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Chapter 531: Red Cliff (Part ) premieres! Three endings! Unification!
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Sanlitun.

"Red Cliff (Part 2)" premiered in the newly built Santong Cinema.

This newly completed cinema has a strong visual appeal.

The exterior of the building imitates the ancient style of the Ming Dynasty, which is simple and thick, and combines modern design. It is full of the beauty of geometric symmetry and is simple and elegant.

There is a huge naked-eye 3D screen on the vermilion exterior wall. There is no Santong Entertainment logo, only a red flag with the Santong logo hanging in a corner.

The huge 3D screen, white marble floor, ceiling embedded lights, and movie posters produced by Santong Entertainment everywhere together make up this Santong Cinema flagship store.

It is the first and only cinema of Santong Entertainment that operates 24 hours a day.

Wang Zhongjun was walking and chatting with a strange-looking man: "It doesn't feel like a movie theater to me."

Ma Yun nodded: "It should be inspired by the style of Apple mobile phone retail stores in the United States, choosing a bustling commercial area with simple, stylish and unified decoration."

"Like Apple's largest flagship store in New York, the entrance uses a glass cube structure, with each side made up of 18 pieces of glass. The counter layout and the computers and mobile phones sold are like holy items on the altar."

Wang Zhongjun laughed: "Did Shen Santong package the movie as a sacred object and make himself a god?"

Ma Yun admired: "He has built himself into a personal IP."

As they were chatting, Shen Santong came over.

Wang Zhongjun took a few quick steps and held out his hand: "Congratulations on the success of your new film."

Shen Santong shook hands with Wang Zhongjun and Ma Yun and said, "Mr. Wang, Mr. Ma, welcome. Let's go to the movies together later."

Ma Yun and Wang Zhongjun are old friends.

We worked together on the yellow pages in BJ in our early years, so we can be said to have known each other since childhood.

Ma Yun is also one of the driving forces behind Huayi's listing and a major shareholder of Huayi. In the latest round of equity changes, Shen Santong only has five points left in Huayi, while Ma Yun still has ten points.

Shen Santong's impression of Ma Yun is that he is very eloquent, confident and very provocative.

Ali has not had a good time in the past year. As the global financial crisis hit, Alibaba's stock price plummeted to less than one-tenth of its value, and the company also had cash flow problems.

However, Shen Santong did not underestimate Ma Yun at all. The investors were the ones who suffered the loss, and it did not affect Ma Yun's ability to make money.

If nothing unexpected happens, there will be large dividends this year, and in a few years, Ali will be delisted.

According to an open letter from Ma Yun to employees: "Only $17 billion was raised when the company went public, but privatization would cost more than $20 billion. It seemed like a losing business. Some people suggested buying back the shares at a lower price."

This is just for fun. Ma Yun has two personalities. One is that he likes to exaggerate his achievements, and the other is that he likes to act ungrateful after getting something for nothing.

You will definitely make money if you go public. In the past few years, there has been an exchange rate difference between the US dollar and the RMB, and the money raised from the stock market has a lower interest rate than using money from the bank.

Moreover, it can be circulated only after listing, attracting shareholders to take over and achieving a leap from valuation to monetization.

Ma Yun said regretfully: "You don't have to cling to movies. It's better to do pan-entertainment than movies."

"What future does the movie have? The real future is your own image, and the Internet is more profitable than general entertainment."

Ma Yun felt that Shen Santong wasted talent: "You have developed a technology like naked-eye 3D, which can be compared with virtual reality. You have achieved the implementation of the technology."

"With technology that is more advanced than that of the United States, combined with the social media platform Weibo in your hands, if you do well, you will be the second Penguin with a market value of hundreds of billions."

"Even if it's not good, this concept is more profitable than making movies. How much is your IPO valuation? 15 billion, which is not in line with your company's potential at all."

"You are on the wrong path. You are not international enough. You need to introduce international investment and prepare for listing on the Hong Kong or US stock markets. Even if you are a billionaire, I cannot compare to you."

Ma Yun tried his best to make promises, and Wang Zhongjun nodded repeatedly: "Mr. Ma has a big business and knows a lot of people."

