I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 63: "Li Shimin" and "Li Shiming"?
Han Sanye has a deep passion for Chinese-language films and has dedicated his life to promoting the development of the film industry, hoping that Chinese-language films will continue to improve.

He expects the movie "The Origins of the Tang Dynasty" to gross over 1 billion yuan, which is entirely without any selfish motives.

High box office revenue can also drive the development of the local film industry.

The first movie to follow the trend of "The Great Tang Dynasty - Origins" has already been released.

The movie's title is quite blunt; it's simply called "Li Shimin"!
Viewers who had developed a love for historical films after watching "The Origins of the Tang Dynasty" bought tickets without hesitation when they saw that it was another movie about Li Shimin.

After watching it, many viewers looked like they were questioning the meaning of life.

The movie's picture quality is simply speechless; some of the backgrounds are so fake that they don't even know how to complain.

That's fine, but what really made them feel disgusted was that the plot was just too surreal.

The movie is clearly titled "Li Shimin," but it seems to tell the story of a domineering CEO who seduces women and eventually gains the throne.

Curse!

The audience really wanted to curse. They came to see Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, not to see the domineering CEO 'Li Shimin'.

Emperor Taizong of Tang conquered the world and laid the foundation for half of the Tang Dynasty's territory. However, this "Li Shimin" series begins with him appearing as a domineering CEO, played by an actor who looks to be forty years old. I wonder how many viewers will be driven crazy by his greasy performance.

Then he set his sights on Yang Guang's women and began using all sorts of domineering lines to win them over.

The woman who was seduced was none other than Empress Xiao!
God!

Doesn't this director read any history books?
Empress Xiao, as Yang Guang's empress, was more than twenty years older than Li Shimin. It would be unbelievable if a young man tried to woo an older woman.

After winning over Empress Xiao, Li Shimin became enemies with Yang Guang, and then Li Shimin raised an army in rebellion.

Li Shimin's rebellion was actually for Empress Xiao?

Viewers who saw this probably felt like they needed to go home and wash their eyes.

That's fucking vicious.

Does it completely disregard the audience's intelligence?

They're so easily fooled; they just don't understand history!

In the chaotic end of the Sui Dynasty, it's said that Li Shimin raised an army for a woman, but this is not how history is distorted.

The plot reached the point where 'Li Shimin' raised an army and then attacked Chang'an, and here the director started to pull off some crazy moves again.

It turns out that Li Shiming was able to conquer Chang'an thanks to a woman.

Indeed, 'Li Shiming' infiltrated Chang'an to scout the enemy's situation, encountered a woman, and then, with her help, captured Chang'an.

This plot is utterly insulting to the audience's intelligence!
Regardless of whether the plot is plausible or not, this woman did not exist in history.

The director actually created an original woman here.

There were quite a few bizarre twists and turns later in the movie. In the final battle at Hulao Pass, 'Li Shimin' was able to capture both kings in one battle, all because of women.

And this woman turned out to be Wang Shichong's granddaughter.

Viewers are skeptical that the film's director may have read the novel "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

In the novel "Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty," Wang Shichong's granddaughter is named Dong Shuni. She is extremely beautiful and is known as one of the "Twin Beauties of Luoyang" along with Rong Jiaojiao. She later becomes Li Yuan's favorite concubine.

But in this movie, he actually likes 'Li Shimin' and then helps 'Li Shimin' defeat his own grandfather.

Viewers were left completely bewildered after watching the movie.

Li Shimin gained the world by relying on many women!
This is even more speechless than the drastically altered dramas from South Korea.

In a South Korean drama, Lee Se-min was shot in one eye and lost an eye.

Ok!

Compared to South Korean dramas, this movie is like the pot calling the kettle black.

This kind of movie is simply unwatchable.

However, one thing is very strange.

The movie is so bad, there should be a lot of criticism online.

However, the movie received very positive reviews online that day, and everyone online recommended that people watch it.

This situation lasted for three days.

That's when a large-scale outcry and criticism erupted online. Many people even used extremely vulgar language when hurling insults.

As for why this is the reason...

The main problem is that the audience who watched the movie were filled with resentment.

It's impossible for me to be blind alone; I must make everyone else blind like me.

Therefore, the entire audience collectively spoke highly of the film online and recommended that everyone go see it.

With such a good reputation and so many viewers recommending it.

More and more people are getting hooked.

After falling into the trap and realizing they'd been scammed, these people were naturally furious.

Since I've been tricked, I'm determined to get my revenge.

As time went on, more and more people joined in.

Eventually, the first group of viewers started telling the truth online, followed by a barrage of insults directed at the film's creators' mothers.

Its reputation collapsed instantly.

The previously excellent box office performance plummeted instantly.

The movie was met with a barrage of criticism online, and people in real life were also busy giving it their scathing critique.

If hitting someone wasn't illegal, they would all want to find the director's house and give him a good beating.

After all, making such a terrible movie really made them suffer for days.

The film's reputation collapsed, its box office performance declined day by day, and the film's creators were so criticized that they went into hiding.

But the production team was very happy.

Why am I happy?

Because we made money!

This movie didn't have a large budget to begin with. With this kind of plot and visual quality, a budget of 500,000 would be the maximum.

Unexpectedly, it grossed 30 million in the first three days.

With such a windfall falling on the production company, it's no wonder they're happy.

Go ahead and curse!

It won't cost you anything.

Anyway, they've already made their money.

Seeing this, entertainment companies that were jumping on the bandwagon to make historical films were overjoyed.

There's a lot of potential in the historical fiction market!
A film with an investment of 500,000 yuan grossed 30 million yuan in three days.

The profits were almost enough to make anyone envious.

As for the online criticism, they were directly filtered out.

They make movies to make money anyway, so what's wrong with getting criticized a few times?
We need to speed up the filming process and release the film while it's still a hot market, so we can make a quick buck.

For this reason, historical films have been launched one after another. Regardless of the plot, as long as it makes sense, filming begins immediately.

This led to the release of a large number of poor-quality historical films with drastically altered plots in the following year.

In the end, the audience couldn't stand it anymore and complained to the relevant authorities, which finally stopped this unhealthy trend.

"These entertainment companies have absolutely no bottom line."

At Cheng Sheng's new home, Qiao Shan, who was looking at the news on his phone, said to Cheng Sheng.

"If they had any bottom line, there wouldn't be so many bad movies."

Cheng Shengbai, who was writing the script, glanced at Qiao Shan and said.

Since his conversation with teachers Zhang Yang and Cheng Sheng, Cheng Sheng has kept quiet about the situation, saying that he is in seclusion writing his script and has refused all invitations to dinner or other social events.

(End of this chapter)