Chapter 272: The violent performance of "Curse of the Golden Flower"

September 25th, 7pm.

Liu Zhou arrived at the Beijing Film Studio on time. The premiere of Zhang Yimou's blockbuster "Curse of the Golden Flower" was held in an exquisite studio at the Beijing Film Studio.

Compared with the luxurious premieres of Zhang Yimou's previous blockbusters, this one was indeed much simpler.

But this did not dampen the audience's enthusiasm at all, and the constructed venue was already densely packed with moviegoers who were either sitting or standing.

The premiere of "Curse of the Golden Flower" in history was not held because director Zhang Yimou was supervising the production of the opera "Qin Shi Huang" in the United States, Gong Li went home to visit her sick mother, and Chow Yun-fat was also absent due to schedule reasons.

The three main creators were unable to be present, so only Jay Chou came to support the occasion.

Jay Chou performed juggling, dancing with sticks, and singing, performing almost the entire show.

In the end, I don’t know if Zhang Weiping felt that this was a bit shabby, so he invited Jet Li to support the show.

But this time it was much more lively. Not only were all the main creators of the film present, but many celebrity guests were also invited.

Liu Zhou also came in a hurry this time. His plane landed in Beijing in the afternoon. He just went home to take a shower and then hurried here.

Fortunately, I was not late and arrived just ten minutes before the premiere started.

As for Zeng Li, Liu Zhou didn't want her to travel any more and was already very tired after flying for more than ten hours, so he didn't let her come with him.

To be honest, Liu Zhou regretted accepting Zhang Weiping's invitation. Now he was in a hurry and felt exhausted.

"Mr. Liu, I didn't expect you to come. I thought you couldn't make it."

Zhang Weiping's eyes lit up when he saw Liu Zhou, and he immediately stepped forward and said with a smile.

"If I had known that Mr. Zhang had such thoughts, I would not have come."

"Haha, you won the Golden Lion. I thought you needed to stay in Venice for a while longer. By the way, I haven't congratulated Mr. Liu on winning the Golden Lion yet."

"Thank you, please take me in quickly, isn't the premiere about to start?"

After saying that, Liu Zhou followed Zhang Weiping to a private room where there were only two of them.

This is good, peaceful.

For this premiere, Zhang Weiping invited Jingwei from the movie channel to be the host, and Jay Chou was the main performing guest.

Amid the host's shouts of "The whole city is full of Zhou Jie Lun", three "Zhou Jie Luns", two fake and one real, came on stage at the same time. It was difficult to tell the real from the fake, which caused fans to scream continuously.

Jay Chou then wore the same golden armor as in the movie, danced with sticks and wielded swords, sang Chrysanthemum Terrace, and finally sang Thousand Miles Away with Wu Zongxian.

Jay Chou is really popular now. As long as he is on the stage, the audience will scream non-stop.

Finally, after the host briefly interviewed the film's main creators, the film officially began screening.

Although Liu Zhou had watched this movie several times in his previous life, he always watched it on his mobile phone.

Actually watching this movie on the big screen gave Liu Zhou an unprecedented feeling.

When it comes to the ability to control large scenes, Zhang Yimou is indeed the best. Even Liu Zhou at this time has to admit that he is inferior to him. Even twenty years later, no one should be able to surpass him.

The later "Operation Red Sea" and "Wolf Warrior" series are not as good as this movie in terms of grand scenes.

Liu Zhou had already witnessed Zhang Yimou's level when filming "Red Cliff", but "Curse of the Golden Flower" still shocked him.

Nearly 10,000 people were mobilized, including PLA soldiers, extras, and female students from various universities who played the roles of palace maids. There were almost no special effects shots in the entire film, all of which were real shots.

In the final battle, the chrysanthemums on the ground were all real, and the crew mobilized a large number of people to lay them there.

In ancient times, commanding thousands of people to fight a war was not an easy task, let alone filming it.

There are two armies, the silver and yellow. The gold-armored army attacks with guns, while the silver-armored army defends with shields.

Like two torrents, the sounds of fighting between the silver and yellow armies covered the entire premiere scene.

Although there were only a few thousand people, the effect presented was incomparably shocking.

Ten thousand people, boundless
In the end, the second prince's rebellion failed, he was caught and committed suicide, and Zhou Runfa sat down to drink again.

The eunuchs and palace maids sang "Ode to Taihe" in unison

The phoenix shines auspiciously, the sun and the moon shine, the four seas rise, the territory is opened, the benevolence, wisdom, trustworthiness, courtesy, righteousness, loyalty, integrity, virtue, and the holy kings are all here. Following the way of heaven, they live long and prosper, and obey the will of heaven to transform the nations.

The movie is over!

After the movie was over, both filmmakers in the industry and moviegoers were shocked beyond words.

In fact, "Curse of the Golden Flower" is not that bad. The plot is a bit empty, but at least it tells a complete story that everyone can understand.

In addition to the plot, all other aspects are top-notch, and the whole movie also gives people a great visual impact.

The fact that the movie "Original Time and Space" has grossed 2.8 million yuan at the box office shows that ordinary audiences still like it quite a lot.

The reason why it was criticized by the media as a terrible movie was entirely because of the people in the Beijing circle who were pushing it behind the scenes.

