudly, and when they are not satisfied, they will even throw sugarcane on the screen.

The aesthetics of the Jade Cane Gang are relatively vulgar, and the requirements for the movies are also good enough. Therefore, Hong Kong movies are full of swear words, shit, piss, yellow jokes, and sexual hints, just to please this part of the audience.

Like the "Chasing Girls" series, the "Heroic Reality" series, the "Five Fortune Stars" series, etc., it is simply tailor-made for this group of "Bits" gangs. Therefore, the taste of "Bits" from the bottom of society actually determines the aesthetics of Hong Kong movies.

It may sound incredible, but in fact this phenomenon is not isolated. The "small town youth" in the mainland also determines the taste of mainland movies. Because according to the survey, second- and third-tier cities contributed 70% of the annual box office, and "small town youth" supported the box office in the mainland for more than half a day. Therefore, their taste and aesthetics determine the development of the mainland film industry.

Like Wang Jing's "Macau Storm" series, Liu Zhenwei's "Box of Yue Guang" series, Happy Family's "Happy Home" series, and Guo Jingming's "Tiny Times" series, they are all scolded so much, but the box office is so high, and sequels are one after another, because these movies are more popular in second-, third- and fourth-tier cities than masterpieces such as "The Grandmaster", "007", and "Wolverine".

It was precisely because Xia Tian knew this that he said it on purpose to attract people's attention. Because such hidden discrimination like this will change in the short term once it is exposed.

Just like children begging on the side of the road, under normal circumstances, no one cares about their existence, and even ZF takes an indifferent attitude. But once the media reports, this issue will be taken immediately. The police will take action immediately, and these children will be rescued, and the manipulators who are hiding behind cannot escape legal sanctions. However, after the passage of time, there are still begging children on the road, and society will continue to ignore their existence.

Xia Tian didn't intend to reverse this discrimination forever, and he didn't have the ability. He only hoped that when female action movies like "The King of the Kings" were released, this discrimination could attract people's attention and temporarily reverse it.

Seeing that he was unwilling to answer, the female reporter had to stop for the time being, but she decided to continue to observe. If the movie "Battle Flower" is really good, but the box office results are not good and cannot attract male audiences, she must report on this matter well so that everyone can pay attention to the issue of "sexual discrimination" in the film field.

...

After some interviews, artists such as Yuan Kui, Luo Fuluo, Lou Nanguang were also "later" and were also interviewed by reporters.

The reporters did not dare to ask Xia Tian about his relationship with Hu Huizhong, but they didn't have to be so polite to those like Wang Jing.

"How is Mr. Xia and Ms. Hu's relationship on the crew?"

"Are they a couple?"

"Does Mr. Xia often visit the crew?"

The reason why Yuan Kui and others came late was because they had discussed with Xia Tian and wanted to hype up his relationship with Hu Huizhong. So after hearing the reporter's questions, they all began to answer according to the agreed in advance.

You said yes, I said no, both sides had their own opinions, and all kinds of true and false news were revealed, allowing the reporters to get the materials they wanted, but they were even more confused about whether they were in love.

...

After the interview ended, everyone entered the theater together.

Xia Tian sat together with Hu Huizhong in a big manner, not shy away from outsiders at all.

Anyway, they just want to use scandals to hype, so they are not afraid of being photographed by reporters, nor are they afraid of writing randomly.

As for Wang Qixian and others who may be jealous when they see the report, Xia Tian can also make excuses on the grounds of "promoting movies".

So how can you not make good use of this kind of opportunity that can be justified and used for personal gain in summer?

"A Tian, ​​do you think this movie is really as you said, with a box office of only 10 million Hong Kong dollars?" Hu Huizhong asked worriedly, afraid that he would lose money because of him.

Xia Tian nodded, and he estimated that the box office of this movie was only around 10 million Hong Kong dollars at most.

However, because the investment in this movie is only more than 6 million Hong Kong dollars, it is actually not a problem to recover the cost. If you add the box office of the Shanghai takeaway port, it is not a problem to make a big profit.

Xia Tian settled the accounts to Hu Huizhong, and then smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if it only has tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, we will make sure to make a profit. What's more, for you, even if you lose millions, so as long as you can be happy."

When Hu Huizhong heard him say this, he immediately smiled and felt sweet in his heart.

"If this is the case, I'll be relieved." She said happily, "But if we really lose money, let's stop filming the sequel."

"Why, are you afraid I can't afford to lose?! In ancient times, King You of Zhou smiled at the beacon and played the princes; now, I, Xia Tian, ​​smiled at my wife and spent a lot of money to make movies..." Xia Tian said with a smile.

"Ph! Ph! Ph! Ph! Don't talk nonsense!" Hu Huizhong quickly stopped him.

In order to win the favor of his concubine Bao Si, King You of Zhou created a beacon to play with the princes, but ended up losing all his country. She didn't want Xia Tian to make a promise and ended up like King You of Zhou.

Xia Tian smiled, knowing Hu Huizhong's thoughts, and couldn't help but hold her hand in emotion.

Hu Huizhong was shocked and quickly looked around. She was relieved only when she was sure that the reporter had not noticed it.

"Stop doing this. If a reporter takes a photo, it will be 'fake and true'." She then said quietly to Xia Tian.

"What 'fakes come true' is real." Xia Tian smiled slightly, "Let me hold it. You forgot that time I watched the preview of "The Great Stars" and I held your hand like this."

When Hu Huizhong heard him talk about that incident, he couldn't help but smile happily on his face. The midnight preview of "The Legend of Lucky Stars" was the two of them who made love because of their handshake.

"Yeah." She nodded and no longer refused.

...

Soon, the movie begins.

At the beginning, there was a very lively bank robbery.

Seeing Hu Huizhong fighting against the bank robbers, fighting with various fists and chasing them, the audience's emotions were immediately mobilized.

"Wow, I didn't expect she could really fight!"

“It’s really good!”

"What a handsome move!"

"pretty!!"

I heard the audience praise it.

Hearing the audience's praise, Hu Huizhong couldn't help but show a happy expression.

She suffered a lot in order to film this fight scene, and there is still a scar on her leg.
Chapter completed!