Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 151 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind
December 12, Beijing premiere of A World Without Thieves
"A World Without Thieves" will hold premieres in six box office cities, with Beijing being the first.

In the original time and space, the premiere in Beijing was not held at all.

Because of Feng Xiaogang's scolding of reporters, his relationship with the Beijing media became extremely bad. The media refused to report on him and simply gave up.

But this time and space underwent some changes due to the involvement of Zhang Chen.

The first thing to be affected was that "Bigstar" was suspended, and the media no longer had the arrogance and domineering attitude it had in the original time and space.

In the past two days, there have been reporters who wanted to interview Zhang Chen and wanted him to respond to Lu Chuan's acceptance speech at the Golden Horse Awards.

What I mean is to start another war of words.

After a war of words, they all get a lot of bonuses, so of course they are willing to stir up trouble.

But Zhang Chen didn't want to.

Now that there are no new movies to be released, he is too lazy to start any more war of words.

"A World Without Thieves" is the first film produced by Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Guoli in collaboration, which is of great significance.

The two are big names in the film and television fields respectively. They collaborated to do something that is very popular with the general public. They are very ambitious and want to make some noise.

This time, "A World Without Thieves" is given special attention.

In order to boost the popularity of the film, a red carpet walk was specially arranged.

To be honest, this segment is quite annoying, but the organizers must like it because it can showcase the stars to the greatest extent and boost popularity.

In the nanny car at the end of the red carpet, Fan Jiuyi confirmed with his assistant again: "Are you sure you got the right information?"

The assistant was very sure: "It is definitely correct. There is a fellow villager of mine among the organizers, and I got the first-hand information from him personally.

There are only three people registered by Xingchen Entertainment to walk the red carpet: Director Zhang, Manager Dong, and Xu Qing.

"Um……"

Sister Jiuyi's eyes were full of fighting spirit. This slutty vixen Xu Qing wanted to steal her home.

He met Zhang Chen quietly.

When he first learned about the premiere, he was still waiting for Zhang Chen to invite him, but he didn't expect that the other party never called.

After asking around, I found out that he already had a female companion, Xu Qing.

Xu Qing suddenly appeared out of nowhere, making her feel a sense of crisis.

That's why she's waiting here specifically. When Zhang Chen and others walk on the red carpet, she will appear at the right time, and then the media reports will be all about the two of them.

Her goal was simple, which was to make the media habitually tie her and Zhang Chen together.

As long as there is Zhang Chen, there will be Fan Jiuyi.

Suddenly, the assistant reminded me: "Sister, they are here..."

……

On the other side, Li Lianhua was whispering to her sister, "Is there any movement from Fan Binbin?"

"Not yet. According to the order of appearance, Director Zhang is the eighth. We have to wait a while~"

Li Lianhua hummed and reminded again: "Director Zhang and the others will be here soon. All you have to do is go over and stop Fan Binbin for me. As long as we start walking on the red carpet, your mission will be accomplished..."

"Don't worry sis, I understand."

Sister Jiuyi doesn't know that she has been targeted by Li Lianhua. As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

In order to get in touch with Zhang Chen, Li Lianhua tried her best.

As the main creator of "A World Without Thieves", she should have walked the red carpet with Ge You and others, but she dragged herself to the back just to get in touch with Zhang Chen.

"Sister, Zhang Chen is here. I'll go first. You guys hurry up..."

After Li Xue finished speaking, she opened the car door with a loud bang, got out of the car, and went straight to Fan Jiuyi's nanny car.

At the same time, Fan Jiuyi also saw the car that Zhang Chen was riding in.

Black Cadillacs took the guests to the starting point of the red carpet at a speed of one car every three minutes, where the male and female guests officially walked onto the red carpet.

The car stopped, Zhang Chen and Dong Jianqiang got out, then helped Xu Qing who was wearing a dress. The three of them got out one after another, lined up, and prepared to walk the red carpet.

Sister Jiuyi saw that the time was ripe and was about to get out of the car, when suddenly, a figure blocked the door.

It’s Li Xue.

Fan Jiuyi opened the car door, but it was of no use as the door was firmly held down by Li Xue.

