Chapter 126: Reversing Heaven's Will

  This Christmas season is quite strange, originally a romantic movie theme, people are bored and powerless, just when everyone thought this holiday would end so dull and unremarkable, a sensational erotic film, mixed with all sorts of overwhelming comments, directly entered people's eyes.

  "Yes, this is a movie that moves people to tears, brilliant, too brilliant!"

  "I don't know what kind of perspective to use when looking at this play, is it a pornographic film? Oh no, no, no, on the contrary, I think it explains life and love!"

  "Don't watch 'Saving Private Ryan', you won't know what moving is!"

  ……

  Endless comments flooded in, and those curious audiences spontaneously entered the cinema, then spontaneously promoted this movie.

  "Oh God, the heroine is so beautiful, I have no doubt, I fell in love with her!"

  "What a pity! This play is restricted, otherwise I would have let my kids watch it too!"

  "The story is wonderful, touching and the filming effect is impressive!"

  "It's a miracle that some erotic films can reach this level!"

  ……

  "Magic Yang once again proved with his film that erotic films can also be shot like this!"

  "Who says China is easy to fall into self-destruction? I think it's constantly innovating!"

  "Those who used to mock him, look down on him, and even hate him are probably slapped in the face by now!"

  ……

  As the public opinion, this R-rated film was released in top eight cinema lines together. After its release, both word of mouth and box office performed well, so with the help of Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate Films, it expanded to 2873 theaters this week, and will be shown in major cities across North America, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and other places.

  The film took in $35.58 million over the three-day weekend, with a per-screen average of $11,395. This placed it eighth on the all-time opening weekend chart for January.

  It can be said that this high-quality erotic film has attracted the attention of countless people, and countless movie fans have been pouring into theaters. The Christmas season, which was originally about to end, has unexpectedly entered a peak viewing period...

  Before that, ordinary pornographic film audiences dared to sneak into the dilapidated small theater in the poor streets and alleys. Moreover, the atmosphere in the theater was silent and solemn, and everyone kept a distance from each other as much as possible.

  Now, they all line up in front of the spacious and bright theater, talking loudly to the camera, saying that they are waiting to watch "Saving Private Ryan", because it seems that others are also rushing to watch. So, at the end of this Christmas, watching pornographic films has become a common life experience, satisfying everyone's curiosity and discussing their thoughts with each other in loud voices, as if attending a lively carnival.

  "As the late Henry the Elephant used to say: 'Let's put some color into this Christmas.'"

  Now, Yi Feiyang has done it!

  ……

  In its third month of release in Los Angeles, Saving Private Rachel continues to draw large crowds and break box office records.

  According to a report by the American Film Magazine on March 18, 1999, all screenings of the movie at the cinema were sold out on Friday afternoons, with long queues of people waiting outside, including single women, young couples and middle-aged couples, as well as several elderly women carrying shopping bags.

  Some pornographic films can attract audiences of various identities and ages, which is really unthinkable.

  Most of the previous pornographic films were some single-roll short films that could only be shown in underground adult cinemas, specifically for certain ethnic groups to watch.

  "Saving Private Rachel" is a structurally complete narrative feature film with a relatively high production standard, and most importantly, it incorporates many touching war scenes, which is a brand new attempt for an erotic film, making it easier for general audiences to accept.

  Saving Private Ryan swept the mainstream film market from the beginning of 1999 and had already become one of the best-selling films in the first half of the year. This phenomenon inspired New York Times reporter Todd McCarthy to publish an article titled "The Porno Chic" on March 25, 1999.

  Preman-Holz describes in the article how pornographic films are increasingly thriving and becoming a new social fashion under the promotion of Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate, and as the creator of this play, China Easy - Yi Feiyang has undoubtedly become the spokesperson for this type of war-themed erotic film.

  A group of World War II veterans and Vietnam War veterans can't hold back, they oppose this kind of movie that packages pornography as war, thinking it's a "desecration" of war-themed movies and war-themed stories.

  Their opposition was supported by the right-wing government of the United States, in fact what the right-wing government could not tolerate was the existence of "Yi Feiyang", a Chinese-American director!

