Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 531 intercepts "Aftershock"?
In the original time and space, Feng Xiaogang once said at the premiere of Aftershock: "I can shoot anything, and everything I shoot will be a box office hit. Who can surpass me?"

Arrogant and complacent.

But now this sentence is more appropriate to describe Zhang Chen.

"The Darkness", "The Shallows", "The Accidental Detective", "Taken", "Painted Skin", "Moon", and "Pacific Rim", each of them is of a different genre, and each of them can be called a big hit at the box office.

After "Pacific Rim", Zhang Chen's reputation reached its peak.

Coupled with the conspiracy he proposed at the seminar, Zhang Chen once again became the focus of public opinion.

The next day after the seminar, content related to Zhang Chen’s conspiracy appeared on the Internet.

It's obvious that someone is trying to stir up emotions.

The means are very low-level.
But Zhang Chen didn't care. He already had a grudge against the Hong Kong circle, and he wasn't afraid of his remarks being known to others.

If he was afraid, he wouldn’t have spoken about it at the seminar.

The Hong Kong media were in an uproar. They did not expect that Zhang Chen would dare to say such words openly.

But the reason why an open conspiracy is called an open conspiracy is because there is no solution.

Some people with foresight followed Zhang Chen's ideas and found that it was very likely to happen.

How to do?
no way.

The big photography show has already happened.

Huangying acted quickly enough. They called the police immediately and the police intervened.

Hong Kong paparazzi are so rampant that in the end, only a few dare to speak nonsense.

But it doesn't help.

The impact has already been made.

The people were enjoying the melon, and they didn't care about what Zhang Chen said.

I haven't even finished eating my own melons, so how can I have time to eat the melons from outside?

In addition, Zhang Chen's conspiracy also caused a sensation in the mainland circles.

As an ordinary movie fan, I don’t know how to describe my feelings these days because of the big photography exhibition.

Then Zhang Chen’s remarks came out.

They found that Zhang Chen’s words could accurately summarize their feelings - the filter of the Hong Kong circle was broken.

Things that seemed so beautiful before suddenly seem different now. Celebrities that seemed so high and mighty before have now fallen to earth.

Unlike ordinary movie fans, young actors in mainland China felt that it was a wake-up call.

No one understood the value of what Zhang Chen said better than them.

The Hong Kong star filter is broken and mainland stars are rising.

Huang Xiaoming, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Tong Dawei, Hu Jun...

These young Mesozoic people, who Zhang Chen mentioned as being most likely to take advantage of the situation, couldn't sleep at night.

Zhang Chen wrote an article a long time ago about the current situation of these middle-aged young actors in the mainland.

He also specifically mentioned the tricks of the Hong Kong media, which uniformly promoted that only Hong Kong stars were the guarantee of box office success, making it impossible for these young mainland actors to get any good resources.

Either they have no part in any big movies, or even if they are able to get the resources for some large-scale films occasionally, they can only play supporting roles for those Hong Kong stars.

This is the current situation. Zhang Chen even had a war of words with the Hong Kong media about it, but it didn't have much effect.

This concept has been deeply rooted in people's minds and it is difficult to change it.

Zhang Chen is quite considerate of young actors of the Mesozoic era, but most of his movies are about female protagonists. Currently, only Huang Xiaoming and Hu Jun can make some money.

But now the opportunity has come.

Just as Zhang Chen said, the downfall of Hong Kong stars is the biggest opportunity for mainland stars.

Huang Xiaoming, Liu Ye, Chen Kun, Tong Dawei, Hu Jun and other male stars are all thinking about how they can benefit from this incident.

Zhang Chen has made it so clear, if they still can't get any benefits, then they are incompetent.

The one who has the most ideas here is Liu Ye~
Putting aside Zhang Chen's relationship, he has the best resources in the film industry among everyone.

But good or bad is only relative, others cannot get the resources.

Although he was able to get them, they were all mediocre roles.

Moreover, he was deeply touched by Zhang Chen's words.

He participated in a big production like "The Promise", but unfortunately the only role left for him was Ghost Wolf...

He also participated in "Curse of the Golden Flower", playing the cowardly and incompetent abandoned prince...

They all play supporting roles for Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.

Even big directors from the mainland do this, not to mention projects led by Hong Kong capital.

In fact, he had already understood all this before Zhang Chen made his "open conspiracy" remarks.

Wu Baige invited him to audition for the role of Sun Quan in "Red Cliff". After much trying, the role of Sun Quan was chosen from Zhang Chen from Taiwan.