"What is she going to do?"

Fan Jiuyi's expression changed drastically. Li Xue was Li Lianhua's man. Although he didn't know why the other party did this, he definitely had no good intentions.

Then the next second, she knew what the other party was planning.

Outside the car, a graceful figure walked slowly and stood beside Zhang Chen.

Li Lianhua!
Li Lianhua turned around and first looked proudly at Fan Jiuyi who was trapped in the car, and then greeted him: "Director Zhang~"

"Sister Binbin?"

Zhang Chen was a little surprised, but time did not allow him to ask questions as the staff was urging him.

The time between each wave of guests on the red carpet is strictly calculated.

The four of them started walking the red carpet.

Li Lianhua was wearing a beautiful dress and smiling. She posed for the media from time to time. Standing next to Zhang Chen, she was no less attractive than Xu Qing who was dressed up carefully.

Sister Jiuyi had already forcefully pushed the car door open by this time, but it was too late. Zhang Chen and the others had already started walking on the red carpet, and it was obviously too late for her to rush over.

Looking at Li Xue's triumphant smile, Sister Jiuyi was so angry that her teeth were itching.

The guests were still speaking, and Sister Jiuyi adjusted her facial expression, smiled, and walked onto the red carpet alone.

The red carpet for the premiere was different from that for the awards ceremony. It was not divided according to the crews, so it was okay for her to walk alone.

On the red carpet, the media's flash lights kept flashing, and the four people walked along the red carpet at a leisurely pace with smiles on their faces.

Usually, guests should not walk the red carpet for more than five minutes. If they exceed the time limit, staff will come forward to urge them.

Zhang Chen said it was impossible.

Five more minutes, even one minute would be too long for him.

If he hadn't had to take care of the two ladies taking photos, he would have finished his walk in twenty seconds at most.

Xu Qing hasn't appeared in public for a long time. Her sudden appearance this time naturally cost her a lot of film.

The combination of Xingchen Entertainment, Li Binbin and Xu Qing is also quite strange. These four people are not together at all. Some reporters have already secretly speculated about the relationship between them.

Unfortunately, no questions were allowed during the red carpet.

The four of them quickly walked the red carpet, and Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Guoli greeted them at the door.

"Uncle Feng, Uncle Zhang~"

Zhang Chen was the first to greet them. Although they didn't have much contact in private, they had helped each other in several consecutive events and had become somewhat friendly. Zhang Guoli: "Director Zhang, Manager Dong, thank you for your hard work and for coming to support us. Xiaoqing, I haven't seen you for a long time~"

Feng Xiaogang also said: "I heard that Zhang Chen, you should have gone to Hollywood a long time ago, but you delayed it until now just for my premiere. Uncle is grateful to you for coming to support me~"

Xu Qing laughed softly: "Okay, don't be polite with me..."

She is the princess of the Beijing circle and is an old acquaintance of the two people in front of her.

Zhang Chen was also polite: "Uncle Feng is being polite, this is all to be expected."

He came here today to repay a favor. If it weren't for this, he would have flown to Hollywood a long time ago.

A few people were chatting with each other when Fan Jiuyi came up from behind.

She didn't follow the organizer's pace, so she came up very quickly, which surprised Zhang Guoli and Feng Xiaogang.

"Binbin is here too? Why did you leave alone?"

Zhang Guoli thought there was a mistake in the arrangement, which was no small matter.

"Nothing, I just got the time wrong."

Sister Jiuyi forced a smile, but when she looked at Li Lianhua, sparks of lightning could not help but flash across her eyes.

But she concealed it very well, and no one else noticed. Only Zhang Chen looked at Sister Jiuyi and then at Li Lianhua, his eyes full of thought.

"Okay, everyone, hurry in, we'll talk more at the cocktail party~"

Seeing that the next guest was about to arrive, Zhang Guoli immediately invited everyone to enter.

Behind him, Feng Xiaogang went to greet the newly arrived poet Chen and his wife.

The staff led everyone to their seats. Feng Xiaogang arranged a seat for Zhang Chen quite close to the front, in the first row. Not far from him were Wang Zhonglei, Ge You and Chen Daoming.

