Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 377 Zhang Chen Blogs Again

Mr. Yuan was very efficient. He found Zhang Chen the next afternoon to inspect the newly designed martial arts style.

It was actually a fight scene, performed by his two assistants.

One plays the bird spirit and the other plays the monster catcher.

Because Xiao Wei's fighting style is more inclined to magic, there are not many pure action scenes. On the contrary, in the setting, the bird spirit's magic is low, and most of the time it is physical attacks.

In Zhang Chen's version of "Painted Skin", there is no such setting that ordinary ice blades are harmless to monsters.

Monsters are also made of flesh and blood, but they are just a little stronger than humans. They will bleed if they are stabbed.

The fight begins...

Mr. Yuan's two assistants began to attack each other, some attacking and some defending.

The two of them were not moving very fast, mainly to make the movements clear to people.

The action scenes in the movie are all fast-forwarded, so it certainly wasn’t possible to shoot that fast.

Master Yuan Ba ​​explained: "The monster hunter's movements are very powerful, and his main weapon is a giant sword, combined with some magic weapons on his body..."

Zhang Chen nodded.

Mr. Ba then turned to explain the bird spirit.

"Bird spirits are monsters. They don't like to use weapons. Their main method of attack is their claws. When they get angry, they can shoot their feathers. The feathers are more powerful and can be made into special effects, similar to the rain of pear blossom needles..."

“This design is good~”

Zhang Chen suddenly thought of a funny point. The bird spirit was a beauty-loving monster. Every time after shooting feathers, he would feel regretful when he saw his bald feathers in the mirror.

The more Zhang Chen thought about it, the funnier it became, so he told others about it.

The others followed suit and laughed, and couldn't help but praise Mr. Yuan's design.

Among the crowd, only Yang Xiaomi was a little worried.

If the fight is too intense, will I become bald? Should I take a close-up of my bald head?

The more I think about it, the more chilling I get.

"Not bad, not bad, very good, this is the style I want, Master Ba is indeed Master Ba..."

Yuan Heping immediately found Zhang Chen’s point. It turned out that there is no false reputation. He is known as the number one martial arts director in Hong Kong and he must be quite capable.

"The martial arts style is fine, Master Ba will design it according to this style."

After deciding on the martial arts style, I followed William Chang to look at the styling, which was actually the finalization of the makeup.

This process can take anywhere from a few hours to several days.

Makeup artists and stylists will constantly adjust the actors' makeup according to the director's requirements until it is optimal.

The first one to come out was Pang Yong, whose monster catcher makeup was the easiest to do.

He has a bun, a cloth suit, leather armor on some key positions, a big sword on his shoulder, and looks weathered. He is obviously a man of the world.

In fact, the monster catcher’s appearance is that of a chivalrous knight, and the action design is similar, except that there are many more magic props.

In this regard, Hong Kong has too many successful cases to learn from.

"Okay~"

What Zhang Chen feared most was that the people in the martial arts world were clean and tidy, without any trace of vicissitudes of life, but Mr. Yuan Ba ​​had obviously noticed it.

Next is Peirong.

There is nothing wrong with Peirong's makeup and styling. It just needs to be dignified and elegant, and the clothes don't need to be particularly gorgeous.

Mr. Zhou is now at the peak of his appearance. His face is so tender that you can pinch water out of it. He looks good no matter how you look at him, from the front or from the side. The only thing he can't do is speak. Once he speaks, it's easy to distract people from the show.

This girl was born with a girlish face. She was obviously born in the 70s, but there is no sense of incongruity in her role as a girl. She is much better than Grandma Liu who painted an old cucumber green.

Speaking of Grandma Liu, the entertainment industry of that era was really tolerant.

What she did would definitely get her banned after 2020.

Then there is Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng has two sets of makeup, one for ordinary clothes, that is, a long gown, and the other for armor.

The main feature of casual clothes is that they are suave and handsome.

