Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 467 Please Help Me
When he got home, Er Xiaobao was still struggling.

He had wanted to film a story about stowaways for a long time.

But given the actual situation, if you take the photo, you will just lose money.

Zhang Chen gave him a very thorough analysis. The subject matter was not good and the timing was not right.

There are so many movies about the big circle, have you ever seen one introduced to the mainland?
It seems like there really isn't.

He wanted to shoot the film, and Boss Yang supported him to do so, but the result was tantamount to a blatant scam against Boss Yang.

He couldn't do such a thing.

In the evening, he specially called back his brother Qin Pei and Jiang Dawei to discuss this matter together.

When Er Xiaobao told this, the two of them frowned.

"Xiaobao, from my perspective, I think you shouldn't take the photo. Since Boss Yang has said that he treats you as a friend, then we can't do anything to hurt our friend..."

My second brother Jiang Dawei had a similar idea.

Er Xiaobao nodded: "Yeah, I see, I actually mean the same thing, but I'm a little unwilling~"

"There is nothing to be unwilling about. In this world, not everything can go as one wishes. We must know how to judge the situation.

If you really shoot it, even if Boss Yang doesn’t blame you, your reputation in the circle will be ruined and no one will dare to invest in you again~"

David Chiang also advised: "Yes, what Big Brother said makes sense."

Fearing that the third brother might rebel, he continued to persuade him, "In fact, think about it the other way around. Zhang Chen and you only met by chance, but he is not at all distant with you. He has analyzed all the pros and cons for you clearly, and Boss Yang is even more open-hearted to you.

What a huge opportunity this is?

Even though you failed to make this movie, you have established connections with these two big guys, so there may be opportunities in the future~"

After listening to David Chiang's analysis, Er Xiaobao seemed to have figured it out, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Yes, I will listen to my elder brother and second brother."

……

"Did he really say that?"

The same scene is happening at Xingchen Entertainment.

"Yes, Song Dai wants to talk about the conflict between you and the Academy Awards, and asked me to bring a message to you~"

"You didn't promise him?"

"How dare I? You're the boss, okay?"

"Hmm~"

Hearing Zhang Chen's tone, Chen Xi asked tentatively: "Why, you are not going to give him this face?"

Zhang Chen replied angrily: "It can't be sold. We are all adults. If the Academy Awards dared to issue that statement and list me as persona non grata, then they must bear the corresponding consequences.

It's not just about finding someone to talk to.
Don't I want to lose face?
If he wants to turn the page, he can do so by publishing an apology on the front page of the top three newspapers in Hong Kong for seven consecutive days.

Show enough sincerity, then I can turn the page~
Otherwise, everyone should just play their own games. "

"Okay, I'll reply to him like this. Anyway, we have set the conditions. Whether we can do it depends on your attitude."

"can."

Zhang Chen hung up the phone and threw the phone on the sofa unhappily.

Silver City Organization?

Jindu doesn't work either.

Although Golden Harvest belongs to him, he does not rely on Golden Harvest or the Hong Kong market for his livelihood.

A Yindu institution couldn't do anything to him.

But Zhang Chen can think so, but Chen Xi cannot.

She is the president of Golden Harvest and her future lies in Hong Kong.

The Yindu Group is quite powerful in Hong Kong.

Most importantly, films produced by Silver Capital can be directly released in the mainland market without the need for further review.

why?
Because they have a good family background.

Silver City is more than just a film organization, it is a channel of communication between the mainland and Hong Kong Island and an outpost.

It also shoulders the important task of cultural exchange.

Even Chen Qi has to cooperate with it, hehe~
The first "Shaolin Temple" that became popular in mainland China was a work of the Silver Capital Organization.

Before CEPA, Yindu institutions were doing very well.

It is the only bridge for Hong Kong films to reach the mainland.

At that time, the mainland had a quota system, and if Hong Kong films wanted to enter the mainland, they had to compete with Hollywood films.

Only products produced by Yindu Institution can bypass this restriction.

So at that time, silver was the boss.

