Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 159: Kung Fu is not nonsense
The Set of Eden Lake

"Kacha, Jason, you're not in the right mood. Remember, you're not afraid of them. You just think these teenagers are just kids. There's no need to bother with them. Okay, take a five-minute break and continue in five minutes..."

They were filming the scene on the beach where the kids were being aggressive.

Jason and Fan Jiuyi were sunbathing on the beach when they were harassed by a dog, which belonged to those naughty kids.

Jason went to find those naughty kids and asked them to take care of their dog, but was ridiculed by them.

Jason shot this shot twice but failed both times, so Zhang Chen asked him to try it out himself.

Not far away, Sister Jiuyi was lying on the beach in a bikini. She had a curvy figure and a pretty face. I wonder how much more beautiful she was than the original heroine.

At this moment, Jiuyijie was only wearing a few pieces of bright orange cloth on her body. If you have seen "The Shallows", you will find that she is wearing the same bikini from "The Shallows".

This was of course designed deliberately by Zhang Chen just to take advantage of the popularity of "The Shallows".

Seeing Zhang Chen looking at her, Sister Jiuyi blew him a charming kiss. This woman seemed to have let herself go since coming abroad.

Her temperament was originally charming, but now it has become sexy.

However, Zhang Chen had no interest in this at all. Even a lithium battery would not be able to withstand the constant discharge and charging every night, let alone him, a living person.

After a short break, shooting resumed.

This time Jason finally found his form and passed it in one go.

Speaking of it, it’s really fun to film here.

Even though there are many young actors in the crew, their acting skills are quite good. Their acting is very realistic and they don't feel out of place at all.

This is all thanks to the campus life here in the United States.

American children have many opportunities to perform starting from elementary school.

Stage plays and the like, and when I grow up a little bit more I will perform in a drama.

So many people, despite their young age, have rich performance experience, and they can also know whether they like performing or not at a very early age.

So when Chinese people watch American TV series, they always feel that the performances of all the actors in the TV series are very natural, which is completely different from the fake performances in China. This is the reason.

In the past two days, Zhang Chen didn't pay much attention to domestic news. It had nothing to do with him anyway, and he had already repaid all the favors he should have.

His only two sources of information were when he talked on the phone with Dong Jianqiang and from Fan Jiuyi.

Every night when he was honing his acting skills, Fan Jiuyi would talk to him about the situation in the country.

"Kung Fu is released. Guess how much the box office is in the first weekend?"

Zhang Chen didn't care and answered casually, "5000 million?"

Fan Jiuyi looked as if he knew you would guess wrong: "No, it's 6300 million."

"Oh, that's a lot~"

Zhang Chen's performance was obviously different from what Fan Jiuyi had expected.

"Aren't you surprised?"

"What's so surprising about this?"

"6300 million! The opening weekend box office of A World Without Thieves was only 4010 million. Kung Fu Hustle has soared to 6300 million. Aren't you surprised at all?"

Zhang Chen shrugged, feeling that his chakra had recovered, and smiled and teased: "I'm not surprised, but if you want, I can give it to you..."

"Go~"

Fan Jiuyi slapped it away in annoyance, but still cooperated and lay down, and even put a pillow behind his waist. Zhang Chen said as he moved: "There's no need to be surprised, that's Zhou Xingxing."

Before the bet, Zhou Xingxing's dominance in the field of comedy in Chinese entertainment was unparalleled, and his status was similar to that of Zhao Benshan in the Spring Festival Gala.

It is a unique existence.

If he gets serious, no one can be his match.

To use the words in the movie, I'm not referring to anyone in particular, I'm saying that everyone here is garbage~
It really can't be beaten. "A World Without Thieves" is already very impressive, with 9800 million in eight days, and now it has been released for fourteen days and has earned 1.3 million.

But after the release of "Kung Fu", the schedule of "A World Without Thieves" came to an end, and all the screenings were squeezed out. Even the BJ New Film Association did not reserve a few theaters for him.

