The lineup of "Warring States" is very strong.

There is the new tough guy actor Zhang Shaolei from mainland China, the heroine is Liu Yufei, one of the four actresses, and there is also the veteran Hong Kong and Taiwan actor Li Keming. Even the small roles in the crew are familiar to China's old drama stars Jiao Chanping, Zhang Zuoxiang and others.

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It stands to reason that such a crew, which requires both acting skills and good looks, will definitely produce a terrifying chemical reaction. Not only will it be able to win various awards in Berlin, overseas copyrights will be sold rapidly, but it will also be able to return to China and sweep away the past.

The box office decline caused by "Tianji" set a box office record in the film industry, and even once again became the leader of Chinese blockbusters!

Xu Xiaoming, who was sent to the hospital by Zhou Yang, thought so, Zhou Yilin thought so, and even An Xiao thought so.

However……

When the gorgeous picture appeared on the screen and the weird costume of the protagonist appeared in front of Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang was dumbfounded.

The movie is similar to the "Warring States" in the original world, except that the protagonist becomes Pang Juan and the villain becomes Sun Bin.

This is a huge sense of disruption.

Of course, if this movie is shot from a subversive perspective, it would be no problem to explain it, and it would even arouse a burst of applause.

If done well, it can even become a masterpiece!

But!

The scene of the mentally ill protagonist and the insane emperor in the magnificent palace, wearing strange clothes and yelling like a madman in front of all the ministers, made Zhou Yang feel extremely disconnected.

He felt that he couldn't understand what these nonsense were talking about...

Moreover, the editing of the movie is very problematic. Generally, the movie will start with some background information about the characters in the movie. Even if it is not good, the identity of the person will be revealed in the lines.

However, the plot lasted for five minutes, and there were about twenty characters appearing here and there. Basically, every character was an unpopular figure that Zhou Yang had never heard of, and the relationship between these unpopular figures was fascinating to watch.

He was so confused that he didn't know the logical relationship between them at all. Some characters seemed to be enough for the camera and cards, but Zhou Yang was in a daze for a long time before he realized that this character was a marginal figure.

The first twenty minutes were basically foggy, I just felt like everyone was wearing different clothes, the pictures and special effects were really gorgeous, and the overall atmosphere was very different...

After twenty minutes, Sun Bin finally appeared in the movie.

Then, Sun Bin, played by veteran Hong Kong actor Li Keming, looks very vulgar. Not only is he hunchbacked, but in the plot, he deliberately cut his patella to frame Pang Juan.

Zhou Yang felt so disconnected from what he saw that he was almost stunned.

Although history is written by successful people, Zhou Yang always felt that he deliberately fabricated history in order to create an alternative movie.

Of course, these are plots that Zhou Yang can understand.

When the movie entered the second half, he found himself like a fool.

Not only could he not understand the dialogue between the characters in the movie, but the plot of the movie was increasingly going in a direction that he could not understand.

There is a love story in this movie, but the love is very inexplicable. The male and female protagonists kissed inexplicably because of a trivial matter, and the kiss lasted for a full thirty seconds. There was also a memory that appeared from nowhere interspersed in the middle.

Zhou Yang finally understood what Wang Shuai meant by his evaluation of director Zhou Yilin.

At the same time, he was a little confused.

Why do great directors like Zhou Yilin and Chen Kai, who were very good at making movies before, start to shoot in places that are confusing to people?

From the next to the end of "Warring States", Zhou Yang didn't understand what the movie was about. He always felt that the plot of the movie was obscure and difficult to understand. It looked very profound. It seemed that history had been changed, but it didn't seem to have changed, especially in

The suspense left in the last scene, Zhou Yang always felt that Zhou Yilin was scolding him through the screen!

Scolding myself for having no artistic talent, scolding myself for poor understanding, scolding myself for not being worthy of sitting in a cinema and watching a movie...

When the lights came on, Zhou Yang, who was dealing with a confused state, heard a round of applause from the back row.

"GOOD!"

