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Chapter 166 What can Tang Wen do to me? (Subscribe)

"Let him admit it? Impossible, right? Zhang Weiping is not a vegetarian."

Sun Chao looked surprised and gave a reminder.

He was not idle at noon either.

I asked the secretary to collect information about Mr. Zhang and found out who was Zhang Yimou's partner.

He's really that kind of person who is particularly... particularly self-righteous.

Zhang Weiping often says:

"The person Zhang Yimou is most grateful to is me!"

"Besides his mother, I am the one who knows Zhang Yimou best"

"Yimou's art film doesn't make any money, but I invested in it even though I lost money for the sake of loyalty."

Also.

Zhang Weiping has had many experiences of arguing with reporters, the media, and his peers in the film industry.

Some people outside call him "Zhang Dapao" and "Zhang Dazui".

His reputation for blasting people is even more fierce than that of the "little steel cannons" who block the entrance of the newspaper office to demand an explanation.

How could such a person bow his head?

How could I be willing to suffer in silence?

"Seriously, what are you going to do?"

Zhang Yimou also asked Zhang Weiping the same thing.

Zhang Weiping held a cigarette in his mouth, looking nonchalant: "Explain? Why should I come out and explain? Those reporters were pestering me, and what I said when I was drunk was irresponsible."

"The outside world really thinks it was you who did it behind the scenes!" Zhang Yimou had a helpless look on his face, like an old farmer.

They have known each other for more than ten years.

They understand each other very well.

Zhang Yimou knew it was useless to persuade him, but he had to do it anyway.

"Hey, Yimou, you don't understand! This is the effect we want."

Zhang Weiping was very proud and blew a puff of smoke into the air:

"Tang Wen is too popular, and some people can't stand it anymore, so they slander him behind his back.

Those who slander him will not stand up for fear of his revenge.

I didn't do anything, I just cursed the reporter.

So the title of the big boss behind the scenes was put on my head.

Tang Wen can’t do anything to me!
He is bound to suffer this loss!

People in the circle, look, I dare to deal with even Tang Wen.

From now on, everyone must show respect to me."

If you want to get along in society, you have to make sure that people can’t figure out your background and are afraid of you so that you can get things done.

Although for Zhang Yimou's sake.

Many people in the film industry have always had a high opinion of Zhang Weiping.

But that was borrowing Zhang Yimou's face, not Zhang Weiping's method.

In short, the explanation is impossible to explain.

He doesn't need Tang Wen's investment.

Second, with Zhang Yimou in hand, there is no need for Tang Wen to be the director.

Tang Wen, who was still wet behind the ears, had no influence on him at all.

It can only make Mr. Zhang famous!

"He has a close relationship with Han Sanping." Zhang Yimou advised again.

"Tsk! Who doesn't have some connections?" Zhang Weiping disagreed.

He really wasn't pretending.

In his previous life, this person had even been criticized by Han Sanping.

To put it nicely, he is fearless.

To put it bluntly, we have offended everyone, whether we could or should not offend.

In the end, he had a falling out with Zhang Yimou, and not a single artist in their company or previous partners stood on his side!

His character is evident from this.

Zhang Weiping analyzed: "That guy's movie is scheduled to be released in July, competing against Hollywood blockbusters. I don't know whether he has a good relationship with China Film Group or not."

From a film businessman's perspective, this is indeed the case.

Why resist Hollywood if you don't make good money?

Tang Wen is a man of few words and not very reliable in his work.

Han Sanping also supports it, so isn’t that a pitfall for Tang Wen?

I'm afraid that's what the so-called relationship is.

Renren office.

Tang Wen did not specify how he would fight back.

Then we talked about the promotion of Renren.

Renren is going to open registration.

Prepare to spend money on publicity, and launch TV commercials, posters, soft articles, and promotional videos all at the same time.

He has already discussed this with Penguin Pony.

Not only can you promote through QQ, you can also register a Renren account directly with your QQ number.

Of course, business is business.

Renren.com also needs to promote Penguin's business in a reciprocal manner.

Mutual benefit to both parties.

Throughout the day, Tang Wen stayed at Renren's headquarters. He did not accept interviews from entertainment reporters and did not pay attention to rumors outside.

In the evening, Mr. Han from China Film Group called me.

As an important partner of Zhang Yimou, Zhang Weiping has considerable influence in the circle.

President Han cannot underestimate him.

"Do you think he did it?"

"Probably not." Tang Wen touched his nose, feeling a little guilty.

"Then I'll find someone to pass a message to him and ask him to come out and explain?"

Tang Wen: "I have no problem with that. The question is whether he is willing or not?"

"If he refuses to explain, it means he is guilty." Han Sanping's words had hidden meaning. Obviously, he had learned about Zhang Weiping before making the call.

"Okay, I'll follow the teacher's instructions." Tang Wen's tone was full of smiles.

He understood what the teacher meant.

To deal with someone, you must use courtesy before force.

