When Han Zhou stepped onto the stage again, many big directors suddenly understood one thing.
Why did Han Zhou allow "Farewell My Concubine" to be screened on a large scale?
In fact, Han Zhou wanted to use the box office appeal of the actors to get the audiences who love watching movies the most and have the habit of watching movies all year round to enter the cinema to watch movies first.
After watching the movie, they will rate it and promote it.
At that time, other passers-by will see something horrifying.
Using tricks? Don’t forget that Han Zhou’s last two movies were given low scores and had their box office stolen, which directly made the rating websites unable to take care of themselves, and they haven’t recovered yet.
At a time when rating websites dare not act recklessly, the purpose of launching "Farewell My Concubine" is self-evident.
The great director Chi Xun was about to withdraw after the starring team finished speaking, but was stopped by film critic A Zhou.
"Director Chi! Do you have anything to say about Farewell My Concubine?"
Chi Xun was stunned for a moment and wanted to be tough, but in the end he just sighed.
Ah Zhou continued to ask: "Why are you sighing?"
Chi Xun: "Farewell My Concubine is the best Chinese-language film in the past 100 years."
There are three kinds of people in the world.
The first type likes to pursue fame and fortune.
The second type is those who deliberately remain indifferent to fame and fortune.
The third type does not care about fame or fortune.
The first one accounts for the vast majority.
The entertainment industry is almost completely occupied by the first type.
But humans have a relatively common and strange phenomenon.
That is, when you drive an Audi Q5 and see people driving BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC, you just can't accept it. Although they are a little more expensive, almost all Audi owners will have the same idea.
"I spent less money and bought the best car of the same level. I am really smart."
In contrast, BMW X3 owners will think: "After driving a BMW, you will know how uncomfortable Audi and Mercedes are to drive."
Mercedes owners will think: "They are in the same class as mine? No kidding, they are not even in the same class of luxury."
This is called competitiveness. It is one of the reasons why humans have become the dominant species in nature, and it is also something that is inherent in human DNA.
Even these car owners, when seeing X5, Q7, and GLE, will feel that they can afford these cars if they work hard, and there is nothing great about them.
However, when they see X7, Range Rover, and GLS, they will not want to compare them.
Because the gap is indeed huge.
But I don't have that kind of 'this is really awesome' thought. To be honest, it's not to that extent. I'm a little bit unconvinced. The most I can do is not to compete with you. But I can't admit that you are awesome.
But when I see the G-Class and the Laurent, I can't help but sigh from the bottom of my heart: they are so fucking rich.
This has nothing to do with how good the car is, it’s just that the magnitude crushes everything.
There are really many examples of this kind, just like in football, two top players in a lower-level league are unwilling to accept each other and compete with each other.
But when they see the historical football king of the top league, they have no intention of competing with him at all. They even want to ask for his autograph, thinking that they are really lucky to have met him.
This is what Chi Xun is thinking now.
I actually wanted to compete with Han Zhou before, thinking that 2 billion wouldn’t be that hard to get.
Now that I think about it, I've really gone crazy. I'm so lucky to be able to share the title of director with Han Zhou.
As soon as this movie came out, the status of Chinese-language films as a whole skyrocketed. I didn't do anything, but my status skyrocketed!
Of course, these are all inner thoughts, and Chi Xun will not tell them to the film critics.
But film critics have the right to interpret their own opinions, so Zhou wrote a film review after returning.
One of the passages reads like this.
[After the movie was over, I asked the famous director Chi Xun what he thought of the movie.
He first sighed, then fell into a long silence.
Finally, I would like to say that this movie is the best movie in the history of Chinese-language films.
His reaction surprised me. Twenty-one years ago, Chi Xun made his debut with the film “Watching Flowers in a Horseback View” and was called a genius director. Thirteen years ago, he had almost reached the peak of his career with the film “Butterfly”, which was a great success at the box office and word of mouth, making him the only billion-dollar director at that time.
Director Chi Xun, who has always been confident about movies, can only sigh helplessly when facing "Farewell My Concubine". He is reluctant to admit it, but he has to admit that this movie has reached the top of Chinese-language movies. 】
Chi Xun really wanted to vomit blood after seeing this. Don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t do that.
How the hell do I dare to struggle? I'll just lie down!
And movie fans also think that "Farewell My Concubine" is really awesome.
What the film critics said is right. How crazy is Chi Xun? He only makes a movie every two or three years, and it either explodes at the box office or explodes in word of mouth.
