Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 483 The Malice of the Media

During this period, the biggest news in Hong Kong is the Academy Awards. Almost all entertainment media are reporting on this, and even some regular media are trying to take advantage of the popularity of the Academy Awards.

Of course, the topic about Zhang Chen is indispensable.

Also in April last year, at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport, Zhang Chen publicly stated that he and any film projects related to him would not apply for the Academy Awards in the future.

But no one took it seriously.

Because it's the Academy Awards.

As awesome as Du Dapao is, he has criticized the Academy Awards several times, but at most he will not go to receive the award, and Milkyway Image's movies will still be nominated for the awards.

But from the announced shortlist, people found something unusual: there was really not a single work related to Zhang Chen.

This is not normal.

"Kowloon Walled City", "Search", "Returning to the Roots", "A Quiet Place", "Crocodile Storm", "Crazy Racing", "Extreme Job", "Painted Skin"...

In one year, there were as many as eight movies related to Zhang Chen, but none of these movies were shortlisted.

You know, many of these are among the top ten box office hits in Hong Kong that year.

Awkward!
Zhang Chen seemed to be serious.

The media contacted this year's Academy Awards chairman Chen Jiashang, who personally confirmed that there was indeed no film or television work related to Zhang Chen participating in the exhibition.

Now, all the citizens in Hong Kong know that there is going to be a good show to watch.

The media wanted to interview Zhang Chen, but couldn't find anyone.

When interviewing other people, Chen Xi made it clear that Golden Harvest would not participate in this year's Academy Awards or any future Academy Awards.

The CEO of Guangguang could not be found, while Zhang Guoli of Taihe Minzhong said that due to work arrangements and time conflicts, he was very sorry that he could not attend this year's Academy Awards. He wished the Academy Awards to get better and better.

There is a conflict in the time of shit~
Everyone knows that Zhang Guoli and Zhang Chenhao wear the same pair of pants.

Zhang Chen is determined to fight to the death with the Academy Awards.

As a result, all kinds of sour words came one after another.

People as arrogant as Zhang Chen should never participate in the Academy Awards~
Does Zhang Chen look down on the Academy Awards or the people of Hong Kong?
The Hong Kong Film Awards is the Hong Kong Film Awards for Hong Kong people. It is suggested that all mainland films be removed from the list.
Why should we care whether a foreigner comes or not?
Emotionally, the Hong Kong media certainly supports the Academy Awards.

When the public relations manager found Zhang Chen, Zhang Chen was still confused.

The fact that he didn't respond these two days wasn't because he was deliberately avoiding us, but because he went to visit the set.

The crew of "Insidious".

Cao Bingkun is preparing himself mentally: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry..."

Zhang Chen suddenly showed up yesterday, claiming he was there to visit the set. He also brought gifts for everyone in the crew, and everyone was very happy.

Cao Bingkun thought that his good brother had come to see him specially, and he was very happy. He was ready to follow the example of the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang, and have long conversations by candlelight all night long.

Then at night, Zhang Chen disappeared.

Damn it, what about the long talk over candlelight?

The next day, looking at the dark circles under Yang Xiaomi's eyes, how could he not know where that bastard slept last night.

Zhang Chen didn't show up on the set until mid-morning.

Of course the crew would have no objection. He is the big boss and he came to visit the set, so they treated him well with delicious food and drinks.

"Asshole, didn't you say you'd set a goal not to mess around in your own crew?"

Cao Bingkun was filled with righteous indignation. It wasn't that he had any feelings towards Yang Xiaomi, he was simply unhappy.

Zhang Chen shrugged frivolously: "I did set a flag, but this is not my crew~"

Seeing Cao Bingkun's astonished expression, Zhang Chen added: "This is Director Jiang's crew~"

Damn it, how can this be possible?

Lao Cao was shocked by Zhang Chen's shamelessness and re-examined his good brother.

"Actors ready~"

From a distance, the assistant director called out.

"Okay, stop staring, it's your turn~"

Zhang Chen pushed him and Lao Cao had no choice but to leave.

On the other side, Yang Xiaomi, who had just finished filming a scene, walked over to Zhang Chen to rest, still in her costume.

She is the heroine of the drama and was recommended by Zhang Chen. Director Jiang Wei is not very opposed to this.

Because in the previous "Before Dawn", Cao Bingkun and Yang Xiaomi were the male and female protagonists.

"Before the Dawn" has achieved unprecedented success, and the CP combination of Cao Bingkun and Yang Xiaomi has already established an audience base.

"The Disguiser" continues to use this CP, and the audience can easily accept it.

In addition, director Xue Xiaolu also recommended Yang Xiaomi, saying that she performed well in "Beauty's Secret".

Drink~
Yang Xiaomi yawned, and when she saw Zhang Chen looking at her, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

If it weren’t for the guy in front of me, would I be so tired?
Even though he knew he had a show the next day, he still worked so hard that he didn't sleep a wink the whole night.

"Director Zhang, someone is looking for you~"

While the two were talking, someone came over to inform them.

Zhang Chen followed the direction the man pointed and saw the public relations manager of Xingchen Entertainment.