The most outstanding Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang, one is from Hong Kong and the other is Japanese.

Quite a few mainland celebrities were invited, but they were all just there for show.

When Zhao Yanzi was invited, she was told to play the female lead. After the filming, Zhao Yanzi said she felt like she had been cheated.

Thinking of this, he recalled Zhang Chen's remarks about Wu Baige suppressing mainland filmmakers. Although Wang Jing and Xu Ke did not admit it, their attitude said it all.

It’s difficult. It’s really difficult for this group of Mesozoic young people!

……

Star Entertainment
Dong Jianqiang smiled bitterly.

Two days ago, he suddenly decided to donate 1000 million yuan to the snow disaster, completely disregarding the social etiquette in his circle.

Hold a seminar and fire directly at Hong Kong, taking advantage of your illness to kill you.

I guess Chen Xi is also smiling bitterly now.

At least Star Entertainment is a mainland company, while Golden Harvest is a Hong Kong company.

The boss of Golden Harvest openly stabbed the Hong Kong film industry, so life will definitely be difficult for Chen Xi, the head of the family.

Is Chen Xi under a lot of pressure now?
It's actually fine.

When Zhang Chen took over Golden Harvest, the Hong Kong circle regarded him as an invader.

The reason why Jiahe can stand here today is not because of any soft policy, but because of real hard work.

“Do you really think this is an opportunity for mainland artists?”

"Of course, you'll see when I've ever boasted..."

Zhang Chen is full of confidence.

"Okay, let's continue with what we said last time. The TS City Propaganda Department approached the Film Bureau and wanted to make a movie that reflects the tenacity of the people of Tangshan during the earthquake and the subsequent reconstruction of the new Tangshan.

The Film Bureau would definitely support this kind of thing, and then they recommended Xingchen Entertainment..."

After listening to Dong Jianqiang's narration, Zhang Chen looked embarrassed: "Do they have any other requests?"

"Yes, they hope that you will direct it yourself. Moreover, they have made it clear that they can be responsible for part of the filming funds and guarantee a certain number of private screenings. However, they also have requirements for the theme of the film, which is to promote Tangshan's contemporary style and the indomitable spirit of Tangshan people."

Zhang Chen sighed. No director likes this kind of composition assignment.

But he has very complicated feelings towards Tangshan.

Although he is from a coal-producing province, his ancestors are from Tangshan.

Zhang Chen’s grandparents are both from Fengrun, Tangshan. Zhang Chen’s grandmother was even in Tangshan when the Tangshan earthquake occurred.

Grandpa escaped the disaster because he was on a business trip. When he went back to find grandma, he discovered that all her family had died, and only grandma was lucky enough to survive.

Later, they settled in Taiyuan, Shanxi, following the construction of the railway. "Aftershock" is undoubtedly a good movie. On the contrary, the Tangshan earthquake can serve as spiritual comfort because it happened decades ago and the post-earthquake reconstruction was good.

Intercept Feng Xiaogang?
He doesn't care.

Given his current status, it is not worth it.

When Zhang Chen first heard about this topic, he was disdainful.

"Aftershock" should be regarded as Feng Xiaogang's best work. If Zhang Chen snatches it away, the value of Feng Xiaogang's work will be greatly reduced.

But as time went on, he began to waver again.

Since his debut, all the works he has shot have been purely commercial films.

It is indeed fun to shoot pure commercial films, but if you shoot too many of them, you will get a little tired of it.

Just like those actors don't like playing the same role repeatedly.

Zhang Chen is a little different now.

So, he was considering whether to shoot some realistic themes.

Just like what Spider-Man said: With great power comes great responsibility~
For example, "Lost and Love", "Aftershock", "Dying to Survive", "21 Articles" and the like, with his influence, may really change the fate of some people.

But he also has concerns.

"I'm worried that after such a film is released, it will be said to be a consumption of pain..."

Original time and space, this is one of the seven deadly sins of "Aftershock".

The other six cases are all far-fetched, but the point about consumer pain is something that can really be written about.

"It is indeed possible, so if you really decide to shoot it, we have to involve China Film Group, and it would be best if we could involve some publicity agencies as well..."

The two were about to continue their discussion when Zhang Chen's phone rang. It was Huo Wenxi.

What does the Eagle King want me to do?
Zhang Chen thought of a possibility, but still answered the phone.

Sure enough, Huo Wenxi on the other end of the phone urgently asked: "Director Zhang, can you save Gillian?"

"How to save?"

