Chapter 496 Kun Zhi Da
[Pay public food during the New Year, just 4Q3]
December 1st.
There are still three days until the premiere of the movie "Mei Lanfang", four days until the premiere of "Painted Skin", eleven days until the premiere of "Ip Man", and seventeen days until the premiere of "If You Are the One".
In just half a month, four domestic blockbusters premiered together. This made the media, which had just witnessed the rapid development of "Operation Kunpeng", become restless again, and they all launched the "Lunar New Year box office war" gimmick.
This morning.
Chen Hong was dressing up in the bedroom when she suddenly heard Chen Kaige banging the table in the study.
She sighed helplessly, put down the cosmetics in her hands, and went to the study room next door. She saw Chen Kaige circling around in front of the desk angrily with his hands behind his back.
Chen Hong slowed down and complained a little sarcastically: "My dear, your blood pressure has been a little high recently. Why don't you care about your body so much?"
Then he asked: "What's the reason this time?"
Most people pretend to be cool for others to see, but Director Chen is a relatively high-ranking person. He is pretending to be cool and even he believes it. In order to cater to him, Chen Hong can only speak with a straight face, especially when Director Chen is in a special mood. Good or particularly bad times.
Chen Kaige waved his hand, assuming the posture of a great man scolding Fang Qiu and said: "The writing is unsubstantiated, and the flashing camera is ridiculous!"
Got it, the cause was newspapers and magazines with pictures.
Chen Hong walked over and flipped through the newspapers on the table, and soon found the source of Chen Kaige's rage - a certain soft article that made a fuss about "Painted Skin".
After Xu Kun won Best Actor in Venice and Best Actor in Baihua in September, "Painted Skin", which was originally scheduled to be released on the same day as "Operation Kunpeng", decided to avoid its edge and was changed to be released on the same day as "Mei Lanfang".
This decision was ridiculed at the time. Many people felt that "Painted Skin" was timid before it started, that it had no big future, and the quality of the film was probably not that good either.
But times have changed, and in the face of the unimaginable results of "Operation Kunpeng", "Painted Skin"'s temporary adjustment of schedule was suddenly touted as a prescient move.
That's fine. The main reason is that this article repeatedly mentioned that "Mei Lanfang" was a soft persimmon in the Lunar New Year movie. It believed that the subject matter of "Mei Lanfang" itself was not dominant, and the "Wuji Steamed Bun" incident had damaged Chen Da's reputation. Guide's popularity.
Therefore, this report makes a bold judgment that "Mei Lanfang" is likely to be defeated in a head-on confrontation with "Painted Skin".
As we all know, Wuji and Mantou are the opposites of Director Chen, and Director Chen cannot accept the fact that his smug turnaround is said to be a New Year's fish belly.
Just...
Chen Hong sighed secretly in her heart. She didn't think there was anything wrong with choosing this question. After all, Chen Kaige was good at feature films and art films.
For Chen Kaige, Promise is a deviant attempt.
Is it any wonder that I now choose to return to my true nature?
The real problem is casting.
Newcomer actor Yu Shaoqun, who plays the young Mei Lanfang, does a very good job, even to the point of being a bit amazing.
But the better Yu Shaoqun's performance becomes, the more separated he becomes from the adult version of Mei Lanfang played by Liming - in other words, the first half of the movie becomes somewhat disconnected from the second half.
Chen Hong saw this, Zhang Ziyi probably saw it too, and Chen Kaige definitely saw it too.
However, because he was criticized when he first chose Lai Ming, Chen Kaige jumped out to defend Lai Ming. He set the tone too high and spoke too loudly, which made him unable to change roles.
In fact, it's not that there is no way to change it, it's just that Chen Kaige can't save face.
Because of this problem, Chen Hong is not very optimistic about the box office performance of "Mei Lanfang", but in front of Chen Kaige, he does not dare to pierce this layer of window paper.
So he could only open his eyes and tell lies: "How do reporters know what a movie is and what a director's art is? It's not just about flattering whoever pays more."
"This is unhealthy trend!"
Chen Kaige poked his fingers on the desk a few times and said proudly: "I took the initiative to send an invitation letter to Xu Kun this time just to use him as a model and kill this evil trend! Movies are art first. If you blindly use vulgarity, vulgarity and kitsch, What is the difference between using content to please the audience and the vulgarity of the old society?”
Chen Hong basically agrees with this point of view, but some things need to be analyzed in detail - what kind of momentum does Xu Kun have now? If he wants to promote his art by stepping on him, what should he do if he accidentally overturns the situation?
"He is still young after all."
Chen Hong persuaded in a roundabout way: "Young people should be allowed to make mistakes. You can criticize a few words in private, but it is best to endure it in front of outsiders. Don't let people say that we bully the small."