This was the filming location of the crew. Zhang Chen took him to a slightly farther location and then asked, "Why are you here?"

"Director Zhang, I came here specifically to see you. Chen Xi has always found that someone is deliberately inciting public opinion against you..."

"What happened?"

The two found a deserted place, and the PR manager took out a stack of newspapers from his briefcase: "These are Hong Kong newspapers that President Chen Xi has collected. There are a lot of news that is unfavorable to you..."

"Oh, let me see~"

He wanted to see how the Hong Kong media portrayed him.

Since the decision has been made not to participate in the Academy Awards, all of this is foreseeable.

He knows very well what kind of character the Hong Kong media is in. It would be abnormal if they didn't criticize it.

Zhang Chen picked up the newspaper and looked through it, and it was exactly as he said.

Saying that you are arrogant and look down on Hong Kong~
Saying that he deliberately belittled the Academy Awards for other purposes~
Zhang Chen didn't take these things too seriously. It wasn't the first time that the Hong Kong media had vilified him, and he never got any benefit.

Zhang Chen continued reading, and suddenly became furious.

Damn it, there are media outlets saying that all the actresses he has worked with have been sexually exploited by him.

Che Xiao, Fan Xiaopang, Gao Yuanyuan, Xu Qing, Li Xiaoran, Chen Shu, Yang Xiaomi...

Zhang Chen was angry. It was all nonsense. Che Xiao and Chen Shu themselves were not on the show.
This is slander and a trampling on the personality of young directors~
These Hong Kong media really tried every possible means to discredit him.

It seems that he can't find any evidence to hold against himself, so he has started to resort to such shameless tactics as throwing dirty water on others.

"Remember the names of these media outlets and sue them one by one later~"

He didn't have a better solution for such a thing.

People in the circle generally pretend not to see such things, because even if they win the lawsuit, it doesn't make much sense, so they simply don't even bother to sue.

The PR manager said solemnly, "It's not just that simple. While the Hong Kong media started to deliberately smear you, there were also some bad comments in the mainland..."

"?"

"These comments are mainly concentrated on the Internet and have not yet spread to print media. The main point is..."

"say what?"

"See for yourself~"

The PR manager handed over a stack of materials, all of which were screenshots from the Internet.

[Zhang Chen is a foreign comprador. The commercial films he promotes are actually those from Hollywood.]

[Zhang Chen has been belittling domestic art films and praising Western ones, which is actually digging at the roots of domestic films]

[Zhang Chen's movies are all cultural garbage. "The Darkness" is bloody, "The Shallows" is erotic, "A Quiet Place" is also bloody, "Manslaughter" is a violation of the law, and "Painted Skin" is suspected of tampering with historical classics]

……

The smile on Zhang Chen's face disappeared at this moment: "You mean, this time the mainland and Hong Kong teamed up to discredit me?"

The PR manager nodded solemnly.

Zhang Chen started to get serious.

Something is definitely wrong.

It is a common practice for Hong Kong media to criticize him, and there is nothing to be surprised about. But generally when Hong Kong media criticize him, mainland media support him.

It's regional discrimination, everyone helps their relatives and not others.

But this time, it is obvious that there is a force in the mainland cooperating with the Hong Kong media, which is wrong.

Looks like someone wants to get rid of me~
He could probably guess what kind of people were in Hong Kong.

It's nothing more than guys like Wu Baige and Zeng Dalang, plus some conservative forces in Hong Kong films.

Hong Kong films are used to being dominant and have always been the masters of Southeast Asia.

However, it has been surpassed by mainland films in the past two years, and it will definitely not give up.

Speaking of this, we have to thank the big circle back then, which made those arrogant people realize what the strength of a great country is.

If we compare their skills, they may not be our opponents.

Otherwise, people like Zhang Chen or Zhang Yimou might very well be the second Cai Ziming.

Cai Ziming is certainly not a good person, but it is true that people in that era dared to do shady things.

As for the mainland, Zhang Chen had some guesses.

In the mainland today, except for the new pictures, most people are basically licking Hong Kong's boots.

Because if they rely solely on themselves, they cannot support themselves.

In the original time and space, Bona got started with Hong Kong films.

So does the pony.

The same is true for light.

Although Huayi has Feng Xiaogang, it also has flirtations with Hong Kong.

It can be said that without Hong Kong films, the domestic film and television industry would not be able to develop at all.

In this life, Guangguang became Zhang Chen's younger brother. He no longer had to rely on Hong Kong films to make his fortune. As long as he followed Star Entertainment, he could make a lot of money.

But at the same time, the rapid development of Star Entertainment threatened the status of Hong Kong films.

When they conquer a market, they certainly hope that this market is primitive and has no competitiveness.

It’s just like the Wanwan market back then.

Now that Star Entertainment suddenly appears and competes with them for food, of course they are unhappy.

Especially last year in 2006, the four movies produced by Star Entertainment not only sold well at the mainland box office, but also easily made it into the top ten of the Hong Kong annual box office.

what is this?
This is a raid on their lair.

Is it bearable, what is unbearable?

Hong Kong film companies are unhappy with Zhang Chen, and those mainland companies that rely on them for their livelihood are also unhappy with Zhang Chen.

