How can a director be a gigolo?

Chapter 69: Sending a razor blade to the screenwriter has nothing to do with me, the director.

The following are a series of comments: "Sorry, I can't take it anymore! I'm leaving too..."

"The director is heartless. I'm quitting too!"

"The script was written by the screenwriter, what does it have to do with the director?"

"Upstairs, the screenwriter and director of 'Beautiful Legend' are the same person!"

"Damn it! Send the director razor blades!"

"Send the director razor blades to 10086 (China Mobile's customer service hotline)..."

Inevitably, the film's box office revenue quickly declined.

As the top-rated answer stated, although the movie was well-made, most people will only watch it once and will never watch it a second time.

For the average viewer, the plot is just too heartbreaking!

Of course, some viewers were interested in just how heart-wrenching the plot of this movie was, so they insisted on going to the cinema to see it for themselves.

As a result, although the film's box office quickly dropped below ten million, it didn't disappear in a short time.

We expect to make another three to five million in box office revenue every day.

About five days after its release, "Beautiful Legend" finally grossed over 50 million at the box office.

This created a miracle, though not insignificant.

The news was covered extensively in major newspapers and on websites.

When did art films start to have such high box office returns?

Is this a joke?

Even Han Dejiang, currently the top director in China, only made a little over 30 million yuan at the box office for his art film last year.

What merits or abilities does Wang Xiaohao possess?

At this rate, this art film will surely gross at least 100 million yuan at the box office.

In reality, most newspapers and websites are pretending to be ignorant, simply trying to drag Wang Xiaohao down to criticize Han Dejiang.

It's not that these media outlets have any issues with Han Dejiang.

The media's two favorite things to do are creating idols and destroying idols!

Han Dejiang is a veteran author; no matter how much you praise him, everyone already knows him, and he can no longer attract readers.

But if you were to say at this point that Han Dejiang was defeated and trampled on by a junior, it would immediately attract the interest of countless people!

Furthermore, Wang Xiaohao is a newcomer, making him an ideal candidate for creating a new god.

That's why the media pretends to be ignorant when they know the truth.

They knew exactly why this movie had such a high box office!

Because of the use of attractive women as a gimmick, audiences are drawn into the cinema.

Especially in the first three days, the movie grossed more than 40 million yuan at the box office!

It wasn't until the fifth day that the box office reached 50 million, indicating that the box office was not going well. If it could reach 70 or 80 million, that would be considered very good!

It's impossible for the box office to reach 100 million!

Of course, the extensive coverage by various media outlets also attracted many new viewers to the cinema.

This kept the box office of "Beautiful Legend" at around three to five million for about a week.

After twelve days in theaters, the film grossed 70 million yuan.

Then came the garbage time, and the film's box office dropped to the range of one or two million.

Fortunately, there haven't been any big-budget movies released recently, otherwise this film might have been pulled from theaters early at any time.

Now it can just hang in theaters, neither alive nor dead!

It must be said that the subject matter of the film "Beautiful Legend" is quite heavy.

But the quality is indeed excellent.

Italy is also the European country whose customs are most similar to those of China.

In addition, Wang Xiaohao's methods are quite good!

Therefore, although it is a story adapted from abroad, it does not suffer from any problems of cultural incompatibility.

This movie was a classic in its previous life, but in this life, its box office performance has declined.

However, its reputation has already been established.

This maintained the movie's attendance rate!

This kept the box office in the range of one or two million, preventing it from completely collapsing.

The original story of "Malèna" takes place in Sicily, Italy, during World War II.

Therefore, the Italians' attitude towards that war was very complex!

Because Italy belonged to the Axis powers, even though it eventually switched sides to the Allied powers!

Therefore, they were originally the villains.

That is why they have very complex feelings about that war and the soldiers who participated in it.

This is evident in the female protagonist's officer husband!

In this situation, no one will respect the female protagonist's status as a military family member!

This also reflects the complex feelings of Italians towards that war!

However, the situation in China was different. From beginning to end, China stood on the side of justice and on the side of resisting aggression.

Therefore, the female protagonist could not be the victim of the villagers' covetousness and bullying because she was a military dependent resisting foreign enemies!

That would steer the discussion off-topic!

Wang Xiaohao made a slight change to the identity of the female lead's military officer husband.

Firstly, the officer's husband was a Kuomintang officer who was later captured by our army. After being reformed, he joined our army and became an officer.

Then, after the victory, he was discharged from the army with injuries.

It was precisely because he fought an unjust war in the early stages that the villagers did not show much respect or care for the families of his soldiers!

This is why the female protagonist later falls into prostitution and suffers bullying from other women.

Of course, Wang Xiaohao's changes also had some problems.

That affected the ending!

In the original ending, the female lead's husband returned, and she became a respectable person again. Everyone acted as if nothing had happened and treated her as if nothing had occurred.

This is actually quite meaningful!

The director has a lot to say, and everyone can have their own opinion.

Some people might think that the way everyone treated the female lead at the end meant that the past was over and everything was starting anew.

Some people also felt that the female lead had aged and become haggard from the hardships of life, no longer possessing her former beauty.

So those jealous women felt that the female lead was just like them, and therefore accepted her!

Various interpretations are possible, and upon closer examination, they reveal subtle and profound meanings.

In Wang Xiaohao's revised version, the female lead's husband becomes an officer in our army and then retires and returns home.

This seems to capture the essence of the female protagonist's husband, whom the villagers fear.

Many lingering flavors that could be savored disappeared in an instant!

Of course, Wang Xiaohao could also be set up as the female lead's husband, who is always a Kuomintang officer who is wounded and captured, and then released back home.

In this way, the villagers' fear of the female protagonist's husband can disappear.

However, it is conceivable that anyone with even a little knowledge of history would have imagined the couple's tumultuous fate that followed.

The original director, John Torres, gave the female lead and her husband a relatively happy ending, allowing them to live peacefully together.

Wang Xiaohao didn't want to ruin this perfect situation!

So in the end, the female protagonist's husband was given the decision of being an officer in our army.

In this way, the couple's later life wouldn't be so difficult!

Aside from the ending, Wang Xiaohao adapted the story quite well. It's so well done that you wouldn't guess it's an adaptation of a foreign film.