There just aren’t enough screens.

Another reason is that the popularity of "Kung Fu" is too high.

Reporter Zhang Xiaobei once called Zhang Chen, and the two are now friends. He has Zhang Chen's private number.

Zhang Xiaobei wanted Zhang Chen to estimate the final result of "Kung Fu", just like "A World Without Thieves".

Zhang Chen directly said the number 1.7 million.

There is no suspense about this. Zhou Xingxing's appeal is too strong, but the key is that he is slow in making movies, and it takes several years to release one.

Of course people are looking forward to it.

Of course, there were some scoldings as well.

Many people said that "Kung Fu" was a bit disappointing because it was somewhat different from the style of Stephen Chow's previous films.

To put it bluntly, it's not nonsensical enough.

There is nothing wrong with that.

The two films directed by Stephen Chow alone, "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu", are actually not nonsensical in style.

Or maybe it just has a hint of nonsense.

In the past, Stephen Chow’s performances were all extremely exaggerated, with that kind of nonsensical style that no one else could perform except him.

But "Kung Fu" feels a little bit worse. Although it is also funny, it doesn't feel unique. It might not be that bad if other actors were used.

It’s probably just like what Wang Jing said, when you get older, you can no longer play that kind of role.

It's quite nonsensical and vulgar to be honest, and it's filled with all kinds of vulgar jokes.

He uses sex to make people laugh, and he uses derogatory remarks to make people laugh, otherwise he wouldn't be called a 'shit and piss' comedy.

But this thing is the memory of a generation, just like a fixed style of acting.

Can you imagine what the scene would be like if Qiu Shuzhen stopped playing the role of a sexy beauty and pretended to be a lady from a noble family?

Everyone will definitely find it very strange.

Because in people's established impression, you are the sexy one.

This is how Zhang Chen feels now.

If you ask him what he thinks of "Shaolin Soccer" and "Kung Fu", they are pretty good, but definitely not as good as "Flirting Scholar", which is the Stephen Chow in their minds and the nonsense in their minds.

……

The filming is still proceeding in an orderly manner, and it is early January in a blink of an eye.

2004 passed and 2005 came.

Since this year's New Year's Day is too close to the Spring Festival, no one would dare to schedule a film in this period.

"Kung Fu" dominates the market.

Dong Jianqiang often calls Zhang Chen, usually to inquire about the progress and report on the situation.

"How's the filming going over there?"

"Not bad. The filming of Eden Lake is going very smoothly. The progress is ahead of schedule. I estimate that it will be finished in a few days."

1200 shots were shot in 35 days, which was a really arduous task, but I didn’t expect that it could be completed ahead of schedule.

Otherwise it went smoothly.

As long as the filming is completed, Zhang Chen can return home.

As for editing, what the hell do you want?
This was also the agreement between him and New Line.

I've given you the investment share, and you've also chosen the male and female lead roles, and you still want the final editing rights?

New Line is not stupid, they will definitely control the quality of the film, and the final editing rights are their ultimate means.

"There's one more thing I think you should know..."

"what?"

"Is Zhang Weiping causing trouble again?"

"Oh?" Zhang Chen suddenly became interested. He hadn't heard from this guy for a long time. Zhang Chen was quite looking forward to it.

"What did he say?"

"He said that the box office of Kung Fu will definitely surpass The Shallows. I want to ask you, how do you feel about being the annual box office champion for a month?"

Zhang Chen was amused. This guy was unhappy that The Shallows surpassed House of Flying Daggers in box office, and now he was mocking him with Kung Fu.

Zhang Chen was not going to indulge him. "Then ask him a question for me. He spent 2000 million to organize a concert to promote House of Flying Daggers, but in the end, it was not as good as Stephen Chow's visit to colleges. How did he feel about it?"

……

I haven't been in good shape these two days. No matter how I write, it's not right. Please give me a monthly ticket for treatment.
(End of this chapter)