Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 140: Magical Remake of "Manslaughter"

Sister Jiuyi has been very depressed these past two days because Zhang Chen told her clearly that he would not have any deeper cooperation with her until the issue of the Yin-Yang contract was resolved.

I originally thought that Zhang Chen was just talking casually and there wouldn't be any deeper cooperation. How deep into the future would it get? If we go any deeper, it would become Zigong.

But I didn't expect Zhang Chen to be serious.

He hasn't contacted Sister Jiuyi for several days.

Even if Sister Jiuyi wanted to play poker with him, she couldn't find him.

I finally got my phone turned on today, but as soon as I answered the call, the other party just said "busy" and there was no more response.

"This guy really pissed me off~"

Looking at the phone that had been hung up, Sister Jiuyi became angrier and angrier. The facial mask that cost hundreds of dollars on her face no longer smelled good. She was so angry that she tore off a handful of it, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it a few times.

Now she is a hot female star with box office revenue of over 100 million yuan and a sexy goddess. There are countless people who want to have sex with her every day.

Even Mr. Wang and Mr. Wang greeted her with a smile, but that guy...

Sister Jiuyi became angrier and angrier the more she thought about it. She couldn't understand why Zhang Chen cared so much about the Yin-Yang contract.

But after being angry, she felt guilty. Yes, she felt very guilty.

How did she get the title of heroine with box office exceeding 100 million yuan?

How did the title of sexy goddess come about?

She is not ungrateful, but she really doesn't know what to do.

……

Zhang Chen has indeed been very busy these two days, busy having sex with Xu Qing.

I haven't been out in the world for a while, so my martial arts skills are a little rusty.

Fortunately, he has a solid foundation.

The room was in a mess at this time, with traces of his efforts to eliminate demons and defend the way of righteousness everywhere.

"Witch, why don't you surrender~"

There was another round of swordplay, and the witch was chopped down under the bed by him.

During the CD cooling time, the Saint of Blackwood Cliff personally massaged him from behind with light techniques.

Zhang Chen closed his eyes and meditated, quietly recovering his internal strength.

The cell phone on the bed started to vibrate, another call came in. Zhang Chen glanced at the caller ID, didn't recognize it, and simply ignored it. Xu Qing didn't ask either, and continued to massage silently.

This woman is the smartest thing about it. She never asks any more questions, as if she has no curiosity.

But we are all adults, how is that possible?

Zhang Chen also knew why they had worked so hard these past two days, and slowly opened his eyes, "There's a play to be prepared in a couple of days, go audition for the female lead."

Xu Qing said 'hmm' and continued to serve her gently, without asking why it was an audition instead of just deciding directly.

Zhang Chen hesitated for a few seconds, but still felt that he should explain: "The new play is called "Mistakenly Killed", a suspense drama. You are auditioning for the female lead, but this play requires high acting skills. I'm not sure if you can do it."

Xu Qing listened with a smile and nodded, as if she didn't care at all.

Zhang Chen sighed, feeling sorry for her, and finally gave her a reassurance: "If it's really not suitable, I'll arrange other plays for you."

Love grows over time. After all, Zhang Chen is not a scumbag and cannot be so ruthless as to pull out his penis.

The phone vibrated again. Because of Zhang Ziyi's withdrawal and the success of "The Shallows", the heroine of "Eden Lake" became more popular. Various people contacted him every day, which made Zhang Chen very annoyed.

But this time it was not a strange number. The note was Dai An. Xu Qing pushed Zhang Chen and reminded him, "It was someone I know calling."

Zhang Chen then opened his eyes and picked up the phone.

"I'll go get you a glass of water~" Xu Qing consciously avoided it.

Zhang Chen answered the phone, and Diane's hearty laughter came immediately from the other end: "Boss, I found the candidate you asked me to find. Do you want to hear it?"

"Okay, tell me."

Zhang Chen didn't have a good candidate for the female lead in "Eden Lake" for the time being, so he asked Diane to select someone in Hollywood as well. If he couldn't find a suitable one, he would use someone from the United States to avoid delaying the filming.

"The actress I found is called Blake Lively, she's American, and she already has a film in her portfolio, but it hasn't been released yet."

Zhang Chen was not very fond of foreign names, but when he heard this name, he immediately remembered who the owner was.

A sexy body and that highly recognizable smiling face also appeared in my mind.

Isn’t this the original heroine of “The Shallows”?
Blake Lively.

Why do you come back to her again?

Blake Lively became famous through the American youth TV series "Gossip Girl", and "The Shallows" is her transitional work.

However, at that time, Lively had only filmed one movie, "Summer of Jeans", in which she co-starred with her father. She was a pure newcomer in the entertainment industry.

Diane didn't know what Zhang Chen was thinking, and continued to introduce: "Lively's father is Ernie Lively, a senior American TV producer in Hollywood. His representative works include "Seinfeld" and "The X-Files."

Zhang Chen was stunned: "His father helped our movie?"

Diane on the other side was also stunned, and immediately said: "No, I just told you that she comes from an acting family and her acting skills are good enough." Zhang Chen nodded: "You can contact her first, but don't make a final decision. I haven't made a final decision yet. From the bottom of my heart, I would rather use a Chinese actress."