Zhang Weiping is outspoken, and Tang Wen cannot learn from him.

Find the middleman first and ask what's going on.

If Zhang Weiping is willing to explain a few things to the media, this matter can be resolved.

If the other party does not give any explanation after receiving the message.

Then, isn’t Tang Wen right?
"You kid," Han Sanping also laughed, "Who do you think we should find to pass the message to him?"

Tang Wen laughed, and there was a hint of ill intent in his laughter.

"Okay, I got it. Come over to my house for dinner when you have time."

hang up the phone.

Han Sanping tapped the table and thought for a few seconds, then instructed his secretary: "Just find a newspaper leader who can talk to Zhang Weiping, not too high-ranking. Ask him to pass on the message."

Secretary Lin nodded after listening and went out to make a phone call.

After a while, he came back to report that everything had been arranged.

And he deliberately mentioned: "I didn't say it was your intention."

Han Sanping smiled and said, "Okay, more people should know about this matter later."

"clear."

That night, the chief editor of a newspaper in the Beijing area called Zhang Weiping.

"What's going on? Oh, me and Tang Wen? Haha, it's nothing. What kind of conflict can there be between me and a young junior?"

Zhang Weiping spoke in a perfunctory manner.

In the end, he did not agree to be interviewed to clarify the misunderstanding between him and Tang Wen.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Weiping looked disdainful:
"What level are you at? You're still acting as a lobbyist. You might as well work overtime and earn a few more cents!"

"Who?" Zhang Yimou asked.

"Hero" is in post-production.

The two and their team are gathering together to discuss when to release "Hero"

"He's just a small editor-in-chief, not worth mentioning. He also hinted to me that it was the people from China Film Group who asked him to act as a peacemaker." There was no respect in Zhang Weiping's tone.

"Do you know what this means?" Zhang Weiping looked as if he had grasped the truth.

"What does it mean?" The subordinate asked sincerely, "Please enlighten me."

Zhang Weiping waved his hand and said, “It just shows that Tang Wen’s connections are just like that.

After a whole day, I finally found a small employee at China Film Corporation and asked the editor-in-chief of a small newspaper to plead for me.

They said they didn’t believe I did it and wanted me to give an interview to explain.”

After saying this, without waiting for others to react, he mocked again:
"Tell me, if this isn't weakness and fear of me, then what is it! I didn't explain anything, but he just said it wasn't me. Tsk tsk, this kid is so lucky to be able to make it!"

The team members nodded:

"Great! Mr. Zhang is really great!"

They knew Zhang Weiping's character and knew that he didn't need anyone's advice.

Just nod in agreement.

Zhang Yimou felt something was wrong. He had watched all of Tang Wen's movies and books.

Although Director Tang is young, he is definitely not a simple-minded person. To put it bluntly, a simple-minded person cannot be a director at all.

He reminded again: "Well, for the sake of the screen, be merciful when you can."

"Don't worry, I know it."

Zhang Weiping smiled and looked out the window, as if he had already seen Tang Wen's furious look.

And Tang Wen did get the news.

"Boss Tang, Boss Han asked me to tell you that we asked someone to intercede for us, but Boss Zhang didn't take us seriously at all."

The person who called was Secretary Lin.

He didn't hide anything, and his tone was full of smiles.

Tang Wen pretended to be sad: "Mr. Zhang has a big family and a big business. It's normal that a small director like me is not taken seriously by him."

Secretary Lin suppressed his laughter and said, "Not only that, they don't take China Film Group seriously either."

"Ah?" Tang Wen exclaimed.

Secretary Lin's tone became heavy: "Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. Mr. Zhang didn't give face to China Film Group, and the news has spread. At least a dozen editors and reporters know about this, and it will spread in the circle tomorrow."

"This..." Tang Wen sighed, "We have no choice but to find a way to fight back."

"Yes, the reputation of China Film Group must be maintained no matter what. We are also passively counterattacking."

The two of them sighed as they talked, and it felt like they had suffered great injustice.

In short, Tang Wen and China Film Corporation were forced to the moral high ground by Zhang Dapao.

Just as Secretary Lin arranged, ahem, expected.

The news spread throughout the entertainment industry overnight.

There are even a lot of posts on the Internet discussing this matter.

As the saying goes, "Three people make a tiger."

The news was passed from hand to hand, becoming more and more exaggerated.

"Have you heard? Mr. Zhang Weiping, the one who slandered Tang Wen, refuses to explain!"

"..."

"Have you heard? Zhang Weiping kicked out the senior executives of China Film Group who came to negotiate peace."

"Have you heard? Zhang Weiping scolded China Film Group, slapped President Han, and kicked him out..."

When people in the industry heard the news, they scoffed.

Zhang Weiping?
What level of player is fighting against President Han?
Do not make jokes.

This news is as funny as the daughter of the god of war in the army living in a doghouse.

At night.

The news reached Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping couldn't laugh anymore.

With his emotional intelligence, he can't be considered an old fox.

But he is definitely a veteran.

