Zhao Liying has just been nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Rooster Film Awards.
In less than half a year, Zhao Liying received 4 nominations at major Chinese film and television awards including Hundred Flowers, Fei Tian, Golden Eagle, and Golden Rooster. Of these, she won 3 awards: Best Actress at Fei Tian, Golden Eagle, and Best Supporting Actress at Hundred Flowers.
On October 28, Zhao Liying, Tan Zhilei, and director Zhao Deyin of the film "The Unseen Sister" attended the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival, when the film entered the main competition round of this year's film festival.
In China, the box office revenue of "Qiao Yan's Confessions" has exceeded 70 million CNY after 2 days of release.
However, according to 163, the film's revenue is in doubt. Some netizens noticed that the box office growth figures of "Kieu Nghien's Confession" were abnormal and skyrocketed from midnight to early morning. Revenue increased by 4.9% at 1 am, increased by 11.5% at 2 am, increased by 13.2% at 3 am, and increased by 33.6% at 4 am. By 5 am, it increased by 65.8%.
Comparing the box office revenue of "The Unseen Sister" with other films released at the same time, the unusual box office growth is even more obvious. Except for the Japanese manga adaptation "Look Back" which increased slightly by 0.2-0.3%, the early morning box office revenue of "Harry Potter" and "Venom" almost did not grow.
Netizens raised doubts about whether "The Unseen Sister" was "watered down" to inflate revenue.
At this time, some fans of Zhao Liying came forward to explain and admit the unusual growth in box office. At the same time, the actress's fans explained that there was a cooperation between fans and cinemas, booking early morning screenings to boost box office revenue for the movie starring their idol.
Many argue that fan ticketing has destroyed the virtuous cycle of the film market. These are essentially “ghost cinemas” with no real people going to see them.
On the contrary, some people think that fans pre-ordering tickets for their idols is not new, many other actors' fans have done it, so Zhao Liying's fans cannot be criticized. On the other hand, fans paid for the tickets themselves, so how they use them is their right, this cannot be considered fraud.