If Shen Santong postpones, Huayi will be able to get the concept of "the first entertainment stock".

Shen Santong shook his head and rejected Ma Yun's proposal: "The listing process has been completed and the distribution is ready. I just want to focus on making movies."

Shen Santong was also tempted by Ma Yun's proposal, as the valuation of the Internet was indeed high.

But I was just moved for a moment and still insisted on making movies.

Now Ma Yun is not like the later generations, but his path has been determined. It’s just that the circle of contacts is not as high and his ambition is not as big as before.

Shen Santong is a man of foresight and is not the same kind of person as him.

Having suffered a blow from the financial crisis, Shen Santong does not think of himself as a stock god. When it comes to finance and equity operations, he is only an elementary school student.

Without a background on Capitol Hill or in China, we can only keep up with industrial development.

This is the development logic of Todai.

If you want to develop the Internet and achieve a high valuation, you must follow the American logic and adhere to the American narrative.

The initiative will be lost at that moment. The overall listing of Santong Entertainment is itself for the purpose of seizing the initiative. If it takes the Internet route, the initiative will be given up immediately and Ma Yun will be able to control him.

Ma Yun is not a good person, and using his channels and connections will definitely come at a price.

Money is only one aspect, there are also various human relationships.

Moreover, all parties involved in the preparation stage of Santong Entertainment will be offended, the tolls they paid will be wasted, and those who support him will leave.

Of course, the main reason is that we have different paths and are not the same kind of people.

The development model of Santong Entertainment is to operate for profit and then expand production, which is not the US model.

Ma Yun was very disappointed: "You don't know how to do business. If it were me, I would definitely make a market value of hundreds of billions. How many movies do you have? How much loss will you suffer?"

Shen Santong shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Ma. I don't understand financial operations."

Ma Yun thought to himself, who are you trying to fool? Everyone knows that I made a lot of money in the U.S. stock market last year. How can you say you don’t understand finance?
"I understand. My team can help you, too."

Shen Santong: "Forget it, I just want to make movies, and make them well. This is also the reason why Santong Entertainment was successfully listed."

Ma Yun: "It won't affect your filmmaking."

"It will definitely have an impact. When it comes to making movies, I can take the initiative. I hold most of the shares and I have the final say in the company. It will definitely not work for me to do anything else." Shen Santong drank a cup of tea and left: "I still have to rehearse the premiere ceremony. If Mr. Ma is optimistic about my company, you can buy it when it goes public."

Wang Zhongjun was half happy and half worried when he saw that Shen Santong was unmoved.

You can’t get the first share in the entertainment industry, but you can follow Santong Entertainment and get the second share.

Anyway, Santong Entertainment was listed as a whole, from the GEM to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Main Board. In this way, there is no competition between it and Huayi on the GEM.

Last year, as the financial crisis spread across the globe, financing systems around the world came to a standstill and the GEM was shelved.

The latest news is that the GEM will be opened at the end of this month, and Huayi Brothers can submit its listing application again.

The difficulty for Santong Entertainment to go public is much lower than that for Huayi, its corporate revenue is far stronger than that of Huayi, and its compliance is also higher.

Every year, Shen Santong’s movies alone bring in huge revenues, and his gaming and music platforms are also profitable.

If Santong Entertainment can find a way and successfully IPO, Huayi's path to listing will also be easier.

Wang Zhongjun has returned to his comfort zone of the past few years.

Shen Santong explored the boundaries and he reaped the benefits later.

Moreover, there will be no competition between Huayi and Santong Entertainment in the future.

The main focus of Santong Entertainment's IPO offering materials is movies. Movies are the primary business, and games are only the second. As for social media, it is more of a marketing and promotion channel.

Wang Zhongjun was somewhat familiar with Shen Santong.

It is not that we say one thing and do another. The development is in accordance with what is stated in the prospectus and there is no conflict with Huayi.

After the listing, Wang Zhongjun plans to develop towards the Internet and gradually move away from entertainment and film.

The reason is the same as what Ma Yun said, how much money can be made from making movies.

And who can guarantee that the movie will make money?

Maybe only Shen Santong.