"Hmph~"
Chen Kaige snorted without comment, then changed the subject and asked, "Are you going out today?"
"I made an appointment with Jiang Wenli to go to Huairou Film and Television Base to have a look. The premiere ceremony will be held tomorrow night. I always feel uneasy if I don't go to check it out."
Chen Kaige nodded slightly after hearing this, but then he was a little confused and said: "In the past, when you encountered these things, didn't you always like to call yourself Jin Qiaoqiao? Why did you change it to Jiang Wenli recently?"
Jin Qiaoqiao is Chen Hong's best friend in the industry, or her best follower.
Chen Hong felt inexplicably guilty when she was asked. In fact, she didn't know why she was so close to Jiang Wenli recently, or she knew it in her heart, but she just didn't want to admit it.
Fortunately, she is a good actress, and she immediately smiled and said: "Qiao Qiao just met a big boss recently. It just so happened that Jiang Wenli wanted to find someone to block Zhang Jingchu together a while ago, so she took the initiative to come to me to establish relations. The two of us went back and forth. Much closer.”
Hearing the name 'Zhang Jingchu', Chen Kaige hesitated to speak, but finally shook his head and said: "She is making trouble for her, if you can't help it, then don't get involved."
"Got it."
Although the fool was over, Chen Hong was still a little short of breath, so she hurriedly said: "I won't tell you anymore, I have to pack up quickly and drive to pick her up."
With that said, he turned and left the study.
Back in the bedroom, she dazed in front of the dressing mirror for a while, and then started dressing up again. Chen Hong herself may not have realized that since "Operation Kunpeng" exceeded 500 million, she had been dazed as many times as As time goes on, the box office of "Operation Kunpeng" increases day by day.
To put it bluntly, Chen Hong is a strong-willed woman at heart, otherwise she would not have insisted that Kai Ge not relax.
And Xu is not only strong in directing ability...
An hour later.
Chen Hong followed the address given by Jiang Wenli and found a high-end gym somewhere.
Jiang Wenli was sweating profusely in the private room. When she saw Chen Hong come in, she asked in confusion while doing exercises: "Why did you arrive so early?"
Mr. Chen Hong was embarrassed to say that it was because he was feeling short of breath that he did not dare to stay at home for long, so he asked instead of answering: "Have you already lost weight? Why are you still working so hard?"
It was really inconvenient to talk like this. Jiang Wenli simply stopped moving, took a breath, and then said: "I don't want to experience that kind of experience again in my life. If I gain weight again one day, I will probably give up on myself and live without a goal."
As he said that, he wiped his sweat and said, "Wait for me, I'll take a shower and then we'll set off."
Seeing Jiang Wenli enter the bathroom, Chen Hong walked around the room casually. Feeling a little bored, he approached the bathroom door and tried to push it, but it turned out that the bathroom door was not locked.
So she pushed open a crack and said to the inside: "Hey~ He is so popular now, haven't you ever thought of cooperating with him?"
After learning that Jiang Wenli and Xu Kun were hooking up, Chen Hong was cautious at first, but later found out that Jiang Wenli was carefree and had no intention of hiding anything. Gradually, he calmed down and even took the initiative to inquire about the two people's new situation from time to time. .
"Let's forget it." Jiang Wenli rejected the proposal without hesitation: "It's as if I want to take advantage of him. Do you think we are still the little girls we were back then? If he didn't have this ability, it would be me. Posted resources. ”
"Yes, yes, others raise pretty boys and little wolfdogs, but you raise a great director and a great movie king."
Jiang Wenli rolled her eyes at her without saying a word. She simply washed away the sweat on her body, wrapped her plump body in a bath towel, raised her chin at Chen Hong and said, "Take out the hair dryer from under the wash basin."
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As a result, when Chen Hong pulled out the hair dryer, he also pulled out two small pieces of black silk hollow cloth. He couldn't help but said in surprise: "You are quite fancy at this."
Jiang Wenli grabbed the hair dryer with her hands and casually said: "My goddaughter helped me choose this."
"Fuck my daughter?"
Chen Hong wondered: "When did you recognize your girlfriend?"
"I knew you on the bed."
Although this sentence was short, the amount of information condensed in it was so huge that Chen Hong couldn't move his head for a while.
It wasn't until Jiang Wenli turned on the hair dryer and started blowing her hair in front of the mirror cabinet that Chen Hong came to his senses and muttered with a complicated expression: "Are you serious... Then why were you so serious about Lao Gu? ”
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"Can this be the same?"
Jiang Wenli fiddled with her hair and curled her lips disdainfully: "Some people are over-motivated and insufficient, and some people..."
After a pause, she bit her lower lip and spat: "That is an overtired animal that cannot be controlled by one person alone."
The speaker didn't seem to be doing anything, but Chen Hong blushed. At this time, she couldn't help but think of a comment about Xu Kun's love-heartedness that she had seen on the Internet:
Kun is so big that it cannot accommodate one person.
