Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 1009 September (13)

September has arrived…

Summer movie season is over!
The biggest winner of this summer's box office season is definitely Spark Studio, or rather, Maoyan!

票房前五，《我不是药神》（38.21亿）、《无双》（32.74亿）、《西虹市首富》（28.78亿）、《一出好戏》（13.57亿）、《巨齿鲨》（10.06亿）…

The top three films are all distributed and produced by Maoyan!

Furthermore, as of September 1st, "White Snake" had grossed over 9 million yuan, and its final box office is very likely to exceed 7.5 million yuan!

Ant-Man and the Wasp...

It did not trigger a movie-watching frenzy...

As a crossover film between Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Ant-Man and the Wasp's box office performance was somewhat unexpected...

—It grossed 8 million yuan in mainland China, but only 6.5 million US dollars worldwide.

You should know that Captain Marvel grossed over a billion dollars worldwide!
Huayi Brothers fared rather poorly; their highly anticipated film, *Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings*, only raked in a small loss, and *Shoplifters* also suffered significant losses…

Furthermore, "Hidden Man" didn't do very well at the box office either…

It even has a bad reputation!

In fact, a good movie first needs a complete story structure, and then you can add jokes and details around that story.

A viewer can be held in a movie theater for a full 120 minutes by your story.

That guarantees box office success.
Add some Wolf Warrior elements, some "no matter how far away, we will pursue them" tropes, and when the bombs go off, everyone rushes to open their wallets, and the box office explodes—that's what "Operation Red Sea" and "Wolf Warrior 2" are like.

If you can manage to cram some metaphors into such a complete structure and add your own artistic pursuits, then that's incredible; it's heading towards becoming a masterpiece—"Let the Bullets Fly" is such a film.
"Hidden Man" is the opposite. It starts by talking about art, stuffing you with all sorts of metaphors, and then suddenly says, "Hey, I've given you the sentiment, I've satisfied your artistic pursuits, the rest is up to you!"
And then, everyone really just let things be...

It's not even as good as "The Island" - "The Island" also has a chaotic rhythm and many parts are not smooth, but it is very meaningful and has a deep meaning. The key is that you can understand it!
Of course, Jiang Wen's fans were raving, "This is 'Qiankun Roast Goose,' it definitely has something special inside! You idiots don't know its value!"

Maybe...

However, Jiang Wen is still willing to make dumplings especially for this taste of vinegar because the audience still enjoys them. But what if the audience stops eating dumplings altogether…?

What good is vinegar if it tastes delicious?
"If You Can Do It, Then Do It" is a typical example—no matter how much hype it gets, not many people will buy tickets!

By the way, Feng Xiaogang finally responded to Cui Yongyuan: Ten questions for Cui Yongyuan…

It's meaningless; it's just emotional outbursts that avoid addressing key issues of public concern, such as tax evasion, overseas villa purchases, and cashing out through shell companies.

In fact, all he had to do was post his tax return and state: "I welcome Professor Cui's criticism and corrections. Like Professor Cui, I deeply abhor tax evasion through dual contracts. I abide by the law, pursue justice, and uphold the belief that fairness and justice are more radiant than the sun..."

The audience will definitely support him…

However, he didn't do that!

They just kept blaming Cui Yongyuan, even citing examples like how the Italian mafia didn't bother with "The Godfather"...

Haha, during the filming of "The Godfather," Joseph Colombo, the head of the Colombo family, one of New York's five major crime families, and his organization staged a protest, disrupting the filming and stealing camera equipment.

In his autobiography, on-set producer Robert Evans recounts that Colombo threatened him and his family, telling him to go home and leaving a threatening note in his car: "Stop filming immediately, or else..." Later, producer Albert Lardy, representing Paramount, negotiated with Colombo, explaining that the film would not portray all Italian-Americans as criminals; instead, it would present a balanced perspective on the crime world necessary for cinema.

Finally, an agreement was reached whereby Lardy agreed to omit words such as "Mafia" and "Sicilian Mafia" from the film script, allowing the film to be shot smoothly in locations such as Little Italy, one of the Mafia's strongholds in New York.

In short, the entire internet is criticizing Director Feng…

Director Feng is actually quite talented, it's just that human nature is rather complex...

Many start well, but few finish well.

Oh, the September film market is quite lively, with films like *Mission: Impossible – Fallout*, *L Storm*, *Golden Job*, *Cry Me a Sad River*, and *Ash Is Purest White* all being released…

After finishing her trip to Toronto, Shen Yan returned to the set of "With Wind"...

At the Toronto International Film Festival, Parasite won first place in the People's Choice Awards, and Green Book came in second…

Then there's the New York Film Festival…

Not in a hurry!
……

"The Toronto International Film Festival differs from European film festivals in that it doesn't focus on competition but rather on a more accessible and populist approach..."

In addition, it happened to coincide with the start of awards season, and was dubbed an Oscar preview.

Whether or not there are any Oscar previews is debatable, but an increasing number of the year's hottest films are choosing to screen in Toronto, such as "Silver Linings Playbook" and "The Imitation Game." So, every year there are plenty of big-name stars, allowing film companies to generate buzz and moviegoers to enjoy themselves.

Shen Yan gave a live commentary on the Toronto International Film Festival…

"We're going to Toronto mainly because the Oscars season is about to begin..."

"Parasite should start its preview screenings in mid-November and be released nationwide around November 18th... Let me warn you first, this movie is not funny, and it's quite explicit... Children should probably avoid going!"

"During the National Day holiday... I have to go to the New York Film Festival... I probably won't have much time to promote 'Underground Fire'..."

"As all my followers know, I'm a big fan of Liu Cixin's books... I've bought the adaptation rights to quite a few of his works, including 'The Wandering Earth,' 'Earthfire,' and we'll also be working on 'Devouring Food,' 'The Way of the Gods,' and 'Mountain'..."

"Of course, not all of them will be made into live-action theatrical films. We are planning to make several online movie series... anyway, the platform is paying for them!"

"The story of Edison in 'The Fire Underground'...what does it mean to me about a thousand failed experiments?"
"I've learned that there are a thousand materials that can't be used to make light bulb filaments."

"Many technologies, in their early stages, were only met with ridicule."

When George Stephenson first invented the train, people rode around it on horseback, laughing at his slow pace…

What now?
The birth of many new things in history has also been fraught with challenges and dangers: airplanes, explosives, internal combustion engines.

But why would anyone do such a dangerous thing? Because they carry hope.

In the novel, Liu Xin's skills led to a huge disaster.

However, technological advancements spared later generations from the ravages of the harsh underground environment… Of course, I'm not saying Liu Xin's technology was correct… I'm just saying this!

(End of this chapter)