"OK, got it, Boss~"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen was still thinking about the role.

Frankly speaking, Zhang Chen himself knew that he was a bit impulsive.

Intellectually, there was nothing wrong with Zhang Ziyi giving up on it and choosing the "Memoirs of a Geisha" which was superior in all aspects.

"Memoirs of a Geisha" crushes "Eden Lake" in all aspects, including the production company, the fame of the producer, and the scale of the project, but Zhang Chen is just unhappy.

He wanted to slap Zhang Ziyi in the face, slap her hard.

But Memoirs of a Geisha was an A-grade production, and if memory serves me correctly, it won three Oscars and did well at the box office.

It is unlikely to beat it at the box office, so the only option is to change the angle and surpass Zhang Ziyi.

The ideal scenario would be to personally train another actress to break into Hollywood and let her compete with international star Zhang.

Zhang is no longer the only international star, so will her achievements still be as great as in the original time and space?
But it is not so easy to train a female star to break into Hollywood. Whether it is in China or Hollywood, whether an actor can become popular often depends on fate. Even if Zhang Chen has the memory of future lives, there is no guarantee that he will succeed.

……

When Zhang Chen returned to the company, Dong Jianqiang was there.

"You came at the right time. Sanlian Life Weekly just called and wanted to interview you. Would you like to accept it?"

"Sanlian Life Weekly" was still a relatively high-end magazine at that time, with a large number of readers among intellectuals and the media industry.

Zhang Chen shook his head. "Forget it. I almost vomited when I was interviewed during the roadshow a while ago. Now I feel a headache when I hear about interviews."

The roadshow was really a nightmare. Not only did I have to fly all day, shuttling between cinemas in various cities, but I also had to repeat the same things over and over again when I gave interviews.

Usually after a roadshow, people need a long time to recover, which is why famous directors and actors rarely do roadshows - it's too tiring.

Moreover, many media outlets wanted to interview him recently because The Shallows grossed over 100 million yuan.

He doesn't have any movies to be released recently, so he is too lazy to share any life experiences with the media.

If you have that much time, wouldn’t it be nice to take a nap at home?

"Okay, I'll push it for you later."

Dong Jianqiang didn't care about this matter, and then he seemed to remember something: "By the way, the screenwriter team finished the script of "The Accidental Murderer" yesterday. According to your instructions, there are two versions in total. Do you want to take a look..."

Zhang Chen was quite interested in this. Following Dong Jianqiang's instructions, he found the script on his desk and began to read it carefully.

Zhang Chen made some changes to this version of the plot, removing the role of the father and making the mother the protagonist of the film.

It is now widely rumored that Zhang Chen likes to use women as the protagonists in his films, such as "The Dark Knight" and "The Shallows".

He even coined a new term because of him - the movie with a strong female lead.

Zhang Chen simply continued and "The Accidental Murderer" maintained this style.

He moved all the male lead's roles to the female lead Ayu.

The writers made some good changes:

After her husband passed away, his wife Ayu lived alone in Thailand with their two daughters, relying on a video hall left by her husband to maintain basic living expenses.

Ayu missed her husband very much. Their common hobby when they were alive was watching suspense movies. After her husband passed away, Ayu often watched them alone as a way of commemorating her husband.

Therefore, most of the suspenseful parts are familiar to me.

However, one day, Ayu's eldest daughter Pingping was bewitched by Sucha, the inspector general's son, and accidentally killed him in resistance.

Ah Yu had witnessed the Inspector General's abuse of lynching with her own eyes, and knew that the law was useless. In order to protect her daughter and her family, she decided to bury the body and cover up all evidence. In the intersecting gaps of time and space, she fought a desperate battle with the police on the physical and mental levels.

This is a topic that has never appeared in China. The party with public power is actually the villain, just like the corrupt police and evil police in Hong Kong movies.

It’s obvious that this kind of subject matter will not pass the review.

But the ending was indeed amazing. A Yu secretly hid the body of the Inspector General's son under the police station. The Inspector General was thinking about finding his son every day, but he didn't know that his son was right under his feet.

For a standard scripted movie, the success of the entire movie depends entirely on how amazing the script is.

Other similar movies include "The Sixth Sense" and "Frequency". It can be said that the movies are good because the direction of the script exceeds people's expectations.

The greater the sense of surprise, the more successful the movie.

But at the same time, this kind of movie requires extremely high performance from the protagonist, which is why Zhang Chen did not dare to guarantee Xu Qing.

At the same time, passing the review is also a big problem, so when he asked the screenwriter team to improve it, he proposed two versions.

One is the original version of Bai Xiang, which is "A Murderer in the Sky", in which the protagonist and his family get away with it in the end.

The other is based on the domestic version, in which the protagonist surrenders himself.

Of course, he wanted to shoot the version of "A True Story". Judging from the film effects, the ending was more amazing.

But there is a high probability that it will not pass the review, so I prepared another one that may pass the review. At worst, I will learn from "The Dark Invasion" and shoot two endings, use the one that can pass the review in China, and use the other one abroad.

(End of this chapter)