Feng Xiaogang is unreliable and impure, and always wants to play with art.

During the financial crisis, the Internet hit a low point, but it will eventually recover. Once things get hot in the U.S., China will follow suit.

Wang Zhongjun just wants to make money.

Come up with a concept, give expectations, support the stock price, and make it easier for him to sell off his holdings and cash out. It doesn't matter what business it is.

evening.

The premiere begins.

This time it is not only the premiere of "Red Cliff (Part 2)", but also the opening ceremony of Santong flagship cinema.

Guests walked the red carpet.

Shen Santong was dressed in casual clothes. Unlike the directors we generally know, his image was young and full of vitality.

He wants to make movies a lifestyle.

The host Xie Nan asked about his thoughts on the release of the new movie.

Under the vermilion theater, Shen Santong's words and actions had a bit of the flavor of a high priest.

“假设一个拥有1.0视力水平的人作为观众，在距离为25-30厘米的时候观看一块4寸大小的屏幕，这时候视网膜在不看到像素点的可以观测到的像素极限应是300ppi。”

"But if you look at an ordinary 1366×768 laptop screen from half a meter away, even if it is not the retina-level screen I mentioned before, the human eye cannot distinguish the pixels. But are the picture quality and color reproduction of the two really the same?"

"Of course they are different, so China Giant Screen is actually just a standard in the final analysis. China Giant Screen 3D adds 3D effects while ensuring these standards. Ordinary IMAX or giant screens meet these standards under normal circumstances."

"The Sanlitun Santong Cinema has a super giant screen, which the audience of our premiere will see later. It is 22 meters wide and 16 meters high. This is something that most cinemas cannot do."

The audience outside cheered.

I don't understand it, but it doesn't affect my cheering.

In the eyes of some audiences, Shen Santong is now a god, the god of movies.

The celebrity guests also looked innocent at first glance, and they didn’t understand either.

Xie Nan also didn't understand, so he followed common sense and continued, "16 meters high, that means it's a five-story building?"

Shen Santong nodded: "Yes, it must be specially built. Generally, there are no such theaters. Most theaters are in shopping malls and occupy too much space."

"It's very difficult to build this kind of giant screen, and it's also very difficult to rebuild mainstream theaters regardless of the cost."

“So we relocated the theater and built a theater specifically for this giant screen.”

"Our engineering team has discussed with me that we can make a screen 11 meters wide and 8 meters high through technical changes. It is large enough, but I require the best effect."

There was another round of cheering at the scene. I couldn’t understand what was going on, but since everyone was cheering, I just cheered along.

Xie Nan asked: "The whole world is promoting cinema reform. Are we at the forefront of the world in this regard?"

Shen Santong corrected: "Number one in the world! In terms of naked eye 3D and super giant screen, our Santong Entertainment is number one in the world!"

Xie Nan was stunned. The shouting outside the venue was deafening. Apart from anything else, Shen Santong's words were too contagious.

Shen Santong acted with a sense of righteousness, saying that he gave himself the identity.

Some of what he said were lies.

For example, "retina display" is pure marketing talk.

This should be the concept proposed by marketing guru Steve Jobs at the iPhone 4 launch conference next year.

Shen Santong used it first.

Including the construction of the Santong Cinema, it also has the flavor of a religious place, which was also learned from Apple.

Xie Nan said: "Let's start the final special ceremony."

Shen Santong called on the audience outside: "Let's all count down together."

With 321, the 3D lighting of the theater's exterior wall,

Compared to the one on the Santong Building, this one is much smaller, but it is made of three screens and is almost integrated.

The scene of the burning ship in "Red Cliff (Part 2)" was reproduced on the big screen.

Explode the whole audience.

The outfield session is over.

Shen Santong didn't do anything fancy, he just started showing movies when he entered the backstage.

The premiere was the China Giant Screen 3D version.

On the super-large screen measuring 22 meters wide and 16 meters high, the movie images are presented in three dimensions to the premiere audience.

Everyone was shocked.

Shock!

Very shocked!

It’s so shocking!
At the climax of the movie, the huge ships are locked together and unable to break free, burning in a sea of ​​fire.

