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Taiwan Entertainment 1971 782 [applause but not popular]

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    The 43rd Cannes Film Festival has come to an end, and the entertainment sections of major newspapers around the world are all reporting the same news with headlines - Wang Zijun announced his official retirement at the awards ceremony.

    Fortunately, Wang¡¯s Pictures is not listed, otherwise the stock price would have plummeted as soon as the news came out.

    Countless movie fans can¡¯t understand why Wang Zijun retired when he was in his thirties. For a director, 50 is still in his prime.

    Wang Zijun stated at the subsequent press conference that he will hold a farewell concert next year, which will be both a farewell and a celebration of his 20th anniversary.

    The farewell concert will be held at the Taipei Arena, which is currently under construction. Wang Zijun will be the first singer to perform at the Taipei Arena.

    Since June, ¡°Jihad¡± has been launched in France, the United Kingdom and other European countries.  Even though it is a three-hour sanitized version, there are still many bloody scenes in it, and minors are not allowed to enter the cinema at all.

    After the movie was released, it immediately caused an uproar in Europe.  All countries have been seriously harmed by fascism. The hatred of fascism among ordinary people is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but the vast majority of people know nothing about the Sino-Japanese War.

    And Wang Zijun used a movie to let them understand that there was such a massacre in the far east.

    Before the movie was released, European film producers had always been skeptical about the box office of this type of film.  However, the result was completely beyond their expectations. "Holy War" was released crazily in Europe, overwhelming other commercial and literary films released at the same time.

    "Holy War" also received a strong response in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and also attracted huge audiences in South Korea. Bai Muyang was relieved by the box office response in various places.

    But just as everyone was preparing to celebrate, "Holy War" received a cold reception in the United States and Canada.  After being released for more than a month, the total box office in North America was less than 20 million US dollars.

    This data is already considered a hit. Major theater chains in the United States, which were originally preparing to make a fortune, have reduced the release canvas of "Holy War".

    Fortunately, this movie has strong vitality and has been in theaters for more than four months, and many viewers still bought tickets.  The film will barely earn $50 million at the North American box office.  I am afraid that at least 20% of the US$50 million in box office revenue is due to Wang Zijun's box office appeal.

    What¡¯s even more tragic is that ¡°Holy War¡± was stuck when it entered the Japanese film market.  As for the reason, it is that there are many contents in the film that smear the image of Japan.  He also said that many of the mass murder contents in the movie were slander.

    Japan¡¯s opposition parties have jumped out one after another.  Accusing some people of not being able to face up to history has no effect.

    The Prime Minister of Japan at this time is Toshiki Kaifu. This gentleman is different from previous Prime Ministers.  During his student days, his home was destroyed by bombing.  Therefore, he hates war and calls himself a peaceful person.  He also said that the Japanese people should reflect on the war, and later became the first Japanese Prime Minister to admit that Japan had committed an unforgivable mistake against the people of Nanjing and expressed a deep apology.

    ????????????? But this is the Prime Minister, in an interview with reporters.  Still saying: I have always admired the works of director Wang Zijun.  War is not necessary. We should all reflect on war and love peace. I personally support director Wang's anti-war film to enter Japan.  However, there is a special management department for the review of released movies.  Since the "Yinglun Management Committee" believes that some of the content of "Holy War" is inappropriate, according to regulations, "Holy War" cannot be released in Japan. I hope Director Wang can re-edit it.  It will then be screened in Japan.

    In a word, what this pacifist Prime Minister means is that I am very supportive, but this matter is not my business, it is just a matter of Tai Chi.

    Japan is the world¡¯s second largest film market after the United States.  For Wang Films, "Holy War" has already hit the streets in the United States and cannot afford to lose the Japanese box office.

    After more than half a year of repeated revisions, the three-hour clean version of "Holy War" was finally cut to one and a half hours.  It finally passed the review of Japan's "Foreign Film Department of the Film Ethics Management Committee" and was released in Japan in February 1991.

    The movie has been edited beyond recognition.  There is no appeal at all, and coupled with the ugliness of the Japanese, people's enthusiasm for watching the movie is even lower.  (By the way, last year I once complained about "The Grandmaster" in an article. Now I take it back. The last time Lao Wang watched it was the mainland theatrical version, which had a large section cut out. I recently watched the full version and realized that this  It¡¯s a good movie.)

    The situation when "Holy War" was released in Japan was similar to that in the United States. The media responded very strongly, but the box office response was very lukewarm.  Even during the screening, right-wing groups took to the streets to protest, demanding that the authorities force the film to be removed from Japan.

    ?Until 1992, "Holy War" was released in various countries around the world, and the final box office was only a pitiful US$170 million.

    The global box office of US$170 million is enough to rank among the top five Hollywood movies of the year. Unfortunately, Wang Zijun¡¯s investment in this movie was US$78 million.

    With a box office of 170 million U.S. dollars, Wang Films can only get more than 70 million U.S. dollars after tax on the production share. Because the production and release cycle is too long, and accounting for the inflation over the past few years, Wang Films will still be in trouble.  Lost a lot of money.

    Of course, as a major international director, Wang Zijun received a fixed salary this time, which means he personally made a fortune.

