Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 348: Mrs. Chen as Producer

Chen Mansion
Director Chen, who is not very good at using computers, asked his son to help him find Zhang Chen’s blog, and then read the comments below.

In just one day, the building has reached more than 3,000 floors, and the number is still increasing...

Director Chen kept reading the comments, his face becoming increasingly darker.

There were more than three thousand floors, and not a single one supported him.

This made Director Chen feel abandoned by everyone.

And it contains all kinds of unpleasant words, which really irritate your nerves.

Director Chen felt his blood pressure was rising.

He filmed "The Promise" in order to benchmark it against "Hero".

Every day he imagines what it will be like when The Promise breaks 2.5 million.

Now, let alone 2.5 million, it’s hard to say whether it can break million.

The overseas copyright was returned again, and now he can only hope for an Oscar win.

If "The Promise" can win an Oscar, it should be a big help in the sale of overseas copyrights.

Tired of heart!

……

At the same time, Mrs. Chen appeared in Han Sanping's office.

"Boss Han, Zhang Chen is so malicious against Brother Kai. This is very disrespectful. Brother Kai is a modest gentleman and is unwilling to argue with others like a shrew, but it doesn't mean he is right..."

Han Sanping was too lazy to listen to her nonsense: "Why did you come here today? What exactly do you want me to do? Just tell me directly, don't beat around the bush. It gives me a headache..."

Mrs. Chen was choked. She didn't expect Han Sanping to speak to her so rudely.

"I...I hope you can make Zhang Chen shut up. His inappropriate remarks have seriously affected the box office of The Promise..."

Han Sanping looked at the silly woman in front of him, and said, "You are aware that this has affected the box office of "The Promise". Isn't this all your own fault?"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. Han Sanping simply said, "You want to tell him to shut up now, what were you doing before? Why did you provoke him when he was fine?
I told him a long time ago not to comment on The Promise, and he agreed, and even moved the movie to the eleventh slot. Now look at you, what stupid things have you done, and you have created a powerful enemy for yourself..."

"I... we didn't provoke him. He was the first to say that Brother Kai didn't value mainland actors..."

"Did I say something wrong?" Han Sanping suddenly asked.

Mrs. Chen was silent.

"I just want to ask you, did you say something wrong?"

Seeing that the other party still didn't say anything, Han Sanping slammed the table in anger: "They have already moved their schedule, what's wrong with me saying a few words to you?"

He also got emotional.

He invested in "The Promise" against all odds in order to defeat "Titanic".

Can you imagine that in a country with a population of 12 billion, the box office record holder is actually a foreign language film?

This is simply the ultimate irony to all filmmakers and film companies in the country.

For this reason, China has often been ridiculed by surrounding countries.

A Korean director once jokingly asked, the highest box office record in Korea is the local movie "Taegukgi", so which movie holds the highest box office record in China?

Isn't it embarrassing?

On the Internet, every troll is very aggressive and speaks very loudly. Although China is not a developed country like South Korea, China has the ability to turn South Korea into a developing country.

But in reality, the film industry in South Korea is not even as good as that of the United States' lackey.

The box office record of "Titanic" of 3.6 million is like a mountain pressing on the heads of all Chinese filmmakers, including China Film and Han Sanping.

Han Sanping dreams of moving this mountain.

I thought Zhang Yimou could do it. The first film "Hero" made 2.5 million yuan. If he works hard for the second film "House of Flying Daggers", it should be about the same. But the box office of "House of Flying Daggers" is not as good as that of "Hero".

Then hope fell on Brother Chen Kai, but "The Promise" really let him down. It cost 3.5 million yuan, but the box office was less than 2 million yuan.

I gave you such a high screening schedule and so many resources, and you give me an answer like this?
You still have the nerve to say that no one will be able to understand The Promise in ten years...

No wonder Han Sanping got angry.

Now, hope falls on Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Chen, especially Zhang Chen. "Taken" has shown great potential. Although 2.6 million is still far from 3.6 million, it is at least a big step forward.

……

Huayi Brothers, the Wang brothers are very depressed.

At first, they hoped that Zhang Chen would have a chance with "The Promise" so that their "A Chinese Odyssey" might still have a chance.

When it really happened, I found that the market was still the same.

All the attention is on "The Promise". No matter what changes happen internally, "A Chinese Odyssey" will still be ignored.

Emperor Entertainment Group is equally depressed.

I thought this year would be the year of Xie Tingfeng.

"The Promise" and "A Chinese Odyssey", two of the three blockbusters in this year's Lunar New Year season have Xie Tingfeng as the male lead, which are definitely highlights.

Who would have thought that "The Promise" would fail so badly, and it was a huge failure with no room for maneuver at all.

"A Chinese Odyssey" was not popular and its reputation was mediocre, which did not seem like a work of Liu Zhenwei at all.

Jing Tian was also a little depressed. The heroine he had finally won over was silent and didn't make a single splash.

In comparison, the difference is obvious.

The daughter she played in "Taken" was not the heroine, but at most an important supporting role, but she received a lot of exposure. Compared with this, the heroine in "A Chinese Odyssey" is nothing.

……

These days, all media are actively stirring up trouble.

Interviewing various celebrities about their opinions on "The Promise" is currently the easiest way to gain traffic.

Zhang Yimou was interviewed, Feng Xiaogang was interviewed, Zhang Chen was interviewed, and even Zhang Guoli, who was still filming, was asked relevant questions by paparazzi who had infiltrated the crew.

Zhang Chen was being interviewed at this time.

West China Metropolis Daily: "Director Zhang Chen, do you really think The Promise is useless?"

As expected, Zhang Chen should agree, but unexpectedly, Zhang Chen shook his head.

"The biggest flaw of The Promise is the story. The logic is not self-consistent and many parts don't make sense. But it's not completely useless. If nothing else, at least the art style of the film is very impressive~
If you have seen "The Promise", you will know that the whole film uses a lot of highly saturated colors, which is a bit similar to "Hero" and is also a major feature of the fifth generation.

The fifth generation directors like to use highly saturated colors, even though they are difficult to control and too aggressive, but if used well, they can have a multiplier effect on narrative and rendering. "

"Besides the problems with the story of The Promise, what other problems do you think there are?"

Zhang Chen blurted out without thinking: "Too many.

The special effects were very crudely made. I heard that it was done by Xiantao Digital. I have never worked with this company, but it is one of the best special effects companies in China. It shouldn't be at this level.

In addition, the budget is also a big problem. I heard that the cost of "The Promise" was 3.5 million yuan, but after watching the finished film, I felt that it was completely overestimated. If I were to shoot it, I would be confident that it would be controlled at around 2 million yuan..."

When Zhang Chen talked about the budget, he was actually talking about the producer.

I don’t know what poet Chen was thinking. For such a big project as “The Promise”, he let his wife be the producer, and the investors actually agreed.

It's totally ridiculous.

And this is Chen Hong’s first time as a producer.

Damn, using 3.5 million to practice, this producer is really talented.

(End of this chapter)