Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 228 Fan Binbin Visits the Set

The phone call lasted for an hour, and only after hanging up did Zhang Chen have the chance to look at the body on the bed.

Fan Jiuyi came last night, um, in name only, to visit the set.

"Eden Lake" had a good start in North America, and the lighting department only belatedly decided to hold a roadshow.

Well, this is not called a roadshow, it’s called cooperative publicity.

Sister Jiuyi came to the United States because of this.

I'm a little excited because I'm in the United States to promote the movie.

A lot of announcements were bought for this purpose, saying things like "Fan Binbin promotes movie in the US, the scene is hot", anyway, they had to brag about it as much as possible.

These are all the work of Mu Xiaoguang, who has officially agreed to serve as the operations officer of "Fan Binbin Studio".

In fact, horror movies are generally not promoted because their audience is very fixed and it is basically difficult to break out of the circle.

For ordinary horror movies, theaters just put up a few posters and that’s it. Some special ones, like “The Blair Witch Project,” will promote them online.

"Eden Lake" is somewhat different from traditional plasma films and it had a good start, so New Line wanted to give it a try to see if it could expand its success.

Cooperating with the publicity will not be as tiring as domestic roadshows. Running from city to city, basically just coordinating with the lighting, appearing on shows with the male lead Jason Statham, and accepting interviews.

Jason Statham left the group because of this.

After the promotion, Fan Xiaopang came to visit the set, actually to give him something.

You know, what is sent from a thousand miles away? Well, it’s not goose feathers!
"how do you feel?"

"It's good. Some feminist organizations have approached me..."

“That’s not what I’m asking…”

Zhang Chen felt insulted. Was his foreplay skills really that bad?
Fat Fan knew that he was getting too proud of himself, and immediately tried to make amends. No, he immediately started to stammer.

She had planned the visit a long time ago, and even if New Line had not invited her, Fan Xiaopang would have come.

How could she allow Zhang Chen and Xu Qing to be alone together for two months? It was absolutely impossible.

As someone who has been through it, she is well aware of the saying that love grows over time.

That was actually what she planned.

Sister Jiuyi believes that love grows over time, but what if love doesn’t happen?
That just means it hasn't been long enough.

If one year is not long enough, do it for another year. If two years are not long enough, do it again at 2234.

Anyway, she wanted to have a deep bond with Zhang Chen. If causing a death was not bad for her personal future, she might have done it.

There is no way. Zhang Chen is too popular now, both at home and abroad. I don’t know how many vixens are secretly plotting against him.

If possible, Fan Xiaopang even wanted to establish a stable relationship with Zhang Chen, but unfortunately, Zhang Chen disagreed.

It's okay to enter the body, but it's not so good to enter life.

Zhang Chen thought clearly that he was young and at the right age to have fun, and he didn't want to be burdened with shackles too early.

If there is no established relationship, it is just the mutual attraction between men and women.

Once the relationship is confirmed, it is cheating.

With the establishment of her personal studio, her career ushered in a second spring, especially with the huge success of "The Shallows" and "Eden Lake" in North America, which gave her personal studio a good start.

But at the same time, she also suffered a lot of slander.

In the past two days, all kinds of negative news about her have been flying around.

There's no way. I've taken away too many people's jobs, so it's normal to be hated.

But fortunately, now Mu Xiaoguang handles these things for him and he doesn't have to do it himself like in the past.

At the same time, she also felt the benefits of having Mu Xiaoguang.

In the past, Huayi did not care about such things, and she had to figure out a solution on her own. Now, with professionals taking charge, the effect is immediate.

She also admired Zhang Chen's vision more and more. Mu Xiaoguang was the candidate recommended to him by Zhang Chen, and he was indeed very useful.

Of course it was useful. It was thanks to him that you became Fan Ye in later life, and he also helped you block bullets at critical moments.

At the end of the first half, Fat Fan served Zhang Chen first, cleaned him up before it was his turn.

Zhang Chen took out a cigarette, lit it, and puffed out smoke comfortably. He asked, "I've been away for a while. Is there any news from China?"

Normally, if something big happened, Dong Jianqiang would inform him, so this was just pure chit-chat.

As Fat Fan cleaned himself up, he said, "The biggest news is the negative reports about me..."

"Oh, what did you say?"

Fatty Fan rolled his eyes: "What else can I say? You said I got the role by sleeping with you..."

"Hmm? These guys guessed pretty accurately."

"Fuck you~"

Fan Xiaopang pretended to hit her, but Zhang Chen grabbed her hand and pinched her again.

"In short, it was all arranged in various ways, saying that I was able to act in Cell Phone because I slept with Director Feng, and that I was able to act in The Shallows because I slept with you..."

Zhang Chen laughed beside him: "It's because you were so arrogant during that period and attracted hatred everywhere. Now you are reaping the consequences, right?"

"Humph, am I afraid of them? They are just a bunch of losers. I have been raised in dirty water since my debut. If they scold me, it means they know they are no match for me..."

Fan Xiaopang has a strong ability to withstand pressure and doesn't seem to care about being targeted by criticism.

