Chapter 335 Public Opinion Crisis
The story framework of this version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" directed by Guo Fan is basically based on the 87 version, but it adds many novel settings and metaphors.

In addition, the film's picture quality and fighting scenes are far superior to its predecessor.

On the love line, Xiaoqian fell in love with Ning Caichen, broke up with the tree demon, and finally sacrificed herself, which moved many viewers to tears.

Of course I was touched, but it didn't seem that strong.

All in all, it is still acceptable as a commercial film.

Compared with the movie directed by Jiang Heng, this version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" seems to be less shocking.

The 3D special effects are not as shocking as those of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", and the story is not as novel as that of "The King's Avatar".

As a result, Xinlang Entertainment commented that "A Chinese Ghost Story" produced by iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video is like a fast food dish with good color, aroma and taste, which tastes good but has no nutrition at all.

Because Jiang Heng's technology company launched Weibo, Xinlang Company has always liked to report some negative news about Jiang Heng in recent years, and various entertainment reports also have a weird feeling.

Fortunately, other entertainment media's reports on "A Chinese Ghost Story" are generally positive.

Thanks to the starring roles of Jiang Heng and Liu Yifei, and the fact that it is a love and 3D blockbuster, the box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" exceeded million on the first day of its release in mainland China.

Compared with Jiang Heng’s directorial works in recent years, this first-day result is not high.

But if we look at it from the perspective of director Guo Fan's works, this achievement is simply amazing. This is the first time he has directed a film independently!

In a short time, Guo Fan went from being an unknown person to a well-known director in the industry.

Of course, among the audience, many people don’t even know he exists.

Because many people would subconsciously think that this film was written, directed and acted by Jiang Heng himself.

Many achievements are also viewed according to the standards of Jiang Heng’s works, such as overseas achievements.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" performed well in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, but it was unprecedentedly cold in North America and Europe.

Because from the perspective of mythological films, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not as shocking as films such as "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", "Lion's Ridge", and "Pingdingshan".

But from the perspective of love elements, Europeans and Americans feel nothing at all.

In fact, Chinese-language romance films have never performed very well at the box office in the European and American markets.

As for the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story", thanks to the fact that Jiang Heng was the lead actor and it was a 3D version, it barely broke 2000 million US dollars in its first three days of release over the weekend.

Judging from the current box office trends, it would be quite good if it could break the $100 million mark.

The global box office of the entire film is estimated to be around 3.6 million US dollars, which is half the amount of Jiang Heng's previous works.

Therefore, many entertainment media outlets deliberately concealed the fact that it was directed by Guo Fan in order to gain traffic, saying that "Jiang Heng's new film failed miserably at the box office and was suspected to be abandoned by the overseas market"!
"Jiang Heng was defeated in America, and the top Chinese-language director may face a crisis of losing money."

"The unbeaten myth is shattered, the global box office of "A Chinese Ghost Story" may be less than 3 million US dollars, and Jiang Heng's new film has been a cold reception."

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At iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, Jiang Heng sat in the boss chair, casually browsing the online entertainment news. Judging from the "scary" headlines, he looked as if he was going to vomit blood due to the loss.

But in fact, "A Chinese Ghost Story" is quite popular in the mainland market. At least in the IMAX theaters a few days ago, tickets were hard to get!

Liu Yifei seemed a little disappointed. It was the first time she co-starred in a love movie with Jiang Heng, and she didn't expect the overseas box office to be so bad.

"I'm sorry, brother!"

Liu Yifei, who was sitting on the sofa, couldn't help but say.

Jiang Heng smiled, "I've already said it, it's not your fault, why do you take it to heart?"

"If I had known, I wouldn't have made this movie!" Liu Yifei was getting more and more upset. Jiang Heng stood up and walked over to Liu Yifei, patting her on the shoulder, "Don't be upset, it's nothing, it's just that you'll make less money!"

“But they say nonsense on the Internet…!”

The young lady was almost crying with anger at this moment.

Jiang Heng laughed, "The media always likes to talk nonsense. If you pay attention to them, you will be mad at yourself. Don't think about it!"

"Oh!"

Liu Yifei pouted and suddenly asked, "Then will the box office of White Snake: Origin be better?"

Jiang Heng smiled awkwardly. He really didn't want to discuss this topic with Liu Yifei. In fact, Liu Yifei rarely mentioned it.

But now the film she starred in has "failed miserably" in the overseas market, so she wants to know how "White Snake: Origin" starring Jiang Heng and Jing Tian will perform. Girls, after all, like to compare.

What's more, both films are romance movies, and their release dates are half a year apart.

"It's almost the same!"

Liu Yifei looked up and said, "White Snake's box office will be better, right? That was filmed by you!"

Jiang Heng smiled and thought, is the young lady blaming Guo Fan?
After thinking for a while, he said, "The box office in mainland China should be better. My films must be better. As for overseas, the difference may not be that big. You know, foreigners often don't feel anything when they watch our love movies."

"Oh!" The young lady responded, lowering her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Suddenly he looked up with a panicked expression, "Doesn't that mean you'll have two films in a row that do average overseas box office?"

Jiang Heng shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent expression, "Maybe!"

Liu Yifei was almost crying, "How can that be possible? Isn't this destroying your reputation?"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Not really. In fact, even A Chinese Ghost Story has a good reputation in Hollywood, but it's not as amazing as before. The total box office is around 20th of the year, which is pretty good!"

"So, should we make a super blockbuster movie? This won't work, right?"

Jiang Heng was silent for a while after hearing this, and then slowly said, "Indeed, we are going to make a super blockbuster!"

It is normal for the overseas box office to decline after two romance movies were released in succession. However, if the third movie doesn’t pick up steam, many people might really think that they have been abandoned by the overseas market, which is not acceptable!
But Jiang Heng couldn’t figure out what to shoot for the time being.

In terms of popularity, science fiction, mecha, monster and other films are naturally more favored by overseas markets.

In terms of science fiction, neither "The Three-Body Problem 2" nor "The Wandering Earth" are planned to be filmed in the next few years.

In terms of mecha, the script of "Pacific Rim 3" is still being revised repeatedly and has not yet been finalized.

To be honest, monster movies are somewhat incompatible with the Chinese market.

We can't make Star Wars, can we?
Speaking of the Hollywood movie Star Wars series, the box office results are indeed very high.

As for the story!
While thinking, Jiang Heng suddenly remembered "The Legend of the Little Soldier", which is known as one of the "three great books on the Internet".

He was really amazed when he read it for the first time. He read the latest chapters with great fascination and couldn't forget it for a long time.

There are many interstellar battleship fighting scenes in the book, which made my blood boil.

Maybe you can give it a try!

Thinking of this, Jiang Heng called the copyright department and asked whether the company had purchased the film and television adaptation rights for "The Legend of the Little Soldier".

The department head checked the reply and was told that it was purchased a few years ago!
(End of this chapter)