It’s easy to explain this, Huang Xiaoming is acting in his true colors.

The reason he was able to get into Beijing Film Academy was because of his good looks, a sunny boy.

Even Huang Xiaoming himself was very satisfied with this look, his mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear.

Everyone says Zhang Chen is good at taking pictures of women, but I didn’t expect he’s also good at taking pictures of men.

Huang Xiaoming was very happy and put his hands behind his back, which immediately made him different from Zhang Jin's monster catcher.

The latter is the air of a dusty gangster, while the other is the air of an official in a high position.

Everyone applauded. Who said he had no acting skills?

"Okay, sure, let me see the armor~"

Huang Xiaoming didn't need to move, he just stood there with his hands stretched out. Several people were busy beside him, just like Tony Stark changing his mecha.

Change the robe, install shoulder guards, chest guards, arm guards, leg guards, knee guards, tighten the leather buckle~
After a busy set of work, when everyone dispersed, Master Huang had changed his appearance.

Xiao Jin had just left when he remembered something and took two steps back. He took out a few strands of the leader's hair and scattered them on his forehead. Then he sprayed water on his head and smeared dust on his face.

Suddenly, a murderous aura that had just come down from the battlefield hit me in the face.

Huang Xiaoming was so satisfied that he turned around twice and received admiration from people around him.

He himself is also very satisfied with his makeup.

I feel that the makeup artists and stylists at Star Entertainment are really good. This look is even more handsome than Yang Guo in The Return of the Condor Heroes.

"Don't laugh~"

Just when he was feeling pleased with himself, a remark from the director almost broke his defenses and caused others to chuckle.

Then the bird spirit appeared.

Yang Xiaomi’s bird spirit is inspired by the design of Painted Skin 2.

Yang Xiaomi came out with her new makeup and turned around in front of everyone, then hooked her index fingers with both hands, revealing a playful and cute look.

The youthful vitality of the little bird spirit immediately came out.

"Okay. Remember, the bird spirit's performance is actually a bit similar to Guo Xiang's. As long as you can show that kind of playfulness and agility, you'll pass."

Zhang Chen’s summary immediately made Yang Xiaomi’s eyes light up, and she stick out her tongue playfully.

Her actions immediately aroused the admiration of people around her. Young girls are always popular.

"There is another set of makeup, when she is half-transformed..."

Seeing that Zhang Chen was satisfied, Zhang Shuping explained and then signaled Yang Xiaomi to change her clothes.

After all, she is a woman and cannot come on the scene like Huang Xiaoming.

After a while, Yang Xiaomi appeared again. This time, he had a pair of wings on the back of his clothes, similar to a bat shirt. When he waved his hands, the wings would move as well.

There are feather shapes on the wings and also on the headdress.

This made everyone laugh, and everyone remembered the scene of the jet feathers mentioned earlier.

Thinking about how the gorgeous feathers will become bald in the future, I can't help but smile.

Yang Xiaomi was still unsure at first. She didn’t expect that her makeup in this play would be so beautiful.

But he immediately realized that everyone was trying to hold back their laughter, and couldn't help but look at his wings on both sides in confusion: "What are you laughing at?"

This confused expression immediately caused a chain reaction. The person who had been able to hold back his laughter just now could no longer hold it back and burst into laughter.

Then the laughter infected the people nearby, and they also started laughing. More and more people laughed, and finally the whole audience burst into laughter.

Yang Xiaomi's face turned red, and she still didn't understand what everyone was laughing at. Chen Xi couldn't stand it anymore, so he leaned over and told her secretly. She looked at the wings on her hands and started laughing too.

"What are you all laughing at?"

As they were laughing and joking, Fan Binbin walked out with full makeup.

The laughter stopped immediately and turned into exclamations.

“So beautiful~”

“So beautiful~”

"If all fox demons look like this, I'd be willing to have my heart dug out~"

Fan Binbin’s fox demon look is indeed beautiful.