"Let her show her face in your play~"

When Huo Wenxi heard this, he became anxious and tried every possible means to find a cure.

Zhang Chen decisively refused: "I can't save her.

I understand how you feel, but the fact is that there is no hope.

Even if I give her a role, the audience will have memories.

When the audience sees her face on the screen, they immediately think of the content of the big photography exhibition, and this is called drama."

Huo Wenxi on the other end of the phone also realized at this moment that he was being abrupt. If Zhang Chen really used Gillian to cause the movie to fail, then he would be making an enemy.

But she was really anxious.

Zhang Chen paused and said, "Listen to my advice. This person's acting career is over. It is impossible for him to become popular again. If he still wants to make a living from this, he should move behind the scenes, or just follow that person and quit the circle..."

Zhang Chen had a detailed understanding of the whole story in the future, and some people made a well-reasoned analysis, saying that Gillian's public relations were a failure, and Zhang's public relations were textbook-level or something like that...

In Zhang Chen's opinion, it was complete nonsense.

When something like this happens, no matter how great the public relations are, it will be useless, and no matter how touching the copywriting is, it will be useless.

The result is the same.

My acting career is definitely over, no need to think about it anymore.

Zhang Chen’s words obviously couldn’t solve the other party’s problem. The person on the other end hung up after saying two sentences.

Zhang Chen looked at the phone, then looked at Dong Jianqiang on the other side and gave a wry smile.

The popularity of major photography exhibitions is really high.

He still remembered that in his previous life he worked hard in Beijing and took a train back to his hometown before the New Year.

Everyone in the neat carriage was discussing the big photography exhibition, young and old, and the enthusiasm was comparable to the Olympics.

In the film industry, this is called breaking the circle, which is definitely a good thing.

Unfortunately, it’s an entertainment scandal!
Zhang Chen said that Teacher Chen has no regrets in quitting the entertainment industry.
Although he is also a victim, the fact is that the big photography exhibition can be said to have destroyed the last breath of Hong Kong films.

From then on, the Hong Kong filter was shattered. There was no longer any lofty Hong Kong, only the Greater Bay Area.

Looking back to that year, Joey Wong and her group withdrew, and Cecilia Cheung became the one carrying the flag. As a result, a large photography exhibition was completely wiped out.

It was really a total annihilation.

You are stubborn and think that someone is innocent, so you use him. What should you do if the scandal breaks out when the movie is released?
That’s why Zhang Chen said that the Hong Kong circle is over.

Even Zhang Chen's mother called to ask: "Is your... entertainment industry... so chaotic?"

"No, Mom, don't listen to what the media says. That's the chaos in Hong Kong. It's different in the mainland..."

This was the only way Zhang Chen could comfort her.

What else can I say?
An actor, a producer or a director, they meet for the first time and the conversation goes smoothly...

There is no other meaning, just like shaking hands, it is a way to show your politeness.

If Zhang Chen really dared to say this to his mother, his mother would force him to quit the circle the next day.

Don't pollute my son.

"By the way, CJ1 will be released on January 30th. Remember not to make any comments when the time comes. This is the first movie we release."

Dong Jianqiang gave special instructions.

He was speechless about Zhang Chen's big mouth.

"CJ7" is Stephen Chow's latest work, a live-action animated film.

It is a challenge for Stephen Chow and also for Star Entertainment.

Because this is the first film project released by Star Entertainment that is not from the company.

Stephen Chow probably also wanted to establish a connection with Star Entertainment, so the distribution of "CJ7" was jointly handed over to China Film and Star Entertainment.

The release date chosen is January 1th, the Spring Festival.

Many people thought that the Spring Festival box office was boosted by Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", but that's not the case.

The concept of the Spring Festival period was introduced in 1995.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is only the first film to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Before this, cinemas were closed on the 30th, 1st and 2nd of the Chinese New Year, and resumed normal business on the 3rd.

Hong Kong filmmakers prefer to release their movies during the Spring Festival. Last year's "The Disciples" and this year's "CJ7" and "Slam Dunk" are actually all considered Spring Festival movies.

"Okay, I remember."

Zhang Chen also knows his bad habits, so why not just not comment on them?

What's more, what good reviews can be given to "CJ7"?

This movie is not Stephen Chow at all.

Yes.

Speaking of which, "CJ7" is really mediocre.

If it weren't for Stephen Chow's production, it wouldn't have been famous at all.

There is nothing special about the story, its biggest feature is that it is mediocre.

Adults can't find it interesting and kids don't find it interesting either.

(End of this chapter)