"Is there anything else?"

"Yes, Orange Sky's Wu Kebo announced that they have reached a cooperation intention with Wu Yusen, and the two sides are preparing to cooperate in a blockbuster film on the theme of the Three Kingdoms..." Zhang Chen nodded. This should be "Red Cliff". Unexpectedly, after many twists and turns, these two people still got together.

"By the way, they also sent me an audition invitation..."

Fat Fan observed Zhang Chen's expression while speaking. Seeing that Zhang Chen did not react, he said with some disappointment, "But I refused. I am your man. How could I possibly join Chengtian's project~"

"Wait a minute, how come you are mine?"

"I don't care, anyway~"

Sister Jiuyi suddenly acted like a little girl, and it was quite alluring.

Fan Binbin stayed in the crew for a total of three days and returned home after three days.

It was Zhang Chen who drove her back to China.

There was no other way. During these three days, the two of them had to discuss projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars every day, and Zhang Chen's body really couldn't take it.

Zhang Chen has to film during the day and discuss projects at night, and he only gets three hours of sleep a day. He has dark circles under his eyes.

Before leaving, she actually asked Zhang Chen, "Aren't you worried at all that these two people who don't get along with you will get together and cause some big trouble?"

Wouldn't that be a slap in your face?

Fan Binbin believes that he and Zhang Chen are now grasshoppers on the same rope. They prosper together and decline together.

So I am quite concerned about Zhang Chen's affairs.

But Zhang Chen was not worried at all.

He had watched "Red Cliff" in his previous life. What do you remember after watching "Red Cliff"?
Is there only one sentence, 'Meng Meng, stand up~'

It is said that Hong Kong directors cannot shoot historical themes, and this is really the case.

Anyone with a normal mind wouldn't dare to do this.

This is not nonsense. In China, no screenwriter or director would dare to say that Cao Cao conquered Jiangdong for a woman, but Wu Baige dared to do so.

So I can only admire you.

"Red Cliff" deserves to be a terrible movie.

It took hundreds of millions of dollars to make a movie like this. It can be said that Wu Yusen's era is over.

In fact, this is normal. Every director has a creative period. During that period, his ideas are most in line with the aesthetics of the times, so the probability of his works being excellent is very high.

After a few years, people's knowledge and cognition gradually lag behind and cannot keep up with the pace of aesthetic development, so movies are not as good to watch anymore.

Johnnie To, Liu Zhenwei, Xu Ke, and Wu Yusen are all like this...

Why did Liu Zhenwei keep taking advantage of "A Chinese Odyssey"? Because he knew very well that he was out of date and could only exploit the popularity and sentiment.

Otherwise, in two years, no one will care about him even if he wants to spend money.

The same goes for Wong Jing. The "Happy Ghost" he wrote when he was young was so classic that it is still funny even now.

But if you look at his current movies, there has been no improvement in the content, it is still the same routine as "Happy Ghost" decades ago, so every movie he produces is a flop.

The same goes for Wu Yusen.

It’s just that he’s back from Hollywood and his shelf life is a little longer.

What people see is the glamorous exterior. But when "Red Cliff" is released, people will find that the glamorous exterior is actually just a layer of wax, and the inside has long been rotten.

……

In the past two days, the filming progress of "Taken" is still progressing in an orderly manner. Zhang Chen intends to let Lu Yang and Guan Hu take on part of the work, but there is nothing he can do about it.

He may not participate in the early promotion of "The Accidental Murderer", but he cannot miss the premiere. However, "Taken" still has to go on, and we can't stop working just because he leaves.

Fortunately, Lu Yang and Guan Hu did a good job.

Lu Yang is a student and has little experience, but because he is young, he always has bright ideas.

In comparison, Guan Hu is much more stable.

Guan Hu started out by making TV dramas, and he was pretty good at it.

"Black Hole", "Winter Solstice", "Xi Shi's Eyes"...

Chen Daoming admired him very much, so he recommended him to Zhang Chen.

But Zhang Chen is not very fond of this person, because Guan Hu's works are actually more literary and artistic, which is not in line with Xingchen Entertainment.

"Bullfighting" and "Killing" are both his works.

By the way, he has a good relationship with Huang Bo and they had collaborated on the TV movie "Get on the Bus, Let's Go" a long time ago.

Although it is a TV movie, it is actually quite well made, at least it is quite good to look at.

But for some reason, after officially shooting for theatrical release, his works didn’t look as good anymore.

Probably for the pursuit of art.

It was because of the failure of "Killing" that Yuan Shikong transformed himself and wanted to make commercial films, and shot "The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel".

The cast is good, with three movie kings, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Bo, and Liu Ye, acting together on the same stage, but the strange thing is that this movie is just not good.

The reason is still literary.

So he paid special attention to Guan Hu these days, fearing that this guy had paid him a fee during the time he was away.

Fortunately, Guan Hu doesn’t seem to have developed any literary youth syndrome yet. When Zhang Chen asked him to shoot in his own style, he did as he was told and turned out to be a very qualified tool.

(End of this chapter)