Her facial features are very suitable for heavy makeup, and with the white dress as a backdrop, people would rather believe that she is a fox demon than a fairy.

A living exiled immortal~
The scene was a bit quiet for a while~
The original version of "Painted Skin" has a bit of reference to the geisha in Japanese, with black hair, white face, and small lips...

Because we are considering exporting to Japan~
Zhang Chen’s version definitely won’t do that.

But the setting for cold white skin is still necessary.

Actually, speaking of cold white skin, there happened to be one in his crew.

Li Xiaoran is famous for her cold white skin, and even her colleagues in the circle envy her for her good skin.

However, Zhang Chen had no connection with him and didn't want to be hacked.

"Binbin, take a few steps and let Director Zhang see~"

The fox demon Xiaowei is the eye of the entire drama and can directly affect the success or failure of the entire film, so no mistakes can be made.

After hearing what Zhang Shuping said, Fan Binbin walked around the area a few steps, showing every aspect to everyone.

Zhang Chen stroked his chin, his eyes wandering over her: "When we officially perform, you should walk a little slower than this..."

Fan Binbin nodded, and Zhang Chen's eyes were still sizing her up: "She feels too straight, a little lacking in charm. Remember, you are a fox demon, and charm is a natural skill. You exude it all the time when you walk, sit or lie down~"

Jiuyi sister threw a coquettish look at Zhang Chen, and his face darkened: "I want coquettishness, not flirting..."

This one sentence completely broke Fan Xiaopang's defense, and his face turned red.

Zhang Chen was too disrespectful, doing this in front of so many people.

Zhang Chen was not finished yet, and continued to scold with a frown: "If Xiao Wei messes up her performance, our film will be a failure. In the next two days, you should think carefully about what is charm. Watch more "Green Snake" and get the feeling..."

Everyone was silent. They were fine just now, how could they suddenly turn against each other?

Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.

"Alright, alright, everyone go remove your makeup. Shu Ping and Lao Xiao, please try to see if it can be optimized. The day after tomorrow is the launch conference, and we'll meet again tomorrow."

Chen Xi quickly stepped forward to smooth things over.

In fact, the makeup wasn't a big problem. Zhang Chen was angry at Fan Xiaopang.

I'm a bit angry at you for not trying hard enough. You were chosen to play Xiao Wei so early, and I specifically asked you to practice more in private, and this is the result you get?

If he had known this would happen, he would have changed people.

In the dressing room, Fan Binbin felt a little embarrassed.

The assistant next to her knew her too well. She knew she was sulking from her expression. She helped her remove her makeup while comforting her: "Sister Binbin, please don't be angry with Director Zhang. Director Zhang is also under too much pressure."

Fatty Fan pouted and said nothing. The assistant continued, "You should actually think about it the other way around. Why does Director Zhang have no requirements for other people but only for you? Because he values ​​you~"

"Counting all the female celebrities that Xingchen Entertainment has worked with, none of them has made Director Zhang pay so much attention to you.

Director Zhang said that Painted Skin is a series, and A Quiet Place, which was recently completed, is also a series. In the entire Xingchen Entertainment, who has received such treatment as you? "

The little assistant was good at talking. After a while, Fat Fan's mood really improved a lot.

"Then he can't embarrass me in front of so many people..."

The assistant immediately followed up: "Yes, Director Zhang was indeed wrong in this regard, he should apologize to you."

Fatty Fan chuckled: "How is that possible? How can a director apologize to an actor?"

"Hehe, that's because our sister Binbin is very tolerant~"

Fatty Fan was also amused by the assistant: "You are the only one who can speak~"

"I'm just worried that there will be a rift between Sister Binbin and Director Zhang? Director Zhang thinks highly of you~"

"No, I'm not stupid. Don't I know who is good to me?"

