Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning
Chapter 538 Buying a plane?
Chapter 538 Buying a plane?
Zhang Chen has always had a good relationship with CCTV's Six Princesses.
Every time Zhang Chen has a new movie released, the Sixth Princess will help promote it. This time is no exception. A special edition of Star Entertainment was specially produced, and all the movies previously produced by Star Entertainment were played one by one.
Other TV channels are also broadcasting special programs about "2012".
Zhang Chen has appeared on several talk shows recently, the first of which was "Very Close Distance":
Li Jing: You actually fabricated a rumor just to promote the movie?
Zhang Chen: How is that possible? I don’t have that much power. The Mayan prophecy is true. I just spread it.
Dai Jun: Most disaster films are about natural disasters, but 2012 doesn’t seem to be about that.
Zhang Chen nodded: Yes, there are three in "2012", volcanic eruption, earthquake and flood. It's the end of the world, so it has to be spectacular.
The audience laughed.
Dai Jun also took care of the other guest's emotions and took the initiative to pass on the topic: This time it's not Bingbing who saves the world~
Fan Binbin smiled: Yes, this time I was saved, I’m not used to it.
The audience burst into laughter again. The character of Fan Xiaoyang in "Pacific Rim" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Li Jing: Let’s watch a trailer first~
When you go on a show to promote a movie, you definitely have to watch the trailer.
The trailer is very touching:
Cheng Long drove a car and fled to Los Angeles with his ex-wife and her family.
There was constant shaking all around, the ground suddenly lifted up, and a car hit it head-on. Cheng Long managed to avoid it with his superb driving skills, and then the building gradually collapsed.
With no way to escape, Cheng Long simply drove his car through the glass curtain wall and passed through the building.
The pressure from the continuously collapsing load-bearing columns increased dramatically, and at the last moment, the car rushed out of the building and escaped.
The next scene is on the runway, the RV is running, Cheng Long is driving a motorcycle to chase it from behind, and the ground crack is chasing closely behind Cheng Long.
If you were a second late, you would die without a burial place.
The special effects are so real that you can't even breathe.
Seeing that the crack in the ground had swallowed up the rear wheel of the motorcycle, Cheng Long suddenly jumped up, hung on the door of the plane and went into the sky, with the skin on his face blown into waves.
In the next scene, from an aerial perspective, a plane flies over the city in disaster. The originally calm ground suddenly splits in half like a wafer biscuit, revealing the subway culvert inside.
A subway train came out of a culvert, flew into the air, and was then swallowed up.
On the ground, buildings were collapsing and explosions were happening everywhere.
In just a few minutes, Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, became a devastated city.
The next scene is even more shocking. Looking down from the sky, the entire Los Angeles plate is slowly sliding into the sea.
What followed was a series of flash mobs: the Golden Gate Bridge broke, the USS Lincoln was swept by the flood and crashed into the White House, and the Statue of Liberty collapsed...
Li Jing: Can you tell us which buildings you destroyed?
Zhang Chen indicated that Fan Xiaopang should speak, and Fan Xiaopang counted on his fingers: The White House, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Hoover Dam, the Hollywood landmark, the Statue of Liberty...
The two hosts acted exaggerated: Do you have a grudge against the United States?
Zhang Chen shrugged: "It's not just the United States, this is a global disaster. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the Eiffel Tower in France, the Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Yellowstone Park in the United States, and the Himalayas, the backbone of the world, I didn't let any of them go...
Everyone laughed.
Dai Jun envied: It sounds good, I really want to see it sooner~
Zhang Chen: That’s easy. I’ll send you an invitation to the premiere.
Li Jing came up immediately and asked: Do I have one too?
Zhang Chen: It must be there.
The audience cheered, and Zhang Chen said politely, "Don't worry, it's impossible for everyone to give away tickets. How about this, I'll give 20 tickets to the program team, and everyone can draw lots to decide when the time comes~"
There was cheering in the audience. Zhang Chen also specifically explained to Li Jing and Dai Jun: These 20 tickets are for the live audience. As for our staff, I will give some tickets separately. The program crew cannot do anything tricky.
Dai Jun and Li Jing also cooperated and showed embarrassed expressions: Ah, you saw through our little tricks~
Hahaha~
The audience burst into laughter again.
The show aired on Tuesday and received good reviews. Li Jing was delighted as she watched the ratings climb steadily.
A day later, Cheng Long, Zhang Chen and Fan Xiaopang gathered at the Capital International Airport. They were going to Los Angeles to participate in the recording of a new episode of The Ellen Show.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show was contacted by Warner Bros. It is one of the top three talk shows in the United States and has a huge influence.
