Chapter 342 Director Chen didn’t do a good enough job
“The Promise” really screwed up Chinese movies.
Originally, since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the world film industry has always shown its love for Chinese costume blockbusters.
Under this background, "Heroes", "House of Flying Daggers", "Seven Swords", "The Promise", "The Banquet" and "Ink Attack" have been successively approved~
Who can imagine, a "The Promise" 》It directly made this craze subside.
From then on, Chinese costume blockbusters were no longer a popular subject around the world, and costume blockbusters were no longer so easy to sell.
Now, it has truly affected "Painted Skin".
"It's okay, at most I'll make less~"
Zhang Chen comforted him like this. Of course he was unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about it. The preparations had already started. If he gave up now, he would have lost his job before. Everything was in vain.
And Han Sanping is still waiting for "Painted Skin" to give him a mouthful of milk.
As for losing money, Zhang Chen shouldn't worry about it if he has this confidence.
He is now the most popular director in China. Even if the theme of "Painted Skin" subsides, there should be no problem in selling it. The only difference is that it sells more and sells less.
Having been affected by the bad news, Zhang Chen had no intention of staying any longer, so he packed up and prepared to go home.
News Network said it will snow tonight, so I will take my parents to visit the Forbidden City tomorrow.
The Forbidden City is the most beautiful after snow. Even if it doesn’t snow, the best season for photographing the Forbidden City is winter.
Only in winter can you take pictures of its majesty and variety.
Zhang Chen sneaked downstairs and left through the back door. In the past two days, he had developed his own set of techniques to hide from reporters.
However, these techniques seem to have failed today.
I was caught by two reporters not long after I walked out.
"Director Zhang~"
The two of them looked at Zhang Chen with smiles and a look of leisure on their faces.
Zhang Chen had a look of astonishment on his face: "How did you...know that I'm here..."
One of the paparazzi pulled down the mask on his face: "Director Zhang, it's me, and..." Do you remember?"
Zhang Chen had a vague impression: "Brother, you look familiar~"
"It was me, I secretly photographed you and Fan Binbin last time, and you came over to show it to us later. Where is the loose smoke..."
"Oh oh oh, I remembered~" Zhang Chen immediately remembered after the other party reminded him.
“Brothers, what are you doing~”
Another tall one: “After listening to Director Zhang’s words, we brothers stopped being paparazzi and switched careers to become reporters, but today we can To block Director Zhang, we still relied on the skills we learned when we were paparazzi..."
Zhang Chen smiled helplessly.
"Director Zhang, please give me some face. It's so cold in this cold weather. It's not easy for us to meet you after lying down for a long time. Please answer a few questions."
Indeed, while he was blowing warm air upstairs, the two brothers could only blow cold air down below.
Everyone is freezing now, and their noses are sniffing~
"Okay, you guys can ask~" Zhang Chen is also an open-minded person.
"Director Zhang, many people have reported that they can't understand "The Promise"..."
Zhang Chen really wants to say that it doesn't matter if you can't understand The Promise now, he will do it after a certain sect. Got it.
But he couldn't accept it even if he wanted to. Instead, he pretended to be serious: "It's hard to answer this question, so let's change it. It's best not to ask any questions about "The Promise". If I have to ask, then I can only turn around and leave..." ”
Zhang Chen has made up his mind anyway, even if he asks about "The Promise", he won't answer. It's not a crime to offend someone for no reason~
And he has made a plan in advance. If he really can't escape and is questioned urgently, he will follow Ang Lee's example: I can't understand it, but I will be shocked~< br>
Of course I was shocked. It was so bad that it had a box office of 170 million. Isn’t this shocking enough?
"Okay, let's not ask about "The Promise"~" Although the brothers were a little helpless, there was nothing they could do. It was good that Zhang Chen was willing to cooperate with them to be interviewed.
Zhang Chen was ready for the interview, but the two people opposite him suddenly didn't know what to ask.
The questions they had originally prepared were all about "The Promise", but now they were suddenly not allowed to ask them, and they couldn't think of other questions at all for a while.
But it would be too wasteful to leave it alone.
"Did you come back from Hollywood this time because the new movie is finished?"
"Yes." Zhang Chen nodded.
"Then what is the theme of the new movie?"
"It is a story about the end of the world, and the setting is very novel. Everyone will know it when they see it..."
For publicity, it must not be possible It’s too much to reveal, but you can’t say nothing at all. It’s best to keep it shrouded in clouds and mountains, making people feel like they know something and yet feel like they don’t know anything at the same time.
Well, why is it so similar to "The Promise".
The two brothers looked at each other. They had obviously changed careers as reporters not long ago, and had little experience. The questions they asked were not newsy, and even they themselves felt bored.
But one of them immediately thought of something: "Director Zhang, I heard that you made some remarks two days ago about the lack of good resources for domestic actors, especially male actors. Can you tell us in detail?"
"Huh? Where did you get this news?" Zhang Chen was a little surprised.
Hearing this, the tall man scratched his head honestly: "You also know that we used to be paparazzi. We always have some channels of our own..."
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to say anything, Zhang Chen didn’t pursue it too closely.
But what the other party was talking about was obviously that night at the private restaurant, but I don’t know how much they knew.
I don’t know who revealed it, Huang Xiaoming? Mr. Zhou? Yang Xiaomi? Or maybe Lao Cao’s big mouth?
Or the owner or waiter of a private restaurant?
You know, they said a lot of irrelevant things that night. If someone exposed them, they would definitely offend Director Chen.
“I did say it, mainly to protest against the Mesozoic male actors in China.
Have you not noticed that commercial films in recent years especially like to use mainland actors? Hong Kong and Taiwan actors play together, either as villains or in supporting roles
I don’t know since when, in some major mainland productions, when it comes to male protagonists, everyone’s first reaction is to find actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan, as if all mainland male actors are dead.
Don’t say that Hong Kong and Taiwan actors have box office appeal, they have fart box office appeal.
What is box office appeal?
Those who kneel down to Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, check the box office for yourself in the past few years, see how many movies they have starred in, and look at the box office of movies starring mainland actors?
Compared with movies, this kind of thinking is not serious in the field of TV dramas. Mainland actors play the leading roles in popular dramas such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Mansion Gate" and "Yongzheng Dynasty", and they are still sold. very good.
Several dramas directed by Zhang Jizhong also have mainland actors playing leading roles, and they are also popular among the people.
What does this mean? It shows that our mainland actors are not bad. So where does the saying that only Hong Kong and Taiwan actors can carry the box office come from? Haven't you ever thought about it? "
Zhang Chen has already taken up the conspiracy theory, but the two brothers are obviously not satisfied yet.
" "The Promise" seems to be the situation you mentioned. Liu Ye, a Golden Horse Best Actor, But I can only match Zhang Baizhi and Xie Tingfeng inside..."
Zhang Chen suddenly didn't know what to say, and felt that the other party had dug a hole for him.
I couldn't help but look at these two brothers. I was wrong. They looked like pigs, but my heart was bright!
But the words had already reached this point, Zhang Chen simply nodded.
“I think Director Chen did not do a good enough job in this regard, and the same goes for Director Zhang Yimou. I suggest that they use more mainland actors in the future...”
(End of Chapter)