"That's good. Director Zhang said we should study more. I'll go find the Green Snake disc later. Let's study according to Director Zhang's requirements and see if we can trigger any inspiration~"

"Hmm~"

In another room, Zhang Chen and Chen Xi talked about the launch conference. "Don't worry about the launch conference the day after tomorrow. I have already arranged it. You just need to cooperate with me when the time comes."

Seeing Zhang Chen's confusion, the latter explained, "Manager Dong said that the promotion of Painted Skin must be done well from the beginning. The mess caused by The Promise is too big, and the outside world is now shying away from similar works. We can't just focus on filming like before. We must build up momentum and keep Painted Skin popular. This way, when it is released, we can guarantee the largest screening..."

Movie promotion has its own tricks. For many blockbusters, the hype starts from the casting, with various exposures and heat-generating measures, just to arouse the audience's curiosity.

Curiosity can attract audiences to the cinema, but the building of curiosity does not start before the movie is released.

"Painted Skin" is scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, which is the most competitive holiday season.

By that time, there will be many blockbusters and people's attention will be distracted by various things. The publicity at that time will be the least effective.

It would be better to increase exposure on weekdays, casting today, finalizing the roles tomorrow, starting filming the day after tomorrow, and releasing stills the day after tomorrow...

Anyway, there is news every day and information bombardment.

Over time, the audience will naturally remember that there is a movie called "Painted Skin". When it is released and then fueled, the probability of the audience choosing "Painted Skin" will greatly increase.

"Okay, I'll follow your instructions~" Zhang Chen shrugged.

"But before that, you need to post a blog first. Tomorrow, Kowloon Walled City will be released~"

……

"Kowloon Walled City" will be released on Friday, March 3, the same day as Sun Entertainment's "SPL".

At Xingchen Entertainment, Lu Yang and Guo Fan collapsed on the sofa exhausted.

In the past two days, I have done everything I could.

Contact various newspapers and magazines, accept interviews, and brag about movies.

The Internet is not spared either, and their footprints can be found on various forums.

In order to improve its reputation, a preview was even held at the Beijing Film Academy in advance.

Don’t think that people from art schools all like art films. That’s impossible. Niche is niche. Many people from Beijing Film Academy also like fast food movies that have no nutritional value.

"Kowloon Walled City" is a fast food movie.

The character conflicts are entirely in service of the fighting scenes. This is a movie made just for the sake of fun.

After the movie, the teachers were somewhat disdainful of this type of movie, but it did not affect their judgment of the movie.

The rhythm is tight, the plot is complete, and the action design is outstanding~
Lu Yang's debut film is OK in terms of completion and should not do too badly at the box office.

They are now very cautious when reviewing movies because they suffered losses at the hands of Zhang Chen.

When "Darkness" was released, many people gave it low scores, but it turned out to be a success.

However, "Darkness" is better than "Kowloon Walled City", at least it also explores the friendship between girls.

What is there in "Kowloon Walled City"? It's all about fighting, fighting, fighting, fighting~
It was filled with violence and adrenaline. Even some female teachers felt their blood boiling after watching it, and they felt like their little universe was burning...

Ichimoku Lhasa...

Students were generous with their praise, writing about their viewing experience on various forums, along with a second trailer.

The second trailer is the one about the bathroom battle.

Xie Miao 1VS50, a famous scene that made him a god in one battle.

Lu Yang is very sure that as soon as the movie is released, the title of Toilet God of War will belong to Xie Miao. All the audiences who have seen the movie will be implanted with a subconscious idea - in the toilet, no one can beat Xie Miao.

In addition, Lu Yang also edited the behind-the-scenes footage, including the various difficulties and injuries during the filming.

However, this will have to wait until the movie is released. These were all taught to him by Manager Dong.

To arouse the audience's emotions little by little.

……

The film will be released on Friday, March 3rd.

There were long queues outside many cinemas, and it seemed that almost all of them were students.

