Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 341: "Mantou" is released

Chen Xi was right. Zhang Chen went to the company after lunch every day.

My parents finally came to Beijing to stay for a few days, and their favorite thing to do is to cook for their son, so of course their son has to provide emotional value.

Every day I eat my meal obediently, praise the food for being delicious, and then drive to the company.

Even though the New Year is approaching, it doesn’t mean we have nothing to do.

There are roughly three locations for filming "Painted Skin", including the desert in Yinchuan, Ningxia, which is also the filming location for "A Chinese Odyssey".

Qingshuiying Village in Ningwu, Ningxia, still preserves an ancient castle. It was once a garrison castle and a military strategic location for the northwest border defense in the Ming Dynasty. It also has a Gobi landscape and looks very desolate.

The other is Mentougou in Beijing.

These three places need to be arranged in advance. Currently, the preparatory group is carrying out preliminary work there, and photos are sent back every day.

Zhang Chen would occasionally give some suggestions and make minor changes, as filming a movie is never set in stone.

Dong Jianqiang came in: "Someone gave me some good tea, I'll bring you some~"

As he said this, he placed a can of red 'One Yuan' on Zhang Chen's desk.

"Why do people always give you nice tea?"

"Even if someone wants to send you off, they can't find you." Dong Jianqiang joked with a smile.

In order to avoid being interviewed by reporters, Zhang Chen has been hiding from people these days and doesn't even answer calls from people he doesn't know.

"By the way, I heard that If Love is applying for an extension of the screening period these two days~"

"They really should be given an extension. The people in the Central Film Pit are suffering."

As he was talking, Dong Jianqiang called and he went out to answer the call. Zhang Chen turned on the computer, logged into his email, and prepared to browse the photos. As soon as he logged into QQ, Ning Hao's avatar lit up.

This guy is actually online.

Just as I was about to say hello, a 'beep beep' sound was heard, and a message was sent over from the other end.

It sounds quite familiar. It is said that the earliest message alert tone of QQ was a recording of the pager of Tencent's Ma.

Ning Hao sent me a link.

Zhang Chen frowned and didn't dare to click it rashly. Instead, he replied with a message: "Don't hurt me, this is my office computer, and there are a lot of important information in it~"

It's not that he is too careful, it's just that the Internet is really not clean these days, viruses and Trojans are rampant, and the antivirus software can only play blind. They can only kill viruses written by themselves, but they are completely powerless against those from outside.

Zhang Chen remembered that Panda Burning Incense seemed to have exploded in the past two years. It was so awesome that it could directly burn the hardware. Zhang Chen didn't want the motherboard of his newly bought computer to burn out for no reason.

"Don't worry, it's not a virus. It's a video I accidentally saw online. It's very funny..."

Since Ning Hao said everything was fine, Zhang Chen clicked on the link.

It really is a video, and a very familiar one—"A murder caused by a steamed bun."

As soon as Zhang Chen clicked on it, the devilish voice in the video rang out:
A small steamed bun led to a bloody murder. A child who should have been innocent had his humanity distorted because of a small incident...

The voice should be Hu Ge himself. Even though it’s not the first time I’ve seen it, I still find it funny when I watch it again decades later.

Ning Hao on the other end also smiled and said, "The guy who edited this video is so talented. I watched the plot twice and still didn't understand it. After watching his video, I actually figured it out. Hahaha..."

Zhang Chen also laughed: "Where did you find that?"

"It's everywhere on the Internet. I saw a ranking on a website that the download volume of Mantou is higher than that of The Promise. Director Chen is in trouble now..."

Ning Hao was gloating over there, while Zhang Chen said over here: "I'm afraid this buddy will get into trouble."

"Huh? Is it serious? Director Chen wouldn't be so stingy, right?" Ning Hao didn't care.

Zhang Chen replied: “I don’t know if it’s petty or not, but think about it, if you were the director of The Promise and this kind of spoof video appeared online before the movie was even released, would you be angry?

Let’s not talk about anything else, just the box office, because of this video, the box office of “The Promise” has lost at least tens of millions...”