After CEPA, Hong Kong filmmakers went directly north, and Silver Metro became less important, gradually becoming just a distributor.

But even so, Chen Xi would not underestimate the other party.

……

In the first week of November, "Miami Vice" was released, but the box office was not good, with only 11 million in the first weekend.

This Hollywood police and gangster film in which Gong Huang participated did not demonstrate Gong Huang's commercial value in China. But it doesn't matter, "Curse of the Golden Flower" will be released next month, and then Gong Huang will refresh his record.

"Extreme Job" is also scheduled to be released in the first week.

This drama is a low-budget comedy, so there was no premiere, and even the publicity was at a normal level, without crazy news and announcements.

Because most of the resources are now occupied by "The Warring States".

The box office results were pretty good, with 1500 million in the first weekend, which was actually better than "Miami Vice".

But it is unlikely to exceed 100 million.

The movie is just a standard comedy. It's not bad, but it's not good either. I can only say that it maintains Wang Jing's usual level.

The following week, "Skywalker" was released.

The film is distributed in mainland China by China Film and Sichuan Alliance.

Very poorly done.

The participation of many stars including Ekin Cheng, Stephen Fung, Julian Cheung, Alex Fong, Ti Lung and others could not save the film, which only grossed 70 in the first weekend.

The promotion is for the return of the Hong Kong Young and Dangerous film series after ten years.

It's already this time, and you're still playing Young and Dangerous.

Moreover, the plot logic is flawed, and the image of the protagonist Ye Qiu is too "mythical".

Movies like this usually don't do well at the box office.

"Still Life" was released two days later than "Skywalker", but it was only released in Hong Kong, and the mainland will have to wait until the Lunar New Year holiday.

Chief Jia is very stubborn. He said it will be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, so it will be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Zhang Chen could roughly guess the other party's distribution strategy. They probably wanted to use Hong Kong's good reputation to boost the box office in mainland China, but it was of no use.

Hong Kong doesn’t have a good reputation at all.

People here don't care at all about the story of a coal miner who traveled from the coal-producing provinces to the mountain city to look for his ex-wife.

Zhang Chen didn’t know what the box office of “Still Life” was in its first weekend, but the producers would probably be dumbfounded when they saw it.

I wonder if they will dare to go ahead and release their films during the Lunar New Year holiday.

In the third week, "The Warring States" was finally released.

The film was jointly distributed in the mainland by Huayi Brothers and China Film Group, with Huayi being one of the investors.

"The Warring States" should be the biggest movie in the whole of November, with more investment in publicity than all other movies combined.

So he showed his kingly temperament right from the start.

The box office in the first weekend exceeded 4500 million, and it is on the way to breaking million.

It can't compare to "The Race" which earned over 3700 million in three days, but it has surpassed "Crocodile Storm"'s first weekend box office of million.

The final box office of "Crocodile Storm" was 1.7 million yuan. If "War of War" tries hard, it may be able to touch million yuan.

Who else?
Morale is high throughout the company.

Director Zhang Zhiliang's various promotions were worthy of the fact that he even organized a "roots-seeking journey" for "The Warring States" at the beginning of its release.

I went to Tengzhou, the hometown of Mozi, to visit the "Mozi Memorial Hall" and pay homage to the "Mozi Statue".

King Liu, Ahn Sung-ki, Wang Zhiwen, Chen Hao, Wu Qilong, Choi Siwon...

Originally the female lead should have been played by Fan Xiaopang, but Fan Xiaopang was filming a drama with Zhang Chen at the time, so he turned down this one, and the female lead became Chen Hao.

The popularity of "The Warring States" was unparalleled at the time.

Everyone believes that this movie will definitely make over 100 million yuan.

"Congratulations to Mr. Wu, congratulations to Mr. Xu~"

"Congratulations, the success of "Warring States" is also thanks to the two Mr. Wang's accurate grasp of the situation in the mainland. I hope we can cooperate more in the future~"

Huayi and Jiaoyang Pictures are already discussing when to hold a celebration banquet.