"Damn it! Someone is plotting against us!"

Zhang Yimou was speechless after hearing this: Yesterday it was "you are the only one who is smart", but today it seems like someone is trying to trick us?
But he didn't care: "I feel like the limelight came a little too quickly. I'll ask the Western Film Studio to find out."

Zhang Yimou came from the Xi'an Film Studio.

The relationships and connections have never been broken.

"Need not!"

When he heard the name of Xi'an Film Studio, Zhang Weiping refused without thinking.

He was afraid of getting in touch with the couple, so Zhang Yimou went straight to work with the Xi'an Film Studio on his next film.

"One plot, we are innocent and have nothing to fear. I didn't do anything, and asking people about it will make us look guilty."

"Well," Zhang Yimou looked at his old partner and wanted to ask: It really wasn't you who did it, was it?
The words came to my lips but I didn't ask them.

He just suggested: "No, just hold a press conference and explain it clearly."

"That makes me look even more guilty. If I don't explain, who cares? It's China Film, Old Han, and that kid Tang Wen who are embarrassed. I'm not the one who's anxious..."

Zhang Weiping calmed down and thought about it, and felt that neither China Film Group nor Tangwen could do anything to him.

I felt relieved and toughened up.

"Who is that Zhang Weiping?" Li Xiaoran, sweating profusely, asked while lying in Tang Wen's arms.

"Don't pay attention to him, he will apologize in a few days?"

"Really? I saw online that he's quite a big shot, a wealthy man, and the exclusive investor of director Zhang Yimou."

Tang Wen smiled and patted him lightly.

Turning over was another fierce battle.

Wait until Li Dabai falls into a deep sleep.

He went to the study and worked overtime overnight to write something.

The next morning.

A piece of news shocked the entertainment industry.

The script of "Hero" has been leaked.

It's all over the Internet.

"What? How is this possible?" Zhang Weiping was furious when he got the news.

"We don't know either, Mr. Zhang. It was so sudden. But only one-third of it was leaked."

"What the hell! Not even one tenth of it is enough!"

"Hero" has not released a single still so far.

No publicity was done.

It is kept completely confidential to the outside world.

The curiosity of netizens and viewers has long been piqued.

Now that there is a script to read, no matter whether it is true or not, everyone comes to watch the fun.

“How similar are they?”

"Uh, half and half."

Zhang Weiping breathed a sigh of relief.

In this case, it won’t have much impact on the movie.

Besides, it's just a script, not a movie clip.

"Contact the website to delete it immediately!"

"Yes, yes, the lawyers and the public relations department are already in contact." The employee on the other side said, "But it's a bit strange, Mr. Zhang. I think this is a warning."

Zhang Weiping's eyebrows stood up, and he wanted to curse, but he forced himself to hold it back: "Tell me more about it."

"Some of the plots and dialogues in this fake script are exactly the same as those in our original script. I suspect that the person who released the script deliberately made it half-true and half-false."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Weiping turned on the computer and checked the Internet, and found that it was true.

He couldn't bear it any longer, so he raised his hand and smashed the phone against the wall, breaking it into pieces.

"Damn it! Someone is messing with me!"

After saying this, he was stunned.

This sentence sounds so familiar, I seem to have said it last night.

Could it be Tangwen or China Film Group?
impossible.

The script is kept strictly confidential.

The complete script is not even available to the lead actors.

The only ones who can see the entire script are myself and Yimou.

I walked back and forth in the living room, racking my brains but still couldn't figure out what went wrong.

In the afternoon, the assistant brought a new mobile phone.

He called the staff: "Are all the major websites cooperating? How is the deletion going?"

"Uh, basically cooperate."

"What the hell is basic coordination?"

"Mainstream websites are deleting it, but one website only agreed verbally and did nothing."

Zhang Weiping's heart skipped a beat: "Which website?"

"Renren. Their chairman seems to be Tang Wen."

"Who?!"

With a loud crash, Zhang Weiping kicked over the trash can.

Half an hour later, the hero team gathered in the company.

It's not for the movie, but for the urgent need to learn more about Renren.

"Renren.com, also known as the campus network, has been established in hundreds of universities across the country. The active users are mainly college students, with a total number of over one million users. Renren.com has a special section for movie ratings, called Douban..."

The introducer's voice became increasingly quiet.

Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou felt more and more disappointed the more they listened.

After these words were spoken, the conference room fell completely silent; you could hear a pin drop.

They are all film professionals.

As you can tell from the introduction, Renren has a huge influence on movies.

The rating section can determine the reputation of a movie.

College students are the main force in watching movies.

If so many college students were influenced by Tang Wen and boycotted "Hero", the consequences would be unimaginable.

This movie cost 2.4 million US dollars, or million yuan.

If the film fails at the box office after a normal release, the investors will at most curse you for being incompetent.

But if it was because Zhang Weiping offended Tang Wen, the movie would be boycotted and fail.

The investors behind the scenes can eat him alive!

(End of this chapter)