Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 283 About Feng Xiaogang

Zijin Garden, Zhang Guoli's home

Zhang Mo was reading entertainment news. The entertainment news these past two days was basically all about "Seven Swords" and "Stone".

Zhang Mo especially likes to watch "Stone".

Most media outlets are praising the multi-line narrative of "Stone" and Ning Hao's amazing talent, but some are taking a different approach, for example, focusing on the actors.

The one who received the most praise was of course Huang Bo, followed by Xia Yu and Zhang Mo.

Especially Zhang Mo, her performance in the drama is no worse than Xia Yu, who is an award-winning actor.

Xie Xiaomeng's character is mean and Zhang Mo perfectly portrayed this essence. Many people who knew Zhang Mo called him after watching "Stone". If they didn't recognize that face, they would never have imagined that it was Zhang Mo.

This allowed Zhang Mo to taste the joy of being an actor invisibly.

Zhang Mo listened happily to the praises of him in the report. Behind him, Zhang Guoli and his wife hid quietly aside.

Zhang Guoli was about to scold his wife, telling her not to be so complacent, but his wife covered his mouth before he could say anything.

Deng Jie shook his head silently at him, his eyes full of pleading.

Zhang Guoli looked at his wife and then at his son, which was considered as his agreement.

After thinking about it, it is true that my son has had a difficult time during this period.

Since being expelled from school, Zhang Mo has become a bit withdrawn, not going out and not seeing his friends.

Zhang Guoli also understood that no man could stand encountering such a thing, and would be pointed at by others if he went out.

Zhang Guoli didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhang Mo hitting people. It was a normal reaction for men.

But he was also anxious when he saw his son becoming increasingly depressed. Later, he asked Zhang Chen for a role and took Zhang Mo to star in "Crazy Stone". It was from then on that Zhang Mo became much more cheerful than before.

The news on TV was still going on, but the part about Zhang Mo had already passed. Zhang Mo changed the channel and continued to look for his confidence. He hadn't heard enough compliments, and then he found that one channel was broadcasting an interview with Feng Xiaogang.

"Wait a minute, don't change it yet, let me take a look at this..."

Although they had a falling out, Zhang Guoli still cared about the people he was familiar with.

On TV, a reporter stopped Feng Xiaogang who was about to enter the building.

Zhang Guoli recognized that it was the building where Huayi Brothers was located. It seemed that Feng Xiaogang was blocked by reporters on his way to the company.

"Director Feng, some viewers said they saw you secretly watching Crazy Stone in the cinema. Is that true..."

"Director Feng, it is rumored that you and Zhang Chen had a falling out. Is that true?"

"Director Feng, as a senior, do you have anything to say to Ning Hao, the successor of comedy?"

Feng Xiaogang walked, and several reporters surrounding him followed him, asking questions. Feng Xiaogang was too lazy to pay attention to them at first, but when he asked the last question, he suddenly stopped.

The reporters were stunned for a moment, but soon realized something was going to happen. They thrust the microphones towards Feng Xiaogang desperately, and saw that his face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"What comedy successor? I'm not dead yet, so I don't need a successor."

When asked about his weak spot, Feng Xiaogang looked unhappy, but the reporters were radiant.

"Do you think Ning Hao doesn't deserve the title of comedy successor?"

"There are rumors in the industry that Ning Hao's black humor is better than yours. Do you agree with this?"

"Film critic Zhou Limin said that Crazy Stone is the best comedy film ever made in China. Do you agree?"

"I don't agree with that!"

The reporters' excessive demands finally angered Feng Xiaogang. He was already unhappy, and these reporters just kept bringing up irrelevant issues.

"A multi-line narrative is the best comedy. Is this the best Zhou Limin can do? He even calls himself a film critic. Isn't he ashamed?"

The little cannon's words are still sharp and always hurtful.

"Zhou Liming also said that when it comes to jokes, you should learn more from Ning Hao..." The reporters continued to add fuel to the fire.

"He knows what movies are, he knows what comedy is, and he asked me to learn from Ning Hao. When I was filming the movie, that little brat was still lying around, where did he come from~"

Feng Xiaogang knew that the reporters were fanning the flames, but he had always been a big mouth and didn't want to stop them.

Anyway, he was really unhappy with Ning Hao.

"Director Feng believes that his film is better in structure than multi-line narratives?" a reporter continued to add fuel to the fire.

Feng Xiaogang glanced at him and said: "There is not only one kind of structure in the world, multi-line narrative, and comedy is not good just because it has multiple narratives?"

