This director lacks vision.

Chapter 373 Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.

Accompanied by their assistants, the "Ran Ye" duo arrived at the movie theater.

They bought tickets for the VIP theater and waited a while before entering.

Once the movie started, Wang Churan and Zhou Ye quickly became engrossed in it.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a million taels of gold flower tax silver transported from Jiangnan to the imperial court mysteriously disappeared.

The million taels of tax silver weighed nearly 40 tons and was escorted by the army along the way.

When entering the outer city, the tax silver was still there, so why was the box empty and the tax silver gone after entering the inner city?

The tax evasion case involved a wide range of people, and several groups of officials in charge of the investigation were executed.

Panic gripped the people, and officials avoided the case like the plague, fearing they would be implicated.

Shen Lian, a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, was originally a commander of a thousand men, but he was demoted several ranks and reduced to a junior officer because of his poor handling of a massacre case three years ago.

In order to improve his career and to solve the massacre that killed his family three years ago, he took a risk and accepted the task of investigating the tax evasion case.

His two sworn brothers were also involved in the investigation.

As the investigation progressed, Shen Lian discovered that three forces were at play behind the tax evasion case.

The Chongzhen Emperor, who was about to ascend the throne, the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian, and the Donglin Party members who were poised to rise to power.

Meanwhile, Zhou Miaotong (played by Fan Bingbing), the victim of a family massacre three years ago, also appears at the Jiaofangsi (a brothel), making things increasingly complicated...

The original Brotherhood of Blades had a rather tragic storyline, and it was the kind of melodramatic, sentimental stuff typical of artsy types.

At Fengxing Media, such a script would absolutely not pass internal review.

Fengxing Media has a team of over 40 screenwriters. The company has clear requirements for the scripts of each film and television project, which must be of a certain quality and have clear commercial selling points.

The company granted the screenwriting team the right to "review adaptations" and also conducted performance evaluations and incentives for the team.

The script for "Brotherhood of Blades" was handled by Wang Juan's team.

Under the adaptation of the screenwriting team, the main plot of "Brotherhood of Blades" became solving a case, showing the process of Chongzhen eliminating Wei Zhongxian through the tax silver case.

Actually, the story of the script is not complicated.

The mastermind behind the disappearance of tax silver was Emperor Chongzhen. He deposited the tax silver into the imperial treasury and fabricated the tax silver case. On the one hand, he used this case to eliminate Wei Zhongxian's supporters, and on the other hand, he could fill the empty treasury and find a reason to collect more taxes.

The massacre of his entire family three years ago was orchestrated by Wei Zhongxian to crack down on the Donglin Party. Shen Lian's insistence on investigating the case offended Wei Zhongxian, resulting in his demotion.

The suspense in the movie is very well done, exaggerating the difficulty of the mysterious disappearance of millions of tax taels, which arouses the audience's curiosity.

Coupled with exciting fight scenes, exquisite costumes and props, and high-quality cinematography, the film paints a realistic and romantic picture of the martial arts world at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The overall movie-watching experience was excellent.

Jiang Yifeng had seen the Embroidered Spring Blade in advance.

In his opinion, if the original Brotherhood of Blades was a 6 out of 10 movie, then the new version is at least a 7 or 8 out of 10, and is an excellent martial arts film.

Jiang Yifeng was quite pleased with this.

Even without his involvement, Fengxing Media's current team and system are capable of optimizing films from the previous era.

This is a virtuous cycle, which also shows that the company's culture and system have been established.

Jiang Yifeng originally planned to air "Brotherhood of Blades" during the Spring Festival.

However, the Spring Festival film season includes several blockbusters such as Police Story 2013, The Monkey King, From Vegas to Macau, and Storm, as well as the delayed release of Lost in the West.

Lu Yang is just a new director. Even with the help of Fengxing Media, his "Brotherhood of Blades" won't get good screenings during the Spring Festival and is likely to be buried.

After all, box office revenue and film quality are not necessarily related.

Despite the poor quality of "The Monkey King" and "From Vegas to Macau," both films boast star-studded casts, are based on major IPs, and feature festive themes, making them strong contenders for box office success.

Hu Qian and others suggested that the film "Brotherhood of Blades" be released after the holiday, and Jiang Yifeng agreed.

This would be safer.

Putting aside other things, Brotherhood of Blades is released today, with only Prehistoric Monsters as its competitor, accounting for more than 40% of the screenings.

This kind of treatment is absolutely impossible during the Spring Festival season.

At the end of the movie, Wei Zhongxian is killed, Chongzhen takes power, Shen Lian is reinstated, but the female lead Zhou Miaotong produces a letter written in blood, pleading with Shen Lian to investigate a mysterious headless murder case.

After leaving a cliffhanger for the sequel, the story of Embroidered Spring Blade came to an end.

After watching the movie, Wang Churan and Zhou Ye were still enjoying it, but they overheard the audience members next to them discussing it.

