In China.
The news broke.
Weibo was filled with cheers.
"Commando 2 was countered seven times?"
"The movie was too long? The price was too high? "
"Hahahahaha! Well done! "
"The SARFT is awesome!"
"Pfft, hahaha! I must give the SARFT a Like this time! "
"Well done! The hearts of the people are aligned! So satisfying! "
"The SARFT has done well this time!"
"It's rare for the SARFT to do something good that makes people applaud!"
"The spear of capitalism has once again fallen in front of China's uniqueness!"
"Who asked that Wilson to court death by holding a press conference to say that he doesn't care about the China market and that the China film market is not good enough? Not compliant? Low box office earnings? Alright then, didn't you all say that you didn't care? Then don't come back! The China market and the Chinese people do not welcome you! So what if you're a big shot Hollywood director? So what if you're the Commando brand? So what if the entire world gives you face? But we, the people of China, will not! "
"Right, well said!"
"Even if they come in, we'll make sure they go back with zero box office earnings!"
"Supporting the SARFT! Fuck them! "
"This incident has completely changed my impression of the SARFT!"
In the past, the SARFT had set strict standards for the broadcasting of foreign TV series and movies. Many times, it had caused the people to suffer greatly. Many of the TV series and movies that everyone wanted to watch did not get a chance to be broadcast in China. Whenever this happened, the netizens would curse and feel that the SARFT was being too harsh, making a mountain out of a molehill, and being too intolerant. However, this time, it was unprecedented. All of the netizens in China were giving the SARFT a one-sided endorsement.
Beautifully stopped!
Beautifully rejected!
Commando 2 lost the right to be screened in China just like that!
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America.
Hollywood.
Quite a few directors from the Directors Guild were denouncing it.
"China is preposterous!"
"How can they reject Commando 2?"
"They're destroying the market!"
"Wilson, we can't let this slide!"
"We need to fight back!"
"Going against Hollywood? Where did they get their courage from! "
"Isn't Zhang Ye's new movie about to be released? Alright! We won't let him have an easy time overseas! Didn't he want to challenge Wilson? Didn't they want to take on Hollywood? Hehe, even if there's a one in ten thousand chance that his movie will become a hit, as long as his overseas box office is cut off, I'll see what he can do. Is he going to rely on the box office in China, which is at most a few hundred million yuan? Wasn't that a joke? Commando 2's box office earnings in two to three days would probably surpass him! And it was the North American box office! There was no need for the global box office to suppress him! China's film market is only so big. Without the support of the global box office, he can't make a comeback even if he dies! "
"Yes, I'll contact my friends. I still have that much influence!"
"Wilson, I'll help you too!"
"Thank you everyone!"
In an instant, many people from Hollywood were mobilized.
A lot of people in Hollywood had always disliked Zhang Ye and China.
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China.
It was a movie distribution company owned by the richest man in the world, Qian Haitao.
Zhang Ye and the representative of the other party were sitting together.
The representative said angrily, "Director Zhang, there's definitely no problem with the domestic screening. Don't worry about that, but there's a problem with the overseas distribution!"
Zhang Ye said nonchalantly, "What's the matter?"
The representative said, "We have distribution channels in North America, the UK, France, Australia, Japan, Korea, and many other countries. We've also cooperated with many foreign cinema chains. Although our cooperation might not be that strong, we can at least guarantee a bit of a screening rate. But a lot of people have popped up in Hollywood, including the investors of Commando 2 and people from the Directors Guild. They've actually interfered with our overseas distribution. Many of the cinema chains that we've already negotiated with have expressed that they're not willing to import Wolf Warrior 2! The overseas distribution has been severely hampered! If this carries on, our overseas screening rate will be so low that it'll be negligible! This — "
Boss Qian Jr. was also present today. He slammed the table and stood up. "Fuck! They're playing dirty, aren't they! "
The representative said, "This is clearly revenge!"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ye smiled and said, "It's fine."
"It's fine?" The representative was a little taken aback.
Boss Qian Jr. said anxiously, "Without the overseas box office earnings, how are we —"
Zhang Ye asked, "Are the other distribution plans going smoothly?"
The representative was taken aback. "Everything else is going smoothly."
Zhang Ye nodded and said with a chuckle, "That's good then. Thank you for your hard work."
The representative said, "But the overseas box office earnings will definitely be —"
Overseas box office earnings?
What the hell was that?
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes. "It's fine. Let those people from Hollywood do whatever they want. There's no need to care about the overseas box office earnings."
The representative said nervously, "There's no need to care?"
Boss Qian Jr. was speechless.
In the media.
In the industry.
In the entertainment industry.
Everyone thought that Zhang Ye would slam the table and stand up. But who could have expected that this fellow did not take it seriously at all!
