Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 160 The Fourth Greatest Director in China
In January, the last shot of "Eden Lake" was completed and the filming was officially wrapped up.

The last shot is Jenny locking the exit of the church and killing people inside.

This shot was inspired by the Korean film "Night in Paradise".

Speaking of which, South Korea's massacre films are indeed a major feature, and are considered the best in the world. Even Hollywood cannot compare in this regard.

The film was completed and the film was sealed, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

New Line will arrange a special editor to edit the film, and Zhang Chen can only make suggestions at most.

The right to final cut is very important in Hollywood. It is the most important tool for producers to control the director. Given Zhang Chen's current achievements in Hollywood, it is impossible for him to get the right to final cut.

Of course, Zhang Chen himself is not so obsessed with the final editing rights.

The editor's ability is not bad.

Zhang Chen returned to China and landed at the Capital Airport.

He came back alone. Sister Jiuyi and Song Xiaofei were both nostalgic for the prosperity of America and wanted to play there for a few more days, so Zhang Chen came back alone.

As for Ning Hao, he only stayed in the crew of "Eden Lake" for five days before leaving. "The Dark Knight Rises" is scheduled to be released on Valentine's Day, and he has a lot of things to do.

The person who came to pick me up was Chen Xi.

Zhang Chen looked at the lonely Chen Xi, "Isn't this too plain? Just you? No applause, no flowers, and no hugs from beautiful women..."

Chen Xi looked at him acting funny and snapped his fingers in cooperation.

"of course not."

Zhang Chen's eyes lit up. Is there really an arrangement?
But after looking around, nothing has changed.

There were no welcoming crowds hiding in the dark as imagined, no flowers or smiles, only silent silence.

"Okay, you didn't really think I would give you a surprise, did you? You informed me at short notice, and I didn't inform the media, so where did it come from...

Okay, okay, there are no flowers or applause, only a hug from a beautiful woman, do you want it?"

Chen Xi pretended to hug him. Zhang Chen frowned, but he still went up to hug him.

You are too disrespectful to your leader.

Chen Xi chuckled, and the two got in the car.

"What is everyone busy with?" Zhang Chen asked casually in the car.

"What else can it be? The promotion of The Dark Knight Rises 2. It will be released in a month. China Film Group and Guangguang have arranged a lot of promotional notices. Ning Hao and the main creative team are busy every day."

Zhang Chen thought to himself that it was true. "Black 2" was scheduled to be released on Valentine's Day, or to be exact, two days before Valentine's Day, on February 2. This would be the time for intensive promotion.

By the way, it seems that this year's Valentine's Day is particularly lively.

Because of "Kung Fu", many people consciously avoided the Lunar New Year period, resulting in a large number of movies being released during the Valentine's Day period.

"By the way, Yu Dong from Bona Film Group came to our company a while ago and wanted to get the distribution rights for The Dark Knight Rises 2, but was rejected by Manager Dong."

"Oh~"

Zhang Chen shrugged. He didn't care about these.

The previous statement that the distribution rights of "Black 2" would be given to Bona was just a joke. Dong Jianqiang must have his reasons for rejecting Yu Dong.

Sure enough, Chen Xi continued, "It seems that Bona has also taken over the distribution of Peacock, and that film will also be released on Valentine's Day."

"The Peacock? The one by Gu Changwei?"

"Yeah~" the latter nodded. "Then Huayi also came to us..."

"They also want the distribution rights for Black 2?"

"No, they wanted to take over the distribution of "The Accidental Murderer", but Manager Dong rejected them and just said that everything will be settled after you come back."

Zhang Chen nodded and continued to ask, "How is the preparation for "The Accidental Murder" going?"

Speaking of this, the latter immediately looked proud: "Of course, everything has been arranged. This is a co-production between China and Hong Kong. We found Golden Harvest in Hong Kong. They have very strong distribution channels throughout Southeast Asia. By the way, Golden Harvest will also distribute Black 2 in Hong Kong."

The current Golden Harvest is no longer the Golden Harvest of the past. Zou Wenhuai is old and has lost his former drive, but after all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the local business in Hong Kong has shrunk, the strength in Southeast Asia is still there.

"A World Without Thieves" was completely withdrawn from theaters just a few days after the release of "Kung Fu".

There was no point in not downloading the film, as almost all the screens were given to "Kung Fu", leaving little space for the latter.

"A World Without Thieves" can be regarded as an early experience of the treatment of "If Love", but its performance was much better than "If Love", and finally stopped at 1.48 million, setting a new box office record in Feng Xiaogang's history.

"You've become famous again these past two days..."

"What happened? Because of Zhang Weiping?"

"No, there are these past two days' newspapers. You will understand after you take a look..."

Chen Xi nodded at the newspapers on the passenger seat while driving. Zhang Chen pulled out two and took a look. They basically said two things: one was that "Kung Fu" won the annual box office record in 2004, and the other was that Zhang Chen accounted for two of the top ten box office of the year.

The newspaper also has a box office list - the 2004 movie box office rankings:
"Kung Fu", released in December 2004, directed by Zhou Xingxing, box office: 12 million yuan.

"The Shallows", released in November 2004, directed by Zhang Chen, box office: 11 million yuan.

"House of Flying Daggers", released in July 2004, directed by Zhang Yimou, box office: 7 million yuan.

"A World Without Thieves", released in December 2004, directed by Feng Xiaogang, box office: 12 million yuan.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", released in March 3, directed by Peter Jackson, box office: 2004 million yuan.

"The Day After Tomorrow", released in May 2004, directed by Roland Emmerich, box office: 5 million yuan.

"Troy", released in June 2004, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, box office: 6 million yuan.

"Darkness", released in July 2004, directed by Zhang Chen, box office: 7 million yuan.

"Spider-Man 2004", released in August 8, directed by Sam Raimi, box office: 5170 million yuan.

"New Police Story", released in September 2004, directed by Benny Chan, box office: 9 million yuan, genre: action.

Although "Kung Fu" has not yet been released, its position as the annual box office champion has already been secured, with a box office of 1.6 million yuan that is unmatched.

Zhang Chen had the impression that the final box office of this movie seemed to be 1.73 million. Stephen Chow's strength was really terrifying and he beat everything.

"The Shallows" ranked second and "The Darkness" ranked eighth. No wonder the media are saying that this year is the year of "Zhang Chen".

He won two of the top ten box office hits, and one of them was second.

You know, Zhang Chen suddenly appeared this year. Before that, there was no such person in the entertainment industry.

This is what everyone finds incredible.

He was clearly a rookie in the martial arts world, but he became a god with just one battle.

Zhang Chen was quite interested in reading the praises in those articles.

You dare to say anything~
Someone has already proposed the concept of 'Four Great Directors in China', and Zhang Chen is the new one.

(End of this chapter)