Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 328: Zhang Long's Invitation

Early the next morning, Dong Jianqiang called.

Zhang Chen thought he was going to see him off, but it turned out to be not the case at all.

"It's over 200 million, it's over 200 million~"

Dong Jianqiang muttered to himself on the phone, as if he was possessed by a demon.

"Are you really not going to wait a few more days until the celebration party is over?"

The 200 million yuan box office club, only Zhang Yimou has achieved it so far.

Zhang Yimou is indeed a bug-like existence, which is equivalent to a first-order masterpiece in the novel world.

Zhang Chen shook his head: "Forget it, you guys can host the celebration party yourself, I'm not too interested in this~"

He really thought that this matter was meaningless, just eating, drinking and bragging, there was nothing much to write about.

"By the way, how much was the box office of "The Myth"? " For some reason, Zhang Chen suddenly thought of Cheng Long.

"Why do you care about this? The Myth was released a few days ago. If I remember correctly, the box office should be 9800 million."

"9800?"

"Well, he is the big brother after all, he is really capable. If it were given to me, I would definitely buy 200 million box office tickets to make it an even number, but he won't buy it..."

The difference between a box office of over 9800 million and a box office of 200 million is not million, but a class.

Despite the popularity of the past two years, there are still only a few movies that can gross over 100 million yuan.

"Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "The Shallows", "A World Without Thieves", "Kung Fu", "The Accidental Detective" and "Taken"...

Being able to participate in a production that generates over 100 million yuan is an honor for both actors and directors.

Zhang Chen has three films to his credit, and if calculated by cumulative box office, his is the highest, making him the undisputed number one director in China.

Thinking of this, Dong Jianqiang immediately became excited. Although Zhang Chen acted indifferent, he had already made up his mind to find some internet trolls to hype up the matter.

It is already amazing to enter the 200 million yuan club, and it is even more amazing to defeat Zhang Yimou.

He couldn't understand why he didn't care about this. It was such a good opportunity to brag.

……

Guangxi, "Falling Leaves Return to Roots" crew

Teacher Fu also saw the news and couldn't help feeling proud of his students.

One of the only two directors in the country with a salary of over 200 million yuan is his student. I wonder how many people will be envious of him if I tell them about it.

This student-funded movie alone has made countless classmates and colleagues jealous. Why don’t I have such outstanding students?
During the days of filming in Guangxi, the more he filmed, the more he felt that the script was good and Mr. Benshan's performance was also good.

He also didn't expect that Uncle Zhao, a skit actor, had such superb acting skills, which were not inferior to many veteran actors in the People's Art Theatre. He really found a treasure.

Fu Donglai felt that he might be able to win the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Awards next year.

……

At the same time, Lu Yang, who was far away in Hong Kong, called Zhang Chen as soon as he heard the news.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother. Congratulations, Senior Brother, you are the winner~"

If he hadn't been there, Lu Yang might have paid his respects with great ceremony.

Zhang Chen also cooperated and said, "Well, stand up."

After the two of them laughed enough, he asked, "You should have finished taking pictures over there, right?"

"Well, the scenes in Hong Kong will be finished in two days, then we will go back to the mainland to shoot the main scenes~"

"Well, did anyone else cause any trouble later?"

At this moment, Lu Yang's voice was indescribably confident; "No, since that day, no martial artist dared to jump out and make trouble, and the other actors were also very cooperative..."

Of course you cooperate. Those who don’t will probably be beaten.

The two were chatting, when suddenly a new phone call came in. They saw the name was Cheng Long.

"Okay, let's stop talking for now. Someone called again."

After hanging up Lu Yang's phone, he turned to Cheng Long, and his elder brother's voice came immediately:

"Director Zhang, congratulations on entering the 200 million yuan box office club~"

"Thank you, thank you, Uncle Long, you are so polite~"

With Zhang Chen's current status, he can indeed not care about many people, but Cheng Long is special.

Not only is he of the same generation as his father, so he should be called uncle based on age, but he also has an extraordinary status in the circle, so calling him uncle is not at all beneath his dignity.

"Speaking of which, I really regret that I let such a good work as Taken slip away. Otherwise, I would be the star of a movie with a box office of 200 million yuan now..." Cheng Long's tone was joking, but why did Zhang Chen hear a sense of reluctance in his voice?