Every time he speaks, he is confident in every aspect.
Now he is like this, he has really been defeated.
What kind of movie is it in which Chi Xun is defeated?
But then again, which director isn’t crazy?
It is difficult for a person who is not crazy and confident to become a director.
Among the directors well-known to the audience, except for those who are famous for making fools of themselves, who else are not the favored ones and the memories of the times?
Which director would not be suitable for this template?
So, Chi Xun was convinced, Director Zhang was convinced, Director Ma was convinced, Director Liu was convinced, and Zhang, Wang, Li and Zhao were all convinced.
Even Han Zhou's most direct opponents, those who had spread bad rumors about him, were convinced.
Chen Cai, who competed with Han Zhou before, was beaten with kung fu and had a bloody head, but he was not hurt at all and kept talking tough many times.
This time, someone went to interview him, but he said nothing and just left with a gloomy face.
Although he didn't say it, his expression said it all.
I have been a long-time movie lover. I go to see these people for almost every slightly good movie. I am stunned when I see the reviews from various film critics.
Zhao Chang is a movie fan. He had no plans to watch any movies recently, but today he opened Weibo and took a look at the reviews of the film critics he followed.
Ebbs and flows: [I don’t want to give any movie a perfect score, and I don’t want to give Farewell My Concubine a perfect score either. After much thought, I finally felt that the length of this movie is not an integer, but a single second, so I deducted 0.1 point.]
Zhao Chang was stunned. Are you really deducting points from Farewell My Concubine? Are you sure you are not praising it?
Of course, the ups and downs were not written, and Zhao Chang didn't know that Han Sisheng deliberately instigated everyone to find fault with Farewell My Concubine.
Many film critics really wanted to find fault, but after watching the film, they didn't.
The ebb and flow of the tide is quite distinctive, and there was nothing to fault with it, so I deducted 0.1 as a joke.
But this comment made movie fans even more curious.
Is this possible?
Zhao Chang directly searched for "Farewell My Concubine" and saw A Zhou's film review.
Regarding the rating, Zhou wrote: [Last time I gave Kung Fu a score of 9 and Spring Hall a score of 9.1. According to this rating standard, I can only give Farewell My Concubine a score of 13.]
[Compared to the previous grading standard of 10 out of 10, "Farewell My Concubine" is one point more refined, one point more shocking, and one point more domineering.]
There were three question marks above Zhao Chang’s head.
Is this possible?
So he looked at other comments.
[Farewell My Concubine doesn’t need to be rated, and I am not qualified to rate it, even though I have been a film critic for 31 years.]
Seeing this, Zhao Chang directly opened his mobile phone, bought a ticket at the nearest cinema, and then continued to read the film reviews.
[Chatting with a colleague, he said that he was not in a position to give a score to Farewell My Concubine, saying that he did not deserve it.
I laughed, and I wanted to give it a rating, out of 10. I gave it a 10 out of 10 when I first watched the movie.
I didn't even have lunch and went straight to the cinema to spend three hours watching the movie a second time. After the second screening, I'd give it 15 out of 10. I'll go back in the evening to watch it a third time and see how high I can give it then.
This movie has too many details, I'm sorry I didn't watch it all at once. 】
Seeing this, Zhao Chang silently returned the ticket he had just bought, then chose a large cinema, and based on his memory of the hall with the largest screen, he picked a ticket for the showing of "Farewell My Concubine".
"I just don't fucking believe it. Is it really that good looking? Are you kidding me?"
As he was speaking, Zhao Chang opened the group where they usually chat about movies, and saw that they were discussing "Farewell My Concubine". He immediately left the group and even deactivated his Penguin account for fear of spoilers.
Spoiler? I'm overthinking it. How can I spoil Farewell My Concubine by chatting in the Penguin group?
Not afraid of spoilers at all.
Some movies only have one or two most exciting and explosive parts. Once they are spoiled, it’s the same as just watching the movie directly. The rest of the time is just watching the pictures, scenes and special effects.
But after thinking about it after watching this movie, I realized that it is full of bright spots and wonderful moments.
Zhao Chang took a taxi directly to the cinema in the city center.
Three hours later, Zhao Chang walked out of the cinema with a long sigh.
The message came from the phone in my hand: [You have finished watching "Farewell My Concubine". Can you help friends who want to watch this movie to review it? ]
Zhao Chang clicked on it, gave it a ten, and then took a look.
Damn, so far, this movie gets a 10 out of 10!