When Zhang Ye chose this movie, he did not even consider the overseas box office earnings. If there was, then there was. If there wasn't, then there wasn't. He didn't care at all. Perhaps some industry insiders thought that if Zhang Ye wanted to challenge Hollywood, it would be impossible to rely on the domestic box office earnings alone. He would definitely have to go overseas for distribution. Even many of Hollywood's most popular movies had box office earnings in other regions that were higher than their North American counterparts. But unbeknownst to them, Zhang Ye had never thought of it that way. Right from the start, he had excluded the box office earnings from other regions. This was because he knew very well where the market for this movie was.
North America?
Japan?
India?
The UK?
If he had wanted to take over these overseas markets with the box office earnings, he wouldn't have made Wolf Warrior 2. He wouldn't have made a completely domestic movie.
This time, he only cared about the China market!
He was going to use the domestic box office earnings to wrestle with Hollywood this time!
Of course, Zhang Ye did not tell the distributor, the media, or the cast members of the film crew about this idea. Because even if he told them, they would definitely think that Zhang Ye had gone crazy — even though this group of people had never thought that Zhang Ye was normal before. In the eyes of many people, the things that Zhang Ye did had always been crazy.
If he was crazy, so be it.
In life, one had to do something crazy!
This time, he was going to go crazy with the hundreds of millions of people in China!
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Internationally.
The news was everywhere.
"A Hollywood movie gets blocked in China?"
"An accident! Commando 2 gets a setback in China! "
"The Hollywood Directors Guild protests!"
"Zhang Ye's Virgo movie to be released soon?"
"Zhang Ye's new movie's overseas distribution nearly fails!"
"A challenge from China that overestimates itself!"
With Zhang Ye's international fame, he was still not that famous yet. Usually, news of Zhang Ye's new movie wouldn't appear on the international news on such a large scale. But Wilson was too famous, Commando 2 was too famous, and Hollywood was too famous. When the war broke out between the two, Wolf Warrior 2 was also mentioned. Immediately, it entered the international consciousness along with Commando 2 and was compared by the various countries' media outlets.
…
On the Web.
It was full of ridicule.
An American netizen: "Are they really going to challenge each other?"
An Indian netizen: "Are the Chinese people cracking an international joke?"
A French netizen: "A Chinese movie versus a Hollywood movie? There's no comparison at all, alright! Why are they comparing these two movies together? Isn't that insulting? "
A Japanese netizen: "It was Zhang Ye who issued the challenge."
A Pakistani netizen: "No, it was Wilson who issued the challenge!"
A British netizen: "No matter who started the challenge, the two movies have already gone to war. Commando 2 has lost the chance to be screened in China, so it will definitely suffer a huge loss in the box office. Similarly, Wolf Warrior 2 has also lost most of its overseas distribution channels, so the losses will be even more severe."
A Canadian netizen: "Zhang Ye is at most an international C-list celebrity. He's quite popular, but not that high either. How much box office can a movie that he's acting and directing do? Looking at Commando 2, the two main leads are both international A-listers, and there are even a few international B-listers joining the cast. There are even Japanese and British stars in the movie, so the overseas box office earnings will definitely not be too bad. Coupled with Wilson's reputation and the reputation of Commando, hur hur, if Wolf Warrior 2 can even get a tenth of Commando 2's box office earnings, I'll consider it a win already! "
An American netizen: "That's right, but you haven't considered the fact that the two movies will be released at the same time. If they were released at about the same time, with Commando 2's reputation and influence, it would definitely crush the Chinese movie. The effect would be even more obvious."
A Dutch netizen: "What is Wolf Warrior 2 talking about?"
An Australian netizen: "Who knows?"
A German netizen: "Do you have any screenshots of Wolf Warrior 1? I'm really interested now. "
A Korean netizen: "There's no '1'. He's going straight for '2'."
A German netizen: "Ah? He's going straight for Wolf Warrior 2? "
A Pakistani netizen: "Awesome, my China bro!"
An American netizen: "Hur hur, now we'll have to see if the Chinese guy has the guts to release his movie at the same time as Commando 2. If he really has the guts to do so, I'm really impressed by him."
Another American netizen: "That's impossible. He wouldn't dare to."
A Canadian netizen: "Yeah, the Chinese aren't stupid."
In the end, quite a few Chinese netizens came forward.
"Is that so?"
"Let's wait and see then."
"Hur hur, let's see if he dares to or not."
The netizens from all over the world were a little taken aback.
Only the Chinese netizens laughed without saying a word. This was because they knew Zhang Ye's temper too well. After so many years, how could they not know what kind of person Zhang Ye was and what kind of character he had? What kind of temper did Zhang Ye have? His temper was that the more others felt that he couldn't do something or didn't dare to do it, the more this fellow would do it and the more he dared to do it!
Soon after.
The entire world blew up.
As it turned out, the Chinese netizens were right.
…
On this day.
Commando 2 announced its global premiere date.
It would be released on the first of next month!
…
On the same day.
Wolf Warrior 2 also announced its global premiere date.
It would also be released on the first of next month!
…
The media was excited!
The industry was dumbfounded!
The people were shocked!
The entire world's attention was now on these two movies!
These two movies that had been competing against each other before they had even been released were going to have their global premiere on the same day!
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