On the evening of February 16, "Mr. Red Carpet" directed by Ning Hao and starring Andy Lau announced its withdrawal.
It's a pity that the movie starring Andy Lau is not on the hot search, but the news of the movie's withdrawal from the Spring Festival file is on.
I haven't had time to see this movie yet, but I can still feel that in the world of cinema, the decisive role of capital is far more than the quality of the film.
Analyze the reasons why this movie encountered Waterloo from several aspects.
1. Andy Lau's patriotic feelings were attacked by anti-China forces
Andy Lau has always been a model worker in the singing and film industry, and is deeply loved by the people of the country and has great influence. But Andy Lau has always kept a low profile in his words and deeds, and did not use his influence to diligently pursue money, but made his own efforts for the motherland.
In January 2024, the 11th National Congress of the China Film Association was held in Beijing from January 29 to 30, Chen Daoming was re-elected as the chairman of the China Film Association, and Hong Kong star Andy Lau was elected as the vice chairman of the China Film Association for the first time.
Although this is just a civil society, there is no salary and no establishment, and it meets once a year to give advice and suggestions to the entire film industry. But "News Network" broadcast the news that night, and the impression to netizens seemed to be that "Andy Lau is an official", and many netizens said that "Andy Lau has struggled all his life and finally has an establishment".
In 2023, Huawei's new mobile phone will be launched, and Andy Lau announced at Huawei's new product launch conference that he will become the brand ambassador of Huawei mate60RS Extraordinary Master.
Andy Lau did not charge any endorsement fees, and spoke for Huawei for free. This move fully demonstrates Andy Lau's support and responsibility for Huawei, a Chinese national brand.
This clearly aroused the attention of anti-China forces, and they began to blacken and suppress Andy Lau.
Some people maliciously slandered the movie "Mr. Red Carpet" starring Andy Lau, and some people wantonly released online articles about Andy Lau's bad acting skills, the film is a representative of bad movies, etc., and tried their best to suppress it.
2. The terrible power of capital
In the cultural market, capital has the strongest control over the film industry.
Some bigwigs even have the shadow of foreign capital and ideology, and their control over Chinese films is extremely strong. In the past, capital controlled actors, but now capital has begun to control the cinema chain, controlling the filming rights of the cinema, and controlling the life and death of the movie!
Because the quality of the movie will not be too different, and the filming time, density, and film review control of the theater are enough to have the power to kill a movie.
Jia Ling's "Hot and Hot" has a simple plot and is a personalized theme, but it has not yet been released, and the topic has always been on the hot search list, and the craziest thing is that during the Spring Festival, there are 10 movies of Jia Ling and her in the top 20 hot lists today!
In the filming of the film, Jia Ling's movies are scheduled at the most and best times! Is this a normal phenomenon? Obviously not, this is the power of capital!
Looking back at Andy Lau's movies, there are very few cinema films, and the time points are 8:00 in the morning, 11:30 at noon, and in the middle of the night. Almost nothing.
It can be seen from this that Andy Lau's film was forced to withdraw from the Spring Festival file, not or not entirely because of the poor quality of the movie, but because Andy Lau's patriotic feelings caused those anti-China forces to suppress him, and he had to withdraw and admit defeat with sadness.