"The Wind" passed the review! Such a big turn immediately attracted the attention of the media, and various versions of rumors quickly emerged, including that the judges were paid to bribe the film, that the film was severely edited, and that high-level public relations figures were involved. However, the media soon revealed the real reason. "The reason why "The Wind" passed the review quickly is because the Prime Minister said it was good after watching it!" - "China Film News". In a country based on officialdom, what is the status of the prime minister? How influential is it? Back then, Mr. Jiang saw "Titanic" and said it was good. As a result, the Category III film about the sunken ship made a box office of 350 million, and all government agencies and enterprises across the country went to book the movie to watch it! Of course, it is said that another reason is that the heroine exposed her breasts and the scene has not been deleted. But after all, the audience has sentiments. Why would they go to the cinema for an insignificant scene? Now it was the Prime Minister¡¯s turn to speak, which immediately caused ripples. "Damn, the Prime Minister has already watched "The Wind", and I want to watch it too. When is it set to be released?" Mtime netizen [My Big Potato] posted on the forum. "It's decided, see the second version of the trailer and poster, December 21st." [78950731] replied. ¡°I really want to go see it, but I don¡¯t have money, so I can only wait until the disc is available for sale.¡± [People who passed by] replied. "I don't have any money, but the leaders of our unit have already spoken. If "The Wind" is released, I can book the theater and bring my family with me." [Xue Xi Tian Xin] replied. "What kind of company do you have upstairs? The benefits are so good. I'm so jealous!" [I'm from Earth] replied. "I was wondering if it was Wan Xiaohu who bribed the Prime Minister. Even the Prime Minister helped to say good things." [Office Automation] questioned. "According to rumors, the Prime Minister helped Wan Xiaohu put in a good word in order to thank Wan Xiaohu for his contribution to SARS." [¨µÀʯ½€] revealed. "SARS? What's going on? I want to know more about "qingren" science." [Youyoulian] asked. "You are a newly registered person. You don't even know about this. When SARS broke out, the Ministry of Health didn't pay attention to it and wanted to hide it. It deleted posts and banned IP addresses. Our time network was the first to disclose the news. Wan Xiaohu also called for Netizens in the Dongguang area collected information and then wrote to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister immediately dismissed the Minister of Health and organized a nationwide fight against SARS. Speaking of which, our website is a truly conscientious society, starting with me! !" [Genius ¤¢ Pervert] replied proudly. "Yes, I just read the warning from Shijiang.com and stayed at home and dared not go out. A few of our fellow villagers here insisted on going out to work, and two of them got sick. Although they were cured, they left sequelae. Alas " [My boss XX] sighed. "So that's it, but. This thing seems to be done by Time Network. What does it have to do with Wan Xiaohu?" [athena2000] replied. "Reply to the person upstairs: family relationship." [The Sanren on the Tip of the Knife] answered. "No wonder, I asked why all the movies he made have such high ratings, and "Infernal Affairs" still occupies the first position. It turns out that it is a website opened by his own family. Shameless person." [Fried Eggs and Peppers] Disdain. "Don't talk nonsense upstairs. The movie database of Time.com is public, and all information is uploaded and managed by netizens. It has nothing to do with whether Wan Xiaohu is the owner of the website." [Xie Yi Feng] criticized. Although the building has become more and more crooked, the discussion about "The Wind" has become more and more heated. Countless netizens have responded to the call and are ready to go to the cinema to watch the movie when it is released. Leaders of many government agencies have also stated that in response to the Prime Minister, they will organize groups to book the venue to watch "The Wind". For this reason, Feng Xiaogang's movie "Mobile Phone", which was originally scheduled for December, urgently adjusted its schedule and moved it to January. Experts from all walks of life have come forward one after another to predict the box office of "The Wind". ¡°It will start at least 100 million!¡± said the person in charge of the Forbidden City Cinema Line. "Two hundred million is not impossible." The general manager of SMG Cinemas said with a smile. And the first batch of 10,000 movie tickets for the trial online ticket purchase service launched by Shiguang.com were also snapped up in a short period of time. Especially at the 12th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival held in Jiaxing, movie tickets for the premiere of "The Wind" have been sold online for 1,000 yuan a piece, but they are still priced but not available. There are only two ways to get tickets for the premiere. One is that Dandelion and Huayi Brothers provide free tickets to media, stars, and directors, and the other is to complete the tasks released by Mtime, Qidian Novel Network, and Youku Video. ticket. Mtime has now entered into business with major domestic distributors. As long as a movie is released, Mtime will provide a batch of movie tickets to Mtime. Mtime will then use these movie tickets to issue ticket grabbing tasks as if they are for users. Welfare.Now that "The Wind" is premiering, it will naturally benefit its own website. Qidian Novel Network is very simple. If you read a book, you have a chance to get movie tickets. On Youku Video, you can invite friends to get tickets. On Shijia.com, you can write a review of "Infernal Affairs 2" to participate in the selection and then get the tickets. Before "The Wind", "Infernal Affairs 2" will be released in mainland China and Hong Kong on October 24. After watching "Infernal Affairs 2" and writing a film review, you can get tickets as long as your writing is exciting. ¡ ¡ After solving the problem of film review, Wan Xiaohu felt relaxed. Throughout October, he fell in love with many beauties, wrote the script for the next film, and directed "Qin Shi Mingyue". Time flies. "Infernal Affairs 2" premieres in Hong Kong, and Wan Xiaohu is confirmed to attend the premiere. The premiere was quite successful, and the media gave very good reviews for this sequel. Wan Xiaohu got together with old friends in Hong Kong in the evening, and then returned to China to continue his work. On November 1, 2003, Time.com quietly announced the premiere data of "Infernal Affairs 2". ?The first week in Hong Kong was HKD 8 million, and the first week in Mainland China was RMB 5 million. Compared with "Infernal Affairs" back then, the data has shrunk several times, but this does not mean that the results of "Infernal Affairs 2" are not good. On the contrary, the results are very good. Especially in mainland China, it made more money than "Infernal Affairs" in mainland China, because the movie was simultaneously released on DVD and other genuine discs. As we all know, the mainland and Hong Kong are currently negotiating the CEPA agreement. This summer they signed the "Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic and Trade Partnership Arrangement", which determines the general framework for trade between the two parties, and the details are still being further negotiated. The results will be available in the second half of next year at the latest. In other words, Hong Kong films will not be counted as imported films until the second half of next year and can be divided into the same accounts as domestic films. As for now, it is based on the bill-sharing model for imported films. The majority of the box office is taken by China Film Group, and Dandelion can get at most 17%. Therefore, Dandelion also began to learn the method of many Hong Kong films, which is to release discs simultaneously. The profits of discs are very large. According to the current accounting situation, the box office of 60 million is not worth the disc copyright of 10 million. Anyway, with the support of the first film's super high box office, it has already gained popularity. It doesn't matter whether the box office is good or not this time. Naturally, genuine copies of "Infernal Affairs 2" are flying everywhere. In this regard, the reporter interviewed Liu Xiaoyang, director of Dandelion's distribution department. Liu Xiaoyang told the reporter: "The mainland market is currently sluggish and shrinking, and piracy is becoming more and more serious. "Infernal Affairs 2" does not have the support of a big name, and the director Wan Xiaohu is not very appealing. Directed. To be precise, it¡¯s not that we have no confidence in the market, but that we have no confidence in piracy. The cost of maintaining box office without piracy is not worth the loss compared with the profit of sharing the account.¡± ¡°With this kind of disc market prosperity. In exchange for profits, the film market is increasingly depressed. Isn¡¯t this a way of killing the goose that lays the golden egg?¡± the reporter asked. Liu Xiaoyang shook his head and laughed: "Piracy is so bad that we, the film makers, can't do anything about it. This is not something that our company can do. Everyone is doing it. Now we can only hope that a few famous directors will come to rescue the market. Last year, there were Wan Xiaohu's "Infernal Affairs" and Zhang Yimou's "Hero", this year Feng Xiaogang's "Cell Phone" and Wan Xiaohu's "The Wind", next year Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige will release blockbusters, and our Dandelion will also have a market-saving blockbuster every year. We have done everything we can.¡± In 2003, DVDs had developed to replace VCDs with blurry images, so the number of people going to movie theaters dropped to freezing point again. Piracy is becoming increasingly rampant, making everyone afraid to invest in movies. This year, the number of domestic movies has dropped to the lowest level since 2000. It is also under this circumstance that the success of Zhang Yimou's "Hero" gave filmmakers great confidence. If they can't afford piracy with a small cost, then they can make blockbusters. Zhang Yimou wants to continue filming "House of Flying Daggers", Chen Kaige has also started preparing for "The Promise", and Feng Xiaogang is also unwilling to be left alone and started tinkering with "A World Without Thieves", which are three blockbusters. However, the three directors are currently waiting for a result. That is "The Wind" by Wan Xiaohu. "The Wind" originally invested 50 million yuan, but due to the exquisite special effects, an additional 10 million yuan was added. The total investment has reached 60 million yuan, which is a rare blockbuster scale. If "The Wind" loses money, others should be cautious. If "The Wind" makes money, the era of Chinese-language blockbusters will truly come! The market's focus is not on "Infernal Affairs 2", but "The Wind". Everyone in the mainland has turned their attention to "The Wind". Wan Xiaohu¡¯s eyes were set on North America. "Saw" will be released in North America on October 31. Lionsgate Film Company attaches great importance to it and has arranged 2,315 theaters for the movie. This is also the first time in North America that more than 2,000 theaters have been arranged for a Chinese-language film.??Premiere in cinemas. "Tiger, are you really not coming to the United States?" Lionsgate Film Company arranged a premiere for the movie. As a heroine with a small role, Jessica was also invited to attend. However, Wan Xiaohu did not fly over, so Jesse Ka called regretfully. "I'm not famous in the United States, so I went there just to join in the fun. "The Wind" is about to premiere in China, and I can't leave now." In this way, the North American tour of "Saw" began, and Wan Xiaohu's Hollywood career~ The female work sets sail.