The first-day box office of Sima Nan’s new film, a big figure in the Communist Party of China, was only 500,000 yuan | Beyond the Mountains | Anti-American Fighter

[The Epoch Times, April 21, 2024](Reported by Epoch Times reporter Tong Yijia) The movie “Beyond the Mountains” starring Sima Nan, known as the “anti-American fighter” and a big figure in the Communist Party of China, was released on the 20th, but the box office dismal. According to statistics from Maoyan, as of 9 o’clock that night, the film’s first-day box office was only 499,000 yuan (RMB, the same below). “Maoyan” also predicts that if this trend continues, the film’s total box office will eventually not exceed 2.35 million yuan.

According to public information, “Beyond the Mountains” is set in the early 20th century. It tells the story of Tang Xiaolin, a young man from a poor mountain village who was defrauded of his tuition fees when he went to the city to study at university, and began a life of wandering in the city. Since Sima Nan has long regarded himself as the so-called “spokesperson of the lower class people,” the relevant press release previously introduced Sima Nan’s role in the film as follows: “Dad (played by Sima Nan)’s vicissitudes of white hair tells the ruthlessness of the years. The melancholy eyes interpret the bitterness of life, and the crutches show the struggle of the people at the bottom. “

On April 20, multiple mainland media reported, “Amid controversy, the movie “Beyond the Mountains,” starring the domestic left-wing celebrity V Sima Nan, was officially launched in theaters across the country today. The emergence of this kind of controversy is absolutely unprecedented. Most of them come from the movie protagonist Sima Nan himself.”

The report stated, “Although there are many people who dislike Sima Nan online, on paper, his fan base is not huge. On Douyin alone, the number of fans displayed exceeds 3,500. In addition, there are millions or tens of millions of fans on Weibo, Toutiao and other platforms. If these fans actively watch Sima Nan’s new film, the box office will be quite impressive.”

What is the actual box office? The above-mentioned article changed the subject and said that according to statistics from the app “Maoyan”, as of 9 pm on the 20th, the box office of “Beyond the Mountains” on its first day of release was 499,000 yuan. “Maoyan” also predicts that the film’s total box office will be about 2.357 million yuan. “If this is the result, it will obviously not match Sima Nan’s fan base.”

In fact, “Today’s Toutiao” blogger “Quanquanquanquanquan” revealed on March 30 that after “Beyond the Mountains” was released on March 23 this year, the box office for a few days was only 200,000; some people also found that the box office was only 200,000 yuan. The film was played less than 200 times on Bilibili. The distributor saw that the situation was not good and quickly removed the film from the shelves and re-released it on April 20.

On April 8, Sima Nan made a video to promote: “I made a movie “Beyond the Mountains”. It was originally said that the movie would be released in theaters in March to see everyone. But now it is scheduled to April 20. In other words, this movie has not been released yet, not even one scene has been shown, but a group of people on the Internet came out to spread rumors and angrily accused Sima Nan of being a bad person.” He accused “those spreading rumors that they have not watched even one scene” and complained: “I think. You can say you don’t like me, you can criticize me, you can scold me, you can even spread rumors about Sima Nan on the Internet. Some short essays and short videos are everywhere, but I am used to it, but there are so many people in this drama. , is it appropriate for you to have trouble with a crew?”

On April 20, a moviegoer posted a movie review that ridiculed: “Sima Nan’s acting skills in “Beyond the Mountains” can be said to be superb. The poor people he plays are just like real people. It is completely impossible to tell that he is a person who owns real estate in the United States. It puts many actors with film school background to shame.”

Since “Beyond the Mountains” involves keywords such as disease, poverty, tragedy, struggle, human strangulation, blood and tears, wandering, etc., it reminds me that Sima Nan had earlier questioned the work of Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan, “I won’t even sing this hymn anymore.” , what has become of this literature and art?” Some little pinks also objected: “We patriotic people will firmly not agree to this movie that is seriously suspected of smearing and slandering our great motherland and handing knives to hostile forces abroad!”

Public information shows that Sima Nan’s real name is “Yu Li”. He was praised by the Chinese Communist Party’s cyber army for his extremely anti-American and anti-Western values. He was also ridiculed, “Being anti-American is work, and going to the United States is life.” Some people compare Sima Nan with Hu Xijin, Kong Qingdong, and Wu Fatian are listed as the “Four Big Five” of the Communist Party of China.

As early as January 20, 2012, Sima Nan wrote on Weibo: “The United States is the enemy of people all over the world. It exploits all countries in the world. It is like a huge tumor. People all over the world question the United States.” After posting the article, he posted it on the I boarded a flight to the United States and prepared to celebrate the New Year with my relatives living there. Unexpectedly, he had an accident at an American airport and his head and neck got stuck in the unprotected angle between the escalator and the hanging wall. He was nicknamed “Sima Chuck” and became a laughing stock.

In 2022, after China’s epidemic was lifted, some netizens broke the news that Sima Nan’s wife bought a house in Fremont, California, USA. After checking the American Real Estate Network, we learned that the owner of this house is Sima Nan’s son Yu Jia’ao. He and his wife Liu Songli purchased it in 2010, and the price at the time of transaction was US$583,700. The market value in 2022 has doubled to one million yuan.

In the face of the news, Sima Nan, who had firmly denied that he owned real estate overseas, later publicly admitted on Weibo that he had purchased real estate in the United States, but the situation with the outside world was significantly reduced. He said, “In 2010, my family bought a small house in the United States for a total of US$257,000.” He also said that at that time, many netizens criticized him for lining up with enemies and exposed his preparations for defection. Some also accused him of being a “two-faced man.”

There are reports that after Bo Xilai, the former secretary of the Communist Party of China in Chongqing, was dismissed from office in March 2012, “Sina” certified Hubei TV commentator and host Bai Shui and disclosed that Sima Nan’s wife and son immigrated to the United States through Bo Xilai.

Editor in charge: Yang Ming