Chapter 788 Profiteering Industry
There have been many gangster movies in China, but most of them are police and gangster movies. Few works that blur the boundaries between police and gangsters like "The True Color of Heroes".
This involves a matter of principle and bottom line, and also concerns the image of national police personnel. Therefore, many directors will not touch this sensitive thing, and no one wants to feel uncomfortable.
But Guo Dalu had the courage and passed the review, so there was no intentional difficulty.
In fact, when this movie was broadcast, many filmmakers were amazed and more impressed by Guo Dalu. "Even such a story is dared to do it? Guo Dalu is indeed worthy of being Guo Dalu. This guy has been running wildly on the road to death!"
But Guo Dalu can do this, but these directors in the circle dare not do this.
Guo Dalu has a lot of money. If a movie really cannot be broadcast, it will be invalid. The loss will be borne by others, but other directors dare not take this risk.
Their investment in making movies has been brought through hardships. If there is a ban on release, it will be a loss of tens of millions or tens of millions, and no one can afford it. Therefore, when a movie is shot, it is extremely cautious. Unlike Guo Dalu, who can shoot whatever he wants, and if he wants an actor, he needs an actor. Everything he does is full of energy and is so efficient that it is scary.
Just for this point, no one can learn it.
Sometimes being rich and powerful is also a very important prerequisite for making movies.
This movie "The True Color of Heroes" has a strong response in China and has caused a great sensation abroad. Although the cultures of the East and the West are different, human feelings are common and aesthetic interests will not be too different. The wonderful gun battle scenes in this movie are just like the music dubbing, and are already smooth and natural slow motion, which all show the level of Guo Dalu, a master-level character playing with the camera.
In fact, foreigners are not all liked the plot of this movie, but in this movie, the interpretation of gunfight and the setting of shooting scenes are something they have never seen. The movie's handling of gunfight scenes has reached the level of an artist. It gives people the feeling that the splashing shells and the spraying flame tongues all have an emotional thing, and it seems that when the splashing, the camera gives them life.
Foreign countries are originally a country where personal heroism is flooded. This movie is so passionate and passionate that it has really infected many young foreigners.
In the movie, Xiao Ma's windbreaker, sunglasses, and the movement of holding a toothpick in his mouth have become the things these young people imitate.
However, there are many people who don’t like this movie. Cherit, a well-known foreign film critic, published a review to express his dislike for this movie:
"The bloody scenes, ridiculous brotherhood, and dazzling gun battle scenes constitute such an absurd film. What is there to watch like this violent movie? Director Guo Dalu has a very wrong mood in this movie. He seems to have a kind of pity and sympathy for the underworld, because after the movie is over, we will find that the director is telling this story from the standpoint of the underworld."
"In this drama, Guo Dalu has a deliberate beautification of these gangster characters, which is a very surprising position. As a director, he has sympathy for gangster characters, which makes people very confused. In fact, if we carefully sort out the plot of this story, we will find that this is just a story of the two gangs of gangsters clashing due to personal grudges."
"The two people in it are Song Zihao and Xiao Ma, who are the bosses of counterfeit coins, and they are also two bloody executioners. Let's take a look, let's see, how many people did they kill after watching this movie? Isn't it natural for such people to die from gang vendetta? Is there anything worth sympathizing with? Because he is the protagonist, do we need to sympathize with them? What logic is this? The protagonist of the murderer, no matter how many scenes he has, he is a murderer! This drama directed by Guo Dalu has a very difficult personal position. I personally firmly oppose this tendency to have sympathy for the underworld!"
Cherit's review is also a criticism of "The True Heroes". This movie is a good story, but the director's personal position and emotions are a bit problematic. Guo Dalu deliberately developed something called sympathy for the gangster characters in the film, which is not in line with the values of normal society.
However, because this feeling of pity is not very obvious, and the film was indeed well shot, no one made a big deal about it.
But what these people don’t know is that Guo Dalu is the ancestor of the entire world’s gang members. It would be strange if the films he made were not at all inclined.
The butt determines the head. Even if Guo Dalu is a guy who claims to be upright, he has to consider the feelings of his brothers in his current position.
Therefore, the tendency of this drama is definitely unavoidable, otherwise he would not have let Jack Ma participate in the filming of this movie.
However, for this movie, there are only a few criticisms, and most of them are positive comments. The plot setting, the conflicts of characters, and the intersection of their respective destiny are all cleverly combined.
This unique heroic hymn and the pride that other movies do not have makes this movie have an extremely unique charm, especially the initial cynical roar of Brother Ma at the end. This progression of emotion can further drive the audience's emotions.
So the box office of this movie was very popular without expectation. Although it was not a winter and summer vacation or a prime time period, it did not affect the box office of this movie.
By the end of the month, the box office in China had reached 5.9 billion yuan, and the total box office abroad reached 600 million US dollars.
The box office of this movie, plus its peripheral products, has exceeded 10 billion, marking the emergence of another movie with a box office of 10 billion by Guo Dalu.
The total investment of this movie is only more than 30 million. For Guo Dalu today, an investment of 30 million is no longer a big investment. Except for Guo Dalu, the rest of the people were a little unbelievable, but they also took it for granted.
Once something like movies and TV is in contact with Guo Dalu, no matter what happens, it cannot be considered an accident.
"Xiao Ma, Lao Du, and Zhang Ran, this is a red envelope for you."
After painting in the movie, Chen Ruihu came forward to distribute red envelopes to the actors in the movie. The movie earned at least more than 2 billion yuan for the company. Guo Dalu gave these actors so little money, so he must make up for it this time.
For example, Jack Ma and Du Yuncheng each gave 10 million red envelopes this time, which was the company's encouragement to them.
In fact, Jack Ma and Zhang Ran are not very excited about this red envelope, but Du Yuncheng is different. He can't make 300,000 yuan a year when he runs a gym. However, after acting in a movie, he has paid 2 million yuan. Now he gets another 10 million yuan in red envelopes. This short half a year's income is higher than his income for half his life.
"Mr. Guo, is the profit of making movies so much now?"
When Du Yuncheng received the red envelope, he saw the amount specially marked on the bank card, his body trembled a little, and said to Guo Dalu beside him: "This movie is higher than the annual profit of a large company!"
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