Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 345 Netizens are angry
There is a topic on Zhihu in later generations: Does the so-called "Wanwan Capital" really exist in the entertainment industry?

Of course!
Zhang Chen has memories of later life and knows clearly that the so-called "Taiwan Capital" does exist, although it may not be called by that name.

The most obvious ones are Wu Baige and Mark Chao.

Zhao Youting's situation is actually very similar to Jing Tian's, a typical "resource-rich guy".

As soon as they appeared, they were all male protagonists.

"Search", "Detective Dee", "Nine-story Demon Tower" and "So Young" are all good resources, and he got the leading role in all of them.

Before this, there was no such person in the mainland entertainment circle.

After that, it directly jumped to the first-tier.

A first-tier company that is supported by capital.

The only difference between him and Jing Tian is that the forces behind him understand the rules of the entertainment industry better, and they know how to maintain their reputation while accepting films. As a result, although his performance was also stiff, it did not fail.

Wu Baige's version is another one. In his "Red Cliff", he specifically used Zhao Yanzi to praise Lin Chilin.

When signing the contract, I told Zhao Yanzi that you were the female lead. However, when the film was edited into a complete version, you became a supporting role, and Kurosawa had an outrageous number of shots.

They are really taking advantage of the fact that the mainland film market has just been opened and people don't understand these tricks.

This situation would never happen in the United States.

There are templates when signing a contract. The contract for the female lead will have strict requirements on the length of the role, etc. If you edit your role to be a supporting actress, just prepare to be sued.

To put it bluntly, they are playing with the information gap.

Use what they learned from Hollywood to bully people in the mainland.

At the celebration party for "Painted Skin", Wu didn't even bother to hide his feelings. He pointed at Gordon Chan's nose and scolded him, "You are responsible for the rise of mainland actors."

We do have a responsibility. It was only after the show Painted Skin that people in the mainland realized that our actors are also capable of taking on major responsibilities.

The superstition that only Hong Kong and Taiwan actors can carry the box office has been broken.

So in a sense, "Painted Skin" is a milestone.

What Zhang Chen is doing is to wake up domestic filmmakers in advance and let them realize this, but it seems that some people do not appreciate it and are very dissatisfied.

But Zhang Chen didn't care. This could be considered as a burden for a time traveler to move forward.

Mrs. Chen mentioned Zhang Chen's parents in her response, which crossed Zhang Chen's red line, and Zhang Chen was ready to draw his sword.

But before the sword was drawn, something happened first - "A murder caused by a steamed bun".

In just one day, "Mantou" spread like a virus and quickly swept the entire Internet.

Tianya, Mop, Baidu Tieba, "Mantou" was reposted everywhere, and it was pinned to the top as soon as it appeared, with the number of clicks soaring.

The reason is simple—Chen Xi spent money on promotion.

When it was first promoted, it was just used as a smokescreen to distract attention.

You see, not only Zhang Chen is talking about you, but there are others who are also talking about you, and what they say is even more serious.

Later, Zhang Chen changed his mind and prepared to act with director Chen Da. At that time, the promotion of "Mantou" had already been completed.

What the Internet water army does is always to guide. If you ask them to stop halfway, they will not be able to stop.

Besides, there is no need to stop. The purpose of "Mantou" is to satirize "The Promise", so it is a friendly film.

During the promotion, the technical staff told Chen Xi that it seemed that besides them, there were other people also promoting "Mantou".

Chen Xi didn't know who it was, but he could roughly guess that it was most likely related to other movies released at the same time.

Originally, the popularity of "Mantou" was entirely due to tap water.

Hu Ge initially just wanted to vent his anger. He wrote a review of "The Promise" but found that few people clicked on it. In a fit of anger, he edited "Mantou" randomly, but he didn't expect it to become popular for no apparent reason.

By the time he reacted, the whole Internet knew about it.

He was a little scared and was thinking about how to cool down the popularity. Unexpectedly, Director Chen's words "People cannot be so shameless", made "Mantou" even more popular.

……

At the Chen Mansion, the poet and his wife were sulking, when suddenly someone trotted over and whispered something to Mrs. Chen.

Poet Chen was very upset and could not help but scold: "If you have anything to say, just speak openly. There are no outsiders here..."

The assistant was scolded and could only stammer, "We found that someone on the Internet made a malicious edit to our "The Promise"..."

"Malical editing?" Director Chen frowned. He couldn't understand how it could be malicious.

"Let me see it~"

Originally, Mrs. Chen didn't want the poet to know these things as they were mundane matters, but since the poet had already spoken, she could only nod slightly to the assistant.

After a while, a laptop was placed in front of the two of them, and the assistant pressed the play button.

'A small steamed bun triggered a shocking murder. This child, who should have been innocent, actually held a grudge for 20 years because of a steamed bun. What made his tolerance so fragile and his heart so twisted?

Public security officers were ordered to arrest criminals, but ended up becoming good friends with the criminals. Why?
Anqing was a confusing place, and the truth was not revealed until the last moment. Please watch the year-end special edition of "Legal Online": "A murder caused by a steamed bun"...'

Director Chen couldn't stand it anymore. The movie was like his own child to him, and how could a parent not be angry when his child was maliciously arranged like this?

