Will you watch a movie based on dictionary?

In fact, Xinhua Dictionary is not the first time that buzzwords or hot topics registered by Internet companies, and become the target for movie making.

Known as IP movies, or Intellectual Property movies, movies that entitled after a song, slang, or pet phrase all belong to such a category. Forever Young (Zhi Zi Hua Kai), a movie directed by famed TV host He Jiong, for example, is named after the song Zhi Zi Hua Kai. Another example is the pet phrase, "the world is so big, and I want to see it", which has also been registered by Internet companies.

Wang Hailin, vice president of the Chinese Film Literature Society, however, can't help but worry about such a trend in the movie industry.

"The lack of original scripts forced us to turn to the Internet buzzwords, but many of them are not proper movie sources," he said. "It would be pathetic for the film industry to rely too much on the hot spots."

Han Xiaolin, producer of the movie, said that most IP movies are not aimed at telling a good story. "It is not our producers' pursuit to make a high quality movie, it is more of a way of making money fast," she said.

Xinhua Dictionary is the first dictionary issued after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is by far the most influential and authoritative reference book that introduces Chinese to the world of the Chinese characters.

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