Jiaoyang Pictures is a company owned by Wu Tianhai and Xu Xiaoming, one of whom is the chairman of Hong Kong Cable Broadband and the other is the executive director of Hong Kong Cable Entertainment Limited.

"The Warring States" is the first co-production between Jiaoyang Pictures and the mainland.

At present, it seems to surpass 99% of companies in Hong Kong.

Elsewhere, Wu Kebo and Wu Baige were also closely watching the box office of "The Warring States".

There are four investors behind "The Warring States": Huayi Brothers, Jiaoyang Pictures, Japan's Comstock Ltd, and South Korea's Boram Entertainment Inc.

Most of the funds actually come from Japan and South Korea.

Coincidentally, the same is true for "Red Cliff".

Only if "The Warring States" achieves good results, will Japanese and Korean investors feel confident to continue investing in "Red Cliff".

A group of dark horses suddenly emerged in November and everyone was paying attention.

In October, there were already movies that grossed over 10 million and 11 million yuan. Will there be the same in November?

One step further~
Will this year be the same as last year, with the popularity lasting from October to January?

"How much do you think the box office of "War of War" will be in the end?"

Inside Xingchen Entertainment, Dong Jianqiang was chatting with Zhang Chen.

"It's hard to say. It depends on next week. The Legend of Mir will be released on December 12. This is a major project of China Film Group Corporation. It depends on whether The Warring States can hold up."

Zhang Chen couldn’t remember what the final box office of “The Warring States” was, he only remembered that the movie didn’t have any highlights.

Not good, not bad either!

Then, before "The Legend of Mi Yue" was released, an unexpected event suddenly sucked away the traffic of "The Warring States".

On November 2006, 11, a post appeared on Tianya Blog:
"Why do the seeds of kindness only produce mutant fruits? The love-hate relationship between a poor college student and a celebrity mother and daughter."

The post is an original letter, and the content of the letter is a sponsored poor child's various complaints to his classmates about the sponsor after he was admitted to university.

【Hypocrite~】

[I want to reveal her true face~]

[I only give 500 yuan a month. I can’t afford it, so why pretend to be a grandson! ]

The post caused a sensation as soon as it was released.

The poster obviously wanted to stir up trouble. In order to evade responsibility, he changed the name of the sponsor to "Celebrity SL" and also specifically noted that the celebrity "is from Shanghai and is very popular on the domestic screen."

All that’s missing is a photo of Sun.

The result is predictable. Sun Mingxing was exposed, and so were his classmates and the university he attended. After that, there was no more "The Warring States".

All the news pages were commenting on this incident, and all the attention was on it.

No one wants to pay attention to things that are not related to this matter.

This is even more true on the Internet. Han Shao posted an article saying that we should not "raise wolves", and someone on Tianya posted a message advocating the establishment of a "white-eyed wolf cult"...

Various jokes emerge in endlessly.

"The Warring States" is so tragic.

The company failed to seize the great opportunity of 4500 million box office in the first weekend and the box office was cut in half in the second week.

No one cares about the movie, everyone is busy eating melons and taking sides.

Scold this or scold that~
Someone wanted to interview Zhang Chen, but Zhang Chen refused to do so, mainly because he was afraid of being censored. 404~
And there are follow-up events:

Is this how you repay us?

You are so rich, how can you be so short of this? I want one million, if you don't give it to me, you will be ruined.

I don’t know whether this is true or just a fabricated essay.

How to put it, it’s very similar to the Cong Fei incident.

Sheng Mien, fight against Mien.

……

Huayi Headquarters
Zhang Zhiliang was so angry that he vomited blood.

What's the situation?
What does real events have to do with movies? Why did the box office of "The Warring States" plummet out of nowhere?

"It's not that the box office of "Warring States" plummeted, it's that the box office of all movies plummeted. It's just that the box office of "Warring States" was good before, so its box office plummeted the most~"

There were students from the marketing department who helped with the analysis, but Director Zhang wouldn’t listen to them.

Thinking back to the various setbacks that have occurred since November, "The Warring States" clearly spent a lot of money on marketing, but its popularity has been consumed.

