Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 506: Angry at the Hong Kong Circle

“The biggest obstacle is censorship…”

"There are too many restrictions on film creation..."

“A grading system is imperative…”

"There are also restrictions on co-productions. Since they have all returned, why can't we treat them equally? Why do we have to come up with some kind of co-production regulations? I think this is very unfriendly to us..."

"Asian films look to Hong Kong. If Hong Kong films become popular, mainland films will naturally follow suit. But I think the official support is not enough. Mainland filmmakers should also show their own attitude..."

Wu Baige's words were just an introduction, and the people who followed went further and further outrageously.

Zhang Chen was so angry that he laughed.

On the other side, Ren Zhonglun's face was a little dark, and the face of the leader of the Film Bureau next to him was even darker.

Let you speak freely, not let you criticize.

Just talking about unrealistic things.

Besides, is the situation in our mainland so bad?

It was the mainland's turn, and Zhang Chen would definitely be the first to speak because he had the best development in this area.

He took the microphone and said without mercy: "I don't know where you get your confidence from. You keep saying that you look down on mainland movies. Do you think Hong Kong movies are strong?
Everyone here, who dares to say that their movie box office is higher than mine? Compared with the local box office in Hong Kong, the box office in the Mainland, and the box office overseas, who dares to say that it is higher than mine? "

Feng Xiaogang was shocked. Who else is there in the real life version?
Others were also shocked and felt that this scene seemed familiar:
I'm not targeting any particular person. I'm saying that everyone here, every single one of you is garbage!
Isn’t this what Zhang Chen meant!

The scene was silent for a moment, and then a deep feeling of shame came over me.

The people on the opposite sides really wanted to fight back, but damn, they really couldn't win.

Zhang Chen's movies grossed over 6000 million in Hong Kong, but among all the Hong Kong movies in recent years, only one had a local box office of over 6000 million - "Kung Fu."

But Zhou Xingxing is not the same kind of person as them.

"I don't know where your sense of superiority comes from?
I was filming "Ip Man" and I encountered all kinds of obstacles. Today they said I plagiarized and tomorrow they said I broke the rules.

What are the rules? If you take a photo, others can’t take a photo. Is this the rule?
Then Golden Harvest obtained the permission of Mr. Ip Chun, the descendant of Ip Man. Do you have the permission of Zedong Films? Isn't this breaking the rules? I'm talking to you, Wang Jiawei~"

He was really angry today.

I was already furious after hearing what he said, and then I thought about Jiahe's bad things, and the more I thought about it, the angrier I got.

You've made me angry, so I filmed Gong Er's battle at the train station in advance. Let's see what you're going to film.
Wang Jiawei looked embarrassed. He didn't expect Zhang Chen to dare to question him in public.

"Just talk about the matter, don't make personal attacks~"

A man stood up on the opposite side. He was Zhang Jiazhen, one of the producers of "Red Cliff".

"Well, let's talk about the story of your Red Cliff~
You keep saying that you hope the mainland will treat everyone equally, but then you turn around and discriminate against mainland actors.”

"Don't spit blood at me. We don't discriminate against mainland actors..."

Zhang Jiazhen was anxious because the leader of the Film Bureau was still nearby.

"Liang Chaowei's salary alone is 2300 million Hong Kong dollars, which is more than the salary of all mainland Chinese actors combined. Isn't this discrimination?"

"Liang Chaowei's pay is based on his box office appeal~"

"He has shitty box office appeal~"

Zhang Chen spat, "Who among Hong Kong actors dares to say that they have box office appeal, except for Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow? Did the audience watch Red Cliff for Liang Chaowei? They watched it for the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang and other historical figures...

You got a Japanese actor to play Zhuge Liang. Are all the male actors in China dead?"

Zhang Chen's retort made Zhang Jiazhen speechless. He could still make excuses for other things, but he really couldn't make excuses about Zhuge Liang.

In the end, he could only force himself to say, "It's our own business which actors we choose to use. It's not your turn to interfere."

Ren Zhonglun was also trying to smooth things over: "Director Zhang Chen, please don't be so impulsive. Let's not talk about the details today..."

Zhang Chen calmed down and still had to give Ren Zhonglun face: "Okay, then I'll talk about the censorship system!"

He was not going to give anyone else a chance to speak today, and the microphone never left his hands after he got it.

“Is classification necessarily better than censorship?

The local market in Hong Kong does have a classification system, and Hong Kong films do not need to be censored when they are shown in Hong Kong. Is the box office good? Can it beat Hollywood films?

Hollywood movies have to go through censorship before entering the Chinese market.

If you are not capable of something, just say so and don't put the blame on the censorship system.

Mr. Zou from Golden Harvest told me that the decline of Hong Kong films stems from the arrogance of Hong Kong filmmakers and the loss of the Taiwan market.