Historically, in the first decade of the new century, the main voice in the mainland entertainment industry was in the hands of the Beijing circle.

However, even in such a huge Beijing circle, there is one person that can never be defeated, and that is Zhang Yimou.

Whether it is awards or box office, Zhang Yimou has put the Beijing circle under great pressure.

In addition to fame, there was also a struggle for interests. People today may not know that at that time, no domestic director had the appeal of Zhang Yimou.

Many viewers who rarely watch more than two movies a year, and even those in small third-tier cities, will spontaneously go to the cinema after Zhang Yimou's movies are released, and the whole family will go together.

They don't care what others say, even if they praise other movies to the sky, they just watch Zhang Yimou's movies.

For many viewers, watching a movie means watching a Zhang Yimou movie.

Who wouldn’t be jealous seeing this?

Therefore, suppressing Zhang Yimou has become a consensus in the Beijing circle. Since "Hero", people have never stopped criticizing Zhang Yimou and his movies.

"Curse of the Golden Flower", a blockbuster production that was at least up to standard, was directly criticized by them as a bad movie.

But who knew that at that time a large part of the discourse power in the entertainment industry was in the hands of the Beijing circle, and ordinary people had few channels to express their opinions.

In this life, due to the emergence of Liu Zhou, the power of the Beijing circle is much smaller.

And as everyone knows, Liu Zhou and Zhang Yimou have a very good relationship, so the Beijing circle does not dare to target him too much.

In addition, "Red Cliff" directed by Zhang Yimou broke the box office record of "Titanic" which had always been above his head, which made Zhang Yimou more famous and more appealing.

But it is inevitable that with the success of "Red Cliff", Zhang Yimou will definitely receive some criticism after the release of "Curse of the Golden Flower".

After all, "Curse of the Golden Flower" is just a passing work. How could an excellent student like Zhang Yimou not be criticized for only getting a passing grade?

"Mr. Liu, what do you think of this movie?"

Zhang Weiping asked Liu Zhou with a smile, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with the movie.

Liu Zhou certainly would not spoil the fun at this time, and replied with a smile:

"Yes, Director Zhang is still as good as ever. The box office of this movie will be at least 200 million."

"Haha, I feel relieved with Mr. Liu's words."

"Mr. Zhang, the recent news about the Venice Film Festival has no impact on the promotion of the film, right?"

"Don't worry, there won't be any impact. Just wait and see. From tomorrow onwards, media coverage of Curse of the Golden Flower will become mainstream.

But if I do this, I might steal Mr. Liu's limelight. Mr. Liu, you don't mind, do you?"

"Why should I mind this? I don't care about these false names and popularity. I even hope that Curse of the Golden Flower will have a high box office."

"Then I'm relieved. Let's go meet the film's creators. As a film investor, you've never met them once."

However, Liu Zhou shook his head and said:
"See you at the celebration party. I rushed here as soon as I got off the plane. I'm really sleepy now."

"Okay, I'll introduce you to it at the celebration banquet."

The next day, just as Zhang Weiping said, most of the news in the circle was occupied by "Curse of the Golden Flower", and the news about the awards at the Venice Film Festival suddenly decreased by half.

On the third day, the movie officially began to be released in theaters across the country.

New Picture and China Film Group released 1200 copies on the first day, accounting for nearly 70% of the screenings, completely squeezing out the living space for other films.

In fact, there are not many movies released during this period. After all, who would be so stubborn as to go head-to-head with Zhang Yimou?

Now the film market only distinguishes between "Curse of the Golden Flower" and other movies.

"Curse of the Golden Flower" lived up to its reputation and grossed 31 million on the first day.

The following two days were weekends, and the box office grossed 35 million and 38 million respectively.

It broke the 100 million yuan box office record in three days, tying the previous record of "Red Cliff" for the fastest box office.

This result also shocked many people in the industry who were paying attention to this movie.

Although everyone knew that this movie would be a box office hit, no one expected it to be so big, not inferior to "Red Cliff II".

You have to know that when "Red Cliff" was released, it was during the Lunar New Year holiday, and it achieved this result with the full support of China Film, Golden Harvest and New Picture.

"Curse of the Golden Flower" was released in the normal way of a blockbuster movie, and it was released during the National Day holiday.

However, although the box office of "Curse of the Golden Flower" was booming, its reputation was not very good as expected after its large-scale release in recent days.

More than 6.3 people rated the movie on Douban, and the final score was .

The most criticized part is the plot, followed by the costumes of the palace maids in the movie. The hot reviews of "big-breasted girls" are all the rage in various film and television forums.

Although many people are criticizing it, at least it is much better than in history.

After the release of the movie "Original Time and Space", most of the public opinion even escalated to personal attacks, and people wished that Zhang Yimou would die to atone for his crime.

Nowadays, people only criticize the movie, and occasionally curse Zhang Yimou.

The intensity of the criticism was not even as strong as when "The Banquet" was released.

It seems that if there is no one pushing them from behind, everyone still has a scale in their hearts.

On the other hand, Liu Zhou, who had rested at home for a few days, came to China Film again to continue preparing for "The Martian".

(End of this chapter)