"Well done! This movie is really well done and a classic!"

"It's great. This is one of the few masterpieces of Chinese cinema!"

"..."

Zhou Yang turned his head subconsciously and found that a large number of people in the back row looked very excited. Some of them had tears in their eyes and kept wiping their tears with napkins.

“So touching!”

Is it my problem?

Maybe, it's really my problem?

Maybe I don't know how to appreciate...

Subconsciously, Zhou Yang also clapped.

The premiere of "Warring States" is over.

A group of reporters swarmed around Zhou Yilin and yelled at him.

Zhou Yang and others left the screening room.

Zhang Genshui walked out blankly with Xu Li in his arms...

"Brother, your snoring is too loud, it's so rude!"

"This movie dazzled me and made me sleepy just watching it..."

"..."

Xu Li glanced at Zhang Genshui with some annoyance, and Zhang Genshui shook his head speechlessly.

Chen Shuangbao and Zhao Zhen also walked out. Their expressions were the same as Zhou Yang's. They were at a loss from beginning to end. After watching the movie, they felt like they had not watched anything...

perhaps……

They are all a group of people without artistic talent.

"Director Zhou, what do you think of this movie?" Liu Tingting approached Zhou Yang and asked seriously.

"This movie..." Zhou Yang thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how to describe this movie.

"I think this is a bad movie!" Liu Tingting replied, "The people sitting next to me looked like extras. They started crying for no reason..."

……………………

Zhou Yang never criticizes anyone or any movie.

After leaving, Zhou Yang didn't talk to anyone about "Warring States".

He only knew that the fans who watched the movie that day spoke highly of the movie. Some even commented that the movie was as good as "Heroes" and said that they would watch it a second time, even a third time, or a fourth time.

brush……

It stands to reason that the copyright sales of such a highly rated movie should be as crazy as "Hero", but the sales of the copyright of "Warring States" are very unsatisfactory.

Not only compared to "Hero", but compared to some low-budget films at the same festival, it is far behind!

After struggling for a long time, in the end only an Italian film producer bought out the copyright to "Warring States" at a not-too-high price.

Zhou Yang began to understand the world less and less.

February 24th.

There is only one day left before the first screening of "Under the Mine".

Wang Shuai took Zhou Yang to the screening room No. 6 to familiarize himself with the scene. When he passed by the screening room of "Warring States" and saw a large group of movie fans rushing to grab a seat in the screening room, Wang Shuai showed a sneer.

"Oh, it's a lie!"

"Director Wang, what do you mean?" Zhou Yang looked at the group of people. When he saw a few familiar figures among the "movie fans", Zhou Yang suddenly understood.

"Just a little sigh, let's go." Wang Shuai narrowed his eyes, and then walked towards the No. 6 screening room.

The movie "Kardashian's Day Off" is playing in Auditorium 6 at this moment.

This is an innocent romantic love story film. The producer and director want to create a "Charlotte Celie of the new era".

The movie was shot very well, and the director's level was quite high. Even if Zhou Yang couldn't understand foreign languages, he could still understand the plot.

Unfortunately, this film could not be shortlisted for Berlin. The official opinion given by Berlin was that "love" can indeed be eulogized, but it is not profound enough and is too empty.

After Wang Shuai saw this movie, his expression suddenly became very ugly.

I walked out early after watching the movie for a while.

"What's wrong, Director Wang?"

"It suddenly occurred to me that this is an Italian movie!"

"Then what?"

"..."

Wang Shuai didn't speak, just looked at Zhou Yang silently.

Zhou Yang was a little confused when Wang Shuai stared at him, and then his eyes widened as if he thought of something.

"Could it be that Director Zhou..."

Could it be that Zhou Yilin secretly squeezed out the time for "Under the Mine", changed the filming schedule, and gave the normal time to "Kardashian Holiday" in exchange for the copyright of the Italian film company?

"It's possible...but not necessarily." A cold glint flashed through Wang Shuai's eyes.
To be continued...