"Uncle Long, there will be opportunities in the future. There will always be opportunities for us to cooperate~"

Zhang Chen tried to comfort her casually, but the other party suddenly said, "That's a deal. I'm not kidding. Don't use my inappropriateness as an excuse again."

Seeing Cheng Long trying to trick him, Zhang Chen cried out in injustice: "I'm not making excuses, it's you who are really not suitable~"

"Alright alright……"

Hearing that he was about to mention Xiao Long Nu again, Cheng Long interrupted him immediately, and at the same time did not forget to emphasize:
"But this time we have agreed to truly cooperate. You can write the script. It can be any type, comedy, gunfight, disaster, action, horror, suspense, all are fine, as long as we cooperate with you..."

Cheng Long has decided on Zhang Chen.

He was actually quite embarrassed to say the least.

After the new millennium, he seemed to be cursed. The works he produced in Hollywood failed one after another, and he had no choice but to return to Hong Kong.

I thought Hong Kong was my base, but I found out that the box office in Hong Kong was not doing well either.

It’s not that he is no longer capable, it’s that the entire Hong Kong market is no longer capable.

The box office performance of "New Police Story" and "The Myth" he filmed after returning in Hong Kong was not as good as his works from a few years ago.

Instead, the mainland market has emerged as a dark horse and has become a box office panacea for the film market.

But it just so happens that the people around me have works worth over 100 million yuan.

Andy Lau has it, Tony Leung Chiu Wai has it, Stephen Chow has it, and now even his good brother Leung Ka Fai has it, but he doesn't.

The only chance passed him by, but it helped his good brother and allowed him to surpass 100 million yuan in one fell swoop and directly enter the 200 million yuan club.

His painstakingly transformed work "Myth" finally stopped at 9800 million.

Boss Yang wanted to buy the box office, but his pride made him refuse to do so.

I will rely on my ability to make hundreds of millions. This is the unique pride of Big Brother Cheng~
Zhang Chen was speechless. He knew he was being tricked, but he couldn't refuse because the other party was Cheng Long.

Cheng Long has definitely made contributions to the development of China's film and television industry.

In later generations, his achievements had actually surpassed Bruce Lee's.

However, Cheng Long has an extremely serious personal style, and it is really difficult to choose the right subject matter when working with him.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind~
"Uncle Long, I figured it out~"

"What is it?"

"A new category of moves, parkour, you know?"

There was no sound from Cheng Long on the other end. It was obvious that he knew very little about this extreme sport that was created under his influence.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. You can go and learn about it, especially in France. There's a guy called David Bell who's an expert in this field. You can learn from him. The story I'm thinking of is about parkour..."

That’s right, what Zhang Chen thought of was the “District 2” series.

It's more of a parkour promotional video than a movie.

Even David Bell admitted that parkour was inspired by Jackie Chan's movies.

So it would be a good idea to have him co-star with his idol in a parkour promotional video.

"Okay, I will definitely learn it. So when are you going to shoot?"

"Well, I can't decide yet. I have too many film contracts. Maybe next year, or the year after..."

What Zhang Chen said was obviously not good news, but Cheng Long was still willing to wait.

After finalizing these, Cheng Long had nothing else to say. The two were about to hang up the phone when Cheng Long suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, I have a comedy movie "Baby Project" in the first half of next year. There is a role in it that is quite suitable for Gao Yuanyuan. You can ask her to come and try it~"

Zhang Chen was stunned and was about to refuse when he found that the other party had hung up the phone.

Obviously, Cheng Long is returning the favor.

No matter how big or small the role is, as long as you can appear in Jackie Chan's movie, it will be enough for many people to brag about it for the rest of their lives.

Giving Gao Yuanyuan this opportunity was obviously a way of repaying the favor.

But, brother, you really don't need it~
Da Meiyuan and I are not that familiar with each other~
But it’s no use saying anything else at this point.

A few minutes later, Zhang Chen informed Da Meiyu of the news. As for whether the "Baby Plan" would conflict with "Search", it depended on Da Meiyu's own methods.

……

I have an idea that I don’t really want to write “Painted Skin” anymore.

My ideas have become clearer recently, and I want to adapt more foreign movies.

What do you think?
(End of this chapter)