Today is the Hundred Flowers Awards, tomorrow is a celebrity breakup, the day after tomorrow is a role change in The Warlords~
Either "Red Cliff" is approved, or "Lust, Caution" starts filming~
What is going on? It seems as if God is against "The Warring States".

The more Zhang Zhiliang thought about it, the angrier he became, and he vomited blood more frequently.

The image is based on the Ning Wang's lawyer who made couplets in "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Fragrance".

……

"Is "The Warring States" over?"

"It's probably over."

Zhang Chen shrugged. "The Warring States" was a typical black swan event. If you encounter such a thing, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

"Can you help with Sun's matter?"

It was rare for Fan Xiaopang to ask Zhang Chen for help for someone else.

Zhang Chen was quite surprised: "Didn't you just meet me at the Golden Eagle Awards? We just presented an award together. Are you so close now?"

Fatty Fan was a little embarrassed: "Not really, I just think she's a nice person. It's unfair for her to have to deal with such a bad person and such a bad thing. Besides, I have a good relationship with her boyfriend~"

"Deng Chao?"

"Ah."

"What's a good idea?"

"Hey, what are you thinking about? You bad guy~"

Fan Xiaopang pretended to hit him, but Zhang Chen grabbed his hand.

"Please help me, you are so capable, there must be a way~"

Fan Xiaopang's voice was so gentle that water seemed to drip out of it, and Zhang Chen felt his palm being scratched.

Daji used her charm skill on him~
"How do you want me to help?"

"For example, you can help say a few fair words~"

Zhang Chen shook his head: "If I'm guessing correctly, their current request is to quickly cool down the heat of this matter instead of continuing to stir it up, right?"

"Yeah." Fat Fan nodded.

"Then I can't express my opinion, otherwise it will only have the opposite effect."

"Then what do you think we should do?"

"Forget it, don't worry about it, I'll take care of it."

"Thank you."

"No need to thank me, we are all children of the underworld, we must learn to be loyal to others~"

There is actually no good way to deal with this kind of thing. We can only try our best to guide public opinion.

A hot spot cannot be covered up, it can only be diverted by using another hot spot.

I would be so sorry to Huayi.

Soon, online media began reporting and announcing that "Assembly" had started filming in Northeast China.

Then traditional paper media quickly followed suit.

Feng Xiaogang was confused. He deliberately entered the village quietly without firing a gun.

How come it was still exposed?

Huayi had no choice but to hold a press conference and admit the incident.

Director Feng was not present because "Night Banquet" was a failure and he was full of energy and wanted to prove himself.

But then public opinion put Feng Xiaogang at the center of controversy.

For his new movie, Feng Xiaogang once again chose a serious subject and avoided the comedies he was best at, which was unanimously not well received by the outside world.

[Feng Xiaogang has run out of ideas. After "Racing", he no longer dares to touch comedy films]

[Another wrong choice, Director Feng’s new movie is still not a comedy]

There are many people who abuse him, and even more people who speak ill of him.

During those few years when Little Cannon was in his prime, he offended a lot of people, and these people were waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

The one who shouted the loudest was Ye Jing. The two had a long-standing grudge against each other, and he even arranged a character in his directorial work "Days Related to Youth" to ridicule the other party.

It just started airing this year.

At the beginning, because the little steel cannon was at its peak, not many people paid attention to this drama.

After "Racing", the little steel cannon was pushed to the forefront because of the "scolding the audience" incident.

Also, because "Racing" broke 200 million, Ning Hao became the uncrowned king of domestic comedy directors, and Feng Xiaogang completely became a laughing stock.

"Days Related to Youth" became popular instead.

Even the corner of Feng's pants in the movie became popular.

Others were predicting the bad performance of "Assembly", but Zhang Chen knew that the box office of this movie was actually quite good, beating "The Warlords". It was a work that Zhang Chen was very proud of.

Zhang Guoli also mentioned this play.

"Assembly" is a remake of a novel, the original work is called "The Lawsuit".

"The Lawsuit" is actually not a prototype. The prototype is a story in "Oriental Horizon" called "For the Bugle Call".

