She dominates the entertainment industry with her disaster system

On July 7, the fourth day after the release of "Red Careerist", a wave of people suddenly emerged in the Banshee group and gave the movie low scores and insulted the film's creators in the film review section. Then the incident quickly fermented to other social platforms overnight, including Weibo, Douyin, and Xiaohongshu... For a time, the director, screenwriter, and two heroines of "Red Careerist" were pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

"These negative reviews basically have no logic, and are obviously just for the sake of negative reviews." In the conference room, Yu Wan was magnifying several screenshots on the projector. "The first large-scale negative reviews appeared at 11:30 last night. Within an hour, hundreds of malicious negative reviews with similar rhetoric appeared, and the homepages of the accounts were all male. Although the IP addresses were different, I suspect that these negative reviews were all written by someone behind the scenes."

"Yu Wan is right. Today's Internet trolls are much smarter than before. They know how to switch IP addresses to cover up their tracks." Yang Qian smiled coldly and turned her chair. "The purpose of this person behind the scenes is obvious. He wants to guide public opinion, stir up confrontation between men and women, and use the attacks of some abnormal men to discredit our movie."

"It seems that some people have been excited by the box office and are jumping up and down with envy."

Yu Wan nodded calmly: "They want to use public opinion to attack us, but in fact we can also use the power of public opinion in return."

Public opinion is always a double-edged sword. There are countless stars in the entertainment industry who have used this sword to become popular again, and there are also many stars who have failed because of it.

To use this sword well, you need skills.

Su Lingxi caught a glimpse of Yu Wan's sharp eyes and knew in her heart that she had already made her own plans.

At 7:30 p.m. that day, four female film critics, led by Lin Hua, posted a long article on Weibo in response to the controversial issues currently facing "Red Careerist."

"The more some people irrationally and frantically disparage this film, the more it shows their inner fear. What are they afraid of? They are afraid that there will be more women like Shen Yujie and Tong Yan in the future. They are ambitious and capable, and they are strong competitors to them. They are afraid that their own social survival resources will be slowly taken away by them... Because of fear, they deny it."

"Their competitiveness is far lower than other normal men in society, so they lack self-confidence and can only maintain their inner satisfaction in this way."

"...In my decades-long career, I often feel a sense of unfairness. This unfairness comes from the spiritual shackles imposed on us women by some people - we must have a family and a good husband. Even if you are successful in your career, if you don't have a marriage, you are still a failed woman. But is love really that important? I don't think so."

"True gender equality and freedom should allow women to make the choices they want and give them the opportunity to realize their self-worth, rather than judging women based on whether their marriages are happy or not."

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The blog posts by each film critic are very long, but the number of reposts, likes and comments on each post is still very high. The vast majority of netizens choose to read them patiently and express their thoughts in the comment section.

To the surprise of those colleagues who were waiting to see Su Lingxi's downfall, these blog posts received unanimous praise on Weibo, and countless people came to the comment section to support and encourage these female film critics. Most of them were female audiences, but occasionally there were also a few male audiences.

[I'm tired of the "harmless" gender jokes in the cinema, and the unbearable close-ups of women abuse. I think I need a movie like this, a story that tells me that women can succeed without the help of men. ]

[Girls help girls. Movies made by female directors, female screenwriters and female actresses always have extra feminine charm.]

["Red Careerist" is not a perfect work, but it at least respects women. We should have our own thoughts on whether it is good or bad, instead of being led by anyone.]

Su Lingxi glanced thoughtfully at the first three hot comments in Lin Hua's comment section, feeling mixed emotions.

The people behind the scenes thought that raising gender issues would crush the box office of "Red Careerist", but they didn't expect that the current female community is much more united than they imagined.

He underestimated the power of a female audience.

Even though women are considered the "second sex" in the popular sense, and even though feminism is not yet a popular idea in China, female audiences are quite clear about this.

They are aware of the current entertainment environment and the difficult situation in which female characters are gradually being weakened in film and television works.

So in response to those malicious attacks, they chose to unite to defend the few female-themed works and female directors in the film industry.

Some of them may not understand feminism, nor do they understand what the opposition between men and women is, but they undoubtedly feel the unique charm of this film which is entirely told from a female perspective.

A pile of sand forms a tower; a pile of water forms an abyss. As long as you keep moving forward, every step you take may bring about unexpected results.

The film critic published a long article in response to the content controversy of "Red Careerist". This trending search stayed on the main list of Weibo for a whole day until it slowly dropped the next day.

After this incident, the box office of "Red Careerist" fell again. From July 7, the box office rose for five consecutive days, with the highest peak reaching 21 million in a single day. The box office in the first week successfully exceeded 5500 million, and the opening score of the film was as high as 3 points.

Even Xie Jiali's classmates, who used to only like watching Hollywood fashion films, started discussing this movie in class.

"Carrie, have you seen this movie?" The classmate excitedly took out the movie poster from the drawer and started to recommend it to Carrie without waiting for her to answer. "Damn, I'm telling you, the plot of this movie is super exciting. The heroine turns into a strong woman with high IQ and is very successful in the workplace. You should go and watch it. I guarantee it's the type of movie you like!"

"You are too out of date, aren't you? I've already watched this movie." Xie Jiali suppressed the corners of her lips that kept curling up and said seriously, "Before the summer class started, Ke Xin and I went to the capital to watch it. But the content of the movie is really good, it's quite nice."

"Capital? Did you go to see the premiere?" my desk mate asked repeatedly in surprise.

"Well, since someone has given me the ticket, it would be a shame not to go." Xie Jiali said calmly, as if it was just a trivial matter.

No one could have guessed that she had actually begged her cousin for several days to get these two tickets for the premiere.