"Who did this?"

"... a... netizen, I saw it on Bilibili, it's very popular now..."

Director Chen is a second-generation film star with a good family background. He became famous at a young age and has always been well-liked by people around him. He has never been treated to such an arrangement and felt as if his face was being trampled on.

He suppressed his anger and continued reading, and even looked through the comments.

I thought that some knowledgeable people would stand up and denounce this kind of spoof, but no, the comments were mostly ridicule of "The Promise".

'This video is amazing. I never understood the plot of The Promise, but after watching this video I actually understood it.'

'Okay, okay, I watched The Promise and just thought it was bad, but I couldn't explain why it was bad. After watching Mantou, I finally understood that The Promise is just boring x2...'

"Author, I suggest you take a test to become a screenwriter. I think your interpretation is much more amazing than the story of The Promise itself..."

slap~
Director Chen slapped the table hard, he was extremely angry.

"I'm going to sue him, I'm going to sue him..."

"Old Chen, calm down. Don't let your body get hurt by anger..."

Mrs. Chen was also angry, but she was more afraid that her long-term meal ticket would be upset, so she kept trying to comfort him.

"People can't be so shameless..."

"Okay, Lao Chen, don't be angry. I will arrange for someone to sue this website right away..."

"But..." The assistant hesitated.

"What else? Don't hide it~"

The assistant hesitated, but seeing the two pairs of angry eyes on the other side, he finally said: "Not only this Bilibili, Mop, Tianya, Baidu Tieba, many places have reposted this..."

"Then sue these websites together..."

……

On the same day, a statement from Chen Kaige and his wife appeared on TV. Facing the camera, Mrs. Chen said righteously: "The production team of The Promise is very angry that Hu Ge edited the original work The Promise without permission and maliciously vilified The Promise through video. This is not only a serious infringement of the copyright and intellectual property rights of The Promise, but also caused great damage to the director's reputation and the box office of The Promise, and has a very bad influence on the audience. We are determined to sue!"

Poet Chen even boasted with indignation: "No one will understand The Promise in ten years..."

Actually it's not bad, at least I didn't curse the 'trash audience'!
But that didn’t work either, and netizens began to mock:
The food in the school cafeteria tastes bad, so we throw it away, but the school says we are wasting food!
It’s fine if you feed us shit, but now we just want to have some fun, and you have to interfere?
What's the matter? The governor is allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps? You made a bad movie, and you can't say that?
80 yuan for a ticket, but it's not as clear as a short video. I doubt whether "The Promise" is a new type of scam!
"Hero" is also a bad movie, but at least it tells a clear story. "The Promise" is just a bunch of nonsense...

Zhang Chen was typing his second blog post when he found out about the situation online and he was enjoying it. This was his first time to watch the show live since he traveled through time. He felt like he was witnessing history and was inexplicably excited.

Continue reading, someone speaks:

I really don't understand it. Director Chen said that no one will be able to understand it in ten years. I just can't understand why, since it was made for people in the future, it should be shown now?
Well, this should be a netizen from Tianjin.

Netizen, you should hide local idioms, which will help conceal your identity.

Chen Xi's movie called again at this time: "Have you seen the statement issued by Director Chen?"

"I see. Director Chen must be feeling a bit deserted by everyone right now."

He is indeed deserted by his friends and relatives. Yesterday, Zhang Chen just made comments on the casting issue, and today the movie was spoofed again. After the key statement was issued, netizens directly sided with the other side.

What's going on? I am the people's artist.

"Actually, he shouldn't do this..." Chen Xi felt that his opponent this time was a bit low, as if a professional was bullying an amateur.

"With such a huge amount of traffic from Mantou, if it can be properly directed, it may be a boost to The Promise. The audience's curiosity has been aroused. Even if it is just to see whether The Promise is like what Mantou said, people will buy tickets to watch it.

Now he said he wanted to sue Hu Ge, which directly caused a backlash from netizens. Not only could this wave of traffic not be converted, but it also ruined his popularity with the audience, and The Promise also lost its only chance to break 2 million.”

After hearing these words, Zhang Chen began to look at Chen Xi with a new respect.

As expected of a strong woman, she is really good at what she does. She has only been working with the water army group for a short time, but she has already figured out the tricks of the trade.

Director Chen's actions this time were indeed inappropriate, but if we analyze his living environment, we can understand why he did this.

Who is Director Chen? He comes from a good family and a film family.

Making a movie is a huge task for others, but for Director Chen, it is just a part of life.

Those experts, scholars, and well-known screenwriters were all good friends of his father, and they also watched him grow up...

In the past, the film industry was a very closed circle, and it was impossible for others to enter.

Making movies is a privilege, and there is no need to consider the box office. Movies are art, and people are often willing to spend any amount of money just to get a shot.

Director Chen grew up in such an environment, so he has no idea that commercial films need to please the audience.

After entering the WTO, seeing the success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", he also wanted to make one in the same vein, but he still used the old ideas.

In the past, as for movies, it was enough for the Film Association, Writers Association, and Federation of Literary and Art Circles to say they were good. Who would consider the audience?

If you don't like it, don't watch it, but please shut up, "The Promise" is not something you can judge.

(End of this chapter)