One "Huo Yuanjia" and the other "King Kong" emptied the money in the pockets of young people.

But it happened to be the Chinese New Year, and after saying a few words of "Happy New Year", the young people had money in their pockets again.

So, it’s great to be young.

It is daytime now, and most young men are still at work, so most of those who can come and queue are students.

Disagreements broke out in many teams.

"What are we going to watch? SPL?"

"I want to watch "Kowloon Walled City"~"

"The cast of 'Kowloon Walled City' is all new. What if it doesn't turn out well?"

"Brother, were you caught in the mountains? You don't want to go online? The fight in the trailer was so fierce, and you tell me it's not good?"

“But I think the scene between Wu Jing and Zhen Zidan in SPL was also great~”

"Then why not just watch both shows? It's not like I don't have money~"

"Yes, we have plenty of money now, so we can watch both games~"

A similar scene was played out in many movie theaters. Students who had money and time would watch both shows.

Both films are enjoying hot sales in many popular cinemas.

The distributor of "SPL" is Hong Kong's Oriental Film Distribution Company, which was founded by Wong Jing. It later produced the "Ip Man" series, so it does have some strength.

This time, the producers of "SPL" and "Kowloon Walled City" tacitly chose not to hold a premiere.

Premieres are usually only held for big productions and are part of the publicity.

For small or medium-budget movies, the cost of the premiere may be higher than the movie itself, which invisibly increases the difficulty of making a profit, which is not worth the cost.

“Two copies of SPL~”

"I want two copies of Kowloon Walled City~"

"A photo of Kowloon Walled City~"

……

This weekend in March, "SPL" and "The Walled City" were in a fierce competition.

“How are sales going?”

The supervisor asked at the Beijing branch of Oriental Film Company.

"I visited several sample cinemas and collected data. Basically, the odds between 'SPL' and 'Kowloon Walled City' are evenly split." the subordinate replied.

A fifty-fifty split is not good news.

The cost of "SPL" is probably several times that of "Kowloon Walled City". Zhen Zidan's salary alone is almost enough to cover the cost of "Kowloon Walled City".

This means that the box office of "SPL" must be at least several times that of "Kowloon Walled City" to be considered a tie.

Hong Jinbao and Simon Yam, who were standing by, looked unhappy. "We have tried our best to promote it, but it is still like this."

The person in charge of the branch replied, "This is Beijing, the headquarters of Xingchen Entertainment. The New Film Association has always given Xingchen Entertainment's films a high priority. Here, our publicity resources are incomparable to theirs..."

The person in charge couldn't help but complain in his heart: Don't you understand that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake?

Oriental Films is a Hong Kong company, and Star Entertainment is a Beijing company. Who is the landlord?

"I asked so many friends to help me but it's useless?"

Hong Jinbao really tried his best for this film, risking his reputation and asking many friends to help promote it. In many entertainment news, one can see that Hong Kong movie stars would casually mention "SPL" during interviews and urge everyone to go see the movie, all for Hong Jinbao's sake.

Even Cheng Long is no exception.

The person in charge shook his head when he heard this: "You can find people, and so can they. Zhang Chen is the kind of person who gets a lot of responses in the mainland. Even without any greetings, many artists who want to work with him will help him.

Wang Jinghua's fans were even more exaggerated. When they were interviewed, they held their ticket stubs in their hands, which showed that they had really seen the movie. Many people even gave interviews after the movie was over. "

This move by Shijiu Culture is really weird.

What could be more convincing than having a big star actually show up in the cinema to watch a movie?

Haven’t you seen that all the big stars went to watch the movie in person? Their time is so precious. If they go to see it in person, it means it must be good.

The audience is so simple.

Only Shijiu Culture can pull this trick, because it is the only one that has so many big brands under its umbrella.

Although Wang Jinghua cannot ask them to do anything, many big names are still willing to help if she mentions it.

