Chapter 86 "New Police Story" Premiere
There are really a lot of movies being released these two days.
No. 20, "2046".
No. 24, "New Police Story".
The premiere of "New Police Story" was also held in Shanghai, and this time an invitation was sent to Zhang Chen.
When he first received the invitation, Zhang Chen was quite puzzled. He was just a transparent person who had only directed one movie. How could he be invited?
I even maliciously speculated whether it would be the Hongmen Banquet. After all, I had just sprayed King Xie last month.
Xie Biwang was very stingy. Someone took a photo of his wife before they got married, so he broke up with her.
But it is a formal invitation after all, so it would be inappropriate not to go.
Zhang Chen decided to attend the meeting alone.
At the premiere, Cheng Long was a well-deserved star, and most of the guests came for his sake.
Big brother is done.
When Zhang Chen entered the venue, Cheng Long was leading a group of young actors to greet the guests. When he saw Zhang Chen, the first person to greet him was Yu Dong.
"Hello, Director Zhang, I am Yu Dong from Bona. This should be our first meeting."
The mainland publisher of "New Police Story" is Bona. This time Bona was also responsible for the premiere of .
"Hello, Mr. Yu, I've been wanting to meet you for a long time."
The sedan chair was carried by everyone. With Yu Dong's enthusiasm, Zhang Chen would definitely respond.
At this time, Cheng Long finished dealing with the last guest and came over to greet him. He extended his hand and said, "Director Zhang Chen, we meet again."
This familiar look made Zhang Chen was a little divided. It seemed like this was the second time he and the other party had met. The food stall the night before the Golden Rooster Awards was the first time. Moreover, he didn't speak at that time, he just nodded.
"Brother Cheng Long, just call me Zhang Chen." Zhang Chen quickly held his hands.
As a director, your acting skills shouldn't be too bad.
Although his previous evaluation of Qi Cheng Long's movies was not at all merciless, he still admires this person very much.
Started from scratch, got to where he is today step by step, entered Hollywood, became an international superstar, and eventually became China’s business card to the outside world.
This achievement is amazing.
Even if some people say that his personal ethics are lacking, there is nothing wrong with him in terms of justice.
After shaking hands with Cheng Long, Zhang Chen went on to get to know young actors such as Daniel Wu, King Xie and Charlene Choi.
Zhang Chen finally confirmed one thing. It was definitely not Nicholas Tse's intention to invite him here. The other party deliberately avoided looking at him and obviously held a grudge. However, due to Cheng Long's presence, it was not good. attack.
Then the person who invited me was probably Bona or Cheng Long.
In fact, his guess was correct. The invitation to him was Bona Yudong's suggestion.
"Dark Invasion" has only been released for two months, and Zhang Chen is still feeling hot. But Wang Xie was opposed to this proposal at first, after all, he was sprayed by the other party just last month.
But it's useless if he doesn't agree. Cheng Long's opinion is an opinion, and everyone else's can only be called reference opinions.
Cheng Long didn't know Zhang Chen at first, but after that day he asked someone to investigate who the young people who were sitting and drinking with Han Sanping and the others were, and then he got to know them.
Zhang Chen was too lazy to think about this anymore. Anyway, he was invited here today to cheer them up. Only those with a sick mind would embarrass him on such an occasion.
He came to his seat and took his seat. He was not a big star and he had only filmed one movie, so he was only given a seat in the third row.
Zhang Chen doesn’t care.
Many guests were seated nearby, and when they saw Zhang Chen, everyone who knew him or not would nod in greeting.
The area gradually filled up and the premiere began.
As the host, Yu Dong first boasted a lot.
"New Police Story" is Cheng Long's first film after returning to Hong Kong from Hollywood...
Then the movie starts playing.
After 90 minutes, the movie ended, and director Chen Musheng and actors Cheng Long, Yang Caini, Xie Biwang, Daniel Wu, Charlene Choi, etc. came on stage to be interviewed.