The writer Yang Jinyuan happened to watch that episode and was deeply touched. He did some secondary creation based on the story and wrote a novel called "The Lawsuit".

Then Zhang Guoli saw the novel, thought it was good, and recommended it to Feng Xiaogang.

At that time, this play was one of Taihe Minzhong's film projects, and they wanted to use it to make a splash for Taihe Minzhong.

Who would have known that later the two would split up their companies due to different ideas, and "Assembly" was naturally assigned to Feng Xiaogang because it was a movie project.

Zhang Chen also considered whether to intercept "Assembly", but after repeated consideration, he gave up.

Because there are too many controversial points in this drama.

In the original novel, the company that was assigned the task of covering the rear was not the one that Guzidi belonged to. He was able to do so because of his own efforts.

In our team, everyone is eager to take on this kind of dangerous mission.

But in order to create conflict, Feng Xiaogang changed this and turned it into a forced apportionment.

Not only that, but many of the changes made to the book are poor.

For example, in the novel, the mission of covering the rear has a clear bottom line, which is "hold on until dark."

Then in the movie, it became "The assembly call is the only order to retreat. Without hearing the assembly call, you cannot retreat even if the battle is left to the last soldier."

In the original story, there were actually two conditions for retreat: "hold on until dark" or "hear the assembly call"...

If any one of them is met, you can retreat.

This magical modification is ridiculous.

This is an attempt to forcibly create conflict and is suspected of being a smear campaign.

The biggest change is in the theme.

The theme of the original work is "return of life".

That is, after completing the blocking mission, you cannot find the troops and need to prove that you have completed the mission.

This is what’s at the heart of Guzidi.

The movie escalates the conflict into "deception", setting up the situation where the regiment commander deliberately did not blow the assembly call, resulting in the sacrifice of all members of the Ninth Company. Guzidi's obsession becomes to vindicate his comrades and question the decision of his superiors.

The conflict has indeed become stronger, but it makes people feel frustrated.

To put it bluntly, Feng just doesn't believe that people in the past would sacrifice their lives for their beliefs, or for things that people today cannot understand.

He couldn't understand it, so he started to make random assumptions and misinterpreted the motives of people of that era according to his own understanding.

After watching the entire movie "Assembly", you will question the correctness of that war.

But that was the War of Liberation, there is nothing to question.

In fact, Feng is not an isolated case.

I don’t know if I learned this from the West, but during that period, reflection and questioning were very popular in society.
Reflection means reflecting on whether the essence of things is as we understand it?
For example, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, all Chinese people felt that we were fighting against Japan.

But some people want to shoot it again from a Japanese perspective, to show what the war was like in the eyes of the Japanese.

In their view, this is called dialectics.

Questioning means questioning the authenticity of many things.

For example, is the People's Liberation Army really that brave?
For example, is it really possible to sacrifice for one’s beliefs?

This trend of thought was called deconstructing the past at the time.
In fact, it means that I don’t believe there are true idealists in the world.

I don't believe that someone would sacrifice their life for their ideals.
"Assembly" has various points, but it did one good thing, which was to make Zhang Hanyu famous.

Zhang Hanyu is a good actor.

Zhang Chen knew this when he watched "A World Without Thieves".

In fact, there is nothing special about the role of the policeman in "A World Without Thieves", but Zhang Hanyu's performance is very impressive.

That confident tone makes people think of him every time they think of "A World Without Thieves".

Among the leading actors, Zhang Hanyu is definitely ranked last, but after watching the entire movie, you will find that he performed better than Liu Naicha.

What the hell is milk tea? A scene of eating roast duck was hyped up to be a god~
What's so magical about it?

Speaking of which, Zhang Hanyu’s success can be thanked to Wang Jinghua.

During the time when Wang Jinghua was at Huayi, there were so many good actors in Huayi.

If Wang Jinghua had not left, the role of the male lead in "Assembly" would never have been played by Zhang Hanyu, Hu Jun, or Xia Yu, any of whom are better than him.

(End of this chapter)