"As expected, it has to be Jiang Yifeng. Lu Yang is a director personally signed by Jiang Yifeng, and he really has some skills."

"Indeed, Embroidered Spring Blade is really good-looking, much better than Prehistoric Monster. The special effects in the movie are also very pleasing to the eye, especially the restoration of ancient Ming Dynasty architecture."

"Following Dapeng, Tian Yusheng, Chen Sicheng, Wu Jing and Guo Fan, the Jiangmen disciples have gained another Lu Yang. It's been a long time since I've seen such an excellent martial arts film."

"In the end, Jiang Yifeng is still the best. The team at Fengxing Media has implemented his production philosophy, and even new directors can frequently produce good works."

……

Hearing these comments from the audience, Wang Churan's lips curled up, and she smiled with great pride.

She is a loyal fan of her boss and loves hearing people praise him.

Unexpectedly, there was a Jiang hater in the front row. After hearing the discussion behind him, he stood up and retorted: "You've all seen prehistoric monsters, how can you still praise Jiang Yifeng?"

The special effects scene with the prehistoric monster was absolutely jarring!
It's obvious that the good parts were done by Hollywood companies, while the bad parts were done by the monster special effects.

The difference in special effects between the same movie is so obvious, it's a blatant slap in the face from Hollywood. I feel ashamed for Jiang Yifeng and the monster special effects!

They used to brag about being world-class, pshaw!

Before Wang Churan could retort, Zhou Ye stood up abruptly, coldly questioning, "How can you be sure that the bad special effects are from Monsters and the good ones are from Hollywood?"

Actually, it's Monsters Inc. that makes the good special effects!

Zhou Ye was very angry and spoke loudly, attracting the attention of the audience members who were about to leave the theater.

That's when everyone realized that there were two very pretty girls in the movie theater.

Although both of them had cold expressions and looked like they were not to be trifled with.

However, one is radiant and bright, while the other is delicate and aloof; such beautiful women are rare in real life.

People forgave their cold attitude.

Even the audience members in the front row who had been scolded by Zhou Ye remained silent and did not argue further.

Seeing that the other party was intimidated by her, Zhou Ye was initially quite pleased with herself.

Unexpectedly, someone in the movie theater soon shouted, "Zhou Ye? Wang Chuan!"

The second generation of 101 groups still have some recognition, and the "Ran Ye" group was recognized by the audience.

Upon seeing this, the two quickly escaped the cinema with the help of their assistant.

On the way back, Wang Churan said indignantly, "These people are so unreasonable! They haven't even figured things out, yet they're already blaming the boss!"

The assistant handed over the phone and explained, "It's not that the viewer is being unreasonable, it's that someone online is stirring up trouble."

Wang Churan took the phone and opened Weibo. She saw that the top trending topic was "monster special effects," with a popularity score of over 7000 million, followed by a large "hot" tag. Clicking into the topic, the first Weibo post was about Wu Ershan.

"I said long ago that China's film industry is 20 years behind the United States, but many people still don't believe it and keep questioning me, especially Jiang Yifeng's fans, who frequently send me private messages to scold me."

Now that the movie "Prehistoric Monsters" is out, everyone can go and see how disjointed the special effects are.

In some scenes, the prehistoric monsters are so lifelike that they look quite imposing;
However, in some scenes, the monster looks like it came from a tokusatsu film, or like it was cut out using green screen technology. It's really poorly made!
After watching the movie, I really felt sorry for the prehistoric monsters!

If all the special effects for this movie were done by Prime Focus, a top Hollywood special effects company, it would definitely be an excellent commercial special effects film.

Wu Ershen posted this Weibo post this afternoon, and it has already received over a million likes and more than 10 comments.

The controversy surrounding Chinese special effects had already sparked widespread discussion.

Just a few days later, the difference in special effects after the release of "Prehistoric Monsters" became a hot topic.

Most people on Wu Erzhen's Weibo account support him.

Even the most patriotic viewers would never imagine that the good special effects in "Prehistoric Monsters" were done by a Chinese company, while the bad ones were done by Hollywood.

If The Wandering Earth hadn't suddenly appeared in the previous life, most viewers wouldn't have realized that China's special effects are actually catching up very quickly and have reached a world-class level.

Seeing so many netizens supporting him, and with his Weibo followers exceeding 300 million, Wu Ershan was very excited and posted another Weibo message.

"I am a commercial film director who is passionate about special effects, and the production of special effects films is my professional field."

Here, I'll introduce you to some of the world's top visual effects companies.

First, Industrial Light & Magic…”

Urshan was also very clever; he knew how to maintain a proper balance.

First, they limited the topic to movie special effects and the film industry. Second, after gaining the upper hand, they did not attack Jiang Yifeng and the monster special effects, but instead started to popularize science.

While using this incident to gain traffic and build reputation, they can also promote their movie "Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal".