In fact, it’s not that no one gave a score below 10, but when calculating the weight, the number of scores below 10 was not enough, so it has not been downgraded to 9.9 points.
Then Zhao Chang clicked on Movie Cat, logged in with the ticket purchasing account, and gave another rating.
This time, it was still ten points. After the game, it was still ten points.
Zhao Chang has never seen a popular movie on MovieCat with a score higher than 9.6.
Although MovieCat's ratings are higher than those of other websites that allow ratings without a ticket purchase record, and much higher.
But I have never seen it above 9:06.
Zhao Chang had a lot to say, and on the way home, he wrote a lot of things with his fingers, which turned into a very long film review, and then he sent it out.
After posting, Zhao Chang opened the Penguin account and joined the movie-watching group.
There are a lot of messages in the group at this time.
[I am really impressed by it. Farewell My Concubine is really awesome! ]
[Han Zhou is really awesome. What do you think of his brain? ]
[Mental patients have broad ideas? I heard that Han Zhou's mental state is not very...stable?]
[The person above, you insulted my idol, I will fight you! ]
[I know you are anxious, but don't worry. All of Lao Han's fans know that Lao Han is not normal.]
[How can a movie be so awesome? I can't even describe how awesome it is! ]
[By the way, Lao Han's acting is really awesome. When I watched the movie, I didn't think it was Lao Han at all. I'm almost gay now. ]
[Don’t blame Eunuch Zhang, I fucking want to…]
Zhao Chang then sent a message: [I told you guys not to be too outrageous! ]
Someone @赵昌: [Have you seen it? ]
Zhao Chang: [I watched it. The cleaning staff at the cinema asked me why I was kneeling to watch the movie. I pointed at the screen, and then he knelt with me to watch the whole movie.]
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【6】
【Good to blow】
【Hahaha, new angle! 】
Someone asked: [I am not very familiar with history, can you tell me, is the last dynasty really like in the movie? ]
Someone answered: [Approximately]
[Basically]
[That’s it]
The person who asked the question in the first place: [Ah, I see this situation is exactly the same as the current situation in the United States. ]
After these words were spoken, the entire film group was silent for a minute.
All the people who were chatting fell silent.
Most movie fans have very good fantasies about foreign countries.
They may not have seen what the United States looks like, but the United States in movies is like a paradise most of the time.
Even if some movies show the ugly side of the United States, most people will praise it by saying "Look how brave they are to make such a movie."
But today, someone said this and everyone thought about it.
Isn't this what the United States looks like now?
Isn't the United States now in the state of its last dynasty?
In fact, the movie didn’t film anything about the last dynasty at all, it was just about some things that were left over from the last dynasty.
For example, Eunuch Zhang and the master in the theater.
But just these few things have dissected this dynasty and laid it nakedly in front of everyone.
Now that I think about it, it really is like this.
The creators of the original work in the previous life would never have imagined that there would be people in the world who would see this movie in 2025.
It is absolutely impossible to imagine that this moment is an era where 'all the powers miss the Qing Dynasty, and the powers have become the Qing Dynasty'.
This adds a layer of irony to the film.
After a minute-long silence, someone said: [Now that you put it that way, I think it's true. Do you think Farewell My Concubine can win awards in Europe and America?]
In the past, no one had ever thought about this.
People don't dare to compare mainstream Chinese films with European and American films, even if it's just a comparison in their hearts.
However, people won’t discuss niche movies so enthusiastically in the group.
Someone brought this up today, and everyone thought that if we use "Farewell My Concubine" as a standard to think and judge... in the whole of Europe and the United States, in the past ten years, it seems that no other movie is qualified to be compared with it.
Everyone also remembered one thing, whether in China or the United States, it seems that the award season is coming after New Year's Day.
Farewell My Concubine is now swung here...
this……
Is it possible to sweep all film festivals and film awards around the world? !
Then everyone started analyzing it enthusiastically.
Finally an answer was found.
[Farewell My Concubine, it would be easy for me to win an award at any film festival. ]
[I don’t know if you have noticed that the original version of Farewell My Concubine has English subtitles. Has it been selected for many film festivals? ]
Nonsense, Han Zhou released this movie at this time just for awards, to win awards like crazy.
At the same time as the preview, "Farewell My Concubine" could already be submitted for selection to all film festivals, without even having to report it.
