As we all know, Shu Payen never chases stars. He has been engaged in film-related industries for many years and often deals with stars and directors. I have never heard that he asked for any star's autograph or photo.
It is conceivable how big a sensation his posting of Jiang Se and Liu Ye's autographed posters caused.
'My fate with "Demons" started with an accidental trip where I got lost. I have been to the Palais des Cinémathèques at the French Film Festival many times, but the complicated topography of the theaters is the biggest headache for me every year. The original plan was to start with "The Accident" by my old friend Ning Zhanping, but while searching for the way, I accidentally found the theater for "Demons."
In Shu Pain's film review, he first mentioned the reason why he watched "Demons" first.
He should have been the victim in this incident. It was because of the media news under Longxing Studio that such a film critic was pushed to the forefront. He could have stayed out of it, refuted the rumors, and remained an outsider in the fans' dispute.
But he refused to follow the routine and instead insisted on expressing his opinions despite the storm on the Internet.
'Zhao Rang hid "Demon" for nearly three years. Since the news of Liu Ye and Jiang Se's cooperation spread, the crew kept it secret. During this period, the actors' makeup and styling were never shown to the public. When I first saw "Demon", I was actually not optimistic about this movie. Liu Ye was famous, and Jiang Se was a newcomer after all. When the two of them worked together, I think many people would have the same idea as me, whether Jiang Se would be suppressed by Liu Ye. '
'With these questions in mind, I entered the theater of "Devil".
'The story of "Devil" hidden by Zhao Rang is actually not complicated. A woman trapped in a stagnant marriage life, one day her daughter suddenly disappeared, disrupting her entire life rhythm, but what surprised me was Jiang Se's acting skills. '
'She is an actress whom I underestimated. Her progress is amazing and she has the ability to compete with Liu Ye.'
'People who doubt her will find out one day that it is her acting skills rather than her face that attract the audience, and these preconceived views will naturally be vulnerable.'
While trying his best not to spoil the film "Demons", Shu Payen analyzed the film based on the roles of the male and female protagonists. He expressed his optimism that "Demons" would win an award, but did not mention "The Accident".
When netizens saw his comments, although Liu Ye's fans were still skeptical about whether Jiang Se could cooperate well with Liu Ye and not hold him back, many of Liu Ye's fans still expressed their joy after Shu Payen said that "Devil" was a good movie and predicted that Liu Ye would most likely win an award for this film.
But at the same time, some people doubt some of the views expressed by Shupein.
Even though it was already early in the morning in China, many people were still scrambling to leave messages on Shu Peien's homepage:
Hand in hand, let's go together: I have great doubts about what Mr. Shu said. Whether it is fair or not is not the point. Just based on what Mr. Shu said, Jiang Se in "Devil" attracted the audience not because of her appearance but her acting skills. I am a fan of Tao Cen. Although I think Tao Cen is better in acting in all aspects, I still think Jiang Se is more beautiful in terms of appearance.
As we all know, Jiang Se became famous for her role as the "goddess" in Zhao Rang's "Love Letter". This actress, who is famous for her "vase roles" and has been inseparable from her "face" in any movie since her debut, has now become someone who attracts attention not by her "face" but by her so-called "acting skills" in Mr. Shu's comments.
I can only put quotation marks around the word "acting skills" for now and wait for the movie to be released.
Many people agreed with this netizen's point of view, but some people also asked Shu Pain to comment on the movie "The Accident".
Shu Pain had no intention of publishing any more film reviews. Although he did not acknowledge the news from Long Xing Studio, such an attitude was tantamount to indirectly admitting that "The Accident" was not as impressive to him as "Devils".
"The Devil" will be released in China in nearly seven days. Because of this incident, the movie has received great attention and enthusiasm from the audience before it is released.
In addition to some viewers who really wanted to watch the film and whose expectations were aroused by Supai's words, there were also some who watched "Demons" with a critical mind and then refuted Supai's words. At the same time, there was also a small number of people who went to see the film because of Supai's prediction that the film would win awards at international film festivals.
Nie Dan and a few others in China registered and established "Huaying Media", and were currently promoting the release of "The Devil".
Taking advantage of this topic, Nie Dan made the matter bigger and bigger. In just a few days, the discussion of "The Devil" continued to rise. Relying on the influence of Nie Dan and others, and the face of Century Galaxy Chairman Luo Yin, the screening rate of "The Devil" in Chinese cinemas reached more than 50%. Before the movie was released, the national box office on the first day of pre-sale had reached nearly 400 million. As the number of people discussing it increased, the box office number continued to rise.
Regardless of the movie's box office reputation, judging from the current box office, "The Devil" will be another movie that will make a lot of money among Nie Dan's investments.
At the French Film Festival, after its premiere, the movie "Demons" not only caused a sensation in China, but also opened up the situation abroad.
On the first day of the film festival, several reporters from the American "Film Talk" magazine who were about to take a break accidentally walked into the theater. After seeing "The Devil", they conducted a brief interview with the crew, took a group photo of the male and female leading actors and the main creative staff of the film, and asked the film company for a clip of "The Devil" to be published in this issue of "Film Talk", and specifically pointed out that this was a Chinese film.
When this issue of "Film Talk" magazine was published, it did not attract much attention.
Nowadays, mobile phones, computers and other tools that can quickly spread online information have replaced traditional publications. Magazines like "Movie Talk" only attract a very small number of people in the industry.
When the latest issue of "Movie Talk" was produced and sent to various sales locations by staff, everything was business as usual.
As one of the places with the most developed magazine industry, the United States has nearly 20,000 types of magazines. In a supermarket in Washington, "Film Talk", which does not attract people with its gorgeous makeup and styling, lies quietly in the magazine column.
Until a Chinese girl who originally wanted to pick up a magazine introducing fashion makeup accidentally pushed a copy of "Movie Talk" placed next to it into her shopping cart, which was quickly submerged in a large number of things. The careless girl did not realize that her action had caused her to add an item that was not in her purchase plan. (To be continued)