Think about it, is it exactly the same as you today?

In the beginning, the Taiwanese market abandoned you, but the mainland market can do the same today.

The only difference is that the mainland thinks you can still be saved and wants to give you a hand.

Then in your mouths, censorship becomes the greatest original sin.

Let me ask you all, you accept scrutiny, so why don’t we accept scrutiny?

Aren’t we all the same?
Why can we do it but you can't?

In fact, the standards of censorship you accept are much lower than ours.

At least, you are the only ones who can shoot crime films.

They are not satisfied with this and are trying to blame the censorship system.

Maybe you are so used to it that you even believe it yourself. "

"Don't change the concept. We are not trying to pass on the blame. We just hope that China can be as open as Hollywood..."

This time it was Zhangjia Town again. Ever since Wu Baige was confronted by Zhang Chen last time, he no longer dared to confront him head-on.

Because Zhang Chen will definitely tell him about his dark history in Hollywood.

"What a bullshit openness! Go to Hollywood and make an anti-Semitic movie and see if it can be released."

Zhang Jiazhen was choked and speechless.

“Don’t always attribute the cause to external factors, think about yourself first.

Hong Kong movies in the 1980s and 1990s included kung fu comedies, zombie movies, gambling movies, gangster movies, police and gangster movies, martial arts movies, and mythology movies...

A hundred flowers bloom.

So you can sweep across Southeast Asia.

Look at the present time, is anyone still innovating?

Everybody is living off their past achievements.

After the success of Infernal Affairs, all the movies were about good versus evil, all were about undercover agents, and all were about the same old faces. No matter how new the movie was, the audience got tired of it...

On the other hand, Hollywood has been constantly innovating, creating science fiction films, disaster films, monster films, and other genres that you don't have.

Kung Fu films, Hong Kong's only advantage, were also gradually lost because Collin Chou sold the action data to Hollywood.

In time, Hollywood action movies will be no worse than Hong Kong ones. By then, what will Hong Kong movies have left?"

Zhang Chen's words made several people look ashamed.

Everyone knows that the once glorious Hong Kong films are now living off their past successes.

Only Zhang Jiazhen was still arguing: "But that's Hollywood..."

"What's wrong with Hollywood? Didn't it also develop bit by bit? Falling behind is not a big deal, what's scary is lying flat.

Just lie down. Without your Hong Kong films, our mainland films can still rise. But where the hell does that inexplicable sense of superiority of yours come from?
Whenever there is a similar situation, there are always Hong Kong filmmakers who think that the few pounds of rotten nails in Hong Kong films are better than our new ships. I get annoyed by this.

I acquired Golden Harvest and said that Golden Harvest had deteriorated.

When I acquired Golden Harvest, it had already stopped producing movies. Would it be better to wait for it to rot than for me to rejuvenate it?
You keep saying you want to revive Hong Kong films. Wouldn't it be good for Hong Kong to have one more film company to provide jobs for practitioners? The Man from Nowhere became the annual box office champion. Wouldn't it be good for reviving Hong Kong films?" "But The Man from Nowhere is not considered a Hong Kong film?" Zhang Jiazhen seemed to have finally found a loophole.

"How come it's not considered a Hong Kong film? The producer is a Hong Kong company, the film uses Hong Kong actors, and the funding comes from the Hong Kong stock market. How come it's not considered a Hong Kong film?"

"The lead actor Zhang Jin is not from Hong Kong."

"Then Jet Li is from mainland China, so why are his movies considered Hong Kong movies?"

Zhang Chen became more and more angry as he spoke, "A bunch of lazy people who are not enterprising enough, and are good at nothing but making excuses.

One moment they say "The Man from Nowhere" is not a Hong Kong film, the next moment they say Golden Harvest is not a Hong Kong company.

Golden Harvest is indeed different from other Hong Kong companies. Chen Xi doesn’t need to hire a PR agent for the artists, and the artists don’t need to accompany the sponsors. We don’t organize those messy parties, don’t use enhancers, and don’t gamble or take drugs…”

"Director Zhang..."

Ren Zhonglun interrupted him urgently. Zhang Chen had too much to say and there were media reporters on the scene.

Feng Xiaogang looked at Zhang Chen in surprise.

This guy is really brave!
Ren Zhonglun is here, and the leaders of the Film Bureau are here too. How dare he say these things?

More powerful than me!
For a moment, he felt a little bit of sympathy.

Unfortunately, the two were destined not to be friends.

The reporters at the scene were even more stunned, and then excited.

Zhang Chen is really awesome.

Unfortunately, it was stopped.

However, the camera has subconsciously captured the expressions of the people opposite.

Each one of them is ugly, even the sunglasses on the Sunglasses King’s face can’t hide it.

"Mr. Ren, boss, I'm sorry, I lost my composure today. Today's topic really made me think of a lot of unpleasant things. I'm going to go out and calm down first..."

