Chapter 275: Hurricane strikes, hot impact

Thanks to the education gained from several previous movies, the audience did not stand up when "Taken" ended.

The ending of the movie was as they expected, there was indeed a post-credits Easter egg.

The content of the easter egg is also very simple. In a magnificent office, an obese old white man with gray hair, tall and strong body like a mountain, is writing and drawing with a golden pen in his hand.

The camera turns to the paper in front of the old white man, and you can see that it is a task list, which says that an employer needs to get rid of a Venezuelan president named Manuel Diaz.

At this time, the door of the office was pushed open from the outside, and a middle-aged man wearing a hotel butler's uniform walked in.

"Boss, there was a minor incident at the Continental Hotel in Paris. Someone sneaked into the hotel's underground auction house, held our client hostage, and then ran away."

The butler lowered his head and spoke respectfully.

The old white man paused with his pen in his hand, and then asked in a deep voice: "Are there any casualties?"

“Several security guards saw blood, but fortunately the customers were not hurt.

It was just a customer who purchased services at our hotel. He was caught up by that person after leaving and should have died by now."

The old white man who was writing stopped writing, put the task list aside, and said casually:
"After all, the person who died was our client, and the man learned about the client from our hotel. This has some impact on the reputation of our hotel.

By the way, who is that guy? Where is he from? "

"According to the intelligence, the other party is the retired commander of the Hong Kong Police Mobile Special Forces. His name is Brian and he is British." The butler bowed and replied.

The old white man pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then ordered:
"In Hong Kong?

That's China's territory. Our influence hasn't extended there yet, and those bastard agents of Kingsman have been keeping a close eye on us recently.

Let’s arrange for John to go.”

The housekeeper immediately showed an embarrassment on his face, and gently reminded: "Boss, John just retired last week."

The old white man paused, then ordered: "Then let the 'mechanic' go, he is brave."

The housekeeper showed an embarrassment on his face again.

"Boss, the mechanic's old friend died not long ago. He is now on vacation and will not accept any missions."

The old white man was completely impatient now, and waved his hand directly, "Then hang this guy on the taskbar."

"What's the price?"

"1 gold coins."

At this point, the screen turns black and the easter egg ends. Until the subtitles and ending song are over, no new content appears.

Obviously, Wang Hao's "Taken" only has one post-credits easter egg.

This made the audience very dissatisfied. If Wang Hao and others had not quickly come on stage to appease them, there would have been boos everywhere.

However, after their dissatisfaction, the audience still gave him the applause that the movie deserved.

The same scene even appears in some movie theaters in South Korea, Japan and North America.

Although the languages of different countries in the world may not be mutually intelligible, the love for family members is surprisingly consistent.

Behind the exhilarating action scenes in "Taken" is a father's deep love for his daughter. This emotion transcends language and nationality and is universally recognized.

The box office of the movie also perfectly reflects this point. "Taken" has been a hit in China, South Korea, Japan, and Hollywood in North America.

On the first day alone, the film's box office in China exceeded 1200 million, and the North American box office exceeded 1000 million US dollars. If the box office in South Korea and Japan is added, "Taken" can be said to have exceeded million on its global first day box office.

Of course, this is what Wang Hao and others said in media publicity. Such outstanding results have attracted the attention of domestic film and television industry practitioners.

And that’s not all. As Galaxy Pictures continues to increase its investment in film promotion, the subsequent daily box office of Taken continues to rise.

Even though Lu Chuan's Nanjing! Nanjing was released not long after, it still couldn't stop the box office success of Taken.

The key is that with the rapid increase in the number of moviegoers, the online reputation of "Taken" has remained stable at excellent.

[Action movies should be so straightforward! ]

[The story is very gripping and the pace is tight. This kind of short and sharp action movie is really good. ]

[How dare you offend Batman's master? You must be tired of living! ]

[I just like watching such neat and cool movies, which are basically one-shot kills and electrocute people is also very satisfying. And the ending song is extremely nice. ]

However, such a momentum naturally made some people unhappy.