"Director Feng, Zhang Chen said before that he couldn't get over the fact that you backstabbed him. Do you have any response to that?"

The interview was going well but someone suddenly brought up an old matter, and Feng Xiaogang, who was originally trying to express his opinion, suddenly became silent.

He likes to spray, but he is not stupid.

He knew very well what Zhang Chen had done since his debut.

Blame Zhang Weiping, blame Xie Tingfeng, blame Zeng Zhiwei, blame Wu Yusen...

If Feng Xiaogang is a small cannon, then Zhang Chen is a powder keg.

At most, he is an angry young man who criticizes those he dislikes.

Zhang Chen is here to clean up the entertainment industry. He doesn't care about your status or background. He will criticize you whenever he wants.

If you go against him, you will definitely be embarrassed. Zeng Zhiwei and Wu Yusen are the best examples.

John Woo, the great director who returned from Hollywood, was asked to say a few words, as if he were some unwanted garbage on the street.

If he were Wu Yusen, he would be terribly embarrassed.

So when Feng Xiaogang realized that the reporter wanted to provoke a war of words between him and Zhang Chen, he immediately calmed down.

After that, no matter what the reporter said, Feng Xiaogang no longer responded and walked quickly into the building.

The interview came to an end here. It seemed like nothing happened, just the little cannon firing again, but Zhang Guoli knew that the matter was definitely not over.

Who did Feng Xiaogang just scold?

Ning Hao!

Who is Ning Hao?

Those were the people in the Hong Kong circle that Zhang Chen had been fighting against. Ma Chucheng, Zeng Zhiwei and Wu Yusen were all written down in Zhang Chen's little notebook just because they slandered Ning Hao. He scolded them so badly that even their mothers almost didn't recognize them.

Feng Xiaogang said this about Ning Hao, could Zhang Chen give in?
Zhang Guoli was about to do something, but he immediately realized that he and Feng Xiaogang were no longer the same kind of people.

There's no need to get involved in this matter.

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华谊兄弟
In Wang Zhongjun's office, Wang Zhonglei poured a cup of tea for Feng Xiaogang: "Come, have a drink of water, calm down, there's no point in getting mad at those reporters..."

Feng Xiaogang was still indignant: "What a bunch of bastards, they only know how to make people unhappy every day..."

Wang Zhongjun: "I wonder why you just can't figure it out. How did you manage to get your movies released before? How did you fall for it this time?"

Feng Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, then he remembered something and said uncertainly: "Are you saying that this is their propaganda strategy, deliberately picking on me to cause a war of words?"

"It's obvious."

Feng Xiaogang fell silent for a moment: "Could it be that the eagle really pecked my eyes, and as I get older, they go back in time? Come to think of it, it's really possible. Every time my movie was released, it would cause a war of words, just to increase the attention. I didn't expect that this time, I would be treated the same way." ...

At Xingchen Entertainment, Zhang Chen also saw similar news. He frowned and asked suspiciously, "Did you arrange this matter with Feng Xiaogang?"

Chen Xi took the newspaper and took a look at it, then shook his head: "It's not me, I didn't think about it at all~"

Zhang Chen looked at Dong Jianqiang again, who also spread his hands and said, "It's not me either. All my energy is on Super Girl~"

Is it really a coincidence?
Zhang Chen took another look at the related reports. Overall, Feng Xiaogang was just a little unhappy and was just complaining.

But it was interpreted very differently by the media.

If there were no original interview and only read those interpretations, one might really be misled and think that the little steel cannon was speaking nonsense again and blasting Ning Hao.

But it’s not really like that.

Zhang Chen didn't do what Zhang Guoli thought, but he felt that the media's constant propaganda that Ning Hao was the second Feng Xiaogang was indeed a bad thing.

After thinking about it, he decided to clarify the matter and warn Feng Xiaogang at the same time.

If you don't need to hold a press conference, just write a blog.

The name of the blog is - About Feng Xiaogang
The content is as follows:

In the past two days, the media has been promoting that Ning Hao is the second Feng Xiaogang and the successor of comedy movies!

What I want to say is that no one is anyone’s shadow.

Ning Hao is Ning Hao, Feng Xiaogang is Feng Xiaogang, they are both independent individuals.

Although both of them have black humor, they are of completely different types.

Ning Hao is destined to become a banner of comedy movies, but it is not certain who will take over this banner. As someone said, he is not dead yet, so why does he need a successor?

I have actually done some careful research on Director Feng.

Although Director Feng's films are known as Beijing-style comedies, they are actually very similar to Hong Kong films of the time.