The flames seemed both real and illusory.

When they advanced to about 1 kilometer away from Cao's water fleet, Huang Gai's army set dozens of fireboats on fire at the same time. With the help of the fierce southeast wind, the fireboats plunged into Cao's warship formation.

Suddenly, fire and wind spread across the river, and flames spread across the sky.

The warships of Cao's army that were connected together caught fire one after another, and the navy fled in all directions.

Some camps on the shore also caught fire. The military camp was full of fire and there were defeated soldiers on all sides. Cao's army was in complete chaos.

Cao Cao saw that the situation was hopeless and he was unable to organize any effective resistance.

He simply fled with his main generals and elite cavalry.

Before escaping, Cao Cao ordered the burning of the ships and military camps that had not been burned.

On the north bank of the river across from Chibi, the fire burned even more fiercely.

Countless Cao soldiers were drowned or burned to death in the chaos.

The audience was almost suffocated, the scene was within reach, a sea of ​​fire, and the audience was immersed in it.

It seems like you are in the Battle of Red Cliffs.

I'm speechless except for shock!

Some people thought of the scenes from many years ago. When they watched "Titanic", they were shocked by the huge ship. The scene of the huge ship standing upright shocked countless people.

Now, the same shock has appeared in a domestic film. Seeing their own history presented in such a shocking perspective, some viewers were so excited that they shed tears.

This is a great movie!

Some people even recalled what Shen Santong said jokingly in "A Date with the Bass" four years ago: "It's as easy for me to crush his movie as it is to crush an ant."

This is a message to Wu Yusen.

Shen Santong did it!

The wild words became reality.

Not only is it a box office victory, but pictures like this are simply on a different level.

At the end of the movie.

Shen Santong gave a lot of thought to the ending of the movie, mainly the issue of sequence.

The movie ends with the post-war settlement between the three camps.

One is the Shu Han camp.

Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation for Liu Bei.

Although our performance in the Battle of Red Cliffs was not outstanding, it was the best result.

You can make a fortune quietly.

There are two benefits to not being outstanding.

First, there are no arrogant and powerful generals among our men.

Zhuge Liang accurately predicted that in the future, Shu Han and Eastern Wu would move from cooperation to competition.

However, when it comes to major decisions such as competing with us, seizing Jingzhou, and attacking Xichuan, Zhou Yu will act on his own, causing disagreements and uncertainty among the people of Dongwu.

So, although it seems that Dongwu won the most, it will lose completely in the long run.

Second, the Eastern Wu successfully diverted Cao Cao's attention.

Before the Battle of Red Cliff.

Cao Cao's plan was to defeat us, intimidate Sun Quan, and unify the south of the Yangtze River.

After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao would certainly change his direction and think that the main obstacle to unification was not us, but Sun Quan.

Zhuge Liang judged that the next period would be a rare strategic opportunity for our side.

Taking advantage of the war between Cao and Sun, he successively seized Jingzhou, Xichuan and Hanzhong.

Shen Santong arranged a super highlight role for Wu Hou.

There may not have been such a thing in history, but his focus in "Red Cliff" is on shaping the Shu Han team.

The film adopts the same technique as the original novel of "Drawing Sword", shaping the characters after the fact.

In the original novel of "Drawing Sword", in order to portray Tian Moxuan as a forward-looking intellectual, because it was known that Dongda and Lao Su had a falling out, Tian Moxuan judged that Lao Su was unreliable and had to cooperate with Lao Mi.

Ridiculously funny.

The main problem is that the character of Tian Moxuan is ridiculous and cannot stand up to scrutiny.

This strong-willed man of letters lived safely until liberation.

The Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Alliance, the imperialist powers, the Beiyang warlords, the devils, the rare running dogs, the Kuomintang reactionaries, the Homecoming Corps, wave after wave, I don’t know how I survived.

With his attitude, he has never been afraid of anyone, and he is certainly not afraid of the Communist Party’s pistols.

The Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Alliance, the imperialist powers, the Beiyang warlords, the devils, the rare running dogs, the Kuomintang reactionaries, and the Homecoming Corps, all of them let him go.

is it possible?
Shen Santong used the "hindsight" technique to portray Wu Hou, and it doesn't look awkward.