Someone suddenly said something extra: [What do you think, should these film festivals give Han Zhou the Best Actor or Best Actress award? ]
Someone immediately said: [You are talking nonsense, Han Zhou is such a grown man, of course he should win the Best Actor Award... I think, uh... I can't say...]
He was halfway through his own rebuttal when he felt something was wrong.
It’s true that Cheng Dieyi is a man, and it’s true that Han Zhou is also a man.
The actor Han Zhou played a male role, so of course he should win the Best Actor award.
However, the actor Han Zhou also played Cheng Dieyi, who considered himself a woman, and played Concubine Yu.
There was another lively discussion in the group.
By late evening, there is a lot of news to be released.
Many passers-by saw some strange things.
Many people are discussing "Farewell My Concubine", saying how good it is.
Originally, no one was interested in it. After all, it wasn't a commercial blockbuster with special effects, and we hadn't heard of any promotion for it, so we didn't want to go and see it.
But I can't stand seeing people bragging all the time.
Weibo, Yinlang, Bilibili, and even WeChat Moments.
All of them are boasting.
Some people don’t watch every movie, but they still have the habit of watching movies, so they open the ticketing software to see if the movie is currently on air.
After clicking on it, I thought there was something wrong with my eyes.
"Rating 10?"
Is this a software problem?
People who usually only look at the ratings outside when watching movies without clicking into the movie now click on the rating section to read the movie reviews.
All of them are perfect.
Full marks for all kinds of things.
Step out and take a look.
That's right, Han Zhou and Han Sisheng collaborated on the film? Han Zhou acted in it?
Han Zhou's box office appeal is unquestionable. Many people clicked in to watch the movie because of its high reviews. When they saw that it was starred by Han Zhou, they directly chose a time and bought tickets.
Even more people couldn’t even buy tickets.
Early in the morning of December 1st, many people saw this news.
"Han Zhou's new film has received explosive reviews, and the preview score is 10 out of 10!"
"Han Zhou's new movie was screened on a large scale, with a single-day box office of 140 million!"
No, you previewed it and the box office was 140 million. Are you kidding me? What kind of preview is this? Many movies don't even make 100 million after their cycle ends.
Many passers-by were also curious.
10 points? Full marks? Are you kidding me?
Where is the movie with ten points?
What's the difference between you and a technician with a very good appearance? Although I don't like this, but now it's okay!
When it comes to watching movies, except for long-term movie fans and those who have the habit of watching movies, other movie fans will mostly go to the movies in two situations.
One is that you happen to have some free time, and you just happen to suddenly want to go see a movie.
Another possibility is that many people around you or on the Internet are watching a certain movie, and you want to join in the fun.
A perfect movie, this one is so exciting.
Every movie that becomes famous has its own explosion point.
For example, the first 3D movie, the first Chinese-language 3D movie, the first Chinese commercial blockbuster, the first XXXX.
So far, no one has dared to use the gimmick of giving the first film a perfect score, and such a publicity hotspot has not spontaneously emerged.
Who dares to say it or not?
Even if you accidentally over-rated it, you have to lower it quickly. After all, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
You said there was a restaurant with delicious food and everyone wanted to try it.
If you say there is a restaurant with the best food in the country, then people won’t want to try the food, they will just want to find fault with it.
You really shouldn't challenge the most picky people among the public.
Today, the first movie that has been rated 10 out of 10 by fans so far appeared.
This reputation alone is enough to attract the crazy attention of passers-by movie fans.
It is true that there have been niche movies in the past with ratings as high as 9.4, 9.5, and 9.6, but all of this is useless to passers-by.
But ten is different.
This may seem like a small difference, but in fact it is a world of difference!
On November 28th, no one expected that all the screenings for a movie that had not been promoted much were sold out!
Many cinemas have an attendance rate of up to 90%!
Under normal circumstances, there are certain showtimes in a day that no one watches. Generally speaking, if the overall attendance rate is 70%, it is considered extremely popular.
The 90% attendance rate and the 10.0 rating are both magical, but it is mainly the magical rating that brings about the magical popularity.
Many theaters regretted it.
What do you mean by preview? Can you just release it directly? Can I give you 40% of the screening rate? 50%, 50% is ok? Anyway, there are no good movies in this time period, so I will give you all the screening rate!
Many cinema chains also realized that their plan to schedule screenings for "Farewell My Concubine" starting on December 1 was damn low!
I actually didn't believe in Han Zhou's appeal, I'm so stupid!
And more people, including a lot of passers-by, are paying attention to one thing.