  As a result, under government intervention, "Saving Private Ryan" was downgraded from R to NC-17 and then from NC-17 directly to X, meaning it would no longer be allowed in major theaters.

  This ban was supported by 23 states in North America, but for the vast majority of people, the "ban" is equivalent to "must-see", and the government's ban has inadvertently become the most successful free publicity for Saving Private Ryan.

  The mainstream film criticism community initially ignored the existence of "Saving Private Rachel", this new type of war porn film left them very confused and unable to give it a correct positioning. Later, with the gradual increase in audience numbers, major mainstream newspapers and magazines joined the ranks of reporting, including dailies from New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, as well as Time Magazine and Newsweek, all publishing interviews and reviews of the porn film.

  Because this film has received widespread attention from the audience, with enough ambition and adventure, it has a high reporting value, so it can make readers feel interested. The news and drama programs of various TV stations also took "Saving Private Ryan" as a topic for discussion or ridicule, especially some humorous talk shows, among which comedian Bob Hope's joke is more famous, he said: "I like to watch war movies, so I went to see 'Rachel', thinking that 'Rachel' was the younger sister of 'Ryan'!"

  In the first half of 1999, just when the North American film market in the United States was experiencing its lowest box office after various periods, a low-cost erotic film made a lot of money, which would make Hollywood people especially envious and indirectly affect their future filming route.

  Several directors and critics of adult films in Hollywood believe that the film "Rachel" has started well, and it is possible that there will be multiple adult films shot or released this year. Hollywood movies may also gradually move towards a more open development, and perhaps adult films and mainstream films will merge into one in the future.

  These were of course just some nice fantasies that never actually came true, but I heard Paramount Studios really did secretly film pornographic movies, which wouldn't be surprising at all.

  In fact, many famous directors, such as Francis Ford Coppola and Wes Craven, made pornographic films before they became well-known. Stanley Kubrick was also rumored to have planned a pornographic film, but this is likely unfounded rumor.

  By May 1999, "Saving Private Ryan" had become a phenomenal hit, and as the lead actress, Stormi had reached new heights, becoming a world-renowned sex symbol. Countless American young men idolized her as their dream girl, plastering her photos all over their bedrooms, with a fervor that left people speechless.

  But Stromae himself has been interviewed constantly and has made numerous appointments. However, in his interviews, he always likes to say one sentence: "If there was no China Yi, there would be no me today!"

  As the male lead, Da Niao Lu Chi, he swept away his previous frustrations and conquered countless audiences with his exquisite acting skills. However, what everyone envied even more was his romantic encounters in the play, being able to perform intimate scenes with Bo Bai Suo Mi and getting a taste of her charm.

  However, Da Niao Lu Ji said in an interview: "Everyone only sees that I'm lucky and cool, but they don't know how difficult it is to film bed scenes in the trenches of ice and snow!"

  Da Niao Lu Qi also felt relieved, but he didn't have countless film offers like Stomie. In this regard, female porn stars are always more popular than male ones. Lu Qi wasn't bothered because in his opinion, he had already found a breakthrough in his career and was ready to take off and reach new heights soon.

  By the end of May, the global box office of this heavenly film "Saving Private Ryan" had reached a staggering 88 billion!

  Some people even speculate that if this is not a restricted erotic film, if the audience can be more open-minded, and if the Christmas season is extended a bit longer, then the box office of "Saving Private Rachel" will surpass Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan".

  This view is recognized by many people.

  But facts are facts, with an investment of $3 million, the box office reached 88 million, Yi Feiyang created a miracle with his incredible talent.

  However, as agreed by Yi Feiyang and Henry the Elephant before their death, all box office profits from this play will be donated. In other words, Yi Feiyang, on behalf of TOP Film Company, will donate all the tens of millions of dollars in box office profits to the American Charity Headquarters, without leaving a single cent!

  Such a move undoubtedly pushed Rachel to new heights, and even those who originally scolded the play were speechless this time.

  The US media also gave a lot of attention to this donation, and highly praised Yi Fei Yang as the "Master of Romantic Comedies" and "Ambassador of Charity" in the film industry.

  However, Yi Feiyang did not accept these two titles. To him, these titles were too high for him and he could not bear them.

  And this reaction was reported by some media as --- humility!