"Well, Director Zhang, calm down first. Everyone, don't mind it. We are all doing this for the film industry!"

Zhang Chen left, the door closed, and Ren Zhonglun's voice could be heard faintly from inside: "Director Zhang Chen has no ill intentions, but his views do convey some problems. We should learn from them..."

This is a warning to those people.

Zhang Chen did not walk far, but found a corner to smoke.

Ning Hao and Lu Yang also came out together.

Lu Yang's eyes were full of admiration: "Brother, you are this..."

He had just graduated from his grade, and it was the time to admire this.

Zhang Chen didn't say anything, but Ning Hao beside him asked worriedly, "They said such harsh words, are you really okay?"

Zhang Chen waved his hand: "What can happen? Whether I say it or not, Golden Harvest is being targeted by them, but I'm not afraid. To put it bluntly, movies still rely on box office sales. As long as the movies produced by Golden Harvest sell well, they can't do anything to Golden Harvest..."

The main reason why he lost his composure today was because of Jiahe.

Although Chen Xi didn't say it, Zhang Chen still knew the basic situation.

Golden Harvest’s situation in Hong Kong is not optimistic, as it has been targeted intentionally or unintentionally.

If "The Man from Nowhere" hadn't been a huge hit, Chen Xi's situation might have been even more difficult.

Lu Yang changed the subject: "Brother, do you really think the grading system is bad?"

Zhang Chen took a deep puff of cigarette: "It's not a question of whether it's good or not, it's just that it can't be implemented. Those guys thought they could shoot anything after the classification, but in fact, after the classification, things that are not allowed to be shot are still not allowed to be shot.

Also, those guys always like to attribute the decline of Hong Kong films to the return or censorship.

I don't like censorship either, but I don't really think this is the reason.

If you can't do it, then you can't do it.

It really fits the line in Jianghu: I tell you but you don’t listen, you listen but you don’t understand, you understand but you don’t do it, you do but you do it wrong, you don’t admit your mistakes, you don’t change after you admit them, you change but you still don’t accept it, you don’t say anything if you don’t accept it! "

……

Not surprisingly, Zhang Chen once again made headlines in public opinion, and his popularity even exceeded that of the Shanghai Film Festival.

He originally thought that there would be public relations for the Shanghai Film Festival, but he doesn’t know whether there was no public relations or the public relations failed.

I guess they are also unhappy with Hong Kong Island, so they are using Zhang Chen's mouth to criticize them.

Zhang Chen angrily criticized the Hong Kong circle~
If you turn on the TV or print media, the entertainment section is basically all this.

The public's attention is very high.

Many people expressed their support for Zhang Chen.

Ever since the "beating up Little White Dragon" incident, in recent years, there have been reports of discord between Hong Kong and mainland filmmakers.

In fact, everyone has been unhappy for a long time.

It’s just that no one spoke up for them before.

[I said it before. When I heard the saying that Hong Kong movies died due to censorship, I felt it was wrong, but I couldn’t tell what was wrong. Zhang Chen helped me sort out my thoughts~]

[Yes, yes, me too. These guys are so good at leading the trend. I almost believed it...]

[Too self-righteous, actually putting the blame on returning to China and the censorship, how shameless...]

[If Director Zhang hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have realized that Hong Kong films in recent years are really like that. They all follow the same formula as Infernal Affairs. It seems that Hong Kong directors can’t make a film without an undercover agent…]

Many people actually don’t care about the entertainment industry, and most of the entertainment news is just gossip.

But this time, Zhang Chen's argument made them think seriously for the first time.

I seem to be really being led by the rhythm.

But not everyone supports him.

Those who opposed him were not fans of King of Sunglasses or Wu Baige, but ordinary netizens.

They opposed Zhang Chen because they suspected that Zhang Chen had become a pawn of the authorities.

There are actually people in this world who disagree with movie ratings. Are you a man?

Haven't you benefited from movie ratings?

Zhang Chen didn't want to care at first, but after hearing so many insults, he felt that he was wronged, so he simply posted a blog post:
I've never been against movie ratings, I just hate that they let film censorship take the blame.

Again, the film censorship in Hong Kong is also censored in the mainland.

Then why can the mainland produce good works while Hong Kong can only complain?

While enjoying preferential treatment, they say that the mainland's film system is not free.

In the past, Taiwan relied on its own market to force you to take sides and did not allow the release of leftist films. Is this freedom?
Now, the mainland is not forcing you to take sides.

You can cooperate with whomever you want, but if you want to enter the mainland, you must accept mainland review.

Not happy with this?

Cheap or not!

……

That’s all for today. My mind is in a mess and I won’t write any more.

I was locked up in chapter 45 today, and I was totally devastated.

A new round of Internet cleaning campaign has begun?

(End of this chapter)