This is the first movie made by Emperor and Cheng Long after they collaborated. It was heavily promoted and the actors used were basically from Emperor.
Zhang Chen just watched "New Police Story" again.
Confirmed again, it really doesn’t look good.
This film is a little bit like selling sheep's meat to dogs.
The name is "New Police Story", but the plot has nothing to do with the "Police Story" series.
The protagonist is not named Chen Jiaju, but Chen Guorong, and his style is also different.
In "New Police Story", Jackie Chan's character actually cried. Can you believe it?
I don’t know if Uncle Long wants to show off his acting skills, but the character design this time is completely different from those in previous movies.
Chen Jiaju, Ma Rulong and others are all invincible Xiaoqiang. The more frustrated they become, the more courageous they become.
But Chen Guorong is useless.
At the beginning, a group of second-generation officials and second-generation police officers targeted them, killing the entire team, and then they collapsed.
I drink alcohol every day, become decadent and give up on myself.
Perhaps the screenwriter wanted to suppress the desire first, but Zhang Chen felt it was very awkward, and it was still related to Cheng Long's previous character design.
The roles he has always played can be weak or impulsive, but they are certainly not cowardly.
During the interactive Q&A session, Cheng Long praised the young actors, saying that Daniel Wu was good at acting and thanked Wang for his performance.
It looks like there are successors to Hong Kong movies.
Daniel Wu’s growth is indeed visible to the naked eye. This year is the year that he gets rid of his status as a vase.
The villain played in "New Police Story" is impressive and not boring at all.
This year he has another film "Mongkok Night". He is the male protagonist, playing the role of the 'Black Rat' from the Mainland. Except for his poor Mandarin, the rest of his acting skills are remarkable. .
In comparison, King Xie Bi is not that outstanding.
When he acts, he always gives people a feeling of holding back, unable to let go.
Xie did indeed perform the dangerous scenes in "New Police Story" personally, which is worthy of praise, but I didn't find it amazing. Among all his roles, Zhang Chen felt that the one he played best was Wu Huan in "The Promise". It was considered a true performance, because the character itself was a bit pretentious.
As usual for premieres, you have to say something nice, otherwise why would you be invited by the organizer?
Zhang Chen was also interviewed.
"Director Zhang, what do you think of "New Police Story"?"
Zhang Chen answered according to the fixed routine: "Well, it's very exciting."
Do you think he Will you say: I don’t understand, but I’m shocked?
How is it possible? Zhang Chen is not stupid.
This is a Big Brother movie.
The reporter was obviously not satisfied: "Can you tell me more specifically?"
The creative team happened to be nearby. When they heard the reporter's question, they unconsciously looked over. I would like to hear what Zhang Chen, a new director, would think of it.
Zhang Chen's organizational language was so complex that he really didn't want to agree to it against his conscience.
But if he can't say it, it's impossible.
"I think this is a very special and good movie. To be honest, it is completely different from the "New Police Story" I expected."
Feeling the emotion in Zhang Chen's words, the reporter was slightly excited.
You are indeed a friend of journalists. Are you sending us topics again?
The eyes of several people on the creative team also became unkind. Is this Zhang Chen going to cause trouble at the premiere?
King Xie Bi was still a little secretly happy, secretly praying that Zhang Chen would be better off speaking openly, so that someone would take action on his behalf.
But how could Zhang Chen fulfill his wish? He immediately changed his attitude: "In this film, Brother Cheng Long contributed a performance that is different from before."
Hearing that it turned out to be this, thank you Wang was a little disappointed.
On the contrary, Cheng Long's interest was piqued. Although he was still greeting people, most of his thoughts were already focused on this.
“It can be seen that the movie has made great changes in the character setting. He is no longer the omnipotent Chen Jiaju, but Chen Guorong, who is closer to an ordinary person.
< br>It will also hurt, and it will be sad, but it is more flesh and blood. The characters have had many dramatic turns in expression, which is very demanding on the performance, but the elder brother managed it well, especially the crying scene in the middle. After a crying scene, I think the eldest brother can be crowned emperor.”