The audience has limited money in their pockets. After watching your movie, they naturally have no money to watch my movie.

All the money has been earned by you, a shameless person. What else can we earn?
So, if there is such an opportunity, of course we will give the person a beating when he is down.

But is Zhang Chen the type of person who would just take a beating and not fight back?
of course not!

The next day, Zhang Chen posted a blog with the title: Thank you for the invitation to the 14th Beijing University Student Film Festival. Zhang Chen was very excited to receive the invitation and said he would definitely participate and hoped that the film festival would become better and better.

What?

what's the situation?
Zhang Chen is not going to the Hong Kong Film Awards, but instead is going to participate in a little-known Beijing University Student Film Festival.

The Beijing University Student Film Festival, also known as the Big Film Festival, is nominally called a film festival, but in fact its standards are very low.

It's something made by college students.

Not to mention the domestic Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers and Huading Film Festivals, even film festivals like the Changchun Film Festival cannot compare to it.

The reason why people still hear about it is simply because the main subjects are college students.

Then everyone realized that Zhang Chen was winning the Disgusting Golden Horse Award at a major film festival.

But you know what, I was really disgusted by the Academy Awards.

To be precise, it’s not just the Academy Awards, but also the Hong Kong media.

Hong Kong Film Awards VS major film festivals?
It's easy to tell who has the biggest influence, but for some reason, everyone thinks the big film festival will win~
how can that be possible?
But that's the feeling.

The official of the Grand Film Festival also responded immediately after Zhang Chen published his blog, welcoming Director Zhang's participation and wishing him good results.
This interaction immediately brought huge attention to the film festival, which was something the festival had not expected.

Zhang Chen knows that the Hong Kong media is a mad dog that likes to bite people indiscriminately.

But this time it is obvious that someone is pushing it behind the scenes, and the key is that there are people in the mainland cooperating with them.

This is too much.

Zhang Chen really couldn't stand this bad trend in the country, and this was a good opportunity to correct it.

Domestic companies are accustomed to giving in, compromising, or simply going along with Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In the past, Bona and Huayi, as the first-tier companies, had this attitude, so the second-tier and third-tier companies would naturally follow suit.

If this is the case with the big screen, then it must be the case with the small screen as well.

The television industry will also be affected.

That's why Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque dared to fight the White Dragon Horse~
Because arrogance has no cost and no consequences, this arrogance will continue.

The atmosphere in the circle is so bad.

What Zhang Chen needs to do now is to stop this unhealthy trend and make them face reality.

Back then, a few stragglers could give you nightmares at night, and it can still happen now.

Xingchen Entertainment is now the leader in mainland China. Since capital from Hong Kong and Taiwan has bowed down to it, it is impossible for it to be arrogant in front of others.

No one is blind.

Jackie Chan is no longer effective in the mainland, what else do you have to be proud of?

……

Somewhere in Hong Kong
Another private party.

Zhang Weiping was a little impatient: "What other tricks do you have? Hurry up and use them. You are yelling so fiercely, but I didn't see you do anything to Zhang Chen."

The people on the opposite side looked very unhappy. They didn't expect that Zhang Weiping, their ally, would embarrass them in public.

Zeng Zhiwei pointed at one of them and said, "We in Hong Kong have been trying our best, but you in the mainland have not been very good at publicity. Mr. Yu, if you still want to continue to cooperate with us, you'd better show some real skills..."

The man on the other side said, "Okay, I'll increase my efforts."

……

Hengdian Airport
Zhang Chen was finally caught by the media.

A group of reporters surrounded him:
"Director Zhang, can you tell me why you didn't participate in the Academy Awards?"

"Hong Kong media said you look down on the Academy Awards. Is that true?"

“Are you attending the big film festival to give the Academy Awards a slap in the face?”

The reporters asked a lot of questions, and Zhang Chen waited for them to finish before answering in unison: "Let me answer the first question first. If I remember correctly, it was the Academy Awards that listed me as persona non grata first, right?

I'm not welcome anymore, so why should I rush to attend the Academy Awards?

Am I cheap?
Then let me tell you whether I look down on the Academy Awards. Yes, I do.

You can take a look at the official explanation of the Academy Awards. It is an award held to promote the development of Hong Kong films. This is also the explanation given by the Academy Awards Organizing Committee.

What do you mean?
That is, this is an award for self-entertainment.

Videos from outside Hong Kong are not welcome.

So I suggest that other mainland film companies don’t have to rush to send it out, because it will just serve as a foil.”

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, it was obvious that someone wanted to ask a question.

Zhang Chen did not give him a chance and continued, “Let’s talk about the third question. Let me correct you. Participating in the big film festival is not to slap the Academy Awards in the face.

If you know me, you would know that I actually attach great importance to the group of college students.

At the last big film festival, I was the last one to welcome the director.

As for me, I never think that the Academy Awards can be compared with major film festivals.

The Academy Awards have long been rotten, filled with all kinds of bullshit social connections.

The big film festivals are relatively pure. College students are a group that is difficult to buy off. They believe in the most simple values: good is good, bad is bad. "

(End of this chapter)