Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 282 Feng Xiaogang is dissatisfied

Zhang Chen has been browsing various news since he woke up, and he was particularly surprised when he saw Zhou Liming's column.

His first reaction was - this is flattery!

It's Feng Xiaogang again, and it's his own name, isn't this flattery?
But the article's praise for "Stone" is also genuine, and it suggests several times that readers read "Stone", claiming that they will definitely regret it if they don't read it.

Zhang Chen could only say that if it was really a case of flattery, then he would accept it.

This is not the future. Before the advent of Weibo, print media was the most important propaganda platform.

Anyone who has a column in print media has a certain influence.

Zhou Liming is one of the top three film critics today, and many people still trust his recommendations.

Zhou Liming's article will definitely contribute to the box office success of "Stone".

Zhang Chen called Chen Xi and after confirming that Zhou Liming was not the person they arranged, he didn't care anymore.

They were so happy that someone was willing to help spread the word on their own initiative.

As for some inappropriate words, who cares?

But Zhou Liming's discussion angle opened a window for everyone. Before, most people just thought the movie was good and never thought about it from the perspective of a comedy.

Now comparing it to the article, it seems to be true~
Gradually, more and more discussions on this topic arose.

Many people have already called Ning Hao the "comedy successor".

Ning Hao seemed to have become a popular figure in the mainland comedy world overnight.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the first weekend box office of "Stone" finally came out - 2400 million.

"Seven Swords" is still slightly better than it - 2700 million.

"Stone" is slightly inferior to "Seven Swords", but it is actually a big winner.

The cost of making "Stone" has always been claimed to be 800 million, but in fact, due to the advance release date of "Seven Swords", the publicity costs were increased later, reaching 1200 million.

But according to the current trend, the investment will be recovered soon.

But what about "Seven Swords"? Its cost alone was 1.4 million yuan, and it had so many big stars, including Leon Lai, Zhen Zidan, Charlie Young, Lu Yi, Sun Honglei, and Zhang Jingchu, but its box office was only 200 million yuan more than "Stone". It is definitely a loss.

Moreover, according to the current trend, it will be difficult for "Seven Swords" to break the 100 million yuan mark. If the domestic box office is not good, the overseas copyright will not sell well, and it will be even more difficult to recover the cost.

Zhang Chen was so happy watching this. Ciwen Media must be regretting it so much now. Why did they move up the release date in the first place and end up with such a fate?

Of course, Stone did not live up to his expectations.

He wants "Stone" to break 100 million and replicate the success of "The Shallows".

It seems a bit difficult now. After all, there are not enough screens in the country. If two popular films are released at the same time, they will definitely divert traffic from each other.

Fortunately, there is still a chance, and he still has some means that he has not used. The reputation of "Stone" is much higher than that of "Seven Swords".

As for "Stone", it has received unanimous good reviews. People have never seen such a movie before. After watching it, they feel that even they have become more sophisticated. They spontaneously recommend it to their relatives and friends, which is commonly known as "tap water".

"Seven Swords" received mixed reviews. Some people thought it was great, while others thought it was boring. The general consensus was that there were too many descriptions of weapons in the first half of the film, which felt a bit counterproductive.

But the distributor Polybona has been trying hard to control reviews, so there is no obvious difference between the two.

Inside Xingchen Entertainment, Zhang Chen was flipping through the newspaper, wanting to see the media’s attitude towards “Stone”.

He flipped through several newspapers and found that almost every newspaper mentioned the relationship between Ning Hao and Feng Xiaogang. He couldn't help but ask Chen Xi, "Did you arrange this?"

"Yeah," Chen Xi nodded. "I saw that the comments on this topic were quite popular, so I hired some people to continue hyping it up..."

Zhang Chen nodded. This was actually a bit of a slap in the face of Feng Xiaogang, but it didn’t matter. Didn’t Feng often slap other people’s films when they were released?

……

Early morning, Feng Mansion

Feng Xiaogang walked down in slippers. Xu Fan was busy in the kitchen.

"Wake up, wash your face, and get ready for dinner~"

Xu Fan served breakfast to Feng Xiaogang while he was at the table. After a while, Feng Xiaogang finished washing up and sat down at the table.

I picked up the peeled egg and took a bite, then tasted the millet porridge.

It felt a bit bland, so I took another bite of pickles.

After drinking two mouthfuls of porridge, Feng Xiaogang habitually started looking for the remote control.

"What are you looking for?"

"Remote control, check the news~" Feng Xiaogang answered casually.

"Don't watch it, I have a headache, listening to that is annoying~"

"Oh~"

Feng Xiaogang agreed and continued to drink his porridge. After taking a few sips, he asked again, "What about the newspaper? I'll read it. It's really boring to just eat..."

Xu Fan said again: "The newspaper hasn't been delivered today."

At this time, there are very few people subscribing to newspapers.

To understand the consultation, people are still used to watching TV, Asahi Shimbun and so on.

Feng Xiaogang's family subscribes to newspapers, but they are all entertainment newspapers, mainly for the purpose of finding out about things in the circle.

When he heard that there were no newspapers either, Feng Xiaogang curled his lips and continued eating.

The two of them finished their breakfast while chatting casually. Xu Fan cleaned up the dishes and Feng Xiaogang sat down on the sofa.

Successful men in their careers rarely do housework, and Feng Xiaogang is no exception.

Feng Xiaogang took out a cigarette and prepared to act like a god. He was looking for a light when he accidentally saw the newspaper under the coffee table.

Only a corner of the newspaper was exposed, but Feng Xiaogang was curious.

Xu Fan keeps everything in order at home. Everything has its place, but the area under the coffee table is not the place to put newspapers.

Out of curiosity, Feng Xiaogang pulled out the newspaper and found that it was today's.

Didn’t you say it wasn’t delivered?

Feng Xiaogang continued to draw and found that there was not just one but many, all from today.

How is this going?

A trace of suspicion arose in Feng Xiaogang's heart. He glanced at Xu Fan who was still washing dishes in the kitchen, spread out a newspaper and began to read.

After reading it for a while, his face froze. Then he switched to another one. After a while, his face froze again...

Change again~
Change again~
Now he finally understood why Xu Fan hid the newspaper and didn't let him watch TV. It was because he was afraid that he would know about the media's comments.

[Feng Xiaogang has run out of ideas, Ning Hao finally becomes the leader of the new generation of comedy films]

[Ning Hao takes over as the Godfather of Comedy]

【The savior of Chinese comedy films】

[“Stone” finally becomes the king of domestic comedy]

In the living room, the sound of newspapers rustling could be heard continuously.

After washing the dishes, Xu Fan stood in the aisle with an awkward expression, looking at her husband who was sitting on the sofa with a livid face...

I couldn't escape after all!
At this time, Feng Xiaogang felt very indignant. After watching "Stone" that day, he had a sense of crisis. Before he could do anything, the media had already begun to promote that Ning Hao would replace him.

What? I’m not even old yet, but I’m going to exit the stage of history?

Then he saw Zhou Liming's column and was furious. My black humor is not as good as Ning Hao's. Do I still need to learn from him?

Xiao Gangpao couldn't help but curse, "Fuck, he doesn't even understand multi-line narrative, why is he pretending to be a film critic?"

(End of this chapter)