After all, Jiang Yifeng had a high reputation in the martial arts world at this time, and the audience and netizens recognized him. Wu Ershan's constant attacks on Jiang Yifeng would be offensive.

Moreover, he didn't want to become mortal enemies with Jiang Yifeng.

After reading Wu Ershen's Weibo post, Wang Churan was so angry that she gritted her teeth.

However, Urgench was just the beginning.

Under this trending topic, other influential figures and media personalities also posted on Weibo, most of them mocking and criticizing Jiang Yifeng and the monster special effects.

Seeing this, Wang Churan was furious and mustered up her courage to send Jiang Yifeng a WeChat message.

[Boss, there are a lot of people online criticizing the monster's special effects. Shouldn't our company clarify this?]

After sending the message, Wang Churan felt uneasy, as if she had disturbed her boss.

Zhou Ye also said, "Wow, that's impressive, boat girl! You even dared to send a message to the boss! I'm really impressed!"

Since he started receiving more and more messages from girls, Jiang Yifeng has become selective in his replies, mostly ignoring them altogether. Even the women in his harem group often don't respond to him.

At first, everyone had some complaints, but they got used to it over time and started making excuses for Jiang Yifeng, saying he was too busy.

Wang Churan also realized that she had acted impulsively and shouldn't have bothered her boss so rashly, but withdrawing the message now would seem too deliberate.

Fortunately, Jiang Yifeng replied to the message quickly.

I hope you can remain calm in the face of important events, and never be hasty in your actions or dealings with others; let things unfold gradually.

Upon seeing this message, Wang Chu let out a shout of "Yay!" and was so happy that he wanted to stand up.

But then the seatbelt caught me, and I bounced back halfway up, letting out a cry as I leaned back in my seat.

Seeing this, Zhou Ye laughed heartily.

Wang Churan didn't care that Zhou Ye was mocking her. She took out her phone and typed quickly.

I get really angry when I see netizens misunderstanding you, and I can't calm down at all!

Wang Churan shared her thoughts.

This time, it took seven or eight minutes for Jiang Yifeng to reply.

[When I teach you to sing tomorrow night, I'll retaliate on the spot and make you happy.]

Jiang Yifeng had already noticed the online comments. With Wu Erzhen and others jumping around in a frenzy, Jiang Yifeng had already devised a plan of revenge.

Jiang Yifeng, however, did not rush to clarify the negative public opinion.

The main purpose is to spread the fact that the special effects in the movie "Prehistoric Monsters" are vastly different and completely different.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles.

Negative news often spreads faster and more dramatically than positive news.

If Jiang Yifeng directly tells everyone after the release of "Prehistoric Monsters" that the special effects of the movie are disjointed and that the special effects produced by Monsters.com completely outclass Hollywood's top special effects company, Prime Focus, then everyone will be passively receiving the message, and the dissemination effect may not be good.

Ultimately, the attention it can attract is limited.

However, Jiang Yifeng did not clarify the situation, allowing the negative news about the monster special effects to spread.

While many people are mocking the monster special effects and Jiang Yifeng, everyone is also aware of the situation surrounding the movie "Prehistoric Monsters".

Many netizens have also made screenshot comparisons to show the difference in special effects between Monsters Inc. and Prime Focus.

When people saw the screenshots, they also felt the contrast was obvious; they were not even in the same league.

Jiang Yifeng plans to let the negative public opinion ferment for a while before clarifying it tomorrow night.

This would create a reversal effect and show everyone why it's generally not feasible for most Chinese films to hire foreign special effects companies.

At the same time, it officially announced the achievements of Monster Company over the past two years, giving its special effects company the best publicity.

Upon seeing Jiang Yifeng's message, Wang Churan's mouth dropped open in a wide grin. She replied:

Okay boss, I'll definitely give you my best tomorrow!

Under Zhou Ye's envious gaze, Wang Churan proudly put down her phone, looking forward to tomorrow night's lesson.

Back at the villa where the girl group lived, Zhou Ye was quite loyal and started showing off for Wang Churan.

"Did you know what? The boat girl chatted with the boss online today, and they exchanged several sentences!"

"Really? Last time I texted my boss, he didn't even reply. Waaah, so heartbreaking!!" Yang Chaoyue's reaction was the most exaggerated.

The girl seemed heartbroken, but she wasn't really bothered by it at all.

However, her performance greatly enhanced her emotional value, and with the other girls in the group looking at her with envy, Wang Churan felt incredibly happy.

Only Cheng Xiao pretended to be indifferent, saying, "What's the big deal? I often chat with the boss too."

Cheng Xiao simply didn't want to show weakness and wanted to save face as the team leader.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ruonan didn't indulge her. Instead, she whispered, "Xiao Xiao, I remember you complained to me a couple of days ago about your boss, saying what's so great about him, that he never replies to your messages. You should never text him again!"

Cheng Xiao: "..."

(End of this chapter)