Because Wu Hou’s image is so good.

Let Wu Hou tell the historical results.

Historically, the Eastern Wu Kingdom achieved almost nothing after the Battle of Chibi, and the results of the battle were not maximized.

Liu Bei's group did not have this problem, so gradually, most of the results of the Battle of Chibi fell into Liu Bei's hands.

Sun Quan was also helpless.

Cao Cao's repeated expeditions to the south put great pressure on the Eastern Wu, leaving it with no time to take care of other things.

The scene of Dongwu’s victory.

After the victory of Eastern Wu, Zhou Yu's prestige increased greatly.

As the young master, Sun Quan inevitably became suspicious, and problems arose within the camp.

An unprecedented victory would conceal a huge crisis. Because of the victory, a group of famous generals emerged in Dongwu, including Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, especially Zhou Yu.

The subordinates' excessive prestige caused divisions within the group.

Cao Wei ended up in failure.

As for Cao Cao's fate, there was no such thing as Guan Yu releasing Cao Cao out of loyalty, and Cao Cao escaped in a panic.

There are problems with the historical records because the ground was muddy and Cao Cao had his men spread out their wares on the ground and the cavalry stepped on them. The literati did not know how to fight.

However, Shen Santong adopted this version of the ending.

Among the three camps, the victory of Shu Han camp was not that great, but the camp was united and prosperous.

The Sun Wu camp won a great victory, but internal discord began to arise.

Cao Cao suffered the most, as he lost a great opportunity to unify the country.

Victory solves all problems.

If he wins, he can take over Dongwu and ascend the throne.

But if he lost, the forces opposing him would grow, and the defeated Cao Cao would have no choice but to flee in panic.

The three camp endings represent three different emotions.

If Shu Han is in front, Eastern Wu is in the middle, and Cao Wei camp is in the end.

Emotions go from high to low, getting lower and lower.

But if the Eastern Wu is in front, Cao Cao's camp is in the middle, and Shu Han is in the back.

The mood first goes down smoothly, then drops sharply, and then rises rapidly.

The Cao Wei camp was in the front, the Eastern Wu camp was in the middle, and the Shu Han camp was in the back.

The mood slowly went up from the lowest point, and reached its peak when he became Wu Hou of Shu Han.

Different orders of arrangement will provide different viewing experiences.

The choice of literary youth can be to go further and further down and end with Cao Wei.

Shen Santong chose the most audience-friendly ending sequence.

Cao Wei was in front, Eastern Wu was behind, and Shu Han was behind.

The mood went from low to high and reached its peak in Shu Han.

In Shen Santong's version of "Red Cliff", Shu Han is the highlight.

Cao Wei had the shadow of the United States and was ambitious.

The Shu Han made a fortune in silence, which was in line with the development tone of Southeast University during that period.

Even the Battle of Red Cliffs, a bit like 911/, immediately diverted the attention of the United States.

This is the general trend of the world. Good and bad fortune are interdependent, and gains and losses are difficult to calculate.

Great fame and great achievements often hide huge crises. The only way to be invincible is to conceal one's shortcomings and keep one's ambition.

The highlight of Wu Yusen's "Red Cliff" lies in Sun Wu.

Perhaps accidentally or intentionally, he favored Sun Wu.

The movie ends with Wu Hou commanding the country.

Zhou Jie does have a strong explosive power, and her long passages of monologue are very infectious.

Of course, it's not completely over.

There are also Easter eggs.

The camera moves up, an eagle flies by, and then moves down.

A "Tang" flag appeared.

Another "Qin" flag appeared.

A figure on horseback appeared.

The camera turns to the front, and it is Shen Santong's guest appearance.

The men shouted: "King of Qin".

Since there is both "Tang" and "Qin", the audience naturally knows who the King of Qin is referring to.

Audiences familiar with history can even guess which war this was.

Li Shimin ordered his men: "Don't disturb the people."

Lens everything.

When determining the strategy for the Battle of Hulao Pass, a counselor used the Battle of Chibi as an analogy.

