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    “Water Armies” Drag Down Online Film Ratings


    By Dou Yiping (
    竇怡平)

    Recently the Chinese films 1942 and The Last Supper were released and allegedly set off a war between “water armies” (水軍) – groups of people who are paid to leave negative reviews online. 

    Water armies have shown up in other business rivalries like the “3Q” war between 360 and QQ, as well as between the two dairy companies Yili (伊利) and Mengniu (蒙牛). Guo Degang (郭德綱), a popular Chinese comedian, has said this practice shows “bald hatred among people in the same industry.”

    Film is an especially popular industry for water armies, as word of mouth is playing an increasingly important role in the market. When these people go to movie review sites in droves and leave one out of five stars for a given film, it can actually influence box-office performance.

    Li Jing (李靜), director of a documentary called Matters of Life and Death, shed some light on the practice through her Weibo. She admitted that she led a counter-water army for The Last Supper to balance out those who’d been hired to attack it. “There’s nothing to hide,” she said. “If the water army didn’t start it so crazily, our team wouldn’t have joined in.” 

    Later, The Last Supper Director Lu Chuan (陸川) said in an interview that he spent 50,000 yuan on “E-marketing,” referring to Li Jing’s counter-water army effort.

    According to some who’ve been involved with water armies, one can make one to five mao by posting one comment. If one works hard enough, they’ll be able to make 1,000 to 3,000 yuan per month.

    He Ping (何平), secretary-general of the Directors' Guild of China, said that under no circumstances should a movie industry professional get involved in this sort of activity, or they’ll lose their credibility with audiences. On the other hand, Zeng Nianqun (曾念群), an insider in film industry marketing, says audiences nowadays aren’t so easily fooled by fake ratings. 

    Links & Sources
    Economic Observer - 水軍的盛宴
    Economic Observer - 誰(shuí)是票房黑水軍?

     

     

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