What's more, he could also show his goodwill to Zhang Chen. No one could guarantee when the opportunity for cooperation would arise. This little bit of good fortune might be the decisive factor at that time.

……

At the same time, Zhang Chen’s blog was freshly published.

【

Before "Crazy Stone" was released, I said Ning Hao was a rare genius, but no one believed me.

After the movie was released, it was proved that Ning Hao is truly a genius.

I would also like to say something about "Kowloon Walled City". Lu Yang is not a genius, but he will indeed become a very good director, especially in the field of action films.

I know there will definitely be people who don’t believe it, and that’s normal. You have the right to question, so let’s wait and see.

"Kowloon Walled City" is Lu Yang's debut film. I have seen the finished film and it is very well made.

Together with Xie Miao's performance and Ruian's action design, all three of them are seriously underestimated. With this strong collaboration, I am looking forward to the movie's box office creating miracles.

By the way, I promised Lu Yang that if the box office exceeds 4000 million, I will let him direct the sister film of Taken. Whether he can get this opportunity depends on you.
Wish it a big hit at the box office~
】

The blog post was not long. It just boasted about Lu Yang and mentioned the bet in passing.

However, the impact was enormous.

The Internet exploded.

"Taken", as an action film, created a box office of 2.6 million, which shows its great influence.

Currently, all the main creators of "Taken" have their own personal forums, and they are quite active.

Even Ruian has one, he has become famous in the country without even knowing Chinese.

"Zhang Chen Bar" has become one of the top 20 forums on Baidu, with countless members.

In the bar, several old friends who often post messages are chatting:

When will Zhang Chen, this bastard, start filming "Taken 2"?

Yes, we are waiting for him to make a sequel. He went abroad to make "A Quiet Place" and thought it was "The Hurricane 2" after that. But he made this crappy "Painted Skin". Brothers, why don't we report it to him so that he can't make "Painted Skin" and come back to make "The Hurricane 2"...

A weird netizen proposed a weird idea, and someone immediately responded:

My brother is talented, I think it's possible.

I think it's OK +1
I think it's OK +2
I think it's OK +3
……

Soon the building reached dozens of floors, but someone immediately replied:

Brother, it's useless. Painted Skin has already passed the review. Reporting it now is useless. Believe me, I'm in the industry. If we want to watch Hurricane 2, the earliest we can watch it is after Painted Skin...

There was a lot of sighing below.

This rubbish, if you don't add more to the pit, your whole family will die...

Who knows where his home is? I want to send him a razor blade.
Send Blade +1
Send Blade +2
Send Blade +3
……

Seeing that the building was about to be built in such a boring way, at this moment, someone replied:
Brothers, big news! Have you read Zhang Chen's blog? The sister film of "Hurricane" has finally got a clue~
The sister film of "Hurricane", what is that, "Hurricane 2"?

Someone replied subconsciously.

I don’t know either. You’ll find out if you go and take a look. The admin just moved it back and has pinned it to the top.

Then a bunch of people rushed to see the pinned news, and soon the forum became active again.

Damn, can anyone tell me what the sister film of "Taken" is? Is it a sequel?

I think so. It must be related to "Hurricane", otherwise how could it be called a sister film.

This guy finally found his conscience. Maybe he saw our message.

Then I'll support you with a movie ticket, if for no other reason than to watch the sequel to "Hurricane".

I also support one, even if it doesn't look good, I will accept it~
Bro, it shouldn't be bad. I just checked, the action director of "Kowloon Walled City" is the same one of "Taken", and the director is the assistant director of "Taken".

What are you hesitating about? Support us.
Management, management, you come out and organize everyone to boost the box office. You don’t want to watch "Hurricane 2" anymore.

The manager immediately appeared and replied in bold font:
Come on guys, didn't he say that as long as he gets over 4000 million, he can start filming the sister film of "The Hurricane"? Let's help him get over 4000 million...

(End of this chapter)