The recording took place at Warner Studios in Burbank.
Cheng Long has been flying around a lot recently, with "The Forbidden Kingdom" touring all over the world.
With his status, he basically doesn't need a roadshow.
In fact, there have not been many roadshows for his films in the past. At most, there were one or two symbolic shows in important cities.
However, "The Forbidden Kingdom" is different. In addition, when signing the agreement for "2012", it was also stated that Jackie Chan must accompany and participate in no less than ten roadshows.
After checking into the business class, the group began to sleep. When they woke up but it wasn't their flight yet, they gathered together to chat.
Cheng Long talked about some things that need to be paid attention to when recording the program there.
This was before the time when "Sunshine, Rainbow, Little White Horse" became popular in North America, and "that" was still a banned word.
Jackie Chan has been very busy lately. Not only is he busy promoting "The Forbidden Kingdom", but as the Olympics are approaching, he sometimes also has to attend some events. After all, it's a business card!
"By the way, Director Yimou informed me that our closing ceremony plan was not approved~"
Zhang Chen initially suggested that the closing ceremony of the Olympics should be modeled after the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, with film and television elements added, and Pacific Rim and Jackie Chan used as signature films.
Zhang Yimou was very interested, but the vote ultimately failed.
For a country, it is important to strive for innovation in the opening ceremony, but this is not necessary for the closing ceremony. If not done properly, it may end up being anticlimactic and it is better to just follow the rules.
Zhang Chen didn't care. He just did his best.
"Be prepared, we may have to fly around frequently during this period..."
Cheng Long gave Zhang Chen a warning: doesn’t a global roadshow mean flying around the world?
"Flying around is actually not that bad, anyway I can catch up on sleep on the plane. The most troublesome thing is buying the plane ticket..."
For example, this time, there are three people, Cheng Long, Zhang Chen, and Fan Xiaopang, and each of them has at least one assistant, which means six tickets.
It is quite troublesome to coordinate these tickets for the same flight. Sometimes, in order not to delay the trip, you even have to travel on different flights.
"It would be nice to have a private jet~" Fat Fan sighed.
"Yeah, it would be nice to have a private jet~" the two people next to him also muttered.
Wait a minute, what are you two looking at each other with?
Fat Fan just made an unintentional complaint, but he found that the eyes of the two big men next to him lit up.
"It seems to be possible~"
"I think so too~"
Jackie Chan is an international superstar and flies around frequently.
Zhang Chen has many opportunities to fly, and he has a branch in North America, so he has to come here frequently.
"It's just that buying a private jet isn't something that's done in the country yet. Wouldn't that be too ostentatious?"
Cheng Long has a deep understanding of human nature, probably because he has seen too much.
Not only did he not give the money to his wife for safekeeping, but he also bought a private jet. He was so rich that he should have bought it a long time ago, but he didn't.
I guess I had the idea a long time ago, but I always had concerns.
Zhang Chen knew that his idea was absolutely correct.
In the original time and space, the first person in China to buy a private jet was Uncle Benshan.
There was a lot of buzz about buying a plane.
In fact, he was not the first to buy it. The first was Yuanda Group, which bought it in 1997.
It's just that Uncle Benshan is a star, naturally attractive, so his purchase of a plane would cause heated discussion. During that period, it was really sour.
Even the media reports on this matter have a whiff of old vinegar.
It seems that it is a heinous crime for a celebrity to buy a plane.
Zhang Chen could fully foresee that if he or Cheng Long bought a plane, they would definitely have the same outcome.
But even though I know it, I still want to buy it.
Ideas are like that. When you don't have them, nothing happens.
Once you have it, it's like grass growing in your heart.
But there was another voice in my heart: I've been reborn, and if I still have to think before and after doing things, what's the point of being reborn?
Thinking of this, he looked at Cheng Long and his eyes met his.
"You want to buy?"
"Uncle Long wants to buy it too?"
Cheng Long nodded, "I want to buy it, but I'm afraid it will have a bad influence, and the first rafters that stick out will rot first~"
I don’t know what Cheng Long went through when he was young.
Zhang Chen simply said: "How about we buy it together? No, I heard that Uncle Benshan also wants to buy it. Let's buy it together. If there are more protruding rafters, it will not be so easy to rot. If there is firepower, we can share it together..."
Cheng Long was quite interested.
"Enjoy life while you can, Brother Long. You are not looking ahead or behind like a hero. Besides, don't you want to try making rapid progress?"