The biggest feature of Hong Kong films is that they are down-to-earth. Hong Kong is a very crowded city where people are close to each other, without any sense of distance or mystery.

So they can’t make high-end films, so they focus more on the little people.

If we use food to describe it, Hong Kong movies are like food stalls.

The characteristic of food stalls is their heavy taste. If the food is light, what is the difference between eating it at home?

Hong Kong movies are like this, their dramatic conflicts must be exaggerated, and their performances are also exaggerated, so that everyone can feel fresh. Otherwise, why would they come to the cinema?

Director Feng's films are similar to Hong Kong films in these aspects. The reason for his success is that he focuses on the little people.

If one day, his perspective changes, and he no longer focuses on the little people, but instead shoots the grand and high-end ones, then he will not be far from failure.

In fact, I can understand Director Feng’s anxiety.

The media has been comparing the two these days. They are both comedians, both have black humor, and both focus on the little people...

But what I actually want to say is that a director will never be replaced by another director.

The only person who can replace a director is the director himself.

The main audience of the film is young people, but the director's mind cannot remain young forever.

When you can't understand what young people think, you are out of date and will be abandoned by the audience.

This is inevitable.

All a good director can do is slow down this process.

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Zhang Chen wrote a lot of nonsense, and his original intention was to clarify that Ning Hao was not anyone's stand-in, but he unknowingly mentioned a lot of Feng Xiaogang's analysis.

After writing it, he was too lazy to revise it and just sent it out.

Although Feng is known as the "Little Cannon", he seems like a middle-aged angry young man. Every day he either criticizes this or that, giving people the impression of a young man without any real sense, but in fact he is a very cunning person.

He was brought into the circle by Zheng Xiaolong.

When Zheng Xiaolong was filming "The Story of the Editorial Department", the script he had written was suddenly lost. There was not enough time to rewrite it, and the screenwriters were unwilling to do so. Then Feng Xiaogang volunteered and said that he still remembered the general plot and could write it down from memory.

Feng Xiaogang really wrote it down from memory, and then he was appreciated by Zheng Xiaolong, became a signed screenwriter, and thus officially entered the circle.

But strangely, after I finished reciting the new script, the old script was inexplicably found.

This makes people suspect that someone is behind this.

……

In my previous life, around 2005, the box office of Chinese-language films was basically dominated by Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.

Other directors either have low output or their films are art films, so they can only serve as supporting roles.

Like Jiang Wen, the movies he made are not commercial films at all, so it is actually strange that they can get such high box office.

Not to mention poet Chen.

"The Promise" is actually an art film at heart, so its commercial performance is a mess.

Feng Xiaogang has a bit of a reckless temperament, so he earned the nickname "Little Cannon".

But this guy is not as dumb as he appears.

Otherwise, why wouldn't he dare to provoke Wang Shuo?

In Ye Jing's TV series "Days Related to Youth", a character named Feng Kuzi was specially created to disgust him, but he didn't say anything.

To put it bluntly, this person is actually a bit of a bully.

Later, things went wrong. He thought Cui Yongyuan was a soft persimmon and insisted on filming "Cell Phone 2" despite warnings. Unexpectedly, Cui Yongyuan fought him to the death, so in the end the movie was not made and he ended up in trouble.

……

Zhang Chen thought that after this blog post was published, Feng Xiaogang would have to fight him to the death.

Feng Xiaogang has participated in countless verbal battles throughout his life, and has verbally abused all kinds of people, including journalists, actors, experts, fans, and audiences. His verbal abuses were particularly harsh, without any technique, and were straightforward...

"Inhuman", "beast", "worse than pigs and dogs" and other words are all used by him to vent his anger. The overseas edition of the People's Daily said: "A grown man uses these words to scold people like a shrew. Feng Xiaogang's scolding is so good that it can be published as a book called "The Complete Collection of Insults".

He was ready to quarrel, but for some reason, the other party suddenly fell silent.

Damn it, we agreed on this, but I can’t get over this hurdle.

I was holding back my strength and was about to strike back at the other party, but to my surprise, he simply refused to take the challenge.

Gao Jun, the manager of Beijing New Film Association, once commented on Feng Xiaogang: "Feng Xiaogang doesn't cause trouble, but he's not afraid of it either. He can take on things, but he can't let go."

This was Gao Jun's personal evaluation of Feng Xiaogang after knowing him for more than 20 years.

But Zhang Chen felt it was a bit inaccurate.

It's not that he doesn't cause trouble, he is extremely good at causing trouble.

But it is true that I can't let go~
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