Soon, amid the praises, some harsh voices emerged.

[What a terrible movie. Paris, once the capital of fashion, turned into a sinister city full of gangs and where human trafficking is as easy as selling vegetables in the director's movie.

When will Chinese directors be able to face themselves and open their eyes to the world? 】

[This movie shouldn't be called "Taken", it should be called "My Super Dad".

It is sheer nonsense that a retired policeman from Hong Kong can kill dozens or even hundreds of gangsters. 】

[What a stupid name! I thought it was a disaster movie before I saw it, but it turns out to be like this? ]

[Which man would risk his life for his adopted daughter? ]

[If I hadn’t studied abroad in Paris, I would have almost believed it.

Can the director come to Paris and take a good look before filming? There are no gangs or human trafficking here. Paris is very safe. People here are reading books while riding the subway. Do you think they are gangs? 】

As one bad review appeared, more bad reviews began to pop up like mushrooms after rain.

Many of them complained that the movie's plot was illogical and overly exaggerated.

Some people criticized the movie for being too ordinary and lacking any highlights compared to the previous movies of Galaxy Cinematic Universe, saying that Wang Hao has run out of ideas. Of course, more people criticized Wang Hao's movie for not being true to the facts and for smearing Paris.

Especially at this point, although China had just hosted the Olympic Games, the national pride of the Chinese people had been significantly enhanced.

However, due to the lack of information, many Chinese people still hold a beautifying filter towards overseas countries, especially developed countries like Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the United States, and always think that everything is good in foreign countries and the air is sweet.

Therefore, it is difficult for them to imagine that the fashion and art capital with the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame de Paris, the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysees would be a sinister city with countless gangsters and human trafficking transactions in secret.

They simply thought that Wang Hao deliberately discredited this famous city for the development of the movie's plot.

Wang Hao and Galaxy Pictures also understood that these critical and accusatory voices were definitely manipulated by someone behind the scenes in order to undermine the rising box office of "Taken".

As for who this person behind the scenes was, Wang Hao had a guess in his mind, it was nothing more than the movie that was competing with him at the same time.

So he immediately launched a counterattack, first instructing his own propaganda department to start releasing negative information about "Nanjing! Nanjing!" on the Internet.

It’s not that Wang Hao was wrongly accusing him. There were indeed problems with the filming of Lu Chuan’s movie.

Wang Hao actually knew something about Lu Chuan. After all, they were in the same circle and graduated from the same school. Wang Hao also learned about him from other seniors and teachers.

"Smart" is the first evaluation most people give him.

Looking at the three films Lu Yin has made since his debut, apart from the first one, "Looking for the Gun", where it is hard to say who is the real lead between him and Jiang Wen, the latter one, "Kekexili" and the current "Nanjing! Nanjing!", all use the subject matter to seize the moral high ground.

The former is to protect endangered animals, and the latter is to resist Japan.

This preemptive topic is undoubtedly a smart one and is worthy of discussion.

In this era, being able to become a topic of discussion means being successful. As a movie, the quality of the work is not that important.

But Lu Chuan obviously overplayed his hand this time, and his cleverness backfired.

He obviously underestimated the importance Chinese people attached to the term "anti-Japanese", so Wang Hao thought he was just "clever".

It would have been fine if he had just made an anti-Japanese film reflecting the brutal acts of the Japanese army, but he insisted on adding his own ideas to the film and designed a main plot about the Japanese soldier Kadokawa to show the alienation of war to humanity, thereby expressing his reflection on war.

Please, it is never the victims' job to reflect on this matter. We are only responsible for remembering it, and it is the invaders who should repent.

As a result, those war criminals did not repent or reflect, and even placed their tablets in public toilets. Instead, you, a victim, started to reflect first, and even said that there were good people even among the invaders, and they were also victims of war.