    It is worth mentioning that "Holy War" set off a movie-watching frenzy in mainland China.  Not only that, "Holy War" is a key film supported by the Ministry of Culture, and various departments in the military, public and educational systems have organized patriotic movie viewing activities.  The film was released in mainland China for more than a year, and the final box office reached an astonishing 140 million yuan, which was an unimaginable figure at the time.

    "It's a pity that the 140 million has nothing to do with Wang Zijun, because it was already agreed before the filming that all the box office in the mainland will belong to the China Film Co-Production Company.

    These are all things for later. After the Cannes Film Festival, Wang Zijun returned to Taiwan and Taiwan with praise from many film critics.

    The day after he came back, Mr. Li Denghui happened to be officially inaugurated as the eighth "President" of the Republic of China (in the previous two years, he had automatically succeeded Xiao Jiang as the "President" as Vice President).

    ¡°Perhaps because his background was exposed, Mr. Li tried his best to restore his image in the past two years.  Not only was he dedicated to his work, but he also learned and implemented Mr. Jiang's style. He visited factories, mines, enterprises, and the homes of farmers and fishermen every three days to inspect and express condolences. He was simply a model of diligence and caring for the people.

    In this regard, Wang Zijun can only say one thing, politicians are all movie kings.

    Classmate Sun Xibi and Fatty Sun have also been promoted. They were promoted from deputy county magistrate to Taipei County magistrate and were officially elected as Taipei County magistrate.

    Competing with Sun Xibi for the position of county magistrate is You Qing. This gentleman is a member of the Green Party. His political opinion is that "Taiwan and Taiwan must be independent." He was supposed to have been Taipei County Magistrate until 1997, when he was accused of  He stepped down amid suspicions that he had embezzled billions.

    But something seems to have happened now. During the general election at the end of last year, You Qing, who had the highest support rate in running for Taipei County Magistrate, was suddenly exposed in a scandal by the Public Information Daily.  An article was published on the front page of the newspaper, pointing out that when You Qing was a lawyer, he bribed witnesses to commit perjury. Later, after forming the Green Party, as a senior member of the Green Party, he also embezzled hundreds of thousands of Taiwan dollars in party funds.

    "The public trust newspaper's reports are always supported by evidence, unlike the "Liberty Times" which always bases its accusations on conjecture.  After attaching a series of evidence, Mr. You was unable to defend himself and could only withdraw from the election in despair.

    And Sun Xibi, who had no hope of being elected, started various high-profile shows.  Voters who originally hated KMT's rule began to turn their votes to Fatty Sun, and Sun Xibi was finally successfully elected as Taipei County magistrate.

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    "Zijun, I can't live this life!" Jiang Laosan threw away his suit jacket and couldn't help but sit on the sofa and sighed.

    Jiang Laosan seems to be holding back his nerves. He doesn¡¯t have many friends with whom he can talk, and Wang Zijun is barely one of them.  No, the day after Wang Zijun returned to Taipei, Jiang Laosan stopped by after get off work to complain.

    Wang Zijun went to the wine cabinet and got a bottle of brandy, poured it for him personally, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, why bother? If you let him do whatever you want, the villain's face will show up sooner or later. In comparison, the old man named Li is already a bad old man.  Well, Brother Jiang is still in his prime, and the victory or defeat is still early."

    Jiang Laosan is very good at doing business, he is also very scheming, and his methods are also very vicious.  However, his opponent is an old fox, and he is also an old fox with a good deck of cards in his hand.

    If Li Denghui hadn't been exposed in the scandal, Jiang Laosan would have been forced to immigrate his family to Canada two years ago.

    After two years of operation, Li Denghui has gradually grasped the overall situation.  The upper echelons of the government are all controlled by his people, while most of the local positions are held by the Green Party, and the conservatives of the Chiang Kai-shek faction are squeezed into sinecures one by one.

    "What Brother Wang said is that I am younger than that old thing," Jiang Laosan took a sip of wine and said harshly, "But I am just angry. How about we use newspapers to mess with him again?"

    Wang Zijun was amused because he had no idea what this person was doing when he came today.

    It's not that Jiang Laosan can't hold up the wall and only knows how to do evil things, but that he can't shake his opponent from the front, so he has no choice but to do this.

    "In the two years since the publication of "Gongxin Daily", it has scolded KMT and the Green Party without giving any face to anyone, and it has always been true to its words. It has long established a good reputation in the hearts of the people.  Once you start scolding someone,?Without evidence, readers will tend to believe the Public Trust.

    ¡°It¡¯s just that Wang Zijun doesn¡¯t want the newspaper he created to become anyone¡¯s private weapon.

    Wang Zijun smiled and said: "Okay, as long as Brother Jiang finds evidence that the other party is corrupt and perverting the law, I promise to plan a wonderful show for you."

    Jiang Laosan gritted his teeth and said: "The person named Li is not easy to deal with. If you don't give it to his confidants, it won't be so clean."

    Wang Zijun shook his head secretly, Mr. Jiang¡¯s vision is still not far enough.  Speaking of which, the biggest enemy of the Chiang Kai-shek conservatives is not Li Denghui, but the Green Party, which is gradually taking over local power.  The conservatives and Li Denghui are in the same boat. Exposing the scandal of Li's people will damage the political image of the entire KMT and benefit the Green Party in vain.  This is completely an act that harms others but does not benefit oneself.
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