I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 424 The world has suffered under Hua for far too long!
Film Science, John Wick, Chen Jin's personal Weibo account.

"This law firm is hereby issued on behalf of Mr. Chen Jin, the producer, lead actor, director, and screenwriter of the film 'John Wick,' regarding the recent release of false and negative film reviews targeting our work 'John Wick' on Weibo and Douban. This is in accordance with the law!"

Since the preview screenings of "John Wick" on the 6th, certain malicious competitors have published numerous film reviews targeting our company on public platforms. The content includes, but is not limited to, subjective and derogatory remarks such as "confused plot," "illogical," and "a benchmark-level bad movie in the industry," without providing any objective basis for evaluation..."

"..."

Just an hour after Huayi Brothers hired people to write movie reviews, the legal department of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) immediately took action.

Without the slightest hesitation.

Moreover, the longer this drags on, the worse it is for the film. They just send letters and pictures, plus a bunch of generic malicious film reviews.

Below this lawyer's letter are numerous screenshots of similar malicious reviews, and anyone with a discerning eye can immediately tell what's going on.

Moreover, hiring people to boost reviews doesn't actually require much skill. These days, it's not very sophisticated to operate in the black market, since Huayi Brothers hasn't been doing this business for very long. So, you can easily spot the flaws in a few of the fake reviews.

Because the similarity is just too high.

Unlike in the future, where people go undercover to write reviews of rival movies, they all hire real people.

When a fan group makes a call, a bunch of female fans immediately mobilize, and the only way to identify them is by checking their online information.

"Holy crap, who did this? It's so hard to guess!"

"Hahaha, Huayi is getting anxious! Jin Ge's 'John Wick' has pre-sold 1.5 million yuan, it's probably going to crush 'Painted Skin 2'!"

"It must be Huayi Brothers. With the momentum of 'Painted Skin 2,' which broke Chinese film and television records, they're probably afraid that this movie will surpass their record!"

"Shameless! If a film like this can top the Chinese film and television record charts, it just means that Chinese films are absolutely terrible!"

"support!"

"Can someone tell me honestly, is John Wick really that good?"

"It looks great, I swear on my little penis!"

"..."

The comment section was instantly flooded with messages as soon as the Weibo post was published.

According to Chen Jin's thinking, it might take a while for the issue to spread, but he misjudged the netizens' resentment towards "Painted Skin 2".

All I can say is that you can't underestimate netizens these days.

In the future, they will be even more powerful, able to thoroughly investigate an incident, restoring it to a level of detail that is almost identical to what was witnessed firsthand.

Of course, it is now also incredibly powerful in combat.

The world has long suffered under the oppression of China.

While CETC is indeed impressive, it's still a relatively new film company. In contrast, Huayi Brothers, a large and well-established listed company, has engaged in numerous questionable practices in recent years, especially with the recent success of "Painted Skin 2," which has completely disregarded its reputation.

Does a film with a rating of 4.9 deserve 16 billion yuan at the box office?

Even if it's worthy, many netizens feel ashamed.

It's quite normal for many people to think that a film like this could gross 16 billion yuan.

What's that saying again? If you walk the dark road too often, you'll eventually crash and burn.

Huayi has not yet taken the initiative to speak out, but CETC has only issued a lawyer's letter, which has directly provided a collective outlet for the grievances of netizens during this period.

Many netizens flocked to the comment sections of Chen Jin and CETC (China Electronics Technology Group Corporation) to vent their frustrations.

Some people were dragged by their girlfriends to see "Painted Skin 2" and felt that their souls were no longer pure.

This is a case of publicity backfiring.

If a movie's promotion is excessive, many people are actually quite unhappy about it.

This is different from PDST, whose movie became too popular. Many netizens were disgusted by the movie, which is evidence of antisocial personality disorder.

Niche enthusiasts often like to do things differently, such as feeling proud of not having seen a popular movie, as if they are special.

The internet is currently flooded with promotion for "Painted Skin 2," to the point that it's making netizens extremely uncomfortable. So when a film by Chen Jin comes out, along with a lawyer's letter, netizens who desperately need to vent their frustrations have clearly gathered together to do so.

"Justice will prevail!"

"Painted Skin 2 really made me vomit!"

"I don't understand why a movie with a 4.9 rating could gross 16 billion yuan?"

"What a fucking idiot with so much money!"

"I asked around, and it seems like no one has seen it. Who on earth is watching this awful movie?"

"How was 'John Wick'? Was it also a bad movie?"

