Chapter 129 Public opinion
"The Golden Captain" was released in the weekly box office, directly creating a new record for Chinese-language movies.
The global box office exceeded 500 million US dollars, and the media can't wait to give Chen Lin the title of box office king.
The People's Daily also wrote an article to commend Chen Lin, and the Central Mother even left enough three minutes of footage in the news broadcast to play clips of an exclusive interview with Chen Lin.
The interview with him was CCTV's main anchor Li Shishi.
Although I was not sure why Li Shishi came to interview, Chen Lin sat upright, his face full of serious people, looking at the camera.
The news broadcast intercepted three minutes of the shot:
"Director Chen, can you ask why you want to make a movie with the theme of "The Golden Captain"?"
"The main reason is that I promised that the book fans would definitely use the Tomb Raiders Chronicles for a long time on the big screen. Of course, filming "The Golden Captain" from a certain level is to try to use Hollywood technology to serve traditional oriental stories. I think this is the most correct way for Chinese movies to take. Of course, I hope the review can be relaxed a little. Movies are just movies. In a sense, "The Golden Captain" is an adventure film with a fantasy color. The tombs mentioned in it are all circulated in folk legends. I don't think anyone is stupid enough to rob the tomb because of watching the movie!"
"Now, the global box office of "The Golden Captain" has exceeded 500 million US dollars. Did you expect such a good box office performance before?"
"We have filed a case in the project "Grave Robbers" since 2013 and have been preparing for it for almost three years. In fact, we have thought about it before. The box office is very good. I am very happy, which shows that we are telling stories carefully and audiences around the world like it."
"Can you give a brief overview of your final box office predictions for this movie?"
"Is the final box office? Of course, the more the better. Well, if I have to say, I think the domestic box office should be 650 million US dollars, and the global box office will probably be 1.3 billion US dollars."
"Okay, thank you Director Chen Lin. By the way, I asked one last question. Many people think you are already the most powerful director in China. Do you think so too?"
"No, no, no, I'm too far away. Without the hard work of my predecessors, I have created a good movie environment. It's impossible for me to have such a market today, let alone be a director!"
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With the box office miracle of "The Golden Captain", there will definitely be many people who sing the opposite tune.
It’s normal. Some people always think that standing in front of the public is the truth!
"Am I the only one who thinks "The Golden Captain" is actually very ordinary? Not to mention "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "National Treasure", I feel that even "The Dragon Search" cannot be compared! I really don't know what Chen Lin did with $150 million!"
"I'm here after watching the show. The navy has worked hard to get 8.3 points. One star gives me a handsome Hu Ge, who I think is very handsome. What are the other things? But what can you ask for Chen Lin? Many people say I'm pretending, and I can only say that I think the refrigerator is not good and I don't need to refrigerate myself!"
"It's so bad that your country's navy is so terrifying. Such a movie is actually given to five stars!"
"The final box office of this film should reflect the overall quality of Chinese audiences, and I will wait and see!"
Especially after the release of "Where Are the Fantastic Beasts", a bunch of people appeared to be crazily belittled "The Golden Captain" and crazily stepped on "The Golden Captain" at all levels.
"You are the real movie that is 100 times better than that trash "The Prince of Gold"!"
"Thank you Aunt Rowling for taking me back to this world with Hogwarts and magic. Here, all the damaged ones can be rebuilt, panicked memories will disappear, and a good dream will wake up, but love and warmth will never be lost. (The rhythm in the first half is slower, because you need to introduce this magical world clearly, and the later it will be more and more exciting. The visual effects are by far the most awesome, no one)!"
Not only that, even Chen Lin answered questions from students at the road show at China Normal University and was dug up by the media, accusing him of not saying that kind of words in college.
"A public figure in college says the obvious egoism of 'the adult world only has pros and cons', and even publicly opposes the benefits of reading. Such remarks are serious slandering the society. How can such people be respected by the public? Some people even call them other national idols? What's wrong with this world?"
Or simply say explicitly, “Is this social pathology prevalence or is it because of the unscrupulous words of public figures?”
In short, a week after "The Golden Captain" was released in China, a lot of things came like a tide.
Of course, it has little impact on the box office. "The Prince of the Gold" still maintains a box office record of over 100 million yuan per day, with a terrible decline.
But as this public opinion becomes more and more intense, Chen Lin can no longer sit still.
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In early December, in Beijing, Chen Lin accepted an exclusive interview with Zhalang.
"Director Chen, thank you for taking the time to accept our Zhalang's exclusive interview."
After the fixed greetings began, the Q&A mode of interviews began.
"Director Chen, congratulations to "The Golden Captain" for its domestic box office of 2.6 billion. It should be able to pass "The Mermaid" soon?"
"This is mainly for the audience to like, thank you for your support."
"Director Chen, do you have anything to say about the recent bad reviews of "The Prince of the Golden Touch" online?"
"There is nothing to say. Everyone has a different perspective on the movie. Maybe they really think that "The Golden Captain" did not touch their excitement. It is normal. There is no movie that everyone likes!"
“…Many people say that the reputation of “The Golden Captain” is because of the navy, you…”
The reporter from Zhalang probably didn't expect Chen Lin to be so kind, and he didn't know how to ask for a question for a while.
"Haha, the audience who scored "The Golden Captain" almost reached 800,000 or 900,000. I don't have that much money to hire so many navy troops!"
"By the way, Director Chen, there is a remark on the Internet now that "The Golden Captain" is not as good as "Where Are the Fantastic Beasts"..."
"No, these two movies are not the same type at all, where does it come from? However, I'm also very surprised that the box office of "The Golden Crown Captain" in North America reached 220 million US dollars, far from "Where is Fantastic Beasts", and the box office results of various places around the world, except for the United Kingdom, are so far ahead of "The Golden Crown Captain". North American audiences include the reputation of film critics. "The Golden Crown Captain" far from "The Golden Crown Captain". I really don't understand why so many movie fans in our country say that my movie is so bad. I summarized, would it be because the main creative team of "The Golden Crown Captain" is Chinese? But "The Golden Crown Captain" is a story of being born in a foreign country? If it's really for this reason, I think you'd better not watch domestic movies!"
Chen Lin finally regained his style!
The reporter of Zhalang nodded with satisfaction and then asked, "So, in your opinion, "Where is Fantastic Beasts" considered a good movie?"
"I really want to evaluate it?"
Chapter completed!