Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 276 A Small Goal
Of course Zhang Chen knew that this was a setup, but he still had to answer the question properly.

He pretended to think, then held up a finger and said, "Let's set a small goal for the box office first."

The host joked: "A small goal?"

"That's one hundred million."

Wow~
The crowd was whispering to each other. Although there were four movies that grossed over 100 million yuan in a row last year, it was still a low-probability event for the box office to exceed 100 million yuan.

Didn’t you notice that half of this year has passed, and only Zhang Chen’s "The Accidental Detective" has broken the 100 million mark?
What's more, Ning Hao is still a newcomer.

Well, they positioned Ning Hao as a newcomer. As for "Black 3", I'm sorry, that is not considered Ning Hao's work.

No wonder Ning Hao was so eager to prove himself.

Zhang Chen explained with a smile: "Don't be surprised, there's nothing strange about this.

I have said before that Ning Hao is a genius, but no one believed it at the time.

Now that you have watched "Stone", do you still think I am bragging?
Is it too much to expect a genius movie to have a box office of 100 million?
Or let’s think about it from another angle:
The Shallows cost 1000 million and the final box office was 1.4 million. Stone is similar to it. It’s normal to have a small goal…”

This guy is totally confusing the concepts.

The heroine of "The Shallows" is Fan Xiaopang, while the protagonist of "Stone" is Xu Guangtou and an amateur, they are not at the same level at all.

"The Shallows" dominated November and was strongly supported by all theaters. As for "Stone", although it was a popular summer movie, it had a competitor "Seven Swords" at the same time. Apart from other things, its screening schedule alone could not reach the level of "The Shallows".

Therefore, many people thought that Zhang Chen was bragging, even Ning Hao thought so.

Ning Hao fantasized that if the box office of "Stone" could reach 6000 million, he would be secretly happy. It doesn't need to be too high, even if it is just tied with "Black 3", he will be satisfied.

"Well, we'll see."

The host was about to change the subject when a reporter stood up and said, "Director Zhang Chen, I'm a reporter from Phoenix Weekly. I'd like to ask why Stone was released half a month earlier than Seven Swords was originally scheduled to be released. Are you avoiding competition because you're afraid of it?"

When Liu Yiwei heard this question, his eyes went dark. What was wrong with him today? Why were he asked such sharp questions?

Being a host is really... tiring!

Zhang Chen took a look at the work badge hanging on the other person’s chest and found that he was indeed a reporter from Phoenix Weekly.

He thought that finally the Hong Kong media had mentioned this, and if no one else mentioned it he would have to let the person he had arranged do it.

Zhang Chen did not answer immediately, but looked at the other party calmly.

Although he did not express his opinion, most of the guests in the venue thought so.

"Seven Swords" is a blockbuster that is said to have an investment of 1.4 million yuan, and the director is Xu Ke, one of the three major directors in Hong Kong. It is normal to avoid it.

There's no shame in that.

We are all filmmakers and we understand this very well.

On the contrary, they felt that the sudden advancement of the release date of Seven Swords was a bit unfair as it was a clear sign that the film was relying on its status as a blockbuster to bully a low-budget film like Stone.

"Everyone must think that the release date of Stone on July 15th was to avoid Seven Swords..."

Zhang Chen spoke up: “Actually, it’s not true at all.

My first film, Dark Invasion, I had nothing at the time, but I dared to release it between Troy and House of Flying Daggers. Why do you think I would be afraid of Seven Swords? "

After hearing Zhang Chen's words, the audience was stunned. Yes, Zhang Chen was not afraid of "House of Flying Daggers", so how could he be afraid of "Seven Swords"?
Then I thought, the situation of "Stone" today is so similar to that of "Dark Invasion" at that time, both were sandwiched between a Hollywood blockbuster and a local blockbuster.

"Darkness" is "Troy" and "House of Flying Daggers".

The Stone is Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Seven Swords.

At this point, Zhang Chen suddenly asked the person beside him: "Ning Hao, are you afraid of competing with Director Xu Ke?" Ning Hao took a step forward with the microphone: "No, my teacher said that directors speak only based on their works. I think the quality of Stone is not bad. I am very happy to compete with Director Xu Ke..."

hmm~
Zhang Chen was very satisfied with Ning Hao's reaction.

This was not rehearsed in advance, it was completely improvisation.

Ning Hao is a man of some blood, this guy was even detained for fighting with property management.

So Ning Hao's movies are very down-to-earth, and the little people he films are all very interesting, because he was once a little person.

The same goes for Huang Bo.

He plays the minor characters to perfection because those are his real experiences.

Why people complained about him later? Because he became famous and left the grassroots life, so naturally he couldn’t act anymore.

Speaking of this, I have to complain about the current TV dramas. I don’t know what’s wrong with those big directors, they all like to focus on the lives of grassroots people.

Delivery man or something...

It just so happens that both the director and the actors live too high-class lives and have no contact with this group at all, so whatever they shoot looks fake.

The actors obviously acted very hard, but it just wasn't right, no wonder they were scolded~
"Since everyone has this question, let me explain to everyone here that Crazy Stone was scheduled for July 7th not to avoid Seven Swords, but on the contrary, we actually did it to avoid Super Girl in August."

When hearing "Super Girl", some people know it, while some have never heard of it.

"Super Girl" has already started in various cities in July, but the popularity has not yet reached its peak and has not reached the level of the entire nation, so it is not surprising that some people don't know about it.

Zhang Chen was not afraid of attracting the attention of the publisher of "Seven Swords" when he said this.

Except for Zhang Chen, who was reborn, no one could have imagined that "Super Girl" would become so popular, not even Mango TV itself.

Even if someone thought of it, they would definitely not be able to find a way to crack it.

This is the trend~
It's an open conspiracy~
If I give you a question, you won't be able to answer it even if you open the book.

At the same time, Zhang Chen did this to attract the attention of Mango TV so as to prepare for his future joining.

The reporter was still unwilling to give in: "Then Director Zhang is not worried about the box office of Stone?"

"worry about what?"

"Seven Swords was produced by a Hong Kong team. When it comes to commercial films, the Hong Kong team is the most professional..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Chen became unhappy.

"I'm just wondering where this statement came from? The media also always say that mainlanders can't make commercial films.
Why can’t people from the mainland make commercial films?

All the movies I made were commercial films. Did they do poorly at the box office?

Is it worse than what the so-called professional team in Hong Kong produced?
At first I couldn't understand why some people always use this to discredit domestic commercial films. When they heard that it was produced by a mainland company, they felt that it was inferior. Isn't that cheap?
Later I thought about it and wondered if it was possible that this saying came from Hong Kong, because they only know how to make commercial films. If we could make commercial films, they would have no food to eat..."

Wow~
The guests were all surprised by Zhang Chen’s boldness.

It’s really Zhang Chen, he dares to say anything!

But if you follow his line of thought, it seems to make sense.

When did this statement appear?
No one knows, but everyone agrees.

But now think about it, yes, why are domestic commercial films so bad?
The group was led into a ditch by Zhang Chen. Only a few of them who were more sober knew that domestic commercial films were bad, except those produced by Xingchen Entertainment.

(End of this chapter)