I can go fuck myself!

A Chinese director has sat on the crooked position, what else is there to say.

I wanted to imitate Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List", but I ended up with something completely different. Oscar Schindler was not a soldier, and he did not participate in the invasion of other countries.

Therefore, the criticism and attacks on "Nanjing! Nanjing!" by the publicity department of Galaxy Pictures can be said to be completely justified, and this has indeed won the approval of many viewers who have watched the film.

It is said that the public has sharp eyes. Although the audiences who have watched "Nanjing! Nanjing!" cannot explain the situation, they still feel unhappy after watching the movie.

After reading the detailed analysis posts on the Internet, the audience finally realized what was wrong. They were angry about being fooled and intensified their criticism of "Nanjing! Nanjing!", giving the film many negative reviews.

[Don’t call it “Nanjing! Nanjing!” anymore. Call it “Kadokawa! Kadokawa!”. ]

【Mrs. Lu saved the Japanese with her seemingly objective and independent thinking.】

[Lu Chuan pushed the judgment of good and evil to the audience. This seemingly objective and calm attitude actually showed his indecision.]

[If Kadokawa shot the two farmers in the head in the end, this movie would definitely be shocking.

Don't expect the enemy to spare you, and don't try to forgive the enemy on behalf of the dead souls! 】

……

As the Internet's evaluation of "Nanjing! Nanjing!" continues to decline, coupled with the fact that the film itself adopts a black-and-white pseudo-documentary mode, the story line is confusing, and the chaotic perspective on the Chinese side and the weak perspective on the Japanese side are constantly switching, making the plot of the film completely a mess.

So much so that after the release of "Nanjing! Nanjing!", except for the first week, the box office of the movie began to decline rapidly.

In sharp contrast, "Taken", which Lu Chuan looked down upon and called devoid of substance, continues to be a box office hit.

Especially every few days, the entertainment media contacted by Galaxy Pictures would report the overseas box office of the movie, which made Lu Chuan so angry that her teeth were about to break.

Moreover, compared with the criticism of "Taken" by those public intellectuals in China who admire foreigners, movie fans on the overseas Internet have a different evaluation of the Paris shown in the movie.

【Finally, someone has shown the real side of Paris in a movie. 】

[To be honest, the red light district in Paris is actually quite nice. The movie is very realistic about this.]

[Oh, those damn gangsters, can I say that my wallet and cell phone were stolen when I was traveling in Paris? ]

[In Paris, never carry your backpack on your back. ]

[The French like to keep dogs, but they let them urinate and defecate anywhere on the street, and they don’t clean up their feces.]

[Every time I take the Paris subway, I can always smell the smell of urine. ]

Of course, these comments are rarely seen by Chinese people nowadays, but they all reflect the popularity of "Taken" overseas.

With the popularity of "Taken", related movie discs such as "Wushuang" have also been hot-selling overseas.

With the help of this movie, the Galaxy Cinematic Universe finally broke through the Chinese circle and became famous all over the world.

From the prologue trilogy of "Buried", "The Shallows" and "The Call", to the first phase of "The Three-Body Problem", "Warrior Warriors", "Source Code", "The Man from Lone Ranger", "Raging Fire" and "Taken", the world of science fiction movie universe is becoming more and more grand and more and more real.

Overseas audiences who like science fiction works are addicted to them, digging deep into the internal connections between these movies. At the same time, they also watch movies and TV series such as "Lost on Journey", "I Am a Special Forces Soldier" and "Descendants of the Dragon". While watching the movies, they also participate in the story as if solving a case and explore that world.

This new mode of combining film and television with entertainment is something that movie fans have never experienced before.

Even with the current [Marvel Cinematic Universe], only "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk" have been released. If we want to truly present the entire Marvel Universe, we will have to wait until "Thor" and "Captain America" are released.

(End of this chapter)

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