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Recently, the movie "A Dream of Red Mansions: A Golden Marriage" was released, and both the box office and word of mouth were controversial. The film was directed by Hu Mei, written by He Yanjiang, and starred by Bian Cheng (playing Jia Baoyu), Zhang Miaoyi (playing Lin Daiyu), Huang Jiarong (playing Xue Baochai), Lin Peng (playing Wang Xifeng), and Guan Xiaotong (playing Jia Yuanchun) made a special appearance. The film was released nationwide on August 16.

Image source: Trailer of Dream of Red Mansions: A Perfect Marriage

Public data shows that on the fourth day of its release, the film grossed 4.39 million, accounting for only 0.3% of the box office. Maoyan Professional Edition predicts that the total box office will be 6.79 million.

Image source: Maoyan Professional Edition

In addition to the visibly dismal box office, the film's reputation has also hit rock bottom.

On Douban, many netizens gave the film low reviews, criticizing the plot, casting, and directing. "This is comparable to a painful youth romance movie" and "It's hard to describe everything from the casting to the pictures." Some netizens even said, "A Dream of Red Mansions that is ten times worse than Li Shaohong's version has been born."

After encountering huge controversy, the director of the movie "Dream of Red Mansions: Golden Jade Marriage" Hu Mei updated her status for several consecutive days to fight back.

On the day the movie was released, Hu Mei shared a collection of her past works. She has directed classics such as "The Yongzheng Dynasty", "Qiao Family Courtyard", "The Emperor Wu of Han", and "The Eastward Flowing River".

On the morning of August 19, Hu Mei wrote a long article about the movie "A Dream of Red Mansions". She said that she would accept opinions and would know whether the movie was good or not only after watching it. But she also noticed that someone used AI virtual data to send 1-point reviews in groups. Some accounts were registered several months ago and seemed to be specifically designed to blacken or snipe the movie.

Source: Social media account of the person involved

At noon on the 19th, Hu Mei posted another post saying that the photo of Zhang Miaoyi, who played Lin Daiyu in Dream of Red Mansions, was photoshopped to be ugly. "If someone says that this photo is of Zhang Miaoyi herself, then he is suspected of violating the law. This ugly photo infringes on the actor's portrait rights and is also suspected of infringing the copyright of the movie Dream of Red Mansions. As the director of this film, I solemnly declare that I have entrusted a lawyer to keep evidence and track down the publisher and forwarder of this fake photo. I reserve the right to pursue the relevant responsibilities of the infringer." At present, the content of the Weibo post is no longer visible.

Source: Social media account of the person involved

On the afternoon of the 19th, Hu Mei reposted a video of Zhang Miaoyi and wrote: "Hu Mei is blind? Is this little sister really ugly?"

Source: Social media account of the person involved

On the morning of the 20th, Hu Mei suddenly went online and wrote Zhang Miaoyi's name, and her IP address was shown to be in the United States.

Source: Jiupai News Comprehensive