While in a trance, I heard Jiang Wenli complain: "It's more convenient to have short hair, but long hair is troublesome to wash and blow, which wastes time."
"Then just cut it."
Chen Hong collected her thoughts, raised her hand and tugged at the curly hair on the back of her head and said: "I am also planning to trim it shorter. The big waves I had permed during the filming of "Mei Lanfang" are almost in four pieces now."
Jiang Wenli glanced at her sideways and said with a half-smile: "He likes people with long hair."
Chen Hong's hand stroking her hair froze, and before she could react, she was pushed out by Jiang Wenli: "Okay, okay, I'm going to get dressed. You wait outside for a while."
"Hey, you can watch it when you're taking a shower, but you can't watch it when you're wearing clothes?"
Chen Hong muttered, and the hand he just put down unconsciously touched the ends of his hair.
Anyone who can get into this position is not a fool. Chen Hong estimated that Jiang Wenli had already seen her little thoughts, so she just tried to test her.
But unlike her, I definitely couldn't bear the price of betraying Chen Kaige.
Logically speaking, the best response is to cut your hair short as soon as possible, so as to dispel Jiang Wenli's suspicion and temptation.
Just...
Chen Hong wrapped the ends of her hair around her fingertips, as if there were fifteen buckets of water in her heart, making her unable to make up her mind.
…………
at the same time.
Xu Kun was also invited by Director Wang to the film bureau.
Seeing each other again after more than two months, Director Wang was a little bit sad. Although after watching the premiere, he knew that this film would definitely be a hit, but he never expected that "Operation Kunpeng" would make a billion in box office at home and abroad.
This is probably the legendary saying that "every time comes, heaven and earth are united".
However, after sighing with emotion, Director Wang felt a little overwhelmed when he thought about the topic to be discussed next.
"Cough~"
He cleared his throat and said to Xu Kun: "Director Xu, our Film Bureau and the China Film Association have organized relevant responsible persons to review the rules and regulations you have drafted for the Youth Directors Association. They are generally good, but... this Is the age limit too strict? ”
"What do you mean?"
Xu Kun secretly increased his vigilance. If the leader mentioned his age as soon as he came up, it must not be just about age.
"According to national regulations, everyone under the age of 40 is considered a youth - of course, we don't have to be so rigid. We can start from 1970."
"70 years?"
As soon as he mentioned this year, Xu Kun knew something: "Do you want to put Director Jia Zhangke into the Youth Education Association?"
"Uh~"
Director Wang was a little embarrassed when he saw Xu Kun piercing the window paper all at once, but he was an official after all. He quickly said righteously: "Jia Zhangke's influence has been increasing day by day in recent years. The superiors feel that we can no longer do this." Let him stay out of the system.
Originally, I wanted you to take the lead in setting up a semi-official association to restrain the sixth-generation directors, and let Jia Zhangke help you and be responsible for mediating.
Although it has now become the Youth Guidance Association, the higher-ups still want Jia Zhangke to be the vice president, so that he can receive more influence from you. ”
I don’t know who had the bad idea.
Jia Zhangke is a full ten years older than Xu Kun. In terms of artistic achievements alone, he can be regarded as the only one born in the 1970s. His three views have long been fixed. How could he be "distorted" by Xu Kun?
However, it was arranged like this, and it was hard for Xu Kun to refuse. After all, regardless of age, Jia Zhangke was indeed more qualified than others to serve as the vice president.
And since the age limit is extended to 70, it is easy to find representatives of female directors - "Apple" director Li Yu [73 years old] is a good candidate, and his artistic achievements are much better than Xu Jinglei.
"That's okay."
Xu Kun said obligingly: "I will contact Director Jia later and try to finalize the general framework before the year."
Director Wang didn't expect Xu Kun to be so talkative. People within the system would avoid him if they heard about the sixth-generation director, especially Jia Zhangke, a notorious thorn in his side.
He said with joy at that moment: "Mr. Han is indeed right about you. If we in the literary and art circles have the kind of heart you have, Director Xu, why can't Chou Dong's big movies break out of Asia and go global!"
In fact, there is no need to go out into the world.
Xu Kun felt that this idea would be wishful thinking for at least thirty years.
Even if the University of Tokyo can decide the future in a decisive battle and defeat all Western countries, hatred will force them to spontaneously boycott the films of the University of Tokyo. It is impossible for it to be subtle and subtle for decades.
However, there is no need to say these unpleasant words in front of the leader.
Come out of the movie office.
Xu Kun thought about it for a moment. Tomorrow, several reserve vice-presidents should attend the premiere of Director Chen. Why not contact him in advance and make an appointment to get together after the premiere to talk about the Youth Directors Association? Establishment thing.
(End of chapter)