It is now July of the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (620 AD), more than four hundred years have passed since the Battle of Chibi in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD).

The vast Chinese nation went through the Three Kingdoms period, which succeeded the Eastern Han Dynasty and preceded the Western Jin Dynasty.

In 280 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty conquered the Eastern Wu and entered the Jin Dynasty.

After the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Western Jin Dynasty was severely damaged. The various ethnic groups that had migrated inland took the opportunity to rise up in arms, causing the Five Barbarians Invasion of China. A large number of people and aristocratic families began to migrate south.

The Western Jin Dynasty fell in 317. In the same year, the royal family Sima Rui proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang, which is known in history as the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The Sixteen Kingdoms period began, a period of great division in Chinese history.

Under the management of Emperor Mingyuan Tuoba Si and Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao, the north was unified in 439 and the period of Southern and Northern Dynasties began.

In 588, Sui conquered Chen.

Thus, the situation of division and war that had lasted for more than 270 years since the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty came to an end, and the Chinese land was reunified under the central government.

However, thirty years after the unification, half a century later, the Sui Dynasty perished.

Thus, the world has come to another dividing point.

The Three Kingdoms was repeated and the country was unified under the leadership of Li Shimin.

Li Shimin sighed numerous times: "It has been nearly seventy years."

Cao Cao's defeat in the Battle of Chibi meant the loss of a great opportunity to unify the country.

In particular, the highly legitimacy of unification through war has led to the lack of long-term stability in the world for four hundred years.

Only the unification through powerful military force and military victory can lay the foundation for long-term stability in the future.

Li Shimin felt that the destiny had fallen on him, and he vowed not to be like Cao Cao.

Do your best.

Therefore, in the Battle of Hulao Pass that determined the fate of the country, Li Shimin brought his various command talents, such as wisdom, bravery, patience, and decisiveness, to the extreme.

Dou Jiande led an elite force of more than 3500 people to support Wang Shichong. Li Shimin only used elite soldiers in black armor as the vanguard to reinforce Hulao Pass. As a result, Dou Jiande's army of more than was defeated and Dou Jiande was captured.

Subsequently, Wang Shichong of Luoyang was also eliminated.

Li Shimin pacified the two major groups of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong in one fell swoop, unified northern China, laid the foundation for the Tang Dynasty's territory, and made outstanding military achievements.

The six horses in Zhaoling are all divine horses and do not live long.

In the Battle of Mangshan, Wang Shichong was killed. Saluzi was hit by nine arrows and died while charging into the battle.

Liu Heita was killed in the Battle of Mingshui. Quanmaoqiao was hit by nine arrows and died while charging into the battle.

In the Battle of Hulao Pass, Dou Jiande was killed. Shifachi was hit by five arrows and died while charging into the battle.

The Battle of Hulao Pass determined the fate of the country. Qing Zhui was hit by five arrows and died while charging into the battle.

The war horses are like this, but what about the people on the war horses?

This is General Tiance, the Emperor of the Central Plains, the Emperor of the Grassland, the Khan of the Khans, the Heavenly Khan!
The real founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin!

The camera turned again.

The second easter egg.

A voice sounded in the voice-over, "For history, a thousand years is just the blink of an eye."

Teacher Tang Guoqiang's guest appearance seemed to be talking about the history of the Three Kingdoms. His voice was calm and not deliberate: "Great unification is a pursuit engraved in the bones of the Chinese nation. No one can stop it, and no force can stop it."

The picture stretched and it turned out to be in the Wuhou Temple.

Following them were two little kids, a boy and a girl, who seemed to be their grandchildren.

Then I heard the post-04 boy say: "We will drop a nuclear bomb on anyone who dares to stop us."

Tang Guoqiang immediately couldn't hold it anymore.

The audience in the theater couldn't help but laugh.

No one takes it seriously; children speak without restraint.

Finally, the camera was pointed at the sky again, and the sky was still the sky.

In the present, in the Three Kingdoms period, and in the Tang Dynasty.

Hundreds of years, thousands of years, China is still China, it has not changed.

After two Easter eggs, the movie ends.

(End of this chapter)