"Okay, let's buy it~"
Brother Long agreed very straightforwardly, and at the same time said, what kind of person do you think I am? I was simply provoked.
"You can ask Benshan later. I happen to know someone in this field. If it's okay, I can ask him to cut in line for us."
Buying a private jet is not like buying cabbage. You can pay now and pick it up the same day.
They are all scheduled, ranging from half a year to a year.
Fat Fan next to him looked surprised and said, "No, I was just complaining casually. Why are you two discussing buying a plane?"
Also, what does rapid progress mean?
Zhang Chen also looked over at this time: "Bingbing, do you want to buy one too, so that we can make it a perfect pair~"
Make it an even number?
Make up your sister's whole ~
Four, what kind of whole is that?
Besides, do I look like someone who can afford a plane?
Then she suddenly realized what "a thousand steps forward in a day" meant, and her face turned red all of a sudden, you two old perverts~
……
That night, in the middle of the night, Zhao Benshan was sleeping when the phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, Zhang Chen?"
Uncle Benshan was still a little dazed. He looked at his watch and it was two o'clock in the morning.
"Uncle Benshan, do you want to buy a private jet? Cheng Long and I have decided to buy one. If you want to buy one too, we can buy one together. Cheng Long has connections, so he can get a cheaper price and can also jump the queue..."
Uncle Benshan was shocked. What was going on? Asking me to buy a plane at two o'clock in the middle of the night?
My first reaction was, is this some little bastard pretending to be Zhang Chen to play a trick on me?
His unreliable disciples are really capable of doing such a thing~
But Cheng Long's voice came again: "Benshan, this is Jackie. Zhang Chen and I have decided to buy a plane. Do you want to come with us? If not, we won't wait for you..."
Ok?
It seems to be true.
How did they know I wanted to buy a plane?
He hadn't mentioned this idea to anyone else.
Oh, I can’t sleep~
Zhao Benshan put on his clothes and sat on the sofa smoking. Do you want to join?
……
Los Angeles International Airport
Jason Statham was in the United States and met them directly at the airport.
Zhang Chen always thought that Allen was a man, but he didn't expect that he was a woman with short hair and a more androgynous look.
The entire interview process was very heartwarming, or as later generations would say, "very warm."
But later on, this girl’s reputation fell, apparently because she bullied her subordinates.
Known as the 'two-faced man'.
In later generations, some people called her the "American version of Karen Mok", but she behaved very friendly on the show.
"I never thought that Jack Cheng's new film would be a disaster movie?!"
"Haha, yes, I just like to see your surprised expressions. You know, all the audiences in the United States call me Jack Cheng when they see me..."
Cheng Long said, demonstrating a martial arts move, "I really want to change this."
His English is very fluent, no different from his native language.
Jackie Chan is a household name in the United States, and his influence is much greater than that of Bruce Lee.
But as he said, all Americans would exclaim and imitate a set of moves when they see Cheng Long, as if that had become a label for Cheng Long.
Cheng Long was a little amused and helpless about this.
“Why did you collaborate on such a movie?”
Allen's main target of questions has always been Jackie Chan. Even though Zhang Chen has already made "Pacific Rim", in North America, Jackie Chan is a much bigger star than him.
So the interview will definitely focus on him.
However, Cheng Long was very cooperative and consciously directed the topic to other people.
"Do you know how difficult it is for Zhang and I to work together? Let me tell you something that you may not know.
I wanted to work with him as early as Taken.
At that time, Zhang wanted Tony to play the leading role in "Hurricane", but Tony was not interested in action movies. I happened to see the script.
I've always wanted to change my action style, and I fell in love with this story at first sight.
I wanted to work with him, but Zhang refused, saying that my personal label was too strong.
And then, as you all know, Taken became a global hit, and I missed out on a big-name movie.
It’s a pity, if he had agreed, the role of Brian, who is so popular all over the world, would not have been played by Tony, but by me.”
Cheng Long pretended to be regretful, which made the audience laugh.
Allen also smiled and said, "Zhang probably wasn't famous at the time, right?"
Zhang Chen smiled and nodded: "Yes, I was only somewhat famous in our country at that time, but compared to Brother Long, I was definitely far behind..."
"Then how dare you refuse him?"
"The drama is bigger than the sky~"
The foreigner obviously understood this sentence, and applause broke out from the audience.
"Then why did you cooperate again this time?"
"I have always felt regretful that we didn't work together before. This time, we are going to make a disaster film. I think it is a good opportunity for Brother Long to transform, and then we hit it off..."
(End of this chapter)
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