"Not really?" Ning Hao still felt that Zhang Chen was exaggerating.

Zhang Chen shook his head: "Why not?"

“But this thing is just a movie review at best~” “Yes, that’s right, if it appeared after The Promise was taken off the screen, then there would be no problem at all.

The key point is that at this point in time, the movie has not yet been released. If you make this kind of video, it is equivalent to deliberately smearing it, not to mention that the material of the video must be from pirated discs. If Director Chen really takes him seriously, the author will be in big trouble..."

Hearing Zhang Chen's serious words, Ning Hao on the opposite side felt scared.

"I was thinking about making a similar video myself, like the Back Dormitory Boys~"

Houshe Boys were a very popular funny video blogger in 05. They were two college students. Their videos were all lip-syncing to music with exaggerated expressions, which made people laugh every time they watched them.

Because most of the songs they imitated were from Backstreet Boys, they named themselves Backstreet Boys.

I didn’t expect that he would become so popular on the Internet, and later he seemed to have signed a contract with a music company.

As an ordinary person, Zhang Chen wholeheartedly supports Hu Ge and his "Mantou". Even after 10 years, this video is still very funny.

But as a film practitioner, I really hate this kind of behavior.

Strictly speaking, there is no movie that can be liked by everyone.

In other words, any movie can be criticized as a bad movie through editing and spoof.

This is fatal to the movies in theaters.

Some people may say that film critics do the same thing, and they often criticize certain films as bad during their release.

But the influence of words and pictures is different.

And most importantly, the source of your material must be legal.

"If you don't believe it, you can search it. Poet Chen will definitely respond to this kind of deliberate smear campaign. If he hasn't responded yet, he should be responding soon."

As far as I can remember, Director Chen from The Original Sky was so angry that he almost cursed his mother, and he claimed that he would pursue the matter and take legal action.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with what "Mantou" said. The only problem is that the source of its material is illegal.

If Director Chen really holds on to this point, Hu Ge will definitely be in big trouble and may even lose everything.

Fortunately, netizens were on Hu Ge's side at the time, and Hu Ge himself kept apologizing. He was really scared.

I just wanted to make a video to make people laugh, but I didn't expect to make the real God so angry that he wanted to arm wrestle with him. How could I not be afraid?

Fortunately, the matter was finally left unresolved. I guess Director Chen just wanted to show his grace.

If he really sued Hu Ge, his public favorability would not be zero, but would definitely be negative.

After hanging up the phone with Ning Hao, Zhang Chen searched on the Internet and found that it was everywhere.

If before everyone was still expressing their disapproval of "The Promise", then the emergence of "Mantou" is like a banner, and criticizing "The Promise" has risen from a personal behavior to a popular trend.

Young people these days, if you haven’t criticized “The Promise”, you’d be embarrassed to talk to others and feel that your values ​​are not right.

Zhang Chen had a strange expression on his face. Just at this moment, Chen Xi came in, and Zhang Chen hurriedly called her over.

"Are we involved in this matter?" He always felt that there was something complicated behind "Mantou".

Maybe the appearance of "Mantou" itself is just a coincidence, but the fact that it spread so quickly on the Internet makes it seem like someone is fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Chen Xi understood what he meant and shook his head: "It's none of our business. We don't have any movies released at the same time. Besides, we have no grudge against Director Chen, so it's not worth it..."

Chen Xi said it very clearly. If it was a film produced by Feng Xiaogang of Huayi Brothers, they might even spend money to make it.

Director Chen, there is absolutely no need for both sides to interfere with each other.

Zhang Chen finally felt relieved after hearing the affirmative answer.

But soon, Chen Xi brought him another bad news.

"Originally, several Japanese and Korean companies showed great interest in our "Painted Skin" and have been wanting to obtain the distribution rights in Asia or their own countries. But today, several of them suddenly changed their attitudes, and the others who were more anxious before also said they would wait and see..."

"You mean that the overseas returns of The Promise have affected our Painted Skin?"

Chen Xi nodded.

(End of this chapter)