Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 284 Discredit
The expected response from Feng Xiaogang did not come, but instead a lot of negative reviews came.

On the fifth day after the release of "Crazy Stone", when I woke up early in the morning, I found that the media was flooded with negative reviews of "Stone".

[“Crazy Stone” is suspected of plagiarism…]

[Some people in the film industry pointed out that "Crazy Stone" completely plagiarized the foreign film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"]

[The genius director mentioned by Zhang Chen turned out to be a thief~]

The media never stop making shocking statements.

The titles of the articles are all very shocking.

In addition, there are also film critics who are pessimistic.

["Crazy Stone" is an overrated vulgar film]

["Crazy Stone", not a comedy, but a farce]

……

Dong Jianqiang ordered an emergency meeting, and an hour later, everyone sat in the company's conference room.

Ning Hao looked a little worried. He had rushed back from another place after discovering something was wrong.
The last time he directed "Black 2", there weren't so many problems. Why are there so many complications this time?

Dong Jianqiang glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, this is all normal smearing. It should be done by the publisher of Seven Swords. We have expected this..."

Seeing Dong Jianqiang's confident look, Ning Hao felt a little more relieved.

Zhang Chen was the last one to arrive. After he arrived, the meeting officially began.

"These negative reports all appeared early this morning at the same time, so someone must have done it on purpose. We haven't found the source yet, but it's most likely Seven Swords."

While introducing the situation, Chen Xi distributed the sorted information to everyone, one copy each.

Everyone scanned the information roughly and found that the information was similar to what they knew, basically in two aspects:

1. "Stone" is suspected of plagiarism.

Second, "Stone" has no artistic quality at all.

None of this is new; they had already foreseen this when they were designing the promotion and marketing strategy for Stone.

"The plagiarism claim came from a post on Tianya. Someone pointed out that The Stone plagiarized Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and then some media reposted the post..."

"What about the film critic? Is this naysayer one of those people we attacked before?"

This is what Zhang Chen cares about most. During the film screening, he invited several well-known film critics and gave them red envelopes.

If you don't collect the money and just curse, they can't do anything about it.

But if you take the money but don't do the job and even go against the will, then it's more than just a question of professional ethics.

Chen Xi shook his head when he heard this: "This person who sang a different tune was not one of the people in our previous strategy. He was not one of the most famous ones. He was only slightly famous, so we did not consider him at that time..."

Oh, I see.

Zhang Chen roughly knew what was going on.

Just like what was said in "Charlotte's Troubles", if you give me a gift, I may not remember you, but if you don't, I will definitely remember it.

The person who is singing a different tune is probably feeling unbalanced. Why do others have it while I don’t? Who should he look down on?

So people want to overturn the table.

"Don't pay attention to the film critic in advance. Anyone with a normal mind will not believe him. Let's talk about plagiarism first. How do we deal with it?"

"I have asked the publicity and promotion team to deal with it according to our previous strategy."

"Ah."

Zhang Chen nodded. Plagiarism can be a big or small matter.

Just don't let others lead you.

The word plagiarism is still very popular these days, after all, the Guo Xiaosi incident happened not long ago.

"How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" plagiarized "Inside and Outside the Circle".

It is really shocking that such a famous writer plagiarized. Although Guo Xiaosi did not admit it and refused to apologize, he cannot deny this matter.

You, a native of Shanghai, wrote a book with such a strong Beijing flavor that anyone can figure out what's going on.

As for Guo Xiaosi, he can pay compensation but he will never apologize.

It's just that young people are ashamed and feel they have lost face, so they are throwing tantrums.

But "Stone" is different. Is "Stone" plagiarism?

Of course not.

It's just that the narrative technique was borrowed from "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels". If this is considered plagiarism, then no movie is not plagiarized.

This logic makes sense everywhere.

Therefore, everyone at Xingchen Entertainment is not afraid of this matter becoming a big deal, but necessary clarifications must be made.

"It just so happens that I have to record the Super Interview this afternoon. I will clarify this at that time, just as a promotion."

These negative reports were all within their expectations and they could ignore them, but since "Seven Swords" had taken action, they had to take it seriously.

This is also the reason why Dong Jianqiang called them to a meeting.

"Let's release the dirty laundry we prepared one by one..."

Come and don't go indecent.

Martial arts movies always teach us that revenge will never end, but in reality, you are always the one who does the first thing and I am the one who does the fifteenth thing...

beep~
As everyone was talking, someone knocked on the door of the conference room. It was Li Kaiyu's assistant.

He first smiled apologetically at everyone, and then said: "A professor from Beijing Film Academy reviewed Stone and gave it a very bad review, so I..."

When everyone took the information from her, they realized that it was a professor named Huang Shixian from the Beijing Film Academy who expressed his views on "Stone".

“Young directors should make art films first, then commercial films.”

"A movie is not necessarily a comedy just because it's funny. A true comedy should be like Chaplin's, which makes you think and smile bitterly after watching it. But 'Stone' doesn't have that. The movie just makes the three thieves look ridiculous. It's a spoof. But what can you think about after watching it? Nothing! I'm sure that such commercial movies are just passing clouds. After the craziness, you won't remember anything."

"The female characters in the film are all in a weak position and do not bring much highlights to the film."

“Without art, Chinese cinema will surely die.”

The key is this person’s identity, he is an old artist.

There is a long list of titles in front of his personal information - Vice President of the Chinese Higher Education Film and Television Society, Director of the China Taiwan and Hong Kong Film Research Association, and Director of the Chinese Film Critics Society.

Just looking at these titles is enough to give you a headache. This kind of person may not have much influence himself, but he has many disciples and former officials. If you offend him, you might end up offending some big shot.

Everyone was in a dilemma. Dong Jianqiang looked at Zhang Chen and said, "Why don't you ask your school if you can help him stop talking."

Zhang Chen was speechless. He had no idea who Huang Shixian was. He also didn't know whether he was simply suffering from the old artist's syndrome or was being instructed by someone else.

"Okay, I'll ask now~"

Zhang Chen ran to call Teacher Fu. This kind of person is the most troublesome. If it was an ordinary celebrity, Zhang Chen would have scolded him directly. But this kind of person might be a hidden boss, so he had to be careful when dealing with him.
Teacher Fu knows this person. "Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai and many other sixth-generation artists are his students. If you offend him, you are offending the entire sixth generation..."

Zhang Chen was a little speechless. "The key point is that now he is the one who is provoking us, not us provoking him. I just don't understand. We are all from Beijing Film Academy, why is he targeting Ning Hao?

Is it to show presence or is there some other purpose?

If it is to show off their presence, then why only criticize "Stone" and not "Seven Swords"? Does "Seven Swords" have artistic value? Did Xu Ke make an art film first and then a commercial film?

If you have other purposes, don't blame me for being rude. You should know my style. The sixth generation is nothing in my eyes."

"They may think that Ning Hao is from Beijing Film Academy, and is one of their own, so they want to give him some advice..."

"If it is a well-intentioned suggestion, then it is best to do it privately. What he is doing now is not a suggestion, but openly criticizing "Stone". That is not the kindness of an elder..."

"Okay, I know your attitude. I will report this to the school leaders and ask them to work on Huang Shixian. He really went too far..."

Fu Donglai also felt that Huang Shixian should not have criticized "Stone" in the media like this. If it was done with good intentions, as Zhang Chen said, and done privately, there would be no problem at all.

You are a professor at Beijing Film Academy and Ning Hao is a student of the school. There is nothing wrong with a professor expressing his or her opinions on a student's work, but it is inappropriate to make public accusations.

(End of this chapter)