That is, the rating was 10 out of 10 during the preview, and it lasted for three days.
So on the first day of the premiere, will the ratings drop? Can they be maintained above 9.5 points?
Even though movie tickets are only a few dozen yuan each, no one's money comes from the wind. Even if many people have noticed this movie, they have not made up their minds to go to the cinema to watch it.
After all, this movie has no special effects.
Is there any difference between watching it in a cinema and on a computer?
So many people are waiting.
If this movie really keeps getting high ratings, then you can't miss it. You must go to the cinema to watch it, even if it's a sign of respect for the movie and its creation.
Throughout the preview period, "Farewell My Concubine" maintained unrivaled attendance rates and ratings.
This situation continued until December 1st, when everyone finally had the opportunity to watch a movie freely!
On December 1st, no one paid attention to the box office anymore, everyone was paying attention to the ratings.
Twelve o'clock noon, ten minutes, unchanged.
Three o'clock in the afternoon, nine o'clock, down zero point one!
At eight o'clock in the evening, back to ten!
Until late at night, it won't change!
It’s been two fucking days and still ten minutes?
Is this a joke? What movie deserves 10 out of 10, and 10 out of 10?
In fact, during the first two days of the movie, the audience were the same people who watched a lot of movies.
They give grades, and most have their own grading criteria.
Once you have a standard, it is easy to compare.
Once compared , it is no surprise that "Farewell My Concubine" is very good.
But this is not a factor that casual moviegoers consider. They only know that a movie has been airing for two days, the box office has exceeded 100 million, and the score is a perfect 10!!!
This gives people the feeling that if they don’t go to the cinema to watch it, they will miss out.
Later, when I watched it on the computer, I didn’t have this feeling anymore.
Some passers-by fans can't wait any longer.
My curiosity about this movie outweighs the pain of buying the ticket.
Bought it.
"Farewell My Concubine", an art film and a feature film.
No matter how you look at it, it's not a commercial film.
But...the box office exceeded 100 million for three consecutive days.
At the beginning, it could be said that it was Han Zhou’s box office appeal, but how can we explain the fact that the pre-sale on the fourth day had already reached 70 million?
With a pre-sale of 70 million, the official box office must exceed 200 million?
What the hell?
On the fifth day, 30 million had already been sold in pre-sales.
Is this a normal performance of the Chinese film market?
Or is Han Zhou actually a wizard who performed a ritual secretly?
Han Zhou?
The people under his command reported in the recording studio: "Director Han, we expect to break 200 million per day tomorrow!"
Han Zhou: “Oh.”
Then he put on his headphones and listened: "An Lan, I think this part can be a little softer..."
I don't care. I don't care at all.
For Han Zhou, everything is actually already destined. As for whether it can meet expectations, it all depends on how other New World staff work.
As for myself, after the movie is shot and edited, it has little to do with me anymore.
"Farewell My Concubine" was a box office hit.
After one week, the rating still maintained an extremely high score of 9.8 points.
But this also means that a large number of non-target fans of "Farewell My Concubine" also went to watch the film, and were not completely satisfied, so the rating was lowered.
Until around December 15th, the score continued to fluctuate between 9.8 and 9.7.
I guess this will be the final rating.
On the website where ratings can be accepted without proof of ticket purchase, Farewell My Concubine also maintains a high score of over 9.6 points.
Terrifying to the extreme.
Throughout the entertainment industry, every star will come out to take advantage of the popularity of the movie and praise how great it is, expressing their hope to work with Han Zhou and star in director Han's movie.
This kind of popularity also helped "Farewell My Concubine" maintain a certain degree of popularity.
On December 15th, a piece of news topped both the Weibo and Twitter charts.
The super popular American program "Singing" has officially announced that Han Zhou will participate in the fourth season of "Singing"!
American fans were so shocked! Finally, we have a chance to listen to Han Shen sing!
When the Chinese fans saw this, they were like, wow, Lao Han has entered the US market?
No, many of you have been bragging all day about leading Chinese culture to the world, so how come Han has passed away now, but where are you?
But then again, for Lao Han, it's normal for him to do anything and achieve anything.
It's nothing to participate in a US program. Let's wait and see the album. If nothing else, we must create a new album sales record in this century! Let the Americans learn something new!
An Lan fans: ??? Damn, the album sales record of this century doesn’t belong to foreigners, are you targeting us?
But then I thought: Damn, Han Zhou’s new album has songs sung by An Lan, so we have to buy it when the time comes, damn!