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

Chapter 485 "Tiny Times" Released (44)

The director of "Badges of Fury" is Wang Ziming. In fact, he had already worked as a director and producer for many years before "Badges of Fury"!
Her previous representative work was "Wu Shi Lang," starring Miriam Yeung and Wallace Huo.

To put together a production like "Badges of Fury," and to invite a bunch of celebrities to join the cast—Huang Xiaoming, Ma Yili, Wu Jing, Zou Zhaolong, Tong Dawei—all of them were just extras…

The main reason is that his mother's name is Cui Baozhu.

Li Lianjie's benefactor.

When Li Lianjie founded Zhengdong Film Industry, Cui Baozhu was brought in by him and became the company's chief manager.

From then on, all of Zhengdong's films were produced by Choi Bo-joo!

Lee Yeon-jeong has publicly stated that she is "the most important woman in my life."

That's why Li Lianjie was able to be invited to star in this drama.

The previous film, "The Legend of the White Snake," was also due to Cui Baozhu. The original ten-day run of "The Legend of the White Snake" was doubled. The same was true for "Badges of Fury." Both films involved actors who were paid to play supporting roles but ended up playing leading roles.

After "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", Li Lianjie took on a bunch of bad movies. "Badges of Fury" was relatively good, at least it scored over 4.5 on Douban.

Then there's the utterly terrible movie "League of Gods".

Well, I wonder how many points Wu Jing's "The Swordsman" will get...

Director Yuen Woo-ping, screenwriters Yu Pai-mei and Su Zhaobin…

Please release it quickly. If it's not released soon, and another scandal breaks out among the cast and crew, the movie will be completely ruined...

……

In fact, given the production quality and budget of "Badges of Fury," it's entirely possible that it could take over from "Switch" and become the first film to be criticized by viewers...

But "Tiny Times" was released too quickly...

It was released in theaters across the country just six days later.

Before the word-of-mouth for "Badges of Fury" could even spread, the internet was already flooded with criticisms of "Tiny Times"!
The release of "Tiny Times" was truly an unprecedented success!
The movie theater in the busiest part of BJ shows a movie every half hour.
Even at the earliest screenings, long lines of audience members, mostly teenagers, formed... This was an unprecedented spectacle created by "Tiny Times".

On its opening day, the film had a screening rate exceeding 45%, with over 4 screenings, attracting 220 million viewers and grossing 7300 million yuan (including the premiere screening)...

—Second only to the record set by "American Dreams in China" during the Spring Festival!

Many cinemas even allocated 90% of their screenings to this project.

Moreover, this movie created a phenomenon: fans gathered holding "Tiny Times" posters and lined up at the entrance to take photos; when the stars appeared on screen during the movie, fans screamed in excitement...

This isn't a privilege every movie gets!

The criticism began the next day.

Most of the comments were complaints about the movie being boring...

Similar to "The Mirror of a Glamorous Era," "Guo Jingming Uses Film to Say 'We're Rich,'" and "A High-End Customization for a 'Disastrous Era'"...

A chorus of curses erupted!
Moreover, most of those criticizing *Tiny Times*, aside from those who can't stand Yang Mi's voice, are either people who don't like the novel or haven't read it, and are judging it purely from a cinematic perspective. —Yang Mi's voice is just awful, except for that "Wait a minute!" part…

'The plot is basically at the level of Jenna's novels, full of wishful thinking and exaggeration. The characters are soulless, don't speak human language, don't act humanly; they're all just symbolic labels and fantasies. The story is terribly fragmented, strung together by some pretentious monologues and voice-overs.'

Most bad movies are like chocolate that tastes like shit; they're still chocolate at heart. This film is like chocolate-flavored shit; it looks like chocolate, but it's actually a pile of pure shit.

"This 'naked run' style of creation completely exposes one's aesthetics and taste; after all, it's just Guo Jingming's own wishful thinking. But the problem is, this thing doesn't qualify as a film in terms of audiovisual language; it's just a pretentious video about the same length as a movie."

Yeah, a group of people were having a competition, coming up with all sorts of creative ways to criticize...

After the film grossed 2.86 million yuan in its first week, a bunch of influential bloggers joined the ranks of critics.

First, filmmaker Zhu Sanwei posted on Weibo: "During the film's opening week, the production company spent money to buy tickets and book screenings in numerous cinemas; cinemas that received 40% of the screenings were given one percentage point, and those that received 45% were given two percentage points. Can't we be a little more regulated? Can't films, regardless of their quality, just have a normal run in the market?"

Then Zhou Liming joined in—frankly, Zhou Liming initially wrote, "Is this a materialistic 'Tiny Times'?", without specifically criticizing *Tiny Times*, only objectively stating: "Tiny Times has the taste of 'new Qiong Yao'," and "Tiny Times is far worse than *Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains*; its ostentatious display of wealth and excessive ornamentation reaches a morbid level!"

From a cinematic perspective, that's absolutely right!
The ostentatious display of wealth and extravagance in "Tiny Times" has indeed reached a morbid level...

Is this considered criticism?
Then, Guo Jingming's fans got anxious and attacked him directly, saying the most common thing they said was: "You're too old and can't keep up with this era."

Zhou Liming, seemingly angered by the criticism, retorted, "But do you know what? Most Guo Wengui fans who want to afford the things in the film and live the kind of life depicted there would have to obediently become mistresses of 'old men.' That's the film's implicit value system."

This statement was used as a trending topic by Sina Weibo, a platform known for its sensationalism, and Teacher Zhou became an instant sensation…

Later, Wang Sicong posted: "Tiny Times fans, please unfollow me!"

Yes, the verbal battle has escalated!
……

Actually, "Tiny Times" is a movie based on a novel!
It is a sequel to the original novel.

From this perspective, it is not a blank slate, it did not appear out of nowhere, and it is not just one of the options for weekend leisure and entertainment; it is a prescribed action.

Like "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games," for fans of the original works, simply making a film about this type of movie is a victory.

Therefore, what the film needs to do becomes incredibly simple: to restore and closely resemble everyone's imagination of the story as much as possible, and to make the scenes fixed in the visual world as close as possible to the descriptions in the book.

If fans of the original work say, "This is Gu Li," or "This is Gong Ming," then it's qualified.

In this situation, casting is far more important than filming; if the casting is successful, the film is halfway to success.

Its audience consists only of readers of "Tiny Times" and fans of Guo Jingming.

Of course, such statements may seem objective, but they are actually retrospective summaries.

Saying this now is tantamount to speaking up for "Tiny Times"—either criticize or praise it, the choice is yours!
There is no room for a neutral or objective middleman!

So, despite a barrage of comments on Shen Yan's Weibo asking him to comment on "Tiny Times," he remained silent...

He simply shared the next stop on the tour and the promotional material for "Make a Name for Yourself"...

Yes, "Fame and Fortune" will be released on July 4th, in the same release window as "Blind Detective" and "Rooftop Love".

(End of this chapter)