"John Wick isn't bad, the action is super fun!"

Chen Jin clearly didn't expect that her Weibo account, which was on the verge of becoming inactive after the Golden Horse Awards incident last year, would suddenly become active again.

It's just weird.

He hasn't updated this account in a long time. The last few posts are either advertisements or forwarding movie clips to friends. There's no interaction or interaction at all.

However, once the lawyer's letter was sent, it instantly garnered over 1000 comments.

It easily climbed to the top of Weibo's newly launched trending topics list.

Chen Jin even asked Chen Su to pay for it, but the demand was so high that the price went up before they could even agree on a price.

These days, Weibo's technology isn't mature enough, and it's still a bit slow to remove trending topics. By the time they want to remove them, not only netizens but even Chen Jin and Chen Su have already seen it. Removing them rashly would obviously look bad, so they can't go too far.

To be honest, Sina will still need to rely on big spenders like China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC) to provide funding in the future!

So, this trending topic... is basically a free gift from Sina.

"Haha, even Huayi has come to this?"

Chen Su, who was originally overwhelmed by the malicious film reviews on Douban, was now sitting there with Chen Jin, enjoying reading the bizarre and imaginative comments from netizens.

All I can say is that these guys are incredibly talented, and they shouldn't be underestimated at all.

They have all analyzed the logic behind why Huayi did this.

"Huayi is really afraid of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC). They finally managed to make 'Painted Skin 2' the highest-grossing film in history for money laundering, surpassing 'The Battle of Nanjing,' but then 'John Wick' suddenly appeared out of nowhere!"

"If this doesn't go well, the movie that was all the rage in the news before it even reached the top spot might be abruptly cut short by 'John Wick'. How could Huayi possibly swallow this insult?"

"If this really happens, Huayi will be a joke!"

"Haha, isn't that just a joke? The biggest loan in film history!"

"Pass it on, 'Painted Skin 2' will become the champion of Chinese film history!"

"It's so embarrassing! They've been promoting it for half a month, and they still haven't broken the record of 'Jinling'. 'John Wick' might break the record of 'Jinling' even before 'Painted Skin 2'!"

"I think it's possible. I can't even buy tickets for the preview screenings of 'John Wick' right now!"

"Every show is packed, even scalpers are out in force!"

"Luckily, I saw the morning showing right away. I can only say that Chen Jin's films are definitely a guarantee of quality!"

"This movie completely changed my impression of his acting. I didn't expect him to be so good at action scenes too!"

"The main thing is, this is his first time directing a movie, guys, what does that even mean? This guy is so amazing as a director!"

"I heard Hollywood is going to make it too..."

As netizens commented and exchanged ideas, the "Huayi Black Water Incident" was quickly brought down by a group of netizens before it even began to spread.

On Douban, a popular Chinese review website, many netizens who disliked "Painted Skin 2" immediately started giving "John Wick" perfect scores; while "Painted Skin 2's" 4.9 score is now in jeopardy, seemingly on the verge of dropping to 4.8 or 4.7.

Heaven is watching what people do. These days, you can offend anyone but netizens.

If Huayi Brothers had simply sat there quietly, doing nothing, and watched the box office curve of "John Wick," netizens wouldn't have said anything.

After all, "Painted Skin 2" has been in theaters for more than a month and is nearing its end.

All the dissatisfaction was drowned out by the clamor surrounding the 16 billion yuan box office.

However, the two kings are causing trouble at this critical juncture.

In the end, he got himself into trouble.

If you don't do this, people really won't bother with you. Who would have thought that these days there would be people who would actively jump out and offer their faces to netizens?

Then they would show no mercy to the anger that had been building up over the past month.

In less than a day, this black water incident topped the trending searches and showed a strong trend of escalating.

The two kings, of course, learned of this immediately.

The two of them never expected that the electronics company would be so stubborn; the key point is that the lawyer's letter did not mention Huayi, but netizens immediately took it personally, which made Wang Zhonglei so angry that he almost smashed things in his office.

"Big brother, how...how could this happen?"

Wang Zhonglei stared at Wang Zhongjun, who was sitting in front of the computer, frowning as he browsed Weibo. His face was ashen.

The two never expected that their sneaky little tricks would be exposed online, and by the very company that exposed them.

Fine, go ahead and expose it, but why the hell is everyone saying it was Huayi who did it?
Wang Zhonglei felt no resentment whatsoever.

He definitely did it, and he's furious right now.