This is completely different from the Golden Horse Awards.

During the Golden Horse Awards he was sitting in a corner, but now he sits in the front row.

"Director Zhang, how are you~"

When Ge You saw Zhang Chen, he immediately stood up and greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Ge~"

Zhang Chen shook hands with him. Ge You has this kind of magic that makes people feel close to him.

"Mr. Chen, Mr. Wang~"

Chen Daoming also waved to him. Although Zhang Chen liked Chen Daoming very much, Chen always had a kind of aloofness similar to that of an intellectual, and he naturally gave people a feeling that he was difficult to approach.

Wang Zhonglei was very enthusiastic: "Haha, Director Zhang, please take a seat~"

At the same time, he curiously asked, "I saw you came here with Xu Qing just now, how did you two know each other?"

Zhang Chen did not hide it: "I met her through the introduction of our teacher. She is the heroine of my new play..."

Wang Zhonglei's eyes lit up: "Oh, Director Zhang has a new play? Why haven't I heard you mention it?"

"Well, the project has just been launched."

"What's the subject? A horror movie?"

"No, this time it's suspense."

When he heard it was a suspense story, Wang Zhonglei immediately became interested.

"Do you still need funds? We at Huayi can provide it."

Zhang Chen shook his head: "Thank you, Mr. Wang, but the subject matter this time is rather special and might not pass the review, so I didn't notify Mr. Wang..."

As he spoke, Zhang Chen briefly recounted the plot of "The Accidental Murderer".

After hearing this story, where the villain was the police chief, Chen Daoming and Ge You both nodded: "If this is the case, it really won't be easy to pass the trial?"

Wang Zhonglei next to him felt a little sorry. In his opinion, Zhang Chen was just getting too arrogant. After the box office exceeded 100 million, he felt that he was capable enough and even ignored the film censorship system.

But he wouldn't say a word to remind her, so Chunchun would just be the bad guy.

However, he never mentioned investment again, not even the issuance of shares.

You know, he was one of the co-distributors of the previous film "The Shallows", and Huayi also contributed to the box office revenue of over 100 million yuan.

So theoretically, Zhang Chen should still have a place in the co-distribution of his new film.

After everyone chatted for a while, Zhang Chen looked around.

Before coming here, Dong Jianqiang once told him that the domestic entertainment industry basically follows the three-three system.

Looking at it today, it seems to be true.

Why is it called the three-three system? Because there are basically three leading companies.

The three major colleges in the film and television industry are the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Film Academy, and Shanghai Theatre Academy.

The three major companies in the entertainment industry are Huayi, Star Media, and Rong Xinda.

The three major forces in Beijing circle: Beijing Film Academy, People’s Art Theatre, and students from the academies.

The three major forces in the film industry: Beijing circle, Hong Kong circle, and Northwest circle.

Strictly speaking, Zhang Chen should be considered as from the Northwest circle because he is from a coal-producing province.

The film and television talents in Qin Province and Coal Province are basically classified as the Northwest Circle, represented by Zhang Yimou, Jia Kechang, Zhang Jiayi, Gong Li, Wang Quanan, and Jiang Wenli.

But they are not actually a real circle.

The Beijing circle and the Hong Kong circle are called circles because they gather together for warmth.

Resources within the circle are often exchanged with each other, achieving a certain degree of monopoly.

When something happens, they unite to face the outside world.

This is called a circle.

But the Northwest Circle is not like that, it is more of a symbol.

People in the Northwest circle themselves do not admit that they are from the Northwest circle. The symbol of the Northwest circle is given by others.

Moreover, people have a conventional view about the Northwest Circle, that these people are engaged in art films.

But Zhang Chen is not.

Although Zhang Chen is from a coal-producing province, all of his works since his debut have been commercial films, and have nothing to do with art.

So he is an outlier.

Therefore, the Beijing circle does not exclude him as a person from the Northwest circle.

The real Northwest circle is very excluded by the Beijing circle. Look at how Zhang Yimou and Chief Jia have been criticized.

(End of this chapter)