When Cheng Long, who was not far away, heard Zhang Chen's words, his heart moved unconsciously.
No one except the director Chen Musheng has ever told me about my little ninety-nine, but this Zhang Chen can see it at a glance.
Of course Zhang Chen didn’t see it, he really knew that next year’s Golden Rooster Award would give the best actor to Cheng Long.
Those judges, you can say they work behind closed doors, you can say they are self-righteous, but they are not blind.
They still understand whether there are acting skills or not.
Cheng Long became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. He became a mainstay in Hong Kong movies every two weeks.
In the 1990s, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor twice with "Police Story 3" and "Crime", which is a rare success.
I also won the Golden Rooster, but when it came to the Academy Awards, I was nominated 10 times but never won the Best Actor once.
The Hong Kong film industry stubbornly believes that kung fu movies and comedies do not require acting skills.
Cheng Long wanted to prove himself all his life, but he failed in the end and only received a lifetime achievement award.
In this "New Police Story", he did have this aspect in mind, but he didn't expect Zhang Chen to see through it at a glance.
The media were excited by Zhang Chen's words and gathered around to interview Cheng Long. Cheng Long also generously admitted that he did have this intention.
Reporters surrounded Jackie Chan looking for news points, and Zhang Chen quietly stepped away.
"Director Zhang has really good eyesight. Brother Long suppressed this thought and never said it to anyone. I didn't expect that Director Zhang could see it at a glance." It was Chen Musheng who spoke.
“A lot of people must have noticed it, but they didn’t say it. I’m just stupid...”
Zhang Chen laughed.
He actually has a good impression of Chen Musheng.
"Stormtroopers on the Streets of Rage", "Who Am I" and "The True Colors of a Man" are all works by Chen Musheng, and they are all very beautiful.
Chen Musheng's works don't have much depth. The main theme is a hot scene, which is very consistent with Hong Kong's fast food culture.
"Streets of Rage" was full of explosions. Although "Who Am I" stars Cheng Long, it is the one with the weakest personal style among the Hong Kong films in which Cheng Long participated. "Better Days" has even more It was Wu Jing who beat three opponents by himself.
By the way, he also filmed "Two Heroes", a movie with a very strange setting, with two male protagonists. Zhang Chen was deeply impressed when he watched it for the first time.
Chen Musheng is very good at police and gangster themes, and he also made a remake of "Hold the Call". Except for Big S's performance, which was a bit too hip, the other aspects of that film were not worse than the Hollywood original.
It is a pity that after the new century, a legacy work "Wrath: Serious Case" passed away.
Cheng Long was still being interviewed, but Zhang Chen had already sneaked away. On the way, he also saw Sun Chun and Yu Rongguang, both mainland actors, but he did not say hello.
Actually speaking, "New Police Story" does not meet the requirements for a co-production.
Requirements for co-productions: The number of mainland actors cannot be less than one-third of the main actors.
But "New Police Story" obviously does not comply.
Several mainland actors did not have a starring role, at best they were small supporting roles with one or two scenes.
This definitely does not comply with the regulations for co-productions, but that’s what they did.
There is no other way, this is the case at this time.
Hong Kong film companies and filmmakers have a sense of superiority towards the Mainland, and they don't look down on the Mainland moviemakers.
I only know how to make literary films and know nothing about the market.
So they don’t quite abide by the regulations of the mainland, and there’s nothing you can do against us.
It is true that the mainland is not strict about this, and it will not be formalized until after 2006.
Even Zhang Chen's "Dark Invasion" had a loophole. The version screened in the mainland and the version sold to overseas competitions are two completely different versions.
The overseas version is much more bloody.
No one cares about this now. It will gradually become formalized in 2006. Co-production films must follow the rules. The version applied for Dragon Label release and the version sent to overseas competitions must be the same. Otherwise, just wait to be banned.
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(End of this chapter)