Is Huayi's reputation really that bad these days?
You, CETC, are acting all innocent and pure, so why isn't anyone criticizing you?

This is something that Da Wang and Xiao Wang couldn't understand at all.

"It shouldn't be!"

"Is this a huge problem for China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC)?"

In Wang Zhongjun's understanding, isn't it normal for a movie to receive a bad review?
Why did CETC react so quickly?
Is this movie really so good that it has no negative reviews?

It can only be said that Huayi Brothers was really unlucky. When you encounter other competitors whose movies are also mediocre, you can just swipe your name and netizens won't defend you.

But this time, they've clearly bitten off more than they can chew.

The quality of "John Wick" itself is indeed outstanding. In addition, this film is also the directorial debut of Chen Jin. Everyone at the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, including Chen Jin herself, has high hopes for this film.

As a fellow professional, instead of offering congratulations, you're sabotaging us from behind. Who else should we target but you?!

"Then...should we have someone do it?"

Wang Zhonglei was really overwhelmed.

I didn't get to eat any mutton, but instead got covered in fishy smell!

Wang Zhonglei didn't dare to look at the comments online, afraid that he would vomit blood or that his blood pressure would spike.

These unruly people have extremely low moral character; they even curse the graves of their ancestors for eighteen generations!

"alley!"

"The more critical the moment, the less we must back down!"

They're already in a bind. If they don't boost the numbers, and the number of negative reviews actually decreases, wouldn't that further confirm that they were behind it?
Wang Zhongjun still didn't believe it, because this movie really didn't have any bad reviews!

"Quickly find a crisis management team; we can't let CETC drag us down this time!"

Wang Zhongjun spoke quickly, explaining that something the two brothers had decided on privately had now turned out this way, and it seemed they could only find professionals to handle it.

"We also send out invitations... oh no, lawyer's letters!"

"Sue them if they should, make an example of them. Damn it, I don't believe these guys can defy the law!"

Wang Zhongjun was cursing there; he was about to explode from reading the comments.

All they did was hire people to leave some bad reviews, and they've been vilifying Huayi online like this. We can't let them start blaming Huayi, even though they did do it.

But we absolutely cannot admit it, and we must stand firm against it.

"I'm coming to find them right away!"

Wang Zhonglei let out a long breath, realizing that sitting idly by and waiting for death was not a solution.

If we don't say it out loud, it really is just like what's said online: Huayi was the one who sat him to death.

Once this hat is fastened securely, it will be difficult to take it off!

……

That evening, Huayi Brothers' official Weibo account, along with a number of their stars such as Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing, and Li Chen, forwarded and commented on the lawyer's letter drafted by their crisis management team for Huayi Brothers.

This is clearly an even more intense effort than that of the China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC).

After all, Huayi knows far too many people in this industry, and many celebrities have stood by Huayi, firmly supporting them.

They even went so far as to call it "rejecting malicious rumors."

[This law firm, commissioned by Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, hereby issues a formal statement regarding the recent malicious online rumors and slander against Huayi for allegedly posting malicious comments on the film "John Wick"...]

"Go to hell, you're crying 'stop thief'!"

"It was you who did it, and you even dare to come out and deny it!"

"I curse your mother..."

"..."

Without the control of online comments, netizens' fighting power in 2012 was absolutely formidable.

Huayi really didn't know how bad their reputation was online. They just played dead by not issuing a statement, but the rumors would fade away after a while.

Unexpectedly... this happened again.

Chen Jin and Chen Su both found it somewhat amusing.

This is a bizarre move by Huayi.

This crisis management is worse than not doing it at all.

It can only be said that public relations is completely useless in many situations.

Of course, Huayi is already a "victim" in this matter. Even if they don't speak out, netizens will keep criticizing them, confirming that it is indeed him.

But even if you don't speak out, you'll still be criticized; if you do speak out, you'll actually be criticized even more harshly.

I'm caught in the middle, neither side can please me.

No matter how Huayi does it, it's wrong.

When someone feels guilty even for breathing, pretending to be dead is actually the best solution. But he still jumped out and blamed netizens, which is even more intolerable.

"This time, Hua Yide has suffered a major blow!"

Chen Su smiled and looked at Chen Jin beside him, but Chen Jin looked serious: "So, you can't offend netizens, no matter who you offend. Just focus on making movies. If you're messing around with all that other stuff behind the scenes, you'll be held accountable sooner or later!"

This serves as a warning, and Chen Jin, after reviewing future internet news, can be said to have a deep understanding of it.

(End of this chapter)